Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom.
Summery: After losing Sam, Danny returns to Amity Park, but soon finds out all is not well. A war has started between the small town and the ghost zone. But that's the least of Danny's worries.
Authors note: Boy this is getting longer then I ever thought it would be. The next chapter of The Phantom's Dragon: The Phantom Vs The Dragon. You're going to want to read that first so you're not too confused. DxS of course. Thanks.
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The Phantom's Dragon: The Cursed War
By,
Ninee (Roaramon)
A loud ringing filled the early morning air in a still dark bedroom. "What now…" Tucker moaned reaching for his phone that was the source of the irritating noise. He checked the clock seeing that it was only after seven in the morning. He then looked down to see who was calling him. "Jazz?" Tucker questioned as he clicked the answer button his phone. "Hello?" Tucker said questionable.
"Tucker, it's Jazz." Jazz answered anxiously.
"Yeah, I know, what's up?" Tucker said sounding slightly annoyed.
"Is Danny there?" Jazz said quickly.
Tucker rubbed his eyes with his free hand, and then reached for his glasses. "He should be." He said through a yawn.
"Well is he?" Jazz said more demanding.
"Why, and what's with the attitude?" Tucker said getting more annoyed. Tucker listened hearing what sounded like the phone hitting the floor. "Jazz?"
"I'm sorry Tucker, it's just…" over the phone Tucker heard what sounded like blast from a gun.
"Jazz are you ok?" Tucker questioned no longer annoyed, but worried. He looked around his room and quickly started getting dressed sensing something was terrible wrong.
"I can't get a hold of Danny, and there's a ghost army attacking…" again her words were lost.
"Jazz?" Tucker almost yelled as he opened his door and went to open the door to Danny's room.
"The entire city is under attack, where is Danny?" Jazz's voice finally made it through.
"What?" Tucker questioned as he opened the door to Danny's room, only to find it empty.
"It's an army of ghost, skeletons, there taking prisons. My parents are trying to fight them off, but where's Danny?" Jazz explained hastily.
Tucker felt a nervous sweat being to build as he ran out into the living room hoping to find Danny. "Well he's not here, I don't know where he is. Did you try his cell?" Tucker said quickly.
"Yeah, no answer." Jazz answered just as a familiar beep came to Tucker's ears.
He looked down seeing Danny's cell phone sitting on the coffee table with numerous miss called displayed on it. "Yeah, it's sitting on the coffee table. He doesn't have it." Tucker explained. Suddenly blast from outside the apartment began to shake the floor below Tucker's feet. "Shit." He cursed running towards the window to find the source of the quake.
"What's going on Tucker?" Jazz asked hearing Tucker gasp.
"There everywhere, it looks like Pariah's ghost army." Tucker explained seeing the ghost army pulling people out of their homes and forcing them into cages.
"Tucker, you have to get over here, now. We have the ghost shield up." Jazz explained.
"What about every one else?" Tucker questioned running back to his room to grab a few supplies, including some ghost weapons.
"Just concentrate on getting your self here." Jazz pleaded as another blast shook the building. "Hurry..."
Tucker looked down at the dead phone seeing that his connection had been lost. He threw his backpack over his shoulder after arming himself with a Fenton Wrist Ray and made his way towards the door. But as he walked by the coffee table, an object caught his eye. He stopped for a moment and looked down at the picture frame. "Just incase." Tucker said softy grabbing the treasured picture, tucking it safely into his backpack. He then quickly opened the door and stood in awe at the kayos around him. "Where's Danny?" he gasped seeing groups of ghost attacking. He shook off his shock then quickly dogged the commotion and silently started his dangerous trip towards the Fenton's.
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"Well, did you get a hold of him?" Maddie yelled to her daughter as she fought to keep the ghost shield operational. It was in pieces scattered across the lab, but was still managing to produce some protection.
"He's not there, but I got a hold of Tucker." Jazz explained helping her mother.
"Is he ok?" Maddie asked trying to give the ghost shield more power. It had taken a major blast making it only powerful enough to shield the house, and it was loosing its strength quickly.
"He's on his way here." Jazz explained trying to reconnect the loose electrical wires.
"We may not be here much longer." Jack shouted running into the living room with a smoking Fenton Foamer in hand. "The shield took too much damage, we can't stay here and waste anymore time." Jack explained standing behind his wife in an oddly intense manner.
"What's the plan?" Maddie said looking up at her battered husband.
"We've got to get moving." Jack said simple giving Maddie a knowing look.
"The RV." Maddie nodded.
"The RV?" Jazzed said questionable.
"The Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle, we just got done revamping it. The ghost shield is fully functional and had loads of upgrades." Jack said excitedly.
"But where will we go?" Jazz questioned not fully understanding their plan.
"It doesn't matter, at least in there we've got fully operating equipment and weapons. Where not going to be able to repair this ghost shield. Not after the damage it has already taken." Maddie explained to her daughter. Suddenly the wire's they had been struggling with surged and the ghost shield finally powered down.
"We've got to go, now." Maddie said pulling Jazz to her. "We'll pick up Tucker and figure out something…" Maddie started but was cut off.
"Jack, Maddie!" Mr. Foley voice yelled as he run into the abused building with his wife by his side.
"Are you two ok?" Maddie asked concerned by their sudden outburst.
"Have you see or heard from Tucker." Mrs. Foley asked with tears trailing down her face. "We can't find him."
"I just talked to him a little bit ago, but we got disconnected." Jazz started to explain. "He's on his way here." Jazz finished trying to calm the worried parents.
"Have you seen Danny?" Maddie quickly asked.
"No, we haven't, is he missing too?" Mr. Foley asked taking a breath of relief that his son was for the moment safe.
"We can't find him." Maddie sighed sadly.
"I'm tell you mom, where ever he is he's ok." Jazz tried to calm her mother's worries.
"Right now we've got to get to the RV." Jack said getting everyone's attention. "Come on Foley's, your coming too. It's the only place that's safe." Jack said in a serious tone. "We're going to pick up Tucker, and then find Danny."
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"Is every thing loaded?" Maddie asked as she finished strapping some last minute supplies to the outside of the RV.
"Yeah." Jack said coming around joining his wife.
"Are we ready." Mr. Foley asked poking his head out of the side door of the RV.
"Just about…" Jack started but was cut off.
"What have you done?" An accusing voice rose from behind the Fenton's. Jack and Maddie turned to find the Manson's staring angrily at them.
Jack immediately felt anger rise up in him seeing the accusing pair. "How is this our fault?" Jack immediately jumped to defense.
Mr. Manson's eyes rolled back in his head not wanting to listen to Jack. "When has anything this chaotic not been your fault." Mr. Manson responded.
"Look this is not time to argue." Mr. Foley said trying to stop the fighting.
Jack growled having trouble controlling his temper. "That's all we do is try to be civil to you Manson's. And poor Sam." Jack started yelling, but stopped too chocked mentioning Sam's name. "We've been trying everything to find her and we've never seen you attempt to look. Or were you too busy trying to blaming her disappearance on us." Jack yelled getting more defensive as he whipped a stray tear from his face.
"Hey guys…" Mr. Foley again tried to get their attention seeing their situation becoming more dangerous.
"Are you kidding?" Mr. Manson almost chuckled had the situation not been so dangerous.
Maddie looked questionable at the two seeing not sign of remorse about there daughter. "What?" Maddie questioned not understanding how they could respond in such a matter about their missing daughter.
"Mr. Manson…." Mr. Foley tried again to get their attention.
"We disowned that girl, we could careless what happened to her, as long as she's not around us." Mrs. Manson answered quickly.
Jacks face lit up in shock at his statement. "What, you disowned her?" Jack breathed in disbelief. "How… how could you?" Jack whimpered softly.
"Mr. Fenton." Mr. Foley said beginning to panic.
Mr. Manson gave Jack an irritated look as he crossed his arms in frustration. "We were forced to kicked her out months ago." Mr. Manson said simple.
"And you don't care that she's missing?" Maddie said in angry amazement.
"Hey guys!" Mr. Foley finally yelled getting their attention.
"What." The four parents looked Mr. Foley finally.
"Behind you!" Mr. Foley yelled pointing to an army of ghost that had build behind them.
Jack stood in shock at the large army instantly forgetting the feud. "Into the RV." Jack yelled jumping around to the driver side, immediately putting the RV into gear.
Maddie jumped into the passenger side and looked back seeing the Manson still standing outside the RV. "Hurry up, get in." Maddie pleaded as the army advanced towards the couple.
Both looked away from the RV and back towards the ghost army. The couple said nothing and turned their backs towards the RV. They stood not moving, awaiting the army to take them.
Maddie closed her eyes, not wanting to watch, Jack just shook his head at their soberness. "Idiots." Jack cursed hitting the accelerator on the RV speeding away from the army.
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Tucker took a breath of relief as he narrowly avoided another group of ghost. He hid behind a small snow covered building and watched the ghosts move through the area, waiting for the right time to move again. The longer he waited to move nervous he became, he was covered with a cold sweat as he watched the ghosts finally move out of the area. He stood up getting ready to make a run for it.
"Going so soon." Tucker stopped hearing a devious voice rise from above him.
Tucker spun around finding Vlad hovering just before him, ghost soldiers stood behind him awaiting orders. He instantly saw that Vlad had the ring of rage wrapped around one of his fingers, and the crown of fire perched on top of his head. "Vlad, this is your doing?" Tucker more stated fact than asked.
Vlad smirked at the obvious. "It took you long enough to figure that out." Vlad laughed firing an ecto-blast at Tucker's feet, knocking him to the ground, stopping him form running.
"But why?" Tucker asked fingering his Wrist Ray behind his back.
Vlad hovered just above him, fingering his ring of rage as he explained. "I was destine to rule my boy, and with this ring and crown, I'll be able to rule the ghost zone. Amity Park is just a minor causality but I can always use some human servants." Vlad explained moving towards Tucker.
"Danny will stop you." Tucker growled not wanting to listen to Vlad.
This only made Vlad chuckle at Tucker's faith. "And where is Danny? Oddly missing from the action, that's not like him now is it." Vlad smiled happily giving Tucker a sinful look.
Fear began to rise in Tucker realizing that Vlad had planed all of this. "What did you do to him?" Tucker immediately assumed the worst.
"And that dragon of his has been missing for a while as well." Vlad added ignoring his question.
Tucker's eyes widened realizing that he was responsible for both their disappearances. "Sam." Tucker growled angrily towards Vlad. "What did you do to them?" he yelled demandingly.
"There out of the way, let's leave it at that." Vlad hissed angrily at Tucker. "Which is where you're going to be in a minute." He said pointing at Tucker.
Tucker could feel himself being picked up, float just off the snowy ground. He looked at Vlad in the eyes; he still had one tick he was hiding. "Not if I can help it." Tucker growled. Suddenly he pulled his arm from behind him and fired a blast from his Wrist Ray, hitting Vlad between the eyes.
Vlad was forced to release Tucker as he held his face, shouting in pain. Tucker took advantage of Vlad's predicament and made a run for it. "After him." Vlad yelled for his army as he tried to regain himself.
Tucker got a good head start but the ghost army was closing in fast. He ducked down an alleyway and ran out into the street on the other side. He looked back seeing the group following closely behind. He knew he couldn't run forever. He stopped in the street and turned and started firing at the large army, but quickly realized his efforts were futile. Suddenly a large ecto-blast flew over him, hitting a large part of the group of ghost. Tucker turned to find the origin of the blast and gave a breath of relief. "You're kidding me." Tucker smiled seeing the Fenton RV quickly speeding towards him. It skidded to a stop and the side door flew open. "Thank you, thank you." Tucker breathed as Jazz help pull him into the RV.
"Tucker are you ok?" His parents immediately asked happy to see their son. "You had us worried." His mom explained throwing her arms around him.
"It's alright, I'm fine, just get us out of here!" Tucker quickly yelled knowing that Vlad was not far behind. "Head towards the outskirts of Amity Park, the ghost's are concentrated in the city."
"Danny, any word from Danny?" Maddie asked worriedly turning to face Tucker as Jack took off.
Tucker's head slumped away from her gaze. "I don't know." Tucker said quietly. "This is all Vlad's work." Tucker started to explain pulling himself into a seat.
"Vlad?" Jack questioned in disbelief trying to concentrate on driving.
"Vlad Master?" Maddie quickly asked behind Jack.
"Well, yeah." Tucker said giving Jazz an uncomfortable look. "Vlad Master, or you could call him Vlad Plasmius, Vladdy, V-Man, or the Wisconsin Ghost. It's all the same person, well ghost." Tucker said in a rush.
"Wait, what you mean?" Maddie asked not quite understanding.
Jazz sighed pulling out her laptop and opened her files on Vlad. "Vlad Master is Vlad Plasmius." Jazz started showing her mother a clip of him transforming. Maddie looked at the screen in disbelief. "The lab accident, when you were in collage. It gave him ghost powers." Jazz started explaining.
"But Vladdy's our friend." Jack stuttered not understanding how his collage buddy would want to hurt anyone.
"After that accident he was never really your friend, right mom." Jazz said knowing that her mother could explain what he had tried to do in the past.
"Maddie?" Jack questioned trying to concentrate on the road. They had made it out of the city and were taking shelter in a small forest that Tucker knew all to well.
"Jack." Maddie started placing a hand on his shoulder. "Remember when me and Danny went on that weekend mother, son science seminar a few years ago?" Maddie waited for Jack to nodded to indicate that he did remember. "Well that ended up being a trick Vlad set it up. He wanted to see me and Danny, after a few minor incidents, he told me that he blamed you for the accident." Maddie paused for a moment knowing that the next sentence was going to make him upset. "And marrying me." She finished softly. She could see Jack's face turn pale.
Jack slowly brought the RV to a stop and activated the ghost shield. "A few 'minor incidents'? What happened?" Jack asked turning towards her for answers.
Maddie sighed softly and looked back into her husband's anxious eyes. "At first he seemed like he just wanted to talk, but the he started taking down about you. When I defended you he got more insulting, then blurted out about how he hated seeing me with you. He blames you for taking me from him. Then he tried convincing me and Danny to stay with him, that's when we walked out." She finished taking her husband's stunned hand.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Jack questioned giving her a sorrowful look.
Maddie shifted uncomfortably. "I was afraid of how you would react." She started. "See, when me and Danny left the only place we had to go was the woods. Not that camping out was a big deal, but it turned out the forest was filled with ghost. I didn't want to risk Danny getting hurt, so we had to go back to Vlad's." She said looking away from Jack, not wanting to see his reaction to the next part. "To get back on Vlad's good side, I kind of flirted with him." Maddie paused waiting for a reaction but got nothing. "Once he was distracted I excused myself to find a phone, Danny kept an eyes on him so he didn't try anything. I'm sorry Jack." Maddie finished finally looking back to Jack searching his face for some kind of reaction. "I didn't want to tell you, I didn't want you to think less of me." She added sadly.
"I won't have." Jack finally responded. "Come here." He said softly pulling Maddie to him, hugging her tightly. "I love you, and I trust you." He said gently releasing her just enough so he could look into her face.
"Aww…" their small audience responded from the back of the RV.
"That's so cute." Jazz smiled at her parent's tenderness.
"Alright, alright." Jack said releasing Maddie. "Now, how do you know Vlad is responsible for all this?" Jack asked, but his question was quickly answered.
"Citizens of Amity Park." Vlad's thunderous voice shook the city as a giant vision of him became visible over the small city skyline. "Most of you have all been graciously taken by my minions to become my prisoners. And to the stragglers all I have to say is 'good luck'." Vlad laughed as a light projected it's self over the city. "Being mayor of this city has made my quite attached to it, so I'm bringing the whole city with me to be my new 'headquarters' as I rule the ghost zone." As he finished the light faded showing a new skyline.
"Were in the ghost zone." Tucker said knowing that no one else would really understand where they were.
"And to the remaining few stragglers, I suggest you give yourselves up. You won't survive my ghost army." Vlad laughed. As his image faded from the sky it was replaced by a cloud of ghost racing towards the city.
"We've got to get out of here." Tucker said point to the army of ghost diving into the city.
Jack wasted no time in driving out of the forest towards what looked like the edge of the city. "Stop Jack!" Maddie yelled seeing what was over the edge of the city. Suddenly the RV came to as violent halt. "What happened?" Maddie questioned seeing that the city was on longer attacked to any other earth. It was just a floating inland in an infinite realm.
"Were in the ghost zone." Tucker said getting everyone's attention. "It's a mirror of our world, but it's not all attached like our world is. There nothing holding it together, it has vortexes, doors that will lead you to other realms." Tucker explained. "But we have to get away from here before were caught."
"Right." Jack said firmly switching the RV into reverse.
"What are you doing?" Jazz asked not understanding what her parents had in mind.
"We need to get some speed." Jack said putting the gears back into drive. Suddenly he hit the gas, speeding towards the same cliff that they just narrowly avoided.
"What are you doing?" Mr. Foley yelled as every gripped there set in fear of the oncoming cliff.
"Here we go." Maddie said flipping a switch just as the RV plummeted off the edge. Suddenly with a loud bang the RV transformed, growing wings and jets, and began to soar away from the doomed city.
"I told you we made some upgrades." Jack laughed looking back at the petrified face in the back of the RV. "And being in the ghost zone we'll have endless power from the Ecto-Converter, we'll be fine." He added making a sharp turn, accidentally knocking Tucker from his chair. He landed with a thud, and the sound of glass braking. "Woops, sorry." Jack apologized switching the RV into autopilot.
"It's alright." Tucker sighed not moving from the floor. He took his backpack off and rummage through it. "Darn." He sighed pulling his broken frame from his bag. "At least the picture not ruined." He sighed softly removing some of the glass from the frame.
"Here let me see." Maddie said taking the broken frame from Tucker. Seeing the picture immediately brought tears to her eyes. "What about Danny." Maddie said sadly.
Jazz and Tucker gave each other a knowing look. It was time they knew the truth. "Mom, can I see that for a minute." Jazz asked extending her hand to her mother taking the frame. "This is Sam's right?" Jazz asked Tucker knowing about the hidden image behind the frame. Tucker nodded not realizing how Jazz was going to explain. "Mom, Dad." Jazz started getting both of them to look at the picture. "See Danny here." Jazz said pointing to the picture of her brother with his arm wrapped around Sam. Both parents nodded. "Now." Jazz said taking an uneasy breath. "The reason I told you not to worry about him." She stopped pulling the picture out of the frame, exposing the hidden picture. "See him here?" Jazz asked showing them the picture she had taken of Danny Phantom, his dragon, and Tucker.
"I don't get it Jazz." Jack asked not understanding.
"And why were you there Tucker." Tucker's mother asked giving him a worried look. "It looks dangerous."
"It wasn't, we've been doing that for a while." Tucker sighed recognizing the photo. "Danny, Sam and I have been in battles since the ninth grade." He added.
Jazz watched as a flash of realization crossed her mother's eyes. "That is Danny." Maddie said pointing to the Phantom perched on top of the dragon.
"Right." Jazz sighed.
"But how." Jack asked now seeing the resemblance.
"Right before the ninth grade." Tucker started. "There was a accident, in the lab, involving the ghost portal." He explained as he pulled out his PDA. "Danny went in and it activated, turning him into a half ghost, just like Vlad." He said showing pictures of Danny Phantom to them.
"Why didn't he tell us?" Maddie said taking in the information.
"Why should he have?" Jazz started automatically jumping to Danny's defense. "That's all you two ever talk about is ripping apart a ghost, and catching the ghost boy, how could he know how you'd respond." Jazz explained.
"And what about the ghost boy's… I'm mean Danny's dragon. Where did that come from?" Jack asked.
Jazz looked to Tucker to explain that delicate situation. Tucker took the photos from Jazz and pointed to Sam simulating how Jazz explained. "See the eyes." He said giving them a minute to look at human Sam. Tucker then put the other photo over top of it. "See the eyes." He said again pointing to the dragon.
"That's Sam!" Jack almost fell over in disbelief. "Danny Phantom's dragon, that's Sam." He said again making sure he wasn't missing anything.
"The 'accurse dragon' actually." Tucker said nodding in a yes gesture. "But yes, Danny is her cursed rider."
"I'm sorry we didn't tell you sooner." Jazz apologized seeing there stunned faces.
"So, do you know where Danny is?" Maddie asked still in shock.
"No." Jazz and Tucker answered sorrowfully.
"So how can you tell us not to worry?" Maddie said as tears formed in the corner of her eyes.
"I guess we really can't. But he's been in bad situation and he's always come out of it just fine." Tucker said softly.
"Would you say the same thing about Sam?" Maddie asked more worried.
Tucker and Jazz looked away hurt by her statement. But she was right. How could they not worry about him after losing Sam?
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Danny flew high in the clouds over the snow-covered earth below him. A light snow fell from the clouds around him as he flew back towards his home. He sniffled softly as he watched his tears mix with the frozen precipitation. His heart was still heavy with sorrow of his recently deceased love. It had only been a few days ago he held her for the last time. Sure they were trapped and in unforgivable pain, but at least there were together. Now he just wanted the pain gone, he needed the comfort of his family. They couldn't completely end his pain, but he knew they could help lessen it. Danny took a deep breath, and watched his cold icy breath leave his lips. "I'm getting close." He said softly as he slowly started to descend, emerging from the blanket of clouds. As he fell closer to the earth he found that the welcome town did not greet him as he was hopping. "What happened?" He breathed confused. He whipped his eyes and looked again thinking he was lost, but as his vision cleared he found that he was right where he should be, but his home was missing. "It's gone." Danny said as he flew over the empty field of dirt where the city he protected used to lay. "How could a whole city go missing? What happened?" He questioned as he landed in the middle of the abandoned earth. "Mom, Dad!" Danny shouted through the air. He listened for a second then tried again. "Tucker, Jazz!" He called again. "How could a whole city just disappear? Where is everyone?"
Danny whimpered in frustration. "Tell me I was too late to stop this." He cried falling to his knees in defeat. "I'm always too late." He cried throwing his fists into the dirt.
"Now's our chance…" A faded voice rose from the air above Danny. He whipped his eyes and looked up seeing a familiar green vortex opening right above him. "Hurry up, run." The yelling continued to come from the opening portal to the ghost zone.
"What's going on?" Danny questioned floating up the portal. Suddenly he found himself faced with a group of fleeing ghost.
"Move, out of the way." One ghost yelled flying past Danny.
"Hey, hey." Danny called grabbing on to the panicking ghost. "What's going on?"
"It's our change to escape from Lord Plasmius. If you'll smart you'll run too." The ghost explained.
"Lord Plasmius?" Danny thought for a minute. "Vlad must be behind this." He said releasing the ghost. "I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to find out." He said pushing his way through the panicking crowd towards the portal.
"Don't say I didn't warn you!" The ghost yelled as he watched Danny disappear into the ghost zone.
As Danny passed through the ghost portal he found himself in the empty shell he used to call him home. "The whole town, it's, apart of the ghost zone?" Danny confirmed as he fazed through his town. "But where is everyone?" He questioned as he moved towards the center of the town.
"How could you let more escape?" A harsh voice was heard as Danny made his way closer to the city hall. He stayed counseled behind the building's a he listened to make sure no one had see him.
"I'm sorry Fright Knight, a portal opened up and they got away from me." Another ghostly voice pleaded.
"Lord Plasmius is not going to be happy." The Knight's harsh voice answered. "There are too many ghost rebelling against him. Not that they'd stand a chance, now that Vlad has the ring of rage and crown of fire. But still we still can't afford to let any more prisoners get away. Understood." He yelled more harshly.
"Yes sir." The other ghost replied.
Danny felt ill hearing that Vlad had obtained the dreaded items. "I didn't stand a change against Pariah without Vlad's help last time. How can I stop him?" Danny sighed covering his face in frustration. "I've got to get out of here. I need help." He said turning invisible, taking off leaving Amity Park and headed into the ghost zone.
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Danny flew for days with out finding any ghost, except for Vlad's army, which he just avoided. "Where is everyone?" Danny thought to himself as he rounded another unfamiliar part of the ghost zone. Suddenly the sound of blasters found his ears stopping him in his tracks. "That sounded like the Fenton Foamer." Danny said to himself heading towards the source of the noise. As Danny got closer he found himself heading towards a huge piece of land covered with a large forest. As he looked closer he saw explosions originating from the middle of the ghostly forest.
"Jazz activate the RV's Specter Deflector." His mother's voice rang through the trees causing a wave of relief to wash over him.
"There ok." Danny said speeding up towards the battle. He soon found himself flying out of the forest and into a clearing. In the middle sat the RV with his family defending it against a small group of ghost. "Get away from them!" Danny yelled firing his ecto-blast at the small army getting their attention.
The ghost now had their sights set on Danny. "Ah, Danny Phantom, about time you've show up." One of the ghost laughed firing at Danny. "Plasmius will be happy to hear your back." He added as Danny evaded the attack.
"I said get away!" Danny shouted taking a deep breath, gathering up energy. The ghost surrounded him unaware of Danny's attack. Danny suddenly released his ghost wail sending the ghost flying away from him. Danny floated over to the fallen group, ecto-blast building in both hands. But before he could fire at the weakened group a familiar popping sound originated behind them. Danny watched as they were pulled away. Danny looked past the group seeing his mother standing before him, Fenton Thermos in hand.
"Danny…" His mother gasped in disbelief. Danny stood still in ghost form, not sure if he should run or stay. "Danny is that really you." She said dropping her weapon. She walked up to her son placing her hand over his scared cheek.
Danny didn't know what to make of the situation. "Mom." Danny said softly, some how he figured she knew his secret.
"Oh Danny!" She cried throwing her arms around her found son. "I thought we lost you." She cried as Danny wrapped his arms around his crying mother.
"Danny!" Danny looked past his mother seeing Jazz running up to them. "It's really him!" She yelled throwing herself next to her mother to hold her bother as well. "Your ok."
"Thank goodness." Danny could hear Tucker approaching. "Dude are you alright, it's been almost a while." Tucker asked as Danny pulled himself from his mother's and sister grasp.
"Danny boy!" His father pulled him into a crushing hug before he could answer. "Are you ok?" Jack asked releasing his son.
Danny took a few steps back and transformed back into his human form. "Yeah I'm ok." Danny spoke softly, still unsure how they his parents would react.
His mother didn't hesitate as she pulled him into another reassuring hug. "What happened Danny?" She asked trailing his facial scar gently.
Danny looked down taking an unsteady breath. "I found Sam." He said softly not looking back up.
"Is she ok?" His mother asked softly lifting his head so she could see his eyes.
Danny gave up trying to be strong in front of his family. Tears instantly started streaming down his warn face. "I lost her." Danny cried pulling his mother to him as he cried.
"Oh Danny…" Maddie soothed as she held her grieving son.
"I was too late." Danny chocked never letting go of his comforting mother. "She's gone. It was all my fault."
"Shh… Danny… Shh…" Maddie soothed gently rubbing his back.
"Come on, let's get inside where it's safe." Jack said softly placing his hand on Danny's back making him release his mother.
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The night progressed to be a sorrowful one. Danny spent most of the time in the comfort of his mother's arms. While every one else was ecstatic to have Danny back, they stayed quite. Everyone got a very short version of what happened to Sam. After a small dinner everyone found a spot they could lie down in the small RV to sleep. After a few failed attempts to find sleep, Danny quietly snuck outside to be with his thoughts. Outside he could see the ghost shield was working and covered a good area around the RV.
"So." Danny heard Tucker's voice rise from beside him. Tucker sat quietly beside his grieving friend. "What happened?" Tucker asked knowing that Danny spared the whole story from his parents.
Danny sniffled softly and looked at the ghostly sky in front of him. "It was Freakshow. He captured her, to be a part of his circus." Danny started quietly.
"How did he capture her? Sam's strong." Tucker asked not knowing if his questions would upset Danny or not.
"He had an electric shock collar that shocked her through her spine. Vlad made it; it was all part of his plan. I guess so he could take over the ghost zone while I was busy worrying about Sam." Danny assumed.
"How did you find her?" Tucker asked.
"One night, I heard her crying in her dragon form. Vlad had Freakshow do a show right outside Amity Park to lore me away. How long was I missing before he pulled Amity park in to the ghost zone." Danny now asked Tucker.
"Not even a day." Tucker answered quickly. "Was she already… gone… when you got there?" Tucker asked wanting Danny to continue.
"No. It was a trap. I found Freakshow's train, but before I could do anything I had a shock collar wrapped around my neck too." He said pulling his collar down so Tucker could see the scar the collar had left on his neck. "But that's when I found Sam." Danny started getting teary eyed. "She was so… beaten. She was thin, pale; she had scars all over her, though her fresh wounds cover most of them. All I could see when I looked at her was how terrified she was. I've never seen her so scared before." Danny stopped regaining himself, sniffling he started again. "Freakshow had her performing as part of his show."
"She went along with it?" Tucker asked not believing that Sam would perform for anyone.
"He made her." Danny cried as he covers his face, whipping his tears away. "You were right though Tucker, we do, did, have a connection in our dreams. That night I woke up sick, that's the night he broke her." Danny started regaining himself. "By the time I got there she had already lost so much. I asked her what happened, and she couldn't even answer."
"Why not?" Tucker asked.
"He ripped her voice box out." Danny said seeing the horrific look on Tucker's face he continued. "But that wasn't anything compared to what he did to her to make her perform. We fell asleep, I woke in my dream, it was just like my dreams I had while she was missing. I found her in a pool of her own blood. I scooped her up and held her and an image started playing showing how she was captured. Then it showed… Freakshow…" Danny stopped unable to continue.
Tucker whipped his own tears away placing a comforting arm round Danny. "What did he do to her?" Tucker asked through his tears.
Danny looked up into Tucker's eyes. Tucker had never seen so much sorrow and rage enter his eyes. "He beat her mercilessly. He then… he… raped her." Danny was too chocked as a wave of sobbing rocked his body.
Tucker's body fell numb hearing the dreaded words leave Danny's mouth. "She was rapped." Jazz's voice gasped quietly as she sat down next to her brother. Tears were already falling from her eyes. "Oh Danny…" Jazz soothed pulling him to her. Danny immediately wrapped his arms around her as he wept.
"No…" Tucker breathed over come by his own sorrow.
"She died freeing me, and the other ghosts." Danny cried trying to finish his story. "I wasn't strong enough, I was too late. It's my fault. It's my fault she's gone."
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