12/31/09

AN~ Happy New Years Everyone! I know it took me forever to update but I do have a valid excuse this time. I was very aggravated. If ya'll remember I had said in my last author note that I would have the next chapter updated by the end of the week. I had it all written out and everything but then my computer decided to crash and I lost everything. I got a new computer for Christmas! :-D So I finally wrote the next chapter. It's not as good as the original but I hope ya'll like it anyway.

P.S. I'm still looking for a Beta if anyone wants to please do so. I know I need help.

Disclaimer: I Don't own Danny Phantom or characters.

Chapter 7

Realizations

Everything was spinning. The whole world failed to make any since to Lancer when he first came to. Lancer slowly pushed his body up, fighting the urge to be sick. His head was throbbing terribly but he knew he had to ignore it. As the pain slowly subsided he remembered what happened and quickly and painfully turned his head looking around the room for the boy. The whole room was in complete shambles. There was nothing left unbroken.

Lancer slowly stood up using the cracked wall for support. He still hadn't spotted the boy. That's when he noticed the 6 foot crater in the center of the room. Making his way over he could make out the white of the boys hair poking out the top of the hole. "Phantom!" Lancer breathed out hoping the boy was okay. It didn't even occur to him that the boy was already dead because after this afternoon Lancer could tell Phantom was breaking all the facts known of ghosts.

Lancer slid down the side of the crater and quickly looked over Phantom. The boy was thankfully still breathing and other than a few small scratches looked no worse than he had before.

"Phantom?" Lancer called with a slight shake to the boys shoulder. "Can you hear me?"

Phantom's eyes snapped open. "What happened?!" He exclaimed as he quickly sat up then cringed in pain putting a hand to his injured side.

"You had another incident." Lancer explained.

"Another incident? The last thing I remember was you telling me I was losing my powers and something about a timing? ….hmm too bad we weren't ready for that last one huh?" Phantom said with a laugh. Lancer was amazed at how easily the boy could joke about things so serious but it definitely helped with the feeling of doom.

"Yes I know." Lancer said with a small chuckle. "We better hurry up and figure out the timing so we can be better prepared for next time. We should also check the list you wrote and see if you lost the next power on the list."

"Yeah, except I don't know what I lost I can't remember what happened."

"Oh right. Well you had a type of surge come from your body. It was like a blast of air pushing everything in its path." Lancer explained the best he could.

"What?" Phantom asked in a slightly higher voice choosing at that moment to look around the room for the first time since waking. "Oh my God… What did I do?" He whispered looking at the damage littered around the room. Then his eyes widened as he looked at me. "You got hurt didn't you? Are You okay? I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" Phantom said, his breathing n the verge of hyperventilating.

"I'm fine." Lancer told him trying his best to calm him down not wanting Phantom's condition to worsen. "Just calm down and take slow even breaths. I'm not hurt at all. I landed on the cushions over there." Lancer lied pointing in the opposite direction of where he really landed. The lie seemed to work though because Phantom started to calm down his breathing getting back to his raspy one he had since the classroom.

"Okay," Lancer said getting to his feet and doing his best to show no pain in his facial features. "Now, let's take a look at that list and try to figure this thing out the best we can. Okay?"

"Alright." Phantom said also getting to his feet but much more slowly than Lancer had.

"Good." Lancer said looking around at where the table used to be. "Right." He said realizing his mistake. "Well we'll have to make a new list then we can start." He said with a slight chuckle making Phantom chuckle too.

Twenty minutes later Lancer and Phantom could be found sitting together on the ground huddled over a small paper list.

"Okay," Lancer said picking up the list and grabbing the pencil. "So you fell into my classroom at around 3:30?"

"I guess." Phantom said giving Lancer a look that clearly said "how should I know I was a little busy and unconscious."

"Right." Lancer said looking back down at the paper. " Well we'll say it was 3:30. So if you fell through my window at 3:30 then I'd say it was around 3:45 that you went out like a light bulb."

"Uh huh." Phantom replied.

" So if that happened at 3:45then you lost your intangibility at about 4:30?" Lancer said scratching a spot on his head with the pencil. Phantom smiled amused. " And last you lost your…, I can only guess, Telekenesis at 5:10? Maybe 5:15?" Lancer counted a minute. Then with a punch to the air Lancer exclaimed "Yes! There is a pattern!" It sees you lose a power every 45 minutes or so, give or take a few. So if this is right that means you will lose your next power in…"Lancer glanced down at his watch. "Hmmm. .. Oh… we only have 10 minutes if this is right." Lancer said giving his watch a few taps with his finger. I must have been knocked out longer than I thought Lancer thought to himself. "Alright," Lancer said trying to make his voice sound less dreadful for the boy's sake. Phantom was looking paler and paler with every work Lancer spoke. "Well now that we know when it should happen we can be better prepared, and according to the list the next power is your ecto abilities, ice, or fire."

Lancer tried hard not to imagine himself freezing to death in a block of ice or burning in his own home (he couldn't even imagine what the ecto abilities could do to him). Instead he thought of where Phantom could go that he could lose his power safely and not harm anyone or himself.

"Okay, Phantom. Briefly tell me how these powers work the best you can and tell me what you think is the best option."

When no answer came Lancer looked up and noticed Phantom looking off into space, not paying the slightest bit of attention.

"Phantom!" Lancer exclaimed exasperated. How could the boy be so careless at a time like this. "Phantom wake up!"

The only reaction Lancer received was a blink of his eyes. This didn't seem right. Lancer called his name out again once more with a shake to the boys shoulder. Lancer quickly retreated his hand when he felt how cold the boy was. If he hadn't felt the boy less than an hour ago he would have thought nothing of it considering the boy is a ghost and ghosts are meant to be cold, but just under an hour ago the boy was as warm as any human should be.

Seeing this symptom only confirmed that Lancer was on the right track and the next power to go was going to be his ice power. This didn't explain the boy's lack of focus but putting all of that aside Lancer started thinking frantically of where to bring the boy so he could safely discharge his power.

With only 6 minutes remaining Lancer scooped the boy up once more ignoring his pounding headache and ran out the back door and into his yard. Trying hard to ignore seeing his house sunk into the ground he gently placed the boy in the middle of the yard figuring this way there was no way they could become trapped inside the house by ice.

After placing the boy in the yard Lancer hurried back into his house hoping the cold couldn't still reach him there.

After a minute Lancer's curiosity was getting the better of him and he peeked out of the window to see what was happening with the boy.

He was still right where Lancer left him. Looking down at his watch he saw that it was 6:02 PM. This can't be right there calculations had to be right there's no other way. Right when Lancer was really starting to feel doomed the window in front of him started to frost over. A crack appeared then another then the whole glass shattered. Lancer threw his arms up to cover his face. Peeking out he could see Phantom sitting on the ground his back arched and arms spread up to the sky and all around him was ice. Every shard of grass was completely covered making Lancer's whole yard sparkle in the dying sun's rays.

As Lancer was taking in all the sights surrounding his yard Phantom started to scream. His scream sounded wrong though. It sounded like a choked scream like he couldn't get the air into his lung and out of his mouth. Lancer was so alarmed he was about to run out when from Phantom's mouth a blizzard came forth. The snow was so forceful it shot 20 feet in the air coming down in a spiral so thick Lancer lost sight of Phantom. He could just barely make out the choking sounds coming from the poor boy when everything went still leaving Lancer's yard covered in a beautiful layer of white snow and no Phantom in sight.

I hope ya'll like it! No promises on when the next one will be out I can't seem to keep them so it'll just be a surprise for now on.

Please review I like hearing what ya'll think just please no flames.

Thanks

~Mia