Saving Amity

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Danny kept running as far as he could. They weren't much farther away, but he had to keep running. They weren't going to stop until they had him, and if they caught up, then everything would come crashing down.

The Fenton Portal was buried under a ton of dirt and hopefully they wouldn't be looking at the wreckage of what was once Amity Park.

If they found it, then there was no saving them.

So, Danny kept running. He had somewhat of a plan to use, but all of his backup was in Amity, and there was no way of getting them. Masters knew what was going to happen, and he was the one that told Danny that he had a choice of joining him or watching his city burn.

Wasn't he going to be pissed when he realized exactly what Danny did.

Danny knew he needed to get the word out about Amity and ghosts and the things that Vlad has done. He knew that it was a long shot, but he needed someone who would take him seriously, and that was the problem. He was a sixteen year old boy. It played against him, but he had a little hope with the evidence on the laptop he stole from one of the Guys in White labs that he had broken out of.

Don't think of that right now. You'll have time to breakdown later. Save the town, keep going. They're going to be fine; you made sure of it.

Danny felt the world shift slightly as his eyes dropped to the ground below. He had to keep going. Metropolis isn't much farther, but the only reporter that might take him seriously was there. And she had the best protection for if they came after her. He needed to move faster.

Keep going, don't go down yet, you have to keep going.

Danny closed his eyes and shifted letting Phantom to the surface. Energy crackled around him as his powers let loose. He felt everything move a little before opening his eyes to a small town. Smallville. The place where strange things were happening several years ago. Phantom knew he needed to rest, but he had to keep going. He let his human half comeback. Teleporting wasn't too hard but was draining.

There was always tomorrow, and he needed to rest. He slowly walked though the nearly empty streets. It was nearing midnight, and he needed somewhere to rest, however, he had no money and no way to get a room. He sighed again looking around and holding on the backpack he had stolen four states back. It held the laptop and several other things that he had gathered while on the run.

Amity Park is fine, you were enough. It wasn't too late. You know why there's a crater there.

Danny took in a deep breath. The town was quiet and it was something he seriously needed. Humans were too much. They had too much.

"Hey, kid, you okay?" a voice behind him made him jump lightly before swinging around. An older lady and a young man were both staring at him concerned. The man wasn't human, and Danny was suddenly worried that he may have gotten into the wrong town. That he should have kept going.

"I'm fine, just passing through," he whispered tightening his grip on the pack. He couldn't let it get to him. He could be calm.

"Hold him still," a voice shouted. "We need to know if the ghost side and the human need…NONONONONO Don't let him…"

Danny felt a shutter rush though him before he turned around again ready to leave them when a hand landed on his shoulder. Danny tensed ready to vanish.

"Hey, if you need a place to stay, I don't live too far from here," the man offered watching the teen carefully. Danny felt fear run though him. Why? Why would a stranger who is not human or ghost offer for him to stay?

Unless he didn't know. Maybe he couldn't tell what was human and what wasn't. Maybe he was an alien.

Danny wondered how helpful his powers would be against an alien. Maybe he could run away fast if it was a trap, but he wasn't sure how much power he would need to get away.

"I don't even know your name," Danny said watching the two carefully. The man smiled brightly.

"I'm Clark Kent, and this is my mom, Martha," Clark introduced. "What about you?"

"Danny," the teen replied remembering the name from researching Lois. She was the one reporter he believed that would take him seriously. But if he was right, then this was her partner.

Weird.

He blamed Clockwork.

"Where you from, Danny?" Martha asked softly knowing that something was wrong with the teen. Clark noticed him first and had been concerned that the teen was a runaway.

Danny looked at Clark wondering if he could trust the man before going to Lois Lane. It was always a gamble. Life was like that.

"Amity Park," he answered watching Clark with caution. Clark's eyes widen slightly in recognition, and Danny knew that the alien knew something already about Amity Park. "I'm a long way from home, but there are a few things that need taken care of before I can go back."

"The city was destroyed," Martha said softly reaching towards the teen. Danny backed away slightly with a frown. He figured that they would keep that up, but at the most there was a crater there with no signs of a city ever being there. People should be questioning that by now.

"There's a crater," Danny whispered. "Listen, I just need to get to Metropolis. I need to find someone."

"Who?" Clark asked knowing a lot of people were looking for Lois, which would mean this teen wanted her to tell some kind of story. Probably about Amity.

"Lois Lane," Danny answered as a van drove by. Danny watched it wearily as it slowed before taking off again. Clark turned hearing the engine rev slightly before he pulled both Danny and Martha away as the passenger shot at them. Danny grunted before shoving the alien off of him.

"What the hell?" Danny growled looking at the van. Clearly wasn't after him if they were using normal bullets.

"Mom, you okay?" Clark asked checking her over. He had felt a few of the bullets hit him, but he was concerned when he thought that one should have hit Danny.

"I'm fine, what about Danny?" she asked looking at the teen who was still staring where the van disappeared. He seemed slightly out of it almost like he wasn't really there.

"Danny?" Clark asked as the teen lightly shook his head and turned to them.

He so did not have the power for this.

Phantom watched as the men skirted around the bend before coming up to the warehouse. A limo was parked out front, and Phantom knew it wasn't Masters. He would have felt the other hybrid.

Still, Limos and creepy warehouses were never a good thing.

Phantom followed them inside by phasing though the wall instead of the door just in case. A bald man in suit was standing there glaring at the men.

"So?" he asked seemingly annoyed at having to wait.

"We have a video, but we haven't gone over it yet for the proof," the man stated. "No one was killed, so we believe it should reveal that Clark Kent is Superman."

"Prefect," Bald Suit grinned making Phantom take a look around for the tape. There were two computers which had one of the guys going over a video footage. It was of the shooting. Phantom growled before shooting towards it and overshadowing the tower computer and directly coming up to the scene.

Clark had stopped those bullets from hitting his mother. There nothing to even show that he was hurt at all. Danny just let the bullets pass though him, but Clark took them and they just bounced back off.

Like they said happens to Superman.

Phantom had to stop them from proving that the man was an alien. He wasn't going to let another hero's identity get found out. So he erased the footage permanently and crashed the computer completely before leaving it and watching as the men freaked out over the destroyed evidence.

"What the hell happened?" Bald Suit growled glaring at the men as his fist clenched. He was so close to his proof.

"I don't know," the other man said looking at the static screen. White dots dancing across the screen and making the ghost smile before vanishing.

Danny closed his eyes as all the memories from the copy came to him. He was in the back of the truck that Clark and Martha had driven into town. As the image of Clark stopping those bullets came, he realized he was either in the best position to stop Plasmius or was going to end up arrested for Amity's disappearance and destruction.

He looked over to them and wondered exactly how he should play this. Nothing bigger than those missiles being fired at Amity has really taken over the news, so clearly the League's main focus on earth is probably trying to figure out exactly what happened to Amity.

He had a chance to tell the truth about Amity.

But then again, his luck may run out and he's ends up back in that lab.

Don't think about it. You can't meltdown yet…Just a little longer…A little Longer…

Clark looked back at the kid. He was concerned. The kid seemed really out of it after the shooting, but he hadn't said anything after agreeing that he would go with them him.

Clark wondered what came over him to offer that to someone he barely knew. But the kid was an enigma.

His heart was barely beating, and there were times where Clark really had to strain to just hear the kid move.

It was like the kid was a ghost.

And he was from Amity Park. The city that has been bugging the hell out of him and Batman. Something happened, and they had no leads and nowhere to go for answers.

Danny also wanted to talk to Lois for whatever reason, but Clark knew that not a lot could be released about Amity since the Government asked to help them keep it quiet.

Clark wondered if the kid knew about the being that destroyed and killed all those people. The kid was thin, but not bony, and he was clearly strong.

Clark knew that there was something he was missing on the teen. His mom looked at him concerned before turning towards Danny.

"How long have you been on the road, Danny?" Martha asked watching the teen closely. She didn't want anyone to hurt her son, but the kid seemed harmless to her, and her son was Superman after all.

"About two months," Danny answered looking out the window. Martha couldn't tell what the teen was feeling, he looked ready to bolt or pass out. She knew The Amity Park Tragedy happened about three months ago.

So what happened to him during that first month?

"Really?" Clark wondered looking at his mom. He knew there was more to the story. Danny sent him a glare.

"Amity Park isn't just any town. It's got its secrets," Danny smirked before looking back out the window. "Besides, I think I might have just found the best way to deal with this all."

"You going to Lois and tell your story about what happened?" Clark asked watching the road carefully for deer. He could hear Danny take a deep breath.

"I was, but then Superman came by," Danny grinned. "It's weird 'cause I thought the only way to get to you would have been though Lois, not randomly running into you in the middle of the night with your mom and you taking me home."

Clark slammed on the breaks before pulling Danny from the vehicle forcefully. Danny grunted as he was slammed against the truck.

"That was uncalled for," Danny growled, glowing green eyes glared at the Man of Steel. Clark took a step back as he felt fear crawl up his spine. He couldn't understand it. Why was he afraid of a teenager with green…but they were blue before?

"Clark!" Martha exclaimed running around the truck towards him only for him to shake his head for her to stay put.

"Who are you?" Clark snapped glaring at the teen.

"I'm the one who just prevented some guy from outing you. That shooting? They filmed you and the bullets bouncing off. Of course, I needed to protect myself as well. I'm the only one who can bring Amity Park back," Danny explained. "I need help in doing so though, and there is so much that needs explaining."

Suddenly Clark could hear the teen's heartbeat faster as the teen grabbed his chest. It was odd cause it seemed like Danny was having a panic attack, but…Clark knew the teen was when he collapsed on his knees. Clark walked up to Danny and kneeled down and gently rested a hand on his back. Danny was gasping for breath.

"Breath, you're alright," Clark comforted hoping like hell that teen had answers. Cause it seemed likely that the teen knew more than he originally let on.

"Damn it," Danny breathed as he calmed down a little. His heart felt heavy as it slowed.

Danny walked into the house and wondered why he was still going with this. Clark said they could finish the conversation at his house. Where it was warmer and there weren't any chance of being overheard or seen.

"So what happened in Amity?" Clark asked as Martha set drinks on the table for them.

"Vlad Masters sent those missiles," Danny answered glaring at the table. "Cause I wouldn't join him." Martha gasped with a hand covering her mouth.

"So he killed all those people?" Clark asked harshly only for Danny to give him a small smile.

"No one died that day," Danny said. "I made sure of it."

"If they're not dead, then where is Amity Park?" Clark asked.

Amity Park

"Tucker, I'm going to kill you," Sam growled as they walked up to FentonWorks. After the first week of being trapped in the damned Ghost Zone without any way home, they told Maddie and Jack about Danny.

After a month, they let the town know what exactly their hero did in order to protect them.

After two months, it was getting harder to believe that it didn't really kill Phantom.

They hit the three month mark and Tucker was ready to go see if they could find a natural Portal.

Danny told them to stay in the Ghost Zone. He told them to stay because Vlad couldn't find them, and he wouldn't go looking for a city he believed was destroyed.

And Danny needed him to believe it was gone.

"Sam, it's been three months. Who knows what happened to Danny?" Tucker said waving his hands around. "He could be…"

"I know, but we have everything we need to survive. Frostbite has been trading with us, and we've got a pretty good system here in the Ghost Zone. We're living better here than in the Real World," Sam motioned. "I don't wanna go back unless Danny is there. We need him, and if we go back, then Masters will know that Amity survived that attack."

"I'm not saying we take all of Amity, just us," Tucker said looking around. It was odd.

Ghosts and Humans here in Amity were now getting along. Of course none of these ghosts had attacked Amity Park before Phantom sent everyone into the Ghost Zone to protect them.

Tucker still couldn't believe Phantom was able to use the Portal like that.

Of course they found out by accident at first that ghosts and their places of death had special abilities. And Danny having technically died in the Ghost Portal meant he was very well connected to the Zone.

"We just need to give him some more time," Sam whispered. She wanted so badly to go after him, but he said to wait at least six months. That he needed time to get everything together. That he had an actual partial plan that he shared with her.

He was going to tell Amity's story and get the League involved. Something he couldn't do before since Vlad would have known almost right away. But with the disappearance of Amity, he would have the attention of everyone. With eyes on Amity's ghosts and the secrets of the City, then Phantom would be able to take down Masters.

Maddie watched the clouds in the Zone. It may not have been the first time that the town was trapped in the Zone, but this time it was to protect them. Her son had pulled them in to keep them safe from someone who she thought was her friend. Someone she once trusted with her life.

But now, he was the reason she hasn't been able to see her son in three months. He was the reason that Amity Park was sucked in the Ghost Zone and her son was trapped in the Real World.

He was the reason that everything was going to hell.

"Maddie? Sweetie?" Jack called walking up to the top of the ops center. Maddie turned to the man she loved more than anything other than her children.

"Anything?" she asked as Jack shook his head.

"No, haven't been able to get anything, but Frostbite said that no news regarding Phantom was good news. If anything happened to him, news would have spread fast. It apparently usually does here. Our son is famous in Ghost Zone," Jack smiled hoping to encourage his wife. Or at least help her relax a little.

"Yeah, the least popular person in school, but the most popular in the Zone," Maddie smiled shaking her head. Her son would find a way to be popular somehow.

"I think he's done one hell of a job. I mean, we all were almost dust," Jack whispered hugging his wife. "We raised one hell of a hero."

"We sure as hell did," Maddie agreed kissing her husband's cheek. "I just hope that he's alright."

Saving Amity

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Bob Dylan

Clark handed Danny a blanket as the teen sat down on the couch that was offered to him. Martha looked at the boy concerned.

"Tomorrow I'll talk with Batman and the rest of the league and see what we need to do," Clark promised. "I'm guessing you need a lot power for that portal?"

"Bringing Amity back won't be hard, but I can't have agents going around," Danny said. "I'm being hunted by the Government. The protection given to meta human won't apply because they don't consider me human. Amity is probably the safest place to be right now, but I have to stop Masters. He's controlling some of those agents. I can't bring Amity back till he's dealt with."

"There's still a lot you didn't tell me," Clark sighed as Danny looked down at the floor.

"There's a lot that has happened, and I only want to explain it once. Ghosts? They exist, I'm half of one, and those agents want to destroy the entirety of the Ghost Zone. They can't. It would destroy this world as well," Danny explained. "That portal needs protection as well, and I've done all I can to protect it for now. But it won't last forever before someone finds it. I don't have much time before its protection wears off."

"We'll help you," Clark promised knowing that if the teen was right, he deserved that trust. That if he could save all those people by creating a third option, then he was a true hero. There was a lot that heroes were willing to give up in order to save others, but this kid took a route that no one else would have been able to.

He pulled an entire city that was doomed into an alternate world in order to save it. Clark was worried about how powerful this kid could be and what would happen if the kid decided not to be a hero.

I don't plan to continue this. Had this idea of how Danny would protect Amity if it was destroyed and just kinda let it get bigger. I think there's another story I've done with this idea, but not really went out with all this story.

Although, I'm almost done with Incision which is my Danny/Damian story. I'm really excited about it...and I really want to publish the first chapter, but I'm going to wait for my beta, 6BlueSweaters, to edit it...So i'm posting some extra stories that I've written before.

So review, and let me know what you guys think.

Also, I know this is a crossover, but also remember that I'm not going to make a shit ton of stories that I'm never going to finish.