I promise that I had great dreams and aspirations for this chapter. I was just ridiculously lazy when I wrote it, so here's something I pulled out of my ass. Short, but kind of sad, here's the second to last chapter!
Danny and Vlad both arrived at the portal, looking through the one-way swirls. Agents were on the other side, suiting up and grabbing all sorts of guns.
'We're outnumbered,' Vlad said, grinning. 'But not outmatched.'
'Let's do this, old man. You and me.' Danny said. The first few agents seemed to be using suits that allowed them to fly, and they flew through. Vlad's eyes glowed their crimson color, and Danny's glowed bright green.
"Stand down, ghosts! You're outnumbered. We have reinforcement." One of the agents shouted, pointing his gun directly at Danny.
"I think you're the ones who should be standing down!" The ghost boy shouted, firing an energy beam at the man's gun. It fell out of his hands and down into the abyss of swampy green.
Vlad and Danny proceeded to both go into overload, with Vlad's skin returning to its old shade of blue and Danny's hair going up in flames. For what felt like hours, they fought back wave after wave of agents, each getting shot numerous times, but they were numb with adrenaline.
When the agents finally stopped coming and the portal closed, they both stopped moving almost completely. Danny looked down, and saw he was covered in ectoplasm. When he turned his head to look at Vlad, he saw that the man had passed out, and was streaming both ectoplasm and blood from a few wounds.
"Vlad?" Danny asked, flying over to him. He had just enough ectoplasm left to retain his ghost form. "I'm gonna get you to the realm, okay? You're gonna be okay…"
Everything after that was a blur.
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'Ghost boy, I have some explaining to do.' Clockwork said. 'You were so young. So easily molded. I was afraid, for one of the few times in my long life. I was afraid of what you could become; a monster. You know what I mean.'
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"Danny?" Violet eyes. "Your eyes are open but I don't know if you can hear me…one of those agents shot you with some sort of device that really messed you and Vlad up." A warm hand grasping his. "I'm right here. It's cold as all hell out here, but I'll stay."
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'The Observants told me not to let you become that…that thing.' A clenched fist. 'I did my best. Frostbite took good care of you.'
'Damn right he did.' Said Snowstorm. Danny smiled, unnoticeably so.
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"Your eyes look like the ocean." Her voice was scratchy and soft at the same time. "My parents must be so fucking worried…it's okay though."
