Sacrifices Aren't Always Necessary

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It was in the early morning when Danny woke up again, he remembered in time about his ribs and resisted the urge to sit up. He wasn't sure, what to do, but one things for sure, after he possessed everything he felt like crying his life away.

The younger halfa cried his eyes out, for what felt like hours but was only five minutes. The sound of the door opening was heard, but he was to upset to care. Vladimir walked up to his son, then brought him into a loving embrace and rocked him back 'n forth till he calmed.

"Son, are you alright? What's bothering you, you know you can tell me anything."

"I'm sorry father, I'm sorry!" Now Vlad was confused.

"What on earth are you apologizing for Danny? From what you told me the faults on Jackson, not you."

"I'm a failure, I lost to a human! I froze, when I should of done something!"

While Vlad was trying to calm the halfa down, Maddie walked into the room. She had been coming to see why they hadn't come down for breakfast yet, when she heard Danny crying.

"My, what's the matter Danny?"

"He's just having some issues, which is completely normal for going through what he did in life."

"What happened, maybe there's a way for me to help."

"I'll explain later, it's a very touchy subjuct."

"Oh, ok. I'll see you down stairs, so you'll have some privacy."

"Thank you, that's very kind of you to do. We'll be down shortly, please imform the other's."

Maddie walked over to the door, remembering to shut it as she left. On her way down the stairs, she began to wonder what exactly the young halfa had gone through.

"Poor boy."

"You talking about Danny?" Not expecting someone to speak, it made Maddie jump.

"Oh, Samantha! Don't sneak up on me, it startled me."

"One, sorry didn't mean to sacare you. Two, call me Sam."

"Of course, sorry Sam I'll keep that mind."

"Thanks, so were you meaning Danny when you said that?"

"Yeah, Masters is curently trying to calm the young one down."

"Oh, what happened to make him upset?"

"Not sure, Vlad said he'd fill me in later. Now how about we go down to breakfast, sound good?"

"Yeah, lets go!"

While the other's were eating, Vlad had his son in his lap. He had finally gotten him calmed down, now they were resolving the issue.

"I know it seems like you failed, but you freezing up is a normal reaction anyone can have. It doesn't matter if their human, or not."

"But Jackson's human! I shouldn't have been afraid in the first place!"

"Now Daniel, first off, we're all the same, and yes he was human, but that was just your body's way of letting you know attacking someone much weaker isn't right."

"There's multiple outcomes, you could either freeze like you did, fight, or run. The body reacts in different ways, depending on what situation you're in at the time."

"I may have not liked the outcome, considering it almost killed me, but thanks, dad."

Vlad smiled, then hugged his little badger more before they headed down stairs.

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"So why was he so upset Vlad, he was more like distraught then upset."

Vlad sighed, glad Danny wasn't there. "It was a long time ago...

You see, Danny had gone out to find something to do. I feel guilty, because I'm the reason he was out there to begin with. I wanted him to meet other's, and instead of good people he ran into a very bad crowd."

"What happened?"

"They decided instead of bulling him like most would do, they buried him alive." Maddie looked at Vlad in horror, she was not expecting that!

"How is he not fully dead, someone wouldn't be able to survive that without help, even then it's rare."

"He was fortunate enough to have had someone help him, the lady couldn't get to them in time to stop them. She had waited till they were gone, thankfully they left quickly and she dug him back up."

"I had been im my study, when I got the call that my son was in the hospital!"

"That must of been hard."

"It was, I hadn't known what to think at the time sadly. Later, when he was released is when I learned the whole story."

It was at that moment Valerie, Sam, and Tucker came running into the home completely frantic over something.

"What's so important you had to run through the door like a stampeding herd of elephants!?"

"Danny's been kidnapped!" The older halfa paled, then everything went to hell as the other's cowered behind the couch.