Danny POV. The night after Dr C' watched his memories.
As I woke up on the hard floor I'm getting used to, I came aware that it must be morning. That and the small hint of food I can smell in the air.
I got up just in time for the back wall to start moving towards me and the door (wall) opened parallel to it. As my eyes adjusted to the electrical light I noticed some figures around the table in the middle of the room as well as some smaller ones going towards it.
"Morning!" Bob shouted while taking his seat heavily. His greeting set off the others as I waited for my turn.
"Morning Bob," Susan replied.
"Good morning Bob," Dr, I shivered, C replied too.
"Mornin'" Link said finally. I guess it was my turn.
"Morning everyone," I said with a yawn. I went to sit down at the table but as soon as I saw what was on the table, again, I turned away and started walking off. "I'm going to the corner," I stated, waking off.
"Why? not hungry?" Susan asked me. Yes but if I eat that, there is a chance I would die.
"No, I'm not." I went with. Nailed it.
"Well, you should at least eat some." She insisted, "Cant have you starve now can we?" Ha rhetorical questions.
"To be honest I don't feel right. For some reason, it feels like I'm mourning over someone. But no one died." Doctor C looked away. Why did he do that?"
"Again, you need to eat something. Just a bit? it might make you feel better." Welp no backing out of this it appears. I might as well try it, I mean I am a ghost and this is for ghosts. I sat down and with hesitation brought the spoon of glowing ecto food to my mouth. And...
Wow. It feels like my core just gets a warm blanket and hot chocolate. It was amazing! I continued to eat and glanced up at Susan who had a smile on her face. The Doctor had the opposite. Was that fear I saw in his eyes? Did he have doubts about me eating this too? He knows my secrete now. Actually... I look back at him then immediately look back at the food. He doesn't seem to have told the others or the guy in charge, but... This food is so good.
I continue to eat until I had nothing left. It felt amazing and I could feel all my injuries heal rapidly. I need the recipe for this before I go home. I lifted me up and walked to the stupid corner again. I sat down and rested, closing my eyes. After a few minutes of peace, I opened them again, watching the others talk on the table.
I've been here for how long now? 3-4 days? Okay, well I guess I should start planning my escape... Step one, get Susan to rip this stupid metal collar of me, step two, find out if there are any shields around the area, or if there are blood blossom walls anywhere, and step three, get out and fly, home/to the nearest city, to find my home.
I guess we shall see.
I just noticed everyone frozen. Did I miss something?
"Uh..." was my smart response as I stood up from my corner and forwarded onto them.
"Daniel." A voice whisper-shouted from behind me. I turned around, knowing that voice anywhere.
"Clockwork!" I kindly shouted as I ran to him. Clockwork, cloak and all, stood in front of me smiling at my actions. I, of course, smile back.
"What are you doing here? how is my family? where am I? are you going to help me?" I rambled on. He continued to smile at me until he raised his hand and chuckled causing me to stop and blush.
"In order, I'm here to lead you in the right direction, your family fine Daniel, you are in a monster protection group and technically only help a little, I am still bound by rules." He explained.
"What do you mean by only a little?" I asked.
"I can't help you get out but, they," He pointed at the frozen -in time- monsters, "can. Here," He threw me a syringe full of something blue. "This will make the food more edible for halfas. Not anyone else. Before you say anything, the food is extremely good for your ghost half however, you still need your protein, carbohydrates, fats, and sugars so if you inject a drop of that in each dish, you will get everything you need." He evaluated. "Now, you will be fine Daniel, trust me. And them. Remember, everything is as it should be." He then backed up into a corner and entered through a portal with a grin on his face. No wonder he smiles, I bet that's fun for him.
"Thank you Clockwork!" I shout as he leaves.
"Who's Clockwork again? you mentioned him before didn't you?" Link asked.
"Oh, he, nothing." I gulped. I probably shouldn't go around saying that I am friends with the literal father time.
Right at that moment Monger came flying in with his jet-pack and got the attention of all present in the room.
"Monsters! A mission for you." Mission? "You need to stop a large army of large beetles in downtown. Insecto will join you later on. Go, go, go!" He ordered. Mission? Wait, you mean to tell me these 'monsters' go on missions to help people?
"Phantom, you will be staying with us until we finish your analysis. Don't worry, I know about your obsession to protect and you can help them when you get set up. Ha, you could be a bodyguard with your powers and duty," What! my obsession? I never thought about something like that... I guess im still a ghost but, I never thought of that. Wait did he say protection?
Before I could ask anything else, everyone said goodbye and ran out the door (again wall!). What now?
"Come with me please," Monger stated. He began flying off and so I followed him. He took me into a hallway then to a large window-filled room full of computers and other machinery. As I passed people they gave me different looks: some looked at me with hate, some disgust, some fear but the most common was sadness behind false smiles.
I looked out the window and noticed everyone going into a giant jet and shoot of into the sky before I could even blink.
"Right, now Phantom. You need to work with us and we will work with you. First, we will replace that collar for a bracelet. Let's go." Monger stated. He leads me to a seat and gestured for me to sit in it. I sat down as he took hold of my hand and placed a rope-like thing around it then tied it.I watched in confusion. Obviously, Monger noticed and explained.
"This rope is made eco-induced meaning you cant get it off and it will allow us to know where you are for now. The collar was a work in progress and we needed to get you into something quick so we could explain all this to you." I nodded slowly, scowling slightly. Great.
"Look, I uh..." I started. How am I going to word this? "I don't exactly want to be here and I can fend off the GIW so, you can just, you know, let me go?" Can I please slam my head into a wall. Please?
"Phantom-" Monger started but I was so sick of that now so I interrupted.
"Danny."
"Okay, Danny... We understand but we told you we can't let you go just yet. We see your kind of ghost is rare-" My kind of ghost?
"W-what d-do you mean by 'my kind of ghost?" I asked carefully.
"Your kind of ghost. I know you're different from the others... It's because you have some humanity from your life and a very strong obsession with helping humans, it makes you different from the other ghosts." Phew! "Anyway, done." I looked down and notice he had the collar in his hand. I absently rubbed my neck and looked at my new 'accessory'.
"Thanks," I mumbled.
"Well, you can go to the team now. I'll send you to the location on my jet." I only nodded as played with the rope jewellery. "Let's go."
I followed him for the thousand time today, now into a docking area and felt some tension around my body drop. Like a four-thousand-ton weight was just taken from me. It felt great.
I began to hover slightly and smiled as I felt the rush of my core as I used small amounts of my powers. Taking in mind that I still needed to follow Monger. So I did. and boarded a small-ish jet and waited to go on my first 'mission' with my 'teammates'.