Chapter 6

Third Person:

"Thor, come on! Grab Hulk, I think we're going up against something of your specialty," Animal said as she tan out the door, Creature close at her heels.

He nodded and took out his I.D. card and pressed the button.

"Avengers, Assemble!"

"YOU RUINED THE MOMENT!" Hulk said, smashing Thor into next week and following the twins out the door. Thor groaned and readjusted his helmet and flew out to join the others.

Thankfully the fight was only a few streets away, when he got there the twins were already 's breath caught in his throat.

It was Surtur's fire demons. That could only mean he was rising, and at a quick pace.

"Have at thee!" Animal yelled, kicking a demon in the face.

One of her shoes disintegrated, revealing the knife in it. She grabbed it and sliced the demon's chest, making it scream in pain, but the knife melted in her hands.

Danny's hand started to twitch as he watched the fight unfold from a distance. Beside him stood Gear, who was tinkering with the bracelet on her arm. She look up briefly, amused,

"Dude, just go fight."

"I can't," Danny protested, "I just... That's not laying-low and you know it."

"I know," Gear shrugged, "But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. At the moment, they're getting their ass kicked."

She gestured towards the fight,

"And we both know they could use the help from a certain little phantom."

Danny looked back at the fight and winced when one of the heroes hit a building. He looked back at Gear, unsure if he could hold back any longer. He needed to fight. He needed to protect.

"Go," Gear waved him off, "Go kick ass, take names."

After a quick 'thank you', Danny ran behind the alley and transformed into Phantom. However, Gear stopped him before he could take another step.

"Here," she said, shoving a cloak into his arms, "If you're that worried."

"Where did you get a cloak?"

"Just go," Gear said, dodging the question, "Go!"

Phantom nodded, put the black and white cloak on, and headed out.

"I am afraid that brute strength isn't enough to defeat these creatures," Thor said, hitting one with him hammer.

"The how about you let me help."

The small band of Avengers whirled around to find a figure in a black cloak. Creature and Animal were the only ones that looked at him close enough to see his glowing green eyes and peaks of his white hair. Animal and Creature shared a look when they sniffed the air- this kid smelt half-dead just like Danny. Were they connected? Or was the figure in front of them somehow Danny? Was he a mutant?

"Who the hell are you?" Animal asked, narrowing her eyes.

"I'm Phantom," Phantom said bowing slightly, "I just want to help."

"And just how do you plan on doing that?"

"Watch me," Phantom said with a smirk.

He shot an ecto-blast at one of the demons, making it cry in pain.

"How the hell..." Creature said, backing up from both the monsters and Phantom. Animal looked at the dissolving demon, hen at Phantom, and back at the demon.

"That's actually pretty badass," She said, pointing to the fire creature. Creature chuckled.

"Uh...Thanks?"

"Don't get used to it, I don't tend to give out compliments very often."

"'Tis true. Animal is not known for her praises," Thor said.

"Right. I'm known for my skill, my smart mouth, and the fact that J. Jonah Loud-Mouth gives good heroes like Spidey and us a bad name."

"What else can you do?" Hulk asked, smashing a fist into his palm. Phantom smiled.

"I have normal ghost powers, such as flight, intangibility, invisibility, and I can make ice," he said, counting them on his fingers.

When he said ice he shot an ice blast at the fire demon sneaking up on Thor and made it dissolve. Thor took a defensive stance.

"You're a drauger!" He exclaimed, raising his hammer.

Animal walked over to Creature.

"He seem familiar to you? Same scent and everything."

Creature frowned and nodded.

"Well...Considering all of the things we've seen, it's not a big surprise that either he is a full on ghost, or apparition, or a mutant. Either way is possible."

Animal nodded, leaving Thor trying to bet up Phantom.

"What are two doing? The dude is obviously trying to help us," Animal said, putting a hand on her hip.

"Draugers are creatures of unimaginable power. They cause madness and ultimate destruction wherever they go."

"Well, apparently the 'draugers' here are good. Well, this one is anyway," Creature said.

Phantom nodded, turning intangible so he shouldn't be hit by Thor as he shot more green blasts, along with the occasional ice.

When the battle was done, Animal turned to Phantom,

"Thanks," she growled.

"No problem," Phantom said sheepishly, "I mean it's really no problem... I should go."

Without another word, he flew off and disappeared.

"Don't worry," Creature said, "I know we'll be seeing more of him."

Gear looked at her computer screens, watching Phantom fly off. I'm glad he's getting out there, Gear thought with a smile, he needs to get back into the scene... She had been watching the fight the entire time through her computer- she had hacked into the security cameras. She was still smiling as she switched the screen to something else.

She started typing at the screen and raised an eyebrow at all the videos. Word traveled fast in New York City so the video of the fight that happened just minutes before was already viral and there were already forums about the new 'superhero' Phantom. She frowned slightly as she then continued to type and her eyes widened at what she found. She grabbed her cell phone.

"Yo Double D!"

"Gear? What's up?"

"No time for the chit-chat, dude, we have a problem."

"What?"

"The Guys in White have been spotted heading towards New York. You fighting alongside the Avengers is already viral. I think the Guys in White saw it and got interested."

"What!? No, no, no... We have to get out of here we have to-"

"DANNY!"

"What?"

"Take a chill pill and calm the man-tits. It's not a problem, yet. Just be careful, be prepared, and whatever you do- make the Avengers your ally. It'll come in handy."

"Well...That was weird," Axel said as the heroes got home. Alex nodded and went straight to her room, dragging her twin along with her.

"What's up?" he said, taking her seat on the bed. She grabbed her laptop and shoved him to his usual spot.

"Remember when we were at Gear's place and I went to go get the sodas?" Alex asked, not taking her eyes off of the screen as she typed faster than Quicksilver.

"Uh yeah? What does that have to do with anything?"

"I overheard her on the phone with that Danny kid from school."

"The meta?"

She nodded.

"Also, remember when we looked him up? He's from a ghost town, and they have a ghost named Phantom, remember?"

He nodded, quickly putting the pieces together in his mind.

"Well, on the site people thought Phantom kidnapped Fenton, but we know that's not true since both of them have the same exact scent. Phantom is Fenton, so all we need to do is figure out why everyone hates him by looking here," she said, turning the laptop around and pointing to the screen.

"The Guys in White? How did you-"

"-I eavsedropped on Gear's convo with Danny."

"Ah. Now, what do they do exactly?"

"Says here they hunt for ghosts, secret government organization. They haven't got a single ghost-"

"-Because they're not real."

"Are you really gonna try and be a skeptic after who we just saw? Because if you are, then now you're just being stupid."

Axel shrugged.

"Whatever. So, they're after Phantom, but don't know that Fenton is Phantom? They must be really dense. Heck, even the names sound the same."

"We need to help the kid," Alex said, shutting her computer, "He needs it. We just can't let this sit and rot."