I stared at the ghost before me. He was wearing a long purple robe, and he had a scar across his eye. I'd been prepared to attack when my ghost sense had gone off, but when I saw who the ghost was I'd lowered my fists.
"So Clockwork what do you want?" I asked, floating aimlessly up off the ground.
"I'm here to ask for your help," Clockwork stated. I raised an eyebrow at this, and folded my arms in front of me.
"And what exactly do you need my help for?" I asked.
"Another universe is in danger. I will send you there three months before the events that are supposed to destroy this world," Clockwork answered. I stared at him again.
"Ugh I'm not sure what to say to that," I replied. Clockwork smiled, and waved his hand. A portal opened up next to me. I looked over at it then over at Clockwork. He nodded to the portal.
"Did you come here to ask me to go, or to just give me a heads up that you were going to send me there no matter what I said?" I asked, scowling slightly. Clockwork sighed as his formed changed from one of an old man to that of a young child. I sighed and flew towards the portal.
"Okay but just let Danny know that I'm okay," I said.
"All right but there are a few things you must know about this universe before you go, and you may need to change your phantom suit up a little bit," Clockwork explained. I nodded my head and followed Clockwork through the portal.
Avenger's Universe One month later {New York}
I'd spent several days in Clockworks tower learning about some of the events of this universe. The differences between WWII in our two universes, the history of Captain America, Bruce Banner A.K.A. the Hulk, Tony Stark A.K.A Iron man, Thor, Natasha Romanov A.K.A. Black Widow, Clint Barton A.K.A Hawkeye, and Director Fury, plus background knowledge on S.H.I.E.L.D. {And man am I going have fun messing with those guys, seeing as how I know everything about them and they won't find crap on me!} Clockwork also explained that once he sent me to this new universe portals to the ghost zone from that universe would start opening up all over the place, and I'd have to start fighting the ghost.
After that Clockwork had helped me change up my Phantom uniform a little bit. I still had the long sleeve half shirt with my DP symbol, and my usual pants, but I'd added a black and white cape that clipped together by a green gem with my DP symbol in the middle of it, and a black and white domino mask {clockwork added the mask, said it would help keep my secret identity}, and I'd added the DP symbol to my boots and gloves, and last but not least a belt that clipped together using a large DP symbol. I kept an extra Fenton thermos clipped to the belt, and a set of Fenton phones in a small pouch on the belt {Clockwork said I'd need it but I hadn't need them so far}.
I'd spent the last month in New York fighting ghosts. Apparently Stark was building this huge ugly building in the middle of the city so he was staying here in New York. I'd run into Iron man several times over the past month while stopping the ghosts that had been running through New York. We'd exchanged witty banter and the first time we met Iron man had fired at me thinking I was a bad guy. I could tell he was frustrated at not being able to figure out who I was. But that was just half the fun! I was currently fighting with Skulker who had taken to hunting me seeing as how I'm the only halfa in this universe. I'd just blasted Skulker with an ecto blast when Iron man decided to show up.
"Dude seriously did you not learn from your attempted battle with Technus that ghost fighting is just not your thing," I shouted, blasting Skulker again.
"Well maybe I'm a slow learner," Iron man retorted. I knew he was smirking inside his mask, and I scoffed.
"Oh please," I muttered, glancing over at him.
Suddenly Skulker shot a rocket towards Iron man and he flew out of the way and the rocket came straight at me. Oh crap I was about to go intangible when the rocket smashed into me and sent me flying backwards towards the pavement. I smashed into the ground and groaned.
"Ow that hurt," I uttered, sitting up. Iron man floated down towards me and offered his hand.
"You okay?" He asked. I scowled slightly and ignored his hand.
"Yeah I'm fine I've had worse," I growled, floating back up to find that Skulker had disappeared. Oh great! I cursed silently under my breath.
"Great he's gone," I grumbled, glancing back over at Iron man. He floated there for a second then looked over at me.
"So who was that guy?" He asked.
"That was Skulker the ghost zones self-proclaimed greatest hunter, though the man has been trying to catch me for a while and besides he just a tiny little green blob in a supped up metal suit with rockets not much of a threat," I explained. I paused when I realized what I'd just said, and I glanced over at Iron man who was looking at me. I knew he was pry giving me a "did you really just say that' look under his mask.
"Ugh… oh but it… ugh looks good on you though, and you're a much better fighter than him, and… ugh well that's all I got," I exclaimed, awkwardly rubbing the back of my neck a habit I'd picked up from Danny. Iron man snorted and shook his head.
"I never caught your name either, though you seem to know who I am," Iron man stated. I smirked.
"That's because you broadcasted who you were to the entire planet. And I never gave you my name, it's Phantom by the way," I answered.
I smirked again then turned invisible and floated away. I could hear a frustrated growl come from Iron man, and I had to contain my giggles. Messing with him is just too much fun. I flew into an alley and quickly changed back into my human form. I walked out of the alley and glanced around me making sure no-one saw me transform. I heard the sound of a car horn and I turned just in time to see a car swerve away from being hit by another car and jump the curb and come straight at me. I had no time to move and the car slammed into me sending me flying backwards into a wall. I heard a sickening crack as I smashed into the brick wall, and my head connected with the wall, and everything went black…
~(^.^)~
Stark's P.O.V.
I was flying back towards the tower after my latest encounter with Phantom. I'd learned from my first encounter with her that she was a ghost, though it took some convincing. And I should have guessed that her name would be Phantom. For the past month I'd been trying to figure out who this girl is, and so far I wasn't having any luck. She wasn't in any databases anywhere. It's like she never existed. It was driving me nuts, and she knows it.
"Sir Ms. Potts has been in a car crash," Jarvis exclaimed. My eyes went wide and I stopped in the air above the tower.
"Where?" I asked.
"Downtown near where Phantom was fighting Skulker," Jarvis answered.
I swore and raced back downtown. When I landed I could see Pepper's car up on the curb and there was another car slammed into the light post on the opposite side of the road. But what really caught my eye was the fact that Pepper was leaning over the form of a girl no older than 12 with long raven black hair that hung over her face. Pepper turned when she heard me walking towards her.
"What happened? Are you all right?" I asked the mask to the suit lifting. I could see a crowd already starting to form around us.
"I'm fine. That guy ran a red light and nearly smashed into me I swerved to avoid him and went up onto the side walk, and I hit her by accident," Pepper exclaimed, bending back down next to the girl. I bent down next to the girl.
"Jarvis check her vitals," I ordered, doing a once over of the girl. She was wearing black combat boots, a pair of ripped denim jeans, and a large blue hoodie.
"Her heart rate is very slow, and her body temperature is lower than normal about 78.9 degrees," Jarvis stated a second later. Holy crap!
"How far away is the closest hospital?" I asked.
"About twenty minutes away," Jarvis answered. I swore and shook my head. If she's this bad already she might not make it to a hospital.
"Tony don't we have a medical bay in the tower?" Pepper asked, glancing up at me from the girl. I sighed and nodded my head. I carefully picked the girl up, and glanced back at Pepper.
"I'm sending Happy to come pick you up," I stated the mask sliding back down over my face. She nodded her head and I called Happy as I flew off towards the tower.
"Happy I need you pick Pepper up. I'm sending you the address of where she is right now," I said the second Happy answered.
"All right I'll be there to pick her up in a few minutes," Happy replied.
I flew towards the tower going as fast as I could. I flew into the tower and flew down several flights of stairs and into the medical bay. Pepper had made me put one in, considering how much I get hurt from fighting as Ironman. I placed the girl down on one of the beds and started hooking her up to the machines, with a little direction from Jarvis. We didn't have anyone currently working in the medical bay since it had just been finished, actually since the power source to the tower wasn't hooked up yet there were barely any lights on in half the tower save for here, and my loft area, and several labs.
"I'm running a scan on her now to see what's wrong," Jarvis announced. I nodded my head and moved away from her.
"I'm going to get this suit off let me know when the scans are finished," I ordered, moving out of the room. I quickly got the suit off then rushed back down to the medical bay.
"I've finished my scans. She has several fractured ribs, a possible concussion, and a dislocated shoulder," Jarvis explained. I shook my head and sighed, looks like I'm going to have to pop her shoulder back in place and wrap her ribs.
"Which shoulder is dislocated?" I asked.
"Her right shoulder," Jarvis replied.
I grabbed hold of her right arm and quickly popped it back in place. A groan escaped the girl, and she shifted but didn't wake up. I pulled the bottom half of her hoodie and the shirt underneath up slightly to reveal her sides. Her sides where black and blue, and I could see very faint scars running up and down her stomach. I scowled at the sight; I know what caused the bruising, but I could only guess what caused the scars and I didn't like what I was coming up with. I quickly wrapped her ribs and pulled the shirt and hoodie back down over her stomach. At that moment Pepper rushed into the room.
"How is she?" She asked, rushing over to the girl.
"She has several fractured ribs, possible concussion, her heart rate is 10 beats per minute, and her body temperature is still at 78.9 degrees," Jarvis answered.
I scowled, why his her heart rate and body temperature so low? Suddenly the girl groaned and shifted in her spot, her eyes fluttered open and she groaned again. I noticed her eyes where crystal blue and they seemed to gleam in the light of the room. She looked around the room and her eyes stopped on us…