Chapter 7: Fear

I finished retelling the story of our final fight with Vlad and Ms. Stuth just sat there, taking it all in. A small part of me wondered if we had finally crossed the line of how much weirdness she could handle with as long as she sat there.

"So you now have a part of Plasmius within you?" She finally spoke up.

"Yeah, though we can't tell how much control he's really getting." I replied, thankful that we hadn't finally broken her.

"There for a second I thought we'd finally passed the weirdness meter on you." Danny joked, voicing my initial thought as well.

"I worked with G.T. kids for ten years and am an ex GIW agent. I've seen, heard of, or had some kid think up just about everything by now." There was a hint of her signature attitude in her response. "I highly doubt anything could really surprise me anymore." She waved her hand as if it was no big deal and moved on to another topic. "Who were you two fighting earlier? Did the Box Ghost once again mistake being pathetic for being scary?" I laughed at that; it was true that he did seem to do that.

Danny answered her question. "No, the Box Ghost was midway through lunch today. We got stuck dealing with Desiree."

"Ah." She was acting like she didn't really care, but I could tell by now that she was really using this to prompt one of us to board a specific train of thought.

"That reminds me." Great, the clueless one seems to have left the station. "Why didn't you go ghost during the fight, Sam?" I wasn't really comfortable talking about that, it was really just fear taking over, but between the worried look from Danny and the unrelenting gaze from the teacher, I cracked.

"I didn't want to risk Plasmius taking over." My voice came out much smaller than I had intended, betraying my fear.

"Why would you think that?" I sighed as I was reminded exactly why Danny was always the clueless one.

"Danny, he took control the other day without any sort of warning and we both know he's been influencing my dreams. If I go ghost, who knows what form I'll become? I could be my normal self, sure, but that might also let Plasmius out." My voice continued to shrink as I continued to speak. Damnit Sam! Pull yourself together and quit showing weakness! You don't need Danny worrying anymore than he already is!

"Well, there's only one way to find out." We both looked at the teacher. "What? I wasn't going to say anything, but I did notice the distinct lack of sighting of Sam's ghost form lately."

"You weren't going to say anything my ass. We both know you got Danny to ask that on purpose." I retorted. Yes, that was probably grounds for a detention, but I knew she wouldn't issue one to us. She tried not to play favorites, but its hard to ignore the two biggest mysteries on campus.

"Perhaps I did, but I still wouldn't have directly said anything." I rolled my eyes. Ms. Stuth was by far my favorite teacher, but she could be such a royal pain in the ass sometimes. "Anyway, there's only way to find out if Plasmius will take over if you go ghost."

"Oh no, there is not way in hell I'm going to risk transforming!" Surprisingly, my voice was strong and clear as I spoke. It almost demanded that it be obeyed.

The teacher threw something to the other hybrid in the room. "A Plasmius Maximus? What the hell is this for?" I couldn't call Danny clueless for asking that, I was just as lost.

"So you can cut off her powers if Plasmius decides to pay us a lovely visit. Now go invisible." Danny shot her a completely lost look. "Let's think this through, Clueless Wonder." Danny scowled slightly at the nickname. "In it's most basic terms, it's safe to assume that if Sam can see you, so can the frootloop." The halfa nodded in understanding as he blinked out of sight. I felt him moving around the room constantly so that I couldn't lock on to his location.

"Now, transform, Sam." The teacher calmly told me. I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and prayed to god I didn't end up hurting anyone like I did to Tucker last time Plasmius came out.

The rings flashed into existence as I felt the change take place. I looked down when the polar rings had cleared my head and feet. I was still me, Plasmius didn't come out.

That was my last thought before the blackness hit me.

Don't kill me for the ending! ._.

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Invisible One