Danny Phantom and its characters belong to Butch Hartman, not me. Thomas does belong to me however.
Dani was strapped to a vertical wooden table, her wrists and ankles bound tightly by the metallic bonds that held her there. Although she tried to phase through them, they must have been coated with some sort of ghost power suppressant, and she had no success. All the while, Plasmius was typing things into a computer, humming so softly, Dani almost didn't hear him.
"Let us go, Vlad!" Dani yelled to him, her voice not showing a trace of fear. I can't show him that I'm scared! I have to get Thomas out of here! Dani thought frantically, giving her bonds a small tug. Vlad looked over at her, his blood red eyes dancing with amusement at the small girl strapped on the table.
"You are in no positions to be making demands, my dear…Besides, Thomas is too valuable of a specimen to let go. He's my "special patient", you see…" Plasmius said simply, continuing to type in whatever it was that he was typing into the computer.
"Special patient? What are you going to do to him?!" Dani questioned to Vlad, who didn't look at her.
"Sorry, Danielle, that information is classified. Besides, if I told you now, you'd just forget after I melt you down, so it's pointless to tell you what it is. Maddie, is Thomas ready to go?" Vlad called out, a small smile on his face.
"Yes he is, Dear!" The hologram called out, the smile not leaving her programmed face. At this, Vlad rubbed his hand together in eagerness.
"Wonderful! Danielle, just stay there. I'll be back in a while." Vlad mocked, knowing that Dani wouldn't be able to go anywhere with those restraints on. As he approached the operating room, he unhooked his cape and draped a light green surgical gown over his white suit, tying a surgeon's mask over his mouth and nose. Underneath the mask, he smiled, hearing Thomas screaming his protests loudly through the metallic door. He certainly has my daughter's vocal cords. I've only heard her scream that loud a few times…Vlad thought as the door slid open automatically.
"Let me go, Plasmius! I won't let you take my baby away from me!" Thomas screamed loudly as the hologram draped a surgical sheet over his body. It had already stripped him of his clothing, so he was freezing in the cold air of the operating room. As if to add salt to the wounds, Plasmius switched bright lights on right over his face, nearly blinding him.
"Thomas, just relax. I'll just make a few quick cuts, take out the fetus, stitch you right back up, and lock you up so that I can keep you for experimentation." Vlad said, swiveling the light over to a small opening in the surgical sheet where his abdomen was exposed. At first, Thomas couldn't see what he was doing, but he felt something being run over his stomach, realizing that Plasmius was drawing lines on his skin with a marker.
"Oh God, Vlad! Please don't do this!" Thomas whimpered in a panicked voice, his breath coming in fast. Vlad either ignored him or simply didn't hear him, for he didn't answer him and began to rub iodine on his flesh. It was freezing, and it sent chills through his already shaking body.
"Maddie, dear, please hand me the necessary tools that I need." Vlad stated, raising a curtain up so that Thomas couldn't see what was going on. It made him more nervous not being able to see what Vlad was going to do to him.
Yes, my wonderful darling!" Maddie exclaimed, bringing out a cart of several surgical tools such as scalpels and syringes. Thomas' stomach automatically began hurting at the sight of the sharp instruments, and he once again decided to try and plead with Vlad.
"Vlad, please don't do this to me!" He nearly screamed, suppressing the urge to do so. For just a moment, his and Vlad's eyes met and stared at each other, but it quickly faded as Vlad looked over his subject.
"Scalpel, please." Vlad stated in a cold voice, holding out a black gloved hand. He didn't care! Thomas at long last finally released a scream and actually managed to shift his abdomen in a sharp maneuver just before Vlad placed the scalpel on his flesh.
"I said let me go!" Thomas screamed loudly, actually hurting his own throat with how loud he screamed. An aggravated sigh came from Vlad's end as he placed the scalpel down on a metal tray.
"Thomas, do you want me to cut something that you need? Because if you keep on moving like that, I will most definitely be cutting something other than what needs to be cut." Vlad sighed as he rubbed his brow.
"Do you want to put him under, sweetheart?" Maddie suggested, her smile not fading. Vlad looked over at her for a moment, and then smiled underneath his mask.
"Of course, Dear. Although I would rather not because I want the fetus to be more alert, if it keeps him still while I get this work done, then so be it." He said as he kneeled underneath the table, producing up an air mask that was attached to a canister of anesthesia. Thomas already knew what that meant: He would be helpless while Vlad sliced away, taking away his unborn child that would never get the chance to live.
"No! Please! Don't do this!" Thomas cried out as the mask was attached around his face, wishing that the bonds around his wrists weren't there so that he could yank the mask off, to try and save himself and his unborn child.
"Please Vlad, I'm begging you! I'll give you whatever you want, just please don't take my baby!" Thomas began crying uncontrollably as Plasmius beckoned to the Maddie hologram once more.
"Prepare the incubation pod, darling." Vlad said to the hologram, who nodded happily and disappeared as Vlad looked down upon his sobbing patient and chuckled darkly.
"You already are giving me what I want, Thomas." Plasmius said, switching on the canister to release the anesthesia. Thomas tried to hold his breath, but he had already inhaled the fumes. It was like he was suddenly very tired as his vision began to blur, a strange ringing sound in his ears as Vlad's voice became terribly muffled. He couldn't think, but he managed to get out one sentence before succumbing to sleep.
"…Think about what Tori would say…If she saw you doing this…" He whispered softly, shutting his tired eyes, his head lolling slightly to the side as he breathed a small sigh. After Plasmius noticed that Thomas was asleep, he spoke mostly to himself in a scornful tone.
"Hmmph! It doesn't matter what she would say." He said, bringing the scalpel down to Thomas' abdomen once again. Just as he was about to make the first incision, Maddie popped up, her smile wide and bright.
"Intruder alert, dearest heart!"