Warning: This is a very bloody chapter. Note the Title!

I Do Not Own Danny Phantom or the Teen Titans

Chapter 27 ~ Blood Battle

Raven's POV

We all gathered around Danny too celebrate our victory against Slade and Vlad. Danny's eyes were sad but he still forced himself to smile. I can understand why he would be depressed. Believing that you might be able to save your loved ones and bring them back but only to find out that was a lie. He was really looking forward to seeing them again.

I walked up to Danny and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, internally happy that he didn't flinch away, meaning that we have made a lot of progress. "It's not your fault Danny. I honestly would have been surprised if he was telling the truth." I said calmly, my voice laced in sympathy.

Danny sighed deeply and turned his green eyes to my lavender ones. "I know, I'm not really surprised eithers...it's just…I so badly wanted them back. I guess I was letting my love overcome logic." He said sadly, looking down at the floor.

I nodded my head and squeezed his shoulder lightly before dropping my hand down to side. "That's understandable. You loved them very much, and it's always hard to let something you love go. Sometimes all you need to do is to let time and friendship, heal your wounds."

I watched as a small smile, the first true smile I have ever seen on him, spread across his lips. "Yeah…I guess you're right. I will always love them…but it is time to move on." He paused and sighed softly again. "I was so scared to before…but for some reason I am no longer afraid."

I was surprised to hear Robin step in. "That's what friends are for. To help you overcome your fears like that." I stared at him with a grateful smile before I looked back at Danny to see him staring at Robin with a look of relief.

"Thanks Robin." He turns to look at the other Titans. "To all of you. You have my gratitude." All the Titan members, minus myself, grinned, and BB gave him a thumbs up. Danny's expression turned thoughtful for a few seconds till he smiled and looked back at Robin. "I believe I owe you a story about my hardest battle. You have earned the right to know about it."

Robin stared at Danny with surprise for a long moment before he broke into a grin. "Sweet. I always enjoyed action stories."

Danny's smile faded slightly but it still remained faintly on his lips. "It more of a…tragedy story than an action." He said softly, a hint of bitterness underneath.

Robin blinked at him confused for a second then he smiled again and patted Danny's shoulder. "Hey, it's over and done with right? Always look on the bright side of things."

"Hypocrite." Cyborg muttered causing everyone to laugh and to Robin blush.

Danny chuckled and shook his head in mirth. "Well I would hope it would be over and done with…although my opponent is still trapped in a Thermos at an old friends place, I don't see him getting out in the near future."

Robin raised an eyebrow surprised. "A Thermos? You trapped you enemy in a Thermos?" He asked with a hint of disbelief in his voice.

Danny nodded slowly. "Yeah. The Fenton Thermos is a device my parents made to trap ghost…but I believe I've told you this already." Danny said teasingly.

Robin smiled sheepishly and nodded. "Yeah, you did. I still just find it hard to believe that you can cram a whole body, ghost or not, into something as tiny as a Thermos."

Danny nodded with a calm smile on his face. "True…but anyways, inside the Thermos is my future evil se-"

Danny was cut off when something flashed by me and slammed into Danny's chest. I blinked in confusion at first because I had no idea what it was. Some green liquid splashed through the air, and I looked at Danny till I noticed something black sticking up out of the center of his chest.

A dagger.

And from the position it was in on his body, it had driven strait into his heart - or core, seeing as how he is in his ghost form. I was at first too shocked to do anything other than stare with horror as green ectoplasm-his blood- started to spread rapid around his chest and drip down onto the floor below.

I slowly turned around to see Plasmius, with smirk on his face, collapse on the ground and changes back into his human form, falling unconscious. I turned back to see Danny's surprised expression as his hands weakly raises up to grasp the hilt. He too was having a hard time believing what was happening. His once vivid green eyes were now clouding over with a mixure of pain and confusion as he looked down at the dagger sticking out form his chest. His knee's begain to buckle underneath him and he fell to his knee's, more green blood dripping onto the floor at an alarming rate. His mouth mouth was moving slightly as if he were trying to say something, but nothing came out. Only blood that trickled down the corner of his mouth.

"Danny!" We all screamed.

I ran over to his side, along with Beast Boy, and dropped down next to him, my heart racing into overdrive. Fear and panic running rampent though my body as I watched Danny's body start to tremble violently. He started coughing, hacking up blood as it trickling out of the corner of his mouth and slide down to his chin, dripping onto the floor. His hands on the hilt of the dagger, that was still sticking from his chest, grew slack... weakening.

Danny's body tilted to the side and he fell, lying limp on the ground, his cold ectoplasmic blood pooling into a rapidly growing puddle around him.

"No! Danny!" I cried as the other Titans ran over to help. Robin was making orders to Cyborg to go and tie up Vlad to keep him from trying anything else if he wakes up. I felt my heart constrict with dread as Danny's eyes started to droop down his breath erratic and strained. You could hear the blood gurgling in the back of his throat with each breath he took. I reached out and placed a hand on his forehead that was now slick from sweat.

It was at that point that I knew that Danny needed to stay in his ghost form if we were to even have the slightest chance in saving him. His ghost half was practically dead already, so it would be harder to kill him. But if he shifted back into human form while the dagger was still imbedded in his core, his core would morph into his human heart with the dagger still jammed in there. He would die without a doubt. I had to keep him as Phantom.

"Danny! You stay awake! Stay in you Ghost Form!" I called out to him, his eyes unfocused. BB was on the other side of Danny on his knee's looking like a lost puppy, tears in his eyes. Starfire was standing a few feet away her hands over her mouth and tears in her eyes as well. I reached behind me and grabbed the edge of my cloak then ripped off a piece, and then I turned back and pressed it to Danny's chest, trying to slow the bleeding. My hands were now getting stained green with his blood.

He was loosing far too much of it. Dangerously too much.

I felt something wet on the side of my face and I reached up to wipe it away. I glanced down at the wet spot that was now sitting on my hand and saw that it was a tear drop. I was crying. I honestly can't remember the last time I cried.

I looked up at Beast Boy my eyes glistening. Beast Boy looked up and our eyes lock.

"W-what d-do we d-do?" He asked sniffling slightly his own tears running freely down his face.

"W-we have to keep him in ghost form." I said quickly, panic and fear thickening my voice. "If he c-changes back he'll…" I trailed off looking back at Danny who seemed to be fighting to stay awake, even though he was in pain. The agony he must be in. It was braking me heart to peices to see a friend in just pain and I couldn't do anything to help. And I couldn't heal him myself because ghost have diffrent amune systems then humans.

"Danny." I called to him. His gaze shifted to mine, breathing growing weak and labored. "Hang on; we're all here for you. Don't let Vlad win. You stay awake for us, you understand." I urged him, still pressing my ectoplasm stained cloth to his wound staining my hands green in the process, pressing around the daggers hilt. Danny's eyes seem to be filling with more confusion along with the pain.

"Yeah dude," BB said hiccupping slightly. "We're all here for you, so don't leave us. I need someone play video games with other then Cy…he's always beating me." He said with a sniffle.

I looked at Danny's face, seeing the confusion etched in his expression. He was so far gone he didn't understand anything we were saying. But I kept urging him to stay awake and not to change...but I soon learned that this was a losing battle.

My heart stopped with something that went beyond fear when his eyes slowly closed and rolled into the back of his head, body going limp.

"Danny, NO! Stay awake!" Robin yelled from somewhere close behind me.

White rings appeared around his waist.

"NO!"

"Time out."

He he he he I'm evil…no wait…Dan Muse is evil! This was his idea!

Dan muse: *smirks evilly* I was SO looking forward to this chapter.

Me: *rolls eyes.* Of course you were…you hate your younger self.

Dan muse: Ain't that the truth.

Lol. Don't kill me! Lol I bet you can't wait for the next chapter eh? Lol well…see you all NEXT YEAR! Naw I'm kidding, I'll see you all next week ^^ TA!

Rae

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