Danny finally planted both feet on the ground and capped his thermos. He strapped it to his back and took a deep breath, finally realizing how sore he was. He walked over and knelt by Jazz and gently shook her shoulder, "Jazz?"

She groaned and opened her eyes, "Danny!" she hugged him, "I'm so happy you're okay!" she sniffled.

Tucker approached them and rubbed his head, "Did we win?"

Danny showed him the thermos, "Taking this to Clockwork when I'm done here." He helped Jazz to her feet, "Can you go find my dad?" he asked.

Tucker nodded and ran off to find Jack.

"Where's Mom?" Jazz asked, rubbing her back.

Danny walked through the truck and carefully picked up Maddie, taking her to Jazz and carefully laying her down, "We need to call an ambulance…" he said, then paused, "No… two." He looked up at the building that he and Vlad spent the most time fighting near.

"What?" Jazz looked at him with confusion, "Oh…" realization hit, "Where is he?" she asked.

Danny flew up, higher than the holes in the building, and landed on the roof. There, where Danny had left him before, Hazel laid on his back, paler than ever and lifeless. Blood pooled around him, soaking his shirt and jeans and coating the hand that rested on the wound. He knelt by him, "Hazel? Can you hear me?" he asked, "James?" he gently shook his shoulder, then sighed. "You promised to stay awake, remember?" he reminded him, but still got no response. He shook his head and carefully scooped up the bloody teen and carried him down to the ground. There, Bleu and Sam had met with the others, having no luck finding Hazel.

As Danny landed and carefully laid Hazel on the ground, Bleu rushed over, terrified and shaking with Hazel's state. "He's still alive…" Danny said, "Barely."

"I called the ambulances." Jazz said. "They'll be here soon."

Jack approached Danny. Danny froze, unsure with his father's motives. He knew that he saw the Ghost Boy and not his son. Jack smiled widely and hugged him, "I'm so proud of you." He said, "And I'm so sorry…"

Danny hugged him back. "You- you're not mad?" he asked.

"Mad?" Jack looked Danny in the eyes, "Not at you. I'm mad at myself for not seeing it before. My son is Phantom and it never occurred to me until Vlad-" he paused, "Where is that son of a bitch?!"

"I got him." Danny showed him the thermos. "I'm taking him to a friend of mine in the Ghost Zone." He said.

Bleu watched the other talk amongst each other or tend to Maddie while she had Hazel resting on her lap. She sighed and looked down at his pale face, brushing his hair back gently and holding him protectively. "You're gonna be okay…" she whispered, checking the side of his neck again for his pulse. She took a deep breath and hugged him a little tighter, but not too tight as to hurt him more.

Danny glanced over and saw how quiet Bleu had gotten and knelt by her and Hazel. He sat down next to her and shared the silence, muting everything else around them as though they were in a bubble where it was just the three. He sighed, "You know- apparently his real name is James…"

Bleu managed a small smile, "Really?" she continued to brush back Hazel's hair, "He never told me…"

"I just found out…" he said silently, "Before he…" he sighed, "Went and fought Vlad…" he looked down.

"Where was he?" she asked, "Sam and I looked everywhere…" she said, "I was so scared we'd never find him. Or… if we did, we'd be too late."

"He wasn't very far from where he hid me. Just a couple blocks from here. I managed to shake off Vlad long enough to move him so he wasn't caught in the crossfire or used against me." he explained. "But he's been bleeding out way too long…" he wiped his eye, "I'm scared that Vlad's killed him…"

She squeezed her eyes shut. "N-No… he'll be okay…" she sniffled, "I-I know he will…"

Danny let out a deep breath, "I hope so…"

She growled, "How are you so okay with this!?" she asked, "Hazel could very well die and you're just-" she flinched as Danny flash with the glowing white rings scanning his body, leaving him human.

"He isn't going to die scared…" his tone hardened, "He told me as I was moving him. He told me that if he dies, then he'd die feeling accomplished. Feel like he was serving some sort of purpose." He said, remembering Hazel's words between coughs and wheezing breaths. He closed his eyes and sighed, "This is my fault…"

Bleu looked over at him, "Wh-why do you say that?"

"Vlad was after me and got Hazel involved…" he said, "Hazel went back out to fight Vlad because he felt like he owed me... for the time he almost killed me." He shook his head. "He never owed me…" he sighed, "I owed him. It never occurred to me that my ghost sense went off every time Hazel was next to me. Yet he knew! He never started those fights, I did. I went and attacked a ghost that I never bothered to get to know. He wasn't hurting anyone. He just made people nervous."

"Danny." Bleu said, "Calm down."

Danny grabbed the sides of his head and squeezed his eyes shut in frustration. "I'm a shitty friend…"

"You're not a shitty friend…" Bleu said sternly, "Hazel just-" she was cut off by approaching sirens. Before anything else was done, the paramedics separated her and Hazel, loading him into one of the vehicles. Danny kept one hand rested on Bleu's shoulder and watched the paramedics take Hazel and Maddie. Jack and Jazz got into the ambulance with Maddie to make sure she was okay. Danny told them that he had a few things to take care of and that he would meet them there later. He turned to look at Sam and Tucker. The two teens hugged Danny and Bleu. "What now?" Tucker asked.

"What if Hazel doesn't-"

"He will." Danny said firmly. "There's no point in thinking negatively about all of this. All we can do is look up and think of the good things." He backed away from the group hug, "I'm going to see Clockwork and see if he's willing to keep an eye on him. Maybe he'll send him to Walker, who knows?" he said. "You guys are welcome to come along, if you'd like." He offered.

"We'll go." Sam and Tucker agreed.

"I'm going to make sure Hazel is okay…" Bleu said. "They won't let me to go see him by myself, I'll have to go with my family." She sighed.

"Man…" Tucker sighed, "Kurt would be worried sick…"

"He must be. Last time he saw Hazel was…" Sam thought for a moment.

"When he tried to kill himself." Danny confirmed. He looked at Bleu, "Go ahead and do that. We'll take Vlad to Clockwork and then I'll go… visit Kurt." He looked at Sam and Tucker, "You guys go check on Hazel, too. Go with Bleu."

"But-"

"I'll be fine." He stopped Sam from speaking. "It's Clockwork." He said with confidence, "He's one of the only ghosts I can trust in the Ghost Zone. I won't be in any danger unless I meet someone else on the way."

Sam hugged him. "Be careful."

"I will. I'll text you guys, okay?"

Bleu had started her car and waited until Tucker and Sam were seated before she drove off, leaving Danny standing in the middle of the road alone. He sighed and changed back to Phantom, blinking and allowing his eyes to change to the bright, glowing green he was well known for. He kicked off the ground and flew homeward. He phased through the front door and went straight down to the basement, opening the Ghost Portal. As he stood and stared into the portal, taking in the sight of the swirling vortex in front of him, he remembered the first time he set foot inside the contraption. The energy that hit him all at once and the burns he had to recover from, fortunately only having to recover from them for less than a week. He shuddered, shaking his arm before stepping through the portal and drifting through the Ghost Zone.

His parents knew now… Thanks to Vlad. He was terrified that they had found out, and currently feared losing his parents' trust. He finally found himself at Clockwork's floating tower. "Clockwork?" he called.

The age-shifting ghost turned to him, "Daniel. I'm impressed." He said.

"Why?" he asked, setting his feet on the old, broken tile. "Or… how?"

Clockwork held out his hand, "I know why you're here. Let me take him." He said calmly.

Danny took the thermos off his shoulder and handed it to Clockwork. "But really- how are you impressed?"

"The amount of rage you had…" he started, putting the thermos encasing Vlad on the shelf beside another thermos. The other thermos, Danny noticed, was dented and very beat-up. "The way you handled that situation… I'm personally amazed you didn't kill him." He said, straightening the thermoses to match positions. "Care to tell me why?" he asked, sitting down in an armchair and diving Danny his undivided attention.

Danny thought for a moment. Vlad was falling and only a few feet from hitting the ground and shattering in his frozen case. Danny's eyes had changed, swiftly and emotionlessly, he had taken his thermos and captured Vlad in it, mere inches from the ground. Danny closed his eyes. Then opened them to look up at the dented thermos, unsure as to whether or not he was seeing a face in the damaged metal. "I didn't want to be the kind of person that he is. I didn't want to stoop that low as to kill someone… or be responsible for someone's death." He looked down, "I made a promise to my family, and to my friends that I wouldn't become that. That… monster that…" he looked back over at the thermos.

"I understand…" Clockwork managed a small smile.

"But…" Danny sighed, "Hazel got hurt. He's… really hurt. In fact- he's probably going to die… because of me."

Clockwork held up a hand to stop Danny from continuing. "Not because of you, Daniel. Hazel was involved because Vlad Masters chose to confront him to get to you. He was using Hazel as bait. Hazel getting hurt was not your fault." He said, "And the same applies to his death." He said.

Danny sank, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Sit Daniel, make yourself at home…"

Danny nodded and sat down in an armchair across from Clockwork. He rested his head in his hands, "I should've just taken Hazel to the hospital and ignored Vlad… But… neither of us would've made the hospital in time if he kept attacking…"

"Perhaps…" Clockwork shrugged. He tilted his head and studied Danny for a moment, "Why so upset, Daniel? You should be relieved."

"Relieved!?" Danny stood straight up and snapped, "Hazel is going to die and I couldn't save him!"

Clockwork slightly flinched, "Not now." He said, "Lower your tone, Daniel. You've been so level-headed until now."

"What are you-" Danny growled and grabbed his head, "Haven't you lost someone?!"

"Daniel." Clockwork stood up, his aged body was now starting to grow younger. He placed both hands on Danny's shoulders and gently guided him back down to the armchair Danny had claimed. "You shouldn't be upset." He managed a small smile, "I wouldn't worry about him for another fifty or sixty years."

"What?" Danny looked up at him, "But you said-"

"I never said he was going to die because of this." He shook his head and straightened up, "I'll take Vlad to Walker…" he said, "He should be able to keep Vlad in line. Cloning is…" he shook his head, "Nothing to worry about, Fenton… Go home, take care of your friends and family. Enjoy your life."

"Thanks." Danny sighed in relief.

"Go on." He said.

Danny nodded, "Thank you again." He said and flew off, back out his portal and then closed the portal. He took off, "Now to see Kurt…"

Kurt laid in his cell staring at the ceiling. He was alone, confused and concerned. He hadn't heard from Hazel since his… suicide attempt and he wasn't even sure if Hazel even survived. Granted he had survived worse, but he was still worried. No news wasn't always good news. He saw a flash of white beside him. He flinched and covered his eyes, "Hey look- about my one call-" he managed to make out Danny's shape, "Danny!"

Danny gave him a look, "How'd you know?"

"I'm not as stupid as I seem. You were the one I wanted to call. Is Hazel okay? Where is he? How's his stomach?"

"One question at a time." Danny held up his hands to calm the older man, "He's in the hospital. He's gonna be okay. He's really hurt though…" he said.

"Well- what about his-"

"I'm sure he told you about this Vlad guy that threatened you two, right?"

"Is that the tall, old bastard that put me here?" Kurt asked with rage.

"Yeah- yeah…" Danny hushed him, looking around in hopes that no officers would come around and check on why Kurt was yelling, "Did you know Hazel is a ghost?"

Kurt looked down sadly, "He's had his powers for about five years…" he said, "He… he tried killing himself that night he was hurt."

Danny sank and nodded, "Yeah." He sighed and sat down on the concrete floor in front of Kurt, "Well… After Hazel recovered enough… yesterday morning, actually. He went to go talk to you, I think. Well, when he found out that Vlad turned you in, we ran into each other and got into a fight." He waved his hands, "But I didn't know Hazel was Acid! I didn't think they were related. Well, Acid almost killed me a couple nights prior to all that- the night Hazel got hurt, and I was still mad. So, I attacked him. I thought he was a threat to the public, I was just trying to do my job. I chased him and eventually I got ahead of him and hit him with a bat. He… that's when I found out who he really was. I sent him to spend the night with Bleu. I didn't know how to take it." He explained. "But… I forgave him. We're still friends."

"Good." Kurt sighed, "Hazel need to be around more people like you. He's only ever spent time with me or-"

"I know, I know. And it's one of the reasons I gave him another chance. That and Hazel was always defending himself," He paused and shook his head, "Anyway, after school, he was attacked by Vlad and-"

"What?"

"Kurt- shh!" Danny snapped, "I'm not supposed to be here. Hazel wasn't even allowed to come see you. As I was saying, Hazel's stitches were reopened and he started bleeding again. He came to me barely even able to stand, but it turned out that he was overshadowed by Vlad. He knocked me out and started taking me back to his mansion. Hazel ended up chasing him and somehow got him to let me go. After he hid me, he told me that he wasn't finished and went back out after him. I told him to stay, I tried. He was losing too much blood and was even coughing some up." He said, "He was in bad shape. Eventually, I was able to get out of that room and use my powers again and Vlad found me. Alone. Hazel- I mean… James…" he corrected himself.

Kurt was surprised that Hazel would even tell Danny of his real name. They hadn't used that name since his mother died.

"He was nowhere in sight. After I was able to shake Vlad off me, I found Hazel lying on a car with the roof just about collapsed." He said. "He was in the middle of everything, so I had to move him someplace where he wouldn't get hurt… more than he already was." He sighed, "After fighting Vlad, we had an ambulance come pick him up."

Kurt was silent, "Did you kill Vlad?" he asked.

"No…" Danny shook his head.

"Why?" Kurt growled, "He could've killed my son! My son could-!" he took a deep breath, "My son could die, because of that son of a bitch."

"But he isn't." he said, "I'm friends with a time ghost, he says he's going to be okay. And… I didn't want to stoop down to Vlad's level. I don't want to become the kind of man that he is."

Kurt took this into consideration. "Y-you're right… he closed his eyes and shook his head. Then he laughed, "This is why Hazel should be friends with you and not people like me." He opened his eyes and stared at the concrete flooring, "But he was stuck with a father like me for his whole life." He held his head in his hands, "I'm a shitty parent."

Danny stood up and sat next to Kurt. He tried to think of an argument, but with everything that Hazel had told him, he didn't have any good points to argue with. He decided with sticking to the truth, "Maybe…" he started, "But he loves you anyway." He said, "I've been a shitty friend sometimes, but… my friends still worry about me. Sometimes I wonder why I still have their loyalty." He shrugged, "Hazel doesn't want to lose you like he lost his mom…"

Kurt sniffled, "Maybe if I had traded places with his mother he'd be better off…" he said and shook his head. "I should've been the one to put a bullet in my head… not her…"

Danny sank. He wasn't sure how to respond with that. He sighed, "Could be worse…" he said.

Kurt gave him a harsh look, Dany only stared forward with glowing green eyes, "How can this get worse? I'm in jail, probably going to prison for a long time, and he's in the hospital."

"He could be alone." Danny said. "Bleu is with him right now, making sure he's okay. And Sam and Tucker are too." He continued, "Plus Bleu's family, I think. My sister worries about him. And my parents. We're all here for Hazel."

Kurt smiled, "It was good to trust him with you guys…" he took a deep breath, "At least I know he's okay."

Danny nodded. "I'm going to go see Hazel after this." He paused, "He said his name is really James… Is that true?"

Kurt nodded, "He hasn't gone by that since his mother died. His mom and I argued over his name when he was born, so we decided to keep both names. But… James as a first name and Hazel as his middle name. James Hazel Richards. But when she died, he yelled at me and declared that he was going to start going by Hazel, and not James anymore." He sighed, "He didn't speak to me for a few weeks after that." He said. He took a deep breath, "When you see him, tell him that I love him and I'm happy he's okay. That I'm sorry for… the way he grew up… for everything… I'm proud of him for not being a fuck-up like me…"

**Not the last chapter yet! Please tell me what you think of this you guys! Stay awesome!**