Oh wow, I just realized Danny and Sam were the names of the main characters on Danny Phantom. LOL never noticed I did that until now, I used to love that show.

"Trent, Wake up, I hear something outside." Gwen shook her husband gently, trying to awaken him.

"Huh? What is that?" He asked, hearing several sirens and a loud speaker.

"Elliot McLean! Put the gun down NOW!"

'BANG! BANG! BANG!'

"Oh my god, what's happening?" Gwen yelled, trying to hid herself under the covers.

"You want me to check?" Trent asked as he got up from the bed.

"It wouldn't hurt, just stay discreet. And be careful." She said, her blanket over her nose as she tried to hide her fear. Trent got up and slowly opened the curtains to peek out the window.

"Oh my god..." He whispered his eyes wide and scared.

"What is it?" Gwen asked.

"A there's two guys on the ground and now there's a few ambulance's coming up to the scene, it looks like McLean's kid took off."

"Ugh... They knew where he was living, why didn't they get him before something really bad happened? After he killed that store clerk they should have locked him up for good." Gwen seemed so irritated at it.

"I always knew McLean's kids would turn out to be total drama psychopaths. We need to keep Danny home from school tomorrow, I don't want anything happening if that kid suddenly shows up and decides to jack the school."

"I agree, hon. I'm gonna go check to see if he's alright." Gwen got up and braved herself to step foot out of the room. Trent looked over to her, worry in his face as he turned back to the window before closing the curtains and following her.

'Knock Knock Knock'

"Danny, honey... Are you alright?" Gwen asked as she waited outside his door, making sure he wouldn't get freaked out if someone suddenly barged into his room after a shooting just went on outside.

Gwen put her hand on the door and turned it before pushing it open and gasping.
"Danny... Danny!" Gwen yelled as she checked his bed, looking for him.

"Trent, where could he be? Where's our boy?" Gwen started panicking, tears running down her face, mostly because of the fact that Danny said he'd run away if he wasn't allowed to see Samantha anymore.

"Relax, Gwen. He might just be in the bathroom or in the living room." Trent reassured her he wasn't gone. But deep inside he knew, he knew something wasn't right. As they both looked over to the window in his room, they noticed it was open, a long sheet attached to one of the bars on his bed leading out of it. Attached to the sheet was a note, held with tape. Trent walked over and grabbed it, and locked his eyes onto the words below.

"If you are reading this, then I am with the one I love. No boundaries can hold us, so don't bother trying to find us. Love is what I have, and what I have needed. We will survive on our own, forever.

~ Danny"

Gwen came over to read the note over his shoulder, and began sobbing at the very words.

"Don't worry, honey. He'll come home, he just needs to realize things aren't as simple as they seem." He held her close and they cried into each others arms.

Love is not simply pleasure and satisfaction, Love is staying through with the happy times along with the bad times.

A little earlier...

"Oh, Duncan. I love you so much, sweetheart." Courtney laid on Duncan's chest, her hair wildly out of place.

"I love you too... Wait... Do you hear sirens?" Duncan's grip on Courtney suddenly increased as he looked towards the window.

"Kinda, what is going on?" Courtney asked turning to Duncan as if to tell him "Go check. Now."

Duncan got up and noticed cop cars flying by his house.

"I'm gonna go check and see what's up." Duncan said as he walked to the closet and grabbed some mildly heavy clothing to prepare himself for the cold winter weather.

"Duncan, be careful! Don't go far from the house, do you hear me?" Courtney almost jumped out of bed before noticing she was only wearing underwear, and it was still pretty cold, even inside.

"Yeah, I hear ya. Doesn't mean I'm listening to ya." Duncan said as he went out of the room and closed the door.

Duncan walked along the concrete sidewalk, his eyes focused on the cop cars next to him and in front of him. He sped up his pace, until he noticed someone lying on the ground, immediately he knew it was Kyle, and he rushed over to him.

"Elliot McLean! Put the gun down, NOW!"

The young man turned to the man coming towards him, shooting him three times in the abdomen.

Duncan was the man coming towards him.

Duncan was shot.

"ELLIOT, STOP!" Ari cried out as she tried to drag the young man on her lap away from harm. As Elliot pointed the gun to her, she stood up and attacked him, tackling him to the ground and hitting the gun out of his hand. Ari slugged him across the face, causing him to start bleeding from his nose. Then she dragged him up and threw him down.

"Get out of here, Elliot, and don't come back." Ari said as she kicked him, forcing him to get up.

"Lady, get away from him! He's a dangerous man!" One of the cops called out, one readying his gun at Elliot, whom was trying to get up. He took off, every cop took a few shots at him, but all missed, and most went after him, but he was too fast.

"Hmm, what happened?" Kyle asked as he tried to get himself up, suddenly falling down again at the pain in his stomach, "Gaah, ARGH! What happened! Dad? DAD! GET UP DAD!" Kyle cried out in both pain and sadness as he tried to keep himself in sight so he could see his dad. The ambulance came, and Kyle struggled and kicked and hit, trying to get them to get his dad help first.

"No! MY DAD IS DYING! HELP HIM!" He called out repeatedly. Ari rushed to Kyle's side, begging to be let on the ambulance to be with him. She really just didn't want to be taken to the police station to be asked anything.

"Listen, lady, you've gotta go with the cops, you can't come in here."

"I'm his girlfriend, I have to be with him. I was only present as long as he was." She lied, following a shocked "Huh?" from Kyle.

"You had nothing to do with the man who shot him?"

"No. I don't even know him."

Sometimes you just wanna smack the one you love in the face. Other times you just wanna smack them a kiss on the lips.

Courtney has learned why Duncan hates doctors so much. So far, each time she's been there either somebody died, somebody is dying, or somebody has been shot. This time, her son and her husband have been shot, her daughter is missing along with the neighbors son, and a famous man's psycho killer son is on the lose in their neighborhood. It's going to be a long, sad, lonely night.

Courtney walked into Kyle's room as soon as they told her she could see them, and she was greeted by an unwelcomed visitor.

"Who the crap are you?" Courtney asked as she looked at Ari, whom was holding Kyle's hand and kissing his cheek, making him giggle with delight.

"I'm Ari. I saved your son..."

"Why are you kissing him?" Courtney asked as she crossed her arms.

"I... I have to go." Ari said as she got up and snuck passed Court.

"Oh, Kyle, my baby." Courtney cooed as she went over as kissed Kyle gently on his cheek, first wiping off the lipstick Ari had left there.

"Mom, come on! Stop it!"

"Oh what? It's okay for some hormonal bimbo to do it but not your own mother?"

"It's just odd. I kinda like that girl and..."

"YOU LIKE WHO?"

"Nothing, mom."

"Goodboy."

Love is like a flower. Without tender care and attention, it dies.

Duncan awoke, pain stabbing his abdomen, and no sight what so ever.

"What is going on? What is this? Where am I?" He thought to himself. Thoughts started rushing through his head. Hearing and watching the cop cars, seeing his son lying on the ground, seeing the gun pointed right at him, and finally, feeling three bullets enter him in a most painful way. As he worked out what he was feeling in his head, he soon found out that he must be in surgery, and his mind decided to awaken before the rest of his body. He couldn't move, couldn't see, couldn't talk to warn the doctors he was fully aware of what was happening. He just had to deal with the pain right now, and await it to be over.

"God, is that a needle they're poking me with now? Oh god, they're stitching me, argh! Oh, as soon as I gain back my strength I'm slugging the idiot that did this to me right in the face! Stupid doctors, stupid stupid, AARGH!" Duncan found his hand slowly regaining control, and he struck it straight up, slamming one of the doctors in the face.

"AAAGH! He's awake!" The doctor yelled.

"Haha, Laugh my freaking A double S off. I've always wanted to hit a doctor."

I Love You. If you never hear the words, how would you know they're true?

"Danny, I love you." Samantha whispered into his ear as she cuddled up to him, nothing but a simple sheet covering their bodies.

"Oh, I love you so much, Sammy, I'm so glad we did this." He said as he looked up at the stars and sunk the back of his head a little farther into the beach sand below him, the gentle sound of the sea being the only thing drowning his thoughts about home away, that, and Samantha.

"Te quiero mucho más. Desea volver a hacerlo?" Samantha spoke to him, her grip on his shoulder getting stronger.

"Uh, okay." Danny didn't understand her, but he accepted the invitation to do whatever anyway. Immediately, Samantha jumped onto him, kissing him intensely and loving him more and more.

"Oh. So that's what she said." Danny thought to himself, completely clueless on any Spanish words Samantha ever spoke.

So long, hate. Hello, love.

"Dad... I have something to tell you." Elliot spoke, holding his bloody nose as he entered his father's office.

"What is it this time, Elliot?" Chris complained as he turned around in his chair, his diamond studded blue tux twinkling as he did so.

"Ari is free, she might find a way back home, her home."

"WHAT? I told you to seduce Sam and get her back here, not lose Ari in the process! Why'd you even let her out of the car?"

"She sort of, fought me. I'm sorry, dad." Elliot hung his head in shame, his bloody nose still dripping.

"You lost to a skinny Hispanic girl? Ugh, if she goes back to her dad then Alejandro will think I'm resigning, I need you to get Blake out there, find Ari, and capture Samantha. You have no time to lose, GO!"

"Seriously? I can't rest for an hour?" Elliot asked, his head slopping to the side.

"Elliot, do you want us to lose EVERYTHING? Including your very nice car I generously gave you?" Chris bribed, leaning in on his son.

"CHRIS! TELL THESE PEOPLE TO STOP HOUNDING ME!" Blainely walked in, three men in suits directly behind her, all seeming like they were waiting for her to drop a hundred dollars from her hand.

"Blaine, what have you done now?" Chris asked, looking exhausted as if this happened every day.

"These men are telling me I need to pay them or else they are going to take my Mustang Car! Tell them that you already gave them this months payment!"

"Unfortunately, we are running low on funds, sweetie. Heheh, I couldn't pay this month, or last month, or the month before..."

"You mean we aren't rich anymore?" Blainely asked, very mad, hands on hips, eyes intent.

"We will be! As soon as Alejandro steps down we will be as high as..."

"I'm leaving you."

"What?" Chris shot up from his chair and ran over to her, rubbing her back and trying to get her on his sweet side.

"Forget it, Chris. Leave me alone. I know you only want me cause I'm beautiful, you don't really love me!" Blainely stormed out the door, leaving a very sad Chris.

"There she goes again." Elliot said from behind the door. Chris shot him a glare.

"Just go and get the girls, Elliot."

OOOH so we find out Chris and Alejandro are fighting over something that involves money, what is it? HAHA, take some wild guesses, but don't travel too far from inside the box, it might just be right under you noise... teehee! Anyways, I find out I might not have to go to the hospital at all! I have to go on a BRAT diet though, which is Banana's, Rice, Applesauce, And Toast. I have to eat that and only that until I feel better, doctors orders. Its a good thing I love rice and Banana's, but Apples make my teeth bleed and toast is hard. So, That's good, which means soon I'll be writing longer, more exciting stories soon! Oh, I really hope that I left a pretty good cliffhanger here, I left plenty of questions arising! Ooh, can't wait to start on chapter 5! Also, sorry I didn't post this at the beginning of the story, but thanks so much to RGZ Archer, your reviews are awesome! Thank you so much!

Also, I wanted to answer a question that was brought up in a review I got.

I had a reader request to have Serria killed off while giving birth, so, that's how she died. I had no plans for Cody and Serria to even enter the story, so a reader request for them made it more exciting, and it makes me glad that I'm focusing on the entire TDI group, not just Duncan and Courtney.

So, R&R (Lol I JUST figured out what that meant a few days ago, I'm such a dork, right?) *~*MysticalTreat*~* over and out!