A/N: I am writing this story from the idea of oceanabyss's story Injuries Will Tell. I understand most of the beginning is similar. I tried to sum it up and continue on since the beginning I didn't want to drag on forever. The rest though will be completely mine. I understand some of the characters' personality, actions, etc. may be a little different than from the show so please keep that in mind. If I am WAY off the mark please let me know, otherwise please try to just go along with it. I hope you like it and I hope it's not too terrible. I want to hear your thoughts, suggestions, light criticism and anything else you would like to say. Just a heads up, I will probably do shorter updates so that I can update more often for you guys. I have a very busy schedule and I'm not sure I will be able to update as often as other authors. I just wanted you to know. One last thing, the 0404040404 signifies a change in scene or time elapsing. It should make sense. Let's get on with the story then! Enjoy!

Disclaimer for the whole story: This is fanfiction so obviously I don't own Danny Phantom. :( If I did, there would be new episodes out!

Danny was in the middle of another fight with The Red Huntress. This time was different though. Something was off about her attacks. She wasn't quite herself. As they flew through the sky, Danny had a hard time keeping up with her. He hadn't slept or eaten in days. He was at his breaking point. She shot at him again. This time she hit him right in the stomach and Danny fell to the ground. He fought the urge of the rings to change back. He knew The Red Huntress was Valerie but she didn't know Fenton was Phantom. He planned on keeping it that way too. Maddie and Jack pulled up on scene, RV squealing as it slid into the parking lot of Casper High. Maddie and Jack pulled out their weapons along with The Red Huntress and surrounded Danny who was trying to stand up.

"Where do you think you're going creep?" Valerie asked him.

Danny finally stood up, his head was swimming. He was looking at his now present situation. He could see people starting to gather at the windows of the school. He wanted to roll his eyes but figured it might not help the situation. He knew Val and His mother would not hesitate to shoot him. Especially Val. She seemed like she was going to shoot him no matter what he was going to do.

"I don't care that you want to play hero, I'm done." And with that she pulled the trigger of her very big weapon.

The blast hit Danny in the chest and sent him flying into the wall of the school. He hit his head and his back full force. He was unconscious before he hit the ground.

Maddie and Jack looked in shock. They never expected The Red Huntress to actually shoot him. Maddie thought she would be able to capture him. The Fentons just stood in shock.

Valerie also stood there. She couldn't believe she just pulled the trigger. She was very upset over problems at home and school but that was no reason to shoot Danny Phantom no matter how much she hated him. For some reason she felt as if she just did something criminal. The look in Phantom's eyes before she shot him was familiar. The exhaustion, fear, and betrayal all made her feel like she just shot a friend.

Before more attention was attracted to her and what she just did, she jumped on her board and flew off leaving Danny bleeding and passed out slumped against the school.

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Tucker and Sam watched in shock from the classroom unable to move and do something. When Danny's body disappeared from their sight, they snapped back to reality and bolted out of the classroom. Something wasn't right, they saw him passed out, they saw the damage done.

"Where did he go? He couldn't disappear on his own, he couldn't have healed that fast!" Sam asked in a hurry.

"I have no idea." Tucker replied as they ran to where Maddie and Jack stood.

As they ran up, they heard Maddie stuttering. "Green... and red? How... How is that even... possible? He.. He's a g-ghost."

Tucker whispered over to Sam, "Look at all the blood. This is bad, real bad. We have to find him and we have to watch for Mrs. Fenton. If we don't fix this quick, she might start to put 2 and 2 together."

Maddie turned to Jack quickly, "We should do a blood test. Maybe that will help us." Sam groaned which pulled Maddie's attention to them.

"Shouldn't you kids be in school? And where's Danny? He's always with you."

"Like that?" Sam asked tucker under her breath.

Tucker just shook his head, "Yup."

Of course it would start to fall into place for Maddie. All the clues were laid out in front of her. She just had to open her eyes to it all.

"Um we came...to clean up... the mess... we got in trouble... and this is our punishment... Danny... stayed in class... to collect our work" Tucker stumbled out. Sam once again groaned.

The janitor was walking toward them so Sam bolted to him, took his mop, and told him to go back inside. She told him she would clean it up. Sam then went running back. Just as Maddie was about to take a sample, Sam plopped the wet mop into the blood and started wiping it up. Now that it was contaminated, Maddie wouldn't be able to get a good sample to test and get accurate results from. Sam cleaned it all up as Maddie looked at her in shock.

"Why did you do that?"

"I wanted to get this cleaned up quickly so we could go back to class. Now it's all cleaned up and we can go. So Tucker lets go." Sam grabbed tucker by the arm and pulled him around to the back of the school. Sam dropped the mop and let go of Tucker as they started running to Fentonworks.

"Smooth Tuck" Sam said as they were running.

"I know, sorry, nice save, that was close."

They wanted to make it to Fentonworks before Maddie and Jack to make sure Danny wasn't there first.

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When they made it there, they searched the house but there was no Danny. They heard the screeching tires of the RV and they ran for the lab.

"The specter speeder! Come on!" Sam exclaimed.

They both jumped in as they heard the front door open. They headed into the Ghost Zone just in time.

"He's gotta be somewhere in here. The only way he could disappear would be if one of the ghosts did it. But why?" Tucker asked Sam.

"I don't know. Maybe they wanted to take advantage of his weakened state. Skulker could take him for his pelt."

They sat in silence as they rode through the ghost zone looking for clues of Danny. Suddenly Tucker said, "Oh, no"

"Vlad" They both said in unison as worry filled their eyes.

"We know Val works for him and Val did fire her gun. What if that was for Vlad to take him when he couldn't fight back? That could make this 10 times worse. Who knows what Vlad is doing to him now," Sam looked to Tucker.

"We have to get there now!" Tucker practically screamed.

"I know," Sam said as she accelerated the specter speeder towards Vlad's portal.

A/N: I probably could use a beta (though I'm not sure how that works).. If anyone is willing to help me out please PM me :)

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