Ok, Chapter 4! I hope you guys are liking this story, if not tell me so I can accept my defeat and throw myself into a really deep ditch! Anywho's on with the story.

VashTSGirl45

Friends forever…right?

Chapter- 4, Taking over me

After leaving school, Sam angrily stomped her way home, fighting tears. What happened just now? Since when did Paulina the fake matter more than she? Sam had known Danny since he was young, they had always been close, when was it that Paulina had made her way into his life and wedged them apart? Was it something that she had did, had said that drove Danny away from her? She had always thought she and Danny would be together in the end, even though they always got upset and denied it when people called them boyfriend and girlfriend, somewhere, deep down inside Sam always wished it were true. But now, it was all over, and that would never be possible, she had lost to Paulina.

Once in her house, Sam immediately stripped off her wet, moldy clothes and jumped into the shower. Now in a pair of black and purple pajama's she sat in her room, curtains drawn, alone. Turning her empty gaze toward her nightstand, she picked up the picture frame that housed the picture of she, Danny and Tucker at the amusement park over the summer. It was a group photo they had taken at the end of the day as they were leaving. They all looked so happy in the picture; it was almost shocking how much things had changed since then. How they had been torn apart so easily…She felt warm tears begin to trickle down her face and before she knew it, she had shoved her head into her pillow and was crying uncontrollably.

After a few moments passed her loud sobs became low sniffs and whimpers. Lifting up the picture of them, she continued to stare at it in the silence, and then the phone rang, startling her. Groggily she reached over onto her nightstand and grabbed the cordless phone.

"Hello?" she said, her voice raspy from crying.

"Sam, Sam is that you?" Tucker asked from the other end. Irritated, Sam cleared her throat.

"Who else would it be, Tucker? Now what Is it you want?" she asked, making her annoyance perfectly clear.

"Danny wanted me to call and see if you were all right." He answered.

"Oh really now, I am surprised he pulled his head out of Paulina's ass long enough to even care." She spat.

"Sam, Danny is done with Paulina, no sooner than you left he told her off, which really wasn't smart of him to do."

"Oh why?" she asked, "Afraid he will ruin his chances?" she finished, rolling her eyes.

"No, after he did, she an into the cafeteria and told Dash and his flunky friends what he had done. We tried to leave but they found us before Danny could do his ghost thing and fly us outta there and Dash beat him unconscious while he had one of his lackeys hold me back." Sam nearly dropped the phone.

"W-what? Is he ok?" she asked, abandoning her anger for the moment.

"Well to be perfectly honest, no he's not. He's bruised up really bad and I think he has some broken ribs. It doesn't look good." He trailed off.

"I'll be right over!" Sam shouted, hanging up the phone. Springing up from her bed, Sam began to ravage through her closet. Finding a pair of black jeans and a black T-shirt to match, she quickly threw off her pajamas and slipped into her clothes. In a mad rush she bolted for her bedroom door, but what she saw upon opening it sent her stumbling backwards and onto the ground. It was Skulker…

"Hello there, Sam." he said talking a step forward.

"Mind if I…come in?" he asked while shrinking down so that he could fit through the doorway. Once in he slammed the door behind him. Sam, now frightened beyond comprehension, quickly gazed around her room, looking for anything that could help her. She found the phone lying beside her bed on the floor and began to dart towards it. Skulker, realizing what she was reaching for, grabbed her by the ankle and pulled her back to him. He then walked around her shaking form and headed over to where the phone was. In one quick motion, he stomped it into pieces.

"What do you want from me?" she asked, trying not to sound afraid, even though her body language interpreted it clearly.

"You know this is odd…that was the very question that I was going to ask you, just not as rudely." Skulker teased, moving closer.

"What do you mean, what could I possibly want from scum like you?!" Sam spat back, raising herself to her feet, while still steadily backing away.

"I've been watching you, Sam. I know your true feelings, your true desires. They are written all over you face…" Sam, dumbfounded by what he was saying still continued to back away.

"Don't act so shy, your among a friend." He added, smiling.

"You are NOT my friend!" Sam shouted.

"Oh but I am…I am the only one you have left…" he argued.

"Since when?" Sam responded, becoming more angrier than scared.

"Since your halfa and his side kick abandoned you and all thoughts of you." He took a step closer.

"No they haven't! They never would!" she yelled.

"Maybe not yet, but they will. How long do you think it will be before your Danny decides to follow his precious Paulina around again, huh? You would do anything for him, and yet he constantly takes advantage of your kindness…or is it more? Your love?"

"No!" Sam pleaded, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Yes, yes I think it is." He continued, moving closer.

"You do love him and always have, yet you are always forcing yourself to deny it! You know he probably would never give you the time of day, no not the Goth girl, the outcast, the wallflower that watches every couple at the dances and wishes that they could be you and Danny. Oh no, he would never love you, would he?" Sam was now crying, he had touched her weak spot, and there was nothing she could do to make him stop.

"I know you're in pain, Sam. I know that deep down in your heart you wish for someone to make it all go away. Let me be that person that ends your torment." He reached out his hand to her and touched her cheek. Sam winced at his cold hand, but then she felt her face go numb and then her neck and shoulders, finally her arms and legs. Losing her balance she began to fall to the ground but Skulker caught her and placed a hand under her chin, lifting her gaze up to meet his.

"Just say the words…"He whispered into her tear stained face. Sam wanted to struggle, wanted to fight, wanted to do something to get away from Skulker. But she was tired of fighting, she could feel her world starting to spin, her vision becoming blurry. She was beginning to forget today, forget yesterday, forget a week ago and so on, it all was disappearing and before she knew it, she heard herself whisper three words.

"Take…it…away…" and with that her once violet eyes lost their color and turned gray. Skulker had won her over and she had been defeated. At first her whole room began to spin. It span so fast that it got to a point where she could no longer make anything out. Then it all went dark, like someone had shut the door to her light.

Short, sweet and to the point! 'Nuff said. On to chapter 5!

VashTSGirl45