Hey everyone. It's been a little while since I updated (well at least for me). Sorry about that, but i've been pretty busy. Me and my friends have been celebrating my friend's birthday for the past several days. But now that's overwith so now I can return to fanfiction. Anyways I have chapter 17 already written so so you don't have to worry about me falling behind on the updates. But next week im going to update on March 6th (which is my birthday) and then I won't be able to update for almost two weeks after that because i'm going to Mexico. Just a little heads up. Well anyway here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it. As always please review and give me you're opinions.
Chapter 13
Pain
It was almost 3:00 in the afternoon and they still hadn't found it. They had been searching since noon following the advice of the so called "Void" and still nothing. They were still looking for the waterfall because that would mean that they were only a mile south of the temple.
"Maybe he lied to us." Shouted Tucker. He was trailing behind everyone because of his unhealthy shape.
"Well we're not turning back until we know for sure." Danny shouted.
"Oh come on!" Tucker moaned. But Danny ignored him.
Valerie was leading the pack, giving the directions for everyone. Sam was following behind Valerie with Danny right behind her. Suddenly Valerie stopped.
"Guys! Look over there!" she shouted. She pointed over to her left in the direction of a large waterfall in the distance. They all sighed with relief. At least they weren't out in the middle of nowhere looking for something they weren't going to find. Before Valerie could take another step Tucker opened his mouth.
"So can we take a break now?!" he asked.
Danny was about to yell at him and tell him to suck it up but then hesitated. He and Tucker had been fighting enough as it is. He gave him a sympathetic look which signaled to Tucker it was fine.
Tucker immediately fell to his feet. "Oh, thank god. My feet are killing me." They all took a seat with him. That's when Danny realized his feet were killing him as well.
"Son of a bitch." He cursed under his breath. "Val, do you know how much further we are?"
She stood up and looked off into the distance. "Probably just a little more than 2 miles from the waterfall." She answered. Danny nodded then looked down at his feet again. He was in as much pain as Tucker was.
"Hey Danny, how come we didn't take the jet again?" Tucker asked.
"Tucker we already explained this. We don't want the Voids to know we're coming." Danny yelled so that Tucker could here him. He then looked over at Sam who was sweating profusely. "Hey Sam, you alright?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm just a little drained. No biggie" She said. But Danny didn't care. He immediately went into his backpack and grabbed a cold bottle of water.
"Sam?" he said. She turned to him quickly. "Catch!" he said as he through her the water bottle. She caught with ease and began drinking it.
"Thanks." She said.
"What do you think I'm here for?" he said.
"Um… how about the fact that we're trying to bring down an evil organization that is trying to kill you and somehow has ghost powers. Or are we just on vacation?" she responded sarcastically.
Danny chuckled. He didn't understand why but he absolutely loved the sarcasm quality Sam had. I guess it is true that sense of humor is important in a relationship.
Danny got up to his feet. "Alright we got to keep moving." Everyone stood up with him and they began walking towards the waterfall.
The bushes were starting to get thick and they were all getting tired. Danny was starting to get afraid that they weren't going to have enough energy to fight. Suddenly Valerie stopped ahead of them.
"Guys, we're here." She whispered. Danny tensed up and immediately rushed next to her. He then peaked through the bushes and saw what appeared to be a Buddhist temple. No one was guarding it so it looked like the only enemy they had to face was the Prophet of Pain.
"It looks pretty clear guys. Come on." Danny advised the group.
His friends followed him out of the bushes to find the beautiful temple. The artwork on it was astounding and the statues were amazing. They couldn't imagine someone so evil living here. But they had already learned that it's not smart to judge a book by their cover.
They all walked up to the doorway just as Valerie reached for the handle, Danny stopped her. "Okay guys, get everything ready. We have no idea what could be waiting for us in there. They all reached for their ectoplasmic weapons, Valerie got her suit on and, Danny and Danielle changed to their ghost form.
Danny grabbed the handle of the door and pulled with all his might. It looked at lot heavier than it actually was. When the door finally opened, they found it to be almost pitch-black. It seemed to be more like an arena than a temple from the inside. Suddenly a large bang was heard.
The whole group turned around to find the door closed. Tucker grabbed on to it and began pushing it. "Great the slammed, locked door. That always means something bad is going to happen."
"Shut up Tucker." Sam whispered to him.
Suddenly a fast gust of wind filled the room. "What was that?" Tucker asked. 'Whoosh!' There it was again. Someone was in there with them. The lights then suddenly came on but none of them had much time to react. A small army of assassins appeared before them. Right behind them was a tall man. He didn't say anything but they knew he was the Prophet of Pain.
"Ah, this should be easy. The two demons have brought themselves here." The whole group angry glares.
"Shut up Pain! Let's just do this." Danny shouted at him.
"As you wish." He replied calmly.
He signaled and the army charged forward. The group began firing there weapons. Valerie didn't even bother getting her board out. She quickly back flipped over one of the guys shoulders. The others couldn't do much except aim and fire.
Danny side stepped one of the shot a ghost ray through him. Danny then jumped up in the air and began trying to get over to Pain. But the army prevented him to fly much further and pulled him down. Danni suddenly came out of nowhere and took out several assassins and pulled Danny to his feet.
"I'll cover you while you make a break for the prophet." Danny didn't even hesitate. He jumped up again and began flying towards the prophet. Danny drew closer and closer and then BAM! Danny managed to get a good sucker punch in. It may have been unfair for him, but he rather be unfair than dead.
The prophet may have been caught off guard, but he quickly gained his footing. He managed to pull out the dagger that Danny was afraid of. He began taking numerous swings at the halfa, but Danny had a lot of experience with objects being swung at him. Danny then threw a punch at him, after a couple of swings from the short blade, and hit him right in the face.
The prophet's head swung to the right but he simply turned his head and smiled. He then fired a quick ghost ray into Danny's chest, sending him flying a couple feet backwards and landing on his back. Suddenly the prophet appeared over him and began to plunge the blade towards Danny. But Danny saw this and rolled to his left nearly avoiding the deadly dagger.
Danny then kicked his leg to the side, sending the prophet to the ground. Danny quickly jumped up and began floating in the air. The prophet did the same but was slightly lower then him. Danny stood waiting for the next move. Suddenly the prophet charged straight at him sending him flying up through the ceiling. The prophet followed him to the outside air.
They were both flying high up above the temple. Danny was breathing heavily. The prophet saw this and knew Danny was vulnerable. He fired a ghost ray at Danny. He had no trouble dodging it, and then he tried his ice powers to freeze the prophet. The prophet became engulfed in ice. It appeared Danny had won the fight for a second, but the prophet was not willing to give up so easily. The ice began to crack and soon he was free.
The prophet then let out another ghost ray without warning. This one was bad. Danny could feel pain shooting all up through his body. Suddenly the ray stopped and Danny was about to pass out. He couldn't hold it much longer and soon he began falling to the ground.
He hit the ground hard. He bounced up a little and he could feel more pain shoot up his back. Then the prophet came down and landed right at Danny's feet. He quickly felt a knife puncture the skin on his leg. Then the power disappeared from him. The prophet looked at him with evil.
"Another demon dead by my hand once again." He began to plunge the knife into his chest when he was hit by ray from above Danny's head. Three more shots hit him and he was sent flying backwards to the ground. Danny eased up and thanked god that he wasn't about to die. But it wasn't long before he blacked out.
Everything was very white but he could make out some shadowy figures. Suddenly he could hear voices. He was fading in and out but he could hear them a little.
"Jesus, I've never seen him this bad before." The voice was difficult to make out, but It was familiar enough for Danny to know who it was.
"Sam?" he tried to get out of his throat.
"Shh, Danny. Get some sleep." She said. Danny nodded and fell unconscious almost immediately.
His eyes opened up to the ceiling of what appeared to be the op-center. He felt a little dizzy. Either Tucker was flying or he had a concussion. It also could've been both. He looked around the room a little and felt his neck still tingling from the fight. He then looked to his legs where he found Sam laying her head on the mattress. She didn't even have a book at her side. Danny smiled and shook her awake knowing that she would like to see him awake again.
"Sam?" he said as he lightly shook her. She immediately raised her head.
"Oh my god, you're okay." She said as she sat up and hugged him.
"Ahh!" Danny flinched. She backed up a little
"Sorry about that." She blushed a little. But then she simply kissed him. "I'm so glad you're okay."
"It's going to take a lot more than a few scrapes to stop Me." he said proudly.
"Danny, you have 5 broken ribs, a bruised back, and a concussion" She started. "And if I hadn't come to your help you could've been killed."
The door suddenly opened and Tucker walked in. Then a look of surprise came to his face. "Hey everyone, Danny's awake." He said. Everyone came in immediately rushing in through the door.
Jazz came in and spoke first. "Holy crap, Danny. Nice job getting the shit kicked out of you." She said.
"Man, Danny you look terrible." Tucker joked.
They all wanted to talk to him. But Danny could see something forming in Sam's eye. "Uh, guys? I'd love to chat but I need to talk to Sam for a few minutes." They all listened and walked out of the room. He then turned to Sam.
"What's wrong?" He asked her.
The tears then began to flow from her cheeks. "I thought I almost lost you." She didn't even try to hold back.
"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay. I'm right here." He comforted her.
"Danny you have no idea how hard these last two days have been." She said as she began to calm down.
"You don't have to worry I'm… wait did you say two days?" He asked.
"Yeah you've been out for 2 days. We only left from china recently because we wanted you to wake up before we left, but it was taking to long so we decided to leave a few hours ago." She answered.
"So, how long until I should be up on my feet?" he asked.
"Jazz says you should be okay by tomorrow night." She sniffled.
"You know, you haven't been acting very gothic lately." He said sarcastically.
"Danny, I fight ghosts. I think that might make us all a little gothic in here." She responded.
Danny laughed at her remark then realized that his laughter was hurting him a little. He calmed down a little then relaxed and spoke. "So, where are we going to anyway? Australia? Germany? Russia? Egypt?"
She stopped and sighed. She then chuckled a little bit. "You're not going to believe it."