WOW! Can you believe that this is the second to last chapter? That's right, now before you all start to cry I'm gonna let ya know, for the last chapter (or the next chapter, for all you smarty pants') if you want the full effect then listen to the song Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park. I listened to this song while coming up with the idea for the last chapter. I just sat in my room and looked at my ceiling, listening to the song over and over while playing out the final scene. I STARTED TO CRY UNCONTROLABALLY! so if you don't cry in the last chapter while listening to the song then there is something very wrong with you. Now enough of my blabbering. Time to near the ending...

Enjoy!

Chapter Fourteen

The Way it Chills

"Vlad, Sam. Are you guys here?" Melissa said as she floated herself into the large lab. "Hello? Anybody here?" She called out again. Only her echo replied. Melissa began to wander around the empty room. She walked around a large lab table but stopped when she saw a note.

Melissa,

We moved the equipment to Sam, or Shadow's, lab. Meet up over there as soon as possible.

-Vlad

Melissa put the paper down and darted through the ceiling. Now she had to find Shadow's lab. This whole thing was becoming a hassle but Melissa was there in no time at all. As she phased through the ceiling she could see Vlad checking all the machines. Shadow was nowhere to be found.

"Hey cheese head!" Melissa said with humor. Vlad Masters turned sharply. He looked fearful but his expression quickly relaxed.

"Why, you startled me Melissa. It's a good thing that all of the machines are already set up or we could have had a problem." The gentleman explained.

"Heh heh, sorry," Melissa replied a little embarrassed.

"Not to worry. All I need you to do is to go into that chamber." Vlad motioned to a cherry red egg shaped device. There was a red glass door opened on it. There was a similar one on the other side of the machinery.

"Alright," Melissa said as she stepped into the device, "Hey Vlad where's Sam?"

"Oh, she's already in the other capsule. Now this glass is expensive so if anything goes wrong just shout, don't blast. Also, I have to put some smoke into the capsule for the DNA to be absorbed into and then as you breathe, you'll breathe in the DNA. Sounds good?" Vlad finished.

"Sounds painful," Melissa joked, "Alright, let's just get this over with." With that Vlad pressed a button and the red glass closed up the chamber and he walked away.

Melissa was getting a little nervous but kept breathing steadily. "Just relax Melissa,' she said to herself, "It's for a good cause. Just breathe. You don't want to be responsible for someone's death so just relax." She closed her eyes and heard a Shhh sound. She opened her eyes and saw the fog beginning to billow in.

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Danny phased through Vlad's house and into the lab. "Melissa it's okay I-" he stopped when he notice that no one was there. He started to look at the piles of blue prints and papers. There were sketches of, what Vlad called, an Absorption Chamber. Danny went through some other papers and found something about the invention, written by Vlad.

The Absorption Chamber is fully functional. I tricked Sam into trying it out. It worked except part of her ghost powers were lost to a ghost dog. I told her if we found the dog we could absorb the powers she lost from the dog and into her. We traced it back to Melissa Ghost's home. We were going to take the dog but instead we decided to go for the bigger target. She was tricked into believing that we were going to do a DNA swap. What we really plan to do is drain Melissa completely of her ghost half and strengthen Sam's ghost half by 100x. Melissa's ghost half is unstable with power but Sam can control it and regain her lost powers. Unfortunately my lab doesn't have the correct accommodations for the devices so we moved the location to Sam's lab. Melissa will be meeting us there. After her ghost half is gone then we'll only have to worry about Daniel…

Danny threw down the document and headed for Sam's lab. There was no way they were going to hurt Melissa while he was still around. He just knew that he had to get there and fast, otherwise it could be too late.

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The fog was now so thick that Melissa could feel it and taste it. She could no longer see out of the chamber and that scared her. But what sacred her more was when she heard a buzzer go off. She looked around frantically but no one could hear her.

Vlad had turned the device on and Melissa's ghost powers and her ghost half were fading. Sam's were growing stronger in turn. The villain let out a laugh when he realized that Melissa was probably screaming and shouting for him to let her out.

The machine was working, and obviously not in Melissa's favor. She felt weaker and weaker. The fog was beginning to give her a headache and she forced herself to keep away from the ground. No I've got to fight. I've got to fight… I've got to… Melissa willed herself to stay up and remain conscious but if felt like her very being was being taken from her. She had no more control and blacked out on the floor. Something awful is happening… Melissa thought her last conscious thought and completely passed out into a cold and unforgiving state of mind.

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Danny was nearing his destination and charged through to the cherry red lab.

"Game over cheese head!" Danny yelled as he tackled his enemy across the equipment and threw a few well aimed punches.

"You little pain in my ass!" Vlad exclaimed and threw Danny off of him. The teen slid across on the smooth red floor before flying into the air. He quickly flew at Vlad and threw him at the controls. Something clicked as the two males continued their brawl in the air.

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The siren inside of Melissa's chamber went off. She was still out cold but she could still feel her energy returning. It surged back into her faster than it was drained out. Slowly she began to come to. She opened her eyes and the only thing that could be seen was the fog. It slowly went away and Melissa felt more empowered than she ever had. As she stood up she looked out and saw Danny and Vlad fighting. What is Danny doing?! Vlad didn't do anything wrong this time. Melissa's hand involuntarily balled into a fist and began to store energy.

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Danny and Vlad's fight returned to the ground as the two shouted at each other.

"I don't get why you keep interfering with my plans Daniel?" Vlad snapped.

"I don't get why you have to hurt me or Melissa!" Danny shouted back, followed by a medium sized blast. Vlad easily dodged it and moved farther back, away from the teenager.

"You still don't understand Daniel. Melissa's powers are growing rapidly unstable. Either she needs to be properly trained or her powers need to be taken away." The villain explained in an all knowing tone.

"What makes you able to make her decisions? She's strong enough to control herself!" Danny exclaimed.

"Oh, Daniel. You haven't got a clue, have you?"

At that moment Danny looked over at the chamber that was cleared of fog. Two ice blue eyes were glowing brightly, as was a fist of ecto energy. Danny knew it was Melissa, but he knew in that moment it wasn't his Melissa. He looked over to the other chamber and noticed that the fog had settled in that one too. On the bottom of it you could see Sam, not Shadow, collapsed and out cold. Then Danny returned his gaze to Melissa's chamber. Her glowing fist was raised and the shot went off. It was strong enough to shatter the glass and hit Danny. It sent the halfa all the way to the crimson wall with a loud slam.

As he fell against the wall and onto the floor he could feel the full effect of her shot. It wasn't a misfire and it wasn't a small shot. The blast was meant to deal damage. However, there was an aftershock to the blast. It was a sharp and icy pain that was sent through his whole body, via his spinal cord. Then Melissa came forward. Her icy glare pierced his soul. The look she gave him was full of anger, but it was being controlled.

Fear creeped into Danny. The girl he had once loved was gone now. No doubt about it. He knew though, that maybe, just maybe, a little part of her was still inside. The female halfa came closer and spoke. Her dark and menacing look was filled with hate. She could only be described as evil.

How many of you saw that coming? Be honest...well any way you got enough of my blabbering at the beggining but don't forget to get the song Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park. *hint*hint* If you listen to the lyrics, without looking them up, you may be able to see what's gonna happen next. I know I should be sad that this is coming to a close but I'm really excited for you all to see how it ends... Or will it. AHHH! What do I meant by all of this. Well just wait and see.

Issamel OUT!