I'm Bent, But I'll Never Be Broken
Chapter Two
Mr. Baldy Comes to Visit
I couldn't be arsed to check the time, so, sorry if this isn't up on time.
The people of the USA (The United States of Albakurky) sent a hurricane our way (it's the worst storm we've had in fifty years) and there's no internet and the power is out half the time. So, I'm gonna blame the Yanks and be done with it ;), anyhoo…
Woohoo! I got great (way more than I expected, which was everyone hating this) feedback from the last chapter and I find it really helpful when ye give me tips on writing (I've only been writing for a few months) so please, keep it up!
And I'll continue until ye get sick of this and everybody forgets about lil' ol' me
Skip the following if you want to!
Note on The Homosexuality in This Story:
For all of those who either frown upon homosexuality or downright think it's a sin, I appreciate your opinion. I'm not here to start a fight, so I won't write a rant about how your wrong and how my opinion is the only opinion. Because, quite frankly, that's not true. Now, ye might've said that because of your religion or if that is your general opinion on homosexuality.
Either way I'm not hating on ye, but if you could keep those reviews to a minimum, I'd really appreciate it. This is just because I want the reviews on this story to be a Neutral Zone - I will be calling it this, so get used to it! :) -, where no fights or wars can start. This is very, very ambitious, I know -this is the internet. But, let's give it a shot! ;)
Word Count: 2,888
Last Updated: 13/11/17
'Thoughts', "Comm Links/Telepathy" and (authors note)
Onto the story!
His mouth was open in a silent scream, electricity and pure ectoplasm being blasted into his body into his body. His ghost half and human half wavering and faltering, fighting for dominance. He could feel tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.
Danny's face was scrunched up from pain and his body was convulsing. Oh God, it hurt! There wasn't a word to properly describe this pain.
He didn't know how long he was left there, writhing in agony. Hours? Days? Weeks? He wasn't sure anymore, but it felt like years to him.
When he woke up, he didn't open his eyes. He didn't want to. Danny just wanted to lye (This what autocorrect gave me) there and wait for everything to stop hurting.
But of course, Sod's Law (yes, it is a thing. It's Murphy's law, but for the Brits) was never kind to him.
A sharp kick to the ribs forced him to open his eyes and gasp in pain.
"Yeah, that got you up. You useless, lazy, disgusting freak" it was Agent K, but, someone else was with him.
Danny fell forward, one hand holding him up, and coughed. A few red-ish green blobs fell to the ground. The halfa glared up at Agent K and the newcomer. He was bald, tall and probably somewhere in his forties, he wore a very expensive looking dark blue suit. He stared at Danny with a calculating gaze, ignoring the glare.
'Weren't you ever taught that It's rude to stare?', Danny would've liked to say. But because of the stupid collar, he could only glare harder.
He was not an animal to be gawked at.
Mr. Baldy (What? Being tortured for who knows long kinda sucks up all of your creative juices!) raised an eyebrow at him before turning to Agent K.
"Is there a place where I can see the extent of its powers?", he asked.
Danny's eyes flared brighter at the word 'it', he was not an 'it'. He had emotions, feelings. He could love, hate, feel sorrow. How dare he? If only he could use his powers, he would kil- Calm, deep breathes. In and out, in and out. All human life is meaningful. Do not become like them.
Agent K hesitated before answering.
"Yes, but we use it for the weaker ghosts"
"I'm sure it will be fine"
Agent K nodded before holding the cell door open for Mr. Baldy
Agent H walked in and secured Danny's hands tightly behind his back before pushing him through areas he'd never been before. At least, he thought he'd never been before. After a while hallways tend to blend together. Can you really blame him? Everything was so white.
They finally stopped in front of a door with a label on it, 'Abilities Testing' it read. Agent K clipped off his I.D badge and pressed it to a scanner. When a little ping sounded he clipped back on the I.D card and pulled the door open, holding it for Mr. Baldy, Agent H and Danny.
They were in a sectioned off area, a small glass -reinforced with blood blossoms of course, he could see the dim red glow surrounding it- tunnel-like room was in front of him. There was a door leading to it and another door that lead to a giant room.
The room was square and very, very large. The roof was at least 30 metres or taller from the cold metal floor to the slightly dome shaped roof and it seemed to be a mile wide. Spread around were obstacles ranging from hoops to rock walls to long jumps, to name only a few.
To his left was a door which he guessed lead to an observation room, Agent K opened the door with his I.D and stepped inside after Mr. Baldy.
Agent E was in there to greet him and she did so with a stiff handshake and a cold look.
"Mr. Luthor, so nice to meet your acquaintance"
He leaned forward, took her hand and gently kissed it.
"Call me Lex, and it is rather nice to meet you too", Lex flashed her a grin.
"Of course, Mr. Luther. Shall we get on to observation now?" she raised a hand to the one-way mirror and turned to face it.
"We shall", he turned as well when he saw that he wasn't getting any more of a reaction from her.
The room was meant to be soundproof but of course, Danny could hear everything. Mr. -call me Lex- Luther, the crazy, psychopathic businessman, was hitting on Agent E. She may have been his warden, but it was so wrong.
Danny was hit in the back with the butt of a gun by Agent H. They walked in to the glass tunnel and Agent H cautiously fiddled with some knobs and buttons on the collar around Danny's neck -if Danny had done this, he would've been shocked- and unlocked his handcuffs. The half ghost hybrid immediately felt power surge through his veins and his core pulsed. Agent H scampered out the door behind them. Danny floated a few inches off the ground, relishing in the familiar feeling of his wounds healing and his ice core coming to life. Agent K sounding on the intercom interrupted the serine atmosphere.
'Phantom, step through the door'
He sighed and walked up to the door, it opened automatically and he stepped inside.
'You have ten minutes to complete all the obstacles using any powers, the time will decrease by a minute each time you complete and the difficulty will rise each time you complete. Failure to obey these rules will result in punishment, you may begin'
Danny paused for a moment, why should he be their lab rat? But the chance of being able to use his powers after so long made him play along, for now.
He zoomed through hoops, dodged obstacles and lasers and blasted targets with perfect accuracy. He finished at 07:05, so three minutes to less than the limit
He went through it again, no invisibility or intangibility this time, He finished at 05:20.
The half ghost hybrid went through it again, no invisibility, intangibility or ice, he was cutting it close this time. 06:45 that time.
Again, he went through it, Danny was twenty seconds over the time limit that time. The collar shot electricity into Danny, bringing him to his knees.
'Every time you fail to complete or break one of the rules, the punishment will increase in severity'
This continued for a while, Danny going through the course, getting shocked for not meeting any stupid rules -they made a few up as he continued to complete the tasks they set out for him to do- and beating any dumb things they told him to do.
'Fly around the hoops thirty times'
'Transform and complete the course'
'Short-circuit the blasters, in human form'
'Complete the course backwards, using only flight and ectoplasmic rays'
He wouldn't be surprisedif they told him to carry an elephant through, while doing a jig, while juggling chainsaws on a unicycle, all while balancing on a tightrope.
This continued for hours more, Danny could barely stand. His breathing was jagged and his arms and legs were trembling. He knew what they were doing, they were trying to make him more compliant, trying to put him in his place. They were seeing how well he controlled his powers and then they were going to sell him to Mr. Baldy.
Danny glared maliciously at the one-way mirror, they didn't own him.
'Alright, Phantom. You're done for the day.'
Agent K opened the door to the observation room and held it open for Agent E and Mr. Baldy to step out.
"He is rather remarkable" Lex began, "Would it be possible for me to speak to him?"
"That monster in there is not remarkable", Agent K butted in "it's a freak of nature"
"Agent K, how many times do I have to tell you to hold your tongue?", she hissed "Go and patrol Sector 9 with Agent M"
He saluted before stalking offout of the room.
"Yes, it would be possible, Mr. Luther"
"Agent H, Mr. Luther would like to speak to Phantom. Switch the collar back on and turn off the voice canceller."
"Why would he need a voice canceller?" The businessman inquired.
"He has an extremely powerful attack, he uses sound waves to blast down anything" she explained "It sounds like a thousand souls writhing in agony"
"How intriguing, what powers does he have?" Lex pressed further
She pulled out a folder from the inside of her jacket.
"Everything about him is in this file"
Lex opened it, curiosity obvious on his face, and read
TOP SECRET!
UNDER NO CERCUMSTANCES IS THIS TO BE REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC
Information on subject is valid while in his 'Human Form'
Date Updated: 31/3/2017
Name: Fenton, Daniel
Current Age: 15
Date of Birth: 13/1/2002
Gender: Male
Species: Half Ghost-Half Human, 'Halfa'
Known Occupation(s)
High school student (formerly)
Protector of Amity Park (formerly)
Known Residence(s)
Amity Park
Known Associates:
Samantha "Sam" Manson
Tucker Foley
Valerie Gray
Known Enemies
Box Ghost
Dark Danny
Desiree
Ember McLain
Freakshow
Fright Knight
Hotep
RA
Lydia
Nicolai Technus
Nocturn
Pariah Dark
Penelope Spectra
Skulker
Undergrowth
Vlad Plasmius
Vortex
Walker
Youngblood
Known Love Interests:
Samantha "Sam" Manson (former girlfriend)
Paulina Sanchez (formerly)
Valerie Gray (formerly)
Known Relatives:
Parents:
Jack James Fenton (Father, living)
Madeline 'Maddie' Walker-Fenton (Mother, living)
Siblings:
Jasmine 'Jazz' Fenton(sister, unknown)
Danielle 'Dani' Fenton (clone/"cousin", unknown)
Grandparents:
Andromeda "Annie" Lynn Fenton (Grandmother, deceased)
James "Jay" Peter Fenton (Grandfather, deceased)
Kaitlyn "Kate" Elen Scott-Walker (Grandmother, living)
Michael "Mikie" Gordon Walker (Grandfather, deceased)
Other:
Alicia "Ally" Walker (Aunt, unknown)
Note #1: Neither of his parents are ghosts, as he received his abilities from a lab accident. Explanation below the rest of the information.
Abilities: flight, intangibility, invisibility, heightened senses -sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch-, healing factor, heightened abilities -agility, stamina and speed-, minor ice abilities -sensing when another ghost or spirit is near and low-powered ice blasts- and ecto abilities -low-powered ecto-blasts and the manipulation of ectoplasm-
Weaknesses: Blood Blossoms, electricity, his high metabolism and ecto-ranium.
Note #2: Neither Blood Blossoms or Ecto-ranium are as affective in this form, but they still severely weaken him.
Note #3: He received his abilities after thousands of volts of electricity and pure ectoplasm were shot into his body, promptly both killing and reviving him.
Information on subject is valid while in his 'Ghost Form'
Date Updated: 30/3/2017
Name: Phantom, Daniel
Current Age: 15
Date of Birth: 27/4/2014
Gender: Male
Species: Halfa, Half Ghost-Half Human hybrid.
Known Occupation(s)
High school student (formerly)
Protector of Amity Park (formerly)
Known Residence(s)
Amity Park (formerly)
Known Associate(s):
Samantha "Sam" Manson (former girlfriend, deceased)
Tucker Foley (friend, deceased)
Valerie Gray (friend, deceased)
Known Enemy/ies
Box Ghost
Dark Danny
Desiree
Ember McLain
Freakshow
Fright Knight
Hotep
RA
Lydia
Nicolai Technus
Nocturn
Pariah Dark
Penelope Spectra
Skulker
Undergrowth
Vlad Plasmius
Vortex
Walker
Youngblood
Known Love Interest(s):
Samantha "Sam" Manson (former girlfriend)
Paulina Sanchez (formerly)
Valerie Gray (formerly)
Known Relative(s):
Parent(s):
Jack James Fenton (Father, living)
Madeline 'Maddie' Walker-Fenton (Mother, living)
Sibling(s):
Jasmine 'Jazz' Fenton(sister, unknown)
Danielle 'Dani' Fenton (clone/"cousin", unknown)
Grandparent(s):
Andromeda "Annie" Lynn Fenton (Grandmother, deceased)
James "Jay" Peter Fenton (Grandfather, deceased)
Kaitlyn "Kate" Elen Scott-Walker (Grandmother, living)
Michael "Mikie" Gordon Walker (Grandfather, deceased)
Other:
Alicia "Ally" Walker (Aunt, unknown)
Note: Neither of his parents are ghosts, he received his abilities from a lab accident. Will explanation below.
Ability/ies: flight, intangibility, invisibility, heightened senses -sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch-, healing factor, heightened abilities -agility, stamina and speed-, major ice abilities -sensing when a ghost is near, ice manipulation and high-powered ice blasts- and ecto abilities -high-powered ecto-blasts, telepathy -growing stronger-, telekinesis -growing stronger- and the manipulation of ectoplasm-.
Weaknesses: Blood Blossoms, electricity, his high metabolism and ecto-ranium.
Note: He received his abilities after thousands of volts of electricity and pure ectoplasm were shot into his body, promptly both killing and reviving him.
"That was extremely detailed, how did you find out so much information on him?"
She paused for a moment
"We tested different plants and substances we found in the Ghost Zone. And we'ev been watching him from afar for years", she answered "Now, if you'll follow me."
Danny stepped up to the automatic doors and walked inside the glass tunnel once they opened. Agent H swiped his I.D over the scanner and stepped inside when the door opened. The older male walked cautiously over to Danny, pointing his gun at the halfa's chest. Agent H handcuffed Danny's hands together and fiddled with the collar around his neck. The younger male could feel his power's being subdued and the power flow stop. The needles in his neck retracted and Danny felt his voice coming back to him.
Agent H pushed him out of the glass tunnel and over to Mr. Baldy and Agent E.
"Ah, so this is the great Danny Phantom", Lex greeted, "Now, shall we?"
Agent E led the way down the winding, pure white hallways. Danny wondered how she could remember the path, if it were him, he'd get lost reading a map.
After a few twists and turns they stopped at a pair of doors, one read 'Interrogation' and the other read 'Observation'. Agent E swiped her I.D card through the slot and opened the door to the room labelled 'Interrogation'.
Inside was the stereotypical interrogation set up, grey everything, two chairs that were designed to be uncomfortable were bolted to the ground with a metal table in between -also bolted to the ground.
Beside the chairs was a one-way mirror. At least that's what Danny guessed it to be, as there was a door labelled 'Observation' right beside the interrogation room.
Agent H shoved Danny onto one of the metal chairs and snapped chains around his legs and handcuffed his hands to the table. Mr. Baldy sat down in the chair in front of him, neatly folding his hands in front of him.
"So, Danny. Tell me about yourself"
"You first, Mr. -call me 'Lex'- Luther", he replied, his voice rough from not being used in only God knows how long.
"Ah, so the report did not underestimate your hearing", he began "As you already know I am Lex Luther, self-made, genius, billionaire, businessman- "
"Don't forget to add 'narcissistic fruitloop'", Danny quipped.
Lex chuckled.
"It's not often that you get someone so witty at your age"
"It's part of my charm, as well as my charisma and good looks"
Lex chuckled again.
"Based on your IQ of 186, I can guess that you've already figured out why I'm here"
"You're looking to buy me off of these idiots, either to find out how my powers work or to use me as a body guard"
Lex raised an eyebrow.
"I'm impressed" he praised,
"Can I at least ask how much I'm being sold for?" Danny inquired.
Mr. Baldy tapped the side of his nose
"Wouldn't you like to know"
Danny just rolled his eyes and muttered to himself
"Annoying fruitloops, they always have to be so difficult"
(A/N: I was going to let Danny escape, but I've decided to let him stew in imprisonment. Mwuchachacha!
Danny is gonna have some serious problems with authority after all this, being sold and forced to follow orders, that gotta suck.
I hope that you've enjoyed this, whatever it was. 'Til next time!)