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The man in silver hair was working on his business and gathered himself into signing sheets to make sure the process would be running swell. He took twenty years to get successful in business. For the past five years he has been fighting against a younger boy who can relate to him, but it's been a few months since they fought. It wasn't pretty either.
This time, they actually argued in their physical fights and how it seems to hurt the both of them no matter what. The last word the boy has said to him has hurt him so much. Instead, Vlad decided they needed some space and time. He forced himself to become workaholic for the past few months-
Ding dong!
The man blinked and muttered about something to expect company. He wasn't too sure if there was even one today. He was sure of it that he had it all cleared out so he can get the sheets review and signed for anything necessary. He sighed and helped himself to answer the door that took about a couple of minutes from his study department over to the front of the house.
He answered the door with a gentle and welcoming smile. He saw the woman with dark brown hair, yellow eyes, and wore a professional suit. She held up her hand to be prepared to greet the man willingly.
"Hello Mr. Vlad Masters, I am Miss Azar and I'd like to talk about your company." She smiled kindly.
Vlad greeted her along and heard her out. He wasn't aware that someone wanted to buy his company, but he wasn't going to just drop it so easily to keep his company. He'll have to be careful in his doing. He gestured her into the mansion and guided her to the living room for professional guests to join in. They sat down across from each other and she sat there with a smile that seems so innocent, yet dark behind her.
"So, what have made you decide to take interests of one of my companies?"
Azar chuckled at his questioning and Vlad raised one eyebrow up to question her behavior. He hoped she wasn't one of the people who tried to slip into his house for some silly ideas. People were always fanatic about him and his work, but they wondered how he was able to start his business without letting his hospital bill fall down on him. It was always a mystery.
"Actually, I was referring to you, Vlad." Her elbow rested on to the couch's arm and her chin laid on the back of her hand.
Vlad assumed something else, "If it is having a relationship with me, I'm afraid your coming here is a mistake. I have no interests in young females or any females, I should say." He stood up as if he's ready to kick her out of the place.
She chuckled, "No, not to me or the others. Perhaps I should state this. My company is interested in you, Plasmius." She did not kid to what she has said.
Vlad paused and looked at the woman directly. He was sure that his record was clean of any ghost connection. He knew he eliminated evidence from anyone finding out besides the Fenton. He sat back down and observed her carefully.
"Why would a woman like you be interested in me?" Vlad questioned her.
Azar crossed her legs, "My Company has a greater purpose in our appropriate studying. After all, we have come across dealing with Superman, Batman, Joker, Lex Luthor, and so on." She explained, calm as possible, "Even J'onn or H.I.V.E. members."
Vlad nodded slowly, "So you associate with criminals and crime fighters. However, I do not see myself being a benefit to your company, Miss Azar." He leaned back in comfort.
She nodded, "Of course, it is understandable. Perhaps a view of to my work place so you can see what is expected. Are you ready to come?" Azar stood up as if she wasted no time.
Vlad did not exactly expect a sudden departing the house at all today and he had a lot of paperwork to get done. His head shook.
"Perhaps on another day, I have much work to do and I hardly have time, Miss Azar. Is next week fine with you?" Vlad requested.
Azar looked down at him, not approved how the process to be, and yet, she wasn't going to let him slip away. Her fingers snapped and the CEAS ninjas covered Vlad immediately. He screamed in panic attack, his arms cuffed up against his powers, and he hassled as much as he could to escape. They were too strong on him and the cuff suppressed his powers.
"Sorry, Vlad, but we have plans and we already lost our first plan for the past three months. You're coming without a choice." Azar said, clear enough as it was.
Vlad growled, "Do you have any idea who you are messing with?" He snapped, struggled to shake off her followers.
She smirked, "Threats is pointless. We are trained to deal with specialists like you, Plasmius and we should get onto the third plan."
Vlad growled endlessly, but Azar took no reason to be scared of the man. She knew who he was and what he was capable of. They carried him out on their personalize blimp and kept him inside the cage which was ghost proof and sound proof. Vlad tried shouting for attention or some form of help, but all of it was helpless.
Vlad had no idea of their company or anything what they have done with people who deal with crime activities or actions. It was very unheard of, but could it be that most abnormal people kept quiet or afraid to discuss things? Vlad shuts up after realizing no one heard his little childish requests. He was held in some sort of cuff that held him in a linking like of a shoe lace can form; only leading his neck holds it all together. His ghost powers were strongly suppressed and he was weak for the first time in his life.
Vlad observed the entire room and acknowledged the fact only Azar's identity was easily given out, but her followers didn't have any identity shown. Vlad wouldn't be able to manipulate them if he cannot see their faces. In his mind, he recalled the times where the woman denied some time so he can be prepared to see her company and she showed who the boss in the very room was. Vlad has started to realize she wasn't someone to be messing with once he saw his archenemy's house.
"Why are you heading to Amity Park?" Vlad wondered…yet, no one could even hear him.
He focused on their conversation and remembered all the superheroes and villains they have already dealt with. Could it be possible they knew of their ghost halves? It was strange to let a simple human being to find out, but knowing a company that knows everything about them meant to be worse than anyone can imagine. Vlad didn't seem much harm, but he didn't like being treated as a rabid animal.
Azar nodded once and directed herself over to the captured man. She hardly has shown a single smile at him or other feelings. She kept looking down at him and Vlad couldn't help but step down for some reason. He was rather…frightened somehow. She did something to the cage and Vlad watched careful enough to see what she was doing. The sound exposed loudly through the engine and more.
"I expect you to be quiet when we work with Phantom or we will have problems here, understand Plasmius?" Azar instructed.
Vlad knew who she meant and understood what she wanted him to do. He wasn't too sure how much the boy knew of these people, other than the Guys in White, but they were more fielded in for ghosts alone. This company that Azar works for was mainly for all unique kind.
Azar unlocked the cage and held onto Vlad as they led out of the blimp's exit. Vlad was more familiar with home and they were in the backyard that belongs to the Fenton's. The teenager came out to the backyard, he was very confused, and his sky blue eyes widened to see his archenemy in some sort of danger. He has grown close to Vlad's height, build in muscle, and his back hair grew longer, but not too long.
"V-v-vlad? Why do you have Vlad, Miss?" The boy was ready to expect any random reasons or something more serious.
Azar looked at the boy, "Are you Danny?" She questioned him.
Danny kept looking at Vlad, hoping to see the man would say something, and the man was more scared to find out the ugly side. Danny redirected his attention over to the woman.
"Depends, what do you want with Vlad and me?" Danny questioned carefully.
It wasn't every day he had to put up with similar Guys in White forces, but Danny took in the fact it wasn't normal for their human side to be caught up in a situation like this. Azar accepted the answer anyway.
"My company and I are simple questions about the both of you. We would like it if you come along easier than being difficult like Vlad did earlier."
Danny nodded, "I see…is your company named Guys in White or GIW?"
Azar chuckled, "No, we are not them or associate with them. They're too focusing on basic of ghost."
"What's your company's name then?"
Azar was more impressed to see the boy's cautiousness about dealing with people. Vlad didn't really think of much it before or aware of the existing program.
"We are the CEAS." Azar answered.
Danny nodded, but his heart raced in motion to discover something so…startling. He quickly transformed and gritted his teeth.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in being anyone's experiment. I'm not going." Danny announced.
Azar snapped her fingers, Danny wasn't clueless, and he slipped through the ground before anything could happen. The ninja failed to retrieve him as if he disappeared.
"You guys aren't really going to catch me, you know?" Danny shook his head.
They all divided their attention up at the roof and he was watching all of their moves to prevent any chances of being caught. Azar assumed the wrong thing of the boy and unsure of what to expect of him. Immediately, she pinned Vlad down to his knees and whipped out a blade to where his stomach would be. Danny was full on guard about everything and his eyes caught onto Vlad's danger. He glared at the insane woman.
"Oh, Phantom. I'm sure you'll much happier to see Plasmius dead and gone for good." Azar yanked Vlad's hair back.
Vlad groaned in pain, kept himself quiet, and hoped the boy wouldn't be foolish to go against CEAS. Danny didn't dare to move, but he floated back to the ground while the other followers avoided touching him due to Azar's movement.
"Don't kill him," Danny stated, "…please." He begged.
Azar looked down at him, "Why not? He's old enough to be dead."
Danny gritted his teeth, "I'll go, if you don't kill him!" Danny knew he got himself tricked by the group.
Azar smirked, "Excellent. Please transform and follow me onto the company blimp. We should arrive to the location and precede the plan."
Danny huffed and couldn't believe much to himself. He did what the woman wanted and the blimp took off without any serious damage of the place. His sister took a peek out of the window and watched her brother off to somewhere else. Vlad and Danny were placed into the cage and sound proof along with ghost proof. Danny leaned against the cage and shook his head furiously.
"Damn them." Danny muttered.
Vlad sighed, "Agreed. I take it you're aware of their company?" Vlad looked over at his archenemy.
Danny nodded, "Yeah…Sam and Tucker were taken for about a month and a half."
Vlad blinked stunningly about it, "They…were as well? Why were they taken? I assumed it's more for gifted powers."
Danny scoffed, "More of far advance in things. Tucker…has more advance about technologies and be able to handle coding down less than a minute than most cops could ever handle within ten minutes. Sam somehow has access to plant powers like Undergrowth. They were experimented, but they didn't tell me what went on. All I know is that they're afraid to talk about it."
Vlad shook his head. He never knew of Danny's friends' absences for that long and felt terrible.
"So we will be released eventually?" Vlad wondered.
Danny shrugged, "Who knows, everyone is different. Sam and Tucker only got held in CEAS for a month and a half, but it's something more required for all beings. I thought they were going to grab me next, but nothing happened up until now."
"When did this last happen to your friends?"
"Last year almost. During summer vacation, actually. You probably noticed I have been miserable during those whole summer vacation."
Vlad nodded, "I've noticed…I thought they were in summer courses or something."
Danny shook his head, "Nope. I had to cover up their disappearance for their parents and Jazz helped a bunch. Jazz will now cover us until…whenever we get back home." He grumbled.
Vlad wanted to stretch his arms, but it seems like he'd have to wait until they were able to unhook his cuffing.
"They mentioned about plan one has been stalled for three months." Vlad commented.
Danny froze and looked up at Vlad, "Looks like someone else is being chased and not being caught…dammit, why can't we be like that person?"
Vlad agreed, "I was more unaware of…CEAS. I didn't think Miss Azar would be so controlling."
Danny glared, "Dude, you've been controlling me for oh, well ten months."
Vlad sighed. They had issues a few months ago about their public relationship as of friendships, but neither of the two wanted it the way they imagined it.
"I supposed I can see why you hate me, but since we have no choice with CEAS. We might have to help each other out."
Danny eased off, "I don't hate you…" He muttered, "…I hate it when you get into the whole evil business and crap. I mean, if my mom loved you at all. She would have left dad already and married to you. I wouldn't mind training, but I want us to be like a mentor and ward thing."
"You do realize I do not use my powers much of saving the worlds, right?"
Danny frowned, "I'm using the example of relationship like Batman and Robin. Batman, mentor. Robin, ward."
Vlad nodded and sighed. This was getting some time to getting used to if they are stuck with this insane company. Danny hugged himself in comfort and unsure what to expect. Of course, something they weren't expecting on the entire trip and found themselves meeting one of the heroes that Danny has recently spoke of. The domino masked hero struggled and tried to leap up from the ground. Yet, the ninjas held the boy down and placed him along with the two halfas. The hero tried to run out and Danny caught him before any damage could be place. He recognized this hero any day. Danny would recognize this hero any day.
"Robin! Calm down!" Danny snapped.
Vlad felt irritated to the fact Danny didn't handle this properly. Robin was growling to the fact he was held up inside of a straightjacket. He couldn't even escape the cage he was inside with.
"Robin! Trust me, the CEAS isn't going to let us go until we do what they say."
Robin stopped trying to ram against the cage's door and looked up harshly at the young hybrid.
"CEAS? Why are they kidnapping us? Where are they taking us? Why is that woman acting like she's in charge of everything? What happened to plan one?" Robin was already striking out questions he desperately wanted to know.
Danny let go of Robin and sighed to calm down to the fact he wasn't hurting himself anymore. Vlad personally felt glad that Danny knew more of the situation better than anyone could say before handing on meeting them.
"They're collecting us, from their point of view that is, and doing some sort of experiment. I don't know where it is they're taking us, but that woman is the leader of CEAS. Plan one is something they have trying to catch someone and still haven't caught them yet. I don't know who, but they're pretty secretive group." Danny explained.
Robin curiously wondered, "Then, how do you know about it?"
Danny crossed his arms, "My friends were caught by them, they were experimented, and released later time. I don't know much what went on or what we should expect, but Azar isn't someone to mess around. I tried to bail out, but she threatened Vlad," Danny pointed at the man, "His life if I didn't come."
"They're too fast, faster than me."
Danny scoffed, "No kidding, but it seems they can't easily catch me as much as the first person they're originally after."
"Do they need particular people before they experiment on us?"
Danny shrugged, "Beats me, Robin…but I have no idea why you. You're not…into ghost thing are you?"
Robin shook his head, but everyone knew the boy wonder for so long. Danny couldn't really place Vlad into the assumption since he's more of or somewhat of a criminal, but Vlad tends to have an open heart. Robin doesn't know much of them being a hybrid in this very world since it's a rare thing to find. Danny gulped and realized this might be more of scary kidnapping in his life, especially when the group of people knows what they're doing.
"Daniel, do you have an idea what they do in their experiments?" Vlad questioned.
Danny sighed, "I can tell there won't be any…blood experiment and just probably lots of questions and typical run through like doctors would do, but I think they do more than just that. Sam would mutter about forcing her to grow like plants, but I'm not sure. Tucker, I'm guessing…they're turned him into something he's not ready to show or share."
Robin looked up, "Your friend, Tucker…what's his power?"
"Not powers, his advance skills on handling technologies in a matter of minute."
"He could be the next Cyborg." Robin commented.
Danny glared, "No, I would recognize any of that, but I think it's more than becoming a part robot or something. He's barely touching his PDA for the past seven months."
Vlad recalled the times how his friends haven't been involving themselves missions as much as they used too. He can easily reasoned that and wished to help, but now, he feared they'd come out more like his friends has. Robin shook his head several times, analyzing it all to make any logical sense of this conducting moment of his life time, and somehow muttered about not being a thief or something. Danny had to keep himself together and being prepared for anything.