Phantom Trip

My master!

   Danny followed his cousins. He didn't call them clones anymore. That'd be like calling your cat 'pet'. It was weird. He smiled at Dani, who was piggyback riding on Damien.

"Forwards!!!" She stuck a fist out.

Valerie walked next to Danny. "That isn't what really happened right?"

Danny turned to her. "Huh?"

"You didn't tell the whole story. Besides, I don't know these clones. Only Danielle. Did Vlad make others after I left?"

Danny sighed and shook his head. He glanced back to make sure they were at a safe distance and whispered: "No. They were made before Dani. I don't know the order ok. I fought them first and yes they were 'mindless'" he made quotation marks.

"So why aren't they 'mindless' anymore," Valerie mimicked him.

"Long story short. I dissolved them into ectoplasm while we fought. Dani convinced me to gather each clone's ectoplasm. Thankfully it wasn't cleaned or anything yet. We had them in separate containers but didn't know what to do with them. Dani started destabilizing and you were sent to kidnap her, which you did. So all that crap happened and after that we realized we could use the Ecto-dejecto on them but it wasn't enough and I gave them a sample of my blood and slowly they got better and took up a form. They actually look more human now. But they're still unstable so we keep giving them Ecto-Dejecto every month or so..."

Valerie blinked at the story. "If that was the short version I don't want to hear the full story. Wait. You gave them blood?"

Danny scrunched his nose. "Yeah."

"Do you still do it along with the Ecto-Dejecto?!"

"Sometimes."

"How?"

Danny grinned with black humour. "I swear if my scars didn't heal as fast as they do, you'd think I was cutting myself."

Valerie grabbed his arm and rolled up his hoody in a panic. Soft skin met her gaze. She whisperyelled. "You cut yourself?!"

Danny snatched his arm back. "Relax. I have blood to spare. Besides, most of the times they used a needle. It's like donating blood. But sometimes we wouldn't have needles and you know...we're pretty good at improvising."

Valerie's eyes widened. Then she remembered he had super healing. But still....

Leroy appeared next to Danny and looked at him. He growled shortly and Danny smiled. "Sure." He flew on and sat himself down on the monster's back.

Dani noticed from where she was sitting on Damien's shoulders. Her eyes sparkled and she jumped off and made her way to her cousin. Damien yelped when she suddenly got off. "Hey where are you- Danny....don't tell me you got another pet."

The halfa leaned forward, smirking. "Fine, I won't."

Maddie frowned as Dani climbed on behind Danny. "Another one? Danny how many ghostly pets do you have."

Leroy growled at the struggling girl but Danny patted his head. "It's ok boy. She's a friend. Can you lower a bit to let the dwarf on?"

Dani yelped indignantly but scrambled on when Leroy obeyed. "He's protective. Mmh. I wanna see how he takes the idea of you having another pet."

Danny playfully punched her shoulder. "You and I both know Cujo is more your pet now than mine."

"That's because you neglect him while I," she proudly stated the word. "take good care of him."

David laughed. "You take good are of him!?!"

Damien joined in. "That's rich. We all know who the real caretaker. And that's David."