Sorry for the long wait, I'm been stuck lately and working on other story chapters. Anyway, Chapter 15, enjoy.

Vlad stood in the middle of the room, knees slightly bent, his shirt and shoes off. His hands were relaxed, swaying left then right in front of his chest. The soft bamboo music playing in the background mixed with his slow steady breathing. A soft flush of sweat blooms over his body and Vlad forces pink balls of energy into his hands. The balls weren't round more like wavy blobs of energy spinning in his hand. Vlad's face would twitch every so often as the balls flickered in and out of sight. Over the last two hours, his body had started to recover. The burn in his abs was now a dull ache and the steady growth of muscle had him smiling. Ten pounds in two hours wasn't bad.

He places his hands together, merging both balls and moves the larger one around his body. His hands were cupping both sides of the ball before one drops like he was dancing with an invisible partner his hand lifts, bringing the ball over his head and around his body in a slow spin. Vlad stands, lifting one leg straight into the air and only stops when his thigh is resting on his chest. The leg moves to the left like the arm of a clock and he moves it down till it touches the floor.

"Daniel, what are you doing out of bed?" The ball of light stops, hovering over his heart before vanishing. Both males stop, staring at each other. The air was thick with… well neither of them knew what it was. When someone comes inches from death it was alarming but the two of them had walked that fine line so many times there was hardly a line anymore. Just a large smear across both of their hearts.

"I… I couldn't sleep. Vlad sighs, walking to the far left wall to grab a towel. "Where are the others?"

Vlad pulls the towel from his face, wiping off his throat carefully "Jazz and Valerie have taken your classmates home and your sister is checking in on your parents."

Danny sighs, lowering himself onto the chair by the door "Well I'm surprised they even notice I'm gone…"

"Well we all know nothing gets past jack Fenton." Vlad adds, pulling a small short chuckle from Danny

When that feeling comes back Vlad moves, across the room and kneels before Danny. Placing a hand on his leg, the simple action was enough to bring Danny to tears and Vlad's face falls. The older male moves, placing a gentle hand on his cheek and the boy folds forwards, deep painful sobs wracking his shoulders. Vlad moves, pulling Danny off the chair and the boy falls to his knees, curling into Vlad's chest like a baby monkey. Had Vlad been any weaker he wouldn't have been able to hold the boy but unlike Danny Vlad seemed to be improving every hour and soon enough the man would be back to his sombre state and mysterious eyes.

While Vlad was aware of the situation between the three teenagers he had yet to say it, wanting Danny to come him when he was ready but that did little to quell the fire burning in his stomach. God, Vlad wanted nothing more than to fly over there and rip out our both their throats with his teeth.

(Dash's POV)

I walked into my room, hearing the ringing of my phone and swipe the small device off the counter. I balance the book in one hand, apple in the other and hold my phone with my shoulder.

I take a bite of my apple, half expecting it to be Kwan "What do you want Kwan?" I chew the apple a little more and pause when the line stays quiet "Kwan, are you okay…?"

"Dash?"

I pause, almost choking on my apple "Danny? How did you get my number?"

"I didn't…"

I pull the phone away from my ear, dropping the book on the floor and notice for the first time that this was Danny's phone. I'd found it last night and plugged it in, hoping to give it to the smaller boy when I saw him.

"Oh… Sorry…" I set down my apple, sliding into my chair and just look at my reflection "Um, how are you doing?"

His silence speaks volumes.

I feel my heart ache slightly and wished I could see him in person. "Danny, do you want me to come back there?"

Even though he was silent I knew it was a yes, I hear a chair pull out and the shuffling as he sits down. I could imagine him leaning on the table with his hand on his head.

"How would you come back…" His voice was soft and broken

"I could always head to your house. Your sister's staying the night." I lean back smiling softly "Or I could ask Frostbite for a ride. I have options, Danny."

I'm greeted with more silence and fight the urge to sigh "Danny… I've said it before; I'm here if you need me."

I hear him shutter and a few deep sobs and I made a mental note to punch Vlad in the face a thousand times the next time I saw him. I wasn't sure why but I knew that Danny and I had some sort of bond over these last few days and It was beyond foolish of me to think he wouldn't want me to stay with him. I should have heard it from his lips not Vlad's. It didn't take a genius to realize the older man was in love with Danny. The way he looms over him, stands to close and always had to touch him was obvious. Weather Vlad himself was aware of that fact was still unknown.

Still, listening to Danny's sobs I could do little more than lean on the counter, hand on my head and imagined I was holding him tightly. "It's okay Danny…" I whisper, causing more tears to fall "I'm right here; I'm not going anywhere…"

I stand, swiping my phone off the counter by my bed and open the contacts. While I'd been pissed she had done it I was glad Jasmine had given me her number. The text was short and straight forward.

'Danny needs me; bring me to Vlad's house.'

I had stayed on the line with Danny the whole flight over, considering the circumstances Jasmine had flown faster than before but slower then she could have alone. I didn't have a suit and was forced to get the full brunt of the wind even with a fully covered body and a motorcycle helmet. Still, I never hung up and I knew after twenty minutes of hard crying Danny had fallen asleep. The soft breathing and occasionally shutters of breath were a dead give-away.

(Jazz's pov)

We land outside the house and Dash is off my hoverboard before its back in my boots. I watch him race up the steps and gasp in shock when Vlad opens the door. Dash had pulled his arm back, letting loose a killer right hook and we both watch Vlad go down, sliding back into the house. Dash stands there for a moment, the two of them having a split second silent conversation before he's moving again. I pause, watching Vlad sit up, cradling his jaw carefully and when he stands I go after Dash.

Dash walked into the house, past Vlad, down the hallway and right into the study were Danny lay sleeping. I watched with mild jealousy as he moves, picking up Danny with ease. When I'd gotten Dash's message I almost ignored it, but with everything that had happened and the fact that Tucker and Sam would have been with him I relented. I could also hear Danny's heartbreaking sobs of pain the whole ride over and when he passed out I wasn't sure to rejoice or cry myself. When Dash decked Vlad that only pushed my protective instincts into action but even a blind man could see the way Danny relaxes in his touch.

My brother moves, wrapping his hands around Dash's jacket, a shuttering sob shaking his body but that doesn't stop his arms from moving, wrapping around Dash's shoulders like a lifeline. Even in his sleep, I don't miss the smile on his lips "Dash…"

Dash turns, walking down the hall and I watch him open the first door to one of the man bedrooms. When the door shuts with a bang, stopping anyone from following I turn, glaring at Vlad lightly "What did you do?"

(Danny's pov)

I wasn't sure what had happened. I had called Dash, hoping he would be able to hold onto it until we met at school but the moment I heard his voice mine broke. This sudden pain flooded my body and I was hit with this intense need to be by his side. I knew he had left, knew his parents would be worried sick and he was most likely in a lot of trouble already yet I couldn't stop him when he asked if he should come back.

The longer I seemed to be away from him the more my chest hurt. It was so weird. For the last twelve years, I'd always feared Dash but now I craved it, like a drug. The tightness seemed to lessen when I buried my head in his chest. Dash was cold, most likely from the wind but it was still him, it was still his smell. It was stronger than before, telling me he had most likely showered today. I couldn't feel any embarrassment or questions flooding my mind as I curled into his chest. I felt dash move with each step and pulled myself closer to his chest. I felt him stop, lowering us down and the soft bed underneath me.

I curl my head in, trying to smell that scent I craved and I move my hands, grabbing his jacket and all but rip the zipper in half. I roll onto his lap, pulling Dash up and feel him move with me, pulling off his jacket. I grab his shirt, pulling it up over his head and toss it to the floor. The obvious weirdness of my actions wasn't acknowledged, Dash didn't question my actions and simply grabbed me again, wrapping his arms around my body when I moved, placing my hand on his chest and pull him too me. I could feel it better this time, the beating of his heart and wrap my legs around his chest.

Dash's gloves hit the floor beside us and I feel his hands on my flesh, sending tingles down my spine. Dash pulls back, sliding my shirt over my body and I whimper at the sparks as our flesh touches. Dash shutters as well, a steady hardness growing between my legs and I pant, feeling the tingles move over my mouth and I gasp, opening my lips.

(3rd person pov)

The room had dropped a few degrees, causing a cold flush to spread over both males. Danny and Dash move, hands quickly removing layers of clothes from each other. Dash moves, ripping open Danny's shirt and exhales, placing his hands against the cooler skin. Danny shutters, wrapping his arms around Dash's neck as the males takes a pink nipple into his mouth, his teeth and tongue alternating between pleasure and pain and the blonde couldn't help but smile when the inexperienced males' jolts. Danny gasps were intoxicating, fueling the blonde further and he moves, grabbing the other bud between his teeth. Danny moans, reaching down to grab Dash's head, kissing the larger boy.

Every kiss, every touch was like a drug and each boy was addicted in seconds. Danny moves, breaking the kiss and reaches quickly to grab Dash's shirt, awkwardly pulling it over the blonde's head. Dash is back on his lips before the shirt hit the floor. His larger calloused hands lift, holding Danny's neck and waist to his body. Every touch sent electricity through Danny's body, making all the hairs on his body stand up. The simple action only seems to encourage the blonde under him, his skilled fingers rubbing into the flesh pleasingly.

Danny shutters "Dash… please… I can't…"

Dash smiles, pulling him down closer to his covered erection and suddenly the boy clutches to his body like a lifeline, his eyes flickering bright green and Dash shuts his eyes as a bright light surrounds Danny's body. Before the blonde could blink Phantom was sitting before Dash. A gentle hum vibrating in his chest.

"Danny?" the blonde asks concerned

The brunette blushes darkly, face flushed with sweat "It happens… when I lose control…"

Before Dash had time to respond Daniel grabs his face, once again pulling his mouth to the lips he craved. Adding the way Danny sinks down, grinding their hips together Dash was too lost in the pleasure to care.

Hot lips ghosting over each other's skin as the gentle hum in Daniels chest grows. Soon the sound could be heard around the room and Dash leaned forward biting Danny's neck. The boy gasps, eyes glowing from green to icy blue. The ghost gasps, feeling the tingle of anticipation run through his body.

Danny groans, hands moving down and phases both of their pants on to the floor and Danny sinks down grinding into the covered heat he wanted.

One more layer.

One more and they could be one.

That thought sends a spark through Danny's chest. A heat blooms within his gut and out into the room, blasting through the walls at lightning speed.

The house hums. A dangerous low hum. Vlad stops talking, being the first to get hit with the light and the male gasps clutching his chest painfully and suddenly he grunts changing into Plasmius. Vlad collapsed, struggling to breath. Jasmine holds her head as a sudden pounding slams against her skull and soon enough the woman found herself on the floor as well. Plasmius' body hums, glowing brightly as he looks down the hall.

"Daniel..."

The blue light flashes across the world. It passed through the humans most shivered slightly before continuing their days but some, more in tune with the other world felt it. Valerie was at home, enjoying a dinner with her father when the light phases through the walls across the house and keeps going. Valarie gasps, grabbing her head.

"Valerie?" Her father asks but she doesn't respond, only placing her head on the table in a silent scream as her watch beeps loudly.

The pulse moves, traveling through each house and like a breathy shutter it shakes, suddenly snapping back with twice as much speed. The waves mold, twisting and turning, changing into a dark blue light. It travels back to the house, swirling down the hall like a demon and forces its way through Vlad's ghost portal into the ghost zone. The compressed energy swirls, gathering power around it before exploding once more.

Ember looks up from the bed, away from Skulkers sleeping frame. The small green ghost was sleeping in a special pillow with Ember beside him. Her head turns watching the blue light flash through the house and vanish. She gasps, feeling a cold hum pass through her body and when she turns back her mate is awake, staring at her for the first time in three days.

Johnny and Kitty, Spectra. Pandora, Technus, Box ghost, lunch lady, Desiree.

Thousands of faces, Thousands of ghosts, everyone lifts their heads, watching the blue light flash through them and the ghost zone.

Finally, the light reaches the Far Frozen, humming through the crowd as hundreds of frost giants lift their heads. Even Frostbite who was hidden deep under the mountain feels it, lifting his head with a smile.

"He has awoken."

(Daniels' POV)

A baby blue mist comes out, slowly changing to dark blue mist and I feel two sharp teeth growing in my mouth. I could feel it, each pulse, each beat of his heart, calling me out and I pull back, tilting his head to the left, my hands moving across the crease of his shoulder and neck. Everything in my body was telling me to bite him. To sink my teeth into his flesh and feel that pleasant hum through my body. I was so close, my teeth grazing the skin.

"DANIEL!"

As fast as this haze hits it ends as I'm ripped back, off the bed and into the floor. Thankfully Vlad held on as he pulled, making my collision with the floor a lot softer but it was enough to make me gasp, the swift part sends a shock through my body and I scream changing from phantom to Danny. The pleasant buzz in my mouth turns angry and I cry out, tossing a hand to my lips. I feel them stab into my palm, two fangs, extended and deadly and cry when they bleed, slowly receding into my gums. It was like ripping an almost healed scab off, feeling each tear and burn, the gush of blood and the open-air hitting the exposed nerves.

I could taste the tang of blood but couldn't close my mouth, the movement was too painful. I felt tears rim my eyes and a sob as the world seemed to come back to me. I glanced at the bed; Dash had collapsed, cold and white. Jazz was over him, checking his pulse, her eyes move between us in confusion.

"What did you do?"

"I-I don't know…" I gasp, finding it almost impossible to catch my breath.

She slaps his face a few times "Dash? Dash can you hear me?" she cracks open a pupil, flashing a light between them.

I felt shaken. My body didn't feel like my own. I was sitting there in my boxers, clothes tossed all over the room and I shiver. I didn't want this. I'd never wanted this. Why had I done this? Dash and I almost- I wanted to blame some supernatural force, top say my actions weren't my own but the prominent tent in mine and Dash's boxers told me otherwise. Some part of me wanted Dash. But the sudden shock of that statement was to much. I was shocked, scared and exposed in multiple ways and I felt myself turning into Vlad's chest. Suddenly I was too close to Dash.

Vlad moves, kneeling beside me carefully. I feel his hands move the sweaty hair out of my face and his hands turning my head to him "What happened Daniel?"

I pant, sliding a hand over my face and whine, trying to put together my frazzled mind "I don't know…"

(Vlad's POV)

Frostbite stood over Danny, his hands moving back and forth, blue energy swirled over his palms, sinking into Danny's flesh with each touch. He had finished Dash a few minutes earlier, pulling blue energy out of his body before swirling it around his hands, after a few movements the color would change to baby blue and Frostbite would move it back to Danny. Having no idea what was happening the two of us had no choice to call Frostbite.

When the last sweep over Dash's body doesn't pull any energy he sighs, turning to touch Danny gently and smiles, encouraging the male to close his eyes and sleep. Dash had yet to wake up. He was sleeping soundly now, the crazy brain activity had stopped with the last of the energy was out.

Frostbite steps out of the room, shutting the door carefully and looks at us. "They will be alright."

Both Jasmine and I sigh, feeling a weight off our shoulders "What happened?"

Frostbite looks at Jasmine "I have an idea but what happened before this?"

"Daniel woke up, he was very upset, he's been crying more than usual."

"He broke off his friendship with Tucker and Sam, it didn't go well." Jasmine adds

"After his fight with Skulker Daniel was the care of Dash and Kwan."

"And their relationship?"

"Enemies turned friends or well… reluctant friends."

Frostbite nods "And what was happening when you found them together?" his hands move "Was the touching painful?" At our confused silence he smiles "Did the great one seem scared or like he was drunk?"

"Drunk. He was scared after." Jasmine states, leaning against the window to the medical bay "What's wrong with my brother?"

"Nothing. Given what you said and the altered energy and what we saw I'd say he evolved."

"Evolved?"

"Yes, you can think of it like ghost puberty." He shrugs "We may live forever but there different stages of our evolution. When you are first born you get a fraction of your power, as you age and gain control you get new abilities. After a certain age a ghost evolves, it's the last stage, it changes things in us." he smiles pointing to his fangs "Haven't you ever wondered why you have fangs and the great one didn't? Why Spectra has fangs but Ember doesn't?"

My face moves and I look to the left "Considering everything going on why I had fangs was the last thing on my mind."

"The final stage of evolution shows other ghosts you're ready to find a pair-bond, a partner, a mate." Frostbite continues mostly to himself "Though it is a bit strange, considering Daniel's ghostly abilities and his human age I thought he would have evolved a while ago..." his head snaps up "Has the great one been sexually intimate with anyone?"

"No."

"Has he shown interest in anyone before?"

"Well he liked Sam but I'm not sure how deep that went."

Frostbite places a hand on his chin "Hmm, it would seem that for better or worse that young lad has awoken something in our king. Though it was a good thing you stopped him. Accidentally or not, mating with a human like that would have killed Dash. If our king wishes to have sex I would advise him to keep his powers in check or it may have grave consequences."

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