Why hello there! Welcome to chapter seven. Absolutely no one guessed my favorite character, so I'm kinda mad about that. Anyways, enjoy I guess!
Valerie recognized the terror on Phantom's face, even from a long distance; it was the same expression he wore when he was being "interrogated" in that basement. She could still remember the acrid smell of his greenish-red ectoplasm dripping on the floor, his soft and familiar but annoying green eyes begging to stop. But he was a ghost, and ghosts needed to be destroy. This menace had taken over the body of her lover, and needed to be stopped! He broke her best friends from her, made her rich life into one of an almost unemployed, needed-to-work-for-college. And Sam was slipping; he was going to drop her!
Phantom's sweat and ectoplasmic-blood now stained his gloves and jumpsuit; he was losing altitude, about three inches a second. Even though he was two-hundred feet in the air, the goopy laser-shooting gun at the top of the Specter Speeder still had perfect accuracy, landing ninety-nine percent of the shots on the ghostly figure. Valerie smiled; she loved seeing Phantom hurt, even though it hurt her to try and destroy Danny. Her heart skipped a beat every time she looked at him, then fluttered uncontrollably. Phantom looked away from the Specter Speeder, then veering left and back around. For a split second, her own teal eyes locked with his toxic green eyes, before another shot went past him. He quickly dodged, drooping down about ten feet and rose another six. Jack spun the wheel, making a hard right and then another, following the ghost teen.
A loud thump on the hood of the car caught everyone by surprise. The roof automatically opened a trapdoor where Maddie and Valerie (Jack was too busy following Phantom to notice) saw a figure in all black sat dazed in the middle. Sam brushed the sweat-soaked bangs from her eyes, tying the now-undone ponytail at the top back up. When she looked from the corner of her eye to see the two staring at her, she instantly got up, her breathing ragged and uneven from the thrill ride. Her violet eyes locked with both - they were filled with that of hatred, unforgiveness and frustration.
"Stop shooting!" Sam gasped, getting up on wobbly knees and pulled muscles. A burn on her arm stung (When she landed, she had briefly skidded against the roof, leaving a burn) and blood from her nose dribbled down her cheek, but she continued. "That's Danny you're hurting!" she looked scared, but determined to save her best friend. Sam couldn't bare seeing Danny hurt, especially by his own parents and someone she had never trusted in the first place.
"Well of course it's Danny," Maddie began, but Sam cut her off. She held up her hand and once again brushed the hair from her face. This was going to be hard.
"No, I mean it's really Danny." She pointed up through the glass to see Phantom staring at them, almost running into a wall in the process. He looked relieved that Sam was okay. "Danny isn't what you think he is! He's not just a mindless ghost like you probably think!" Sam took in air like she couldn't get enough of it. "Danny is half-ghost!"
Valerie didn't look shocked. Of course she was protecting Danny, they were lovers. She didn't believe Sam. I mean, how would Danny even become half ghost? It would take a lot of ectoplasm. Maddie, on the other hand, looked as if the only way she could be more surprised is if, somehow, Danny wasn't going to be okay. Her eyes widened to about the size of dinner plates, black irises almost the same as her relatively normal-sized pupils.
"Well, it makes senseā¦" Maddie trailed off. Valerie glared at her accusingly, but she ignored it. Her violet eyes locked with the similar purple eyes right across from her, dark but sweet orbs going right into her soul. Maddie had faith in Sam; Danny and her had been best friends since she could remember, playing and throwing handfuls of mud at each other. Sam gave a weak smile, the same violet color of lipstick as her eyes peeling off.
"I can't believe you!" Valerie shouted, slamming her foot down right down on the grayish metal surface, pointing her ecto-gun at the floor and shooting in anger, making a loud "pop" sound. She left a gross stain where the ectoplasm collided with the solid metal.
"Hey, I just got that cleaned!" Jack shouted over the yelling. He then turned his focus back to the ghost teen, who seemed to be leading them away from town. He sharply turned left into the near-by forest.
"Valerie, you have to trust me!" Sam shouted, gasping for more air. Valerie rolled her eyes, pressing the button once again. A loud groan was emitted into the air, releasing it came from Danny. Despite the burn in her arm, she managed to smack Valerie square in the face. "Remember the accident with the portal? Long story short, he went in and ghost DNA got in his genes." Sam concluded, sniffing slightly from her bloody nose.
"Oh yeah, like I'm going to rely on that. How do we know you're not possesed, just trying to protect your leader?" Sam groaned. She cradled her burnt arm and lightly kicked Valerie in the leg with all of her strength. It barely hurt.
"Valerie, I don't have freaking time for this! Danny is going down!" Sam shrieked. An intense crash filled the air, the rustling of leaves and knocking of wood filled the air. "Danny!" Maddie, Valerie shouted in unison. Jack drove to the side of the road and threw open the door, leaving it open for the ladies to all get out and start searching.
Sam knew that Valerie would destroy Danny given the chance. And her chance had just arisen.
Okay, so let's try that again. First to guess my favorite character from Danny Phantom gets a shoutout in the next chapter! Sorry this one is kinda short, I'm doing my homework while secretly writing. As Andy would say, "Park it, Parker!"
-Parker
