It had been two weeks since Danny and Jazz arrived at the agency and so far everything had been going great. He and Taylor had become really good friends with each other and enjoyed playing DOOM in the recreation rooms. Every two days Danny would ask Brian or Mathew if there were any signs or news about where DALV was keeping his parents, but unfortunately nothing had come up.
Danny continued to train with Pandora and another ghost named Frostbite when he suddenly discovered that he also had ice powers as part of his ghost powers, during his individual training and he had been perfecting his powers at a fast rate.
Today was another day of individual training and Danny was in the middle of a sparring match with both Pandora and Frostbite. He dodged her attack as she tried to hit him with her spear, he then created a sword out of his ectoplasm and both weapons clashed with each other as he went for a strike.
They both pushed each other off using their weapons and then Pandora tried to blast him with an ecto blast, Danny acted quickly and deflected the shot back with a shield forcing the blast to fling back to Pandora and knock her to the floor. Frostbite laughed a little and then jumped right in, he fired a blast of ice straight for Danny but he shielded himself in an ectoplasmic shield that was shaped around him like a dome.
Danny then formed a giant snowball and threw it straight at Frostbite, who then caught the snowball and threw it back at Danny, the snowball hit just at his feet and caused snow to go everywhere. Danny then smirked as he disappeared, Frostbite started looking around for him. He looked left, right, down and above, unfortunately he didn't check behind him.
Danny appeared behind and then fired an ice blast dead on at his back and froze him solid like a statue before he could do anything.
"Well done Danny" Pandora said as she got back up. "An excellent strategy. Now could you please unfreeze Frostbite now?"
Danny nodded with a chuckle and then used his powers to unfreeze Frostbite. He chuckled after being thawed out and then said, "Amazing job young one. You have definitely improved a lot in the past two weeks and at such a fast rate as well"
"Is that a good thing?" Danny asked as he changed back into his human form.
"Of course it is. Some new ghosts take time to perfect their powers, but you as a halfa seem to have almost perfected at controlling your powers in just two weeks. It's amazing if anything" Frostbite answered.
"Well that's enough training for today. You better go do your homework and we'll see you in your next training session" Pandora said as she ruffled his hair.
He chuckled and said, "Yeah. I have to finish this history report if I want to go on the fieldtrip to the Smithsonian in Washington this Thursday"
Meanwhile in Brian's office, Mathew and Jason was in the office talking about Danny going on the field trip. Jason then said, "As much as it might seem unfair, I don't think we should risk letting Danny go on the fieldtrip"
"Jason as you know we'll be on the field trip along with other agents and the teachers, plus no-one is going to think that they're a bunch of super powered teenagers on this trip. Plus we have agents in Washington keeping an eye on everywhere and there has not been a single sign of DALV anywhere" Mathew said.
"Mathew makes a point Jason, I know the risks but Danny also needs to have fun with the rest of his peers like any other teenager" Brian added.
"I just worry about the boy as well as the other children" Jason said. "How many children have signed up for the field trip?"
Brian looked at the list and answered, "13 children including Sam, Jazz, Taylor and Danny"
"Look we'll be fine Jason. We'll just keep on our guard and make sure Danny stays with Jazz, Sam and Taylor within the group at all times" Mathew said.
Jason sighed and said, "Okay"
The next afternoon before lunch, Danny stayed behind in the classroom for a few minutes to speak to Clockwork. He waited till they were alone and then walked up to the time master.
"Danny what can I do for you?" Clockwork asked.
Danny sighed and said, "You said you also knew my parents really well and that you can see into the past, present and future. Is there any chance that maybe you know where…"
"You want to know if there's a possibility I can see where DALV is keeping your parents?" Clockwork finished. "I'm sorry Danny but I can't. Not that I don't want to, if I could I would help you but on the day they were captured Brian had also asked me if I could do that, but DALV is also so advanced in its technologies thanks to the aid of other ghosts that they had found a way to block my sight to see where they are"
"Oh. I see" Danny said as he looked down in disappointment.
Clockwork placed a hand of comfort on his shoulder and said, "I'm sorry. I swear if I could see them, I would tell you where they are"
He then looked at him carefully and said, "I can also sense something else is troubling you young halfa. What's wrong? I'm known to give some great advice"
"Well…It's just…it's just a lot of people I meet knew my parents and me I-I-I barely even know them" Danny stuttered feeling frustrated and hurt at the same time. "I want to find them Clockwork. I want to know them more about them, but I feel like…like I'm not getting anywhere"
"Well you may not see it but you are learning more about them" Clockwork said. Danny looked at him in confusion and then he continued, "During your training with Pandora, she has told you some stuff about your parents and when you arrived Brian told you more about who they are. You are learning about them Danny and I know for a fact that when you do finally meet them, they are gonna be so happy to see you and your sister as well. It's okay that you didn't know anything about them before, but now you do a little"
Danny smiled feeling better and said, "Thanks Clockwork"
He chuckled and ruffled his hair. Danny then left the classroom and just when Clockwork was about to leave a flash happened right before his eyes and he saw a vision of the future. There was happiness between Danny, Jazz and their parents but then there was a noise and suddenly crying could be heard in the background.
"This isn't the future I saw at first. Something bad is going to happen and unfortunately I'm forbidden to tell Daniel about it" Clockwork said solemnly.
That afternoon they were in their training uniform and in the training room for team and individual training. Jason started calling out the teams, "Team Shadow, Team Light, Team Dark, Team Trap, Team Earthquake and Team Phantom, you all have team training today. Report to your supervision agents"
Taylor pumped his fist into the air and said, "Finally! Team Phantom is ready for some team training action"
Jazz giggled and said, "Where do you get your enthusiasm from?"
He shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's just always there"
Mathew smiled and shook his head at them, he then said, "Follow me"
He took them to the elevator and pressed the button to level 6. After five minutes the elevator stopped and the door revealed a large room and said, "Welcome the simulator. This room provides very real simulations of any situation that you will face when you go on missions. Today I just want to see how well you guys can work together"
He then commanded, "Simulator ON. Open file 1624XM"
The room went dark and there was green lights scanning the room and before they knew it, they were now in some sort of jungle terrain, surrounded by thousands of trees and everything looked really natural.
"This is your task, down north of this jungle area is an item that is of unknown origin that had been found by the locals in an ancient temple. You are to face the obstacles along the way, find the temple, collect the object and bring it back here. You have until the end of the training session to complete this mission" Mathew explained. "On my mark….BEGIN!"
