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Chapter 8

Who is This?

(Spidey POV)

That was not cool. I come to the helicarrier one day, and I find out my lie to Phantom was real! S.H.I.E.L.D. really did want Danny for questioning? And in an actual interrogation room? Isn't that a little much? Not only that, they made him stay overnight! What will Aunt May say?

"Fury, please tell me why you're holding Danny like a prisoner on the helicarrier," I said, keeping my composure on the outside but seething with anger on the inside.

"He had information on the park incident," Fury replied.

"No one was harmed in that! Why hold on to it?"

"Something that can destroy a park without being noticed has potential to be either a hero or a villain, provided he or she hadn't already chosen a side."

"Nothing has been seen since then."

And, of course, right after I said that my Spidey Sense went off.

"Well-"

Fury didn't get to finish because the alarm went off.

"Coulsen! What is it?" shouted Fury into some screen.

"An unknown enemy! Get out here now!"

"Why hold on to it?" mocked Fury as he rushed out of the room.

I followed after him to find a floating guy with a similar glow to Phantom. Only this guy was much more muscular and evil looking. He had green skin, flaming white hair, red eyes, and a white and black jumpsuit. A jumpsuit with the same symbol that Phantom had on his cloak. He also had a cape that was black on the inside and white on the outside. Red mist came out of his nose at that moment.

"So, where is he?" asked the guy.

"Who are you?" asked Fury, holding some kind of gun threateningly.

"Oh, so you want introductions? Fine. Just call me Dan. Now, I know Phantom's here, so just hand him over and no one gets hurt," said Dan, landing on the helicarrier.

"Wait, DAN?!" yelled Fury.

As he said that, I realized that name had been in Danny's journal. Maybe Danny actually did know something not delusional that we didn't.

"Phantom's not here," I said.

"Don't lie to me. Phantom's here," Dan said.

Before any of us had time to say anything else, Phantom appeared.

"Don't hurt anyone," he said menacingly.

"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it," Dan said in what sounded like a mocking tone of voice.

"Oh, and that's why you destroyed the entire world except for one town, which you ended up getting anyway," snorted Phantom.

"Now, now, let's not get angry. Just come along with me, maybe we can discuss your beautiful future," said Dan with a dark undertone.

"Oh, you mean that future that you want?"

"Oh, I just want what's best for you."

"You mispronounced 'worst.'"

"I've had enough of this, you need to be destroyed, Phantom!"

And so the battle began.

It was rather creepy. They both had the same powers, same moves, same symbol on their clothes, same just about everything but their personalities. It was like this guy was Phantom.

They were shooting green rays at each other for quite a while before one got a hit. The hit was from Phantom, thankfully.

"I've gotten stronger since I last saw you," said Phantom, sassily blowing the green smoke off his fist. "You haven't. You've just been stuck in Clockwork's lair."

"You don't get it, do you? You're still just the ignorant fourteen year old you were. I got out. I trained here and there. I'm stronger as well," replied Dan.

"I beat you before. I can do it again!" yelled Phantom as he started attacking Dan again.

"Same crude technique, I see. Really, have you considered Vlad's offer to be his son?" asked Dan.

"I would kill for a thermos right about now," said Phantom, obviously frustrated.

"Watch your back, boy," said Dan eerily.

And poof. He was gone.

"You guys alright?" asked Phantom, turning around.

"Yeah," I replied. "Just shaken."

When everyone else had gone inside, I stayed for a moment.

"Meet me on top of the Daily Bugle at midnight," I said, then ran inside.

I had a lot to think over. Phantom would answer my questions tonight.

At midnight, I went out in my costume and went to the Daily Bugle to find Phantom already there.

"So, what is it you want?" he asked.

"Answers," I replied.

"Alright, ask away. I doubt I'll be willing to answer most of what you ask me."

"What is your connection with Danny Fenton? The name Dan was in his journal."

"Well, I really can't answer that. Next question."

I sighed, knowing already that probably most of the answers would be something along the lines of that.

"Who is Dan?"

"That's something I'd really rather keep to myself."

"Who's Vlad?"

"A fruitloop who wants me as a son."

"Okay, creepy. Why do you and Dan have the same symbol on your clothes?"

"No."

I threw up my hands in frustration. From my other encounter with Phantom, I was still curious as to what he looked like, and I found my hand slowly creeping towards his hood. I was amazed he didn't notice and I kept going. Finally, I ripped off his hood. I was stunned at what lay underneath.

Phantom looked exactly like Danny with different colored hair and eyes. And he looked extremely ticked off.

He pulled his hood back up and started yelling at me. "What's your problem!? I could have ripped off that stupid little mask of yours at any time, yet I didn't!"

"Curiosity?" I squeaked out, feeling smaller than a real spider at that moment.

What really scared me was when his eyes flashed red.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't rip off that pathetic mask right now!"

"Um, because you're very forgiving and you respect people's secret identities?"

"Fine. I forgive you."

"Really?"

"No."

So with that, he lit up his finger with green energy and burned off a portion of my mask. By automatic reflex, my hand shot up to cover the part without the mask but he already knew a little of what I looked like. He shot me one last glare and flew off. Once I got back to the helicarrier, I found out Danny had been released so I headed home, wondering how loud Danny's yelling would be.

Danny didn't even look at me and went straight to bed.

The next morning, just as we were leaving for school, the door flew open from the outside. There was a figure in the doorway.

Danny's eyes widened and he dropped his backpack.

"Oh my gosh."