Danny: Bye, Vlad! And as a lonely single man in your forties, might I suggest Internet dating? Or a cat?

Vlad: Mark my words, Maddie! Nobody says no to Vlad Masters! You will rue the day you spurned my affections! And I will not get a cat!

Maternal Instincts

Meow

Danny floated through the Ghost Zone, marking down important locations on his incomplete map. He looked up and saw the giant purple football that blocked the portal to Vlad's home in Wisconsin. Chuckling to himself, he drew a football on the map. Then as a second thought, he flew up and into the portal.

He landed just outside the portal with a light thud. Looking around and not seeing his archenemy there, he sighed in relief. Meow. Danny looked around. "What in the world?" he whispered. Meow. He finally decided to take a look around to try and find the source of the noise. He picked up boxes and looked behind desks, but couldn't find... whatever it was. Meow. "Well, at least it's getting louder," Danny mumbled.

He turned around and stopped dead in his tracks as he spotted the source of the sound. Meow. It was a little black and white kitten with big brown eyes. She looked up at him and blinked. Meow. Danny smiled and walked over to the kitten and picked her up. She was just the size of Danny's head. "Aren't you the sweetest thing? How'd you get here? Don't you know that a mean old man lives here?" Meow. Danny scratched the kitten behind her ears and she began purring. "What's your name, sweetie?"

"Phantom," a voice said in monotone. Danny immediately stopped petting the kitten and froze in his spot. He turned to see Vlad Masters standing there, arms crossed. "What are you doing with Phantom?" Danny looked down at the kitten, then back up at Vlad.

"Petting her," Danny answered cautiously. He carefully placed the kitten on the floor, and she ran to Vlad, rubbing against his leg and purring loudly. Danny started backing up, afraid of what the older half-ghost would do to him. "I'll just be going now." He took off through the portal and Vlad smirked. He picked up his kitten and started scratching her.

"Well, Phantom, let's get back to plotting evil," he said, walking out of the lab.