Danny Phantom Fanfic
Error's Love
Chapter 14: Curse
The hooded figure had her cornered, and slowly floated closer to her, blood-red eyes filled with hunger, it breathed deep and slowly and it almost sounded strained.
Sam trembled in horror, not knowing what to do now. She could make a break for the door, but he...it...would get to her before she made it. Her second option was to do nothing. And her third option was to fight back.
She reached over to the counter and snatched a kitchen knife, holding it tightly in her hands and prepared to strike.
The hooded thing was very close now. Sam made her move, she brought the knife down at full speed, letting out a battle cry as the blade was driven into the creature.
The kitchen knife lodged into the shoulder of the hooded thing, but it acted as though nothing had happened. It then stopped, only a foot from Sam who was petrified with fear. "Sam Manson..." It said in a hollow, shattered voice. He didn't sound very old, in fact he still sounded quite young. "You know the one I am searching for."
W-what?" Sam squeaked.
"You are familiar with the ghost boy, Danny Phantom." It wasn't a question; the ghost was saying it as a statement.
"Y-yes...why?" Sam still stared nervously at him, and her heart drummed in her chest like crazy.
"Do you know where he is?"
Sam shook her head slightly, still trying to keep herself from shaking too much. "No, I don't."
His red eyes narrowed and Sam gulped, "When and where did you last see him?"
"I don't know." Suddenly, a hand whipped out of his cloak and struck her across the face, Sam fell to the floor with a cry, "I swear I don't know!" she yelled.
"Where have you seen him in the past!?"
"Just around town. No where specific."
"You're lying."
"No! I-"
They were both interrupted as a voice spoke from the other side of the room. "Leave her alone, Venom. I'm right here."
Venom? That was his name?
Sam looked over and saw Phantom floating, eyes narrowed and he held his battle stance. Her heart filled with relief and joy.
Venom let out a cackling laugh then turned around to face Phantom, "so glad you decided to show up."
"What do you want this time!" Phantom spat.
"I was just visiting your little friend here." Venom laughed as Phantom's eyes widened, "it's not good to be in a relationship of any kind, you never know when people might...use that against you." he laughed.
Phantom bared his teeth, eyes glowing a lethal green, "you son of a bitch!" He lunged forward with fury, and slammed into Venom, throwing him against he wall, then before Venom could recover, Phantom drove his glowing-green fist into his enemy's chest.
Sam backed away into the far corner and watched the fight begin, not wanting to get in the way or anything.
Venom glared at Phantom and a pair of glowing red beams shot from his eyes, hitting Phantom and throwing him backward several feet. Phantom quickly rolled into a stand and resumed his fighting stance.
"Hm..." Venom commented casually, "You don't seem to be very strong today. You're exhausted and weak." he laughed, "which makes this fight so much easier!" Venom attacked.
Phantom let you a cry as he was thrown backward all the way across the kitchen and slammed into the opposite wall, then fell to the tile floor. Various pots and pans rattled together. Before he could get up, Venom grabbed a hold of Phantom and shoved him up against the wall.
"Are you going to put up a half decent fight?" Venom smirked.
With a snarl, Phantom used his leg to kick Venom away then proceeded and delivered a round house kick to his face, causing his head to be thrown back awkwardly.
"Pathetic." Venom cracked his neck back into place, "where is that anger and fury that drives you insane with power? Where is that remarkable strength that can move mountains? Where is your intensity?"
"I don't need them to defeat you!"
"Oh really?" Venom mocked, "Come on, ghost boy, show me what you got!" he challenged, "or do I have to persuade you further?" he glanced to the corner where Sam was. She tensed with fright.
"No! You leave her alone!" Phantom swung his fist toward Venom, striking him across the head, then with full force, threw his heel into Venom's chest, shattering practically all of Venom's ribs.
Venom gasped and stumbled while clutching his side, then his eyes widened and it seemed like he as smiling, "that's what I'm talking about!" He breathed deeply, and then straightened up. Sam figured that somehow he got rid of the pain, or he was ignoring it.
Was this some kind of game to him! He finds joy and pleasure in fighting!? That's just sick!
Phantom's hands were tightly clenched into fists, and Sam swore that she could hear his teeth grinding together. "What is it you want, Venom!" he barked.
Venom laughed, "Oh, nothing really. I'm not here because I want to, even though you know how much I love to fight you! As of now, I am here because I was hired."
"By who!!"
"Oh wouldn't you like to know!" Venom snickered. The next moment, he found himself on the floor; face up, with a terribly painful burning sensation digging into him. He saw two bright green orbs staring into his red ones, Phantom was leaning over him, pinning his down while grinding his glowing-green fist into Venom's already broken ribs.
"Talk!" Phantom spat, "Who sent you! What's his name! Why!!" He forced his fist to push harder into Venom.
Venom howled in pain and gasped for breath, "That's none of your business," he chuckled, "is it?" he reached with his arm toward Phantom's arm that was pinning him down and clasped onto his wrist. The moment he did, Phantom recoiled back while letting out a strangled cry of agony.
The energy going from Venom's hand to Phantom was visibly seen as red sparks, and Phantom's body was engulfed in red energy. He tried to pull away from Venom's agonizing hold on him but was not able to; Venom wasn't letting go. The hooded man was grinning under the darkness of his hood while watching the teen suffer.
Sam trembled in the corner, her eyes clamped shut; she couldn't bear to watch anymore. She could do nothing to help. This Venom was too powerful, especially for her! Tears filled her eyes, and in a silent plea she whispered, "please, stop." as if hoping Venom would hear her.
Through clenched teeth and cries of suffering, Phantom cried, "Stop it!" which sounded somewhat like a beg, but also sounded like an order.
Finally, Venom stopped and while Phantom took a sighing gasp of relief and exhaustion, Venom threw Phantom across the room like a rag doll. Venom stood up and walked over to where Phantom weakly attempted to get to his feet. "You're pathetic, Phantom. You will only fight if someone is in danger! If not, you are as weak as a human!" He barked. "Why not use your gifts for your own enjoyment! You don't realize how strong you could be!"
Phantom was on his hands and knees. Suddenly, his head snapped up, glaring at Venom, "I. DONT. HAVE. A. GIFT!!" he was on his feet, eyes glowing white, brighter and brighter by the second. He lunged toward Venom. "I HAVE A CURSE!" Phantom snarled and delivered nonstop punches and kicks; His body constantly getting brighter and brighter.
Sam had to shield her eyes from the light, her ears ringing painfully as well. When would this end?
Venom heaved in and out as Phantom pinned his against he wall, eyes burning with hatred, "Leave Sam alone from now on! And tell your boss that if he wants my attention, he's got it. I'm tired of his games, if he wants to talk to me, tell him to drag his ass over here and talk to me! And you should be so glad you caught me on a bad day, because if I were up to speed, I would have caused you a lot more damage! If I ever see you again, I won't hold back!"
Venom let out a glass-shattering laugh, "do you really think I'm this weak! I am just as powerful as you and more! The only reason I've held back is because it's orders. We will meet again, and next time we do, I'll be the one who won't hold back!" With that said, Venom sent a red ecto-beam out of his crimson eyes, striking Phantom in the chest and throwing his backward.
The ectoblast had struck just below Phantom's neck, and the part of his suit that had been hit was burned away and steaming painfully.
"Goodbye Phantom. Till next time." Venom descended into the floor beneath him and was gone.
It was quiet for a moment, then, Phantom winced and held onto his stomach in pain. He hated to admit it, but Venom was right, he was way too weak today, he didn't even have the strength to use his powers to heal his wounds, so they would just have to heal the long way.
Phantom looked over and his eyes met Sam's purple eyes. He worked his way over to her, and for some reason, Sam gasped and scooted away from him. His heart went cold. "It's okay." he assured her weakly, "Venom's gone. He can't hurt you. Agh!" Phantom dropped to all fours as an aftershock of Venom's attack swept through him.
Sam gasped and crawled over to Phantom after seeing him in pain. She placed a hand on his shoulder in attempt to comfort him from his suffering.
Phantom lifted his gaze to Sam's hand then looked up into her eyes, "I'm sorry." he whispered.
"For what?"
"For getting you into the middle of this. I'm sorry you got hurt. I feel terrible that you have such a burden on your shoulders."
There was a pause between them, then Sam spoke, "Why are you doing this?"
Phantom looked at her, confused, "I don't understand."
"Why do you protect me? Why do you risk your life for me? What is my life worth to you?"
Pause. "I...I don't know." He sighed. "There is something about you...I can't explain it...but I feel like it's my responsibility to protect you."
Suddenly, a police siren came into hearing. Someone nearby probably heard something and called them.
Phantom jumped to his feet; "I have to go." he looked at her, "will you be okay?"
Sam nodded and gave him a weak smile; "Thank you."
Phantom turned and intangibly flew through the ceiling.
A/N: Okay, so hopefully you all enjoyed this chapter! Oh and this new character Venom was made when I first created this story, and he is going to be showing up more in the story! So hopefully you like him! (Or hate him)
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