Incision

Chapter One

Beginning of Time

It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve.

Patty Jenkins

Danny watched in horror as the bank was taken hostage. Just before closing, and one of the best times to get the attention of Batman. Danny didn't know if he should be worried about Damian being able to come later or worried that he would and tell him about what happened. He needed a distraction from his powers which seemed to be growing. He remembered the extreme cold feeling when his ice powers first came in and how very close he came to nearly freezing to death.

Now it seemed that it was happening again, and he wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not. His ghost side seems more to the surface, but that also made it easier to track. Furthermore, he also knew that with his powers growing, he had to burn the excess off or it could potentially kill him. He hoped he could at the very least last until the weekend so he had Damian there to ensure that if something did go wrong when he changed, he would at least have help.

He remembered the fear when he first realized that the basic ghost powers were all he had access to, and that Phantom would not come to the surface at all.

Damian listened as Danny tried to explain a bit more of his powers. It was hard to understand that the kid he helped three months ago was the same one who was pacing the study with fear on his face.

"I don't think I can do the things I could before. I think they…" Danny trailed off as he stopped. He had no way of knowing how badly damaged Phantom was to begin with. He knew he couldn't change, but he had hoped that once the wound had healed that he would have all his powers back.

"You don't need your powers to be a hero," Damian tried to comfort but Danny just turned a glare to him. The boy was learning a lot about how to be a teenager from Danny, but he still wasn't sure about this. Neither was Danny since he wasn't completely human. Damian felt like he had a kindred spirit in the hybrid when he learned about the powers that Danny held.

"No, it's not…that…My powers are a part of me. Not being to reach them is like being unable to reach a part of my being…it's an empty feeling," Danny tried to explain. They were usually able to have the other understand of bit of their problems. They both had times where they felt like they weren't human at all, and times where they weren't sure what being human meant.

"You said you didn't know a lot about your powers, but you knew how to use them," Damian said as he grabbed Danny by the shoulders to stop the hybrid's pacing. "Maybe they know you're not ready, and are waiting dormant until such a time. You said it yourself; they are a part of you." Danny smiled at Damian before looking at the floor.

Who was he without Phantom?

Was he even still human?

Robin growled as Batman ordered him to stay behind while he went ahead with Nightwing. Now he was being sentenced back into watch duty. He hated it, but he didn't want Batman to find Danny, and hopefully Nightwing kept his mouth shut about it. Otherwise, Robin was going to convince Danny to practice his powers on Grayson.

Robin smiled at the thought when a scream tore through the streets. Of course, here comes the hostages, and then Batman and Nightwing pull out Two-Face and his cronies. Robin glared at them. He kinda wished he had skipped out of patrol tonight if this was how the night was going to go with Batman.

Batman and Nightwing disappeared fairly quickly, and when Robin turned he watched the former partners appear on the other side of building.

"Damian, we need to talk," Batman said as he walked. "Dick told me about your friend."

"You're dead, Grayson," Robin growled pointing at the other hero who put his hands up in surrender.

"Hey, he needed to know, and I wasn't going to lie to him," Nightwing defended himself. Batman glared at Robin.

"What does your friend think you do at night?" Batman asked and this was the type of questioning that Robin wanted to avoid since Danny kinda figured out who everyone was after Robin told him who he was.

"Why does it matter?" Robin growled. He knew it was the wrong thing to say when Batman narrowed his eyes at him. Robin was pretty sure Danny's inability to lie is contagious or something since now Batman was suspicious.

"You've been slipping away more often these past six months, and hardly ever on patrol. You mind telling me who this friend is since you didn't give a name to Dick," Batman crossed his arms. Robin glared at the ground.

"Danny. His name is Danny, and both of you will leave him alone. He isn't a threat, and he isn't going to hurt anyone," Robin glared at both of them waiting for something. They were always weary of his friends since he didn't make them easily and some of his previous friends tried to kill them all.

Danny wouldn't do that though. Robin was sure of that when Danny first told him about his powers after Robin showed him who he was.

"Danny?" Robin asked as he walked into the living room of the second safe house he set up for Danny. This one was one that Batman knew about but never went to. Robin was afraid of leaving him in one place for too long.

"I'm coming," Danny called as Robin could hear the running water in the back. Danny appeared looking a little sleep deprived and severely freaked out. Robin walked up to him and took a good look at him.

"Are you okay?" Robin asked as Danny stared at his hand.

"No, not really…I…just no," Danny sighed before looking up at the hero. Robin took off his mask making Danny blink. Of course he had no idea who this person was, but clearly some kind of trust had been built up.

Robin had also just been lectured on learning how to trust other people and he wanted Danny to trust him.

"I may have not…trusted you…" Robin was cut off as Danny walked up to him.

"You don't owe anyone anything. You are more than capable of making your own decisions. You don't owe me trust or anything," Danny informed with a small smile. "I'm glad that I have it though. It's hard to trust people you don't know very well."

"And you?" Robin asked looking at Danny curious. Most people would be falling over themselves, but Danny was calm, almost like he had been in the same situation.

"I was Phantom from Amity Park," Danny looked away in shame. "I tried, but…I couldn't do it by myself, and I didn't really have any backup when things got really bad. None that could be of any help at least when they started coming for me."

"I've never heard of you," Robin said as Danny raised his hand and let it disappear.

"Probably not. It's been a while since I've…It's been a while," Danny amended feeling like the floor fell out from under him. Robin winced when Danny wrapped his arms around the hero and started crying.

"No, I don't want you to meet him," Damian growled crossing his arms as they entered the Bat Cave. "He's a friend, and I don't want you guys chasing him off with a bunch of unnecessary questions."

"Damian, he might not be…" Bruce began before Damian growled at him and raised his sword.

"I've known him for over a year now, I can trust him. Sometimes I feel like I can trust him more than either of you. He doesn't follow me when he doesn't know where I'm going at least," Damian shot as he readied to defend his friend.

"You told him," Bruce stated plainly. Of course, Damian wanted some sort of freedom, but even Dick knew better, and the only person he told was a fellow hero that he was involved with. But to tell a random stranger that wasn't from their world? That was crossing a line. "You put all of us in danger."

"He wouldn't tell anyone," Damian defended glaring at Bruce. He wasn't going to tell them that Danny had been a fallen hero. That he had been on the front lines more than once.

That people like Bruce caused the fear that caused the hybrid pain.

"You don't know that," Bruce said glaring at his son. "He could…"

"I know him, and he wouldn't," Damian sighed. He didn't want to fight. It'd been a while since Bruce really got under his skin. Danny helped him realized that getting angry wasn't really going to fix anything. So much had changed, and he just now realized how much. "I'm not doing this with you today or again." Damian turned around and headed for his motorcycle. He wasn't staying here.

"You leave, you're not going on patrol for a month," Bruce threatened only to Damian to turn to him.

"Then, it doesn't really matter what I do since every time you've threatened me with that, you make patrol a nightmare anyway," Damian informed before taking off leaving Dick confused.

There was always a blow up when Bruce threatened to bench him.

"Maybe we should leave it alone," Dick questioned looking at Bruce. "I mean, he didn't explode and he seemed pretty calm…compared to most of the time."

"Find out as much as you can about Danny," Bruce ordered before heading to the computer. "I'm going to see what exactly Two-Face's plan is." Dick sighed.

"Yeah, I'm not going to look into Danny for you, but maybe…" Dick trailed off as he grabbed his own motorcycle. He needed to talk to Danny without Damian there. Maybe he could figure out a way to get Bruce to back off and not destroy the clear relationship his brother found himself in.

"Every time… I mean seriously, I ask Grayson one thing, and he can't even…" Damian continued to pace across the living room. He knew blowing up at Bruce was only to make matters worse, but Danny never antagonized him when he was angry. He felt like he could work his anger out and not have it fester under the surface for the next few weeks.

"I'm ordering Chinese, and we're having movie night early," Danny informed as he grabbed his phone. Damian turned to Danny knowing that sometimes Danny needed distraction as well.

"I didn't mean to unload everything on you all at once," Damian apologized. Danny was the only one he thought deserved to be apologized to. Danny seemed like the best person in the world, and Damian wasn't going to let anyone else hurt the hybrid anymore than he already had been.

"It's fine, but now that they know, you know they're going to start digging," Danny reminded as he placed the order online. He was so not going to talk to anyone on the phone.

"I know, so I was wondering if you wanted to stay here or find a new place since this one was compromised?" Damian asked. The last time Danny was ready to move at the slightest mention of being found.

"I'll stay. I want to work on using my powers again, and if they do cause trouble, I can at least know what I'm up against," Danny informed. "Besides, the last time it took you two weeks to find a new place and moved me to at least three different safe houses, and needless to say, it was annoying."

"So you're going to stay here?" Damian asked in surprise. He was happy that he didn't have to go through all the work of setting up another safe house on short notice, but sad that this meant that his family and Danny were going to meet sooner rather than later.

Damian never wanted the lives to crossover like this, but he couldn't control everything Danny wanted, and Danny was a force to be reckoned with if he was pissed off.

"May as well," Danny smiled at him. "It's safe from anyone else, and from what you told me, Bruce might still not know where it is. Grayson may have only told part of it. I'll be fine, and you know that." Damian sat down next to Danny on the couch before leaning against him.

"You're awesome," Damian sighed as he wrapped his arms around Danny who laughed. "So, how long we got before the food arrives?"

"About half an hour," Danny answered as Damian leaned into his neck and started kissing it. Danny groaned lightly as Damian pushed him down into the couch. "I…wanted to ask…"

"Yeah?" Damian whispered pausing right above Danny's face. Danny swallowed slightly as he caught his breath.

"This weekend…I wanted to try my powers, and we need somewhere to go…my powers…are…well, they're pretty much obvious, I guess would be a good way to put it," Danny tried to explain as Damian huffed out a light laugh.

"I'll think of something. Do you want to try at least changing? Maybe it would help alleviate some of the pressure?" Damian suggested as he gently traced the bottom of Danny's shirt with his hands. He kinda wanted to take it further, but wasn't going to do anything that Danny was uncomfortable with.

"I don't know," Danny sighed as he relaxed back into the couch some more. Damian lifted himself up so he was completely over top of Danny, nearly crushing him into the couch.

"We could do it now? It shouldn't hurt, and according to you, any tracker probably isn't even in Gotham," Damian said watching Danny who was looking up at the ceiling considering his options.

"Alright, get off, and let's see if I can even change still," Danny agreed as he sat up only for Damian to lean in for one more kiss before getting off. "You're impossible."

"Hey, that's your fault," Damian countered knowing that a lot of what changed was in direct reaction to how the hybrid handled things. Danny never pushed him and always treated him with respect. Even when he seemed high strung and was ready for blood, Danny managed to talk him down somehow.

It made Damian feel much more human and normal than anything that Bruce ever tried.

"Alright, so here goes everything," Danny whispered as he closed his eyes. "I'm going ghost."

"You have a catch phrase!" Damian laughed as Danny glared at him with sudden green eyes as bright light appeared around his waist.

"Shut your mouth," Danny growled playfully as the rings traveled across his body changing his form. A black cloak surrounded him at first and Damian knew that this was something amazing. Something that broke all the rules. The air surrounding them turned cold as the rings passed over Danny's head and feet before disappearing leaving a white haired teen behind.

"That was so cool," Damian whispered noting how the cloak picked up in a nonexistent wind. A black jumpsuit was under the black cloak with white lining. White gloves and boots covered Phantom's arms and feet while armor similar to his own covered them. There was a faint glow surrounding Phantom showing his unearthly being. Bright toxic green eyes stared at Damian lightly before a smile appeared on Phantom's face.

"Alright, I feel fantastic," Phantom smiled as he lightly floated over the floor now. "My powers don't feel over…" he was cut off by the doorbell making both teens freeze. Phantom changed back as Damian walked up to the door and opened it to reveal Grayson standing there with the delivery guy.

"Uh…" the delivery man started seeing how the teenager behind the door looked ready to kill the other guy next to him. "It's 34.54."

"Great, make him pay," Damian pointed to Grayson who looked angry before pulling out a fifty and handing it to the guy.

"Keep the change," Grayson said as Damian took the food and walked into the apartment while Grayson followed. "What the hell, Damian?"

"You came here, and pissed me off, so you get to pay for my Chinese," Damian stated as he handed Danny the first box in the bag. Danny glared at Grayson again.

"Any reason you're here?" Danny asked as he sat down on the couch with his box and opened it. "Damian, this is yours." Damian walked over and traded them before sitting next to Danny as Grayson sat on the armchair.

"I just…Bruce is royally pissed at you, Damian," Grayson informed watching the two carefully. Neither of them seemed concerned about that, and Grayson knew that they were hiding something more than just the fact that Damian had been helping Danny.

"So? It isn't different from before anyway. He's always mad at me for something," Damian said as he opened his box. "No difference, besides, I can spend extra time with Danny since he pulled me from patrol." Damian looked over to Danny quickly when he slipped as the hybrid choked on a piece of his chicken. "Alright there?"

"Yeah, I'm good," Danny mumbled as he held his chest. Grayson already knew that Danny knows about them, but apparently Damian did not inform him of that they knew he knew.

"So, my brother told you about us, but hasn't really said a lot about you," Grayson said sending a quick glare at Damian before looking back at Danny who had stopped choking and was staring at his rice box.

"That's not really my problem. He needed someone to talk to with an outside point of view, and I was there," Danny said as he looked up. He did not want them knowing about his powers until he knew he could control them fully again. Until he knew exactly what was left of Phantom after the six months of torture over a year ago.

"What I tell him is none of your business," Damian injected glaring at Grayson and pointing a piece of beef at him threatening.

"Yes it is when it's my identity that you shared," Grayson growled out. He didn't like people knowing, and it probably came from Bruce's own trust issues from when he was Robin.

"No fighting," Danny glared at both of them making the room seem just a tad more ominous. Damian knew what happened the moment it did. Danny told him about how ghosts can charge energy into the environment and make humans feel like someone was watching them. It was something happened rarely, but now that Danny could change, it would be far easier for him to slip his energy into the air.

Grayson looked way too alert for Damian's comfort. He knew something was probably up with Danny by now, and that couldn't be a good thing.

"We're not. I'm just not comfortable with a complete stranger knowing who I am," Grayson growled standing up and crossing his arms. Danny followed with narrowed eyes before Damian also jumped up between them.

"That's enough," Damian ordered glaring at the two. Danny straightened back and let Damian take the lead, but Grayson only took a step forward.

"Damian, I know you want someone to talk to…" Grayson started only for Damian to raise a hand to him to silence him.

"No, I understand, but Danny won't tell anyone. I trust him, and you should too," Damian said as he looked at Grayson. "Now, can you please leave? I kinda wanted a quiet night with my boyfriend without being interrupted by my normal family drama." Grayson took a step back in surprise. Normally he was the level headed one, but now it was Damian wanting to stop the fighting. The one who normally tried to provoke others into fighting him whether it's physical or mind games was the one stopping it. Whatever kind of relationship was between the two ran a lot deeper than he originally thought.

Something was different about how Damian carried himself around Danny, and Grayson wondered if Danny had anything to do with the way the boy had changed into someone much more mild mannered in the past year.

"Alright, but this isn't over. I'm not going to blindly trust someone with my identity," Grayson said he walked up to the door.

"Don't go digging just yet," Danny called out before Grayson opened the door. He stopped and looked at Danny in confusion. "You won't like what you find, and when you do? You'll send people a lot worse than what you normally face. Most people believe themselves to be the heroes, but won't hesitant to kill a kid for their own gains and make it seem within their rights."

"What are you talking about?" Grayson asked looking over both of them. Damian seemed surprised with the information Danny did give, but Danny looked scared. Grayson realized that Damian was protecting him from someone. That he wasn't just a random kid anymore and that there was something more under the surface.

That looking into the kid might get him killed.

"Maybe sometime I'll tell you," Danny gave a weak smile, but the fear stayed there. Grayson knew he wouldn't go digging like he had planned. They were good, but Danny just said he would tell him at some point.

"I'll look forward to it," Grayson agreed before leaving. Damian turned to Danny with wide eyes.

"Same reason I didn't really want you looking into them. I don't want him to become a target too," Danny said as he sat back down. "There is so much…"

"You don't want him to dig into something that could tip them off, I know. You gave me the speech already. But you lead him into more than that," Damian said as he sat next to Danny who was just staring at the box of food on the table.

"If we're going to work with my powers, then they have the possibility of being able to track me," Danny explained closing his eyes as the pain of hands inside him came. "I can't do that again…I don't think I'll be able to handle all that again, so I need people to have my back. You…you gave me that and much more. I don't want to put you in the line of fire, but I don't have to. You'll be there no matter what, and I know you can handle it. But if I can get your family to be there too, then they won't have a chance. No organization has survived an onslaught from you guys."

"I feel like you might be using me," Damian countered with a smile. It was the furthest from the truth. He trusted Danny more than he trusted himself most of the time. Danny's moral compass never seemed to waver like Batman's did. He was a bright light that seemed to guide people away from the dark.

"Never," Danny smiled as he felt a little lighter. The phantom pains died down, and he knew that tonight was going to be bad, but if Damian planned on staying, then he wasn't too worried. Damian was almost always able to calm him down from the nightmares.

They walked around the mental table where he was strapped down. Glowing green cuffs were wrapped tightly around his wrists and ankles. He had already tried breaking out, but now he was held down with broken wrists. It hurt.

It hurt so badly that it felt like his entire being was dying.

"Well, we got what we could from the subject on the outside," the teal scientist said as she started pulling off the remaining tatters of his uniform. His cloak was hanging up near whatever piece of equipment they had been using to test different things on it to see its reaction.

"Mads, are you sure?" the orange scientist asked. Something was wrong. Phantom was in pain that he shouldn't be capable of, he was still disproving every single one of their theories and he was starting to have second thoughts about continuing.

"We can start tomorrow," Teal said as she locked the cage around the table. Phantom was good at escaping. Orange nodded as he grabbed a few things before looking back at Phantom closely. The ghost wasn't trying to defend himself anymore. He was trying to get away, but he wasn't moving as much as he should be. He wasn't healing, and that was concerning. Ghosts healed at a fast rate to ensure that the ectoplasm didn't completely deplete, but Phantom wasn't. He was bleeding like a human being.

Like he was human.

He heard his wife scream that they couldn't take their subject. That they were the ones who caught him. He watched as men in whites suits came down the stairs.

Of course the Guys in White were coming, but there was nothing him or his wife could do as they took Phantom away in one of their own thermos. Of course they stole the design from FentonWorks since it seemed to be the only thing capable of capturing ghosts.

Danny shot up in a cold sweat at the nightmare. It wasn't the first time he had that one with his parents, but it'd been a while. He curled up on his side when he felt Damian's hands on his shoulder.

"Hey, you're alright," Damian whispered carefully wrapping his arms around the shaking hybrid. "You're here, in Gotham. You're safe. I've got you."

Damian hadn't been very good at comforting another person and thought it was pointless until he met Danny. He had done a lot of research in the first month after he realized how badly the nightmares were affecting Danny.

"Come on," Damian pulled a little at Danny's arms that were wrapped around his head. "I need you to look at me." Danny whimpered slightly as he tried to get away. "Danny, you're safe, I promise."

"I…it hurts, please stop," Danny begged making Damian lean over him.

"Danny, it's okay, you're okay, it'll stop just look at me," Damian promised gently shaking his shoulders. Danny slowly looked up at him before blinking.

"I'm in Gotham," Danny whispered leaning back and letting himself relax little. "I'm safe."

"You good?" Damian asked as he gently rested his head against Danny's.

"Yeah, thanks," Danny whispered feeling the shakes slowly die down. "I knew it was coming. I don't want to sleep anymore."

"I figured," Damian whispered looking at the clock that was blinking at five in the morning. At least they were able to sleep for five hours before being woken up by nightmares. "Come on, we have the day, and hopefully Grayson can cover me long enough that my father won't come looking."

"We could go somewhere," Danny suggested looking at Damian cautiously. They hardly ever really went out anywhere public partly because they didn't want attention, but it was early in the morning, and they might slip under the radar.

"Where?" Damian asked as he felt Danny shift under him. Danny always seemed to calm down faster when he was pressed against something warm. It was rare that Damian ever had to use the heated blanket for him, but there were times when the nightmares were really bad.

"Somewhere open, like the park maybe?" Danny said as he looked over at Damian. Damian looked at him carefully.

"Alright, but first let's get a shower," Damian suggested as he rolled over Danny making him grunt.

"That wasn't necessary," Danny grumbled as he rolled over and got up. He had no idea how Damian could be so awake in the morning. Even after being woken up by nightmares.

Dick played on the computer in his room a little wondering if he should go ahead and start looking into Danny. He looked up at the address of the apartment and it was in a Danny Fenton's name. Although he traced the money paying for it and realized that Damian was good at covering his tracks. None of it really seemed odd since he made it look like Danny worked for Wayne Enterprises. No one would find the discrepancies easily unless they were looking for them.

Which means that the name on the apartment was really Danny's name. Dick knew digging anymore would probably be a bad idea, especially after Danny warned him.

He knew that Dick could figure out his real name fairly easily, and he wondered why Damian let that happen unless they were planning something or Damian was hoping Bruce wouldn't notice. Which could be entirely possible if he thought he could keep Danny away from him.

"What are you hiding from, Danny?" Dick asked himself as he typed the name into his search bar, but he never hit enter. He wanted Damian's boyfriend to trust him too. He did deserve that much.

Bruce paced his study was he went over some of the company's finances. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, but Damian was hiding something. He looked over it and couldn't find anything that showed a large sum of money being sent anywhere.

Damian was good, that was a fact. But if he told someone about them, then there was something more he was hiding. Bruce smiled as he pulled up the payroll list and searched for anyone named Danny. Fourteen people showed up, but only one caught his eye.

Daniel Fenton.

He remembered hearing about a missing kid from a town called Amity Park. Something big went down that caused the town to nearly shut down. The kid started it all, but nothing was really released from the town.

Bruce smiled a little when he went to his computer. He had a few tricks up his sleeves. He hacked into a government database that seemed to only be working in Amity. They're security was nothing, but when he started opening files he stopped.

Daniel James Fenton: Deceased.

Danny Phantom: Ghost Power Level 8.6

Bruce swallowed lightly reading though the file. There were lists of dates and times all from almost two years ago. He got to the one of the last pages saying how the ghost managed to escape. They were trying to track it, but had no luck.

Bruce wondered how exactly Danny managed to stay away from them before finding his way to Gotham. Bruce pulled up the address and looked at it closely. It was a good place for a safe house on the nicer end of the city. A perfect spot for someone like Damian to be able to get in and out without being seen even as Robin.

Bruce looked through the information and covered his tracks carefully before shutting it down. He didn't need anyone to back trace that. Especially if they could track it to Danny. What he found was an impossibility, and if that was what Damian was protecting, then Bruce understood why he didn't want them to know.

Bruce smiled as he started a new project though. These men weren't going to get their hands on Danny again if he had anything to do with it. Clearly not everything they did to the kid was in that file, but he wasn't going to dig anymore. He knew all he needed to.

Phantom had saved Amity before, and he knew it wasn't really worth to go all the way there when there was already someone taking care of the problems. However, he didn't realize how bad it had gotten. The Justice League was never called there, and the town seemed unwilling of their help when it was offered.

"Amity Park, the city of the Dead," Bruce whispered as he leaned back. The town was run down, and barely anyone lived there anymore. "Now what secrets did you hold before everything fell apart?"

Danny smiled slightly as Damian held his hand as they walked through the deserted part of the park. Damian didn't really want to deal with anyone, and Danny just wanted out of the apartment. He could still feel the pain in his wrists from them being broken, but Damian had helped reset them a little. They didn't feel so stiff anymore.

"Hey, you alright," Damian asked bumping his shoulder with Danny to pull him out of whatever musings he was in.

"Yeah, just…the nightmare was about before the government had me…when I was first captured," Danny whispered. "I don't understand why they wouldn't listen."

"Single minded people are always a problem," Damian said looking at Danny closely.

"They were my parents, Damian," Danny said stopping and making Damian turn to him. "They were supposed to listen."

"Did they know?" Damian asked. Of course, his mother tried to kill his father too, and at some point even him. He knew that feeling.

"I told them before they started the experiments. That I wasn't a ghost. That I was human, but I couldn't show them. My ghost half knew my human half couldn't take on that kind of pain. It was protecting me, and they wouldn't listen," Danny explained as tears formed in his eyes. "They wouldn't even consider checking for me just to make sure."

"I'm sorry," Damian whispered as he pulled Danny closer. "You're safe now though. I do care about you a lot. And I'll always listen."

"Thanks," Danny smiled as he hugged Damian. "That means a lot."

"That's why we started this whole relationship thing," Damian laughed as he hugged Danny back. "Besides, you always seem to be able to handle me being upset and angry all the time."

"You're a lot easier to handle than you think," Danny grinned back feeling a weight lift. "It's still pretty early, and not a lot of people are out. What kind of place could we go to play with a ghost?"

"Now that sounds like fun," Damian said as he looked around. The park would be too exposed and he wasn't sure if it would be a good idea to try the manor just yet. "Now we just need a good place to…" Damian stopped as his communicator went off. "Or…"

"I can…" Danny started only for Damian to pull him with him.

"You're coming with me, and you're going to be back up," Damian informed as they headed back towards the apartment. Danny smiled slightly.

"I doubt this is a good idea, but I'm guessing you're not giving me a choice."

"You wanted to practice your powers where no one will notice," Damian suggested as they entered their apartment. Damian grabbed his Robin suit before slipping it on quickly. Danny sighed before closing his eyes and letting Phantom to the surface.

"Don't you dare," Phantom threatened glaring at Robin.

"You didn't say it though," Robin whined with a slight smile. Phantom sighed before crossing his arms. Robin took a closer look at him. He stood much taller than when he was human, and Robin wondered if Danny had a bit of a personality disorder with his forms.

"Yeah, it kinda helps focus the power sometimes," Phantom defended himself. "Now where are we going?" Robin smiled as he pulled out a small computer.

"Looks like the docks," Robin informed as Phantom floated off the ground.

"I could fly us there," Phantom offered with a grin holding out his hand. Robin smiled taking it as Phantom held on tightly. "Most people feel weird when I do this."

"What exactly are you…" Robin trailed off when Phantom turned them both intangible and flew through the ceiling. "Never mind, I understand now."

"Sorry, I did warn you," Phantom smiled as he shot across the sky quickly hoping no one noticed on their way to work. "So where exactly at the docks?"

"South side," Robin informed looking at his computer. Phantom was a lot colder to the touch than last night, and Robin had a lot more questions about it, but decided that those could wait until later. "There, Batman should be waiting across the street."

Phantom landed silently on the roof where Robin told him. They looked around the corner to where Batman was watching the warehouse quietly.

"I'll just be invisible," Phantom suggested vanishing from sight, but Robin knew he was probably just going to follow him like a ghost.

"I thought you weren't going to let me back in the field," Robin said as he walked up and looked over at the warehouse too.

"I figure you brought your friend," Batman informed making Robin tense.

"I don't know…" Robin stopped when he felt Phantom shift the air slightly by him. "How'd you even know?"

"You gave me his first name; it was pretty difficult actually. I'm pretty impressed," Batman said looking at Robin. "It didn't take too much hacking to figure it out though."

"You looked into them, didn't you?" Phantom asked appearing beside Robin making him growl at Batman.

"I recognized the name Fenton," Batman informed. "Using your real name was a pretty good way of getting others from looking too closely. There wasn't anything fishy about it unless you knew that something was up."

"What do you plan on doing now?" Phantom asked wondering if this wasn't a set up.

"Freeze is in that building over there. He has been stealing equipment to change climate weather here in Gotham," Batman informed. "If the information on you is…"

"No, you're not sending him in," Robin growled out grabbing Phantom's arm and pulling him behind him.

"You've been training him in combat," Batman stated looking at him. "I believe you know what he's capable of."

"Not all of my powers I've told him," Phantom said looking down and letting the cold slowly filter though him. "I know what you're getting at."

"Danny…Phantom?" Robin corrected himself. Phantom smiled at him before raising his hand and creating an ice crystal.

"I told you that some ghost held special powers such as fire, lightning, and ice. Kinda radiates from their cores. Mine is ice," Phantom informed as he handed it to Robin. "Sorry I didn't tell you, but they were the one thing I tried to keep as quiet as possible there."

"Freeze's powers won't affect you at all. That temperature wouldn't slow you down at all," Robin said looking at Phantom. "You're not going in alone."

"I wasn't going to let him," Batman said. "We're his backup."

"You realize if they start looking here, we're going to have a problem," Phantom informed shaking slightly. Him being backup was one thing. He wouldn't necessarily have to fight, but actually being on the front lines again was entirely different.

"Damian already decided to protect you. Nothing's going to happen," Batman promised looking into toxic green eyes. He could see the power that was held within the kid. The raw type of power that people could only hope for. Phantom turned to Robin before holding out his hand again.

"Then we should go," Phantom sighed as he vanished with Robin while Batman shot a rope to the warehouse and jumped over.

"You should have just left," Robin whispered as he felt the cold bite into him. He hated working in the cold like this. Phantom seemed completely fine though.

"It's fine. We couldn't keep my secret for long," Phantom whispered back. Robin crossed his arms in both anger and cold. "You said that Freeze can only survive in zero degrees right?"

"Yeah, any warmer than 32 and he loses consciousness," Robin told him wondering where Phantom was going with this.

"How much colder can he handle?" Phantom asked looking at Robin. "Ghost cold is a lot different from this world's."

"Does it come with that creepy feeling that sometimes happens around you?" Robin asked glaring at his friend.

"Yep," Phantom grinned before the door blasted in causing more cold air to sweep by them. Phantom quickly brought up a green shield to protect them both from falling ice.

"I know you're there, Batman. I do believe that the last time we played this game I nearly won," Freeze taunted as he aimed again only to narrow his eyes at the green shield. "Did you call in help? Couldn't handle little old me by yourself anymore?"

"I need you to stay out of here," Phantom whispered looking at Robin. "This type of cold isn't good for you."

"I'm not leaving you here to fight him by yourself," Robin growled. Phantom only smiled.

"Oh, I'm not," a second Phantom appeared behind Robin making the teen jerk and face the other one. "I know. I probably should have said something about all my powers, but honestly did not think this one would work at all anyway."

"You're gonna kill me," Robin muttered under his breath as he took off back the direction they came from.

"It's not so bad," Phantom called back with a light laugh. His double smiled before vanishing too.

He didn't want Robin to worry more than he did, but Phantom couldn't fight with the double.

Hey look, I updated...only because I'm having a shitty day and need to feel better...also had a lot of positive feedback so there was that.

Reviews are greatly appreciated...this hasn't been edited except a quick run through by me. I have self control issues...also slight annoyance for people in general.

So review, and maybe, just maybe I'll post another.

Better news is, this story is completely written and it's my precious. There is no wait time for me to write the next chapter really...although there is a wait time for my beta...oh well, like I said self control issues and a shitty day.