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It was as if he had been thrown into a sea of ice water. His body lunged to life knocking his head into a type of medical lamp that was hovering just inches above him. His heart ached like it had just been strangled by two strong hands. Nausea quaked his body, leaving Danny senseless for what seemed like an eternity.

"What the? Where am I?" He blinked his world into focus. He was definitely in a lab of some kind. Not one he's ever seen before. The interior was painted white with large chrome furniture lavishing the room around him. He was laying half nude on an examining bed. His arms were cascaded with IV's and heart monitors sticking to his chest. The bright lights around him blinded him from looking too far. He reached up to touch the area of impact and winced. Already it had swelled, forming a golf ball sized lump.

He didn't have too much time to panic as loud doors swung open. A gust of cold air swept in to embrace the half nude halfa. He shuddered, his arms instinctively wrapped around himself. A black figure moved towards him through the doors. Danny tried squinting to see through the lights but his eyes were far too sensitive to look beyond them. A large pointed tooth grin greeted him when the figure came into view.

"Did you enjoy the ride, Daniel?" He should have known who was behind this.

"What the hell was that? A nightmare?" Vlad moved to a monitor that was facing away from him. He watched the older halfa frown down at the screen. Red eyes glanced up and smirked.

"Like it? It's part of my newest invention." He gestured grandly to the lab, "Do you like my new lab, Daniel?" It was only then did Danny start to take in the grandeur that was the lab. There was several computers scattered across the room. Some screens had red lines going up and down, like a heart beat. Others had Danny's portrait and side view of his body. He cringed, this was werid. Something moved and began to cross the room, Danny jumped at the mechanical movement. It was a robotic person only it lacked a face, and hair. Danny followed the machine as it walked over to Vlad and handing him a small shiny box.

"What is that?" The robot walked over and was about to touch Danny, but Vlad waved his hand and the robot turned on it's heel and walked out of the room. The large doors slammed with its departure. Inside the box was a syringe with a large needle. Danny's heart dropped at the size, it had to be four or five inches long, maybe longer. There was a ghostly green liquid swishing around in the container. Vlad picked up the syringe and looked admiringly at it, holding it as if it were the most expensive ruby on the planet.

"This is what will bring Danny Phantom to his knees. I have spared no expense developing this serum, my dear boy. It cost me a small fortune but what's a penny next to billions of dollars? What's billions of dollars to getting everything I've ever dared to dream of, hmm? And now I have everything. The planet and Danny Phantom are all under my figurative thumb. Ahh, it really couldn't have turned out better than it did."

"Since you have everything you wanted, why not try investing on better listening skills? That still doesn't explain what that serum is." A pointed look.

"This specialized serum gives you realistic experiences while you are under a state of comatose." Vlad returned the syringe and picked up a clipboard and jotted down a few notes, looking between clipboard to a screen back to the clipboard. "I must say Daniel, you reacted quite nicely to the serum." A wolfish grin in Danny's direction.

"What does that even mean?!"

"You're still alive, aren't you?"

"I mean't about the serum..."

"It means simply that I control your dreams. I control the environment in which you are placed, the actions of those around you and it is a possibility I will soon be able to even control you."

"How is that possible?" Wide blue eyes stared at glowing red ones. Plasmius stopped his meticulous note taking to look up at the younger halfa.

"Inside the serum is a small, microscopic computer chip that flows through your body on red blood cells that attaches itself to your brain. Once it latches on to your neurons, it emits electrical currents stimulating that of whatever material I've provided for it." Danny tried to get off the dissection table, the IV's in his arm stung at every attempt of retreat. He needed to buy some time, at least until he was able to figure out a way to get out. Best to keep the fruitloop talking.

"What's the point of these serums? Real or not, you're never going to get with my mom." He almost ate his words. It wasn't his mom Vlad was kissing... It was him. It was as if Plasmius read his mind, knowing that Danny had put the connection from the hallucination into play. "Why did you...? I mean you like my mom!"

"It seems like that was all a ruse too, I'm afraid."

"Plasmius, I really don't have time to decrypt what your saying, just get on with it!"

"You mean talk at a level of a 5th grader? With pleasure. Everything I've ever done, every acton I've acted out all fell into a meticulously planned agenda that would result in attaining my goals. One of which, was to attain you."

"What do you want from me? I'll never renounce my dad," he pushed down the lump, "and I'll never agree to anything you have planned."

"And that's where you are wrong. I already own you, Daniel. I've destroyed any hope of your rescue. Your father is dead, thanks to you, your mother can't even bear to look at you and your sister wants nothing to do with you."

"How does the serum fall into your plan?

"Psychological warfare, my dear." A wolfish grin. Plasmius casually strode over to the table and removed the tape holding in the needles. "How can you be sure what's real if everything you know could just be a manipulation of my doing?" Danny winced as Plasmius not too carefully extracted the first IV. "Before you know it you will lose the ability to function without what I'm telling you is true." Another roughly removed needle. "You will learn to cherish what I give you." He ripped off a heart monitor. "Do you understand, Daniel?" Another tear. Danny said nothing. Plasmius took hold of his arm and guided him off the table.

"You really are some messed up fruitloop."

"Yes, well unfortunately for you, you are just going to have to learn to love it." His arm still tightly gripped around his. Danny's eyes never leaving Plasmius's face. "There is no one out there who will help you. You have no where to go."

"Of course I do, I just need to" a flash of green light engulfed him, "go ghost!" A jolt of electricity coursed through him, making him scream in agony as his body convulsed with such ferocity it knocked the breath from him. The shock stopped seconds later. Danny looked at his hands, still human? Danny looked back up at his captor who looked down at him with an amused look. It made sense why Vlad let go of his hand without a struggle.

"Would you like me to tell you what that was?" Vlad said with a cruel smile.

"Y-yes."

"I don't really feel like explaining it." Vlad could be just as childish as Danny, especially when he knew he had Danny beat. Vlad assumed his position of roughly grabbing Danny and dragging him to a large door. When he reached the door, he released Danny's arm. He stood rigidly still, making Danny feel as uneasy as he should being this close to the man who just single handedly became dictator of the world. Without a single word, Plasmius opened the door revealing the outside world. Danny analyzed the fruitloop. His usual cruel joking face wasn't on but a rather serious one.

"Go on Daniel." Danny froze, this has to be a trap or trick or... something! With hesitant foot work Danny slowly maneuvered his way around the man until he was looking directly at the world outside. He chanced a glance at Plasmius before taking off at a full speed ahead run. He didn't know where he was or where he was going but anywhere was better than with the fruitloop. He reached the end of the paved pathway from the lab, taking a quick glance at the surrounding area before deciding to turn left.

He ran into the surrounding woods. He jumped over fallen trees, stumps, leaves and roots. His legs acting skillfully as they maneuvered around nature's obstacles. Woah, all that training with Sam finally paid off! I'm going to tell her when I see her... That's a promise!

It seemed like hours he was running. His legs never once giving in to the ache that he normally got even when he was just jogging up a flight of stairs. He crossed the forest and eventually made his way to the high way. Huge blue signs told him he wasn't too far from him home. Two, three miles and he'd be back in Amityville! The high way turned into a familiar row of streets with large window displays that were so familiar to him. Where is everyone? The streets that were usually lined with walking pedestrians were now vacant and empty.

He slowed down to a walk. He took a few steps towards an abandoned store front. He knew the store as Buddy's Barbecue, Amityville's top barbecue stop. The tables were still set up, chairs were pulled out and plates on the tables still had food. He tried the door and found it was unlocked. He popped his head in and and listened.

"Hello? Anyone in here?" It looks like everyone packed up and left. Vlad's declaration must of sent everyone packing.

He continued down 4th avenue until he reached a large house. Sam. He climbed the steps and knocked on the door. "Sam, it's me, Danny! Open up!" After no response he knocked again. The door was locked. Ugh, I can't even go ghost to try and get in!" He banged on the door, louder this was a rustle behind the door. "Sam?! It's Danny!" The door's several locks were turned and the door swung open. Danny was finally face to face with his best friend, his crush, Sam.

"Oh, Danny!" A hug that was literally squishing the life out of him. "I was so worried! We heard about the attack on your family. Danny, I'm so sorry about your dad..." She tenderly placed a hand on his shoulder. He smiled weakly and placed his hands on top of hers.

"Thanks Sam." She laced her fingers in between his and pulled him inside. She replaced all the locks and bolts. "What's with all the increased security?"

"Ever since Vlad took over nothing stayed the same. After news about your dad, people lost it. Your dad was a leader to these people as much as no one wanted to admit it. Vlad started making decrees and laws-"

"Decrees? Laws?"

"There were a lot, one was something like; "Report all ghost activity."

"Why does Vlad want to know about all ghost activity?"

"I don't know Danny. How did you escape?" They made they're way to Sam's room. She took a seat on the bed and patted the space next to her. Danny sat down and looked directly into her purple eyes.

"He let me go."

"He let you go?" He eyes were wide, she scooted back to face him better.

"Yeah, he opened the front door and told me to go."

"He probably has a tracker on you and he's on his way now to kill us all, Danny! How could you not think of that?!" She had jumped off the bed and her arms were failing wildly in the air like she usually does when she's frustrated. He stood up and grabbed her arms, it was as if he could see directly into her soul.

"Sam, please..." He leaned in and placed a small shy kiss on her lips. She looked surprised at first. Her face slowly softened and her eyes half lidded.

"Danny.." She murmured before leaning in for a more passionate kiss.

"Hello, Daniel." Vlad.

A/N: Next chapter I'm planning on making it a lemon. What do you think?