Danny woke with a gasp. He didn't realize he fell asleep. He looked around the lab again and noticed that the day became night again. He lost a whole day.
"Oh my gosh! I'm on my last day already? No, this can't be happening!", Danny shouted. Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse his chest burst into pain. Danny screamed and his back bent at an angle so that it seemed something was trying to escape him. Danny screamed and thrashed even more. The pain was much worse than it was two days ago. He couldn't believe it, he was trapped, only had one day to convince Dani she was his daughter and to locate the part of him living within her.
"Danielle!", screamed the ghost boy. He continued screaming in agony, this time it wasn't leaving just as soon as it came. It just continued on and on without a single sign of stopping. Tears started faling from Danny's eyes as the pain became too much for him to hold them back.
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"Aragh!", screamed Danielle from her bed. Vlad hovered in invisibly and watched as the ghost girl thrashed around on her bed causing the covers to be kicked off her. She curled up in on herself and cried out in pain. Vlad watched for another moment before vanishing through the walls. He made his way to his lab where he heard screams coming from Danny. He peaked in and noticed Danny screaming bloody murder.
"Hm..what could this be.", Vlad whispered to himself. He went into his computer room and brought up Danielle's file to look through. He searched through the many pages and stopped at a section that caught his eye. he read out loud what the document said:
"The donor more often times than not can affect the clone that was created from them. Hmm...so that means that Daniel has a connection with Danielle which would explain why she is also screaming in pain. But that doesn't make any sense. If this connection were true she would have felt the muscle being ripped away from Danny. So this connection must go deeper than just flesh and bone.", Vlad mused. He tapped his chin and walked out of the room. He made his way back to his bedroom placing ear plugs on to sleep more soundly.
Before he hit the pillow Vlad smirked and came up with an idea. He reached into his drawer and pulled out a red button. He pressed the button and an alarm went off. He smirked and placed his head to the pillow.
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Danny panted as sweat dripped from his face to the table. He panted in quick breaths and felt drained. He gasped in shock when the bindings trapping him came un-done. He laid there for a short minute and tried his best to sit up. The movement cause him agony as he bent over in pain.
"I don't know what's going on but I need to get out of here and take Danielle with me...", he said between his clenched teeth. An alarm went off when Danny jumped off the table. He gasped as doors and windows began to close with a final slam. He went invisible and dashed out of the lab before the ghost shields could effect him. He placed his hand over his wounded arm and floated around trying to locate Dani.
Something inside him told him that he wasn't far and a blast of green light would prove him right.
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Danielle laid in bed panting and crying. The pain was familiar but it her memory didn't recognize the strength of it to drain her dry. She curled up against her pillow when the sound of the alarm brought her to her senses. She gasped and jumped out of bed. The dose of muscle Vlad gave her gave her a nice sense of strength and fearless-ness. She went ghost and flew out of her room to locate the problem.
"Maybe if I take care of the guy breaking in, dad will be so proud of me and make me his alie just like he said.", she smiled to herself with a giggle. She went invisible to sneak up on the intruder when she gasped. The ghost boy few by her and he appeared to be looking for someone. Dani growled and power up a plasma ray in her hands.
"Where do you think you're going?", Dani shouted.
Danny turned and was hit in the chest with the ray of green. He flew into the wall and collapsed onto the floor in a heap. Danielle hovered over him and frowned. She powered up another ray when Vlad taped her shoulder. She turned to face him and he smiled evily.
"I can see our guest was trying to escape. Well, what do you think we should do with him, Danielle?", Vlad smirked.
"I don't know. I was just thinking of putting him back where he belongs Ya know, on the table again.", she said with a shrug.
Danny struggled to get on his hands and knees to try to regain his strength. Vlad noticed and aimed a ghost ray at him which levitated the ghost boy above the ground. Vlad smirked and flung Danny down the hall and into a glass pot. Danny fell to the floor again but remained conscious.
"I have a better idea. Why wait until morning to try to get Daniel to transform into his dark matter self? Why not begin this now, outside in the open. We'll take him into the city that way you can show the world your powers.", Vlad said with a smug grin to Danielle.
"Well...I.."
"Danielle, listen to me. Please. He's not trying to help you. He's trying to kill me and get whatever it is he wants out of me for him. He's using you!", Danny shouted from the floor. Danielle gasped and looked towards Danny. The ghost boy was standing up right but winced as he kept a good portion of his weight on his right leg while holding the arm Vlad operated on.
"Trust me on this! He's not going to help you! I traveled miles to save you! Vlad was going to kill you if I had no been there on time to save you. I brought you to my friend to help save you, you almost died if it hadn't been for me! A part of me lives within you and if you don't realize that then this is going to end badly for us both! Please, Danielle trust me when I tell you that I'm your dad. Not Vlad!", Danny shouted towards the young girl.
Danielle's eyes went wide. She looked at her hands and growled. She looked back up at Danny and then towards Vlad. Her creator smiled at her and nodded. She looked back at Danny and powered up a plasma ray.
"You're a liar!", she screamed. She threw the rays at him rapid fire. Danny dodged one but got hit with four others. He slammed back to the wall but got back up on his hands and knees.
"I'm not lying! Dani you have to-", Danny got cut off by Vlad grabbing him by the throat. The evil ghost held up the ghost but by the neck and smirked.
"Let's take this outside shall we?", Vlad smirked.
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"Oh my gosh they're going to kill him! Clockwork, please! You can't let this happen!", Sam screamed. Tucker frowned and looked up at the aging ghost. Clockwork rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.
"Listen to me child. How many times must I tell you this is Danny's choice not yours. Yes it's going to be difficult to watch but that is the price Danny is going to have to pay for his decisions.", Clockwork floated away while Sam fought with Tucker.
"Tucker...please. Side with me on this. Danny needs us...", Sam said in a small voice. Tucker placed a hand on her shoulder and frowned.
"Sam, trust me on this. If I know Danny he'll come out of this. Trust me.", Tucker frowned.
"If Danny dies because of this consider this friendship over!", Sam screamed. She placed her face in her hands and cried. Tucker kept a hand on her back and patted it gently. He knew she was speaking out of anger but he also feared Danny was also not going to get out of this one without losing his own life.
So far so good it seems. Just a chapter more to finish up and then that'll be it until I come to a finale decision on where the story is going to go.