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> PHANTOM MUTANT

>> Chapter Three – Let It All Out

It took a few seconds before Danny could even utter a word, but when he finally managed to speak, it was in a much shaken voice. "I-I don't know what y-you're talking about… Me? P-powers? Yeah right!" He said, stuttering.

He couldn't help it. Danny was used to people guessing something was up with him, like why he missed curfew, why he was late to class and those kind of things, but they never actually guessed that he would have powers, unlike Xavier.

He was really trying to suppress the urge to kick the man out of his house, but that would raise even more suspicion.

'Oh my god… he hasn't spoken to my parents about my ghost side, has he?' Danny thought as his panic rose.

'No, I haven't.' Danny couldn't help but yelp when he heard the professor's voice in his head. Either he was going crazy, or the man had powers of his own.

Xavier wheeled himself in front of the couch. "Sit down and we'll talk about why we're here Daniel." He said.

"We'll answer any questions you have for us." Jean commented, putting up a professional attitude.

Danny turned to look at his friends and they both nodded. "We gotcha man, we'll see you tonight on Doomed." Tucker said, placing a hand on his shoulder for a second before he walked out. Sam reluctantly followed, catching quick glances back at Danny with a worried expression.

Tucker caught this and smiled. "He'll be fine. If worse comes to worse, he can phase out of there." He said.

Sam rolled her eyes. "Of course he can, because that wouldn't look suspicious at all, right?" She said sarcastically.

"Man, what's with you?" Tucker grumbled as both of them split off towards their homes.

Back in the house, Danny took a seat on the couch facing the professor. Jean stood next to Xavier while Kitty sat down on the other end of the couch. "For starters, my name's Danny; not Daniel or Dan, just Danny." Danny said.

"Very well," Xavier said as he gazed at his two students before returning his attention to Danny. "Now then, as I told your parents earlier, I run an institute for exceptionally gifted individuals that I would like you to join." He said.

Danny narrowed his eyes. "And by 'exceptionally gifted', you mean…" 'My powers?'

Xavier nodded. "Yes. You see, my institute was built as a safe haven for people who can't control their gifts," He motioned to Jean. "Jean here is a telekinetic and a telepath, meaning she can move objects with her mind as well as read other people's minds."

Danny's eyes widened and flashed a yellow-green color as he faced Jean. "So you were reading my mind!" He yelled.

Jean shook her head. "I wasn't reading your mind, you were just projecting your thoughts a bit, and so I couldn't help but overhear your comment on your friend, the one who was hitting on us." She explained.

"What did you hear?" Danny asked, raising an eyebrow.

Jean smiled. "The 'Rico Suave' comment." She answered. Xavier couldn't help but raise an eyebrow while Kitty was trying to keep her laughter in check.

Xavier continued. "As I was saying, Jean is both a telekinetic and a telepath," He then motioned to Kitty. "And Kitty can phase through any objects by turning herself intangible while still keeping a corporeal form."

Danny blinked. "Uh… so you can still see her clearly when she phases through stuff. That's what corporeal means right?"

"Yes that's right. Now before I came here, I read some news articles about Amity Park being haunted by a teenage ghost called 'Inviso-bill'. Tell me, was that you?" Xavier asked as he propped his elbows on the wheelchair handles and laced his fingers together.

Danny paled. 'Well… it's not like they didn't already figure out that was me, so I might as well clear up the details for them.' Danny hesitated, but he exhaled and eventually spoke. "Alright, look, what I'm about to tell you is one of my most well-kept secrets. Only four people on the planet know about this, two of them where there when it happened, one found out on her own and the other just stuck his nose where it didn't belong."

The three of them nodded and paid attention to Danny as he began his story. "Around the time when school started, my parents were working on something called a Ghost Portal. You see, they're ghost hunters, and they believed that ghosts existed in a different dimension that acted as a limbo of sorts. They called it the Ghost Zone."

Kitty interrupted. "Okay, like, no offense, but that's just crazy." She said, but Danny glared at her. "You wouldn't be saying that if you lived here. Anyone who's been here more than a day gets to see a ghost attack at least once, I can guarantee it. And I don't mean 'stuff moving around by some unseen force' attack, I mean 'glowing green creature destroying everything in sight' attack."

"Anyways, when they tried to activate the Ghost Portal, it didn't work. They were depressed about it for a few days, so me and my two best friends, the ones you saw with me, tried to fix it for them. I put on a hazmat suit and checked out the inside of the portal, and I kinda found out the hard way there was an On/Off switch inside the portal." Danny said.

"The hard way?" Kitty asked with a hint of concern.

"I was running my hand over the side of the portal as I went inside it, so I accidentally activated the portal while I was inside." Danny said, grimacing as he recalled the memory.

Kitty gulped, acting like she was hearing a horror story. "Like… what happened?" She asked.

An involuntary shiver ran up Danny's spine. "Well, the portal was activated so that was good, but I was electrocuted by the portal. And considering the Ghost Portal is a huge machine that takes up most of my basement wall and has enough power to punch into a different dimension, it was painful." He said.

Jean ran her left hand up her right arm, a worried look on her face. "That must've hurt…"

"More than you think. Anyways, I was knocked out from the voltage, but when I woke up, I felt really cold for some reason. My friends were looking at me like they saw a ghost," Danny said, chuckling a bit at the irony. "Anyway, I went up to the closest mirror I could find, and found out everything except my eyes and my skin was inverted. What was black turned white, and what was white turned black. My skin was normal, but my eyes were green, and my body was glowing, and it was slightly see-through." He said.

"I turned into a ghost, simple as that…" Danny said, shrugging his shoulders in an attempt to hide his worry.

He would never admit it to anyone else other than his friends and (sometimes) his sister, but Danny was worried. He just told his most well-kept secret to some strangers who claimed to have come here to help him. 'For all I know, Vlad hired them to spy on me or something loopy like that.' He thought.

Meanwhile, the only two telepaths in the room were having a mental conversation of their own.

'Professor…' Jean started. 'If his story is true, then he's not a mutant, right? I mean, he does have powers, but they're not from his x-gene, so why are we here?'

'Because even though this young man has what appear to be ghost powers, Cerebro detected a mutant signature from him during Christmas Eve. I'm afraid he might've mistaken his mutant power for a developing ghost power.' The Professor explained.

'So then, when are we going to tell him that our school is for mutants?' Jean asked. 'When are we going to tell him that he's a mutant?'

'In due time Jean, first we must know if he's interested in coming with us in the first place. After all, we can't force him to come with us.' The Professor explained, leaving it at that.

The next several seconds were spent in an awkward silence that caused the tension to thicken to the point where it could be cut through by a dull butter knife. Kitty was the first to speak. "So, can you, like, show us what you look like as a ghost?"

Danny exhaled, realizing he was holding his breath without even knowing. The fact that these people weren't scared of his ghostly alter-ego gave him a slight confidence boost. "Well, as much as I'd like too, my parents like to keep the Ghost Shield in standby mode around the house, so if I transform, it'll activate and warn my parents. Too much unwanted attention considering I'm public ghost enemy number one here."

Xavier nodded. "That's understandable. Now Danny, I'd like to offer you the opportunity to join us at the institute so we can help you with your powers. The choice is entirely up to you, but we'd like you to at least think about it."

"Where is it?" Danny asked.

Jean cut in. "Bayville."

"Where's that?" Danny asked once again.

"It's in New York." Jean answered.

"Okay then, so- WHAT?" Danny screamed.

Kitty quickly tried to intervene. "Danny, like, calm down. I know it sounds like you'd be leaving your family behind, but the institute is awesome. The rooms are, like, huge and the-" Kitty was cut off.

"That's not the point! I have a responsibility here as a ghost hunter! If I leave, this town will be crawling with ghosts within the week!" Danny screamed.

Xavier closed his eyes, once again in deep thought. He then opened them and stared at Danny with a serious expression. "The only solution I can think of would be to tell your parents about your powers. That way you can make accommodations with your parents to keep the town safe during your absence without having to hide your knowledge on ghosts from them." He said.

Danny just stared at the professor with wide eyes and his mouth gaping open, until he finally muttered something. "Y-you're insane." He stuttered. "You're asking me to tell my parents, a couple of ghost hunters, that I'm a ghost! Am I the only one who sees what's wrong with this plan?" Danny screamed, his anxiety rising to high levels.

"Danny, I-"

"NO! You don't get it! They'll take me out and rip me apart! And use the remains to experiment on them! The fact that I'm a ghost isn't even the worst part; it's the fact that the town has already labeled me as public ghost enemy number one! I've already been at the receiving end of my parents' ecto-guns more than once, and I don't think that telling my parents that I'm a ghost will be good for my health considering that they will waste no time in ripping me apart molecule by molecule!" Danny vented, taking a few deep breaths afterwards.

The three mutants decided it was best to let the silence hang for a few seconds to see if Danny had anything else he wanted to say. When nothing was said, Xavier spoke. "I understand your concerns Danny, but I don't believe your parents would do something so inhumane to you. From what I saw," 'And felt,' "From them, their family comes before their profession, and I believe that your family will accept you for who you are. If your sister believes in you as much as she does, then I believe your parents will too." Xavier said.

Danny's eyebrow kicked up. "Wait, how do you know Jazz?"

Xavier smirked, oddly enough. "She was here when we arrived. When she heard us say the word 'gifted', she didn't hesitate to speak her mind, once her parents were out of earshot that is. She's very fond of you, not to mention protective."

Danny chuckled. "That she is."

He then felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Kitty. "If you, like, need us for moral support, we're here for you." She said.

Danny sighed and brought his hand up to his forehead, leaning forward and holding his head up with his arms. After a few moments of silence, Danny finally brought his head up. "Mom! Dad! I need to talk to you!"

An assortment of clattering noises could be heard coming from the basement along with some footsteps. Suddenly, a woman wearing a blue hazmat suit and red goggles came out from the basement. "Honey, is something wrong?" Maddie asked, eyeing her son with concern.

After she said that, a large and statuesque man wearing an orange hazmat suit came out from the basement. He had black hair that was turning gray at the sides, a sign of aging. He was carrying a large white gun with neon green detailing, looking around suspiciously until his eyes finally settled on Danny. "It's those ghost rats, isn't it son? I knew it!" Jack exclaimed.

"No mom, nothing's wrong… and there are no ghost rats, dad." Danny started. "I need to talk to you guys though."

Maddie smiled warmly. "Well honey, you know you can always talk to us about anything." She said.

"Especially if it has to do with ghosts!" Jack exclaimed excitedly.

Danny hesitated for a second. "Well… it does have to do with ghosts," This got Jack's attention quickly. "It's about the time when I activated the Ghost Portal." He said.

Maddie pulled back the hood of her hazmat suit to reveal shoulder length brown hair and purple eyes. "Now honey, we already forgave you for fooling around with the portal. I understand that you were only trying to help, but you were electrocuted." She said.

"I understand that mom, but that's not what I wanted to talk about," Danny said, looking both his parents in the eyes. "You see, there was more to that accident than I told you…"

"See, when I was electrocuted, I came out different, I… well, maybe it'd be better if I showed you…" Danny said, taking a deep breath and standing up. He tried to relax and yelled out his battle cry. "I'm going ghost!"

"What is that supposed to be, some kind of battle- SUFFERING SPOOKS!"

Both Fentons watched with wide eyes as a luminescent white ring appeared around their son's midsection. They both saw as the ring divided itself into two rings, one going up Danny's body and the other going down. The two rings changed his appearance, changing his white and red shirt, faded blue jeans, and red sneakers into a black hazmat suit with a white collar, gloves, boots and belt. On his chest was an emblem that looked like a white D with an overlapping black P, but the most astounding change was his hair and eyes. His untidy black hair changed into a snow white mess, while his piercing blue eyes changed into a captivating neon green.

Once the rings faded out of existence, the Fentons couldn't see their son anymore. In his wake stood one of the most powerful and elusive ghosts they've ever had to face: Inviso-bill, or Danny Phantom as he liked to be called.

Instinct took over and Jack raised his ecto-gun, aiming it at the ghost boy with killing intent. "If you don't get out of my son's body within the next five seconds, I'll rip you apart molecule by molecule, punk!" He screamed, charging his ecto-gun and narrowing his eyes at the ghost child.

Xavier cut in quickly, hoping to avoid any confrontation. "Please Mr. Fenton, listen to your son-"

"The ghost boy is not my son!" Jack screamed, aiming the charged ecto-gun at the ghost kid.

"WAIT!" Danny screamed, although he heard an echo along with his voice. He blinked and turned to look at the stairs, finding his older sister standing there with a panicked expression on her face. She ran in between her dad and her brother and brought her arms forward in a shielding reflex. "STOP! Let him talk!" Jazz screamed; her aquamarine eyes filled with worry for her brother.

"Jazzy-pants, do you have any idea what you're doing? You're protecting the ghost boy!" Jack exclaimed, trying to aim his ecto-gun past his daughter.

Jazz continued to intervene with her dad's attempt at killing her little brother, ignoring the fact that her dad used a pet name. "He's not possessed, dad! Just let him talk!" She pleaded.

Jack was quiet for a second, but he reluctantly lowered his gun, glaring at the ghost boy. "You better explain yourself, ghost." He said, spitting the word 'ghost' out like poison.

Danny flinched involuntarily, but he continued talking, although his confidence was taken down a peg. "Y-you see, when I was electrocuted by the portal, I came out looking like this. I turned into a… g-ghost. A half ghost, to be precise…" He said.

Unfortunately, Jack was still ignorant of the existence of half ghosts. "Liar! There's no such thing as a half ghost! That's dumb," He raised his ecto-gun. "Now get out of my son!"

"Mr. Fenton, please calm down." Xavier pleaded. "As unorthodox as it sounds, this is your son."

Jack turned to the Professor. "That's what the ghost kid wants you to believe. I'll get him out of my son one way or another!" He screamed, aiming the charged ecto-gun back at the ghost kid.

Danny's green eyes widened with panic. This was exactly what he always feared: his ghost half not being accepted by his parents. He tried to repress the urge to overshadow his dad, but if he didn't do something soon, his dad was going to kill him. 'But what can I do without looking like the bad guy?' He thought.

Jazz froze up, looking back and forth between the glowing barrel of her father's ecto-gun and the fearful look in her brother's glowing green eyes.

The two female mutants didn't know what to do to lower the tension between the Fentons, while the Professor was about to use his telepathy in an attempt to prevent the large man from committing filicide.

Jack's finger was just about to pull back the trigger when a cry erupted from Jack's better half. "JACK, STOP!" Maddie screamed.

Jack continued to aim the gun at the ghost boy, but he turned to look at Maddie with a look of utter confusion. "Are you insane? The ghost boy has possessed our son and you want me to stop?" Jack asked. "Look at the ghost boy, Jack. Look at our son." Maddie replied.

Jack, still having the ecto-gun aimed at the ghost boy, turned to look at him, mainly to humor his wife. What he saw however, shocked him. The ghost boy's facial expression was one of complete panic and fear. The ghost boy was scared of him, scared of Jack Fenton, Amity Park's most incompetent ghost hunter.

Maddie slowly approached Danny, reaching out to him with one hand. "Danny… is this what the portal did to you? Did the ghost portal turn you into… into a ghost?" She asked, a little disbelieving.

"Half ghost, since I'm still human…" Danny answered, still looking at his parents with ever-present fear in his eyes.

There was a tense silence as Maddie continued to slowly walk toward the ghost boy, but then she did something no one was expecting.

She hugged the ghost boy and broke into tears.

Maddie was sobbing madly on Danny's shoulder, taking him completely by surprise. She began to speak in between sobs. "All those times we (sniff) hunted the ghost boy… all those times we tried to capture him… we were (sob) hunting our own son! What kind of animals are we?" Maddie sobbed.

"Maddie, how can you be sure that the ghost boy is our son?" Jack asked, still trying to process the information. "He could be trying to trick you!"

Maddie turned to look at him, still hugging Danny fiercely, although this time he didn't deny her hug. "Jack… haven't you ever wondered (sniff) why the ghost boy always defended our town? Every time we (sniff) faced the ghost boy, he would run away rather than fight, or (sniff) attack us and miss intentionally. He's even helped us before." She said. "It couldn't have been a territorial ghost thing like we previously thought."

"But how can you be so sure?" Jack asked, still trying to cling onto his belief that the status of a half ghost was impossible.

"Jack…" Maddie started. "Haven't you ever wondered why all our ghost-detecting inventions always keyed into Danny? Especially when we tried to search for the ghost boy?"

Jack couldn't deny it anymore. All the evidence was in front of him the whole time, but none of them ever took the time to figure it out themselves. He didn't even think it was possible for a human to have ghost powers unless they were possessed, but apparently he was wrong.

Suddenly, Maddie spoke up, turning to look at Jazz. "You knew, didn't you? You kept covering for Danny because you knew." It was more of a statement than a question.

Jazz's face turned a bright shade of red as she began to twirl her fingers through her long orange hair, laughing nervously and she desperately tried to avoid her mother's gaze. "Knew? Knew what? You're being ridiculous mom, I didn't know until now!" Jazz explained, a little too quickly.

Maddie smirked. "So then why were you defending him from your father before he could explain?"

"Err… because-"

"She knew…" Danny spoke up. "And so do Sam and Tucker. They were there when it happened, so I couldn't really hide it from them. Jazz found out sometime during Spirit Week, but she didn't tell me she knew until we took the C.A.T.s…"

There were another couple of seconds of silence before someone spoke up. "I'm sorry Danny… I didn't even think a half ghost could exist." Jack said.

Danny chuckled. "I don't blame you dad, how do you think I reacted to seeing myself like this?"

Jack grinned and turned to Jazz. "So princess, you still don't believe in ghosts?" He asked smugly.

Jazz just 'hmpf'ed.

Jack pulled out a miniature action figure of himself and looked back and forth between the action figure and Danny. "Note to self: make a Danny action figure." He said.

"So… you guys are okay with me being a half ghost?" Danny asked.

Both Jack and Maddie turned to look at him, smiling warmly. "Of course we are dear; we love you no matter what. You'll always be our son." Maddie said.

Suddenly, the door opened and the same rugged man who Danny saw outside came into the house. "Chuck, we got a problem." He said.

"What kind of problem Logan?" Xavier asked, turning to look at Logan.

Logan took a sniff and unsheathed his adamantium claws, taking the Fentons by complete surprise. "I smell death."

Danny was the first to shake out of his stupor. "Um… he's from your school-thing, I hope?" He asked, raising a finger to point at Logan.

"Yes, that's Logan. He's part of the faculty." Xavier noted.

"That's right," Logan said. "What's it to ya, bub?"

Danny immediately held his hands out in front of him. "Nothing, nothing." He said.

Logan then took another sniff and looked intensely at Danny, smirking. "You're that kid who came in here, weren't ya. So that's your power huh?" He said.

"Uh… how did you know it was me?" Danny asked.

"Ya smell like any other person, but ya carry a heavy scent of death that blends perfectly with yer regular scent. It's hard to miss, bub." Logan explained.

Xavier cut in, wheeling himself closer to Danny and Logan. "Logan, what did you say you smelled?" He asked.

"Death. And it wasn't natural either, it's the same scent that this kid has, but without the regular scent." Logan said.

Danny gasped, drawing everyone's attention, but it wasn't the gasp that surprised them, it was what happened afterwards. Everyone watched as a blue wisp of ectoplasmic smoke came out from Danny's mouth and dissolved after a few seconds.

"Like, what was that?" Kitty asked.

Danny just uttered one word. "Ghost."

>> To Be Continued…

Well, I finally got this chapter up. I was spending so much time trying to figure out how I could accurately describe Danny revealing himself to his family cause I didn't wanna disappoint you guys. I've read a whole bunch of DP fanfics that do the whole 'Danny revealing himself to his parents' thing, but I kept saying that it wasn't realistic in any way and that I could definitely write it better than that, so now you can tell me if it IS better than the other ones you've read.

Next chapter is one big brawl for all of those people who've been dying to see some Danny Phantom ghost action. It'll take a while to write, but I'll try to aim to please.

Chapter 2 got double the reviews I got for Chapter 1! Wow! Thanks to slickboy444, Agent-G, Aaron , the fat ninja, L'ange-Sans-Ailes, Laeedil, Fenrir's Daughter, SamuraiSirius, The Sith, KaliAnn, jetblack1979 and Mr. Snuffles for reviewing! I always appreciate everyone's input! I know Logan fans are disappointed, but the action is where he shines, so next chapter will be good.

And don't worry, even if Danny moves to Bayville, that doesn't mean that the ghost attacks will stop. You forget, Danny has Jack for a father, so a new stupidly-named invention will be brought forth to bring the ghost attacks to Bayville!

Please don't forget to review! Reviews inspire me. They're my fuel for my fire. Let me know is the characters were once again in character, and if I got Jack's character down. That was something I was worried about.

Don't forget, I'm cuckoo for cocoa- I mean, reviews!

Also, filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. And the action figure comment was from the episode Maternal Instinct. Remember? You remember. Good times. Fenton Jerky, anyone?

"Curse you Jack Fenton! You have defeated me once again! Aha!" Jack Fenton (with an action figure of himself), Maternal Instincts