Come to me, your sanctuary,

I'll gladly accept the gift that I've been granted

If you feel fine, then give it just a little time,

I'm sure you'll contract my disease

-AFI-

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But while Sam was freed, the inner depths of the ghost zone continued to thrive. Leaving two ghosts in an immense amount of trouble for their disobediance on the laws set by a powerful ghost. The troublesome two were surely doomed for their wrong doings.

"What were you hoping to accomplish?" He barked pacing back and forth on the marble floor with his hand balled behind his back.

The two sank in their chairs and watched fearfully as his eyes glowed a radioactive green. "And you!" He yelled pointing to Phantom. "Change your form back and quit mocking me!"

The ghost that had been Danny shuttered in fear and changed into a shaply female ghost form that was a dark midnight blue color with black stripes covering the many exposed skin areas. She was only covered by a few tattered orange cloth pieces.

"Please Phantom we were only..." The woman ghost persuaded seductively with the same voice that had comforted Sam. Her teal green eyes peering at the impatient ghost.

"You sicken me!" Dannny growled. "Now get out of Tigress' form, you destroyed her there's no need to disrespect her."

The ghost stayed unyeilding staring at the powerful ghost boy. Danny gritted his teeth and let his fist glow as bright as his eyes. The ghost submitted and changed into his actual form, a black blob with orange eyes and long lanky arms that held long claws at the end.

"That's better." Danny muttered dropping his hand to his side. "Now would explain to me what you ghosts thought you were doing?"

"Danny we-"

"No. You address me as Phantom." Danny corrected impatiently.

"Right, Phantom." Sparks said shakely. "We were just having fun, no harm came to her I swear." She paused at Danny's malcious look. "And besides... it was all Shapeshifter's idea!" She shreiked pointing to her accomplice.

"What, no way! You totally helped me!" Shapeshifter yelled in his gruff voice.

"Enough!" Danny shouted blasting a hole in floor between the two. "I don't care whose idea it was, all I care is why you two thought it was ok to defy my law. Why you thought it was ok to take Tigress and Sam."

"We...don't know." Shapeshifter replied rather pitifully, staring wide eyed at the smoldering hole in the floor.

"Exactly, and how many others have you destroyed before Tigress? Huh? Care to answer?"

"Uhh about two..."Sparks began and ended in a mere whisper. "hundred..."

"What!" Danny exclaimed. He shook his head and stood infront of them. "You know what, I can't take back what you did, but I can make things right." Danny's voice grew solem as his hand began to glow again. He really hated this part.

"I'll get us out of this." Sparks said toward Shapeshifter.

In return to Danny's hand, she fired up her own electric blast. It came out in light pink volts at her fingertips and crackled. She aimed it at Danny and hit him, causing him to fall back into the wall. The two tried to escape but Danny blasted them away from exsistence before they could. He sighed as he lowered himself to the ground and held his wrist as heat still came off his palm.

Shaking his head Danny made his way into the next room and looked at the screens. He smiled as Sam lied to her friends and family about who took her. Danny watched sadly as his family stood smiling with her, they wouldn't know what he did, they simply thought he was at peace. If only they knew.

Danny fingered the torn fray of his costume. That fatal rip Vlad made would never go away and it was there across his chest day in and day out, just to remind him.

"Having trouble?" Came a deep voice from the shadows.

Danny didn't turn away from the screens and he didn't stop fingering the fabric. "No I took care of things..." Danny mumbled watching the images pass by.

"It's hard work isn't it?" The ghost asked putting his hand on Danny's shoulder. "You're highly respected here."

"Yeah well they don't act like it. I'll get by though.Sometimes I wish they would use their powers for the greater good. Maybe I'm expecting too much Clockwork."

"You're only expecting what you think would be best. In this case it would be best if the ghost simply stayed harmless, then no one would be destroyed." Clockwork explained, and looked at the screen with Sam and her parents. "We all want what is best."

"She didn't tell them it was me, it wasn't, but she didn't know. She lied for me." Danny said almost trance like.

"I know." Clockwork replied. "Danny you've been watching her struggle for a year surely you know..."

"That she loves me? Yeah I've always known, I just didn't act on it. If I could only have spoken to her before I died, I would've told her. But then again there were too many things that needed to be said at that moment." He mused.

"Time's a tricky thing."

"Yeah." Danny laughed softly. "I wish they could see me, or at least hear me. Why am I still here when I'm not really needed? I'm ready to move on. So why can't I?" Danny asked impatiently. He was drawing on his wit's end.

"You're such a sensitive boy Danny, and you're quite smart. But you know as well as I that I can't reveal this information. You've been asking for a year now. Time will give you your answer."

"Time, time, time!" Danny repeated holding his head and walking around. "Enough with the time thing. I just want to know." He said gesturing towards the screen. "So I don't have to see her suffer anymore." Danny relaxed slighty. "I'm just so tired, I haven't been able to rest since I got here, between keeping the balance and making sure my family and friends are alright. I just want to rest."

"I know." Clockwork replied with a smirk as he changed to an elderly version of himself. "I know you are tired, but rest assure you will get your peace in due time."

Danny looked downcast and nodded. He then turned his attention back to the screen. Everyone of them so lucky, all of them living in the wonderful bright world. Danny even missed the burning feeling he got in his lungs when he was being worn down in a fight, at least then he knew he was doing something right.

He watched Sam walk out of her bathroom in her pajamas and sit on her bedside. She sighed and picked up a silver frame of them together. He watched as she traced his figure and tears dropped on the glass. In frustration she threw it into the wall causing the glass to shatter and her to sob.

Everything moved much faster in a much greater sequence then when he was alive. It was strange for the minutes to pass like seconds right in front of him. Danny approached the screen and gently put his gloved glowing hand over the weeping image of Sam.

"I'm still here for you." He whispered as if his words could reach her.

He always hoped they would, he always gave her advice like this hoping somehow she would hear him. If she fought with Tucker he was there to make sure she kept her sight clear, if she fell he encouraged her to get up, if she cried he cried with her. He wanted her to know he was always watching over her.

Danny heard Clockwork grabbing something and making a racket, "What are you doing Clockwork?" He questioned as his thoughts had been disturbed. That ghost was always so noisy, it was begining to drive Danny insane.

He turned around nonchalantly only to be faced with Clockwork in his adult form holding a sythe above his head. Danny wanted to run, he wanted to scream, but he couldn't move. Clockwork moved in for the attack and Danny stayed completely still. Why had his friend turned on him?

yeah...I seem to be lacking in this conversation thing lately. So how's the weather? Yay small talk. But on a serious note please voice your opinon on this story no matter how brutal it may be, see you've driven me to desperate lengths.