Chapter 4
DP
Amity Park, Indiana
Sam couldn't sleep at all, as soon as she heard that Vlad Plasmius had at last shown himself all she could think about was Danny and how the fight could go wrong. She still remembered the video they had watched nine years ago of the newly transformed Vlad, his power, his speed, and his strength had all grown by leaps and bounds. Danny had trained himself harder than ever along with their children to prepare for this day. Sam trained alongside him; she was determined to protect her family just as much if not more than her husband. Sam made herself another cup of strong tea as she waited for either a phone call or more hopefully for Danny to return to her and their children.
Sam looked up at the ceiling and did something she rarely did; she prayed a small prayer for Danny's survival. Just as the sun peaked out over the horizon her phone rang and she answered, "Hello?" "Is this Samantha Fenton?" an older woman's voice said. "Yes," Sam said. "Mrs. Fenton, I am Doctor Alice Taniyama, I am at the Henry Joy Intensive Care Unit in Dearborn, Michigan, this is regarding your husband-" "Oh my God, Danny, what happened to him!?" she yelled out loud. "He was brought here by two tall women that looked like they could have been his sisters, he was severely injured and we had to rush him to the Emergency Room as fast as we could, he's finally stabilized," Dr. Taniyama told her.
"I'm on my way," Sam said. "Very well, we've already notified your sister-in-law as well. We will await your arrival," Dr. Taniyama said and Sam hung up her phone. She quickly got dressed and went to wake up her kids only to see they were already awake and dressed. "What happened to Dad?" Cameron asked her. "How much did you hear?" she asked her oldest. "Enough to know that Dad's in the Hospital; what happened? Did he win?" Cameron answered. "I don't know," Sam said. Sam then called her parents, "Mom, Dad, I need to borrow the private jet, its Danny, he's in the Hospital in Michigan."
"Sam, don't take the kids," her Mother told her. "What-" "We've seen pictures of him, my God Sam, I don't know if he won or lost but he's been…been…There's not even a word for what happened to him. In the picture he was bleeding everywhere! I don't know how he survived losing so much blood," Sam's Mother told her, and Sam's own blood froze in her veins. Oh dear God what happened in Detroit?! "I'm leaving the kids with you," Sam told her. "That's a good idea," her Mother told her and hung up. Sam looked at her three kids and they all looked scared as she said, "Into the car." They all got in her hybrid and took off straight for her parent's mansion; Sam had no idea afterward how she wasn't arrested for all the red lights she drove through.
Once they reached the Manson Mansion her Parents greeted her and their grandchildren. Her Parents took them to the living room where their servants had prepared a large breakfast for them. Sam didn't eat at all. She only hugged and kissed her children goodbye and headed straight for the jet. Her Parents followed her and her Father said, "Sam, I don't know what's going on, but please be careful! Whatever could do all that to Danny could do a lot worse to you. You need to be careful for your children's sake." "I will be," Sam promised them as she hugged her Parents goodbye and got on the jet. The jet took off and Sam took the time to get a little much needed sleep.
"We have arrived at Dearborn Airfield," Sam was awakened by the pilot telling her over the intercom. Sam got up and shook off any tiredness she had and headed out. She went to get her phone to see that it had text messages from her parents. The texts read, "Sam the kids have all disappeared!" "We can't find them anywhere!" "Clayton told us that they all disappeared in a puff of smoke ten minutes after the jet took off!" Sam sighed and texted back, "They must have used their ghost powers to make copies to distract you while they turned invisible and snuck on the jet. I got them." Sam then said out loud, "Come out now or you're all grounded for all of next year!"
Her three kids all appeared behind her in their Ghost Forms. "Mom, we aren't going to go back," Cameron said, William and Morgan all agreed with her. "Fine, but turn off your powers, we're taking a taxi to the Hospital," Sam told them. Please don't let them see what happened to Danny, please let Mom be exaggerating, Sam hoped as she called a taxi service and told the driver to take them to the Henry Joy Intensive Care Unit. They were all silent through the entire drive, all of them only hoping Danny was alright. After what felt like a thousand years they at last pulled up to the Hospital and Sam paid the driver. She went in with her kids and headed straight for the Admissions Desk. An Asian Doctor in her forties with graying brown hair walked up to her and said, "Mrs. Fenton, I am Dr. Taniyama, we spoke on the phone."
"What happened to Daddy?" Morgan asked her. Dr. Taniyama looked at Morgan and told her, "Your Daddy has been in a bad fight, but I fixed him up. He's sleeping now, so only adults can see him for now until he wakes up." Dr. Taniyama then led them all up three floors and down seven halls. Along the way Sam saw many soldiers lining the halls. "What's with all the security?" Sam asked the Doctor. Dr. Taniyama told her, "They arrived after the last soldiers pulled out of Detroit; didn't you see the News?" "No, I was a little preoccupied," Sam told her. Dr. Taniyama didn't speak anymore and they arrived at Danny's designated room and Cameron, William, and Morgan were all told to stay outside as Sam and Dr. Taniyama went in. As soon as the door was closed Dr. Taniyama told Sam, "Detroit was too far gone to be saved, an hour ago the military fire bombed it to the ground, there's nothing left of it." "What!?" Sam gasped. "I've heard rumors that it was Vlad Plasmius's doing; I also heard that zombies or something was involved too. I wouldn't ordinarily believe that, but well, we live in a world of superheroes, supervillains, and ghosts, why not zombies?" Dr. Taniyama said.
Sam then saw that Danny was hidden behind a curtain. Dr. Taniyama went over to it and said, "Prepare yourself, I used to work automotive accidents, and nothing like them prepared me for this." Sam swallowed and said, "Let me see my husband." The Doctor nodded and pulled back the curtain. Sam took it all in silently. Danny was in the bed, covered literally head to toe in bandages, with a number of tubes going out of his body. About the only parts of him that weren't covered in plaster or bandages were his left leg that was hidden by a blanket and his mouth, which was wired, shut. "What did he do to you Danny?" Sam asked as she placed her hand over his. "What happened to him?" she asked Dr. Taniyama.
Dr. Taniyama sighed and sat down. "I have no clue how he was so injured, if it was Vlad Plasmius, then your husband had the living shit pounded out of him. When he came in he had hundreds of large and small cuts all over his body and so many bruises we didn't even realize it was him, we had to take his DNA to make sure. Are you sure you want to know the rest?" the Doctor asked her concerned. "I know him better than anyone else, I've treated many of his wounds myself, so yes, I want to know," Sam told her. "Alright. He suffered a broken jaw, in three places, seventeen of his teeth were gone and five more were cracked, all of his ribs were broken, and he had 59 other broken bones besides along with a fractured skull and a grade three concussion. His eyes are completely gone, burned out by some kind of laser I'm guessing and the nerve endings are so fried we can't replace them with organic or mechanical ones.
"His right kidney, pancreas, liver, and both lungs were so damaged that we had to remove them and replace them with mechanical prosthesis. We lost him, twice, during the operation. The second time we almost had to declare him legally dead, but he somehow pulled through just in time for us to not have to, and finish the operation. I honestly don't know if he'll ever recover, we only did all this because it was, well, Danny Phantom, Earth's Savior and all that, we had to do everything we could to keep him alive. He's now in a medically induced coma for now. We don't know when it'll be safe to let him regain consciousness," Dr. Taniyama explained to Sam.
Sam looked at Danny the whole time. My God Danny, what did Vlad do to you? Sam turned to the Doctor and said, "Can you leave me alone for a while?" Dr. Taniyama nodded and said, "I'll send your children to the cafeteria," and left. Once she was gone Sam took Danny's hand into hers and whispered, "I'm so sorry I made you go into the Portal. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry…" Sam descended into sobs as she went to her knees, begging forgiveness from a man that couldn't accept.