Danny became absorbed completely in the girl, whose name turned out to be Kari. They talked as the bands continued to play and the night drew on. Finally, in the early hours of the morning, Kari stood from her seat and said, her voice inviting, "You wanna go outside?" Danny felt as though he was in a trance, and, against all will, followed her outside. Once in the moonlight, she looked even more beautiful. Her hair shone like gold, and her ice blue eyes, nearly the same color as his own, looked like glass. He followed her, zombie-like, around the corner of the club and into the alleyway beside it, where she turned around and stared him in the eyes. But this time, instead of her content smile, an evil grin was spread across her face, and Danny snapped out of his trance. He instantly realized that he shouldn't be there, and took a few steps backwards to distance himself from the girl. Kari advanced.
"Now, Danny," she said, "I thought you liked me."
Danny turned to run, but was faced with the other three girls blocking the alleyway entrance, but this time, they looked less than innocent. The purple-haired girl now stood there with leathery purple and black wings folded about her, and the black-haired one morphed before his eyes into a huge black wolf. Kari's red-haired companion now sported wolf-like black ears and a tail, and when she smiled, he could see fangs glinting in the moonlight. In her hand, she grasped something, and Danny gasped when he recognized the head of the lead singer in the band that had just been playing. At first, he was sure it was a fake, but then he saw the blood dripping from the neck, and lingering on the girl's claw-like nails. He felt warm breath on his neck and spun once again to see Kari, with black ears and a tail, fangs, and claws, just like the other girl. He knew what she wanted, and he was determined not to die.
Quickly, Danny weighed his options. He could die here, or he could reveal his identity as Danny Phantom and fly away. It didn't take long for him to decide. With a smile that obviously confused his captors, he cried, "I'm going ghost!"
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Kari grinned at the fear she saw in Danny's eyes, and the feeling of being trapped that he had from seeing her friends. Roku's catch had done the trick. He looked like he was about to barf. Kari laughed inwardly at the thought of what Danny would do if he knew that Roku, aside from the lead singer, had managed to lure the entire band outside and kill them all without so much as letting them scream. Suddenly, Danny smiled, and something in his eyes changed. He looked confident. A thought quickly brushed through her mind. What if he was one of them?
He's not. He is strong, though. Roku had of course heard Kari's thoughts, and responded.
But he looked too okay with the situation. Maybe he thought he had a chance of winning in physical combat? Hah. As if. Suddenly, Kari's prey opened his mouth and said firmly, "I'm going ghost."
What the hell? Kari thought at Roku, but no sooner had she done so than she had found out. A flash of light emitted from Danny, and two glowing rings slid up his body, leaving behind a white-haired, green-eyed boy who immediately disappeared. Kari, thinking fast, summoned the wind out of the impossibly still night and rose into the sky. Lucky for her, she didn't need to be able to see him. She could track his aura. With a smile, Kari thought at Roku, who was following quickly along the ground, taking advantage of the wolf form that was part of her demon blood, I don't know what the hell this kid is, but God is this gonna be fun.
Although she could have easily responded telepathically, a long, eerie howl signaled the start of the fun, or, in this case, the hunt.
