Chapter 7… dang that's a lot of writing.

The clue talked about Elvis' house... Graceland... it is south of Memphis I think... correct me if im wrong

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"AAHH!" the young girl screamed.

Danny about to scream her name when he was shushed by Tucker, they had to stay quiet, while they still had the element of surprise in their side.

"AHHH" the screaming continued, both boys quickly following the noise with worry in their eyes.

Getting closer they began to hear a second voice.

"Scream all you want" Vlad chuckled, "Elvis, himself could not disturb his neighbors with his loud music from this house"

They ran into some old stairs that led towards a basement of some sort.

"Now, we have two days" Vlad told her, "Then we head to Florida, where I can dispose of your body"

The boys could make out a muffled sob, a heartbreaking sound. They moved quietly and slowly towards the voices.

"You like animals, but you don't eat them, too bad alligators don't have that curtesy" Vlad laughed, "We never know, maybe they will be merciful and kill you quickly"

They stood close enough to hear a very Sam like answer,

"At least they smell better than you" She responded.

"You ignorant girl" The heard him yell, they raced the rest of the way, not knowing what he was about to do. Then they heard an ear piercing scream and a deadly 'BANG' followed by a heavy 'thud'

Within two seconds Vlad was pinned up against the wall by a red-eyed Danny. Tucker arrived down the stairs, seeing his friend fighting Vlad, he frantically looked for Sam. Ignoring the shouting and beating Vlad was receiving, Tucker kept looking when his worst fears came true. The space needle was like a good PG-13 movie compared to this place. There were blood stains on the ceiling, ectoplasm everywhere, but worst of all was the far left corner; the torture devices. Looking everywhere with no luck, tuck ran into a cell, much like the one in the previous basement, this one had no blanket. Thud. Tucker turned towards the noise to see Danny standing over a dead looking Vlad. With one swift movement Danny stood by his side.

"Where is she?" he cried, not opening his eyes, afraid of what he might see.

"I… I c- can't find her" Tucker sank to his knees with Danny following closely.

Danny's heart turned upside down and his stomach jumped to his throat as soon as he opened his eyes. Adjusting to the darkness there were obvious signs that she was here two minutes ago, but had disappeared into the darkness. The boys looked at each other, then at the celling, nervously they both knew what they had to do. Heading towards the base of the stairs, Tucker reached for the wall and took in a breath, he turned the light on. Getting a good look around, the geek could not contain himself, he let his stomach's content (acid) escape his starving body in a corner. Danny was frozen, shocked, terrified, he looked around. Unable to find his target, he looked towards Tucker with desperate eyes, he shifted his view to the other side of the stair's base to find what he was looking for.

"SAM!" he screamed, flying the few meters within a second. Tucker heard this and immediately regained his composure, running towards his friends, backpack gripped tightly.

Both boys gasped at the unconscious girl's appearance. She had scratches on her forehead, lip, cheeks, and one on her eye that looked rather serious. Her clothes were ripped everywhere, revealing burn marks across her abdomen and legs. They carefully turned her over, Tucker held in a breath as he placed his fingers in her neck. He let out a breath.

"She has a pulse" He shared, "It's weak, but it's there. We need to get her to a hospital, now"

It was then that they saw the blood leaking from her back. With gentle hands Danny began to examine her, just like she had done for him so many times after a ghost fight. He might not be as good as she is, but he could determine that she was bleeding from several places. Her back with had a piece of glass stuck in it, her arms had bleeding cuts and her foot had a piece of glass also inserted in it. She had bruising and burning all over her, she appeared to have a broken rib, if not two, and an obviously broken leg. He let tears run down his face. There where needle marks in her elbow crooks.

"Go get the speeder" Danny told Tucker, "She has two broken ribs, a broken leg, too many cuts to count and she was st- sta-b- she has glass in her back and foot. I can patch her up the best I can, but she needs a hospital, who knows what else that bastard did to her"

Tucker agreed, adjusting his glasses, before turning to run out side.

"Tuck" Danny croaked making his friend face him, "He is dead, I killed him" he bowed his head down.

"Good" Tucker replied without flinching, with that he was gone.

Danny looked down at the girl, he grabbed the back pack and began to clean his friend's cuts.

"It's ok" he whispered as he cleaned her wounds, "I'm here, I'm not going anywhere"

He had managed to clean her arms, wrapping them i

n gauze. He decided to move on to the back, which had stopped bleeding. From what he heard, you are not supposed to remove any items lodged in any part of the body, but it didn't seem to be too deep in.

"I'm sorry" he told her as he pulled on the glass, immediately applying pressure. Lucky it only bled slightly, he cleaned it to the best of his abilities and wrapped her abdomen. Then he laid her on the floor gently, calling her name, assuring her that everything was going to be alright. He looked at her foot with the glass, he could tell that it was placed there purposely, this angered him. He gently tried to lift it to see if it had gone all the way through.

"No please, no more" He heard her beg in a whisper. This became a confusing time for his heart, the pain in her voice was obvious, yet it was her voice. Sam, his Sam, talking.

He moved towards her face, tears leaking out of her closed eyes as she lifted her arms to protect her face, unable to move from the floor.

"No more" she cried

"Sam!" Danny gently touched her arms, but winced when she flinched in pain, not moving her arms. She froze. Slowly her arms came down, her eyes opened as wide as saucers. Seeing them for the first time in what seemed like a year, Danny let a small laugh while tears ran down his cheek.

"Danny?" she begged, "Is that really you?" she asked while reaching to touch his face. Her voice was quieter than a whisper, her injuries not allowing much else.

"Yeah, Sam it's me" He laughed running his fingers in her clotted hair.

"Wh-E-Where, where is V" she began to ask.

"Dead" he answered in a serious voice.

With that news Sam let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Then everything came crashing down on her (not literary lol). She cried, like she had never cried before. Danny lifter her head into his lap and brushed her messy hair as she wept.

"It's ok, It's over" He reassured her, keeping one hand on her at all times, "I'm right here. I am not going anywhere"

Then out of nowhere she said something that surprised him,

"I'm so sorry" she cried with her raspy voice, startling him with her apology,

"Why are you sorry Sam? This is all my fault, Vlad is my enemy, not yours. This should have not happen to you, it's all my fault and for that I am the one that is sorry" He told her, "I promise, nothing will ever happen to you, I will make sure of that, damn it. These last days have been hell, me and Tuck decided that we are not going back Amity, ever. We are going to travel the world, just the three of us, Ok? We are going to grow old together, you and me, Tuck and his lady. Ok? Because I love you, so damn much, it hurts. How does that sound?" He asked her attempting to sound as confident as he could, after all he had just poured his heart out to his dying crush.

She looked at him with her amethyst and she whispered with a smile,

"I love you too you idiot" She giggled quietly, "Let's travel the world"

Danny then grinned and laughed, god how he had missed her…. Well, her everything. He leaned down and gave her a kiss on the uncut part of her forehead. After he returned to his position, she attempted to move, only to scream and go back to her original position.

A tear escaped her eye,

"It hurts, Danny" She cried, he grabbed her hand with one hand and continued to stroke her hair with the other, "I can't feel my leg, and I think his knife might have punctured something at some point" she wheezed out.

"Damn it Tuck" He cursed, "Where the fuck are you?!"

As if almost on cue (HEE HEE) a loud noise came crushing from upstairs, above the young couple. Danny immediately prayed that it was Tucker returning.

A minute later an African American teen came down the stairs, out of breath. After recovering he looked around and found his way to his friends. He knelt down and was surprise to find Sam awake.

"SAM!" he screamed, leaning in to hug the girl, but was stopped by the protective nurse that was currently held her.

"Hey Tuck," she laughed, "Long time no see" She bit her lip in pain.

"You have no idea" he cried, "Let's go, the Spector speeder is upstairs waiting for you, the nearest hospital already in the GPS, ready to go"

"You ready Sam?" Danny asked placing her head down and positioning himself to pick her up bridal style.

"No?" she asked, getting ready for the pain. As soon as Danny began to picker her up she felt every bruise and cut she had attained in the past two days. Unable to take the pain, she let out a scream. Her eyes opened wide, turning a neon shade of green.

"SAM!" Both boys screamed, that was the last thing the girl heard before all she could see was black.

Dun-Dun-Dun… another cliff hanger…. Sort of… im so mean.. anyway please review or you never know what might happen… Sam could have internal bleeding and she could die *cough* review*cough* haha jk… or am I?

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-K