A/N: Kind of a scary ending last chapter, huh? Well, I won't keep you in suspense any longer.
Disclaimed.
…Restaurant…
"Samantha! SAMANTHA!" Pam shrieked into the phone, alarmed. A dozen heads turned toward the racket.
Including a young redhead and her husband, sitting at the table next to them.
"What's going on? What happened?" Jazz exclaimed, running to the shouting woman. "Mrs. Manson!"
"She-she dropped the phone and-and there was s-screaming," the mother shakily informed her.
"Jazz! What's going on? Jazz!" Maddie's voice floated through her daughter's phone.
"Something's happened to Sam!" the young woman responded worriedly.
"What? How do you-? DANIELLE!" she exclaimed as the Specter Speeder returned with the disgruntled halfa.
"Dani? Mom, what do you mean? What's happened to her?" Jazz frantically asked.
"Hold on, Jazz, I'm putting your father on," Maddie informed her as she went to tend to Danielle's injured leg.
"Dad, what's wrong with Danielle?"
"Her leg is really beat up," Jack told her, worry creeping into his voice as it quivered.
"Oh no," she gasped, then calmed herself. "Did she say who's attacking?"
"Hold on?" Jack answered, "Mads, who's attacking the Workshop?"
"Vlad. He's led the Guys in White there," Dani answered for her mother. Jack grimaced and relayed the information.
"That's low," Jazz said, all eyes were on her. "Is there any news on Sam and Danny?"
"Sorry, Jazzy, nothing," was her dad's unfortunate reply.
Jazz sighed, "Keep us posted."
…Workshop…
Nathan stared wide-eyed at the young woman he'd hit. Blood was seeping from the large burn where his attack had met her. No. I joined them so this wouldn't happen! I have to-do something! ANYTHING!
Danny gasped for breath; his heart felt like someone was trying to crush it with an iron hand. The pain was searing, so much worse than any he'd ever had, but he had to get to her. He had to get to Sam.
Ignoring his own pain as much as possible, he crawled to her side. If he didn't get to her fast enough…No. He couldn't think like that.
"Sam," he choked out. He brushed some hair out of her face, making her stir. She smiled weakly when she saw him.
Nathan watched, his eyes widening in horror at what he'd done. The gun clattered to the hard ground as he dropped it like it burned to the touch, and he ran.
Danny moved so that his left hand rested just above the burn and he watched as he concentrated on healing her.
Black swam at the edge of his vision and he could feel the exertion taking its toll. Sweating from the effort, he began to feel every aching muscle, every throbbing bruise, every searing burn on his body.
Sam felt as her fiancé blacked out, his head falling slowly to her chest. It would only be a matter of time before he reverted back to the sweet man she'd fallen head over heals for and his secrets were blown.
Barely conscious, the Goth pulled at her cloak, which lay under her from the hit, wincing each time she tugged. She was not fully healed, but she had to do this for him. With one final pull and a grunt, the cloth came loose and she was able to cover his face just as the rings of white-blue light transformed Santa Claus into Danny Phantom and Danny Phantom into Danny Fenton.
…FentonWorks…
"What happened before you left?" Maddie asked her daughter.
"We were fighting the Guys in White; there were more of them there then I've ever seen in one place. They were attacking the elves, destroying the Workshop…Mom, it's horrible…" Dani looked away as flashes of burning buildings, a once proud workshop ransacked and lying in ruins, the look on Danny's face when he saw it all crossed her vision.
"Dani-girl?" Jack brought her back, placing his large hand on her shoulder; she leaned into him.
Maddie sat down next to her and gently told her, "That's alright, Sweetie. I'll go to the Far Frozen and find out what's going on. Danny can't object to that."
"Maybe we should call Tucker?" the younger woman suggested.
…Workshop….
As Nathan ran, he searched for someone who would help, someone who wouldn't tell a superior officer. A ghost, I have to find a ghost.
The idea scared him, but what else was he supposed to do? The woman was obviously working with the ghosts which meant that going for one of his…co-workers, for lack of a better word, would endanger her. As he searched for help, he saw nothing but chaos, but then his eyes settled on a large, yeti-like being in a tan tribal cape carrying some of the smaller ghosts to safety. Glancing around, he found one with a blue cape and a left arm made almost entirely out of ice and carefully made his way toward the towering beast.
Gathering up his nerve, the soon-to-be-ex G.I.W. agent called to it, "Ex-excuse me, um, I-I-Please help me."
The ghost smiled, its pointed teeth and yellow eyes chasing away the last of Nathan's bravery, until he spoke.
"What is it you need help with, young human, that you are desperate enough to ask help from the very thing you are fighting?" the being asked seriously. He was impressed that the young man had taken the chance.
"I-I did something…something terrible. Please, I didn't mean to hurt them," he pleaded.
The giant looked troubled, but told him, "Lead the way."
…Technology Institute…
Dingalingaling…dingalingaling…ding-
"Hello?" a voice answered, groggily.
"Is Tucker Foley there?" Maddie inquired through the comm. link in the Specter Speeder.
"No, he's out with his girl, what d'ya want?" Tucker's roommate answered.
"Never mind, I've got to go." *Click*
…Workshop…
"Tell me, young one, what did they look like?" Frostbite queried as the two ran to where the boy had shot two ghosts.
"The first looked like Santa Claus," he panted, "and the other was a woman, in a cloak, with white hair."
"Great One," he breathed, picking up his pace. It was then that the second description hit him. Could it be? Could the stories be true?
…
A/N: Ha ha, and you thought I wouldn't leave it off like that because I did it last chapter! But, seriously, folks, what did you think? Did you like how Nathan reacted to what he'd done? What did you think of Frostbite's reaction to Nathan's plea for help? Is Nathan Valerie's old stalker? And what about Frostbite's last thought in this chapter? Tell me in a review, and as alwaysALOHA!
P.S. I like to mislead you. If you've read Dream of Stars, you know what I mean, hint, hint.