The Hybrid List
Prologue
"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."
~Malcolm X~
Queen Industries/ Night Club 1600 Hours
"There's someone on the list that moved away, but for the next couple weeks he'll be in town," Oliver informed Diggle. "Vlad Masters. He moved while I was gone, but he'll be town for a while."
"I've heard of him. He became mayor of a small town before it burned to the ground. I'm surprised he didn't go with it," Diggle stated as he looked over Oliver's shoulder to the computer screen. "The town had been partly evacuated when the warning first appeared, but no one believed the person who asked for it and it went ignored."
"Who was that?" Oliver asked as he opened up the article. The face of a young teen appeared. He looked like he was in the middle of a battle. Oliver just stared at it wondering why this teen would look like that at all.
"Danny Phantom is apparently a ghost that saves the town from other ghosts," Diggle explained. "He showed up about four years ago. Most people believe him to be nothing more than a legend. Until the town was burned to the ground. Anyone who goes there now disappears and is not heard from ever again. No one knows why."
"So no one knows what happened," Oliver stated as he looked at the teen. "He's just a kid."
"One kid with powers enough to level cities," Diggle stated. "No one has seen him since the fire overtook the city. Most people believe he's the one that kills the people that come to Amity anymore. It was the big story before you arrived. No one knew what happened, and there was no way to get anything from it."
"Well, Masters is still on the list," Oliver stated. "Maybe he could tell us more about the mysterious Amity Park. He might even have had something to do with it."
"Ever since the city was destroyed, he's been surrounded by guards and security," Diggle informed. "We'll need more information before you go see him as the Hood." Oliver frowned as he looked at the time.
"I have to go; we'll continue this later," he stated as he stood up. "I promised my mom that I would be home tonight for dinner. Apparently she's having someone over, and I have a feeling it might be Masters. If it is, I can use it to our advantage to try to gather some information."
"Alright, but be careful," Diggle warned as they headed off.
Masters Mansion Starling City 2100 Hours
Phantom leaned against the bars wanting nothing more than to be out of there. To be free. Pain spread across his being as he shifted his position. The experiments and torture Plasmius had out him though. He had no idea how long it had been, but he knew that his friends, family, classmates, everyone from Amity. They were gone. The fire consumed them all, and it was his fault. He knew that he shouldn't have trusted Vlad to make sure that everyone was safe. He should have known that Plasmius was partly behind the plan.
He should have known that Plasmius wouldn't help get anyone to safety. It wasn't his obsession to make sure everyone was safe. It was Phantom's. Plasmius only cared about power.
Phantom sighed as he rested his head against the metal bars. He wanted to go home. To protect what wasn't there. His core had been yelling at him, but the more time had passed, the quieter it had gotten. His core was resetting to protect itself and him. He didn't understand nor want this. He looked over at the machines that were watching his heart rate, or core rate now, to see that they were weak. Weaker than they ever had been. He knew he was giving up. There was nothing left for him.
Nothing was there for him anymore. He was alone and in pain. Both mental and psychical pain.
In so much pain.
This was written nearly five years ago.
Holy shit.
However, this is still something I am interested in, so...fuck it. I'll post it and see the response
Ideas are welcome.
As always.
The first two chapters were also written nearly five years ago.
I'm thinking about just dumping a bunch of stories on here that'll I'll never continue, but are still fun to read.
Might just put them on AO3 though. It's easier to tag and do shit on there than here. But I like this one posting stuff better.
Whatever.
