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To my reviewers:
Mylovetheswamprat: glad you like it and thanks for the review.
L'ange-Sans-Ailes: well, being I'm someone who posts as soon as they've written something, and not look over there work, its bound to happen. And Jazz bring Quicksilver home for dinner (shudders) I didn't need that idea, and I don't think Pietro would go for jazz, might remind him to much of Jean Grey. Thanks for the review.
Flanny: trust me, you'll really be puzzled (or pissed if you're a major fan of X-men) in this chapter. But all will be explained within the next two chapters I'm sure. So just hold tight and thanks for the reviews.
The X-men had returned home, filled with more questions then before. Waiting for them was Professor Charles Xavier.
"I take it your encountered problems," he asked before his students could ask, his gift of telepath could tell him that much.
"I don't know what to make of it Chuck," replied Logan, the hairy Canadian. "Both the kid that was there and the other guy the kid was fighting smelled like death. The kid had a backpack there and pulled out some tube or something, which sucked the guy into it. And before we could question him, the kid disappeared, along with the bag."
"And I couldn't sense him for some reason," added Jean, "I could see him, but it's like his mind didn't exist."
"That might just be some form of shield," replied Xavier, giving her a knowing look.
But Jean shook her head, "even then, you feel it. With him, there was nothing."
The Professor pondered that for a moment, when Scott added, "Professor, when he open that tube, which I think was a thermos, Rogue touch the back of his neck, and she didn't drain him."
Now that had surprised Xavier. He turned to her, "is this true Rogue?"
She just nodded in reply.
The Professor sat in thought, finally, "you tried your best, but I believe we do not comprehend just what we are dealing with. I will go see if I cannot search for him and the person he was fighting using Cerebro. The rest of you should keep your eyes open in case he shows up at your school. For all we know, he might be a new member of the Brotherhood or just another mutant that we haven't encountered before."
With that, he dismissed his students to bed as he rolled off to begin his search.
As Kitty went to start getting ready for bed, she couldn't help feeling that kid had looked a bit familiar.
"Danny," called Tuckers voice over the phone, "I finally figured out where I heard Bayville from. I did read it over the net and I just found it again. Bayville is a hotspot for mutants."
"So I've heard," replied Danny, rubbing his face to stay awake, it was late, "but that still doesn't explain what a mutant is."
"It says here that a mutant is born with an extra gene in there DNA, the X gene as its been named, and when the gene begins to develop, it gives that person powers." Danny took the information in as Tucker went on, "And according to this, Bayville is home to two mutant groups. One is a group formed by one Charles Xavier, founder of the Institute for gifted Youngsters, and the other doesn't say who started it, but it seems there is a boarding house that is home to the Brotherhood."
Danny sighed, "Well, at least I have a clue as to way people have been telling me to keep away from them."
"But Danny, get this," said Tucker, "according to this same site, mutants are more feared then even ghosts. Entire governments are afraid of them, some claiming to be the next step in human evolution. There's been a bill coming and going on the floor of congress to register all mutants. Danny, if that happened, mutants would be hunted down. Maybe even you."
"Couldn't happen Tucker," replied Danny, "I'm a ghost, and a half ghost at that, I'm not a mutant."
He heard the fear in Tuckers voice, "no man, you don't get it. Because of being half ghost, your no longer full human, and because of that, you could be classified as a mutant. Dude, if I were you, I'd hold back on your powers as much as possible."
Danny sighed, "alright, and thanks for the info. Now if you don't mind, its 2:30 in the morning and I got school tomorrow. I'll talk to you later."
"Alright, catch you later, and good luck," replied Tucker, as Danny heard a click and the line went dead.
Danny looked at the phone for a moment, thinking, 'thanks, I'm going to need it.'
Danny was sitting in lunch the next day, glancing over at the kids from the institute, but not trying to gain there attention.
'Tucker didn't say what they could do,' Danny thought to himself, 'He just said they had powers. But that doesn't answer what they could do.'
Danny was sitting alone, trying to think of what to do. He really couldn't go over and say hi and tell them that he was the guy they tried to fight last night. But he really didn't need more enemies.
His ears still hurt from the yelling by his parents this morning about how Inviso Bill followed them, which had of course been Danny. So now he could expect them after him, again.
To which Danny groaned at the though.
"And what do you think your doing at our table," he heard behind him. Slowly, Danny turned to see four boys look down on him. The first stood in front, waiting for Danny's answer had silver slicked back hair and seemed to be waiting impatiently. The one right behind him stood out quite a bit, tall as Danny and ever seen and just as round, and a huge tray of food in his hand. The one on the right had brown hair and screamed rebel from his leather vest and fingerless gloves. The final boy, who smelled quite a bit, stood a bit hunched over, almost squatting like a toad, and greenish skin to match.
The one in front spoke again, "I asked you a question, what do you think your doing at our table?"
"Um, sorry," said Danny, "this is my second day here, I still haven't gotten the groups down yet. I'll leave."
The rebel took a small step forward, looking him over, "you another student with the X-geeks? Kitty hasn't told me about any new kids."
"X-geeks," asked Danny. "Being I have no clue who you're talking about, I'll have to say no. I just moved here last week with my parents and sister."
"Alvers," someone called out. Danny turned to see the only student from the Institute group with sunglasses come over with a look that he was ready to fight, the others following him over. "Are you causing trouble again?"
"Lighten up Summers," replied the rebel, a look of distaste on his face, "just trying to figure out who he is," as he pointed to Danny, "Thought he was one of yours."
"Well, he isn't," replied the red head that Danny also recognized from last night, "so why don't you leave him alone."
"Tck, fine," replied the rebel, "lets go."
He turned off as the silver hair boy cried off, "but what about our table?"
"We'll find another or leave," came the reply.
Danny sighed, finally feeling that he could breathe, even though he really wasn't that scared. He still needed to put on a show of a nerd to not revel himself.
The others from the institute began to move back to their table before Danny could say anything.
"Hey," he called out. They turned to look at him, "for what its worth, thanks."
A couple nodded, a couple of the girls smiled. Summer's called back, "your welcome."
With that, they moved back on to their lunches like it was something they did every day.
As Danny sat back down he looked around, to see several people stare at him. A few from the institute he hadn't seen before looked on with curiosity, but most of the student body was giving him evil looks.
Danny rubbed his face, lowering his head at the stares, "great, I just got outed by the entire school at once. I hate my life."
It was after school when Danny watched the kids from the institute had gathered around a red spots car and a dark SUV. He was standing next to his sister's car watching them, when he heard her come up.
"Hey squirt," said Jazz, "have a good day?"
Danny glared as she gave an apologetic look. She was senior here, so it was no doubt that she had heard about lunch.
"If you called become the loner of a new school on his second day, then yes," replied Danny. He looked back over at the institute students as they began to pile into the two vehicles. "Think you could take care of mom and dad for me for the afternoon, I want to follow them."
She asked in a surprised voice, "the Xavier kids, why?"
"I got a funny feeling about them," he replied.
"You mean other then the fact there different," she said right back to him.
Danny shrugged, "I don't know Jazz. But if I end up fighting them like everyone else I try to help, I might as well know what I'm up against."
Jazz thought for a moment, then nodded, "alright, but be careful. Who knows what there really capable of. And take a thermos in case some ghost shows up."
Danny rolled his eye and he took the thermos out of his backpack, "Don't remind me. I'll see you later Jazz."
With that, and thermos in hand, Danny walked off to find a secluded spot to transform, keeping an eye out for anyone watching him.
Danny followed the two vehicles in the air while invisible just to be on the safe side. They had been driving around for about ten minutes until they finally pulled up to a driveway. Danny looked up and his mouth dropped open. They were driving up to a lavish mansion, two story and large. Just as big or maybe even bigger then Vlad's in Wisconsin.
"Wow," he said to himself, "He I should have become a student. That place is huge."
He flew up a bit to get a better look at the place, and Danny saw a pool right next to the mansion and a lavish forest behind the building, that looked like it went off to the ocean in at least one direction.
'I wonder what the place inside looks like,' Danny thought. He flew down into the ground in front of the mansion, figuring he'd come up in the center. He didn't figure on dropping down into a scientific lab.
'What the heck,' Danny thought, looking back. He looked around, seeing theories written on a blackboard, test tub and paperwork covering most of the tabletops. Danny got a real bad feeling about that place, and turned around when he heard the door open. He turned around to see a large blue ape in a lab coat and a Twinkie in one hand, folder in another.
And Danny did his best not to yell in surprise, but a small yelp emitted from his mouth.
The blue ape thing looked up from his file and scanned the room, "who's there?" Danny cursed himself internally, even though he was invisible, and could stay that way for a couple hours at a time, everyone could still hear him.
However, lucky seemed to be on his side as the ape just shrugged, "must be hearing things. It does happen often with telepaths in the house."
'Telepath, aren't those,' Danny froze, 'people who can hear thoughts.' Did they know he was here? 'Ok, I'm here if your know I'm already here, so how about I just leave.' Danny took a step back, listening. Moments passed as the blue ape ate his Twinkie and become complete absorbed with his work.
'Maybe they haven't heard me,' Danny thought. They might have to be close if they wanted to hear him.
Danny risked moving forward, phasing through the door the ape came in. Danny stepped out into a hallway made up of the same gray metal walls that lab had been made up of. After walking around for a bit, Danny could say that he was lost. He finally decided that he was under the mansion and flew up through the ceiling.
And ended up in what looked like to be a closet. He was about to step through when he heard voices out side.
Professor Xavier sat behind his desk, suddenly said, "Come in Logan."
Logan opened the door, walked in with a couple of papers in hand. "I was right, Chuck, Fury did have stuff on that kid from last night."
Logan handed a couple of pictures to Xavier. Charles looked them over to see a teen with white hair and black suit, the same Logan and Scott he described to him.
As Charles looked the pictures over, Logan went on, "appeared about seven months ago in a place called Amity Park here in the states. He's been fighting ghosts, which sound crazy, but Fury had proof to back it up."
Charles nodded, "I see, but is he a mutant?"
"Frankly, SHEILD doesn't have a clue," replied Logan. He went on, "they were going to set a trap for the guy to catch him and find out what's going on, when he disappeared a week ago, and hasn't been seen again until last night. Fury says he'll back off for now, and give us a bit of time to find him and talk to the kid."
"Yes," nodded Xavier, "Human and Mutant tension are still running high, and someone out flaunting with his powers could destroy what connections we've made."
Danny listened from what he thought was a storage closet, trying to piece the information together. By the sound of it, this SHEILD was a government organization, which meant possible torture and experimentation Danny would like to avoid. But he couldn't really make these people out.
Logan was about to go on with a bit more information when a smell hit him. It was low, but there, and he could place it.
Xavier saw the change, "what's wrong Logan."
"He's here," Logan replied. Logan sniffed around, his eyes finally falling on the Professor's office closet, which was rarely used.
Logan narrowed his eye and approached it, "alright kid, come on out."
Danny panicked, trying to figure how he was found, when the door opened. Danny was glad he was still invisible and tried to move around the guy. And it was really creepy on how the guy's eyes seemed to follow him.
"Logan," called a bald man, whom Danny assumed was Xavier from what he gathered, "there's no one there."
"I can smell him and hear him breath," replied Logan, never taking his eyes off Danny.
Danny froze in his spot and waited. Everyone was quiet, as if waiting.
Finally, Charles spoke, "Logan, if he is there, your scaring him won't help any."
Logan took another glance at where Danny had stopped, then finally back off.
The Professor looked in and shook his head, "are you sure he's there? I'm not sensing anyone there." (I know, how can the world's most powerful telepath not find someone three feet away? There is a reason behind my madness, so bear with me. Now if I could just find the…wait, why am I writing this?)
Logan nodded, "Its hard to miss that kind of smell, breath coming out in short breathes, and the fact that Jean couldn't find him last night might make it hard, even for you."
Xavier nodded and called out to the room, "Its alright, we won't harm you. We just wish to talk. I am Professor Charles Xavier, and I run this school for mutants." A pause, "It's alright, no harm will come to you. You may show yourself."
Finally, a hesitant voice called out from nothingness, "I think I'll stay like this for now, thanks."
Charles gave a small smiled, "but how can I address you if I cannot see you?"
A pause, then finally, "take a guess, I'm standing right in front of you."
"If you cannot control your powers," replied Charles, "I can help you."
"Oh know, I know what I'm doing," the voice came back, "I just don't like the look in your friends eyes."
Charles chuckled a bit at that, "alright. May I at least ask you name?"
"Yea, call me Danny Phantom," replied the voice, "and the first Inviso Bill I hear I'm walking out."
Charles blinked as Logan filled him in, "The name they gave him in Amity Park."
"And that's after I tell people my name," came Danny's voice.
Charles was going to continue on, when Kitty stuck her head through the door, "Professor, something weird is going on. Appliances are acting funny. The hair dryer is trying to bit Kurt and the washer and my laptop are fighting. And everything has a strange green glow around it."
When she finished, a blue mist appeared in the room, and Kitty pointed to that, "Um, what's that Professor."
She was shocked when a voice came out of nowhere, "one day, that's all I ask, and I never get it." And literally out of thin air was the black and white kid the X-men found last night. And he went on, "and on top of that, it's Technis." With that his lower half of his body changed into what looked like a mist and took off through the roof.
Xavier sent a call to all the X-men as he began to wheel himself out from behind his desk.
Things just got interesting.
Two days, two chaps, I hope you people like it. And I realize your all still have questions, I know, I put them there on purpose (I like being evil sometimes). I will get to answering them soon, I promise. And don't forget to review.