Danny watched Sam sleep though out most of the morning. He simply sat on the floor in front of the small bed. He was almost hypnotized by the rise and fall of her chest. He had hidden her in the central safe house. The woman in charge had gotten her a change of clothes. Ace was sleeping soundly on a small pet bed in the corner. Sleep had come and gone for the ghost teen, but he had been finding he needed less and less sleep as time went on. He froze slightly as Sam's eyes blinked and she sat up. She looked around expecting to wake up in Vlad's bedroom again. But she had woken up in a small stone room. She spotted Danny and tackled into him.

"I thought I would never see you again." Sam hugged him tightly as tears formed in her eyes.

Danny started to push her off him so they both could sit up. But he stopped as her grip tightened as he started to push. "Sorry it took so long." Danny stroked her hair as both laid on the floor in the room. After what seemed like an eternity, Sam let go and sat up.

"Sorry!"

"No need! This is all my fault." Danny sat up. "I should have gotten you out of there the moment I came to this retched city. Should have stopped Vlad."

Sam hugged herself as she thought of the past two years. "No Danny! It is my fault. I shouldn't have hid my feelings for so long."

"What happened? How did Vlad capture you?"

"After I saw you and her. I took off to think. As I ran down an alley to get home. I felt darkness surround me and then I blanked out. The next two years were nothing more than blur. Things! Faces!" Sam hugged herself more tightly. "I don't want to think about." She looked at Danny Phantom. "Can I please be with Danny Fenton? Just for a little while."

Danny nodded and a glowing ring turned him back to his human form. He felt odd considering he had been in his ghost form for over a year. "Better!"

Sam laid her head in his lap. "Much!" She closed her eyes and slowly drifted off. For the first time, she slept soundly.

"How long until sunset?" Vlad was sitting in his plush office chair with his feet propped up. He was sipping blood out of a large goblet.

"A few hours!" A ghost in his late teens was standing in front of the desk. His blue hair flowing like fire.

"Then the fun can begin!" He looked at the ghost. "You played your part well. You singed Karasuman's wings."

"My apologizes."

"I want you to watch the events from a discrete distance. If anything should go wrong, make sure the girl makes it back here. She is too important to lose."

"Then why risk her in this manner?"

"I can open a portal to hell whenever I want. But revenge on my enemy." He turned his chair so the back was facing Burn.

"That is something one can only truly enjoy at choice times." His darker voice chuckled. "Hell is nice, but making ones life a living hell is so much more sweat."

Danny watched in amazement as Sam ate a large steak that she had asked for. The safe house had been well stocked. She ate normally with a fork and knife, but the fact she was eating meat was what amazed him. "I thought you didn't like meat."

"Some things seem less important now." Sam put her utensils down. "Meat was the only thing Vlad would let me eat. During the whole thing, I just gave up on the vegetarian life."

"Sorry!" Danny stood up. "It is getting dark and I have to activate the last totem."

"The water one?"

"Yeah! How did you know?"

"Vlad bragged about his plans too me enough times to make me sick. It is hidden somewhere in the aquarium. And he talked about a cold guardian."

"It's a start! Thanks!" He headed for the door. "You'll be safe here. I should be back before morning." Ace started to go with him. "You stay here!" He bent down to the small dog. "I need you to keep Sam company." The dog barked happily and Danny left.

Burn blasted the wooden door down and walked into the safe house. He felt sparks of pain as the holy seals tried to force him out. He shrugged them off and smiled as Sam walked into view. She had blood dripping from her chin and Burn spotted what looked like the body of a woman behind her. Sam was dressed in the armor Vlad had put on her. "If I wasn't taken!" Sam glared at the ghost with glowing red eyes. Burn nodded and stepped aside. "I believe you have prey to hunt." Sam growled and transformed into a large red wolf. She ran past Burn and out of sight. Burn gulped, "I thought being a ghost was out there."

Danny parked his bike outside of the city aquarium. Even if Sam wasn't right, this was a good place to start. He started for the building, but a large growl sounded behind him. Danny turned around and spotted a large wolf growling at him. "I doubt you're the guardian so how about you just run off." The wolf flashed with red light and transformed into Sam. Danny's jaw dropped. "What is this?"

"Your funeral!" Sam held her hand out a large red whip appeared in it. She swung it at him.

Danny jumped back as the whip impacted the ground where he had been standing. "Sam! Snap out of it!"

"I'll snap all right! I'll snap you spine in half!" She charged forward at unnatural speed and swung the red whip.

Danny did his best to dodge the attacks, but one managed to hit his left arm. The whip burned away part of his sleeve and a burning welt was left on his arm. "That hurt!" He started to ready his whip, but he found himself unable to activate it. "I don't want to fight you."

"I don't want to fight you either." Sam face grew soft. She smiled, "I just want to kill you!"