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"Daniel, get out here right now!" Vlad yelled, pounding on the door to 'the' room. He would just phase through and grab him, but he wanted to feel the victory, that he made Danny do as he said.
"I may have agreed to be your apprentice," Danny replied from behind the door, saying his last word with utter disgust, "but that doesn't mean I'm training with my arch enemy! You can't make me!"
Vlad growled, pinching the bridge of his nose to calm down.
"Daniel, I mean it. I will come in and drag you out if I have to!" Vlad began in a calm like voice, but slowly began to rise again.
Just then, the door burst open to reveal a very angry Danny. Before he could say anything at all, Vlad couldn't help but crack a smile and comment on his attire.
"You know, I didn't think you were a suit person. More of a…" Vlad tapped his chin, trying to find the correct word. "Loose hanging, teenage delinquent style. But those shoes." Vlad shook his head disappointedly while making small tsking sounds. "They make it look terrible. And at least tuck in you shirt!"
"You listen to me, Fruit Loop." Danny said, his anger boiling. He glanced down at his clothing, which was a pair of slick grey-black dress pants, a white dress shirt-not tucked in, but still buttoned-and his regular everyday shoes. "I wouldn't be wearing this junk if it weren't for you kidnapping me, leaving me with no change of clothes! And might I add that it's totally freaky how you know my clothing size? That just weird, dude!" Danny's hands turned into fists, threatening to burst with ecto energy.
Vlad chuckled silently. "Oh, Daniel, you are so…" Vlad paused, unable to think of a word that would put Danny's temper to justice. He cleared his throat, changing what he was going to say. "Come on. If you're going to be my apprentice," Vlad said, putting emphasis on the word to annoy the younger hybrid, "then you are going to need practice." And with that he turned around, walking down the hall.
But Danny noticed how Vlad had cut his sentence in half in order to change the subject, and he quickly caught up with him, jumping in front of the elder hybrid and crossing his arms angrily.
"What were you going to say about me?" Danny asked expectantly.
Vlad grinned. "I was going to say childish, but I figured it wasn't a well enough word. I think cantankerous would fit you more." And with that said, Vlad continued walking, phasing through the teen. Danny shivered with the feeling before continuing to pursue his enemy.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Danny continued angrily, starting to hope that this was annoying the billionaire.
"Difficult." Vlad replied, clearly amused with how well this was working out, and not annoyed at all.
"I'm not difficult!" Danny defended himself, walking alongside the man, not noticing where they were. "I'm just-"
"Stubborn? Acrimonious? Demanding? Touchy? Unpoised? Antagonistic? Pugnacious? Petulant?" Vlad asked, amusement in his voice as he rattled off large words Danny would less than likely understand.
And it was clearly annoying the boy, as he clenched his eyes shut and was close to ripping his hair out with annoyance.
"Do you realize how inattentive you can be, Little Badger?" Vlad suddenly asked as he came to a halt. He reached out in front of him and opened a door leading into a large room surrounded by a green glow. On the door it said "Simulation Training Room".
Danny glowered at the man before pushing past him.
"Let's just get this over with…" Danny grumbled, transforming into his ghostly counter-part. Vlad grinned before doing the same and following after Danny, closing the door behind him.
"So, tell me your complete list of powers again." Vlad said, leaning against a wall, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow. Danny had reluctantly told him three times, but he was sure he was missing one.
Danny wiped the sweat off his forehead from the extreme practice he had just done. He barely had any energy left after demonstrating each power.
"Basic ghost abilities, and ice powers." Danny repeated himself angrily, deciding to just say 'basic ghost abilities' this time instead of listing them all.
Vlad tapped his chin thoughtfully, knowing he was missing one.
"You're skipping one, I'm sure of it." Vlad commented.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Danny replied, honestly forgetting himself the missing power.
"No, I'm sure of it. You used it on me once, and it was quite powerful-" Vlad stopped mid sentence, finally remembering which one he had been trying to think of. "What do you call that power where you scream?"
Danny's face paled.
"I-I-uh, um, don't kn-know what you're talking about. I don't have a power like that." Danny stuttered, not wanting to talk about this power. It had been a situation similar to this that Danny would have received this certain power, and he was afraid that if he used it, something terrible would happen.
"Come now, Daniel. I know you know which one I'm talking about, and I want you to tell me what it is, and show it to me." Vlad demanded, frowning when Danny tried to deny it.
"I-I can't." Danny lied, giving up on not knowing what Vlad was talking about.
"Oh? And why not?" Vlad asked, standing up straight and floating slightly off the ground. "And what is it called?"
Danny bit his lip in indecision. What would happen if he introduced this power to Vlad? Could he possibly learn it? If he learned it, he would surely be able to master it, and easily use it in battle, whereas with Danny, he could only use it in extreme emergencies.
"I'm too weak. And I need to be very angry and desperate against my opponent to use it." Danny lied, although the first part was partially true. If he used it now, he would have no chance whatsoever against a fight against Vlad, say that happened.
"When you were in the containment center and weak, you used it just fine." Vlad countered. "And I'm sure that with this situation you would be desperate enough to use the attack against me. And aren't you angry with what I'm doing right now?" Vlad added, trying to get Danny to at least accidentally use it.
Danny grinded his teeth together angrily. "That's not the point. I can't do it."
"Can't, or won't?" Vlad asked, an amused smile on his face as he tried to anger the boy into using it.
"Mostly won't…" Danny muttered under his breath, his comment not meant to be heard by the older hybrid. But, unfortunately, he did, and it gave him an idea. Danny turned from the man and folded his arms angrily.
Vlad grinned as he outstretched his hand and shot a small pink blast at Danny, hitting him square in the back, forcing him forward.
Danny spun around angrily. "What was that for? I thought your stupid training session was over!" Danny exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air angrily.
"It was, but your stubbornness has shown me that we are not through." Vlad replied, hitting Danny again with a small blast, this time hitting him in the arm.
Danny grabbed his arm in pain and growled. "I'm not doing this!" he growled, lowering himself to the ground. He switched to his human form before walking over to the door. But Vlad, of course, had other plans.
"I don't think so, Little Badger. You're not going anywhere till you show me that attack of yours!" Vlad said, taking out a remote and pressing a button on it. Danny instantly froze as he unwillingly changed back into Phantom. Vlad took his finger off the button and immediately, Danny changed back. But Vlad just pressed the button again. This went on for at least five minutes, Danny never reaching the door.
Danny spun around angrily, his now gloved hands in fists.
"Knock it off! I said that I'm not doing this!" Danny yelled, glaring up at the older hybrid that was about three feet higher than he was on the ground.
"Why not? Afraid that I can beat you?" Vlad taunted, still trying to anger him. And seeing it was working, he disappeared.
"Hey! Where'd you go?" Danny exclaimed, looking around wildly, energy balling up in his hands as a defense.
"Turn around." said Vlad's voice from behind him. Danny gasped, turned around and stumbled back when Vlad blasted him. He quickly recovered, his anger at a boiling point now.
"I swear, if you don't knock it off right-Gah!" Danny exclaimed, throwing a weak shield up in an attempt to block Vlad's newest attack. The shield blocked it, but it didn't stop Danny from sliding back sever feet and the shield flickering out.
"I said, knock it OOOOOOOOFFFFFFFF!" Danny screamed, his last word finally turning into his ghostly wail. Vlad's eyes widened in amusement before he threw a shield around himself. But weak as Danny was, it was still enough to push Vlad into the opposite wall, take his shield down, and force him back into his human self.
After about seven seconds, his attack faded, and Danny fell to his knees, now in his human form, panting. He gasped for air, for his attack had lingered slightly even after he had morphed back into his human self for about three seconds.
Danny looked up slowly, hearing a slow clapping sound. He glared at Vlad, who had already managed to change back, and also who was clapping with an amused grin on his face as he approached the beaten boy.
"Magnificent. A truly unique power must I say? What is it that you call it?" Vlad asked, honestly curious. Danny just looked back down at the ground, heaving and gasping for as much air as possible.
Vlad frowned with the silence he was getting. Surely the power couldn't take that much out of the boy, could it? From what he had experienced in past battles, Danny was much stronger than he let on, or even knew. And it was part of this that gave Vlad reason for wanting Danny to side with him.
He roughly grabbed Danny by the back of his shirt and yanked him up onto his feet.
"I asked you a question, and I expect an answer." said Vlad.
Not wanting to get into a fight with Vlad at this weak moment of his, he reluctantly replied, "My Ghostly Wail." His voice was quiet and raspy from the damage it had done on his throat in his human form. In fact, the moment he spoke, he grabbed his throat in pain.
The movement was so shocking to Vlad that Danny had unknowingly yanked right out of Vlad's grasp, falling to his knees while he gripped his sore throat.
Not knowing if this was normal after this attack, Vlad ignored it.
"Your ghostly wail?" Vlad snorted. "Oh well, I guess it's a fine name." Vlad paused when he looked down at Danny, who's body was shaking slightly. He bent down a little and saw a tear fall to the ground. "Daniel, are you crying?" Vlad asked incredulously.
Danny quickly wiped away his tears of agony. He couldn't help it. His throat just hurt so bad. He stood up, keeping his tear stained red face down and shook his head before running to the door, his left hand wrapped around his throat and his right hand snatching the door handle.
"Daniel wait, are you-" Vlad called after the younger hybrid. But Danny was already gone, heading up to 'the' room. "-all right..." Vlad sighed, honestly worried about the boy. Had he pushed him too far?
Danny slammed the door closed behind him and rushed to the personal bathroom that was in 'the' room he was staying in. Tears were still flowing down his face, despite the fact he tried to stop them. He came to a halt in front of the mirror and opened his mouth wide, trying to examine his throat. He grabbed a toothbrush so that he could hold down his tongue.
Unable to see anything, he tried to think of what Jazz had told him to do if his throat was ever sore and he couldn't see anything-even though it hurt to think of his friends and family. She had said to talk and see what happened. If it hurt, simply try and make a noise, and if it still hurt just as bad, or even worse, than a doctor could be necessary.
"Te-st" Danny said, his voice breaking in the middle of the word. OK, that hurt. "Aa-ah!" This time he had tried to just say what the doctor made him say when he got his teeth checked, but ended up nearly screaming in pain when it felt like his throat was on fire. He doubled over in pain, holding his injured throat, trying not to gasp in pain.
He clumsily sat on the floor and leaned back against the bathtub, his head laying on the edge, eyes closed and tears streaming down his face.
He needed a doctor.
Or, he could have Vlad look at it.
Danny's eyes snapped open at this choice. Should he? When he had ran from the exercise room, Vlad had sounded concerned…No. It was Vlad's fault he had this injury, and he would probably only make this worse.
Danny buried his face in his hands, fear trembling through his body.
How would he survive living with his arch enemy when he had only been here a week and already had an extreme injury from such a simple task?
Impossible.
*hides* Well, that came out more angst-ier then planned….I actually didn't even plan on that. You know, that last part with his throat. But now that I think about it, it is necessary for an upcoming event-I think. Can't be for sure. I just got off writers block, but it's threatening to linger yet. So please review. You have no idea how much they mean to me!