Chapter 6

Rose felt herself mentally gasp.
"That's right Rosie, and I have been taking over you ever since you were born." Desdemona sneered.
"Leave Rosa alone!" Danny ordered. Which, Desdemona found very funny.

"What's so funny?" Danny glared at the demon.
"What's so funny is, that you have no idea what you are dealing with. I am no mere demon. I was thrown from the underworld for being too evil. I was forced into the world where no one could see or hear me. Then I realized I could take over bodies." She smiled evilly.
"After a while I came to this newborn girl. The purest heart I had seen in a long time. I couldn't resist, I had to see if I could kill her. Eh Rosa? I almost did, when your love overwhelmed me." She scowled.
"I had no choice but to be knocked out. For 5 years!!!! After that I managed to speak through your thoughts."
"You liar!!! You said you were me! But all this time you are just a monster!" Rosa was very mad.
"No, I never lied. I am you. The other you. I have been here since you were born. I know everything about you Rosa Sector. Or should I say now, Rosa Specter."
Rosa was speechless, but Danny wasn't.
"I don't care, you don't belong here, so leave Rosa alone!"
"You think I would be mad to throw away a perfectly good halfa body just because you told me so?" Desdemona felt herself start to laugh again. Abruptly she stopped and her eyes flashed red at Danny. Suddenly he was spiraling backwards and out of Rosa's body, into the arms of Sam. ..................................................................................................................

Sam almost jumped in surprise as Danny, in intangible mode came flying backwards out of Rosa into her arms. Danny, still as Danny Phantom put his hand to his head, then sat up. He realized where he was, blushed, and stood up, saying sorry to Sam.

At the same time, Tucker saw Rosa opening her blue eye. He looked down on her.
"Hey you all right?" he asked, concerned.
"I don't know." She answered truthfully. She looked a knowing glance at Danny. He sighed and looked down.
"What happened?" Tucker asked, now annoyed that once again he missed a big deal.
Rosa and Danny took turns telling them what happened in her head.
"Now she is dormant. That took a lot out of her to knock you out of my body Danny." Rosa put her arms around her legs, holding them close to her. Not only did she turn into a halfa, but also now she realized her evil voice was a demon, a dangerous demon that could take over her body any moment. For some reason she seemed to get stronger after Rosa's exposure in the ghost zone. After she became a halfa. Her eyes widened in shock.
"No..." she whispered.
"What?" The rest asked at the same time.
"She planned this. Everything! Me getting knocked into the ghost zone. That wasn't just a random ghost! That ghost worked for Desdemona!" Rosa announced, terrified.
"For her to get stronger, she needed energy, negative energy! The ghost zone is full of negative energy!" Rosa was starting to shake.
"Rosa, its alright." Danny went to comfort her, but she pulled away.
"Don't you see Danny? She's in control! She turned me into a halfa so she could gain control! Oh no. Oh no! Shell make me hurt people. Hurt you." Her blue eye looked clouded suddenly. "Get out." She murmured.
"What?" Danny looked at her.
"Get out!" She screamed.
"Snap out of it Rosa! This is not helping!" Sam looked into her one blue eye dead on.
"Sam, I don't want to hurt you, but if I must push you out forcibly I will! I can't let her kill anyone!" With that, Rosa turned into Rosa Specter and started to shove them all out of her room.
But Danny was still his Phantom self and managed to pin her down.
"Rosa snap out of it! This won't help! She will come after us anyways! You can't stop what she will do!" He glared into her eye. She looked back, after a few minutes, the cloudiness was gone.
"I-I'm sorry.." she said weakly. Danny could tell that she was worn out. He got off her, and they both turned back into their human selves.
Rosa finally could not take it anymore, she sat there and put her head in her hands and started to cry. Danny walked over to her and lifted her head. What he saw shocked him.
Her good eye was red and puffy, a line of clear liquid rolled down her cheek. The eye covered by her hair also had a liquid rolling down her other cheek. But it was not clear, it was black. He shakingly moved his hand away from the black liquid. For some reason it did not look safe to touch.
Rosa noticed this, and looked down. She moved her hand around her face, catching the clear and black liquid together in her hand. She held out the hand to Danny.
"Don't worry... its not lethal. It's just like tears but black." She said, with a sigh.
Danny nodded. She finally was able to make her skin all clean again. But her blue eye was puffy and still red.
After a while, no one said anything.
Finally, Danny said. "You started to talk about when you heard her voices before she interrupted us?"
Rosa nodded. She took a shaky breath and began.
"When I was seven, I realized that I was bored one day and suddenly her voice came to me. At first I was frightened, but then she started to talk about fun and what to do. I was seven, so I hardly knew about how dangerous the chemicals would be in the lab. So I went. I was curious and she made me feel like it was okay. I started to play. Then she told me about a fun recipe that would make me pretty. More so than I was. So again I followed her instructions. But something went wrong. The chemical in front of me had given a very bad reaction. It was bubbling and fizzing, and the next thing I saw was a bright light, then I heard a deafening bang. After that I was in a coma for months. I finally awoke to my body badly bruised, and my eye horribly disfigured into this reptile like eye. After that, I never trusted her much, I often was able to keep her at bay. But now, she's fed off too much of the power. She's gotten stronger than I am. After a while, there will be no more Rosa Sector." With that, she crawled into her bed and hid under the covers, now acting like a scared little girl.
"What I want to know is how she turned you into a halfa." Tucker said, annoyed.
"Maybe the chemicals she was exposed to before never left her body and when she went through into the Ghost Zone, the chemicals in there reacted to the ones in her skin." Sam shrugged.
Danny and Tucker looked at her in awe. They hadn't thought about that.
"You know, if I wasn't a C student, I would have thought of that two days ago." Danny said.
Rosa was still under the covers, listening to them talk, but stayed where she was. Too much had happened when she moved here. It all became too much.
Sam looked at her watch. She had to go. After saying goodbye to Tucker, Danny and Rosa she left. Tucker followed a couple minutes later. Soon it was just Danny and Rosa. Her figure still hidden under the covers. He sighed and walked over to her and sat on her bed.
"Rosa, trust me we will find a way out of this, that wont have to do with sending you to ghost jail or anything. Please trust me."
There was no response.
"Rosa you were wrong. She is not stronger than you. You are stronger. I know you are. You do have courage and a good heart. But I also know you are scared and that limits your ability to control her. You can't let her control you. You must not to save yourself. Me, Sam and Tucker will always be behind you. Were your friends. You don't have to fight this battle alone."
He continued, "I have to go now before my father gets mad. Look, ever want to talk just call me okay? You have my number. Don't be afraid to call." She suspected he smiled as he said that. Then she felt weight lift from her mattress and heard his footsteps walk out of her room, closing the door behind him. She slowly pulled her covered from over her head and glanced out at her room. Empty. With a sigh of relief she lied back down.
"I wish I could believe him." She whispered.