A Present For Uncle Vlad

By ilovemyboys

Chapter 2: Strange Surroundings

Authors Note: Thanks for reading guys! :)

Danny felt his slumber interrupted by a sharp pain in his head and slowly cracked his eyes open to see a glimpse of the shining sun through a window. Cringing he turned his body in the other direction, flinching at the pain that simple movement caused. As Danny tried to settle into his pillows it was then that he noticed something was off. This bed didnt feel like his. In fact, something felt off about this whole room. Opening his bleary eyes slowly again with what little he saw he could tell he was definitely not in his room.

Could it be Tucker's? No. Danny would that by now and he's never been in Sam's but he knew that was out of the question. So then who...Danny stopped dead as his eyes locked with a picture of the Wisconsin Ghost hanging on the wall.

Oh no...Danny's eyes widened in fear.

He knew exactly where he was and that meant he had to get out here, and fast!

Temporarily forgetting his pain Danny jolted upright only to gasp again before falling back down, curling into himself.

What is this pain...what's it from?...Danny tried to wrap his head around what happened the night before but his brain was still foggy...He could barely keep track of all his injuries but since fighting was such a normal part of his life he had to just to make sure nothing too horrible happened to him. The fact that his mind still wasn't clear worried him. For the the time being he would just focus on his injuries.

Let's see...my head is pounding...my body feels so sore I can't move...sharp pains in my side..blurred vision...oh geez…No...I need to...get out of here...fly home...oh who am I kidding...I can't make it in this condition...so what should I do...I'm sure Vlad has some medicine...I can take some brief painkillers and fly back home as quickly as I can...Right...I'll do that…

Taking a deep breath (as much as his lungs would allow) Danny carefully sat up, one hand holding him steady against the back of the bed as he placed one foot and then the other on the ground holding himself as steady as he could despite the room tilting just slightly.

"Slow and steady…" Danny spoke in a low voice to himself.

As he transferred from the bedframe to the wall, even his feet felt like jelly.

"Just...a little...longer…" Danny cringed with each step as he made his way toward the door.

Slowly opening the door handle he peaked left and right.

No sign. Good.

Carefully making his way down the hall he stopped by the bathroom hoping to find some sort of medication. However, after looking through the cabinets he found nothing.

"Dang it!" he hissed in pain after bringing his arm down.

Painfully he looked both ways before exiting and door and heading down the stairs. He remembered where Vlad's kitchen was, even in this mansion, and only hoped the Halfa would be too busy to check up on him.

Careful not to make too much noise he went through one hallway to another, moving a little quicker than he should but he didn't want to get caught.

I'm in luck! He thought eyeing the kitchen. Taking one glace in he found no one in sight and began looking through every cabinet. The taller ones would be an issue. He'd get to those last. However, it one brief second his elbow hit a nearby plate and on instinct grabbed it before it fell to the ground in one movement that sprained his upper body even more.

Trying internally to hide his yell, he set it back down before curling into his body once more with hissed teeth.

"So..here you are," a voice spoke casually from the doorway.