Danny was fighting for more than his life, he looked up to see the offending ghost, such evil was something his young mind couldn't and shouldn't even try to comprehend.
A blast made the figure retreat back to the shadows; he was tired, scared and worried. It was the most dangerous ghost he had faced so far. He had to fight it on his own.
"Danny-boy…"The sing song voice said making him shiver.
A hand grabbed his shoulder making him turn to see the pale face of the ghost.
"Someone has been a bad boy; I think you need a lesson."He said as he showed him a whip.
"I need an adult."He woke up yelling.
He noticed there was no one there to see it and blushed, he had never dreamt about the Ghost Kink before, he…she? It was very weird. Everyone was feeling pity for it as it lost its identity and doesn't even remember if it was a man or women anymore. So he would alternate between them or…be both at the same time…
A shiver went down his spine.
"That was a very disturbing even now that I can properly see the full context."He said as he remembered the events.
Looking around he noticed his arm had grown back, he was hoping that would have happened.
With the things that happened…yesterday? He wasn't sure when they had happened anymore but he imagined it was, he was sure he should be freaking out but he was strangely calm.
"This has Fenton tech all around so they must have set this up." The layout was too bland for him to have an idea where this place was. He didn't recognize it from the time he got in their headquarters so it must be somewhere else.
He heard footsteps and looked to the entrance; he saw Sam and Tucker walking towards him.
He probably could antagonize them but he didn't really felt like it anymore, he had nothing against them.
"What's up guys, how are you doing?"He said twitching one of his hands.
Sam frowned and Tucker recoiled a bit at his sudden movement.
"What are you planning?"She asked.
"Right now…nothing."He said smiling.
"Don't lie to us."She screamed getting closer.
"I am not the liar here. I should probably play some games with you like I did before but there is no point anymore."He said as he tried to shrug.
"Sam I don't think we should…"Tucker started to intervene but her glare stopped him.
"Now you act like a civilized person but before you were willing to show yourself."She said pointing at him.
"You know me, I don't use words for no reason; I know I am not strong enough to defeat all of you in a fair fight…yet."He said smiling."Besides I don't have anything against the two of you, Vlad just saw you as annoyances and Danny was your best friend."He said as he looked over the two.
"You have their memories like you said then."She asked,
"Yes, from the most important moments to the most trivial. By the way how did you get Valerie on your team?"He asked.
"You were out of the picture so getting her was easy; it helps us to divide the workload."Tucker said.
"Are you holding things? Things were pretty hard when I was captured."Daniel said as he remembered that time.
"Yeah now that-"Sam elbowed him making him stop talking.
"What is it to you ghost?"She asked.
"I have fifteen years of memories living there, I still care about it."He shrugged."Must be the reason it was the last place he attacked."He looked at the two flinching teens.
"Why are you two here? Don't you know it could be dangerous?"Valerie said as she stormed into the room.
"Did they tell you I was Danny for a year?"Daniel asked making the eyes of the two widen as he smiled.
"…what?"She asked confused.
"Danny Phantom was half of Danny Fenton that was turned into a ghost after an accident with the portal. They didn't mention it yet?"He asked with a smirk.
"See I told you ghosts are liars…what is with those faces? He is lying right?"Valerie asked as she looked at the looks in the faces of the two.
"Well he is not really lying."Tucker said.
Valerie looked like someone had slapped her face.
"Yeah you hunted Danny for quite some time he probably still has the scars, by the way he is still alive right?"Daniel asked as he looked at them.
He had nothing to gain pitting them against each other like that but as long as they focused on each other they wouldn't pay attention to him, and he would be able to attempt his daring escape…when he figures out a plan.
"Why didn't you tell me that before? I could have killed Danny!"Valerie screamed.
"You were willing to blow up anything to get him, if you knew where he lived you would have gone straight to him."Sam yelled.
"…but still why didn't you tell me that before?"Valerie yelled.
Tucker backed away from the two arguing, and slowly got close to the ghost.
"I am almost feeling sorry for them but they wouldn't hesitate in killing me."Daniel said making him freeze."You know I am incapable of escaping."Daniel said making him relax a little.
"So you are messing with them, I mean manipulating them against each other. Why?"He asked.
"They are young, have little experience. I have over fifty years of experience living."Daniel said as he shrugged."I am teaching them a valuable life lesson."
"And what would that be?"Tucker asked.
"Patience and trust, they are too hot headed and don't trust each other, that must be because of Danny."He said looking at the two still arguing.
"What does he has to do with this? "Tucker asked.
"He is clueless and so was I but I can see it clear as day, and if I remember correctly so can you."Daniel said smiling.
"Oh…right that."Tucker said."Crap you are evil and not evil."He concluded.
"I am no hero anymore but I am not evil either. Think about the implications later and don't try to help me. They will kill you if they notice it."Daniel said.
Tucker nodded and the two watched the two arguing girls.
Vlad was driving fast, not fast enough for the police to stop them but still fast.
"I could get there faster on my own."Dani said.
"If they capture you, you will die."Vlad said without holding back."I have my equipment and they will trust me as a ghost hunter."He said.
"You got a name already?"Dani asked.
"No, but I was thinking on calling myself Vladimir."He said."Might use it if I can't think of anything better."
"Why not something like Specter?"She asked.
"Sounds nice, Specter the ghost hunter of justice."He said smiling.
"You are a ghost hunter not a super hero."She said.
"I am rich I can be both."He said smirking.
She rolled her eyes and looked onwards; they were coming to the city.
"Its him…"Elisa said as she stared at the results of their analysis.
"Why would he blow up a house? How can he even do that?"Slayer asked. She was wearing a hood and under it a mask to keep her identity a secret.
"He wouldn't unless it was necessary, besides he is still not at full power."Elisa said."Something stronger captured him but he fought back."She said as she walked up to the cabinet and swings its door open.
"That is a lot of weapons."Slayer said.
Elisa stuffed them in a bag and flipped her phone; she dialed her husband that was out.
"Daniel was captured we need to find him, go to the wizards and see if he can do anything to help us."She said as she put the bag over her shoulders.
"Who could have captured him?"Elisa asked as she started climbing up the stairs.
"Based on intent I believe it could be the Neo Salem."Slayer said.
"Aren't they like a church or something?"Elisa asked.
"They also hunt any supernatural creature in the city; they are responsible for the purge of werewolves and vampires a few years ago."She told the women.
"…we were on the hospital during that, we thought it was a war between them."Elisa said surprised.
"It was not. Do you have any way to track him?"Slayer asked.
Elisa froze for a moment and walked to a shelf, pulling a scroll she started drawing something.
"What are you doing?"Slayer asked concerned.
"We found him like this; we summoned him by accident maybe we can bring him back with a summoning circle."She said as she made the shapes needed.
After a minute she placed a small amount of ectoplasm and began the summoning ritual.
A faint image of Daniel appeared, hurt and suspended in the air but he could not see them, it was just an image they couldn't bring him, soon the image broke as the circle ignited in flames.
"They have ways to stop summoning, but we know he is in the city this ritual has a limited range."She said with a frown."They hurt him.
"He lost his arm; the skin there was different from the rest."Slayer said gritting her teeth."Only Salem is that ruthless but how did they get the tools to attack him?"She asked.
"Fenton technology, they must have contacted the Fentons. They dislike him."Elise proposed.
"…I will see if anyone I know can help. I will call you soon."Slayer said as she walked up the stairs.
Carla was feeling weird, over the last few days she felt strange. Dizzy, tired and most of all she felt cold. It was still summer but she was feeling cold.
She focused on her book and continued to read, she felt something nagging her there was something wrong, or missing…
"We are closing down, will you check out the books?"The elderly women said as she approached her with caution.
"Oh, sorry I got lost in the book. I will be checking them out."She said as she stood up and closed the book.
Walking up to the counter she smiled. She was also feeling happy, in a way she couldn't quite remember being happy over the last few years…in fact she can't remember much from them.
"Is that all?"The women asked, now Carla could see something in her eyes.
Fear.
"Yes thank you."She said as she walked outside, she could feel the women's eyes glued on her as she left. She had noticed that this wasn't the first time.
She ignored it as it happened before but now…
"There is something wrong…"She said as she looked down to her book.
She looked at her fingernails, they were blue. She still had not replenished her blood. Blood she didn't remember losing.
She walked home at night but heard something behind her; she looked back and saw a blur rushing to an alley. She backed away slowly and saw someone's face appear as, it was an old man.
She started walking fast to get home.
When she reached the door she looked back and saw no one. With a sigh of relief she entered.
"I am home."She declared.
She walked to the kitchen and looked for the meatloaf her brother had prepared, he was a good cook. After she placed it at the microwave she looked around and saw a faint green blur.
Walking near the place it was she started following it. After she reached it she saw a teen, about the same age as her, she was floating up the stairs. She felts like her eyes were burning and put her hands up to them, she looked back to where the ghost was and there was nothing there.
"Weird."She said.
A loud beeping sound made her jump, her dinner was ready.
She walked back to the kitchen and started eating. Had she took notice of the mirror in the hall she would have noticed her iris were bright red.
Karen had opened the door and brought Zeke a bottle of water; she had to since he was throwing himself into research as to understand ghosts better.
"You are getting stronger by the day."Zeke said as he noticed she had brought the water bottle."Thank you."He said.
"Your sister just got home, maybe you should talk to her."She said.
"You know how she is she don't want to talk to me."He dismissed her.
She floated near him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Listen she is your sister, and you noticed how she changed you should try to talk to her so see if you know what happened."Karen said.
He ignored her and continued to read.
She grabbed the book with both hands and closed it; she lifted it up and looked at him dead in the eye. He shivered as he met her gaze and let out a sigh.
He got up and walked out; he passed by the living room and saw his sister reading a book.
"So…you back to reading?"He asked.
"Back? I am always reading those books."She said.
"I haven't seen you read them in years."He told her confused.
"But I remember…I don't remember…"She said as she looked down."How have I been over the last few years?"She asked.
"…cold, distant…vegetarian."He told her."You joined that cult."
"What cult?"She asked him.
"The Neo Salem, a few months ago you became vegetarian and looked like you had lost a lot of blood."Zeke said."You never told me or mom and dad about what they are."He told her.
"I don't know what they are; I don't remember joining anything…I barely remember the last few years."She told him as she started to panic.
She looked at him and was taken aback.
"You grew up so much…"She said as she looked at him.
She got up and walked to her room, Zeke followed her worried.
She opened her wardrobe and jumped back, there were several weapons there, stakes, knifes, a crossbow and bolts.
"Where did that come from?"She asked out loud as she looked around it.
She found a picture of her and an old man, the same man she had seen before.
She fainted.
"I had no idea this would happen."A voice told her as she woke up, everything around her was white."I thought he had gotten rid of it all but some of it survived, thanks to me probably."The voice said chuckling.
She got up and looked around, soon colors surrounded her and she found herself inside a house. Rustic furniture and several frames in the walls, two man and a young women were present in the pictures.
"Who are you?"She asked as she turned towards the man in an armchair.
"Damian, we met briefly a few months ago."He told her.
"I don't re…you are the reason I can't remember anything what are you?"She accused.
"No I am not him, and you should be thankful for what he did. In a way he saved your soul."He said as he looked at her with his bright crimson eyes.
Before she could ask anything things started happening around them, a bright flash of light and a loud bang made her fall down clutching her ears. She people entering the house, she saw as the man in the photo killed one of them and how she helped. And in the end she killed him herself.
"…you cursed to me to become a demon…"She said.
"Curse is a strong word; your condition is very relative. It is not like a werewolf that doesn't have any control you can easily learn how to control it…with my help of course."He said as he got up.
"Are you serious? Trusting a demon is a ridiculous idea."She told him.
"I am not a demon anymore; I am more like a ghost now. You saw me die remember."He told her."Besides the trickery and all that is not something I know how to do, I am…was a warrior by caste."He told her.
She was not convinced.
"Well we have the rest of your life for you to decide something, be it long or short. In order to make it longer I will give you a gift."Damien said as he walked towards her and placed his index finger on her forehead.
She woke up with her brother near her; she however had to close her eyes as she felt a powerful headache. But she remembered some things now.
She got up; she was dizzy and couldn't quite hear what Zeke was saying.
"I am alright I was just…dizzy don't worry."She said as she got up.
"…are you sure you are alright?"Zeke asked.
"I am I just remembered some things…I am going for a walk I will be back soon."She said as she got some clothes and walked to the bathroom. Her workout clothes were rather tight now, the ones she used before are somewhere else so she had to use her old ones.
She got out of the house and started to run, she was doing it for two reasons. Exercise and relieve some stress. She looked around and took notice of the colors. Some areas had auras that showed the plants, others were other things. Blood spilled and even anchored spirits.
She looked at the forest and stopped running after a good half an hour. She felt the energies there. Positive, negative, neutral. He had given her training back, the physical part mostly and some technical things she had was slowly coming back but she couldn't remember who she trained, or even when.
She looked around and felt the city around her, the cold air, the moonlight and the smell of…death. She stopped and followed the smell.
She reached a clearing and saw a man in the ground; he had a stake in his heart and a scared look in his face. She noticed someone walking near her.
"There is a locker in our base, in it there are a few clothes and pictures."Logan said as he walked near her."Who are you?"He asked.
"I think I was part of your group for a while, I don't remember everything. But I know I knew you."She said as looking at him.
"I assume you will come back."He said.
"No…I won't. I don't remember what happened but I wasn't happy I can remember years of anger but not what I was angry at. I started feel happy again. I am studying again and eating good food."She said smiling.
"Alright, you must have earned your rest then. You were near my own locker, probably my partner. I don't take just anyone."He said as he smiled."Enjoy your retirement kid."He said as he walked into the shadows.
Clara continued to run, she wanted to clear her mind but she noticed something as she ran. In a dark car on the street she saw a young girl with a green aura, she immediately thought ghost seeing her, for a brief moments their eyes locked, they were blue but she saw a strong green light behind them. It felt familiar.
She made a mental note to look for them again.
"Alright then Damian, teach me."She said as she ran.
'I will.' He responded in her mind.
So…I might have made a small error in the last chapter (I fixed it), it is fascinating that the tale of the Ghost Kink was created by a typo. Thank you for mentioning it Mystic Myra 8 and for reviewing. Thank you for reviewing as well hrisi292, I am glad you all are enjoying it.