Chapter Eleven

Danny got home from school, and as soon as he did, he went into his room and pulled out a suitcase. He dialed a number on his cell phone and held it between his ear and shoulder as he went into his closet, pulling out clothes and packing them in his suitcase. The other end finally clicked on and the person on the other line picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Mr. Manson." Danny greeted.

"Hello Daniel, how are you?"

"Great, what about you?"

"Likewise. What's going on?"

"Well, Sam wants me to come to Ohio, I wanted to make sure it was okay with you first."

"Wait, you're coming?"

"I'm planning to."

"You're welcome to stay here with us if that's what you're wondering. She's been talking about you all this time, she'll be glad you're coming." He had to smile about that. It was good to know he wasn't completely off her mind. "When will you be getting here?"

"I should be arriving tomorrow, probably two in the morning and I'm only staying until Monday morning."

"That's barely four days."

"Yeah, but I can't miss school and I don't want to take too many days off work."

"Okay, which airport will you be at, do you need to be picked up?"

"Uhhh..." Actually, Danny wasn't taking a plane, and he wasn't driving either. He was flying, via ghost powers, but he couldn't tell that to Jeremey. He'd just fly to an airport that was nearest to his house and make it look like he had gotten off a plane. "Yeah, I'll text you when I get off the plane."

"Okay, sounds good."

"Thanks." He hung up and sighed, seeing it was already eight at night. He'd better start flying now if he wanted to get to Ohio by two in the morning. But man, oh, man is this going to be a long travel.

Danny was drained of his ghost energy when he finally arrived at the airport, it made him physically tired, but at least he was here. He waited outside where Jeremey picked him up and drove him back to his house. It was weird, with all this land and open fields and animals, he thought Sam would actually enjoy it here. They arrived at Jeremey's house, and Jeremey turned off the car as Danny got his suitcase out of the back seat. Jeremey took his keys out as they approached the front door.

"Just be quiet when you come in, Sam's probably sleeping." He warned. Danny nodded.

"Okay." Yet as soon as Jeremey opened the door, Danny barely had enough time to put his suitcase down before Sam came running down the hallway and tackled him in a hug.

"I don't think she's sleeping," Danny said. "You waited up for me? I've never seen you sacrifice sleep for anything," He said to her as she pulled away from him.

"I'm just that noble." She jested.

"Come on Sam, I'm sure Danny is very tired from the plane ride. Let him sleep." Jeremey said.

"Where am I sleeping?" Danny asked. Jeremey looked over at Sam who pointed to herself. Jeremey gave in and rolled his eyes.

"Fine, go with Sam. But if I hear anything going on, you're both dead." He warned. Sam grabbed Danny's hand and lead him down the hallway until they turned into the room she was staying in. Danny put his suitcase in one of the corners of the room as Sam closed the door.

"So," She began, "you didn't take a plane, did you?" She asked.

"Hell no. I hate planes."

"How long did it take you to get here?"

"Six hours... It was horrible."

"Aww, poor baby." She mocked. He took his shirt off and jumped into the bed, pulling the covers up to him.

"I'm going to sleep, don't bother me." He mumbled.

"You don't have to be all cranky about it." He sat up and looked at her.

"Don't blame this on me. All my ghost energy is drained just from flying here." He said, starting to get a bit agitated, not only from lack of ghost energy but from lack of sleep. Sam gripped his bangs and tugged his forehead to hers, shooting him daggers even if they were millimeters apart.

"If you care about your precious ghost energy so much, maybe you shouldn't have come here in the first place."

"...Sam... Remember what we talked about the night of the party?" He asked hesitantly. Sam realized he was referring to how she always attacked him when he was starting to get angry, and immediately let go.

"I'm sorry... I... didn't realize I was doing it." She said, feeling quite ashamed. He opened the covers for her, allowing her to get next to him.

"I guess it's partially my fault for getting worked up over something that was kind of pointless. I'm just saying, you'd be cranky too if you flew for six hours straight."

"Try driving here, it took even longer."

"I was wondering, how was that?"

"Ugh, I'll tell you in the morning. Sleep is very precious to me." He scoffed.

"You're telling me."

It was well in the afternoon when both of them woke. It was almost two o'clock after they had gotten dressed and ready for the day, well, evening. Danny yawned and entered the kitchen with Sam behind him.

"Where's your dad?" He asked.

"Work." She answered. Danny moved to sit at the island in the kitchen.

"Just saying, he is going to make the best father in law." He said. Sam turned to him with an eyebrow raised.

"Um, we're not married."

"It's only a matter of time."

"Should I be expecting something soon?"

"I never said how much time." She shook her head and went to the fridge.

"Whatever, you're confusing me."

"So, what time will your dad be home?" She shrugged.

"It varies, but usually around this time."

"What, doesn't he have a schedule?" Sam took the carton of orange juice from out of the fridge and sat across from him at the island.

"Are you obsessed with my dad or something? I think he's the one you wanna marry." Danny laughed and attempted to tap the carton as she drank it to make it spill, but she moved right before he could reach her. It was then that Jeremey walked in, throwing his jacket aside and joining them in the kitchen. "Hey, Dad." Sam greeted.

"Did you two just wake up?" He asked.

"Maybe."

"You're not going to be able to sleep tonight then."

"We're not five... But Sam is on the inside." Danny said.

"I don't deny it." Sam said.

"Well Sam, do you think I can borrow your boyfriend for a minute?" Jeremey asked. Danny looked at Sam.

"He's going to bring me to an abandoned area and kill me... I knew it." He jested.

"No, I wanted to pick up fire wood and we can have a bonfire later on." Jeremey said.

"We can gather around the fire, do an ancient ritual, then sacrifice Danny by throwing him in... I like it." Sam said, making Danny shoot her a look.

"I'll take that as a yes. Come on, Daniel," Jeremey said, walking back to the door. Sam quickly realized what was going on, they'd leave and she'd soon be alone. Again.

"Wait, both of you are going? You're gonna leave me alone?" She asked. Danny looked back at her.

"Why? Is that a problem to you?" He asked.

"Uhh... no." She would have to lie. Once again. He would get suspicious if he found out she was scared to be alone, she had to pretend she was fine with it.

"Okay. We'll be back in a short while." Danny said as they both headed out the door.

"Great." She said to herself sarcastically as she closed the front door. She kept telling herself that they'd be back soon to make herself feel better. All she had to do was keep herself busy to get her mind off being alone until they came back. She was heading into the living room when someone knocked on the door. She sighed, assuming one of them forgot something, but when she opened the door, the last person she expected to see was standing there.

"Miss Washington?" Sam asked, shocked. Why was her therapist here? She lived in Amity Park, why was she all the way out here in Ohio?

"Where's your little boyfriend?" Washington asked, but it wasn't her voice, it was a voice that she hadn't heard in a long time, but she knew who it was.

"Spectra." It all made sense now, why she always felt uncomfortable around her, why she always felt miserable. It was because she wasn't a real therapist, it was Spectra, and she was sucking the happiness out of her.

"Why are you here? Why are you doing this?" Sam asked.

"I wanted to get back at your stupid boyfriend, and what better way than to destroy you? And I found someone who wanted the same thing I wanted; Revenge." Spectra moved out from the doorway, and Sam saw Braedon standing behind her, arms behind his back.

"And so we meet again." He said a pleasant smile on his face. She didn't know if it were from the overwhelming feeling of shock, or if Spectra was doing something to her, but Sam all of a sudden started to feel woozy and started to go black, and as she did, she saw Spectra morph back into her true form, saying one last thing that portrayed her worst fear.

"No one's here to protect you anymore."

"We can gather around the fire, do an ancient ritual, then sacrifice Danny by throwing him in... I like it." That's actually my favorite line from the whole chapter lol

Zinnia99: Okay, NOW I can confirm that Sam really was being stalked lol

SamXDanny: Well, what do you know, Danny came, just in time for Sam to be kidnapped D:

ShadowDragon357: You got that right ;)

sammansonreplica: I feel like the only humor Sam actually has IS sarcastic lol