Thanks to all of my reviewers: PhantomPhorever16, December's Morose, and ReD-kun.
December's Morose: I did end up checking out your Evanescence fanfics. They're really good! Be sure and write more if you get the chance!
ReD-kun: Sorry about the excessive detail. I didn't want to put too little, but I guess I didn't think about having too much detail. I'll try to be more careful about that in the future. Thanks!
Yay! My computer is working again! If I have any spelling errors, I apologize because I don't have Microsoft Word back on my computer, and I don't always proofread my documents perfectly. Finally, here is chapter 2 of Bring Me To Life.
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom nor do I own the copyrights to Evanescence's song "Bring Me To Life."
Bring Me To Life
Chapter Two- Save Me From the Dark
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I've become
Sam looked out the window sadly, regretting leaving Danny behind. "Why, Tucker?" she questioned. "Why did we have to leave him behind? There may have been a chance to save him while we were still there." Her head dropped lightly against the window, the cool of the glass on her forehead. She heard Tucker sigh deeply.
"Sam, I know you want to save him without Danny's parent's help, but what could we have done? We don't have the gadgets that they do; they have a better chance of saving him then we do without their help. Please understand, Sam," he pleaded.
She didn't want to believe him, but what choice did she have? "I suppose you're right, Tucker," she admitted reluctantly. I wish you weren't, though.
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"Well, Daniel, how does it feel to be under my control?" Vlad questioned, cackling.
Let me go! He wanted to scream, but he still couldn't say anything. Danny's mind flashed back to Sam's sorrowful face. Sam...Thinking of her, he started to fight for control. Wake up! Don't let him control you! He thought to himself. Finally, he found he had enough control to fire an ecto-ray. His hand glowed green, and he threw it at Vlad. Since Vlad never saw it coming, it hit him in the back. Vlad shouted in shock and was pushed forward a few feet. He whirled around angry, his hands holding pink ecto-balls in them.
"How did you break free?" he questioned angrily. Danny tried to answer, but found that he had lost control once more. "Ah, no matter. Maybe this will teach you not to do that again." Vlad threw his pink ecto-balls at Danny, but they didn't bother him. When Vlad saw that they had no effect, he floated over to one of the tables in the lab. He appeared to be looking for something, but whatever it was, it had to be important. "Ah, there it is," he muttered. Reaching across the table, he grabbed and held up a knife. This was no ordinary knife, however; it was a knife that was designed to hurt ghosts, seeing as how it held a green glow. Seeing it, Danny tried desperately to run away, but he had lost all control. Vlad floated over to him, a smirk playing across his lips. With one quick swipe, he cut Danny on his arm, up near his shoulder. It didn't go too deep, but it went deep enough that blood started seeping out of the wound. Mentally, Danny screamed in pain. Though he didn't have much of a soul left, he still felt pain when it happened.
"That should teach you a lesson, Daniel," Vlad growled. He stared at Danny angrily, trying to see if Danny still held any emotion. Danny quickly tried to mask his emotion, but Vlad still saw it. "I know you still have emotion, Daniel. I know you can hear anything I say as well. I did this on purpose. If I took all of your soul, I wouldn't be able to see your pained expression when you do the worst thing you can possibly imagine. This is my plan, Daniel; I'll give your soul back after it happens. Now, come with me," he commanded, grabbing Danny's arm. They floated down a corrider in Vlad's castle, making many twists and turns.
Soon, they had arrived at what looked a jail cell. Vlad threw Danny in there and slammed the door shut. He then transformed back to his alter ego, Vlad Masters. Danny heard a slight beeping noise as Vlad pushed some buttons on a small console next to the cell door. A green wall then blocked the cell door. "A ghost shield," Vlad explained. "This should keep you from escaping in case you get any control back again." He then turned sharply on his heel and walked away. Danny just floated there, not able to do much. He fought for control again, and finally was able to sit down against the wall. A tear trickled down his cheek, and then he closed his eyes and was able to fall into a deep sleep.
Dream sequence
"Danny!" He heard Sam shout. "Please, don't!" It was dark all around him, and he couldn't see where she was.
"Sam?" He found himself able to call out. A scream then pierced through the blackness around him. "Sam!" he screamed.
"Danny!" A light then broke through, and he saw a mirror. When he walked over to it, he gasped in shock. Blood was pouring from just about everywhere on his body: his chest, his arms, his legs, his head. He put his hand to the mirror, his reflection copying his move, except instead of raising its right hand, it raised its left hand. When he pulled away, a bloody handprint was left in its place. He screamed in shock, and looked at himself, seeing the exact same thing he saw in the mirror. He put his hand to the mirror once more, and then felt something tugging him towards the mirror. Danny tried to fight back, but he soon felt himself pulled into it. He screamed again as he started to fall through blackness with no end in sight. He kept falling, but no one was there to save him. Save me from this nothingness I've become, Sam.
End dream sequence
Vlad watched as Danny appeared to be dreaming. He screamed, and Vlad raised an eyebrow in a small sense of shock. He then smirked. "Everything is going according to plan," he said to himself. "Now all I need is for his friends and his parents to come back, and the game is finally over." Vlad cackled evilly and then started to walk away, leaving Danny stuck in his nightmare.
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Sam's head snapped up suddenly as she felt an uneasy feeling wash over her. "Danny..." she whispered. Tucker looked over at her.
"Sam, are you feeling all right?" Tucker asked worriedly.
"Yeah," Sam answered, unsure of her own answer. "Just a bad feeling, that's all."
Tucker nodded his head, not really believing her, but he didn't want to press the issue. Soon they had arrived at the Fenton household. They parked the Specter Speeder in the backyard area, not sure where else to leave it. They hopped out of it and bolted for the house. Sam opened the door, and they walked quickly in.
"Mr. Fenton? Mrs. Fenton? Jazz? Is anybody home?" Sam asked. They heard in explosion coming from the basement. "Basement," Sam and Tucker responded in unison. Quickly, they ran down the stairs to the lab, seeing Jack covered in black soot.
"Jack, I told you not to mess with that," Maddie scolded her husband. Glancing to the right, Tucker saw Jazz holding her hand to her forehead, shaking her head. Maddie then looked up. "Hi, kids!" she said cheerily. Jazz looked over at them, and she mouthed to them thank you. She walked over to them, a smile on her face. Her smile then changed to a frown. At that moment, Maddie's smile fell as well.
"Hey, where's Danny?" Jazz asked. Tucker looked nervous, and Sam bit her lip.
"Yeah, I need to show him my new invention!" Jack said excitedly. Maddie hit him on the shoulder of his orange hazmat suit.
"Jack, be serious! What if Danny's in danger?" Maddie worriedly said.
Jazz cut in. "I'm sure he's busy doing other things. Maybe..." Jazz paused looking for an excuse. "Maybe he went to go clean his room."
"Is he?" Maddie asked Sam and Tucker. Sam and Tucker glanced at each other before Sam turned back to them to talk.
"He's...not." Jazz gave her a glare, but Tucker mouthed for her to listen to Sam. "Mrs. Fenton, he is in danger." Jazz's eyes went wide.
"Ghost fighting danger?" she asked automatically. Sam and Tucker looked at her worriedly, and she gasped and clasped her hand over her mouth.
"Ghost fighting?" Maddie inquired. "What are you kids talking about?"
"Has he finally decided to hunt ghosts like his old man?" Jack asked, excitement in his eyes. Sam and Tucker gave a glare at Jazz, and she dropped her shoulders in defeat, knowing Danny was going to kill her for this.
"Sort of," Jazz answered. "You both know Danny Phantom, right?"
"Is he here?" Jack asked, pulling the Fenton bazooka off the table and holding it in the air.
"No. You see...Danny, our Danny, is Danny Phantom."
"What?" Maddie and Jack asked in shock, the Fenton bazooka falling from Jack's hands.
"Remember how the Fenton portal was on when you guys came back home?" They nodded their heads. "Danny had gone in there to turn it on, and I guess part of the portal mixed with his DNA. He's half-ghost now because of the accident. While he's been fighting ghosts and saving Amity Park countless times," Jazz appeared to be growing angry, "you guys have been hunting him relentlessly. You guys have been hunting your own son! He was afraid to tell you guys because he was afraid you guys would rip him apart molecule by molecule! Maybe you guys could be a little more considerate of him," she finished quietly.
Jack's and Maddie's faces showed both hurt and shock mixed together. "Our own son..." Maddie whispered quietly. A few tears fell down her face. "My baby boy...I've been hunting my baby boy."
"What danger is he in?" Jack asked, remembering the topic at hand.
Sam breathed a sigh of relief, glad that they took it pretty well. "Vlad's captured him. He has this weird machine..." she started to explain, but Maddie cut her off.
"Vlad? Vlad Masters? What does he have to do with any of this?"
"Wisconsin Ghost," Jazz answered.
"Wisconsin Ghost?" Jack asked, letting it run through his mind for a few minutes before it finally clicked. "Vladdy's the Wisconsin Ghost?!"
"Yep," was Jazz's short reply. She was still letting off some steam from her outburst.
"I always had a bad feeling about that man."
"That's because he still loves you, Mom." Jazz gave a shudder, as did Maddie.
"Anyways," Sam said, cutting in, "the reason Danny can't escape is that Vlad has sort of stolen his soul."
"What?!" Jazz and Maddie screeched. "When I get there, I'm going to wring that man's neck," Maddie said darkly.
Jack said, "I can't believe I thought that he was my friend. He's crossed the line now. Here's what we're going to do..."
Yay! I finished this chapter! I'm so happy! Yay that my computer's finally fixed again! Hopefully, there won't be anymore problems with it. Well, hope you enjoyed this chapter! R& R please! L8r!
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