Mossmask: PAH! Another ficlet, but... I know that, again, this isn't my best writing. I'm starting to get annoyed with myself... in any case, the next thing up should be a drabble collection, and everybody seems to love those. Plus, it was written a while ago, before my writing started to slip... so it should be a lot better than the crap I've been posting lately. *shameface*
So sorry huuurrr. Forgive me.
Kindred Spirits AE
Danny Phantom fanfiction
by The Cinderninja
Danny opened his eyes slowly, feeling dizzy. He tried looking around, but it was difficult to move his head and everything was blurry and out of focus. He realized with a sense of dread that he was partially upright – lying at an angle. He must be in one of Vlad's stupid stasis tube things – again.
Suddenly he was able to focus, all at once, on Vlad standing in front of him. He felt his eyelids drooping and his gaze fell to the floor, where he noticed Dani standing nearby at a bank of machinery. She looked up and met Danny's eyes, grinning, before turning to face Vlad.
"All secure, dad." she said proudly.
"I still don't know how I'm going to get him to morph." Vlad said, one hand on his chin thoughtfully. "Unless.." he added slowly, before grinning wickedly at Danielle. "Unless, you could overshadow him for me, dear. Force the transformation!" He floated over to her as he spoke, still grinning down at the girl.
Dani frowned uncertainly. "But the last clone that tried that melted." She argued. "What if it's too much?"
"Oh it won't be." Vlad assured her smoothly.
"But what if..." Danielle trailed off uncertainly, and Vlad had to bite his tongue to keep from loosing his temper.
"Danielle, nothing bad is going to happen. It'll only be too much if Daniel fights it. But he won't. Isn't that right?" He added smugly to Danny, standing in front of the glass and staring down at him.
Danny met his glare with one of his own and growled, but didn't say anything in reply. "Besides." Vlad added sharply, making Dani jump. "You do want to be stabilized, don't you?"
I'm not going to fight you! Every time I fight a clone, they turn to goop. But you're not mindless like those other clones. I don't want to hurt you! Vlad was right... Danny wouldn't fight her. Besides, she could just stop if he did... and this was the only way for her to be stabilized! She needed his midmorph DNA!
He's not going to save you! He's using you! You're nothing but a mess he's not going to clean up. This time, Dani found herself growling. What did he know? "Yes, dad." She growled, turning to glare at Danny. He grimaced, shutting his eyes back and pulling away as much as was possible in the stupid tube, pressing his back up against the cold metal.
It started with a cold feeling deep in his chest. Then he felt it spreading, and it was everything he could do not to fight against it. He knew he had to, but at the same time, he couldn't. He had to let it happen – or else Danielle would melt. He knew Vlad was using her, but Danny still thought he could help her. He couldn't do a thing for her if she was dead. So he tried his best to relax, regardless of the panic he felt as the cold, numb sensation overtook him, and convinced himself that he would be able to deal with the repercussions later.
At least he wasn't being electrocuted this time around.
Danny's eyes opened without him telling them to as the silver rings of light appeared at his waist, and somewhere in the back of his mind he knew he should stop it. He tried to ignore that part of his mind. What he wanted to do was shut his eyes, so he could pretend this wasn't happening – wait for it to be over. He'd tried imagining before, what it would be like to be on the receiving end – to be the one being overshadowed. He'd thought that maybe you wouldn't really know what was going on, or you'd just be some dark little recess of your own mind.
But it was actually nothing like that. True, most people who were overshadowed repressed the memories later. But Danny already knew exactly what was going on, so for him it just felt real. He was still seeing out of his own eyes, even if he wasn't trying to. He could feel himself smiling proudly at Vlad, and see Plasmius grinning right back at him from the other side of the glass. He could still clearly hear his mother's voice – um, really Vlad? Can you say Creepy? – speaking from beside the computer console.
"Midmorph DNA acquired, sweetheart."
It was like being paralysed. He had no control over his own actions, but he was still aware of everything around him. Thankfully, it didn't last long. With a shudder and another wave of cold, he blinked and groaned as Dani reappeared in front of him. Vlad barely spared her a glance before stalking off and out of Danny's sight. Dani glanced up at him and smirked before running off after him.
Danny groaned before letting his head drop against the glass panel, slowly blacking out again.
Mossmask: ...Bear with me... please. ;_;
I'm trying here, okay? xD I just needed some new, good ideas. Thankfully, my HUMONGOUS Hiatus of Doom gave me a really long time span to think without being able to write any of my ideas down. So now I have a chance to suddenly put it all to the page. Hopefully now that my inspiration, muse, and most of all, free time, are back where they belong, hompefully things will start to pick up again from here. ^^;
If you read, please review~ (I know that's not a problem, you guys. Seriously, I love you. x3)
~Dash Out