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Now, last we left off, Robin blacked out after witnessing Danny fighting Dan, and the Nasty Burger exploding.
Chapter 2: Aftermath
Outside the Nasty Burger
Robin's POV:
When I finally regained consciousness, I was surrounded by chunks of stone and twisted pieces of re-bar. I looked around me and saw Raven helping Cyborg back on his feet. I looked to where the explosion had originated from, and I saw a smoke-shrouded silhouette kneeling amid the wreckage. We walked up to the figure and saw that it was Danny, muttering something as tears fell from his face.
Danny's POV:
" I...failed." I muttered, on my knees in what was once the Nasty Burger. "I wasn't fast enough, wasn't strong enough, and I failed, he won. Mom, Dad, Jazz, Sam, Tucker, I failed you all even though I promised."
"It will be okay, Danny." A voice said.
"No, it won't be, I'll still turn into him. There's no one left for me now." I replied.
"Yes, there is." I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Who?" I asked.
"Your brother." The voice replied.
"I don't have a brother." I said, anger in my voice.
"You don't remember, do you?" The voice asked.
"Who are you?" I asked, starting to get aggravated at this person telling lies.
"Your brother." The voice answered, and I saw a black and white domino mask land next to me. I looked up and found myself staring into almost a mirror. A pair of baby blue eyes stared back at me, and I saw a small smile form on his face.
"It's me, Dick, your brother. It's been years, and you must have forgotten what happened."
"What happened?" I asked.
"Our parents were acrobats, but a man named Tony Zukko killed them. I lost you in the confusion, but now I found you."
I felt a tug at my shoulder, and I got back on my feet. I looked over the brother I never knew I had. He was wearing a red and green outfit with yellow details and an "R" on the left side of his chest. A black cape adorned his shoulders. I took a second to remember where I had seen that getup before, and then it hit me.
"You're Robin!" I shouted in disbelief. My own brother was one of the greatest heroes in the world! He even had his own team!
"Yes, Danny, and I already know you're Danny Phantom." Robin replied.
"Now what, I asked, "and why were you in Amity Park in the first place, aren't you supposed to be in Jump City, fighting super villains?"
"We came here looking for you. I read about how you single handedly fought of an invasion. And I easily made the connection between Fenton and Phantom. You're Titan material, Danny, and if what you said is true, then we might be able to help." He said.
"We?" I asked.
The smoke parted to reveal a figure wearing a dark blue robe, followed by a large teen who seemed to be half made of metal.
"Raven, Cyborg, this is Danny." Robin told the two as he gestured towards me.
"Nice to meet you, Danny" The larger teen said as he shook my hand, making me feel awkward.
"Raven, my condolences." The other teen said, her dark violet eyes seeming to look right into my soul.
"Now that the introductions are out of the way, is there anywhere we can go to discuss this? The emergency crews are sure to arrive soon and I do not want to have to deal with the paperwork." Robin asked.
"Yeah, my house, follow me." I said halfheartedly, turning into Phantom as I started moving in that direction, the Titans following me.
When we reached Fenton Works, I phased the door open and let the three of them inside. We walked downstairs to the basement, and began to tell them about how I got my powers.
"Several months ago, the Fenton's built a portal to the Ghost Zone. I assume you don't know what the Ghost Zone is?"
"We know it's the dimension in which all ghosts reside." Raven spoke up in a deadpan monotone.
"Well, the portal didn't work at first, until I stepped into it and figured out what was wrong."
"What was wrong with the portal?" Cyborg asked.
"The 'on' button was on the inside." I said as I deactivated the portal. "And now I'm half ghost."
"But Raven said that it was impossible for humans to have ghost powers." Robin blurted out.
"I said it was highly unlikely, not impossible." Raven corrected him.
"Anyways, that ghost you saw me fight was me from ten years in the future, the most powerful ghost on the planet, and the explosion was how history said I became him." I told them.
"How was an explosion supposed to turn you evil?" Cyborg questioned me.
"According to the Vlad Master's I met in the future, the explosion set off a chain of events that involved be having to go live with him, him trying to take away my emotions to get rid of the pain, only to separate my ghost and human halves. Unfortunately, my ghost half had those emotions and took them out on Vlad, separating his ghost half and fusing with it, becoming the monster who would destroy both worlds." I finished, leaving the room silent.
"Wait a second, Vlad Master's is half ghost!" Cyborg exclaimed, breaking the silence.
"Yes, he was the first. There was an accident with a prototype Ghost Portal, and he was caught in it, becoming the first half ghost." I said. "And now that their gone, there's nothing stopping that chain of events from happening." I said, any hope left in me fading.
"The future isn't set is stone." Robin spoke up, "One of the Titans, Starfire, was sent twenty years into the future while chasing a time-traveling villain named Warp. In that timeline, the Titans had fallen apart, but got back together to defeat Warp and send Starfire back in time with the artifact that Warp stole, changing history, which said the artifact had disappeared because Warp stole it."
"If you come with us, it might just prevent that bad future from happening." I mulled over my brother's offer for a few minutes. I thought 'how can I fit in with these guys, I'm half dead!' Then I looked at the Cyborg and Raven. The former looked like most of his body had been replaced with machinery, even half of his face. Then my eyes fell on Raven, whose cloak had parted when she sat down, revealing a black leotard and ash-gray legs. I saw her eyes again, and once again I felt them drilling into my soul, but I also saw something else, a spark of familiarity that I hadn't seen before. What could have caused that? After thinking for a few more minutes, I finally came to my decision.
"I'll go." I told them, and I saw a smirk crossed Robin's face.
"Welcome to the team, Danny Phantom." He told me as he held out a yellow-gold communicator.
AN: That's the second chapter, and once I start writing for actual episodes the chapters will get substantially longer.
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