AN: Tumblr prompt: Void!Danny part 2
Drabble 32: The Kid Void part 2
So…What do you eat?" Clint asked awkwardly. They had finally gotten the kid some clothes. A grey T-Shirt and some nice jeans with a red hoodie. He seemed to like playing with the hoodie strings.
"Well, whatever you humans eat, I suppose," he said. Whenever he spoke it was echo-y and sounded…Indifferent. Clint didn't know how he was supposed to feel about it.
"Uh, okay? How about a meatball sub I got from the sandwich shop on 12th?" Clint asked. He had bought two, but Danny needed it more than his dog. Danny just shrugged an continued to play with his hoodie strings.
According to some of the tests he had a digestive system and a heart (and some glowing ball thing next to his heart-Danny called it his core), and other human body things. His black eyes were unnerving but once you got used to them you could actually look at him whenever you talked to him.
Despite what he had been through, he was actually a really sweet kid. He was nice, polite, and laughed at pretty much anything he found funny. But when he slept it was a different story. He would toss and turn, and there was one time Clint had found himself pinned to the ceiling by a shadow before Sam had calmed the kid down enough for him to get a good night's sleep.
He was also really good in the field. Apparently lots of villains were terrified of him. But while thye were in the field kicking ass they found out tat shadows were only one of Danny;s powers. He also shot these bright green blasts from his hands, and he could fly and turn invisible and intangible. He didn't breathe very often either. Enough to be alive, but not enough to be considered human. When he hyperventilated one time he was breathing at the rate of a normal human being. Clint didn't know how to feel about that, either.
One day Fury dropped by while Clint was teaching him how to play Mario Party 6, and he had flipped out. He had dove under Clint's legs, disappearing into the shadows they had cast. Apparently he was not a fan of Fury.
"We have some information on the shadow boy," Fury said. "He's supposedly in Africa, terrorizing the natives."
"We'll get right on it, sir," Steve said as he walked in. His stance was rigid like always whenever Fury showed up. Clint understood. After all, if he had been lied to half as many times as Fury had lied to Steve that person would have no way to contact Clint ever again. Fury briefed them for only a few short minutes before disappearing again. Typical. Once he was gone, Danny came out of his hiding spot.
"You know Nick Fury?" Clint asked. Danny nodded, eying the door with a concerned look on his face. He pointed to his neck where there was a scar nobody had ever noticed before. It led into the shadows that covered his back, but he had no trouble showing them. They watched as Danny took off his hoodie and shirt ad moved the shadows on his back to his front, and Steve and Clint both saw red.
The scars were everywhere. There wasn't a single inch that wasn't covered by them.
"And Fury did that to you?" Clint asked, way pissed off.
"Some. Skull did some too. Shadows cover them," was Danny's short reply.
"They were running tests on the shadows on his body. That's what caused it."
The trio turned around to see Natasha, holding a flashdrive in her hand as she walked towards them.
"This is the stuff they have on you, Danny. I deleted everything from their database on you after I made a copy of it."
Danny gave Natasha a grin, and Clint couldn't help but smile either. Danny was just a happy little kid who was extremely talented and powerful. But he was Clint's new best friend, and he would do anything to protect was no way he was ever going to let Fury or anybody else touch him.
That was a promise.