Yet another chapter, and sadly, is last one for this tale.

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Chapter 12

The next day…

Danny slowly rose from the hospital bed, trying to get his muscles moving before the real trek started. He looked through the glass careful to see if the coast was clear from the late night shift nurses.

He moved his legs across the hospital bed and placed his foot on the ground softly. He rubbed the foot a little bit and found that his burnt foot was nimble. Barely any pain was coming from his foot now.

'Gotta love ghost powers' Danny thought enthusiastically.

Once he stood up straight his muscles started to throb and tighten. He tried to stretch them out by stretching his hands for the sky and bending himself backwards. His face grimaced from the pain as his muscles suddenly becoming active and used. Even when the stretch was painful, it still was satisfying to get the stiffness out of his body.

Once his stretch was done he looked around the room for any signs of clothing or shoes, but found nothing.

"Great, just great." Danny said to himself in frustration. "Plan an escape with no shoes, clothes or any supplies. Not to mention money."

Danny sat on the bed in frustration, 'I guess I'm going to have to steal for the stuff I need…just like Vlad.' Danny thought in a little disgust.

Then Danny thought of it in a completely different perspective. 'Vlad stole to get rich, I'm stealing to survive.'

With a reassuring nod Danny started to make his way to the door to start his escape.

Danny limped his way down the hallway of the hospital making sure he wasn't seen in the early hours of the hospital.

He was quick to be clear of the hospital room, just in case a nurse noticed the idle bed.

Though he ran for his life before in the medical gown, he felt very silly to be wearing such an outfit now that there was no danger around him.

He crept through the halls desperately trying to find a place of privacy, like a bathroom or private room. But, everything so far was occupied or featured big glass windows to be used as walls.

'Why would a hospital use so much glass' Danny thought in frustration.

He turned the corner and directly in front of him was a set of washrooms.

"Perfect"

He went inside and made sure that no one else was inside the washroom by checking underneath the toilet stalls. Once it was all clear he went into one of the stalls transformed into his ghost half. He quickly went invisible and intangible at the same time. He floated through the ceiling, into the next floor and kept ascending higher and higher in the hospital until he made it to the top of the building.

The sun was just beginning to rise in the distance, making the sky contrast with yellow, red and blue colours. There were barely any clouds in the sky, making for a beautiful day in Princeton.

Danny breathed in the morning air, enjoying the smell of the fresh air. A much better smell than the artificial smell of the hospital's sterilized air.

'Ok, so I should try to find some clothes and food. Then I can go to-'

Danny's thoughts were interrupted by a shiver crawling up the boy's spine. He breathed out and found a blue mist coming out of his mouth. The halfa instantly stiffened, getting himself prepared for an attack. But it never came, instead a vampire looking ghost with blue skin and red eyes wearing a white suit and cape appeared 5 metres away from Danny.

Vlad looked across at Danny with a hard stare, obviously wanting answers very quickly from the young halfa. "Where are you off to in such a hurry little badger?"

"Vlad…I was, just going for a fly around town." Danny said in a weak attempt to lie.

"Now, we both know that's a lie Daniel. So let me ask you again. Where are you going?" Vlad finished with a hard tone, his red eyes glowing a brighter red.

"I…I need to leave Vlad. I can't stay with you."

"And why not?" Vlad asked confused.

Danny heaved out a heavy breath, his breathing becoming heavier as he got more emotional. "Have you ever thought about what will happen once we leave this hospital? I'll go back with you and go back to being miserable like before. I can't go through that again Vlad; I don't think I can handle it."

Vlad stared at Danny with a hard gaze, looking at him long, trying to gauge his emotions. "Daniel, I'm sure that-"

"No Vlad! I need to go out there in the world, do something new and try to move on from all of this!" Danny interrupted with a passionate exclamation. "I need to leave!"

"And how do you expect to survive on your own…hmm? What will you do to survive? I will not let Maddie's only child to live out in the streets." Vlad said angrily.

"Is that all I am to you Vlad, just a part of my Mom, who never loved you!"

Vlad raised his hands in defence to Danny. "It was a poor choice of words Daniel, I am merely worried about what you would do for food."

"I can manage." Danny said looking away from Vlad's hard look.

"This is serious Daniel; you can't just be stealing your way with your ghost powers." Vlad hissed.

Danny scoffed at the elder halfa, "Says the guy who stole his way to way to riches."

Vlad glared at the teenager, his eyes getting dangerously bright. "Land over there Daniel."

Vlad pointed by the tree down below, about two hundred metres from the Princeton hospital. Vlad floated down beside the tree, looked around to see if the coast was clear. Because of how early it was no one was in the little park of trees. Vlad transformed into his human half and looked through his suit inner pocket.

Danny landed beside him just as Vlad found what he was looking for, his wallet. Vlad looked inside the wallet and took out a card from the wallet. He looked towards Danny and extended his hand out with the card in hand, motioning to take it.

Danny awkwardly took it in his hand and looked at Vlad and then at the card. The card was the fabled black Visa card. This credit card had the least amount of restriction in how it was used, only a select few are able to have the card and it seemed Vlad was part of that club.

"Your card?" Danny asked confused.

"If you're going to leave then take it and use it as you wish; all within reason of course." Vlad finished strongly.

"I'm not taking your card." Danny said trying to hand back the credit card to Vlad, but the elder halfa did not accept it.

"I will not let you live in the streets. If you need to go out in the world and find a way to move on, then fine. But please, do it in comfort."

"I thought you were going to be harder to convince" Danny said with a chuckle.

"Truth be told, I also thought of some vacation alternatives. But, if this is what you think needs to be done then so be it." Vlad said softly. "I'll miss you little badger."

Vlad then hugged his arms around Danny, not even affected by the cold temperature coming off Danny's body. The teenager returned the hug, wrapping his arms around his legal guardian. "I'll miss you too Vlad."

"Never be afraid to call or visit if you ever need me for anything." Vlad told the teen still hugging him.

The two of them finally let go of each other. The both of them stepped away from each other. "Stay safe and try to not cause any trouble"

Danny smirked. "No promises."

Vlad chuckled, "I guess that would be asking too much of you now would it."

"Hey Vlad? Thanks, again, for everything" Danny said graciously and quiet.

"Anytime Daniel, though I do wish everything had worked out to a better outcome." Vlad said honestly, his face looking a little sad at the admission.

Danny nodded and started to float a few feet off the ground. "I better be off."

Vlad nodded. Soon Danny started to boost himself off the ground, defying gravity and physics of the Earth as he started to fly up in the air away from the hospital.

House sat down with Wilson in his office, the both of them just starting to eat their lunches. Wilson had a hearty sandwich; meanwhile House blew on his hot soup, trying to cool the liquid before slurping it down his throat.

"So, the kid is gone, as well as his guardian, Vlad Masters" House said to his closest friend.

"Yeah, I heard. Where do you think they went?" Wilson asked.

"If I knew that I would've gotten him back in his bed, now wouldn't I?" House said matter of factly.

Wilson sighed. "Well obviously I know that, but where do you guess they went, scrooge"

"Vlad most likely took the kid home with him. He left a check on Cuddy's desk and letter of condolences."

"And you're just going to let them go even though it's against hospital protocol. Oh, I'm sorry. You don't care about hospital protocol, so why is Cuddy letting the kid go?" Wilson asked his fellow doctor.

"I guess the two of them reached a mutual agreement" House said

"Bullshit, there must have been a good reason for Cuddy to not go after them" Wilson said adamantly.

House just stayed silent and continued to sip on the soup on his large spoon.

"Unless, you know the reason, you're just not going to tell me" Wilson said in realization.

"You think too much" House said plainly.

"So I'm right. You know. But you can't tell me. Strange."

"Look, you can stop with your conspiracy theories. I have no idea where they went, but I have a small idea of why they left." House explained.

"Ah, very telling" Wilson said rolling his eyes.

"Oh shut it" House said defensively.

"Ok, ok. Jeez no need to get all feminine on me." Wilson said with a snort of laughter.

The two of them stayed of them stayed silent as they ate their food. Then House spoke one final comment, "Wherever they are. I'm sure this isn't the last of them"

Danny sat in the airplane close to the back, his backpack full of new clothes by his feet.

The young halfa had just finished stealing himself some clothes before he went into the store and actually bought it since he wanted to escape the awkwardness of walking in with only a hospital skirt.

After he got himself 3 sets of clothes and a bag to hold it all in he flew down to New York where he enjoyed the sights for the day. He flew over many sights in the city, like Central Park, Rockefeller Centre, Wall Street and even flew up to the top of the Empire State Building.

The young ghost kid really enjoyed his time in the Big Apple but as the sun started to set he finally decided to go to where he wanted to go in the first place, the Airport.

He arrived at John Kennedy Airport where he went to the sales clerk of the airline and requested for a ticket for the first flight available for the western seaboard.

Luckily there was a seat available in a flight to Los Angeles in an hour, and now he sat in that very plane waiting to depart.

He slouched in his chair and looked out the window on his right and watched the people below working on the airstrip preparing the plane for take-off. While he watched he thought about what he should do once he arrives in LA.

Where should he stay? What should he do? How much should he use his powers in his new life? Very important and open questions for the young halfa to think about, and evidently had to be answered, and soon.

'But, I guess I can handle that once I'm there' Danny thought with a smirk, putting his arms behind his back in relaxation.

'Anyways, it's a brand new day tomorrow.'

THE END
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