Chapter Seven

Nightmares and Plots

Melissa knew she fell to the floor and felt her body being carried but she didn't seem to possess the strength to open her eyes. Soon she knew she was alone but she saw a light. She headed towards it, knowing that she wasn't dead, and could see Vlad at home. She watched and listened.

Vlad had gone to look at the time, which was 4:15pm, then walked over to his mantel and pulled the football statue. The fireplace opened into a stairwell and he walked down. As he got lower it began getting darker but he seemed to completely ignore the dark as if it was as bright as day. He walked deeper down into the depths. The stairs ended and an enormous wall opened up like the fireplace had. Vlad walked into the large modern laboratory that the wall hid. He began to look around as he walked toward a metal desk. His shoes made a loud echo for every step he took. Finally, he reached the desk and began flipping through papers.

"No. No. No. Wait. No. Here we go," Vlad was flipping through and rejecting papers. When he found something he walked to the other side of the lab. There was a rather large machine connected to a tube with liquid in it. It was also connected to what looked like a holding chamber or torture device. It had a table going vertically on its side. On the corners there were straps that glowed green with ectoplasm. It was a terrifying image.

"Soon that ectoplasmic annoyance will exist no longer and once he is out of the way I will rule over Amity Park and then the world!" Vlad rejoiced then let out a maniacal, evil laugh.

Melissa jumped awake after seeing what she just did. She was breathing heavily. Sam and Danny ran in to make sure she was fine. Sam handed Melissa a paper bag, which she started breathing out of immediately.

"Melissa. Melissa. Can you hear me? You're alright, okay?" said Sam, not wanting her to pass out again, "Just keep breathing."

"Hey Tucker, what did you find out about her fainting?" asked Danny as he walked out of the guest room, where Melissa and Sam were.

Melissa put the bag down and started breathing normally and was trying to speak but only gibberish escaped her mouth. Sam put her hand to Melissa's head and she was cold, but she thought that was normal since she was still in ghost form.

Tucker and Danny returned to the room but with no luck on finding out what could have made Melissa pass out.

"Melissa. It's me Tucker. What happened to you before you passed out." Melissa tried to speak again but couldn't form words. "Okay, just speak slowly, you're alright," Tucker reassured.

"I-I-I s-saw V-V-Vlad. H-He w-was in a l-lab-r-rat-tory. There w-was t-two c-c-con-tainer-rs," Melissa gained her speech back and yelled, "He said he was going to get rid of Danny Phantom forever!"

Danny, Sam, and Tucker started looking at each other with the same puzzled look. "Why do you look so confused?" asked Melissa. Danny walked over to her then sat on the side of the bed she was laying on. He looked at the floor then at Melissa and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Melissa, Vlad is dead as far as we know. When that asteroid came towards Earth Vlad went into space with my dad to try to turn it intangible. He failed and my father left him out there. He was hit by the asteroid and was killed."