Sorry I am late... Again. My computer is still busted and I can't get the old files from it. I am taking a break from this story for about two weeks so I can build back up my buffer and so that I can deal with life in general. Its been a rough month… In any case this is a good place to stop as any and when I come back we will see what has happened to Sam and Vivi! See you guys soon!

Disclaimer! I dont own Danny Phantom... its probably a good thing too.

He landed and threw the door open calling "Fearless I have…" Dan froze mid sentence his mind taking in the tiny trashed room and the man sitting sprawled across the small cot his muddy boots planted up on the table.

"Finally!" the man exclaimed making his way into a somewhat standing position "Been sittin here half the dang gone day the stu…grk"

Dan had moved in a blink of an eye one hand wrapping around the stupid mans throat the other gripping his shirt front. "Where is she?!" Dan roared the tiny hut shivering at the force of his words. The man instantly paled his hands coming up to Dans hands that were wrapped about his throat. He tried and swiftly failed at his attempt to pry Dans hands off his neck. Dan could feel himself losing what little patience he had and he shook the man violently his aura brightening in his fury.

"Go…uk…" the man managed unable to get air in or out.

Dan snarled able to smell the waves of fear coming off the man. Forgetting his strength Dan flung him to the side sending him smashing through the wall and into the alley where he lay prone. Dan stalked out after him lifted him up by the collar and smashed him into the hard brick wall blood droplets striking his face from somewhere.

"Where?!" he roared again but the man didn't answer in fact he slumped over Dans arm, limp as a used rag. Dan paused for a moment listening and realized he couldn't hear a heartbeat, the man was dead and he had killed him. Dan tossed the man to the side in disgust his only concern was that he hadn't told Dan where he could find Fearless. Dan searched the mans pockets but came up empty and just as he was ready to start tearing the city apart a small whine caught his attention.

Dan spun around to find Cookie sitting almost at the entrance of the alley.

"Cookie?" Dan called and the pup waved his plume tail once in acknowledgement but he looked strange to Dan and after a moment he realized why. The pup's fur was normally a dark brown color where as now it was almost blond. The body also had a strange glow about it and Dan realized with a chill that the dog was dead.

"Cookie?" Dan called again taking a step towards the animal

The pup yipped then turned and darted off. Dan followed swiftly not daring to lose sight of the plumed tail that waved like a flag before him. He followed the animal for nearly ten minutes not caring who saw him as he followed the ghost pup. Finally the pup slowed to a trot down a dim alley way passing a small lump of fur halfway down. Dan paused by the lump recognizing Cookies body. The little ghost pup had seemed unconcerned as it passed its body and as Dan looked up he realized Cookies ghost was waiting for him at the entrance to yet another side alley close by. Dan left Cookies body where it was and moved forwards realizing that he could make out voices as he approached the next turn off.

"Man now what are we gonna do? The boss man isn't gonna like the fact that we can't collect this Dan dudes bounty. Has Duce checked in yet cuz this idea is trashed. Why dija halfta knock the kid round so much?" a man slurred sounding drunk

"The brat bit me and after I killed that stupid mutt she wouldn't stop attacking me so I made her. Aint my fault besides you helped." Another voice answered

Dan could hear two others breathing in the alley and he turned the corner following Cookies lead.

Four backs presented themselves to him and at their feet lay a small human body. Cookies ghost trotted through the one mans legs causing him to shiver and only stopped when he was directly beside Fearless. The men clearly couldn't see the pup as it sat next to where Fearless laid his plume of a tail curling about his paws and he cocked his head at Dan clearly waiting for something.

Dan could tell from his position that Fearless was dead, Cookie would have fetched him either way but Dan could just tell that she was gone and she wouldn't be returning. There would be no Florida, no beach, and no happiness not for him and not for anyone else ever again. Dan could feel his rage building, all the excess annoyance, all the hatred towards human kind, everything came to a boil and tore open the healing wound that had been his heart.

"Good Cookie." Dan choked out and that was the last good thing Dan said to anyone or anything for years to come. The pups tail thumped once before dissipating as Cookie passed over to whatever came next.

All four men spun around their fear instantly saturating the air.

"How the heck did you find us?" the one drunk man exclaimed and it was the last thing he said.

Dan moved faster than their simple minds could process and when he was done three of the four men lay dead practically torn apart as the fourth tried to drag himself away from the carnage whimpering. Dan had shattered both of his legs so he couldn't run away as he dealt with one of the other men who for some reason thought a human gun could work on ghosts. Now Dan had finished with that fool and he had regained enough of his sanity to desire answers. His revenge was not satisfied by these three paltry men, four if he counted the first one he had killed at the alley house. Standing he turned and walked slowly over to the fifth man who was still desperately trying to drag himself away. Dan caught up to him easy and stepped on one of his shattered legs exacting a scream from the man.

Wincing Dan snarled "Shut up!"

The man did as asked unable to control the sobs and whimpers that broke the otherwise silent night. Dan flipped the man over onto his back eliciting a harsh yelp from the man but thankfully he didn't scream again. Making a note to steal some earplugs before he decided to torture anyone else, Dan simply stared down at the only remaining living person in the alley trying to decide what to do next. After a moment when the tension was thick enough to cut with a knife Dan fell into a crouch beside the man raising a blood covered hand to the mans chest.

"I am going to give you two options." Dan said tapping his blood soaked claws against the mans sternum. "Number one you give me all the information I desire and I will kill you so swift you won't even realize you died. Number two you don't give me what I want and I get to see how long I can torture you. Either way I'm going to get something useful from you before your pitiful life expires."

"One… number one… please… I will tell you anything just please no more…" the man begged and Dan nodded accepting his terms.

Dan asked anything and everything he could think of from how they had found the little house in the back alley to how many people were in the gang the four men were a part of. The man spoke quickly answering every question to the best of his ability. Some questions he didn't know the answers to and Dan had accepted this fact with a wicked smile. The man had already given up his fellow gang members and Dan knew that someone higher up would have more information. They had taken something precious from him and Dan was going to return the favor by starting at the bottom and working his way up. When the man outlived his usefulness Dan snapped his neck keeping his side of the bargain. He waited for several moments hoping that he would get lucky and the man would manifest as a ghost but his hopes were dashed when nothing happened. His initial fury sated for the moment, Dan stood and turned walking in a daze to where Fearless body still lay on the concrete. He dropped to her side brushing a finger across her cheek leaving a bloody smear.

Taking a deep breath to try and steady himself he gathered Fearless into his arms to take her back to the one place they had been happy. He collected Cookie on his way back down the alley as well. After the loyalty the silly creature had displayed he deserved a better place to rest than some dark dirty back alley. He took them both back to the little house terrifying everyone in his path because he didn't bother to make himself invisible. Besides he didn't care what the stupid humans thought he was for he was going to be their destruction soon. He ignored the body still sprawled in the alley and with a gentleness he would soon no longer possess he wrapped Fearless and the dog Cookie in a blanket before placing them on the cot. He then just sat there before them his mind running rampant slowly becoming darker and angrier.

'Something else you couldn't protect' a voice sneered from the back of his mind the same voice that had driven him to rampage after Skulker had attacked him. Dan snarled and something deep within him snapped coming suddenly into being. His aura flared and his whole body lit on fire. In that instant his fire core activated seeming to burn him from the inside out as it came to life. For a moment Dan blacked out and when he came to the whole little house was burning around him. He stumbled outside through the hole in the wall and watched it burn figuring it was probably for the best when it came to Fearless. He kept adding to the fire when it started to die down and by the time the sun rose there was nothing left of the place except ash and a few melted puddles of metal. The concrete and brick had a glassy coat to them for his fire was far hotter than normal flames. Dan had a handle on his new flame powers now as well and he disposed of the other body as well turning it to ash. He was going to turn the one who ordered Fearless death to ash too. He was going to turn the whole city to ash if that's what it took.

A snarl escaped his throat making him jerk in surprise, fire coated his hands and the wall before him was smashed inwards. He had lost it for a brief moment and couldn't recall even stepping towards the wall much less punching it. Thankfully this building was deserted not that Dan cared about property damage. He did care about getting his revenge though and he reigned in his fury attempting to get a grip. He needed to be somewhat smart needed to be somewhat conscious of his actions or he would never be able to find the man that was responsible. The last man he had killed had given him information and it was past time he acted on it.

It had taken him three weeks of terrorizing to finally get to the boss man, the fool had tried to run in the end but unlike Vlad he didn't have the resources or the intelligence to hide for long. Dan had practically demolished this city during his search as well as his guards for they only had puny human weapons and to Dan those were nothing but toys. He wasn't quiet about his antics either making sure that the man and anyone else in the building for that matter heard the agonized screaming of the guards as they perished at his hands. When he arrived at the steel triple bolt multi layered locked door he had laughed outright and just to screw with the man on the other side he had leveled several punches at it denting it. Someone behind the door had cried out at the sound of the first punch but they had gone quiet by the third and now Dan paused bored with the door.

"Did they go away?" a small voice asked and Dan grinned a maniacal grin an idea forming in his mind. The fool had a child with him.

Silently and invisibly he phased through the door. The room on the other side was lushly decorated with soft plush carpets and a cozy looking bed on one side. A man stood in the center of the room holding what looked like a shotgun a child holding a stuffed toy standing behind him. Dan floated forwards positioning himself just before the child who shuddered and though he couldn't sense Dan he instinctively took a step back.

"Daddy did the bad man leave?" the child asked again and Dan let himself fade back into view snarling "No the bad mans right here." before snatching the child up by the neck.

"Son!" the gang boss cried spinning round and leveling the shotgun at Dan who laughed.

"All of your guards are dead all of your little gang members are dead and soon your child will join them. Any last words?" Dan asked looking the man straight in the eye.

"Why?" he asked dropping to his knees

"Because you took the only thing left in the two realms that I cared about. Now I'm going to take the same from you and everyone else." Dan answered and returned his gaze to the child who he held in his grip.

The little boy had wet himself and was doing his best to try and grip Dans arm in his little hands. All Dan had to do was squeeze and his life would be over. He tried and when he found that he couldn't a frustrated snarl came from Dans lips. He tried to force his fingers closed again and again but his fingers wouldn't budge past a certain point, it was like there was something there something blocking him. Fearless face flashed in his mind and Dan dropped the child who ran to his father sobbing. He couldn't kill the child, and suddenly he could practically feel Fearless tracing on his arm 'no killing if unnecessary.'

"Fine." Dan snarled to himself and turned on the father. "You shall die in place of your son."

The man clutched his son to his chest but Dan tore the child from his grip throwing him onto the bed on the other side of the room. The man tried to back away, tried to run but Dan was faster and with the little boy watching he tore the older man apart relishing in their screams. He almost lost himself in those screams but he had one last thing to do before he left. So when he was done with the man he walked over to the child who was huddled under a black sheet. Ripping the sheet off the child he looked down at the boy who huddled in a ball shaking violently with terror.

"I just wanted to let you know." Dan said running ecto energy down the sheet turning one side of it white. "Once the innocence of your age passes I shall return and end your life as well."

The little boys eyes were wide in terror and Dan leaned forward wrapping his new cape about his shoulders fastening it with a burst of ecto energy. When his face was a few scant inches from the boys he whispered "BOO"

The child squeaked and fell back smacking his head on the wall before slumping unconscious to the mattress. Dan laughed and set fire to the room and the mans body before leaving the building to continue his rampage, destroying anyone and anything that came into his path. He lost himself that night and it would be several years before he came to any kind of conscious thought other than simple destruction. By the time that finally happened most of the world and ghost zone had been utterly destroyed by his hands. There was just destruction and darkness left for him, a darkness like the kind he hovered in now unable to break through and wake back up.

"Help." A voice called to him in the darkness, a voice he recognized.

"Sam?" Dan asked confused by his dream like state of mind.

"Help the kids. Please…" Her voice cut out suddenly with a half strangled cry of pain and Dan shot upright.

"Sam!" he yelled breathing harshly as he looked around. He had been dreaming or reliving a memory. Dan shook his head annoyed with himself. If he had to sleep he would have to find a way to not dream. The end of it had been particularly strange for he could swear he had heard Sam asking for him to help some kids.

"Sam?" Dan called once more although he realized that he was alone in the cave. Mentally he reached out but even then she didn't answer. A chill ran through him the memories of Fearless running a terrible parallel to the situation he found himself in now. Getting to his feet he found her bag a few feet away a note pinned to the fabric of one of the legs.

'You wouldn't wake up so I am leaving my stuff with you for now. You were right, Vivi followed but she is nearby. I will be back in a few minutes in case you wake up.'

Dan swallowed she wasn't back yet and he had a feeling she had left a while back. A snarl caught in the back of his throat as he moved back to the sleeping bag retracted it into its pill like container and placed it back in Sam's bag. Slipping the bag on under his cape he moved towards the cave entrance happy to see that it wasn't covered in blood blossoms. Sam needed his help and he wasn't going to let her down.