Chapter 66

Leilani Pov

I walked back into the kitchen with tears in my eyes. Charles noticed immediately and started to dote on me.

"Hey, what's wrong? What did he say?"

I carefully wiped the tears out of my eyes before taking a deep breath.

"He said that you look similar to someone he knew."

I closed my eyes and tried to get rid of the lump in my throat, I started talking again, my voice cracking with sorrow and grief.

"He also said that the man didn't leave a good impression on him, that he left scars on him more than anything. I don't know, it sounds like to me that he was a prisoner at one point"

I wiped my eyes again as my husband stayed silent. I composed myself again, or at least I tried to.

"Maybe that's why he was so scared of me, maybe it's because he was scared that I would rat him out to someone or, or I don't know. I've never seen him act like this before."

I felt Charles hug me, and I gladly accepted it. Charles slowly stroked my hair, helping me calm down. He started to talk, his deep voice vibrating in his chest as he did.

"Maybe you should go and talk to him again, try to find out what happened to him?"

I nodded my head, agreeing with him. We separated and I walked to the hallway, looking over my shoulder at Charles as he smiled at me. I smiled back and walked to the bedroom where Igris was leaning against the doorway. I took a deep breath before continuing

"Igris, can you tell me more about that man?"

He looked up at me, he already looks like he's visibly calmed down. He stood up suddenly, surprising me. I stood closer to him, ready to catch him if anything happened. He looked at me with his tired eyes and gave me a weak smile.

"I'm sorry about that, I've calmed down now."

He walked into the kitchen surprising me, I chased after him and I was surprised to see him standing right in front of Charles, closely observing him. After a little bit, he sighed and stepped away. He sat down at the table and put his head in his hands.

"I'm sorry about all of this, panicking when you showed up in my house and now panicking when I saw your husband, although, now that I calmed down more, I realized that he doesn't look like Agent Q that much."

Me and Charles exchanged looks.

"Agent Q?"

Igris nodded his head, still looking at the table.

"Yeah, that was his name."

I pressed the matter on, sitting at the table before continuing. I clasped my hands together and leaned forward before speaking.

"Can you tell us about your... abilities?"

He sat there for a little bit before looking up at us, he observed us for a little bit before sighing and speaking.

"I got them in a lab accident back I was 14, my parents weren't that bright or at least my dad wasn't. I came from Amity Park, you know, the most haunted town in the U.S. and coincidentally, my parents were ghost hunters. And there were rumors of a dimension where ghosts live, so my parents made a portal to try and access it. It didn't work, and one of my best friends managed to convince me to go in there. You know, stupid teenagers doing stupid things. I tripped on some wires and ended up activating the portal since the on button was on the inside."

He sighed and rubbed his face with his hands before continuing.

"I ended up getting shocked by millions of watts, I don't know how, but it managed to change my DNA, and that's how I got my powers, from there, everything went downhill."

He was silent after that, I looked at him in confusion before pressing the matter.

"What do you mean?"

He looked at us with a serious face and seemed to be observing us, trying to see if we truly trustworthy. I guess we passed because he kept on talking.

"After I got my powers, ghosts started to attack so I started to protect my hometown, I started to sleep less, go to school less. As an effect, I looked like a living corpse, but it's what I wanted to do so I kept on doing it. Or at least until I was 17."

Charles snapped his fingers as he realized something.

"I remember, your name was Danny Phantom, I remember it was on the national news how you quit and stopped protecting your town. The military eventually had to help the town get everything under control again. You were the topic that everyone talked about for a couple of months."

Igris looked at him and gave a small smile but there was anger in his eyes.

"So that's what they said, no, I didn't quit, I was kidnapped while I was on patrol."

This caught our attention immediately.

"Kidnapped!? What for?!"

Igris looked at me out of the corner of his eye before continuing.

"Why else? A ghost that humans can effortlessly touch, a ghost that's powerful, they wanted to examine me, find out what makes me tick."

I put my hand over my mouth in horror. I looked at the now pale and stiff Charles, who looked to be on the verge of puking. Igris noticed us but continued.

"I was there for three years before I managed to escape, the only bright side is that I was able to meet Ben and Rex."

I looked at him in confusion before asking him.

"Who's Ben and Rex?"

He leaned back in his chair and sighed before he gave us a small smile.

"Well, you know them as Cassius and Neo, but Ben and Rex are their real names, with Bens help, we managed to escape."

I frowned at this unless my math was wrong, Cassius and Neo were barely born when he was 20.

"Igris, I don't understand, they were just born when you were twenty, how could they help you escape?"

He looked at me with a serious face before speaking.

"It's because we were all twenty when we escaped."