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Chapter 4
"I'm scared, Mommy," Hailey whispered, clinging tightly to Sam's leg. "Where's Daddy?"
Danny stirred, mumbling incoherently in his sleep.
"He'll come. Don't worry," Sam tried to reassure the little girl.
"Danny always comes," Jazz added, holding DJ.
Danny groaned and rolled over, shivering.
They were locked in a room, and a boiler stood across the room ready to over-heat at any minute.
"No," Danny mumbled weakly, tangling himself in the blankets as he struggled with the phantoms of his dream.
Sam woke and sat up. "Danny?" She turned to her husband. "Danny, wake up," she whispered, shaking him.
She held one arm up as if to shield herself from the burning inferno as she and Jazz screamed, "Danny!"
Danny sat up straight, suddenly awake. "SAM!" He struggled to stand; his vision was still blurry and dark.
"DANNY! Danny, I'm right here!" She took his face in her hands, gazing into his eyes as if willing him to see her.
Danny's breathing began to level out as he closed his eyes, raising his hands to grasp hers. He opened his eyes, gazing fearfully into hers.
"Your nightmares are getting worse," she whispered. "What happened?"
"J-jazz. Sh-she was there too," he whispered back.
"Mommy? Daddy?" The small, frightened voice pulled them away from each other to their children standing in the doorway.
"Hey…" Sam patted the bed beside her. "Come here."
The two children scampered over to their parents. DJ climbed into Sam's lap while Hailey crawled into Danny's.
"We heard yelling," Hailey whispered, hugging Danny.
"Daddy was yelling," DJ added.
"I know. I'm sorry, guys." Danny returned Hailey's embrace. "I didn't mean to wake you." He turned and ruffled DJ's hair, making the little boy smile. "It was just a bad dream. I'm okay though."
"Okay," the children chorused.
With assurances that their dad was fine, the two went back to bed. Sam had lain back down to sleep when she felt two arms snake around her waist. Danny nuzzled her neck with his nose then kissed her. She rolled over and gazed into his worried ice-blue eyes. She reached up and touched his cheek, and he closed his eyes, unconsciously leaning into her hand as he moved to cover it with his own.
"I'm not going anywhere, Danny," she whispered. "You don't have to worry."
"I can't help it," he whispered back, his voice quavering a little. "I've always been there to save you, but in my dreams…I can't." He opened his eyes, gazing back into hers. "I can't loose you, Sam. I can't."
She curled her fingers into his raven hair, pulling his lips down to hers. "You won't loose me," she whispered. "Not tonight. Not ever."
Danny watched his kids playing at the park. Mr. Gray had noticed how tired and unfocused Danny had seemed and gave him the day off. Danny had surprised Hailey and DJ at day care and decided to take them to the park. He smiled as Hailey held DJ's hand to help him up the stairs on the playground. He was still too small to do it alone.
"I'm glad the day care decided to call or I never would've found you guys."
Danny looked up, smiling sheepishly at his wife. "Sorry, Mr. Gray gave me the day off, and I just thought I'd surprise them."
She smiled and sat beside him on the bench. "I guess we could all use a little relaxation right now." Danny nodded in agreement, and a silence fell between them. "I talked to Jazz," Sam said after a while.
He groaned and turned to her in exasperation. "You know she's just going to try and give me a psychoanalysis."
"Last time you had the dream, she was in it too. I felt she deserved to know." She set her hand on his shoulder, gently squeezing it. "I had to at least warn her. If the dream really is that real to you, we should at least be prepared." She scooted closer to him. "Did you return the files?"
He hung his head. "I forgot."
"Danny—"
"I know, Sam, but I need to think of a way to return them without ending up in a lot of trouble. Mr. Gray would believe me, but I doubt the FBI would." He looked back to the kids. "You saw how long it took for Amity Park to believe I'm half ghost. Just think how the FBI would react." He could just see himself tied to a lab table as federal doctors probed him trying to find out how he'd become half ghost.
There was an explosion and people were screaming. A blue mist escaped from Danny's mouth, and he stood, looking in the direction of the explosion. Mothers were running to gather up their kids, and Sam was no different even as Danny transformed. A ghost flew to the park, floating before Danny.
"I am Skulktech 9.9."
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