Danny is on the brink of being captured by Valerie and he's getting worn out. Sam has an idea that might save everyone, but Danny isn't going to like it. PRE-PP
Hey everyone! This is my first fic. I'm still getting used to writing for fictional characters, so I hope this wasn't too out of character. So please review, and tell me what you think. Should I continue the story?
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or any of these characters. I just like making up stories about them.
One Call
A Danny Phantom Fic
Valerie had finally gotten him. He was mere feet from slipping into her destructive and revenge-bent clutches.
Her new maniacal plan had been to trap him within a ghost shield that surrounded the school, so that he had to equally concentrate on avoiding getting hit himself by her wild shots, and on ensuring that none of his panicking classmates were harmed either.
"Darn it!" he exclaimed as a particularly painful shot of pink energy hit him in the shoulder. He recovered quickly though, and flew over to a huddle of quivering students just in time to construct a shield before a stray ecto-bomb detonated.
Valerie continued her careless pursuit through the halls. "I'll get you ghost! You ruined my life; you ruined everything!" she shrieked while lockers melted all around her from the sheer heat of her crazed attack.
Danny was growing tired from the seemingly-endless chase. He couldn't keep up his exhausting tactics forever, and decided to try distracting the revenge-bent teen. "Valerie, please stop. You could seriously hurt someone!"
"As long as I get you in the process, I don't care! Do you have any idea what you did to me?"
Danny paused, unsure how to continue. "Listen, please. I know what happened to you, and I'm sorry. But it wasn't me! I didn't turn you this obsessed hunter." He knew she would never believe him, but tried to calm her regardless.
"How can you say that it wasn't you! You were the only one around when my life was ruined—you and your stupid dog!" Instead of calming her, Danny's comment had further provoked her. The engines on her jet sled roared to life and she sped toward the apologetic ghost boy. She wildly fired every weapon in her arsenal, forcing Danny to go intangible. She eventually drove him to retreat further down the destroyed halls.
"AHHHH!" students exclaimed as they saw the speeding duo zooming around a corner. Valerie aimed right towards them, forcing Danny to dive and deflect the shots. When he turned around, Valerie was right behind him, with a dangerous and charged ecto-gun pointed in his face. Danny yelped with surprise and invisibly sunk through the tiled floor.
He arrived in some unused, downstairs classrooms, and immediately started looking for a place to hide. Hopefully Valerie won't try to hurt the students if I'm not there too, Danny thought. But I really need a way out of here. I can't fight well with so many people to protect, and Valerie won't ever stop until she has me dead.
Desperately, Danny pulled out his cell phone and dialed Sam's number. She picked up quickly and answered in a hushed voice, "Danny, where are you? Things are getting way out of hand up here. I think Valerie's gone crazy!"
"I know, I know. Just try to stay calm, all right? I can't keep fighting for much longer, but Valerie seems like she could go on forever. I don't know what to do." Danny sighed nervously and wiped sweat and blood from his pounding forehead, waiting for Sam to answer.
"I'm not sure that Tucker and I will be much help to you. All we can do is try to keep everyone safe and out of the way. We can't get out of the school; the shield blocks humans too."
"Yikes! We're all trapped and I can't do anything about it. I feel so helpless; it's horrible!"
"Calm down Danny. We'll get through this. Tucker had an idea. We might not be able to get out, but he's pretty sure that someone on the outside with the right technology might be able to get in."
"Heck, it's worth a shot," Danny said, defeated. "Hey, I have to be quiet. I think I hear someone in the hallway."
Sure enough, Valerie's crazed voice reverberated down the hall and penetrated the classroom where Danny was hiding. "Oh ghost boy…Come out, come out wherever you are. You know you can't hide forever. I will get you, and I'll make you regret that you were ever born!"
"Hey Sam," Danny whispered, "Valerie's in the hallway and she's getting closer. Quick, what's your plan? I need something, anything, please," he panted into the phone pressed against his clammy ear.
"Tucker thinks he knows the only person who can help us out. It's just…you really won't like it."
Growing more desperate as he heard Valerie's uneven footsteps stumbling down the hall, Danny breathed, "I don't care who it is. We just need a way out of here! Valerie's about to find me."
Danny's heart pounded in his chest; he thought it was so loud that Valerie would hear it through the classroom door. "I'm sorry, but he's the only one we could think of who could help us…" Sam said shakily.
"Sam, I don't care! Whoever it is, they're better than dying like this!" Danny almost exploded from his hiding spot with his outpour of anxiety. This time, he was sure Valerie had heard him, for the footsteps quickened and grew louder, pressing more and more painfully against his eardrums. "Sam, quick! Who is it?!"
Even the banging of Valerie's foot breaking down the classroom door couldn't block out the name that Sam hesitantly whispered into Danny's ear: "Vlad."
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