Danny was beyond pissed. The guy who was ''sent'' by Clockwork had done nothing to stop the little troublemakers yet. In fact, Danny had had to break a fight amongst two humanlies. That's what they had decided to call them. There were 4 ghosts that glowed, albeit less than a normal ghost. Ghostlies. And there were 3 who didn't glow at all. The only thing that did were their eyes and their weapons when they were using power. Humanlies. How had they found this last kids? Well!
Flashback
Danny, Sam and Tucker were spending time at the mall. The halfa had just told them about ''William'' and had been expecting an opinion, when a loud crashing noice and an explotion had claimed everyone's attention. Smoke was coming out of one of the stores and people were running away from inside it. The local superhero went ghost under the table and barged in without a second thought, when a group of icicles pinned him to the wall in an odd position. He tried to find the culprit, but there was no glow anywhere except for him and then he saw. A girl and a boy were aiming weapons and guns at each other. They were twelve years old, aproximately. The girl had black long hair in two low ponytails, freckles on her milky white skin, amethist eyes with black eyeliner, a studded leather chocker, a black cropped top, a blue opened shirt, red tartan thigts, a red beanie and black combat boots. She was currently holding an ornamented broadsword made out of ecto-ice.
The boy had wavy black hair, slightly on the longer side, his skin had a golden tan, his eyes were the colour of turquoises. What was slightly wierd was that this kid was also wearing an opened shirt on top of a t-shirt, only his were red and green. He also wore skinny jeans, along with red sneakers and a dog tag around his neck. This kid sported a pair of twin Fenton blasters, a model Danny's parents had only on paper, which were shooting crystalized ectoplasm, aka ectocrystals. The stuff was sharp and slightly poisonous to both ghosts and humans. The halfa had learned this the hard way, when upon discovering the element Jack had literally shot his ass.
-How did you find me, Tammy?!
-Easy, Tommy. All I had to do was wait at Ralph Lauren's and I knew you'd show up sooner or later.
Danny couldn't believe it. Two more. Two more fudging ghosts from the future. He phased through the icicles and tore them from each other's throats. However, he did not sence the girl that kicked the other two in the faces, just over his own head. Both humanlies rolled backwards until they hit the walls and the ghostly landed gracefully in front of him. He hadn´t seen this greenhaired one before either. Great. Just great. Where was William when you needed him?!
-Danny!
The halfa turned to see Sam and Tucker, already coming in with wristrays charged, but lowering them when they saw it was humanlies. The girl with the red beanie shook her head as she came to and gaped at the scene.
-Hold up! YOU are DANNY?!
At this, the other two twelve year olds stared at him like he had grown a second head. He placed his fists on his hips, getting all superheroey and glaring back at them.
-Indeed I am. Who are you?
-Um... Tamara.-Said the girl in the beanie. She sheathed her sword and stood awkwardly, shuffling her feet.
-Salma.-Danny looked at the ghostly. She looked timid, but all in all kind. Her green eyes looking at him with respect.
-Yeah, yeah. And I'm Tomás Jack Fenton, now can I please go back to shopping?!
They all turned to look at the now clearly latino kid. The two little girls looked pissed, as opposed to team phantom, which gaped at him comically. Danny was sure. The kid had said Tomás JACK FENTON. Before he could voice his doubts though, slow clapping caught their attention. Behind Tucker, a ghostly kid with blue skin and blue flaming hair looked so very pissed.
-Well done, Tommy. You just told exactly who you are to the ONE GUY who shouldn't know.
-Jimmy! Where were you?! I had to intervene on my own!
-Chill, Sally.- he answered as he walked towards the warzone.-I was just checking out some instruments.
-I don't give a damn! Billy told us to stop fights together, remember? We can't do that if you run off the second you see a keyboard!
Ok, who was Billy?! People needed to stop and tell Danny what the fudge was going on! At the very least, Tammy and Tommy looked as confused as him when the name had come up. And this was actually the first team they had seen so far. Said team approached their competitors rapidly and snatched them away, phasing through the floor. Our young hero gave chase, but as soon as he got to the other side, he knew he had lost them.
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The halfa glared some more at the misterious guy in his room. He had demanded to see proof that William actually worked for the master of time, but all he got was to see the medallion, which after his attemp to snatch it away, got deeply burried inside said ghost's chest.
William sighed. Sure, he could handle the glares, but after 3 hours straight of nothing but the young halfa trying to kill him with his stare, it just got old. He grabbed his notes on the time travelers and left the room without aknowledging the other spirit, before phasing out of the house. He could go for a walk. I mean, come on, it's not like CBoss had forbidden him from going out, right? Besides, last time he went out he had had the chance to confront two of the little brats. Sally and … John? No, that's not right. Anyway! Now, those two had stopped fighting each other, so there was that. Red vapors came out of his nose and he turned around, finding the blue ghostly child whose name he didn't remember.
-Thank Pariah I found you. We need to go, now!
-Hello... you.-the younger teen glared at him.
-You forgot my name, didn't you?
-Well, I tend to, when the ghost is such a weakling. How's Sally?-He asked with a grin.
The blue boy started fuming. True, he may have underestimated said girl at first, but now he had learnt his lesson. The boy dragged the other male down the street, to an abandoned warehouse by the docks, where the greenhaired girl awaited, telekinetically holding two humanly entities tied up to each other. She smiled upon seeing the older teen and jumped to hug his neck.
-Billy! I thought I'd never see you again!
-No worries, princess. You ain't rid of me just yet.
When the hug reached the duration of 30 seconds, Jimmy cleared his throat. The other two looked at him, the young man glaring and the girl with curiosity.
-Would you please take care of this guys?
Will turned to look at the two non glowing kids on the floor. The girl with black hair, he assumed it was Tamara, eyed him up and down, analysing him, while the boy, obviously Tomás, shook in fear of what was to come. The older teen reluctantly let go of his own personal little pest and kneeled before them.
-Hello, brats. You do know you should be in your own timeline, right?
-If you suppose that this talk is going to take you anywhere, then I must inform you: you should have started with a nicer tone.
Billy chuckled. Of course Tammy would be the defiant one. Sally sat atop a wooden box, while Jimmy rested his back against a wall in exhasperation. The older ghost made a chair out of ectocrystal and sat comfortably, his eyes turning a glowing shade of red. He inspected both kids for a couple of minutes, relishing in the way the boy squirmed under his gaze.
-Be kind enough to tell me why you're here.
-To protect my future from evil impostors trying to erase me from existence.-Both kids answered.
That's when they realised. They were here for the exact same reason. The tied up kids were silent, trying to find the meaning of this, when Billy snapped his fingers and Sally dissolved the ropes tiying them down.
-You've been decieved by a ghost named Void. He has made it his task to avoid any of you. You see, this is noone's timeline. We are still in the generic one. People's choices will determine who of you is eventually born, but not yet.
-Wait.-interrupted the boy.- If we were sent here by Void, who sent you? And why do you know so much?
William smiled.-Clockwork sent me. I work for him correcting the path of time. You all need to leave here as soon as possible, but we can't do so, until we've gotten rid of that filthy red parasite.
-Then what are we supposed to do?-intervened Tammy.
-Oh, I'm glad you asked.
Billy's sinister laughter filled the warehouse, just as a flock of seagulls abandoned the wires outside.