Seeing Sounds
Chapter 6
Leader and Hero to All
"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our uprising prosperity, it must be known that we are all at times ready for War."
George Washington
"Did you notice Phantom locked us out of his lab?" Wally asked as they ate their lunch. Phantom had made it, and then he vanished into his lab locking the door. A light green glow appeared around the door, and everyone was afraid to even really know what the crazy hybrid was doing.
"I noticed, and it worries me," Aqualad drawled. "I mean yesterday he was depressed, and now he's all over the place." Artemis looked worriedly over at the door when a scraping sound began.
"What is he doing?" she questioned looking at the small group at the table. Robin was with Batman working on something they had started before Robin decided to go off on his own. Superboy and M'gann went out together to get away from wondering what in the world Phantom was doing.
"No one knows," Wally said looking at the computer. "He disconnected the cameras, and he made sure that no one would notice until they needed to check on him."
"Smart cookie," Artemis mumbled playing with her food. "He's also a good cook."
"Now if only he would tell us what he's been up to," Wally said smiling. Aqualad was only watching the lab area waiting for something bad to happen.
"I don't think that was supposed to happen," Phantom mumbled as he moved the portal slightly. It barely fit in the hole. "It needs to move over a couple of inches. Why did they make the hole without me? This makes is so much harder," Phantom complained under his breath as he floated to the other side the portal and pushed it slightly until it clicked into place.
"Finally, you annoying giant piece of annoying metal," Phantom grumbled then stopped. "Well, that made no sense."
"Phantom?" Wally called from the other side of the door. Phantom smiled knowing he wasn't touching because of the glow. It wasn't even anything, he just added the ghost shield to it, and for whatever reason it started glowing green. It wasn't even on, and he just decided to leave it and see what they say.
"Yeah," he said back while sliding the portal the rest of the way into the hole until it hit the back. "They measured this pretty good."
"Are you okay?" Wally asked getting slightly closer to the door, but refused to touch the evil looking door. "You have gone kinda mad scientist on us."
"I know, there's a reason for it," Phantom grinned while the portal clicked on and began to hum. "You guys want to see the portal start up?" Wally backed up a bit surprised grasp at the fact that he got that much done in a short amount of time.
"You're seriously worrying me," Wally said motioning for everyone there to come. Artemis and Aqualad walked over and knocked on the side of the door to avoid touching it. Phantom opened the door grinning like a madman.
"The door isn't going to hurt you, you know? It's just the ghost shield that for some reason decided to make the door glow green. It's not even on," Phantom exclaimed floating back over to the portal that was now in the wall.
"Did you move that yourself?" Aqualad asked confused and worried that maybe Phantom was going a bit too far.
"Yes, why?" he asked looking through his goggles at them. Wally laughed.
"Dude, you pull off the mad scientist look too," he gasped out. Phantom grinned.
"Why, thank you very much," Phantom expressed formally and bowed. Aqualad looked at Phantom worried that he was going crazy.
"You could have seriously hurt yourself," Aqualad yelled at Phantom worriedly. Phantom stiffened, and Aqualad seriously wished he hadn't done that. But then Phantom just smiled.
"Not really, I've handled heavier," he bragged walking back to the portal where there was a faint humming sound. "Now watch as we break into the world after ours."
"Dude, this isn't going to turn us half ghost too, is it?" Artemis asked backing away from the portal.
"Only if you're stupid enough to walk inside and turn it on," Phantom said smiling. "That was my mistake." He suddenly plugged the portal in and it began to glow around the edges. "This time there should be no screaming." The portal buzzed to life.
"Dude, that was awesome," Wally exclaimed walking up it. Phantom grinned once more.
"That's what's supposed to happen," he said floating to the top of it. "Anyone want to stick their head though?" Everyone shook their head no. "Good, because if what Canary was told was correct then that would be a very bad idea."
"She told us that a guy named Clockwork told her the Ghost Zone was taken over by a guy named Plasmius," Aqualad explained walking up to Phantom and was surprised that Phantom didn't tense or even move. He just kept running things though on a computer connected to the portal. "Who is he?" Phantom tensed then.
"He's like me," he said turning around with a dark look. "He's also Masters."
"So he is also half ghost? Why didn't you tell us?" Aqualad asked looking back at the portal that was making weird noises until giant steel doors appeared.
"I told someone, but I thought that everyone already knew that," Phantom said smiling that it still worked.
"Is that why the portal was heavy?" Wally asked looking at Phantom. Phantom nodded yes.
"I'm not sure how my parents pulled it off, but those doors are a third of the weight," he said turning to a lab table off to the side. "I just wish that they could see everything now." Artemis walked up to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sure they would be proud," she comforted slowly wrapping him in a small hug. "We are glad you are okay." Phantom smiled at her.
"Me too," he said turning to everyone else in the room. "I'm guessing you guys want to see what's all in here."
"How about you take a break?" Aqualad suggested walking up to him. Phantom seemed pretty fine about it. Phantom looked around his lab and then back at Aqualad.
"I would rather stay here and keep working," he shrugged walking to another table. Aqualad smiled.
"It's no longer a request, but an order," he smirked. "I'm still your team leader, and I also know that you are staying."
"That's not fair," Phantom moaned looking back at him. "Technically, I have yet to confirm that decision."
"You just did," Aqualad said pointing to the door. "Now go, and take a break, I know you need it." Phantom looked back at the portal when an explosion sounded behind it.
"That's not a good sign. How did he know I was setting it back up," Phantom muttered running to the computer and typing in codes. On a screen above him a camera turned on.
"Is that a knight?" Wally asked looking at the thing pounding on the doors. Phantom started typing a couple other commands and a shield appeared around the portal on that side.
"The Fright Knight," Phantom answered. "He loyally works for Plasmius, and I doubt that this will end well." Skulker suddenly showed up on the screen and started yelling something at him.
"No sound?" Aqualad asked walking next to Phantom.
"I have to go in and set that up. My parents didn't want to go and fix it, and that it was too dangerous to do that," Phantom said typing in a couple more things.
"Fright Knight," Skulker said seeing him trying to break in the portal. "That's not helping our cause. He'll think you are working for Plasmius."
"That's what I wanted," he explained stopping and looking at Skulker. "You can explain it to him. He can remain thinking I'm working for Plasmius, and Plasmius won't think twice about anyone else that worked their way into his organization."
"Who gave you that idea?" Skulker asked looking at the camera that had been placed on the portal.
"His clone," Fright Knight answered slamming his sword into the shield, but not really trying to do anything. "She said that would be better than telling Phantom who all was helping right away. It'll throw Plasmius off our trail. He was already expecting someone was betraying him, and we don't want him thinking that his closer allies are the ones doing it."
"There is no way she's his clone," Skulker said glaring at the camera. "The Whelp couldn't come up with something like that."
"He could," Fright Knight said giving up pretending to take down the shield. "He's not that stupid, only when he feels like he doesn't have to."
"This is true, I have no idea why he's survived this long anyway," Skulker smirked. "Maybe it's a hidden trait."
"Perhaps," Fright Knight agreed calling NightMare. "I should take my leave and tell Plasmius that the portal hasn't been set up."
"That's a risk," Skulker mused looking at the camera again. "Tell him, but we need to make sure Phantom keeps the portal on lock down until the League makes their move on Plasmius."
"He already is making his move on them," Fright Knight put in stopping. Skulker looked slightly confused. "Did you not hear? He's going to publically say that the league is working with Phantom, and that they had part in the killing of the family to protect the worthless ghost."
"That's not good," Skulker muttered looking at the portal. "He took it too far killing them, and now he's pinning it on the victim."
"You really have something against killing people who were innocent," Fright Knight observed looking at him curiously.
"Most ghosts do, if you seen what I saw that day, then you would believe that as well," Skulker growled firing his gun at the shield. "Too bad Phantom doesn't have sound that would make this easier for us to tell him to keep the shield up. We don't need people finding ways to track him. He needs to stay disappeared."
"Gotcha, Skulker," Phantom whispered smiling. Aqualad looked at Phantom confused. "What? I can read lips."
"Dude, that's awesome," Wally exclaimed running up to them to look at the ghosts. "Is the sky green?"
"The grass is blue," Phantom smiled turning the shield on full power. "No one touches this computer got it? I can't have ghosts coming though, and apparently those two are now on our side."
"How do you know that they weren't faking it?" Aqualad asked as they left the lab.
"Ghosts have boundaries, and Plasmius crossed them," Phantom explained looking down. "You never let a fellow ghost, no matter who it is, get captured and dissected like I was, and Plasmius hired the Guys in White to do just that, and you never let innocent people get killed. Hurt, that's usually okay, but never has a ghost killed a human except for a few, and then the ghosts got together to get rid of them."
"Ghosts have morals, who knew?" Wally said as he sat in front of the TV once they all entered the living room area.
"I know," Phantom growled glaring at him. "I'm part ghost, remember?"
"Yes, I know," Wally grinned looking back at Phantom upside down. Phantom threw a paper ball at his head.
"Canary was right about you letting your personality show," Aqualad smiled. "It's nice to see this side of you." Phantom grinned.
"Good, that would mean I'm actually healing," he explained floating up and crossing his legs. Everyone looked at him confused, and then they all smiled. "Where are the others?"
"Robin is with Batman, and M'gann and Superboy went out for a date," Artemis answered sitting at the kitchen table. "So what were those ghosts talking about?"
"I'm not sure about the first half, I was trying to keep the shields up and make sure that everything was running smoothly, but they were saying something about making sure that the shield for the portal stayed up and something about how they wanted Plasmius to think that they were on his side."
"Do they know you can read lips?" Aqualad asked concerned that it was still a trap.
"No one knew I ever could," Phantom exclaimed grinning like a hyena. "I never told anyone so that way people would think I was psychic or something. They would be talking about one thing, and I could jump in from across the room. Everyone thought I was weird at the time."
"So it was a secret talent of yours," Aqualad mused looking at Wally who was now just flipping though channels on the TV bored of their conversation.
"Pretty much," Phantom said. Then he fell onto the ground after seeing something on the news. "Wait turn it back, Wally."
"Why it's just the news…" Wally started only to turn it up.
"The Justice League has betrayed us," Masters said worriedly. "They are now working with a killer that was here in Amity Park. Danny Phantom caused the death of our resident ghost hunters: Jack and Maddie Fenton, along with their children: Daniel and Jasmine Fenton, and then two students by the name of Samantha Manson and Tucker Foley, and now the Justice League has decided to protect him from the justice he deserves. We need to act now before anything more happens to corrupt our system. I have created a bill that tells the government to arrest any leaguers that were here in Amity to be questioned. That list includes: Batman and Robin of Gotham City, Superman of Metropolis, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash, and several other heroes. They helped get Phantom out of the custody of my Guys in White who were sent to arrest the ghost." Masters looked back at agents O and K who were smiling slightly.
"He's taking a big risk there," Aqualad grinned. "This is going to backfire on him."
"Don't get too cocky, Aqualad," Phantom warned glaring at Plasmius. "It won't take much overshadowing to make everyone believe what he is saying as the truth. There are witnesses that did actually see you guys save me, and then you have the Red Huntress who will take his side."
"The League is known around the world," Artemis explained. "He's still going to have to try really hard, this isn't just a fourteen year old his playing, he's playing with the biggest of the biggest and the smartest of the smartest. He is underestimating the League."
"That is something you never want to do," Wally stated standing up and glaring at the Mayor of Amity Park. "A lot of the heroes aren't just heroes; they have secret identities like you. You used that once to frame Plasmius for shooting you, well they can play the same game, but on a much larger scale. They will stop their heroing and let the criminals get out of hand; the police will then go after Plasmius for getting rid of their support."
"That's true, but I could never play the part of standing on the sidelines very well," Phantom explained looking down. "My obsession won't let me."
"That's why if they decide that's will be their plan of action, then you will most likely be locked in your lab and not have access to anything to the outside world," Robin put in entering in the room. "I just heard the news, and if he wants to play games like that, then Batman has a few words for him."
"We need Superboy and M'gann here," Aqualad ordered looking at Robin. "We need to start making plans."
"Does he have a death wish?" Flash asked looking at the news from their tower. Superman showed up next to him.
"I believe so," he growled. "He's trying to ruin our names. I knew this was going to bite us in the butt."
"You do notice we know something no one else knows right," Flash grinned. "He said that Phantom killed Danny Fenton. That's how we know he's lying."
"They're the same person," Superman muttered slightly relaxing remembering that bit of information. "What do we do now?"
"Keep Phantom safe," Batman ordered entering. "He cannot leave the Mount Justice or Happy Harbor."
"What if they go out for a night at the movies? We don't want Phantom to feel left out," Canary questioned walking in.
"If they do leave, Phantom can change forms and just hid his scars and burn marks, we don't want people asking questions, that can be very dangerous," Batman explained turning toward her. "I don't want him leaving Happy Harbor; in fact, I don't want any of them leaving that city. It's too dangerous for everyone right now." Canary nodded.
"I'll go and tell them," she said heading for the Zeta Beam Portal.
"We are going to lay low for a while, let the rest of the leaguers take over," Batman ordered turning to the news report. "Some of them don't know what most of this is about, so they are already going to know that we aren't going to be there."
"He pointed us out," Flash pointed out looking back at Batman. "He sees us as more of a threat than the rest."
"He knows we know," Batman explained. "He has to be careful that we don't tell the world the truth, and by putting us against him and siding with Phantom, he can assure that we won't tell anyone."
"How would that work?" Flash asked. Superman and Batman glared at him.
"It would confirm that he is telling the truth. Who would believe he was a half ghost hybrid unless seeing proof," Superman explained turning off the TV as a commercial came on.
"That's wonderful, so now what, we just go back to our normal lives and ignore the bad guys," Flash asked looking between the two.
"If we do that, Phantom will have to put be under house arrest," Batman explained looking at the camera that had Danny and the rest of the small team of heroes playing some game on the TV. "I really don't want to have them stuck in there. I also need to come up with something so Phantom can go to school with Superboy and M'gann. I want him to still be able to at least have somewhat of a normal life." Red arrow walked in.
"You have a new member joining the kids?" he asked confused. "I came wondering why the entire world seems to hate us." Green arrow walked in right after.
"He decided to help someone who was framed for killing six people," he growled glaring at Batman. "How can you be sure that he didn't?"
"They were his family, and one of the people was technically him in another form," Batman commented looking back at them. "If you have a problem, you don't have to help, but we are making sure that he is safe. Plasmius, or Masters, if you will, is setting up to kill him, and this is him trying to get us out of the way." Superman stepped up.
"The guy has people trying to catch him, and they did get him once, and let's say that is wasn't pretty. I think that the worst thing a leaguer would go though is what we seen when we rescued the kid," Superman growled looking at the picture of the hybrid that was in the file. "I have a whole new respect for the kid, and his ability to bounce back. I don't think I could even do what he did." Batman nodded.
"I don't think most of us would," Batman turned back to the computer. "I needed Red Arrow's help in making sure that Phantom is safe."
"So I have to work with them," Red Arrow said annoyed. "I don't think…"
"You are part of the league, so whether you like it or not," Batman ordered turning to him. "You will listen to orders given to you. That's what you wanted."
"I wanted to be equal with you," Red Arrow mumbled heading for the Zeta Beam Portal.
"One more thing," Batman called out before the beam started. "Be careful with Phantom, with what he went though, he is terrified of new people whether he shows it or not."
"Thanks for the warning," he said sarcastically and not really caring about the kid who destroyed the reputation of the league.
"Do you think he'll take that to heart?" Green Arrow asked looking at Batman.
"He'll find out soon enough, but if he sets Phantom's recovery back, he'll be finding it extremely hard to get back into the hero business," Batman warned walking away. Green Arrow looked at Superman with a curious expression.
"I'm with Batman. So are the ones that were mentioned in that news cast. Phantom is a hero, he just has a bad past that he had no control over," Superman explained looking at the TV that had a now blank screen. "Phantom is like us when we first started. No one was sure, but unlike us, he had started with a bad reputation for just existing."
"That explains why no one really trusts the ghost," Green Arrow murmurred looking down. "What happened in Amity then?" Superman had a dark look pass his face.
"They vivisected the kid," he growled turning around and leaving not wanting to talk about it. Green Arrow's eyes widen in horror while he tried to comprehend what Superman had just said, for it explained why they weren't backing down and stayed by saving the kid. No one deserved to go though such a thing, no matter what they might have done.
"Danny," Wally yelled angrily. Danny was laughing so hard that he could barely breathe. "That was so not cool."
"But so funny," Artemis laughed, just not as hard as Danny was. Robin shook his head as Wally turned red. Superboy could barely contain his laughter too. Danny was out of it as Megan walked into the room.
"I really am afraid to know what just happened," she said walking up to Superboy. He smiled.
"Danny overshadowed Wally without Artemis knowing and then proceed to ask her out," he informed breaking out laughing again. "She turned red and so did he when Danny phased back out."
"Shut up," Wally yelled covering his ears and singing. Danny started laughing again almost turning blue when the Zeta Portal activated and called out Speedy.
"My name is Red Arrow," the guys growled walking out of the portal and grumbling. "Where is Phantom?" Danny looked up from the ground where he was trying to catch his breath. Wally stood up.
"The guy on the floor who likes to embarrass people," he grumbled leaving the room.
"Ah," Danny grinned at him. "He likes her but won't admit it, how cute." Artemis turned a deeper shade of red. "And she likes him."
"Danny, you should stop," Robin warned looking at the serious face of Red Arrow. "What's up?"
"Batman said that everyone involved in the mess Phantom created needed to lay low," he ordered as resentment lanced his words. Danny narrowed his eyes.
"Are you pinning this on me?" he asked standing completely up while any sign of him laughing like a lunatic left him. Everyone looked at him surprised for the sudden change. "Because I can think of five people before I think of this being my fault."
"I don't know who you are," Red Arrow growled marching up to him. Danny suddenly changed into Phantom and started walking up to him. Red Arrow stopped short. "What the…?"
"Half ghost, must have missed the subtext," Phantom growled floating a little off the floor. "It's really not that hard since the only thing that really changes are my hair and eye color. But that was before I watched my family die without being able to do anything." Red Arrow backed away from the power seeming to run off the hybrid. "Of course, that must mean all of this is my fault and not the guy that actually killed them. Did you even pay attention?"
"The news said that you were the one…" Red Arrow growled glaring at the hybrid before Phantom appeared directly in front of him.
"You say I killed them, and I will personally see to it that your afterlife is hell," Phantom growled as his eyes glowed brighter. "The news is run by morons who only look for the stories that will give them the most reviews. They are also full of people, who are paid to say certain things to make my life miserable, and yet I tend not to care, but if you blame me for something that was out of my control, I will not take that lightly." Red Arrow narrowed his eyes. Robin walked up and put his hand on Phantom's shoulder.
"Danny, it's okay. He doesn't know the whole story," he explained pulling Phantom away. "You can calm down a bit." Phantom nodded, turned back into his human form, and then walked back to his room. "You have to be careful with him, especially when it comes to his family." Red Arrow glared at the area where Danny disappeared.
"Who did kill his family then?" Red Arrow asked looking at Robin now.
"Plasmius or you could say Vlad Masters," Robin explained looking sadly at where his friend vanished. "Phantom was fighting at the school when the lab blew up. And apparently Plasmius was the cause. You really should give him a chance. He's not that bad of a person."
"Man," Danny whispered pacing his room. "That was so not going to help my case." He stopped and looked around his room. The bed was a mess, he smiled and started just to clean up the room a little. He started making the bed when there was a knock at the door.
"Danny," Megan called through the door. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Danny responded as she opened the door. The comforter was on the floor. He smiled. "Thanks though."
"What are you doing?" she asked picking up the corner of the comforter.
"Figuring might as well clean up," Danny muttered looking at the small mess.
"You really do have ADHD then," she observed smiling as Danny jumped on the bed. He turned to her and grinned.
"You bet," he exclaimed. She smiled as Superboy called for her.
"I better go," she uttered leaving him. He smiled and then teleported to his lab.
"I hope no one is looking for me," Danny mumbled as he changed into Phantom locked the door and stared at the portal. "Cause this is going to suck if they find out what I'm planning." He entered the portal after programming it to know when he was around and to drop the shield to let him in.
"He made the move," Dani groaned glaring at the TV Frostbite had. "I hope people start believing him as the bad guy. He is going up against every hero that ever was, and then calling them liars."
"He'll only be able to get the few that was mentioned," Skulker mentioned. "He's getting on my nerves."
"Are you guys seriously working to get my name cleared, and Plasmius called out or do I read you wrong?" a voice said behind them. Skulker turned around to see Phantom floating there with an eyebrow raised, and then he stopped seeing Dani on the other side.
"Danny!" she exclaimed tackling him in a hug. "I missed you!"
"Danielle, I missed you too," Danny whispered hugging her tightly. "Where have you been?"
"Here and there," she answered pushing her arms straight so she could look at him. "I heard what happened, and I'm so glad that you are okay."
"Me too, Dani, me too," Phantom whispered smiling at her. Skulker cleared his throat. The cousins both stopped and looked at him.
"How did you know what we were talking about?" Skulker asked confused. "How did you know where we were?"
"Fright Knight was harder to read than you, but I was able to piece it together," Phantom explained backing away from Dani much to her protest. "Although, I was surprised that your boundaries included that." Skulker's eyes widen.
"Never speak of this again, Whelp," he growled picking Phantom up by the collar. "Got it."
"Got it," Phantom grinned. Skulker dropped him and walked over to a case that had maps and papers all over the place. "What are you actually planning then?"
"We are tired of Plasmius ruining the Ghost Zone. It's bad enough that ghosts already have a bad rep, but he took it too far. That and the peace that was once here no longer exists. He destroyed our homes," Skulker explained handing Phantom a map. "This is what he has been trying to do."
"He can't get past Dora's castle?" Phantom asked smiling and looking up from the map. "That'll give us time then."
"There are several areas that are controlled by Plasmius," Skulker explained getting out the Infimap. "Here and here are ours though. Plasmius can't touch them until he gets his way with the human realm."
"Well this is extremely helpful," Phantom mumbled seeing that part of what Plasmius was controlling was where Clockwork's tower was.
"We don't know when he'll make his move here, which is why me and the Fright Knight have stayed working as his loyal servants," Skulker growled. "I hate it." Phantom grinned.
"It'll be okay, once we get him out of here, the league was wanting to create some kind of peace treaty with the ghosts so that both parties could be better off," Phantom leveled. "It'll help out a lot."
"That's what we were thinking, but it was only a small number of us, but with you leading this, we can get a lot more," Skulker explained handing Phantom a phone. It had his emblem on it. "Congrats, you are the official head of the rebellion."
"That's always been my dream," Phantom muttered sarcastically. Skulker smirked. Dani jumped up and down.
"I have one too!" she yelled jumping on his back.
"Ow, Danielle," he said trying to get out from under her. "That hurt."
"I'll sorry, I forgot," she whispered backing off of him. He looked up at her.
"Dani, it's okay. Just next time be careful," Phantom smiled back at her and then stood up. Skulker left the room thinking that they were insane. Dani suddenly got a serious face.
"What all happened to you, Danny?" she asked holding his hand now. "You never told anyone what really happened while you were gone for that one week." Danny flinched.
"I would rather not talk about it," he muttered looking down. Dani walked in front of him and looked up at his lost eyes.
"Danny, it's okay, just remember that your friends are here," she smiled hugging him.
"I know, and it helps," Phantom whispered hugging her back.
"Where is Phantom?" Red Arrow asked annoyed that he was still stuck babysitting the hybrid. Robin looked up from the game he and Wally were playing.
"I don't know, you made him angry, and he locked himself in his room," he answered as an explosion sounded on the TV. "What? That's not fair."
"You were the one not paying attention," Wally boasted as he crossed the finish. "Yes, high score!" he yelled out. Robin laughed seeing the name above his.
"Dude, you still have to beat Phantom's," Robin grinned as Wally pushed him off the couch.
"When was he playing?" Wally cried looking at the screen where his name was right under Phantom's. "That's not fair."
"You were the one not paying attention," Robin mocked. Wally glared at him.
"You two are oh so helpful," Red Arrow muttered angrily. He walked back to Phantom's room and knocked again hoping that this time he would get an answer. But like the last five times, there was none. He gave up and kicked the door in splintering the wood as the door swung open. "Phantom," he yelled only to be met with an echo.
"What the heck?" Artemis yelled running up after hearing the noise. The others not far behind.
"Dude, Batman is going to be ticked," Wally drawled seeing the door. "You do realize that the only thing Phantom was able to finish was the door before he was caught."
"Who cares, Phantom isn't here," Red Arrow growled. "Where else would he be?"
"His lab?" Superboy suggested.
"Then how did he get there without us noticing?" Red Arrow shot as he marched over to Phantom's lab.
"He teleports," Superboy deadpanned. "You either didn't read his file, or you are underestimating him." Red Arrow shot a glare at him.
"I didn't have time to read it," Red Arrow growled opening the door to Phantom's lab. Everyone was quiet as they stared at the open portal that had the shield over it.
"I think he went in," Aqualad said walking up to the computer that was splitting out random things. "But why?"
"He's probably getting an army ready for battle," Red Arrow growled. "I can't believe you trusted him."
"Trusted who?" Phantom asked coming out from behind a table. He had several items in his hands. "What are you guys doing here?"
"What are you planning?" Red Arrow ordered aiming an arrow at Phantom's chest.
"To make dinner," Phantom grinned. Robin and Aqualad tried to contain their laughter, but the key word is tried. "Why?"
"What were you doing?" Red Arrow asked accusingly. Phantom smiled lightly.
"I was working," he answered grinning. Red Arrow glared.
"I'm watching you," he threatened leaving. Phantom just watched him awkwardly.
"Well, that was interesting," Phantom muttered looking back at the rest of the team.
"What were you doing in the Ghost Zone?" M'gann asked floating up to him.
"Looking for my cousin, she should be here sooner or later," Phantom explained going back up to the computer. "I have to make sure that the portal gets locked down after she does."
"No one is to know where you are," Robin pointed out. Phantom turned to him.
"She's not my cousin, does that help?" Phantom asked and then looked at Superboy. Superboy got the silent message.
"I'm fine with it," he smiled knowingly. "I would like to see someone else who was put in a similar position to mine."
"Wait, she's your clone?" Kid Flash asked wide eyed. "Dude, that's so weird." Superboy glared at him. "Wait, why is she a well…she?"
"I don't know," Phantom mused stopping and looking curiously over at them. "I honestly have no idea."
"Neither do I," Dani piped up entering though the portal. "Hi, Danny!"
"Danielle," he yelled hugging her. "What took you so long?"
"Walker's goons," she growled frowning. "I had to detour in order to avoid them." Phantom smiled. Everyone just looked confused.
"She looks a lot like you," Superboy inquired looking at the Phantoms curiously. Robin walked up to them.
"That is cool," Robin smiled. Aqualad watched as Danielle seemed to tense with everyone getting closer to Phantom.
"Phantom, can I talk to you?" he asked closely watching the young girl's reaction. She was tense and moved protectively in front of Phantom. Phantom noticed.
"Yeah," he said giving Danielle a curious look. Everyone else just looked between them not sure what they were missing. Aqualad motioned for them to leave, and they did. Danielle only stayed in front of her cousin. "Danielle, why don't you go to my room? It's big enough for both of us." She gave a glare at Aqualad warning him not to do anything.
"Okay," she walked out.
"How does she know where it is?" Aqualad asked as she disappeared.
"I had told her before hand," Phantom explained turning back to the inventions on the table and closing his eyes. "I knew that someone was going to want to talk to me, and so did she since I wasn't really supposed to leave." Aqualad walked up to him, and he slowly began to tense.
"You were tortured somewhere else, and haven't told anyone," Aqualad observed reaching to his hand on Phantom's shoulder. Phantom jerked away and turned to face him. His face showed fear and worry.
"Where would you get that idea?" Phantom asked concerned that maybe something had gotten out that he didn't want.
"The way you acted. You weren't just vivisected by them, were you?" Aqualad asked watching as Phantom wrapped his own arms around him as of to protect himself. "There was another time that you haven't told us about, isn't there?"
"Yes," Phantom whispered backing away in fear. "But please, don't push it," he whispered looking up at Aqualad. "All I need is to know that you and the team are there for me. That's the only thing I need. I need to know that I have friends to count on." Aqualad was taken slightly back, but nodded anyway.
"We always will be," Aqualad smiled at him. It never reached his eyes. "Don't worry about it." Phantom smiled slightly back glad that they would there for him because he had a feeling that he would need them sooner or later in order for him to completely heal.
Danny: Silent Tears Plays part in this, but so does...what chapter eight?
Me: Nine and Ten, mainly nine, read it before hand to get some references, there will be times where you will be confused.
Danny: Yeah, and also thanks for the reviews, they are much loved and all have been taken into consideration.
Me: Okay, I added Dani, she'll be in it, but she won't be the main character, there'll be a few chapters where she might not even show up, that's my bad, I forgot about her a couple times, so then the chapter afterward will have her more, but don't expect that to happen all the time, if she's not in there then she's in the Ghost Zone helping the rebels
Danny: We also learned some important parts, for example, that last part was refering to what happened before Silent Tears, if you wish to know how he got caught, review and tell her so she knows what to write if she gets writer's block
Me: Thanks, that's also how Silent Tears came about.
Danny: There'll be another one with Jack going over that, but I have to write that part into the story before I really say anything more on that.
Me: I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I hope to update by next weekend, I'll try to keep them up, but I might forget, I have decided that this is going to be a longer story than my normal chapter stories... excluding Undercover Phantom, I don't know what happened there to get that many chapter...
Danny: These chapter are longer than that story too...
Me: yeah, this is going to turn out as one of my longest stories, I haven't thought of an end, and I need to find a way to bring Valerie back,
Danny: Do you want Val to be bad or good? She's in that kind of debate. She wants Val to be a bad guy all the way though, or she can change depending on what you want.
Me: Yes please tell me, otherwise I'll forget about her, and I wanted her to play an important role in Vlad's game
Danny: Plans for the next few chapters though
Me: That'll be good, you get to see the past, and not in a normal show way either
Danny: Also...no I think that's it...
Me: Please review, answer the few questions from above and don't forget to read Silent Tears. It'll be important for parts of eight, nine, and ten.
Danny: Happy Hunger Games once again, and if you have seen the movie, tell us what you thought about that too
Me: It was the best thing ever!
Have a nice weekend