Hides behind an angry reader proof wall Well, I finally finished this chapter. I don't even want to know how many of you want to hurt me for updating sooner, but I have no excuses at all.
Desiree cackled wickedly as she watched Eric walk towards her with Sam. Usually she didn't grant wishes to ghosts but Eric was the exception. He was very clever and when he wished to have a human appearance he did it very specifically so that she couldn't trick him. Not that she wanted to. Eric had charmed her more than once, and since his reason for looking human was to destroy the ghost boy she was more than willing to help.
She turned invisible and watched as Eric spoke to Sam. "I must admit that I'm surprised that you didn't figure out I was your stalker earlier Sam. I mean come on! A creepy figure follows you home and you almost get caught, and the next day your halfa friend has to go fight a ghost and comes back acting weird. Would you like to know why?"
Sam glared at him but couldn't say anything because she still had her mouth clamped shut. Eric laughed and said, "Because I overshadowed him! Then I simply walked out of him and went out back to seduce you, and then I overshadowed your other friend and made him talk to you."
Sam's eyes widened in shock and she tried again to escape Eric's iron grip. She bit down on his hand hard and he dropped her suddenly. "Ouch!" He glared at her and his eyes blazed a blood red as all traces of silver flooded out of them. Sam stood up and started running as far away as she could get, but the darkness seemed to hold her as tightly as Eric was.
Memories of the night before flooded back as she realized that Eric was walking closer and she was sprinting and yet she still could not escape him. He reached her quickly and pulled her back into his arms. Ectoplasm shot from his hand and bound her as tightly as ropes.
Eric lifted off the ground and Sam realized that they were flying. She had gotten herself into a bigger mess than she could have imagined. Where was Danny in a time like this?
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Danny flew through the night sky. He finally realized his love for Sam and yet he still couldn't have her. Eric and she were probably having a blast somewhere. Danny stared at the sky and noticed a strange black patch blocking out the glittering stars. It was a cloudless night, and even if the patch was a cloud it was moving far to fast.
He flew up towards the strange blackness and launched himself into it. It swirled around him and then he found himself back in the starry sky. The dark patch was still flying away and Danny decided to follow it. Something about the darkness made him nervous.
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Eric continued flying and finally saw what he was looking for. A large castle came into his vision and he flew down to the door. He didn't know that Danny was right behind him or that Danny had been here before…
Vlad opened the door and smirked when he saw who it was. "Eric, how nice to see that you could make it. And you brought a friend."
Danny ground his teeth and just barely managed to remain hiding. He knew that Eric was evil all along! Now Sam was captured by Vlad. Eric scanned around the yard as if suspecting something and Danny saw that his eyes were now red. Danny felt his blood boil. Eric was the ghost that had made Sam mad at him!
Danny watched as they entered the castle, and as soon as the door was closed he flew after them and phased through it. Green and gold Packers memorabilia lined the walls, and Danny wanted to blast it all just to make Vlad angry. He held back from doing that and floated down to listen to a conversation that had broken out between Eric and Vlad.
They talked as they walked towards what appeared to be a living room. Eric still had Sam clasped in his arms.
"When do I get my reward Plasmius?" Eric said. Danny recognized his voice, which was now totally inhuman, and was now glaring at the back of Eric's head. His voice was terrifyingly evil, and there was now no doubt that he was the ghost who had attacked them in the hallway.
"Soon Eric." Vlad said. "There is one last thing you need to do for me."
Eric raised an eyebrow. "I assume that it isn't something as simple as seducing a lovesick girl." Sam felt a rush of anger at this, but could only struggle in the ectobonds. Eric set her on a couch.
Vlad laughed evilly. "No my dear boy, this is a very special mission." Vlad forced a smile. He hated Eric with a passion. He was terribly smug, but what Vlad hated the most was his connections with Desiree. The boy had that ghost wrapped around his fist. Anything he desired was granted to him.
This time Eric gave Vlad an incredulous look. "Boy?" He smirked. "I'm several decades older than you Plasmius."
Sam felt like throwing up. She had fallen in love with some evil old ghost! Maybe she was lovesick. Eric continued speaking. "But enough of this… oh lets be honest, terribly boring banter, and get on with the point." He smiled, and Sam saw to her terror that his teeth were pointed like a wolf's.
Vlad's eyes flashed red angrily. "Fine. If you insist. You are to go to Clockwork's castle and retrieve the Thermos we have discussed." Eric's red eyes widened and all traces of smugness left his face.
"You want me to retrieve Him?" He sounded just as panicked as Danny felt. Eric was going to be sent to get Dan, and then the world that Danny had tried so hard to protect would be gone.
"Yes, and if you don't then you will be left at his mercy when I free him myself." Vlad smirked. Eric knew that Dan had no mercy.
"Fine." Eric said. "But how will you know that I haven't just flown off into the ghost zone?"
"That's what this is for." He clapped his hands once and an orb of light with one eye appeared. Danny realized that it was a ghost, and then saw that the one eye was a camera lens. "He's my latest experiment, and will follow you till the ends of the earth if I tell him too. Which I have by the way."
The ghost turned its eye on Eric and Vlad picked up a remote from a nearby chair. He pressed a button and a large plasma screen TV appeared. On it Eric could be seen glaring at the camera. "Fine Plasmius, while you stay here watching me work, I'll be becoming famous for unleashing the most evil being upon the Ghost Zone.
"Go." Vlad said, and Eric looked startled for a moment before he turned and flew away with the camera following him.
Vlad watched as Eric flew down the down to his secret lab and entered the Ghost Zone. Then Vlad felt very cold. Anger filled him but he held it back and let his ghost sense guide him.
He launched a single ectoblast and knocked Daniel to the ground. "Hello Daniel, it's such a wonderful surprise to see you." Vlad bound Danny with ectobonds and then put him on the couch next to Sam. "You have a front row seat to the end of the world.
