Chapter 26

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"Vlad, where are you?!" Danny shouted loudly at the top of his lungs. "I'm sick of your games." his eyes began to glow a darker and dangerous green. "You've taken two people I care about today.."

A clapping came from behind him, "Goodness Daniel you must control that temper of yours." Vlad said lifting up his hand. "You've always had a short temper." he then shot a red ectoplasm beam at Danny.

Letting out a yell of pain he gripped his stomach. "Well, my temper isn't half as bad as it's going to be, Vlad!" lifting up both of his hands he made a nice sized ectoball in his hands. Quickly he tossed it at him.

Letting out a small sigh, Vlad just threw it back at him with an ecto shield. "That isn't anyway to treat your king, Daniel."

"You are not the king! My family was until you overthrew them!" Danny said keeping the frown and glare on his face. "My dad was the rightful heir."

"Very good Daniel, you're not as clueless as I thought you were." Clapping sarcastically he smirked. "Yes that's right, my family overthrew your family centuries ago! Just because none of your family had ghost powers, they couldn't stop my family."

"Reality check, Vlad." Danny snapped flying back up. "I'm part ghost."

"I'm aware you are...why do you think I unstabilized you?" Vlad saw the shock cross Danny's face. "I did it so I could control you, make you my son."

"I'd never be your son.." Danny bitterly spoke now. "I'm stable now and you can't do a thing to control me." he lifted up his hands and formed a white snow ball in it, mixing a bit of his ectoplasm into it. "That means I am taking the throne back!"

"Oh come now, Daniel!!" Vlad shouted at him, with out much trouble at all he multiplied himself. At least seven clones flew at Danny. "You wouldn't want to thrown! It's to much responsibility!"

Danny scuffed, "You wouldn't know responsibility Vlad if it bit you in the butt!" he shouted back at him, dodging one of the clones attacks, but getting hit by another one. They circled him until all at once they attacked him. He screamed in pain, green blood came out of his arms and shoulders. Falling to the ground, the small crowd below ran for shelter.

"You are just like that nit-wit father of yours.." Vlad frowned down upon him. "We were friends, yet he always got first place." his hands began to glow once again. "But I won't lose to his clueless half breed son."

"What the heck is that supposed to mean?" Danny asked grunting slightly. "Half breed?" he scoffed and chuckled slightly. "I'm not a half breed...it's my special power."

"No, Daniel." Vlad smirked. "Your father made you this way...thanks to your curiosity and the portal."

"Portal..?" he whispered confused, "What are you talking about?"

"The main line that connects the ghost zone with this world, you fell in and you were gifted with ghost powers. I, of course, sealed that power off until your mother was mine." Vlad still kept his hand close to Danny.

"How did you...seal it off?" Danny whispered out. "Don't...tell me?"

"Your father sacrificed himself, Daniel. Don't you get it?" he glared at down at him. "A useless fool he was, who would want to save you?"

"..." Danny said nothing, his own father died for his sake? "He wasn't useless...he was more of a man then you will ever be!" he shouted closing his eyes and a green shield went around him as soon as Vlad shot the ectoplasm at him. Pushing the shield out, it knocked Vlad backwards. "You don't even know him!"

As soon as Vlad sent another ectoblast at Danny, time seemed to stop.

"Time freeze." A loud booming voice said. Everyone did stop, including Danny and Vlad.

Clockwork appeared and floated over towards Danny. Looking him over, he changed to an old man. "Hmm...he is the chosen one.." he whispered putting a necklace around Danny.

"H-Huh..?" Danny said shaking his head and looking up at Clockwork. "Clockwork." he said looking from him to Vlad. "Wait, what's going on?"

"You're out of time, Danny." Clockwork said waving his arm. "Vlad is going to rule the world."

"N-No, he can't!" Danny shouted shaking his head. "There has to be a way...anything!"

"You have one wish, with two choices." Clockwork said lifting up his hand.

"One wish?"

"Save your girlfriend, or I take Vlad's powers away leaving the world safe for everyone once again."

"I..." Danny's voice quivered. "I don't know."

"You must choose..." Clockwork whispered.

"...Take his powers away." Danny whispered quietly closing his hands into fists. "I'm sorry...Sammy."

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Do you know how MUCH I hate college? Hey everyone! I've been crazy, CRAZY busy with homework. Dx ugh!

Plus thanks to a curtain picture on DA, (lul you know who you are, doodler!) you're getting this chapter TONIGHT!

I shall write more often seeing as it's uber close now.

-Karen Kano