Before I forget, someone made FANART for the Cake Ghost! It's so cute! Thanks, Pii! For those of you who want to check it out, here's the link: http:/ /torosiken . deviantart . com/#/d2sy9fh. As always, just erase the spaces! You'll have to scroll down a bit to see the Cake Ghost but he's there and even looks a tad evil! And looks positively delicious and eatable...if it weren't for the fact that it's a talking cake...

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Chapter 15: A Misty Interrogation

"They were evil. Pure evil."

After an intense silence, Beast Boy moved to break it. "Okay. So what do we do now?"

Robin finally spoke, earning himself a sharp look from Cyborg as he did so. "Nothing. The problem is elsewhere so it's not like we can help." Cyborg's unrelenting stare got on his nerves. "Stop staring at me!"

"You and I need to have a talk," Cyborg said, grabbing Robin's cape. He hauled him off without another word, his victim complaining the entire way; neither of them noticed that the others were staring after them.

Cyborg went into another room and dumped Robin in a chair at a metal table. There was a single light bulb attached to the ceiling. The room was an imitation of the standard police interrogation room that one would normally see on movies running on stereotypes.

"We could have talked in the other room," Robin grumbled, resting his head in one hand. The elbow of that hand was on the table.

Cyborg crossed his arms, the very image of a stern and imposing cop. "No, we couldn't. What I'm going to talk about is your attitude concerning Danny and I don't want him listening in."

Robin didn't look happy but he said nothing.

"I don't get it," Cyborg started. "You were acting just fine towards Danny before the whole deal with the Puppet King. What changed? You promised to give him a chance; you even talked with him and said you worked a deal out! Yet the moment you hear that Danny might be powerful, you clam up and start acting cold. I saw his face; that was exactly what he didn't want."

Robin was silent. He really didn't have an answer; there was something about Danny that was setting off all his alarms ever since he'd faced the Puppet King.

"You really don't have an answer?" Cyborg asked disbelievingly. "Or do you just don't want to admit that you're a big baby who can't change his habits?"

That got a rise out of Robin. He slammed his hands on the table and stood up angrily. "I'm not a baby! I don't know what it is but there's something not right about Danny. I didn't feel it before; now I do and it's setting off every single one of my internal alarms. I said nothing about it before because I thought it would pass. But now that…Wulf has shown up and we hear that Danny is really powerful I know that it won't pass. And it especially won't pass quickly."

"I don't get you, Rob. Danny is a genuinely nice guy. Even Raven thinks so and she's normally so hesitant to trust anybody."

"She's made mistakes," Robin said, referring to the one incident with a magic book. "Remember the dragon?"

"That was emotionally involved for Raven," Cyborg said. "She was having trouble with accepting who she was. When she found somebody else that was like her and could relate, it was natural for her to trust. Wouldn't you?"

Robin started, "I—"

Cyborg bowled over him. "But Danny's a whole new ball game. She's not emotionally involved with him. He didn't come from a book that she was reading; he came out of nowhere when we were fighting a ghost. She wouldn't have helped him if you hadn't told her to. And that time with him has told her something about him that he hasn't shown us yet. If Raven can trust him, I don't see why you can't."

"I already said: There's something about him that sets off all my alarms. But that's only been since the Puppet King so I don't know what's up."

Cyborg sighed. "Why don't you talk to him about it then?"

Robin gritted his teeth. "Are you crazy? Why would I talk to him about an issue of trust? I don't trust him!"

"There's no need to shout," Cyborg replied calmly. "I'm just saying that since you worked out a deal with Danny you should try and keep it instead of letting it go to waste. Danny can tell that you don't trust him and it puts him on edge. You should explain what's worrying you and Danny can give you an explanation. Don't keep quiet and let it boil over; that's what leads to break ups."

"I'm not together with him," Robin said, his jaw clenched. "And you're forgetting a vital fact: Bad guys lie."

Cyborg shrugged. "Sure they do. That's what they do. But you can normally tell when they do. Try and think of Danny as a good guy instead of a bad guy and look for the positive signs. Chances are, when he's nervous he's probably going to exhibit a lot of the negative traits. Look for positives; bad guys never have them when lying and they have all the negative traits. Danny might only have a few and then you'll blow those out of proportion. Like you promised earlier, Robin, give him a chance." He gave Robin a meaningful look.

Robin looked down at his feet for a long moment. Then, he nodded. "All right. I'll talk it over with him."

Cyborg smiled. "That's my man." He clapped Robin on the shoulder. "You'll come through, Rob. Danny is a great guy; trust me."

"That's what I'm worried about," Robin muttered, rubbing his shoulder.

The others were silent during Robin's and Cyborg's absence. Although it wasn't an easy silence; it was so heavy that Starfire, Beast Boy and Wulf were aware of it pressing down on their shoulders. They shared looks, having noticed that Raven hadn't stopped staring at Danny, who was deep in thought. Both his hands were clutching at something under his shirt. Wulf, not trusting Raven, moved closer to Danny, who seemed oblivious to the tension.

This strange scene was the first thing that Robin and Cyborg saw when joining them again. Both stopped, frowning slightly as they absorbed Starfire's and Beast Boy's worried expressions, Wulf's protective stance over a thoughtful Danny, and Raven's penetrating stare towards the boy. It dissolved, though, when the others registered who had come back.

Danny got up, his face set. He walked up to Robin, surprising everybody; Raven finally blinked. "Do you have a containment room I could use?" he asked, his brows furrowed.

"For what?"

"For this." Danny held up a thermos that had been under his shirt. "You might not remember but I sucked in that mist from the Puppet King in here."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"I want to interrogate it."

There was dead silence for one flat minute.

Finally: "You want to interrogate mist," Robin stated, his voice emotionless.

"It's not necessarily mist," Danny argued. His eyes were guarded. "I know a ghost who has a shadow that can follow orders. I'm sure that this is in the same classification as that."

"You're saying it's a ghost. But it's a ghost that doesn't speak," Robin objected.

Danny smiled. "Oh yes it does. Wulf told us, remember?"

"It's probably not the same ghost," Cyborg protested. "That'd be impossible considering it was in your dimension to start out with."

"Something tells me it is. You haven't seen a ghost duplicate yet." Danny glanced at the thermos before meeting Robin's masked eyes. "So do you have a room for this?"

Robin looked at Cyborg quickly. "First, Danny," he began, "would you mind talking with me?"

"And me, too, for that matter?" Raven asked, surprising both of them. "I get the feeling Robin and I have similar concerns."

'Concerns?' Danny wondered. Yet he didn't see any harm. "'Kay. No problem."

"We will be waiting," Starfire said as the three left.

Robin turned. "All right. Thanks, Star."

When the doors closed behind the three, Danny stopped walking. "Okay. Where do you guys want to do this?"

"The roof?" Raven suggested before Robin could. "It's a lot brighter than a lot of the rooms in here."

No sooner had Raven mentioned the roof was Danny gone in a flash of green light. It happened so quickly that the two didn't have time to blink. Robin was about to say something when Danny flashed back again, giving his two friends dancing green lights in their eyes.

Robin rubbed his eyes. "Ow…"

Danny reached a hand out, unsure of what to do. "I'm sorry," he apologized. "That green flash is something that happens when I teleport. Which has been happening to me when I don't want it…" The last part was muttered as an afterthought.

Raven squinted, trying to see Danny clearly. "What do you mean?"

"I mean that I've been teleporting to places just by thinking of them." Danny seemed to be concentrating on something. "I have to be sure to not associate a 'want' with them, so to speak. But it's kind of hard since I do it casually…"

"That's a new thing?"

"Yeah. First time it happened was when I teleported out from Cyborg's car to the store to help that old guy in there." Danny fixed his gaze on Robin's "R" on his costume. "It's never happened to me in human form before."

"So," Robin tried again, getting a meaningful glance from Raven. "Roof?"

This time, because Danny was paying attention, he felt the rush of power. He grabbed Robin and Raven, teleporting them to the roof with him. Both of them seemed slightly disoriented by the sudden displacement. He, on the other hand, was getting used to it.

"Whoa." Raven put a hand to her head. "That's faster than my way of traveling."

Robin shook his head so fast that it seemed to become a blur. He stopped, looking kind of green.

"You okay?" Danny asked, concerned.

"Yeah," Robin managed to say. "I'll be fine. Just got an…" He swallowed heavily. "…an upset stomach."

"Breathe," Danny advised, remembering that Jazz had done that after her first teleporting experience.

After Robin was sufficiently recovered, the two Titans faced Danny and began talking.

Robin looked at Raven. "Should I start?"

"I'll do it," Raven said, stepping forward slightly. "All right, Danny. I apologize in advance if this seems foreboding. It's just important we get it out now."

"Shoot," Danny said, clasping his hands behind his head. He rocked back on his heels nervously.

"I've been sensing that something's different about you," Raven said flatly.

Danny frowned, releasing his hands. "What…exactly do you mean?" he asked carefully.

"I can't really explain it," Raven said. "But…it feels almost like you're…hosting another entity."

Robin pounced immediately. "Are you?"

Danny blanked. He had absolutely no idea what to say. Hosting another entity? How…? "I…don't…" He couldn't go on; his tongue had frozen.

"Danny?" Raven's voice was gentle, even though Robin was completely stiff.

Danny's tongue loosened slightly. "I don't…I don't know."

"You don't feel any different?"

Danny thought for a moment. "Well…there's one thing: My ghost half has been feeling stronger."

"Do you feel your ghost half actively, you mean?" Raven queried, stepping on Robin's foot. The Titan had been bristling.

"No, sorry. I meant that when I transform, I feel stronger than I used to. I'm not sure since I haven't done anything special but…" He shrugged. "Other than that, I really do feel normal; my new power isn't even acting up."

"All right." Raven looked at Robin. "Do you have anything to add?"

"Yes." Robin dove straight into it. "I've been set off by you ever since the Puppet King. What Raven just said might explain why. But are you telling the truth when you say you don't know?"

Danny smiled wryly. "I don't have any reason not to. You guys know my secret."

"Yet you still keep secrets."

"So do you," Danny retorted nonchalantly. "I don't see the others complaining."

Robin held his tongue, holding back the snappy remark he'd wanted to make. After a short pause he bit out an apology. "I'm sorry," he said finally. "You're right."

Raven's eyes widened at this blatant admission. Then she smiled; Robin had just taken a huge step, although he probably didn't realize this.

Danny inclined his head, trying to hide a relieved smile. "Is that it?"

"Yes," Raven said, seeing Robin's affirming nod. "You can get to what you want to do with that…thing."

Danny smiled, his eyes turning a brilliant green, shocking both Titans out of their wits. "Sure. Point the way."

There was a faint echo in his voice that sent shivers down the Titans' backs.

Danny noticed; his eyes changed back as he asked, concerned, "Are you guys all right?"

Robin was completely composed, even though goose bumps were all over him. He'd seen a lot of strange and scary things but this was…just downright eerie. "Completely fine," he replied coolly. "It's this way…"

"You're back!" Starfire said happily, her hands clasped together. She was standing in front of a window that looked into a completely tiled room with a stronghold door at the other end. Below the window were a bunch of controls. Opposite Starfire were the two Titans who had just entered. Starfire noticed the absence. "But where is Danny?"

Raven walked past her and stood next to Cyborg, who was sitting in a seat at the controls in front of the window. She peered through. "He should be outside that door."

They all looked at the silver door in the wall. A large metal frame held it sturdy. This frame suddenly moved inwards into the room.

The Titans braced themselves. Wulf just blinked, confused. Nobody had bothered to explain it to him.

Danny stood outside a large metal door with a spinning lock like a ship's steering wheel. This was the door to the containment/interrogation room. Robin had told him that there were no holes in it; it was one hundred percent safe. Of course, Cyborg hadn't factored in ghosts when designing the room so it was probably seventy-five percent safe against a regular ghost and ninety against the Box Ghost.

Smiling grimly, he looked at the Fenton Thermos he was holding. He had no clue what would happen if he released the strange ghost it held.

Danny gritted his teeth, his eyes flaring green. 'Just do it.'

Determination giving him resolve, Danny transformed with a bright flash. Using his ghostly strength, he easily spun the lock and unlocked it. He pushed the door open, seeing his reflection in the mirror directly across from him.

Ignoring the feeling that he was being watched, Danny uncapped the thermos while keeping a foot outside the room for a quick escape. His gloved thumb flicked the release switch and the thermos let out thick green smoke that filled up the room. Upon hearing a familiar and annoying wailing, Danny blew at the opening, blowing out the rest of the mist before capping the thermos and trapping the Box Ghost.

Chills wracked his body then and a dark blue mist erupted from his mouth, freezing his throat in the process. Danny coughed, stepping out of the room as he did so. He pulled the door shut and spun the wheel in three seconds flat, all with one hand. Then, still shivering and blowing out a stream of blue air, he teleported into the semi-dark room with the Titans and Wulf.

He ignored the startled looks he received, blew out the rest of the cold air trapped in his lungs, and went straight to the controls. Pressing the talk button, Danny looked into the room, seeing the mist poke into all the corners. It was spread thin but Danny could see that it would be as thick as clam chowder if bunched together.

He spoke into the mic, keeping his voice calm. "It's useless. That room is completely sealed." He slammed the thermos down on the window sill, making everybody jump. He hoped that the ghost wouldn't try phasing; there wasn't a single ghost shield to contain it and he hadn't thought to ask Cyborg to try and see if he could make one.

The mist drew back from the walls a bit and hovered, as if thinking about what to do next.

"I know you're a ghost," Danny continued. He was sure that the strong chills were attributed to his sense, although he'd never felt that cold before. "My ghost sense went off. So you have a form other than this."

Now the mist gathered in a swirling pool just above the floor. It began twisting up, forming what could've been a humanoid figure. It had eyes but no mouth. The right half of the "head", directly above the greenish-red eye, was misty but the left was solid and the outline of a "hairstyle" was barely visible. It seemed oddly familiar to Danny, although he pushed it aside. The body looked a lot like Raven's when she was completely cloaked and floating eerily in the air; it connected to the whirlpool.

Its eyes – its mismatched eyes – were looking right at Danny. He simply stared back, trying not to penetrate them too deeply. He didn't want to know what kind of atrocities the ghost had committed in its life.

High-pitched maniacal laughter filled the room. Robin couldn't help but think that sounded a lot like the Joker, somebody he had tried his best to forget. But none of them could figure out where it was coming until they all realized that it was coming from the ghost, which now had a mouth. The space inside it was pitch black and there were no teeth. The sight and sound sent shivers down all of their spines. Wulf hunched down in the shadows, keeping his glow at a minimum so that he was almost invisible. The ghost had an evil aura that was setting his fur on edge.

"Smart little Phantom." The ghost giggled crazily, causing Danny to subconsciously straighten.

The mad laughter subsided. "Poor little Phantom," the ghost crooned. "All alone…"

"Danny," Beast Boy whispered, shivering, "this ghost is really creeping me out."

A bead of sweat trickled down Danny's temple as he clenched his jaw. The ghost was insane; that much was clear.

"Danny," Robin hissed, his mouth right by the halfa's ear.

Danny tilted his head towards Robin's.

"He's acting different."

"I know," Danny said softly. His glove was covering the mic. "Just…" He met Robin's eyes with his left one. "Just stay back."

Swallowing, Robin stepped back into the shadows by Wulf, pulling Starfire with him. He had sounded serious. This was obviously a dangerous ghost.

Danny opened his mouth, closed it, and then spoke firmly. "Joke's over."

This made the ghost start laughing harder. "Joke's – over? Ah ha ha ha… I think not, little Phantom. Poor lost Phantom…" It started giggling. "No…" Its eyes met Danny's. "The joke is on you."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see what we mean. See very soon…" The ghost grinned malevolently, nothing but blackness where the mouth was.

"I'm getting a really bad feeling, Danny," Raven said from the back of the room.

Danny said nothing. But he was getting an increasingly sick feeling in the pit of his stomach, as if its contents were churning in a bad way. "You know that your words don't scare me," he said. "Especially if you don't have anything to back them up."

"Anything to back them up?" The ghost grinned wider, its eyes flashing red. "I don't need to. It's all right there."

"Right where?"

"Right there of course…" It ducked its head so that Danny couldn't see its face anymore. Its voice suddenly changed to become deeper and hoarse; it picked its head up to meet Danny's eyes just as it said, "Right where your friends are."

Danny leaned forward. "What do you mean? What about my friends?"

He didn't notice a small dial on the control that was dancing madly across a scale. Cyborg did. "Danny, be careful. It's doing something."

Its voice changed again. "How long are they safe for? Are they safe forever? Or are they only safe for a few minutes? An hour?"

"Stop playing around!" Danny demanded, his eyes flaring. The needle on the dash sped to the red zone before returning to the middle.

"No one's playing. No one is playing at all…" The ghost grinned. "No one but Phantom. Phantom sees all."

A shiver ran down Danny's spine. "What…"

The ghost was still grinning, saying, "Phantom sees everything."

"Is it…is it talking about you?" Starfire asked.

"Who are you?" Danny demanded, trying not to let the ghost rattle him. It didn't seem to be talking about him anymore but he had no clue what it was talking about. "What do you want?"

"Games, tricks, and names… The name…" The voice changed. "My name…"

"Talk sense, will you!"

The ghost was growing in size. It was filling up the entire room it was in. Even through the thick wall that was between them Danny could feel the malevolent energy it was giving off seep into the room they were in.

"Danny…" Robin said, stepping forward. Raven and Starfire were on his heels.

Danny knew what was going to happen next; he could feel it in his bones. "Stay back!" he cried, throwing his arms back. Green energy flew out from them and crashed into the Titans and Wulf, slamming them against the wall and sticking them to it.

At the same time, a loud roar and the sound of howling wind hit them as the evil ghost bolted forward into the room, destroying everything in the process. Its entire body hit Danny, throwing him back above the Titans.

He couldn't see a thing except the green mist that was rushing through his body and escaping through the wall behind him.

A voice was whispering in his head. "I'll see you soon, Danny Phantom. Your home is where it all starts. Can you save the ones that are precious to you? Or will you fail?"

'No!' Just as Danny thought this, the last of the mist passed through him and left the room empty and ruined with the smashed controls and broken glass. The ghost obviously hadn't bothered to turn intangible.

A loud cackle was heard and there seemed to be a silent explosion. Directly after that, Raven immediately noticed a difference: The tower seemed clean. There was no evil entity in it. Not anymore. And Danny…

He noticed that his stomach seemed lighter. But he also felt extremely weak. So weak that his transformation rings passed over him, turning him back into his human form. He slid down the wall and lay there, passing out with the sound of his friends' screams ringing in his head.

Thanks to PinkPanther123, Shiva the Sarcastic, tiger phantom, Hyperpegasi, SpartanCommander, stick fight3, Random Flyer, CartoonCalvin, Ms. Unlucky, Copa-Phantom, musiclover9419, fadedphantom, FantomoDrako, lachcal, DGirl101, starr1095, Random Reviewer, Kai-Chan94, Abi129, Nysk, PsychoticNari, Karyn Phantom, and Ndasuunye for reviewing the last chapter!

Random Flyer: There's still information missing about Danny's powers so keep holding on to your seat. ;)

Random Reviewer: I read that comic! It's really good. Thanks for the explanation. It definitely makes more sense now.