A/N: I'm only going to get crueler and crueler as the story progresses. I'm not afraid to kill any character that stands in my way, or rather, in Vlad's way. And yes, my dears, this is a warning. There is and will be character deaths and rapes, and beatings and.. well I don't want to give too much away!

No one was able to relax in the Fenton household. Danny circled the kitchen watching the clock. Each second dragged by, every minute felt like an hour and every hour an eternity. He should be back by now! Danny thought, wringing his hands together. His hands felt oddly different today, like they were too big to be his. They reminded him of his dad's. A twinge in his stomach happened at the mere thought of his dad. It had been 3 hours since he had left. He chanced a glance towards the living room. His mother looked worse than he did.

She was pacing the floor, her eyes unfocused as her thoughts were far away. He continuously pushed her hair back in an unnatural direction, leaving her hair messy and frizzled. Jazz watched helplessly as she crossed, and uncrossed her legs. "Where is he?" Maddie groaned, more to herself than to either of her children. Her eyes jolted to the door half expecting Jack to walk through it with his big goofy grin and a new invention in toe.

Danny looked away, it was becoming too unbearable to watch. He knew Vlad , he knew what a fruitloop he was but he wasn't dangerous, right? Yeah, he tried to beat him up before in their fights but... He wasn't trying to kill Danny... Right?! Danny grabbed at his hair and pulled. There's no way Vlad would harm his dad, no way! His stomach gave another twinge. He chanced a look at the clock, 9:49pm. The phone rang and everybody jumped. Danny dashed to the wall phone, "H-hello?!"

"Is your dad back yet?" It was Sam.

"No, not yet." He sighed his response, looking at the ground, and then again to the clock, 9:51pm.

"Call me when he gets back?"

"Sure." He hung up the phone without a second thought.

"Who was it? Was it Jack? Is he alright?" His mother was hanging on the doorway to the kitchen, her legs too tired from pacing to hold herself up any longer. Danny shook his head and looked at the floor. He mumbled about it being Sam. He snuck a peak at his mother. He lips were turned down at the edges, a look she didn't wear well. Her frown seemed to deepen as she turned away to the living room. He heard Jazz ask the same question and receive the same answer. 10:00pm.

The phone rang again, Danny picked it up, before he had a chance to speak, "Hello Daniel," Vlad. "Nice night tonight isn't?" He balled his fists.

"Where's my Dad, Plasmius?"

"Ah-ah-ah!" He sung, "You should be much more courteous to your new Ruler." A dark chuckle. Danny could feel his anger rising; his knuckles turning white. "What, no response? Don't tell me the figurative cat has your tongue, hmm?"

"What do you want me to say Vlad?" His voice was sharp, "Pretty please with sugar on top?"

"Actually yes, because your father's life rests in my hands, little badger. So you best remember your manners." He gulped in air. The realization his father's life was in jeopardy was slowly sinking in.

"Don't hurt him!" He said almost pleadingly. "What would you like me to do?" He said slowly through gritted teeth. His stomach was growling from the tightness.

"That's better but still not good enough," He heard a snap of fingers and suddenly he heard his dads cries of pain.

"STOP! Please, Vlad! Stop! PLEASE!" After a few more agonizingly long seconds, he heard another snap and his dad stopped screaming.

"You'd be wise to remember this lesson, Daniel. I won't be as forgiving later. Meet me in my lab, and keep it our little secret!" The line went dead. Keep it a secret? Like there was any chance he'd lead on to his literally worried sick mother that her husband was being tortured. He ran through the house, grabbing his backpack before almost crashing into the front door.

"Going to Sam's, bye!" He flew behind the side of the building, going ghost where he knew no one could see. He took off flying as fast as he could towards Vlad's mansion in the richer part of town. He phased through the house down to the basement where Vlad's lab was. He was able to immediately find Vlad. He had been standing in the center of the room, his back to Danny. "Plasmius," his eyes narrowed. He was almost never excited to see his 'uncle.'

"I was just beginning to worry you wouldn't show up." His back was still turned to Danny. His voice was eerily calm.

"Where's my Dad?" Danny asked in a similarly calm voice. Vlad didn't respond instantly, rather it seemed he was taking his time. Danny was starting to waver, his resolve dissipating as what he was sure was another one of Vlad's crazy ideas of a joke. "Vlad, where's my dad?" This time his voice shook. His heart beat raced, was he dead? Did Vlad kill him? They were friends! His head started to spin, images of his dad sprawled on the floor with large lifeless eyes staring back at him. He shook his head, "Vlad! Where's my dad!" It was more of a demand than a question. Vlad slowly turned around, his face was unreadable. "Vlad?"

"Walk with me, boy." Vlad had turned and walked to the corner of his lab, he pressed a concealed button making a large door way appear in the middle of the room. He walked through it without looking back. Danny hesitated but eventually followed Vlad through. His heart was in his ears, drumming loudly as each foot step fell to the ground.

The door way led to a part of Vlad's laboratory he had never seen before. Large machines lined the room as he walked further into the room. On the far side of the room, there was a large cage, something large and orange was laying in it. "Dad!" Danny took off in a run towards it. He hadn't seen Vlad's arm come crashing down, throwing him back. Danny scowled as he looked at Vlad, the same ice cold stare on his face.

Slowly, he saw his Dad's body twitch and slowly come to life. A low groan escaped his mouth as he groggily sat up. He clutched his large hand to his head as the room looked like it was madly spinning out of control. Danny quickly phased back to human as he watched his father slowly come back to reality. He blinked a few times as his vision started to clear, "Danny!" He said grabbing hold of the iron bars keeping him in, "Danny, run! Get out of here!"

"Dad," Danny took a step closer, his eyes starting to moisten. His dad had never looked so panicked before. He wasn't even sure if Jack Fenton even knew what fear even was. "I'm not leaving without you."

"Son, you need to! Quick before-"

"Before Uncle Vlad arrives to steal you away." Vlad walked out of the shadows with a sadistic grin on his face. Danny instinctively put his arms up, in what was a poor attempt to protect his father from Vlad. Plasmius chuckled, "Dear boy, do you really think you can stop me?" Just then Danny heard footsteps, more than one person was coming this way. At least, he hope it was human.

"Jack! Danny!" Maddie exclaimed as she ran to embrace her son, Jazz following quickly behind. "Oh Jack, I was so worried!" She reached her hands through the bar to clasp Jack's jaw in her palm.

"What a lovely reunion!" Everyone's face fell. For just the briefest of moments, everyone felt safe in each others arms. "Husband and wife, mother and son, brother and sister all reunited at last, and not a moment too soon." His smile grew wider. Danny's mother protectively put her arms out to shield her children.

"I won't let you hurt my family anymore, Vlad." His mother's words were strong. Probably stronger than she felt.

"I don't really think that's up to you anymore. What do you think, little badger?" His glowing red eyes darted towards Danny, whose throat had grown a dry lump. "Why don't you come here so I can get this whole ordeal over with? Hmm?" Pointed teeth were bared in what could have been called a nobody moved he said, "I'll take that as a no then," a wicked grin plastered to his face. "Fine, have it your way." The cage glowed bright red, sounds of electricity clicking and growling flew through the air as the machine turned on. Jack began to yell, his arms shot straight out and his head hung back. He began gurgling, as the electricity shocked him.

"Jack!"

"Dad!"

"Come here Daniel," Danny stared in absolute horror.

The hissing of the electricity died down. He father fell to the ground, panting heavily. He wiped his massive hands across his mouth, wiping away drool. "Don't do it, Danny." He managed to say between deep, tolling breaths.

"Oh, Jack," his mother sobbed, Jazz was wrapped around her. Danny was frozen, his father was getting tortured right in front of his eyes, and it felt as if every muscle in his body had just frozen solid. He couldn't move, not even to blink, his mouth hung open.

The buzzing returned as his father jolted back into an awkward angle, his legs began spasming uncontrollably. Roughly slamming themselves up and down on the caged floor, the whole cage trembling with his outbursts. It was Jazz's heart breaking squeal that thrusted him from his stupor. He wheeled around and faced Vlad, his face pleading, "Vlad, stop! Im right here!" The buzzing stopped.

"Come here," Vlad pointed to the space right in front of him, maybe six inches away.

"Danny, don't," His father's words were barely louder than a whisper. Danny couldn't think, he only heard his family's sobs, he felt their pain. Vivid images of his father being electrocuted burned in his brain. Each step closer, the more engraved the images became. He was right in front of Vlad, his eyes slowly climbed up to look directly at Vlad. Seeing without seeing, a fist had been thrown square into his face. He flew backwards, landing roughly on his back.

"When I say to do something, I expect you to do it the first time." Vlad bent down and roughly grabbed Danny's shoulder, dragging him to his feet. "Say good-bye, Daniel." He said as he dragged Daniel towards the other side of the room. The pain in his jaw suddenly didn't seem so terrible anymore.

"What? No, I'm not going anywhere with you!" Reason finally setting in as he slapped Vlad's hands off of him. By the look in Vlad's eyes, he didn't appreciate that. He took a few steps back, he didn't like the closeness of being so close to Vlad. Vlad stared for a few moments before shrugging. He had turned to face the machine he was originally walking to.

Vlad lifted his hand to push a large button but then stopped and turned towards Danny, his eyes glinting dangerously, "Oh, I should mention that you just killed your father, and without even a good-bye." He slammed his hand down onto the button. Red lights flashed everywhere and the cage began to shake, a whirring of an electrical buzz began to fill the room. The noise was much louder and it had much more of an energetic nature to it.

Suddenly, the dark room was lit up by the shear force of the electrical current being brought down upon his father. There was a foul smell of burning flesh, as smoke filled the air. There was no noise other than the scream of his mother, the sobs of his sister and the terrible hissing noise of the electricity.

As suddenly as it all happened it quickly came to an end. Danny felt as if his shoes were melted to the floor. Time began to stand still, as reality slipped away. His mother screams faded, his heart beat was the only noise in his head. His sister collapsed in Maddie's arms as they both sank to the floor. Danny couldn't believe it, he took a step closer. He shook his head, no, it wasn't true. Another step. He stepped over his remaining huddled family. He looked into the cage. Who was that man? He could barely recognize him, his face was burnt so badly, his skin almost sheared off. He faintly noticed the smoke was from the burnt flesh. Parts of his skin still sizzling. A hand was placed on his shoulder. He couldn't react, he was hollow inside.

"Come along, son."