Valerie.
Both Sam's and Danny's eyes widen with nothing but pure surprise. Danny could have cursed for more than two things. Not only had Valerie interrupted on Sam's Birthday, but on Sam's Birthday while they were… He didn't know he could blush so warmly while he was a ghost. How would it look to the Ghost Hunter? Him with Sam…and if he vaguely remembered, Sam telling him to stop. If Valerie or Sam didn't kill him, he'd do it himself.
"Sam? What are you...Are you alright?" The red-suited hunter asked in surprise, instead of waiting for her answer, she charged her ectoplasmic gun. "I knew you were bad Ghost, but I didn't think you would rape someone!"
"What?" Danny shouted at her, instantly letting go of his entanglement with Sam. She pressed herself against the cages and he saw her cringe and reach for a small white furball that clung to her leg, she drew the rabbit in her arms and eyed Danny before gazing back at Valerie frantically with a blush across her cheeks.
"Your defiantly going to die now Ghost." The gun fired, the force bringing the hunter back a few steps. Danny instantly rolled to one side, taking flight quickly to swoop down and grab their bag of goodies and of course, Sam.
Sam was swept up by the wind it seemed, went through a wall and rolled onto the floor, all the while clutching the precious furry creature in her arms. "Danny!" She stood warily and looked up at him as he placed the bag at her feet.
"You stay here, I'll deal with Valerie." She reached her hand out to stop him, grab him…kiss him? He looked at her as if wondering what she wanted exactly. She put her hand down, fearing rejection and Danny made the awkward silence disappear by making his presence vanish into the earlier room.
"What are you doing here?" The halfa shouted, angrier than usual. It was supposed to be a ghost free day, just for Sam. And even though Valerie wasn't a ghost…she still involved the fighting bit.
"I could ask you the same thing! But just so you know, my dad created the security for this place, so that includes my ghost detecting radar." She said proudly.
"You've got to be kidding me." He glared, steadying his hand in the air for a ghost ray. The green light illuminated the area surrounding him making him seem surreal.
"Believe it freak." She challenged and a small humming came from her gun. The light beam shining the floor around her, like her own beacon of justice.
The blasts went off at the same time and Valerie quickly ducked to escape the ghost ray while Danny went intangible…only to get grazed by the blast on the side of his waist. He yelled in pain and grabbed his side, staggering in the air.
"Improved ghost seeking guns, Phantom." She snickered and aimed a smaller pistol at him. "You're going to get it for hurting Sam!"
Flurries of needle looking bullets were barely dodged by the crossbreed and he rolled onto the floor, shouting angrily, "I didn't hurt her!" The shout caused him to cringe from his newly made gash.
"Are you saying she wanted you on her?" Valerie asked heatedly, constantly changing guns to try and shoot the agile ghost.
"No! Yes…I don't know!" So he couldn't really say that she wanted that to happen…and if Valerie hadn't come…would he have…No! He dodged the last bullet and made a fast go for the wall. If he could just escape this battle (not to mention the conversation) and get Sam home, then his plans would be perfect. If only he could reach the wall…
Oh no, Valerie had been hunting the Phantom for too long and now he'd gone too far. She pulled out the best-desired firearm, remembered Vlad's advice, got the white-haired hybrid into a crosshair and fired.
There was a rip through the air that sounded like whiplash and Danny shouted in surprise as a net expanded over him, wrapping itself together behind him. He came tumbling to the ground with a thud, his arms and legs crunched up tightly. He focused on breathing, having forgotten how in that short second.
Danny didn't have time for this, he needed to get Sam and get out. He felt the familiar tingle as he went transparent. The sting exploded into an agonizing shock that snapped each joint his body with pain. His ghost and human side battled themselves out together until he finally slumped back down on his knees, as the white haired halfa.
Valerie raised an eyebrow…for a minute there he looked like… she shook herself out of her thoughts and stalked towards the poltergeist. "Tsk, tsk, tsk… don't you know you can't get past my phantom catchers yet?" She laughed and a familiar click rang in Danny's ears as he saw her raise the ectoplasmic pistol to his forehead. "Goodbye…Phantom."
The gun started to hum.
Sam sat in silence in the middle of what seemed to be the experiment lab. She nervously petted Fantom on the head, looking around the room and cringing when she saw needles or sharp tools that even looked like they were supposed to go in something…something alive.
Little Fantom sensed her apprehension and squirmed in her arms. She gave a sigh and let him hop out and a few steps forward, he needed to be moving constantly anyway.
Since she could do nothing but wait her thoughts drew back on the recent events. She reddened quickly and concentrated on counting the sniffs that Fantom could do per second. What was she thinking? What was I thinking! I was wondering what he was doing! True, she had been wondering what he was doing. Even thinking of the way he looked, let alone the way he moved, made her want to bury herself alive. That was twice that tonight he had kissed her. Not her, him. She supposed she encouraged it but… Did he? Of course! You saw the way he was acting! You're a dumbass to think he hadn't!
"Hey you!" There was a yell from across the room and Sam turned to spot two security guards shining flashlights on her. She gave a yelp of panic before tumbling across the floor to snatch the duffle bag that was already jumping away by itself. She looked around frantically for Fantom, ignoring the shouts of 'Stop!' from the guards behind her. She found the mischief-maker and picked him up quickly before sprinting towards the other end of the lab. She slammed through the doors and slid to the intersection of the hallway. Not knowing where to go she picked the right and ran as fast as she could.
"Get back here young woman! You're trespassing!" The guards chased her in hot pursuit as she prayed to any supernatural being in any religion that was watching her right now; please don't let me get arrested on my Birthday!
She spotted a recognizable metal door and ran towards it. Stopping outside the elevator she quickly pressed the up and down button. Glancing behind her shoulder at the very near officers she turned and pushed the buttons ten times more. "Come on, come on!"
A small ding and she was in, repeating the process with the close button. "Don't shut that door!" They yelled at her. Yeah, right… Once the doors had closed on their faces Sam gave out a sigh and hit some random buttons, not caring where she went so long as it was away from those guys.
"What now…?" She exhaled and a fidget came from her pocket. She patted her fluffy companion and checked on the others. They were agitated and uncomfortable but hopefully they would leave soon. But how? The front door was no doubt guarded and Danny…oh no, Danny! He told her to stay put! Okay, so she didn't feel very guilty for not staying put, but now he would be looking for her too! That is unless…
No way, Valerie could never beat Danny.
………….She tapped the elevator railing fearfully …………
Sam screeched the elevator to a stop at some random level. The door gave a polite bell sound and opened for her. She sprinted out and looked down the two hallways to either side of her. "Exit...Exit…where's the exit?"
She picked a hallway and ran, looking down the sub-halls as she hoisted the bag into her arms, a head or two peeking out to look about and then burrowing back down. A neon red sign saved her life and she ran towards it, the exit sign glowing like a celestial thing sent from heaven.
She opened the heavy door with an unstable arm, her other hand balancing a bag of bunnies. She could almost laugh at the idea, feeling like a complete idiotic magician of some sort. At this rate the rabbits were better off in their cages than with her, she was bound to get them caught or get them hurt. Unfortunately the heavenly exit sign deceived her, two new guards jogging up the stairs towards her. "There she is! Stop right there!"
Sam wasted no time to ignore that command and tear down the other end of the hall, her arms almost amputated from carrying such a heavy weight in her arms. Never in her gothic life had she ever regretted wearing combat boots more than she did now. She forced her legs to go faster, mentally telling her arms to hang in there and busted open the nearest door.
The door led to another staircase and Sam continued her trek downstairs, reading the labels to each level as she ran by. Two levels down and she heard the door above her open and the clangs of boots on the metal flight of steps. The security nearly had her.
She barely got a glance at the label of 'experiment storage' before walking past it and adding a giant leap in the same spot.
"She jumped!" A sentry yelled above her. She plastered herself to the wall. "Go through this level and we'll beat her to the lobby!" There was a whoosh of a door opening and once it rang shut Sam backpedaled up the steps to the experiment storage and left the staircase.
The sight that greeted Sam was one she never wanted to see again. Watching Danny net-caught and on his knees with a gun to his head was going to torment her every time he changed into his ghost form from here on end. "Valerie No!" She yelled at the top of her already wounded lungs. If she spoke another word or took another stride she would most defiantly faint.
"SAM!" Danny shouted, staring at her with a confused expression, the same expression that Valerie had on behind her suit.
"Sam?" Valerie asked, her hand faltered and the gun aimed lower, the middle of Danny's eyes. This only frightened the poor girl more.
"Don't shoot him!" Sam yelled again and she collapsed on her knees the duffle bag sliding out of her arms and landed softly on the floor. Danny struggled with the net, needing to get over to Sam, to get her out of here while Valerie looked at the worn out teen worriedly and then turned to glare at the ghost kid with venom. "Try anything and I'll kill you…" She warned and rushed over to Sam, kneeling beside the classmate.
"Are you alright?" The Hunter asked.
Now Sam never warmed up to Valerie, always hating the girl for putting her closest friend in jeopardy. But as far as Sam could see right now, so long as she was away from Danny, that's all that mattered. "...I'm fine...just…tired." She gasped her breath and looked at the masked teen. "Valerie, don't shoot him."
"Valerie? H-how did you know it was me?"
Sam's mind drew a blank, knowing she probably just blew the biggest secret she was ever involved in. "I-I…."
Meanwhile Danny took this chance to convert into his human half, struggled with the rope until he was free, then finalizing the task by altering back to ghost. He watched Sam catch her breath as he sank into the floor below him.
Now directly beneath them he sprang out behind Valerie, using the element of surprise. Valerie gave a gasp of disbelief as her recently caught prey grabbed her by the arm. He raised her into the air, a tingling feeling spreading through her body before being slammed back into solidness. She immediately tried to stand up, only for her back to come crashing into a metal wire. It took a second to register what exactly he had done before she gave a howl of fury and clutched her hands to the metal of the compact rabbit cage. "You no-good-dirty-foul-GHOST!"
A smirk of satisfaction spread across Danny's features as he watched Valerie shake the miniature jail bars. He hovered lightly off the ground and didn't resist the laugh that escaped his lips. "Danny?" A soft whisper interrupted his mirth and he looked down at a concerned face. "You alright?" Sam asked.
He nodded, descending to the ground to help pick the girl up. Sam dusted herself off and checked the shaken companion in her pocket and Danny collected the bag of victory.
"What's going on? How do you two know each other? I'm going to get you Phantom!" Valerie raged in confusion and simple frustration. The two ignored her and Danny grabbed Sam's waist in his free arm and turned intangible, leaving the building and heading home.
Valerie shook the cage one last time before leaning back to press her feet against it. Who does that ghost think he is anyway? And what was Sam Manson doing with him? WHere they doing what i THINK they were doing?ARGH He makes me so mad!"
A slam of doors was heard and the frazzled girl looked up to spot four security guards flashing lights at her. "Hey you what are you doing in there?"
"Just get me out you blundering idiots!"
Hmm getting shorter and shorter. Special thanks to all the reviewers! I promise to post areview reply chapter at the end, oh and I won't be able to update agian for awhile, I am quite busy moving from house to another, you know the drill. (Promise to write out the next xhapter long-handso I'm ready though.)
Also, I was thinking about it and this story may have a sequel, really its up to you, review and tell me what you think.
Till next Chappi
Ba77