Chapter Two: The Ghost Girl and the Phantom

"In the cold of winter

I found the other half of me

An ameythst broke through the walls

Of silent solitude

But we are lost in a world of despair,

So we head to the ocean; A destination unknown."

-Draconian, Akherousia

Danny flew to the area where he sensed the two ghosts as quickly as possible, hoping he could get to the area he needed to be on time. He arrived at an alley where he sensed the ghosts at. He ignored the rancid stench of excrement, urine, and garbage that was in the air of the alleyway and searched for the ghosts and his eyes caught sight on someone he never expected to see.

"Ember…" Danny thought as he gazed at her. She was injured and beaten. Her clothes also looked tattered and ruined from whoever was fighting her. He and Ember were still enemies, but there were times where they actually cooperated and set aside their differences.

Danny walked over to the injured Ember and she looked at him with eyes of hatred and malice, knowing that she would probably die at his hands…or someone else's.

"What do you want! Did you come to laugh at me or finish me off?" Ember asked weakly with tears filling up in her eyes.

"No I didn't," Danny answered. "Who did this to you?"

"Here's hint. He's right behind you ghost child." A familiar voice hissed as he grabbed Danny by the neck, causing him to drop the scythe that he carried with him.

"S-Skulker!" Danny choked weakly.

"I was originally going to hunt down this one, but in your case, I'm willing to make an exception." Skulker hissed as he slammed the halfa against the hard pavement and glared at Danny with his mechanical, green eyes. Danny felt like he was staring down a demon and he was a ghost who stood up against Pariah Dark and his evil future self, Dan Phantom.

Ember got up, using her guitar as a stand and she felt her legs wobble as she tried to stand and she knew that she probably wouldn't be able to fight any further.

"Hey Skulker. I was the one you wanted. Remember?" Ember shouted.

Skulker did not respond. Instead, he shifted his attention from Danny and focused on Ember. This was perhaps one of the most foolish things she has ever done before as she stared at the large mass of gears and rusted metal that delivered a cynical and nazi-esque type feeling to Ember's heart.

"You were foolish to offer yourself to me and I'll prove it." Skulker hissed as he slid a hand down Ember's pants and the stretch leather tore away from her body and she felt feelings of anger, hatred, and embarrassment as her most sacred area was exposed to both Danny and Skulker, even though Danny was unconscious to even see what was going on.

"This will teach you a lesson in 'survival.' You should have never challenged me." Skulker hissed as he grabbed Ember by her wrists and grinned.

"What are you going to do?" Ember asked with fear in her voice.

"You'll find out." He answered as he did the most unspeakable thing anyone could do. Impalement? No. Severing a limb? No, this was even worse. Skulker placed a cold hand on Ember's lower stomach and a small blade appeared out of his finger as he brought the blade closer to Ember and slit a small cut across her lower stomach and green ectoplasm covered his hand.

"L-Let me go." Ember begged.

"Sorry, but that is a wish I cannot grant." Skulker replied.

"Fuck….you." Ember replied weakly.

"And I thought the music industry would have taught you better vocabulary." Skulker hissed as he drove the blade deeper and deeper.

Danny staggered from his unconscious state and saw one of his old and most hated enemies being tortured by the ghost hunter. Another thing that was causing problems for him was that he felt Ember deserved this kind of torment for the suffering she put him through and she was somewhat naked as well.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Danny shouted as he shot a green ball of ectoplasm at Skulker, causing him to let go of his grip and leaving Ember more unconscious and more wounded than before.

"I guess I should focus on the next prey for now." He then turned his attention to Ember. "I'll deal with you later."

Then his attention turned on Danny. "Now let's finish this." Skulker shouted as multiple weapons appeared and shot at Danny. He avoided seven out of ten of the missiles, but he was struck down and left unarmed.

"So I guess this new 'Danny Darkness' is not as great as they say he is." Skulker hissed.

"That's only half of what I have." Danny replied as he grabbed his scythe and it started to glow with a red flame as he slashed at Skulker, only severing the arm of the Ghost Zone's "Greatest Hunter."

Skulker cursed under his breathe and looked at Danny, then at the stump where his arm use to be. "Fine, keep her. I already have what I came for: Her DNA sample. You've won this fight ghost boy, but I'll be back for you and the girl." It was then that Fighter Jet style wings appeared from his back and he escaped like a coward.

When he was gone, Danny turned his attention to Ember and she wasn't much of a threat now. . However, instead of destroying her or sending her back to the Ghost Zone, he picked her up, used his cloak to cover the battered scene, and grabbed what little possessions Ember had left and headed back to the Fenton household.

Danny arrived home and carried Ember up to his bedroom and looked at her body, deciding that her wounds needed to be nursed. Now he was going to have to….

"Oh crap. Undress her!" Danny shouted, but not loud so that someone could hear him. He sighed and begun by removing Ember's boots and other accessories and just as he was about to remove her top, Ember woke up with eyes full of surprise and rage.

"Hey! You were going to rape me, weren't you?"

He didn't answer and he pulled the top over Ember's head and tossed it over his shoulder, carried her bridal style to a nearby bathroom and gently placed her in a bathtub. Danny then turned one of the knobs as water poured out from the faucet and into the tub and pulled out a washcloth as he rubbed it over her back and her wounds begin to regenerate, being a ghost and all. She only sighed, knowing that she was in good hands. The water then began to turn green and it stained Danny's clothes. He looked at Ember's makeup stained face and it looked as if she was crying ebony tears. He shook it off and continued what he was doing.

Once he was finished, he pulled the surgical tape out to prevent any unclosed wounds from bleeding anymore ectoplasm and he looked at the arm that she would keep her trademark glove on. There were several scars on her arm that looked like she was injected with something. He only ignored that and continued what he was doing.

"Now hold still." Danny warned as he finished nursing her wounds.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine. Just stay here and out of Skulker's sight. And no, you can't wear any of your tattered clothes." Danny told her.

"Fine dipstick." Ember said under her breathe.

"What's that/" Danny asked.

"Nothing." She answered with disgust in her voice.

He then took Ember to a room that once belonged to Jazz before her death and looked around. It was messy, ram shackled, and it looked as if he never bothered to take care of the house.

"You'll be staying in this room and one more thing…" Danny's voice trailed as he placed a thin, steel collar around her neck and it was engraved with the Fenton logo.

"What are you doing and what is this thing?" Ember asked as she tried to tear the collar away, but she felt an electric shock emit from the collar and she was changed into a human with black hair and normally pale skin, but her eyes were still the same color.

"It's a shock collar for ghosts. If you tamper with it or use any of your powers, you'll get shocked. Got it?" Danny asked coldly.

Ember nodded, not wishing to offend Danny. "Good." he said with approval and he changed his attitude when he saw Ember staring down at the floor.

"I'm sorry Ember, it's just that I don't trust you yet and letting you off with your powers would be foolish." Danny said as he hugged her and closed the door leading to Ember's room and she just cried herself to sleep, wishing for the human life that she would never get back.

To be continued.