"Hello" Danny said aloud he was now alone in what seemed to be a very dark room
The sounds of sobbing and cries of torment could be heard from all around him.
"Hello is anyone their?" Danny said once more a bit more loudly this time.
There was still no answer Danny began to walk forward with his hands outward groping for a wall or a door knob anything. After a moment or so of aimless wandering he bumped into a wall which he felt his way across until finally he found a light switch.
The sobbing grew louder and somewhere off in the distance Danny swore he could hear screams for help. He flipped the light switch he discovered he was standing in a large but empty hospital room not unlike the one he was in a few hours earlier only this room was much larger and had a long bed in the center of the room with a sheet draped over it.
At this point the sobbing had ceased and now an ominous silence had fallen over the room.
Slowly Danny made his way toward the bed not even really sure why. He could feel his body tremble with anticipation.
"He…Hello is anyone their?" Danny said his voice trembling with fear or anxiety or something he wasn't entirely sure.
"I am here but no one care's about that" Chimed a female voice seemingly from all directions at once.
"Who...who's there?" Danny said his whole body shaking now he had no clue as to why he was so very scared but he was and he couldn't help it.
"A memory…..a shadow…..a…ghost" The voice chimed out again in a much quieter haunting tone that shook Danny to his core.
"Who's their show yourself?" Danny shouted quickly transforming into his ghostly self.
"Oh who I am is unimportant but it is who you are or rather who you were is what is important now…." Said the mysterious voice trailing off.
Danny stood in an aggressive stance waiting to engage someone or something in combat any second now but after about a minute or so he relaxed his body as a reaction to the lack of anything going on.
"Come come now do you really have to solve everything with violence time truly has made you stupid hasn't it Jacob" Said the voice once more causing Danny to jump slightly.
"What are you talking about" Danny called out now looking all around the room for the source of the voice but to no avail.
"Hmm…. I'm not sure if you are playing dumb or if you truly do not remember?" Said the voice a little softer than before.
"What are you talking about what don't I remember!" Danny shouted getting extremely aggravated.
"Don't you worry it will all come in due time" Said the female voice with a slight chuckle.
But before Danny could protest everything began to fade to black and the only thing he could make out was now a fading swirl of colors that made him feel disorientated. After nearly five minutes of darkness something new began to come into focus.
"Wh…where am I….ugh…why dose my head hurt?" Danny said placing a hand on his temple which was throbbing painfully but beginning to dissipate.
"Just look around you will understand soon enough" Said the very same disembodied voice.
Danny forced his eyes to open as if they were reluctant to do so. He was now standing in front of Danny looking down on him was the same girl from the house that burnt down on 12th street.
"Violet…right?" Danny said as he stood with a hand placed on his head which was still hurting him slightly but not nearly as bad as before.
"Yep that's me" Said the girl standing before him in a somewhat bored voice.
Danny looked around in pure bewilderment he had absolutely no idea where he was. He was standing in a long hallway that the walls of which shone with a deep purple color spanning seemingly forever in both direction there were no doors anywhere as far as he could tell.
"Where am I now?" Danny said extremely confused by his new and abnormally colorful surroundings.
"Just follow me and you will understand" Said violet leading Danny down the hallway.
They walked for what seemed like a few hundred feet before she stopped and turned to face the wall. She outstretched one hand a gently tapped the wall with her index finger when she did this the wall began to ripple like still water that had been disturbed. The wall settled down after a moment or two and once it did their directly in front of her where their used to be solid wall now stood an open door way.
"In here" Violet said ushering Danny into the room.
Danny followed Violet in to the room she had just entered and was even more bewildered than before once he did. He was now in a room that about the size of his bedroom the walls were the same odd color as the hallway and the floor seemed to be made of glass or some other transparent substance.
"Where are we?" Danny asked still looking all around the room feeling even more lost than a few moments before.
"This is where you will be educated" Violet said very plainly
No sooner had she spoken these words then something truly amazing happened he and her both fell directly through the floor and was now standing in an average sized living room. This was not the first time Danny had visited this room it was the very same entrance room of the house on 12th street. In front of him was a couch sitting on was two teenagers. One he recognized as what looked like violet minus the purple hair. And the other one was a boy that was in the picture that violet showed him.
"This is the night it all began watch and learn firsthand how much influence one person can have on the flow on someone's life" Said Violet turning to leave.
"Wait where are you going" Danny said turning to follow her.
"This memory is my own it haunts me to this very day I have no wish to re live it but it seems like you have forgotten it so you must be reminded" Violet said somewhat weakly and with that said she disappeared.
Just then there was noise behind Danny and the whole still frame scene that was sitting before him sprung to life.
"Oh crap my dad is home you had better leave" Violet said to the boy next to her.
"Alright so meet me in the library tomorrow at six and we will pick up their" Jacob said standing up and retrieving a book bag from the floor next to him.
Just then the front door to the home opened and in walked a scruffy looking man about mid forty's wearing a flannel button up shirt and ragged looking blue jeans. He walked in shut and locked the door behind him.
"What is going on here" The man said somewhat irritably turning his attention to Violet and Jacob across the living room.
"N..Nothing Daddy Jacob was just helping me study for our history test on Friday" Violet said very shakily.
"Y…yea sir I was actually just leaving" Jacob said sounding as if he was gagging on his own words.
"Oh no you're not….. I have warned you and warned you" Said the man raising his voice even more than he already had.
"Daddy we weren't doing anything wrong I promise…." Violet said looking quite distraught.
The already bad looking scene between an only daughter and a single dad went from bad to worse in no time flat. The father began to scream pure gibberish as he slowly worked his way past them and out of the room shouting all the way their and back.
"I don't know where I went wrong but it is time I fixed it" Said Violet's dad returning to the room now brandishing a 12 gauge shotgun.
"Whoa cool out man I don't know what is wrong but we can sort this out if we…." Jacob began to say but was cut off by an ear splitting noise.
Violets dad had aimed and fired the gun at Jacob he shot him square in the stomach. Jacob fell down limp at Violet's feet bloody mangled and dead. Violet dropped to her knees over Jacob's dead body and began to sob.
"Oh now don't you worry sweetheart he's not gone forever you will see him again real soon" Her father said now pointing the gun at Violets head he took a few steps forward pressed the barrel against her head and pulled the trigger.
Her head exploded splattering bone and blood everywhere all across the room over her dad and the sofa she to fell limp and dead right next to Jacob on the floor.
"Please father god forgive me for I have sinned" Said her father as he out the barrel of the shotgun to his chin and once more pulled the trigger.
The gruesome scene was far too much for Danny to bear he collapsed on the floor his who body in searing pain. He had no idea why but watching that happen hurt mentally and physical. Danny closed his eyes and just wished and hopped that when he opened them it all be ok it would have been just a dream.
"Horrible isn't it?" Said Violet suddenly
Danny did not respond he felt like if he was foolish enough to open his mouth he would vomit.
"It's ok you will feel better in a moment" Violet said softly and patted Danny on his back.
"You need to understand where the story left off so it may continue" Violet continued "Pain is momentary upon death if you are truly mortal but it is ever lasting if you cannot die" Violet said placing Danny's arm over her shoulder and lifting him to his feet.
"Just remember please that this no matter how tragic it may have seemed is not the ending it is merely an interlude" Violet said as she let Danny go he could feel himself falling and then he awoke with a start his chest and head pounding lying safely and in one piece in his hospital bed with Sam still lying right next to him.