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Phic Phight: Good Parents
Maddie Fenton nearly kills her son trying to take down Phantom. Jack Fenton nearly kills him again, trying to tear the ghost from him.
Clockwork, one of the most powerful ghosts in existence, is tired of the people he cares about getting hurt.
(@five-rivers broke out the same prompt as 2020 and 2021 which legally means I had to update. One day I will not be contained by that. Not any time soon though. Part 1, Part 2.)
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Eventually, Sam and Tucker had to return home. Clockwork set up a portal for them with one of his mirrors, and before they left they informed Danny that they would be back soon, school or not. They’d exchanged several minutes of banter before leaving. Jazz, however, had chosen to ignore Danny’s protests and stay for as long as she could.
Unfortunately, that time frame was drawing to a close. Clockwork had taken the liberty of checking her schedule, and she had an unfinished research paper due at midnight tomorrow. He met her in the kitchen while she was grabbing Danny a glass of water. Clockwork tapped his staff against the doorframe before he entered to avoid startling her. “Jasmine, could I speak with you?”
Jazz glanced back at him before turning off the tap. “Sure,” she said, “and you can call me Jazz.”
“Of course. In that case, Jazz, you should contact your professors and request an extension on your paper.”
He could feel the air tense. Jazz took a deep breath in. “This is the extension.” She turned back to Clockwork. “Don’t tell Danny.”
“I wasn’t going to,” Clockwork said. “If you would like me to back you up as you contact them to say your brother’s been injured -”
“You don’t have to,” Jazz cut him off. “I’m fine. I’m almost done.”
Clockwork did not point out he knew that was a lie. With Danny’s situation, the last thing he wanted to do was risk pushing away his oldest and most active support system. “Alright.” He said simply, and moved on. “I wanted to talk to you about your parents.”
Jazz’s expression dropped to a scowl. “Right,” she said, “what’d they do now?”
“Technically, they have completed their first task -”
“Technically?”
