Nope, I still don't own Danny Phantom or its characters. They still belong to Butch Hartman. I wish I did own them though…laser beam forms on chest Geez, I take it back! Thomas belongs to me though.
The entire basement smelled like moldy, wet clothing as Thomas scooted away from a muddy puddle as best as he could, his hands and feet bound by the pink light handcuffs. Dani was in a corner, facing Valerie, having her own troubles freeing herself from the bonds. Water dripped somewhere in the basement, and it was cold.
"Let us go!" Dani whimpered, looking over at Thomas, her eyes wide and fearful. Thomas tried to put on a brave face for her, but found that he could not. Mentally, he tried to calm himself down so that he wouldn't scare the baby inside of him, but he just couldn't. He was just as frightened as Dani.
"Not on your afterlife, ghosts." Valerie said in a harsh voice, her hands on her hips. Dani once again strained on her bonds with a groan of effort. Thomas knew full well what was going to happen if she continued straining herself, and he yelled over to Dani.
"Dani, don't do that! You'll melt if you do!" Thomas yelled, fearing that she would just melt right there on the floor. Dani obviously heard him and looked at her hands. They immediately began to melt into white and black goop, and her face once again looked beyond tired.
"That's what I'm afraid of…" She whimpered, clenching her hands into fists so that she wouldn't lose anymore of herself. She looked up at Valerie, her eyes wide and filled with fear and pain.
"What are you going to do with us?" Dani asked carefully, Thomas breathing a sigh of relief that Dani didn't melt that time. Valerie looked slightly confused, yet amused at the same time.
"Me? I'm not doing anything with you two. I've got you guys all bundled up for delivery to Vlad Masters." Valerie smirked, flipping open a cell phone. At the sound of Vlad's name, Thomas' heart dropped into his stomach, a cold sweat appearing on his forehead this time. If Vlad got ahold of Dani, he would kill her! If he was in the clutches of Vlad…He would find out that he was having a baby. Who knew what Vlad had planned for him when he found out that he was pregnant?
"You're working for Vlad?! He'll kill us!" Dani protested before Thomas got the chance to. At that statement, Valerie laughed a haughty laugh, as if what Dani had said was completely ridiculous.
"That's a good one! He told me the only reason that you two came out of the Ghost Zone was to kill him!" Valerie said, suppressing the urge to laugh more at them.
"What?! No, he's lying!" Dani yelled in outrage, leaning forward towards Valerie.
"That's the truth, Valerie! He's a liar!" Thomas protested, scooting to Dani. At these statements, Valerie suddenly became angry at the words against her boss.
"Vlad Masters is a good man! He has never lied to me!" Valerie said angrily, Dani wilting back into the corner with a wide eyed look on her face.
"Are you crazy? Look at her! Does it look like she can kill anything?!" Thomas said as Dani's face seemed to start melting, yet retaining her look of anger. Valerie ignored them as she dialed Vlad's number on her phone, holding the phone up to her ear and turning away from them, a stubborn look on her face.
"Vlad is evil, and even though we knew that he was hunting us, we chanced coming here because I'm dissolving into nothing! Only one person can help me…Danny Phantom!" Dani said desperately, her eyes pleading. At this, Valerie turned to look at them, her eyebrows raised in interest.
"You two know the Ghost Boy?" She said in a friendlier tone. Dani's face lit up in excitement. Thomas smiled softly at Dani to encourage her to go on.
"Yes! Do you?" Dani asked, her smile wide and bright.
"And he knows us!" Thomas chimed in, bringing his hands down to his paunchy stomach to calm the baby down.
"Of course! Everybody in Amity Park knows of the amazing ghost hero Danny Phantom! But…I've never had the honor of meeting him…" Valerie said in a suddenly shy voice, turning away from them. Jackpot! They were going to be free in a short amount of time!
"We'll introduce you! Just set us free so we can see him!" Dani said eagerly, clasping her hands together. Thomas grinned at her with a fanged smile, feeling just as excited as she was.
"Oh, I'll let you see him…For the last time..." Valerie whispered to herself, the two ghosts not hearing a word she said. This was just too easy for Valerie.