Breaking point

By: Wolflover77

Enjoy!

Here's chapter 10 for you guys!

I can't say it enough! I LOVE you guys! I want to hug each and every one of you.

I NEVER thought this story would reach 100 reviews. You guys seriously made me cry a little. (Happy tears.)

Oh, and before I start typing, I've already decided what I'm going to do with Danny. (as in kill him or not.) But I'm not gonna tell you, cuz it would ruin the story.

So read on!

(Danny)

Oh god. This was great; pure bliss.

I hadn't felt this happy in days, and it felt truly amazing; like ice cold lemonade on a hot summer day.

My mind had completely forgotten anything and everything about the past few days. All I could think about was Sam. And we were kissing. I had always dreamed of this moment; the one where Sam and I would truly show each other how much we loved each other.

As the seconds ticked by, we grew more passionate. Sam's arm wrapped around my neck, and she gently grabbed hold of my hair. My tongue did dances in her mouth as my hands snaked around her waist. She put her free hand on my chest, and pulled back for the shortest second to catch her breath.

I ignored the sharp pains in my stomach and wrist, and pulled her closer. Our lips broke apart, and we both laughed. I could tell she was enjoying this; and she could tell I was, too.

"Love you." She whispered as I ran my lips down her neck.

"Love you, too." I said with a chuckle.

She brought her hands down, and sighed, looking me deep in the eyes. Her violet eyes were my sanctuary; they seemed to be the only place I could find peace in this world.

"Danny, you should go back to sleep." She said, grabbing my hand. I was a little taken aback by her sudden change in mood, but decided she was right.

"Fine. But Sam… don't leave." I said, a little embarrassed. I could feel the heat in my face.

"I'm not going anywhere." She replied, smiling.

Just as I was about to lie back down, a deep voice came from somewhere in my room. "Do not go to sleep just yet."

I bolted upright, as did Sam. My head swiveled from left to right, desperately trying to find the source of the voice.

"Daniel," It continued. I gasped. Only one person on this planet called me by my real name. Vlad.

And as if on cue, a form stepped out of the shadows in the far corner of my room. Once in the light, the form was revealed as the one and only Vlad Masters, in all of his black-suited glory.

"Daniel," He repeated. "We have to talk."

Sam went rigid next to me, and I let a low growl escape from the depths of my throat. Why was Vlad here? What could he possibly want? And then my eyes grew wide as I thought of the worst. Had he just seen me and Sam? I personally didn't want to find out, so I began to stand up. Sam tried to stop me, put I shook her off; she could get hurt if she didn't stay out of this.

Unfortunately, I had been strapped down to a metal table for three days prior this, so when I stood up, I lost focus and fell flat on my rear end. I shook my head, hoping to rid it of the dizziness, and slapped a hand to my face. I can't believe Vlad just saw that!

"Boy, you can't even stand. Don't try and use your antics with me. I just want to talk." He said calmly. How many times had he said that, right before we had a full fledged ghost fight?

"Talk about what?" I asked, looking up from my position on the floor.

"The little incident in the lab a few hours ago." He said smoothly.

My eyes clouded with pain. Memories came flooding back to me, and I immediately felt ten times weaker than I already was.

Vlad knew about everything that happened.

(Jazz)

I stood there, tears streaming down my face. I was surprised that I hadn't run out of them yet, considering how much I had cried in the past few days.

Mom was on the floor, crying more than I had ever seen her before; she resembled a little child. It was its own sad image in its self. But my heart still ached towards Danny, who was dying. I couldn't believe it. I'm pretty sure that no one else could either.

Then I thought of Sam. What would she do? I could only imagine…

The look on her face was horrific…

She screamed out in agony as she held her dead friend's cold hand. He was gone; he had left her.

I came back down to Earth. That was probably one of the scariest visions ever. And I was determined not to let it happen.

"Mom. Do something. Now." I said in a stern voice, gaining control of myself.

She looked up at me. "Jazz, do you still love me?"

My eyes widened. Of course I loved her; she was my mother. But right now, pure anger was apparently blocking that from showing.

Then it dawned on me like a ton of bricks. I had to push being angry aside if I wanted to save Danny. I had to help mom and dad.

"Of course. Now let's go and save Danny." I said, smiling for a millisecond, and reaching my hand out towards mom.

And she took it.

(Danny)

"How do you know about that?" I said, alarmed. Vlad had probably come here to rub it in my face that I had lost.

"I'm smarter than you think, Daniel." He said, walking closer.

"Why. Are. You. Here." I growled.

He chuckled, a sign that he was about to do something bad. "I'm here, because of your stupid mistake"

"What?" I whispered. What "stupid mistake" was he talking about?

"By your weak attempt of escaping your parents you were punished, and you revealed your identity." He said. Okay…

"So?" I said.

"So, now you've ruined any plans of mine to destroy you!" He yelled. Sam cringed on the bed.

I still wasn't getting it. By showing my true identity, I thought I made my parents furious. But according to Vlad, now they were on my side; therefore protecting me.

"You mean, my parents want to protect me?" I asked, stupidly. Vlad stomped over and pulled his leg back to kick me. Sam gasped, and I had no time to move away before his expensive dress shoe came into contact with my injured side. I yelped out in pain.

"Yes, you idiot!" He shouted.

"Don't hurt him!" Sam shouted, tears returning to her eyes.

"Oh, he's fine. He's the great Danny Phantom." Vlad mocked sarcastically. I winced as I held my hand to my side, noticing that it was now bleeding. Sam looked horrified.

"Yeah, I am." I wheezed, kicking out my right leg, and whacking Vlad in the knee with it. He winced, and then put a threatening look on his face.

"Danny." Sam whimpered, rushing over to me. She gently laid her hand on the red-stained gauze wrapped around my stomach. I looked at her and grinned.

"It's alright, Sam." I assured her, even though I knew it wasn't.

"Back away Samantha." Vlad said, pulling Sam away from me.

"Don't touch-" I was cut off when Vlad backhanded me across the face.

"Be quiet. I'm not taking my chances on killing you while your foolish parents are around, so I'm going to do it right now!" He yelled. I closed my eyes as he pulled his hand back in a fist. It wasn't long until it came into contact with my jaw with a loud crack.

I turned my head to spit out the blood pooling in the back of my mouth, and when I turned back to face Vlad, he had fallen to the ground with an audible thud.

I looked quizzically up at Sam, who had her fist facing Vlad.

"Did you just… knock Vlad out?" I asked, my voice low, courtesy of my cracked jaw. She nodded vigorously, and I laughed back at her.

She shoved Vlad's unconscious form away with her foot as she made her way towards me. She kneeled down and looked me deep in the eyes.

"Danny, your-" I cut her off by putting my lips to hers, then unpredictably fading into complete darkness, my last thought something I never thought I would ever think again: My parents actually did want to protect me.

So, what'd you think? I know it's short. Don't shoot me!

I couldn't think of anything to write, so I said, heck, why not throw Vlad into the story! He was the only way I could think of getting Danny to realize his parents wanted to protect him.

I needed to get this story going somewhere, so I decided to give Danny a little motivation to live, and actually realize that his parents really did care! And YAY for DXS fluff!

Thanks for reading!

~WL77