Ghost At Twilight
By: FairyFluff and AquamarineIce
Disclaimer: Danny Phantom belongs to Butch Hartman and Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Ghost At Twilight: Chapter Six
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"What do you want with us Vlad?" asked Sam.
"You, my dear Samantha, are Daniel's weakness."
"I think your looking for Paulina Sanchez, but I'm Sam."
"Ah, how confusing it must be."
"What?" asked Sam.
"Being a lonely, desperate teenager, caring only for the one man you'll never get, because he WILL die today."
Normal POV
The roof gets hit by one of Danny's many ectoblasts & gives Vlad the idea to throw enough ectoblasts at it that the roof falls on the op center roof (where everybody is) Danny is still chasing and firing at him. Vlad soars back down, and uses his idea successfully. Danny doesn't even see what just happened because he's so preoccupied with getting Vlad. Vlad soars away. Meanwhile, Sam and Bella are both together toward the edge of the op center roof – straight where the other roof is headed for. They look up and see the roof. Sam moves a few steps further from the falling roof, but is frozen in shock, like Bella. Edward sees this, and runs over with all his strength. He pushes Sam out of the way (he gets to her before Bella) & she catches herself instead of falling after being pushed by him. He rushes to Bella & catches her in a tight hug & tells her
"I love you" and shoves her out of the way with all his might. Bella is moved about ten steps, but not pushed out of the way, though she thinks she is.
"What are you doing?!" Bella shouts at him. Edward can't respond because he's so concentrated. The roof flies at them. Vlad swoops and grabs Sam in all the panic, forcing Danny to stop firing.
"You're so cowardly that you need to drag other people into the fight that have nothing to do with it?!" Danny shouts at Vlad. Vlad laughs evilly & loudly.
"Maybe that's why my Mom will never like you! Because you're a sick, twisted little boy!"
"Apparently you want to see just how 'twisted' I can be!" Vlad exclaimed, flying up & dropping Sam. Danny soars down & saves her. Meanwhile, Edward catches the falling roof. He's trying with all of his might and barely succeeding at keeping it steady.
Just as Danny catches Sam, Victoria shows up on the opposite side of the OP Center. Edward thinks, 'What ELSE could go wrong?!' Danny looks at a red haired woman and wonders who she is for a split second and then turns his attention back to Sam, who has fallen unconscious due to lack of oxygen. He wonders what he should do for her, all the while, Victoria calculates her next move. Danny decides to fly back to the OP Center and he sees Victoria trying to sneak up on Edward. He shouts out a warning and then realizes that the thundering is too loud for anything to be heard.
So, his eyes glow blue and shoots ice beams at the roof. Edward's strong grip on the roof keeps it from slipping out of his hands. Danny then belts out his Ghostly Wail, destroying the roof and sending billions of pieces of debris everywhere. Edward takes the chance and runs to Bella, who is still paralyzed with fear. He then runs over to the OP Center. He reads Danny's mind and, past all the fear and confusion, he finds the passwords to lock the OP Center. Danny then catches on and flies over to the door. They make sure Bella and Sam are safely inside the metal thing, Danny goes off to fight Vlad and Edward goes to lock up the OP Center. Right when he finished the security precautions, an ice cold hand wraps around the back of his neck.
"Miss me, Cullen?" sneered Victoria. Edward's eyes turn from scared for Bella to full of bloodlust in a split second.
"Awwww, you're holding out on me aren't you? Where'd you hide your snack?" Edward growled viciously and turned on her, attacking her.
Meanwhile, in the OP Center, Sam was slowly regaining consciousness.
"Uhhh, what happened?" she asked wearily.
"Well, that old guy grabbed you and then your boyfriend got him mad and dropped you and-"
"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!"
"Riiiigght." said Bella sarcastically.
"He's not!" protested Sam, while turning a light shade of red.
"Okay…whatever." Bella said dismissively. "Do you feel okay? You fell 15 stories!"
"15?!"
"Obviously this isn't going to be as easy as I thought, how many fingers am I holding up?"
"Two, I'm fine." Sam said, annoyed.
"Sure…" said Bella, kind of unsure. Then a loud bang on the metal paneling told them that Danny had taken a hard hit.
"We have to help him!" declared Sam.
"And how exactly would we do that? Edward sealed us in here." said Bella.
"How would he know the passwords?" asked Sam, confused.
"Because he can read minds." answered Bella.
"Oh." said Sam.
On the other side of the OP Center…..
"Come now Daniel, you really should surrender if you want to return to your Sammy in one piece." said Vlad.
"I'm not giving up until you're gone Plasmius!" seethed Danny.
"Then you're going to have a very long wait my son." said Vlad.
"I'M NOT YOUR SON!" screamed Danny.
"That's right, your Jack Fenton's son. The local buffoon." said Vlad.
"At least he's smart enough to know when to stop chasing someone!"
"Oh, I see, you're going to defend Jack until he's not your Dad anymore."
"He will ALWAYS be my Dad."
"Not once your mother returns. Once that happens, she is MINE."
"Nobody's threatened by you, Vlad!"
"Really? Prove it, let your precious girlfriend out and say that again."
"She's NOT my girlfriend!" Danny said, gritting his teeth.
"Hm, you mean you saved her to break her heart Daniel?"
Silence.
"You really ARE more like me then I thought. I suppose you're destined to be my son."
"I'm not your son Plasmius." hissed Danny.
"But you are more like me then you are your ridiculous father, am I right?" said Vlad.
"I'm nothing like you."
"Oh really? Hmm. You're half-ghost, I'm half-ghost-"
"Two totally different accidents."
"Really? They both had to do with your moronic father."
"Not technically. I got my powers because I went into the portal and it shocked me. You got your powers because the engine had diet cola in it, not ecto-purifier. And you got ecto-acne. You also used your powers for personal gain, where I used them to save people."
"Which people Daniel? Anyone other then those who you know and love? Because I know you would never save me with all your self-righteousness and fake beliefs held by that excuse of a man, Jack Fenton. And, in case you haven't noticed, son, it's not the details that matter in life, it's the general rules. You're the same if you have something in common, if it happened the same way doesn't count."
In response, Danny threw an ectoball at Vlad, which he skillfully dodged.
"Now, Daniel, you shouldn't treat your future father with that kind of disrespect. There's only one way to fix that. Obviously, you need to be taught. It's more like this." Vlad said slyly. Instead of firing an ectoblast, he turned intangible and flew down to the OP Center. He flew into the metal building without a second glance at Danny. He grabbed Sam and she thought, 'Oh God not again.'
"Playing dirty again Vlad?" said Danny, trying to sound calm, even though he was scared to death for Sam.
"Dirty? Daniel, I believe you have something to tell her." Vlad teased.
"WHAT?!" Danny shouted. Vlad had Sam hanging by way of her throat in his hand.
"Well, Daniel you're either going to tell her or she's going to die with you."
"Vlad, let her go."
"Well, I suppose I could but…oh my, isn't that a bit far, Daniel? You are evil."
"What do you want from me, Vlad?"
"Well, for you to tell the girl the truth, of course, otherwise…."
"Okay! What do you want me to say?!"
"Tell her what we all know. Say it. NOW."
"Sam…. I…. I think Dash likes you."
"Ahh….Daniel, no lying." Vlad threatened, tightening his grasp on her throat.
"Danny….." Sam groaned, losing consciousness again.
"Sam, I….I think I…."
"SAY IT!"
"I…. you can't die because I…"
"Daniel…." Vlad reinforced his threat, by lowering his arm suddenly.
"I need you….help me…." Sam moaned.
"Don't die." Danny said, tears finally overflowing. "I SWEAR if you…..ARGHH!" Danny summoned a humongous ectoball, and hit the street below him with it.
"Daniel…. go punch a pillow. I'll be back for you son." Vlad said, a twisted look in his eyes as he flew higher into the air then everything Danny could see.
"Vlad!"
"You hear that? Your savior's angry." Vlad teased Sam, bringing her face up to his. "Little does he know, I'm not going to drop you. Not until he tells your limp, dying body the truth."
"What truth?" choked Sam, who was barely inches from death.
"I can't tell you that 'Sammy', Daniel needs to. It's not my job to break your heart, just to kill you." Vlad grinned at her persistence for life, despite all the hopelessness.
Meanwhile, back on the op center roof….
"Hello, my personal angel…" Tucker said, not-so-slyly.
"Uh.. who are you again?" asked Bella.
"T.F. for-"
"No, seriously."
"Tucker…."
"So, Tucker, I'm sorry to sound like this, but….I'm taken, and even if I wasn't….no. Hey…how did you get in here?"
"Yeah…. it's cool…..I get that a lot." he admitted to her, ignoring her question completely. "So, where is everybody?"
"Well, honestly, I don't know, they were all up on the roof but I wouldn't…WAIT!" But she was too late, Tucker had already opened the hatch.
Edward jumped up and tackled Victoria to the roof. She grinned and kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying.
"First rule in combat Cullen. Never make the first move." she cackled, pinning his arms to his back with one hand, and pinning him to the roof with the other. He tried to struggle away, but she kneed him in the spine and whispered in his ear,
"Never pick a fight with your superior, Edward."
"Superior? You're kidding yourself, Victoria." he said, slipping an arm from her grasp, and punching her in the face. He took her moment of surprise for granted and jumped up and out from under her. She backflipped and skidded across the OP Center. Bella's scent tantalized her, and she began to approach Edward again, who rushed at her in flaming rage. Her craving only helped her when she grabbed her adversary and flung him to the edge of the roof, over her shoulder. Just as Edward nearly slipped from the building, Bella's scent grew stronger in an instant, not unnoticed by Victoria.
"No!" he hissed, quickly getting his bearings.
"Ah…. there she is…" Victoria said, rushing over to the open hatch, and jumping in.
Meanwhile….high above the Amity streets…
Danny flew after Vlad faster then he'd ever gone before, but he wasn't quite sure why. He saw Sam dying in Vlad's clutches and it only made him move faster. Once he got there, Vlad had a sneer on his face that prepared Danny to risk Sam's safety to kill him. He began to form an ectoball bigger then the three of them combined.
"You don't want to kill her, do you?" Vlad teased.
"Me?! I don't have her in a chokehold!" Danny pointed out, throwing yet another ectoball to the ground.
"I may possess the hand around her throat, but who's the one being defiant and who's the one trying to teach his stepson a lesson?"
"Stepson?! I told you, she HATES you!" shouted Danny, causing Vlad to lose his sneer.
"Even if you're not lying, that's okay, because hate requires passion." Plasmius grinned.
"You really need to get a life, Vlad."
"Go ahead Daniel, say it." he said suddenly.
"No."
"Okay, you forced me to do this." Vlad said, beginning to fly away again.
"Fine, you win."
"She's already dying, why can't you let me have my fun Daniel?" he tormented.
"Killing people is fun for you? You really are a sadistic lunatic."
"I thought you knew that. Besides, Fenton, she's not just anyone, is she?"
"Who's Fenton and what are you talking about?!" Danny panicked.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. She's not just you're best friend, is she?"
"Of course she is!"
"That's the only thing she is? Okay, then I'll let her go….. now." Vlad was just toying with Danny now, he'd found the weak spot, and he was exploiting it as much as possible.
"Why don't you just get it over with then?" he asked, searching for a way to save Sam.
"She's starting to decompose in my hand, I think it's time to tell her Daniel, last chance."
"Fine, Sam, I….. like you. Let her go!"
"Hm…. close enough." Vlad said, dropping her from the fifty-story height.
"Sam!" Danny said, quickly tossing an ectoball at Vlad and spiraling after Sam. Vlad dodged it once again, and shot after Danny, shooting at him constantly.
END OF PART ONE!