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Okay, so Ecto has A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!
I (Ecto) have decided to make a series of one-shots that consist of different events, moments, and missions, from over the ONE YEAR SKIP! It'll range from things like meeting a certain Leaguer, or getting to know a certain Team member, to pranks/playing around and missions filled with action packed scenes!
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Besides that, I have nothing new to report except for the fact that I am moving so posting will, unfortunately, be a little bit difficult.
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Ch. 7
After what seemed like hours, the swirling green and black faded into blinding white.
As Danny's eyes adjusted to the new lighting, he tensed as the smell of burnt wood, smoke, and dea-
Danny quickly shut his eyes and shook his head to get rid of the dark memories. 'That was a long time ago, Phantom... clear your thoughts and don't look back at what happened.'
He took in a breath and let it out slowly, this time taking in the present information from his senses. It smelled of old books and clay and the air offered little to no breeze in the old abandoned part of the city. The chilly atmosphere of fall surrounded
him as he saw the multicolored leaves scattered across the road. Danny took another deep breath, 'Welcome home, Fenton..."
"Woah! It's kinda chilly out here!" came Bart's voice.
Danny turned to see the rest of the Team walking out of the portal, the person being Zatanna, in which the portal disappeared with a minute hand swirling around it and it too disappeared.
"Whoah..." Gar whispered in awe.
"This is-"
"What is this place?" Artemis asked no one in particular.
In front of them stood what could only be described as a devastated city, or at least a part of it. Some buildings and houses were completely down while others had missing pieces of their walls. Windows were shattered or cracked, papers and leaves littered
the roads and sidewalks, cars were burnt, abandoned, crashed, or turned over, and pipes stuck up and out of the ground and buildings. The road in which they stood on was mostly clear, except for the piles of rubble that lay on the sides of the road
from where buildings and houses had fallen.
Danny let out a long breath before turning around completely, in order to face everyone. "This happened awhile ago, my guess? About a year and a half after I got my powers."
"I didn't think it was this bad," Conner commented as he observed the new surroundings.
Danny only stared at him with a passive look as he replied back with, "I told you it was pretty bad..."
Dick nodded his head as if he were taking notes. "Alright, what next?"
'Time to get down to business, Phantom," Danny thought to himself.
"If my guess is correct, then the base shouldn't be too far from here. Probably four to five blocks from here. Once we're there we can set up camp and can use it as long as we need too. Inside, there's guest rooms, food, a lab, and it's all powered by ectoplasmic energy. In other words, we don't have to worry about the electrical bill.-"
Some of the members cracked a smile at his attempt to lighten up the mood.
"But I do have to warn you that if a ghost shows up, you need to stay out of the fight. Until we reach the warehouse and get you the right tech, you won't be able to fight the ghosts here very effectively. Yes, you may have sparred and fought against me before, but you need to remember what I told you awhile ago. These ghosts are a little bit different than I am.."
Everyone frowned at the thought of not being able to help in a fight, but they all eventually agreed to Phantom's warning.
"Oh, and one more thing-," Phantom said as he pulled the hood up on his cloak, the rest of the Team following his lead and also going into stealth modes, "Whatever you hear from the ghosts? Don't listen to them. As I've explained once before, I have a lot of enemies here as well as allies, and some of them fight both physically and emotionally. So no matter what they say or do, stay hidden until I've given the all clear."
The Team reluctantly nodded their heads and set off, following Phantom through the old and abandoned part of the city.
After walking in silence for about ten minutes, Kid Flash spoke up. "So... Phantom?"
Said person tilted his head slightly to show that he was listening.
"Where's your old house?"
A small silence had taken place, when the other finally answered, "It's on the other side of the city. Past downtown and somewhat near the outskirts. I'll show you if we get the chance to pass by it later on."
"Noted," Beast Boy said.
Another long silence took hold and left the Team with the eery and empty feel of the devastated area.
"Where is everyone?" Artemis asked.
"This place has been abandoned for two and half years. They either moved out of town or moved out of state."
"Were there any injuries or fatalities?" Zatanna asked.
Phantom lowered his head slightly, "No, but so many people had almost gotten killed because of the incident. Some were injured but just a few scratches and bruises, nothing too serious."
Kid Flash put his hands behind his head with a bored look on his face, "So where are these 'ghosts' anyways?"
Not even two seconds after he had said that Phantom's breath fogged up in front of him and a loud explosion sounded off near them.
Everyone turned and glared at Kid Flash, who in turn raised his hands in surrender and said sheepishly, "Um... Sorry?"
Phantom sighed in irritation as he said loud enough for everyone to hear, "Guess it's time for my announcement of arrival. Scatter."
With that Phantom floated into the air and turned invisible, while the Team scattered in the shadows and made their way over to the explosion site. When the being came into view, the Team were shocked. "Okay, I'm officially whelmed," Nightwing commented.
Floating above a newly created mess, was a glowing giant robot with silver armor and weaponry, it's face and mouth moved as though it were organic, and it had a green flaming mohawk on top of its head.
(A/N: I am too tired to try and describe his entire look, ok?)
"What- is that?!" Artemis whisper exclaimed.
But before anyone could answer, the robot aimed in front of it, missiles emerging from its wrist, and fired at an already close to demolished car.
"This place is already a mess buddy, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't need any more damages."
The being looked up in surprise as Phantom dropped his invisibility.
"Whelp?!"
Phantom smirked and said, "The one and only."
The 'ghost' remained surprised for a minute more before aiming his weapons at the teen. "Finally, I can finish what I started and hang your pelt on my wall!"
Phantom just remained floating in front of Skulker and said back, "You know no matter how many times you say it... That's still disgusting."
The ghost then fired his weapons, but all Phantom did was throw up a shield and as soon as the missiles exploded against it, he dropped the shield and shot an ice beam at him. The ghost fell slightly but quickly recovered and flew towards the teen. Phantom
sighed in annoyance, "I don't have time for this." He then made a giant ecto ball infused with ice in his hands and threw it at the other ghost. It hit him dead on and he fell onto the road, shattering the ice that had built
up around him and left him dazed on the ground. Phantom quickly dropped down and landed on the ghost's neck, causing the latter's head to snap off.
Meanwhile in the shadows, some of the members stared in shock at Phantom's violent display, before calming and sighing in relief as they saw him reach down and pick up the robot's head. He then pulled out a small green being with red eyes by its leg.
The small green ghosts screamed and spat insults at Phantom as the latter smiled and said smugly, "Hello Skulky."
"It's Skulker, Ghost Child! And the Greatest Hunter in the Ghost Zone doesn't deserve to be manhandled! So put me DOWN!" Skulker exclaimed in a squeaky voice.
"Well then maybe you should've waited to attack me and listened to what I was going say."
The other ghost simply crossed its arms and said defiantly, "Like I would ever miss out on a great opportunity to hunt!"
Phantom lost his smile and his face turned serious, "Here's what you're going to do Skulker. You're going to tell me what the fuss is all about here in Amity."
Skulker shivered at the glare the teen was giving him when he finally sighed in defeat, "Fine. But first turn me right side up, all the ectoplasm is flowing to my brain."
Phantom did what was asked and waited for Skulker to explain, "Rumor around is that someone is putting together an army. Not a full-scale ghost army, but technically advanced weapons and robots of all sorts. Some say that quite a few ghosts had joined and that they're all getting ready."
Phantom narrowed his eyes as he put two in two together, "They're getting ready for another attempted Ghost Invasion."
Skulker nodded with a dark look on his face, "But that's only rumor. But as of now... rumor is looking pretty real to me."
Phantom nodded and looked at Skulker before opening his hand to let Skulker stand up on his palm.
"Babypop?! Is that really you?!"
Said person turned to see another ghost floating towards them.
The being was feminine with forest green eyes. She had long, flaming, teal hair put into a ponytail at the top of her head held back, she had two locks of hair framing her face which looked like a sharp-angled "M" and purple lipstick. She wore a black
choker around her neck, a black one-shouldered tank-top exposing her midriff, one long glove that covers most of her right arm, and one black bracelet on her left arm. She also wore a pair of what appeared to be leather pants with a silver belt and
skull boots.
Phantom smiled and said back, "Sure is Ember, though you would you mind please watching your boyfriend? This city has had enough destruction as it is."
'Ember' sighed and opened her hand to let Skulker fly over and sit on her palm. "Sure thing. So what brings you back to Amity Park? We all thought you finally ditched this hell hole."
Phantom gave her a sad smile before becoming serious again. "Clockwork sent me. Turns out the situation is slightly worse than I originally thought."
Ember huffed in annoyance as she replied, "Yeah you can definitely say that. Well, it was nice seeing you again, Danny. And try not to let those old parents of yours get to you too bad, Dipstick."
As she began floating away, Skulker screamed back, "And don't think this is over Whelp! I'll be back to finish the hunt in no time!"
Phantom gave a mock salute and the two other ghosts flew out of sight.
"You guys can come out now," he announced, landing softly on the ground.
The Team walked out of the shadows and looked slightly shaken up as well as intrigued at the turn of events.
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!" Beast Boy exclaimed with his mouth agape.
Phantom only raised an eyebrow at the young hero, before answering, "I've fought Skulker and Ember multiple times before. Actually, I think Skulker used to attack me at least two to three times a week before I left."
He then turned around and started to walk back into the direction of the base.
Beast Boy only smiled in delight/excitement while Aqualad finally decided to speak up. "When you used to live here, were you considered the 'Ghost Expert'?"
The Halfa turned his head to the Atlantian and thought about his question for a couple seconds. "As in having more knowledge about ghosts? Or fighting them?"
"Both," Aqualad asked, genuinely curious as to what the answer(s) will be.
Phantom thought for a moment, then answered, "Yes and no. For both I mean. Yes, I do know a lot about ghosts, but at the same time, I wouldn't call myself an expert. Same thing with fighting them. Some can be more malevolent while others can be more negotiable. And more than half the ghosts in the Ghost Zone just want to be left alone."
"That's... actually very interesting," Zatanna commented.
Aqualad nodded his head in agreement. Then Robin, who was next to Beast Boy and Impulse, asked, "So is there any kind of form of Government in the Ghost Zone?"
"I thought we discussed this awhile ago? Also didn't we actually GO to the Ghost Zone at some point?" he answered hesitantly.
Robin smirked as he said, "We did, I just wanted to know if you remembered or not. Which brings to the question, do they still remember?"
Phantom sighed in irritation, "Oh course they do, but they don't talk about it because other ghosts already DO. And trust me, I've been in enough arguments about it as it is."
Some of the heroes looked at each other in confusion but then just pushed the questions to the back of their minds, and continued to follow Phantom in silence.
After about half an hour, a medium and worn down warehouse came into view. The second-floor windows were broken and cracked, vines grew on one side of the building, the bricks looked rusted towards the bottom, and dust lay on every nook and cranny.
Kid Flash crossed his arms and said sarcastically, "Nice place..."
"I know it isn't much but-"
"It'll have to do." Nightwing interrupted, "Phantom?"
Said person nodded and walked towards the old and yellowed double doors. After a moment's hesitation, he opened the doors and walked inside the (mostly) empty warehouse. The others followed him inside and quietly closed the doors.
The area was mostly bare not counting the few tables and desks placed in the center of the building. Pipes hung or lay untouched, glass and wood planks were leaning against the walls, and dust and dirt somewhat littered the concrete floors.
"How long do you suppose someone's been here?" Artemis asked.
But before Phantom could even utter a word, alarms blared and red lights blinked along the walls.
The Team (this includes Phantom) took defensive positions as they heard multiple loud and running footsteps.
But as the new occupants came into the room, both they and Phantom froze completely.
Standing in front of the Team, about 10 feet away, were two females and two males. One female, a woman, was tall with violet eyes and had red/orange hair that was cut to her neck, and she wore a teal jumpsuit. The other female was a teenager with short-medium
hair, purple eyes, and she wore a black and purple tank top with a skirt, purple leggings, and black combat boots. Meanwhile one male, adult, was tall and bulky, he had blue eyes, black and gray hair, and he too wore a jumpsuit, but it was orange
instead. And lastly, the other male was a teenager. He had a red beret, black glasses, a yellow long sleeve shirt, cargo pants, and brown boots.
They remained frozen in place as they stared at the black cloaked (with the hood still up) Phantom.
"DANNY?!"
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