I can't believe it. The last chapter. Twenty-one weeks later, and it all comes down to this. I want to thank everyone who has been following this, I hope you like how I wrapped it up. I do want to include that there are no sequels planned at this time. If I get another story idea that ties in with this, I will, but I can;t guarantee I'll eve write any more about David or Daniel.

So, like I said, please enjoy my final chapter.

Chapter 21

"Here," Danny said as he threw the thermos into Walker's hands. "I think you're going to want to keep this one under close supervision."

"Will do." Walker let the ghost out, right into a anti ghost cage. "We've been lookng for this one."

"You have?" Danny asked.

"Yeah. It went completly insane a few years back. We lost his trail when the Guys in White picked him up. Can't believe this is what they did."

"Well glad I could help." Danny went back to the speeder where David and Theodore were waiting. "Okay, next stop, Amity Park Maximum Security Detention Center. You ready?" he asked Theo.

"Yeah. Are you sure you can get them to shorten my sentence?"

"Don't worry, I'm going to do the best I can, as long as you can get an appeal." They sped off to the prison, where he dropped him off to the warden. He talked to the warden for a few minutes, dropping some good words about Theo before he left for home.

Danny and David pulled into the lab and parked by the portal. They climbed out and Danny went upstairs while David put the Ghost Gauntlets up. Danny found Daniel in his room, practicing his ecto blast.

"Hey, Daniel, what did I tell you about your ghost powers?" Danny said sternly.

"No practicing the ghost ray outside of the lab's training facility?" Daniel replied.

"That's right. Now either practice your invisibility or don't practice at all." David walked into the room, and started talking about the ghost powers. Danny watched outside the door for a few minutes as David explained how to use his powers. Danny walked back downstairs to the kitchen, where Sam was sitting at the table browsing the internet. "What you looking at?" Danny asked.

"Just ordering a book from ."

"I thought you weren't goth anymore," Danny replied with a smirk.

"Well, you know, old habits die hard," she replied.

"You'll never guess who the human half of that ghost was."

"Who?"

"Freakshow's son."

"Really? Freakshow had a son? Is he as crazy as his old man?"

"Yeah, I can't believe it either, and actually, he's pretty nice. I mean, Freakshow had instilled ghost envy in him, and that's what had gotten him into trouble, but this whole experience has cleared him of that near as I can tell. I'm going to try to help him get out of jail quicker."

"You're sure he's okay? I mean, you sure he won't turn on you if you can get him out?"

"Yeah, he's an alright kid. And this whole experience with the ghost taking over him, well, I think that's done enough to him to stop him from ever wanting to be a ghost again."

"So, about Daniel, how long do you think it'll be before he can help you again?"

"I don't know. If he does good, maybe a couple months, but probably a little longer. We'll have to see." Sam nodded in agreement.

"Well, at least he's alright. It looks like everything's going to be okay. All he needs is a little practice, some guidance, he'll be okay. And about Freakshow's son. Do you really think you can help him?"

"Yeah. His name's Theodore, and I think he'll do okay if we can get him out. And that's something I want to make sure of. He deserves a second chance."

And that's how it goes. Within the next six months, Danny would be able to persuade the judge in the appeal trial to put Theodore on probation for a year. After that, Danny had taken him under his wing. After all, he had no real father figure. Freakshow had disappeared off the face of the planet a few years back, and even if he had been there, he would have just led him down the wrong path. Theo had moved into a guest house behind Fenton Works 2. He was smart, and would become a great inventor who would end up helping humanity with his inventions. As for Daniel, he would get down how to use his powers, and he'd get to help his Dad and brother. As for the rest of the Fentons, well, they had a bright future ahead of them.

Clockwork smiled as he looked up at the screen. Danny had done it, he had fixed the future. Then again, he had known it all along. He knew Danny would be able to do it. He was a pretty amazing young man. As were his sons. Daniel would do great things. He had proven his abilities already with how he had handled himself when he was the Fire King. He looked around at the other, alternate Daniel. He was staring up sadly at the monitor that showed Daniel.

"That could have been me," he mumbled to himself. Seeing all of this had made him realize that if he had listened to his father in the first place, he would have had this happy life. He wouldn't be this monster, alone, without a family. That's when something else hit him. He wasn't really Daniel anymore. Daniel was the boy on the screen infront of him. He didn't know who he was, but it definitely wasn't Daniel. And he wasn't the Fire King either. The Fire King didn't exist. He turned around slowly and started sweeping the floor. This was something he'd have to figure out over time. For now, this was his home, this was as close to a family as he had. His gaze swept over the room. He looked at all the clocks and gears and machinery. He saw the Time Medallions hanging in the corner. The thermos Dan Phantom was held in. Clockwork scanning over the monitors. Slowly, Clockwork turned around.

"Keep an eye on the place for me, will you? I've gotta go meet with the Observants. Something tells me it won't be easy to get them to accept what I did."

"Will they fire you?" the nameless ghost asked.

"No, don't worry. They can't fire me, because they would never be able to find anyone to replace me. Just look after the place while I'm gone. I'll be back in a couple hours."

"Will do boss."

I just had to include an after thought, didn't I? I hope you all liked it, and be sure to look for my new project in a couple of months. I did have a 6000 word deletion setback, so it may be longer, but for now, thats what I'm working on. Thanks for reading.

-Obi