Danny Phantom Fan Fiction ❯ Samantha and Sunshine ❯ Chapter 6

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Danny muttered under his breath as he and Tucker sat in the Specter Speeder driving through the Ghost Zone. All around them it was quiet, but not in the Speeder as Tucker blared Ember's one hit over the speakers. It had been bad enough to be ordered around by the dark haired human, but now to be stuck in a small space with Tucker and his horrible singing to a song that made Danny's ears bleed.

"So, what are we supposed to be looking for?" Danny shrugged. He wasn't sure as the male that had given the instructions hadn't really seen the ghost that had attacked them. He just knew that it hadn't seemed to have a legit form. That only left one ghost and that ghost never worked alone as he was part of another ghost.

"As far as I understood he didn't really see who it was, but the description he gave me only matched Shadow, Johnny 13's other half." Tucker's brow rose in question and Danny asked him what was up.

"Well, that's not really true since Amorpho can also change shape, thus becoming a blob." The halfa hadn't really thought of that particular ghost, but only because he wasn't usually one to cause issues like attacking random people. No, that particular ghost was usually just craving attention, not negative attention at that.

"I doubt that he would do something like this, while Shadow is more prone to what could be considered harmful attacks, though I find it weird that any ghost would want to kill a human." Tucker nodded. Danny was right on that account since no ghost, not even Vlad had actually ever made the real move to kill another being. Vlad talked a big game, but he had never taken a real shot at Jack.

"What about Freakshow?" Dark brows raised at his question. "Oh, yeah, human. Sorry." Both looked out at the at the purple and green expanse that was the Ghost Zone. "This is going to take a while since I doubt any ghost is going to come looking for you right now." The halfa nodded.

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Sam shot the male next to her another look. Dan was acting rather un-Dan-like. He was being rather possessive about her and that was strange since he had been the one ready to kill her several years ago. The other thing was how he was being so touchy, like he had to be close to her all the time. She gave herself a mental shake. Maybe she was just imagining things, not that Dan wasn't good looking, but what would happen between someone who had no real place in the world?

'What am I thinking?! That's what I am!' It was true. Sam had no real place in the world as she was just a background player for most of her parts in the role that was life. She wasn't the daughter her parents had wanted, no, that was her sister and then Danny was the ultimate hero while she was just a sidekick! What did she have going for her? She didn't have a particular skill, well, save for singing, but no one knew about that and she didn't plan on telling anyone anytime soon. She did good artwork, but even that was something no one had a real clue about. Sure, Danny had seen some of her artwork, but she had never told him who made it since to her it wasn't that great.

"What are you thinking about?" the raven haired male walking beside her asked. "You look like you have a stream of thoughts swirling in that head of yours." Sam blinked. Dan was being... nice? "Hey, just because I am evil doesn't mean I am a bad person." The smile that he finished it with sent her into a fit of giggles. "That's better!" He pulled her close as they turned a corner. "Now, we need to find out more about the Ghost Zone and if I remember there was a book in that one bookstore you used to hang out in."

"The Skulk and Lurk? You knew about that?" He nodded. He hadn't told her about that since it seemed to be something she did as a release, but he had heard several of her own poems and understood a good portion of them. "How long?"

"During the whole Kwan ordeal," he stated. "Didn't think I noticed how tight you two were?" She made a gagging sound at that. He smiled, well, more of a smirk. "Yeah, sorry about that. Didn't realize I was being that obtuse." Dark brows rose at the odd word. Danny had never been big on words that complex. He was more simple, then again Dan was part Vlad too. That made her shudder and yet when she looked into those ice blue eyes she found that he didn't disgust her that much. "Earth to Sammy, wake up."

"You know I hate that," she muttered darkly, but she couldn't help the blush that warmed her cheeks.

"Actually, I think you like that nickname more than you let on," the older male stated to the shock of his partner. "You always blushed at it and claimed to want to beat me, but I think it was a different kind of beating you had in mind." At that he wiggled his brows, her blush growing deeper. "The funny thing was I think that I knew I liked you, but was so worried about our friendship that I never really told you all my feelings."

"Dan," she whispered as they stopped where they were.

"No, Sam, I know that it freaks you out, but I need to tell you the truth. That incident when Ember hit me, those were my true inner feelings. I just never knew what to do with them." He placed his hands on her shoulders, holding her in place. She had never thought her best friend would say these things, but it wasn't her best friend really. This was a guy who had never gotten all the chances that Danny had had. This was the guy who had only known his affection for Paulina, the one who had only experienced heartache as the Phantom. He was like her in so many ways and yet, she had kissed a guy, gone on a real date while he had lost his family and friends.

"Dan," she tried again. He realized she wasn't going to let him talk so in that moment his mouth came down on her unsuspecting ones and at first she tensed up, but something about his kiss, his inexperienced kiss, made her relax. It was the same as Danny's, as the one that she had kissed during their fake out make out sessions, the one that was cold like ice and yet warm like his human half. This was the same feeling she got when her lips had touched her best friends. She allowed him to pull her closer, unaware that they had an audience as Paulina stopped to gape at them.

"Sam Manson?!" Sam pulled back, Dan glaring over her head at the Hispanic woman. "I can't believe that you have a boyfriend!" Amethyst eyes grew wide as Dan moved to stand before her, his ice blue eyes staring down at the former Ice Queen.

"You mind, just because you don't have a man doesn't mean you need to stare like a voyeur." Paulina sputtered, her mouth unable to form coherent words at his insult. Dan didn't stay long, his arm curling around the small Gothic female's shoulders before heading for the bookstore in the distance. When the Hispanic woman finally managed to find her words they were long gone, the darkened door closing with a ring behind them.

"I can't believe you did that," the Goth stated with a twist of her lips. She was proud of him, but at the same time she was seeing how he wasn't like her Danny at all. It wasn't a bad thing, no, she was glad that he was standing up for himself and more open about his feelings, but the question was... Did that mean that Danny would do that or was having Vlad's ghost giving the older halfa courage?

"She had it coming," came his curt response as he changed, his mood shifting like the tide. He was back to the ghost she knew him to be. "Let's find this book of the Ghost Zone and get back because with every moment I am around these humans the more I feel like blowing this all up." Before she could respond he was gone, looking down an aisle to her right. Sighing she headed for the other end, afraid that her being human would only make him even more irritated. She failed to notice the look on the older male's face and he failed to realize that he had hurt her.

A few hours later found them not a single step closer to the ghost that had attacked them, even Danny was failing to have any luck. He had contacted them moments ago and there wasn't a ghost in the Ghost Zone. It was eerie since it was usually a bustling community, well, a community of souls. Leaning back on the bed Sam sighed. Dan was still flicking through the book, but he didn't seem too enthralled with the text and images any more than she was. There wasn't much to the book. A few maps, but nothing major.

"Maybe we would be better off getting some info from Danny's computer," Sam stated. "He does have all the ghosts we've encountered so far on his machine." Dan nodded and sat up, stretching his lean and muscular body out. The raven haired woman couldn't seem to draw her eyes from his body, her amethyst orbs checking out the man beside her.

"Do you know the password? It can't still be Paulina Fenton, can it?" Sam didn't hear him at first, her mind still on his body, but in the moment that she realized he had said something she snapped back to reality.

"No offense, but I doubt that he changed the password."