Jeanette9a: You're right she wasn't too happy
Midnight: Thanks, I was giggling while typing that, but Vlad's not done yet ;)
TheDPfangurl: YAY! I will don't worry.
Fear the mewfour: LOL! No I didn't drink my sister's blood, you'll see what I did if you keep reading. Although that's bound to catch her attention, maybe I should try it *smiles wickedly* Kidding. Also why would I turn Danny into a werewolf? That's a leeeetle to much like twilight for my tastes.
My IFs and I are pretty happy about this chapter, Hook is happy because Vlad gets tormented, Vlad is happy because the ending torments you guys and I'm happy because I'm proud of how this turned out. Reviews are appreciated ;)
Enjoy!
I do not own Danny Phantom. (if I did the series would still be going and Vlad would win almost everything)
Chapter Five
Danny shifted uncomfortably as Vlad talked to the vampires surrounding him, he didn't like being surrounded by them. It was strange, he could be around ghosts of all types but when you added the fact that they needed to drink blood to survive he lost his nerve. Of course it might have been that when he arrived here they asked Vlad if he was going to share his dinner, luckily Vlad had said no. That didn't mean that Danny wasn't getting hungry looks though, in fact he had caught sight of a couple she-vampires licking their lips. Danny hoped that it was just because he was cute but he rather doubted it.
Plasmius glanced back at the jittery teenager behind him and smirked before turning back to the vampire "Where exactly do we find it?"
"The maze is located in the back of the cave; I will warn you that it has a guardian, but no one knows what it looks like either for no one who has gone in has ever came out."
The two hybrids looked at each other both of them thinking the same thing.
Both hybrids had agreed on getting one last night's sleep(or day's) before heading into the maze and so it was back at the mansion that Danny awoke to find his right leg tied to the canopy above him. He tried to go intangible but when he did the rope holding his foot shocked him. He turned his head when he heard an amused chuckle "I never was able to thank you for the wakeup call. Good night, little badger." The man rose from his chair and left the glaring teen to his misery.
Danny growled "I'm going to get him for this!" He tried once again to phase through but was jolted once more for his efforts. Vlad had tied the rope in a way in which Danny would have to hang just by one foot to untie the stupid thing**. He grunted and groaned, while swinging by his leg as he tried to disentangle the knot. Finally, after what he was sure had been half an hour, he managed and fell back on the bed with a crash "I hope I broke his furniture". He looked but the bed was still intact. He grumbled and went to go find breakfast.
After drinking from Danny later that day, the hybrids returned to the vampire's cave and after being wished luck, headed into the labyrinth. Both crossbreeds looked around the dark tunnel surrounding them and Vlad lit his hand with magenta light. Danny started forward, wanting to get this over and done with, while Plasmius followed, his ears and eyes peeled for any danger.
They soon came to a fork where the channel split into two different directions, Danny started towards the left while Vlad headed to the right. They both stopped and looked at each other until the teen broke the silence "Why don't we go left?"
"I think we should go to the right."
"Well, let's try the left anyways."
"It's not your decision to make."
"Oh and when did you get put in charge?"
"Since I'm older and have far more experience in such matters."
"You're the reason we're here in the first place!"
"If it wasn't for your father we wouldn't be having this problem!"
"Quit trying to blame everything on my dad! It was YOUR idea to steal the necklace and get turned into a vampire!"
In response Vlad lifted his hand and created a shield that covered the left side's entrance. "WE. GO. RIGHT."
Danny cursed and reluctantly followed the older hybrid. He knew he could've retaliated and did the same thing to the passage that Vlad had wanted to take but then it would've been a battle of endurance and patience. He hated endurance tests; he always lost so in the end he had given in because he didn't want to look like a weakling in front of Vlad.
After a while of complete silence Danny got very bored, he knew he should be looking for trouble at every turn but it was the same thing, just walls, ceiling, and the floor. He started to whistle but quieted when Plasmius shot him a glare, he sighed and started singing '99 bottles of pop' in his head but that didn't last when he kept forgetting what number he was on. He sighed again and looked up at the man walking in front of him "Vlad what does 'vampierblig' mean?"
Plasmius rolled his eyes "I've said it before its Vampirblut."
"Fine but what does it mean?"
"It's German for Vampire blood."
"Oh, I guess that makes sense. What do you think it is?"
"I truthfully have no idea."
"Well take a guess as to what it would be."
"I don't want to guess; I'd rather find it and obtain that knowledge for myself."
Danny grumbled at the older hybrid's evasive answer and went back to being quiet.
Eventually the two hybrids came to another fork but this time it consisted of four different branches. Vlad grabbed the back of Danny's shirt before he could head off in a direction and pulled him towards the second to right one.
The reason Vlad was so adamant about which way to go was because he could sense which route had the most direct way to the object in question. He had had this power for a while now; this was the reason why he had been able to find the skeleton key, among other items, so quickly. He didn't know why he didn't share this information with Daniel, it certainly would have prevented the argument they had earlier, but he didn't feel that he should share it with the boy.
The rest of the day passed uneventfully but Vlad could tell that Danny was getting tired "Daniel why don't you try to get some rest while I stand guard?"
Danny looked up at the older hybrid and nodded his appreciation.
Plasmius watched for a while as Danny drifted off, he smiled at how innocent the boy looked and took the cape from around his shoulders and put it around the sleeping boy "Guten Nacht, Daniel" then he stood and waited.
Danny woke up to sore muscles and to realize that Plasmius had put his cloak on him for a blanket, he couldn't help but notice how warm the blanket was but jolted when he realized he was comparing the fatherly smell of it to his dad's smell "Here" Danny said handing it back hastily.
The man reached for it and swung it around so it settled neatly on his shoulders. The vampire/ghost looked back at Danny "Let's go."
"Wait. Aren't you tired?"
"No." the man lied as he started forward with the other hybrid tagging along. Truth was he was tired but he was anxious to get out of here and go back to his normal life. If you could call his life normal that is. He sighed wistfully as he recalled the days of bliss before he had become a billionaire and before the lab accident.
He shook his head, right now was probably the worst time to be thinking about such things, right now he needed to focus on his surroundings. He didn't care if the first day had gone by uneventfully, he was sure that there was bound to be other monsters than the one guarding Vampirblut. His red eyes scanned the dark continuously, searching for any sign of an attack.
A while later Vlad stopped and held up his hand to signal Danny to stop also. Danny hadn't been paying any attention and walked right into Vlad's hand "OW! Wha" He started to say but he was stopped when the older hybrid slapped his hand over his mouth
"Quiet!" the man hissed and turned his attention back to where he had first heard the noise. He strained his ears and finally caught the sound again. It had sounded like any normal drip one would expect to be heard in a cave but Vlad wasn't about to take any chances. He sent out a clone to investigate.
Plasmius's duplicate searched the dark and was about to report that there wasn't anything when it noticed a strange looking object on the ceiling. He floated towards it and was rewarded when a plant like tentacle shot out and wrapped around his torso pulling him closer towards the thing's mouth. The clone smirked "Too easy." and made red fire burst out on his entire body turning the plant to ash, dropping him to the ground. The duplicate walked calmly away to rejoin the real Vlad.
Danny's eyes widened when a tentacle wrapped itself around Vlad's duplicate "Um, Vlad, Aren't you going to go help yourself?" the boy asked.
The real Vlad looked over to where 'he' was fighting and glanced calmly back at Daniel "No.".
Danny turned back to the fight only to find that it was over and the replica was heading this way. The Vlads joined together and the hybrids continued, this time with a more cautious Danny.
"Vlad that's the third time you've tripped on nothing. Why don't you admit you're tired and sleep?"
The older hybrid looked down at his younger counterpart and sighed, he did feel worn-out but he didn't want to waste time sleeping. A voice in his mind reminded him that he would waste even more time if he kept dozing off while walking.
"All right then. But you will need to be on guard."
"I know." Not really assured but knowing he would have to make the best of it Plasmius curled up on the ground. Danny glanced in Vlad's direction then faced outward to face off any impending attacks.
Later, around what Danny assumed was evening, Vlad Plasmius began to stir. The older crossbreed looked over at Daniel and pushed down the desire to lunge at the boy and gulp down the precious blood, it was becoming ever harder to shove away his need. "Daniel, I'll need some of your blood."
"I know."
"But, I didn't bring the needle or the tube. This means that I will actually have to bite you."
Danny shuddered but nodded and Vlad crossed over to him, the teen instinctively tensing as the man approached. Danny morphed back to Fenton and shakily held out his arm, Vlad grabbed it and studied it; he finally found a vein to his liking and rubbed it with his thumb causing it to rise. Plasmius slowly bared his fangs and sank them into the flesh. Danny jumped with a yell of pain and had to remind himself over and over to let Vlad drink.
Vlad almost forgot not to drink so much but he was quickly reminded when he noticed Danny sink his knees. "Blast!" He pulled his teeth out and put his hand on the bite marks "Daniel! I'm so sorry! Can you stand?"
The young hybrid trembled but tried to stand, which ended in total failure as he started to topple towards the ground. He would've hit it too if Plasmius hadn't shot forward and caught him around the waist. "I'll take that as a 'no'." So saying the man then picked the boy up and they continued towards their destination.
"Put me down Plasmius!" the young hybrid demanded a while later, Vlad rolled his eyes at Daniel's outburst but put the teen down.
Once on his feet Danny started brushing himself off much to the older hybrid's amusement
"Come now Daniel, it can't have been that bad."
Danny shot Vlad a glare but started walking away, still chuckling Vlad followed. Vlad's mirth did not stay with him however; it was becoming ever harder to remind himself not to drink so much blood. His head snapped up as he heard a faint click, thinking fast he threw himself on the teen knocking them both to the ground.
"Vlad! What do you think you're-" the teen stopped his mouth dropping when he saw darts embedded in the wall next to him. Once Plasmius was sure that nothing else was attacking he picked himself off of Danny
"Are you alright?"
"If you don't count that I feel like I've been hit by a bus, then yeah."
Plasmius smiled at the teen's response and walked over to where the projectiles were still implanted in the rock. He yanked one out and studied it. Danny watched curiously as Vlad turned the missile over in his hand and then slammed it against the ground, breaking it in pieces
"What was that all about?" the confused white-haired ghost asked but Vlad ignored him and examined the stuff inside it. The missile's inside was covered in yellow solution. Danny peered over Vlad's shoulder "What's that?"
"It appears to be some sort of poison, let's tread more carefully hmmm?"
Danny rubbed the back of his neck "Heh heh yeah." Vlad then took the lead this time but as Danny fell in step behind him he noticed something that made him gulp. Vlad's cape had a small tear with a tinge of yellow surrounding it.
They reached a circular opening that had a closed door made out of a rock slab. By the closed opening there was a projecting rectangular slab of rock with two evenly spaced indents. Danny looked over at the shut exit and tried to phase through it but was rejected "Duh, Ghost Zone." He tried again this time as a human but was still unable to pass.
Vlad had been watching Danny's interaction with the rock and raised an eyebrow "Daniel, did you see that when we were with the other vampires there were both humans and ghosts?"
"Yeah, why?" the teen asked not getting where Vlad was heading with the question.
"And do you think that maybe this area would have been built to thwart both humans and ghosts?"
Danny blushed, realizing he had just made a fool of himself.
Vlad just rolled his eyes and went to study the tray-like projection. "Apparently this thing is the "keyhole" to the door, but we need to find what the key to this thing is." Vlad noticed the indents were about as long as his fangs were now.
Danny joined Vlad "It looks like a cup holder."
"Yes Daniel that's exactly what it is." The man said sarcastically rolling his eyes at the teen "Honestly, does he really think that it was a cup holder?"
"Really?"
"NO! Honestly Daniel use your head! What would a cup holder be doing in a maze?" Still inwardly growling at the boy Vlad turned his attention back to the 'cup holder'. He knelt on one knee and bit it, his top fangs sliding easily into the slots.
To Danny it appeared that Plasmius was biting the rock "Vlad I know you're a fruit-loop but are you o.k?"
"Ah kink mah keeth awer he keez." Vlad mumbled around his mouthful of rock.
"What?"
Inwardly sighing the ghost/vampire let go of his mouthful "I think my teeth are the keys."
"Oh, I thought you had finally succumbed to your fruit-loopiness."
Reminding himself that he needed Danny Vlad bit the rock again, but after a while when nothing happened he searched his mind for possible solutions and then it hit him. He called forth his acid and let it drip from his fangs onto the rock. Eventually it dissolved and the door next to him slid open revealing a passageway.
They decided to wait until they each had taken a turn resting to proceed through the door; Danny had already finished his "nap" and was now guarding Vlad. Danny looked at the opening apprehensively, it reminded him of a mouth waiting to swallow him up. He made his green energy flare in his hand not only to be ready for any possible attacks but also to calm his jangling nerves down.
Meanwhile Vlad Plasmius dreamed.
He runs through the dark twisting corridors, not knowing where he is but he knows he has to reach Daniel and fast. He finds the broken body of the boy on the ground with a caped monster bending over the dead teen. Daniel's body has already been sucked dry and he hears the crunch of bones as the fiend breaks them open to reach the precious marrow inside. Without thinking the hybrid sends an electric bolt towards the boy's killer, the only coherent thought in his mind is to get it away from his precious little badger. The beast shakes as it is shocked by the man's unrelenting attack and soon slumps over the young hybrid's body dead. Vlad turns the creature over so he can see who dared kill his boy. The face that greets him is his own.
I wrote the dream while listening to the song Halloween Manson version and to Evanesence's Haunted. I think I like those songs WAY too much. Oh Pearl84 are you sure that Vlad isn't going to go "hungry-monster"? **Yup this is what my sister did in retaliation. I love ya sis!