Still no internet so a day late yet again… Sam gets testy towards Dan. Hehe
Here is to staying safe in a mad world.
Disclaimer! I dont own Danny Phantom... its probably a good thing too.
Sam slept for a long time and when she finally did wake up she was sore all over. Groaning Sam sat up looking around in the dim light. One of her glow flower pods was still alive and she was only able to see because of it. Even superior senses have their limits and pure darkness was apparently hers. Slowly Sam stood up and rather shakily made her way over to the flower her bare feet pressing against the smooth cool rock. As she reached out to the plant Sam froze. She was bare foot and she didn't remember taking off her shoes which meant someone else had. Turning around she suddenly came within a foot of a face leering out of the dimness the body behind it giving off its own ghostly light.
"Boo." He hissed and Sam reacted faster than she could think.
Her fist flashed out as her heart rate spiked and smashed full force into Dans face sending him careening into the cave floor.
"What the hell Dan?!" Sam exclaimed recognizing him as he whipped around snarling.
He leapt at her his fist glowing and Sam ducked allowing him to blast past her. Swinging around his eyes blazing bright Dan charged her again his hands twisted into claws as they burned bright with green energy.
"Chill out Dan!" Sam yelled as she ducked out of range of his claws swiftly transforming into her ghost form so she would have full access to her powers. One hand slashed past her arm cutting a shallow gash as she didn't move fast enough and Sam reacted by sending a burst of ecto electricity into the air between then knocking him back several feet. He panted coming to a hovering stop over the seeds that had been left on the floor of the cave and since he showed no sign of calming down Sam called to the seeds which burst into a riot of growth trapping him in a few short seconds. Sam dropped to her knees on the hard ground breathing hard listening to Dan snarl and curse. She had recovered some of her strength due to the crystal Undergrowth had given her but she wasn't nearly as recovered as she would need to be if she had to fight a full on battle with Dan. Plus ecto energy only supported her ghost half and she'd had several major battles over the past day that left both sides of her physique running on fumes.
Dan continued to snarl and fight against the vines that bound him nearly breaking loose at least twice. Being pissed off gave him a bit of an energy boost but he didn't seem to be recovering as fast as he was used to. This angered him further especially since Sam seemed just fine but eventually his energy gave out. The vines won fully cocooning him and holding him up off the floor as Sam got to her feet and sashayed over the where he was. Ok so she didn't really sashay more like stomped but she was still stunning in her ghost form even though she was quite clearly annoyed with him. The scratch he had managed to land had already healed and as he marveled at her healing ability she stepped into the air so they were on the same level and glared at him.
"What in the worlds is your problem?" Sam snapped pointing a finger in his face.
"ME? You're the one with the right hook!" he growled and just to screw with her jerked forward snapping his teeth together just short of her finger.
Instead of flinching Sams other hand swung forward smacking him upside the head. The hand he snapped at wrapped around one of the vines crossing his chest and she practically went nose to nose with him.
"Do that again and I will drain your energy until your core shatters, then I will leave your remaining husk for the scavengers to find. Do you understand me?" Sam asked her voice cold and deadly, her eyes burning a hole in what was left of his soul.
Dan felt a shiver of excitement run through him. He wasn't scared of her in the least although he realized that she wasn't messing around with her threat. She was completely serious and he had no doubt that she would follow through if he pissed her off any further. In fact he could already feel the slow drain of energy from the plants that wrapped around him. Even still he grinned. He liked this new improved Sam he had woken up to. She was quite the badass. His grin seemed to diffuse the pissed off mindset that Sam had because the energy drain feeling halted and she pushed away from him to hover a foot or so away.
"I cant tell if you are insane, stupid, or something else entirely. Were you like this the first time I met you?" Sam asked and Dan shrugged or at least he tried to.
"None of the above Sammy dear. Before I was simply trying to seal my future but since I'm still here its clearly happened." Another wicked grin spread across his face. "Tell me how many have I killed so far? Were you one of my victims?"
Sam almost punched him again. She wanted to so bad she could practically taste it but she knew it wouldn't fix anything or even make her feel better. So she struck back with the truth knowing that it would be far more devastating than any lie she could think up.
"Danny is dead." Sam yelled her voice echoing in the cave and silence fell as the echoes faded.
Dans grin fell and Sam turned away the outburst taking all the fight out of her. "Dannys dead Dan, and I don't know why you still exist." Sam whispered and dropped to the ground letting the dark green rings encircle her changing her back to human once more.
"You lie!" Dan roared and tried to thrash in his bonds. He could barely wiggle and he let loose another loud roar of frustration as he watched her walk back over to the vines that she had been sleeping on. She ignored his antics, found her bag as well as her shoes before putting them and socks on her feet. When he finally quieted down Sam stood and walked back over to him the vines following like a group of puppies. They formed a chair like structure that Sam leaned back into and one of them started to produce orb shaped fruits that she picked off and ate one by one. They eyed each other in silence for several minutes before Dan could bear it no longer. His anger was spent, he was wrapped so tight in vines his arms were going to sleep (something he hadn't even though possible) and now the one person who should have been a constant was apparently not even alive. Dan let himself go limp since the vines would hold him either way.
"How?" he asked and Sam looked away.
"It was Dark Parmius doing although he didn't strike a final blow. He and Danny were fighting and Danny won but he died because of his injuries. He died because I was too weak to help him." A tear slipped down Sams cheek and she wiped it away annoyed with herself. Danny's death was a wound that had yet to heal even though it had been many years.
"Who is Dark Parmius?" Dan asked unable to give Sam any sort of comfort. His words would be meaningless to her so he didn't even try.
Sam looked Dan dead in the eyes and said. "He is a mistake of Vlads. He is a full ghost made from combining Plasmius with Pariah Dark."
Dan gaped at her the idea of Vlad combining with another ghost hitting so close to home he visibly flinched. A memory swam close to the surface of his mind.
He was strapped to a metal stretcher a mask fitted tight over his face. A slight feeling of panic and distrust flitted through his mind but the drugs were already starting to take effect. He was just so very tired and besides he wanted this didn't he? A voice spoke up one that Dan vaguely recognized
"Is this all you ever hoped for Plasmius?"
"No Fright Night. I wish my dear Madeline was here as well but Dan shall have to be enough as my son. Once I absorb his ghost half he will be far easier to control." Vlad answered and anger surged through Dan the first real thing he had felt since everyone had died in the accident.
"Heart rate climbing." A mechanical voice reported and Vlad did something because Dan felt drowsiness surge into him but before he fully lost consciousness he swore that Vlad would never have his ghost half…
The memory broke off as a surge of bitter old anger swept it back into the dark recesses of his mind taking any sort of useful information with it. He knew what that old memory was to but as he tried to figure out what in the world the details were memory was and why it was so important it felt as if an angry black hole had filled his mind. Even the idea of what the memory could mean was already gone slipping into the darkness that concealed so many old memories of who he once was. The anger stayed though it always did and Dan could feel his aura brighten as he managed to spit.
"So its Vlads fault yet again huh? It figures, has anyone found the cheese head or will I get the pleasure of hunting him down?"
Sam sat up at his words eyeing Dan in an odd way. "Danny said the same thing when Vlad told us how Dark Parmius was created. What in the heck did Vald do to you in your timeline?"
Dan growled he didn't want to discus himself although he was surprised that Danny hadn't told her. It was a rather sore subject for ghost to discuss how they died as she should know and besides she hadn't answered his question. An idea struck him suddenly one that he was fairly certain she wouldn't like. "Tell me how you became a half ghost and maybe I'll tell you how I became a full ghost."
Sam grimaced realizing instantly the boundary of etiquette she had crossed. "Sorry, I didn't…" she stopped shook her head then continued."Forget I asked ok and to answer your question Vlads dead so you don't get to hunt him down. Dark Parmius killed him when he deemed him useless. He didn't manifest as a ghost either so no torture or pleasure for you."
Silence prevailed for several minutes as Dan digested this new information.
"So Dark Parmius is the ghost I need to destroy if I want to resume my ruling as the most feared ghost in all the realms?" Dan asked, dark plans already coming together in his mind.
"Don't even think about it." Sam advised
"Why? Will you stop me?" Dan snorted in derision
The vines squeezed him the slightest bit and a very dangerous smile lit up Sams face. "Technically I already have but even if you did get out into the world you would find taking over a much harder task than you could imagine. I suppose I'll tell you now since there's no sense in holding back any information. The ghost zone no longer exists Dan."
Her words were like a physical blow to Dan and he gaped at her in a stunned silence. Before he could gather any sort of comeback she continued.
"Dark Parmius created a machine that merged the two worlds. Before and after he did that there was a war in which the whole world fought against his ghost armies. In other words everyone is very used to fighting ghosts and unlike in your timeline where you caught everyone off guard, the whole world is ready for any kind of ghostly assault you could possibly make. Besides if you are going to try and cause that much trouble I will just kill you hear and now."
At those words Dan found his voice. "And what makes you think it will be so easy to kill me? I could kill you in an instant Sam." He snarled not realizing he hadn't mocked her by using Sammy.
Sam raised her arm showing off the silver cuff that encircled her arm just behind the wrist bones. "It doesn't matter if you kill me. If I die you will die because of this cuff that is attached to your arm."
Dan eyed her wondering if she were messing with him. He didn't think so because he had noticed and tried to remove the cuff from his own arm. He hadn't been able to; in fact the dam thing had reacted as if it were a piece of him rather than a cuff that had just recently been attached. "Then you really can't kill me either." Dan said a slight feeling of relief running through him as he thought about the bands. Sam however chuckled dashing his relief to pieces.
"I can kill you without fear you just can't kill me. See the bands work a certain way that allows a weaker ghost to kill the stronger and not die from the connection. It's not by much but technically your power level is still slightly higher than mine. Any other questions?" she asked popping yet another piece of fruit into her mouth.
"That's not very fair." Dan answered
Sam shrugged "Villainous , evil people are never fair. You of all people should realize that."
"You're not a villain." Dan snickered picturing her with a cape and horns not realizing that at one time she had looked similar the first time she had fallen under Undergrowths control years and years before.
Sam eyed him wondering what had made him laugh. Deciding she didn't want to know she simply replied. "No I'm not a villain but I have fought and killed to try and protect the people I love and innocent people. In my mind you are a villain that's just as bad as Dark Parmius. However if you can put your insanity aside I think you can be a great help. We both know I can kill you here and now with little issue. My question at this point is what's stopping me?"