The Phone

Hours Ago

Sam called Danny's house a few times since he never answered his own cellphone.

Each time it was the same, and she soon learned this time was no different.

"I'm sorry, Danny isn't here." Maddie responded. "He left with Jazz, they're probably seeing Gwen."

Hearing that made Sam hang up and grit her teeth.

That's when she called Tucker.

"Tucker, you're coming with me to Bellwood." She said.

"Sorry, Sam. I got plans today at the game store." Tucker said.

"That wasn't a request…" She said in a threatening tone.

There was a silence.

"Got it!"

Minutes later, they arrived at the train station, heading to Bellwood.

They weren't the only ones, as a certain van left Amity Park for Bellwood.

Now.

Sam and Tucker were just wandering aimlessly though the town. While Tucker was tired since he's been wandering for hours, Sam wasn't hearing it.

"Come on, we have to find them!" Sam said.

"Sam… how do you know they're even here? We don't even know where Gwen lives!"

Sam groaned in frustration. She didn't want to admit it, but he's correct.

That's when she saw something ahead, driving away.

It was Kevin's muscle car.

Gwen arrived home. She thanks Kevin for the ride.

She was looking for her keys when she noticed she left her window opened.

"I'm gonna see Danny soon, may as well go fast and grab those coupons for Burger Shack."

She decided to use her powers to create a small pink construct as a platform for her to step on. In moments, she hovered out.

Unknown to Gwen, someone had just witnessed her use her powers.

Two someone's. Sam and Tucker.

The tech geek's jaw was dropping and the gothic girl was glaring.

"Did we really just see that?" Tucker asked.

"I knew that she was hiding something..." Sam said before smirking as she looked at her phone.

On it, a fully detailed video of Gwen and her dirty little secret. Granted, Gwen's back was turned, but it was all the evidence she needs.

At the same time, Jazz pulled up back home.

She looked to the two Danny's in her car.

"So, what now?" Jazz asked.

"Not sure." Danny said. "Maybe we-" He then noticed something wrong about Danielle's seat. "Uh…"

Jazz saw it too and gasped.

"What's wrong?" Danielle said, oblivious.

"Why is the seat stained in green?" Jazz asked.

Danielle sat up and looked where her back was, gasping is shock.

"WHOA!"

After sneaking her in without their parents finding out, Jazz brought a scanner into her room, where they analyzed her DNA. Once she looked at its readings, she gasped, to Danielle's worry.

"What's wrong?" Danielle asked in concern.

"Your DNA is unstable…" Jazz responded.

"Again?! But… Danny fixed that with some weird stuff your dad made…"

"She means the Ecto-Dejecto." Danny explained.

"Danielle, did Skulker do anything to you before we met up?" She asked.

"He did hit me with some kind of weird dart. At first, I thought it was a defective tranquilizer, but now I'm not sure…" She admitted.

She thought back that weird moment.

"That must be it…" Danny said. "I'll go get more!"

Danny morphed and phased through the ground instantly.

Jazz saw where he left and smiled, to Danielle's surprise.

"Uh, what's so funny?"

"Nothing, it's just… I never thought I'd see him act like a big brother for once." Jazz admitted.

Hearing that, Danielle was a bit surprised, but a smile came to her face.

Big brother…

Danny then returned, holding the Ecto-Dejecto in his hand.

"Here we go."

He quickly gave her a sampling.

Jazz did another scan in moments. However, the readings did not change.

"Nothing…" Jazz said. "Whatever Skulker used isn't going away… Vlad must have given him some kind of Ecto-Dejecto that actually works."

"So…" Terror was on the smaller girl's face. "I'm gonna melt?!"

Danny did not like hearing that, so he started thinking. Then he snapped his fingers when an idea hit him.

"I think I know some folks who could help out…"

In Bellwood, Sam and Tucker walked down the streets. The former of the two held her phone up like a trophy as she smiled.

"Soon as we show Danny this, she'll never get in the way again!"

"Get in the way of what?" Tucker asked, not liking her tone.

Sam rolled her eyes.

"You know what I mean…"

"No, I don't." Tucker said.

"You know…" Sam was unsure how to put it. "She's… clearly a threat! I mean, she has ghost powers! … I think." She wasn't sure what they saw, but she knew Gwen was no ordinary girl.

"That doesn't make her a threat to Danny." Tucker pointed out. "How do you know he doesn't already know?"

"Because he would have told me!" Sam snapped.

Tucker rose a brow.

"You mean us, right?"

Sam realized what came out her mouth and back pedaled.

"Y-yeah… Us."

As they walked together, someone took notice. A certain white van that sped up to catch up with them.

"Hey, you two!"

Both Sam and Tucker looked to their lefts to see a white van, one belonging to the Guys in White.

"Uh oh…" They said to see two familiar operatives.

"What are you two doing here, outside Amity Park?" Operative K said.

"Why is it whenever we deal with this stuff, you two are somehow involved? That Gregor kid, the Fenton house, now this?" O, who was driving, said.

Sam and Tucker only briefly looked to each other as they made a break for it.

The Guys in White, suspicious, started following them.

Both of them rushed into the train station, hoping in the commotion of people coming in and out, they would avoid the two.

However, Sam unknowingly dropped something in the crowds.

The Guys in White, upon parking, ran inside and looked around.

"See those kids?" K asked.

"No." O responded.

Sam and Tucker had already found their way to their train and got onboard.

Once they got in their seats, Sam noticed something not in her hand.

"My phone?!" She said. "The video!"

That's when O noticed something on the floor and picked it up.

It's a purple cellphone with the initials S.M. on it.

"There's a video on it." He said.

He pressed play and what he saw made his jaw drop.

Since it was too risky for her to change, Danny carried Danielle piggy back to meet with Ben's Team in Bellwood.

"So, your girlfriend is a superhero too?" She asked as she held on.

"Yup. You'll like her." Danny responded.

"If she's someone you like, I know I will." She said.

She held on tight as they kept flying, all the while Danielle had a smile on her face as she looked at the back of Danny's head.

He's always looking out for me… I wish we could do stuff like this all the time…

"We're here!"

They just passed the city's WELCOME sign.

"Where are we meeting them?" Danielle asked.

"I think they mentioned the hills…" He looked around. "There."

He flew there and landed, setting Danielle down carefully before returning to human form.

"So, where are they?" Danielle asked when she noticed no cars present.

"Hang on." Danny held out his honorary plumber's badge Ben gave him. "I'll just-" He saw two headlights. "Here they are."

The muscle car drove up next to them. Out from the passenger side came Gwen.

Upon seeing Danny smile, Danielle noticed the two staring at each other.

"This her?" She asked.

"Yup."

"She's pretty."

From the backseat was Ben, who walked up to Danny and high fived.

"Hey dude."

"Sup, Ben." Danny responded.

Kevin didn't bother getting out, only rolling his eyes away.

Gwen glared at that, but still went on with greeting Danny with a hug before seeing Danielle.

"You're the cousin he mentioned?" She asked.

Danielle was about to answer, but Danny spoke up first.

"They know I'm Danny Phantom, but not about you yet."

Hearing that, she steeled herself.

"My name is Danielle. Although we say we're cousins, I'm actually his clone created by his archenemy in a plan to replace him with his own kid."

The Tennyson's stared incredulously.

Kevin whistled in amazement.

"Wow… that's a new one for me."

"And… you're not evil, right?" Ben asked cautiously. Danny sent him a minor glare. "Just asking…" He defended.

"No. Turns out he didn't want a little girl, so he didn't bother stabilizing my DNA. In fact, we think he's given me something that's destabilizing it… We tried this thing Danny used before but it didn't work…"

Ben knelt down and rose the Omnitrix. It scanned her briefly.

"Human and unknown semi-biological entity hybrid. DNA unstable." The Omnitrix said.

"Whoa!" Danielle said. "Your watch spoke!"

"It's called the Omnitrix, and it has the DNA of aliens." Ben explained.

"… okay…" Danielle said, trying to keep a straight face.

Ben rose the Omnitrix to Danny, and scanned him.

"Human and unknown semi-biological entity hybrid. DNA stable. Stabilization of other hybrid accepted?" The Omnitrix said.

Danielle blinked.

"Did it just say it could stabilize my DNA? Like, permanently?" Danielle asked, hope on her face.

Ben smiled.

"Omnitrix, whatever you just said is accepted."

"Time allotted to prepare complete stabilization procedure requires 30-40 Earth minutes."

"So, you can help her?" Danny asked.

"You got it." Ben said.

"Awesome!" Danielle said.

However, before they could do anything…

"FREEZE, FREAKS!"

All of them saw a white can pull up, with two of the Operatives of the Guys in White aiming blasters at them.

"She matches the description of the girl in the video! Red hair, blue top and black skirt!" O said.

"Video?" Gwen asked. "What video?"

"Arms in the air!" K said before noticing someone familiar. "Is that… Danny Fenton?"

"We'll ask questions after we turn them in!"

"Who are these guys?" Ben asked.

"The Guys in White, Government hired paranormal hunters." Danny explained.

"Sirs." Gwen said to sound polite. "I assure you-"

One of them fired a warning shot at her feet to make her step back.

"HEY!" Ben, Kevin and Danny shouted angrily.

"Freeze!" K warned.

"Freeze?" Ben asked as he turned the dial on the Omnitrix. "If you insist!"

Ben hit the dial on the Omnitrix.

"Ben, no!" Danny called out.

Too late.

"Big Chill!"

Danielle's eyes almost bulged out.

"What?"

"Oh yeah, he can turn into aliens." Danny explained.

Big Chill then breathed and formed a wall of ice surrounding the Guys in White and their van.

"Let's go!" Big Chill said.

Gwen got into the backseat with Danny and Danielle, to Kevin's annoyance. They drove off as Big Chill followed.

The Guys in White fire their blasters to melt through.

"What was that?!" K questioned. "Our ecto-sensors didn't pick anything up!"

"It must be… alien!" O theorized.

"Alien? Hmm… we were told there were odd alien sighting 5 years ago and sightings ended here in Bellwood." K thought. "Looks like we may have found their source… Let's follow them!"

The car sped up as fast as it could.

Big Chill phased into the passenger seat and turned back into Ben Tennyson once time passed.

"Why are those creeps here?!" Danny questioned as he looked back, seeing their van was following them.

"They're your bad guys! You tell us!" Kevin said angrily before looking to Danielle. "By the way, I'm Kevin…"

"Whatever!" Danielle shouted as she looked back. "What did they mean by video?"

"Someone must have seen me in action with my powers and filmed it." Gwen suggested. "They must have not seen my face, which is why they recognized my clothes only…"

"Should we get Grandpa Max to help out?" Ben asked.

"He's still doing clean up in the Null Void…" Gwen said. "We'll have to deal with this ourselves."

"Maybe I can phase us through buildings to get away from them?" Danny asked.

"You can do that?" Kevin asked.

"Made a whole jet and everything inside invisible for over an hour, I can try a car!"

Danny slid down his seat and morphed. As Danny Phantom, he held onto the car seat.

Extending his power through the car, Danny made it intangible.

"Go!" Danny said.

Kevin slammed the pedal, allowing them to go through the cars in front of them.

The van braked.

"We need reinforcements…" K said

O nodded and held up the radio's microphone.

"We found some freaks in Bellwood. All nearest agents, come on here!"

After enough time passed, the car drove to the parking lot of the Burger Shack. Relief on them, everyone took a breath.

"We lost them…" Danny said.

"Now… about stabilizing my DNA?" Danielle asked.

"It's only been 15 minutes." Ben explained. "It said 30-40. But, we're at the Burger Shack. Anyone want something to eat?"

"I do!" Danielle rose her hand up. "What do they have?!"

"Tonight's triple cheeseburger combos with half off with coupon." Ben explained.

"I brought some, in case this happened." Gwen said.

"Let's get 5! Do you guys want any?"

After a few seconds, everyone but Danny laughed at what Danielle said, while the little girl looked clueless to their laughter.

"Yeah… she's not kidding." Danny said.

"I live on the streets and cloned from the DNA on a teenage boy…" Danielle explained.

After a second, Ben's Team exchanged surprised glances.

"Well… let's get something to eat." Gwen said.

It's about 20 minutes later, and the 5 were eating together.

Danielle was messily putting chili fries in her mouth before Danny brought a napkin to her face.

"Come on, wipe your face." He said.

Danielle rolled her eyes.

"Fine…" She said.

She took the napkin and wiped her face, as Gwen giggled.

Danny took notice.

"What's so funny?"

"It's just, you call her cousin but you act like her big brother."

Danielle's eyes widened at hearing that.

"Huh… well… I guess genetically speaking, we are brother and sister. Never really thought it like that…" Danny explained.

Danielle looked away, feeling a sense of joy at hearing that.

Like a big brother…

As they finished, Ben's Omnitrix went off again.

"Stabilization preparation complete." The Omnitrix said.

This got their attention.

Danielle was hopeful. "Does this mean-"

"I think so." Ben said. "It's ready…"

"ALRIGHT!" Danielle said happily. "Let's do it!"

"Stabilization process estimated time: 10 minutes."

"What's that mean?" Danny asked.

"Looks like Ben's gonna have to hold her hand or something for 10 minutes for the Omnitrix to work." Kevin explained.

"Weird. When you use it on a DNAlien, it worked fast." Gwen questioned.

"Probably because Danny and Danielle are different. Still, your cure is all set. Whenever you're ready." Ben told Danielle.

Smiling, Danielle grabbed all of her remaining fries and stuffed them all in her mouth.

"All ready!" She said with her mouthful.

"No…" Danny chastised. "Swallow first…"

Danielle nodded as she gulped all of the fries in her mouth. Then she sipped the rest of her soda.

"All done!"

Before they could do anything, a helicopter from above shined a light on them as it got closer.

It was a white helicopter.

"ATTENTION! YOU 5 ARE UNDER ARREST BY THE GUYS IN WHITE!"

They then saw several other trucks and vans parked around them, with the drivers being other Operatives aiming blasters at them.

"What now?!" Kevin ask as he got up.

"We can't heal her here…" Ben said. "Unless…" He lifted the Omnitrix to her face. "Omnitrix, can we give Danielle a temporary fix?"

"Temporary stabilization can be done 10 seconds, but only last several Earth months." The Omnitrix says.

"It'll have to do…" Ben said.

"I got this." Gwen said.

"Fire stun gas!" One of them shouted.

Gwen rose a shield with her power, surrounding them as the gas remained out.

Ben used the Omnitrix and placed his hand on her head. After 10 seconds, it was finished.

"That'll have to do…" Ben said. "Soon as we're free of these losers, we can bring the real thing to you."

Danielle sighed, but nodded. "Okay…"

Danny put a hand on her shoulder. "Come on, you can stay with us for now… Once these guys are gone, we can heal you for good."

Danielle nodded. She looked to the three.

"Nice meeting you all, including you, Gwen."

Gwen nodded.

"Thank you."

With the shield blocking the Guys in White's view, Danny morphed and grabbed Danielle. He phased through the ground with her as they escaped.

"How do we get out of this?" Kevin questioned.

"I'll lure them away!" Ben said.

He used the Omnitrix.

"Humongosaur!"

Once Gwen lowered the shield, Humongosaur stepped out and grew as he approached the Guys in White.

"Come get me!" He challenged as he prepared to battle.

All the while they fired their weapons, which did little as he's not a ghost, Kevin and Gwen got back in the car and drove off.

However, that's when a large barrier of ice rose from the ground, blocking their view. Humongosaur was confused, but then the helicopter above had its rotor freeze before something took hold and carried it to the other side of the barrier. That was what flew through the barrier with intangibility.

It was Danny Phantom, who gave a thumb's up.

"Thanks again!" Danny said.

Humongosaur gave his thumb's up as he ran off.

Danny flew away, returning to Danielle so they can make their escape.

Once Sam got home, she bemoaned her mistake.

"Not only have I lost my proof… I can't get in touch with Danny…" She groaned. "We'll have to talk tomorrow."

Poor Danielle... so close to a cure and now it's gonna have to wait.

Sam's little decision, like in Danny and Kara, is going to bite her in the worst way soon.

Since it's February, I'm gonna try and update as many of my fanfics that depict a pairing as I can.

There wasn't enough Danny x Gwen moments here, but that can change soon, I will have some of that soon...

61394: Sorry. I will have Danny get involved in their fights later.

Luiz4200: Unlikely, as Monster High doesn't exactly train their students like Xavier's School.

TheWhiteTitan: That will happen... eventually.

Dreams Come True 996: Perhaps we will see how they hide her next time. I don't mind the questions.

Batguy01: No plans for the Doctor, since I think there's enough time related characters from all of worlds already established. Plus, I'm not as active a Whovian as I was since Series 11. I have Series 12 on my DVR and I'm not exactly in a hurry to watch all of it...

Invader Johnny: Glad you're reading.

Jebest4781: They may recruit him at some point.

BeConFuzzled Writer: Glad you're reading it.

qazse: I don't follow Monster High, all I've seen were internet shorts and occasionally parts of those movies on Nickelodeon.

DJ Rodriguez: Thank you.

Major Simi: Thank you.