You could have read this chapter before the last one if you wanted to. This starts right where chapter 6 left off. It is in Evil Danny's point of view, but after reading this you might stop calling him evil.
Somewhere inside of me I could feel human emotion. Fear was the most dominant. I flew after Ember and realized that it wasn't really me flying, but the time belt using my powers. That scared me the most.
Since I was no longer in control over my body I felt my thoughts wander back to when I had almost killed Vlad and… the other me. What had happened? He had said my battle cry and I had dropped him. I don't know why.
Something else was bugging me. How had he even known my battle cry? No one knew that except Sam, Tucker, and both Vlads. Now that I think back I realized that I hadn't used it in a long time. He hadn't turned into a ghost when he said it. Wasn't he a normal kid?
He had seemed different. Could he really actually be me? That would explain why I had to kill him. But now that I was lost in thought I wondered why I wanted to kill him so badly. Why had I even wanted to kill anyone? My fear returned along with the dark suspicion that it was the time belt simply using me for revenge.
Was this what it was like for Sam? Able to think but nothing else? Knowing that I was hurting others and not being able to stop? Suddenly I felt a strange presence enter my mind and a cold robotic voice said, "Don't worry about killing people. That's my job. Soon there will be nothing left of you."
I couldn't even widen my eyes in surprise. My mouth didn't move but I knew that I could talk back to it. "What are you doing to me?" Static filled my thoughts as the time belt laughed.
"That's for me to know and you to find out when it happens. Until then consider yourself my prisoner and witness to all of the things that I do with your body." The voice faded along with the strange coldness that had invaded my mind.
I tried to move but only succeeded in focusing my eyes. While I had been thinking Ember had led me into an abandoned area. She paused and then dived into the ground. I watched her go and remembered all of the times I had referred to hell as, 'down there' when I was younger.
My body shifted and I felt it turn intangible as I sped towards the ground. Earth surrounded me and I couldn't help but feel like I was dead and buried in a coffin. I let my eyes blur over and returned to my thoughts. There wasn't much else I could do anyway.
What was I? Part ghost part human part robot? What was the other Danny? He was me, my good half. Something had caused me to split, and the only explanation I had was that it had something to do with the time belt and being a halfa. "How did you split me into two different people?" I called out to the time belt.
The coldness swept through my head as it answered. "Well the thing is there was just not enough room in your body for me. You already had two different halves. Lucky for me you overshadowed that pathetic other version of yourself, and all I had to do was shove some of you into him. It made a duplicate of you minus the metal. I can't say that I'm pleased, but I had no other choice."
"What?" I mentally yelled.
"It was nothing important, only a few of your feelings like love and stuff like that. I also had to get rid of your ghost form and a few of your less needed powers. He can't use them though because he is still mostly human while you are mostly ghost and me. I was surprised when he attacked though; I would have thought that without his powers he would be too afraid."
I didn't respond. I was too shocked and scared as I realized that without love there was no way to stop the time belt. At least with Sam I had been able to stop the time belt by kissing her. What would happen now?
My eyes surfaced and I stared around. There was more rock than dirt here, and I wondered how far down we would have to go. Just as I was deciding to go back to thinking hopelessly the rock stopped.
Ember floated out after me and I stared around the huge cave in awe. It was empty but I noticed that there was an eerie green glow cast around the dark room. Then I saw it. A small ghost portal was sitting in the center of the cave.
I was forced to float down in front of it. The green cleared suddenly and I saw the Ghost Zone through the strange ring. Ember flew through and I wondered why I hadn't followed. Suddenly a large black eye glared at me through the clear portal.
Loud maniacal laughs boomed around the huge room. Now I felt my feet moving towards the portal and I desperately tried to pull them back. Nothing happened and I felt cold surround my body as I entered the Ghost Zone.
My head bent back and I looked up into the face of someone I had hoped that I would never see again. Doom glared down at me and his black eyes widened. I noticed that there was still a hole in his armor and the skin was a strange shade of green.
"So that's what the time belt does!" He said. "I must admit that I was expecting a much less gruesome effect, but I can't say that you don't deserve it." He laughed again. I wanted more than anything to look around the place I was in but my head was held rigid in the same position.
Then I finally felt myself move. I got down on my knees and put my head and hands on the ground. It took me a moment to realize what I was doing but then felt embarrassment and anger flood through me as I realized that I was bowing down to Doom.
"I must ask my king, why have you summoned me here? I have no interest in matters of the Ghost Zone." I gritted my teeth and wanted to scream but knew that I couldn't. Doom blinked and looked down.
"How can you not have guessed by now? I need you to help me. I need a special part for this." He motioned behind him and I finally felt my head turn to look at my surroundings. A huge metal structure was being built and I noticed that it was the same shape as a ghost portal. "It's the only way I can escape this infernal place."
I felt my lips draw back in what I guess was a sharp-toothed smile. "I will do anything you want."
Doom also smirked and I saw that his teeth were equally as pointed. "It's nice to see that you're so willing to help. What I need is a sacrifice to start the portal. It can't be human or ghost, but both. The only other halfa was me, but that was a while ago."
I felt my legs move as my body started to run towards the exit. Apparently the time belt wasn't to fond of being sacrificed either. Ember flew down and blocked the way and I watched as other ghosts surrounded me.
"You're not going anywhere."
