I had a another plot for the going angst but I really don't have time and spoons to actually write this so just gonna post the outline and call it done
for Going Angst Day 3 Family/Friends
- casual day, the trio heading out for an outing (new bowling alley? arcade?). these days it's rare that they would get a free break. they want to savor it while it last
- ghost attack, phantom appeared,
- ghost fight, something collapsed.
- Sam and tuck uncovered the debris, trying to find Danny.
- called for Jazz to bring in Fenton boomerang to home in on Danny
- but Danny doesn't remember anything.
- sound of air being sucked through a vacuum (wheeze click), sterile cool dry air with sharp tang of antiseptics, faint beeping in the background (blurs into white noise)
- feminine voice droned out "58% lamb chops--"
- male voice "add more to the solution. we need to keep him deep under for this operation" "soon my son"
- the occupant did not respond to his voice. laying deep in slumber, surrounded by metallic cords on a too pristine, solid metal bed
- next to the bed, several screens, each monitoring the vitals of the occupant on the bed
- on one screen shows a log note: August 4, clone stability was a failure. All of them are lacking in something that keeps them solid. Whatever is the missing key- only the original holds it. The key to the perfect son.
aka if Vlad wasn't a Saturday Morning villain. A more dangerous Vlad would orchestrate a scenario where he swaps Danny with one of the faulty clones (reduced all complexity to maintain longer stability in human form) with no memories of anything other than basic function and some speech capabilities. With no memories the clone would have nothing to give away that would hint that it's not the real Danny. No going ghost, no plan spills, no need to fill in background info for infiltration, etc. By the time the clone eventually melts away, they won't know who's the culprit and Vlad should be able to obtain what he wants by then.