Chapter 4
"Wait a second! You're a clone!? Created by Vlad? And that evil ghost after us is part you part Vlad?" Everyone else asked.
"Danny you knew about this all this time? Why didn't you mention it?" His sister asked in great disappointment.
"I didn't think you or anyone else would believe me or was ready to listen. Danielle wasn't exactly around either nor did I think it was the time or place to reveal the truth about her origins." Danny answered.
"But how is cloning at that level even possible at this time? I didn't realize we were that advanced yet." Tucker stated in uncertainty. His tone of voice also hinted of disappointment that his best friend didn't tell him everything. All he was told was that Danielle was Danny's cousin when in reality she was much more than that.
"Several versions of the technology and techniques have been around for quite some time although it was a highly guarded secret. It really started during the Cold War. Mainly when some communist countries were trying to find other ways to grow large armies without enlisting civilians. Success was also quite limited and short lived. Multiple organizations in many countries experimented with human cloning. Eventually whole human cloning projects were abandoned. Even I don't know everything about what Vlad used or how he got hold of such information or equipment.
For a while Danny wondered why Vlad didn't just clone his mom but he figured that his archenemy did attempt to but never succeeded.
"So you're saying that in the future we adopted you and you've arrived here to protect us from some evil menace?" Maddie asked. Danielle nodded.
Jazz then piped in. "When you meant by 'success was limited and short lived' the clones were-
"Usually unhealthy or unbalanced in some way. Several times the clones had a multiple of problems such as underdeveloped organs, lacking in intelligence, learning trouble, weak immune systems, deformed limbs, and short life spans. Vlad managed to get hold of the best equipment and techniques although he still had a many failures. I am the result of much experimenting and even I am an imperfect clone and Vlad made several before me." Danielle answered in detail without trying to expose too much information and messing up the timeline.
Jack was just speechless about receiving the news that his 'old chum' had a real vendetta against him and having advance ghost powers. On top of that, he was trying to snatch Maddie away for himself. Jack was normally very chatty, but now he was quiet.
"Why is this ghost targeting us specifically and why does he take after you Danny?" Maddie asked.
Danny braced himself again and revealed how that ghost once was his future. That ghost was an evil, twisted, alternate version of Danny Phantom but thankfully Danny was able to set things right and prevented this Dark Phantom from succeeding. Then he turned to Danielle and asked her how he managed to escape.
Danielle then proceeded to explain how Clockwork had superiors over him that could see the future but not as well as Clockwork could. They foresaw the Dark Phantom escaping and took percussions to prevent it. They removed the Thermos that contained the Dark Phantom and placed it in a prison for extremely evil and dangerous ghosts. However a sidekick to another evil ghost managed to sneak in and by mistake released the Dark Phantom instead of his own dark master. It didn't take long for the Dark Phantom to find out he was imprisoned for years.
"He doesn't know about my origins...yet. All he knows is that there's another Phantom and he's not happy about it. I have managed to disable his portal producing power and trap him in the Ghost Zone as of this time. But I don't know how long he will remain there. That's why I disabled the portal back at home." Danielle explained.
"You know Danny, for a chick, you're quite hot." Tucker whispered to Danny.
"Zip it, Tuck." Danny hissed.
"Oh relax Danny, you know he's only kidding." Sam stated (although she was rather amused by Tucker's joke). Still, Sam wasn't sure to be amazed or disgusted with cloning. At least Danielle was a good one with good intentions.
"And the reason why we're here is so that evil ghost won't know where we are?" Jazz asked.
"That's correct. He may be part of Vlad, but he's gained a another mind and personality. A darker, twisted, more violent one.
"Wouldn't you also need to get the rest of the equipment in case that ghost raids our lab?" Jack asked.
"Oh thanks for reminding me Dad. Come on Danny. Let's get the rest of that stuff before Tall, Dark, and Hideous grabs or destroys any of it." Danielle answered.
"Did he ever use gadgets of any sort?" Tucker asked the Ghostgirl.
"On occasion yes, when it was necessary." She replied.
"He's already extremely powerful enough without them." Danny added before he and his clone took off for FentonWorks.
Meanwhile back in the Ghost Zone, the Dark Phantom struggled to find another portal into the real world. All he managed to do was tresspass into other ghosts' domain and trash them with or without them resistenting. Until he could find another way into the real world, he would remain stranded in the Ghost Zone. Still he knew that he could still do destruction here like he did in the alternate future time. Maybe he could bully his way into finding a portal into the real world.