Danny's eyes flickered open, but his vision was blurred. He moaned at the pain in the back of his neck. He tried to comfort it with his hand, but he couldn't move it. He closed his eyes and shook his head to clear his vision. When he opened them again, he gapped at what he saw.
He was in an unusually dark room. It was metal, probably soundproof. The only lights were candles that lined the wall. He was above everything; he could see the room's contents from above. He saw bubbling test tubes and experiments. He could see tubes filled with water, the size of a human. There were red, green, yellow; you name a color, liquid in small puddles all over the floor and tables.
He looked around him only to see that he was in a machine, also made of metal. His arms and legs were in clasps and he couldn't move them, nor destroy them with ecto blasts. The machine was in the shape of a circle, he was in the middle, electricity shot around it, but never once hit him.
"Sam, Tucker?" Danny remembered what had happened before he blacked out. He hoped those ghosts hadn't hurt them.
"Danny?" he heard Sam's voice echo out from the back of the room. A part he couldn't see.
"Sam? Sam, where are you? I can't see you," Danny yelled a reply into the darkness.
"Me and Tucker are in some kind of cage. Tucker's still out cold. What do you mean you can't see us? I can see you clear as day," she called back.
"I can't see you; it's too dark where you are. Can you get out of the cage somehow?"
"Yeah, it doesn't have a bottom, but it's really heavy. I think I can see a lever that may lift it just a few feet away from here."
Danny could here her trying to lift it, but she couldn't and soon gave up, "You don't look to be in a very good situation either Danny. How are you gonna get out?"
"I'll think of something," Danny looked at his iron prison. He transformed into ghost mode and tried to phase through it, but it was ghost proof.
"Ghost Inhabitation," the machine suddenly realized that Danny was in ghost mode. The electricity started to go crazy. Danny's face fell as he looked above his head at the pulse that seemed to have anger management issues. He gasped as the machine began to beep. It was slow at first, but soon began to speed up, along with the electricity's fury.
Sam saw what was happening too, "Danny, make a shield, phase though it, do something! You have to get out of there!" But she was too late. The pulse shot through the clasps into Danny's body. He screamed in pain as it penetrated his small body.
"DANNY!" Sam screamed. She started to yank on the bars of the cage.
"Sam?" Tucker sat up groggily, "What? Where are we? What's that screaming?"
"Tucker that screaming is Danny!" Sam pounded on the bars and screamed in frustration.
"What!" Tucker became fully alert. He stood up and went to the side of the cage next to Sam. He could see Danny clearly, as the electricity flew through out his veins. Then he, along with Sam, pounded and yanked on the bars of their prison.
Danny couldn't think, he couldn't move. His body was being mangled by the pulse, it was haywiring him. He couldn't talk, he could hardly breath. All he could do was scream.
"Destruction session in progress," The machine began to shock Danny more brutally and his screams grew louder.
"Danny change back!" Sam screamed, "It'll only zap you while you're in ghost mode! Change back!"
Danny could barely hear her, but understood. He immediately reverted back to human and the shocking stopped.
"Source of power cannot be found," the machine no longer had a ghost in its grasp. Danny let his head fall and closed his eyes. His head was spinning and his body burned, but he didn't black out. He had to get out of this place, but he wasn't sure how he was going to.
"Danny!" Sam screamed. Tears formed in her violet eyes, "Please be okay. You have to be okay, you have to." She kept yanking on the bars, although she knew it was a useless attempt.
Tucker, we have to reach that lever." Sam pointed at it, "But how?" she brought a finger to her lips in thought. She lighted tapped, getting her purple lipstick on her finger. Her thoughts were interrupted by an evil laugh that echoed throughout the room. It seemed to bounce of the walls and skid along the ground, its wickedness purely visible.
"Vlad," Sam and Tucker both said at the same time. They knew Danny's archenemies laugh so well, it wasn't even funny.
"Ah, I see you're awake," Vlad appeared in front of the cage. He had his arms behind his back; his face held a malicious grin.
"Let us out!" Sam commanded. She tried to grab a handful of Vlad coat, but her arm was just an inch too short.
"Foolish girl, do you actually think I'm going to let you go?" Vlad laughed at Sam's optimisum. Sam growled in rage, her fists clenched. If she were a ghost her eyes would be flashing. She could see herself ripping Vlad's ugly head off.
"Let them go Vlad," Vlad turned to see Danny. He hadn't lifted his head, nor did he open his eyes. He simply hung limp, yet he still had that small spark of courage.
Vlad flew over to him. He grabbed Danny's chin and yanked his head up. This movement caused pain to shoot through Danny's body. Unfortunately, Vlad saw this and took advantage of this weakness. He shoved Danny on the chest, "Do you think you're going to get away, boy? With all of us here?"
"Us?" Danny gasped for breath as the pain lurked inside him.
Vlad answered him, by floating to the center of the room. He was still grinning. Danny saw a large shaft or window open up above his head, but before he could see where it lead, hundreds of ghosts began to fly into the room. Soon it was filled with all Danny's enemies and a few that simply didn't like him by reputation.
Sam and Tucker gasped at the sight before them. Sam stole a glance at the opening in which the ghosts had entered through just before it shut. She saw the familiar swirling green clouds of gas and smoke in the world she knew so well.
"Tucker," Sam tapped his shoulder, "We're not on earth any more, we're in the ghost zone."
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Hmmm, should I leave ya there…Nah, there's way too much to cover. Ha I don't know why I just wrote this. I think I'm delirious from the crude tortures of school. So, any way here's more.
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Danny glared at all the ghosts that surrounded him. Fear resided inside him, but he didn't let it show, "Why are… you all here? What…do you want?" The effects of the shock still showed in his ragged breathing and vocal usage.
"We've come for revenge, ghost child," Skulker pounded a fist into the palm of his hand. All the ghosts began to walk up to Danny. There faces showed that the plans they had in their devious minds weren't going to be a walk on the beach. Danny squirmed, he knew he couldn't go ghost or this machine would zap him. He had to get out; he couldn't sit here and get beaten to a bloody pulp by a bunch of ghosts.
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"Tucker! Danny can't get out! He's about to be…" Sam couldn't finish her sentence. Tears began to trickle down her cheeks, "We have to help him."
Tucker began to search his pockets for something. Sam stared at him in curiosity. She wasn't sure what he was looking for, but she knew he had something in mind.
"Ah ha!" Tucker pulled out his PDA, "They found the one I usually have in my pocket. I don't use this one as often, but I still carry it around with me."
"Wait…if they took the one in your pocket…where did you get this one?" Sam asked.
"Um…I'd rather not say?"
"Never mind, who are you going to call?" Sam walked over to him and stared at the screen of the small Techno geek computer. She saw him scroll down a list of phone numbers. She noticed, hers, Danny's Valerie's and a few essential ones like his house, his grandparents and…Nasty Burger. He scrolled until he was almost to the bottom and stopped at one title, "Jazz Fenton."
Sam instantly brightened. Jazz could bring the specter speeder! She could help them escape! Oh if she would just get here in time.
Tucker's PDA made a ringing noise. It took about three rings before a frantic Jazz answered.
"Danny?" her voice trembled and they could tell she was worried.
"No, it's Sam and Tucker?"
"Sam? Tucker? Where are you? Is Danny there? Why did you disappear from school?"
"A bunch of Danny's enemies had over shadowed all the girls in the pageant. They knocked all three of us out. They brought us to the ghost zone. Jazz, listen, get the specter speeder. Turn on the scanner and drive into the ghost zone. If you don't get here fast Danny…Danny could be dead," Sam tried to explain everything as fast as she could.
"What do you mean? Sam is Danny okay? Please tell me he's okay?" Jazz's voice got louder and more shaky.
"Jazz just-" Sam was cut off by a loud scream from Danny as the ghost made their first hit on there prey.
Tucker dropped the PDA and ran to the side of the cage. Blood ran down Danny's side and his eyes were clenched shut. He was in pain, and they could see it.
"DANNY!" Jazz screamed into the phone. She had heard his painful cry.
"Sam grabbed Tucker's PDA off the ground, "Jazz hurry!" Then she hung up, hoping Jazz would follow the exact rules of what she was told.
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Danny gasped in pain from the blow taken to his side. It hurt like crazy and he couldn't do anything. He was like a rag doll being ripped apart by an angry dog.
Skulker straightened up from his last shot. He prepared for a second, but all the other ghosts got impatient. They wanted their revenge and they wanted it now!
Ember struck a string on her guitar, letting out a huge blast that hit Danny in the chest.
Technus formed an electrical energy blast and hit Danny in the legs.
Blow after blow, hit after hit. Danny wasn't going to last long as an open target. He was going down fast. His world began to blacken. Blood poured from his pale body; every scream that came from his mouth only pleased the killers. Until, finally, he couldn't last. He let his head fall; his eyes close. He couldn't handle this. He couldn't…
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"NO! Danny, no!" Sam fell to her knees as she saw Danny go limp, "No."
Even Tucker was devastated by the sight they had just witnessed. His best friend was being beaten with no means of escaping. He was supposed to be there to help him, but… he wasn't, and now…his best friend…was dead. Or it looked like he was from where they were.
Sam suddenly had an idea, "Tucker give me your hat."
"What do you have in plan," Tucker asked handing her his hat. His voice was a bit shaky, but he tried to hide it. He had to be strong, for Sam's sake. If Danny really was dead, well he had to face the facts.
Sam grabbed his hat and began to rip it in a spiral shape. When she finally reached the middle she stretched the material into a long line of cloth. Then she ripped the hem of her skirt and tied a loop to the end of the red cloth.
She showed it to Tucker, "Do you think this will reach that lever?" she pointed to the silver lever a few feet away.
"Don't know, but it can't hurt to try, right?"
Sam expertly threw the cloth through a space between the bars. It almost reached the lever, but missed it by an inch to the side.
"Darn it!" Sam yelled.
"Don't worry," Tucker tried to reassure her, "Just keep trying."
Sam continued to throw it until on about the fifth try she finally got it. As soon as she was sure it had a secure grasp she pulled on it with all her strength. It didn't budge.
"Tucker! Help me," Sam continued to pull on the rope, and still, it wouldn't move. Tucker ran up to her and also helped pull.
"It won't move," Tucker panted.
"Keep pulling!" Sam yanked harder. She planted her boots on the ground and tugged. Suddenly, it flew to the other direction, causing Sam and Tucker to fall to the ground. The cage lifted by a chain attached to its roof.
"Hey, it worked," Tucker commented as he stood up.
"Come on," Sam ran to the side of the room. The ghosts were too busy with there revenge to notice them as they inched along the wall.
The ghosts surrounded Danny. They get shooting things at him, although he couldn't feel it nor yell out. They wanted their revenge so bad that they would hit a target that shows no acclamation of their torture.
"Look," Sam pointed to a small control panel located behind the machine that Danny was inside, "If we can get there, we should be able to get Danny out."
"How are we gonna get there without them seeing us?" Tucker pointed at the mob around Danny.
"They're pretty preoccupied. I think we should be able to get over there," Sam began to inch towards it.
"And when we get him out…?" Tucker asked, following close behind her.
"I'm not sure. But I'm not letting Danny get hurt anymore by these ghosts. Besides, Jazz can't be too far away…can she?"
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"Come on you stupid Tub! Can't you go any faster?" Jazz screamed at the speeder. Usually, she was the calm one, but when she heard Danny scream, she just snapped. Her brother was in danger and she was the only one who could help him. Now, she was roaring through ghost zone heading towards the spot the speeders scanner said Danny and his friends were.
"Ten minutes away," she said to herself, "Please be okay Danny. Please, you have to." A tear slid down her cheek as she thought of the state her brother may be in.
"No," she scolded herself, "Jasmine, you can't think like that. You're sixteen. You have to stay positive."
"Be strong…for Danny's sake," she thought, "Ten minutes away."
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"Got it," Sam kneeled next to the control panel; Tucker kneeled behind her.
"Well, press it already! Danny looks horrible," he glanced up at his bleeding friend.
"Sam slammed down on the button marked, "Release." The clasps holding Danny's arms and legs opened and Danny fell to the ground.
Before the ghosts knew what hit them, Sam had jumped up to Danny and held him in her firm grasp. She tried to run, but the ghosts regained their composure and blocked her path.
She quickly checked his pulse. There was a weak one…somehow. She wasn't sure how Danny managed to stay alive and frankly, she didn't care, as long as he was alive.
His breathing was weak and ragged. His body was covered with blood and his face was deathly pale. But he was alive, and that relieved her.
"Release the ghost child," Skulker commanded. He aimed a gun at Sam's head.
"NO!" Sam squeezed Danny tighter.
"Then-"Skulker was cut off by Vlad.
"Ah, Daniel's little girlfriend," Vlad gave an evil grin, "Do you actually think you're getting out with him?"
"I know who you are. If you hurt Danny anymore, I'll spill you're secret," Sam threatened, "and I now of a way that won't blow Danny's cover."
"Vlad was a little taken aback by her sudden threat. He thought of a comeback.
"Jazz hurry," Sam pleaded to herself, "You're Danny's last hope."
Vlad simply decided to do things the easy way. He snapped his fingers and the ghosts lurched at Sam. Soon they were trying to pry her away from Danny.
"No!" Sam screamed, "No! Danny I won't leave you. I won't let go!" she held him tighter.
"I know you won't" Sam looked to see Danny's crystal blue eyes staring into her violet ones.
"Danny," Sam could feel the warm tears fall from her eyes, "Danny I won't…I can't leave you." She hugged him.
"Sam…I," Danny tried to tell her something, but he could breathe or talk very well, "I…"
He couldn't finish as Sam was wrenched away from him.
"No!" Sam felt her fingers slid away from Danny's cold touch as she was pulled in the opposite direction, "Danny! No!"
Danny's eyes reflected fear, sorrow, and regret. He stared at Sam as she grew smaller and soon was blocked from view, "Sam." He couldn't go ghost. He couldn't move. He could hardly breathe and now Sam was being taken from him. Could this get any worse?
"Hey! Hands of the little brother!" the speeder flew straight through the opening in the roof. Rock and pieces of metal sprinkled down on the occupants of the building.
Jazz flew down to the floor, but didn't get out of the speeder. She pressed a button and weapons popped out of every possible compartment on the outside of the speeder. It began shooting and zapping ghosts like flies. They were flying all over the room.
Sam elbowed the ghost holding her and kicked the other. She escaped as the ghosts keeled over to aid there wounds. She bolted in the direction she knew Danny was.
She had to dodge blasts from the speeder and ghost flying everywhere. Soon, Danny was in her view. He was lying on the ground, trying to keep himself breathing. His arm was draped over his chest and his eyes were clenched shut. He gritted his teeth and kept moaning. Sam could tell that his leg was broken…well, even more than it had been before, and he needed a lot of bandaging and even stitches.
She had almost reached him when a ghost flew at her. She tried to dodge, but it hit her it the head. He fell to the ground and slid a few feet away. She was a bit dazed, but soon her vision cleared.
She looked back at Danny. He was still in the exact spot, but Vlad was there too. He had some kind of needed or shot thing. She could see the fear in Danny's eyes, but he couldn't get away, and he was too weak to go ghost.
"Danny!" Sam reached out, but Vlad stabbed the needle into the right section of Danny's chest. The contents slowly flowed into his body. Danny yelled out in pain, causing Sam to rush at him. Vlad saw her coming and quickly turned invisible and flew away.
Jazz saw that most of the ghosts were freaking out and slammed on the portable ghost shield that her dad had installed in the speeder. Any ghosts within the half circle were blown into the walls. She jumped out of the speeder and ran up to Danny.
The last thing Danny saw was Jazz running towards him and Sam grab him and begin to cradle him in her arms. The rest was only blackness.
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Okay I know this chapter was long, but I wanted to cover a lot. And also, I LOVE reviews. Please review. Oh and Thx to my previous reviewers. Um…yeah, sorry it took me so long to update. You now school and stuff. Yeah so…I'll try to update sooner next time.