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Seeing Sounds
Chapter 7
The Plan and the Pain
"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our Governments. Indeed, I think people want peace so much that one of these days Governments had better get out of the way and let them have it."
Dwight E. Eisenhower
"Wow, he really did manage to get a lot of people against us," Clark said looking at the protest outside the building of the Hall of Justice. He was just watching as people said that the league needed to be taken down while others believed that it was a misunderstanding in that they were doing their job by wanting to get the whole story. Then there was a small group that believed Phantom's innocence and also believed that Masters had something to do with it.
"Your room is awesome, Danny," Dani exclaimed smiling like a manic. "You said that Batman did it?"
"Yeah, while I was recovering in the infirmary," Phantom said changing back into a human and wincing at the sudden pain increase. "He was trying to avoid making me have to remember my past in any way. I guess he thought that black was a safe bet."
"They kept you in a white room when they caught you that one time," Dani stammered looking at the bathroom. "Your bathroom is awesome too. Can I take a shower?"
"Go ahead," Danny answered smiling while he made a second bed for her. "I have to go to school." Dani gave him a weird look.
"Really?" she asked smiling. Danny laughed.
"Batman got me in. He wanted me to get along with other students as well," Danny explained getting up. "I'll see you later." Dani nodded her head and walked into the bathroom.
"Has anyone has seen Phantom?" Red Arrow asked looking around the room. Robin and Wally just looked at him.
"Dude, he went with M'gann and Superboy to school. Batman got him in," Wally answered raising an eyebrow.
"Why are you still here?" Red Arrow asked narrowing his eyes. Wally smiled.
"Batman doesn't want anyone leaving the Happy Harbor," Robin answered turning back to the game and blowing up Wally's car.
"Dude, no fair," Wally cried as he watched his car burn. Red Arrow glared at them.
"That went better than I thought I would," Masters said grinning. "Now all I need is to find that girl."
"Why do you want her so bad?" Skulker asked narrowing his eyes and hoping that Masters would be too busy to handle it himself. They had Danielle go with Phantom in order to protect her since Fright Knight knew that Masters was already looking for her.
"My plans to find Daniel require her," Masters started grinning. All he needed was for her to 'escape' and then go and find Daniel for him after he puts a tracker in her, and then he can destroy the mistake and finish on his control for Daniel's mind. "And once we find Daniel, studying her body will be extremely helpful in making sure Daniel will obey like he should." Skulker silently growled wishing he could blast Plasmius now. Phantom had been though enough, and he was sick of it. Sure he had wanted the hybrid's pelt, but now he felt like the kid had been though enough. He did try to protect everyone, and now he was helping to create peace back in the Ghost Zone.
"What is it that you want?" Skulker asked keeping his voice leveled so Masters didn't get any ideas of betrayal from him.
"I believe that Walker is trying to regain control of his army," Masters explained turning back around. "So I offered him a deal to rule the Ghost Zone completely once I gained more control here. He agreed, and now I need to get Amity Park back in order. I'm going to be in a couple meetings in order to get the League banned from any farther helping. Unfortunately, that little deal that went down in Amity upon Phantom's arrival has messed up a lot. I need the ghosts back there to show that we need my team of Guys in White in order to keep everyone safe. I don't know what happened, but all the ghosts seemed to have vanished there. I have some of Walker's men haunting, but the rest disappeared afraid of Phantom."
"What are you going to do for that then?" Skulker asked trying to get as much info as possible before he left Masters and start their plan to take back the Ghost Zone, and now they had to add a new part in either getting Walker to work with them or go and find a new warden for the Ghost Zone.
"I have a team of Walker's men scouting out the Ghost Zone looking for her. But I also have a small team looking for the rebel hideout. We believe that they are in the frozen part," Masters began pulling up a map he had created of the Ghost Zone. "I need you to get in there and find out who's leading it." Skulker gulped silently once again afraid that he might be figured out, but by the way Masters was talking, he was in the clear. After all, he was the leader until Phantom was ready to take over. He knew that Phantom had been though a lot, and he wasn't going to let Phantom lead without knowing if he was ready. He didn't want a mentally ill leader after all. Phantom needed rest, and he wasn't going to force the hybrid into this right away.
"So what is your plan?" Skulker asked, making sure that any of his previous thoughts were covered up in his voice.
"My plan to rid the world of the League will be challenging since many still believe in them, but I say that having them fighting with Phantom helped get the people started in distrust," Masters smirked. "They have backed off, just like I predicted." Skulker scowled and put anyway the info to tell Phantom once he was free. Phantom needed to know that the ones mentioned couldn't continue, they had to come back, and so did Phantom. He needed to prove himself to the world now before Plasmius added gas to the fire that's already been started.
"Clever," Skulker muttered looking at his 'boss' who was now just lost in thought.
"Skulker, do you know how to beat anyone with an ice core?" Masters asked, changing into Plasmius and heading to his lab. Skulker looked at him curiously until he figured out what he was planning and followed. He knew where their main base was.
"I'm not sure. Fire can cancel out, but they tend to be stronger," Skulker thought out loud. He honestly hadn't thought that would be something, the only person he could think of that might be able to beat the people of the Far Frozen would be Phantom. Phantom has an ice core, Skulker thought in urgency. "Otherwise, no I haven't really came across one," he spoke clearly, and playing dumb. Plasmius frowned.
"Phantom has one, did you not know that?" he asked raising an eyebrow. Skulker thought back to his fight and decided to play the card.
"He never used against me," he lied smoothly. Phantom had a couple times, but only in the Ghost Zone, and it wasn't really during a big fight. "So this is news to me."
"I've had a run in with those people before. They protect the infimap, and I need that to complete my plan to take over the world," Plasmius explained picking up a vial of glowing green. Skulker looked at it nervously. Plasmius glared at him. "This is for Phantom once we get him. The Guys in White have started their search in the human realm, but have come up empty handed, so I figured he must be in the Ghost Zone in order to prevent farther hurt to the humans who still believe him. I still need that security footage of him destroying that lab in the school."
"Sir, there is none," Skulker lied to make sure that Plasmius wasn't going to full out blame Phantom for this. He wasn't helping in it any part of Plasmius's plan for that. He refused to help in that department. "It was destroyed in the explosion."
"Oh well," Plasmius shrugged. "We can always make one up. Anyway as I was saying before, I had been in a fight against them, and it was difficult to beat them."
"As I recall, they did beat you," Skulker smirked. Plasmius shot a blast at him.
"Who cares, I need to know what it takes to make sure they fall to my hand," Plasmius growled. "That's the only thing standing in my way to total control of the Ghost Zone. Now, I need you to go and plant a couple bugs in the Hall of Justice. I want to know everything that's going on." Skulker nodded as he took the devices from Plasmius.
"I'll get it done here soon," he confirmed as he flew off. He needed to tell Phantom of this meeting before hand.
"Danny, are you okay?" M'gann asked walking into his room since the door was open, and he was just sitting on the bed staring at the wall. Danny looked back at her with dead eyes. "Danny?"
"I'm fine, just thinking," he muttered faking a smiling. She sat next to him.
"Is there something you want to talk about?" she asked putting her hand on his shoulder for comfort. Danny flinched slightly. She looked down and noticed the red wrapping around his neck and disappearing under his shirt. She slowly reached up to touch the burns when Danny grabbed her hand.
"I don't like people around my neck," he whispered looking at her.
"Are those from the explosion?" she asked watching Danny intently. She was worried about how badly those had to hurt when he first got them, and how he was able to keep the illusion that he was dead.
"Yes, I was outside the lab when it blew," Danny began gently running his fingers over it and grimacing. "The fire that came afterward is what really got me." M'gann looked at his arms sadly.
"How did you get out of the building afterward?" she questioned looking back into his eyes that were gaining the light back. He was healing and some days seemed easier for him than others, but right now he seemed scared. "You don't have to tell me, I'm just curious." He looked up at her.
"Once everything blew, I was trapped under a set of lockers, which is probably why I was able to survive in the first place; they had created a safe hole for me. I was able to dig out a small hole leading to the lab where everything was on fire," Danny explained getting a distant, painful look in his eyes. M'gann looked sadly at the burns covering his arms as he pulled up the sleeves. "These were more from getting out then the explosion. I had to go though the lab again in order to get out the window that it blew open. The lab was in the back of the school and no one was there. I knew they would declare me dead, and I knew that was where my family and friends were at was in the lab." He looked down and tears started running down his face.
"It's okay," M'gann assured giving Danny an awkward side-hug. "We are here for you now. Thanks for opening up a little. It'll help you more than anything."
"Thanks, M'gann," Danny whispered smiling at her. "What time is it?"
"It's about dinner time, why?" M'gann asked as Danny stood.
"I wanted to make dinner," he said happily and ran out of the room. M'gann looked back as Dani exited out of the bathroom with some of Danny's clothes on.
"Where is he running off to?" she asked tilting her head to the side. M'gann smiled.
"He's making us dinner," she laughed standing up and smiling at the girl. "I'm M'gann; you can call me Megan if you like."
"Okay," Dani smiled shyly. "I'm Danielle, or Dani with an 'I'. But with my cousin, maybe just Danielle so we don't get confused."
"That would be nice. You want to come with me to see what Danny is making then?" M'gann asked heading for the door. She stopped and looked back at Danielle who was smiling faintly again.
"Sure, let's go and see what my crazy cousin is up to," she exclaimed running up to the door and following M'gann to the kitchen.
"What you planning?" Red Arrow accused trapping Danny in the kitchen. Danny smiled slyly.
"Making dinner," he bragged turning the stove on. "Is there something you wanted?"
"I don't trust you," Red Arrow grolwed glaring at him.
"That makes two of us then," Danny added shooting a glare in Red Arrow's direction. "Just because you are a hero doesn't mean people are going to trust you right away, and that also doesn't mean that there is some plan against you. That's what can cause dangerous thinking."
"What would you know?" Red Arrow asked leaning against the wall to make sure Danny couldn't just walk out.
"I've done it before," he recalled getting some food from the fridge. "Trust me; you'll only end in hurting yourself if you keep thinking that everything is against you."
"Right, why should we trust you then?" Red Arrow asked narrowing his eyes. "I haven't seen anything to prove that we should."
"Why should I trust you then?" Danny asked taking out a pan and pointing it at Red Arrow. "I've been to hell and back, and for some reason I have, sometimes taking a leap of faith helps." Red Arrow growled.
"Why do you want on this team?" Red Arrow shot angrily.
"Batman wanted me," Danny announced smiling. "He told me that he wanted a peacekeeper."
"Peacekeeper?" Red Arrow asked raising an eyebrow. Danny smiled.
"Yeah, I'm not one to look for a fight. Even when I was hunting ghosts, I always looked for what they were planning. Some did want to fight, and others just wanted to see the world. I met one who just was looking for some type of plant for an experiment she was doing," Danny explained. "I never wanted to hurt anyone."
"Skulker?" Fright Knight asked seeing him land in Walker's prison. That's where Plasmius was running all his operations. "What are you doing?"
"Plan to bug the Hall of Justice so we know what the heroes are doing," Skulker scowled changing the transmission so the rebels could also hear.
"That's dangerous," Fright Knight mused. "What do you plan as a distraction?"
"That's what you are doing," Skulker grinned at him. "Let's go."
"That's why you came," Fright Knight muttered and followed. They headed out a natural portal and headed to the Hall of Justice while Skulker got out his communicator to call Phantom. "You wanted me involved"
"Deal with it," Skulker growled as they flew off.
"Three aces," Dani grinned like a hyena while she put her plate down. Danny watched as Wally looked at his cards. "I win."
"Not cool," he muttered as Dani took the pot. Then Danny's communicator with Skulker went off in his pocket.
"I have to go," Danny mumbled heading to his room. Red Arrow narrowed his eyes as the hybrid left, and he decided to follow him to his room. Wally looked confused while Dani was worried about what may have happened to cause Skulker to call him earlier than planned.
"Skulker?" Danny asked into the device. Red Arrow listened though the door wondering who Danny was talking to.
"Phantom, Plasmius figured out where the rebel base is at," a voice muttered behind the door. To Red Arrow it sounded like it was coming from some sort of phone.
"He can't get to it though, right?" Danny asked a little worry coming though.
"Not without a bigger army than he has, but that's not the reason I was calling. He wants me to plant a bug in the Hall of Justice. I figured you might want to tell them so they don't let any info slip there. And the heroes hiding like they are, that's what he wanted. I'll tell you more later," the voice warned as a background sound erupted. "I have to go, I'm coming out."
"Thanks, Skulker," Danny answered. Red Arrow looked at the door confused. "Dude, I can hear your heartbeat." Red Arrow opened the door.
"You have someone inside? Why didn't you tell anyone?" Red Arrow asked glaring at him.
"Because I didn't know the full extent to how deep they were in," Danny whispered smiling slightly. "I've told everyone else that ghosts have morals of their own, and Plasmius went against them. Most ghosts are running in the rebel group, but Plasmius's two right hand people are in leading the rebels. They wanted me to, but they know what happened in Amity and the week I disappeared." Danny's smile disappeared near the end, and he looked down as his eyes became watery. Red Arrow just glared at him.
"You failed to share with us this information," he shot. Danny backed away slightly.
"I barely know everything myself," Danny pointed out looking at him. "I wasn't sure what Skulker's plan was exactly, and he didn't want everyone to know just in case. We were trying to see where Plasmius had all his plans laid out." Red Arrow looked at the cell phone like thing. It had Phantom's symbol on it.
"I'm guessing the rebel is using you as a head?" he asked trying to see what he could get. Everything seemed to make more sense if the ghosts were rebelling against Plasmius.
"Yeah, apparently I wasn't just keeping Amity safe, but the Ghost Zone in order too without realizing it," Danny smiled. He looked down at the phone in his hand. "Most respected me after I defeated Pariah Dark, but I'm guessing there was more than just the Far Frozen that believed in me."
"So you have ghosts inside Plasmius's network? That could be useful, but I'm guessing the info about Plasmius wanting them to bug the Hall of Justice is more important, and that they need to get out," Red Arrow recalled leaning against the wall. "How long do we have to warn them?" Danny looked up when he said that and smiled.
"Not long, Skulker is on his way, and he said he just left the Ghost Zone. I don't know where he left from, it could be from a number of different places or even planes," Danny explained as he left the room with Red Arrow next to him. "Natural portals open up everywhere, and sometimes not even in the same time. For example, planes that disappear in the Bermuda Triangle are going into a part of the Ghost Zone that shifts and changes constantly, and then when they get into another portal, they sometimes end up in another time."
"You can travel time in there," Red Arrow asked a little worried. "Someone can use that their advantage if they wanted to take over the world."
"The Ghost Zone works in weird ways. They could try, but the portals never stay open long and once you go though one, you are risking never going back. It's dangerous," Danny explained as they entered the command center. Red Arrow turned on the com to call the League in the Watchtower. "We can't tell them who I was talking to. Just say that we know someone inside. If they want to know who it was, they have to come see me face to face, but I have a feeling if Plasmius knew about it, then he would figure out who it was quick."
"Batman?" Red Arrow asked looking at the screen as he appeared.
"Phantom, Red Arrow, what is it?" Batman asked looking at the heroes. Danny smiled slightly.
"Plasmius is having the Hall of Justice bugged," Danny said simply. Red Arrow looked at him funny. "That and I might have half the Ghost Zone fighting on my side."
"I told you not to go in there," Batman warned dangerously. "Plasmius can get to you though that portal."
"No, he can't, not without help, and he doesn't have very good anyway. They are planning against him," Danny mentioned holding up the rebel phone. "They have apparently been using me as a figure head the entire time. I was dragged into it before I realized how far deep I was."
"You have the Ghost Zone in your pocket then?" Batman asked narrowing his eyes.
"The rebels at least, but the leader won't let me lead until he thinks I can handle it. He knows what happened in Amity," Danny said putting the phone away while Red Arrow watched the exchange quietly. "Plasmius wanted us to go into hiding too. We can't stay like this for long without whatever crazy plan he conjured up working."
"That insider is helpful then," Batman said looking at the file he was studying before they called. "Alright, I'll get the league together. We'll have to talk to the public. I might know what to say now after studying this." He cut off. Danny backed away a bit.
"I had a little more, but okay then, maybe later," he mumbled looking at Red Arrow. "Have my trust now? Or are you going to hate me forever?"
"You working your way there," Red Arrow smirked and left him in the command room. Danny looked back at the computer.
"Phantom needs to come out as well then," Danny said smiling and changing into his ghost half. "And show the world that he's still fighting."
"Well," Batman said looking at the cameras in the Hall of Justice. There was a ghost there looking around and planting something, but he couldn't see what it was. He knew they were the bugs though. There was another ghost flying around outside grabbing attention of some of the other leaguers."Guess we can't talk too much in there now can we."
"Guess not," Superman growled and glared at the ghost. "At least we now know what going on." Batman nodded.
"Plasmius also doesn't want us out in the open, we have a change in plans," Batman ordered getting up. "We have our cities to protect, and I think taking Masters down is going to require us to be out there. If people want to talk to us, then we'll tell them the truth. Phantom didn't do anything wrong; he just ended up at the butt end of a war."
"Good cover, and closest to the truth without actually giving away everything we really know," Superman commented watching the TV crews getting together at a conference Masters created in Amity after the apparent Guys in White crackdown on ghosts.
"We still need to get him brought down without compromising Phantom," Batman explained looking at him. "There is still more to know about our ghost, but I'm guessing he'll tell when and if he is ready."
"I honestly don't want to know what has happened to the kid, I just want to make sure that it never happens again to him," Superman mentioned and then smiled at the news telling everyone that it was going to be a nice day. "I better go, I have a city to protect and people to get back on our side." Batman nodded and Superman left. Batman began going over everything he planned on telling the public about Masters, and the pictures of the after math of what happened in Amity. Phantom's green and red blood was sitting in a puddle under a table and the smears around the room were more pronounced in the picture.
"Phantom, what are you working on now?" Canary asked looking over the ghost's shoulder. Phantom looked up at her and grinned.
"I'm trying to make a new camera for the portal. I want sound since some ghosts that can talk usually have something over their face," Phantom stated looking back at the device in his hand. "So far the sound has been off." Canary smiled softly.
"You should take a break and come with me," she mentioned reaching for his hand. He watched it confused as she grabbed it and pulled him away from the station and out the lab's door that was finally no longer glowing green. "There's a couple things that we have to do, and Batman mentioned something about helping you get over your fear of the infirmary." Phantom stopped suddenly and didn't move. Canary stopped and looked at him. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," he whispered walking forward. He was tense, and Canary watched him worriedly. She knew he was trying to please them, but they didn't want him to be afraid trying to make them happy.
"Phantom, I don't want you to be uncomfortable. If there is something that is going on that needs changed you can tell us," she whispered putting her hand on his shoulder. He didn't flinch, just looked down. "Tell me if you don't want to do something, and we won't, but there are some things we need to do."
"It needs done though," Phantom muttered as they headed to the infirmary. When he looked up he was surprised. The entire place was fixed and painted red and grey. "What the…?"
"Batman thought that maybe having it a different color will help you get over your fear," Canary explained smiling at the hybrid who was just looking around the room at the time. He was interested, but he was still pretty tense.
"It's cool," he muttered with a slight tremor. Canary walked behind him and put her hands on each of his shoulders. He tensed completely and stood straight and still, his muscles under her fingers coiled.
"Sh, it's okay," Canary soothed pushing him forward he took one step and stopped mid-step. Canary gave a short laugh at the way he was standing. "Come on, Danny. It's not going to hurt you. Either am I. M'gann said something about you not liking people around your neck either." Phantom slowly reached for his neck protectively.
"That's not just them, I've always hated it," he replied as her hands worked to his neck. She began rubbing the tops of his hands to get them away. She wasn't going to force them for the reason M'gann gave her, but she didn't want him to freak out if they have to do something to help him, and it involves his neck.
"I know, but I can't have you afraid of letting people touch your neck. If I can get it to where few from the league can, then we'll be fine. Cause if you won't let us, and you are out or freaking out like earlier, then we are going to have problems," Canary explained slipping one hand under one of his hands. He froze and just stayed dead still (pun intended). "Danny, relax." She stopped moving her one hand trapped under his, and slowly moved her other back to his shoulder.
"I can't, it…" Phantom stuttered. "Please, I don't…" Canary watched as he squeezed her hand closer trying to get it from his neck and closing his eyes. "Please, it's hurting." Canary slowly slipped her hand out and put it back on his shoulder.
"Remember that there is no lying," Canary scolded as Phantom kept his hands on his neck. "Open your eyes. Nothing here is going to hurt you." Phantom opened one and then looked back at her fearfully. "You're okay. No one is going to beat you or anything here. It's just a place where people go when they are injured."
"I know," he whispered relaxing his hands, but never moving them. Canary started pushing him to a bed that was sitting in an isolated in a corner. It had his symbol on the cover.
"We set up a special area for you just in case. Batman took what he learned of the Specter Deflector to help get something to make it so that way you can't destroy the rest of the lab," Canary informed smiling and massaging his shoulders. He was slowly relaxing, but she could tell it was forced from what she was doing. "We made it just in case you get hurt again."
"It's cool," Phantom murmured. Canary stood him in front of the bed. "But I don't think I'm ready for this." Canary gently ran her hand over his to his head and patted it. He looked at her confused.
"I think you are just fine. Nothing is going to hurt you here," Canary reassured turning him so she could get him to sit on the bed. Once his back faced the bed he looked at her with wide eyes, and he slowly sat down. "I didn't tell you yet."
"I…didn't….I…wasn't…just….please," Phantom sputtered bending his head down and letting his hands fall to his sides. "Please, I…"
"Phantom, I'm not going to hurt you for thinking ahead or whatever it was you were doing," Canary assured wishing she could figure out if this was bad or good, but it was what she had to work with. She took his face in her hands. "You're going back into that scared animal state you were in when you were recovering in your room at first, but you got over that pretty quickly."
"This is different," Phantom whispered looking at her. "It may look different, but the smells and the sounds are the same."
"I know, but it'll be the small things that help you heal. Soon you should be able to go to a normal hospital and not have a panic attack," Canary explained putting her hand back on his shoulder and squeezing gently. Then she slowly made her way back to his neck. He flinched, and his hands twitched. She slowly touched the bottom of his neck, and he closed his eyes, hiding from her. "It's okay," she whispered again. She began gently running her fingers over his neck line, and he whimpered.
"Please, don't do this," he whispered fear in his voice. Canary just kept her hand there, but didn't move.
"Danny, I'm not hurting you," she insisted seeing a scar running under his suit's collar. "I will never hurt you." Danny flinched as she traced it lightly.
"Stop," Phantom whispered pulling away from her. She reached for his hand and pulled him back. "Please, I can't keep this up."
"You want to leave?" Canary asked lightly putting pressure on his shoulder to prevent him from bolting.
"Yes, please," he whispered looking at her. Canary smiled and stood up.
"Okay, but we're not going to run out, I want to tell about some of the things we put in here," Canary instructed coming up with a reason to take their time. Phantom shot her a worried look and stood up and started walking away. "Danny," she whispered standing up and running after him. "Stop."
"Please, I don't want to know," Phantom uttered turning back to her. "I just want to leave. Please, can I just leave?" Canary grabbed his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
"Yes, we can leave, but then you have to tell me more about what happened," Canary dealt. "I can't just let you go without learning or accomplishing something to help you. There's not much you can hide in your scars."
"I know," Phantom whispered looking at her. "I don't want to be in here. It's too much." Canary lightly smiled and held his hand.
"Okay, I understand, and it's okay," she whispered as they walked out of the infirmary. Phantom was still tense until they got to his room and he sat on the bed. "Feel better?"
"Not really," Phantom admitted as Canary sat next to him. She wrapped an arm around his shoulders and pulled him closer.
"Alright, let's talk," she stated paying attention to Phantom's reaction. He tensed up and trembled beneath her arm. "I heard from a source that you were gone for a week, and no one knew where you were. What happened?"
"I was…" Phantom began only to drop his gaze to the ground while tears formed in his eyes.
"What the hell is this?" the Boss screamed glaring at the two agents. Phantom was lying on the ground panting. "I wanted him broken and ready for transport to the lab, not a bloody mess."
"We can't get him to listen without whipping," O glared at the hybrid. "I don't know what else to do." K kicked the teen over so they could look at his front side. His suit was torn and his eyes lost the light. The boss smirked.
"You're on your way to breaking him," he obsevered pulling the whip from O's hand. "But clearly the ghost needs to learn more than just being broken, you need to get him to respect you." Phantom glared at the boss as he realized who he was, and he was going to be damned if he let the boss hit with that thing.
"Leave me alone," Phantom screamed as his voice doubled and waves of power came out. The entire room shook with the force and the ceiling caved in. O and K stared at Phantom as he fell to the side. He tried getting up, but K quickly acted and placed his boot on the boy's back preventing him from getting up.
"Get him outta here," the boss yelled standing up and glaring at the agents. "You have yet to even get him completely submissive. Keep working."
"I would rather not talk about it," Phantom whispered leaning into her. Canary started running her fingers though his hair soothingly.
"Phantom, remember our deal. I took you out of the infirmary, and now you have to tell me something that happened," Canary reminded him, but didn't push it too badly. The way he was leaning against her told her that what he was thinking wasn't pleasant and that she may not want to know, but her just being there was enough for him right now.
"They wanted me to be their weapon," Phantom mumbled. "Their boss wanted me to be submissive and do everything they told me." Canary listened as his breathing started getting out of control.
"Calm down, Danny," she soothed and put her hand gently on his back. He sucked in a deep breath and then stayed completely still. It unnerved her the way he was sitting. His eyes were shut tight, and his back tensed. "I'm not going to hurt you," she began gently running her hand down and up his back hoping to get him to relax.
"Please," he whispered as her hand came up closer to his neck. He jerked away and looked at her wide eyed.
"Danny, nothing is going to attack or hurt you," Canary said.
"What the hell was that?" O yelled as K tried to keep the computers from frying.
"Phantom destroyed the lab," K yelled back as another explosion rocked the earth. A black blur rocketed though the foyer of the building and disappeared into the night sky. "And he got away."
"I don't think they were prepared for my escape," Phantom mumbled finally. "It was sudden and dark outside. They were surprised I knew what time it was." Canary looked at him oddly as he began talking. He was confusing as to why he was talking about his escape, but she felt that this information might be more important later on when they go against them again. "I was scared, and I don't remember some of what I did, but there was one thing that I noticed. They told the news crew that I did almost three million in damages, but I never once caused a serious injury. They would have jumped all over that trying to tell people that I was the bad guy. I never hurt anyone in my escape and they were never asked that question. I think someone should."
"I don't think I could escape something like that and not get anyone hurt," Canary mentioned honestly. She never really thought about hurting anyone trying to get away from someplace where she was tortured, and she probably wouldn't care, but this young hero cared, even though they hurt him, he was never going to hurt them. "But I think that would be interesting information for Superman when he starts talking to the public about you. He could use that."
"I'm sure someone asked at the press conference, and I'm sure it's on tape somewhere," Phantom muttered looking at her. "If I can escape a government facility without hurting anyone, I wouldn't hurt those who didn't cause me any trouble at all."
"Yes, but they were hunting you," she countered as a small smirk formed on Phantom's face.
"Yeah, but the Guys in White succeeded in catching me, so why would I hurt someone who didn't actually get me. They never really were considered a threat, just people I had to watch out for," Phantom explained looking down. "They would still be here if I was stronger than I was, but there was nothing I could do, and I almost paid the price myself."
"It's okay, and we'll get him," Canary reminded smiling. "We actually have the camera footage from the school. We were able to get it and recover it. Our tech analyst said it was hard, but he was able to get a good shot of the suspect."
"Plasmius?" Phantom asked as she clicked a button on the TV's remote. The Justice League's emblem popped up and then it asked for a password. Canary just hit enter on it and then Phantom's emblem started on the screen. "What?"
"It's your TV; you have yet to create a password for the computer to it. Batman is still trying to get the keyboard to work with it," Canary explained going to his files and uploading the school's footage. It had his family looking at Plasmius who was aiming a blast at them. Then Phantom appeared and knocked him into the wall. The Fenton parents quickly grabbed an ecto gun as Phantom was thrown though a wall. Then he turned around, and said something. Phantom tensed next to Canary. "Danny, I know you know what he said. Care to share?"
"He told them who I was," Phantom whispered looking down. "He told them who he was and what he was planning. He told them everything, and that he was going to kill them and then watch as I fall apart from the pain." Canary paused the video.
"Are you okay?" Canary asked as Phantom began shaking. "I know it's hard, but I need to know everything about how you got out of there."
"It won't help," Phantom snapped. "I was in that explosion," he changed into Fenton and took off his shirt. His chest was nothing but red scars and burns while his arms were no different. "I didn't get out, I was in the middle of it. I don't know how he got out or what he did to avoid the blast."
"He may not have," Canary said memorized by Danny's wounds. She knew he was in pain in human form and knew that he preferred staying as Phantom, but now she knew why. He was hurting from not just emotional pain, but physical.
"He had everything planned the moment I changed into Fenton in front of them. He knew how everything was going to plan out. He knew I wasn't going to save myself without getting them out first, and he knew everything that I was going to do," Danny cried hugging himself. "He knew how to get to me, and he knew what it was going to take to break me. And now he's playing at everything he can to ruin my name to destroy what little is left."
"But you have moved on," Canary comforted. "You are here with new friends, and they may not be blood, but family as well. You have people here who care about you, and that's all you need to take on Plasmius and win. I've seen some of the footage of you fighting, and I seen your friends in the background. They were supportive, and I think that's all you need to win."
"Thanks, Canary," Danny whispered closing his eyes. He changed back into Phantom.
"You know, we can help with that pain, does normal medicine work on your human form?" Canary asked as Phantom stood.
"Sometimes, not all the time," Phantom replied as tears trailed down his face. "But I guess it couldn't hurt to try." Canary nodded.
"No, it wouldn't," she agreed getting up. "Although tomorrow Superman is talking to his friends in the press, I'll be sure to tell him about your last escape from the Guys in White. The public would love to hear that one."
"I bet. I may have been able to get away without hurting anyone, but please be careful. They can still twist words around, and they might lie about it," Phantom stated. "They might say that I did kill someone, but didn't deem it necessary to tell anyone in the public, and then there would be no one to really counter them."
"Except you," Canary responded. "Superman wants you there too. You don't even have to be visible, but just be there in case he needs your help. That's why I wanted to take you to the infirmary today. I wanted to see your reaction to something you are nervous about. Those guys are going to be there, but Masters isn't since he has mayor duties in Amity. We made sure of that much."
"Thanks," Phantom murmured. "I don't think I can face them though."
"They can't attack you or anything without prompting the League to attack back. You have been issued protection from the league, and they can't do anything about it. It's been publically announced. If they attack you in public, the League will have to arrest them for public endangerment. They won't be able to get out of the system easily," Canary explained trying to get Phantom to relax a little.
"Okay, I guess it'll be okay," Phantom mumbled holding his chest tightly. "I still don't want them near me."
"We'll make sure they don't have any weapons during the time," Canary said putting a hand on his shoulder. "Everything will work out."
"I hope so," Phantom whispered. "I really hope so."
"Get him out of here," O cried. "He's destroying our results with that wailing."
"What is that?" K yelled over the sound. "Get him to shut the hell up."
"Phantom," O screamed slamming his fist into Phantom's stomach. Phantom howled in pain and then opened his eyes to reveal completely white power. His fists lighted with green and ice started to form from beneath them. The temperature dropped and the air grew thick with Phantom's power.
"Leave me alone," Phantom shrieked. The room vibrated from the volume as the walls shook, and then Phantom was surrounded by green flames. The agents backed away unsure of what was happening until everything stopped, and in the middle of everything was a small crystal. It was cold to the touch, but it gave off a small green glow. The agents were confused as they felt a sense of peace come from it. Phantom watched in amusement as they stared at confused. "I have told them countless times that I'm the hero. I always will be." He vanished in green smoke.
Danny: Silent Tears starts at the ending of this chapter.
Me: yes, and it helps to make sense of the next couple chapters as well
Danny: She has also been trying to figure out what kind of Torture I've been though during that week.
Me: I don't want to be like every other story...experiments, dissecting, everyone does that...I have an idea but it would force me into changing the rating to M. Should I do my idea? Will I tell you? No, then I would have to change the rating to be safe...I can tell you that it has nothing to do with the ideas above.
Danny: It's very disturbing what her mind comes up with...I'm terrified of it actually...
Me: Also my and AwesomeAndy were goin over ideas of how to go about the explosion. Do you want a chapter in here telling it, or make a oneshot like I did to explain how Maddie knew Danny's secret before she died?
Danny: If so, there are going to be at least four oneshot based from this story alone.
Me: My plans required it so that way I'm not wasting chapters on this story.
Danny: This story can be read without them, but the extra info, and the sneak peeks are in there.
Me: I will always post the onshot before the chapters that deal with it go up.
Danny: Answer in a review, or PM, whichever is fine
Me:I need to know so I can start on ten and move on...Also, do you guys like Sam?
Danny: completely unrelated
Me: Completely, just wondering...XD
Danny: If you don't want her to post her disturbing idea that would change the rating...
Me: Hey changing subjects...
Danny: Whatever, you forgot to mention it...anyway, say some ideas, she is coming up with a blank on that.
Me: I don't want tyical ideas, think outside the box...and no asking what my idea is...I'm disturbed thinking about it...and it might be inappropriate for the story...
Danny: Extremely. please review and answer!XD
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