Without any warning, a green ghost ray fired at Danielle. It missed her, but just barely.
"Woah! What the heck?" Danielle exclaimed, stopping in her tracks.
"Open fire!" A man shouted and about twenty men in white suits revealed themselves. Danielle screamed in alarm and began to fly off but a number of ghosts appeared in front of her. Aqualad gasped as he realised that once again Danny had been right. By triggering the trap early, it gave them a fighting chance to save Danielle.
"Move in!" Aqualad ordered and the team followed the command. Ghost rays out of nowhere fired at the ghosts stopping Danielle. Artemis fired arrows at them and Zatanna cast spells to make sure that the girl clone stayed as safe as possible.
"Move to plan B!" a man ordered. Aqualad and Robin blinked in shock. Plan B! They hadn't known that there was a plan B. A low pitch of noise erupted over the area. It didn't affect the teens but Danielle grimaced and looked distracted. Danny meanwhile clutched his ears and cried out. He'd accidently situated himself close to the machine and the tone brought back memories of the lab. The scientists had learned that the low tone vibrated ectoplasm and ghost energy in a way that was uncomfortable and often painful for ghosts. Danny pushed down his fears and focused on the sound. He pointed a hand to the source and fired a ghost ray at it. Unfortunately a low intensity one. He fired another and another and another until he destroyed it.
Meanwhile Danielle had landed, forced to fight the ghosts without her ground support from Danny. She was overwhelmed and the heroes were unable to stop a dart gun shooting her. The dart embedded itself in her back. Danielle stumbled before pulling the dart out and tossed it to the ground. She kept fighting but the dart's contents slowed her down and she got hit to the ground. Too weak to get up or protect herself, the ghosts beat her. Danny got to his feet and shook his head to get rid of the lingering effects of the sound. He scanned the surroundings and cried out in alarm as he saw a Guys in White agent picking up Danielle. He'd already bound and gagged her. He carried her to a ready van.
Danny sprinted through the battle, ignoring the team that called after him. He ducked under shots and side stepped ghosts. All that mattered was catching up to Danielle. He couldn't let her go through the hell he'd been through. No one should go through what he'd been through. The van roared into life and pulled away. Danny realised that running wasn't enough. He needed his flight and speed to keep up. He willed his white rings to appear. He faltered for a split second before pushing his memories aside and completed his transformation. For the first time in over a month, he changed into Danny Phantom. White hair, blazing green eyes and iconic black and white jumpsuit. He jumped into the air. There was no time to worry about his flight failing him.
He chased after the van. His flight gave him speed so that he could keep up. He glanced down once and saw a dark blur following as well. Kid Flash in stealth mode had chased after Danielle too.
"Thanks Wally," Danny remarked.
"Hey, we promised we'd save her right? Oh, and congrats on changing," Kid Flash replied. Danny grunted.
"Trying not to think about why I found it hard in the first place," Danny admitted. The van turned a corner and the back opened up. A pair of Guys in White agents hefted up big anti-ghost weapons and fired at Danny. Years of dodging ghost rays and playing dodgeball against Dash came into play. Kid Flash tried to get closer but every time he did, the men shot at him too. While the weapons wouldn't hurt him, they could cause him to trip and the speed he was going could cause himself an injury.
But what the two heroes didn't know was that the guns were a distraction. The van drove down the street and a green translucent shield appeared. Kid Flash zoomed straight through it but Danny, going too fast to stop in time, crashed head first into it. Danny fell down to the ground with a concussion. Luckily he didn't break a bone. The rest of the team and Garfield ran over to Danny as he staggered to his feet. They'd followed on foot as well.
"Danny?!" Rocket shouted in concern. Blearily, Danny looked to her and stumbled towards them.
"Are you okay?" Zatanna panted.
"Ugh, not… not really. Smashed head first… into a ghost shield. I'm lucky… it wasn't one of the… the shocking ones. Ah my head," Danny slurred and rubbed his head.
Aqualad considered the halfa. He looked very unsteady.
"Miss Martian, call the Bioship," Aqualad ordered. Miss Martian nodded and her eyes glowed green. Moments later the Bioship hovered above them and they boarded. The Bioship lifted up into the air and with a quick check in with Kid Flash, they chased after the van containing Danielle.
Well that rescue attempt didn't quite go to plan… but will they save Danielle from the Guys in White?
How will Danny handle facing the Guys in White?
Until the next chapter.
