Black and Blue

Chapter Eight:- From Heaven to Hell Part Two

Danny flew off to his house, calling Tucker on the way there. He waited impatiently for him to answer.

"Hello?"

"I'm about ready to kill someone!" Danny yelled out in frustration.

"Dude, you're all over the TV, every channel."

"What for?"

"You're a suspect in the attempted murder of Sam. Well, at least Danny Phantom is." Danny paused in the air and floated there in shock. "Man, they cover the TV within ten minutes when a ghost is involved."

"I can't believe they'd think I'd do that."

"Well remember apparently you brought her in, in ghost form." Tucker explained. "They don't know you're her friend and your phantom side was already on watch."

"I'm going to prison, just like Vlad said." He said lowering his head in misery.

"What?"

"Nevermind." Danny continued to fly. He phased into his room and stood confused and mad. "What? How?"

"What? What happened?" Tucked asked confused himself.

"Adam's gone. He was right here." Danny turned around to find his face met with a fist. Danny fell to the floor unaware of who hit him. The phone flew out of his hand and landed on the floor beside him.

"That's for knocking me out." Adam towered over him. "Looks like it's over Danny Fenton." He laughed putting his foot on his chest. "I can tell by the blood that I cut her and now she'll die."

"No, she won't." Danny said phasing through the floor, coming up behind him, and blasting him with a ghost ray. "I won't let it happen." He said watching him fall to floor.

"You may have powers but bringing people back from the dead isn't one of them." Adam said lifting himself off the floor.

"I won't need to." Danny glared at him. "She won't die. She won't!" He yelled accidentally letting out a small ghost wail. It only knocked him back slightly.

"You should have just left her alone." Adam said staring him down.

"And what, let you kill her?" Adam stayed silent. "I don't understand people like you, the kind of people who can just beat up poor innocent people like Sam." Danny shook his head at Adam. "I just don't get it."

"I won't let her get away with what she did. I love her and I won't let her make the mistakes she has."

"Love her!" Danny almost laughed. "You don't love her! You abused her! You wouldn't hit someone you love!" He had to hold himself back from shooting Adam to the point where he would die. "I love her and that's why I protect her from you."

"You gonna kill me?"

"No. You're no lucky enough. I want you to go to jail."

"Don't expect that." Adam said then started running at Danny starting to attack him.

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Tucker stood there half smiling with his phone still in hand. He knew Danny would be able to fight Adam no problem so he hung up and called the police.

"I have information on the Samantha Manson case." He said.

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Sam woke up in the hospital again feeling nothing on her side. It was completely numb and she could see the bandage on it that had a little blood on it. She reached up and touched it slightly and all the pain came back to her in memories. She quickly pulled her hand away as if it burned.

"Hey honey." The nurse said walking in. "It's good you're awake."

"Where's Danny? What happened to Adam?" Sam asked trying to sit up. The nurse pushed her back down lightly.

"Just rest. Everything's okay." Sam leaned back down on the bed but kept asking where Danny was. Everything was blurry for her. She remembered waking up with Adam slapping her face, pulling a knife, getting stabbed, watching herself bleed, then being Danny's arms. "Don't worry," The nurse softly. "The cops will being that phantom in and get him jail."

"Jail?" Sam's eyes widened with shock and confusion. "Why?"

"Poor thing, you don't remember do you?" Sam looked at her confused even more than before. "Danny Phantom stabbed you."

"No." Sam said shaking her head. "No, it wasn't him. It was him."

"Poor dear, you've had such a rough time." Sam started holding back her tears. "I don't understand how anyone, even a ghost, could up a girl like you."

"No." Sam whispered.

"I can tell you used to be a very pretty girl. You will be again soon."

"Please listen!" Sam shouted. "Danny didn't do anything! He saved me! He's my best friend!" She felt a slight sting in her side as she sobbed. "I love him."

"Oh my." The nurse muttered realizing that she had strong feelings about this. She left leaving Sam to hope they wouldn't charge Danny with attempted murder.

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Danny caught Adam who had started running at him. He dodged punches and tried to move so he was free to fight back but he couldn't. Adam was surprisingly strong.

Danny's energy was running low and his ghost powers weren't working well. He went intangible and Adam fell through him hitting the wall.

Adam turned around and pulled out the knife that he hid in his back pocket.

"I will be a great feeling to know I killed you two with the same knife." Danny used his last bit of energy to fire a ghost ray and knock the knife out of his hand.

"Fair fight?" Danny offered turning human. His ghost powers by now were useless anyways.

"Fine." Adam said putting his fists up.

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Sam didn't know how long it had been before a detective came in.

"Hello Miss Manson. I'm Detective Browning." The man said. He was tall, strong, and intimidating. "I know you've gone through a lot and you have a different story than what was thought. So as hard as it may be, I need you to tell me what happened, the truth."

"He saved me!" She shouted getting sick of this. "Danny would never hurt me!"

"Then how'd you get like this?"

"You're not a very good detective." She laughed.

"What do you mean?"

"I was already in this hospital today because of abuse." She looked away. "Did you know that, Sherlock?" Browning looked at her almost glaring, upset with her answer.

"I was unable to get your file in the time given me." He retorted.

"Well then let me tell you in short. My boyfriend, well ex-boyfriend now, beat me for about a month but it got really bad and with help, I finally told someone. He helped me to the hospital." She told him. "I spent the night at my friend Danny's house once I was released today. He left real quick to do something and I fell asleep." Sam closed her eyes. "When I woke up, he was there slapping me."

"He meaning the phantom right?" He asked.

"No."

"Danny?"

"No!"

"Then who?" Sam didn't answer and looked away again with pained eyes. "If you don't tell me, there's little hope for your friend Danny Phantom."

"His name's…" She faded odd. It just wouldn't come out. She had a hard time saying his name. "Adam."

"Adam what?"

"Adam Parsons." Her voice choked a little at saying his name.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes!" She shouted. "Check my other report! Put him in jail, not Danny!"

"Alright, alright. What happened after that?"

"I woke up and he was slapping me. I remember trying to push him off. He pulled a knife and the next thing I remember is watching myself bleed with a blinding pain in my side. I heard Danny and Adam yelling at each other. Then I was flying in Danny's arms."

"Hold on." He stopped her. "Danny Phantom or Danny who went out?"

"Phantom." She sighed. She wished she could tell them that Danny was Danny Phantom. It would make her story more believable and easier to tell. She couldn't do that though, it'd ruin his life.

"Detective Browning?" A man said entering the room. Browning turned around and looked at the man upset that he interrupted.

"Yes?" He had a little ice in his voice.

"There's a boy here who says he heard what was said between Danny Phantom and Adam Parsons just now."

"What?" Browning and Sam said at the same time.

"What happened?" Sam asked worried.

"What do you mean?"

"Sir, you're going to want to talk to this one." The man said leaving the room.

"Ugh. I'll come back so we can finish this later. Okay?" Sam nodded and Browning left.

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Tucker sat in a sliver room down at the police station waiting for someone to question him. He sat looking around until the door opened.

"I'm Detective Browning." The man said entering the room with a few papers in his hands. "Now what exactly happened?"

"Well I was on the phone with Danny Phantom."

"Why were you on the phone with him?" He quickly questioned.

"Well I guess you could say we're all friends, me, Sam, Danny Fenton, and Danny Phantom." He nodded writing something down then urging Tucker to continue. "Well, he went back over to the Fenton's house to deal with Adam because he had knocked him out while fighting him when Sam was stabbed. When he got there, I guess he wasn't exactly there. I heard what sounded like a punch and the phone getting dropped."

"What did they say?"

"Adam was saying how he saw all the blood and that he must have killed Sam. Danny told him that she wasn't going to die but Adam insisted she was and he wouldn't be able to bring her back. He also told Danny that he should have left Sam alone. I guess he meant about being her friend or something because Adam was never really fond of Danny I don't think." He paused watching Browning write all the information down. "Adam said he was just helping Sam out in some way because he loved her or something like that. Danny didn't believe a word of it though. Then Adam started yelling. That's when I hung up and called the cops."

"So did Adam admit to stabbing Sam?"

"Well he said that he knew he must have stabbed her and he sounded pretty damn pleased that he did too."

"Alright…"

"You're not still going to arrest Danny are you?"

"We'll have to bring him in for questioning but other than that, we have no case against him." Tucker smiled.

"I do have one question though."

"Shoot."

"Where's Danny Fenton?" Tucker stopped not knowing how to answer that.

"He's…I don't know." He said shrugging. "Why? Are you thinking this has something to do with him?"

"No. I'm just curious." Tucker rolled his eyes. He never did trust what people told him. Just then, they saw through a window that two police men were bringing in a beat up Adam and a slightly bruised Danny Fenton in handcuffs. "Well that answers my question." He said.

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Danny sat in the room Tucker had once been in, waiting for questioning. The cops had come into his house and broken up the fight he and Adam were in the middle of. They were both brought in.

"Alright Danny. Tell me what happened." Browning said walking into the room.

"I went up to my room and found Adam there lying on the floor."

"Unconscious?"

"No. Just a little worn out."

"Was Danny Phantom anywhere around?"

"No." He nodded wanting him to continue. "I noticed Sam wasn't there and there was blood. I asked him what the hell had happened and he started attacking me saying he wanted to kill me with the same knife he killed Sam with. He never liked me. I'm Sam's best friend and she hung around me against his wishes."

"Alright…" Browning put his hands on the metal table and looked him in the eyes. "Off the record, are you Danny Phantom?" Danny panicked inside. How was he to answer that?

"No."

"This is off the record. It won't be involved in your report or in the case at all. I won't tell anyone. I don't think you or Danny Phantom did anything but things will add up a lot clearer if you tell me the truth. Are you Danny Phantom?"

"Yes." Danny admitted quietly.

"Okay." Browning said satisfied.

"How'd you know?" He asked.

"I'm a detective, it's my job to add all the pieces together, find out who's who." He sat down and looked Danny in the eyes again. "I'll make sure you're innocent without telling who you are."

"Thank you."

"My cousin is half ghost, I understand how hard it is."

"Who's your cousin?"

"Vlad Masters." Danny looked up only half surprised.

"It's such a small world." He sighed.

"Don't I know it."

"Can I see Sam?"

"Not right now. You'll be able to see her once I get this cleared." He stood up reaching his out to shake Danny's. "You're free to go though." Danny extended his hand and shook Browning's.

"Thank you again."

"Think nothing of it."


Okay a little longer. The story is going to start winding down now. There's going to be less action and drama but more romance coming up. Plus the whole thing with Vlad and Clockwork and leaving the house thing gets explained. Until next time...