Disclaimer: "Have you heard", "No what have I not heard?", "You know Some Weird Chick", "Sort of, but she's kind of weird", "...okay. Anyway, she doesn't own Danny Phantom!" "WHAT! Really?! No, shut up girl, you lying!'
"I'm Phantom, and who are you?"
Danny blinked for moment before responding with a smile. "Danny, Fenton. Sorry, it's nice to meet you, Phantom."
Danny was a little upset to not know his full name, surely someone wouldn't name their kid Phantom, would they?
"Likewise, Danny." Phantom responded.
Knowing the kids name gave him more reason not to say his real name, they had the same name for crying out loud!
They ate in silence, the food Danny had in front of him wouldn't be something he would normally choose, however it was actually quite good, humming with each mouthful.
Phantom could only stare at Danny, he was doing it on purpose right? There was no way someone so innocent was making those noises and not be a tease.
Danny craned his neck past Phantom's head to see some guards by Dash, finally moving him away and slowly making their way to the elevator.
"Hey."
'Uh no.' Phantom thought. 'Conversation.'
Truth be told, Phantom has been on the run for quite some time. His social skills are basically down the toilet and holding a conversation is always a challenge.
"Why didn't they stop you from hitting Dash?"
Oh, not a conversation. Just curiosity and a good question.
"I really don't know..."
"Sir are you sure this is a good idea."
Lilly-bell just watched has her ward was picked up by some blond, by a video feed and was in great distress, finding relief that his maybe soulmate, looked ready to jump in.
"Of course this is, look"
As Vlad said this, Phantom practically flew to Danny to stop the incoming fist.
Lilly sighed in relief but Zachy didn't look convinced.
"Sir, I'm still not a hundred percent sure on this, Phantom is my case and I have rights to say my opinion on this."
"Yes, that's correct." Vlad said. "To a normal staff member, however I'm your boss and can find about ten other people who are more than qualified to do your job and would align with MY opinion, yet here you are."
Zachy kept his mouth shut after that, the threat was loud and clear.
Truthfully, his opinion of this place has changed horribly on the matter since the news of his little girl.
Elizabeth had found her mate, at first Zachy was thrilled. So thrilled soon after his daughter was accepted, he got a job here, so he could still be close to his baby girl.
One of the training techniques for the newbies is to watch the children; look for anything that would seem unusual in the routine.
The group of teens he was watching had Lizzy in it; what Zach saw made his heart jump and throb.
His bright eyed, happy little baby, the one he held and promised to protect with all his heart, looked like death.
Her long blonde Rapunzel hair looked pale in comparison to the hair he saw not even 8 months ago.
Her bright eyes looked murky; ready to burst into tears. Even her mate couldn't bring her old self back, even for a minute.
When he reported something was wrong, he was moved to another group.
From there he saw other kids, looking no better than his little Lizzy.
Then he found out she escaped after they tried to sedate her, only for her to grab the tranquilizer and stab the nurse, grabbing the elevator key and making an escape.
They tried to sedate her in the elevator, but she was high on adrenaline and the need to escape, she could take down a lion at that point. Easily keeping a trained man off her a few minutes to reach ground floor.
The thing is, when a kid reaches ground floor, it's too late for the child, this company needs to keeps its secrets and a good way for doing that, is keeping people quiet, for good.
They shot her, she was dead before she hit the ground.
At first he thought what they did made people happy, they were giving Perfect Children to perfect families so they could live a perfect life.
When you finally wake up, you see the damage you inflict on people.
He saw files of Children being abused and murdered. He saw it in both S.M.F. and the Perfect Children themselves.
When he took a step back from the false dream, he saw only nightmares, people praising work that should only be done by fate or God, if there was one, he had little reason to believe in God, no God would let this happen. He believed the world to be ruled only by evil since his little girl died. No, was murdered.
Zach watched as humanity turned something so precious, special, magical and turned it into a money maker.
Zach knew he couldn't do anything, not alone, Zach knew he couldn't reverse was has been done, but that doesn't mean he couldn't help.
After a few minutes of silence from both Fenton and Phantom, Zachy and Lilly came down to move the boys yet again.
"Hello boys, Phantom, I'm Lilly, I've been looking after Danny. Danny, this is Zach, who's been looking after Phantom."
Danny nodded his head but was still confused. Even Lilly called Phantom, 'Phantom'. Was that really his name?
"Nice to meet you." Phantom said sarcastically. Looking at the two suspiciously. "So, what's up? You couldn't have just wanted to come down here for a meet-and-greet..." Phantom trailed off, hoping that someone will fill them in.
"Oh, we're here to take you to a different part of the facility, stage 3 if you will."
Danny gave Lilly a weird look. "Uh, what? I've been moved so many times it's not even funny."
Lilly laughed. "Don't worry, it's nothing bad, and I promise, this one will be the last change for a while."
Slowly Danny and Phantom got up from their table and walked behind Lilly and Zachy. Phantom noted the silence with the rest of the crowd, and Zachy, who hasn't said anything this whole time. It was weird, considering he usually couldn't shut up.
They were back in the elevator, again with more keys being used to progress in the elevator, something Danny took note of.
Phantom spoke up. "This sure is a lot of moving, what the hell is up with this?
Lilly smiled and explained. "Well with Danny, the new C.E.O is friends, or at least, knew his parents and he wanted Danny done ASAP so if we couldn't find his soulmate, he would be back with his parents."
They were back in a setting similar to what Danny saw when he was walking through the staff corridor, a row of doors on both sides of hall. Just more space apart.
As they were walking down the hall, they went passed a door that had some pretty interesting sounds coming from it.
Danny and Phantom both stopped but for two different reasons.
Danny because he was mortified by the noise coming from the room and blushed at the images that his mind came up with the noises.
Phantom because he finally realized what they were doing here. At first he thought this was about beating up Dash, now he knew the real reason.
He looked to Danny and totally did not stare at the blush on his face. Then to Zachy who turned his head away from Phantoms gaze.
Phantoms breath hitched and started to back away from the group.
"No, no no no no!"
Danny held his hand out, trying to ask what was wrong, when Phantom slapped it away.
"Stay away from me! This can't be happening, no! I-I don't want you, I don't want this! Let me out!"
Phantom made a break for it. Only for the elevator doors to open and two guards walked up and grabbed him by the arms. Phantom struggled in their grasp and by struggling, kicking his feet in the air, trying to kick at the guards.
"He-He can't be! This isn't fair to any of us! No! You can't make me!" Phantom shouted.
Danny was so confused. It just wasn't clicking. His friends did say he was always clueless, but it wasn't until now he realized just how clueless he was.
When Danny figured it out, it hit him worse then when his sister accidentally hit him with a two by four. His reaction was no better.
"Wait! That isn't possible! I mean, didn't you say it would take a while?" Danny looked to Lilly.
She looked at Danny with slight worry only to hide it and grin. "We did just hire a new techy, maybe he upgraded some of the software, or something."
Danny didn't believe it. "Some new guy messed with technology that makes the government insane amount of money?"
Lilly laughed nervously. "Well...truth be told, it was a shock to all of us, but you and Phantom proved it when he went saved you."
Danny just stared at her, pale and becoming more pale by the second.
Zachy finally spoke. "Hey, don't worry, I'm sure you two will be fine." He put his usual smile, but even a blind man could see that it was fake.
Danny just nodded his head. Knowing if he fought this, he would be in the same position has Phantom, who stopped fighting and was just hanging in two security guys arms, pouting. If Danny wasn't so terrified, he would have laughed at the face.
They continued on their way and stopped at a door. Lilly unlocked the door, and invited Danny in first.
It was about 10 times better than any room Danny has been in, including his own. It was more like an apartment.
They were currently in a living room, with a couch and T.V. there was a coffee table and two laptops on the table.
Danny could also see a kitchen, a bathroom, and a master bedroom (Danny made a note to check for another bedroom or at least two beds, not likely, but still). There was also, yet another elevator in the room.
The two security guards placed Phantom on the couch.
Lilly smiled. "The elevator leads you to a social area for other couples. The laptops are monitored and censored, so don't even try." She sent a glare in Phantoms direction.
Zach continued. "But other then that, have fun!"
He motioned for the guards to get out and grabbed Lilly-bells' hand. Making his way out, Zachy quickly muttered under his breath so no one could hear him.
"And good luck, you'll need it."
busybee (Guest): Wow! Thank you so much, I love that you like this story! So do I! I couldn't give you a new chapter, however if you re-read the chapters, you'll find they are different.
Revised: 05/04/18