~I Do Not Own Danny Phantom or the Teen Titans~

Chapter 9 ~ The Lions Den

Danny's POV

I stopped as soon as I stepped inside and glared at the Titans when they stopped what they were doing and turned around and stared at me. I slowly started to walk deeper into living area. The red haired girl with green eyes and a purple outfit flew up to me quickly, causing me to throw my hands up in defense, expecting to be attacked. Instead she grinned at me and pulled me into a tight bone crushing hug.

"Oh Danny! I'm so happy that Slade did not harm you greatly!"

I gasped and pushed her away, rubbing my side. "Yeah. I'm fine. Just please, don't touch me. I don't like being touched. It...kind of make's my nerves a little haywire." I said keeping a blank expression on my face, to hide my fear. I really didn't want to be here.

The red-head just looked shock and hurt, but nodded. "Please forgive me. I did not know that you don't like the friendly hugs or the touching"

I nodded, accepting her apology. "You're forgiven." I turned to the other Titans who were looking at me. Robin spoke first.

"I am Robin, leader of the Teen Titans. This"-he nodded to the red-head- "is Starfire," - He gestured to the green-skinned guy that I remembered changing shapes, then the dark looking girl- "Beastboy, and Raven. And it seems you have already meet Cyborg." He said not taking his eyes off me.

I nodded in greetings to each person. "It's pleasure to meet you, I'm Danny Johnson. But you already knew that."

Rob in crossed his arm staring at me. "Yes. But your name is not Danny 'Johnson'. We ran your prints through the system. Your name is Daniel Lynn Fenton. Pronounced dead a year ago." he said glaring. "Why lie?"

I froze and stared at him my eyes narrowing, but inside my nerves where running on over-drive. I thought of how to answer his question, but shrugged when I thought of nothing. "I have my reasons."

I could tell he didn't like that answer by the way his eyes narrowed into slits and his hands clenched into tight fist. I didn't care. It was none of his business on why I lied about my name. But he might figure out something, and connect me to Danny Phantom.

The dark haired girl - Raven- walked over to Robin and whispered something in his ear. I saw Robins expression change and soften up a bit. But I could still see the suspicion in his face. He nodded at her and looked at me. "We want to take you to in for questioning." he said.

I tensed even more, and glared at him. "Why?"

Robin smirked. "Relax. Just to talk."

I stared at him for a moment, trying to figure him out. Should I trust him? I asked myself. Well I might as well try to be nice to them a little, seeing as how they were protecting me from another crazed up fruit-loop. Seriously, does every town have one? I looked at Robin and nodded slowly. "Alright."

Robin nodded still smirking, as if he just won a great victory, then he walked past me back down the hall way. I turned and followed him quietly as the other Titans trailed behind us. We walked for a few moments till he stopped in front of a door and it slid open, to a questioning room. Robin walked in and sat down in one of the chairs at the table looking at me. I stared at the door and looked around the room before entering cautiously. I've never be claustrophobic before but I think that has all changed within the past half hour. I stopped in front of the other chair, opposite of Robin, and pulled it out, slowly sitting down. I watched Robin for any form of movement that might be threatening to me. I noticed that he was watching me with the same intense expression as I was with him.

Once I sat down completely in the chair, Robin spoke, broke the silence. "So. We found out a little about you from running your prints. We found out that you lived in Amity Park before you family died in a freak explosion." He paused before continuing. "Along with a few other people." Robin stared at me hard, as if trying to drill holes into my head.

I nodded slightly. No point in denying it. "Yes. Those few other people were my two best friends, my English teacher and other citizens."

Robin didn't say anything; he seemed as if he were trying to figure out how to say something. "They said that the explosion that took your friends and families life was caused by a ghost. Someone named Danny Phantom. How ironic that you arrived here the same time Phantom did."

I tensed up and prepared to build up ecto-energy in my hand to blast him if he attacked me. I should have known that this wouldn't be just some stupid talk! I mentally yelled to myself. I should have known that they would have figured me out. Their friggin super-hero's! Solving things is what they do!

Robin leaned a bit closer to my. I tensed up more my eyes wide with fear. I felt my heart pounding loudly in my chest.

"Is Danny Phantom hunting you down?" He asked in all seriousness.

I blinked and just stared at him. My tension vanishing instantly, and my small, dime sized ecto-plasmic energy ball hidden in my fist, died within seconds. I stared at him shocked, my eyes wide with disbelief.

I just managed to keep from fell onto the floor and laughing. I just remained quiet blinking at him. Is that really what he came up with? Hunting myself? I was cracking up, dieing of laughter in my head.

When I just blinked at Robin he took that as being correct. "So Phantom is hunting you then. Question is; why is he hunting you?" Robin asked, half to himself. "I bet it's because he doesn't like having a survivor. He wanted to kill you so that he won't have anybody who he could perceive as a threat later on. And seeing as how your parent were ghost hunter, yes it said that in your files too, He might think that you could grow up to hunt him, for killing your loved ones."

I just stared at him in shock, blinking every few seconds. Might as well play along. I thought. I am not going to correct him not matter how tempting it might seem right now. "Umm Yeah...that's it." I said cautiously still staring at Robin. What an idiot! My gods! I've never felt so stupid or lucky before in my life, or afterlife!

Robin nodded and smiled at me. "Well if you stay here in the Tower you will be better protected than at that other place you were staying at." He paused and looked at me with curiosity. "Why were you staying in an abandon apartment? And how did you get in there anyway? I had to brake down the door just to get inside." He asked me.

"Umm...There are a lot of tricks you learn when living on the streets for a year." I said with a shrug. "But when trying to stay under the radar and stay alive, it's; learn fast or die."

Robin nodded slowly. "Alright. I guess that makes since." He said smiling softly. He probably felt bad for me. Losing everyone I ever loved and cared for and then becoming homeless. "I will have Raven show you to your room." He said getting up from his seat and walking to the door. I got up and followed him quietly. As soon as he stepped out into the hall, I noticed that the rest of the Titans stepped out of another door down the hall a paces away.

Must have been an observation room. I thought. I paused when I noticed that Raven was watching me intently. Not wanting to look intimidated, I stared right back at her. She broke away first and glanced at Robin.

"So you want me to show him to the guest room?" she asked.

"Yes. Once you show him to it, come down stairs we-"

Robin was cut off when alarms started blaring thought the hall with flashing red lights. I jumped and brought my fist up instinctively.

Robin looked at me with curiosity for a moment, and then sighed. "Never mind. Danny, Go up two flights of stairs and it's the third door on the right. That where you will be staying, okay?"

I nodded and watched at the Titans took off down the hall toward the living area.

When they vanished I turned and walk down the other end of the hall and followed the direction that Robin gave me. I stopped in front of the third room on the floor he told me to go to and the doors slid open. I stepped inside and paused. I first noticed the size of the room. It was three times larger than my room back in Amity Park. The second thing I noticed, were the windows. The whole outside wall was one big window. And apparently my room was seaside, because I had a view of the wide open sea and the bay. The third thing I noticed, which made me really happy, was the bed. A king sized bed on the opposite side of the room of window and was placed in the center of the room backboard up against the wall. The bed sheets were a navy blue color and the walls of the room were white. There was a bedside table next to the bed with a lap and an alarm clock on it. There was a dresser on the other wall and a full length mirror right beside it.

Wow, this people know how to treat guest. I thought, looking over the room again as I walked deeper inside. I glanced around the room and, making sure there were no bugs or camera's, I let my transformation rings form around my waist and travel across my body. Thank goodness that the New and Improved- Plasmius Maximus's effect wore off. Now...To find out what that alarm was about. I thought and phased down threw the floor, forming a spectral tail and turned invisible as I phased into the living area. Empty. Must have gone into town. I thought. I turned and phased from the building heading into the city.

~ And There is Chapter 9. I hope that it was good. I'm getting better at the story...or maybe the story itself is starting to get better as it goes along. I dono, anyway, I thought that Robin's assumption was pretty funny when I thought of it, and if I had been Danny, screw revealing myself, I would have fell on the floor and laughed my $$ off. lol. But anywho, See you all next chapter! ~

Rae

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