Goodbye to You
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Chapter 16: Rise of a Fallen One
"Look at you," Vlad said as he slowly moved towards Danny," you're powers are worthless right now thanks to my virus."
"Decided to play it dirty?" Danny asked.
"No, no. I call it an fighting technique," Vlad replied.
"I call it being a coward," Danny said.
"Big words coming from someone who is going to die," Vlad said.
"Well, that is the truth," Danny began," everything you have done has been nothing but actions committed by a coward. That is how I think of you. You are the most spineless creature to ever walk the Earth.
"You ought to try better last words," Vlad said. He then charged forward and brought his hand right into Danny's chest. Danny could feel some of ribs crack under his skin from Vlad's blow. His mouth opened and a wad of blood shot right out of it. He fell to the ground after Vlad moved his fist out of his chest.
"Without your ghost powers, you are not even worth fighting," Vlad said as he looked down at Danny.
"I don't need strength. I have pride. That is something you gave up a long time ago," Danny sputtered out as he was bent over on the ground.
"What do you know about pride?" Vlad asked. He then kicked Danny in the side and sent a few feet away from him into the ground. Danny cringed at the violent pain that was now shirring through his body like heat.
"I have pride," Vlad began," but its always been damaged like you wouldn't believe."
"Try me," Danny said as he got on his knees to support himself.
"I first was close to getting your mother, but then your father turned me into a freak. I hid because of his mistakes and lost my love to him. Then, along came you. I thought I could use you as my own trainee. But no, you had to go and beat me….twice. I may be a broken man, but I will not be so anymore after you are dead."
"You know something, Vlad?" Danny asked as he got to his feet," You truly are the most spineless man ever to walk the Earth!"
"What?" Vlad asked.
"You're first mistake was with my mom. You could of tried to get her acceptance. Maybe you could have been her husband. But instead, you became secluded from the world. You let her go because you feared that you couldn't be taken back. Then, I was the next mistake. I beat you first by threatening to unmask us both. Thinking you could lose another chance with Maddie, you gave up. Then came the time when I tricked you into believe I would join you. You're increase desire to take over my family made you blind to my trick. Even if you thought it was a trick, I bet you wouldn't try to stoop me due to your fear. You can never recover you pride, Vlad. Even if you beat me, there are others who will defeat you. And until they do, you will always be a spineless coward."
"I respect your impression of me," Vlad began, but you face the same dilemma as me. You are afraid of being accepted as a Halfa. No one else, besides your two friends are aware of your abilities. You haven't told anyone else, have you? We are both staying hidden from the world, with no chance of acceptance. And to top it off, you murdered someone."
"I did it in self defense," Danny began," because my friends were threatened. I do regret having to do that, and though many are now after me, I now release that there are two types of killing: with and without purpose. And all those that have happened are because of you. Instead of facing me like a man, you sent an innocent girl out against her will, brainwashing her into some kind of soldier. Two others are now dead by your hands in order to destroy my life, when in fact they have destroyed your even more. As I said before, killing me will just ring about your own end."
Vlad then walked over to where Danny was now, half dazed from the blows he had received. He grabbed Danny by the shirt and lifted him up to meet his face. He then said," You're right about one thing."
Meanwhile…
Sam raced through the city streets towards the football field. She was running so fast that it seemed as though the world was passing her by in an instance. She was wearing Danny's hoody, feeling still his warmth against her body. It was this feeling of him that kept her going. She wasn't ready to let him go. She loved him and she wanted to spend her life with him. And what good would her love truly be without the one she loved with her? 'You have to stay,' Sam thought,' not just for me and everyone else, but for you. We can help you with your problems. You can get help and finally live out your life a new. And, you and I have our love for each other. Isn't that enough?' If only Danny was there so she could tell him this. She had tried to do this, but no avail. This time, however, she was going to make sure it got to him.
It would be hard now that she was going to a battlefield. She now that Vlad and Danny were right now locked in a final battle. The only two existing Halfas fighting until one is left dead, and Sam was hoping that Danny was going to be the loser. Even if Danny told her to stay away from the battle, she knew that it wouldn't work. She had been by his side by nearly every battle he was in. The chances of her getting injured was very high and the possibility of death. Even so, if that what it took to get to Danny, it had to be done. And what if you die? Danny could be brought top the point of no return. 'Even so,' she thought, 'Danny must realize there are people that do care about him.' But still, she knew that she might die. And yet she never turned back form her journey.
She may it to an opening the bleachers that lead out into the field. She walked through the shadowed engulfed corridor into the light covered area. As she walked, her foot then hit something soft. She looked down then and just froze. She tried to scream but it felt as though her throat had been closed off by the shock now surging through her body. She tied to back away, but her legs felt frozen in place. What was causing her such distress was Dash's head on the ground. The neck was covered in dried blood and the eyes were looking up at her with such fear as the mouth was hanging open in what seemed like a cry of pain that never came. And a few feet away was his body, dried blood covering the stump where his head had been.
'Danny? Did he do this?' she asked herself in her head due to her vocal cords begin completely shot. Don't be stupid. Danny would never do something like this. However, she would pretty much get a good idea of who did this as a chilling laugh then echoed from the front of her. She instantly broke out of her trance as her gaze moved towards the source of the laughter. She saw Vlad, in his ghost form and with his back turned towards her. She then saw who he was occupied with. Danny was in his grasp, in his human form and looking like hell. Whatever Vlad did to him. she knew what would come next would not be good.
"Now, Mr. Fenton. I hope you enjoyed your last few days on Earth," Vlad said.
"You know there is a huge chance I will become a ghost and come back to finish the job," Danny stated.
"I know, but that is why it wouldn't work," Vlad said.
"What?" Danny asked.
"I researched this and discovered that both our human and ghost sides need one another to live. If one goes, the other goes. So, the chance of you getting back at me after death is zero. In closing, I never have to see your face again," Vlad then.
"No!" Sam yelled just then. Vlad turned his head around to see Sam now running head on at him.
"Sam," Danny said as he saw the girl he loved rushing toward him.
"I'll deal with you later," Vlad as he as threw Danny away from him. Danny rolled a little when he hit the ground and then came to a complete stop.
"You bastard!" Sam yelled as he raised at fist at Vlad, ready to strike him. Vlad caught the fist and looked down into the now frightened face of Sam.
"How cute, Danny has a girlfriend. And I take it he gave you that?" Vlad asked as he looked at Sam's sweater. "Sorry my dear, but he wouldn't be with you after I get through with him."
"You're going down. Danny will beat you," Sam said as she struggled to get out of Vlad's grip.
"In his condition, I think not. But I can have some fun with you," Vlad said. He then brought his left hand back and brought a powerful punch right across Sam's face. She went backwards in the ground and cried out at the pain that got to her. "AT least Danny wouldn't be lonely were he's going."
Just then, a pillar of green energy then shot from where Danny was. Vlad looked towards this, but had to shield his eyes at the intensity of the light. When it had settled, he opened his eyes and just stared in shock at to what was now in front of him.
Danny has now faced death's door. But, is this a sign of victory? Or is it a sign of defeat? Find out in Chapter 17!