Okay! Here we are with chapter 7! Thanks for all ya many reviews, people!
Just a little not of correction before we go on: I noticed that some of you spelt Electra's name as "Elektra" in your reviews. Note that it's a "c", not "k" (just remember - its supposed to realte to the word 'electricity' :D )
Right. The rest of what I want to say will be said after the chapter. I shan't keep you waiting any longer! Now proudly presenting chapter 7 of Sparks!
Chapter 7
Electra chuckled as the lightning came down. "Yes! Finally!" She flew up to meet it, but was blocked as a metallic-gray blur shot into her path and caught the lightning bolt before she did.
"What?" She screeched in surprise and disbelief.
But the bundle of technology only managed to hold for a second, the lightning's electric charges creating a blinding aura around it before it finally exploded. And the rest of the lightning bolt continued on its path, toward Electra...
Meanwhile, Sam was falling... falling...
She knew it was only going to be a matter of seconds before she'd hit the ground. Her mind blacked out in fear.
Then, in a rush of wind, invisible arms swept her up in the cradle carry, lifting her back up into the air and against gravity, holding her safe and secure.
Sam opened her eyes in surprise, and Danny let himself become visible again.
And at that point, her relief that she was still alive overruled the knowledge that he hadn't listened to her, and Sam flung her arms around his neck, grabbing him in the tightest hug she'd ever given anyone.
"Oh Danny..." She whispered before choking back a sob.
"It's okay, Sam, it's okay." Danny caressed her back soothingly." Their bodies were so close he could feel her heart thundering against his chest. "It's alright. You're safe now."
But Danny knew that wasn't the end of his problems. He activated his Fenton phones. "Tucker, did it work?"
"Surprisingly, yes," Tucker replied from down below. He was scrutinizing the information on the screen of his organizer, the only piece of technology he had left. "But it looks like it only managed to absorb about half of the lightning's energy before exploding. The rest of it..." Danny heard him gulp. "Uh, it got to Electra. And if I'm not wrong..."
"She now has the power to electrocute human beings." Danny finished grimly.
"Right. You need to stop her ASAP!"
Danny's green eyes glinted in anger. He wasn't going to let Electra get the better of him this time. Not after what she'd done to Sam. "Don't worry. I will."
He flew Sam and himself up to the rooftop of Casper High, where he set her gently down on the ground. "Be careful," He told her.
Sam nodded, violet eyes flashing as she frowned. "I know. I heard."
Electra was already flying toward them, furious, the now familiar, blue glowing aura around her more bright and luminescent around her than ever before, a sign that the lightning had obviously managed to reach her.
Danny flew up to meet her, but before she could even do anything, he fired a huge blast of ectoplasmic energy at her, causing her to be flung backwards by the impact.
He then whipped out the Fenton Thermos. "I'm pulling the plug on you, Electra. For good!"
But Electra was fast. With a snarl, she sent forth a bolt of electricity that snagged the Thermos from Danny's hands, bringing it to herself.
Danny was taken by surprise, but only for a second. Another ectoplasmic beam threw Electra back again, and the Thermos slipped and rolled back toward him.
He picked it up and was about to activate it when Electra came flying at him unexpectedly, ramming him against one of the many ventilation shaft entrances that curves out like the ends of periscopes on the school roof.
There was a tearing sound as one of the vents in the grill slashed a wound across Danny's left arm, ripping through the sleeve of his suit. He cried out in pain, dropping the Thermos as he did so.
Electra took hold of it as Danny stood facing her, glowering, one gloved hand over the cut on his arm. Green ectoplasmic blood was already seeping out of it.
"Well, well, well," Electra teased, a triumphant smirk across her face. "Would you look at that. Little ghost boy's hurt." She stood grinning smugly at him, one arm on her hip, the other toying casually with the Thermos, tossing it up and down.
"I'll take that, thank you." Sam's voice came from behind as she snatched the Thermos just as Electra tossed it up again.
A gasp of surprise escaped the girl ghost as she spun around. She had not been expecting that. Sam smirked at her and made to activate the Thermos.
But with a growl, Electra flung herself against Sam, and before they knew it, the two were wrestling in hand to hand combat.
Again the Thermos slipped, hitting the ground at their feet with a clank.
Electra immediately put one black boot down on it, still trying to hold Sam back, but once Sam knew that her opponent had the Thermos, she swiftly changed her tactics.
Quick as a flash another black boot hit Electra squarely in the middle in an expert karate kick, throwing her off balance. Sam resumed a karate stance and grinned. "Well. Who knew the stupid self-defense course my parents forced me to take was actually going to come in handy?"
The Fenton Thermos, meanwhile, rolled over to Danny, who dove for it as fast as he could.
This time he got smarter.
He went invisible, and the Thermos, in contact with his hand, disappeared along with him.
He flew somewhere else so it'd be harder for Electra to find him, and landed softly next to Sam.
She heard him whisper a "Sshh," in her ear, and knew he was beside her.
Electra was back up and hovering in the air, her sharp ice blue eyes now scanning the place in deathly silence for Danny and the Thermos. Sam remained in her karate stance, just in case, still alert and watching the ghost carefully, amethyst eyes glinting.
Then Electra's own eyes landed on her again and an evil grin formed on her face as she ignited her hands with blue electricity. "Alright, Phantom boy. You come out this instant, or your girlfriend's toast! Literally!" She looked around, smiling snidely. "I know you're still somewhere here. And need I remind you that your foolish little plan to stop me from getting the lightning's energy failed?"
"Danny, hurry up!" Sam gritted her teeth, hissing urgently at him.
She heard him grunt from beside her.
He was struggling with the Thermos, shaking and hitting it, his teeth clenched as he tried in vain to activate it. "Why... isn't... it... working?"
It had to work... C'mon, it didn't drop so many times, right?
Danny was so focused on the Thermos that he didn't notice a drop of ectoplasmic goo from the wound on his arm fall to the ground and become visible as it lost contact with his body.
But Electra did.
She smirked and caused both of her hands to glow even brighter. "You've interfered too many times. But I'm going to make sure this is the last."
Sam only had a second to realize that Electra had found Danny's location and was aiming for him – and that Danny would be hurt because ghosts could hurt one another whether they were intangible or not (and Danny wasn't even intangible) – before the ghost fired a huge bolt of electricity that shot out toward him.
"Danny look out!" Without second thought, Sam, knowing her warning was a second too late, threw herself in front of her best friend.
"Huh?" Danny barely looked up in time to see the bolt coming and go intangible, forgetting that it wasn't going to work anyway.
But as he did so the current of electrical energy slammed Sam in the chest and sent her flying – through Danny and straight into the solid metal part of the sheltered curve below another one of the ventilation shaft entrances.
Her scream was the last thing that filled the air before her form went limp on the ground.
"SAM!" Danny yelled as he materialized, looking at his best friend in shock.
And then anger was bubbling up within him, boiling, overflowing.
Danny was furious. No, he was beyond furious. He was raging mad.
He spun on Electra with a sudden, vicious roar of outrage, and before he knew it he'd fired a giant ectoplasmic beam at her, which somehow went downwards and rammed her with great force onto the floor a few meters away.
She groaned and tried to sit up, but the wind was knocked out of her.
Danny slammed the Thermos against his palm, venting out the rest of his anger on it. "Come on, work, WORK!"
And work it finally did. With a whining, whirring sound it activated, and Danny aimed it at the girl ghost who was still recovering, defenseless.
A burst of light shot forth from it, and with a shrill scream, Electra was sucked in.
Just at that moment, the second flash of lightning struck the tip of the flagpole above him. Thunder clapped and the rain began to fall.
Danny capped the Thermos, the raindrops now pelting his silver-white hair, drenching him. But he couldn't care less.
He flew over to his best friend's side.
"Sam..." His voice came out in a whisper. One arm was resting on the top of her belly, the other by her side, both lifeless
All life, in fact, seemed to have passed from her.
Back down below, Tucker was dancing in the rain. He'd seen the familiar flash of blue light from the Thermos right before the lightning struck again, and he knew that Danny and Sam had won.
"Yes!" He punched a triumphant fist in the air, ignoring the fact that he was getting soaked and that he'd still have to spend the rest of his month's allowance on getting another cell phone. "We did it, Danny! We did it, we did it, we..." He started to sing, before he realized that there was no reply coming from the Fenton Phones.
"Hey Danny, you there?"
No answer.
"Danny? Can you hear me? Hello?" Tucker tapped the green device that was in his ear, frowning. "Is everything okay up there? Hello? Dan –"
It was then he saw Danny landing not too far away from him, and walking toward him through the pouring rain, a grim look on his face.
In his arms he carried the limp form of their other best friend.
Tucker stared in disbelief. "Oh no."
AAAAHH! Okay, okay, BEFORE you guys start getting out your knives, guns, bazookas and such, here's a COMPENSATION. I know I've been very mean for the past few chapters, leaving you in cliffies and all, but hey, look at it this way. There's only ONE more chapter to go! Yes, we're coming to the end! The final, concludingchapter is all you have to wait for - just one more week!
As to whether Sam is going to die... AND how its going to end... ah, here's where I'm gonna take after Butch. You'll just have to wait and see! (winks)
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Miguel O'Hanlon: Wow, you're one of the few who actually bothered to point that out. But hey, thanks for the constructive criticism! It's good to read once in awhile ;)
Frimm: Dude. Do I know you? You speak as if I do. Because the thing is, other than people online, I don't have ANY friends or know anybody who's a fan of DP here. Yet. Oh, and in any case, this island's got a pretty big population of 4 million despite its size... you're gonna have trouble finding me if you SHOULD decide to come over. Lol. Ok, no offense, I know you were mad... I think I just made you madder still - oops. But bear with it, ok? (gives imploring smile) It's only one week for goodness sakes :P Anyhow, thanks for reviewing and the tip about Jack - let me know where I should correct the OC-ness if you have the time - I'd appreciate it, cos I'll admit, I don't really have a funny bone in me, which makes doing his character kinda difficult. Thanks again!
And to all those who said this reads like a real episode, I wish you could've seen my face! (Too bad I don't see Desiree anywhere near here ) I was smiling SO hard when I read your reviews! Thanks for all the encouragement! If it is that good, though, I would like to know if you think I should put it in my c2 - don't get me wrong, I created it to showcase the works of others, but hey, if mine is well liked, I just might wanna put it up too! You may navigate to the c2 from my profile page - I believe that way is faster.
Oookay... so, until next week! Keep the reviews coming and I won't hold it back any longer than that!
-FBG