~ I Do Not Own Danny Phantom or Teen Titans~

Chapter 3 ~ Welcome to Jump City

Danny's POV

Once I was drained from my Ghostly Wail, I stopped and dropped to my knees, just managing to keep myself from changing back to Fenton. I turned myself invisible and took off into the sky and weakly flew a few dozen yards away in the forest, and landed on the ground dropping the invisibility. I flopped to the ground and lay on my back panting softly. I felt the warmth of two blue rings appear and travel up and down my body, change me back into Danny Fenton.

I sighed and pushed myself up to a sitting position and looked around. I did not want to stick around back there with them. It was pretty obvious they were crime fighters, and seeing as how I was on the run, marked as a murder, I did not want to risk them capturing me and sending me off to jail, or worse, the 'Guys In White'.

I looked up at the sky and watched as birds flew from the branches singing to each other. I closed my eyes and relaxed, as I regained my strength. After about and hour of sitting there, listening to the song of the forest, I sensed something. Opening my eyes, I looked up to see the Titans flying. Well, 3 of them were flying while two of them where being carried.

They where low enough to the ground that I could hear their conversation.

"I do not know who that strange boy was but I did not like the looks of him. His eyes where too cold." the boy in the multi-colored outfit, being carried by the red-headed girl, said.

Then the dark girl spoke up. "I don't know...he helped us after all. I don't think he's a bad guy."

Ha! Try telling that to the people who blame me for murder. I thought

"I don't care." The boy said stubbornly. "I'm going to do some research on this kid."

I did not catch the rest of what they said as they flew off into the distance, heading toward Jump City.

Now knowing that they lived in Jump City, I was nervous about going there. I knew that when they did their research on me that they would see that I have a supposed 'murder' on my case. And then I would be hunted down by them.

I sighed as the predicament I found myself in. Risk going to the City and be hunted down when ever I was in my ghost mode, but be able live where I might be able to blend in at least a little. Or flee and take a few more weeks to find a whole new city to live in without any money.

Sighing I made up my mind. I might as well at least give this city a sporting chance. Hell they might not even find anything about me. After all, I never gave them my name.

Getting up, I stretched and popped my back as I changed back to Phantom mode and took to the sky.

In a since of relaxation from flying, I started playing a song in my head that I heard recently over to radio that seemed to pop into my head at that moment. I started to hum and sing to the song called 'To the Sky' by Owl City.

By the time I had finished singing the song to myself, I had arrived at the first build of Jump City. I slowed down and looked down to the ground for someplace safe to land. I spotted an alley so I dove down into it and I landed quietly on the ground. I was stopped short when I noticed I was not alone. I turned myself invisible and looked at the sight before me. Some man had cornered an elderly woman and he had a sharp knife in his hand. I felt my blood burn and I felt a green mist form around my hand as I prevented a burst of energy just yet.

"Give me your purse you old hag!" the man snapped, taking a step closer to the woman raising the knife threateningly. I decided it was time to make myself known.

I let my invisibility drop as I glared at the man. "I don't think that nice old lady will be giving you anything." I said coldly.

The man stopped and turned to look at me. "Who the hell are you? A kid? Ha! Don't make me laugh!" The man said laughing mockingly at me.

I smiled with a dark chuckle my eyes shadowed by my hood. "'Who am I?' you ask? Well because I fill pity on you," which I really did not feel even a scrap of pity for this pathetic excuse for a man. "I'll tell you. Call me Phantom. Danny Phantom." I looked at the man without emotion.

The man froze and looked at me with wide eyes. "Danny Phantom...I've heard that name before... but where?" the guy seemed to think for a moment, then I saw his eyes widen in horror. That's when I knew he found me out. "You're that ghost boy from someplace called Amity Park or something! You murdered people!"

I mentally sighed with irritation and cocked my head to the side as I studied the man. "I'm no murder. I've never killed anyone in my life...or afterlife." I looked at the old lady and saw that she was trembling in fear. I closed my eyes for a second and opened them and looked at the man with anger. I raised my hand and shot ecto-energy at him and used it to pin him to the wall. I looked at the lady. "Run. Go to the police and tell them that there is a man in this alley who attacked you. I'll make sure he stays here till they get here."

The lady did not need anymore encouragement, she ran out of the alley like the hounds of hell were on here heels.

I looked back at the man pinned to the wall from my ecto-energy as I walked up to him and got in his face. "Now," I hissed into his face. "Mind telling me why you wanted to robbed that poor old woman?" I stopped when I saw something flash in his hand and noticed that he was trying to gut me with his knife that he still had. I smiled coldly and I snatched the knife from him and I looked at it. "And also tell me why you brought a knife with you? You weren't going to stab a poor defenseless lady were you? Especially, seeing that she was old enough to be your own mother." I said bitterly. Then I smiled, but I knew that the smile wouldn't reach my neon green eyes. "And you weren't about to try and stab me with it now were you?" I saw the man shiver at my cold gaze and I stabbed the knife into the wall next to his head. "Especially seeing as how I have a bigger blade." I held out my arm and called forth my scythe and I showed it to him making him tremble in fear.

I narrowed my eyes at the cowardly man in front of me. He brings a knife with him to mug some poor lady, and he can't even stand up to someone whom has his own blade with him. Worthless.

I took a step back and made my weapon vanish. I stared at the man and shook my head. Look at me. I started to act like my evil future self. Terrifying humans and making them about to piss on themselves. I growled at myself and I floated up to the roof above the alleyway to wait for the police to come and collect the would-be criminal.

I watched, amused, as the man struggled against the make-shift bonds of ecto-energy, thinking that I was gone. There was no way he was going to be breaking out of those bonds with his weak human strength.

About ten minutes later, I heard police sirens and, being on the run or over a year now, it made my nerves flare to life and all my instincts were telling me to 'run before they catch me.' but I stayed where I was to make sure that they got the man. Once the officers walked into the alley I released the man from my binds and saw him drop to the ground. The police were on him in an instance. I nodded to myself and I flew up into the sky to find somewhere else to land and change. I stopped not even a few blocks away and I hide behind a dumpster. I felt the blue rings travel across my body and I changed back to Fenton. Walking out of the ally, I looked around and stood on the side walk. Now there was one problem. I have hardly any money to buy food or a place to sleep in.

I went over a few options in my head and found one that might work best. I walked down the street hoping to find some kind of abandoned apartment or housing area.

A few blocks down the road I found a fairly decent apartment complex that had been closed down, which seemed not too long ago. I walked up to the boarded up door way and I phased myself through the door and walked up the stairs. I searched for a room that was at least somewhat clean and still had a bed in it. When I finally came across one I smiled and walked inside the room. Seeing as how it was early summer, I won't have to worry about heating or cooling for the time being. I smiled and looked at the bed with a shudder. I am NOT sleeping in that bed until I have cleaned it.

I walked over to it, changing back into Phantom mode, and pulled off all the bed sheets, going to have to clean them too, and I grabbed the mattress and phased through the ceiling. I flew outside and hovered over the ground then turned the bed intangible and shook off any bugs or dirt that was on the bed. Then I phased back down and placed the mattress back on the bed frame that looked fairly old and as if it might fall apart at any given moment.

I grabbed the bed sheets that were lying on the floor, and flew out of the building into town. After flying around for several minutes, I finally found a laundry mat. I flew behind the building and transformed back to my human self then I walked inside and checked to see how much it would cost. Seeing that it would only cost about a dollar to wash and another dollar to dry, I sighed with relief. I only had about 2 dollars and change in my pocket.

I walked over to the washing machine and I dropped the sheets into it and poured some fabric cleaner and there with them. I closed the lid and I turned the washer on. I looked at my watch and saw that it was only 2:17pm. I walked over to the chairs to wait for the sheets to finish washing. After about ten minutes of doing nothing, I looked around then reached over to the table and looked for a magazine to read. I saw one that made me freeze and my heart stop.

I was on the front cover.

Well, my ghost half anyways. I slowly reached for it and I picked it up. I stared at the cover with shock. The picture was obviously taken recently, because I was in my new outfit.

"Murder Still on the Loose."

I stared at it and I felt my temper rising and I knew my eyes were glowing a neon green, and at that moment, I did not care if anyone saw. I took a deep breath and, trying not to rip the book apart, I opened it up to find my article.

"Danny Phantom, a suspect in a murder case, is still on the run from authorities. He was recently spotted on the outskirt of New Mexico City several weeks ago. Phantom is suspected of the murder of The Fenton Family (consisting of Jack Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Jasmine Fenton and Daniel Fenton. Although Daniel's remains have not been found, he is still missing and has been pronounced dead), Samantha Manson, Tucker Foley, and high school English teacher, Mr. Lancer and several other locals. If anyone has any information on the where-bouts of Danny Phantom, please contact local authorities ASAP.

Phantom use to reside in Amity Park and a good portion of the town called him a hero, other stated other wise. Phantom used to go around and give off heroic act by saving people from random ghost attacks around the city. But what caused him to fall as low as murder is still unknown.

Use caution when approached by this person!"

I was fuming by the time I finished reading the article. In my anger, I accidentally destroyed the magazine, turning it into a pill of ashes. I sighed and looked up to see that the sheets where done washing. I got up and walked over to the washer, I opened it pulling out the wet fabric. I looked around to locate the dryers, and then I walked up to the first open one I saw and threw the sheets in and closed the door, rather roughly on accident. I put a few quarters in the money slot and started up the machine. I was careful not to crush anything in my anger.

I waited for the sheets to dry, pacing back and forth across the walk way in front of the line of dryers, and once I heard the dryer ding I quickly went over to it taking out the sheets. Then I took off out of the building and ran behind it, transformed and then I took to the sky at a furious speed.

I reached the apartment build twice as quickly then it took for me to leave. I quickly phased into my room then I threw the sheets onto the bed. I started to pace across the room, as I took deep breaths to control my temper. "Calm down Fenton, calm down." I repeated to myself softly.

After a few minutes of pacing back and forth across the room, I stopped and sighed. I looked at my watch again and saw that it was only 5pm. I went over to the bed and took the sheets and I started to make the bed. When I finally finished I plopped down on the bed and sighed tiredly.

In the morning I will look for someplace to work. I thought to myself as I drifted into sleep.

~ Well there is chapter 3 for you guys! Told you it would be longer ^.^ didn't I? lol well I should have chapter 4 up soon so keep your eyes open!~

Rae

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