A/N: Don't worry, Danny's not going to be wracked with the guilt of 'I murdered my daughter' I've still got one last big event to get through before this story is over. Only six days of their time left until the eve of Halloween and we all know what's happening then don't we? -

Danny stood uncomfortably in the hospital hallway with Jazz at his side, his parents were on their way after Jazz had called them, to be honest Danny didn't want them here. Not with knowing that it was him who had put Alex in the hospital.

"Mr. Fenton, your daughter has a dislocated shoulder, some damage to her ribs and a head injury." The doctor said grimly.

"What kind of head injury?" Jazz asked concerned.

"Well, there was no fractures to the skull itself but there was a lot of bleeding. However we'll have to wait until she wakes up to assess the full extent of the damage." The doctor sighed. Danny's head snapped up at this.

"Damage? Like what? If nothing's broken she'll be fine right?" Danny demanded worriedly.

"That's not always the case, things like amnesia, damage to sight, co-ordination or speech parts of the brain, possible illnesses like epilepsy, in the worst case scenarios brain damage or coma." The doctor said gently, after a pause he took his cue to walk off and leave the two siblings to themselves.

"Oh god." Danny moaned sliding down onto a chair in despair.

"I'm sure she'll be fine." Jazz assured her brother.

"Please Jazz, don't tell mum or dad, but… That new ghost girl, it's Alex. And it was me that did this to her, I didn't know, I was tricked, she just…" Danny sobbed.

"Oh… Danny…" Jazz whispered stunned. "Does… does she know that you're… who you are?" she asked carefully.

"No, but… god… she's the last thing I have of Sam. She's my life and… and I've done this to her, how can I tell her that it was me?" Danny asked unable to hold back the tears anymore. Jazz rubbed his backs soothingly.

"You didn't know it was her, it's not your fault. Maybe… you could try explaining to her? I'm not sure what would be best, to tell her and hope for the best or not tell her to protect her." Jazz mused.

"Isn't it meant to be your job to know?" Danny asked bitterly, Jazz flinched stung by his remark.

"Mr Fenton, your daughter is awake now, you can come in." The doctor said poking his head around the corner. Danny stood up and walked in the room wiping his tears away, Alex was slightly propped up in bed with a nurse interrogating her and shining a torch into her eyes.

"Do you know what day it is?" The nurse asked shining the light in Alex's eyes.

"Urgh, it's Sunday. It's my birthday." Alex groaned turning away from the torch.

"Happy birthday." The nurse smiled cheerfully.

"Obviously not." Alex said flatly, the nurse seemed uncomfortable at this.

"Your mother and father's names?" The nurse asked after a moment as she tucked her torch away.

"Danny Fenton, and my mother's name WAS Sam Fenton." Alex sighed, Danny noticed that her left arm was completely limp and her shoulder looked… very dislocated.

"Do you remember what happened to you?" the nurse asked standing up.

"I… no. I don't remember anything leaving the house for a walk." Alex replied uncomfortably.

"What time was that?" The nurse asked.

"About nine." Alex answered slowly.

"You were brought in at about ten in the evening, it's 2am Monday morning now by the way. You only lost an hour, consider yourself lucky." The doctor nodded satisfied.

"Great, can you fix my shoulder now?" Alex asked annoyed.

"Of course, this… is going to hurt a lot." The doctor warned her as he walked towards her and laid his clipboard down.

"Aren't you meant to say that it's not going to hurt?" Alex asked nervously.

"That's only when it's going to hurt. This is going to hurt an AWFUL lot." He said picking up her arm gently and feeling her shoulder joint.

"Ready?" He asked her after a moment or two.

"I guess…" Alex winced. The doctor violently snapped her shoulder back into place and it gave a horrible crack as it did so, Danny flinched and felt the guilt well up inside of him all over again. Alex proceeded to swear loudly and profusely as tears trickled down her face.

"Well… I see your lungs are fine." The doctor said after a moment.

"Don't I get a lolly or an ice cream for that?" Alex whimpered.

"No. You get bedrest, it's late." The doctor nodded before leaving the room.

"I… Alex, I'm so sorry." Danny said quietly as he moved to Alex's bedside and stroked the part of her hair that wasn't encased in the bandages wrapped around her head.

"Don't be. You're the one who brought me in here after all, if it hadn't been for you finding me who knows what could have happened." Alex smiled softly, she leant to the side and hugged her father with her good arm, "I love you dad, I'm sorry for scaring you." Alex sighed.

Danny bit his lip, now how could he tell her?

"You'd better get some sleep baby, I'll be here all night I promise." Danny smiled arranging Alex's pillows so she could lie flat.

"G'night Dad." Alex mumbled feeling sleepy.

"Yo, wake up." A voice said to Alex.

"Urgh?" Alex groaned opening her eyes, she looked up at Aaron.

"Heya. What the hell happened to you then?" He asked sitting on the edge of her bed.

"I got into a fight when I was out for a walk." Alex answered with a one-shouldered shrug, her other shoulder was still very sore.

"That's total crap, you're a terrible liar." Aaron pointed out.

"Urgh, okay. Do NOT tell my father, but… it was Danny Phantom. He attacked me and dad found me and brought me to the hospital, I almost drowned apparently." Alex sighed resting her head back on the pillow.

"That sucks. How'd he find you so quickly?" Aaron asked after a moment.

"Beats me, knowing him he's probably got me micro-chipped or something." Alex laughed gently, suddenly her face became serious. "I'll tell you what though, when I find that Danny Phantom, I'm gonna rip him apart, molecule by molecule." Alex growled clenching her fist which flared with green ectoplasmic light.