They had finally done it. They had Danny Phantom trapped, cornered. They could finally ask their questions, do their experiments, learn. Maddie raised her gun, prepared to fire a tranquilizer dart and take the ghost in. But suddenly...

"Wait! Stop! You can't hurt him."

"Jazz? Don't worry..." said Maddie, preparing to reassure her daughter.

"No, you don't understand. That's Danny."

"Yeah, Danny Phantom. We finally caught him," yelled Jack.

"No, it's not just Danny Phantom. That's our Danny."

"Jazz..." started Maddie.

"No," she interrupted again, "you don't understand. I know it's hard to believe, but Danny Fenton is Danny Phantom, but he's not evil. Obnoxious, sometimes, and lazy and annoying..."

"Excuse me," said Phantom, finally speaking up, "did you forget you were defending me?"

"Hey, I will defend you anyway I see fit, just like you always do, little brother."

"In case you've forgotten, the way I see fit usually involves me throwing myself in between you and mortal danger. Last time I broke two ribs."

"I jumped in front of a gun for you just now."

"Yeah, a gun held by our parents, who wouldn't hurt you, but don't believe I'm me. You aren't in any danger, Jazzerincess."

"I wouldn't go there while I'm protecting you, little badger."

"I've been protecting myself for three years now, ever since that stupid accident. I can handle it, Jazzypants. Just get out of here."

"Wait a second. You're doing that hting where you yell at me to protect me. You just want me to storm off and leave you here with our trigger happy parents so I don't get caught in the crossfire."

"Like I said, Jazz, I can handle it. You don't do this as much as I do, and you don't need to get hurt, if Mom and Dad decide it doesn't matter who I am."

"But you shouldn't have to, either. Mom, Dad, this really is..."

"Jazz, don't worry about it, we believe you," said Maddie, taking her turn to interrupt.

"But...wait...what?" exclaimed Jazz.

"We have questions, and we need to talk to Danny about thinking we would ever want to hurt him, but only siblings could fight in this situation and then go all sweet two seconds later," explained Maddie.

"So, we don't get to test the Fenton Ghost Tranquilizer?" whined Jack.

"Tranquilizer!?"