Hatred

A/N: So, here's an angst story. FML and all that. Found out my ex-boyfriend has a new girlfriend. So, uh, sorry, Dani, but you get the biggest blow of it all. Still working on "Fears," by the way. Just needed a little room to vent.

Danielle's POV:

He was after me again, even though we thought he was dead, he was after me. He wanted to rip me apart, to dissect and melt me. He didn't want me alive, even if I was hundreds of miles away from him.

The look in his eyes as he caught me was one I'd never forget; the evil glee as he grabbed me, knowing that I couldn't fight back. I was as good as dead in that second. The pure hatred in his eyes as he strapped me to the cold, steel examination table pierced into my very soul; if I even have one, considering I'm a clone. According to Vlad, I have no purpose, no reason for existence.

"Now, now, Danielle, this will only be a moment," Vlad said, smiling coldly as he lowered a molecule splitter down over me.

"Please, Vlad, Don't," I pleaded.

"Honestly, child," he scoffed, "You think I care how much you beg?"

"Daddy, don't."

"You have no father." Those were the last words I heard before he pressed the button and a searing pain raced over me. I couldn't see anything, but I could hear myself screaming. It wasn't the normal scream, the single wavering note, but it was unfinished words, pleads, curses; I don't even think I was saying actual words. My head was spinning from the pain.

I don't know how long I was like that; it could have been minutes, or hours, or even days. All I know is that it eventually stopped, and for that, I was grateful.

When I awoke, my thoughts were cloudy and my vision was blurry. The first thing I focused on was Danny. "Danny!" I tried to shout, but my mouth wouldn't form the words.

"She's trying to communicate," he said, coming to stand over me. I tried to reach over for him, I tried to move, I tried to do anything; I couldn't. It was then that I noticed how old Danny looked. He was aged; dark circles were under his eyes and he looked as though he hadn't shaved in a few weeks.

"Danielle, honey, if you can hear me, blink," he said.

I blinked my eyes rapidly, my eyelids seeming to be the only thing mobile on my entire body.

There was a sigh of relief, and I noticed that there were more people in the room. I rolled my eyes around, trying to figure out who was there. Sam, Tucker, Johnny 13, Kitty, and Frostbite.

I was suddenly aware of the whispering that was going on around me. Danny and Frostbite, mostly, with bits of Johnny and Tucker. I didn't understand what was going on.

"What the hell do you want me to do?" Danny was saying. "I can't even touch her!"

"She needs to know," Tucker said.

"That would only scare her!"

"As if she isn't scared enough already!"

"Honestly, it would probably be best to just monitor her," Frostbite began, but was cut off.

"She is my daughter! I will tell her whatever the hell I want to!" Danny shouted.

I couldn't believe what I heard. Danny calling me his daughter concerned me more than the fact that I still had no earthly idea what was going on.

I couldn't feel anything below me and suddenly, I noticed, that there was glass separating me from everyone else. It was almost like I was in a coffin.

"Danielle," Danny said, "Vlad used a molecule splitter on you. I don't know how much you remember, but he did a lot of severe damage before I could get to you." He got choked up on his words and paused for a minute before continuing. His next words were blunt and cold, but I understood why. He had to detach himself from them in order to say them, "He killed you, Danielle. Your human half is gone, destroyed."

A/N: So this is it... if you guys want me to continue this, let me know and I will after I finish "Fears."