Greetings, readers! Here it is, the long-awaited sequel to 'Trapped With The Enemy'. This, as expected, is another collab with Kasena, and was genuinely a lot of fun for both of us! This story is major Badger Cereal (Danny and Vlad father/son), with a little bit of Phantom Rocker (Danny X Ember), though if you aren't a fan of Phantom Rocker, you should still enjoy this, since there really isn't much of it in this. Chronologically, this comes directly after 'Class With The Enemy', but if you haven't read that, it shouldn't affect how you understand the plot. However, you WILL be totally confused if you haven't read 'Trapped With The Enemy', so I suggest doing that! ^^

Without further ado, enjoy the new fic!

Disclaimer: Kasena and I don't own Danny Phantom, so anyone that says to the contrary deserves to be sucked into a Fenton Thermos with Technus. :D

Chapter One

The doorbell rang throughout the Fenton household that evening. At first, Danny had been ecstatic at the idea that his parents were going to another lame ghost hunting convention without him this time. He wouldn't exactly be home alone since he was with Jazz, but for some reason, fate decided to slap him hard in the kiwis and get him landed with a babysitter- Vlad, to be exact. Just perfect. Having your arch-enemy/dad babysit you wasn't just degrading, it was cruel. He knew the guy would use this to his advantage and try another stupid 'join me' plot. After all, why else would the guy agree to do it?

So, when his parents opened the door for the man, Danny wasn't exactly enthusiastic.

"Why, hello Daniel!" the man beamed, ruffling the boy's raven black hair. Danny glared at him in response, knowing he couldn't directly insult the man in front of his parents.

"Hello...Vlad," he greeted with a grimace. His parents, not noticing the boy's hostility, cheerfully said goodbye and left Danny on his own with his arch-enemy.

"What are you up to, Vlad?" Danny growled, watching as the man took a seat on the couch, making himself at home.

"Honestly, is that any way to talk to your father?" The man asked, smirking at the frustrated teen.

"You're not my father, Vlad!" Danny exclaimed, shooting a weak ectoblast at the man, of which he easily dodged by tilting his body to the left.

"Oh, really, Daniel? The birth records say otherwise, my boy."

Danny growled and shot him a toxic green eyed glare. "I'll be in my room, fruitloop. I can't take being in the same room as you again. Not after last time."

Vlad raised his eyebrows. "Really? Why the sudden change of attitude towards me? If I recall, you referred to me as 'Dad' a few times."

Danny's glare didn't waver. "Don't get me wrong, Plasmius. What happened that day was a one off. We'd been stuck in that room for, like, six hours or something. I was delusional and you know I was. Now back off."

Vlad chuckled, which only seemed to anger Danny even more. "You're awfully angry today," he remarked smugly.

"Of course I'm angry!" Danny blurted out without thinking. "I'm missing a date with my girlfriend for this! The only one in a worse mood is probably her!"

Vlad raised an eyebrow. "You finally dated Ms. Manson?"

Danny rolled his eyes. "What? No! Eww, she's my best friend." The boy let out a content sigh. "My girlfriend, she's...amazing. She's so beautiful and when she smiles…" He let out another sigh, honestly forgetting that Vlad was there now. The man smirked. That boy was just like him when he thought about Maddie. Though he did wonder who this girl was.

"And just who is this mystery girl?" Danny finally followed his lead, sitting on the chair across from the man.

He shrugged, trying, and failing, to keep a smile off his face, "A girl. Really cool one, too. She's just… she's… it's like, she's my opposite, but we're really alike, y'know?" Throughout his explanation, his eyes never lost their dreamy gaze, and his grin was that of someone who was absolutely starstruck.

This made Vlad even more curious, and amused, "This seems like something a bit more than simply liking her."

Danny wasn't sure how to respond, and he said as much, "I don't know."

Vlad chuckled, asking, "Perhaps I'll have the pleasure of meeting her?" At Danny's glare, he shrugged, "I expected as much. Well, I do apologize that you will be missing it, but I'm sure she won't mind just one date."

Danny quickly shook his head, "No, no, she's gonna be pissed. She got stood up, once. It didn't end well."

Vlad, deadpanned, "Language, Daniel."

"English, Vlad," he said mockingly.

"Well, then I hope that she doesn't hurt you too badly." He smirked, "Women can be quite temperamental."

Danny groaned, "Ugh, tell me about it. She's pretty fiery." Danny tried to not laugh at his own joke. "She can get pretty heated up."

Vlad didn't acknowledge the apparent jokes, instead nodding, "Yes, somehow, I'm not surprised. You always do like a challenge."

Danny pouted, "Shut up, Vlad. It wasn't my fault- wait. Scratch that. Basically right after meeting her, we got into a prank war, then a pun contest."

Vlad shook his head, "I keep telling you, Daniel, those jokes of yours are going to get you into trouble." He scowled at the man, until there was a loud banging.

"DANNY?! GET OUT HERE." There was anger, yet worry in her tone. Danny froze, and 'Emma' phased through the door. She glared daggers at him, "And here I was, thinking some ghost did you in, and you're here, sipping tea with… with…" She looked over at Vlad, and was even angrier, if possible. "Danny, hold me back," she whispered. He jumped up and grabbed her arms, pulling them behind her, just as she started to lunge for him.

"What... is she doing?" Vlad asked, confused as he stood up from the couch.

Danny gave Ember a perplexed look. "Hey, I don't like the fruitloop either, but I never realised you hated him this much," he remarked, ignoring the glare that Vlad was giving him.

"How can you just... sit there and talk to him, after what he did to Dani?!" she exclaimed, outraged.

Danny blinked. "Wait, you know about the…" he took a quick glance at the older hybrid. "...cloning thing?" He whispered the last part. She nodded angrily.

"Daniel, is she alright?" Vlad asked cautiously.

Danny chuckled bitterly. "Well, I told you she was fiery."

Vlad's eyes went wide as the sudden realisation dawned on him. "That's...your girlfriend?"

Ember turned around to glare at Danny. "You told him about me?"

Danny laughed nervously. "Well, he asked why I was annoyed at him and I told him it was because I was missing our date. Next thing I know, I'm talking about you."

Vlad nodded. "Yes, dear girl. He seems to be quite taken by you, actually."

The rock ghost relaxed her body's tense stance and Danny, realising this, let go of her.

"I love you, babypop," she told the blushing teenager, giving him a quick peck on the cheek. Danny grinned his lovestruck grin in response. "So, why're you hangin' out with the fruitloop, anyway? I thought you hated each other."

Danny shrugged helplessly at her. "My parents are at a ghost hunting convention and needed a babysitter."

"And they chose... him?" she asked with disgust.

Vlad gave the girl a 'I'm-still-here' expression. "Well, I am his father," he muttered, loud enough for them all to hear. Danny facepalmed. Great. Just great. Now his girlfriend knew that his archenemy was his Dad. That'll go down well.

Ember scoffed at Vlad. "Yeah right, jerkwad! Everyone from here to the Ghost Zone knows you want Danny as your son. Not that it'll actually happen or anything, though."

Danny laughed nervously. "He...kinda is. Unfortunately, you can't choose who your family is." Vlad winced. Was saying that really necessary? Trying to change the rather painful subject, the man raised one of his eyebrows.

"Wait just a moment. You just said 'Ghost Zone'. You're a ghost?"

Emma chuckled evilly and pressed the earring's 'off' button, transforming her back into Ember McLain, ghost rocker. "You got that right, dipstick," she smirked, revelling in the man's horrified expression. Daniel was dating...Skulker's ex-girlfriend? When the boy had talked so affectionately about his girlfriend, he hadn't expected her to be Ember of all people. He looked at Daniel. Maybe he just didn't know he was dating a ghost? No, the boy hadn't even blinked.

"Have you got some kind of love spell on him?" Vlad asked suspiciously. The teen flipped her flaming ponytail.

"What? That might be how you get your relationships, old man, but it sure as heck ain't mine." He wasn't convinced.

"How do I know you're not just lying?" Danny rolled his eyes.

"Wow, didn't think you and Sam would ever agree on something. I'm pretty sure she still thinks I'm under a spell. Wouldn't I know if I were under one?"

He nodded, "You may. Or you may not. How am I to know?"

She smirked, "I put him under that spell once. It was hilarious, you kept going after her like a lost puppy!"

He blushed in embarrassment, "Shut up! Wasn't my fault that somebody wanted to take over the world!"

Ember paused, "Yes, it is."

"How is that?"

She shrugged, "I dunno, it just is."

"Like most things, naturally," Vlad sneered, getting revenge for earlier.

Ember shot Vlad a glare. "Hey, I can tease him all I want," she snapped. "You, on the other hand, can't. Back off, jerk."

Danny gave her an appreciative look. Ember really was the best girlfriend he could ever want.

"Well," the rocker mused. "I can see you're gonna totally lose it if you stay with Plasmius one more minute, and since you can't leave the house apparently, I guess I'm gonna have to be a good girlfriend and keep you company, right?" she said it carelessly, but she could tell Danny needed her there for moral support. The guy, even though he was also apparently Danny's Dad, was still a total creep.

Danny grinned at her. "Thank you so much," he whispered to her, feeling relief wash over him.

"Besides," She grinned maniacally, cracking her knuckles, "I can get some much needed revenge." Seeing where this was going, he held her back again, and she started shouting, "How dare you do that to her?! She loved you, she thought you loved her! Then you threw it back in her face! You wanted her dead! I should kill the other half of you for that!"

He glared at her intensely, "You have no idea what you're talking about, girl, and you'd do well to mind your own business."

"It is my business, now, since I care about her more than you ever did."

"You don't even know who you're talking about."

Through clenched teeth, she hissed, "Danielle."

XXX

Vlad's eyes immediately shifted to Danny, who winced, "I only found out that she knew about all that a couple minutes ago!"

"And how, exactly, did you find out?"

"Why do you want to know? So you can find her, and try to kill her again?!" She phased through Danny's hold and grabbed his arm, "C'mon." She then stomped up the stairs, and walked into Danny's room, slamming the door behind them.

Danny let out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding, "Well, that could've gone a lot better." Reluctantly, Danny followed.

"Ugh! He just makes me so MAD!" the girl exclaimed, sitting down on Danny's computer chair. Danny sighed. She'd be like this for hours if he didn't do something.

"Ember," Danny said sternly, putting two hands on the girl's shoulders. "Trust me, the guy's not worth it. You need to chill out." Ember found herself staring into Danny's pools of baby blue and she felt her core calming. She knew she couldn't be angry for long when she was with Danny. Her angry expression softened and her tense body relaxed under his hold.

"You're right, babypop," she told him with a sigh. The boy, in response, let go of her and crashed onto his bed, mission accomplished.

"Man, I'm exhausted," the boy muttered through a yawn. "A lot of the ghosts just won't leave me alone today, especially Skulker."

Ember gave him a smirk. "You think he may have accidentally found out who your girlfriend is?"

Before Danny could respond, Jazz, who had been busy studying in her room the whole time, knocked on the door and let herself in.

"Danny, you okay? I heard shouting downsta-" she cut herself off when she saw who was also sat in her brother's room and gasped.

The ghost rocker waved at the girl cockily.

"E- Ember? Danny, quick! Distract her while I get the Fenton Thermos!"

Danny chuckled. "Jazz, relax. Neither of us are sucking Ember in the Fenton thermos." His sister frowned and gave Ember a suspicious look.

"You brainwashed him, didn't you?" she asked accusingly, her azure eyes glaring at the ghost. Ember rolled her eyes and turned to Danny.

"For Ghost Zone's sake! Why does everyone think I brainwashed you to like me?"

The boy shrugged. "Well, we were trying to kill each other a while back. Weird, huh?"

They both looked at Jazz. Her facial expression looked like a mixture of intrigue, confusion, suspicion and anger, if that were possible.

"But she's evil! Why is she hanging out in your room?!" The redhead exclaimed.

"She's... she's my girlfriend," Danny told her, a familiar dreamy look on his face.

Jazz's eyes widened and she sat herself next to Danny on the bed in shock. "I...need to sit down. This can't be happening…"

"Well get used to it, dipstick, 'cos I ain't goin' anywhere," Ember told her smugly, leaning her arms on the back of the chair and shooting Danny a wink.

Danny thought, and shrugged helplessly, "Maybe everybody's weirded out cause they forget I'm half ghost."

Ember shrugged, "I dunno, but it's getting old."

Jazz glanced downstairs, and remarked, "You know, I'm almost surprised you all aren't downstairs."

"And be in the same room as that jerk?! No, thanks." The couple said in unison.

"But he's your Dad, Danny! You can't avoid him forever."

"Says you! Watch me!" The boy exclaimed stubbornly.

"Ember," Jazz asked curiously. "Why do you hate Vlad so much?" She didn't think the man had done anything to the rocker ghost, so why did she hate him so much?

"Cause he's a jerk who only cares about himself!" Ember brought her guitar around from her back, and began to strum aimlessly. She strummed a chord that she liked, and grinned. Grabbing a pencil from his desk, and some scratch paper, she quickly began to jot down some music. She soon became distracted by the music she was playing, and forgot about everything else.

Danny watched with a lopsided grin, until he realized she was floating out of the chair. She didn't seem to notice, and he took joy in this. His grin turned a hint malicious as he found a brown paper bag. He filled it up with air, and tip-toed over to her. Seeing that she was still in her own world, he readied, then popped the bag right next to her. She gasped, and fell back into her chair. Danny laughed hysterically, while she glared at him, "Ugh! You are such a jerk! I'll get you back for that! You won't even see it coming."

Danny laughed as she started commencing tickle torture. She never realised Danny was so ticklish, but the boy was practically writhing on the bed. "Haha! No-o... haha! Stop! Haha! I-I su... surrender! Haha! Stop it, Em!" The girl laughed and continued her revenge, regardless of his giggles of mercy. Meanwhile, Jazz watched the two interact with amusement. That was definitely Danny, she was sure of it. Only Danny would try something like the paperbag trick. These two really did have some sort of special connection, she could see that. Chuckling lightly to herself, the girl made her way downstairs to give the couple some privacy. She did, however, have something to talk to Vlad about, mainly her brother, so maybe it was a good thing that he was a bit preoccupied.

"Hello, Vlad."

"Hello, Jasmine. Is there something you need?"

She shrugged, "Not necessarily. I was just thinking you needed some help."

He scoffed, "Oh, really? You want to help me? How so?"

"Well, you want to keep an eye on Danny and I, but you also don't want him to attack you, right?" He slowly nodded. "Just put on a movie. Studies show that nine times out of ten, children will willingly be distracted by movies." When he nodded, she went back upstairs, and told the couple, who were just sitting around talking, "Hey, you guys wanna watch a movie?"

"Yeah, I could go for a movie."

Ember sighed, "Actually, it's getting kinda late. I should probably get home, or the roommate is going to kill me." She kissed Danny, and hovered off the ground, "Let's try that date again another time, okay?" He nodded, and she flew up and out, going back to her apartment.

Jazz walked downstairs ahead of Danny. She tried to not be too suspicious when she got to the chair, leaving Danny to sit on the couch.

"So, what're we watching, Jazz?" the boy asked innocently, not noticing that he was sat next to Vlad. The man smirked at this, but said nothing.

"I got my hands on one of those horrors," Jazz told him, pressing play on the DVD remote. The movie, as far as movies go, wasn't that bad actually, though Danny now had a thing against horror movies.

"No! Don't DO IT DUDE! Don't open the door!" He exclaimed, much to Vlad's amusement.

"Popcorn?" The man asked him, offering the bowl. The boy nodded and took a handful of the buttery food, still too engrossed in the film to realise who had offered it to him, yet almost intoxicated by the smell.

"He's BEHIND you, dude! RUN!" The boy screamed, covering his eyes and subconsciously shifting closer to Vlad. He officially hated this movie. That was when he heard a chuckle next to him.

"I don't see what's so freakin' funny, Vlad!" the boy exclaimed. "This movie's terrifying!"

The man laughed again at the boy's reaction and patted him affectionately on the head. Danny, much to his own surprise, didn't even flinch and went back to munching nervously on the popcorn. Vlad smiled a little at that. That meant he was making some kind of progress. Personally, he wasn't bothered with the movie. He'd seen worse creatures than that flying around the Ghost Zone. He honestly didn't understand Danny's terror at all, though it comforted him to know that whenever Danny would get scared of the movie, he'd shift closer to him. The movie continued on for another half an hour when Vlad realised how quiet Danny had been. Sure, the movie had stopped showing fake ghosts and monsters and was showing more of the characters, but he had expected Daniel to have said at least something.

"Daniel, are y-" he stopped talking when he realised that the boy was leaned against his arm, fast asleep. Looking at him, the boy looked so at peace leaning against his father, his chest falling up and down at an even pace. Smiling fondly at the teen, he picked the boy up bridal style and made his way to Danny's room. Conveniently, Jazmine had retired to her room as soon as the movie had started, so she was probably either already asleep or studying.

"...Dad?" The boy mumbled, half asleep as he vaguely felt the sensation of being carried up the stairs. Vlad smiled at his son and ruffled his hair.

"That's right, son. Now go back to sleep." The boy sleepily nodded and snuggled up against the man's chest as he was carried to his room. Once they were finally inside, Vlad lifted the bed's duvet and gently placed Danny under it. Just as he was about to leave, he could have sworn he heard the boy mumble something. He shook his head at the impossibility of that and headed downstairs to sleep on the couch. After all, the Fentons were expected to be away for a whole week and he needed all the rest he could get. Still, that one mumbled sentence kept plaguing his mind and he couldn't help but smile.

"I... ove... you... Dad…"