Running to the Enemy's Arms

Daniel Sleeps like the Dead

This is not my fanfic. This fanfic belongs to deadlydaisy8o8. I am merely editing and/or fixing grammatical and punctual errors.

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AN:/ I redid the other chapter so if you want, you can go and reread that. It's not necessary for the story but you might like it better than what I had before. Now, you get to see more of what is going on in Vlad's head, and I made the transitions from one subject to the next smoother. I am much happier with this version than I was with the old one. This chapter, we get to see more from Vlad and what he's doing. I like the end. Hopefully, you all will too. I hope you don't think I'm hurrying their relationship along too fast, granted I do leave room for a lot of interpretation in this chapter as far as what Danny actually thinks goes. I hope you all like this chapter, though it is a little short in comparison to others. I don't exactly know when I'll be updating next so be patient. ENJOY!

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Running to the Enemy's Arms

Chapter 20: Daniel Sleeps like the Dead

By: deadlydaisy8o8

Originally Uploaded: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 10:09 PM

Edited by: MerciLani, Sunday, November 4, 2018, 1:26 AM

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Vlad's P.O.V.

I yawned as I flew deeper into the Ghost Zone. My ghost form collected from the atmosphere as I pressed onward to compensate for my tired state. Daniel was fast asleep in his bed, oblivious to my whereabouts. He became exhausted after we trained for two hours or so. The boy had endurance and knew how to pace himself; I had to give him that. It was only because we practiced higher energy at a very vigorous pace that he started to fade. It had been a challenge to get him to tire.

Though difficult it had been, I had gotten the teen to the point where I knew he would stay asleep.

This was the 12th night now that I had gone into the Ghost Zone. Clipped to my belt was Daniel's journal in case I needed to reference anything. Though, I doubted I would - I had already through it several times. The only clues I found about this infamous Clockwork's location were that he lived in a tower, and there was a lot of ticking. Neither of those pieces of information was helpful to me at the moment. Daniel had been careful to not mention anything of relevance about this being.

It crossed my mind to be direct and ask Daniel about this 'Clockwork'. But based on what I read, Daniel was rather uncomfortable with the subject. He may also become suspicious about why I was asking about such an obscure character. I did not want to jeopardize the relationship I had built with the boy because of some curiosity. I doubted he would conclude the truth, but it was very likely he would lose a good deal of the trust he had built in me. This was definitely something I wanted to avoid.

I was going to have to work with what I already knew. There was little Daniel had written about the being, but there were a few continuous things that popped up when mentioned. Daniel praised the being for some enormous favor he had done for the teen. He idolized the ghost, more so than anyone else in his life. From Daniel's description, he was also a wise, cryptic, and powerful being. If this ghost was anything like Daniel described, I would have to tread carefully. Hopefully, my caution would be unnecessary. Daniel also associated this ghost with second chances or forgiveness.

Despite those traits, the thing he most mentioned in concert with Clockwork was Him.

I didn't know who this Him was. He was only ever referred to with a pronoun and very little was said about Him. Out of the entire book, all that I could piece together was that He terrorized Daniel and that Clockwork helped to stop Him. Upon closer examination, I had even found tear stains on the pages that referred to this Him. It was unsettling to think that Daniel would be that terrified of something.