It was dark, almost as if his eyes were closed but the slight glow of a lit candle over in the corner gave it away. Its flame was burning away the wick slowly and flickering around like a flag on a windy day. The young male stared at it, almost finding peace in it. It was like the light was there to calm him down, tell him that it was alright, but he shook off the feeling.
His senses finally flared up, he was sore, like he had just had a run in with Plasmius and was beaten senseless. "God…what happened Sam?" There was only silence to answer him, causing him to look up in worry, "Sam?" Instead of silence there was a creak that answered him. Danny reached for the nearest thing to his right to help him up; it was a wall so it wouldn't do. Before he pulled his hand away though a thought came to him. The wall felt old, it was almost soft and a bit fuzzy.
Danny reached to the left this time, finding something to grab onto and pulled himself up. The teenage hero glanced down and saw a toilet, its insides contained chunky objects that were oddly colored. The smell had just now entered his nose, making him almost retch out the contents of his stomach. He pulled through though and quickly made his way out of the stall, hacking slightly from the smell. As soon as he stepped out, his ghost sense just now went off. There was no chill this time though, it felt more like he was getting stabbed in the back then just a shiver. He couldn't explain it; it was like somewhere in his mind he knew this place was bad and extremely dangerous.
He shook off the feeling before he went paranoid; he needed to figure out what was going on first. He made his way to the candle, squatting down to get a better look at it. It didn't seem like it belonged there, the handle that held the candle looked newer than what was in here. The longer he looked at it though, the safer he felt. It was like the candle was already absorbing his ever growing worries. He could almost hear giggling, like a young child's.
"Goodbye Shinohara…"
There was another giggle…more malicious than the last one. Danny glanced away from the still flickering flame as a door was slammed, and supposedly locked, followed by quick footsteps fleeing. The boy quickly stood up and opened the door to the room. Looking around, he found he wasn't fast enough to see who it was but instead figured out he was in the boy's bathroom. The sign was wearing away, as if it hadn't been tended to in years. Danny's eyebrows creased, where the hell was he? Looking around again he paled, his skin ironically turning as white as a ghost. The sight he looked at was the skeletal remains of what looked like a student.
Slowly stepping closer, Danny had no idea how he missed this. The bones had yellowed over time, and appeared to be broken in some places. Danny put a hand to his mouth, he recognized the smell. Whatever remained of this poor soul's flesh smelled exactly like what he found in the toilet. He couldn't hold it in anymore, he quickly looked around again from his new angle and saw a metal bucket. He hurried over and emptied out the contents of his stomach and more into the already filled bucket, not even noticing what was inside. The small white maggots quickly rejoiced they're new food source and dug in but the pain filled Danny didn't notice, instead he groaned and forcefully leaning into the wooden door nearby.
The bang his body made seemed to echo…a lot…and quickly. Danny shot up, that wasn't an echo. He put his ear to the door, "Hello? Is anyone in there!?" The question seemed to get a response so he tried to open the door.
Locked.
Danny couldn't help the small smirk that came over his face, 'Well…I've always wanted to try this.'With that thought, he backed up as far as he could and activated some of his ghostly strength.
It hurts. It hurts. Oh god, it hurts. That was what went through Seiko Shinohara's mind as she painfully dangled, swinging her legs back and forth in an unsuccessful attempt to get out of her deathtrap. She had no idea why she did that, sure they had fought but that was no reason to try and kill her! But she wasn't thinking correctly since she wasn't getting enough oxygen. That is why she thought she heard Satoshi at the door, calling for anyone. She kicked at the stall door, hoping it was loud enough to get his attention.
She was soon answered with relief as she heard the door be busted through. The sound of moving feet and opening stalls now calmed her enough that she forgot to kick so he'd know where she was. The world began to darken as Seiko found it hard to get struggling, her arms falling from the noose that held her from the neck. She didn't see who the person was when the stall had opened, but she sure heard as he gasped and felt as he wrapped his arms around her legs to bring her up. With the pressure now gone, she was now able to gain her breath and defiantly tugged the noose off and over her head.
The boy, seeing that she was now alright, gently set her down. Tears now swelled up in her eyes as she let out a strangled sob and latched onto the poor fellow. Her arms wrapped around his neck and gripped his hair in comfort as she spilled her tears on his shoulder. Not knowing what to do, the boy awkwardly wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close. Seiko couldn't help but smile a bit at the comfort he was showing, even though she could feel the awkwardness he felt. That thought alone made her giggle softly.
After a while of just holding each other, she finally pulled away, "Thanks for saving me Satoshi…" She looked up at him just as she said this but blinked in confusion. The boy standing in front of her was definitely not Satoshi; he didn't even look Japanese now that he thought about it. She looked him over, ignoring the fact that he was squirming a little in embarrassment. His outfit didn't even look uniformed. So if she took from all the western movies she's seen, he could be from North America.
"Uh…you ok?"
Seiko looked up at the perfect Japanese in surprise, though she didn't let out how impressed she was, "I'm…I'm fine." She let go and rubbed her sore neck, the rope had easily left a mark; one that would most likely be there for a while. She cleared her throat and stuck a hand out, "How rude of me…Shinohara Seiko!" The male took her hand and shook it without hesitation, "Danny Fenton." Fenton…the name almost sounded familiar, like as if a memory that wasn't there before was forging its way into her head. She shook the feeling off and gave a smile, "Thank you for saving me Danny.
Danny gave a small smile back, "It was no problem; I would've felt extremely guilty if I had left you hanging." He covered his mouth at his wording, "I-I didn't m-mean it like that!" The outburst made the girl giggle, "It's fine, it also helps that you're cute." She gave him a small wink, gently pushing him out of the cramped stall while he blushed and stuttered. She thought he was cute? Or was she just teasing him? He had no idea but he couldn't think too much about it as he needed to get her out of that room now.
The halfa led her out before quickly peeking back in and shooting a weak ecto-beam from his human finger, The knotted noose fell limply into the dirty hole that resided in that stall. Danny left abruptly to join back with the Japanese girl. He answered her questioning look with a reassuring smile and motioned for her to head back down.
What they seemed to miss, however, was the stall at the end of the bathroom opening up. Out poked the head of a small girl, black hair long and greasy fell over her face and covered some of her young and clear skin. Her slight gray skin and eyes were shining darkly in the light of the candle. Her eyes narrowed and a frown followed soon after. Where the hell did THIS kid come from? Who did he think he was to ruin her fun and stop that girl's death, after all the hard work she put in to split up her and her friend? She was about to find out.
Watch out Danny Phantom.
Thank you for reading the second chapter and the start of Danny's trip through Heavenly Host. Please review the story as it makes me feel warm and fuzzy as well as keep the Sachikos away! :D And please check out my co-author, Nina Sayuri-chan's, Danny Phantom/Corpse Party story Corpse Party: Can't You Hear the Screams?. It is the opposite of this story as Danny is human in that one. Thank you again and see you in Chapter 3!
