I'm sorry. I'm such a liar when it comes to when I update. In my defense, it's Christmas time and things are absolutely hectic. Oh, and you know what's just plain cold? I googled 'ghostpikachu' and my Wattpad user came before this one -_- This one I use a lot more…ugh. Anyway, reviewers:

KuriMaster13: Thanks, good to know you're still here.

FallenLeaf12: Cliffhangers keep people reading…as for the venting, I don't mind.

Ciestess84: I've already gotten a bunch of comments about the skin thing. To clarify, Vlad's skin looks light green to me. Thanks for pointing out that mistake to me. And thanks.

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Chapter 19

To Sacrifice Oneself

(Danny POV)

"What?" said Peter quietly, slowly turning around.

"Dan! Turn yourself and your accomplices in!" yelled Fury, pointing a bazooka-looking thing at him.

"Accomplices? I have none," said Dan.

"Don't lie to me! I know that Phantom and Spider Man are working for you!" Fury said.

"Geez, talk about assumptions," I muttered, continuing to watch the situation.

"When should we move in for the attack?" asked Peter, looking over at me.

"Stay where you are. I'll tell you when to move."

"Okay."

I waited a few more minutes. I was about to issue the attack order when Dan was suddenly swept aside by a wave of white energy.

Dan had no time to yell as the wave hit him head on and he fell into the rubble of a building that had been obliterated in the energy tsunami.

"Boy, you sure seem like a jerk," said Hood, appearing above the rubble. "Phantom, Spider Man, welcome to the club. Care to help me with this guy?"

Both of us just sat there for a moment in shock.

"So you are on our side?" said Peter, breaking the eerie silence that had followed the wave.

"No. I'm on no one's side but my own," said Hood, turning back to the rubble. "However, Dan is a threat to me and to you. Therefore, I will help you defeat him."

"Okay, okay, I'm not complaining about some help with this," I said.

The rubble started shaking and Dan burst forth swathed in a mix of ectoplasm and Venom symbiote.

I cursed some very colorful curses and flew up to meet Dan.

"Danny," said Dan. "Long time no see. Care to set that future in stone now?"

"Danny!? Like Danny Fenton!?" yelled Fury from below.

"Of course, you dolt!" yelled Dan back, composing himself and turning back to me.

The world seemed the slow down and darken until the whole world was nothing but Dan and me.

"I'm the one you want. Leave S.H.I.E.L.D. and everyone else out of this," I said.

"Oh? Is that a contract I sense coming on?" asked Dan in an amused tone.

"You can take me and do whatever you want with me if you leave everyone else alone. This involves me and me only," I said. "Do we have a deal?"

"How do you know I wouldn't lie? Are you really so naïve as to make a contract with me?" asked Dan.

"Naïve? Me? Don't make me laugh," I said bitterly. "You do know all I've been through, don't you? The death of a world on my shoulders? You call that naïve?"

"Looks like you've been busy," said Dan sarcastically. "What did you do, take your first step towards me?"

"If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times," I said, gritting my teeth. "I WILL NEVER TURN INTO YOU!"

I didn't hesitate to shoot him in the chest with an ectoblast and gather my bearings.

"Getting bolder are we?" mocked Dan.

"Shut up," I said.

I was just so sick of it all.

"I think I'm going to take you up on your offer," said Dan, grabbing me.

Suddenly, the world sped up again and I heard Peter yelling at me.

"No, you idiot! Don't make a deal with him! Danny!"

I gave him a weak thumbs-up as I was knocked unconscious by Dan.

I woke up in a wide circle of blood blossoms.

"How did he-" I said, rubbing my head.

"How did I touch the blossoms?" said Dan's voice, cutting through the air like knives. "Simple enough. Ghosts can't touch blood blossoms. Symbiotes can."

I cursed silently and watched him from under my hood.

"So what are you going to do with me?" I asked warily.

"All in good time, and all in good fun," said Dan, letting loose yet another horrible laugh.

"Are you going to leave the rest alone?" I asked. "Are you going to stick by the contract?"

"For now. You were right about one thing. The matter at hand involves you, and you only."

"For now? Are you going to wreck this world like you once wrecked mine?" I asked.

"Well of course! What else is there to do with such a pitiful planet?"

"You realize that there's no way the world's going down without a fight?"

"It may be a fight for them, but you know what it will be for me?"

"Do enlighten me," I said, sarcasm dripping off of my words.

"It will be a massacre for me."

I froze.

"I thought it impossible," I said slowly, "for such a monster to exist. Who knew that a person could be driven so far as to burn the world to cinders without so much as a pang of regret? I can't believe that I could be driven to such an extreme."

Everything that had happened to me clouded my thoughts and filled my thoughts until there was nothing else left. Everything- all of the pain, all of the suffering, all of the death of my world brought on by me. It overwhelmed me until I was a hollow shell filled with nothing but rage.

Without my mind's command, I rushed forward, ready to tear Dan apart piece by piece. In that blind rage, the blood blossoms lay forgotten on the ground. I touched so many at once. I felt almost numb it was so painful. I coughed up blood and looked at Dan from within the messed up ring of blossoms.

The future, I realized, may had begun sealing itself in stone.

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Boy that was a serious chapter… The most heated moments always seem to happen when Dan and Danny are talking. But I like it that way. Anyway, I will attempt to update on a regular basis but no guarantees. Audios!