Chapter 5

"Mr. Fenton will you pay attention." Mr. Lancer snapped. Danny lifted his head and angrily met the teacher's gaze as he replied "No."

"I hope you know that you've just earned yourself a detention." Mr. Lancer glared at the sulking black haired teen.

"Whatever, I don't give a damn." He replied as his head returned to the desk. Lancer scowled and continued the lesson.

"Man what is with you today?" Tucker asked cautiously.

"He has her." Danny's misery filled voice came back "And I have no idea what he's doing to her."

"Mr. Fenton if I have to talk to you one more time." Lancer threatened.

"Screw you Lancer." Danny said darkly as his eyes flashed green "cause you have no idea what I'm going through," he shook his head sadly "No one has the first clue what it's like to have the love of your life ripped away from you."

Realization hit Tucker full force as he analyzed Danny's words "Oh this is not good" he breathed "Dude we'll find her."

"And when we do I'm going to tear Plasmius apart molecule by molecule." His voice became cold, dark and serious "he's going to regret the day he laid a finger on her."

"Just who and what are you talking about?" Paulina sounded furious.

"Nothing you need to concern yourself with." Danny snarled.

"Has anyone seen Ms. Manson today?" Mr. Lancer asked. Danny clenched his fist and grit his teeth together at the mention of Sam. He had searched all of the holiday for her but he hadn't found her and just that fact was driving him up the wall. His eyes flashed yellow and he growled as his clenched fists glowed green.

"Mr. Fenton please control yourself." Lancer's voice shook somewhat.

"I can't." Danny growled through clenched teeth "I can't control anything right now."

Danny was experiencing an emotional extreme at the moment and the next idiot to mess with him would be very sorry they did. Suddenly Yumi and four other masked ninjas landed silently and stealthily in the middle of the class. Just as Paulina was a bout to make some uncalled for comment about Sam Yumi connected her hand with the Latina's neck, knocking her unconscious.

"Shut the hell up already." Yumi snarled. It was obvious that she was edgy that Vlad had her friend. And if she was edgy then Danny was on a war path. Yumi turned to Danny and her features returned to normal. If he could hold himself back from ghostly wailing everybody to hell then she could calm herself long enough to give the news.

"We found her." Yumi announced making Danny's head snap up "but the security was so damn tight that I almost got killed trying to sneak in."

"Where is she?" Danny asked.

"In the dungeon of Vlad's castle, he's got her tied up down there like some animal." She growled out "And you can't go down there and get her or because if you do Vlad, Sarah and Lee will kill her. Believe me they wouldn't hesitate."

"They're working together?" Danny slumped down in his seat "I should have known."

"And if you don't go down and get her she'll die anyway." Tucker said. Yumi nodded then looked back at Danny "We have to remember that Sam's life is in the balance here."

"So what are we going to do?" Tucker asked. Danny looked up his eyes flashed green with a streak of red "I'm going to go in and get her."

"But dude the security."

"Tuck you're a techno-geek you can override the system can't you?" Danny stated "And Yumi you're head of the attack team aren't you."

Yumi nodded.

"Good cause we're gonna need a distraction." He smiled evilly "A massive distraction."

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"Come on." Yumi whispered as she and about 180 ninjas quickly and silently made their way amongst the trees at a speed that you couldn't even see them. Cloaked in black to blend in with the night they advanced to Vlad's castle, passing about 5 guards who neither heard nor saw them.

'God I hope Danny's plan works and I hope Sam's okay.' Yumi thought as they came to a stop 'We've got 5 more minutes until we can strike…no one will see us…I hope.'

She looked around the grounds and began to come up with a back up strategy plan.

'Okay there should be about 100 guards in all and there are 180 of us…' she smirked 'This should be easy.'

Realizing that their 5 minutes was up Yumi sent in 150 of the ninjas, the rest that had sharingan or curses stayed behind, this included Yumi. The ninjas took the guards by surprise and after a few minutes the alarm set itself off. More guards rushed out armed with guns and such things. Yumi and the others up in the tree worked their fingers in some hand signs as their eyes turned red with 3 dots on a circle in them(All of you who watch Naruto you know what I'm talking about). Instantly the ground began to shake and boulders just shot up from nowhere. The water in the lakes lifted and formed into several different red eyed serpents. The Water made creatures swayed about erupting waves everywhere. They soon slithered together to form one massive being.

'Danny asked for a massive distraction…well he's got one." Yumi thought as he left the others to join the fight for Sam's freedom and life 'Come on Danny please hurry."

-------------(Meanwhile)

Danny turned invisible and intangible as he flew through the dungeon of Vlad's castle. 'Come on Sam don't make me worry like this.'

He phased through a wall and what he saw very nearly made his blood boil. There chained up on the wall was an unconscious and dirty Sam. She was covered in bruises. The sleeves of her shirt were torn off and on the arm with the dragon there was slightly bleeding but definitely deep gash. Her head was drooped in her current state revealing another gash on her shoulder. But what angered him most was the fact that Vlad stood before her, running his fingers along her hairline and check with the creepiest kind of tenderness that Danny had ever seen.

"Ah Daniel so nice of you to finally join us." Vlad said as he continued to run his hands across Sam's face. The answer Vlad received was an animal like growl and a dark and deadly voice saying "If you know what's good for you you'd get your hands off her…NOW."

Vlad looked over his shoulder at the fuming young man who was ready to kill for the sake of his love and began to…LAUGH. But he only got 5 seconds to do so before his face received several very intimate meetings with Danny's fist.

"You son of a bitch I told you not to touch her." After every word Danny's fist met with Vlad's body "I'll kill you for what you've done to her."

Danny didn't give Vlad a chance to transform as he relentlessly continued to beat the hell out of him. Suddenly one of Vlad's pets grabbed Danny from behind and held him in a vice like grip. He phased out of its hold and began to continue his murderous onslaught on Plasmius, putting all his anger and hatred into every punch and kick. Vlad shot a blast at him but he dodged and it went flying past him. He took no notice of where it had landed until he heard a faint gasp for air. He turned to the source and his whole world completely shattered around him. The massive blast that missed him had collided with Sam. Her cold and limp body was on the floor the chains having snapped from the power of the blast. Danny couldn't believe what he was seeing but it was true. There was no way she could have survived a shot like that. She was…dead. He couldn't believe it. In bemusement he dropped to his knees beside her. He looked at her pale skinned face, his eyes sparkling with anger and unshed tears. Vlad simply looked on at the scene in front of him not knowing what to do or say.

"Sam? Wake up…please wake up." Danny whispered desperately as he began to cry, tears rolling down his cheeks. Silence fell for a few seconds before a weak grunt startled them. With all the determination she could muster Sam pushed herself up, her head still drooped. But when she lifted it Vlad was met with a pair of angry blood red eyes with streaks of black in them.

"This" Sam began as an even Angrier Danny helped her to her feet "Ends now. You are going to regret the day you messed with me."

Sam moved her fingers in some hands signs and a ball of black lightening Chidori formed in her hand. Strangely the ecto-blast that Danny was about to shot became the same way only it was green. They joined their energy engrossed hands, entwining fingers and shot Vlad with the green and black ball. He went flying into the wall with so much force that he bounced back and met Sam's combat boot. Even then she didn't give him a break. She made five duplicates of herself that positioned themselves where Vlad would land. The real Sam kicked off from the ground and Danny flew up with her. The duplicates kicked Vlad upwards, far enough for Danny and Sam to connect their feet with his face sending him crashing back to the ground. From there on it seemed to be a never ending bloodbath. Finally after 2 hours of intense fighting, swearing, multiple near death experiences, 25 flashes of life before one's very eyes they had weakened and beaten Vlad enough to suck him into the thermos. Silence fell and Sam fell to her knees in exhaustion.

"Was it really going to take you this long to come get me?" Sam asked jokingly.

"Well what were you expecting we didn't know where you were…princess." He added the name teasingly.

"Well you could have just..." She cut herself off, her ears twitching slightly.

"Sam?" Danny asked. She put a finger to his lips "be quiet."

Her eyes suddenly widened in what seemed like realization. "Move." She whispered.

"What?" He asked as a kind of whistling sound became audible to his ears.

"MOVE!" she pushed him out of the way, both of them landing away from each other. Just in time too, a stream of fire came shooting down from above. Sam was in the air before you could blink, throwing suriken darts and daggers at her opponent. There was a hiss of pain from the darkness before Lee stumbled out.

"You." Sam glared at him "What kind of royal adviser are you?"

"The evil kind." He replied. Sam was really tiered of all of it so she just kicked his ass mercilessly. With a smile Danny took her hand and phased them away from Vlad's castle and the nightmare it had become.

---------- (When Sam was declared well enough to go to school)

"SAM! You're alive!" Tucker cried as he enveloped the Goth in a tight bear hug.

"Tucker let go…lungs being…deprived…of valuable…OXYGEN." Sam managed to chock out as she frantically clawed the air around her.

"Oh sorry." Tucker let her go "So has Danny told you yet?"

"Told me what?" Sam asked.

"Told you that he l..." Tucker was cut off as an invisible Danny parked his foot in his ankle.

"Say it and you better hope that the girl you marry doesn't value the physical side of your relationship." He snarled.

"Tuck? Are you okay?" Sam asked.

"Oh yeah peachy-keen, never better." He squeaked out over the pain before collapsing to the floor. Danny's human form melded into view with a satisfied smirk on his face.

"Hey Sam." Danny leaned against the wall, his arms folded and that smirk still on his face.

'I wonder if I should tell her' Danny thought 'it really wouldn't hurt much.'

"Danny what are you doing?" Sam asked as he wrapped his arms around her waist and phased them unto the school's roof. Sam opened her mouth to say something but Danny cut her off when he leaned down and covered her mouth with his in a longing kiss. It was a passionate lip lock that could make your head spin. Danny tightened his grip on Sam's waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He licked her lips and slipped his tongue into her mouth. With force he dragged his lips away from hers and trailed small bites and kissed down her neck. After a while he hungrily returned to her lips. The kiss lasted until the bloody things they called lungs drove them apart. Still breathing heavily he rested his forehead on hers and grinned.

"Sam…..I love you." He smiled "I always have and I always will."

"I love you too and you have no idea how long I've wanted to hear you say that." Sam pressed her lips to his and Danny eagerly returned the favor. They were so caught up in the moment that they didn't see when Tucker climbed up on the roof and began to take pictures and make video recordings.

"Oh this is gold…solid gold; I've got to make a website for this when I get home."

--------- (Somewhere in the ghost zone)

Skulker timidly stuck his head out from behind a door. Not seeing anyone he thought it safe and make a break for it.

"Oh there you are baby cuddly bunny; I've been looking for you."

"Oh no." he breathed and put on a burst of speed as Ember chased after him "HELP!!!!!"

Well people there you have it the last and final chapter just let me know if you want more.

Darklisa5

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