An intense storm or natural disaster… hummm… well here is the first one that popped in to my mind!

When my friends, and I were 7 and my sister was 2, we were all down stairs in our basement watching our favorite circus video. It was really stormy out; in fact the wind was so loud that nobody heard the tornado sirens.

So anyways we are sitting down there and suddenly the power clicks off. Before any of us could even blink there was this horrible creaking sound outside. We look out siding glass door a few feet from us, and what we see is the tree outside our window slowly dropping towards us.

We all scream our heads off and start to run out of the room, but my sister couldn't walk very well yet, so I had to run back and get her off the couch. I look and knew I wouldn't have time to get us both out of the room, so I picked her up and dived behind the couch right as the door and window shatter. It sounded like there was a freight train outside, so I quickly run to the bathroom, knowing that there was a tornado near.

It turns out that the tornado was in the water outside of our house… I forgot what that makes it, not a tornado but something else, but it weakened it before it hit our house so it stopped. I didn't know it at the time, but when we went to check out the damage later, the first place we all went to is the couch. There were large pieces of sharp glass sticking out of it in some places. If I didn't dive behind that couch, my sister and I would both be dead right now! Scary right? –Shivers- that brings my life saving count up to two! My dad and my sister! Cool!

Chapter 11

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Jazz was nervously twisting her hair on the way to her brother's room. What would she find? Would she have nightmares of this day for the rest of her life? She gulped. The hall way they were walking down seemed long and lifeless. It scared her. She didn't know where she wanted to be more, looking at her brother's motionless body or walking down this hallway for an eternity.

They arrived at his door too soon for her comfort. She could still back out of this though, she paused at his door for a second, but her worry for Danny took over and she went in, right behind her parents. Some other old man, who was also sleeping, shared his room. Jazz looked at him curiously but the nurse that was taking care of him quickly shut the curtains. They kept going on ward to Danny's side of the room.

What she saw surprised her. Danny was on a clean hospital bed, with an IV in his arm and something clipped to his finger. He also had an oxygen tube in his nostrils. He had a few bandages on his face where he had been cut during the fight but overall he didn't look like he was in pain or anything; with out all the beeping machines and needles in him, he looked like he was just sleeping… he just looked so… peaceful.

For a moment they all just stood behind the curtains, but then Mrs. Fenton got the nerve to go in. She went in and kissed his forehead. "Hey sweetie." She said, talking to him as if he were awake.

Jack also went in and stood next to his wife and said, "That's my boy." And smiled slightly, but it was a sad smile.

"We are so proud of you." Maddie said and pulled up a chair next to his bed. "Protecting that little girl from a ghost… you truly are our child." She said.

Jazz finally got the nerve to go in, and not really knowing what to do, joined in. "Hey Danny," She said, standing by the end of his bed. "Don't worry to much about the ghost… Danny Phantom got him." She said just to humor her parents.

"But if I ever get with in a 10 mile radius of that ghost, he is so going down." Jack said in a dangerously low voice. Maddie patted her husband's arm.

"What he is saying dear, is that no matter what we will never let this happen to you again, and that a promise." With that she patted Danny's leg softly. The little family just sat with him, all lost in thought. Jazz wondered how scared Danny must have been, blowing his secret to the world basically. How relived will he be when he figures out they decided to keep it a secret? They all just stood around him saying nothing, their presents supporting him.

She didn't know how long they stayed like that but Jazz was snapped out of her thoughts when another family came in. They were visiting the man next to them. They were all sniveling. Jazz peaked over at them. There was a young mother holding the hands of two kids, one looked like she was four and one looked like she was her age. Then a boy about Danny's age came in behind them. The girls all had red eyes as if they had been crying a lot and the boy just looked defeated, with his shoulders slumped over, head looking at the ground, and hands in his pockets.

"We should probably let him get some rest now." Her mom said quietly. Jazz looked up at them as if they were crazy. It wasn't like they were disturbing Danny too much.

Maddie and Jack got up to leave, but Jazz stayed put. Even if he couldn't hear her, Jazz still had the feeling that before she left she had to tell him that everything was okay. "Coming dear?" Maddie asked sticking her head back in the doorframe.

"No, can I stay just a while longer? I want to say something else to Danny." She said.

Maddie looked at her with pity in her eyes, "You may, take as long as you want, but try not to disturb them," She whispered, "They look like they've been through a lot. We will be in waiting room." With that she walked out with her husband, closing the door behind her. Jazz just stared at her brother. After a minute she looked out the window. The sun was setting in beautiful blaze of pink, purple, and orange. How could the world be so beautiful when something this bad has happened to her and her family? Suddenly the mother on the other side of the room started to talk. It was quite, and Jazz was just barely able to make it out.

"Hi George, we're here." She whispered, her voice cracking. Jazz stole another peak over at them. The mother had tears like wax running down her face. She turned back to Danny, still listing to the other convocation.

"We're here." She said again her voice wavering. Then the four year old spoke up.

"When is Daddy going to get better?" She asked her sister. The other sister just shook her head and bit her lip, trying not to burst in to sobs. 'There is something really wrong with that man over there.' Jazz decided, feeling the broken family's sadness radiate off of them from where she sat.

The family stayed with him until the stars were bright out in the sky. It really was a beautiful night and Jazz felt guilty for being so selfish before. Her family wasn't the worst ones off out there. What ever was wrong with the man next to them, he was far worst off from Danny. After the family comforted him for a while they left, after a tearful good-bye. Jazz was the only one in the room with the two patients. Suddenly the nurse came in.

"I'm sorry but you have to leave in five minutes." The nurse said kindly. Jazz nodded and the nurse left. She finally felt like it was safe to talk to Danny.

"I don't know if you can hear me, but the doctor said that if we talk to you, if comforts you or something like that so I just want to say everything is still alright. You secret is safe, everybody at Starbucks agreed not to tell, and nobody has so far." Jazz smiled. "It must have taken a lot of courage to just transform in front of everybody like that. I would have been scared to death… but I'm not you are my?" She said, now mostly rambling to herself.

Jazz kissed Danny on the forehead and then looked back over to the other man. Jazz got up and walked over to the clipboard on his bed. Jazz looked over it sadly.

George Claudfeild.

Condition: Dying.

Reason for stay: Brain cancer

Comments from Doctor: Patient was on chemotherapy but test results came back negative. It is estimated that he only has a few more days to live.

Jazz looked back up at the man. He didn't look too healthy. She sighed miserably and once again feeling so selfish. At least Danny had a chance at getting better! She slowly walked back over to her brother.

"Well I should probably be letting you get your 'rest' now, so I will see you soon… k?" As she thought, Danny didn't respond. She smiled sadly and walked out of the room. It didn't go as bad as she thought it would go; at least she didn't think she would have nightmares. In fact seeing Danny so peaceful sort of comforted her.

She went through the doors and the doctor was talking to her parents, who waited for her in the waiting room the whole time. When she was in earshot, she heard he was saying, "… and others will be welcome to visit him on Friday. You have to understand that we don't know when he will wake up. It could be in five minutes, or it could be in twenty-five years. The only thing you guys can do now is hope, visit, pray, and leave the studying up to us." He said and walked away.

"What did he say?" Jazz questioned.

"He said we couldn't help out with the studying." Jack said in a whiny voice.

Jazz rolled her eyes and went to the room with Sam, Tucker, and Lancer in it. When she went in she saw Sam and Tucker talking quietly, and Lancer sleeping. She imagined it must have been quite the day for him. She walked over to the two teens. They seemed to be talking about Danny, and Tucker was smiling smugly but Sam was scowling at him.

As soon as they spotted her their facial expressions changed entirely. They both opened their mouths to ask questions but Jazz held up a hand. "The doctor said that you guys will be able to visit Danny on Friday, and that they didn't know when he is going to wake up… word for word 'it could be five minutes, or it could be in twenty-five years.' When we went in there, all we did was talk to him even though he probably couldn't hear us, but he looked perfectly fine, almost like he was sleeping."

They both closed their mouths again. "Friday? But it's only Monday! How do they expect us to wait that long!" Tucker burst out.

Jazz shrugged and said, "We'll give you a ride home… don't worry, mom's driving." They both seemed to relax at this and stood up. Then Jazz went over to Lancer, gently shook him awake, and told him what happened and when he could visit him… if he wanted to. After all he seen there is no mystery to why Lancer did.

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TBC…

There- a longer chapter! A little… but yeah! Here's to my wonderful reviewers!

Sparky the Wonder Weasel- Well here's a new chapter e-mail for you! Lol.

SquirrelGirl13- you know I can't tell you that! That would give away the story! Lol. And secret spy codes are cool… it was fun to write that part.

Ur1crazedupfruitloop- eek! Hurricanes are scary. Which one did you run from? J/w. And I've never tried to go outside during hail… even when they are the size of a pebble… I am too scared. And your little sledding experience sounds… painful.

Sirithiliel- well I guess you could put it that way. Oh and thanks for the "fantastic" chapter comment. Lol.

Sasia- Earthquakes! Eek! I have never been through one of those… I am –sort- of scared of them… okay, fine, they terrify me but –you- just sleep on right through them. Lol

Kennyk12- Cliffies are fun! It's hard not to leave one at every chapter… but I have a lot of self-control… so far I have 2 out of 11 chapters not being a cliffy! That's not too bad… okay, maybe it is buy IT'S NOT MY FAULT! –Cries- don't worry I'm okay.

Evillittlegurlie- No! NOT A SWARM OF BABIES! –Runs for the hills-

Horselova32312- Yay! You've met more decent authors! It's always fun when they write back… oh wow… I don't think anybody has written back to me… just thanked me in a large thank you list… heh…

Ghostboy814- Hurricane Hugo… scary! I am still scared of hurricanes. Lol, I am such a baby.

dAnnYsGioRl777- yeah, yeah… I know… I am still trying to fix that little problem… hah! No pun intended.

Obsessedwithstabler- lol, I think everyone has a long list of screw-ups… but probably not as long as yours or mine. Lol. I'm just assuming you are as clumsy as me now.

Catgirlversion3.0otakufan- Ahhhh! It's the word awesome again! Eek! Thanks but… ahh! Sorry lots of people have been using the word awesome… lol

RealityBreakGirl- yep… I am trying to rush, and it's affecting my story… I had to rewrite this like three times until I thought it was good enough.

Lindy12- have you ever read Winn Dixie? It sounds like you might have one of those fear things… I could look up the word but I am too lazy.

Purrbaby101- "We got over 4 inches of rain in a few hours" Sounds like there could be a flash flood in Michigan! Lol. Up here in the land of 10,000 lakes we just get tornados too, and some flash floods here and there but that's all.

DP fan- Wow! I had that happen too! One time we were passing the sirens with all of our windows down in the car, and they suddenly went off. I am scared of loud noises… idk why but I am, so I started crying because it was SO loud. It was weird… there wasn't even a storm for goodness sakes! I think it might have been the first Wed. of some month. Maybe…

Stormrider7- OMGSH! That would be so freaky! A car –flipped- over? Jeez… and the water being a meter from your door, talk about lucky. Lol… wouldn't that be fun? Just to canoe over to your neighbor's house. Lol.

Pearl84- Thanks! Lol… and darn you run on sentences! You will be the end of me yet! –Looks around nervously- No! I wasn't just talking to my story! I swear… DON'T SEND ME AWAY TO THE CRAZY PLACE! I'm okay…

Distant6- Jet-bike… lol. That's funny. I'm weird and I laughed an out loud a little at that and now my parents think I am going crazy. Thanks for the review!

Bunny Bubble- Okay! –Devours cupcake-

Ariel Senrayes- Cool! I have a number 1 fan! And I will work on the "Write more" part

Quacked Lurker- hah! Wouldn't that be cool if you sat down to watch a new episode of DP and you start to feel like you already know what's going to happen and suddenly you figure out it's your story… I would like freak… sorry when you said "It reads like it could be a real 'episode'." That's what set me off. Lol.

Okay it was my birthday Aug. 3 so now I am 15! I got a new cell phone (a razor) and I really loved it and stuff and yesterday, it fell in to the lake and now it won't turn on –cries-. Sooooooo this updates question iiiiiiissssss…

Have you ever gotten something new and ruined it the day after… or something. REVIEW!