Ch.10
Logan groaned and opened his eyes. He looked at the room Danny was in the last time he really saw him. Jean was sleeping in a chair nearby, and she looked exhausted. He looked towards Danny, who was watching him with a smile.
"Welcome back to reality."
It was a whisper. Probably not to wake up Jean, but Logan smiled. "Nice to see you too."
He got up and walked towards Danny's bedside, as he sat up. "Sorry if you feel like crap. When that rock hit ya, your body went into this critical state, and Jean freaked because I was almost dead, and then she had to worry about you too, because you were almost physically dead."
Logan nodded understandingly as he looked at the red head.
"Logan…"
He looked back towards Danny, who was watching him out of the corner of his eye.
"…thanks for saving me and giving me a reason to live."
Logan smiled and ruffled his hair. "Anytime, kiddo."
Danny smiled brightly.
"I see your two are alright." Charles said, wheeling in.
"Yeah, we're OK." Danny said, tilting his head to the side.
"Yeah, after you almost killed me." Logan said.
"I said I was sorry." Danny defended.
Logan smirked at the irritated form that was Danny.
"Would you like to tell me about your adventure?" Charles asked, with a bright smile.
"Sure, but I want to tell you my story first." Danny said.
Charles looked confused.
"I want to tell you about my past." Danny clarified. Charles looked shocked for a minute before nodding. Danny took a deep breath. "It all started when my parents, Jack and Maddie Fenton, built a ghost portal…"
Danny retold his life story to Charles, who sat in his wheelchair in shock.
"And then I met Logan at that bar, and about an hour later, I'm here." Danny finished.
Charles leaned back and looked at Danny seriously. "You know they can get arrested for what they did, correct?"
Danny nodded. "I kinda figured you would bring that up."
"Kid, what they did was serious. They deserve to go to jail." Logan said.
Broken left out details when he told the story. Danny didn't. He went as deep as telling them how many times they did something, like the vivisection.
"I know." Danny sighed.
"I will be in contact with them soon, just to let you know." Charles said. Danny nodded at the Professor. "And one more thing, Danny…"
Danny tilted his head confused.
"Your powers did not come from the ghost portal or the procedure. The only thing they gave you was the claws." Charles informed.
"What do you mean?" Danny asked.
"All your life your powers have been hiding in dormant. The ghost portal woke them up. You wolf DNA is the same way." The Professor explained.
Danny shook his head. "That can't be right."
Jean suddenly sat up and stretched. "Actually, it's true. I analyzed your DNA. Professor is right. They've always been there."
Danny looked confused and then went deep in thought. After a while he nodded. "I guess that could be right. Maddie was always exposed to ectoplasm, that could be where the ghost powers came from, but the wolf thing…"
Then it dawned on him and he face palmed. "Of course! Why didn't I think of it?"
The adults raised their eyebrows.
"Think of what?" Logan said.
Danny smiled at them. "Before I was born, Maddie went to Alaska to visit a friend of hers that lived there. Well, she walked up to what she thought was the village's stray wolf-dog. When she got close enough, she saw that it was limping, and she tried to help it, but it bit her and wouldn't let go. Jack had to beat it away. Anyway, I think that's where I got my powers! That wasn't the wolf-dog, it was just a wolf!"
Charles nodded, thinking. "Yes, that could be true. Now, I've been meaning to ask you, what are your powers? So far, you possess more than I've ever seen. Most mutants have one power, some have two, but very rarely they have three. You seem to have more."
Danny nodded. "I have a ton more. Might want to sit back. We'll be here awhile."
Danny told him about the basic ghost powers. Super enhanced abilities, ecto-blasts, intangibility, invisibility, flight, enhanced senses, overshadowing, and his Ghostly Wail. Then he told them about the newer ones.
Over the past few months, Danny got quite a few new powers. For instance, storm powers he got from Vortex. Since he got Vortex's powers over the weather, it turned his core into a neautro core. Neautro cores don't have a specific power over any element, so you end getting all of them. It's very rare to have one. He also ended up getting telepathy, and telekinesis. Both also rare in the Ghost Zone. He could transform into a wolf, his senses were enhanced once more, he could sprout a tail and ears, and the claws were obvious.
By the time he was done, the small audience was captivated.
"That's extraordinary!" Charles said.
Danny shrugged. "I think my ghost powers are still developing, but I'm not sure. Powers just show up when I need them."
"Wow, I'd love to see you in action." Jean said.
Danny smiled slightly. "Thanks, I guess."
Charles smiled at him. "Now, I would like to talk to you later, for now, Logan may I speak with you?"
Logan nodded and followed Charles out.
Presentation Room
"There's an abandoned military compound at Alkali Lake in the Canadian rocks, close to where we found you. There's not much left, but you might find some answers." Charles explained.
Logan just looked at the holographic image for a minute. "Thank you."
Charles stared at Logan. "Are you going to say good-bye to them?"
Silence met him.
Game Room
Rogue was playing foosball with a few other kids, and Danny was watching next to her with a smile. The adults Jean, Scott, Storm, and Charles watched the news and it was talking about the mutant registration.
Senator Robert Kelly was there, but wasn't he dead?
"I was wrong in this particular issue. I hope in time, I may be forgiven. Thank you." He said and started to leave. The news reporter went on, but they paused it when they saw Kelly's eyes turn amber.
"Mystique." Storm said.
"Son of a gun..." Scott trailed off, noticing the five kids behind him. Storm pressed play and they continued watching.
Logan had his backpack, and watched as Rogue played with the others, while Danny tried to give her advice on how to bounce the ball. He opened the door, and walked out, but Danny and Rogue saw. The two jogged to the door, in hopes of catching him.
"Hey." Rogue said. Logan turned around and faced the confused faces.
"You running again?" Rogue asked, mimicking Logan. Logan readjusted his backpack.
"Not really. There's some things I need to take care of up north." Logan said and then brushed the white locks.
"I kinda like it." Rogue said.
The three stood in silence for a moment.
"We don't want you to go." Rogue said.
"Yeah, and you told me that you were thinking about staying." Danny said. Logan thought for a moment, and took off his dog tags, and put them in Rogue's hand.
Before he could close the hand, Danny's phased one tag off and put it on his own chain that held his dog tags. Logan looked at him curiously.
"I can put it back on." The Ghost Boy teased. Logan shrugged, and looked at the two teens.
"I'll be back for this." Logan stated and stared at the two before he turned around and left.
He walked outside, trying to think of how he was going to get to Alkali Lake when he saw something and got an evil idea. He rode out of the Institute's gates, riding Scott's motorcycle.
Magneto's Cell
An officer walked down the plastic tube, connecting the real world to Magneto's plastic cell.
Charles moved one of his chess pieces and took one of Magneto's. Magneto moved his piece and took one of Charles's.
"Doesn't it ever wake you in the middle of the night, the feeling that they would someday pass that foolish law, or one just like it? And they'll come for you and your children." Magneto asked.
Charles looked at Magneto as he rubbed his face. "It does indeed." He admitted.
Magneto took another piece. "What do you do when you wake up to that?"
Charles moved one of his pieces. "I feel a great swell of pity for the soul who comes to that school, looking for trouble."
Magneto and Charles stared at each other, silently arguing, when they were interrupted by the officer who entered. He walked around and grabbed the handles of Charles's plastic wheelchair.
"Why do you come here, Charles?" Magneto asked.
"Why do you ask questions you already know the answers of?" Charles asked back.
Magneto smiled. "Yes, you continue your search for hope."
They didn't say anything as the officer started to wheel Charles back to the real world, but Magneto stopped him.
"You know this plastic prison of theirs won't hold me forever. The war is still coming, Charles, and I intend to fight it, by any means necessary." The old man said.
Charles looked at him and leaned forward. "And I will always be there… old friend."
The officer wheeled Charles out and Magneto knocked over his king.
ON TO THE SEQUEL! *evil grin*
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