Life is like a puzzle, sometimes the pieces are easy to find and put together, pieces like the people in the puzzle or the animals, but the backgrounds are harder. The pieces all look the same, but the background completes the picture shows who the people really are. Sometimes we find out right away such as who are siblings are or parents, and sometimes it takes a while such as finding out who our true friends are and who the villains are.
Chapter 4: Puzzle Pieces
"Let me go!" Valerie heard the Black Huntress struggling, against the ropes she had tied her in. "I know my rights!"
Valerie gulped, and tried to look determined and threatening, the key word being tried, walked into the room. She wondered if the Black Huntress noticed that the sparking flame of excitement and adrenaline was gone from her eyes. That her form was shaking slightly and that tears were beating against her eyes, trying to poor down her checks. She wondered if the Black Huntress would help her if she told her the truth? If she could get away from the Guys in White? She shook her head, no she couldn't let Danny, Tucker, her dad, or any other people she cared about get hurt. Closing her eyes she thought for a second then sighed, sadly Sam Manson was grouped in with those people.
As much as she pretended to despise the girl she couldn't. Yes Sam had stolen Danny from her, sort of, yes Sam hated her, probably, but Sam had a spark inside her. A spark no other person had, and even though she hated it, Sam was a lot like her. Shaking her head again she brought herself back to the present just in time to hear the Black Huntress say,
"Um, not that I care or anything, but are you okay? You look I don't know, hurt or confused I guess," Suddenly her eyes widened behind her mask. "Listen V-I mean the Red Huntress." Valerie arched an eyebrow did this person know who she was, she didn't get a chance to ask. "They threaten you didn't they. That's why you were all weird when, that Fenton kid or whatever his name is was talking to you. That's why you kidnapped me and suddenly want to kill Da-Phantom again, isn't it?"
Valerie's eyes widened, but she tried to hide it, "I have no idea what you're talking about scum. I make my own choices nobody controls me! With the bounty I collect on yours and Phantom's heads I be able to make my life a whole lot better." That's it Val, she thought. Keep lying. She blinked, lying. She was downright lying, she didn't want to hurt anyone anymore, but what choice did she have.
"Val," the Black Huntress said slowly. "We can help you, let me go. I'll get Phantom."
Valerie's eyes widened, "How do you know my name?"
For a split second Valerie watched as the Black Huntress lost her cool and her eyes widened slightly, "Um uh I heard Phantom call you that and well ya." Valerie gave her a disbelieving look, but dropped the matter. "Please, Val." The Black Huntress begged. "I can help you, Phantom can help you, heck I have a friend who's a wiz with technology, he can probably hack the Guys in White's system or bug you or whatever and help you get out of this mess. Please just don't hurt Phantom, please!" The Black Huntress's eyes were pleading with Valerie, to let her go, to let her help.
Valerie closed her eyes and exhaled deeply, and then opening them spoke softly, "I'm sorry I can't risk the people I care about getting hurt. I can't risk losing somebody I love."
"But, that will happen if you don't let me go!" She screamed. "Don't you get it! I care about Phantom, either way it goes you are hurting somebody. You're not saving the world Valerie you're gonna destroy it! Phantom is the only thing keeping this town alive!"
Valerie's mouth dropped as she stumbled for a comeback, "What about you, and me! And-and the Fentons!" She mentally face palmed at the last one that was a bad thing to say.
The Black Huntress just rolled her eyes, "Valerie I'm a sidekick, as much as I hate it, I don't have the same powers, the same strength as Phantom. He's fought ghosts that would make you run crying to mommy. He's saved Amity Park, thousands of times, I have never ever, seen you do anything like that. And the Fentons, really Valerie, that's the best you have." Valerie opened her mouth to say the Guys in White could take care of it, but she stopped her. "Don't you dare say the Guys in White, they got us into this mess." Valerie shut her mouth and the Black Huntress smiled. "I win."
Valerie growled and pulled out a gun, "no I do." She leveled the gun ignoring the shadow of fear that passed over her prisoners' face and fired. "You may have a point, but I care about my friends and family more than a couple of strangers." If only she knew just who she had shot, little did she know that the puzzle pieces were slowly falling into place, and she would like the finished picture.
Mystery POV
The dark figure smiled in the shadows, stroking what appeared to be a cat. Young Valerie Grey thought that she had been in the clear when she had found out to much for her own good; she thought that she had escaped that nothing would come back to haunt her.
How wrong she was, he had known, he had told the Guys in White her secret, he might have hinted about Phantom being half ghost, and well let's just say soon young Daniel Phantom would become his, as well as all those other things he want. Things like the world, and Madeline.
He laughed evilly, as he watched Valerie shoot the Black Huntress, he knew who that was too, it was all a matter of time before he would have them all trapped in his web. It was a simple game of chess and he had just toppled Daniel's queen, he smiled as the screen panned to a African American kid with a red beret and PDA, and the Knight was next.
I bet you can all guess who that was, I couldn't have really made it more obvious. Anyways on to review replies, ALSO THIS WAS TWO PAGES LONG! *sobs happily* I'm so proud!
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