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Disclaimer: See Chapter 1Chapter 5
"He just found out his dad died. How would you react?" Sam was talking on the phone to Jazz.
Life with the ghost king wasn't all that bad except for the occasional ghost raids and half the town being destroyed.
"I'm sure you were upset too, but Danny's blaming himself. I mean, he's the one with ghost powers. He feels he should've been the one to face the king." She looked up as a thud sounded from the roof. "I've got to go." She hung up without an explanation.
She walked slowly up the stairs toward the roof before having to actually climb out a window and use the fire escape to get on the roof. It was always dark thanks to the ghost king's swirling purple and green sky, and Sam had a hard time looking for whatever had made the noise. She finally found a dark figure sitting hidden between the equipment for the A/C and heater.
"Danny?" She knelt beside him.
He looked up at her, his face hidden in shadow save for his sad, piercing blue eyes. "It should've been me," he said quietly. "I should've been the one to die."
"Don't say things like that, Danny," she whispered. "You came back to fight. That's all that matters."
"Yeah, a load of good it's done me," he muttered, throwing a small rock across the roff. He stood, gripping his chest.
Sam stood too. "Does it still hurt?"
"I'm fine. We should get inside before any ghosts spot us." He took her arm, went intangible, and the two of them sank through the roof back into the house. "Thanks, Sam."
"Hey, what are friends for?"
What are friends for? Sam had been asking herself that question since Danny abandoned her. Friends weren't supposed to disappear for six years then reappear and rise up all the emotions she'd been trying to forget. She rolled over, sighing deeply. He was only in the next room over, but she knew he wouldn't stay. Pretty soon he'd leave to fight the ghost king, and she'd be all alone.
"Again," she whispered aloud before closing her eyes and falling into a fitful sleep.
Danny stood staring at the battle suit in the Fenton Lab. It had killed his dad by sucking out all his energy like a battery, but this was what he needed to defeat the ghost king. He grabbed it and went intangible then flew out of the lab and out of the Fenton House. He set in on Sam's roof then touched down beside it, returning to human form. He was still standing there contemplating the suit when Tucker and Sam climbed onto the roof.
"Uh, Danny, what are you doing?" Tucker asked.
"I'm going to defeat the ghost king."
"In that?"
"My dad almost beat him. I'm going to finish him off."
"Your dad got drained like a battery!" Sam argued.
"He wasn't part ghost," Danny argued back.
"But you can't just leave!" Sam sputtered. "What about your family? What about your friends?"
"It'll be a small price to pay for them to live normal lives."
"Then what about me?" she whispered. "Do you think my life will return to normal knowing you died on some suicide mission leaving me alone again?" She stepped closer to him, ignoring the startled shock on his face and Tucker's slack jaw. "But this time it's going to be a lot longer than six years, isn't it?" She was almost shouting at this point, she knew. "It's going to be an eternity!" She spun around and ran back into the house.
Danny stared at where she had been standing, his mouth slightly ajar in shock.
"She took it really hard after you disappeared," Tucker said. "For a long time she wouldn't believe it. Her mom told me she cried for days."
Danny didn't say anything, taking it all in. Did that mean she wanted more than friendship? Sure, it had been on thing he'd hoped for after the "fake-out make-out," but it had never happened so he believed she only wanted to be friends. She had never shown any signs, but then he'd always been too blinded by Paulina to care to look anywhere else.
He looked down, suddenly understanding Sam's pain. It was the only way to defeat the ghost king; he knew Sam knew that as much as he did. But by killing the ghost king, he might loose his life and leave Sam alone…again. It was a no win situation.
A/N: This chapter's kind of sad and sappy. Anyway, please review cuz you know you love me:D