Danny: So now you got Sam fighting against the venom? Is she even going to make it?

Sam: Hey! What does that supposed to mean? Don't you have faith in me?

Danny: No, no, no, I didn't mean it like that. It's just that she can do whatever…

Sam: Zip it, Danny, I don't want to hear it. I know she can do with us whatever she wants, but you still should trust me.

Me: Well… I was thinking maybe…

Sam & Danny: SHUT UP!

Me: *shrugs* Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting, and I know I've lost a lot of readers, but I am still going to finish this story for all of you. I'm sorry!

Sam woke groggily, feeling numb. She couldn't feel her limbs, she couldn't move. All around her was black and she couldn't open her eyes. What's happening? She thought in panic; why can't I see anything? All around her began to clear a little bit and she was finally able to see: she was in a wide field with long grass, barely any trees, and she was alone in the dark. She couldn't see the moon or stars, only darkness.

Suddenly, she heard a chuckle behind her and she turned around, but she saw no one. Again, the same sinister chuckle that sent shivers down her spine. Please, let it not be him, everyone but him! Again she heard the chuckle and she look frantically around her, then, out in the distance she saw a silhouette. As it came nearer, it became clearer. Sam yelped in surprise when she figured out it was Danny and she ran towards him as she could, for she could barely feel her feet.

When she was near enough she launched herself towards him in a tight embrace. "Danny! Danny, my Danny! Are you alright? What happened and where are we? Did we die…?" Sam's voice trailed off when Danny laughed halfheartedly and looked at her with longing eyes; an expression that didn't suit the moment, because they were face to face. "Danny? What's wrong?"

Still, Danny didn't talk and he just stared at her. Then, his eyes went glassy and he doubled over himself in great pain. "Danny what's happening? Danny! Tell me something, anything!" Sam begged while trying to figure out to help his boyfriend. Danny went limb in her arms and she feared the worst, but when he started standing up again Sam sighed in relief… too soon.

Again, she heard the sinister chuckle, but this time it came from Danny. When she looked at him closer she found not Danny, but Dan grinning evilly in his place. What? No, it's not possible. "Where is Danny? What have you done to him?" Sam yelled backing away. While she took a step back, Dan took one closer, so the gap between them never grew, much to Sam's annoyance. They were way too close and she feared for her life.

Dan chuckled again. "Oh, poor little and naïve Sam, don't you see?" he mocked her while closing even more the gap between them. Sam gave another step backwards but tripled on her feet and fell hard on the floor. She noticed they were not in the field anymore, but in Amity Park, behind her was Danny's house… on ruins.

"What is there to see? What have you done?" Sam asked, panic in her voice and shivering from head to toe. A million of bad situations ran through her mind, scaring even more, but she couldn't bring herself to think straight.

"Poor Sammy, only survivor of the massacre of Amity Park, caused by none other than her beloved boyfriend Danny, aka, me," Dan declared regretless and mockingly at her.

"No, it's not true. You are not Danny…" she muttered in denial, out of pure fear, not really believing it herself.

"Oh, but it is true Sammy, I killed everyone. Tucker, Jazz, my parents… you should have seen their faces! So beautiful, screaming in pain, begging for mercy; only one person is left, and that, my dear, is you. Don't worry, I'll make sure you die slowly and painfully," Dan said with an innocent tone, malice in every letter and every word. Sam shivered even harder, her eyes wide in fear. This is it? Am I going to die like this? She thought hopelessly.

Please, Sam, be strong and come back to me.

She heard Danny's voice; her Danny's! She felt stronger and reassured, the Dan in front of her was not her Danny, and now she could see it clearly! Now, it was Dan's turn to look confused and lost, where had that voice come from? "No, that shouldn't be happening…" he muttered to himself.

"You are not Danny!" Sam told him, suddenly able to stand up. Though her legs were still shaking, she knew she could get out of there alive and meet Danny, who was waiting for her. But, where was he? He couldn't figure that out yet. "I don't know who or what you are, or where we are, but I'm going to get out of here to meet MY Danny," she declared proudly, a new strength washing over her.

Dan just laughed at her. "Really? And how exactly are you going to go that?" Out of the blue Dan shoots at her one of his rays, knocking her over to a wall behind her; the air left her lungs and she started choking. "If you can't even fight me, how are you going to get out of your own nightmare?"

"Night-mare?" she managed to choke out. "Is this… a nightmare?"

"I don't know, is it? As far as I'm concerned, you might never wake up," Dan laughed again and shot another ray at her. This time, out of pure instinct Sam raised her arm above her head, hoping it would somehow stop the ray. Much to her luck and surprise, when the ectoplasm was going to hit her hard, from her arm appeared a shield that deflected the attack. She chuckled nervously at the thought of almost dying, but she stood up and dusted herself off, when he lowered her arm, the shield disappeared and she caught on the way she could get out of there.

"Yes, it is a nightmare, but right now I know just how to get out of here and finish you for good!" She exclaimed and pointed her fingers toward Dan as if it were a gun. Out of thin air, a real gun of ectoplasm materialized in her hands and she shoot at Dan without further delay or notice.

Dan received the impact full on his chest and fell backwards with a grunt. He stood up and glared at Sam angrily. More than angry, furious! "Time for games is over missy, you're done!" He said and shot an ectoplasm ray at her hands. She deflected it with the shield she made appear for her. Then, Dan used his ghostly wail against her, breaking her shield and sending her flying backwards. "So much for your shield, huh?" he mocked.

Sam stood up and glared at him. In the hand where the shield used to be she made appear the Jack o' Nine Tails, or at least a version of it for this one was black and purple and without Jack's face in it, and she threw fired it against Dan. He just dodged it and made his punch of ice to hit her. Again, she made the shield appear to defend herself, but when the fist of eye touched the shield it started to freeze. She couldn't remove it before it reached her arm, and with her warm the freezing stopped, still, she had her forearm frozen to the shield and she wasn't able to take it off.

She looked up and Saw Dan diving towards her ready to finish her, but she was starter than that: she threw the gun away from her an instead made the Fenton Thermos appeared. She opened it in the very last minute and pointed it at Dan, who was diving at full speed. When she activated it, Dan's realization dawned on him to late and he couldn't stop. He dove directly into the thermos, which Sam closed and it vanished into the air. So did the shield and the ice on her forearm.

Everything around her started crumbling down and she was left in a void, dark place. She couldn't see anything and she doubted there was something there. Didn't I win? Shouldn't I be out of here? She thought, despair filling her soul. "Danny" she whimpered, "I want to see you…" A lone tear escaped her eye and it felt into the void, losing forever into the darkness.

Sam… Sam! Come back to me, please, don't give up. I… I'm sorry; this is my entire fault… I need you… Please, don't leave me…

It was Danny's voice again, and she could hear it all around her, not founding the source. "Danny! I'm here! Help me!" She cried, trying to get through the darkness but finding it impossible. Danny's voice sounded so hurt, so heart broken, that Sam saddened only for listening to it. Suddenly, she felt something tug at her hand, but when she looked at it, there was nothing there.

Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam…

She heard Danny cried; her Danny, crying for her to go back to him, so desperately and hopeless. It pained her listening to him like that. She remembered the tug in her hand, and thought of something to at least tell him she was okay. The tug in her hand was probably his hand, so she concentrated on the feeling and squeezed her hand. She felt something hard against it and she squeezed again, earning a squeeze back.

Sam? I know you're there, I know you listen to me. Please, I know you can find your way back to me. Just … Danny hesitated …follow my voice.

Sam was awestruck suddenly. Hadn't she tried that before? A sudden anger filled her. What does he think I'm doing? Sit back and enjoy the view? If there is nothing to see! If he thinks I don't try, he's wrong; if he thinks I haven't tried following his voice, then he is wrong. But how can I tell him that his voice just echoes inside my mind? How to tell him that his voice doesn't come from anywhere? Is he seriously thinking I'm not trying?

Sam didn't know it, but anger is one of the most powerful feelings. That doesn't mean its good, but it's powerful. The force of that feeling from her towards him made everything clearer for her and she could finally see some light, a dot of light in the distance. She calmed down and tried to reach it, but as soon as the anger faded, the light did too.

What does this mean? She asked herself, feeling hopelessly alone. I am trying to fight the darkness but nothing seems to work. What can I do? How can I go back? I miss him so badly. Unconsciously she started to remember her times with him, when everything was peaceful. Their first date, their first kiss, their first anniversary as a couple; one occasion in which the fan-club of Danny Phantom, composed of only girls lead by Paulina, plotted to steal a kiss from him. He didn't let them, and when Sam found him with Paulina on his lap, inches away from his face, she felt so heartbroken and so enraged. She stormed off trying to get away, but Danny followed her. She tried to fight back, to get away from him, but she was too weak and he was too strong. He held her in her arms and told her he would always be there for her, that he only had eyes for her. She felt so warm inside at that moment, but she had a façade to keep, so she just snorted and told him that if he ever did that again, he wouldn't live to see another day. After that they laughed and Danny took her to watch the sunset on the hill where they first kissed. She fell asleep, but she could faintly hear Danny humming their song, their lullaby. She had felt so loved, so protected.

She suddenly saw in front of her the same dot of light from before, only this time it was bigger. With the anticipation of seeing her Danny again and the memory fresh in her mind and heart, she ran to the light. This time it didn't disappear, it didn't fade away, on the contrary it became bigger and closer, allowing her to step into it with tears of joy in her eyes.

She took a deep breath. It hurt. Her whole body ached and felt sore, though she couldn't explain herself why. She could feel her feet and her hands, one was cold and one was warm. Something was holding on to it but she couldn't place her finger on what. Without opening her eyelids she could see a faint light, and feel the heat that the sheets gave her, and the support a bed brought to her body. She could hear someone breathing steadily and deeply next to her, that someone was asleep.

After surveying her environment and declaring it was danger-free, she dared to open her eyes. She stared at a ceiling she was familiar with, for she had spent some of her nights in that room. She tried to move, but every part of her body felt heavy, she tried to turn her neck to see the sleeping person, but she only received pain in exchange. She winced slightly, but that movement stirred the person next to her.

"Sam!" Called her a voice she knew too well while her Danny came into view and hugged her tightly. She groaned in pain and Danny quickly apologized and broke the hug. Sam smiled slightly, one of the few movements that didn't hurt her.

"Hi Danny" she said, her voice hoarse from not speaking in too long. "How…" she cleared her throat. "How long was I out?" she asked, fearing the answer.

Danny looked to the ground before smiling at her and shaking his head. "It doesn't matter, you're back now," he replied and Sam could swear she saw a tear in the corner of his eye. "Oh, Sam, I was so worried," he sighed in relief and buried his head in her neck. Without warning, she felt Danny shaking and sobbing.

"Danny… are you -are you crying?" She asked, feeling silly afterwards. You are so smart, Sam, way to go, she scolded herself. Danny just sniffed and raised his head to look into her eyes. His eyes were so deep and washed in relief, that Sam couldn't put a finger on why was he crying.

"I'm just so glad you're okay, Sam. I thought… I thought you would never wake up… I feared I had arrived too late," he explained but she shushed him, putting a finger on his lips. It hurt like hell, but she did her best to hide it. What he said made her remember her nightmare, the void and the darkness, the anger, the love, the light.

"If you ever doubt me again, you won't live to see another day," she replied and smiled reassuringly, so that he understood it was half a joke. Danny just smiled and leaned in to kiss her. Then, when their lips were about to touch, the door of his room opened wide and reveled Jazz in the doorway. She obviously wasn't expecting that, for her eyes went wide and she screeched loudly.

"Mom, Dad! Sam's awake!" She yelled at the top of her lungs before running to hug her, never minding that Danny was there sparing her an annoyed look, nor that Sam yelped in pain when Jazz's arms closed around her in a tight embrace. When she broke the hug because of Sam's pleading voice she apologized with tears on her face, but she too felt relieved to see her up.

She hadn't finished telling Sam how worried they had been when through the door three more persons rushed in. Maddie crying her heart out on a tissue, Jack beaming with emotion and a wide grin on his face as well as some loose tears on his eyes, and Tucker who didn't for once slowed down until he too was embracing her tight, much to Sam's annoyance. "You know, Tuck, I'm still not a hug person, besides, you're hurting me," she said softly, trying to reach his friends through his own sobs and tears. He heard it but he didn't want to let go, until Sam complained about how sore her body felt.

"What is wrong with everybody?" she asked skeptically "It's not like I'm back from the dead…" she trailed off when she saw the looks on everyone's faces. That look that said they were holding back the truth and that they didn't know whether to tell her or not. "…is it?" She finished as a whisper, confused.

Everyone in the room looked at each other nervously, not knowing what to do next. "Danny…" she started, but he couldn't bear to look her in the eye and she was getting mad. "You all have thirty seconds to tell me what did I miss and why do you all have those looks before I write your names in my black list… and believe me, that is not a place you want to be in," she threatened, half joking because she would never harm them; she loved them too much, but she'd never tell. Still, the threat got the desired effect and everyone started moving on their spots nervously.

Finally, when Sam had counted twenty five seconds, Danny took a step forward. "I'll tell you Sam," he said with a worried look that made Sam worry too, but she did her best to dissimulate. The rest of her family left the room and waited outside, unsure of what should be told and what shouldn't.

Danny brought the chair of his desk and placed it beside Sam and sat down. He gently grabbed her hand, trying not to hurt her, but it was more for his own comfort than her, still, she didn't know that. "Danny, you should know you are starting to freak me out. Is everything okay?" Sam asked shyly.

"No Sam, it's not. I almost lost you, and that's now okay," Danny suddenly snapped at her. Realizing this and that he had scared her he took a deep breath and apologized to her. "First I want you to tell me how much do you remember?" He asked her.

Sam stayed silent, contemplating her answer. She went back in her memory, to even before she woke up in the field, to Danny's house, after their big argument. "I remember… I woke up in the couch because a huge blast came from the kitchen, and there was Dan… he shoved Tucker and Jazz away with a huge ectoplasm and he came to me. He… leaned in closer… I was so scared, I thought he was going to…" she sighed and calmed down before continuing. "But he didn't, he went to my neck and I knew he was going to bite me, but before he did anything he whispered 'I hope you meet your boyfriend in hell' and then he bite. I remember feeling a soaring pain all over my body before feeling numb and losing consciousness." Sam finished her explanation and looked at Danny, who was shaking all over because of the contained rage he had.

"After that," Danny continued, "he went outside with you as a puppet, mocking me. I felt… so useless. I tried to protect you, yet I failed again. Reinforcements came and he let you go, but you started falling to the ground at an alarming speed. I caught you and took you here, and then I noticed he had bitten you. I went outside to face him, but the others had already caught him in the thermos. I took the thermos and emptied it inside the cage where you cleansed me, and he told me… that…" Danny repressed a sob before clearing his throat. "He told me that I couldn't save you. That he had trapped you into a world of nightmares and that it would slowly drain your life away. Out of rage I got rid of Dan, and with Clockwork's help I bought you some time while making an antidote, when it was done, Clockwork gave it to you. He wasn't sure if you'd wake up because it was a battle of your own. All I could do was watch. I saw you crying, and called out for you. Later you squeezed my hand, but you wouldn't wake up. I was starting to lose hope. You were in a comatose state for almost ten days and I never left your side fearing what might happen if I left you. And you still wouldn't wake up… I tried talking to you, but it seemed to have no effect." He finished and sniffed, without him realizing he had started to cry, but he soon composed himself.

Sam, as she could, put a hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him. She didn't know what to say; no doubt he was so hurt and worried. Then, she remembered their last argument, how he asked for her forgiveness and how she couldn't answer him and guilt stroke her hard. She almost died without telling him she loved him. Danny looked up at her and he grabbed her hand tighter.

"I promise I'll never leave you again. I… I think I understood what you said before, about all the pain and the way you felt when I left, when you thought I had died. I never want to experience something like that again, the pain of losing you… you're right, it'd be too unbearable. And to think I never told you I loved you, that the last time I spoke to you I made you cry, that you felt so miserable… I'm sorry about that. I'm so, so sorry, and I hope you can forgive me. Up until now I never knew such a pain could exist, and even when you explained it to me I didn't fully understood… until I almost lost you." Danny told her looking into her eyes with such sincerity that she felt like crying. No, she didn't felt like crying, she was crying.

Sam gulped loudly and sniffed. "I'm sorry too, Danny. I know it was reckless, but the thought of living without you was just too unbearable and even more knowing you died to protect us… to protect me. I did thought about taking my life because I wanted to be with you, but we never found your body so you could still be alive. And then, when you came back, I felt alive again. When I saw you lying there in the ground I feared for you, but I also feared for me. I'm selfish, I know, but I can't help it. But… when I heard you calling me through my nightmare, I felt like I wasn't alone. You were waiting for me and I had to come back. I had to come back to tell you that I love you," Sam finished and smiled slightly. No other moment could be so prefect and she only had one thing left to say. "Danny, I forgive you," she told him; "and I love you."

Danny smiled at this and Sam returned the smile. Relief fully washed over the both of them and they kissed longingly. After so much waiting, they could be together again, their lips met with all the love they had for each other without having to worry if it would be the last because they now knew it wouldn't. After a very long time, they were once again happy.

The End

So, guys, this is it! After a long wait, I finally found the inspiration I needed to continue and finish the story. The next chapter will be the epilogue, hopefully I'll upload it tonight as well. I apologize again for the delay and I thank everyone who kept reading until now. I hope you liked it and I would like to hear/read your thought about everything, so please, review. On my last chapter I received none, so I was a bit discouraged, but at least I decided you're worth finishing the story. Thank you very much!