Angel of Darkness

Chapter 9: Fight! Father vs Daughter

"You will pay for everything you've done!"

"Same goes for you, you bastard!" You ruined everything for me! I'll never forgive you! I'll kill you here and now! Then everyone will see who is stronger! "Let's go!" I launched at him.

All eyes turned to watch as the we charged each other. Phantom narrowed his eyes with anger and sadness fueling his powers, while I charged with a wide grin spread from ear to ear. A ripple of energy ran in all directions from the collision of power between the two of us. This was fun! I threw more power into my attack, and before I could get close enough to hurt him, he withdrew. Wimp. He backed up several feet.

I chuckled. It was getting hotter by the second, the flames on the buildings were increasing and spreading, the firefighters tried to put them out, but there were simply too many at once.

Phantom was looking down with wide eyes at the building that was burning up, those cries for help and those screams of pain rang through the air. My lips pulled into a wide grin. If you turn to help them, you'll be giving me an opening to kill you, but if you stay and face me you'll be letting them parish! My right hand twitched with the eager intent to fight! "How long are you going to stare at them!? The fight's this way!" I charged my fingers up with red energy, slashing my hand down in front of me and sending long slashes of red through the air toward him.

He turned to me with those eyes that made me laugh. He was disgusted with me, it was so easy to see it, but that wasn't enough! I wanted those burning eyes to flare with hatred; I wanted to see him fall into his own darkness! If he planned on defeating me, he would have to kill me! Kill me if you can, you damn bastard! I know you have it somewhere in you! "Come on!" I called out to him, "if you don't attack, I will!"

I inhaled deeply, concentrating on my energy. I had seen it happen before, now I just had to do it myself. Slowly, my body began to extend left and right until finally, two beings ripped apart from each other. Grinning with victory I did the same trick once more to create four of me. Although I could feel my energy drain a bit, I still had plenty!

Danny glared at me, "if you think that trick will work on me you've got another thing coming!" He very easily pulled himself into duplicates, matching the same number as mine. "I've been fighting much longer than you have, girl! I have much more experience, there's no way you can win!"

"Hm, you sound so confident." My voice seemed to echo oddly because all of me were speaking at the same time. "I'll tell you something though, you may have fought more than I have but I am much more creative and I am not afraid to take a life! Something you have never managed to do!"

He winced at that, and I knew that it was true. He was too kind to kill anyone.

"You're sick!" He brought his hands together, gathering ectoenergy in his palms.

I smirked. "Don't hold back on me, because I can assure you I won't hold back on you!" I charged, kicking off of the air as though it were a surface and rocketing toward my father at a great speed. My arms came to my sides so that I would go as fast as possible, but once I came closer I pulled them up to eye level where my talons flashed dangerously.

Phantom immediately put up a barrier around him, a large green dome. I twisted and put my feet ahead of me so that I wouldn't crash head first into the shield, but I continued my advance, throwing all my force into the green barrier. A large crack appeared where my foot hit, and the crack began to spread. Phantom's eyes widened. I jumped back a bit and began kicking again and again on the same weakened spot.

Phantom's duplicate came up behind me, which was no surprise. I called on one of my own to back me up. They were basically just floating around and waited until they were needed. My duplicate tackled the Danny duplicate from the side; both of them went flying through the air, twisting and spinning while battling close range in mid air.

I was almost through the shield when Danny dropped the protection, knowing that he wouldn't last. He quickly changed to offence, flying toward me with a fist full of energy. A weak attempt I might add. He thrust his arm forward; the green energy in his hand was thrown toward me. My lips pulled into a grin, flashing my fangs at my opponent. He wasn't giving it his all! I reared my foot back and proceeded to kick the green energy away from me as it neared. "You really don't have the guts to kill me! Weaklings like you don't belong on the battlefield! It makes me sick just seeing how pathetic you're acting!! You won't ever win with that attitude!"

"You won't win because you have nothing to protect! You're just a ghost who lusts for power! I won't lose to someone like you!"

"Someone like me? What do you mean by that?"

"The way you treat these people like they're nothing, stepping all over them like dirt! You're not human! How could you do this!?"

"You're right, Phantom, I'm not human. But neither are you." I chuckled, seeing the look of horror on his face, he probably didn't expect other people to know his secret. "You should know only too well how people can be different. Isn't that right, halfa?" Or I guess I could just call you dad." I grinned widely, feeling my power pulse through my veins as a large ring appeared around my waist. I inhaled deeply, watching as my father's eyes widened. The ring began to separate, beginning to reveal my human form. "Are you telling me you didn't suspect even once that there was another hybrid flying around?" I chuckled, letting the ring finish its course to show Trinity Manson. I remained in the air, and I still had my powers, unlike Danny Phantom who basically had to turn into a ghost in order to fight.

I was expecting him to quickly deny what he saw, but instead his eyes closed and his forehead was wrinkled as his eyebrows pulled together. He bit his lip and clenched his hands. I narrowed my eyes at his reaction, waiting for him to speak.

"It was you?" He hissed between his teeth, "the whole time? You killed all those people? You killed Valerie and Danielle!?" His eyes snapped open with a burning rage, "you even killed your own friends!?"

"Bull shit! Those idiots were never my friends! They only took advantage of me!"

"That's a lie and you know it!"

It's true… I couldn't deny it to myself. They did care about me. "I warned them to stay away! It was completely their fault!"

"I don't believe this!" He cried, "how am I supposed to believe that you could cause all this damage!? My own daughter!!" I watched as tears began to spill from his blazing green orbs. "I didn't think it was possible to pass down ghost powers…but maybe I was just hoping that was the case." His head lowered a bit.

"So I guess if you think about it, this is all your fault." I taunted, still floating there before him. At this point, I figured it was a waste to turn back into my Dark form, I wanted to watch his expression while he fought his own daughter. "I don't get you! You just had to play the hero of the town! It's so annoying! I on the other hand make my own rules! And I do what I want! Evil is just a word that humans came up with in an attempt to keep others from doing what they want! You'll never know this power! You'll never know how great it is!"

"Trinity, I understand. I know that I could've chosen to remain as my evil future self, he was powerful far beyond my own abilities and then I wouldn't have to live with the pain of human emotions. But I chose not to! Because I knew what was right!"

"I don't understand a word you are saying!" I barked. Future self? What the hell is he talking about? "But I do know that I chose to act like this! I love it! If you only knew how amazing it is to be unbelievably strong, then you wouldn't question my choice!"

"That's why you're doing this? For power?"

"I'm making this world better! All of those people I killed deserved to die! They were all stuck up idiots that should burn in hell!"

"I don't care what they did, that is no excuse to fall so low! Do you have any idea what you caused!? You didn't do anything to help this world! Have you gone up to their families? Their friends? Did they seem happy? Do you think that their parents are happy that they're gone? You didn't just kill those people, you destroyed their family! You took away a life!"

"Of course you would know all about destroying families, huh?" I snarled, hatred burning through my body. "Because you sure as hell destroyed ours!"

That statement right there was what hit him hard. I could see him physically cringe and a pained expression crossed his features. "What do you-"

"Don't act like you don't know, Phantom!!"

"I don't understand what you mean!" His voice cracked as he was near crying. It was a pathetic sight really, and he was pissing me off!

"Don't mess with me!!" I howled. I didn't even realize that I was trembling. Black fire began to swirl around me as my rage increased. The fire sent hot waves of air up against me, blowing my hair all around my face.

"Trinity! I'm sorry for whatever I may have done! It was never my intention to make you angry!" He pulled his hands up a bit to attempt and block the heat that was radiating off of me.

"Then tell me something!" My throat burned from my vocal chords tightening within my neck, "tell me why you left us! Why did you leave me and mom! What cruel bastard would leave his family like that! Do you have any idea how much pain you caused mom!? She always thought about you! She even wore that stupid wedding ring you gave her; she never took it off! I'll never forgive you! I'll never forgive what you did to her!" As I continued to scream my thoughts that I had held in for so long, more words began to spill that I didn't want to say. "And not just her! How could you leave me!? Didn't you care!? Do you know how hard it is to live your life thinking that it might've been your fault that your dad left!? I always wondered if I was part of it! Did you hate us that much? Did you hate us enough to leave!? I had to grow up without a father and when I was younger I remember staring at the door sometimes, thinking that one day my dad would walk in! But you never did! I started to lose hope and now I know that you never had any intention of coming back! The only reason you came back was because of your damn job! You came back for these complete strangers, but you couldn't come back for us!? I hate you! I'll always hate your damn guts!"

I breathed deeply, trying hard not to let the tears spill from my eyes. I was trembling with both hatred and sadness. I looked into my father's eyes, watching as he bit his lip. "Well!?" I snapped, "aren't you going to say something!?"

"You don't understand."

"Oh! Like hell I don't understand!" How could he say that? He thinks I don't know? He never once wrote to mom or me, he never contacted us! Who the hell does he think he is to say that I don't understand!

"You don't understand!" He barked, his voice hitched the slightest bit.

"I'm tried of this!" I snarled, gathering a fist full of energy in my palm, "I don't care what your reason was! I'll kill you!" I began throwing balls of energy in his general direction, but aiming all around him in case he tried to dodge. I will admit I was a bit surprised when he didn't try to get out of the way, one of my ectospheres hit him in the leg and another hit him in the chest.

He spiraled out of control in mid air before catching himself. He grunted with pain but got into a fighting stance, looking at me once again.

I clenched my teeth and launched myself in his direction, letting out a battle cry of rage on the way. I readied my claws, planning to tear that bastard to bits. "It's all your fault!!" My scream carried all through the street; my movements were completely instinct at this point, I wasn't in control of my actions. He didn't even try to avoid being hit, I raised my arm up and slashed down full force against him. My nails dug into flesh from his right shoulder all the way down his torso to his left hip. Blood sprayed onto my body. In a fit of pure anger, I twisted my body around 360 degrees, bringing my foot up to gain more momentum and my heel collided.

He let out a pained grunt while being thrown down from the air. I followed after him, kicking him in the gut as he fell back first, causing him to plummet even faster. The cement cracked from the immense impact of his body. "Get up and fight, damn it!" I landed on my feet beside where he lay. Not even giving him the slightest chance to stand, I grabbed a fistful of his suit and swung around, tossing him away like a rag doll.

I had thrown him up against the building, where I then went forward and held him upright by the shoulders. His back was grinding into the brick from me holding him there.

Blood specs struck me in the face while he coughed in pain. "You are wrong, Trinity." He calmly spoke, "when you said I couldn't kill. You were wrong. I can, but I choose not to. I will never kill anyone ever again.

My eyes narrowed as he opened his mouth to speak, "It was…before you were born…"

-16 years previous-

It was such a large room, completely made of brick and concrete, almost like a dungeon. Sam was chained to the wall, unable to move at all. She was a mess, her clothes were drenched with sweat and she was out of breath from fighting against the restraints. Not to mention, her belly was just barely rounded from the baby inside of her.

Danny looked fearfully at his wife. "Let them go! Now!" He snarled, feeling more hatred toward this man than ever before! "Please!" He didn't know what to do. Plasmius had the upper hand here. "Don't get them involved in this!"

Plasmius wore a white outfit, his black hair was pointed upward in the form of devil horns. Next to him, Plasmius had a firm grip of the hair of a little girl, no older than five years. The young girl was crying with fear, she continued to glance back and forth between her mother and her father.

"It's okay, Lillith, just stay calm." Danny told her softly from across the room.

Lillith nodded gently, trusting her father's word.

"Cute kid, Phantom." Plasmius chuckled. The young girl looked much like her mother, purple eyes that had more light and beauty than the sun. She had short black hair, just like her mother.

"Do you have a heart at all, Plasmius! You're willing to bring a child into the middle of this!? This won't solve anything! If you want me, just come after me, don't bring my family into the middle of this!"

"It seems this is the only way to get your attention. We're going to settle this once and for all."

"I'm done playing your little games, Plasmius! Let her GO! I'll do whatever the hell you want, but first you let them out!"

"Daddy?" Lillith spoke up, "what's happening? Why are you angry?"

"It's okay, Sweetie. Daddy will take care of this." Danny assured her. "Sam, are you alright?"

Sam nodded, "I'll be fine."

"It was over for you, Plasmius, the minute you brought my family into this!" Danny exhaled deeply, not wanting to transform in front of his daughter, but he had no choice. He quickly changed into his ghost self. He charged up ectoenergy in his hands. "You wanted a fight! Let's fight!"

Plasmius released his hold on the girl and he begun his fight with Danny. The battle lasted for too long, Danny didn't care about winning or losing right now, he wanted his family to be away from here! When he had a spare chance, he broke the chains holding Sam to the wall. "Sam, take Lillith and get out!"

Sam obeyed, taking their daughter and running for it.

"Have you gotten soft, Phantom?"

"Were you so desperate to fight me that you would risk the lives of my family!?"

"You are the reason I lost everything! I will make sure that you suffer just as much!"

Sam didn't have a chance to escape. The pink beam of ectoplasm shot in her direction. Danny didn't have time to warn her or block it from reaching her. He turned around, letting out a cry to his family but they were still struck.

Sam and Lillith fell to the ground.

Danny stood over his family a moment later, Sam was barely conscious. In her arms, she held their lifeless daughter. Like a spear striking him in the chest, Danny couldn't breathe. Tears rolled down his face.

"You…bastard!" Danny spun around, "I'll KILL YOU!!"

Plasmius wasn't able to see the attack coming. Danny threw his body into the wall before stabbing the man in the heart. Even after Plasmius was no longer breathing, Danny punched and kicked his enemy, tears flowing down his face.

"Danny. Stop." Sam grabbed his arm, holding Lillith in her other arm. She too couldn't hold in her emotions. Danny fell against her, holding her close and mourning for their loss.

Sam and Danny spent so many nights crying and holding each other. It was only a few weeks later that Danny had told her he was leaving.

"I'll go to the ghost zone, I'll fight the enemies there and make sure they don't come to earth…" he put his hand against Sam's stomach, "I can't bear to think of anyone else getting hurt. As long as I'm here, you guys will be a target."

"Danny…"

"I'm sorry that I couldn't protect her…"

"It's not your fault."

"Sam…I killed him…"

No matter how many times Sam repeated it, Danny continued to blame himself. He left for the ghost zone, leaving Sam and their child on earth to live a normal life.

-Present Time-

During his story, I didn't realize that my grip on his shoulders had loosened quite a bit.

"I didn't ever want to leave you and Sam. I love both of you so much. I just…couldn't imagine putting you and her in danger like that again."

"Sh-shut the hell up! You…you didn't even…" Damn it! Why are there tears in my eyes! "You never wrote to us! You acted like we didn't even exist!! Why the hell did you come back after all these years!? Was it okay to help people that you don't even know!?"

Coughing again and wincing with pain, he continued. "Sam had a way to contact me if she had to…When the city was in danger, she called me and asked me to come help. I knew that if it was serious enough for her to call me, I had to come. I did my best to keep the ghosts from getting into Amity Park from the ghost zone in order to protect both of you. I came back to help solve this case…so that you and your mother could go back to your normal lives."

My lip trembled, "I refuse to believe that!!" That wasn't the case at all…I didn't know what I was feeling. I hated this feeling in my gut. I launched up into the sky, keeping my grip on Phantom to bring him up with me. Once I was about a hundred feet up, I tossed him away from me. He caught himself in the air, grabbing his ribs with one hand from the pain. "Do you honestly expect me to believe such bull shit lies!"

"Of course not. But it's the truth."

"If you're the hero of Amity Park, it's your duty to defeat the criminals! And yet, you have yet to become serious about defeating me! Don't take me lightly! I'm not going to give up all that I've worked for just because of some little story!"

"I didn't expect you to change. It is my duty as Danny Phantom to stop you from hurting innocent people. Even if that person is my own daughter!" He brought himself upright, staring into my eyes. "I regret more than anything what I've done to you and Sam. As our daughter, it is our duty to help you. And it seems, the only way to keep you from doing any more damage is to defeat you." Tears rolled off his face as he spoke.

Another voice echoed out from behind me, "If it's the only way to help both you and everyone else…even if it includes the ones we love!"

That voice. I was just about to turn around but time seemed to freeze in place, my eyes widened as I felt pain spread all through my back and making it impossible to move fast enough. I knew this feeling. I remembered it from my fight with Valerie, aka the Red Huntress. One moment Phantom was fifty feet away and then he was all of a sudden ten feet away. But that voice, I recognized it as mom. Mom…shot me?

My head turned just enough to see my mother standing on the roof of a nearby office building, she was now on her knees, a gun in hand and I could see her sobbing. How long…was she there? Realization shot through my chest. She could've been there the entire time. Listening to me speak…even seeing me transform into Trinity.

My dad was right in front of me, I was powerless to defend. "I'm sorry." He muttered. I looked down at my stomach where a long, ice spear was sticking out of my stomach. That was, I'll admit, a good use of teamwork. But, dad, you're still weak. You purposely used an ice spear, it keeps me from bleeding out by sealing the wound, also it numbs the pain. The ice seemed to morph to create a layer over my stomach, completely covering my wound and torso.

I gave a smirk and began to fall to the ground. "I'll survive this fall. You know it can't defeat me." Was that whole speech about defeating me just for show? Did he really intend to stop me?

"I know." He sighed, "but this will." He inhaled deeply.

The next thing I saw was large, green ripples running through the air directly from his mouth, like sound waves that I could see. At first it seemed harmless, but once the sound reached my ears was when the pain greeted me. Feeling like my head was about to burst, I put my hands up to my ears in an attempt to block the noise, but it didn't help and I let out a shrieking cry of agony but it wasn't heard due to the ghostly wail.

My fall down to the ground increased, making the impact more painful. Almost like my energy was getting sapped right out of my body, that wail rendered me powerless. Unlike when I knocked him out of the air and threw him into concrete, he made sure that we were above grass. Dirt flew into the air all around me. The grass sure as hell didn't feel soft on impact. I was unable to breathe, the wind was knocked out of me from the collision. Not only that…I couldn't move…

He didn't kill me. A noble act, but probably not the best choice. I chuckled, reaching my arm up as though trying to grab something in front of me. "I lost…" My eyes fluttered closed and my arm dropped to the ground. Within moments, I lost consciousness.

A/N: I hope some questions were answered during this chapter. Review please! Oh, and of course stay tuned for Chapter 10: Finale. Which will be posted ASAP!