Disclaimer: no own DP characters, yes own my characters, even Spirit Pain which I have grown to hate
A/N: this will be more than one chapter, just posted since it's been a while since my last post (I think). I am working on the next part. And some characters, such as Clockwork, may be OOC (OOC= out of character, just in case someone like how I was doesn't know). And I feel like leaving you with these semi cliff hangers
CHAPTER SEVEN-) TIME TWISTED PART 2
He was evil. Danny had turned in this universe. There really was no hope. What he had worked so hard to prevent still happened. How was this possible?
Dusk looked at the ghost hunter, then thought of Danny. She was unsure on how he got in since the guards weren't boasting about a new ghost and was pretty much sure he didn't belong in here. "I will help..." Dusk said. "If you help me first."
"Help a ghost?" Valerie repeated. "Why-"
"I won't help until you promise you will help me." Dusk stated.
Valerie glared at Dusk. "Fine. What is it?"
"Before you came, I was talking with this ghost in the room behind me. He said he wasn't in here and had phased through the walls in order to get in. Let him and me free from this place. I can't risk letting someone else go through this insanity." Dusk told her.
Danny and Valerie raised an eyebrow each. What did she mean by that?
The ghost hunter sighed. "Fine. I'll as them." She slipped through the door again and out of the cell.
"Did you really mean that?" Danny wondered.
"Mean what?" Dusk asked innocently, as if she didn't say anything.
"What you just said to Valerie. That you'd help her if she frees us." Danny said.
Dusk was silent. "That was actually Valerie? I thought I was just seeing things. But either way, yes, I meant it. I couldn't stand it if I knew your insanity was because of me."
Valerie reentered. "They're letting you and the other ghost go as long as I had these ghost-proof handcuffs on both of you so come on." She helped Dusk up and removed the straight jacket.
The ghost moved her arms. "You have no idea how long I've wanted to be able to move my arms." She then let Valerie cuff her right hand to her left one then they opened the door so they could get Danny.
They opened the cell door, Valerie sure that Dusk was dreaming again, and they tried to hide their shock when they saw the familiar face.
"Come on ghost." Valerie said, her voice slightly wavering, both of them wanting to be sure that it wasn't Dan himself. Danny stood and let Valerie cuff his left wrist to her right.
Together, the trio walked out of the cell and through the hallways, all and any of the people walking through the halls staring at him, backing up against the wall. Danny even thought he saw Kwan in there. But getting all of this attention was a bit more than Danny could handle, and he wished that he could turn invisible but that may make Dusk and Valerie trust him less.
"Who are you?" Dusk asked Danny.
"I told you." Danny stated. "I'm Phantom."
Valerie looked over her shoulder, since she was pretty much dragging the ghosts behind her. "How do we know you're not Dan pretending to be your younger self?"
"I wish I could prove it but it took Dan come and beat me and Val up last time this happened." Danny muttered.
The women looked at Danny, then saw that he wouldn't be able to answer them without leaving another question in their minds.
-IDK-
Azina opened the door that led into a half run down apartment. It didn't really look like much. "This is it,"
Zilla entered the room. "It's better than what I had lived in when I went to live with a former friend."
The first girl stared at the other. "How could this be better than anything?"
"No furniture, a mattress on the floor..." Zilla said. "And he gave me this." She showed Azina the large bruise that still covered most of her stomach even though it was over a month since she had gotten it.
"Ouch," Azina bit her lip. "How the hell did he give you that big of a bruise?"
The Halfa didn't know what she could say. "Well, he has his ways." She sort of wished she didn't show the bruise to her. "But I'm staying with a different friend now in a place that is better." She covered her stomach again.
"That's good news... I think..." Azina said. "Uh... do you want to borrow something of mine for tonight? We can go out tomorrow and get you some other stuff since it seems like you don't have anything,"
"Um, thanks..." Zilla tried to smile but something was making her feel dizzy. She vaguely remembered falling to the ground and Azina shaking her before she entered unconsciousness.
-same place week later 'bout-
Zilla felt so dizzy still. She slowly opened her eyes. She saw Azina sitting outside a window, playing with something in her hands, eyes closed. She saw an IV in her arm. She saw a man outside the window, talking with a nurse.
"Azina..." She called weakly, trying to sit up.
The nurse looked in the room. She turned back to the man and Azina. "She's up. You can go in now."
Azina's eyes opened wide, as if she just heard that ghosts were real. They were baby blue now, not the hazel they were when Zilla had first met her. "She's up?" She repeated.
The man nodded, then opened the door for Azina to enter before entering herself.
Zilla cocked an eyebrow, confused. The man was around forty and she was sure they had never met so why was he here?
"Zilla, do you remember me?" The man wondered. He had brown hair in a style like Danny's but slightly longer and he had some of the hair in a tie, several white streaks making him have an older figure. He had golden eyes, the color of a hawk's, fierce but kind at the same time. He seamed familiar to her yet a were several things that he looked like he may have been and then it also seemed like he was the opposite. Old, but young; eerie, yet calming; frightening, though relaxing- you get the point.
"Are you sure you got the right girl?" The nurse asked him. "I mean, the person you're looking for should be thirty eight, not fourteen."
Azina looked up at the two then back at Zilla "Are you OK?" She inquired.
The confused girl nodded. She was still looking at the man, trying to figure out why he thought she knew him.
The other girl noticed that she was looking at him. "Zilla, that's Se-" She began.
"Sean?" Zilla repeated, moving her gaze to Azina then back at her friend. "But... how-?"
Azina moved aside in order to let Sean hug Zilla. "I don't know how, Zee, but it's great to see you again."
When Sean had let go of Zilla, she stared at him. "What do you mean by that?"
Sean looked at the nurse, who nodded and left the room. "You went missing twenty-four years ago, Zilla. Along with Kachina, Danny, Sam and Tucker. One minute, people had saw all five of you walking around and then the next thing they see is all of you gone, simply vanished."
"Wait, twenty-four? And the others haven't been seen yet?" Zilla wondered.
The man shook his head. "Not at all. A few people have been thought to be them, a couple look-a-likes, but that's it."
Before Zilla could ask anything else, a thin black stream of mist escaped her mouth. "Uh... Azina, Sean, help me get these things off and then Azina close your eyes."Sean nodded, understanding, then started closing the blinds and curtains before he and Azina started pulling off the wires and unplugging the machines. Azina covered her eyes, but only after the other two started to say threats- ones that they would have never done.
He gave a thumbs up when they were sure that no one was watching- they even covered the security cameras with this tape playing on loop.
Sighing, Zilla got off of the bed and took a deep breath. She closed her eyes and nodded at her friend. A gray ring formed around her waist which split into a black and white one. When the transformation was done, Dark Phantom Pain stood in her place. She opened her black eyes and waited for Sean to become his army-clothed ego only to find that he was already done.
Another black stream exited her mouth. Ask him later, She thought. Now, let's see who's here.
3...
"Easy!" A female voice called. "Calm down."
The two Halfas tried to resist but something was making them feel like they should obey the woman's command.
2...
"I won't hurt you." The voice soothed. "I'm not going to do anything."
"Liar..." Zilla whispered, trying to find the source. "Why should we believe you?"
1...
"Because..." A mist appeared around them and formed a woman. "I'm-"
BOOM!
-IDK-
"No, Momma, no!" Sam yelled.
"Get out, you good-for-nothing freak!" The mother shouted at Kachina.
The blond looked at Sam a look that told her to keep hoping. "I'll be back." She mouthed. Then, not wanting to take any chances, she ran out of the mansion, and into the closest alley. She slumped against the wall, sighing, trying to find a way to get in the house without Sam's mother finding her. Sure, she could sneak in as a ghost, but when she goes back to show Sam that it's really here, the mother may come in and see her. She could stay in one of the other numerous rooms, but what if there was a maid that came in and saw her? There were many ways she could enter but somehow she would be seen and caught. Talk with Sam at night? But then Kachina may come in when she's fast asleep.
She sighed. There was pretty much 0 percent chance that her mother would let her in. So the only thing to do... was wait...
Wait... Just wait until they didn't remember her anymore.
-Same place the next year-
Over the last year, Kachina had let her hair grow longer, not bothering even cutting it, added blue highlights, and had been living in this apartment she had rented with money she had earned with these random jobs that she found. It felt weird being a fifteen year old, living by herself, without any friends, not even the people she met over the past year. She wished that once she would be able to see the little girl again.
Sam... Would she still remember her? It had been a year, but if she did, would her mother remember too?
Kachina sighed.
If only... if only...
"Hi there, can I help you?" She asked this young girl who had her back towards her. She was currently working at this toy store.
"Um..." The girl seemed six or seven years old. She had black hair that was around her mid back. She wore a red shirt and blue pants.
"What do you like? Maybe we have something related to that." Kachina suggested.
The girl seemed shocked now, not moving, only breathing.
The teen looked at her. "Are you OK?"
She took a deep breath. Then, her voice barely a whisper, she said, "Chris?"
Kachina closed her eyes. "Sam,"
And then they held each other tightly.
-that night-
"What happened to you?" Sam asked Kachina, wanting to know why they hadn't seen each other for around a year.
Kachina shrugged. "I don't know, I just know that your mom seemed to -er- dislike me, and I didn't want her to hurt you because of me being near you."
"Why did she get mad? Sam wondered. "You didn't do anything wrong. You helped me learn, much better than those other snobby teachers she hires, even though you only were my teacher for less that a day."
The blond thought. "Um... I think it was because, and I quote, 'how come you are still on that book?! You should be farther than that!' Then she just threw me out." Kachina smirked. "Not a good reason, huh?"
Sam shook her head. "Not at all."
The teen smiled. "But it was worth the wait to see you again." She gave the younger girl a half hug. "Are you sure that your mom won't mind you being out here?"
"No, not really. My parents don't really understand me, but my dad is trying to let me live my life how I want even though I'm not even ten." Sam told her. "Where have you been staying?"
They stopped in front of an apartment building. "Here." Kachina said.
The girl looked up at the building. "Wow." She looked back at Kachina. "Can I please stay with you tonight, Chris?"
Kachina pretended to think, trying to annoy the girl.
"Oh, please, Chris, please?" Sam begged.
"Oh, fine. Come on," Kachina told her. They entered the building, unaware of their stalker.
-hour or two later (sorry I keep on jumping)-
"NO!" Kachina yelled as she placed herself in front of Sam.
BAM!
The ectoblast hit her hard. Kachina fell to her knees, but stood back up, intent on making sure that if anyone was to die tonight, it wouldn't be Sam.
"Sam, get out of here." Kachina told her, wincing, trying not to use her powers just yet.
"No! If I do, what will happen to you?" Sam replied.
"Crap." Kachina said under her breath. "Then close your eyes for a second."
"W-" Sam began.
"Just do it!" Kachina yelled.
Sam whimpered slightly. She did what Kachina asked her to.
"Listen, I'm sorry I had to yell, but still, I don't want you to get hurt." Kachina said as the flames erupted quickly around her and made her the ghost half of her. "You're the closest thing to a real friend I have now that I'm not where I'm supposed to be, Sam..."
"Oh, is the girly upset?" The ghost sneered.
"Just... Just SHUT THE HELL UP!" Kachina yelled. She charged up her fists and threw her own ectoblasts at the unknown ghost.
"Ooh, touchy! I like!" The male ghost said as he dodged the blasts and trying to grab Kachina's wrist.
"LET GO OF ME!" She shouted at the ghost and kicked high. But the ghost caught her foot and twisted it. Out of her mouth came a loud, high-pitched scream that you wouldn't think was possible.
The ghost finally let go of her leg. She fell down, unable to stand on her twisted ankle. "Huh, looks like I'm out of time. Gotta go, love to see you later, how about next week, can't? Oh well, bye!"
"Bull." Kachina whispered as the flames appeared again in order to turn her back human. "You can uncover your-" She then looked up to see that Sam's eyes were already open. "Oh crap."
(cue break)
Sam backed up towards the door slowly. "You-You-you're not human!" She yelped.
The blond looked at Sam sadly. This would had to have happened sooner or later so she might as well explain. She crawled towards Sam. "S-"
"Get away from me!" Sam yelled. Tears of fear rolled down her face.
Kachina sighed. "Sam, I'd never want to hurt you with my powers. You saw what I just did- I took the hit for you so you wouldn't get hurt. Sam..." I sound like I'm trying to court her... She thought. She reached out to hold Sam's hand, so she would find out that this never happened, that this was only a dream.
"Don't touch me you freak!" Sam smacked away the hand.
Then Kachina realized that this really was reality, that now she was hated by the only friend she had here. She recoiled, bowing her head sadly, tears scaring her face also. "If you wish." She said as if Sam was her master and she was the servant. She let the flames surround her once again, making her Darkness, then turned invisible. "Goodbye, Sam. It was nice knowing you."
And then she left the room, leaving Sam alone to be found by the front desk woman of the apartment, thinking about what just happened.
-IDK-
Dani groaned. She opened her eyes slightly to see that she was being carried. "Uh..."
"Can you walk?" Twilight asked her. They were walking towards this door that was staying still ahead of them with this strange mark on it.
"Um... I think so..." Dani moaned as Twilight helped her off of her back and stand. Her hair was basically the same as when Sam and Tuck had last seen her, but longer, and reached around her mid thigh. She basically kept the same outfit style except the white parts of her pants were black and the black parts of her pants were light gray; her top was now without sleeves and there was more gray parts of the shirt than black which was now just a inch wide strap; the logo was on the gray area in black; the gloves remained the same, and there was now a white vest on her. Oh and now she was, um... thirty six years old. She then glanced at Sam and Tuck. "Who are you?" She asked.
Sam said the first name that came to mind. "Lizzie. I'm Lizzie,"
Tuck looked at Sam, confused but went along when Sam looked at him with an evil glare. "Uh I'm Tim." (I'm watching "My favorite Martian" so that's where I'm getting the made up names.)
"Oh. I'm Dani and I have no idea how we got here." Dani replied.
"Well, Dani-and-I-have-no-idea-how-we-got-here, we're in here because Broken wanted us away from the ghosts and this is the only place I can think of to hide." Twilight said.
Dani scowled at Twilight but then saw the door. "Why are we here?"
"Twilight just told you, Dani. To hide," Tucker stated.
The Halfa rolled her eyes. "I'm not talking about that, Tim." She pointed at the door. "I'm talking about that."
Sam raised an eyebrow and moved her stare to the door. "What's so special about that? It's just another door."
"No, Lizzie, it's not just another door." Twilight said.
"It leads to Vlad." Dani finished.
(cue break)
The two teens were sort of shocked.
"Why are we going to Vlad?" Sam wondered.
"And when did he die?" Tucker asked.
"Oh, the Fruit loop hasn't died yet." Dani said. "He's like really old right now, but he's alive still."
"I heard that, Dani." Vlad's voice stated as he appeared in his ghost form which didn't look like it had aged.
Dani rolled her eyes. "Hi, old Fruit Loop." She said.
Vlad sighed. "Dani, Twilight, Lizzie, Tim." He greeted back. "Now, if you would please explain to me why you were heading my way? I know it was because ghosts dropped in on you, but why me?"
Twilight combed her hair with her hand. "Well, because, um... we... I..."
The older Halfa glared at Twilight. "Well, Twi?"
A slight pink tone appeared on her face. "I guess 'cause I know that there's no where else to turn to but you, Vlad."
(I would leave you here but it's way too early for this section)
The man was surprised. "Oh?"
The red head nodded. "I couldn't think of anyone else. Mom and Dad have been missing for years, my friends are scared of me because of Them..."
As the woman continued to explain, the two teens were shocked. The woman was already forced to go to Vlad?
"But anyway, we're just waiting here until Broken comes back." Twilight finished.
"If he's alive..." Vlad muttered under his breath so no one would hear it.