Ice Lightening

Prologue

"Where I was born and where and how I live is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest."

George O'Keefe

The stars were bright out, and the moon was new. The air was cold and crisp. He kept to the shadows knowing no one would know he was even there. Unfortunately, another shadow was stalking the streets looking for his next prey when he saw him standing at the end of an alley looking around for anyone to show up. The shadow smiled smugly as his white eyes narrowed down at the boy.

The boy had black hair and cold dark blue eyes, and he was extremely thin and boney. His face was pale, and he was looking around nervously waiting for something. The shadow smirked and disappeared in a shadow. He slowly made his way over to the boy who stopped twitching and stayed completely still.

"Well, what are you doing?" he asked in a dark, taunting voice, fully prepared to take whatever the boy had on him. The boy turned around and glared at the guy then vanished into thin air. "He's a meta-human? This could work in my favor," Ebon muttered slipping away smirking at the plan forming in his head. Another member to his gang, especially one that could disappear like that would ensure his victory against the so called hero in Dakota.

Danny was running down the road invisible since he met that guy. He knew that this town had meta-humans, so he figured he would fit in just fine and be able to use his powers. Make some minor changes to his ghost outfit and some serious changes to his human form, and no one would know who he is and where he came from. Now his ghost form had a black cloak clipped together with a dark green gem. The inside of the cloak had white and he had his hood up most of the time. It was a simple change, but people wouldn't really look twice and double check to see if this was the ghost of Amity Park. No one seemed to care anymore anyway.

Danny looked around and seen Static, the hero of Dakota. He only had to save a few lives, and he was considered a hero. Danny had to work to get the title and even then some people still believe he was only here to terrorize and hurt humans. They still questioned his loyalty, even after he almost gave his afterlife for them. He had saved hundreds of lives and the world, and people still didn't like him. Static comes and everyone loves him without him really having to risk his life like Danny did. Danny glared at him. He knew being a hero was hard, but here, they all loved their hero, no one seemed to question him besides his enemies. Back home for Danny, everyone questioned him. From classmates to the innocent civilian he saved, they all didn't know what to believe. Here was different, Static saved a couple of lives, and now he is the biggest hero since the League.

"I guess that because of that accident, they don't know who was in the area," Danny whispered as he teleported to another alley next to a gym that was having the homeless come and enjoy a warm meal. He slowly walked in hoping not to get anyone's attention. He looked around and seen the guy that was coordinating the event.

"Hey, watch it," some guy yelled at the teen. "I'm tryin' to get though here, kid." Danny glared at the man.

"I wasn't moving, you were the one not paying attention," Danny shot back knowing his eyes were green. Then another kid came.

"It's okay, Mr. Thomas," he calmed looking back at Danny. "There's nothing to get mad about." The man growled and backed away heading for the counter. Danny looked back at the new teen. "My name's Virgil," he greeted kindly holding out his hand.

"My is…" Danny stopped to think. "Danny." He figured it was a common enough name and he liked it, so what would be the point in changing it. Plus people would believe he would change it to be safe, so not changing would help keep them off his trail anyway.

"Well, Danny," Virgil grinned. "I haven't seen you around before. Where do you come from?"

"No where important," Danny whispered looking down letting his eyes wonder around the room. Virgil noticed.

"Come on, you can meet my pops. And we can get you something to eat. You look like you haven't eaten anything in a while," he smiled gently leading Danny over to the big man that was greeting the people as they walked in. "Pops!"

"Yeah, Son?" Robert acknowledged looking at his son and the young teen that was next to him. "Who's this?"

"This is Danny, he's new apparently," Virgil muttered sadly looking at the teen. Danny flinched and looked at all the possible exits hoping for a quick escape in case they were going to push questions on him. Virgil noticed but didn't say anything.

"Well, then why don't we get you something eat, Danny?" Robert smiled at the teen that looked at him nervously.

"Okay," he whispered. The last time he ate was something small the previous morning. His ghost side was trying to keep him going, but even it knew that he still needed some food.

"So, Danny, what made you leave?" Virgil asked wondering why he would want to leave home. It was a rude question, but sometimes that's all that was needed for someone to realize that they left for something stupid. Especially when it came to teens, so Virgil hoped that maybe Danny would think twice and go home once he really seen his reasoning. Robert sent a small glare at Virgil for being so blunt to someone about something that was probably painful for them to remember.

"There are many reasons," Danny mumbled quietly. Robert stopped and looked at the teen.

"Danny, is there are problems at home? You can always go to the police. They will help you," he explained kneeling in front of him to look into his eyes. He was surprised to see someone who was older and haunted than what the teen's body showed.

"I know. I wish it was that easy," Danny murmured looking down. Virgil walked over to the counter and got a plate of food for him.

"Whatever the problem is, I can help. I help teens who are troubled and need someone to look up to for help," Robert offered smiling at Danny. Danny looked up. "Whatever it is, I'm sure that me and some of my friends could help you with."

"My problems aren't normal," he whispered looking out the small window. Robert looked at him and seemed to understand something.

"Even if you're a bang baby, they aren't going to care," Robert guessed smiling at the teen believing he was right.

"That would be nice," Danny smiled. "Only I'm not a bang baby. I've been here long enough to know what goes on, but that would not be a problem for me. I got here after all that."

"Well then, you can still talk to me about it. I won't tell anyone," Robert informed wondering what the teen had gotten into, and Danny felt like he was telling truth. He had heard stories of him helping kids deal with all kinds of problems while he was in the city.

"Yeah, but I also don't know you all that well," Danny countered looking at the plate that was in front of him. "I just met you, and I don't trust you." Robert nodded.

"Let's get to know each other then," he offered smiling. Then everything went wrong.

Danny: She's taking Seeing Sounds off her plate for now...

Me: For that, I'm simply putting a story I have randomly worked on...I have the next chapter half done on this...

Danny: She's also considering actually writing a book and trying to get published...

Me: I started on my own book that I hope to one day be a published author...

Danny: She will only work on these three stories, and will probably update them one after another...depending on if she works on her story more often.

Me: I hope to be able to get all done...I know BH is coming to an end here soon, so no worries there...