Chapter 11: Revelations

Danny didn't know what he expected when he returned home but it certainly wasn't what he met. "Mom? Dad? What's with these faces?"

"Son, I know you're used to Vlad Masters being a friend of our family but he's not what he seemed." Jack sadly stated.

"Danny, I know your father and I used to say it's impossible for humans to have ghost powers but Masters turned out to be a living, uh, half-living example that we were wrong." Maddie added.

"What?" Danny was shocked. Not about Vlad being a half-ghost since he already knew that but about his parents knowing about it.

"I know, right?" Jack asked. "Also, Vlad says he's got his powers from that ghost portal accident that took place back in college. It's a good thing we didn't use diet cola back when you activated our portal, right?"

"Riiiiiii… what?" Clueless or not, Danny could tell what his father was implying. "Dad, you're not suggesting…"

"All of our ghost detectors working on you and we never suspected because we stubbornly refused to accept the possibility of humans having ghost powers." Maddie commented.

"I remember Dad suspecting Jazz." Danny commented hoping to avoid attention.

"It seemed to make sense back then." Jack weakly argued.

"Well, Danny, you may show us your powers." Maddie encouraged her son and he reluctantly went ghost.

Meanwhile, Agents Rick Dicker and Alpha were also discussing half-ghosts. "For the last time, Agent Dicker, ghosts are our specialty." Agent Alpha stated. "We appreciate your cooperation but get back to your superheroes. And besides, all that the prisoner does is to waste our time with a tale about Danny Fenton being Danny Phantom."

"I see." Rick commented. "Thank you for your time, Agent Alpha."

"You're welcome, Agent Dicker." Agent Alpha replied.

Meanwhile, back at Fentonworks, Danny's parents recovered from the surprise. "I should've known." Jack commented. "Son, if you didn't want anyone to suspect, you should've stuck by 'Inviso-Bill' or at least picked a name not similar to yours." He scolded his son. "Refuge in audacity might have worked for the Impossibles but we're not in any of those Hanna-Barbera cartoons."

"So, then-Mayor Montez was really being overshadowed by a real ghost back then, right?" Maddie asked.

"Yes, Mom." He answered.

"Son, does V… the other half-ghost know about you?" Jack asked.

"Yes, Dad." Danny sadly replied.

"In that case, Danny, I advise you to tell your girlfriend before she learns from others." Jack said.

"What?" Danny asked in confusion.

"Danny, Robert Parr works closely with Winston Deavor, who has the ear of Agent Dicker." Maddie explained. "You'd better tell Violet the truth before her father learns from Mr. Deavor and tells her."

Danny thought about it for a while. Even if that didn't worry him, he didn't like keeping the truth hidden from Violet. "Okay, Mom."

Jazz then showed up and what she saw scared her. She quickly placed herself between her brother and their parents. "Don't shoot him! He's Danny! Danny Fenton, I mean!"

"We know that, Jazzypants." Jack told his daughter. "Our question is: who else knows?"

"Only Tucker and Sam, Dad." Jazz answered.

Danny hesitated before adding. "Actually, some of the girls I met through the dating service learned my secret as well."

His family was shocked by this statement. Jack was eventually the first one to speak. "Well, since nothing happened from it so far, I presume all of them agreed to keep quiet about it."

"Please tell me Cree and Vicky aren't among them!" Maddie desperately asked.

"No, they aren't, Mom." Danny replied.

"Is Violet among them?" Jazz hopefully asked.

"Unfortunately not." Danny sadly answered.

"Danny, during those days, you met some superheroines." Jazz commented. "Do they know your secret?"

"Supergirl, Batgirl and Starfire know, and Invisigirl doesn't." Danny answered and hoped they wouldn't ask how they learned since he couldn't tell about Batgirl without revealing her own secret identity.

"What about Kim Possible?" Maddie asked.

"She doesn't either, Mom." Danny answered.

"You should've counted her as a superheroine, son." Jack lightly admonished his son. "You count Batgirl so I wonder if it's the lack of a secret identity or the lack of a supersuit."

"Lack of supersuit, I guess." Danny said.

"Anyway, how did you learn Danny's secret?" Jazz asked.

"It became easy upon learning Vlad's also a half-ghost." Jack answered. "Was, actually."

"What happened to him?" Danny asked.

Flashback.

The Fentons had the Fenton Ghost Catcher in position. "Once he's made pass this way, his ghost half and his human half will come the other way as separate individuals." Maddie explained to the federal agents. "While Jack sucks the ghost half into the Fenton Ghost Weasel he's holding."

Jack proudly waved at the others and then readied himself. Maddie then ejected Vlad from her Fenton Ghost Weasel, implementing her plan. Jack sucked his former friend's ghost half while Rick approached Vlad's human half. "Vladimir Masters, you're under arrest for bank robbery, coercing entrepreneurs to sell their business to you, and election fraud. You have the right to remain silent. If you waive it, everything you say may and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning."

"Stop reading rights for a ghost." Agent Alpha ordered. "Vladimir Masters, in accordance with the Federal Anti-Ecto Control Act, Article 1, Section 1, Sub-section A, you're under arrest."

"But I no longer have ghost powers." Vlad protested.

"Since the removal method is experimental, we must perform tests to be sure of it." Operative O explained.

"Really painful ones." Operative K added with a smile.

End flashback.

Danny was divided between liking the idea of Vlad being in pain or worried the Guys in White might do the same to him someday.

"But that's not the point." Maddie said. "We must tell Violet the truth."

The Fentons called the Parrs and scheduled a visit to the Parr residence for next Tuesday so the secret would be told. Unbeknownst to them, the Parrs later met Rick and Winston to discuss the meeting. "Rick, what do you think about this?" Bob asked.

"Reports from a past incident portrayed Jack and Maddie Fenton as skeptical about the idea of humans having ghost powers." Rick explained. "Learning they were wrong about that must've enabled them to figure out Danny Phantom's secret identity, assuming he's the one Winston and I suspect."

"And who do you suspect, Agent Dicker?" Violet asked.

"Danny Fenton." Rick answered.

"I knew it!" Dash exclaimed in triumph.

"Technically we're not sure but the coincidences were too many." Winston commented.

"Coincidences?" Violet asked.

"During the time Danny Fenton was in the dating program, Danny Phantom fought alongside some superheroines during the same days he dated girls from their respective home turfs." Rick stated. "I'm even counting Kim Possible."

"The skinny boy met Kim Possible?" Dash asked in amazement. "Awesome!"

"And we didn't even mention Starfire." Winston commented.

"You know her secret identity?" Bob asked in shock.

"She entered the dating service as herself, Bob." Rick explained. "I don't think she has a secret identity."

"If skinny's a Super, I take back every bad thing I said about him other than him being skinny." Dash said.

"Let's wait and see if that's what he's telling." Bob suggested. "Then we'll confront him about it."

"If he is, may we tell the Fentons I'm Invisigirl?" Violet asked.

The day of the meeting finally arrived. "Nice to meet you all." Helen told the Fentons.

"It's nice to meet you as well, Mrs. Parr." Maddie replied.

"You may call me Helen." Helen said.

"Then you may call me Maddie." Maddie replied.

"Danny, you wanted to tell me a big secret." Violet commented. "What's it?"

"I'm going ghost!" Danny exclaimed and changed from Fenton to Phantom.

"I knew it! I knew it!" Dash exclaimed. "So much for it not being an old Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Violet."

"Wait." Danny asked in shock. "You knew?"

"Dash found it suspicious you wouldn't have a cell phone back then, Danny." Violet explained.

"Are you both okay with it?" Bob asked Jack and Maddie. "You used to say Danny Phantom was evil."

"Back then we believed him to be an actual ghost instead of a human with ghost powers." Jack explained. "And Danny claims to have met some non-evil ghosts. They just usually stay out of human business."

"I hope it doesn't scare you, Vi." Danny fearfully said.

"To be honest, my family also has a secret." Violet replied and then looked at her father, who gave a signal of approval. She and the other Parrs then donned their domino masks. Helen gave Jack-Jack his.

"Violet, your mask makes you look like… Invisigirl?" Danny asked. Violet then became invisible. "You are Invisigirl?"

"Yes." She confirmed.

"Vi, your clothes didn't become invisible with you." Danny commented, assuming her power was malfunctioning.

"I can't extend my power like that, Danny." Violet explained. "Except for my supersuit and that's because it was made to become invisible with me."

"So, did you choose me knowing I'm Danny Phantom?" Danny asked as he changed back into Fenton.

"No, I thought it'd be absurd to use a superhero name so similar to one's real name." Violet commented.

"Which made it a good idea just like that Impossibles cartoon." Dash teasingly commented. "I've once read a comic book where two characters discuss the possibility of the singers and the superheroes being the same Impossibles trio and one of them dismisses the idea as absurd because it'd be the worst idea for a secret identity."

Jazz then looked at Violet's parents. "Wait a minute. If Violet is Invisigirl, does that mean… you are Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl!"

"Exactly." Bob proudly replied.

"So, who's who?" Jack eagerly asked.

"You're joking, right?" Helen hopefully asked.

"Uh, no?" Maddie, Jazz and Danny facepalmed in frustration.

"So, what happens now that your family knows my secret and my family knows your family's secret, Vi?" Danny asked.

"Actually, it turns out the National Super Agency was suspecting ever since I asked Agent Dicker to check your background." Bob answered as Violet was too shy to answer. "It was deemed as too much of a coincidence that, whenever you met a superheroine you also had a date with a girl from the superheroine's turf."

"Had I not revealed myself, would you believe I was looking for other places to help because ghost attacks were at an all-time low, Mr. Incr… Mr. Parr?" Danny asked.

"I could believe Danny Phantom went to Bellwood to pursue Technus and that it happened to be at the same day Danny Fenton went there for a date but, combined with the other so-called coincidences, not so much." Bob answered. "Now, I believe you were informed that the National Super Agency wants to recruit you."

"What?" Jack, Maddie and Jazz asked.

"Danny, I understand you not telling Mom and Dad since they didn't know you're Danny Phantom but why not telling me?" Jazz was curious.

"Because I wasn't really thinking it over, Jazz." Danny explained. "My main duty is in Amity Park."

"Danny, I'm sure Agent Dicker will respect that." Violet said. "By the way, you'll probably have to meet him either way now that we know your secret."

"You'll still be a hero and being affiliated to the National Super Agency will protect you from the Guys in White, the Red Huntress and others willing to hunt you." Helen told Danny.

"Assuming you're not declared a rogue agent." Dash teased him.

"We'll talk to him." Jack said. "Now I'm curious. I know about three of you but what about the boys' powers?"

"I'm fast." Dash boasted and quickly ran to his bedroom and returned with the rest of his supersuit.

"Is your suit friction-resistant so you can run without worrying about it being destroyed?" Maddie asked out of curiosity.

"Yes." Dash answered.

"All our suits are adjusted for the needs that come with our specific powers." Bob replied.

"Cool!" Jack commented. "We could talk to whoever made those suits so we could compare notes. "Danny's suit is a radiation-proof one that he was wearing when he got his powers."

"We can discuss that after he joins." Bob said.

End chapter.

Answer to danifan3000 (Chapter 9): Thanks for the suggestion you gave me when you reviewed Chapter 9.

Answer to Leonardo (Guest): Os Caras de Branco ainda se recusam a acreditar que Danny Fenton é Danny Phantom. Vlad não terá oportunidade para contar o segredo a alguém que não seja da Agência de Supers (que já descobriu) ou um Cara de Branco. Quanto ao crossover que você apóia (obrigado, a propósito), eu estava pensando na Mac já que o 'namorado' dela só lhe foi apresentado no epílogo. Você tem algum motivo especial para escolher a Chrissy? E acho que não foi dublado no Brasil.

Answer to Chester A Bum (Guest): Thanks. In Dash's case, I think it's more about mocking Danny than protecting Violet.