Chapter 3: Thirteen
A/N: Okay then. Onto business. Thanks to all the reviews I got for the last 2 chapters. I promise-I'm giving a salior's promise, that I'll make sure that this story is at its best. No changes, no surprises, nothing! What I mean is, I will let you know if some weird thing will happen, before it happens-most of the time at least. Mua ha ha ha ha! Now, let's get on with the story.
Danny layed in his bed, still upset about the last eight months, being wrapped around in one video. He felt like crying, but he didn't because he was happy too. He just layed there, trying to figure out everything when he saw Johnny 13's shadow flying East towards his house. But this time, he saw six or seven of them. He thought he was hallucinating, but really he wasn't. He saw clearly. Really, something was up, but he wasn't allowed to get out of bed unless with permission from a doctor. So he just watched them fly off.
For the rest of the week, he kept seeing more and more of the shadows passing by his window. Of course, he felt bad that he couldn't do anything about it. During the week, his temperature increased from 102-105, and decreased from 105-103.5. By the end of the wekk, his temperature was: 102.54. It decreased a tiny amount each day after that. But when his temperature decreased, his fatigue increased. He could hardly stay awake during the day.
During the course of the week, Sam and Tucker had told them what they saw. They said that they saw Johnny 13's shadow, more of him, and they saw Plasmius out in the open, not attacking anything. He just watched them, worried about Danny. Danny was in no mood to talk about ghosts.
"Sam, Tucker, I'm in the hospital, and at any minute, something could happen." Danny said. "Must you talk about ghosts now?"
"Sorry dude." Tucker answered. "But we don't want you to get hurt while you're here."
"I'm already in enough pain." He studdered, growing more fatigue. "The stress got me here, and I want it to clear up. At any moment, I could-well, you know-" Then, the heart monitor started to beep fast and loud as Danny clutched his heart in pain. He then fell to his pillow. Doctors rushed in in a heartbeat and started to take tests on him. Sam and Tucker left immedietly, worried sick about him.
"What's happening?" Jazz asked, worried as well.
"Danny's...in pain!" Sam shouted, crying. "I don't know what's wrong with him! I don't know if he's just going to make it!" Doctors came out, smiling.
"So, is he okay?" Jazz asked them.
"He'll be fine. He will, however, have to stay here for a few weeks just to be sure that the tests were successful. He'll need plenty of sleep, and he should just rest in bed for a few weeks after he's released."
"Ah, thank goodness." Sam commented. "For a moment, I thought I lost him."
"For a boy who's half dead, he's remarkably strong."
Danny slept well that night, on his medication. He did not wake at all, and just dreamt about the things he would do after he was released from the hospital. He was happy to finally be treated like a hero in the family.
The next morning, he woke up late, still fatigue, and still with a fever of: 102.91. Meanwhile, later that day at about 3 p.m., he felt very, very, sleepy. Even though he shouldn't have. He then saw the shadows again, only this time, there were 45 and multiplying. He then finally figured it out. He told Sam and Tucker his discovery.
"So, I'm thinking that, since they fly in the same direction, and time seems to be moving slower than normal, I'm thinking that Plasmius cloned Johnny 13's shadow amd ordered Johnny to command them to fly around the Earth and slow down the Earth's rotation." Danny explained.
"That would explain why the school day felt longer than usual and why we were dismissed early." Tucker commented.
"Well, now what are you going to do?" Sam asked Danny. Danny just sighed in pain.
"What do you mean, 'what am I gonna do?'? I'm pretty much useless while I'm here." Danny reminded them. "It's porbably going to take weeks before I can even go ghost!"
"Well then, I guess we're on our own then." Tucer commented. "Good luck healing, dude." He put his hand over his forehead, then pulled it back in a heartbeat. "Whoa, you're burning up!"
"Yeah, I know."
"Danny, you don't look so well." Sam said, taking a seat on his bed, nearing him and his pleasent face.
"Yeah..." He closed his eyes. "I don't feel so well either. I think I just need some sleep..." His voice trailed out as he fell asleep. Sam and Tucker went outside and went home.
Danny woek up a few hours later, only to learn only 12 minutes have passed in reality, yet he did not care. He felt better than ever. The sun was setting in the horizon, and his temperature had dropped to: 101.92. He started to sit up, but saw the heart monitor beeping slightly faster. So he layed back down. Maddie walked into the room, seeing Danny awake, yet still tired.
"Danny, are you feeling alright?" She asked, walking towards his bed, and she asked him to lay down.
"Yeah, I'm feeling a little better." He said, his voice a little crackly. "I think I just needed some sleep, was all."
"Well, the doctors aren't sure. They think it may have something to do with you being half-dead."
"Well, I think I've been over-working myself these past few months just to prove to you that I can do well in school."
"Danny, you never have to over-do anything to gain our love. We will always love you, no matter what you do. You may not be the smartest kid in the world, but you are one of the best, and that's good enough for me." Maddie comforted Danny as she watched him sleep the day away. She then kissed him on the cheek and left the room, looking back at Danny Phantom for the last time of the day.
Sam and Tucker were at Fentonworks, watching over 100 shadows fly East towards the hospital, in an attempt to slow down the Earth's rotation. They couldn't figure out why they were doing it, but they did know one thing? Tomorrow was Friday the Thirteenth, and that meant bad luck forever. They gave it all their thought, all night long about Vlad's plan, but nothing hit them. They were stumped.
The next day, the clock read 7:15. They had not slept for eighteen and a half hours, and they really were concerned. But they stopped their research, because they had school in fourty five minutes. So they ate breakfast, put on new clothes, and they left the house. They passed the hospital, and saw Danny awake, as he waved to his friends, and fell back into a deep sleep. Sam and Tucker's moods immedietly dropped. Danny's did too.
During the school day, Sam and Tucker did not talk to anyone, especially Dash, who actually pitied Danny for once, and hoped he come back. Sam and Tucker passed through the rest of the day, silent. Once school let out, at about 10:19 a.m., they headed over to the hospital to see Danny.
Danny was out cold on his bed, sleeping soundly. His temperature was: 102.34. He just slept there, soundly, until Sam and Tucker shook him slightly and woke him up. Danny opened his eyes and saw them standing there, his eyesight blurry.
"Sam...Tu...Tucker..." He muttered. "-is that you?"
"It's us." Sam answered. "Are you alright?" Danny began to regain energy and eyesight.
"Yeah, I'm...fine. I'm just a little...on the sleepy side, you know?"
"Danny, we've got some big trouble on our hands!" Tucker turned Danny's head towards the window, dropping Danny's temperature to: 101.86. "Vlad Plasmius has somehow been able to clone Johnny 13's shadow into hundreds of shadows, who've banned together to fly together and stop the Earth's rotation so it'll remain Friday the thirteenth forever, so them, and Plasmius can cause mondk destruction and chaos.
"Oh man..." He tried to sit up. "That's bad.
"Yeah. I know."
"Well, you guys...are...on your own here. In...case you haven't noticed...I can't move!" He fell back to his pillow in one fell swoop. "Help." He sat up again, this time not in pain. "Listen, you need to stop them by any means necessary."
"Okay Danny, we will." Tucker said running out of the door. "You coming Sam?"
"In a minute, Tucker. You go on ahead." Sam answered, staring into Danny's weak and sick eyes.
Tucker muttered under his breath, "Clueless." Then he left the room. Sam started to cry.
"Danny, if you can hear me while you sleep, listen." Sam began to say to Danny as he closed his eyes and slowly fell into a deep sleep. "Danny, I didn't know what you were thinking, but I know why you did what you did. Your parents think you're smart, cute, fun, and so do I. With all the commosion happening in the past eight months, if gave us a chance to get closer together than we've ever been. Danny-" Tears streamed down her eyes. "-the truth is that...I do really like you...a lot...more than a friend. I like you as a...boyfriend." Danny put a smile on his face as Sam leaned in a gave him a kiss on his cheek and finally left the room.
For the rest of that slow day, Danny had gotten more visitors such as Dash, Kwan, Paulina, Valerie, and of course, his parents, sister, and friends. Danny's temperaure kept rising and declining throuhgout mthe day, so he spent most of the time sleeping.
Sam and Tucker spent most of their time trying to think up a plan to stop Johnny 13's shadow from slowing down the Earth's rotation. Every plan they thought up of did not work, so they just had to wait for Danny to get out of the hospital. Unfortunetly, that was going to be a long while because...
At the hospital, Danny was sleeping in his bed when his heart monitor startesd beeping skipply and his body started to shake, even though he was still in his sleep. His mother and father and his sister rushed in and saw him shaking and the heart monitor beating very fast and very hard. Doctors once again, rushed in to take some tests on Danny. This time, it was more serious. Jazz, Jack, and Maddie left the room, crying. A quarter of an hour later, doctors came out, looking happy, yet serious.
"Is Danny going to be okay?" Jazz asked under her sobs. The doctor lifted his head to reveal a smile.
"Your brother is going to be okay." He answered. "We gave him medicine to make sure he doesn't have one of those attacks again, however, he will recover less quickly."
"Believe me, he's been through worse things than that. It's well worth it."
"When can we take him home?" Jack asked, both really impatient and really concerned.
"Patience, sir. The medicine insured that Dannys immune system fights off the virsu in his system as long as he gets plenty of rest, eats right, and exercises. But for now, he'll have t stay here for a few weeks."
"Oh well. It's going to be worth it." Jazz commented. "After all, he's a pretty good kid."
"Is it alright to visit him now?" Maddie asked.
"Yes it is." The doctor answered.
Sam and Tucker were back at Sam's house, as they looked out the window and saw Vlad Plasmius floating behind the shadows. He was yelling some orders to them as they continued to fly East towards the hospital. Sam figured it out now.
"Tucker, I think I got it!" She shouted. "Vlad Plasmius was the one that infected Danny with a virus that forces him to work to his limits and then end up in the hospital. Then he cloned Johnny's shadow to fly around the Earth and stop the Earth's rotation, thus making it Friday the Thirteenth forever so they can cause chaos around the Earth!"
"Oh man, is that murder." Tucker said. "I feel so bad for Danny."
"Me too."
"So now that we know the plan, what do we do?"
"Well, we gotta tell Danny, but not now, considering that Danny is still really sick So why don't we wait a little."
"If we wait too long, then we won't be able to tell him, because we'll be dead!"
"Tucker, stop doing that! We'll make it out of this, beside, I'm not worried abut us." Teras fell from her eyes. "I'm worried about Danny."
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