A chocked sob came from a fifteen-year-old with midnight hair and icy blue eyes. His eyes were hazed with pain, both emotional and physical, filled with unshed tears as he stared at his parents. As they took steps closer he tried to shrink away on the examination table he was strapped to, desperately wishing that his powers could activate and he could just fly away.
"Come on son don't be like that. You know we love you. We just want to separate you from the ghostboy and everything will go back to normal." Mom. He desperately wanted to yell at them that the ghostboy was a part of their son. That Danny Phantom and Danny Fenton were both their son. Why was their prejudice so great that they couldn't even fathom that they were just two halves of the same person: Danny?
Phantom, I'm scared.
"It's going to be okay Dannyboy, once that evil ghost is extracted from you and ripped apart molecule by molecule, we'll go home. We don't want to hurt you so just cooperate with us." Dad said. Stop, please stop. I don't want this. The tears began to fall when they began to pick up their equipment and started to set everything up. A shine brought his attention to the scalpel in his mother's hand and he began to shake harder.
"Now if you could transform into Phantom so that we could learn more about him and how to separate that ecto-scum from you?" It was phrased like a request but Danny knew it was a demand. No. Never. Danny shook his head shooting an empty glare at them. He would never betray Phantom like that. His parents looked at him with disappointment and …Regret?
"I'm sorry Danny, but you leave us with no choice." He couldn't process who said that before everything exploded with pain as volts of electricity were sent through his body. He screamed, the pain drowned out all his other senses. How long has it been? Hours or seconds? He screamed louder as phantom pain shoot through his mind. He was suddenly back to a time where everything was perfect. And he had just accidentally pressed a button that would change his life forever. It was the reason he never liked being shocked with electricity. It always reminded him how he died. Well, half died. Suddenly it stopped and he was catapulted back into awareness, trying to suck in as much oxygen as he could.
Phantom, it hurts so much. Why? Why are my parents doing this?
"Danny, honey, will you help us now? You know we hate hurting you." Danny sobbed some more before shaking his head again. No. He looked at his parents and saw their expressions harden.
"This is for your own good Dannyboy."
They turned the electricity back on. An angry, hate-filled growl resonated from the back of his mind.
"One more time Danny, transform into the ecto-scum. The pain will stop." His tears had run out. He was tired. So… tired. Would his parents let him fall asleep? Maybe he'll wake up in bed. Yeah, this was all just a bad dream. He almost believed it. Until the familiar shock went through him, shattering him into reality.
Pha...n…tom…
Something in him snapped. A familiar cold washed over him, as two rings of light transformed him into his alter ego. Phantom? It had to be. He wasn't the one who transformed. The thought processed and Danny began to panic.
No! Phantom, you have to turn us back. They don't want to hurt me… they just want to hurt you. I'm fine, I can handle this.
Shut it Fenton. I'm not going to just sit back and watch them torture you.
They'll do worse to you. I'm their son! They just think that you're ecto-scum.
Phantom ignored him. Glaring at Danny's parents. Unlike Danny's empty one, this glare was filled with malice and loathing.
If they think they can hold me then they're dumber than I thought.
P-phantom. They're not bad p-people. You k-know this. They're just irrational. T-they'll see their mistake… They have to
Phantoms humourless laughter filled his mind as he began to pull at the restraints keeping their body tied to the metal examination table. They began to creak with strain. Maddie and Jack Fenton shared shocked gazes.
Go to sleep. I know you're just pretending. You're in a lot of pain Danny. Both emotional and physical. Let me handle the rest.
Danny's parents tried to press the button to activate the electricity they had used on Fenton. Phantom just gave them an smirk as he shot an ecto blast and destroyed the thrice damned machine.
"You seemed to have forgotten to deactivate my ghost powers again after the time limit." He said as he grinned wider at the wide eyed gaze the two shared before the familiar thrill of ecto weapons being activated assaulted Phantom's ears. The two parents pointed their guns toward the half-ghost.
"What? I thought you wanted me to transform."
"Separate yourself from our son now. Or we will force you to." Jack yelled at the ghostboy giving him a glare before shooting a warning shot at the piece of ecto-scum that had fused with his son. Phantom disappeared before appearing behind the two scientists and disarmed them. He shot them both in the back.
"Now you pay for everything you've done. For torturing your own son." He prepared the ecto blasts in each of his hand and was just about to shot the two.
NO! Phantom please stop! Stop! They're my parents. Don't kill them… please.
Phantom huffed and the ecto blasts disappeared. Fine.
"You're lucky," He said as he shot them one last glare before turning around. He missed the victorious glace shared by Fenton's parents as a cage shot up from the ground around him. Phantom turned around, shock plastered on his face. He tried to go through the bars but his intangibility didn't work.
"It's infused with ectoranium, if you're wondering. Now. Will you tell us how to separate you from our son or are we going to have to do this the hard way?"
"I am your son" he growled. A slap could be heard throughout the lab.
"You are not my son." Maddie glared, venom seeping in her voice. She grabbed the scalpel. "You're just some disease that has attached
itself to him. And if you won't tell us how, I will find the way to save my son from your evilness."
Done. This is the prologue and I have chapter one on the way. I don't know if the story will continue past that or not. I will try but no promises. I hope that the prologue was good. Comment what you think. Makes me really happy to know that people have read and liked my story. I'll see you next time.
~ Surmount :)