Sorry I didn't update yesterday! I got a little distracted (note my username 'crazyreader') And on top of that, this is a shorter chapter, so I understand if you'd wish to kill me. But remember: if you kill me now you'll never know how the story will end!
So with that in mind, On with the story! (I don't own DP)
Chapter 4: Vlad
Vlad Masters wasn't a fool. And no matter how many times Daniel called him a 'fruit loop,' he knew he wasn't that either.
When Undergrowth had first materialized to brain wash Sam, Vlad knew. He'd left his city, telling the citizens it was official Mayor business, so as to avoid the attack and begin to formulate a plan of his own. One where he would finally have what he's always wanted: the perfect son.
To Vlad, Daniel would fit the bill perfectly. His ghost form was very powerful and his human form would allow him to walk amongst the living. He might even be his key to getting his true love: Daniel's mother.
Vlad had escaped to one of his many mansions on the outskirts of Amity. He'd been planning and watching everything that had taken place from Undergrowth's control to Walker's defeat. He now sat and watched on his screen as Team Phantom began preparing to launch into the Ghost Zone.
He had to set his plan in motion before they entered the zone or he'd have to abandon it. Vlad stood, hovering an inch above the ground, and flipped a switch on his desk. As soon as the flip was switched, Fenton Works went into complete havoc. He'd turned their electricity off at the same time he activated the locks on all things in the lab. Being Mayor of a small town such as Amity gave Vlad lots of free time, and he'd used it wisely. With a flip of a switch he could control all of Fenton Works.
His screen went black for a minute before the back-up generators kicked in. Once he was satisfied the group was locked in their lab, Vlad phased through the wall behind him and set out to bring home his son.
Back at Fenton Works, all had been going well. Danny had regained consciousness and was updated on the situation. Although it seemed the deep crimson blush on his cheeks might become a permanent feature, he didn't faint again. That was a good sign. Although, who could really blame him for blushing? Every minute or so Sam would call to him like a siren did to ships. She was unrelenting. She promised him a happy life, she faked tears to try and guilt him to obeying, she even brought up Dani and tried to use her to her advantage.
"Don't bring our daughter into this," Danny coolly said when Sam brought up Dani's name. Danny could handle everything else, but even though it was Sam, he knew his anger and protectiveness over Dani would get the best of him. He didn't want that to happen.
"She's our daughter. How is she not a part of this? Good parents are those who show love and care for their children. They do that through showing love to one another. Danny, come to me…" Sam begged.
Tucker silently snickered. Yes, this was gross and weird, but it was still funny. For years he'd tried to convince Sam to tell Danny about her feelings, and now she couldn't do anything but. So instead of getting annoyed, he allowed himself to laugh.
"This is kind of gross, I'm not gunna lie Daddy," Dani said as she loaded the food from Jazz into the back of the Speeder. She liked the fact that her parents loved each other, but they were still her parents and she couldn't help but feel the same way other kids felt when their parents were all lovey-dovey in front of them: slightly disgusted.
"Sorry Dani," Danny said with a chuckle. "But there's not much I can do about it."
"We could put ectoplasm over her mouth," Dani replied. She was already tied up in it so why not cover her mouth too?
"Because when she comes to, she'll kill me—or finish killing me. That's not something I want to look forward to," Danny said with a small shiver. He'd accidentally covered Sam's mouth with ectoplasm before, and his shins had paid dearly for it.
"Alright kids! I think we're ready for launch!" Maddie happily exclaimed. Just as she announced this though, the lights shut off. The room went completely dark until a minute later when the back-up generators kicked in. When they did, they saw that the lab was in lockdown.
Jazz was trying to open the door to get back to the kitchen but soon found it to be locked and bolted shut. The Fenton Portal had three latches all clicked into place. The Fenton Ghost Shield was now sparking.
"This is not good," Danny said. He readied his hands with Ecto-energy and Dani followed suit, now in her ghost form like him. They stood (well, Dani floated) back to back and slowly took in the room around them. They were trying to detect the threat. Both halfa's let out a blue wisp and they knew that Team Phantom was no longer alone.
Vlad had silently slipped through the ceiling. He knew the young halfa's had sensed he was here, but he wasn't worried. He was enacting phase two of his plan. Vlad invisibly flew to the Specter Speeder and floated behind Sam. He lifted her hair away from the petals and transferred his energy to it. It took five seconds before Sam's once white outfit was a black long-sleeved dress. It had sharp edges and stopped right above the knee. She wore black flats, and her white halo dissolved into a black one. When she opened her mouth you could see her fangs.
"Be a dear and get Phantom back for us, hm?" Vlad whispered in her ear. He removed the restraints with a wave of his hand and watched as Sam went intangible and floated out the Speeder. As soon as she was outside the vehicle, Dani spotted her.
"Ah! Guys, we have a problem!" Dani screeched as she pointed in Sam's direction. Sam smirked as she hovered above the floor. Danny looked over his shoulder to see what Dani was pointing at and his eyes met hers. Sam's were a vibrant and radiant blue, much like his when he was Fenton, and he was taken aback from it. He missed her beautiful violet eyes. Sam tilted her head to the right before reaching her hand out, as if silently asking Danny to join her.
As soon as Dani had pointed to Sam, Maddie and Jack jumped into action. They took their Fenton Ghost Nets out from one of their many pockets and flung them at Sam. Their aim was perfect and Sam was thrown into the wall.
However, what they had not been expecting was for her to chuckle and phase through them. Again she hovered in the air and raised her hand to Danny. She slowly began to approach him when he made a shield around himself and Dani. He knew he couldn't hurt Sam, heck he couldn't even move, so he had to focus on protecting Dani. The shield would also stop her from getting to him.
"We don't want to hurt you Sam!" Tucker yelled as he, Val, and Jazz scrambled to get in front of the shield with whatever weapons they had on them. Sam narrowed her eyes at the trio before flicking her wrist, sending them all sailing towards the wall she'd just been whacked against. She glued the dazed teens to it with pink ectoplasm before turning to the Fentons. Another flick and Maddie and Jack found themselves in the same predicament as Tucker, Val, and Jazz only on the opposite wall.
Now, it was just the Phantom's and Sam.
"Mommy, please stop! I don't want to hurt you!" Dani pleaded with Sam. If the word 'Daddy' brought Danny back to her, then maybe 'Mommy' would bring Sam back too.
No such luck. Sam merely laughed at her as she smoothly said, "Danielle, we don't need to hurt each other." She continued to move closer to the shield as she spoke. "I don't want to hurt my baby either, but The Master has ordered me to bring your Daddy back to us. Perhaps if you helped, we could bring you with us? We could be a real family..."
Now Sam was directly in front of the shield. She put her hand to it, ignoring the shock that radiated from her touch as she tried coaxing the Phantoms. Vlad was now invisibly standing in front of the portal, a few feet back from Sam, and was delightfully watching every second of what was going on before him. The girl was quite good when it came to controlling Vlad's powers. Although he didn't like the idea of Dani coming with, he knew that if she did it'd be harder for Danny to break away. He almost laughed when he saw the empty look on Danny's face and the tears fall from Dani's. It was almost too easy.
"Sam, listen to me: you need to fight. I don't know who this 'Master' is, but you can fight him. You can come back to us," Danny urged to Sam. He could feel his shield weakening as his heart began a battle with his mind. He wanted so badly to be able to hold Sam in his arms and be with her. And the thought of him, her, and Dani together as a family made him very happy, but his mind was telling him this wasn't right, and he knew it. Sam wasn't herself right now and his heart was being selfish.
Dani began to whimper. She had been thinking alongside the same thoughts Danny was having and she was having a hard picking a side. It didn't help that Sam was trying to comfort her either, telling Dani that she loved her and she was there for her.
Just as Danny thought Dani was about to crack, her head bolted up and she screamed. She put her arms out in front of her and blasted through the shield, hitting Sam and forcing her back. Sam smashed right into Vlad, who hadn't seen this coming. He'd let go of his invisibility because he'd truly thought the child would give in, but that had been wrong.
"Plasmius!" Danny shouted. The room around him was filled with gasps and Dani's aura brightened with rage.
"Hello Daniel," Vlad said as he got up from the ground. "She has your temper I see."
"Don't even think about my daughter, let alone speak about her," Danny spat at Vlad. Danny was visibly shaking. His heart had won and was now battling itself over Sam and Dani. He loved Sam with all his heart, he knew and accepted that now, but Dani was his daughter.
"How nice of you to talk about your clone in such a loving way," Vlad continued. He needed to keep all attention on him. He'd silently given Sam orders to stay by his side as he invisibly cloned himself. His clone was moving closer to the Phantom's, but still needed a bit of time before he was in position.
Danny growled at Vlad's comment. Dani was so much more than a clone. First off, she was a girl. Not a boy like him. Second, she had her own thoughts and she was her own person. Lastly, even though she was a clone, she was both his and Sam's clone, making her twice as valuable in his eyes. He hated the way Vlad talked about her and he wasn't the type to stand by and listen.
Unfortunately for him, Vlad wasn't the type to just stand by and talk.
Out of nowhere a pink beam hit Dani, forcing her to crash into the wall on their right. Cuffs surrounded her arms as she hung limply from the wall. Danny was too slow to react as he whirled around to face Vlad's duplicate, who did the same to him as he'd done to Dani, only Danny was forced backwards to hang from a wall all to his own.
No one had seen it coming and shouts were abundant in the air until Vlad covered their mouths with ectoplasm. He reabsorbed his clone and flew to Danny, laughing diabolically throughout all of it.
When he'd reached the spot where Danny was hanging, Vlad stepped aside to reveal Sam. She looked up into Danny's eyes and smiled. She took his chin in her hands and kissed him as passionately as was possible in this situation.
Danny tried to keep his mouth shut but Sam's tongue was persistent, so when it began to taunt Danny's, he bit down on her tongue. She yelped before glaring at him. Danny was having a hard time fighting for control of his mind. His white halo had long since vanished, but a black one could be seen flickering in and out of visibility. Again Sam approached him, and this time Danny was too weak.
His body soon fell limp as his lips began to move with Sam's. He was overcome by the feeling of wanting to taste her and she eagerly returned the same feeling. When Sam stepped back, Danny's head bowed. The room was silent as they watched, waiting to see if Danny had succumbed. They were sadly disappointed as they saw a black halo flicker to visibility and stay floating above his snow white hair.
Vlad waved his hand and the restraints around Danny's wrists were gone. Slowly Danny raised his head before standing straight up. He opened his eyes and they glowed a deadly red.
"Let us go now son; Samantha," Vlad said with a chilling smile. The two nodded their heads and followed Vlad as he phased through the ceiling and out into the cold evening air.
So ya, I hoped you liked it! It seems my story is coming to an end and to make it up to you guys about not posting yesterday, I'm going to write the next chapter non-stop until it's completed so hopefully I can post it! Only, I promise I won't rush through it and make it horrible. That would not be fair to any of us(: