Seeing Sounds
Chapter 5
Time Will Tell
"It has been said that, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."
Rose Kennedy
"Phantom," Flash called walking into the room. "Whoa, Batman wasn't kidding when he said that he did Phantom's room." Phantom walked out of the bathroom and froze seeing Flash there. He didn't move a muscle, and it worried Flash. "Phantom, I just came to ask you a question from Batman since he was busy."
"O…kay," Phantom mumbled tensing and walking away from Flash to the corner of the room. He was breathing hard. Flash watched as the teen just started messing with something on the table.
"I'm not going to hurt you," Flash promised trying to relax the kid. He could see the difference in him now compared to the last time he talked to him. "Batman was wondering if he could use your belt thingy that stops ghosts from taking over another person. He was making sure that you would be okay with that."
"I'm okay with that," Phantom muttered trying not to close his eyes and hide. "Just as long as he doesn't sell them."
"He won't. He's trying to prevent Masters from getting to the people who are working to dismantle the Guys in White," Flash explained wanting to move closer to the teen, but figured that would be a bad idea. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Phantom whispered giving into closing his eyes.
"Do you need me to get anyone? I know you have been working with Canary," Flash asked taking a small step forward. Phantom tensed suddenly and when down. "Phantom?"
"I'm okay," he whispered grabbing the top of the dresser and pulling himself up. "It's just that…"
"I can go get Canary or M'gann if you feel uncomfortable with just me being here," Flash suggested looking at the door. "I was going to get one of them, but I wanted to see your room first, I didn't know you were in here."
"I'm okay," Phantom muttered turning around and opening his eyes. "It's fine." Flash looked at the cornered teen.
"I think I should," Flash worried walking to the door.
"Wait, Flash," Phantom sputtered stepping forward. "Don't, I'm fine. Is that all you needed?" Flash looked at him sadly and took out a couple of papers.
"Batman wanted you to sign these so he had documents saying that you were okay with him creating more of those belts," Flash explained holding up the paper. Phantom looked at them curiously.
"The Specter Deflectors?" he asked. "There should be a box marked SD and it should have about ten." Flash watched as Phantom slowly walked closer to him, and he smiled glad that the kid was trying to trust again.
"So they are called Specter Deflectors?" he asked not moving.
"Yeah, my dad named them," Phantom grinned. Flash smiled back. He wasn't going to move. Phantom needed to learn how to trust again and him walking on his own to something he was afraid of was something that Flash hoped would help.
"That sounds pretty cool," Flash mused turning to face him. Phantom froze and just stared at Flash in fear. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Phantom uttered looking down. Flash knew he wasn't going to come any closer and decided to see if he could walk to him without him freaking out. He started walking closer. Phantom tensed, but didn't move.
"No one is going hurt you," Flash promised. Phantom smiled slightly. "I know that everyone is saying that, but Canary said that you tend to relax a little."
"Really," Phantom wondered looking at him. He didn't realize how close he really was and jumped back a little and fell. "Ow."
"Don't hurt yourself," Flash warned holding out his hand to help Phantom back up. Phantom grabbed his hand and got up, but Flash could feel the tense and scared feeling Phantom had. He was trembling.
"I'm good," he whispered letting go of Flash's hand. Flash handed him the papers.
"Just sign there, and Batman can continue to studying the Specter Defector to help get rid of Masters," Flash explained as he handed Phantom a pen.
"Will anyone else see these?" Phantom asked looking at Flash. Flash shook his head.
"Only the league since you aren't part of it yet," Flash smiled as Phantom read over the agreement. It was only for the Specter Deflector, and he was okay with that. He signed it and handed it to Flash. "Thanks, and I hope you feel better soon. I can tell you are still in pain by the way you move." Phantom smiled.
"Yeah," he whispered looking down at his chest. Flash wanted to hug the teen after that look.
"I'll see you around," Flash nodded and walked out of the room. Phantom looked back at the ecto gun he was playing with.
"I just hope I don't blow myself up," he grinned. He felt better at making small jokes again.
"Flash?" Canary asked walking to Phantom's room. "What are you doing here?"
"I needed to ask Phantom something for Batman," he answered. "He let me near him." Canary frowned.
"Next time can you tell me? I really worked hard on just getting him to trust me," she explained walking up to him.
"I'm sorry, but I couldn't find you, and I wanted to check out his room," Flash grinned. Canary shook her head.
"Next time tell me, okay?" Canary warned. Flash nodded and left her standing at Phantom's door where she could hear him faintly laughing. She smiled and entered. "What's so funny?" Phantom tensed and knelt down bending his head.
"Sorry," he whispered. Canary frowned and walked up to him. He had his eyes closed tightly and his breathing was quick.
"What have I told you about closing your eyes? You'll never heal," she mentioned putting her hand on his shoulder hoping he'll calm down enough to realize what he just did. "Open them and look at me, Danny. No one is going to hurt you." Phantom slowly looked up at her.
"I was surprised," he whispered slowly standing up. "I really wasn't expecting you." Canary sighed.
"You realize what you did right?" she asked concerned. "Please, try to avoid that kind of thing. I know what you have been through wasn't pleasant, but you could get seriously hurt if you don't look at who is coming."
"I know," he whispered gripping the table that was in front of him. "It's just that, where they kept me, that was what they wanted from me. I was nothing but a weapon and tool to them." He had tears going down his face.
"Danny, everything is going to be alright," Canary soothed rubbing his back. He was finally letting her touch him without him freaking out. "No one thinks of you like that here. They see you as their friend, and you are. They want nothing but your friendship."
"Thanks, Canary," Phantom whispered lightly wrapping his arms around his wound. Canary gave him a small hug.
"I heard that you let Flash close," she smiled. "But he said that you looked uncomfortable. You didn't have to have him stay here. He could've found one of us."
"I know, he asked if I wanted," Phantom mumbled looking up at her. "I'll be fine, it didn't hurt anything." Canary smiled.
"It did something," she whispered taking Phantom back to the bathroom to change the bandages wrapped around him. "Otherwise you wouldn't have had that reaction when I walked in."
"I didn't think about it," Phantom stated as they entered the bathroom. "Although, he was right about Batman doing a good job on my room, it's really cool." Canary had him sit on the sink so that she could clean the wound and reapply the dressing.
"I can either unwrap it, or cut it off," Canary offered getting the kit out that they had made for Phantom. Phantom looked at her confused.
"I don't care," he responded looking at her curiously. She smiled realizing he wasn't sure what she was talking about. Canary pulled out the scissors and Phantom tensed. "Okay, maybe I do."
"Should I unwrap then?" she asked opening them. Phantom's eyes widen, and he moved backwards. She smiled gently and put them back in the box and then took out gauzes and bandages. Phantom relaxed slightly, but didn't move. "Phantom, you're okay. I was just trying to see what you would do. I need you to get closer so I can undo the bandage."
"Okay," he whispered moving off the counter to stand next to it. Canary moved forward, and he took a step back. "Sorry."
"Phantom, I'm not going to hurt you. I wanted to see your reaction," she explained reaching her hand out and resting it on his tense shoulder. "Just relax a little. You're safe here."
"I know," he whispered letting her walk closer to him. She seen the knot and realized that she would have to cut it anyway.
"Okay, I want you to just look at the wall over there," she ordered grabbing the kit and moving it out of Phantom's sight. He was tense.
"What are you going to do?" he asked looking back at her.
"If I tell you, you won't let me continue. I promise it won't hurt," she promised looking at the knot.
"What if I made the bandage intangible?" Phantom asked looking back at the wall knowing that she would have to cut the knot in order to get it unwrapped. Canary looked at him.
"Can you do it without taking the dressing off?" she asked. Phantom nodded and slipped one of his fingers under the wrap and turned it intangible. The bandage came off while the dressing stayed stuck to his chest. Phantom winced.
"This is gonna hurt," he muttered looking at her. She nodded.
"More than likely," Canary agreed reaching out to touch the dressing. Phantom backed away. "Hey, now," she smiled calmly hoping he would calm down a little. "How many times do I have to say, I'm not going to hurt you?"
"Except for the part that this is going to hurt," Phantom mumbled. "That and I don't like people touching it."
"Trust is something we need to work on," Canary explained reaching out again. Phantom tensed but don't move as she slowly peeled off the dressing. Some skin and blood stayed on the dressing, and Phantom whimpered. Canary stopped hearing the sound. "It's okay." Phantom looked at her and then back down and flinched.
"No, it's not," he whispered reaching up only to stop about an inch above her hands. "None of this is okay." Canary looked up at him.
"You're right, but there is nothing we can do but continue this," she agreed putting her other hand on his and dragging it down to the wound. She gently laid his hand on it making sure not to hurt him again. "But time can help the pain lessen."
"I know, but this should never have happened," Phantom murmured pulling his hand off the wound and closing his eyes.
"Phantom, you're running from it," Canary pointed out lifting his head up to look at her. "The only way to get past this is to accept it."
"How would that help?" Phantom growled. "They locked me away, and then they used me to try and find out how to make weapons to destroy not only ghosts, but humans as well. How am I supposed to live with that?"
"Phantom, I know it must be hard, but you just do," Canary whispered finishing taking off the dressing and grabbing the antiseptic. "There is nothing left but to accept it. This is going to sting."
"Who cares?" Phantom whispered looking down. Canary stopped before applying it.
"You are not giving up that easily, Danny. You still can do good here with these heroes. You are their friend now, and they yours," Canary explained bending down slightly to look at his sad eyes. "Don't do this. I know it's hard, and I know it might seem easier to give up, but that's just it. It's the easy way, and by what I've heard about you, you never take the easy way out."
"Thanks, Canary," Phantom whispered looking at her. He smiled faintly. "I don't think tomorrow will be dull though." Canary looked at him a little afraid of what he was talking about.
"Danny, let's just work though this okay. Don't do anything stupid," she requested afraid he was thinking of going away.
"I won't," Phantom muttered as he flinched at the sting of the antiseptic. "No matter how many times I've done this, it still hurts like hell."
"Watch it," Canary warned slightly adding pressure. Phantom winced.
"Sorry," Phantom whispered looking back at the wound. It was healing quickly due to his ghost powers, but now you could make out the Y mark that they had cut. "Wow, they really got it."
"They didn't get anything," Canary objected looking at Phantom. "All they accomplished was hurting a young hero, and that will not be taken lightly."
"Thanks, for everything," Phantom noted smiling at her. She smiled back.
"I'll be back later," Canary told him. "There is a couple things that I have to do for the league, and I'll be back to change them again." Phantom nodded.
"Okay," he uttered as she attached the wrap behind him.
"Don't do anything stupid," she warned worriedly. "Everyone here does care about you." Phantom looked confused and then smiled.
"I won't," he reassured. "I'll be fine." She looked at him skeptically, but left. "In fact, I'll think I'll be just fine after this." He walked over to his door and looked out, and no one was there. He turned invisible and headed for his new lab.
"You think he will?" Aqualad asked looking in the direction of Phantom's room. The door was closed and from what Canary had just told him, it worried him.
"I don't know, he went through a couple mood swings, but he seemed depressed," Canary worried typing in a couple things in the computer. "Just check on him a couple of times. He'll be okay with you guys checking on him, but be careful when you get near him."
"We will, thanks," Aqualad acknowledged walking over to the training area where Superboy was watching Wally and Robin spar. "Guys, we need to make sure that Phantom is okay. Canary is worried he'll do something stupid."
"What kind of stupid thing?" Wally asked not liking the tone Aqualad used. Robin glared at him.
"Exactly what you are thinking," Robin muttered still glaring. "What can we do? He won't let us near him."
"We knock on his door every so often to see what he is doing," Aqualad ordered looking at his team. Only the guys were there. The girls went out for some supplies.
"And make sure that he's not doing anything suspicious," Superboy said looking in the direction of Phantom. "Should we start now?"
"In about an hour," Aqualad said. "I don't want him to think that we are being nosy. Canary said that he wouldn't do anything too soon. He'll want to think about it."
"Alright, so this piece would go here," Phantom mumbled to himself as he put the wires to the portal in the wall. He was trying to get it to where he could the portal ready to go in the wall before telling everyone his good news. He felt a lot better, and they thought that he was going down. He wanted a little fun with it.
"Wally! That's cheating!" Phantom heard Robin yell. He could tell they were in the hanger doing something. Phantom smiled and walked back around the portal with his goggles on. He looked around and spotted a hole where it seems that they wanted the portal. He walked over to it.
"It seems big enough," Phantom whispered. Hearing footsteps coming towards the lab, he turned invisible as Aqualad walked in.
"I thought I heard something," Aqualad muttered looking at the place. He stopped and stared at the portal and where Phantom had done working. "I thought that Batman didn't know how to connect the wires." Phantom smiled and slide into the wall. He listened as Aqualad left closing and locking the door.
"I really hope those aren't ghost poof," Phantom mumbled flying over and sticking his arm though. "Good." He began working again on trying to prep the portal to get it ready for the hole in the wall.
"Aqualad, what are you doing?" Robin asked as Aqualad started typing on the computer.
"Do the cameras in Phantom's lab work yet?" he asked looking though the system.
"I don't think they are connected yet," Robin answered watching him confused. "Why?"
"The portal was messed with," he answered looking at him. "Someone might know Phantom's here."
"Then why mess with the portal instead of trying to take down Phantom while he's injured?" Robin asked looking back at the lab.
"Maybe they want all of us hurt," Aqualad warned looking at the lab as a small sound came from it. "Let's go."
"Darn it," Phantom growled as the top of the breaker box fell. "This cannot end well," he mumbled hearing footsteps come to the door and stop. He looked around the portal and wondered if they were going to enter. When he didn't see anything, he picked up the panel when the door busted open.
"Freeze," Robin yelled only to drop his stance when he realized it was only Phantom.
"I knew this wouldn't end well," Phantom murmured giving them a half grin. "Hey guys, didn't think you would be here."
"You are supposed to be in your room resting," Robin exclaimed putting his staff away. Phantom smiled.
"Yeah, I know, but I couldn't sit my room all day," Phantom grinned walking back over to the breaker box and reattached the cover. "Sorry, the thing blew up on me when I attached the fuse to the portal backup generator. I don't think it was a good fuse, I'll have to change it."
"Why?" Robin asked walking up. Phantom tensed slightly, but didn't seem to notice that when he turned around.
"Because the backup power to the portal will keep it from collapsing in on itself, and that's part of the reason why I have ghost powers," Phantom explained smiling at them. They could tell he was slightly uncomfortable, but he wasn't being completely obvious about it.
"So you found a way to prevent others from getting powers," Aqualad pointed out keeping Robin from walking closer to the portal since Phantom was still working on the wiring.
"Yeah, and I took the on switch out of the machine and put it outside," he emphasized attaching more wires to the side, there was a small spark. "What the…? Nevermind," Phantom shook his head and reattached them the portal sparked and a humming sound started.
"Anyone want to move the portal in the hole?" Phantom asked pointing to the side of the room where there was a hole designed for the portal to slide into.
"Superboy would be able to," Robin mentioned looking at Phantom as he tensed slightly. "But I guess you were hiding working from us for some reason." Phantom smiled.
"I figured you guys would stop me or something," Phantom explained looking at the portal. "I was just really bored in the room." Robin looked at Aqualad before taking his chance and walking up to Phantom who was playing with a couple wires that were sticking out.
"I don't think you should be in here," Robin stated slowly approaching Phantom's side. Phantom tensed and seemed to try to avoid running. "Maybe you should go back to your room." Phantom turned his head away.
"That's why I didn't want anyone to know what I was doing, and why I let Canary think what she was," Phantom explained looking at Robin. "I was hoping it would help me at least get some normalcy for me, and maybe help get my mind working on something other than over thinking everything."
"Phantom, you're injured," Aqualad pointed out stepping forward. Phantom looked back at him and smirked.
"Really, hadn't notice," Phantom muttered sarcastically, and then he smiled. "It doesn't hurt if I'm doing something." Robin reached out hoping to maybe help Phantom from the ground. Phantom tensed at the movement and froze. Robin quickly took his hand away.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't really thinking," he apologized backing away from Phantom hoping that he would relax. Phantom just stood up and walked away from them. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Phantom whispered looking at his reflection in the metal on the table. It was extremely shiny, and his parents had used it to see what would happen if a small ghost was trapped in an area where it seemed to go on and on. It was an interesting experiment because the ghost would find the wall and then seem to know where the rest were after one try. They could never understand how they did it. Humans weren't even that good, they had to feel the wall completely around in order to figure it out. Phantom knew though, ghosts learn not to move and just listen to the echoing sounds of their own bodies bouncing off the wall.
"Phantom?" Aqualad asked afraid that they may have hurt his recovery. Phantom turned around and smiled at them throwing them off.
"I'm fine, just remembering something my parents did when they were in their lab," he mentioned looking back at the table. They had figured that the ghost just didn't want to run into another wall for the longest until it started moving around like it knew where everything was. They had no idea what to do, and they wrote it down, never to know what had really happened. It did the same thing with a maze. The ghost would just stay still long enough to listen to where the sounds would go the farthest.
"Are you sure?" Aqualad questioned chancing a step towards Phantom. Phantom didn't react, just looked at him.
"Positive, I just wish that they were still here. They would love to hear how that ghost was able to know the landscape of the cage they had put it in," he muttered sadly looking at the table. "The reflection that was supposed to confused the ghost and prove that they were beings unable to think."
"Phantom, you need to go back to your room," Aqualad ordered motioning for Robin to get the tranquilizers. He believed Phantom was losing it. Robin nodded and grabbed a dart from his belt and watched as Aqualad made his way closer to Phantom.
"I'm not a kid, and I know what Robin's doing," he mentioned turning around to face them. "I had to in order to survive that hellhole."
"Phantom, you can't be here," Robin stated taking the dart out.
"It's my lab," he pointed out looking at it. "I wanted to do something other than sit in my room. I can't stay still. You guys never asked if I had ADHD."
"You have ADHD?" Aqualad stopped, staring at the hybrid. Phantom grinned.
"I've had it since I was five," he explained walking back over to the portal. "I use to drive everyone nuts because I would pace the room and talk a mile a minute. I grew out of it since then, but being on the streets didn't help that. I can't focus, and I get restless in my room."
"Watch TV, just relax and heal," Aqualad ordered as Robin walked up figuring it was pointless to hide the dart from Phantom since he already knew he had it.
"How many times do I have to tell you that I can't?" Phantom sighed looking at the blank screen. "Please, I really just want to work here."
"It's dangerous," Robin warned taking another step closer. Canary walked in with a box.
"Phantom? You're supposed to be in your room," she commented setting the box down and walking to him. "What are you doing?"
"Setting the portal up," he exclaimed looking at it. "It just needs pushed in the hole, turned on, and then plugged in."
"We've been trying to get him back in the room," Aqualad informed. Robin nodded. Canary frowned looking at Phantom.
"This was your plan wasn't it?" she asked smiling. "Make everyone think you were going down then redo part of the lab. That way when they got back in here after you healed, you would already have a head start."
"Something like that," Phantom muttered turning away from them. There were too many people, and he was getting uncomfortable. Canary noticed.
"You two, out," she ordered pointing to the door. "And Robin, no sharp objects around him. He gets weird."
"Hey," Phantom snapped playfully glaring at her. She smiled at him. The two heroes nodded and left. She turned back around and walked over to Phantom. Phantom froze and turned his back to her. She stopped.
"Danny, I know you want for something besides be in your room all day, but they have a point," she spoke softly noting the tension in his shoulders. She realized he was waiting for her to strike him for disobeying.
"I'm sorry," he whispered closing his eyes tightly. She felt her heart go out to him.
"I'm not going to hurt you. I understand that you are bored, but can you at least tell someone that you wanted to work in your lab?" she asked putting a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Open your eyes, goofy." Phantom slowly opened his eyes and looked at her.
"I just…" he began, but then looked away and at the portal. "I feel lost without the portal being on. It's like part of me isn't here."
"I can help you move it," she offered smiling at him. "Better yet, I can get Superboy." Phantom tensed again at his name.
"Why are you afraid of Superboy?" she asked noting that he didn't react to everyone's name like that, just Superboy's.
"I was conscious enough when you guys took me here to know who was carrying me," he explained looking away again. "I was afraid of where he was taking me."
"He made sure you were safe," she explained putting her arm around his shoulder and pulled him in closer like a mother comforting her child. "So why don't you want him near you?"
"Nightmares like to twist what happened," Phantom answered. "I don't like it. They tend to take what happened to a whole new level."
"So you had a nightmare about him doing something to you?" Canary asked surprised that was it. "It wasn't real. I would like to ask him to come in here just to see your reaction, but if you don't want to that's okay as well."
"Thanks, but I think I'll just go back to my room," Phantom uttered looking sadly at his portal.
"You really want that to turn on," she observed holding his hand. Phantom flinched.
"If you believed that there was a way to save someone you loved, would you do it?" he asked looking at her. "I needed to find Clockwork, but I figured if we were able to change the course of time, then he would have came for me by now."
"Clockwork?" Canary questioned looking at Phantom strangely. She was afraid he was going delirious.
"I wish he would have warned me what was to happen, so I knew what to expect, I didn't want this pain," Phantom growled looking back down. "I never wanted to see what would happened if they weren't here, not again."
"Phantom, let's go back to your room," Canary mentioned reaching for his arm. Phantom growled.
"What? He can't help me again because I wasn't going to turn out like some evil monster this time? Because he felt like I'm not going to destroy the world? Why the hell let me feel that pain again? Why couldn't he save them like last time? Why?" Phantom cried falling to the floor and curling up. "I don't want this anymore. I just want to be home with my family."
"Oh, Danny," Canary comforted sitting on the floor next to him. "It's okay." She had no idea what to do now. What he was saying was confusing her, and she didn't know what to do to help the young hybrid. "Come on, let's get you back to your room," Canary whispered standing up and gently reaching for Phantom's hand when the white ring appeared and everything stopped.
"He can't turn human," a distant voice warned. "He'll die if he does, and he knows it. He's breaking down." Canary looked around but didn't see anyone. Nothing was moving.
"Who are you?" she asked looking around and preparing for something bad to happen.
"A friend who isn't in as much control as Danny Phantom would like me to be in," the voice mentioned once more. "I can't change the past, and I can't change the future. Plasmius took over the zone and destroyed my home before he killed Danny's family and friends."
"What are you?" she asked looking at the hybrid.
"Clockwork, once was the master of time. I could not see these events coming, or the ones about to happen. Please, keep Danny from changing back. Tell him about this, but I cannot talk to him. Plasmius would know. Tell him that Plasmius is in control of everything but him."
"I will," Canary notified kneeling down to Phantom to touch the rings. Everything started moving. "Phantom stop, don't do this, everything happened because that's what Plasmius wanted." The rings stopped and disappeared.
"What are you talking about?" Phantom questioned opening his eyes that held anger and fire in them.
"I just talked with Clockwork," she explained hoping he'll listen and try not to do anything to hurt himself again. "He said that he has no control anymore. Plasmius took over the Ghost Zone. There was nothing he could do, he didn't know, and he doesn't know the events to come, Danny." Phantom sat up.
"But that would mean," he realized. "There is no way to save them. No way to get them back." Phantom looked at her.
"I need to finish this lab. He is not going to get away with attacking my friends in the Ghost Zone," he determined strongly and stood up and headed over to the portal. "This need put in place."
"We need to change your bandages," Canary mentioned walking up to him. He didn't flinch or tense. He was calm, and it kinda worried her. "Please." Phantom sighed and looked at her.
"I…just want…" Phantom smiled at her. "Okay." She sighed and reached for his hand, but was surprised when he grabbed it.
"Alright, let's get back to your room," she muttered as green covered her vision and then suddenly they were in his room.
"Yes, it worked," Phantom exclaimed grinning ear to ear. Canary looked at him.
"What was that?" she asked confused at what they did.
"Teleported," he grinned walking to the bathroom. "My powers do need worked in order for me to remain in control. They needed stretched and that helped a lot."
"Like flexing a sore muscle," Canary compared as she got out the kit. "Alright, let's get these bandages off." She was amazed that he let her do whatever to get the bandages off. He seemed to be in his own little world.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Robin asked looking at Aqualad and Superboy.
"He'll be fine," Aqualad mumbled looking at the room where Canary and Phantom were. "At least I hope so."
"He's a fighter," Superboy stated walking away. "He'll get through it."
"How in the world did Phantom get away from me?" Masters yelled throwing his computer. "There is no way he could have gotten out of the blast. I barely did."
"And yet, you planned it," Skulker monotoned glaring at his boss. He was tired of Plasmius taking things too far. He could let suing people and overshadowing them go, but to go and kill someone that didn't deserve it crossed a line with him. First, you kill your prey quickly, quietly, and that's the only one to get it, but killing several people that were part of the prey's life was going too far. Skulker wasn't expecting Plasmius to make that move.
"Yes, and it worked quite well, until Phantom decided that he didn't want to live with me like he should, then he let everyone believe that Danny Fenton was dead. No one will be looking for him," Masters changed into Plasmius. "Find him." Skulker nodded and walked out.
"You're my halfa now, Plasmius. I'm not letting this go any farther," Skulker whispered walking into the portal where Ember was waiting.
"So, what do we do about dipstick?" she asked as they flew to Skulker's Island.
"Find him and see if he can lead our rebel team," he mentioned landing and looking out to where the closed Fenton portal was supposed to be. "It's not there."
"I heard that Phantom returned," Ember stated looking at him. "They said he took it."
"How?" Skulker asked flying up to the area where there was only a hole in the wall.
"The Justice League helped him," she smiled. "I think that they will be helping out a lot on this."
"What about the Guys in White?" Skulker asked a little worried. "They were after Phantom, and they were guarding the place." Ember looked down.
"I don't know, some say that they seen him get captured, but no one stayed when the League attacked."
"At least they are on his side. He needs someone in the human world to be on his side. Plasmius has everyone against him in Amity Park," Skulker growled as the outside of the portal began to form. "And I'm guessing they got him away from the Guys in White."
"Wow," Ember sputtered looking at it. "When do you think he'll turn it on?"
"I don't know," Skulker stated looking at his wrist. "But Plasmius still has some ghosts on his side."
"Just don't get caught," Ember warned hugging him. "I'll get the Far Frozen clan together so we don't get attacked by Phantom out of fear. They are his allies already."
"Good, we agree to stop messing with him, unless we just want to bug him, and he'll help us get rid of Plasmius," Skulker replied grinning. "Hunting him is always fun. I just stop trying to kill him."
"Nice, honey. The ghosts that were in Amity Park when Phantom got there left. Plasmius wanted Phantom to be the cause, but in reality they all wanted to make sure that he was okay," Ember explained smiling and leaving as more of the portal began to show up. Skulker looked at it.
"That's why they wanted to help," Skulker smirked when she disappeared from sight. "Welcome back, Whelp," he stated flying off.
"Why can't you catch a simple ghost?" Masters sighed looking at the small team of Guys in White. "I mean really."
"The Justice League came," O growled angrily. "We had him opened up part way." Masters stopped and grinned.
"Really, that's quite interesting," he muttered evilly walking to his computer. "That would mean they violated the Ecto Acts. They are harboring a ghost fugitive who killed six people." They nodded. "Go tell the press what just happened." They grinned and walked out. "You faking your death is coming to bit you in the butt, Daniel. I will be here to pick up the pieces. First though, I have a clone to find and destroy to know how to get you under my control."
"Phantom has a clone?" Skulker asked looking at the girl floating in front of him. She was rubbing the back of her head and holding the boomerang Skulker had copied from the Fenton's house.
"Yes, you can thank a fruitloop for that," she growled lighting her hand up with ecto energy.
"Alright," Skulker grinned. "I would guess he would be coming after you as well." She aimed. "I have two rebel teams that need someone to look up to. Phantom is already claimed by one." Dani stopped her blast confused.
"You're working against Vlad?" she asked confused.
"He took things too far," Skulker muttered looking out over the deserted highways that led through the Zone. She looked out as well.
"This is his doing?" she asked looking at him. Skulker nodded.
"The ghosts want to set a truce up with the humans. Plasmius destroyed their homes, and if the humans can help restore balance, the ghosts will be more than willingly to create one," Skulker mentioned motioning for her to follow. Walker had been taken out of power, and now his goons worked for Plasmius. They hid as the patrol passed. "They are tired of Plasmius destroying their homes and then not having anyone to fight for them. They knew that Phantom did fight for them since they didn't really do anything, but when what happened got around, they were all afraid. He wasn't just a hero to the human world, but here as well."
"He kept everyone safe," Dani repeated looking at her symbol that she shared with Phantom. "I wanna help." Skulker nodded and took the boomerang from her.
"Good, we need everyone we can get," Skulker stated floating up. "Ever been to the Far Frozen?" Dani shook her head. "That's where we are going." She nodded, and they headed out.
"How is he?" Batman asked Red Tornado. He looked up from the computer to the video com link.
"Canary believes he is getting depressed and that he might cause harm to himself," Red Tornado informed. Batman frowned.
"Will he let males get near him yet?" Batman asked. Red Tornado looked at the file Canary created for Phantom and the dates and times of what they needed to do with him.
"I do not know yet," he stated. Batman looked at his report of activity with the Guys in White and the conference that Masters summoned.
"I believe Masters is making his move," Batman began. "I need to talk to Phantom about a couple things."
"Go ahead and talk to him," Canary offered walking in. "I believe he is ready to destroy him. Phantom had been working on the portal in his lab." Batman frowned deeper.
"He should have been resting," he mentioned clicking the camera he had linked to the lab. He watched as Phantom appeared, looked around, and smiled at the portal and began to work on it. "Where is he now?"
"He's asleep," Canary said smiling softly. "He wasn't tense or anything, and he can teleport again."
"I'll be there in the morning," Batman warned cutting off and leaving. Robin walked in.
"Phantom teleports?" Robin asked tilting his head. "I didn't think he had the strength."
"He has it, and for some reason, he seems more like he was when we first found him, only difference is that his personality has come out more," Canary explained typing in the computer and updating Phantom's file.
"Do you think that he'll let us talk to him without him being uncomfortable then?" Robin asked happy that he might be able to hang out with him and act like friends rather than just teammates.
"I'm not sure about that just yet, but he does seem to be more happy," Canary explained leaving out the fact that before any of that happened, he was about to let himself die. "I would be careful though." Robin nodded and ran off to tell everyone that Phantom was getting better.
"I really hope what she said is true," Phantom whispered looking at himself in the mirror. He could count his own ribs through the bandage. "I really let myself go." He walked over to the shower and started it, and then he phased out of the bandages. He walked in and let the water run over his beat and cut up body. The wound was nothing more than a simple superficial cut now, even if it looked bad, his healing kicked majorly when he heard what happened to Clockwork.
"Phantom?" M'gann called from the door. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," he called back wondering what would happen if she walked in and wondered why he was taking a shower.
"I hear the shower, I was wondering if you needed help," she asked concerned. Phantom snickered.
"I'm fine, go away," he grinned. "Nothing is wrong."
"Are you sure?" she asked more concerned than ever. He began to wonder if Canary told them that he was about ready to give up until she told him about Clockwork.
"I'm good," Phantom yelled. "Jeez, she sounds like my sister," he whispered smiling.
"Okay, I'll check on you later then," she warned, and he could hear her move closer to the door. He laughed and turned back to his shower and started running his fingers gently over the Y incision.
"Man, I so didn't want this scar," he whispered looking at it sadly. "I really shouldn't have gone back until I was sure I was hundred percent, but I just really wanted to go back home and see if anyone still believed in me, but Plasmius has everyone fooled." Phantom sighed and turned the water off, and got out looking back at himself in the mirror he noticed his eyes glowed brighter, and his white was whiter. "Okay, either I was really dirty, or I really in need of some relaxation." He smiled. "Whatever."
He began to redress his wound, but did without the large wrapping around and just did a couple round. He turned and put his suit back on and it fit perfectly over his wound. "Guess it knows as well," Phantom whispered as his energy condensed and started floating above his suit to reveal his power. He felt so much better. "This is exactly what I needed," he muttered as he created a small ball of energy that matched his eyes that were now fully glowing with power. The mischievous, brave, and loyal hero was back, and was ready for what the world had to throw at him. No matter who was coming after him now, he was tired of trying to run from his past. He still had a few things to get over, but he would get over them. He was going to fight again for his family and friends, and his new family and friends. He wasn't going to give up, and he was going to win.
Me: Yea, Danny's better...somewhat...he still has some issues, but he's no longer a danger to himself or others!
Danny: That's nice
Me: I'm hungry
Danny: Should have had breakfast...and you should also be working on your work
Me: It's morning, and we have all next week.
Danny: You're going to wait until the last minute aren't you?
Me: More than likely
Danny: Nice...
Me: There was more to what happened as well...XD
Danny: you mean other than you picked up some enemies and used them as the good guys.
Me: I don't think that humans had it right that ghosts were opposite of the human race in being violent...espaically if they take a good long look at themselves...take me for example.
Danny: There would be tons of good ghosts to counter you.
Me: Got that right...wait, I'm not that bad, just don't like people all that much
Danny: Whatever
Me: I'm still hungry...also don't forget to read Silent Tears, it actually now has some important info that you'll need for later chapters...XD
Danny: She'll tell you when you need it the chapter before...
Me: Other wise you might be confused. Also the more reviews the happier I get and sometimes I update faster...I'm adding sometimes for a reason...Sometimes I just enjoy torturing you...XD
Danny: Point proved from above.
Me: This is more of a sorry for the last one being so long...I usually don't do that...and I'm bored...
Danny: You have a test next period...
Me: How you'd remember? I forgot...
Danny: You're all out there, your friend pulling up this morning woke you...
Me: Funny story there...hee...yea, my alarm didn't off, and my friend's car is extremely loud...I woke up to it pulling up, it took me a moment to realize in cat had turned off my alarm...XD
Danny: She doesn't own Danny Phantom or Young Justice, and don't forget to drop a review telling her anything about the story...
Me: Anything, I have sarcastic comes backs for anything...
Danny: Sadly she does...some don't even make sense...yet oddly they do
Me: just like that.
Danny: She's insane.
Me: Yep.
See you hopefully soon, and Happy Hunger Games!XD