Candeh- Hm.. What the hell is up with Vlad?
Chapter 7-
"Why should I-" Danny began to say, but Vlad cut him off sharply.
"Shhh!" he said, covering his mouth with a hand. He was not in his ghost mode, but his human form and Danny guessed it was for protection. He reared his head out of his hands and took a step back, but then a step forward in fear of Walker finding him there.
Danny whispered low, "Vlad, what do you want?" He noticed Vlad's teary eyes and regretted saying what he said and how he said it to him, even after all he had done to try and split his family apart because of his ridiculous love for Maddie.
Vlad stood up fully and looked around, "You're not safe here, Daniel." He straightened out his tuxedo, as if his concern was just necessary, something he didn't do because he actually cared, just because it was expected or something. Danny raised an eyebrow.
"Lets go," Vlad said, motioning forward.
Danny took a step backward again and laughed. "Yea, ok, Vlad."
"I'm serious, Daniel," he said again, looking around for any ghosts that were spying on their conversation. He took a step forward and Danny took another step back. Vlad grabbed Danny's arm and pulled him back behind the hiding spot, just as a ghost flew past them, almost spotting them.
Vlad let go and straightened his tuxedo again, serious faced. "We've got to get out of here, Daniel. I'm not kidding."
Danny looked at him, unsure if this was a trap. He looked behind the hiding spot at the millions of angry ghosts surrounding them and then nodded with a worried expression, wondering if he had just laid himself in the hands of an enemy.
"Let's go," Vlad said, and relevantly, Danny came along. "Wait," Vlad said, looking at Danny. "You shouldn't be walking around like that," he said and Danny looked down at himself in ghost mode and instantly changed back to human form. "It's too obvious."
"Most of them already know its me anyway," Danny said, remembering his friends at school.
Vlad gave him a sorry look, but then motioned him to get going.
"Where are we going?" Danny said.
"To my house..."
"In Wisconsin?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"It's the only place where we can really go in and out of the zone without being forced..."
"Oh."
Vlad opened a near by door, which inside led exactly to his house. He stepped in first and then looked at Danny, who came in after. When they were both inside, Danny looked around the familiar place and then sighed.
"So we're just going to hide out here?" Danny said.
"It's better than hiding in there," Vlad said, walking out of the room.
Danny followed. "Where are you going?"
"To check the ghost zone," Vlad said. He sat down on a big red chair and turned on the TV. A bunch of ghosts swarmed past the screen and Walker came up to it. The ghosts gathered around him, wondering what to do next in the search.
Walker's eyes flashed. "He's got to be around here somewhere. Did you idiots check all the doors?" The Box Ghost nodded and a few grumbles came from the crowd. Danny gulped and looked at Vlad whose face, although looking at the screen, was pale.
"He left," Walker hissed. "Into one of these freaking doors." He pointed to the millions of floating purple doors around them and yelled. "Get in them. Every single one! Danny Phantom will not get away," he mocked. When the ghosts stumbled about even more he whispered to himself, almost as if looking right into the camera, "You're mine."
Danny looked at Vlad who kept looking at the TV screen. "We better keep this on," Vlad suggested. "Just in case."
"I should call my parents," Danny said.
"No!" Vlad yelled, standing up quickly out of his chair.
"Why not?" Danny said, making his voice sound suspicious. He went over to the phone and dialed his number and the phone rang. Vlad rushed over.
"Give me that," he said.
For a moment, they fought over the phone going back from one end to the other until Maddie answered the phone and Vlad answered.
"Well hello, Maddie," he said in a cheery soothing voice.
"Vlad?" Maddie said.
"Yes, it's me," he said, making an angry face at Danny. Danny smiled.
"Well, hi," Maddie said, laughing nervously. "Um...what do you need?"
"Oh!" Vlad said, shocked. "Um.."
Danny grabbed the phone from him and Vlad looked around blankly at Danny.
"Mom," Danny said.
"Danny?"
"Yea, it's me, I'm at Vlad's," he said. Vlad went even paler than before and tried to get the phone out of Danny's grasp, but ended up stumbling past him.
"Why on Earth are you over there?" Maddie said, sounding worried.
"Mom, I have something to tell you," Danny said, hanging his head.
Half the school had figured out his secret, and it wouldn't be long until his parent's found out also.
The two biggest ghost hunters in all of Amity Park, finding out their only son was exactly what they dedicated their lives to kill.
"No, Danny, please. Don't," Vlad said, almost begging with him. Danny looked at Vlad with a pitiful look at kept talking.
"Mom, I'm a-" and a million ghosts burst threw the front door and the phone went dead.
Walker's face lit up. "Surprise."
Danny and Vlad both turned into ghost form and Vlad jumped in front of Danny. Danny raised an eyebrow.
"You're...protecting me?" he said. "I've beat you a thousand times, I don't need any help, thanks."
But Vlad stayed in front.
"Vlad?" Walker said. "Protecting Daniel? Touching, yet again." He grabbed Vlad by the cape and put his face in his. "You're meddling in someone else's business. We know you have a little heart to heart with his mother, but that's no reason you can't help us kill him right?" When Vlad didn't say anything, Walker's face went angry. He picked him up higher and sent jolts threw his body. Danny lunged at him, but Walker forced him away.
Vlad groaned and turned towards Danny on his knees, 'Danny," he struggled. "Run."
And Danny ran.
