Ah yes, another new chapter. hope you all enjoy it.
After a while of roaming Amity Park, the Titans had stopped at the Nasty Burger to gt themselves something to eat; Cyborg was also on his way to meet up with them and discuss any information he had found while at the hotel. The Nasty Burger was just a simple fast food joint, where most teenagers enjoyed to hang out. Beast Boy at first was afraid they wouldn't have anything for vegetarians, but he was happy they had a few selections for them. It had taken a while for Cyborg to find the place, but he found where his team was sitting and joined them. Robin had to admit, he was very curious as to what the other had found out.
"So, Cy, what in all did you find?" He asked, eyes narrowed in thought.
"There was quite a lot to taken in man," Cyborg pulled out some papers he had printed out. They were mostly news clippings, some good, some bad. "Phantom has been around for about three years, for while when he first appeared...he was deemed Public Enemy No. 1."
The other Titans looked on the older clips with interest. Most of the clippings were blaming Phantom for the many ghost attacks against the town and even the local high school, even Ghost Kid Attacks Mayor was quite particular. Robin looked at the most recent ones before he looked back up at Cyborg. "So...it looks more like he's more of a hero now. All these ghosts attacks...he's been getting rid of them..."
"Then Phantom is friend?" Starfire hoped, excited at the thought of a possible friend.
Beast Boy picked up one of the articles. "The dude seems so cool! When he was wailing on that metal ghost earlier!"
Robin nodded. "So...anything on ghosts? Or anything else?"
Cyborg nodded, resting his elbows on the table. "The ghosts didn't start appearing until Phantom did, that's why most of the town blames him...but they happen quite a lot. There's some local ghost hunters, called the Fentons. Just a family of four."
The leader nodded once more, thinking about the information. He talked about it more with Cyborg, while Star and Beast Boy were still looking at the articles. Raven, she kept quiet the entire time, listening to what Cyborg had learned while at the hotel. She also looked over the clippings, examining one of them. Phantom was surely a teenager and she felt a little bad that he had died young, or so she thought. While she could sense the spiritual energy...she felt something alive within him. Raven thought it was just because he seemed Earthbound.
Yet, it still made her wonder about the boy. She looked back over at her team, seeing that Robin had since moved from the topic and back onto the real reason why they came to Amity in the first place. Slade. A small sigh left Raven's lips as she let them discuss their plans.
Danny, Sam, and Tucker entered the Nasty Burger, the halfa almost stopping at the sight of the Teen Titans. His friends saw them and looked back at Danny, Sam speaking up first. "Whoa, you weren't kidding."
"I told you," Danny shook his head before heading up to order something.
"I really wonder why they're here..." Tucker muttered, joining his friend's side.
The half-ghost shrugged and ordered his meal, turning to take a seat only to feel the familiar blue stream exit his mouth. ...You would think after years...they'd stop... He mentally groaned. His eyes darted around as he looked for where any sign of a ghost would be, but there was only a few that would come around the Nasty Burger. He most likely figured it would be the Lunch Lady, which was certainly confirmed when he saw the meat start to float to the confusion of everyone in the restaurant. ...You would think they'd be used to this too... Danny sighed before running to the closest bathroom.
The Titans all watched in confusion as the meat all started to collect and create a giant being made of the meat. The screams of the people around them were loud as they ran out of the fast-food restaurant to avoid dealing with such a monster. Robin frowned, standing from his seat. "Titans, go!"
Danny, now Phantom, came phasing out of the bathroom and stopped in the air, blinking as he watched the Titans fight the Lunch Lady. Well, he wasn't quite surprised that they had gotten up to fight the ghost, but their moves were slightly ineffective as due to all the meat in the joint able to repair any damages. Better help them out.. Danny frowned as he went charging for the Lunch Lady. "Hey, old lady, monstrous meats are not on today's menu!"
The ghost and the Titans stopped to watch Phantom fire at the Lunch Lady and phase her out of the building so he wasn't limited to space. The Titans followed Danny and the ghost out to see their own little battle going on. Once again they were amazed by how Phantom fought with the ghost one-on-one and quickly gain the upper-hand. In a way, they still didn't understand how the other used a thermos to suck the ghost inside such a small container, it kinda seemed like some Ghostbuster thing or such. Robin ran over to Phantom. "Hey!"
Danny placed the Fenton Thermos at his side, blinking when he heard someone shout up at him. He looked down, noticing that it was the Boy Wonder and landed in front of him. The other didn't seem to have ill intentions towards him. It gave Danny a little hope that they had some kind of faith in him, "Uh hi?"
"How often do attacks like that happen?" Robin asked, his eyes on Danny from behind the mask.
"Uh...quite often..." Danny chuckled, noticing the other Titan's walked up to their leader. "Oh, hey...I've been wondering...why are the famous Teen Titan's in such a town such as Amity?"
"Well..." Robin trailed off.
"C'mon Rob, maybe he can help us." Cyborg spoke up. He smiled over at Phantom. "We've been trying to locate a villain and our search led us here."
The Boy Wonder frowned, a little upset that his friend spoke of it so easily, but he figured that Cyborg had a point. He simply wasn't good at trusting people right away, but the other did seem to be good. Perhaps Phantom could help them. Robin looked back at the ghost kid. "His name is Slade, he caused a bunch of problems back in Jump City and we tracked a signal he was using to this town..."
Phantom nodded. "I see...I haven't seen any disturbances...other than ghosts around here so..." He paused and gave them a smile. "I'll be sure to keep an eye out though."
"Thanks," Robin smiled. It felt good to be able to trust someone, even if their team had problems with trust in the past. He then pulled out an communicator. "Here, in case you ever need to contact us and if you hear or see anything."
"Of course"
Raven watched the other take the communicator and the rest of the team talk with Danny more. She felt it again, the living spirit come from the supposed ghost boy. It confused her since ghosts were spirits of the dead, and this boy felt of both living and dead. It didn't make any sense to her. There was no logic about it, or at least Raven couldn't think of any logical reason for this. Robin was starting to leave with the others and Danny began to float away in the air. Frowning, Raven walked up to Robin. "I have to go check out something..."
He gave her a questioning look. "Uh...what's up?"
"There's just a bookstore near that I want to go to. I'll meet you back at the hotel." She usually didn't lie, but she had her own investigation to do.
With a nod from Robin, Raven took off. Normally, these types of things would be trivial and she wouldn't have bothered with it. However, with her interests in spirits and the knowledge she already had about them, this was something she had never came across in her books. She could see Danny within distance now. She reached out, using her magic, and catching him in it much to his surprised. "I have some questions for you..."
Danny wasn't expected to be grabbed in the air, especially grabbed by Raven's magic. He gave a little nervous laugh. "Oh, hi Raven...is there something you need?"
"Yes," She replied, letting the other go. "My apologizes, but I had to get your attention."
"Well...you got it. So what can I do for one of the Titans?" He rubbed the back of his neck and tilted his head.
Raven went silent for a moment before removing her hood. "I have a few questions...about you. I sense you are a ghost, but there is something else I sense that I can't seem to grasp...It's living..."
Phantom's eyes went wide, a bit surprised by what she said. He took the chance to look at Raven, able to notice more of her now that her hood was down. Purple eyes, with short hair to match. It went well with her pale grey skin. Danny smiled just a bit. "It's sort of difficult...and, I don't think we should speak about it up here."
She watched as he floated down, landing on the top of the nearest building. Raven joined him, hoping now she could get some answers.
"I suppose there would be no use averting this..." Which there wasn't, though, he was a bit reluctant giving away this information. Danny kept his smile. "I'm half ghost, half human."
Raven tilted her head, brows furrowed in confusion. "How can that be? None of my books have ever spoken of such a thing."
Danny glanced around before letting a bright blue ring appear around his waist. The dark titan wasn't expecting this, seeing a boy with raven black hair in a white and red shirt and jeans in place of white and black jumpsuit. She remained calm, of course, as she walked up to him as he spoke up again. "I'm the son of two ghost hunters, they made a ghost portal and it didn't work at first."
"At first?"
"It was switched on. The button was on the inside and I pressed it."
There was no extra explanation needed. Raven figured that the ectoplasm somehow meld with his DNA during that accident. "Surely that should have killed you."
"Well...It obviously did, kind of." He returned back to his ghost form. "Ah...you're not going to tell the other Titans...are you...?"
Raven supposed she should, but the other seemed like he wanted to keep this secret. A tiny smile tugged at the corners of her lips. "If you wish to keep your secret...then I won't tell them. Though, knowing Robin, he may be able to find out on his own."
Danny blinked and smiled. "That's fine. Well, I have friends to meet up with. Thanks, Raven."
She watched as he flew off once again. She returned to the air as well, heading out to find her friends too.
Danny flew back home after he told his friends he would meet them there. Was telling one of the Teen Titans a good thing? He wasn't quite sure,but he had a sinking feeling that the pretty- pretty? Where did that thought come from? Did he think Raven was pretty...? Well, she was. He actually liked how her purple hair and pale complexion went hand in hand. He sighed, shaking his head, he ignored the thoughts for now. He smiled as his friends came in.
That was the best I can do, I'm so sorry for making you all wait this long for the chapter I've just been so busy with college. Hope you enjoy? I'm going to try not to rush into this. And the actual plot will get moving next chapter hopefully.
