(9/19) Thanks to Chicaalterego I found a flaw in my chapter, but I quickly fixed it so there is not issue. However, it does not mess with the plot of this chapter in the slightest. It was just a stupid mistake i made concerning Robin and a certain young ghost.
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Alright here is what you all have been waiting for! STARFIRE'S REACTION TO NED BEING DANNY (and vice versa)! XD Enjoy
~Ned
Chapter 10- Interrogation of Friends and Ghosts
Starfire stared at Danny in awe, while he just waited patiently for her response. He was pretty much ready for anything she was going to throw at him. However what she actually did left him dumbfounded. She stared at Danny for at least two minutes before he slowly brought her hand up to his face and poked him a few times, making sure she was seeing what she thought she was seeing. When Danny got over his shock, he could not suppress a smile. "I was expecting a more violent reaction, but I can live with this." Danny joked.
However right when he said that Starfire jumped right on top of him, and both of the teens were sent flying to the ground. "So Danny is undamaged!" Starfire stated with excitement. Danny let out the best laugh that he could get out after having the wind knocked out of him. Star then stiffened and pulled away from Danny, with a frown on her face. "But if Danny is Ned, and Ned is Danny, does that mean we are… not friends?"
Danny looked away from Starfire and guilt eat away at his heart when he remembered the words he said to her. "I'm sorry," He started, "I honestly want to be friends with you, and the stuff I said back their might have been rash, but most of it was the truth." Danny then looked back at Starfire. "If we are friends that means you will be put in a lot of danger. I have enemies that are a lot stronger than Walker, and possibly myself, and I can't protect you from all of them all the time."
"I do not need to be protected!" Starfire stated irritation clear on her face.
Danny smiled innocently, "I guess you have a point, after all, what you did to Spectra and Bartend was amazing to say the least…" he then paused, not sure how to say what he wanted to say without it sounding totally cliché, "and I guess…" Danny paused again, not liking where this was leading him. "I am more than willing to be friends with you as long as you know the consequences." 'Alright, that was totally corny' Danny thought to himself, mentally sighing.
Starfire looked at Danny, totally astonished . "So… we are friends?"
Danny could not help but laugh. "Yes, we are friends." Starfire smiled a wide and cheerful smiled and hugged Danny again. He could have sworn he heard his back crack a few times. "Star… Can't… Breath…" He said while forcing air into his lungs with as much strength he could muster.
"Oh, sorry," Starfire then let go of him, but did not back away. Danny took a few deep and heavy breaths, thankful for the return of his precious oxygen.
Danny then looked over at Starfire and raised an eyebrow. She was staring at him with a puzzled look on her face. "Starfire, is everything alright?" Danny asked, she nodded slightly, but continued to stare at him. "You sure, you have the strangest look on your face." 'It actually looks kind of familiar.' Danny noticed, but could not place how or when.
"How is Danny a ghost if he is Ned, who is human?" Starfire finally asked. "Or is Ned a ghost also?"
Danny sighed, "I probably should have seen that coming. Well, I guess I should start off with saying I'm half ghost and half human, or a halfa, as some ghosts refer to me in the Ghost Zone."
Starfire only looked more confused, "How is that possible. Raven told me that ghosts are souls from dead humans..." She then gasped in horror. "Is Danny dead?!"
Danny paused, not sure how to answer that, "I-I don't know." he answered in all honesty, "If I am, I'm only half way there." Danny let out a halfhearted laugh, trying to make the situation not as serious as it was, no one was fooled.
Starfire's worried face lessened some, but it was still there, "Then how did you become half of a ghost, and half of a human?"
Danny could not help but let out a small chuckle the way she worded her sentence. "There was a lab accident with my parents' new invention, the Ghost Portal. They are… were, ghosts hunters, so stuff like that was the norm around my house. At first the portal didn't work, but then one of my friends talked me into going in and taking a look inside, so I did.
"Long story short, my dad put the 'On' button inside the portal and I accidentally hit it. I got electrocuted by a lot of ectoplasm and energy and I got my molecules rearranged with ghost DNA." Danny said and then shrugged, "I've had worse days."
Starfire looked at Danny in horror. "What could be worse than having your DNA changed?"
Danny was about to open his mouth and tell her about a few of his adventures. Like Pariah Dark where he almost had all of his energy drained nearly to the point of death, or the time Desiree came on Paulina's birthday and he had to relive the portal incident all over again, or his first time he landed himself in Walker's prison. Sure there was barley any pain involved, but the day still sucked. However, before he could tell Starfire any of that, he heard someone groan.
Danny then looked over Starfire's shoulder and realization hit him. He then looked back at Starfire and asked. "You still trust me, right?" Starfire's eyebrows narrowed in worry, but nodded. "Alright, please stay here, and no matter what happens please don't interfere." He said as he got out from under Starfire and walked towards the groaning, limp figure.
Danny walked until he found himself standing in front of Walker. He knew he was not going to like what he was about it do, but it was necessary, and not just for him. Danny then took in one deep breath and picked up the warden by the collar of his shirt.
"Walker, wake up!" Danny commanded while shoving the warden into a wall. He tried his hardest to try to act the same way Phantom had before Starfire had zapped him and Ned back together, but it was difficult without the surge of anger and bloodlust to back it up. Walker kept his eyes closed, but let out another groan as a response. "I said wake up!" Danny yelled and then pushed him into the wall again, a lot harder than last time.
Walker jumped, surprised by the impact, and when he saw Danny his face was full of fear, but he quickly attempted to cover it up with anger. Let's just say that Danny had more convincing smiles.
Guilt bit at Danny's heart at the sight of the warden's beat up and bloody face and and stained green clothes, but he tried to ignore it and focus at the job at hand. "Tell me how to get me and my friends out of this hell hole!"
"L-like I'll ever tell you." Walker stated, although there was defiantly doubt in his eyes.
Danny let out a growl, and tried his hardest to make it sound a little feral. "Tell me, or I'll end you and find me someone who will."
True terror crossed Walker's face, and guilt hit Danny again. However, the warden quickly obliged to Danny's request and with extraordinary detail too.
When Walker finished Danny smiled at him gratefully, "Thank you, and have a pleasant stay." he said as he pulled out his Fenton Thermos and sucked Walker in. He stared at the thermos, and recognized something. "This is the first time I have ever put him in one of these." Then something else hit him. "Now, how am I going to get him out and into the Ghost Zone?" After all Danny did not know how to make portals like his evil future self did. 'I really need to learn that one if I want to get the warden back to the Zone.'
"Um… Danny?" Starfire started from across the room, knocking Danny out of his distracted thoughts. "Can I move now?"
Danny looked back at her while clipping the thermos onto his belt and smiled, "Yeah, and thanks again for trusting me." Starfire smiled and floated over to Danny, her feet only inches away from the ground. Danny looked at her and then realized something. "You landed on me when we fell into that room with Spectra."
Starfire looked at him both confused and concerned as she finally came to a stop next to Danny. "Yes, and I am truly sorry, are you damaged?"
"Not really, but that's not what I meant." Danny stated. He could still feel the bruise on his stomach from her landing, although, not that his ghost half was back it was healing rather quickly. "I'm just curious as to why you did not fly or float down."
Starfire suddenly blushed, "I was unable to at that moment." She stated, now twiddling her fingers together nervously. "My powers are based off of my thoughts and feelings. I could not fly because I could not feel the joy, or excitement for flight."
Danny looked at her in bewilderment, "Why?"
Starfire's face then turned a deeper shade of red, "Because, you said we were not friends."
Danny stared at her, he officially felt like an ass. "I'm sorry." He said looked at the floor with remorse.
"I-it's alright," Starfire started, "I know now that you had your reasons. Besides, we are friends now." She smiled at him with the same care she had at the pizza place. Danny felt his brain go numb again. Starfire's smile then suddenly vanished and was replaced with the same familiar puzzled look. Danny still could not place where he had seen it before.
"What is it this time?" Danny asked with a smile, he could practically see another question forming in her head.
"Why do you steal?"
Danny flinched at that, he knew he had to bend the truth this time. Even if he did not want to, especially after everything Starfire has done for him. "I… Um… Well, I guess I… Um…" Danny started. Alright, he was coming up empty handed on lies for this one.
"Danny?" Starfire then looked at him right in the face, and Danny felt his face heat up.
Danny let out a sigh, 'Great, now I'll never be able to lie to her with her being this close.' "I don't know what to say," He said in all honesty.
"Why?"
Danny let out another sigh, "Because if I told you the truth I would most defiantly be putting you in even greater danger, and I'm not sure if I can do that to you quite yet." Danny knew that if he told her that he was stealing from Vlad because he was a powerful half ghost like Danny, Starfire would defiantly be in Vlad's cross-hairs.
Starfire looked at him in astonishment, "But, Danny, people will think you are a criminal if you do not explain to my fellow Titan's why."
Danny laughed a halfhearted laugh, "I think it's already too late for that Star. If Plasmius has his way I'll be public enemy number one… again."
"You said that name before, who is this 'Plasmius?'" Starfire asked intrigued.
"I guess you could call him my arch nemesis." Danny knew he could tell her that much as least, after all he was not exactly saying he was Vlad Masters. "He's a very powerful ghost who I pissed off a year ago."
Starfire nodded in understanding, "Alright…" She had another puzzled look on her face and Danny felt something clench his heart when he finally recognized it. He remembered Jazz wearing the exact same face after he had a fight with Burtrand, during the first time he fought Spectra. Jazz had realized that Danny was a ghost and had a lot of unanswered questions. Although, Danny had not known that she knew at the time, the face Starfire was wearing was still definitely the same.
"Spill," Danny said knowing she wanted to ask more, and Starfire blushed.
"Wh-what happened to Danny when you were split? He looked very different, and…" Star paused, her blush turning deeper.
"Vicious, spiteful, malicious," Danny finished for her, "Yeah, sorry about that. My ghost half tends to be a little… over dramatic, when it's separated from my human half."
"Why?" Starfire asked, and Danny found himself smiling at her. She seemed truly curious about him.
"I'm not sure, but the first time it happened it was a weird situation. My human teenage self, became totally laid back and fun loving. My ghost self, became a full time superhero and wore a bed sheet for a cape." Danny laughed remembering the situation when Technus possessed the Fenton Assault Vehicle and then later, Fenton Works.
"What about the second time?" Star inquired.
Danny paused, not sure if he should tell her, or just let the subject drop. After all, the incident today was nothing compared to what happened at 'That' time. If you were to associate the two it would be like comparing a bully destroying another kid's Lego building, to 9/11, there was no competition. "Let's just say it wasn't pretty." Danny simply answered. He then shook his head, trying to get the negative thoughts out. "Common," Danny said, trying to sound a little enthusiastic, "we need to go look for our friends and see if they got out safe."
Starfire looked at Danny with worry, but thought better of bringing the subject up again. She nodded and started to follow Danny in the direction Walker had told him to go.
They walked down a long hall in silence, no one talked until a door appeared next to them. Danny acted on instinct and flew back, grabbing Starfire on the way. When the door opened Raven and Robin walked out. Danny let out a relieved sigh as Starfire let out an excited shriek.
"Friends! I am most glad to see you again!" She yelled while running up to them.
"Hey Star," Robin said with a smile right before Starfire picked him and Raven up in one huge hug, and started squeezing them to death, "can't… breath." He said and Danny flinched as he heard something crack, again. He was just thankful it was not him this time.
"Oh, sorry friends, it's just that it is so good to see you again and unharmed!" Starfire said with a huge smile plastered on her face.
"It's good to see you too, Starfire." Raven said, but she was looking at Danny with a raided eyebrow, that made the young halfa squirm. "Where is Ned?"
"He got an early start to the exit while Starfire and I decided to continue the look for you and the rest of the group." Danny lied smoothly. Although he was a little confused as to why he was not able to do the same thing when Starfire asked about his stealing activities.
"So you haven't found Cyborg, Beast Boy, or Valerie yet?" Robin asked.
Danny shook his head, "No, we just started the search a few minutes ago. What happened to them?"
"We all got separated after a few trap doors swallowed all of us." Raven stated.
Danny smiled at Robin, "I told you we should have held hands."
Robin simply frowned and huffed as he continued, "It doesn't matter what we should have done, all that maters is finding everyone else."
Danny could not suppress a few chuckles as they made their way up his throat. However another door opened up just a feet away form the group, and Danny reacted the same way he did before. He grabbed Starfire and jumped away from the door as fast as he could. Raven continued to look at him, but her eyebrow went up a little bit more.
Danny relaxed again as Cyborg and Valerie walked out. He was confused when he saw that Cyborg was back to his normal, blue, non Ghost Buster, self and his left arm laid dead by his side. "Are you alright?" Danny asked as he walked up to Cy.
Cyborg raised an eyebrow along with Raven, but replied, "Yeah, we ran into a few ghosts and one of them phased through my arm."
Danny let out an exhausted sigh when he recognized the M.O of said ghost. "You ran into Johnny's shadow didn't you?" He asked, "Who else did you fight?"
"How did you…" Cyborg asked, but stopped. "Never mind, we fought Johnny, his shadow and a girl named Kitty."
Danny nodded, 'Figures they would come together,' he thought to himself.
"We fought Ember and a robot named Skulker." Robin said and Danny froze.
"You fought ghosts as well?" Danny asked in shock, "How the hell are all these ghosts getting out of the Zone?!"
"I don't know, but it's nice to see you back to normal." Raven said and Danny flinched when he remembered the last time he had seen her and how he had yelled at her.
"Yeah, sorry about that," Danny said rubbing the back of his head.
"Wait, where is Ned?" Valerie spoke up and Danny sighed.
"He got a head start out of here, now where is Beast Boy?" Danny said looking around the group, however his question was answered when another door appeared a few yards away from the group and BB came walking out of it backwards, and holding a sword.
"On guard!" A familiar voice yelled and Danny mentally face palmed in his head. BB then jumped out of the way as a glowing metal sword came within mere centimeters of cutting the poor green shape shifter in half.
"Nice one!" Beast Boy replied with a wide smile on his face. Danny just face palmed in his hand for real, while everyone started at BB in shock. After he had jumped out of the way of the sword, none other than Youngblood came floating through the door. He was dressed back in his old pirate outfit with his peg leg and a hook (or a sword like right now) for a hand.
"You haven't seen anything, maaa… um… maaaayyyyy… um, what was the word again?" Youngblood asked looking at the bird on his shoulder for guidance. The bird was made of nothing but bone with a red pirates' bandana on his head.
"Matey." The bird stated in his usual monotone, and then let out a loud squawk.
"Yeah, you haven't seen anything, Matey!" Youngblood finished with a triumphant smile.
Danny let out a worn out sigh and made a glowing green force field in between the two sword fighting mateys. "I hope we never get to see it Youngblood." Danny started, "After all, I would hate to have to leave the Titans with two parts of a Beast Boys instead of one whole one."
"Aw, common Cap'in, the game was just getting good, besides I said 'On guard!'" Youngblood yelled with excitement at the last two words.
Danny looked at Youngblood with confusion, 'Game...? Cap'in?' he thought, but before he could ask about either one he was interrupted.
"Danny, who are you and Beast Boy talking to?" Raven asked.
"Youngblood," Beast Boy answered with a confused look on his face, "who else?"
"Where is Youngblood?" Robin asked looking around, and Danny smiled.
"He's right in front of us, can't you see him?" Starfire asked. She looked just as confused as Beast Boy did.
"No," Robin answered with a worried look on his face. Danny could not hold it in anymore, he started to laugh hysterically, and Youngblood soon followed suit. "What?!" Robin yelled, clearly not amused.
"Y-you need t-to lighten up," Danny said while trying to suppress his laughter, "you all a-are way to young t-to be so s-serious."
Robin narrowed his eyebrows and growled, "What are you talking about?"
Danny took a deep breath to finally stopped laughing, but a smile still remained. "Youngblood is only visible to kids. We are all still, technically, kids, so we should all be able to see him." Danny clarified, "However, you are trying to be older than you actually are, so in return you can't see Youngblood, which I find hilarious." Robin shot him and irritated look, and Danny simply smiled wider as a reply.
"So Youngblood is the ghost of a child?" Raven asked.
Danny nodded, "Yeah, although I'm curious as to how him, and the rest of the ghosts, got here." he said shooting the Youngblood a 'got any explanations' look.
Youngblood backed away a little and held up his hand and hook in the air in surrender. "Y-yeah, about that," he said, answering the look, "Plasmius built this portal and then he and Walker recruited us to track you down."
Shock and anger ran through Danny's veins as he flew up to the young pirate and, in a blink of an eye, had him forced against a wall. "Where's the portal?!" Danny growled.
"I-I don't know, honest. I-I was just happy to finally get out of the Zone I wasn't paying attention when I left."
Danny looked him over, weighing the odds that he could be telling the truth, but when he answer was clear he sighed and let go of Youngblood's shirt. "Alright, what do you remember about the portal?" Danny asked.
"Well it was circular with glowing green swirls, and…" Youngblood answered
"I meant the area!" Danny yelled, not in the mood for this.
"Oh," Youngblood said while letting out a few halfhearted chuckles, "well I think it was a warehouse of some kind…and that's about all I remember."
Danny let out a sigh, "Thanks," he said and then started to walk away from the pirate kid.
"Wait, you're not going to put me in that weird thermos like last time?" Youngblood asked, dumbfounded.
Danny looked back at him with a raised eyebrow, "No, I have no way to get you back to the Zone after that so you would just be stuck in the thermos like Walker is right now. Besides you haven't done anything wrong, and I expect you to keep it that way. Unless you want to be put in here." Danny then unclipped the thermos off of his belt and showed it to him.
"N-no, I'll be good." Youngblood said holding his arms up in surrender again.
Danny smiled back at him, and put the thermos back where it was. "Good, and to just be safe you can stay with Beast Boy if he says it's alright. You two seemed to have been having a lot of fun with your… game, not too long ago."
BB's and Youngblood's eyes widened to the size of saucers. "YES!" They both yelled excitedly in unison.
"Good, and now that everyone is here we should get going, the exit it's this way." Danny stated as he started walking towards the exit with an accomplished smile on his face.
"Are you sure it's wise to leave the ghost alone?" Raven said now walking next to Danny.
Danny shrugged, "Well yeah, Youngblood is just a kid, even though he's still a ghost. All he really wants is to have a little fun." Danny looked over his shoulder at the two new found friends and smiled. "Besides, Youngblood will be too preoccupied with Beast Boy to cause any real trouble."
Raven looked at where Danny was looking, but only saw BB talking to himself with a wide smile. She then looked back at Danny and raised an eyebrow again. "How are you able to see him?" She asked.
Danny met Raven's raised eyebrow with one of his own. "What do you mean?"
"You have such a burden on your shoulders. I find it hard to imagine it would be possible for you to keep your childish insight." Raven clarified. She had felt the burden on his shoulders when Ned had been abducted, and had felt it multiple times while he was fighting against them after he stole from Dalv, along with the fight with the wish granting ghost, Desiree. She also felt it on Ned, but that question was for another time.
Danny paled, "Y-you could see that?" panic shot through his being and Raven was not surprised. After all, anyone being told that their aura was being read would cause most people to panic and second guess themselves.
Raven nodded, "Yes, but you have yet to answer my question."
"W-well I guess I just look at the positive stuff instead of the negative. Take right now for instance. Sure, we're trapped in a weird prison to capture, trap, and possibly study us for unknown reasons, but at least you and your friends aren't attacking me." Danny smiled childishly and Raven looked at him, shocked.
"Really, that's all?" Raven asked, not sure of what to make of it.
"Yeah, plus, I find it easier to not focus on the negative. Although I would be lying if I say it doesn't pop up every once in a while."
"What exactly is the burden you bare if you don't mind me asking?" Raven asked, wanting to get an insight into the ghost that Vlad Masters had sent her and her friends after.
Danny turned pale and Raven recognized the burden on his shoulders again, except it seemed to be a lot heavier. "I can't say." He stated as he walked a little faster, now trying to avoid both the question and the dark Titan.
"Friend Danny?" Starfire pondered as she walked over to him and Raven raised another eyebrow.
'Did something happen between the two?' Raven asked herself as she sensed genuine concern washing off of Starfire.
"Is everything alright?" Star asked as she caught up to Danny.
"Y-yeah, I just had a weird talk with Raven." Danny said and forced on a smile, but Starfire was not convinced.
"What was it about?" Star asked, determined.
Danny opened his mouth, but paused. He looked over his shoulder at the rest of the group and picked up his pace, hoping to get out of ear shot of a certain burden sensing Titan. "She brought up a few… memories, I guess you could call them, that I kinda wanted to bury."
"Can you tell me about them?" Danny looked back at Star and sighed.
"Maybe later, I can't say them here." Danny said not sure if he could really tell her.
When Danny was separated from Ned, and when he had to fight both Spectra and Walker, a lot of his burdens were slowly clawing their way towards the surface. And the talk he had with Raven had finally brought, not just one, but a whole truck load of them, unintentionally, to the surface. And Danny did not know where to start burying them again.
Starfire looked at him with concerned eyes, and nodded, "Alright, later." She said and Danny felt pain shoot through his heart, although he could not determine why.
"There is the exit!" Youngblood yelled in excitement and flew towards a regular door.
"Wait up!" BB yelled after him as they both ran/flew past Danny and Starfire.
Danny smiled and then flew after them, Starfire quickly followed. When Youngblood finally opened the door Danny smelled fresh air and quickened his speed and finally flew into the wide open air.
Danny took in a deep breath of the clean, open air as he soared through it, relieved to be out of that cramped building and into the real world again. "This is nice, yes?" Starfire asked him with a smile as he flew next to him, a pleased smile on her face.
"Extremely," Danny answered his smile widening, "it feels like we had been in there for centuries." Starfire's smile broadened in response. Danny took in one more deep breath before he flew back down to join the rest of the Titans and Valerie.
"Thanks for everything man." Cyborg said while he walked over to Danny and landed a firm slap on Danny's back in congratulations that almost sent the boy to the ground.
"Yeah," Beast Boy agreed with a smile, "you beating up that ghost cop's army, and then leading all of us out of there was really helpful."
"Oh… you're welcome?" Danny said rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Speaking of helpful, where is Ned?" Cyborg asked looking around, and Danny instantly went through excuse after excuse in his head. "I really got to thank him for the upgrades he did for us."
"I don't know," Danny started; figuring that playing innocent would be for the best, "I guess he went home."
"Who's Ned?" Youngblood asked.
Danny smiled at his comment, "A human that got kidnapped with us," Danny stated.
"Oh, like her?" Youngblood asked pointing at Valerie. "From what I remember she wasn't on the two faced man's 'capture' list." He finished and everyone stared at him, Danny and Valerie in confusion and the Titans in shock.
"What 'two faced' man?" Cyborg asked and Robin scowled at his friend's words.
"He was the man that hired Walker and the rest of the ghosts to capture the Titans." Youngblood clarified, "All I saw of him was his mask, it was orange and black and only one eye was visible."
"Slade!" Starfire gasped. "Why would he want to kidnap up?"
"Why wouldn't he," Robin growled, "it figures he would be up to something after being quiet for so long."
"Yeah, we haven't seen a hint of him after what happened with Trigon." BB stated and the rest of the Titans shot him a 'don't bring it up' look.
"Who's Slade, and why would he want you?" Valerie asked and Danny sighed. He really did not want to get involved in the Titan's affaires since he did not let the anyone into his.
"He was one of our worst enemies before he died, and then was brought back to… OW!" BB yelped as Raven hit him in the back of the head.
"It does not matter what happened to him, all that matters is that he is back." Raven clarified.
Valerie looked puzzled and then a shocked look appeared on her face, "He seems to be working with Plasmius, since they both seemed to have hired the ghosts."
"Actually, Plasmius got us out to get Cap'in," Youngblood said while gabbing a thumb in Danny's direction, "but Slade came in and gave us a better deal for you Titans. I was just in for the kicks."
Danny sighed, 'Of course you were.' He thought. "Then why was the place ghost proof?" Danny asked remembering his theory.
"I don't know, I was just told to stop whoever came my way." Youngblood said with a non-caring shrug.
Danny let out another tired sigh. 'I should be asking these questions to a more mature ghost.' "Alright, well I'm sure we have all had a tiring and eventful day, so I'm going home." Danny said as he turned away from the group.
"Wait, Phantom," Robin started walking up to the halfa, "I have to take you in for questioning."
Danny paused and looked back at the lead Titan for a second before letting out a few chuckles, "Are you serious? We all just got kidnapped and had to fight our way out. How can you still be thinking about capturing me?"
"I'm not, I thinking about questioning you." Robin clarified, although Danny could not help but notice Robin's hand slowly making its way to his belt.
Danny looked from Robin to the rest of the group measuring his chances of getting out of there without making his reputation he earned today go down the drain. "Well you may want to ask, but I have no interest of answering." Danny said as he took a step back.
"I'm giving you a chance to come peacefully, if you don't I will have to resort to violence." Robin said pulling out his Bo staff that was now glowing green with ectoplasm.
Danny let out a frustrated moan, 'Sure, give the superheroes weapons that can harm you. What a wonderful idea, especially when they think you are a thief.' He thought to himself while mentally rolling his eyes. He then remembered something and smiled then a brilliant idea soon followed, "I'm sorry, but I need to build my case before I go to court." Danny said taking another step back.
Robin paused at the comment, but quickly reacted, "Sorry, but you already missed your court date." The boy wonder said as he got into fighting position, ready to pounce on Danny if he needed to. "And we are here to take you in."
Danny smiled, "Nice retaliating witty banter." He said letting an ice bolt form in his hand in reply. "But that does not mean I'll go willingly."
"Wait Friends, we should not be fighting!" Starfire said as she stepping right in front of Danny protectively, shocking everyone. "I think what friend Danny says is for the best. We should all go home and worry about all of this another day."
Danny's shock melted and he smiled at her. "Thanks, at least someone here has some common sense." He said as he let his ice bolt drop. "And I'll be taking this as my cue to leave," he then looked at Stafire with a caring smile, "and thanks again friend Starfire." Danny said as he landed a soft kiss on her cheek and then leapt into the air. "I'll see you all soon." He stated waving his goodbyes.
However, unbeknownst to the young halfa, a purple clock hand appeared behind him. When the hand turned it formed a blue circle that swirled with unknown energy, and Danny floated into it. Everyone just stared at the scene before them, to shocked to so anything. Then the hands appeared again and this time when the hand moved the circle disappear.
"Does anyone know what just happened?" Beast Boy asked staring at where Danny was.
"No clue," Robin answered, "but if Phantom was capable of doing it, I'm curious as to why he didn't at the beginning of all this to get out of there." He said while pointing a thumb at the door they lead to the prison they were in.
"Are you all stupid?" Youngblood stated, "Clockwork created that portal!"
"Who's Clockwork?" Beast Boy asked.
"He is the master of time," Raven stated, getting what Beast Boy was saying despite the fact that she could neither seen nor hear the ghost.
"How do you always know stuff like this?!" BB yelled while ruffling his hair in aggravation.
"It's called a book, go look one up." Raven answered, "But what does he want Phantom for?"
"I don't know," Youngblood started with a sorry look in his eyes, "but as far as I know, only a few ghosts have actually seen him, and all of them who had come back into contact with him had turned into different people… or ghosts."
*GASP* What would make Youngblood say that, and what does Clockwork want with Danny this time? (Only I truly know ;)) Oh, and little known fact, Youngblood was played by none other than... Taylor Lautner! *Phan girl shriek* (and no I didn't misspell Phan) XD I was so shocked when I found out, so Youngblood is now my favorite ghost in the show.
Klemper- What about me? D:
You are my muse. I can't count you because it wouldn't be fair to Taylor and his Youngbloodiness X3
Klemper- I guess :/
As for Robin and Raven not being able to see him, it's because I can totally see that happening. They really do take life (and their job) WAY to seriously. Want proof watch the Teen Titans movie Trouble in Tokyo, and the episode Birthmark. They prove my points extremely well.
And to answer someone's question, no I'm not pairing Beast Boy with a ghost, that is just weird on so many levels. *shiver* Although that won't stop me from having him and Youngblood become close friends. Also about Youngblood calling Danny 'Cap'in' I have a reason for that, but can't explain it without ruining a few things, sorry.
Alright readers, I hope you enjoyed the chapter please review and Flame. I think I just got Hypothermia a few days ago from the lack of them... If ghosts can even get Hypothermia (after all I was killed by one of my beloved readers) O.O... Klemper, go and ask Frostbite if it's possible!
Klemper- Can do boss! *flies off to the Far Frozen*
~Ned