Danny walked into the gym. Sam was at his side helping him along. She knew he wouldn't want to help interrogate a bunch of girls. But, he had to. He had no choice. He was the victim and they where the culprits who did the crime.
She looked into his crystal blue eyes. Their glisten reflected, worry, sorrow and the urge to run away from the moment to come. They reflected forgiveness and kindness. He had forgiven them and didn't want anymore to do with this. But his wishes were ignored, as usual, and he had to do the unwanted.
The gym was packed with girls, police officers and other important authorities. There was even Channel 6 news!
"Oh great, I'll be known as the kid who got beat up by a bunch of girls by everyone in the world," Danny sighed. A bunch of reporters ran up to him and started flasheing cameras and asking a boatload of questions.
Danny looked away; the camera flashes were blinding him. He tried to back away, but this only resulted in him running into, yet more reporters and being pushed to the ground.
Sam saw Danny fall, and helped him up, "Just ignore the reporters, they're all busybodies who want to know too much. You don't have to answer their questions," Sam brushed off his shirt.
"Excuse me. Excuse me," A tall heavy set man walked up, "Mr. Fenton does not appreciate having this sort of attention," he led the reporters to the other end of the gym, then returned to Danny, "Mr. Fenton, please follow me."
Danny followed him to a small table. It looked to fit about two people and he guessed it was for the victim to sit in. He sighed again and sat down. The man started to lead Sam away, but Danny stopped him.
"Can she stay with me?" Danny had a pleading look in his eyes, "She didn't have anything to do with it and she helps me out a lot," Sam and Danny smiled at each other.
"I'm sorry, but she was included in the Pageant. The rules say she must be questioned along with all the other girls," Big Man started to take Sam again.
"But, she wasn't there. There's no reason for her to be questioned if I say she wasn't there, right?" Danny tried to persuade him.
"Mr. Fenton, we'll let the authorities handle this. I don't need opinions form little brats like you," he yanked Sam's arm and dragged her along with him. Sam yelped in pain at his tight grip.
This made Danny mad. His eyes flashed green as he watched the two retreating figures. Sam looked back at him, sympathy reflected in her eyes. He wanted to overshadow Big Man, but a higher authority came up to the stand.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the interrogation session is about to begin. Please Silence yourself," he was an older man with small glasses and grey hair, "We have come together today because of an abuse done to Mr. Daniel Fenton," he gestured a hand to Danny. Danny smiled nervously.
"Man, I wish Sam or Tuck were here. I hate this," Danny cocked his head up on his good arm. This was going to be tedious and boring.
"Will you please lead out the girls," the old guy, apparently the main speaker, said in an extremely boring tone of voice.
All the girls were led out by a group of officers. They were lined up in front of Danny. Sam smiled and waved; Danny returned the gesture. Paulina looked guilty along with Valerie, but all the other girls had no emotion. They all looked like they were thinking evil devious things and wanted to get out of here so they can commit them. Danny hated that look. It reminded him too much of Vlad.
"Mr. Fenton, if any of these girls are innocent, please tell us their name and they will be quietly led out of the room," Speaker man said.
"Okay…um, Valerie Grey was not there," Danny pointed at Val, who smiled as she was being led away.
"Sam Manson wasn't there either, but before you lead her out can I ask you something?" Danny looked at speaker man.
"Yes, you have permission."
Danny picked up his crutches and wobbled over to speaker man. He whispered something in his ear. Speaker Man rubbed his chin in thought for a moment, then leaned down and whispered something in Danny's ear. Danny smiled and wobbled back to his seat.
"Miss. Manson, Mr. Fenton has asked that who remain here. You may sit next to him," Sam looked to Danny and smiled again. Big Man led her to her seat. He gave Danny an evil glare and then returned to his position.
"How are you doing?" Sam asked.
"Fine I guess. This is just about the most boring thing I've ever had to do, though," Danny yawned.
"Yeah it is," Sam sighed, "Hey, I-"
"Mr. Fenton is there anyone else who should leave?" Speaker man asked, cutting Sam off.
"Umm, well, Paulina," Danny began, "She was there, but I think she regrets what she did. I think she deserves to go."
Sam looked at Danny amazed, "I thought you said she was the main one?"
"She was, but look how guilty she is. I think she's sorry. Truly sorry, and should be let go," Danny motioned at Paulina who stifled a small smile.
"I don't," Sam crossed her arms.
"Mr. Fenton, we will still need to question her, but it won't be quite as harsh as the others. Is that alright?"
Danny nodded.
"Alright, girls you may have a seat in the stands. You will each be interrogated individually," the girls sat down in the bleachers.
"This is going to last forever," Danny let his head fall to the table.
Two hours went by with useless questions like, "Why did you do it? Did you have a grudge against Mr. Fenton? Do you feel guilty? Would you do it again?" and stuff like that.
The entire two hours brought Danny memories of razor sharp nails, BB guns, belts, and stuff that hurt. But, in those two hours almost every girl except for a few got questioned.
Paulina was one of the last to be interrogated.
"Do you feel guilty for what you did?" Speaker man asked.
"Yes," Paulina turned to face Danny, "Danny I don't remember what happened, but I'm really sorry. You're parents made me feel so bad. And…I'm sorry," she looked back at the judge.
Danny smiled, "I guess deep down, she isn't all that bad," he whispered to Sam.
"Yeah, only when people make her feel guilty," Sam had the same outlook on Paulina as she always had.
Finally the interrogation session ended.
"You girls may return to you're classes while we figure something out," Speaker man said. All the girls flew out of the room. While they left Tucker squeezed his way into the gym and found Sam and Danny.
"Hey guys. So how'd it go?" Tucker walked up to them.
"The boringest thing ever!" Sam yelled as she stood up.
"Yeah, but I guess they have to do this boring stuff. Especially if they get paid for it," Danny allowed Sam to help him stand as he grabbed his crutches, "But it was nice to get off these stupid things for a while."
"I bet," Tucker was about to lead them out when Speaker Man came up to them.
"Mr. Fenton, we will be coming to a conclusion from the questioning and will notify you when we have one. In the mean time, I think you should return to your classes."
Danny nodded and followed Tucker out. Sam grabbed hers and Danny's backpack and followed.
"I have to go to my locker for a minute. See you guys in class?" Danny said, taking his book bag from Sam.
"Sure, but we'll stay with you. I mean come on, you're like a "be late for class care free" card," Tucker smirked.
Danny laughed, "Okay, but I'm a little slow."
They got to Danny's locker and he began to grab his books when he heard footsteps down the hall.
"Uh, Danny? You have company," Sam pointed at the hoard of girls coming down the hall.
"Oh great. Aren't they supposed to be in class?" Danny slammed his locker shut.
"Hey Fenton," Star's annoying voice rang out.
"What do you want?" Danny snapped.
Quick as a flash, Star's hand flung out and slapped Danny across the face. He cringed in pain.
"You stood up for Paulina and not us!" she yelled, but it wasn't her own voice, it was…Vlad's.
"Vlad?" Danny looked up at Star. Her eyes were scarlet red, "Get out of her Vlad!"
"Whatever you say, Daniel," Vlad flew out of Star and floated above them. At the same moment ghosts flew out of all the other girls. Technus, Skulker, Ember, The Lunch Lady, Johnny Thirteen, Kitty, Spectra, Bertrand, Walker, Dessera, Young Blood, Prince Aragon, Hotep Ra, the ectopuses and even the Box Ghost were there.
Danny backed up in surprise, accidentally hitting Sam. The Ghosts flew around in a huge circle which eventually formed around Danny, Sam and Tuck.
Danny tried to transform, but something whacked him on the back of the head; blacking him out. He fell forward, unable to get away from the wrath that was about to come from every ghost he had ever fought.