M'gann, Zatanna and Conner returned from school. It had been four days since Skulker attacked. Danny had asked Black Canary to send the thermos containing the ghost back to Amity Park and thank Jazz for him. Black Canary had done as he asked, but she did try to convince him to go himself or write the message himself but the halfa refused. Jazz sent back another two thermoses and a couple of ecto-weapons for the team in case another ghost attacked. Now that Skulker knew where Danny was, other enemies might try to attack Danny.

Garfield grinned at the trio of weary teens as he walked into the kitchen.

"Hey guys. How was your day?" He greeted them. He preferred learning from Red Tornado with Danny than going to a crowded school. He'd been home schooled for most of his life by his mother.

"Ugh, tiring and dull," Zatanna complained.

"Yeah, we have a lot of homework," Conner agreed. M'gann frowned.

"Where's Danny? Isn't he usually with you?" M'gann inquired. Garfield shrugged.

"He's been a lot more distant since the thing with Skulker. Keeps excusing himself to his room in the medical facility. He's usually in there for a couple of hours," Garfield answered. The trio of teens frowned. It seemed that Danny had lost some of his progress after all. But he had seemed fine that morning and he usually was around after they got back from school. Black Canary walked into the room. She frowned at Garfield.

"Garfield? I thought you were with Danny," she remarked with confusion.

"Huh? I thought he was in the medical facility. I haven't seen him for a couple of hours," Garfield retorted. Black Canary shook her head.

"No. He's not in there. In fact, he's hardly been in there for the last few days. He told me that you two had taken to walking around just outside Mount Justice," Black Canary revealed.

"Wait! Are you saying neither of you know where Danny is?" Zatanna exclaimed. Garfield and Black Canary nodded. The trio of teens shared concerned looks.

"We should look for him," M'gann decided. Black Canary nodded.

"The others should be arriving soon for training. I'll send them after you," Black Canary decided.

Conner got Sphere and Wolf from their usual spots in the hanger. Both had met Danny and seemed to like the teen, especially Wolf. They ran outside together. M'gann took to the air and established a mental link. Zatanna and Garfield searched outside together. A few minutes later, Robin, Wally, Kaldur, Artemis and Raquel joined the search. Wally found Danny first and the team converged on his position.

They were shocked at what they saw. Danny stood in the clearing he'd caught Skulker in. The trees were charred and he shot green energy at the trees. He growled, fury burning in his blue eyes.

"Come on Fenton! Get it right!" he grumbled to himself and charged his fists with energy again and fired at a tree but missed. With a frustrated sigh, he dropped his hands and the glow faded.

"Fine, ghost ray's aim is off. I'll go back to intangibility instead," Danny muttered.

He then turned himself intangible and accidently sank into the ground. He hadn't meant to do that. He wanted to run through a tree. He suddenly recalled how his foot was crushed before in this situation. He cried out in panic. His intangibility shifted and he fell forward, he only managed to prevent himself from hitting his face by putting out his arms to catch himself. Now able to get a hold of something, he pulled his foot back out of the ground and turned himself tangible.

"Get over it! I can do this," Danny hissed to himself.

"What is he doing?" Garfield asked the older teens over the mind link.

"Training. He's trying to train with his ghost powers," Kaldur realised.

"Then why is he getting so angry at himself?" Artemis inquired.

"Remember what Skulker said. He said that the Guys in White broke him. Maybe this is what he meant," Raquel pointed out.

"Wait. I think this is more than that. Remember when he asked Black Canary to teach him. He said that if he could fight, then he wouldn't have gotten caught. Maybe the Guys in White did something to his powers and now he's lost his confidence in them," Robin theorised. The team shared looks as Danny got to his feet and sighed.

"Guess I should get back, the guys will probably be back soon," Danny mumbled with disappointment. Before any of the spectators could hide, Danny turned and saw them.

I wanted to show that Danny is only just starting to realise how much his ordeal has affect him, as well as get the team to learn a little more about the halfa.

It's probably obvious that this is a slow moving story and it will take a long time for Danny to recover from what happened. But at least now he's trying to get back to his old self.

Also, you may have noticed my love of cliff-hangers...

Until the next chapter.