Deadly Favor
A/N: Sorry fro the long wait! Thanks for reading this!
Summary: The incident had ruined her, made her hate who she was, made her suffer from the inside out and transformed her into something else. It was their entire fault. They thought they were better than everyone. They thought they were doing her a "favor" in their eyes. But they were all going to find out just how much their little "favor" will cost them. And this time, she was not going to hold back. And she was not going to show them mercy...until they were all gone or dead.
Quote of the Chapter: "...to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Chapter 2: Ghost or Human?
As Dash stared at the wall in his room blankly, he couldn't help but feel paranoid. He was the next person to die…he was the next one to leave this life…but he didn't know when it would be.
Et putabas te current…
A small whisper sprung forth. Dash could feel his mind unravelling. He began to slowly rock back and forth on the ground he was sitting on. He felt like he was going crazy.
Et dabo te movebit…
He felt his hands start to tremble and he felt himself stand up. He walked over to the wall he was staring at and felt like the room was spinning. The words on the mirror came back to his head and he felt himself pale: You shouldn't have done that… the mirror had said. He knew what it meant. Heck it was the last thing she ever said to him and his buddies.
"Please…I'm sorry." He pleaded. The voice gave a ruthful laugh.
Tu autem, pœnitentia ductus, sentio…the voice seemed to mock him. Dash began to shake harder.
"I really am…please I'm really sorry." He tried once more, he began to lightly bang his head on the wall. The room became darker and it started to spin faster.
Factum est ergo gaudium meum in vobis, sed usque! The voice shouted bitterly. Dash began to bang his head harder against the wall. He felt his head start to throb but he couldn't stop.
"I shouldn't have done that…" He mumbled as he started to bang his head harder, "I shouldn't have done that…"
Downstairs his parents could hear the loud banging noise.
"Do you think he's ok?" Dash's mother asked. His father looked up.
"He loved Paulina dearest, I don't think he is ok." His dad responded. His mother frowned.
"I'm going to go look." She said and walked to the stairs.
In his room, Dash still proceeded to bang his head. He felt like it was going to explode.
Etsi iam tu peribunt adiungerentur! The voice screamed. Dash was about to give his head one final blow that would surely end his life but his mother's scream made him pause.
"Dash!" She cried as she ran to her bleeding son. Dash stared in a daze before clasping into his mother's arms. "Steven! Steven call the hospital now!" His mother cried out. His father came running upstairs and his eyes widened, without another moment of hesitation he grabbed his phone and dialed.
At school everyone was buzzing with the news of Paulina's death and Dash's attempt of suicide.
"I can't blame the guy, he seriously loved Paulina." Star said dressed in black. She was mourning over her friend's death.
"Yeah, I just hope he makes it out ok." Kwan said. Danny, Sam, and Tucker stared at the A-list table in pity.
"Wow, I can honestly say I feel sorry for Paulina." Sam said stabbing her salad, "I mean although she was a shallow girl, no one deserves to die like that." She said. Danny and Tucker nodded.
"Agreed, but don't you find her death a bit suspicious?" Danny asked. The two friends look at him.
"What do you mean?" Tucker asked. Danny sighed.
"Well I mean, who dies from losing teeth? Plus Paulina is always taking care of herself so there is no way she could have lost all her adult teeth at the same time." Danny said. Sam pursed her lips.
"You have a point. So do you think a ghost is involved?" She asked. Danny sighed.
"I'm not sure." He said.
"But even if a ghost was involved, why would they be selectively choosing people?" Tucker asked taking a bite out of his school lunch burger.
"Maybe they did something to its grave?" Danny said. Sam shook her head.
"Nah, I don't think a ghost would get that mad to kill them. Probably haunt them yes, but kill them in such a brutal way? Not likely. Either this isn't a ghost we are dealing with or this is a blood thirsty one that is out for revenge." Sam said. Danny stared at her.
"Wait…does this mean we are going to have to investigate in this?" Tucker asked swallowing his food. Sam and Danny nodded.
"How else are we going to prevent teen deaths Tucker? And if this is a ghost then shouldn't "Team Phantom" be fixing this?" Sam asked. Tucker pouted.
"I knew you were going to say that. But seriously guys, this isn't like a cartoon show." Tucker said. Danny rolled his eyes.
"Sometimes it feels like it is, I mean I'm half ghost! Something that normal people shouldn't become." Danny said.
"Danny being a halfa isn't that bad. It makes you unique and it's a lot better than being a plain Jane like those snobs over there." Sam said wrinkling her nose. Danny cracked a small grin.
"Well, should we head over to Paulina's house and check out the forbidden crime scene?" Danny asked chuckling. Tucker closed his eyes and whimper, Sam merely folded her arms across her chest and smirked.
"Yeah!" She and Tucker said, only Tucker was a little less enthusiastic. Danny merely smiled at his friends and hid underneath the lunch table and transformed into Phantom.
"Meet me outside." He said as he flew off. The two friends looked at each and threw their lunch away. They quickly snuck out of the school and watched as Danny reformed in front of them.
"Ready?" He asked. They both nodded.
"Fenton thermos?" He asked.
"Check." Tucker replied holding it up. Danny nodded.
"Fenton wrist rays and phones?" He asked. Sam held out her palm and wrist.
"Check." She said smiling. Danny once again nodded and took both his friends hands and he flew off.
He turned them intangible and they floated inside her room. The room was trashed and it felt colder than a meat locker.
"Geez, why is it so freezing?!" Tucker shouted. Sam swiftly kicked him in the shin.
"Shut it you idiot." She hissed. Tucker rubbed his shin and held back a whimper of pain. Danny looked around the room and shivered.
"Ok, you guys look for anything that might give us a lead." He said. The two friends nodded and searched the room.
Tucker looked around her desk and saw a bunch of Phantom pictures. He held in a laugh as he searched through her drawers. Danny was looking around her nightstand and bed. There could have been anything hidden there. He blushed as he saw a plushie of his ghostself sitting on her bed. Sam meanwhile was in the bathroom where the crime scene happened. She looked in the tub and the toilet and the sink but she got nothing. She noticed the mirror was the kind that opened and she decided to look in there. What she found shocked her. In the mirror was a small pouch.
"Hey guys?" She called out. Danny and Tucker immediately went to the bathroom.
"What is that?" Danny asked. Sam looked at them.
"This is a hex bag." She replied. The two boys raised an eyebrow.
"A what?" They both asked.
"A hex bag, it's used in witchcraft to get revenge on someone that treated you badly." She said.
"Why would a ghost need that?" Tucker asked. Sam shrugged.
"Who know, but this is all the more reason for us to investigate this and stop them before it's too late." Danny said. The other two nodded in agreement.
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'Lyssa
Author and Teenager