I decided to make this chapter mainly focused on Valerie, Sam, Tucker, Kate, Maddie, Jack, and Jazz. Oh, and Mr Lancer. Anyway, no Danny. Let's see what happens. Oh, and it's also focused on Dr Resserond. Well, on with it.

Stone of Light.

A Losing Game

Chapter Four

Moment of Truth

Valerie froze in shock. Danny Phantom was getting ready to shoot a ghost beam or something at her, and then a pure white ring appeared. She was confused by this, and looked to see that Danny was horrified by this. She watched as the ring slowly moved up his arm, revealing bare, skinny arms, and then a red tip of a shirt… what did this mean?

Valerie gasped as she looked at the final result. The ghost boy had black hairs, blue eyes, a white shirt with a red oval in the middle, faded blue jeans, and orange and white shoes. Come to think of it, he looked very familiar.

Valerie blinked, and realised she was looking at Danny Fenton, her second big crush, guy she had thought she'd endangered… the ghost boy. But, it couldn't be possible to be the ghost boy, and Danny Fenton at the same time… could it?

Valerie watched with mixed emotions as Danny suddenly dropped to the hard, cold floor, a scream tearing from his lips. His eyes fluttered about, and his head came down heavily on a cardboard box, breaking it. Danny screamed again, as she realised that he had landed on top of a display sword.
Valerie gasped, and covered her mouth so that she wouldn't scream. There was a sword poking through the guy she liked, and the ghost she despised, and she didn't know what to do about it. She noticed that it was inches from his heart, which meant he might not die.

Something inside Valerie told her to help him, to take him to the hospital, but was overpowered by a voice that said to flee, and to call an ambulance down. She ignored the part that said she should leave him to die for the moment, as she didn't want people to be blamed for killing him, when they didn't.

Valerie whipped out her mobile as she turned her jet sled around and flew high into the sky. Dialling 9-1-1 Valerie bit down on her lip until she heard a female voice answer.

"Fire department, Police, Ambulance or other?" The lady asked.

"Ambulance." Valerie mumbled.

There was a click, and Valerie realised she had been switched over. "Hello?" She asked.

"Hello, deary, what's happened?" The voice on the other end asked.

"There's this boy, and – and he's been hurt bad. He – he fell from the top of – of a building, on – onto a sword, and – and it hurt him, and – and I think he's dead, and – and…"

"Settle down, sweetie. I'll send out an ambulance, just where is this?" The lady asked.

Valerie looked around, and saw a street sign. "Jumble Avenue, and it's down an alley, two turns right, one left, and then another right." Valerie said after taking a deep breath.

"Alright, an ambulance is on he way. Now, deary, what is your name?"

"Valerie," Valerie told her. "Valerie Gray."

"Thank you for calling, Valerie Gray. You're a very brave girl, and by doing this you might save this boy's life. Would you like to stay on the line?" The lady said kindly.

"No, no thanks. I'll just… go. Bye."

Valerie pressed the red button on her phone, and then headed to the apartment she shared with her father, trying to keep her mind clear until she had reached it, and was settled down enough to think clearly.

Kate realised five seconds before Danny fell that she was connected to him in a strange way. She knew that Valerie was chasing him, and that he wanted to get home. She knew that his powers faulted, and turned him back into Danny Fenton.

She screamed as she felt what he felt when he landed on the sword. She felt his numbness as he welcomed the darkness. She felt his ribs crack, and she felt the blood oozing from the side of his head.

Heads turned, looking at Kate confusedly, wondering why she had screamed. Mr Lancer had jumped up onto his feet, and was rushing towards the girl, scared that something had happened to his student. Kate screamed once more, and lost consciousness, falling from her chair.

Sam was finishing her haiku when the girl next to her started screaming. Her face had gone extremely pale, and it looked as if she was in pain. Sam instantly expected that it was a ghost, but she couldn't see any marks to prove that Kate had been hit, or slashed by anything.

Everyone was trying to see what was wrong, when Kate screamed once again, and fell to the floor, losing consciousness. Sam was completely confused as to why this was happening, but was on her feet and out of the class in an instant.

She saw Valerie in her red suit fly past on her jet sled, and could see blood on the bottom of the flying board. She gasped, seeing that it was a mixture of green and red, and instantly knew that something had happened to her friend.

She dialled his mobile number and listened to it ring a few times.

"Hello?" it was the voice of a lady in about her twenties.

"Umm, I was wondering… is this Danny's mobile?" Sam asked confusedly.

"Danny, as in black hair, blue eyes, light faded jeans, red and white shirt?" The lady asked.

"Yes, that's the one." Sam said. "Can I speak to him?"

"I'm afraid you can't. I'm sorry to tell you, but you're friend… he's badly injured. We're taking him to the hospital now, but he doesn't look very good. I'm truly sorry, but I have to go now." The lady on the other end hung up, and Sam dropped her phone.

With tears in her eyes, she rushed to the edge of the school, flipped a coin into the pay phone, and dialled Tucker's number.

Tucker felt his phone vibrate a second before it started ringing. He looked around, and everyone had gone silent. The teacher had left the room for a moment, so Tucker decided to answer it in case it was important.

He looked at the screen, and it read Unavailable. He didn't know anyone whose number appeared as unavailable but answered it anyway. He heard sobbing on the other end of the line, and instantly knew something was wrong.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Tucker," it was Sam, and she was obviously upset. "Danny's in trouble... he's – he's in the hospital. We need to see if he's… OK."

"Yes." Tucker said, and hung up.

He held back tears and worried thoughts as he ran from the school grounds, heading in one direction… to a destination that he had never liked. The hospital.

Maddie and Jack were in the basement, tightening some screws on the Fenton Tracker, when the upstairs phone started ringing. Maddie sighed, and walked upstairs to answer it as she knew Jack never did anything like that.

She picked the phone up, and answered, "Hello?"

"Hello, Mrs Fenton?" The voice was an unfamiliar, smooth male voice.

"Yes, that's me." Maddie said.

"I'm afraid we have bad news. Your son, Daniel, was found in an alley, with numerous injuries, and we received a call from an anonymous person… what I'm trying to say, is that your son is in the Amity Park hospital, and he's not doing… so well."

Maddie gasped, and slammed the phone onto the holder.

"Jack!" She called, running to the basement, tears flooding down her eyes.

"What is it, Maddie?" Jack asked his wife, glancing up from his work.

"Danny's in the hospital." Maddie sobbed.

Lancer carried Kate to the Nurse's office, not caring that Samantha had run out of the classroom, and assuming she had only needed fresh air. He was shocked by what had happened in the classroom where he was substituting.

And there was also the incident with Danny Phantom, and Mr Fenton somehow disappearing from the school. Mr Lancer had looked everywhere for that peculiar student, but had ended up not finding him. He'd have to have a chat with the Fenton's later on.

He walked into the Nurse's office, and put Kate on the table, saying, "She started screaming and lost consciousness."

The Nurse jumped off the table she was sitting on, and rushed over to Kate, checking her pulse, and looking for any marks on her body. Suddenly, she noticed blood seeping through Kate's shirt, but there was no mark to reveal where the blood was coming from.

Jazz ran from her car and into the hospital, not bothering to lock it. She saw Sam, Tucker, and her parents in the waiting room, and rushed over to them. "Any news?" She asked them.

"No," Maddie sobbed.
Clearly they had all been crying, even Jazz had started during the drive that seemed to take forever. She sunk into a chair, and started sobbing, her hands covering her eyes.

Dr Resserond sighed, and, wiping a tear from his eye, walked into the waiting room, where five hopeful, but sad, faces were watching him. He walked over to them, and shook their hands, one at a time.

"Please, take a seat." He told the parents of the injured boy.

They did as he advised, and huddled together, awaiting the condition of their son. Dr Resserond was dreading this part, as he hated explaining the conditions of patients to their loved ones, and watching their faces screw up as they tried not to get upset.

"Good evening, I'm Dr Resserond. Your son, Daniel," he begun. "Was injured very badly, with a hole just inches beneath his heart, three broken ribs, and a massive blood loss."

The lady gasped, and the others sobbed, trying to keep their tears from flowing out.

"At the moment…"

"Dr Resserond, we need you in room 8 A. Room 8 A."

Dr Resserond looked up, and then back at the family. "I'm sorry, but I have to go."

They nodded in understanding, and he turned his back on them and ran to room 8 A, where the boy was being kept. He turned the corner, and heard the heart monitor beating wildly, and put on his mask.

"The patient is bleeding uncontrollably, and his breathing is shaky."

Jack held Maddie as Dr Resserond came out for the second time, his face pale, and blood staining his green shirt. Jack thought he glimpsed a tear falling down his cheek, but dismissed it for a trick of the light.

"I'm so sorry." Dr Resserond. "But your son just… passed on."

Maddie started bawling, as did the other. Jack tried to keep from doing the same, but he couldn't stop the tears. The flowed down his cheeks, but he made no noise.

"He was strong, and fought the coming death but… he just wasn't strong enough. I am truly sorry for this loss… we did all we could, but it wasn't enough."

Do you hate me? I promise, next chapter will be better. It will be happier, and then the chapter after won't… but still! Don't worry about Danny for now.
Love Kirst…