Hiya! No, I didn't die…I just hit a road block and it took me 'til now to move it out of the way. Anyway, Shade has a bit of bad luck in this one, and I start to evolve the relationships a bit.perverted smirk

Disclaimer: I've been forgetting to do this, so I own nothing in here except Shade, Ronnie, and the plot. (And Skulker's new look)

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Shade struggled, pulling at the hand clasped around his wind pipe. Skulker smirked in an amused sort of way. "Struggle all you want, Shade. You can't escape." Shade quickly looked at Skulker, noticing that his armor looked different. It looked stronger, and less bulky. Shade struggled more, but all that accomplished was Skulker tightening his grip. A moment later, Shade felt himself get released, but not in the way he wanted. Instead, he had been thrown against the wall of the alley, sliding to the ground. He quickly got his composer back, standing up. His hands were glowing with ectoplasmic energy by now. His was a combination of neon green, crimson red, and crystal blue. At the same time, an ecto-gun had appeared out of the left shoulder of Skulker's armor. Shade fired the ghost ray, succeeding in hitting Skulker in the chest and making him stagger backwards into the wall. Skulker smirked again.

"You're not as strong as Phantom."

"Shut up."

"So. you /are/ aware of that."

"Shut up."

"Don't try to deny it, Shade."

"Shut UP!" Shade finally shouted, using both hands to fire a powerful ghost ray at Skulker. However, a greenish shield surrounded Skulker, blocking it. And before Shade could even think to move, the gun on Skulker's shoulder fired, and hit him. But instead of doing damage, it forced him against the wall, his wrists bound to the wall. with what appeared to be glowing, green shackles. Skulker smirked, before resorting to high school thuggery, and just beating the shit out of the half ghost bound to the wall.

Skulker chuckled, before phasing through the ground. He had plans in the ghost zone, and basically, what he had just done was a warning to all three of the Danny Crew. He didn't want them in his way. Once Skulker was gone, the green shackles vanished, and Shade dropped to his knees, then collapsed all together. Every breath(Yes, he breaths. He also has body heat, and a heart beat. He's half human) was a painful gasp, and he knew he had at least four broken ribs, probably more. His shoulder had been dislocated some time during that, but he didn't notice until now, when he tried to push himself up with his arms, and was quickly sent back to the ground from the pain in his shoulder. His blood was starting to pool around him from many lacerations, the reddish, green tinged liquid flowing towards the side walk in small streams.

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Ronnie grumbled incoherently as she walked down the side walk. What was doing out at 1 in the morning, you may ask? Her brother wanted her to get something for him. It was currently in a backpack, slung over one of her shoulders. Nearing an alley, she noticed a strange, thick liquid dripping over the edge of the sidewalk to the road in a thin, small stream. It looked like blood, but it was tinged green. Peering into the alley, she gasped at what she saw. Shade was on the ground, the strange blood pooled around him, trying to weakly push himself up with one arm, while his other arm hung limply at his side. "Shade!" Ronnie exclaimed, running up to him.

"Ronnie." He greeted weakly, pushing himself to a kneeling position, before hunching over and coughing a few times, coughing up the green tinged blood on the final cough.

"What happened!"

"I had a picnic with some friends." He replied sarcastically. 'What the hell do you think happened!" He shouted, before quickly regretting it as he coughed again, loosing more blood. It was times like these that he was glad he was half ghost. He could loose all of his blood, but he would just pass out for a few hours(Or days...).

"Who did it, and what's with your blood?" Ronnie asked, gesturing to the puddle.

Shade sighed. He couldn't leave her without any explanation, since she didn't seem like the kind of person to just drop and forget something. And he was in too much pain for his brain to think of a fake explanation. "Ever heard of ghosts?"

"...Yeah..."

"The thing that attacked me was a ghost bounty hunter named Skulker."

"Why was he after you?"

"I'm not sure. Possibly because I'm part of the Halfa."

"Halfa?"

"Half ghost, half human. Now known as Phantom and Danny."

"What!"

"Yeah. Not what you expected was it?"

"Shit no."

"Eloquently put."

"What should I do?" She asked.

"Well, just stay there for a moment, while I do this." He said, then using his good hand he gripped his dislocated arm tightly, and pushed. With a crunching noise, his shoulder went back into place. Shade squeezed his eyes closed, clenching his teeth. After a moment, he opened his eyes and murmured. "Damn...That fucking hurt."

"And you mock me for not being eloquent."

"Watch it, bitch. I don't exactly have the capacity to be literate at the moment. But I could still kill you."

"And how, exactly, could you do that?" Ronnie asked, her tone almost mocking.

Shade raised a hand, and the tricolor energy surrounded it, flickering and dancing like flames.

"Oh..." Ronnie replied meekly, shrinking back.

The hybrid ignored her, and started to go to a standing position, bracing himself on the wall behind him. Seeing his struggle, Ronnie immediately forgot the previous argument, and went to help him up.

Once Shade was on his feet, however wobbly he was, Ronnie walked up next to him and said "I'll help you home." Then she slid her arm around his waist, and he awkwardly draped his arm across her shoulders, and they made the slow trek home.

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Phantom and Danny were woken up at about three in the morning by the bedroom door opening, and Ronnie staggering in with a half-conscious Shade in tow.

Phantom was up and at their side in an instant, leading Shade to a chair, which he collapsed in.

"What the hell happened!" Phantom demanded.

"Skulker." Shade murmured.

"Skulker did this?" Danny asked, eyes widening. "How?"

"Shackled me to the wall."

"That jackass." Danny growled.

"You guys don't believe in proper language, do you?" Ronnie interupted.

"Not the time, Ronnie." Shade snapped, glancing at her.

Ronnie raised her hands in a gesture of surrender. "Fine, fine." Then she abruptly turned serious again as she looked at Danny and said "You got a first aid kit?"

Danny nodded, and pointed to the bathroom attached to his bedroom.

"Thanks." She said, then walked into the bathroom. When she came back out, Phantom and Danny were curled up on the bed again. Ronnie smirked. "You two make a cute couple." She said. She heard Phantom snort, and she could see Danny blushing, despite that he was turned away from her.

Ronnie knelt in front of Shade, and proceeded to bandage his wounds.

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The next morning, Ronnie poked her head into Danny's room. The front door had been unlocked. Looking around, she saw Danny and Phantom still asleep on the bed, and Shade asleep in the chair she had left him in, his head tilted down so his chin almost his chest. Ronnie opened the door the whole way, and it creaked, causing Shade to jerk and his eyes to snap open. Shade looked up groggily at her, smirking slightly.

"Morning." He murmured, stretching his arms over his head. He cringed slightly when his back cracked. "Note to self; don't sleep in a chair."

Ronnie chuckled. "Good morning to you, too, Sleepyhead. It's almost noon."

"Oh. I guess I slept in a little."

"Guess so."

Then they fell into an awkward silence. After a few minutes of it, Shade stood, cracked his back again, then walked into the bathroom. When he came out, all of his bandages were gone.

"You're healed?" Ronnie asked, confused.

"I'm half ghost, remember? I heal in hours."

"Oh...I envy you."

Shade smirked, then plopped down in the chair again. He studied her for a moment, noticing something in her expression, but not quite pinpointing it. Phantom was better at reading expressions. After a moment, Shade zoned out, which was common when he was bored, so he didn't notice Ronnie edging closer to him.

Ronnie's POV

Whoa…I just now noticed that I'm falling in love with Shade…What the fuck? The bastard isn't even paying attention! Hmm…That means I can get closer and he won't notice.

Normal POV

Ronnie got right in front of Shade, then placed her hands on his shoulders. When she did, he snapped back to reality and stared at her a moment, quickly realizing what she was about to do. Before he could protest, she kissed him.

Shade's POV

What the fucking hell! She's kissing me!(Thank you captain obvious) Ronnie's kissing me…I just now realized, I like her…

Normal POV

Ronnie was worried when Shade didn't react for a moment, but then relaxed when she felt him tentatively, almost shyly return her kiss. Ronnie put her arms around his neck.

After a few moments they broke the kiss, and Shade was refraining from making eye contact, instead keeping his eyes focused over her shoulder. Ronnie smiled gently. 'So he's not a complete jackass.' She thought to herself. Then said "Shade, you don't have to be embarrassed. It's not like someone was watching."

Shade glanced up to meet her eyes. Ronnie, seeing that he was in no hurry to say anything, offered "Want to go out for lunch?"

"Uh, sure."

"Cool! But, you'll have to put on some normal clothing."

With a sigh, Shade muttered "Fine. Just, turn around or something."

Ronnie nodded. "Got it."

Shade opened Danny's closet and dug through, while Ronnie turned around.

"Ready." Shade said, after a few minutes. Ronnie turned towards him and gave an approving nod. Shade was currently wearing a black long sleeved shirt with navy shirt over it, black jeans with a chain from belt loop to pocket, his gloves(he's attached to them, I swear), and navy high top converse all stars.

Ronnie grabbed Shade's hand and pulled him out the door after her.

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When Ronnie and Shade walked back into Danny's bedroom, they stopped abruptly at what they saw. Phantom had Danny pinned to the wall, using one hand to hold his arms above his head while they were in a major make-out session. Shade cleared his throat and said "Are you two almost done, or will Ronnie and I get a live porn show?"

Phantom and Danny immediately jumped apart.

"Uh, I…We were just…You see it's…"

"Will you be completing any of these sentences?" Shade asked, making Danny flush even more.

"Shade, shut it." Phantom snapped, putting an arm possessively around Danny's waist. Shade shrugged then opened the bedroom door. "Wouldn't want to intrude." He said, then looked at Ronnie. "Wanna go for a walk?"

"Sure."

Once the two left, Phantom turned back to Danny and said "Where were we?" He asked, smirking.

Danny put his hands on Phantom's shoulders and pulled his closer, kissing him roughly.

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Shade and Ronnie hadn't gone far. They were in front of the house…Making out. People around here seem to do that a lot, don't they?

Shade pulled away, then went to her neck. Ronnie all but purred, tilting her head to give him more access.

Shade pulled away from her when he got a bit dazed, from the mental link closing. "Uh, we can't go into the bedroom for awhile…"

"Why?"

"They just shut the mental link off…"

"Er, does that mean they're-

"Yes."

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Author Notes:

Can anyone guess what they're doing? If not, then you are a moron. I won't change the rating, mainly because I don't get into anything to explicit.