"He's gonna kill Sam."
"What makes you think that?"
"He's going to make me like him."
"He could never do that, you're too good." Jazz said.
"He's gonna try."
There was a slow clapping. "Very good little badger," Three guesses
"Vlad," Danny said and transformed, "We know why you're here, now let's get this over with, or would you prefer to compete for Technus' title?"
"Of long winded introductions? Oh no, I in fact am not going to bother with you. No, I'm here for Samantha."
"My name is Sam you asshole!"
"Watch you're languange, you are a lady."
"Oh, by the way how's that cat I gave you for Christmas?" Danny asked as he hit Vlad with an ecto-ray.
"Maddie? Oh, she's good," Vlad said as he returned fire. (Had to do that.)
Everyone except Danny and Vlad laughed. When they were done, Tucker, Valerie, and Sam activated their ghost hunting suits and went to help Danny. "Sam get out of here," he said tersly as he dodged an attack from Vlad.
"NO!"
"Sam, you're the one he wants," Tucker said calmly.
"So I should stand by and watch?"
"Yes."
"No, Vlad's an apathetic, crazed-up fruit loop!" (I like that word, apathy, apathetic)
"That is not a nice thing to say."
"But it applies to you dude. I mean seriously, you plot to kill your best friend from college, just so you can have his wife and son, and it's been like twenty-five years." Tucker said.
Vlad paused for a moment and Danny took advantage of the opening to shoot Vlad into a wall. "No more distractions," he said. He charged up an ecto-blast and shot it at Sam. She dove to the side, but was to slow. The blast hit her in the stomach and she crumpled.
"NOOOOOO!" Danny shouted. It turned into a ghostly wail, and he directed it at Vlad. He careened into an old abandoned building and it collapsed on top of him. He crawled out of the rubble, and Danny grabbed him, dragged him up above the scene and said, "You just crossed the line. You hurt me, I hurt you. Touch my friends and family, and I kill you."
"You wouldn't dare."
"I dare." he said. He made his hand intangible, reached inside Vlad, wrapped his hand around Vlad's appendix and sqeezed. The appendix bursted open, and Danny removed his hand. He dropped Vlad, and went to his girlfriend.
"W-what d-did you d-do t-to him?" she asked weakly.
"I gave him a bad case of appendicitus." Danny said darkly as he took her hand.
"I love you, you know that, right?"
"Yeah," Danny said as tears started streaming down his face. He placed a hand on Sam's wound and pressed lightly to reduce the flow of blood. His hand started glowing green as Sam's eyelids began to droop. "No!" Danny pleaded.
He picked up Sam and held her in his arms. There was a green handprint where the wound was. Danny shook her gently, but she didn't move. He checked her pulse, but didn't get anything.
He stood up, still holding her, and flew her to the cave. He laid her down, and started weeping. "Sam," he whispered, "Why did he have to take you? Why couldn't have settled with me? Why? Why?"
"He didn't take me, Danny." a small voice said.
"But he did. He did, you died in my arms because of me!"
"Danny, look at me. Do I look dead to you?" Danny looked at her, and gasped. She had propped herself up and had an amused look on her face
"Sam, look at your... Is the wound gone?"
"Yeah,"
"Then I just gained a new power, I think."
"Wow, and all it took was my almost dying. Great," she said sarcastically. He hugged her, and she returned the gesture.
"Everyone thinks you're dead."
"We had better go then."
