"Start looking for bandages, towels, anything that we can use!" Maddie ordered as she laid her son down in Vlad's huge bathtub.

The group searched under the sink, in the cabinets, and anywhere anything could be found.

Tucker found a first aid kit, Jazz found a roll of bandages, Sam got a whole pile of blankets and towels, Jack found… well, not much and Maddie was in charge of helping her son.

She gathered all the things and sent the others out of the room. She gently took off Danny's shirt and used a wet towel to wipe the blood off of his body. Then, she wrapped his entire torso up with bandages. It looked almost like he had on a white long sleeved shirt.

Then, she cleaned off his legs and wrapped them up with bandages as well. She realized how cold he was and decided he needed something warm, yet something he could still walk around in, in case they needed to get out of a sticky situation fast.

She looked around and noticed one of Vlad's red, velvet robes hanging on a hook attached to the door. She ran over to it and pulled it off. She returned to Danny and gently, lifted him up, and slipped on the robe.

"M…mom?" Danny started to regain consciousness. His voice was hoarse and incredibly quiet. His eyes opened just enough to see his mother as she finished getting his arm through the sleeve.

"Yes Danny?" Maddie remained calm. She wasn't going to scare him any more than he already was.

"Thank you…for coming to help me," he smiled slightly.

"Oh, Danny you know I'll always be there for you. I'd never let anyone hurt you even if he's my old colleague. I'll never leave you alone Danny." Maddie hugged her son; she felt the soft velvet against her cheek, yet that wasn't what gave her hope. It was the life of her little boy that kept her going. Her little Danny, whom she would never let get hurt.

Maddie lifted her head to see Danny's sparkling blue eyes shining with a happiness only a mother ever saw. A weak smile perfected her son's emotion. He returned her hug and quietly whispered in her ear, "Thanks Mom, I knew I could count on you."

"I love you Danny. You know that right?" tears started to form in her eyes as she hugged her baby.

"Yeah," Danny answered her as he rested his head on her shoulder, "I love you too" with that he closed his eyes and rested as his mother picked him up and brought him out to the others.

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"So how are we going to get out of here," Jazz asked as the group stared out the window into the green swirling depths of the ghost zone.

"I don't know," Maddie answered her, "and what confuses me even more is why the speeder that Sam and Tucker brought disappeared. I mean, who can just make a machine as big as that disappear? It's impossible!"

"Mmm," Jazz looked at the glove on her hand, "I wonder what happened to Vlad?"

Sam couldn't take her eyes off Danny. She knew he was awake, yet he hadn't opened his eyes, nor said anything since Maddie had brought him out to see them. She wanted to talk to him; make sure he was okay, but she couldn't bring up the courage to say anything at the moment.

"I know!" Tucker suddenly spoke up, "We could use one of Vlad's helicopters. Danny told us all about the camping thing."

"Camping thing?" Jack was completely confused, "What camping thing?"

"Great idea Tucker," Maddie ignored her husbands question, "Come on." She laid Danny down on a couch in Vlad's living room and shot out around the rest of the house to find a mean of transportation. All of the other followed except Sam and Danny.

Sam turned to see the figure resting on the couch, "Danny?" she walked over to him and kneeled down so she was the same level as he was.

"Hey Sam," Danny opened his eyes and looked into her frightened violet ones, "What's up?"

"Danny? What happened? Did Vlad do this too you, because if he did, he's a de-"

"Sam, it wasn't Vlad. Well, I mean it kind of was, but kind of not," Danny cut off her angry rant.

"What do you mean? Who was it?" Sam laid her hand on his arm.

"Jazz," Danny shut his eyes again, obviously trying to shut out the memories.

"WHAT?" Sam squeezed Danny's arm, "Jazz wouldn't do that Danny!"

"She was under Vlad's control."

"Oh, Vlad. I'm going to kill him!" Sam squeezed his arm even tighter. She could feel her nails rip through the bandages, but she was so mad, she couldn't let go.

"Sam, he's already a ghost, or half ghost."

"Then I'll kill the other half of him! He deserves to be dead for what he did!" Sam was fuming. How could someone get a sixteen year old to hurt a fourteen year old so badly? It's sickening!

"Sam, there's more bad news," Danny opened his eyes again, "I- OW!" Danny tried to pull his arm away from Sam's angry grasp, be he could get her to let go, "Sam!"

Sam instantly released her grasp and pulled her arm back to her, "Oh I'm so sorry Danny." She could see five small holes in Danny's arms were her nails had bee. They were bleeding; only adding to the blood he had lost today.

"Its fine," Danny pulled his arm away so she couldn't see the damage she had done. He didn't want her to be any sadder than she had to be, "Um…as I was saying, I can't use my ghost powers."

"What? Why?" Sam tried not to sound guilty, although she felt bad for hurting Danny even more.

"Well, I think that one was Vlad," Danny closed his eyes again, "That, and I'm really…really tired." He fell asleep in a second, not even having the chance to explain things a little better.

"Sleep well, Danny. Things will go good. I promise," Sam stroked down his black hair. She was about to sit help the other find a helicopter, when she heard an evil laughter fill the house.

"Vlad."