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Ch.9 Return Of A Phantom
Danny walked down the dark hallway of the hotel, taking especially cautious not to wake anyone up. His mind was a mess of thoughts, Paullina had to have been the most attractive girl in school. Sure she came on to a lot of boys before but never the way she did with Danny. Paullina wanted to sleep with him, Danny looked back down the hallway at his own room.
Paullina hadn't left yet, and she was probably still in his room half naked. Danny felt his hormones kicking in and stopped in his tracks, the male side of his brain was telling him to go back.
"What the hell am I thinking?" He scolded himself mentally, "My heart belongs to Sam, no one else! Paullina is one thing, but Sam is something special."
Danny turned his stare to one specific down in the hallway. Samantha's room.
"Should I tell her what's going on?" He thought.
Danny approached the door and raised his fist to knock. He was about to bring it down on the wooden surface when he hesitated.
"No I shouldn't," He thought, "it would only cause her to panic and worry about my safety."
Danny checked a clock in the hallway, it was nearly midnight.
"Besides it at an indecent hour and she's probably in dream land by now, no need to dump personal affairs on her now." Danny continued.
The hybrid silently moved away from his loves door, completely unaware that Sam was wide-awake inside crying her heart and soul out.
Danny flung the door open that led to the roof and stepped inside a room with four freights of stairs. Danny sprinted up all of them and finally reached the door to the rooftop. He stepped out into the night and looked at the city in front of him, Danny shut his eyes and filtered out all sound, feeling, and any other distraction. He was engulfed in complete concentration, Danny felt a hidden power inside of him longing to break free.
"It's been so long since I've done this." He thought, "I hope I remember how to control all of my abilities."
Danny raised his hands and began listening to the steady beat of his heart, his muscles twitched, his pulse sped up, Danny could feel his heart beating faster and faster, his adrenaline was rising, a feeling of freedom and invincibility passed over him. Danny knew that it was time to release his power once more.
"I'm going ghost!" He shouted into the dark sky.
With those words a circular beam of energy surrounded him, his street clothes were molded into a black and white suit. His muscles bulged and his heart sped up ever more, Danny felt his veins filling with ectoplasmic substance. His skin grew paler, his hair once night black turned as white as snow. When the rays of light passed over him Danny opened his eyes to the world, his light baby blue eyes slowly lost their color and changed to glowing lime green.
Danny felt the smooth surface of his suit, remembering how it felt. A triumphant smile made it's way on his lips; at long last Danny Phantom was back. The incredible feeling of power returned to him and he raised his fist to the sky.
"Yeah!" He shouted, "I've forgotten how good this feels!"
Danny walked over to the edge of the hotel and looked at the forty- story drop below. Danny gulped and took a few steps back.
"Come on I've done this plenty of times before." He recalled.
Regaining his confidence Danny ran forward and leapt off the ledge. His body began falling towards the ground below, Danny spread himself out.
"Alright fly!" He thought.
Nothing happened and he continued falling. Panicking Danny began fluttering his arms trying to float.
"I'm starting to think this wasn't such a good idea!" He thought.
Danny's eyes widened when he saw the ground growing ever closer, "Damnit fly!" He thought.
Danny shut his eyes and began concentrating, the rushing air ceased and Danny opened his eyes to see his face not more that five inches from the floor, the entrance of the building was behind him. It took him a few seconds to realize he was floating above the ground. Danny looked around silently to see if anyone was at the desk watching him, the lobby was deserted.
"I still got it!" He thought.
Danny rose in the air and levitated higher, when he was ready Danny shot forward and he took off into the night with lightning speed. Danny gave a cry of excitement as he disappeared among the skyscrapers. When all was clear two hotel employees rose up from the desk.
One nervously tapped the other on the shoulder, "Did you see that dude? He like- was totally floating!"
The other nodded, "And his hair was white, and his eyes were like all glowing! What's going on here?" He continued.
The other one turned to him, "Give me the phone."
Nodding in agreement he handed him the hotel phone, the employee gratefully took it from his hands and picked the phone off the receiver. He began dialing several numbers, it was apparent that he wasn't dialing 911.
"Who are you calling?" The other employee asked.
His co-worker turned to him, "Who do you think I'm calling?" as a voice on the other line answered, "This is the Teen Titan emergency line, what seems to be the trouble?"
Danny flew through the air at top speed, "This is amazing!" He thought, "I feel so free!"
Danny made several barrel rolls, and spiraled in flight. He accelerated towards a few alleys and decided to test out his projectile attacks, he took sharp aim at several dumpsters. Raising his hand, Danny concentrated his energy and several hot blasts of green fire erupted from his palms. The ectoplasm blasts hit their targets with incredible accuracy and the dumpsters went up in flames.
"Yes direct hit!" He declared, several frightened men and women ran out of the alley screaming at the top of their lungs.
"Ghost!" One shouted.
"Run for you life, it's a phantom!" Another added.
"Someone call the cops, that guys crazy!" Another cried.
"Whoops sorry about that." Danny stated realizing at what he had done.
Deciding it was time to go, Danny flew off towards several skyscrapers, "Time to test my intangibility." He thought.
Danny accelerated and was only feet away from hitting the building when his body turned as thin as air. Danny phased through the buildings interior, frightened workers stood up from their desks and shouted curses and warnings.
"I should have turned invisible, darn it!" He thought as he phased out of the building.
Danny spotted a stop filled with trucks public buses, "I got flying, projectiles, and phasing down but what about strength?"
Danny landed behind several buses and cracked his wrists, he failed to take notice at a few truckers who were drinking coffee near their vehicles.
"Hey Mitch," one said, "how's the kids?"
Mitch looked up, "Well Carl if you must ask they're doing just fine."
"Still getting A's?" Another asked.
Mitch turned to him, "Yeah Bobby they're doing well in school."
Mitch hearing metal denting looked at one of the buses and saw it rising, "What in the name of God?" He said aloud.
The others turned and gasped, Danny effortlessly lifted the heavy twelve ton vehicle off the ground. The truckers couldn't believe what they saw, a handsome young boy with snow white hair and green eyes lifting something that heavy with so little effort! Danny stopped when he saw them, dropping the bus he disappeared into the night air. Mitch ran behind the bus and his eyes opened in terror when he saw the boy wasn't there.
"Did you see that?" He asked Carl.
Carl nodded, "Who was he?"
Mitch shrugged, Danny flew up into the sky, "Strength and teleportation is in check, just one more power and then I'm good, possession!"
Danny looked around the city and saw a mugger viciously slam a young woman against a brick wall. The thief held a blade to the woman's throat, smiling Danny faded into the darkness.
"Aright give me the money if you wanna live!" The mugger shouted.
The woman shuddered and held up her purse, "Here just take it!"
The thief snatched it from her hands, "Thanks, now let's make things interesting!"
The pervert ripped at the woman's skirt, she cried out in terror.
"What's the matter, scared of a little intimacy?" the thief asked.
He laughed aloud and suddenly gasped, a feeling of ice went over him and something took over his mind. He tried to fight it at first but whatever it was began dominating his body and rational thought. The woman frightened stepped back against the wall, the thieves eyes began glowing, he reached over and handed the woman her purse.
"Here take it, I'm going to go find a decent job for myself." He stated, confused but grateful the woman took her purse and ran off.
When the woman disappeared Danny flew out of his host, the thief grabbed his head, "Uhhh what happened?"
He looked up and saw Danny who smiled mischievously, "Boo." He stated.
The thief let out a frightened cry, "A ghost! Let me out of here!" The coward ran towards the streets shouting hysterically.
Danny crossed his arms and watched the thief repeat, he slowly began floating higher and higher in the air.
"All powers working, now time to get to my little meeting with Scourge and end this!" He thought, Danny flew off towards the direction of the Museum Of Dark History.
Raven snuggled in bed against her true love's arms, she playfully ran a teasing finger down his bare chest. Garfield was no shrimp, his chest was well barreled, he had thick abs complete with six pack, Raven didn't care about looks too much but she was glad that Beast Boy was in such good shape. She placed her hand on his face and felt his face, she gently scratched his ears, causing his long gold earrings to clang against one another. Raven leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.
There was knock on the doorway and Raven rose up, "Who is it?"
"It's me Grayson." Robin stated, Raven got out of bed and headed for the door.
She ran a finger towards her tangled hair and opened the door slightly, she saw Robin outside in nothing but a tang top, and pants, Starfire clinging to his arm was right behind him. Her long red hair a mess and dressed in nothing but a oversized shirt. Cyborg was with them crossing his arms and rubbing his eyes.
"What is it?" Raven asked.
"Rachel," Robin stated, "There's trouble downtown."
"Is it Mad Mod?" Raven asked opening up the door, "The Hive? Dr. Light?"
Robin entered, "No it's someone new."
Raven motioned for the rest of her friends to enter, Garfield who was awakened by the sound of snuffled footsteps was surprised when he saw his friends huddled in his room.
"What's going on?" He asked.
Robin flicked on the TV and turned it to the news, an anchorman was standing in front of some very disturbed hotel employees.
"Can you tell us what you saw?" He asked.
"Dude he just flew through the air!" One blurted.
"Yeah and his hair was white and his eyes were glowing-he was a demon or a devil or something!" The other shouted.
The anchorman turned to the camera, "I'm getting a message from Maria Lopez who has the latest on the story tonight."
A woman replaced the man, standing behind her were several business men and women and truckers.
"Thank you Tom, it seems as though a new villain has come to our beloved city. His intentions are unknown, but one thing is clear, he enjoys spreading fear." Maria said.
She stepped over to one of the businessmen, "Can you tell us in detail what you saw?"
"I was working when all of a sudden I saw this figure flying around and blasting stuff!" He shouted, "He shot several dumpsters in an alley before flying into the building!"
"He scared the crap out of me!" A woman added.
Maria turned to the truckers, "Can you gentlemen fill us in on what you saw?"
Mitch turned to the camera, "I don't know what he was exactly but I can tell you this, " he hesitated, "he may have look like a young boy, but believe me he is far from human."
"You should have seen the way he hefted that bus!" Carl added pointing to one of the public transports behind him, "He was like a modern day Hercules!"
"Who are we talking about exactly?" Maria asked.
Bob chipped in, "Like we said it looked like a boy, but it wasn't his skin was pale, his eyes were glowing, and his hair was as white as snow. Almost as if he was a ghost or something."
Maria turned to the camera, "Earlier on today police arrested a very disturbed mugger who was shouting and screaming at the top of lungs on the city streets."
A clip was shown of police wrestling a man to the ground, "He was a ghost I tell you! He was a ghost!" He shouted.
Maria turned back on screen, "There you have it folks a phantom villain has come to Jump City. Who is this strange individual? And what are his plans for our city? Still to come more details on this bizarre case, this is Maria Lopez sighing off."
Robin flicked off the TV and turned to the others, all of the titans exchanged looks of fear and confusion. Beast Boy sat out of bed and put on his shirt, Robin looked at his fellow titans his face as smooth as steel and blue eyes flashing.
"Titans move out!" He ordered.