N: Submitted by: Guest: Okay idea the avenger hear about Danny but due to the episode with the ghost zone portals taking him to different time periods the avenger think he is thousands of years old and appears when bad stuff happens you know like the fire in Rome and the destruction of a temple in ancient Asia that plus the time Walker and Freakshow framed him the now think he is some kind of old evil spirit
Drabble 66-Poltergeist
The Avengers had grown up learning about Phantom just like every other child of the earth. He was known for the destruction of some temples in Asia, the big fire in Rome, and it had been hinted that he was one of the main causes of the destruction of the Library of Alexandra. He was hundreds of years old, but nobody could ever tell what he looked like because his face was hidden by a black cloak, but it was little nown fact that he had hair whiter than snow, and toxic green eyes that could freeze you in your spot with just a glance. Like Medusa, but with ice.
He was the kind of story you'd tell your friends around a camp fire or at a slumber part. Bruce's parents in particular told him that Phantom took little boys who refused to eat their vegetables. But eventually, he became less real. The more this band of friends grew up, the more of a myth Phantom had become, until they were just a small, insignificant memory in the back of their minds that was only used for reminiscing. After all, he was just a ghost story.
Or at least, he was supposed to be.
The thing they were starring at could have only been Phantom, except he wasn't scary at all. Not by any standards. Even Bruce, who had a small fear of Phantom, didn't seem intimidated. Because jowhere in any of the stlries did anybody ever saw Phantom was a kid.
He was a scrawny thing with white hair and green eyes, bit nothijg about hik seemed even remotely evil. In fact, he gavenoff the vibe ofna good guy.
"What are you?" Clint asked, raising his bow and arrow at the floating being. He held up his hands in defense, looking very worried for his afterlife.
"Um..." he replied, still starring at all of them like they had grown two heads.
"Well, come kn, spit it out," Iron Man said.
"Sorry, it's just-when I imagined meeting you guys it was never like this. Um. Okay, right, my name is Phantom. Hi, how are you?"
So it was him. But how? He was just a scarred kid-ghost thing that could take over the world, and here he was, practically trembling at Hawkeye. It was strange.
"Looks like we better talk first, shoot later," Captain America said, stepping forward. He placed a hand on Hawkeye's shoulder, and Phantom seriously couldn't believe it. The Captain America was sitting right in front of him. It was amazing, to say the least.
"I don't understand," Bruce said, pushing up his glasses. "Where's the cloak? The fangs? The evil demeanor, and being able to freeze enemies where they stood? You don't seem like a big time legend, really."
"Uh," Phantom said, looking highly confused. "I'm sorry, I think? Gotta be honest, I have no idea what you're talking about."
Cap turned to Natasha, who shrugged, silently telling him she wasn't detecting any lies. Maybe there's some other evil ghosts that destroyed entire civilizations, but Cap doubted it.
"We're talking about the fire of Rome, the temples in Asia collapsing, the Library of Alexandra being burnt to the ground, to name a few," Iron Man said. Phantom just stared at him, confused for a moment longer.
"Um, I didn't do any of that. Who told you I did that?" The boy seemed intrigued as he took a more comfortable spot in the air. His arms were behind his head as he floated on his back. He let his head hang so he saw everybody upside down. Just by watching that it made Cap wonder how this kid could have done all of those things. And then he briefly reminded himself that this was a ghost. They didn't have to look old and powerful to be old and powerful. But even then he sensed no malicious intent with this guy.
"There are several counts throughout history describing a white haired green eyed ghost destroying everything," Hawkeye said simply, his fingers itching to shoot something. Phantom's head tilted to the side as he thought for a moment.
"Oh!I know what you're talking about! That must have been when Vlad stole the Infi-Map!"
"When who stole the what?" Bruce asked, shifting his weight from foot to foot. Phantom groaned and flipped over to his stomach.
"Okay, so Vlad is this evil ghost-my arch nemesis. And the Infi-map is this super powerful ghostly artifact that can take you anywhere you want at any when you want. Vlad stole it from my pal, Frostbite, and me and my friends had to stop him, but there were some complications along the way. Like the colusseum thing and when we ended up in Salem and my girlfriend almost got burned at the stake. But we beat him, so I guess that's cool..." Phantom trailed, rubbing the back if his neck nervously as he made eye contact with each Avenger. He seemed more guarded now that the Avengers had almost hurt him. Steve almost felt bad.
"How long ago did this happen?" Natasha asked, placing a well manicured hand on her hip. Her eyebrow was raised, but other than that she showed no emotion, and part of him couldn't help but be intimidated. The other part of him was reminded of Sam. Danny rubbed his chin in thought. It had happened around the time he got his powers, so maybe a year ago? Time has become a sort of blur since he had become a ghost.
"Uh...I'm not sure, really," Danny answered honestly. "I don't keep track of time very well. But it was recently, like, within the past year. Why?"
The past year? They had been expecting an answer like one thousand years, not just one. That meant that their childhoods had been haunted by this ghost because of something that happened a year ago? Because he decided to play cat-mouse with a guy named Vlad? He couldn't be serious...Could he?
This kid who didn't know any better had completely changed history, and they couldn't help hut wonder if all of that stuff would still be around if he hadn't been there.
"Who is this Vlad guy?" Hawkeye piped up. Right, Phantom had been chasing him. So really it was him to blame.
"He goes by Plasmius but his name is Vlad Masters," Phantom replied, not bothering to hide the venom in his voice.
"The billionaire?" Iron Man asked. Phantom nodded and huffed angrily.
"Yeah, he's a halfa too. Gets on my goddamned nerves, always planning something."
"Halfa?" Natasha questioned.
"Half ghost, half human," Phantom offered.
"Why do you hate this guy so much? Other than the fact that he's obviously evil," Bruce asked. Anybody who would destroy that much knowledge was a villain in his book.
"He has this thing for my mom and wants me to be his apprentice or whatever," Phantom waved off. "It's been going on for years now, but he's always hated dad for marrying mom. Thinks I should be his. If you ask me I think he should just get another lonely guy cat."
Mom? Dad? This ghost had parents? Wait, he said he was a halfa. That means he's also human. Do his parents know? And how does one become a halfa? More importantly how does he know Vlad has a cat? Every time any of the Avengers tried analyzing anything Phantom said they always ended up with more questions, and it was really starting to get annoying.
"Parents?" Iron Man asked, confused. "How can you have parents if you're dead? Theoretically speaking of course." Apparently Stark hadn't listened to the ghost's word choice like Natasha and Bruce had.
"Uh, dude I didn't become a ghost like a year and a half ago. My folks are still alive. Geez, you're as dark as my girlfriend."
There was a ping from Phantom's pocket, and he grimaced as he looked at his phone.
"Damn it..." he muttered.
"What's wrong?" Iron Man asked.
"Well, speaking of girlfriends, I'm gonna be late for my date because of you guys, that's what. Listen, we can pick this up some other time, but right now I gotta go. See you around!"
With that he disappeared-literally, leaving the Avengers in a state of shock.
"Uh," Hawkeye drawled, "What just happened?" Iron Man shrugged.
"I have no freaking clue, Legolas. Not a single one."