OMG! I'm so stupid!! I skipped a chapter cause I got confused!! Oh, man I'm so sorry!!!!!
Chapter 8 The Decision
There was that screaming again. No! Dani and Jenny were once again restrained to a wall with the dark figure looming near them. He wanted to cry out, but he knew if he did, somehow the situation would get worse. So he just waited in a nervous silence, not sure of what to do.
They both screamed again, but this time he saw why: the cuffs around their wrists and ankles were transmitting an electrical current through the two girls.
The figure who had his back turned was screaming something, but from where he was standing, it was inaudible. He inched closer, as close as he dared, trying not to be detected, to hear what this man was screaming. Why was the voice of him so familiar…?
As soon as he started to recognize the voice, the scene faded rapidly.
Danny shot upright. He investigated his surroundings to find that he was in his room, wrapped up in his blankets.
He though back on the dream, no nightmare, he just woke up from. The more he tried to remember who that figure was, the more the familiar aura about him faded.
After a good ten minutes of trying to figure out who the guy was, Danny finally gave up. He glanced at the clock. 3:14 AM. Back to sleep. He pushed the dream to the back of his mind for the moment, intent on getting more sleep before he had to get up for school.
The alarm went off all too soon. Danny groggily pressed the off button on his clock and slowly sat up and stretched. He then got in the shower and readied for his normal boring school day.
Meanwhile Dani and Jenny got up as well. Dani had found somewhere else to sleep for most of the night so she could conserve energy and rest in human form. But of course, she made sure she was back in the guest room, in ghost mode, before Jenny woke up.
The both of them got along pretty well considering the age difference. It was like a normal sleep over, except for the fact that one of them was a ghost and the other a runaway. They both got a pretty good night's sleep. Considering that Jenny had to live with Vlad before, and Dani had to sleep in the streets sometimes, since she didn't have a real home.
They both silently agreed to go into Danny's room. Dani made the two of them intangible and invisible, just to be safe, and went right through the wall.
Danny was searching for some socks. An icy blue mist shot out from his mouth. He jumped around; eyes scanning the room, determined look on his face, and in a battle stance. When he saw Dani and Jenny appear in front of him, he relaxed, but looked a bit nervous. He just had slippd up a bit in front of Jenny, but she didn't seem to have noticed, and was now looking around the room.
"So, what am I suppose to do about school?" Jenny asked through the silence. She had stopped looking around the room and was looking at Danny now. "Do you really think it's safe for me to go back?"
Danny thought for a moment. "I don't think that it's the safest thing to do, but if you stay here with Dani, there's a good chance that Vlad could get to you guys." This whole thing was about protecting the two of them, but he hadn't seen his archenemy since he had taken Jenny's journal from him, which he had hidden in this room now. He had totally forgotten about the journal! Shouldn't he give that back…?
"Uh, Danny?" His thoughts were interrupted my Dani waving a gloved hand in front of his face.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Spaced out there for a moment."
"We kinda figured,"Dani said. As soon as he was brought back form his thoughts, the journal was forgotten again.
"So anyways," Danny said getting back on track "I think it'll be safer if you come to school."
"Why?" Jenny was the one asking.
"Because," Danny paused. He didn't want to say the real reason (that he could protect them both) because Jenny was there. "Because…uh…more adults…and teachers and stuff…" His sentence trailed away and he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
Although Jenny seemed to let this slip up go unnoticed, Dani understood why he wanted them to go to school. "Hey! I'm a ghost! I can protect us!" she stated a bit angrily, because Danny had basically stated that Dani couldn't take care of herself.
"Yeah, I know you can, but remember last time…" Dani inwardly shuddered, remembering being attached to a wall with ghost proof cuffs turning into goop, and Vlad just standing there, waiting for it to be complete so he could make a better clone…
"I know! But I've gotten stronger since then! You know that! I can take care of myself and Jenny just fine!" Dani argued. Danny still looked unconvinced, but reluctantly agreed, because he knew if he didn't, she wouldn't let the subject go. "Fine. You two can stay, I guess."
Jenny was about to voice her opinion on the subject, but when Danny agreed, she didn't need to. She wanted to say with Dani and not go to school, because Vlad would probably expect her to go back under Danny's protection.
"But keep these with you. Jus in case you get into trouble." Jenny's thoughts were interrupted when Danny through a couple pairs of headphone-type things at the two of them. "Fenton Phones. They block out spectral noise so we can communicate. With Dani!" He added the last part of the sentence hastily. Jenny gave him a strange look, but then just put her pair of Fenton Phones in.
Dani reluctantly put on hers, still muttering things like "I can take care of myself…"
"Crud! Danny exclaimed. "I'm gonna be late for school!" Before he ran out the door, his face became serious again. "Be careful." He ran down the stairs and out the front door, rushing to school.
They were only two words, but they were enough for the two girls to understand that he was worried about their safety. There goes that superhero complex again….
And there's chapter 8. I'm so sorry for the confusion!!!!
