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Chapter XVIII: Resurrection

Sally

I ran faster than a demon to Oogie's hideout, my mind raced with thought of Danny and Sam, who were trapped beneath the rubble of the lair. Even though Jack and the Mayor believed him dead something deep inside believed them alive and I was going to prove it.

When I reached the remains, I saw that biker guy rummaging through it frantically, "the chump has to be in here, Plasmius will have my hide if he's dead," he tells himself as he searches faster.

I slowly walk up to the rubble and begin to search but stop when I feel someone grab me, "YOU," I hear the biker hiss as he turns me around and saw him staring at me, "You think you can stop me from finding the boy, well you're wrong," he said as he whistled and his shadow appeared, "take care of the girl," he said but before he could attack, I undid my arm and ran to and ran to a nearby torch.

"Let see how you stand up against the light of day," I said as I lit it and watched the light dissolve the shadow and the biker started to back away.

"Ah, man, perhaps another time," he said as he sped off leaving me alone to search.

I don't know how long I searched before I found their bodies underneath some stones, "Oh no," I said fearing the worse but my fear dissolved as I felt a pulse and smiled. "Come on we have to get you out of here," I said as I picked them up and carried them back Jack's house where they can recover.

Johnny 13

"I send you to do one simple task, ONE!" Plasmius yelled as he slammed his fist on his desk.

"Send me back, I'll take care of the doll and go back searching for the kid. I'll have Shadow track them down," I told him as I picked up a glass on the table and took a drink but spat it out, "Eww, diet soda," I said sticking out my tongue.

"Get out!" Plasmius roared as he charged up an ecto-blast and shot me.

"Yes, sir, sorry sir," I said racing out of the room before he gets more angry.

Jack Skellington

The town seems to be shrouded in gloom (a bad kind of gloom) as everyone mourns the loss of Danny Phantom. No one comes out of their homes even the werewolves have stopped howling and only the Mayor's voice can be heard as he declares the death of the Halfa.

"There has to be hope," I said as I walked back inside to check on Jazz. She has been taking this hard and hasn't coming out of her room.

I slowly ascend the steps and knock on the door, "Jazz," I say softly.

"Leave me alone," she says coldly as I open the door anyway.

"Jazz, it's me Jack, I want to see if you're okay," I tell her as I sit down in chair across from her bed. "I know you're upset about Danny, but it's not healthy to keep all these negative emotions inside you," I tell her as I hand her a spider-web handkerchief to dry her eyes.

"What do you know about this stuff, you've never lost a sibling," she snaps as she blows her nose.

"That's where you wrong, my brother vanished years ago," I tell her as I show a picture of my long lost brother.

"What happened to him," she asks as she takes picture and looks at it.

"It was said that a servant of Pariah Dark's kidnapped him in order to get revenge for his master's defeat," I tell her sadly thinking about how the servant named Fright Knight took him away to drafted as his personal servant. Never to be seen again.

She seems amazed that Pariah Dark was known here so I tell her the tale of how Pariah once ruled Halloween Town and how it was finally freed.

"Pariah did same thing to my town," she said cheering up and finally smiling.

"Why don't you come downstairs and have something to eat, it'll make you feel better," I tell her as I help her go downstairs to the kitchen.

While we were walking, I saw Sally came back and it looked she was carrying something, but I wasn't sure what but I had other things to worry about now.

Danny

I can't begin to tell you what happened to me after those bugs started crawling on me. Everything after that seemed like a nightmare to me.

I remember dreaming about being locked in a cage by some disembodied voice calling itself 'Oogie Boogie.' This voice would taunt me and say that I am worthless sack of ectoplasm and that no one cared for me and when would talk back it would laugh at me.

It seemed like hours I was trapped when I finally hear a familiar voice calls my name, "Danny, Danny!" it says. I call out to it but nothing comes out of my mouth but it continues to speak my name.

After what seemed an eternity it stopped and even Oogie Boogie's taunting ceased but was replaced with some worse.

I heard a demonic voice whisper, "I told you would become me and you have," I look around for the source and freeze in terror as I see Dan Phantom staring at me. "Welcome to the dark side Danny or should I say Oogie," he laughs as he shows me hurting my friends.

Finally words start to come out my mouth, "NO!" I shout fight to break free, "I AM NOT YOU DAN AND I AM NOT OOGIE," I scream as I feel my energy rising until I let it out in a Ghostly Wail before everything goes black.

When the darkness finally fades and my eyes are forced open by a bright light. I see shapes around me, "Danny! I am so glad you alive I was worried about," one shouts with delight, I recognized it as the one who called out to me in the dream. It was Sam; I was free from Oogie at last!