This chapter was difficult to write, so don't kill me!!!
Sam and Tucker sat next to Danny. His shoulders shook. Sam gently put a hand on his arm. He looked up, tear streaks running down his face. "They know," he whispered. "They finally know..." Sam and Tucker regarded each other.
Maddie and Jack made their way over to their son, ignoring the questions being thrown at them.
"Danny," Maddie began, but he interrupted her.
"Just go away," he muttered, careful not to meet his parents eyes. "Please, just leave me be." Jack paced the cave.
"Danny, we just want to know why you didn't tell us!" Danny's eyes flashed green, a sign he was angry.
"Why?" he whispered. "Because Mom, you guys are ghost hunters! You hate ghosts! I'm half ghost! Why do you think I didn't tell you?!" Danny was standing now, wrists clenched.
"Now wait just on fudge-darned minute!" Jack burst out. "Just because we hunt ghosts doesn't mean we'd hunt you!" Maddie just shook her head.
"Is this why you were always late or missing? Because you're a ghost?" Danny's eyes were red now, like Dan's. He was nearly trembling with rage.
"Yes Mom, it is! Because I'm a ghost! A stupid little ghost! But you wouldn't understand!" Sam and Tucker took a step away from Danny.
"Calm down man," Tucker whispered. "Your eyes, they're-"
"And just what do you mean I wouldn't understand?!" Maddie was yelling now too.
"I've done things you've never even dreamt of! I've seen things that, that made me sick! I've watched people murdered, and have seen myself murder in a sick, crazed future! I've carried dying people back to their families, so they didn't die alone! Heck, I've even carried dead people!" Danny's voice bounced of the cave walls. "I've nearly died myself! And yet you never knew! Don't you get it? Danny Fenton! Danny Phantom!" Jazz appeared and took her parents by the arms to try to pull them away. "Your inventions were never broken! They worked! They were meant to find ghosts and they did!" Danny's voice cracked. "But you'll never understand," he whispered. His eyes had returned to blue. He turned and walked away from his parents. Jazz, Sam, and Tucker ran to catch up to him.
"Danny, are you alright?" Jazz asked. She took him by the shoulders. He just shook his head.
"You scared me for a minute Danny," Sam muttered. "Your eyes, they were, they were red!" Danny took deep, steadying breaths.
"I'm sorry." He sat down. They did the same. "I don't know, I just lost it. I was tired of keeping quiet. For once I wanted to let people know how I feel."
"Judging by the looks on everyone, I'd say you did a pretty good job," Tucker joked.
"Yeah, thanks Tuck," Danny replied emotionless. Sam sighed.
"Come on Danny. We'll find a way out of this."
"I hope so Sam. I really do."
Next chapter will be scary. Rating will go up…
~LeiaOrganicSolo
