Chapter 6

Danny looked frantically around the castle for the antidote. He searched from one room to the next, only one thing on his mind, saving Rosa and his father. Sweat poured down his face. His green eyes were filled with fear and anger. If one of them had to die, it would be him, not Rosa or his dad. But the illness that plagued Rosa was coursing through her veins at a dangerous level. He knew it would probably be less than three hours before she died. Sadness began to cloud his mind. What if he couldn't save her? What if he can't find it and do as she asked. Could he possibly say no to Vlad and watch her die? Would Vlad do that to all his other friends too before he would say yes? He was so confused at what to do. When he searched the house and found nothing. He somberly walked back to where Rosa was. When he walked into the room he looked at the bubble and saw Rosa lying down inside. His eyes widened. He ran towards her, calling out her name.
"Rosa! Rosa! Wake up! Are you still alive?!?" He cried out. He finally reached her bubble and saw her weakly turn to him. That's when he noticed how pale she looked.

"Oh, god.. Rosa!" Danny looked at her weakened form and couldn't hold back a sob. He was such a fool to think he could try to get the antidote.

"Danny?" Rosa's voice seemed very weak. He couldn't take having her in that bubble anymore.

"Rosa be calm, I'm gonna try to get you out of this bubble." Danny held up a plasma blast in one hand.

"There's no need for that." A dark voice said. Danny turned and saw Vlad walk into the light. He flipped a switch on a remote control he held. Suddenly the bubble disappeared and Rosa was dropped into Danny's arms. He held her as he kneeled down and gently put her on the floor. She coughed and looked into his eyes. Her own appeared glossy and seemed to be losing life fast.

She smiled at him weakly. "It doesn't hurt.." She offered, answering his unasked question.

"Well now Daniel, its time for your final decision." Vlad smiled evilly. "Will it be your girlfriend here? Or your father?"

Danny glared hatefully at Vlad and then looked down at Rosa.

"Do what you need to do." Rosa said sternly. It was amazing that no matter how weak she looked and sounded, she could still be stern towards him. That's when he remembered his promise to her. He closed his eyes, deep in thought, and every second was ticking away from Rosa's life. He looked up at Vlad. "Where's the antidote?" He asked weakly.

Vlad pulled out a needle with green liquid inside. "This is it. Now, Daniel, what is your decision?"

Danny stared at the antidote, then back to Rosa.

"You promised me.." She whispered.

"Rosa..I.." His voice gave out.

"Danny you promised me." Her glassy eye stared into his. It was in that instant that he knew his answer. He clenched his fists and looked at Vlad. He stood up, although now water was falling from his eyes.

"No.." he whispered.

Vlad looked shaken. "You are willing to risk your girlfriend's life?"

"No." Danny answered again. Before Vlad even realized what he meant, Danny attacked and desperately tried to grab the antidote from Vlad. He kicked Vlad hard and tried to grab the antidote but Vlad fought back and grabbed him by the wrists and flung him into a wall. He got back up and ran towards Vlad, hatred and revenge in his eyes. Vlad defended himself by throwing up a shield, then blasting Danny with plasma blasts. One hit his shoulder, wounding it. He cringed and put a hand over his wound. He panted a little and looked at Vlad. He still held the needle.

"If you attack me again, I will drop it. She will die!" Vlad threatened. Danny stole a glance at the still form of Rosa on the ground.

"I really hope I had a better Idea than this.." Danny whispered to himself as he disappeared through the ground and appeared behind Vlad and attacked. Sure enough, the needle went flying. Danny desperately ran to grab it, when Vlad grabbed his ankle and Danny fell face first into the stone floor. He managed to pull himself back up and then run as fast as his legs could handle.

"No!" He cried as he realized he wouldn't reach it in time. He dove to the ground and slid on the floor. But stopped an inch or so where it was falling. Danny could only watch in horror as it fell.

Then, out of nowhere, a transparent hand reached out of the ground and grabbed it before it hit the ground. Danny just gasped as Star phased through the ground up to where they were. Her white hair was wet with the rain, but her eyes were glittering with excitement and seemed to be full of life. Danny had never seen her eyes like that before.

"Its payback time." She said to Vlad. She looked to Danny and handed him the needle. "Hurry, she doesn't have a lot of time left." Danny nodded and ran towards Rosa.

Star floated there, plasma blasts formed in both of her hands. Her whole body seemed to glow a blinding yellow color.

Vlad didn't look amused. He glanced at Danny and then smiled evilly. He threw a plasma blast and it hit its target. Not Danny, but the needle. It shattered in his hand. He cried out as glass seeped through his glove into his skin. He fell to his knees right near Rosa. His hand bleeding and looked down at her with a shocked expression on his face. He just had the antidote to save her! But now it was gone! It was gone and Rosa was going to die...

"You Bastard!" Star yelled, her eyes were now blinding yellow with some red mixed in. She attacked him with everything she had. She formed the sparkly plasma blasts in her hands and threw them at Vlad rapidly. He deflected each blow flawlessly and threw more of his own at her. But her powers were on the fritz again and she could hardly keep her own shield up. She had no idea why her powers were suddenly so weak, but she didn't have time to think about it now. Rosa was going to die if they didn't do something! Star dodged his many shots and fired with more of her own. She finally got lucky and hit him in the left shoulder. She smiled to herself while he glared into her eyes.

" I should have finished you when you were little!" He exclaimed.

"Yeah, well try to finish me now!" Star taunted and ran around, distracting him.

"Rosa I'm so sorry." Danny whispered, he closed his eyes with sadness and let the tears fall down. Rosa weakly put a hand to his face.

"You did your best." Rosa said, life draining from her body. She felt the disease taking over all her organs. It hurt so much, but she refused to let Danny know her fear and pain. She managed to keep a forced weak smile.

"No Rosa, I wont let you die.." Danny said sternly. She wasn't dead yet. "Maybe if I can figure out what that stuff was made of, I can make another.."

"Danny..theres no time.." Rosa said weakly. "Please, stay by me until I die. I don't want to die alone." Now there seemed to be a hint of fear in her eye.

Danny sighed. "If I don't.. I promise ill be by your side." He said weakly.

Rosa smiled, her eyes were starting to close. "I want..you...to know..that...I."In that instant, Rosa started to cough hard.

"Star!" Danny yelled, looking behind him. He saw that she was still battling Vlad. Both appeared to be getting tired.

He had to end this now. He looked back at Rosa who now looked asleep. He closed his eyes and sighed. Then he stood up and walked over to Vlad, he looked unusually calm. Which was a bad sign.

"Hey Vlad." Danny said softly. When Vlad turned, Danny punched him hard. Danny continued to hit him, giving him no time to recover. Star could only watch in horror as Danny continued to beat the crud out of Vlad.

"I surrender!" Vlad said after a while. He couldn't take more of the beating. But Danny said nothing and continued. Finally Star ran over and grabbed his arm.

"Danny no! Stop!" She cried. He panted and looked into her eyes with so much hate and so much pain, she felt like she was looking into a mirror of herself so many years ago. "Danny, don't let him win. Don't let him turn you into something you are not. He's beaten, he doesn't deserve to die." She glared at Vlad, then turned her eyes back on Danny. "What would Rosa say?" Her yellow eyes gazed into his green ones. He suddenly realized what he did. He stumbled back. Then he started to cry.

Star put her arms around him and hugged him. Then she helped him get up, while the badly beaten Vlad disappeared.

Both also beaten up teens practically limped over to the unmoving Rosa. As they both sat down, each gazed at her form in sadness. Star checked her pulse. Her eyes shimmered a little. Rosa was still alive. She glanced at Danny. He smiled weakly, knowing that she was still alive.

"You stay with her, she wants someone by her side if she dies.." Danny told Star. "Ill go make the antidote if I can find it. I promise Ill be back before" His voice caught in his throat.

"Hurry then, she doesn't have much time left."

Danny nodded and ran to Vlad's lab. He looked frantically around at all of Vlad's notes and then looked at the clock. They only had an hour left. He quickly scanned through everything he could find. He finally found the right formula in fifteen minutes. But now was the hard part. Making the antidote.

Star meanwhile held Rosa's hand in her own. She ignored the throbbing in her side and just continued to stare into her face. She finally understood what friendship meant. She finally understood everything. The old her would have been more than glad to let Danny kill Vlad, but the new Star now knew different. Danny would have killed himself if he killed Vlad. He would be what Vlad wanted him to be. Just like Vlad changed her. Star looked up.

"Please don't let her die. If not for me, than for Danny. He needs her." Star whispered. She could almost see her friends the stars twinkling behind the ceiling.

The minutes ticked away and Rosa grew weaker with every minute gone. Star held Rosa's hand in her own and kept telling her to hold on. But Star knew she was slipping away from them.

Danny was working like a mad man trying to mix the right chemicals. Finally he was able to mix everything together right and make the antidote, then he looked at the clock. He gasped. Their hour was up! Danny quickly ran to Star and Rosa. Star looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"Danny she's dieing!"

Danny quickly ran over and gave Star the needle with the green liquid inside. Danny took Rosa's hand in his own and looked at her face. "Don't worry Rosa....Ill be with you no matter what happens." He whispered.

Rosa heard him barely, it felt like she was drifting away from him and she couldn't stop it. That's when she felt a slight pain in her arm. Suddenly everything exploded into a white light....

Did Rosa die? Did she survive? Will Vlad get his revenge? What did Rosa want to tell Danny? Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out! Mwa hahah!