I'm so sorry this is late. I had writers block and a case of laziness. *runs as a fireball comes shooting out of the sky at me * I said I was sorry! *hides under table *


"Sometimes, the most unlikely people are the ones who end up helping you the most. Don't throw that away if their intentions are pure."

- Me


Danny stood up, his legs shaky.

"What did you do to me?" He demanded, trying to make his voice low and threatening, while pulling away at the bracelet.

It wouldn't budge, not even a little bit. It stuck to him like his own skin and was just as painful to pull at. He stopped, unable to take the pain and holding back tears.

"I disabled your powers for an indefinite, amount of time." He saw Danny's expression and quickly said, "But not for the reason you think. I meant what I said Daniel. I won't hurt you."

He sounded sincere but Vlad was a crazed up fruit loop and a talented liar. If he really wasn't going to hurt Danny it was back to plan A: Make him his perfect half ghost son. And he never said he wouldn't hurt his friends and family to get him to cooperate. He knew he couldn't' say no to that.

He could use any number of loopholes, and there was always the chance he just wanted to mess with his head.
If that was the plan it was working.

Danny was about to yell some choice words at Vlad about his 'goals' when a blue mist escaped his mouth, sending a shiver down his body. His ghost sense. Why did it have to be now, of all times, when he didn't have his powers, that a ghost had to come along?

On the other side of the room, right through the door, Skulker appeared, a bulky gun with a faint green glow perched on his shoulder. He smiled with pleasure when he saw Danny.
Damn! Danny backed against the wall, looking for a quick escape. There wasn't one, and Skulker was walking faster now, his footsteps the loudest thing in the room.

"Skulker, stop!" Vlad yelled sharply. "Remember our agreement!"

Why didn't he DO something?! He was perfectly capable of taking Skulker down.

Skulker completely ignored Vlad, and out of desperation, Danny ran for the door, slipping past him. He put his hand out to grasp the doorknob and was lifted into the air by his shirt.

"Put me down!" He kicked at Skulkers armor, hurting his bare feet on the hard metal. "Ow,ow,ow!"

"What's wrong child? Can't phase through my fingers?" He laughed and threw Danny over his shoulder with no effort at all.
"I said put me down!" Danny knew Skulker wasn't going to give in, but he wasn't going down without a fight.

"No. I've waited a long time for this."

He became quiet and didn't acknowledge Danny's protests. They began to phase through the wall, to what Danny was sure was his death. That's when he managed to kick Skulker in the face.

Skulker held the kicking and screaming teen out in front of him.
"You are becoming an annoyance to me, ghost child. If you stop struggling I'll make your death quick. I don't want to have to take you through the ghost zone like this. Walker will notice and then we'll both be dead."

He had one more chance. It wasn't something he wanted to do but he was out of options.

"Vlad help! Please!" But Vlad was gone now, probably not wanting to see the aftermath of this. Neither did Danny but he knew he was going to have to to.

Maybe it would be easy, and painless. Probably not. Nothing in his life was ever easy. He had to deal with it all alone. No one else besides his arch enemy and Dani had powers like this and he hated one and the other was less experienced than him. He rarely saw Dani anyway. It was a lonely life, or half life. What was he anyway? Dead or alive? Is it really possible to be both at the same time? Maybe things would be better if he just let himself die. It wasn't something he'd usually consider but this time was different. He was different. He stopped struggling and went limp.

"That's better," Skulker said. "This makes it easier on both of us."

He started to phase through the floor

"Put him down now!" A voice yelled, full of fury.

* Cliffhanger! I'm so evil sometimes. I won't tell you whats going to happen. But the storys not over yet! :) Review if you want to chase, find and hurt Vlad for shorting out Danny's powers! :D We'll form a mob!