Chapter 2 The Encounter With Fate...

It was night again. Danny tossed and turned on his bed. He couldn't sleep, not that he wanted to. He'd just have to face that nightmare again. But why try to sleep? Soon he'd have to go out on a ghost hunt anyways. He always did.

These things were momentary in his mind. He was more worried about what had happened at school more than anything else. What was going on anyway?

He turned to the side of his bed and sat up.

Tap, tap, tap.

Danny turned to his window.

"Sam?" he said surprised.

She tapped on the window again, "Danny! Let me in!"

He opened the window, "What are you doing in here?" he questioned helping her inside.

"Well, I was kind of worried about you," she answered, "I mean, you've been acting really strange lately."

He rolled his eyes, "Is that anything new for me?" He sat on his bed.

She put a hand on her hip, "That's not what I meant and you know it!" she sat down beside him, "What's up with you lately?"

He looked away, "It's nothing."

"Danny..."

He sighed, "It's just that, well I've been having these strange dreams lately.."

She tilted her head, "What kind of dreams?"

He bit his lip.

"Come on." she said softly. "You can tell me. What are they about?"

"They're about me and... you..."

She blushed a little at the thought of him dreaming about her. "And?"

"And.." He stood and turned away, "Never mind. It's nothing important."

"Danny.." she reached out to put her hand on his shoulder. She gasped, only to have her hand go through him.

He looked over his shoulder, "What?" He saw. He backed away from her.

She stepped forward a little, "Danny?"

"S-stay back.."

He looked down at his hands confused, as if they were not his own. They stood in silence. No sooner his Ghost Sense acted up.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! GHOST!" someone cried.

"Ghost!" Danny and Sam repeated.

They ran to the window and looked out. They got a quick glimpse of the creature. Sure enough there was a ghost on the loose.

"Come on!" Danny motioned.

They made their way out side.

When they were outside they heard another scream. Danny quickly took his Ghost form and started to fly away.

"Hey!" Sam shouted, "Do you want any help!"

"No! That's ok!" he shouted back, "I can handle it!"

The creature seemed to have disappeared in the back of a dark alley. Danny took caution as he entered it.

His eyes scanned for the creature, but nothing seemed to be there.

Then SHOOSH! something snuck up behind him.

Just about the time he looked over his shoulder he witnessed a strange Vampire like ghost flying toward him. It came at him with such incredible speed he didn't even have time to think about moving out of the way. The creature tackled him down.

His torso faced flat against the ground. He struggled. "Hey! Get off!" he screamed at it.

All it did was laugh as it took a bite out of his neck. He cried out as it's fangs sunk into his flesh.

He kicked the ghost with the back of his foot knocking it off.

The creature attempted to fly at him again only this time Danny was ready for it. His hands lit up green and started blasting at the creature with Energy Blasts. They missed, but this time he moved out of the way and avoided getting tackled. Unfortunately he did recieve a nasty punch in the face.

The ghost turned and hissed at him.

Danny threw another Energy Blast at the creature this one hit! He quickly flew over and captured the ghost in the Fenton Thermos.

Danny let out a sigh of relief as he floated down to the ground. He took his human form. He cringed, and put his hand on the back of his neck. His neck hurt really bad. He loward his hand and looked at it. Blood..

"Danny!" Sam shouted running over, "Are you all right?"

"Yeah," he lyed, "I'm fine."

She gasped, "Danny! You're necks bleeding!"
His eyes looked back at the bite for a moment then returned to her.

"You'd better get that checked out!"

"It's nothing.." he assured her, "Besides, it's not like I can fight all these ghosts and expect to come out perfect."

"But-"

"Don't worry about it!"

She said nothing.

"Listen..." he stepped toward her a little, "I-I don't want you to get involved in this stuff anymore."

She let out a surprised gasp. "What?"

He stood in front of her, "I don't think you and Tucker should get involved in this anymore."

"We're your friends," Sam protested, "We have to help you. I mean what kind of friend would I be if-"

She stopped short when Danny pulled her into his arms. She was silent, surprised by his actions.

She blushed, "D-Danny?"

He hugged her tightly. "Please understand," "he said quietly, "I don't want you to get hurt..."

There was a long silence then he let her go and walked away.

Her heart was still pounding, a million miles a minute. She brought her hand to her chest. What was that all about?

Danny quietly climbed back into his room. His face had broken into deep sweat. He put his hand on his forehead. He felt very hot.

He coughed a little his breathing was hard and raspy. For some reason he could hardly breathe! It felt like his lungs were collapsing! What's... His eyes looked at the floor. It swayed in front of him.

He felt himself transform for a moment and that was the last thing he could remember. He collapsed.