Beyond Life and Death

I don't own Danny Phantom.

Chapter 10: Desolation

Sam opens her eyes. The sun is shining down on her face through a cloudless sky. She puts her hand over her eyes because it is so bright. She looks over her surroundings. She is in Amity Park. She leans against a large oak as she looks out at the beautiful scene before here. She may of felt out of place among all of this sunshine. But, she respected nature. And for what happen next, she couldn't have asked for anything more.

"You look beautiful today," a voice from behind her said. She turned around to see Danny emerging from behind the tree. He is in his human form. Sam stares into his eyes. She finds his blue eyes just as enchanting as his green ones.

She smiled and replied," As oppose to other days."

He smirks as he puts his arms on her shoulders. She blushes then as he gets closer to he face. He then turns to her said as kisses her check.

"I love you. So much," he whispers into her ear.

"I know," she replies. Just then, her perfect visions then goes to hell. The tree erupts into flames, the sky turns black, and the grass withers and dies. She looks in horror then at the buildings in the background, for they are full of broken glass and decaying outsides.

"Danny" she asks, but she is halted as two powerful hands that had held her now wrap around her neck. Danny's face comes back into her line of sight. His eyes, once calm and gentle, now was once again that look that seemed to enjoy her suffering. And out of Danny's mouth rose that laugh. That horrifying laugh…

"Danny!" she yelled as she bolted upwards. Just then, two hands grabbed her and shock her.

"Sam! Sam!" Tucker yelled as he tried to calm the now startled Sam.

Sam slowed her breathing as she began to took in her surroundings. She was back in the Fentons house. She was on their couch and had a blanket on her. The room looked newly refurbished. A new TV was now were the destroyed one had been. A new table had also replaced the previously destroyed one. Everything seemed like it was back in place. That is, safe for the green energy bars in front of the door. The shades of all the windows were drawn, but Sam could see a green glow emerging from behind them.

"What?"

"Cam down. You just had a bad dream."

"Tell me about it," she said. "Why happened?"

"You fell. Someone saved you though. And you have been out for about a day," he stated.

"How? Who?" she then trailed off as the thought of Danny came back to her head," You do know who it was that threw me."

Tucker bowed his head in sadness and said," I know. I just can't believe it. But, everyone saw it."

"Can you please tell me what's going on?"

"Okay, but its going to be hard. Danny is unleashing hell on us."

"That can't be."

"We like to think it. But, it just happened. He's working with Sheriff Walker. Since he came, more of Walker's guards have attacked the town and are dragging humans up to that building over the prison. And then…I don't know what they do there."

Do they take your parents?"

"Yes."

"What about mine?"

"Sam…it's….I'm sorry."

It was that moment that Sam felt her heart being split in half. She grabbed the material of the couch and held back her tears. Tucker, in an effort to comfort her, put her hand in his and said," I don't know how to comfort you. But, I can say that I hope they aren't dead and that they got away. If not, they at least we survived, for their sake."

"I'm just can't believe it. Danny…" She was then cut off as a huge roars and explosions were heard off in the distance. "What was that?"

"Military. In order to stop some human escape, Danny put a shield around the entire city. The US has shelled and bombed it, but nothing as working. At least I heard some people got out."

"There's hope for our parents then."

"You never know."

"Do you really think Danny has committed these acts?"

Tucker let go of her hand and got up. "I can't say. He could be under mind control, a clone, or maybe…maybe it's the unthinkable that he has turned to that side."

"Danny would never do that."

"It's hard to question that now that all this happened. Anyways, get some rest. I have to check on something."

Sam leaned against the couch's armrest as she listened to Tucker leave the room and open a door down the hallway. As soon as the door closed, she began to feel the tears once again swell up in her eyes as always. Everything she loved, everything she cared for, and everything she held close to her heart. It was slowly dying. Her hometown was being laid to waste. Her parents were more or less being used for the sick rituals being performed up in that monolith. And then Danny…

She bolted upright in her chair and said to herself," No. I can't believe he would do things like this."

"It's hard to try and avoid the truth. The Necromancer could be just a cover for him. Everyone clearly saw him. He teamed with one of the most deadly ghosts ever. And now, he was behind a plan to bring the Ghost Zone here. Humans were more or less getting killed up there. And then the memory of that moment came. Danny choking her. Those eyes full of malice. That horrifying laugh that seeming to enjoy her suffering. Then, he through her over. He was sending her to her death. And still, Sam didn't want to believe it.

At that instance, she then got off of the couch. As though it was by impulse, she exited the living room, walked up the stairs, and in no time found herself outside Danny's bedroom door. She had memories of being there. Not as Danny's lover, but as his friend. Still, all those times she had spent with him were now rushing back. She wanted to go in. She wanted to remember what it was like being in there. She hand grasped the doorknob and turned it. Surprisingly, the room was unlocked. She then stepped inside, not bothering to close the door.

Yet, when she entered the room in hopes of being flooded with those fond memories of begin with Danny, hey were killed as soon as she flipped the lightswitch. What she saw as nothing more then an abandoned room. The bed had only a bare mattress that had done nothing but collected dust. The dresser against the far wall also collected a good amount as well. Danny's personal belongings were stored in boxes and put up against the closet, which were now dust covered and embedded with spiderwebs. Memories were here, but now that just felt deserted and lifeless as this room was. The ones Sam tried bring back by coming to this room couldn't break the wall around her heart that was the evil Danny. She walked over to the window and drew back the shades. She was hit by a brilliant green light from the Fenton's ghost shield that surrounded the house. When her eyes finally adjusted, she could finally lay her vision on the changed city. First off, the streets were deprived of any sign of activity. To better rephrase that, there were no signs of living activity. Sam could see nothing but Walker's guards floating around the city just like the last time they came here. And she could still hear the cannonfire booming against the green energy field Danny had produced. She looked up into the sky to try and see the sun through their shield, but it was blocked out. The city, as a result, was now caused in a poisonous green light.

"Good to see your up," Maddie stated as she entered the room.

Without turning to face her, Sam replied, "I didn't expect to wake up to this."

Maddie entered Danny's room and sat down on the mattress, the springs creaking under her. "I use to come in here a lot. Think about the times before Danny passed on."

"Those memories now seem dead," Sam said.

"I knew. I'm not sure on whether Danny has come back to destroy us."

"Danny's a good person. He wouldn't do something like this."

"I know. I want to believe that too. Everytime I think about Danny, just the image of that evil ghost side. That just makes me hate what I do even more."

Sam turned to face Maddie and said," But you're fulfilling Danny's desire. He wanted to protect this city from the ghosts."

"I know. But, I don't want to see any of you kids get hurt."

"Hey, I would give my life for your job. I want to help protect everyone. I still want Danny to life on as the way he was."

"In our hearts, he is the same person. But, with the events that have occurred, I know it's hard to fathom. Still, I have hope. Maybe that is or isn't Danny. The only thing we can really wish for now is that he-"

She was cut off at that moment as Jazz entered the room. "Is something wrong?" she asked.

Maddie got up and said," No. What is it?"

"She's awake."

"Good. We'll be done in a second."

As Jazz exited Danny's room, Sam asked, "Who is she?"

"She saved your life. We brought her in for questioning as to why she did it. We would have gotten answers earlier if Jack didn't knock her out with an Ecto-blast."

Could a ghost saved a Sam's life? And if so, how does she fit into this? Chapter 11 is coming soon.