Chapter 8

"What? What are you talking about Rosa?" Danny looked down at his friend in concern. Her eye was dull of all life, her head was hanging lower than it normally should have. Tears sprang from both of her eyes and slid down her face. When the words had left his lips, he noticed Rosa look up into his eyes and her gaze chilled him to the bone.

"You should have killed me. It would have been easier that way.." Was the only thing she said as she stared back down at the ground. Danny looked at her more concerned now than ever. The effects of the liquid inside her were doing this. First anger, then depression. If he didn't stop this soon, Rosa's mind and body would break beyond repair.

"This, this has always been inside me, this evilness…" Rosa said softly, not shifting her gaze. "Its in everyone, even you Danny. But I refused to let it come out. Even after we broke up. Then the feeling kept building and building inside of me. All the hurt, all the depression, all the anger. When Vlad injected me with the chemical I felt her…I felt the evilness. She will come back out Danny!" Rosa snapped her head up and looked at him harshly. "And next time you might not be able to bring me back without hurting me."

Danny only stared at her, his mouth slightly open, and his green eyes focused on her small form. The sad fact was, that she was right. And he hated that. He didn't want her to be right, he wanted to hug her and tell her everything would be alright. But he knew better. A year ago his life changed when he stepped into the Fenton Portal and accidentally hit the switch, causing a massive electric charge as the portal turned on. The charge dominated his body, all he could think of was the pain and if he was going to die. Before Rosa came, all he thought about was how to get rid of his powers or what purpose they could do for him with bullies, teachers and his parents. All of that seemed small now, compared to the problem before them. This wasn't just about Aries anymore being half evil, it was possible that one of them, would be entirely evil.

"But sir, the crystal hasn't even been tested yet!" Professor Blank stated.

"Forget testing Blank! I want Daniel and I want him now! Your foolish plan of turning the girl against him didn't work, now it is my turn!" He shoved the professor aside and picked up a green gem that appeared to be glowing with a unnatural light.

"The Forget-Me Stone." Vlad murmured, studying the jewel he held very carefully. "The myth's claim it has the power to erase minds. Whoever speaks their name within this gem will instantly be forgotten by all. Not only that, but no traces of them will ever be found again. All we need to do, is to get Daniel to say his name within the stone, then he will be mine and no one will come to save him."

"And we will remember him how?" Blank said questionably.

"By wearing these sunglasses." Vlad gave a pair to Blank, who blinked in amazement. "These were developed by scientists to counteract the crystal's effects altogether."

"Now, all we need to do is to get Daniel say his name in front of this crystal." Vlad's twisted scowl turned into a malicious grin. "And I know the perfect bait to lead him to me."

"Is she alright?" Star asked in a concerned tone of voice as Danny walked inside, an unconscious Rosa in his arms.

"She's not evil anymore, but I'm afraid she isn't herself either." Danny said softly and laid her down gently on the couch.

"What do you mean?" Aries asked. He saw Danny close his eyes and open them again.

"She wanted me to kill her. She knows that evil side of her will return, and next time we wont be able to stop it." Danny explained. "And I think I agree with her."

"What!" Star cried. She instantly covered her mouth when everyone else put a finger against their lips, telling her to shut up.

She walked into the Fenton's kitchen and the others followed.

Star turned abruptly on Danny. "I wont let this group fall apart more than it already has. Danny you have to get back together with Rosa! Maybe it will break this spell or whatever Vlad did to her."

"Star," Aries cautioned.

"Be quiet Aries and let me finish!" Star's green eyes flashed with rage towards her friends. "I don't know what all of you think, but I know that Rosa would not abandon us in our time of need. Did she every time that Aries turned evil and tried to attack her? Did she when Brooke had nowhere to stay! She never gave up on any of us. I will not take no for an answer, its our turn to not give up on her." Her green eyes pierced through everyone's in the room, and finally rested on Danny's who were wide with shock. He had never seen Star so loyal before to Rosa.

Aries was pretty much in shock also. His mind was racing with the thoughts that Star had said, he found a small smile start to form on his dark features. " You're right."

Brooke's brown eyes looked for once, hopeful that day. She nodded to Star, agreeing.

Sam wasn't looking at anyone. She had her doubts about it, but Rosa was part of the team. She raised her amethyst eyes and looked at Star. "Yeah, we can't give up on her."

Tucker blinked at Sam behind his dark framed glasses. He couldn't believe that she was actually for trying to save Rosa from herself. Which he did find quite amusing at the moment. Despite that, he tried to remain serious. The key word here is tried.

"I'm in for saving Rosa from herself!" He grinned.

Brooke put a hand over her mouth, trying not to laugh. Star and Sam shook their heads in unison at how weird Tucker could be sometimes.

Jazz looked at each skeptically. Her arms were crossed across her chest and her eyes were showing signs of annoyance. "You do know the statistics that helping Rosa are right? I mean technically it would be in a 1 in 10 chance for us to actually find a way to get that liquid out of Rosa's body." Everyone looked at Jazz now. Her face was stern and they thought they finally found the person who would disagree with the plan totally.

Little did they know, Jazz wasn't finished. Her face softened and a smirk formed on her face instead of a scowl. "But, you all have been known to beat the odds before, so why not?"

Star smiled at Jazz, then turned to Danny. He was looking out as if trying to decide between what he thought before and what he thought now.

"I'm just worried about her and Aries turning against us. And we wont be able to fight them off."

Aries smirked and walked over to Danny. "No need to worry about evil Aries, he's been tucked away for a while now. I found his one weakness to keep him at bay. Unfortunately, you would need to get back together with Rosa for it to continue working. If he knows he can't have her, then he becomes weak and I can take over easily."

"Stop telling me I should get back together with Rosa!" Danny yelled suddenly, startling everyone in the room.

"Its just, guys. After a breakup you can't exactly get back together as easily as you think. Especially after this."

"So, you don't want to get back together?" Star asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No! I do still love Rosa! You think this is easy for me?" Danny's blue eyes started to form water in the corners of them. He stood clenching the doorknob behind him for support. He leaned back against the door as he did this, trying to make sense of the million thoughts floating through his head. "I hated breaking up with her, I did it to save the group, I put us first before love."

"That was foolish." Star snapped.

"If I remember correctly, you weren't exactly happy when we were together!" Danny's eyes burned through Star's.

Her eyes narrowed. "I made a mistake, people are allowed to make those mistakes!"

"Well mistakes have consequences Star! Did you ever think about that? All of you were suffocating us! Some more than others." Sam winced at the comment. She closed her eyes and clenched her fists at her sides. She couldn't take much more of this insane fighting Star and Danny were doing.

"Duh I know all about that stuff! My life was based around that concept or have you forgotten!" Star hissed.

"Of course I haven't forgotten! But you must understand we can't go back to the past! We can't be a couple anymore!"

"Cant or wont! You can't admit it that you might get hurt by HER if you beg to take her back!" Star accused, her eyes flashing yellow for a brief second.

"That is a lie! Why do you even care about this now! We should finish this after we defeat Vlad!" Danny then saw Star's manner change completely. She held her arms limply at her side and looked away from Danny's gaze.

The welcome silence stunned most of the people in the room, as they all looked at Star, who looked rather upset about something. Danny, meanwhile was still simmering after her accusations and wanted to take out his rage on something.

"What's wrong Star? Did I hit a nerve? Are you no longer going to be with us?"

"Shut up Fenton." Star warned, her head lowered and her short black hair covering her eyes. But her rage was starting to form as she clenched her hands at her sides.

"Where are you going? Back to the parents who don't want you?" Danny instantly regretted saying that sentence, as Star looked up at him, tears of rage flowing from her eyes. Her teeth were clamped tightly together and her eyes narrowed as new tears formed into her eyes.

"Okay that's enough!" Jazz intercepted before Star had a chance to kick Danny's butt severely. She grabbed a hold of the girl.

"You wanna know so badly Danny! Then yes! I am going back to them! Are you happy! You wont ever get to see my sorry face again! The City Trash is going back and never returning! I actually started to feel welcomed here, like I had friends! But I guess I was wrong! Dead wrong!"

Danny looked stunned. Star shrugged Jazz off then turned and ran out of the Fenton house with amazing speed.

Danny, weak from fighting both verbally and physically, collapsed on the spot and looked down. "What have I done?"

But his question was left unanswered as Star came running back inside, her face flushed and her eyes filled with worry.

"Rosa's gone!"