HEY! Another story everyone! On with the chapter! Oh, and there are clues here, some mistakes are on purpose, if ya figure them out ya win a hint! Good luck!


Red; that is all he could see as he recalled his entire life falling apart. He leaned against a tree behind him and wondered why the trunk was softer than it should be, but that was the least of his worries right now. He looked around for any signs of red eyes or red or green flashes; but saw nothing but the dark sky and the normal forest right under it. He listened to any sign of his objective, but heard nothing but his harsh pants. He touched the ground, trying to feel any kind of vibrating, but only touched strange red liquid that now covered his entire hand. He tried to smell its harsh scent, but only the smell of blood came out.

His own blood.

"Keep it together,"he told himself. "how can they ever find you here?"

He tried to stand up, but he couldn't because of his severe injuries. Not knowing what else to do, he used the tree he was leaning on to pull himself up; he winced in pain. He was feeling anxious, as if something will strike him at any moment, so he scanned his surroundings.

"Nothing, no one, you see? They could never know where you are in such a big forest! Stop being a coward and get out of here already!" He yelled at himself in his thoughts.

Very slowly, he moved his right leg from the ground and let go of the tree. He immediately felt intense pain on his left leg, so he panicked.

"What do I do, what do I do?!" He inhaled deeply, and then exhaled, seeing his own cold breath.


"Owie!" The five-year-old shouted in pain as tears began to roll down his cheeks.

He was sitting down on the grass; a small, blue bicycle lying next to him. He was wearing a white t-shirt with a blue rocket in the middle, and turquoise shorts that reached right above his knees. A tiny part of his white socks were visible on top of his scarlet shoes.

He was not used to feeling that sort of pain, and no one was around him to help. Not knowing what else to do: he cried, hoping that someone would come to help him.

"Danny!" A young girl that looked about seven called.

Danny turned his head to look at his sister. He saw that she dropped her aqua-colored hairband as she ran towards him. Her aqua-colored eyes were looking at her brother with full concern and worry. Once she reached him, she sat down beside him, getting her red skirt dirty, but she didn't really care.

"Danny! What happened?!" She asked as she watched her brother cry.

"The bikie... I hit that thingy.. then I fell and got an ouchie!" He tried to explain between his sobbing.

Jasmine nodded when she understood what her brother said.

"Where is the ouchie?" She asked as she moved some of her red hair away from her face.

Danny sniffed and pointed towards his injured knee. "It hurts...," He whined.

Jasmine got some tissues from a small pink backpack she was carrying and put it on top of her brother's injury in order to clean the wound. Danny winched. He watched her put water on a small piece of white cloth. She moved the tissues away and wiped the blood using the cloth.

"We need to go home and get you some ice," The red-haired said.

Danny nodded and let his sister help him up and get him to his house.

"Mommy, Daddy!" His sister called as she helped her limping brother into the living room.

"What is it, Sweetie?" A red-haired woman with a blue hazmat suit replied as she walked to the kids. She looked to be in her mid-thirties.

"Danny fell off the bike, we need ice to treat his injury," The seven-year old explained.

"Aww! Is my little-baby-boy okay?! Does the ouchie hurt?!" His mother asked him with worry as she knelt down to meet his eyes. Danny nodded slowly. "Don't worry, Mommy will take care of it!"

She carried her son to the kitchen and put him down on the table. Jasmine sister followed them and watched from distance.

The purple-eyed woman got some ice from the fridge and walked towards the small boy. "This might hurt a little, but if you hold on like the brave boy you are the ouchie will go away and never come back!" She encouraged.

Danny nodded and felt the ice being placed on his wound. He didn't expect the pain to hurt this much. He screamed and cried; he didn't want this.

Having heard the screaming, his father entered the kitchen in a hurry. "What's wrong with my Danny-boy?!" He asked.

"He fell off his bikie," Jasmine explained to her father.

The blue-eyed, large man looked at his son and smiled. "You know what would make the pain hurt less?"

Danny opened his eyes and stared at his father, curious about what he will say.

"You bite your lip! Like this!" He bit his lip to show his son.

Danny blinked twice and stopped crying. He did as his father told him, and surprisingly, the pain didn't hurt him as much as before. An unconscious smile formed on his little face.

"That's my boy!" Jack exclaimed.


That unconscious smile formed on his face. Knowing what to do now, he bit his lip, and began walking again. It still hurt, but at least it was a little bit less than before. He slowly began to move his leg onto the ground. As his leg touched the ground, he winced in pain, but didn't give up. He did the same with the other leg, and began limping forward. He finally walked away from the tree, smiling with victory.

Soon enough, it was much easier to walk, but it still hurt. The poor boy kept walking for what felt like eternity, but it was actually about five minutes. Stepping on the dead leaves on the ground, he couldn't help but feel guilty as he stepped at each one of them. Each yellowish red leaf on the ground reminded him of himself. His once happy and loved life soon turned into forgotten ashes. He was one of these green leaves on the tree, surrounded by his family and friends, but soon kicked out, and then he was all alone, on the ground, no one would help him, broken, hurt; and all because of one silly mistake, and it was not caused by him.

It was by his trusted ones.

The boy felt like crying. His memories kept haunting him, but he pushed them away by shaking his head quickly. He kept moving forward, not looking back, even though he was both mentally and physically broken. Everywhere hurt: his back, his head, his chest, his arms, his legs, and everywhere else. He felt like he was going to die; he felt like giving up, but he didn't. He was stronger than that.

As he limped desperately he heard the voices he was trying to avoid all this time. His eyes winded with fear, and his body turned even paler than it already was. He looked back for the first time since he started limping and saw the red and green flashes, helping the red, half circles eyes flash. He touched the ground, and felt the vibration he was afraid of; he sniffed, and smelled the smell he was trying to avoid. He listened to the sound of their footsteps, and their yells, but he didn't know what they were saying. He summoned some of his remaining powers, and limped faster than he was before, but he knew it would do him no good. Not giving up, he scanned the area, and saw a big tree on the ground, and holes in both of its sides. He felt hope, and walked as fast as he could towards the fallen tree, but he knew that he had to hurry, because he could hear their footsteps and yells louder than before. He knew he had no time, so, he looked at the distance between him and the tree-and it wasn't far-so, he decided to risk breaking his remaining fine ribs and jump there. He closed his eyes and jumped as far as he could, but thankfully made it right in front of the tree. He smiled and crawled into the tree, right as the red light of fire surrounded the place.

"Do you see him?" He heard familiar male voice ask.

"No, but he's here. The scanners indicate that an ectoplasmic entity is right next to us," An adult female voice answered.

Daniel knew these voices all too well.

"I know he's here!" A young male shouted.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are, little ghostie!" A young female voice called.

Daniel knew it was directed to him, but he stayed silent.

"We know you're here, Phantom!" The adult female said.

Danny was scared, scared for his own life. He was going to die. Those people were going to kill him if they found out he was here. He looked around in the tree for something that might help, but he found nothing but a little hole to peep from. He did so, at least it would tell him where exactly those people were.

He found his so-called parents, his sister, his male best friend, and the rest of the town behind them: including the Guys in White, Vlad Masters, Valerie Gray in her red suit, and so much more. But what he didn't know is why his ghost sense was going off like crazy. Vlad was half ghost, but he wasn't even in his ghost form! Danny's brain wasn't functioning properly, so analyzing this mystery was the least of his worries. Only one thing was on his mind:

Getting out of there.

"I know the Little Badger is here, I can feel his fear," His arch enemy said.

"How?" His so-called best friend asked.

"He's a ghost, he omits a vulgar scent when he is scared," Vlad answered.

Danny's eyes flashed green with anger. "What a liar!"

"Sweet-cakes, can't the Fenton Scanner find his exact location?" Jack asked his wife

"It should, but there's something wrong with the scanner!" She said as she shook it. "It says that there is something here, in this area, but it keeps moving all around the place."

"That's crazy! Phantom shouldn't have enough energy to move that fast after what we did to him!" Jack shouted.

"Someone must have messed with our gear," Jazz said.

"Darn!" Jack cursed.

Danny sighed with relief.

"That's okay, I got my baby working fine," Valerie said.

"Good workin', Val!" Tucker exclaimed.

Valarie looked at her scanner and saw a red point and a white point. The red point was where she was, the white point was where the ghost was. She followed it, leading her closer and closer to where the ghost was. The others watched her curiously.

Danny was terrified, she figured out where he was.

She smirked and got out her ecto-gun. She aimed at the tree, and shot.

Just before she did, though, Danny crawled out of the tree before it was completely destroyed.

"No escaping me now, Ghost Boy!" She shouted, aiming at him.

"No! Stoooop!" Jazz cried. Danny smiled with relief. She took out a gun and said. "Don't start without us!" His smiled fell into the underworld.

All the people got out ecto-guns and bazookas and every weapon anyone can imagine while surrounding Danny.

"N-No! W-Wait! W-Why are y-you d-d-doi-ing this?" He asked.

"Why? Because you're a ghost! That's why!" His mom answered him.

"But 'm y-your s-s-son!"

"No son of mine is a nasty ghost!" Jack said.

"But w-what did I e-ever do t-to y-you?" He asked with disgust.

"You were born," His mother answered him.

These words burned him. He felt his heart being ripped out. His core glowed with fury. His soul was about to leave his body. He only felt the red consume him again. He closed his eyes, trying to hold back his roar of anger. He was powerless, the last thing he wanted to do was to upset them. After all, he might survive the attack.

However, no attack came. Danny opened his eyes in confusion, and found that somehow, little goop covered the guns, blocking the beams from coming out.

"This is my chance!" He ran for it. "Wait, did I do that?"

He ran and ran, his injured parts not making it easy for him, but he was so terrified that he was even faster than he normally does. He was being chased, but they couldn't keep up. However, Valerie used her hover board to catch up with him until she was right beside him.

"Crap!"

She aimed at him.

"I need to get out of here!"

He jumped up, attempting to fly, but fell to his feet again. He ignore the pain and tried again.

"Come on, please, just this once!"

He tried again, but the same result; and again, nothing new.

The ray was shot; he knew this was the end, but he tried again.

As if his body finally realized the threat, his body started glowing green as he found himself flying.

"YES!" He exclaimed.

He was flying a few feet from the ground, but it was enough to avoid the blast. More attack came from the huntress, but he dodged every one of them

"You're not getting away!" She yelled.

He flew a little higher, unfortunately, that slowed him down. Valerie was catching up

"Faster, faster!"He shouted in his thoughts. "Faster! Never give up! Never give up! Ignore the pain! Pain! Memories! Destroy them, Phantom! Destroy them! Keep moving!"

Listening to his mind, he flew faster; however, Valerie's attack finally hit him. His back was the first part of his body to take the impact, and having being so weakened, he couldn't take in the force. He screamed as the blast forcibly threw him away.

"Darn, I shouldn't have done that!" Valerie said.


Danny landed far away into the forest. The impact was so huge it made a huge hole on the floor, with him in the center.

His entire jumpsuit was ripped everywhere. His arm, his legs, and a huge one on his chest. His snow-white hair was covered in branches and leaves, mud, and it was a little brunt on the edges, but most importantly: his own ectoplasm. His shoes weren't ripped, but were covered in mud, blood, and ectoplasm. His entire jumpsuit was covered in green, and hints of red blood.

"Well," He thought. "there goes flying..."

He was completely worn out. He couldn't take anymore damage, even the slightest injury could kill him. However, he was far enough from danger, and that was enough to satisfy him. His body stopped glowing green, but there was still a faint white glow that normally escaped his ghost form.

Pain consumed him, and he couldn't do anything about it. He was still fifteen, no fifteen year old can possibly imagine what he's been through! Worst of all, there wasn't a single person in this world that understood him. He had no way of letting it out. Except...

He cried.

Because his throat was severely damaged, and he had used it enough in the past hour, he didn't make any sound while crying. He couldn't even if he wanted to. He knew that if his someone even touched his throat now he'd never be able to talk again.

He felt like giving up his life, and just let them capture him. He didn't know what to do next; everything he one had was gone. His loved ones were long gone and replaced by monsters who wanted to kill him or use him as their lab's rat. He risked his own life to save theirs countless of times, and their repayment was hating him and wanting to dissect him molecule by molecule.

Danny didn't understand those people, but he knew what they were thinking. He discovered the true human nature in ways he never wished to find out. Humans are selfish. They'd do whatever it takes for their own benefit, not caring about any other living thing around them. They never once thought of themselves in those living things' places; if they did, they'd never do what they do. He was an example. Even if he was once human, when he transformed into a half-human, he was turned into a mere tool to make their pathetic lives easy. They never concerned themselves on what would happen to him, or how he would feel. Too late, he realized that those people did not deserve his love, affection, care, or protection.

Finally, to his relief, he found himself escaping reality as blackness took over him. Little did he know he was soon to enter a land of nightmares.


"Come, Danny, come to me!" A deep voice said.

"Who areyou?" Danny asked. He wasn't in his ghost form anymore.

"I'm your answer to all your fears! Join me, Danny, and you can escape this torture!"

"Yeah, yeah. First you sweet talk me, the other you completely double cross me and torture me," He said. "Just like them," He added silently.

"But I'm nothing like them, Danny, believe me. I can help you, give you everything you want; but all you have to do is let me take control for a little while," He said.

"I'd never sell my life to anyone! Especially someone like you!" Danny yelled.

"We can work together, plot revenge on those who betrayed you!"

Danny stayed silent.

"Those people don't deserve to live, what if they do this to someone else like you, what if they end up killing them. Danny, this is the only choice you have."

Danny lowered his head.

"I promised...," Danny muttered.

"What?" The voice asked in confusion.

"Even if they don't care anymore, even if they want to kill me, I still promised them. A promise is a promise, no matter who you promise," Danny whispered. "I promised I will never become like you!"

Dan smirked as he appeared in front of him.

"What about the promises they promised you?" Dan asked.

Danny's hands turned into fists.

"If they can't keep their promises, why should you?"

"To not become like you," Danny replied.

"Ha! They made us like this! They're the ones that want it! You won't give them what they want? What they asked for?"

"Tch," Danny muttered.

"Whodid you promise, Danny?"

"Them," He muttered.

"Who is them?"

"The…"

"Go on…"

"The…" Danny bit his lip

"You know you want to say it..."

"They…."

"SAY IT!" Dan ordered.

"THE TRAITORS!" He finally shouted.

"And what did those traitors promise you?"

"That…. they'll never leave me."

"And did they keep their promise, boy?" He asked.

"….No."

"Then what should you do?"

"Teach them what happens when you betray someone like me."

"Yeees, you're very close to the answer!"

"I have to. I have to show them that I'm no coward!"

"Yes, and what else? How do you feel? What doyou want?"

"I feel….. good. I want them to suffer the same way I did!"

"YES!"

"I want to get revenge! To get vengeance!"

"YES! I'm so proud of you!"

"I am proud of myself, too, Dan."

"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"


"….!"

Danny woke up with a shocked expression on his face and his mouth wide open. He would have screamed, but this throat was so sore he couldn't even whisper. He was sweating.

He sighed and thought of going back to sleep; but seeing it was sunrise, and he had some-what recovered from some of his injuries, he decided to stand up and find a way out of the forest.

He kept waking under the rising sun: sad, tiered, thirsty, hungry, hurt, and tortured is all he felt. Most people would enjoy this amazing view, and if he wasn't in the position he was in now, so would he. He was always interested in space; in fact, his dream was to become an astronaut in the future. Given the circumstances. however, that was likely never going to happen.

He continued walking, no stopping, like a slave escaping from their Master. He gave up on trust, and that thing called love. He wanted his life to be the way it was. A caring family, a best friend, a crush, allies, friends, heroism, and all those pleasant memories.

But it was too late for that now.

He knew it. He knew that once they found out they'd betray him! But how? When Freakshow was the "Master of all Reality", they said that they'll always love him, no matter what! And when he battled his evil self, they put their faith in him, they trusted him! It doesn't make any sense! Was this all a game? Was he stuck in a world he can't control? Was somebody changing reality? What was going on? How? When? Where?

He was about to lose it! But he kept himself together. What was bothering him was that dream.

"What didit mean? Why was it so realistic? Urh! So many questions with so little answers! Maybe even none!" He was getting tiered of thinking, he just needed to get out of the forest, and find a place he could stay in.

Hours passed. He found a small amount of nuts on the ground. He gathered them, and used his rays to break them, and then he ate them.

Feeling a little refreshed, he continued walking, and he made it to a waterfall. He used his hands as cups, and kept drinking. A deer was standing right next to him, but somehow, it wasn't afraid of him at all. Instead, it moved away calmly so he could have his space.

He felt happy, water is the most important nutrient for the body, and so he just drank. He felt happy again, he felt hope, and he could feel something!

His ghost powers began healing his wounds. He looked down, only to find that he was in human form. He didn't even notice it! His ghost side was still resting.

He continued walking, but this time, he wasn't limping, he was walking like anyone else, yet a little slowly. Of course, fast for any injured boy like him. Very, very fast.

He saw a city! A city! He finished that long, tiring road! He'd finally redeemed himself from the torture! He finally found a way out! He can hide! He can eat! He can sleep! He can drink! He'd earned his freedom!

But, it was a little far away, though, but it didn't matter. He was safely away from them, he was free, so he didn't have anything to worry about!

He walked and walked, but suddenly, he decided to run! Running with excitement: smiling, hands forward as if hypnotized, running towards what seemed like the shining light.

Soon, he grew VERY tiered that he collapsed on the ground.

He stood up again.

"Please!"He thought "Anyone! Help! I need help!"

He transformed into his ghost form, and jumped into the air and flew. Slowly he flew a few feet from the ground, then he rose higher, higher, and higher, until he finally touched the clouds. He felt the air running through his hair, he felt the warmth of the sun right next to him, he felt the hydration of the clouds touching his skin. Birds flew beside him. For the first time since the horrifying accident, Danny laughed. He didn't make a sound, but it still came from his heart, and that was enough.

He looked down, a beautiful view! The trees that looked like armies, ready to fight. And then he looked up again, at the clouds. One was shaped like a heart, another one looked like an airplane, another looked like a horse; however, one certain cloud caught his full attention:

One was shaped like his own logo!

Danny felt happy! REALLY happy! He felt normal again! He felt like he's running in the park holding a balloon, just like when he was six;in fact, he felt like he wasn't even fourteen, but a small, six-year-old boy again!

He touched the clouds again, it felt like he was holding wet cotton candy!

He had always loved the sky, and no matter what, he would never stop loving it.

He closed his eyes. He felt free, but he was so distracted by his happiness that he didn't notice the green laser coming towards him. He opened his eyes, and saw the green, and his laughter faded away into a silent cry of agony.

His whole body was burning. He felt like he was in lost control, and the ray sent him crashing into the ground, making a deep hole, and a big explosion.

Smoke surrounded the hole. As he was losing consciousness, he saw his attacker.

"I got the Spook, K!" Agent O said.

"Great job, O! Now all we have to do is get him back to the Guys in White lab!" K exclaimed.

"The poor ghostie was super distracted by his happiness that he forgot the most important thing in life!" O stated.

"And what is that?" The other asked.

"Never show your back to enemies, Haha!"

"Hahaha! You're hilarious, O! You gotta be rewarded for that!" He said.

"I know, right?"

"T-That… w-was the m-most hoh-horrifying joke I-I've ever hu-heard," Danny rasped.

"Shut it, Spook!" He took out a gun, and aimed it at the fallen boy.

Helpless, all Danny had to do but watch. He didn't even bother trying to fight back. He turned back into his human form and closed his eyes, waiting for the blow. But it never came.

He slowly opened his eyes again: his vision was blurry, his power was betraying his body; however, he saw five figures right behind the GIW, each one of them was wearing a different color: red, green, white, blue, and purple. He could not see their faces, but suddenly, a cape was right in front of his face. Now, all he could see was the black cape now covering his entire face, and that was all he needed to lose consciousness. However, there was one thing he heard before his body gave up on him:

"Titans, GO!"


That's it, everyone! Hope you like it! And I hope it wasn't very short! I'll try to make it longer next time, but the exams are killing me, well, last one coming up! Hope you enjoyed! Please review!