Imaginary
Summary: Everything has a consequence now Sam has to learn to live with hers. All Danny can do is hope it doesn't kill her.
Rating: PG-13 for mature themes and language.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, Butch Hartman does. I do not own Imaginary, Evanescence does.
Chapter Fourteen
Though you may not remember dreaming.
Danny sighed again as he took of for the time that night. He was running out of paces to look. He had been to Sam's, Tucker's, Usher Elementary, Porter Junior High, Casper High, and the Amnity Park Zoo. Danny was officially out of ideas. If he were Sam and he didn't want to be found where would he go?
He tried to think. There had to be someplace they had hung out when they were little that he wasn't thinking of. They hadn't done much but play at each other's houses when they were little. There had to be something. The clubhouse! Now there was something that he hadn't thought of in forever.
Back in sixth grade they had figured out the code to the lock on the door of the fishing shack down by the river. Tucker had been in the wrong place at the wrong time and had seen someone open it. They had hung out down there a lot that year until they had gotten caught and ran away. It wasn't much of anything but it was someplace he could look.
Danny flew to the river as quickly as possible. He landed near the shack. He quickly punched the top button, the bottom button and the second from the bottom and then pulled. It came open just like he'd always remembered. He searched through the four different rooms quickly and much to his great disappointment, she wasn't there. He was out of ideas and every second he wasted trying to think, who knows what was happening to Sam.
He punched the wall, biting back a curse. He fell backwards against the wall and slid to the floor. It was times like this that he really hated himself. Sam was in trouble and he needed to pull through and what was he doing? Sitting on the concrete floor of an old beach shack, trying desperately not to cry.
Why would Sam do this? He thought she was past this, apparently he was wrong. He wiped furiously at his eyes and shoved himself to his feet he wasn't helping anyone by sitting here. He had to find her. He wasn't going to think about it. He didn't think he could bear it.
He stumbled out and tugged on the doorknob, making sure that the door had locked again. Taking to the sky he sort of wandered along the river wandering about places he can look. He stared down at the dark rushing water trying to think where to go.
He glanced up just in time see the bridge but not enough time to decide what to do about it. He ended catching his shoulder on the edge of a cable and tumbling to the paved surface of the two-lane bridge. He started to turn and try to sit. The pain lanced through him and he hissed falling to his back. "Great time to not go intangible, Danny," he muttered bitterly.
Now he felt officially stupid, Sam was out there and he had rammed himself into a bridge. After about three attempts he managed to sit up and get to his feet. He was about to take off when he noticed a figure standing on the railing, holding onto one of the beams next to them for support. "Hey," he called. The figure spun losing their precarious grip on the support beam.
Danny stared on in horror as gravity and the person slipped with a scream towards the river. A small hand darted out and caught the bottom railing. He darted forward and managed to hit the railing and almost flipped himself over it from the sheer force he hit it with. He clung to the top railing as he leaned over.
It hit him all at once who it was. "Sam!" She craned her neck up to look at him. She opened her mouth to say something and the moment she did her fingers slid off of the bar and Sam fell. Danny instantly threw himself over and raced towards the water.
Danny literally threw himself at her, grabbing onto her waist right as they hit the water. It was like hitting a wall of glass, you knew it happened but they pain wouldn't sink in till later. He squeezed his eyes shut against the swiftly moving murky current to block the pain. The torrent almost ripped Sam away from him and he held her as tight as he could. He would honestly be surprised if he wasn't gripping her tight enough to leave bruises.
Seconds ticked by and his lungs were starting to burn, screaming for air. He tried his hardest to break surface. For the first time since they fell it crossed Danny's mind that this could kill them. They may not be able to fight there way out of this one. As if triggered by the thought he felt Sam go limp in his arms.
Fear swept through him and he gave it one last shot at breaking surface, his mind starting to go fuzzy. He managed to break. He managed to get his head up, dragging Sam up with him. It took him an eternity to fight his way over to the edge. He collapsed on top of Sam's limp form, not able to move if he tried. He managed to move his fingers to her left wrist, the rubbery scar on her wrist still prominent.
"Come on, Sam," he breathed. He waited not feeling anything. He shifted his numb stiff fingers, noticing for the first time that sometime during the ordeal he had transformed back without realizing it. Still nothing. He was getting desperate. Tears welled up in his already sore eyes. "No," he whispered. He shifted his fingers to her neck, falling limply to her side, facing her. Danny still was not finding anything.
The tears started to come. He didn't have the energy to move. Danny lay there, face down in the mud his fingers resting lightly against Sam's neck. Just sitting there, praying that morning wouldn't come until he passed out from sheer exhaustion.
I know only thirteen words of dialogue in this entire chapter. And that's including Danny talking to himself! Oh well. One of the worst chapters in my opinion but it needed to be written. And I know we all can't wait till fanning the flames! I'm 95% sure Shades of Grey premiers on Friday. Hurray! Thanks to all my phenomenal reviewers: RavenForever, Possesed Angel, Spice Of Life, Lady-Ashanya, audi katia, Ryo's destiny, q.t a.k.a spice, Dark Lil' Hanyou, Dragonslayer527, Annie, Moody Maud, Divagurl277, IceSugarHigh, autumngold, RainbowSerenity, CoLdPLaYeR813, aeris9919, The Good Girl, Sakura Scout, AxD, Fox of Light, Kagome51, and Samster The Hamster. Yo all supa stas!