Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom. Chapter three is up! I enjoyed writing this one, time for some butt kicking!
Danny groaned in pain. His mind was fuzzy; he looked around trying to get his bearings. He saw a room that looked like a small bomb had gone of in it. The walls were charred, the door was burnt down, and the carpet on the floor was in ashes.
His mind cleared up as recalled the day's events: the murder at school, his worried friends and sister, Valerie attacking him, the goo-like blast, the little girl… The girl! Danny quickly shuffled to his feat, never minding the pain in his body telling him not to move, and looked around in a hurry. He spotted a small body lying in corner of the room. His mind automatically assumed the worst and he rushed over. She was curled up into a ball; she was unconscious but still alive. He breathed a sigh of relief and scooped her up. He had to get her to a hospital.
"What did you do to our child, you monster!" a male voice from behind him screamed.
Danny turned around and saw a Japanese man and woman standing in the door, their faces filled with both anger and worry. The man had a gun in his hand, and the woman had a small knife in her hand. The girl's parents…
"Please listen to me," he said in a pleading voice, "this girl needs to get to a hospital. She was attacked!"
"Yeah, by you, spook!" Valerie said joining the argument.
What!? Now Valerie was placing blame on him for something she had done! That was it, she had gone too far now! She had attacked him, and the girl, unfortunately, had gotten stuck in the cross fire. He had to get away from them and get this girl to a hospital now!
"Do you want to sit hear and play the blame game or do want to get this girl to a hospital before she dies?!" Danny yelled.
Valerie pointed her gun at him, "I'm not letting you get away!"
The father reacted on parental protection and fired at Valerie's hand to stop her from firing.
"Ow!" She yelled in pain. Even though her armor protected her body, the bullet still hurt like a wasp sting.
Danny saw his chance and took it; he flew past Valerie and outside toward the hospital. Unfortunately, though, it was on the other side of town, the complete opposite of the direction of where he was flying at first. He phased through a few buildings to try and throw Valerie off and give him enough time to get there. He looked down at the girl in his arms; still breathing but her breath was getting shorter every minute. He looked back up and saw that the hospital was only 4 blocks away! He looked behind him, no sign on her… yet. He descended down to the front door and rushed inside; he made it.
"This girl needs help!" he yelled once he was in. A few nurses and patients looked at him surprise. Seeing the girl in his arms they assumed the worst.
"What did you do to her?!" A nurse said running up to him. Why did every one desire to place blame on him lately?
"I didn't do anything to hurt her; I was trying to protect her," Danny said carefully handing the girl to the nurse. "I was attacked and she was caught in the fight." The nurse had stopped listening and ran off to the emergency room with the girl on a stretcher. He took a deep breath and sighed, it didn't matter what they thought. The girl was safe. Now there was one more thing to do before he could go home: Stop Valerie.
He turned around and, to his surprise, she was right outside with gun in hand. She was waiting for him. Danny walked through the double doors and stopped a few feet from her.
"So you ready to stop running like a cowered, freak? Or do you want to give up?" She taunted. Danny didn't say anything for a moment. He just stared.
"Who are you?" he asked with a hint of anger in his voice.
"You know who I am, ghost! How dare you forget me after what you did!" she said angrily.
"No you're not. You're not Valerie." She gasped. He… knew her name?! "The Valerie I know isn't so reckless with her weapons. The Valerie I know doesn't put blame on others out of nowhere. The Valerie I know doesn't aim a gun at a hospital!"
He could see it now. He didn't know why he didn't before but he did now. Valerie's eyes were blood red. The suite was taking hold of her. If he didn't get it off her, she would level the town hunting him. He was going to end this, one way or another.
"What are you talking about!? I-"
"You are going to destroy every thing and every one in this town if you don't get rid of that suit!"
"Shut up! I know who I am! I am a hunter! A hunter who hunts down ghost like you and stops them from killing people!"
Danny was taken back a bit; of all times for him to recall the day's events, why did it have to be now? He shook his head, burying the thought of Jason into the back of his mind. He didn't want to think of that right now, it would only distract him.
"Valerie," he said after what seemed like an eternity, "do you remember why you're angry with me in the first place?"
"Yeah! It was because you and that stupid dog of yours ruined my dad's reputation at Axiom Labs! You made a mockery of him by phasing through all of the high-tect security! He was demoted and I had to live like a poor freak! I was no longer accepted as one of the A-list at school! I was turned into a loser and an outcast!"
The sun was beginning to set, leaving the sky a bright orange and red collar. Danny continued stared at her for a few moments, reading her emotions. Her dark face was red with anger and tears in the corner of her eyes.
"Did being popular really mean that much with you?" Danny asked
"Yes it did! It was every thing to me!" she creamed, and then she froze, lowering her gun a bit. What did she just say? Had she sunk down to that level! Then, Danny said something that really caught her attention. He could not even believe himself when he said it.
"You sound like Paulina."
Out of anger Valerie fired her gun at him. Danny quickly put up a reflective shield sending the blast back at her. She crashed a few yards away. He flew in front of her, so the hospital was facing her back. Now was the time. He was going to get that suit off her, whether she would listen or not.
Valerie got to her feet; two small boxes appeared at each of her shoulders. She began firing at him but Danny dodged them and counterattacked with twin ecto-blast. Her two guns were destroyed but she was ready. Danny threw a punch, big mistake. She easily caught it and flipped him onto the ground. He realized what he had done wrong: he remembered Valerie was a ninth degree black belt. He couldn't win with hand to hand.
A gun appeared on her wrist aimed at his face. Before she could fire, Danny rolled out of the way and got to his feat a few feet from her. He got an idea: if he could not win with close rage, he would fight with medium and long rage attacks.
Valerie clicked something on her wrist gun, and fired. The energy from the gun resembled a rope and moved like a snake. This time, Valerie was the one who made the mistake. It was time to resurrect an old favorite. Danny grabbed the rope with both his hands and brought it over his head, "Go Ghost…," he threw it down like he was holding a wipe, "Stinger!" The string of energy turned from bright red to ghost green. The moment the green energy hit her gun she felt a large shock of electricity. Valerie screamed in pain as Danny flew up, pulling the rope with him. He let go and she was hurled a few blocks away.
Danny flew after her and continued to fight on the offensive; he wasn't going to give her a chance to fight back. If he did, she would only continue to do damage to the town. He spotted her caught in someone's hedges. He fired an ecto-blast at her; the explosion sent her flying right into a wall. Valerie snapped open her eyes jumped off the wall, her hover board appeared right under her feet. She charged at him but Danny was too fast and flew under her. He fired an ecto-blast at her board and destroyed it sending her crashing down onto the ground.
Since when was Phantom this good? Had he always been holding back on her? The moment she looked up, she saw him floating above her. He turned his hand intangible and reached into her chest. She felt the suits power draining; he was trying to remove her suit from the inside. She kicked him off of her, but he caught himself in midair.
"Get rid of that suit!" he yelled.
"No chance!" She pulled out a completely different type of gun this time. Liquid tanks on the side of the base fed into the barrel. At the end of it, was a small blue flame keep lit by the gas tanks. Danny was not expecting this. When did Valerie get a flame thrower?
"Eat flame, Phantom!" She pulled the trigger and a fireball flew at Danny, but he pulled a limbo in midair and dodged it. Before he could look back at her though, she had fired a second blast that hit him right in his abdomen. Screaming, Danny was hurled into a wall with a crash. He slid down to the ground, groaned, and then looked at his stomach. His suit had bin burnt right off, along with an angry burn on his skin. Valerie walked up to him and stopped a few yards away.
"I don't miss twice with this weapon," she said.
She pointed her flame thrower directly at him, and fired. The burning, red, fireball went flying at him. There was no way for him to dodge this. He brought his hand up and concentrated. Valerie smirked, what was he trying to do? It was pointless; no matter what he did, she was going to win this. It was going to end here and now!
Once again, irony reared its little head. A blue light blew away at the fireball, and continued at way at her. Valerie only stared as the icy blue energy hit her and pinned her to a wall. What in the world was this, and why did she feel so cold? She groaned and tried to move her head but found that she could not. She blinked open her heavy eyes and looked up at the ghost boy. It was not the fact that he was standing right in front of her that surprised her; it was fact that he was glowing icy blue!
"What are you?" she asked looking at his now blue eyes. They seemed familiar for some reason.
He once again turned his hand intangible, "I'm a fighter," he reached into her chest again, "I'm a ghost hunter," Valerie's suit began to fade away, "I'm the protector of Amity Park," he pulled out his hand from her, "I'm Danny Phantom!"
Valerie's suit completely vanished into a red orb Danny clutched in his hand. He threw it up into the air and blasted it to bits; and that was the end of it. The power was gone. She could no longer fight. Danny Phantom had beaten her.
Danny's body stopped glowing blue, and the ice Valerie was trapped in melted. She fell down to her hands and knees, and then looked up at him. The look of pain and sorrow filled his eyes.
"I'm sorry," he said, "but it was the only way to save you." He didn't get a response; he didn't stick around for one. He quickly turned and flew off into the night with his hand on his burnt stomach.
Yet for some reason, Valerie could no longer feel angry with him. She felt… different somehow, and she did not know why she did. She slowly got up and reached into her pocket, trying to find her cell phone; she needed a ride home.