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Ch. 5
As Nightwing left the medical room on the bioship, M'gann looked over to see Connor staring sadly at the unconscious Danny.
"You know you really need to work on hiding it better..." M'gann said in a serious tone.
Connor, slightly jumping at the sound of her voice, turned to look at her with an eyebrow raised.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, severely confused.
M'gann dropped the serious act and let a small smirk make a way onto her face.
"You know fully well what I'm talking about..."
Connor still had a confused look, when realization slapped him in the face; to the point where almost all the color drained from his face.
He started rubbing the back of his neck, "I-I don't know what you're talking about..."
M'gann's smirk turned into a full-blown smile as she said playfully, "To be honest, I think it's absolutely beautiful and that you shouldn't hide it."
Connor turned his head away from her and asked quietly, "Is it really that obvious?"
M'gann sighed in exasperation, "Look, you need to make a decision. Either tell everyone and just get it over with, OR, you need to start hiding it better."
Connor crossed his arms and pouted slightly, "Well I thought we were hiding it pretty well..."
M'gann shook her head as she giggled, "Well you're really not."
M'gann's eyes were wide in shock and amazement as she stood by Connor's door that was slightly ajar.
"Are you really sure about this?"
She had come to ask Connor something but stopped when she had heard voices. M'gann has been standing by the door for a good fifteen minutes now, and she wasn't about to stop anytime soon.
"Look, Danny, all we have to do is keep it a secret for a while. At least until we feel like the time is right to tell the Team. Plus the fact that there is just too much drama going on right now and you're still not your complete self yet."
M'gann heard Danny sigh in defeat.
"Alright... you have me convinced. But that doesn't mean that I'm still not scared of how everyone will react. I just don't want anyone else to hate me ag-"
"Danny," Connor interrupted, "No one is going to hate you, alright? Everything is going to be fine... I promise."
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BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Red lights flashed as the alarm went off on Mount Justice, signaling the Team.
Hurried footsteps were heard throughout the compound as all the Team members appeared in the debriefing room.
"What's going on?!" Kid Flash exclaimed with slight panic.
Right at that moment Superman flickered on the computer screen.
"It seems Joker decided to forward his visit, in Gotham City. Several, luckily low-powered, bombs have already gone off on the outskirts. Police are already evacuating those parts of the city. Batman is already on his way, depart quickly so you can meet him there. Phantom-"
Phantom rose an eyebrow at the red and blue League member on the screen with suspicion clear in his eyes.
"You are to remain at Mount Justice unless called upon, Batman's orders. Superman out."
And with that, the computer screen went blank. Signaling for the Team it was time to leave.
The white haired teen's eyes flashed a dangerously bright green as he balled up his fists and turned around, heading towards the hangar bay.
"Phantom..." someone said warningly.
Phantom continued to walk as he replied, "I'm going rather you guys like it or not."
Just then a whooshing sound was heard and Phantom's forearm was now being tightly held by Superboy.
"Like hell you are, you're staying here," Superboy declared sternly.
Phantom's glowing green eyes flashed dangerously bright as he turned to Superboy. "No, I'm NOT. Now let go of my arm," he said with a deadly serious tone.
"Look Phantom, we don't want or need any more incidents."
Phantom suddenly yanked his arm away from the other's grasp and had a look of both anger and offense. "Oh, so now I'm an 'incident'?" he spat back as he turned to glare at the person behind him.
Superboy paled, realizing what was said and quickly began to rephrase himself, "What no! What I meant to say was that I- I mean- WE don't want anything to happen to you."
Phantom froze on the spot. He softened his glare as he and Superboy locked eye contact, both seeming to be having a silent conversation with one another. But neither one was backing down from their current position.
The Ghost Bot then said with sad and pleading eyes, "Please let me go with you... I understand why all of you DON'T want me to go. It's because of what Joker did last time, but please... I know I can be of some assistance and I can't help but feel like I need to be there with you guys, to make sure that you are all alright."
All the Team members turned to Nightwing, who in turn sighed in defeat. "Fine. But you're back up ONLY if and when we call you, is that understood?"
Phantom instantly brightened up and replied with a smile, "Yep!" Then proceeded to the Hangar Bay with absolutely no signs of sadness or anger about him.
Nightwing sighed again and pinched the bridge of his nose, with a look that clearly said 'I just got played'.
Kid Flash then walk up to their leader and rested his elbow on the other's shoulder with a smirk. "Dude... I think you just got played."
Nightwing's emotions switched to annoyance as he retorted back, "Thanks, Captain Obvious."
That's when Miss Martian decided to walk up next to Nightwing and began scolding him. "Nightwing seriously?! Superboy had that situation handled!"
Speaking of Superboy, he was now walking off towards the Hangar Bay mumbling angrily to himself.
"Why do I even bother saying anything? I knew that he was most likely going to come anyways, but no, nobody wants to listen to what I have to say-"
"Superboy!" Miss Martian called.
But he didn't hear her as he just kept walking and mumbling to himself.
"Superboy! Superboy! Connor! Hey wait up!" she called after him, now floating in the direction of the Hangar Bay.
All the Team heard as they began to follow the others was Miss Martian sighing and saying to no one in particular, "There he goes again..."
*Time Skip*
"-Beastboy, you're with Impulse and Robin; Miss Martian and Superboy, you're with me."
The Team was currently ten minutes out from Gotham and Nightwing had just finished assigning the small teams of three.
Some of the teens were inside the Bioship while others were driving, running, and/or flying alongside (under) the Bioship.
"Team B will be searching and helping civilians either evacuate or helping them off the streets as well as helping the police and fire departments. Team C, will help locate any other bombs within the city. Team A is to find any of Joker's minions and keep them from causing havoc. Team B and C are to help Team A once they believe their assignment is completed and taken care of. When we arrive, Miss M, you need to keep the bioship above the city and in camouflage mode. Phantom, Artemis, you know the drill, backup ONLY. Artemis you can keep a lookout for any strays. Alright, we'll be arriving in five, so suit up and get ready to go."
The rest of the teens nodded and acknowledged Nightwing's orders and started to split off into their 'Teams' while Phantom and Artemis remained seated.
As soon as the Bioship landed on the top of a building, the teams bolted out and split up into separate directions.
Team B and C headed towards the outskirts while Team A went towards the downtown area. Meanwhile, Artemis took control of the bioship and raised it back into the air and flew it slowly over Gotham.
About twenty to thirty minutes later, the mind link came online.
'Robin to Nightwing,' Wonderboy said over the mind link, 'outskirts are clear and civilians have either evacuated or have taken refuge indoors.'
'Nightwing to Robin; good work, you and your team head over to where Team C is located and help them out.'
'Copy that.'
Silence once again took hold of the bioship as both Artemis and Phantom kept a look out for any stragglers or possible trouble.
Neon green eyes squinted at what looked like 'shadow people', but then noticed one of them were wearing a motorcycle helmet with playing cards designed on the side of it.
'Phantom to Team A,' he deadpanned.
A few seconds went by before someone replied back.
'This is Miss Martian, what's wrong Phantom?'
'I caught sight of a few minions, two maybe three blocks from where you're at. They're about to enter the downtown area, do you wish for either Artemis or I to proceed?'
There was another pause before Nightwing answered, 'Kid Flash is on his way. But I do want you and Artemis to land the ship and find a place to scout. I want eyes on everything, alright? Artemis, use the special arrows you made and stop any minions from making their way to downtown. Phantom, if they escape Artemis's sight, assist with low power ecto rays.'
'Understood,' Artemis replied back. She glanced at Phantom who in turn pointed to a large and tall building. Just big enough for them to both land the ship, and have a good view of the 'battlefield'.
Nightwing took out another minion with his Eskrima Sticks before turning around to see Miss Martian and Superboy take out the others.
Team A was currently in an abandoned office building and had just finished off the last of the minions inside. Nightwing had detected a nearby unactivated bomb (that Team C hadn't located yet) and went straight for it, wanting to destroy it before it could go off. They've already destroyed one other unactivated bomb, this one making their second.
Nightwing looked at the Team and smiled before saying over the mind link, 'Nightwing to everyone; Team A is done in section 5. Report status.'
'Team C has finished clearing sections 2, 3, 6, and 9,' Aqualad replied.
'This is Team B. We've finished clearing everyone out of the streets and currently helping Team C,' Robin added.
There was a moment of silence before Artemis replied with, 'Phantom and I are doing pretty well. Whoa! But Team A should probably head over to section 7 because we're starting to get outnumbered!'
'And not to mention out-GUNNED,' Phantom added.
Nightwing looked at Miss Martian and Superboy who both nodded in return. 'Team A is on the way; B and C meet us there!'
Team A then dashed towards what they know as 'Section 7', which is a park clearing near some more office buildings and also WAY too close to downtown Gotham.
"Do you think that Joker and his men may have all grouped together to protect the last bomb?" Superboy asked as they ran.
"Maybe, or maybe they're trying to create a diversion!" Nightwing exclaimed. 'Nightwing to Team! It may just be a diversion! Miss M, find Batman and tell him our theory. Kid Flash and Impulse, scope out the farthest sections for any signs of Joker, minions, or bombs. Phantom, do you see anything?'
'You mean besides the armed minions trying to shoot at me? Nothing.I don't see-'
All of a sudden Phantom's voice was cut, but then quickly came back online, "Sorry, what was I saying? Oh yeah, no, I don't see anything..."
Nightwing nodded his head, but still kept his eyes peeled for anything suspicious. 'Alright then. Team A is almost there, we're about two blocks out from your location!'
Phantom blasted another masked man with an Ecto ray before turning and kicking the legs out from underneath another. He looked up and saw three men teaming up against Artemis. Phantom quickly leaped and side kicked one of them away and blasted another while Artemis knocked out the last. She looked over to him and both nodded at each other before turning to see more coming at them.
Artemis knocked an arrow and as she aimed she said, "Persistent, aren't they?" Then she let the arrow fly and as it hit the ground, in front of the small group, it released knockout gas, causing the group to drop mid run.
A gun shot was heard and Phantom quickly turned the two of them intangible. He turned and shot a low powered ecto ray at the gunner's head, resulting in knocking the later out.
"Very," Phantom said deadpan.
Just then as Phantom heard a 'Click' of a gun, the minion behind them was knocked out by Aqualad.
"Aqualad," Phantom nodded.
Aqualad nodded in return as he said, "Phantom. Artemis. I heard you may be in the need of assistance."
Phantom smirked at the other's answer before turning back and shooting an ecto ray at an 'attempting to hide' minion.
Just then, the rest of Team B, Team C, and A appeared.
"Aww! You're having a party without us! That's so not crash!" Impulse whined.
Artemis just rolled her eyes at the young speedster, while Beast Boy and Robin smiled.
"Hey! I've got an awesome idea!" Beastboy exclaimed, "Why don't we have a competition?! You know like split into just TWO teams and then see who can beat up the most, bad guys!"
Everyone looked at each other curiously and then turned back to the green shapeshifter with smiles on their faces.
"Yeah, that actually sounds kind of fun," Kid Flash replied.
Nightwing then split everyone into two teams. Team A was as follows: Phantom, Superboy, Artemis, Kid Flash, and Zatanna. Team B consisted of Miss Martian, Beast Boy, Impulse, Robin, and Nightwing. As soon as the teams were decided, more of Joker's men appeared.
Kid Flash smirked as he put on his goggles again. "Just in time."
Thus, the competition began.
"Ten! Eleven! Twelve!" Nightwing grinned as he hit three more minions.
Impulse ran by and zig-zagged through more minions, knocking each of them out. "Twenty!" he exclaimed.
"Hey save some for us!" Beast Boy said as he transformed into a Rhino and charged.
"Mrasid!" Zatanna yelled. A small group of minions was then disarmed and Conner knocked them out.
"Eighteen!" Superboy claimed.
Phantom was back to back with Aqualad (who decided to join in on Team A) and both were using hand-to-hand combat and powers against their foes. "Twenty-five!" Aqualad and Phantom exclaimed in sync.
The competition continued for a good long 10 minutes before Superboy took out the last minion. Everyone looked at each other, tired, but were smiling and laughing at their childish antics.
"Well... I guess that's the end of that," Beast Boy said breaking the silence.
Nightwing walked over and got everyone's attention, "Batman and some other Leaguers have successfully captured the Joker. We're clear to return to base."
Everyone nodded and slowly began to walk back to where the bioship was, all in good spirits. At least until...
Phantom's ghost sense went off and he froze in shock, fear, and disbelief.
"Phantom?" Robin asked as he noticed that Phantom was not following them.
Everyone turned to see Phantom slowly turn around, now facing the way they had just come from.
Phantom stared with his neon glowing eyes, slowly dimming to which you could clearly see the fear within them.
Ten, maybe fifteen, feet away was a person, no, a teen. He wore a jumpsuit that looked almost EXACTLY like Phantom's, but with more angled gloves and boots. What was also strange was that his skin was blue, he had a small white goatee as well as white hair that closely resembled white fire and last but not least, the teen had glowing RED eyes.
The Team stared in awe while Phantom stared in absolute horror.
Glowing green met glowing red.
The blue-skinned teen revealed a fanged smirk at Phantom, who in turn paled. The blue teen seemed to flicker, as though it were simply an illusion.
"Daannnnyyyy..." the teen said hauntingly as well as tauntingly.
Said person felt cold crawling its way up his spine; resulting in the other to smile more cruelly.
The wind began to blow more coolly as well as slowly, giving the air around them an unnatural and evil feel.
"We're waiting for you..."
The teen then began to flicker more and he slowly began to fade out of existence.
"Your time is up Danny... you're only delaying the inevitable."
Then, just like that, the teen was gone and all that remained was an empty field from where he once stood. The wind stilled and the surrounding forest made no noise. No birds chirping, no crickets, just the seemingly long deadly silence. (Besides the younger members began to whisper to each other, asking who that person might have been.)
It seemed like hours had passed before Phantom moved, but the movement that was performed was not expected.
Phantom had fallen to his knees and was staring blankly at his hands that were limply placed on his lap. He was shaking, though barely visible, as well extremely pale.
Miss M began to walk closer to him but stopped when the grass around him became iced over.
She didn't move backward, but she didn't proceed any further either. 'Superboy,' she said over the mind link.
Superboy, without a single word, walked over to the Ghost Boy and slowly kneeled next to him.
"Phantom?" No Response.
Superboy's breath caught in his throat as he noticed tears start to stream down the other's face.
All the other Team members watched in both sympathy and confusion as Superboy hugged Phantom, the later beginning to silently sob into the other's shoulder. All the while, the teen's haunting voice kept ringing in all their minds,
"You're only delaying the inevitable...'
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