Disclaimer: Okay, I do not own Danny Phantom, only the story-plot and my OC Rosa.
Green Growth:
"So, what's on todays to do list?"
Sam arched a brow at Danny's question. He was right.
What were they going to do today?
"Your father and I are going to see a possible investor today." Maddie informed them from the kitchen. She was trying to figure out how to re-install a few systems for the Ghost Shield around the house. Her husband was down in the lab, working on whatever invention he had come up with this time.
"We could go into town with the girls." Sam suggested as she took a nibble of the cookies Jazz had left them. At least she was able to make some that didn't glow green and tasted like ectoplasm, like those of Maddie.
"We'll have to come up with a story for when someone asks, then." Danny mused as he was pacing, like he always did when thinking. Sam agreed, knowing that their family connection had to remain hidden.
"And what about their school?" Maddie asked as she entered from the kitchen, a screen with data about the Ghost Shield in her hand.
"Mom, we haven't figured out how to handle their aging problem yet. I don't think that school is such a good idea right now."
The couple sighed. That was their biggest problem right now. Their age.
Physically it was that Rosa was eight and Dani twelve, but in truth they were practically four. And after these four years, neither had aged even a single bit. It was already a miracle that Rosa appeared to be naturally stable, but their age was a problem.
"Has Vlad told anything yet?" Danny asked, his mind flashing back to the 'fruit loop'. He was tempted to start calling the halfa a madman, his obsession with his mom beyond normal. And then there was his desire for the 'perfect son'. A mental shiver rolled down his spine at the thought.
"I think I'll have to go to more drastic ways to get that info." Maddie mused as she focused on the statistics of the shield.
Her son sighed before slumping in the sofa. He murmured a few curses under his breath before recomposing himself.
"I'll see if I can talk with Clockwork about that, and maybe he can tell us why Rosa seems to be stable."
They agreed with that, and Maddie left for the lab to get her husband. Sam heaved a sigh before standing up, a single crack popping in her spine. She really must consider more physical training.
"I'll see what those two are up to." She started for the stairs, and suddenly laughter came from upstairs. The two sighed with exasperation, but with a soft smile on Danny's face. The half-ghost was glad to see that they were doing so well after the entire ordeal.
Rosanna was the only one who really had it more difficult. Unlike Danielle, who had seen things on the streets that no twelve-year old should see, Rosanna had been cared for by Clockwork, shielding her of the horrors of real life. As such, she would sometimes wake up, screaming and tears in her eyes from a nightmare.
If Maddie and Jack hadn't locked Vlad up in a ghost-proof cage, then Danny would have surely killed the guy by now after finding out that Rosa her nightmares were thanks to the crazy fruit loop.
Sam vanished to the first floor, leaving Danny alone to his thoughts. His smile slowly faded as he started thinking. There were still many things to deal with, like the many mysteries connected to their youngest, and the public's awareness about Danielle and her connection to him. And then there was this feeling in his guts that told him to be cautious.
Like some kind of attack was imminent.
'I'll have to ask Clockwork if my Ghost Sense can predict the future.'
A group of hikers was taking a nice stroll through the forest around Amity Park. The man leading pointed ahead showing an opening in the thick vegetation.
As the group emerged from the flora, they found themselves on top of a beautiful hill with an amazing sight over the area beneath them.
Amity Park was located far at the bottom, the field around it together with the bits of green and the highway in the distance providing an amazing view. Mountains in the far-off distance were concealed by fog, and you could see a mass of dark clouds coming closer above the town.
Seems like the townsfolk are going to have some rain this afternoon.
As they took a break, one of the hikers took out a book from his bag and opened it. The book was filled with info about native plants and flora-species. He readjusted his glasses before taking a good look at the plants around the opening.
His attention was quickly caught by a green flower. Firstly, he had never seen a green flower before, and secondly it seemed to have a slight hue to it.
The man approached the flower and took a glance in his book. As he searched, the man was unaware of the flower growing around his leg.
Suddenly, he felt a tug at his leg. Looking down, the man fell back on his butt from surprise when noticing the flower growing around it.
Before he could even utter a scream, the flower shot forwards and covered his mouth, silencing his voice. It quickly enveloped the rest of him before tightening. And with one swift motion he was pulled into the looming darkness of the forest.
The hikers were playing a little game, one man taking a drink from his bottle of water. When he opened his eyes again, they fell on the plants creeping closer on the grass. Just when he wanted to yell of surprise, a vine wrapped itself around his mouth. He trashed around to try and get away, but the vine grew further around his body, limiting his movement.
He watched as the rest of the group underwent similar fates, all being captured by the foliage. As the last was securely caught, the plants pulled them into the darkness between the trees, who now started to have a dangerous appearance. Needles were growing from the branches and the leaves seemed to become razor sharp.
As the last man vanished, a single scream sounded through the woods, followed by the maniacal laughter of a single being.
Undergrowth.
His plan was finally falling in place.
"I love ice cream!"
Sam and Danny chuckled at the way Rosa spoke between licks of her strawberry ice-cream. Dani was right next to her, enjoying her own vanilla ice.
"And wait until you tasted the food at the Nasty Burger." Tucker joined in, their friend walking at the far end of our little group. They were just walking through town, allowing the girls to see it in it's whole, and so they could enjoy a day outside of the house.
After coming with an explanation for the girl -they were cousins paying a visit whilst their parents were working at their house- the trio of friends and the two girls left for a nice calm day in town.
And that started out with introducing the two to the best treat in the world: Ice cream!
"I really think I could forever eat this." Dani joked as she took a long and tasty lick of her vanilla cream. A small bit ended up in the tip of her nose, enticing a soft giggle from her little sister. The older half-ghost girl gave a smug smirk before she licked it from her nose.
"Well, they sure are enjoying themselves." Sam commented as she watched the cars drive by. For her this was the chance to simply lay back and relax for once, no ghost in their way.
Danny chuckled before he released a content sigh. These were the moments he missed ever since The Incident. Calm days without any ghost in the way of ruining it.
As they walked further through town, they reached a spot where there was a lot of new build. They stopped though when they reached a construction site that was surrounded by police cars and tape. A few cops were asking question to bystanders, and a few were taking pictures of the site. The entire metal skeleton had collapsed, and the machines were crushed to bits.
"Wow, what happened here?" Danny asked as he noticed the damage. Those machines were pretty much toast, and the skeleton was bended in ways that couldn't be thanks to a simple collapse.
"The site was empty when the entire thing just up and fell down. Luckily no one got hurt." Tucker explained as he read the initial reports on his PDA. The girls were standing in front of him, eyes wide as they took in the scale of the damage.
"Who could do something like this?" Dani asked the question that everyone had. That shook Sam from the surprise, and after some thinking she couldn't come with a certain answer.
"Think it was a ghost?"
Danny took a better look at the damage. It didn't seem like some of those beams were bend by anything human, and those machines were too far away to have been crushed by any of them. And then there is the fact that the soil underneath them seemed recently touched.
"Excuse me?"
Everyone turned to the left, finding a little boy holding a soccer ball in his hands. Danny offered the boy a soft nod, showing him that they heard, and he can continue.
"Are you Danny Phantom?" The boy asked, his eyes focused on Danny. He chuckled, used to these questions by now. He gave a quick nod before crouching down to be on eye-level with the kid.
"Yeah. What's the matter?"
"I saw what happened." The boy said as he looked at the scene in front of them. Danny arched a brow to how the boy had seen what happened, but he didn't question and instead asked the kid to elaborate.
"There were these strange vines coming from the ground! And they did all of that!" The boy explained, gesturing wildly with his arms. The gears in Danny's head started turning, but on the outside, he smiled and thanked the boy before telling him to go home.
"So, what do you think?" Tucker asked, still unsure what might have happened. And as mayor of Amity Park, he must know.
"I'm sure that it's a ghost. But, which one uses vines…?" Danny his voice trailed off, a lightbulb going on in his head.
"Undergrowth." Both Danny and Sam say at the same time. They both blink as they face each other, having caught each other by surprise.
"Wow, like you have some kind of psychic link." Tucker mused as he eyes the two. A weird silence falls over the them, but after a few moments they start laughing. Quickly brushing that idea aside, Danny his expression became more serious.
"Tuck, what's the closest construction site. Well, besides this one." Danny asked with a motion to the scene next to them. Their techno-geek friend quickly takes out his PDA and starts typing away. After a few moments he gives a victorious "ha!" before turning to his friends.
"The nearest one is only a few blocks down the road. It's the only one that's still intact in the area."
Danny gave a quick nod before making some space. Exclaiming his "Going ghost!", he summons the white ring and turns into his ghost-half.
"Da-Danny, can I help?" Dani asks as she finishes her ice-cream, avoiding calling him 'daddy' in public. Her father shakes his head, causing a frown to appear on her face. "Why not?" She whines.
"Because one, we're in public and you changing could reveal too much. Two, I am the only who knows how to handle Undergrowth. He's far too strong."
"Yeah, even he had difficulty defeating him. And unless you suddenly have ice-powers, you're grounded, missy." Sam finishes with a small scowl. Dani groans, but agrees in the end, knowing that they are right and want to protect her. And after last time she left to handle a ghost alone, she wouldn't underestimate them anymore. So, if Danny says it's a strong ghost, then it really is a strong ghost.
"Be safe." Tucker advices, holding on to Rosa with his hand. Sam takes a quick look around before standing on her toes and giving the half-ghost a supportive kiss.
"Come back alive, okay?"
"I can only offer half, Sam." Danny jokes, earning a soft giggle from the girl only he could hear. Offering a reassuring smile to his two kids, he takes off into the sky. A few people in the crowd point at the halfa flying off.
Danny Phantom, off to save the day, again.
After only a few minutes, he arrives at the construction site. He stays afloat above the place, his eyes scanning for anything suspicious.
"Come on, you weed. What are you up too?" He muses as he scans the site. Coming out clear, he hums in concern.
Suddenly a rumble causes the ground to shake, and it cracks open to reveal all kinds of plants growing from within.
'There you are.'
He prepares a Ghost Ray in his hand and is just about to attack when he finds that it isn't Undergrowth who appears from the crack.
Instead, big monsters made of vines and plants off all kind emerge from the crack, screaming in a bloodthirsty way.
"Great, plant monsters."
He fires the ray he had ready at the monster, but it jumps out of the way and the attack ends up in the ground, kicking up dust. He quickly starts firing more, but the plant creatures seem to be able to avoid them every time.
"What are these things?" He groans in frustration. Having had enough, he charges an attack in his hands and flies down to their level. Firing the attack, he finally hits one in the arm. The appendage is obliterated, but quickly regrows back. 'Damn.'
One of the monsters charges with a deep guttural growl, it's arm flying down. He quickly gets out of the way, the arm landing in the ground next to him. Danny grits his teeth, that attack could have easily crushed him if it hit!
He forms a ball of Ghost Energy, intent on stopping these creatures before they start rampaging in the town.
He fires, hitting one in the leg. It stumbles to its knees, but the damage is quickly repaired, and the monster is already getting back up to its feet.
"Alright, time for some cooler tactics."
He fires an ice-blue Ghost Ray, as soon as it hits one of the creatures causing the being to be captured in a frozen shell.
But cracks suddenly form and after a few moments the plant monster breaks through the ice, charging at our hero. He dodges by going intangible, the monster passing right through him.
By now Danny is growing frustrated. His techniques don't seem to work. Only one option left.
"Can't regenerate if you're a pile of ashes!" He yells whilst charging a strong ball of Ghost Energy. It's the size of his head, strong enough to blow these things back to the Ghost Zone.
Just when he's about to fire, a vine wraps itself around his arm holding the ball of Ghost Energy. A voice speaks behind him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, flesh-walker."
He turns around, coming face to face with the ghost he had been expecting.
Undergrowth.
"And why not?" Danny asks with a snarl. A devilish chuckle escapes the Nature Ghost as he coils around the halfa and straight to one of the creatures.
"You wouldn't want to 'accidently' kill one of your own, right?" Undergrowth states. As he passes one of the monsters, the beings chest unravels and opens to reveal one of the hikers from the woods inside. The man's eyes were glowing green, a single vine extended into the back of his neck.
Danny's eyes widen as he realizes what Undergrowth's plan was. He couldn't stop the creatures because they were holding humans captive. Their intelligence was extracted from the person's mind. Destroy them and he'll kill the person inside.
He was stuck, nowhere to go.
Nowhere but one place.
"We'll see about that!" Danny yells as he yanks his hand free of the vine. He turns intangible and phases into the ground. Looking around, he quickly finds the roots he was looking for. Just when he was going to freeze it with an Ice-Ray, the root turns intangible, his Ray passing right through!
"Can't hit what you can't touch." The mocking voice of Undergrowth sounds. Danny grits his teeth as he tries again and again to hit the roots, but they all avoid the attacks by turning intangible.
And suddenly he can't find them anywhere!
"And you can't attack what you can't see!" Undergrowth adds with a laugh, making the half-ghost furious. He yells as he phases back to the surface. He gathers a big Ghost Energy infused snow ball in his hands and fires it at the ghost. Undergrowth quickly dodges the attack before aiming a collection of vines at the halfa. Danny dodges to the side, skidding across the hard ground, his head hitting the ground. Dizziness took his mind for a few moments, but he recovers fast.
This was growing more annoying with the second!
As he floats back up, Danny looks around only to find both Undergrowth and the creatures gone. Gritting his teeth almost to dust, he soars into the sky, searching for the ghost. By now clouds have gathered over the town, leaving an eerie darkness hanging over the streets and buildings.
As he looks around, his ears catch screaming in the distance. Turning his head to locate the source, he quickly flies off to Amity Central Park. As he gets closer, the screams grow in loudness. His eyes fall on the park, widening as he takes in the chaos.
The creatures were chasing people. A few that were caught were brought to a strange flower that was on the ground. One person was put down on the plant, and vines sprouted from the bloom to capture the human, the vines growing until a new creature was in the place.
Undergrowth was forming an army!
He balls his fists, swearing to destroy that ghost as soon as he finds the weed. Scanning the area, he can't find the being ectoplasmic jerk anywhere. Cursing himself for losing the bad guy, Danny starts searching the streets.
As he passes the many streets and alleyways below, he yells at the people to find cover and hide. They don't hesitate to listen to their local hero and people are quickly searching for shelter, trying to hide from the creatures that now are starting to fill into the streets from the park.
As he flies through the town, his eyes spot his friends and family running down the street, a creature chasing them. He doesn't understand how or why this one was chasing them, but he didn't care. His family needed him!
Dani had transformed and was firing blasts at the monster, but they didn't do much against the ghostly vines. Rosa was holding on to Sam's hand, a fearful expression on her face. Tucker was traying his best to keep up, but his legs were aching and -man he really needs more exercise if this big ugly thing was catching up with him-.
"Guys!" Danny yelled from the air. They all look up, relieved to see their friend. Sam her hopeful expression quickly fades though when she catches the worried and anxious look on his face.
Danny doesn't waste another second as he charges at the monster. Yelling loud to catch the creature's attention, just when it turns around he fires a blast at the beings' head. Its head explodes, vines sticking out. As Danny passes the monster, he could already see the vines growing. Even a head-shot wasn't going to do.
"I can't stop these things. They're holding people inside and my Ice-Ray doesn't seem to hurt them!" Danny informs his friends, their expressions darkening quickly. Understanding the severity of the situation, they quickly come with an escape plan. Dani takes a hold of Sam and Rosa as Danny grabs Tucker, and the group flies off to the Fenton Works.
They need a new plan, fast!
"I can't destroy them without killing the person inside. My Ice-Ray doesn't seem to do much, and I can't freeze the roots if I can't see or touch them. Undergrowth is hiding somewhere, and the townspeople are being used to form his army." Danny is frantically pacing the lab. His mind was spinning, trying to come with a solution for the situation.
Sam was leaning in the opening of the stairs, her face in a deep frown. Tucker was typing away at a few computers on a table, and the girls were seated on the floor, worried expressions on their faces.
The situation wasn't looking good for them.
"We need a way to free the people inside the creatures. A way to get them out so you can destroy those things." Sam concluded after looking at things herself. Danny nodded, but his face didn't show any sign of clearing up.
"He's got control over them through a mind-vine. They won't hear us, and can't do anything against it." Danny countered after some thought. His girlfriend nodded, understanding the issue there quickly.
"Can't you freeze them completely?" Tucker asked as he looked back from behind the computers. Danny shook his head, knowing the problem there too.
"Can't risk freezing the person inside. And last I checked, humans can't handle -50°c or lower."
A silence fell over the group. The occasional idea was thrown in the air but was blasted down quickly by another problem connected to the people captured or the lack of knowledge of Undergrowth's hiding spot.
"What about using something else that can kill plants?" Dani suddenly proposed. Everyone turned to face her, causing the girl to cower a little under their stares. After a few moments, the gears in Danny's head started to turn, the idea kick-starting a thought.
"Like some kind of mega-weed-killer." He mused as he started pacing, his steps controlled and thought-full. The group started eyeing the boy with interest, their attention peaked.
"something better then cold." Sam added, her own mind starting to think.
"Fire?" Tucker quickly asked. Everyone turned to face him, an exasperated look on their faces.
"Something that doesn't turn the person to a crisp, thank you very much." Danny grumbled. The techno-geek cowered under the burning glare and quickly shut his mouth.
Danny looked around the lab, his eyes falling on a container filled with a strange yellow-ish liquid. He approached the container and read what the label said.
"Instant-weed-killer?"
Everyone their eyes fell on the container, expressions ranging from shock to surprise to hope.
"Wait, who made that?" Sam asked, now curious to how this was here at the right time.
Danny examined the tank carefully and found a simple note slipped underneath. He grabbed it and read what it said.
"Hope this will help with the weeds in your garden, Sam. -Dearly, Maddie Fenton."
Danny eyed his girlfriend with an inquiring face, an eyebrow arched. She chuckled softly as she rubbed her neck, now feeling a bit stupid.
"I, uh, asked your mom if she had something good against the weeds in my garden."
Everyone breathed a sigh of exasperation. Danny checked the rest of the table, finding the chemical composition written down on another note. He checked the closet and found that there was plenty left to make more. The note also held the instructions so more could be made easily.
Thanking his mom for her good-heartedness and the group got to work, filling containers with the liquid and making more at the same time.
They were ready to strike back.
By now the town was starting to get overgrown. Plants were sticking from all nooks and crannies, vines growing over the houses. Entire sites had been destroyed and, in the place, forests were being planted by people whose mind was under Undergrowth's control.
All the while, these places were guarded by the plant monsters. Their red eyes scanned the area. One suddenly noticed a can rolling out of an alleyway. It felt suspicious and the creature left to investigate.
One side-effect of using the person inside for intelligence meant that the creatures didn't have a shared mind, but could hold individual thoughts. Such, none of the creatures knew what the other was doing without seeing it.
As the monster turned into the alleyway, it was pulled further inside before being sprayed with a yellow substance. The vapor caught into the pores of the vines, and instantly the plants started wilting under the poisonous substance.
After a few moments, the vines were dead and the person inside was free. The dead mind-vine detaching from his neck and fall. The man fell on the ground unconscious but free of the mind-control.
"It works." Danny concluded as he holstered the sprayer on his back. Securing the belt around his chest, he turned to face his friends and family.
Dani was holding a miniature version of the sprayer, a confident smile on her face as she pretended to be a secret agent, pointing the nozzle at different directions. Sam had a smug smirk on her face as she tugged at the belt, checking it to be secure. Even Tucker seemed brave, holding on the tank with the weed-killer of his sprayer. He checked for it to be good before placing it on his back, securing the belt.
And then he looked at Rosa. The girl was holding up brave, but inside Danny knew she was scared. This was a normal thing for them, even Danielle had grown a bit used to it, but she, she was completely new to this all, and now she had to face an enemy as dangerous like Undergrowth.
"Guys, might I add just how cool we look like this?" Tucker point out as he hold the sprayer like he was going to whack someone with it. That elicited a round if laughter from his friends. Danny smiles, glad to see his best friend keep the moral high. His expression turned serious afterwards, his eyes scanning everyone one last time.
Rosa took a hold off Sam's hand, the older girl giving it a reassuring squeeze.
"Ready?" He asked. They all gave him a nod, Rosanna with some reluctant. He gave them one assuring smile before facing the chaos outside of the alleyway.
War was on, and they were going to battle.
Undergrowth was admiring his work from the safety of his personal tree. The plant had grown to immense size, the leaves a deep purple. From the branches vines were growing down, some having illuminating flowers growing on them.
He enjoyed watching how humanity had been turned into his play-toy, a tool for his actions. He didn't need to stretch a finger for them to do his bidding.
Oh, how much he enjoyed listening to their pleas and cries for help. These flesh-walkers never failed to amuse him.
And then something caught his attention. A plant suddenly dying, a stinging sensation seeping into the ghosts' mind. Checking that location with his mind, he found a surprise for him.
Danny Phantom and his friends, joined by two young girls. One was very similar to the ghost-boy, and the other shared a lot with Samantha. Wait, there is something different about them, but what-?
His thoughts were cut off as he witnesses and feels the plants they spray with that yellow substance cower and wilt away. He growls in anger. They were destroying his children!
He entered the tree, using his powers to travel through the vines covering the town. In a few seconds he arrives at the spot where they were busy. He growled as he sees them destroy his creatures, freeing the people inside.
'No! My plan was foolproof!'
"Hey, weed-head!"
Undergrowth looked down, his eyes falling on the girl that looked a lot like Phantom. She had an angry face, and was holding the sprayer in her arms at his roots. Before he realized what she was going to do, she sprayed the yellow poison on his roots, the plant ghost suddenly feeling an immense burning sensation.
"Take this, you clump of vines!"
He screamed in pain as the roots she hit wilted away. Quickly repairing what damage she has done, he found that the roots that were destroyed didn't grow back. The poison could prevent his regeneration?!
He growled at her smug look, and quickly summoned some vines to hold her. She had been too cocky, and now he had her in his grip.
"Danielle!"
He looked up too see the halfa growl at him, a burning anger in his eyes. Danny Phantom quickly left from his spot, flying faster than ever before. As the punch to his jaw landed, the plant-ghost found that it was a lot stronger than he remembers from their past encounter. He must have grown stronger, or…
He cared deeply for this other half-ghost.
"So, the great Danny Phantom has a weakness." Undergrowth mused as he tightened the grip around the girl. Right when the halfa was going to spray the poison on him, a simple squeeze and a whimper of pain from the girl stopped him in his tracks. The smirk on the ghosts face only grew as he now had a new addition to his plan.
That was until Danielle found the nozzle of her sprayer in her grip and she pressed the button. The vapor left the sprayer and hit the vines around her, the plants quickly dying. Undergrowth yelled in pain and anger as his bargain escaped. He launched a barrage of vines at the two halfas, but they quickly dodged the torrent of plants.
By now many of his creature were dying left and right as Danny's friends sprayed the yellow poison on the plant monsters, freeing the people of their mind-control.
"You will pay for murdering my children!" Undergrowth yelled as he threw more vines at them. He was so enraged that he was forgetting about the monsters he had created completely.
Danny smirked as he sprayed the plants, and they quickly withdrew from the yellow vapor.
Now so enraged that he was willing to disregard his own condition, Undergrowth reached for the back-up he had come up with. It was a last resort, knowing his own weakness to the things, but he had to destroy these two.
A red glow came from his fist and the painfully burning sensation in his palm told him it had worked. He threw the green balls at the two Phantoms, who held their hands up. Top their surprise the things bumped off them without a scratch, but the grim grin on Undergrowth's face told Danny that this wasn't everything.
As the plant-ghost flicked his fingers, the green plants opened to reveal flowers, the leaves black with a purple trim. The bloom was colored a blood-red, and a reddish vapor was released from the bloom.
Danny's pupils dilated to dots as the sudden burning sensation filled his chest. He fell to the ground as a pained groan escapes him, the sprayer dropping out of his hold and shattering on the ground. The liquid was quickly absorbed by the dry soil, leaving nothing behind. The scream from Dani told him she too was suffering under the plants.
Blood Blossoms.
Through semi-closed eyes Danny could see how Undergrowth smirked devilish at them. He was clearly keeping distance from the cursed flowers, not even him immune from the natural anti-ghost substance.
He could just register the excruciating scream from Danielle. His numbing mind concluded that a young half-ghost like her would suffer even more under the plants effect then him. She was weaker and less experienced.
Oh, how he wished he could do something right now.
His mind started to slip away as the vapor filled his nostrils and the burning scent filled his senses. A terrible scream of pain escaped his mouth as he held his arms, the pain vibrating through his chest like a heartbeat that was slowly eating away at him.
How he hated this part about his half-ghost being.
Sam had already felt a strange feeling in her gut telling her to go to Danny when she left for the other places in town, Rosa in tow for protection.
She was already finishing the last of the monsters in her part of town when she felt the feeling return in tenfold, and then the pained scream of two people she held dear pierced the air.
She was running to them when the unbearable scream of Dani shattered the air. Her pace quickened as Rosa could just hold on to her mother's hand. She had heard the scream of her big sister too, and tears were stinging at her eyes as the many scenario's played in her mind.
When they reached the spot where Undergrowth was, grinning down at the two weak forms on the ground, Sam's breath hitched in her throat as she recognized the flowers around them.
"Blood Blossoms." She muttered in shock. Rosa her eyes widened as she remembered the flower's name and the warning Clockwork had given her. A plant that was a natural repellent for ghosts. If used good enough, lethal for the ghost.
And her dad and big sis were surrounded by the cursed blooms.
Sam was running at them in a heartbeat, leaving the little girl alone on the street. The goth took the sprayer in her hand, ready to start killing the plants and keeping Undergrowth at bay.
The plant-ghost arched a brow as his former daughter rushed to the half-ghosts their aid. The sprayer she held was ready, but he could see that she was open. A single vine appeared from the ground, rushing in Sam's direction.
The goth had noticed the attack coming and swiftly avoided it. She was about to start running again when she found herself facing Undergrowth, who had shrunk down to her size. An angry scowl made its way to her face as she growled to him.
"What? Aren't you delighted to see your father, my child?" The ghost spoke with sarcasm sapped into every word.
Ah, right, that thing he had pulled on her. Danny had told them everything that had happened after Undergrowth's first attack, including the whole 'mother to his children' ordeal. She visibly shivered as the memory reached her. She was about to spray him, but he swiftly knocked the tank from her hands.
"I could bet that Danny makes for a much better dad than you." Sam remarked as she threw a punch. He caught her hand and twisted it, almost breaking her wrist. She groaned in pain as he kept her like that, the scowl not leaving his face.
"And why would that be?" He remarks. Just when he was going to give her a hit in the stomach, a voice caught both their attention.
"Because he cares for his kids!"
Undergrowth turned around swiftly, suddenly receiving a Ghost Ray into the chest. It caught him off guard, losing his grip on Sam's hand, who pulled it back with a sigh of relief. She quickly sidestepped the angry ghost so she could see who had called.
There was Rosa, the last remnants of a blood blossom in one hand and a sprayer in her other. She allowed the crushed leaves to flow from her hand, a wrinkle of her nose showing her disgust of the plant. The rest of the flowers had wilted thanks to the weed-killer, and both Phantoms were recovering from the pain and exhaustion. Dani was unconscious on the ground, but her body was slowly stirring showing she was regaining it in time. Danny his eyes were hanging heavy over his eyes, but he was gaining his strength back ever so slightly. The boy's hand was smoking slightly, showing that he was the one who had shot that blast.
Undergrowth released a guttural growl before launching himself at the girl. She shrieked in surprise before jumping out of the way. She started running to her mother as soon as she recovered from the narrow escape.
Sam was already preparing herself to face the ghost, cracking her neck as she waited for Rosa to reach her.
What she wasn't expecting was for Undergrowth to suddenly grow larger and a vine suddenly slam her in the stomach. It threw her back, far, right into the side of a car. She gasped as the air left her lungs from the impact and she dropped to the ground.
Just as she opens her eyes, she can see Rosa running to her with a horrid look on her face. Looking up higher, she finds the source.
A massive collection of vines falling down like a rock.
Sam shouted for the girl to run, faster than she already was.
Rosa looked up for a split-second, watching the incoming green blob getting closer fast.
She looked to her mother, seeing the fear in her eyes.
All she could do was shout her last word.
"Mom!"
"Rosa!"
And then it hit.
The vines landed right on top of the little girl.
Sam felt her heart clench together, the blood running out of her face. Her fists balled together so much her hands were bleeding.
No.
It can't be.
No!
'No, no, no, no!'
'NO!'
"NO!"
Author's note: Okay, I'm finishing this when it's around 3AM in the morning here, so please excuse my lack of jokes at the end of this one. Anyways, *yawn*, remember to review, fav and follow and see you soon (hopefully after some good night's sleep).