The heat and light from the explosion he got caught in threw him back a good yard before his back collided at the side of a nearby car. He not only felt the heat, but also pain as he was pelted by flying debris that was once the Nasty Burger. Danny felt pain mostly in his left eye and at the center of his neck, but he knew that no physical pain dealt to him could ever hurt enough to match his emotional pain and loss of his parents, sister, his two best friends, and his teacher. Danny held in his right hand half the reason this mess came about, now contained in a Fenton Thermos. No! Mom! Dad! Jazz! Sam! Tucker! NOOOO! Was all ran through Danny's head as he finally lost consciousness.
When Danny started coming around he felt detached… not right. When he opened his eyes he found that he could open his right eye as his left was covered. His throat felt parched and the rest of his body felt far away. uggh… Where am I? Danny asked himself.
Then, he heard a constant beeping noise to his right and he spots a heart meter as well as an ivy line that is connected to his right arm. I'm in a hospital… Nice Fenton… Real Nice… Then, suddenly, all the events that occurred before he passed out flew across his vision and he now knew why he was in a hospital, his family, his friends, and his teacher, they were all gone… No… Danny felt tears start to fall down his face. He felt tears hit something under the bandages of his left eye and it caused him to hiss in pain.
Then, Danny hears footsteps outside his door and it opens to reveal a tall man in green scrubs and a white lab coat, and behind him was Vlad Masters. The two men talked quietly before stepping inside Danny's hospital room and the door was closed. The doctor turned towards him until he was only a few feet away before talking in a light tone, one reserves for gentle moments, "Mr. Fenton, how are you feeling this evening? Are you able to say a few words for me?" The Doctor asked while Vlad hung back.
'Well of course I can…' he was going to say but when he opened his mouth so speak no words came out and Danny cringed in pain as his throat awoken to inform him that talking right now was a 'no'. The doctor shook his head, "Guess not… Do you hurt anywhere else?" He asked.
Danny shrugged and winced, yeah he hurt everywhere, especially his back. So he nodded his head. The Doctor handed Danny a note pad and pen to write down what he wanted to say, 'My muscles hurt some, but my back hurts a lot more. Why can't I talk and what's wrong with my left eye?' He wrote.
The doctor read it. "I'm not surprised that your muscles and back hurts, you hit that car pretty hard. Hard enough to leave an imprint." The doctor smirked a bit to lighten the mood, "Now as to why you can't talk is because some shrapnel got stuck in your neck where your vocal cords are and are temporally damaged, they'll heal in a few months. Now as for your left eye, some large debris hit above and below your eye," showing with his hands and his own left eye where the damage is, "I don't know if you'll be able to see out of that eye correctly again. At least not yet."
Danny nods his head in understanding and relaxes against his pillow. The doctor, then, turns his head towards Vlad and then looks back at Danny and he knew what the doctor was going to say next, "Do you remember what happened before you passed out, Mr. Fenton?"
Danny's eye narrows, trying to keep back the tears and turned his head away from the doctor and Vlad but he nodded his head anyways. "I am truly…" Before the doctor could finish his sentence Danny's one eye turned on the doctor as he shook his head and wrote on the pad of paper, 'Don't say you're sorry. You have nothing to be sorry for. I want to talk to Vlad alone please.' The note said and the doctor nods in understanding.
"Alright then." He turns and walks to Vlad who is at the front of the room still standing by the door, "Be easy with him Mr. Masters, Sir. Call me if he needs anything." And Vlad nods his head and the doctor left the two to their privacy.
To say the silence between the two half ghosts was awkward was an understatement. Vlad sat down in a chair that was directly beside Danny's bed and gave a big sigh. "I guess you already know what happened to your friends and Vice Principal as well, don't you?" Danny nodded his head, "I should tell you now, your parents, some months ago, had asked me to be your God Gather should anything happen to them since their career is so dangerous. I have the legal documents and you are now under my name. I can take you home as soon as the Doctor discharges you." He said slowly yet softly so Danny didn't feel the need to be hostile, but he wouldn't blame the teen if he did get hostile, "I also took the liberty of having you transferred to a school near my estate." He also said but left out the part, 'At least you don't have friends that will miss you now…'
Danny nods once and closes his good eye and wrote down, 'Did anybody find a Fenton Thermos near me when I was found?'
Vlad read the note and frowned, "No. Nobody found a thermos. The authorities said that there had been a nasty ghost fight by the Nasty Burger and that Phantom vanished just before the explosion. Speaking of which, the Guys in White are going to be here tomorrow morning to question you on what you saw."
Danny raised an eye brow, 'What are they expecting me to say?' Danny wrote.
Vlad just shrugs his shoulders, "Lie as close to the truth as you can, my boy. I too would like to know what kind of ghost you were fighting against so that I may tear it to pieces…" Vlad said while clenching his fists.
'He is in the thermos that I lost.' Vlad sighs… 'When will I be discharged from here?' Danny asked.
"The doctor said that it may be a little over a week before you can be released." Vlad replied and notice Danny was starting to dose off, "Do you want me to leave so that you can sleep, Little Badger?" Vlad asked only for Danny's one eye to snap open real wide as he shook his head.
'Please don't leave! I don't want to be left alone!' He wrote quickly.
For an instant, that reminded Vlad that Danny was very much still a child and that this great loss that he is suffering proves that he needed an adult to confine in. Vlad also knew that there really was no one else but him who understands Danny, "Alright, Daniel, I'll stay." He said softly.
Danny nods his head and quietly slips to sleep assured that Vlad would be there when he woke up. True to Vlad's word he stayed with Danny all through the rest of the day and all night until the teen woke up. Vlad could hear Danny's doctor was coming towards the door and low and behold was the doctor and two agents from the Guys in White.
It took them hours of giving Danny painful questions before Vlad had had enough seeing the two agents torture Danny, "Gentlemen. I think you have questioned Daniel enough for one day or a life time… If you haven't noticed, the boy just lossed his whole family and his only two friends. You could at least be a little nicer to the boy." Vlad glared at the two agents.
The two men took a step back away from Vlad before one of them got brave and said, "We're trying to build a case to captured Danny Phantom and we want to know if he is responsible for these recent deaths."
Vlad sighed, "Of course you would want to blame the easiest target, Danny Phantom. It's pretty obvious that you were not reading the boy's note right that it was this new ghost that has caused those deaths, or do I need to spell it out for you?" Vlad growled angrily.
After another fifteen minutes the two agents were gone and Vlad had to leave to give Danny his much needed time of privacy to grieve over his loss of family and friends.
A few days later the doctor was able to remove the bandages from Danny's left eye and neck. When he opened his left eye he found that he could still see out of it though his sight is not as good as it used to be and Danny was able to look in a mirror and see the marks and after effects that explosion left behind. On his neck was three long horizontal scar that were about an inch long, on his left eye there was a long vertical scar that went from the top of his eyebrow down his face until it was in the center of his left check. But the effect it left behind on his left eye was that the eye color swirled a mix of sky blue, emerald green, and ice blue and it left the pupil of his eye a little pale. The doctor told Danny that he really was lucky he didn't lose that eye in the explosion. When Vlad looked at Danny's left eye he tried to lift Danny's spirit a bit when he said that some girl 'dig' boys with scars and weird eye colors. But Danny just sighed. He wasn't interested.
Another few days later and Vlad was signing the discharge paperwork and he and Danny made their way to Fenton Works to pack what Danny needed. Vlad could easily see that Danny was still a little pissed off that he missed his family and friend's funerals, but he did get a visit from Tucker's parents and Sam's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Foley wished Danny well while Mr. and Mrs. Manson blamed him that Sam was gone. Vlad had to get security to escort the Manson's out of the hospital and Danny's doctor had to sedate the teen to keep him from hurting himself and or others.
At Fenton Works there was a group of Officers that Vlad had hired to guard the place from both looters and the Guys in White. Bad enough the Guys in White get away with stealing tech from Jack and Maddie while they were still alive he won't let them do it while they are dead. Vlad helped Danny pack what he wanted to take with him and Vlad learned that Danny had a love for astronomy and had wanted to become an astronaut. He had also learned what music Danny liked to listen to and what books to read. He also found out that Danny liked to build things, just like his parents. When they were done packing, Vlad handed Danny a camera and explained that they were going to take pictures of the inventions that Jack and Maddie made and catalog them so that nobody could take credit for said invention even the ones that are on blue prints. Danny readily agreed to it as the Guys in White had stolen plenty of his parents' life work. Danny, then, also remembered that he kept his ghost file on a green and white flash drive in the basement, hidden where his parents couldn't find it; in the floor. He also realized that he needed to update it.
When the two got the basement, Danny and Vlad saw a small memorial in honor of the lossed members of the Fenton family and the two other members of Team Phantom. Even some of Danny's most hated enemies even left either a flower or a small note and lit candles all over. All this right in front of the Ghost Portal. That was what really drove it all home for Danny and he fell to his hands and knees and sobbed right there. Vlad slid down to one knee and placed a caring hand on Danny's back as he tried to sooth the grieving teen.