Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN DANNY PHANTOM! This chapter will be about Danny's and Sam's POV. Let's get started.
Chapter 19: The hunt
I woke up feeling a very weak headache. I noticed I was in my room. Just before I could do anything Albert came in.
"What now?" I asked, annoyed.
"Oh…nothing Danny. Just came here to see you" he said and closed the door. I got up and looked myself at a mirror: My clothes were covered in blue blood and a little ectoplasm. I got nervous and didn't know what to do. Suddenly I heard the door was opening. I immediately hid below the blankets and looked at mom.
"Good morning dear" she saluted.
"Hi mom" I said.
"Get prepared to go to school Danny" she said and was about to go when I called her. She then returned and looked at me.
"What is it?" she asked. I hesitated a little.
"Uh…Do you know what happened with the monster yesterday?" I asked. She sighed.
"Yes. Your brother told me that he and his friend saw him and tried to chase him, but they couldn't follow him as he was so fast. Later, they found him biting Sam, and they attacked him, knocking him out. And that's what they told me" she said. I gulped. I bit Sam? I thought, not believing it, and felt guilty.
"Is Sam ok?" I asked, worriedly. She nodded, smiled warmly and flew outside my room.
"Ok…I will have to change my clothes…" I said to myself while I got up and walked towards my closet, taking out the clothes. After I changed them, I turned invisible and flew towards the kitchen. Seeing there was nobody, I opened the washing machine and put my dirty clothes in. I turned visible and walked towards the living room, picking up my schoolbag and walking outside my home. I couldn't help but to feel bad about Sam.
What I have done? I asked myself while clenching my fists, feeling pain afterwards. I remembered when my mom told me I was attacked by Dash and Albert, and looked at myself, noticing big wounds all around it. However, I ignored them and walked towards the school. Then I saw Sam, standing there alone, looking at the ground. I shivered a little but kept walking, until I heard her voice.
"Danny…". I looked at her.
"Why Sam…why you didn't stop me?" I asked, very sad. She sighed.
"Because you were weak!" she replied, a little angry.
"But I didn't want to do it. I told you to fly away!" I exclaimed, more worried than angry. She sighed again.
"Yes I know. I just…didn't have the enough courage to leave you, specially when you were hurt" she explained and grabbed my arm, making me gasp weakly.
"Not only Albert and Dash did this to you…also Tuck…" she said. My eyes widened, getting surprised, but said nothing and looked down. She touched my shoulder.
"But you also protected me. When Albert and Dash were hitting me, you came and took me out of danger" she said. I looked at her and smiled weakly.
"Let me see the wound I did to you" I said. She was very hesitant at first, but then she showed me her shoulder. It had 2 deep holes on it. I felt more guilty and closed my eyes.
"Danny, I know it wasn't your fault. You even backed up when I got closer to you. Your instincts are very strong" she said. But I couldn't stop feeling guilty. Sam didn't say anything else, and I walked inside our classroom and sat down in my usual seat. Tucker came in few minutes later.
"Hi dude" he saluted. I looked at him sadly.
"Hi…" I replied.
"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked worriedly. I shook my head.
"Nothing…" I said and looked at the front. The class started. However, I didn't pay attention to it at all. I was feeling very sad to do it.
Time later, when everybody was getting out, Lancer flew towards Sam.
"Manson. You are badly hurt to go to sports class. Stay here with Fenton until it's over" he said and flew outside. I slapped my face, and I heard the voice. You need it. Take it from your friend. I held my head.
"No!" I exclaimed. Sam smiled weakly.
"Your instincts…right?" she asked. I nodded.
"Well…since we are alone…I could help you in controlling them" she suggested, making me smile from ear to ear.
"Would you do that?" I asked, excitedly. She nodded and smiled, making a small vine appear from the ground. She made a very small scratch on her hand and showed it to me.
"Uh…and how is this supposed to help?" I asked nervously while trying to avoid looking or smelling the blood.
"Danny…look at it" she ordered gently. I refused to do at first.
"This is the only way to help you Danny…please…" she pleaded. I sighed in defeat and looked at it, shivering weakly. I could hear the voice. Look! She is kind enough to give her blood away! Take it! That time I didn't shout, but held my head tight. I could feel my eyes changing to the bloody red. I concentrated the best I could to change the color of my eyes. Sam touched me gently. However, when I looked at her, my eyes were still red, and so I had a hard time controlling myself.
"Danny…I just have to tell you that, even if you manage to control a little your instincts, you will still need it" she said. I felt very sad, but I knew it was the truth. I managed to control myself, my eyes returning to their natural color. Suddenly, my ghost sense went off. Sam looked at me curiously.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Uh…this is nothing…I was just…feeling a little cold. I have to go to the restroom" I said and ran outside the room, but a ghost blocked me the way. It was Skulker. He smiled darkly and grabbed me, throwing me towards my seat. I quickly got up and shook my head.
"What do you want now, Skulker?" I asked, seriously. He crossed his arms.
"The usual thing" he replied and was pointing me with a gun when his PDA started beeping. He looked at it, curiously, and his eyes widened.
"Oh…What do we have here? You are also the creature who has been attacking us these days…Then, I will make a change in my plans" he said and fired. Sam flew in front of me and took the hit, starting to bleed a little.
"Sam!" I exclaimed, worriedly. She looked at me.
"Danny, run!" she told me. I shook my head.
"No, I'm going to help you" I said.
"He is very dangerous for you" she said angrily. Skulker got impatient and fired another laser against Sam, making her faint. I then clenched my fists, extremely angry.
"I'm going ghost!" I exclaimed. I felt a little strange, but ignored it and flew towards Skulker. He just smiled.
"I don't really have got time for this" he said and flew away. I managed to hit his metal armor, destroying part of it. He got pretty angry, but turned invisible and disappeared. I transformed back to normal and walked towards Sam. I gasped when my hands touched something wet. When I looked at them, they were covered in green ectoplasm. I wanted so badly to taste it, but decided to look at Sam. She suddenly woke up.
"Uh…what happened?" she asked while looking around.
"Skulker attacked us, but he is gone now" I replied with a warm smile. She got up slowly and looked at me.
"I will take you to the infirmary" I offered, but she shook her head.
"No…I can go alone. Thanks" she said but couldn't move. I smiled and looked at her.
"Sure?" I asked. She sighed, defeated.
"Ok, Ok. You won" she said sheepishly. I grabbed her and walked slowly towards the infirmary. When I was walking by the office of the teachers, I heard their conversation. I stopped and got closer to the door.
"We have to do something about this nocturne creature. It has bitten my kid!" said a ghost whose voice I didn't recognize.
"Ok everybody. I have got the things we will need to stop it. We will have to wait until the night arrives, and then, it will be gone" said another one, it's voice was from Lancer. I got scared and shivered, starting to walk.
"Danny, what's wrong?" asked Sam worriedly.
"Didn't you hear what the teachers were talking about?" I asked, confused. She shook her head.
"They said they would wait until the night to kill…me" I whispered the last part, starting to shiver a bit more.
"This time I won't let you go" she said with a smile. I smiled back and walked inside the infirmary. When the doctor looked at me, I stopped shivering.
"Uh…she was attacked by a ghost" I said and put her down in a bed. I touched her hand and slowly walked away. After I reached my classroom, I sat down in my chair and looked outside the window.
"I hope the day goes by very slowly" I wished and closed my eyes, waiting for the sports class to finish. I didn't feel like training. Some time later everybody returned from the gym. Sam came later with bandages around her arms.
When the break arrived, I sat down with Sam. Tucker arrived after us and was about to sit.
"No" said Sam seriously. Tucker and I looked at her, confused, and then Tuck left.
"Why did you do that?" I asked after making sure he was far enough.
"Sincerely I don't know Danny" she replied sadly and looked at me.
"I'm just too worried to think properly". I looked at her.
"Worried about me?" I asked. She nodded and blushed slightly. I turned around and blushed too.
"Danny…please come to my house in the evening. My parents will be out" she said. I nodded.
After the bell rang, I picked up my things and walked towards Sam's place, as promised. I knocked the door, Sam opening it very fast.
"Ok Sam, why you wanted me to come here?" I asked.
"Shh….keep your voice down. I don't want anybody to notice us" she said and walked towards her room. I shrugged my shoulders and walked behind her. After I entered in her room, she closed the door and wrapped me with her vines, just as she did the last night. I then understood what she wanted. She looked outside the window and covered it with her dark blanket.
"There is still time left before the night arrives" she said worriedly.
"Yeah…And this time promise me you won't let me bite you, ok?" I asked seriously.
"Ok I promise" she said and smiled. I smiled back and, for some reason, I felt very sleepy, falling asleep immediately.
Sam's POV
Danny must be tired because of yesterday. Even though "he" isn't the one who moves around during the nights… I thought while looking at Danny sleeping. I really didn't want to wrap him, but if that saved him, then I would do whatever I could. As the time passed, my preoccupation started growing. I looked at a calendar that was pasted to a wall: It said that supposedly there was going to be a new moon. I suddenly remember Lancer's class about creatures.
"Werewolves can't control themselves at all. Their powers get boosted when there is a full moon, but are completely defenseless when there is a new moon" I gulped and got even more worried, when suddenly, I saw Skulker, along with other ghosts from the Ghost Zone, fly through the window of my room. Danny immediately woke up and looked at it.
"Well ghost child. It's time you go down" Skulker said while pointing a gun towards him. Ghost child? He must be mistaken! I thought, confused.
"And why? I thought you wanted to hunt me and put me in a cage" Danny said, nervously.
"That was before I found out you were the one who had attacked us in these days" Skulker explained and fired, but the vines shielded him.
"I didn't do it on-" he couldn't finish as he started screaming on pain. I looked outside the window once more. Darn it! The night has arrived! I thought frustrated and looked back at Danny, who had completely transformed. He started barking and struggling. However, I did my best to keep him wrapped. He would risk a lot if he got out. The ghosts, except for Skulker, flew outside and started attacking the city. I got nervous and didn't know what to do. When I got distracted, Danny broke free and bit Skulker. His yells of pain made me look back at them, my eyes widening.
"Danny! Stop!" I exclaimed, but he didn't listen to me and kept biting the metallic-armor ghost. Few seconds later he grabbed Skulker with his sharp fangs and send him flying, then looked at me. Danny was about to jump outside the window until I stopped him.
"No Danny! The ghosts are searching you. Besides, there is a new moon, and you are very weak. Please don't" I pleaded sadly. He looked down, then back at me and barked weakly. Again, I thought I could understand him: The city is being attacked, Sam. Even if I'm weak, or if they are searching me, I will help. After that he flew away and started biting the attacking ghosts.
"Maybe he can control himself a little if the moon is a new moon" I whispered and saw Tucker in front of me.
"D-Don't hurt him! He is helping us!" I exclaimed angrily.
"I won't do it: The adults will get the job done" he told me. Even though I knew their plans, I pretended to be very surprised.
"Then I will have to stop them" I said, but Tucker grabbed my hand and shook his head. I saw Danny's parents and his brother flew towards Danny while holding weapons and started firing at him. He howled in pain and flew away from them. Just before the Fentons could chase him, the Ghost Zone's ghosts flew in front of them.
"You sent us that stupid thing to our world to disturb us, didn't you?" asked a ghost with a white suit.
"No Walker, you are the ones who took him here to destroy us!" exclaimed Jack.
"Well…as a payback for all the things you did to us, we are going to destroy your pathetic city" Walker said. "And we will get rid of your creature" he said darkly. I gulped and flew towards Danny.
End of chapter 19
The war is about to start! What will happen to Amity Park? And Danny? You will find out in the next chapter. Please R&R!
