Chapter 21: Too Much
Danny returned to his room, angry at Vlad, Spectra, Bertrand, Blass, and most of all, himself. He paced broodingly along his floor, glaring at nothing in particular for a few minutes before he stopped. Staring up at the ceiling he finally asked himself, and Zoe, "Why?"
The phantomous angel sighed as she appeared before him, sitting on his bed, her wings tucked around her. "Daniel... I picked you because you mean well. You are a kind soul, filled with love for familiar and strange alike. That other human ghost can't protect Nathaniel..."
Danny clutched his head in his hands. "But I have to fight ghosts, protect Amity, my friends, my family... Its too much to add another I have to protect. I'm sorry, Zoe..."
The angel shook her head. "You are not alone. Your friends know... I find there's no reason to protect Nathaniel's identity from your family either."
"I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I can't do this. We can't do this!" Danny stated, flailing his hands in exasperation. "You don't understand. My parents don't know I'm half ghost, I'm not about to tell them he's an angel. I don't even think they believe in angels. There's just suppose to be humans and ghosts!"
Zoe sighed, closing her eyes for a second. "Daniel, please. You have to protect him and I'll help you. I'm here for you and him." Slowly her eyes looked up again. "I am a ghost now, and I will stop at nothing to prevent Blass from getting my baby again. Because he will, and you know it."
"I kinda figured. It seemed a little suspicious, him just letting us go like that." Danny sighed and sat beside the winged ghost. "But I've got no idea what he's up to."
She shook her head, slowly. "Neither do I... Blass is a mysterious man." Despite her ghostly existence a bit of colour streaked across her cheeks. Danny blinked, looking strangely at the ghostly angel. She smiled weakly to him, looking back his way. "I was a fool to fall in love with him."
"What?" Danny pulled back in shock. "So, he wasn't lying when he said he was Nate's father?"
"Oh, he isn't his birth father..." Zoe whispered, looking down. "I fell in love with him after Nathaniel's birth father was killed, fighting the ghosts who were trying to invade our world."
Danny glanced away, thinking. Then it struck him. "... Wait, ghosts were getting into your world. Does that mean your world is also connected to the ghost zone?"
Zoe nodded and smiled briefly. Then she frowned, fading in and out.
"Zoe, what's wrong?" Danny reached for the ghost angel, but his hand went through her.
"I'm just tired, Danny." Zoe cooed as she leaned forward. "We're not suppose to become ghosts, like humans can... I need to rest." With that she disappeared into him.
"Great..." Danny muttered as he held a hand to his chest. "How am I going to get through this?"