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-0-0-0-The Negative Zone-0-0-0-
Tony half-shoved a reluctant Danny through the swirling blue portal.
Wow... its like I'm going through the ghost portal! Danny thought. To him, it felt exactly the same. If he didn't know any better, he'd think that he WAS entering the Ghost Zone!
In a few seconds, Tony and Danny emerged from the portal where they saw an Ultrons standing still. Danny could feel chills running down his back as he stared into the robot's empty "eye sockets." It was made of shiny silver metal and a red weird mouth made of an uncommon source of energy he didn't know how to describe. But, all in all, the robot gave off a very creepy vibe.
"Phantom, this is Ultron. Ultron, this is Phantom." Tony said, motioning from Ultron to Danny.
"Greetings Danny Phantom." Ultron answered in a deep voice.
"What about all the other robots running around in here?" Danny asked. He realized there were tens, maybe hundreds, of Ultrons in the room already. They was literally one next to every prison cell on each floor of the prison. He could see that there were 5-10 floors spiraling up.
He still didn't know where the f*ck the prison was, except that it's in 'The Negative Zone,' wherever the hell that was.
Tony sighed. "What about them?"
"Well... what do they do?"
"Seriously? More questions? Ugh. Just ask Hank-" he paused and glanced at Ultron. "Speaking of Hank, could you take us to him?"
Ultron nodded and led them up a flight of stairs. At the top of the staircase (on the second floor,) Hank, Janet, Steve, and Thor were waiting by a swirly energy shield which Danny guessed was the cell. Janet was leaning against the wall and Thor just looked impatient.
"Thor? How'd you get here so fast?" Tony asked. He clearly remembered Thor coming out of the portal behind them.
"Doesn't matter! Now, I think we should explain the system of The Negative Zone to Danny." Hank interrupted, shooting a genuine smile at Danny, who just scoffed.
"How about we tell him the basics then let him ask questions he wants to know? I mean, no point in telling him stuff no one really cares about." Janet suggested.
Tony shrugged. "Sounds good. Hank can do the honors of the 'great and powerful' speech."
Hank bent down to Danny's eye level and started softly, "We're in the Negative Zone, as we've mentioned a million times now."
"I'm not a little kid! Cut to the chase." Danny growled with an eye roll.
Hank ignored him and continued. "The Negative Zone is a section of our galaxy made of hundreds of miles of pure nothingness."
He must have noticed the way Danny's eyes lit up at the word galaxy, because Hank then offered, "I could take you around in our space shuttle sometime maybe."
Steve frowned in disapproval. Hank was treating Phantom like he would treat any normal child. Even though Steve was all about justice and stuff, criminals should be treated like criminals no matter the shape, size, gender, or age.
Danny grinned. "Awesome!"
Tony decided to interject in the conversation. "Anyway, Ultrons will come to your cell once a week for therapy. Each week, a different member of the team will accompany the Ultron until the robot can do it itself."
Danny sighed. "And how many weeks of therapy will I have to do?"
Janet chuckled. "As many til we decide you're ready to handle the big bad world. But we might as well tell you now- no criminal has ever left this prison. Whether trying to escape or just trying- and failing-therapy sessions."
"Well thanks for the motivation," He said sarcastically.
She shrugged with a goofy grin plastered on her face. "Just here to help."
"Enough conversing." Thor pressed a button on the left of the cell. The energy-shield-door-thing slid up and Thor pushed Danny in with the top of his hammer.
"Byeeeee!" Wasp chirped with a wave as the door shut.
"Wait! What about my handcuffs?" Danny called.
"Kids these days are so picky..." Tony grumbled. He grabbed an Ultron by the arm and shoved it into Danny's cell that Hank had just opened.
Danny eyes widened as he took a step back from the robot. Its eyes glowed, preparing a laser.
Danny thought for sure it was gonna roast him, but instead the laser neatly sliced the chains connecting the cuffs in half.
Danny rubbed his wrists and mumbled, "Thanks."
Ultron silently walked out of the cell and Tony pressed the button to close the door. "Your first session is next week, Spooky! Good luck."
The Avengers then trekked out of the prison. Danny watched as they entered the portal one by one, then nearly half the robots followed.
The remaining Ultrons shut off the lights and stood quietly watching in a circle around the portal.
Danny sighed and laid down on his bed. The bed was hard, not fluffy and bouncy like beds should be. Danny was close to falling asleep when a deep voice snapped him awake.
"Ghostboy," it rumbled.
Danny's eyes darted around the room. "Who said that?"
"I am Kang the Conqueror. I come from the future." Kang replied. "But at the moment I am being held captive by these fools. I'm in the cell to the right of yours."
Danny blinked in confusion. "From the future? Are you... a time traveler?"
Kang chuckled, "Yes child. You are a ghost, correct?"
"Yeah why?"
"Do you happen to know... a certain time stopping ghost by the name of Clockwork?"
"Haha actually yes I do. You two MUST be friends or enemies considering you both can control time."
"We are enemies." Kang growled. "CW always does things 'for the good' and supposedly experiments different outcomes of situations on alternate timelines. I have tried countless times to take over the Earth... and countless times that menace has prevented me. His power is much greater than mine."
Danny nodded. "Yep Clockwork is really strong. He beat me single handed and, on top of that, he kept rewinding time to relive the moment of him beating me up! He can be a jerk sometimes but he's an awesome and wise guy."
Kang smirked. "But with your help, Ghostchild, we can escape this prison, defeat the Avengers, and take over the world."
Danny shivered. This was exactly what he was afraid of. Villains asking him to be a villain. "Uh... I'll think about it I guess."
"Very well." Kang answered.
Little did the two know a camera in the corner of each cell was monitoring each movement and word they exchanged.
Hi! So maybe some of y'all noticed, but some inspiration was taken from Ultimate Lyoko Warrior. THUMBS UP TO YOU, WARRIOR, IF YOU'RE READING THIS! (probably not)
I'll answer SOME reviews here!
KuriMaster13 - Wow good point! Haha I totally forgot about that. You're probably right, my mind has shifted remembering that piece of info!
Gravespawn - Thanks for that little tidbit of comic background! I'll incorporate it somewhere in the story, I have a few plans thought out using that :)
Slenderbrine - Thats DEFINITELY a great idea. But I just don't think it will run smoothly in this fanfic. Maybe YOU could write a story for that! I'd want to read it for sure if you did!
sorenalice - Thanks!
