It sure has been a while and I am being nice in posting this even though we didn't reach 65 reviews. OH WELL. I don't really want to delay your reading so all the notes will be at the end.

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Chapter Twenty-Eight

Final Straw

Melissa's limp body was being held by Sam, not Shadow, with one hand. The other wielded a knife dripping with blood. Melissa was completely pale. Her hair covered her face in a messy way. There were cuts on her arms and legs along the major arteries. Close to the cuts was blood beginning to dry. Her shirt was ripped but, from where Danny and Tucker were standing, they couldn't tell if she was stabbed on her underside.

Sam just kept staring at Danny. Her eyes could only be described as pits of darkness. The tips of her hair were bloodstained. Part of her shirt and her torn skirt had splotches of blood. The Sam they had known was too far gone and replaced with the villainess, Shadow.

Danny fell to his knees as tears of mixed emotions escaped his eyes. Sam's gaze never left her ex-boyfriend. She smiled at knowing her goal had been reached. Tucker went to his friend's side in an effort to calm him down, but his own sorrow was taking hold of him. The nerd shook it off.

" Dude," he whispered, "ya have to be strong. That's what she would want… right?" He began to get choked up. "Melissa would want you to give it your all. Who cares if Sam used to be our friend? She doesn't care. What would Melissa do?" The nerd had gained confidence and Danny was recovering quickly.

He rose to stand on his feet as his friend followed his lead. Danny quickly wiped away a stray tear. Then he remembered that he had the scepter still in his hand, he let it fall.

"Sam," he said finally, "Y-you win. Didn't you get what you wanted?" Danny's voice strained to not get choked up. "Melissa's gone and-and there's nothing I can do to bring her back!" Danny fell to the floor and cried even harder. Sam was not moved by what was happening. Tucker looked around for something to help the situation but he got nothing. He looked out the corner of his eye and saw Maskerade and Vlad walking over to Sam. Oh no he thought this is not going to end well.

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After Melissa lost consciousness…

Sam looked around to make sure no one would see her change forms. When the coast was clear she returned to human form. Sam quickly dragged the limp body into the alleyway behind them and pulled out her knife. It gleamed in the dim light as the evil girl ran her fingers on it. Then she began to laugh.

"Oh, I'm going to enjoy this." Sam formed a fist around the knife and raised it in the air.

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Melissa jolted up in sheer pain but that was no longer the main issue. She looked around and as she stood up she realized that she wasn't in Amity Park anymore. The area was surrounded by green swirls continuously spinning. Straight of ahead of her were four large oval shaped screens. Danny was on the first monitor. He was beating Vlad and Maskerade was frozen. Tucker was on the other monitor. He was just arriving at Sam's lab. The third monitor was off and the fourth one was all black but still on. Melissa was looking at her surroundings in detail. It took her a moment to notice the green and black swirls turning into deformed, almost melted looking, clocks. Then a question posed in her mind. Why am I here?

As if in reply to her question, a voice spoke. Involuntary chills went up and down her spine. Almost like when she got her powers. Goosebumps raised high off her skin. Then her ghost sense went off.

"Melissa," it began. She didn't turn around, as she was afraid to put a face to the voice that threatens her life. She didn't reply. "Don't be afraid, Melissa. You are safe for now. Turn around, please, I promise you that you're in safe hands."

"How can I be sure? How do I know that you aren't working for Sam or Vlad?" Melissa crossed her arms as she felt stronger.

The voice sighed. "There are very many reasons. For starters, I'm a friend of Danny Phantom," Melissa's eyes widened but she remained in her position. "I've helped him numerous times. Also, I haven't been trying to harm you, I've been trying to warn you of oncoming troubles. However I needed help to reach you-" Melissa cut them off as she turned around. The halfa scanned over the ghost. He changed from old to middle-aged to child-like. His skin was always blue and he wore a darker blue robe. He held a staff with a deformed clock on it.

"Who are you and who did you ask for help?" Melissa spoke with more curiosity than anger.

The ghost changed into adult form and continually changed while he talked. "My name is Clockwork, the ghost of time. I control everything related to time." Melissa was completely fascinated and her falling jaw showed. "Now as for who I asked for help, well, do you know two people by the names of Al and Miguel?" The young girl's face enlightened greatly. These were her best friends and having them taken away from her was unbearable.

"Are they here?" She spoke excitedly, "How did they help?" Clockwork quickly told her of how he knew something unfairly terrible was going to happen to Melissa but he couldn't reach her. Al and Miguel built a device that could transfer sound to certain areas. Clockwork had the two connect the device to his monitors and when they tested it out there were some problems. The major one was that it delayed words which caused strange pauses. Al and Miguel finally fixed the problem before returning to Kansas.

"So wait. Who do the monitors watch?" Melissa asked in conclusion.

"They follow Danny Phantom, his friends, and you." Clockwork replied. "Speaking of which, there's something that I almost forgot." He quickly floated over to the monitors and began to shake his head. "No. This was not supposed to happen." Melissa came to his side.

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong is how you got here. You were never supposed to be here."

Melissa was confused. "What do you mean?"

The ghost changed into his older form. He kept shaking his head. "You were never supposed to become half ghost. In doing so, you cheated death. All halfas have cheated death but… but now, as in right now, what happened before now?" Melissa had a hard time following along with the ghost but understood what he was asking. He already knew though and began talking again. "People cheat death and that can be normal but if you return to your world then you will be cheating it again. This was not supposed to happen this way… but it is." He returned his gaze to Melissa. "You must be strong through the final days. I cannot help you any further against the menace Shadow. I can only warn you. So when you return change to a ghost and the pain won't be so severe. Right now," he glanced at the monitor, "you are dead, return and show that you are far from that. Good luck!" He flowed into his young state and motioned a hand over Melissa's vision. Everything went white as she was returning to her body.

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Presently in the lab…

"Sam," he said finally, "Y-you win. Didn't you get what you wanted?" Danny's voice strained to not get choked up. "Melissa's gone and-and there's nothing I can do to bring her back!" Danny fell to the floor and cried even harder. Sam was not moved by what was happening. Tucker looked around for something to help the situation but he got nothing. He looked out the corner of his eye and saw Maskerade and Vlad walking over to Sam. Oh no he thought this is not going to end well.

Maskerade flew over and overshadowed Tucker. Sam dropped Melissa and Danny felt helpless as Vlad picked her body up and strapped it on to an ectoplasmic coated table. Sam changed into Shadow and blasted at Danny Fenton. With every step closer the blasts became more powerful, but Danny didn't care. The one person he would do anything for and would do anything for him was dead and strapped to a table. Danny wanted to die and he was going to let Shadow do it.

The villains were laughing in victory. The hero defeated. Over on the table there was a struggle, then two loud snaps. Finally she spoke the strong words needed to be said. "I'm going ghost!" Danny saw her in between blasts. Her white blond ghost hair with dark brow tips floated as if there was wind. Her suit white suit looked silver and glowed with hope. Her fists were glowing green as her crystal eyes shimmered with revenge. Melissa floated behind Shadow and blasted ectoplasm and ice, throwing the villain off of Melissa's boyfriend. She reached out a hand before saying, "It's good to be back!"

This is my personal favorite chapter. So ya know if you're confused by anything at all let me know because I kinda wanted it to be that way. So truthfully through out this whole story I hadn't really decided who the voice was but I really wanted my OC's from chapter one involved. I got the idea to add in clockwork after watching a few episodes on netflix. Okay soo I think that's it so I'm begging you all to review. PLEASE! Also reccomend me to your friends and I'll do the same for you. Thanx don't forget to review!