Broken Hearts

Chapter Two

Broken Phantom

"I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage."

~Friedrich Nietzsche~

Titan's Tower 0600 Hours

"Phantom?" Robin called entering the infirmary to find the ghost missing. He looked around hoping that the ghost was just in the bathroom. He cautiously walked to the bathroom and knocked on the door. There was no answer. Robin turned and noticed that the IV drip was there, but the needle was missing. It was still stuck in Phantom. Robin turned to the security cameras and noticed that they were off. They were never off, and the way Cyborg was acting towards the ghost, would never let the cameras go off for fear of Phantom doing something like this. Robin narrowed his eyes wondering what would cause the young ghost to leave like this. His previous worries about how Phantom was playing them came to mind when the door opened to reveal Beastboy grinning like a fool.

"Morning, Robin," he greeted as he walked to the bed and set down the plate of food. Beastboy was never up this early. "Did Phantom come back yet?"

"No," Robin answered skeptically. "Where did he go?"

"He asked if he could use the shower and the one in here still doesn't work so I let him use the one in the guest bedroom across the hall," Beastboy answered as he changed the sheets on the bed. Robin looked back and forth wondering what happened to Beastboy and if Phantom had anything to do with it.

"Are you okay?" Robin asked as Beastboy finished.

"I know, but it's weird actually," Beastboy answered knowing there was something up. He didn't know want it was, but he just felt that helping Phantom was right. "Usually if we see someone, I would get something on them whether they are safe or not, but I've really felt like this before."

"What are you feeling?" Robin inquired confused by what Beastboy was saying. He always was because Beastboy tended to do that and confuse himself half the time.

"That I need to protect him, I don't know why though," Beastboy answered as he stared at the plate of tofu eggs and bacon.

"Raven said something about feeling that coming from you, but she couldn't feel anything from Phantom," Robin mumbled thinking as the doors opened, and Phantom slowly walked in. He stopped when he noticed Robin and smiled a little. He looked a lot better than yesterday, but he still looked like a skeleton. Robin looked up and smiled knowing that the ghost must feel a lot better. "How are you feeling today?"

"Better than I have in a long time," Phantom answered honestly with a gentle smile. Robin nodded and turned to Beastboy who was grinning like a manic.

"Good. Beastboy, since you are surprisingly up before noon, we have training," Robin ordered sternly before giving Phantom a small smile. "You can watch if you want to. But I want you hooked up to the IV still. It'll help you get back up to health."

"Okay," Phantom mumbled not really wanting to have drag the thing around with him, but Robin had a point. It helped him a lot more than he was willing to admit. He wouldn't have as good if it wasn't for that. "I'll think about it."

"Maybe once you're able to get around without too much trouble, you could show some of what you can do," Robin suggested hoping to see some of what the ghost could do. "What about it?"

"Maybe, it's been a while since I've done anything like that," Phantom informed wrapping his arms around himself and looking down. He remembered the last time he really trained. It was the day before the explosion, and they had been using Tucker as target practice.

"Dude, this is so not cool!" Tucker yelled as Danny fired an ecto blast past his head. Sam grinned and threw a ball that tripped him.

"16-0, Phantom!" Phantom cheered laughing like a manic. Sam shook her head smiling at her friends. She couldn't have asked for any better than what she got. Phantom turned to her and grabbed her in a hug and secretly kissed her cheek. "I win."

"Well, you can always work your way back," Robin stated as he headed for the door. He stopped suddenly wondering what caused him to trust Phantom. He said he didn't, but offering him to come and see them train was trust enough not to attack them and use what he learned against them. He really hoped that none of this turned out like Terra. He knew she was still out there with Slade, and they had really watched their backs, but they were afraid that Phantom might be working for someone. Robin put that idea down by the condition of Phantom. The person would at least make sure that he could at least fight. Phantom could barely move without seemingly in pain, so Robin decided that he was just overreacting. He really hoped Phantom would make a great addition to the team. He wanted someone to fill the whole that Terra left in their hearts and in their team, but he knew it was really too early to tell if they could fully trust Phantom. He left leaving the two others wondering what just happened.

"Does he do that a lot?" Phantom asked with a smile. Beastboy nodded.

"He gets lost in his own thoughts and has to stop and think," Beastboy answered with a shrug of his shoulders. Phantom looked back over worried that they were about him. He really hoped that it wasn't anything bad, but he had a feeling that they weren't. Robin really just wanted to help him, and Phantom knew his stay here wasn't going to be long. Especially with those hunters after him, and he really hoped that the Titans were willing to help him at least until he was able to get back on his feet. He debated about telling Robin about his secret knowing that he could turn him in, or it could open new doors and hopefully get the hunters to back off. Maybe the Titans knowing wouldn't be such a bad thing, but if they betrayed that trust, then they could tell the Guy in White who he really was, and then he wouldn't have his human form to hide behind anymore. Everyone would be looking for the undead teenager that went by the name Danny Fenton. "Don't tell me you do the same thing? I think it's a leader thing?"

"Probably," Phantom replied looking at the changeling. "My friends would get annoyed with me when I did something like that. Normally it resulted in either our victory or me getting a headache because Sam threw her boot at me." Beastboy laughed as his sat down on the chair next to the bed.

"I have your breakfast, and mine is…wait, I forgot it," Beastboy exclaimed running out of the room and heading for the kitchen again. Phantom laughed at the changeling before sitting back on the bed. He was glad he was able to at least get himself past freaking over Robin and Beastboy, but he knew that if any of the others came in he was going to end up nervous. It wasn't as bad, but he really wasn't sure what to do anymore. His mind wouldn't let him relax when anyone else came in. Raven had come in during the night, and Phantom felt her presence and it freaked him out a bit. He knew she couldn't feel his emotions because of the energies he was controlling. It was weird, but no one really could get into his mind unless they had something that could affect ghosts or he turned back into his human form. Then the energies died down, and he could walk around without anyone thinking any different. He wanted to disappeared under her gaze, but he remained still since she still thought he was asleep, and she couldn't tell whether he was or not considering he was pretty much freaking out all the time anyway.

The doors opened, and he expected Beastboy to come bouncing in with a stupid grin, but instead it was Cyborg. He looked at Phantom before heading to the other side and started working on something. Phantom wanted to ask, but his shyness got the better of him. He started picking at his food and slowly ate, feeling so much better that he could at least eat without having to worry about how he got it. Cyborg looked over at him with a confused gaze.

"Did you mess with the cameras?" Cyborg asked bluntly. Robin had told him of the problem, and he freaked out over who was messing with his equipment. His mind went to Phantom first. However, he was told that Beastboy had been in there with Phantom the majority of the time and the last thing the camera showed was Phantom waking up to Beastboy asleep on the foot of the bed. Phantom kicked Beastboy off and then asked him something and they both left, then there was nothing.

"No, I didn't know there were any cameras," Phantom answered hoping that Cyborg didn't jump on him for lying when he wasn't. He was trying to be as honest as possible with them, but it was hard since he didn't want them to figure out his secret. He didn't want to be turned in to the Government and used as an experiment. Although seeing what the team consisted of helped prove that they wouldn't do that, but after years of thinking that way, it was programmed to keep the secret just that: a secret.

"They are right there," Cyborg pointed at the cameras. Phantom looked and smiled.

"Oh hey, they are," he smiled. "I have a bad habit of not paying attention to those things anymore," Phantom explained looking back at the half robot. "Normally I would have noticed, but I'm way too out of it to care at this moment."

"Whatever," Cyborg muttered. He didn't believe that, but at least the kid looked better than he did yesterday. Only now seeing him in a better mood, did Cyborg realize how bad Phantom really was and it kind of did make him feel guilty. He was a hero, and it was his job to make sure people were safe. Phantom was in danger of killing himself from starvation or dehydration because he couldn't get anything he needed to survive. He looked back at Phantom as an awkward silence filled the room. He wondered where Beastboy had gone and how long it took to get his plate of food and why he didn't just bring it with Phantom's. Phantom was playing with his food trying to ignore the awkwardness. "Did you see anything weird happen?"

"It felt weird when I left, but I just thought it was my own paranoia," Phantom answered looking up at him. "I've pretty much had that feeling since I got out of Amity. Like I was being watched."

"So you didn't say anything to anyone about it," Cyborg sighed. He was annoyed, but he really couldn't blame Phantom for that since the teen had been on the streets for so long that he probably got use to his paranoia. "Did it feel any different than the rest of the time?"

"Not really, but my senses aren't really like they use to be," Phantom answered curiously walking over wondering if he could maybe help. He wanted to know if he still could sense previous energies that were there if it was a meta-human. He found he could do that a week before everything turned for the worst. Cyborg looked up at him as he dragged the IV drip with him.

"You know computers then?" Cyborg questioned narrowing his eyes. Phantom nodded his head as he closed his eyes. Suddenly the room changed different colors, and Phantom opened his eyes to reveal bright white. "What are you doing?" Cyborg asked backing away and noticing that he left a blue sense.

"Previous auras that have passed though here," Phantom answered in a calm, echoey, and kind of creepy voice. Cyborg looked around and seen green that he figured was Beastboy's. There was a faded purple and one that was red. He looked around the computer and noticed that there was only a yellow one. Cy looked at Phantom before looking at the bed and noticing a heavy white where Phantom had been. "Auras fade with time. What you see here is the aura of the person that messed with it. I would say that it's someone I never met because I do not recognize it," Phantom explained as he let his powers go and the colors faded. "It's like a dog's smell. I can sense the auras of the people around me. Only they can change if the person changes, and that also takes time."

"So the person that messed with it had a yellow aura," Cyborg stated looking at Phantom curiously. Phantom nodded and held his head.

"Yeah, but usually yellow means it's dangerous," he stated as he shook his head as he had a head rush.

"What about red?" Cy asked knowing that was Robin's. Phantom looked back at where they had seen it.

"Easily angered," he stated with a smile. "Usually one that doesn't quite know what to do."

"And White?" Cy asked wanting to know more about Phantom. He looked at him with a smile.

"A protector," he answered as he kneeled next to Cyborg. "I do know enough about computers to put one together and take it apart."

"Alright then, let's see what you do with the system," Cyborg grinned. He watched Phantom gently moved the pieces around with carefulness that Cyborg had used himself. Soon the lights went out as the storm knocked out the electricity. Soon the room was lit in a green tint, and Cy noticed the small green ball of energy Phantom produced. Phantom continued to work as though the lights never went out.

"You know, I won't know if it worked until the lights came back on," Phantom answered looking at Cyborg, and he had the weirdest feeling looking into the young teen's glowing eyes. He never really noticed how the teen glowed until the lights were off.

"We should find the others," Cyborg stated getting up and holding out his hand to help Phantom. The teen looked at it curiously before grabbing it and letting Cy help him up. Cyborg felt the shudder run though Phantom and figured he was still scared of people or he was cold. "Come on, we shouldn't stay separated for long."

"Okay," Phantom mumbled grabbing the IV. Cyborg grabbed it and followed the line to Phantom's hand trying not to freak him out.

"I think you'll be fine without for now," Cy smiled taking the needle out and putting the bandage over it. Phantom smiled in return and followed Cyborg out of the infirmary. When they got to the living room, Beastboy was stuck to the wall by Raven's magic while she and Starfire meditated.

"Tell her to let me down. I just wanted my food and then I was leaving!" Beastboy yelled at the two while Raven wrapped her magic around his mouth.

"He wouldn't shut up for five seconds while he was in here," she growled as Starfire giggled.

"Where's Robin?" Cyborg asked as Phantom looked around the room curiously.

"He went out on patrol," Starfire answered opening her eyes and setting herself on the ground. She looked at Phantom and grinned floating over to him. He jumped slightly but tried to sit still. "Oh, you are out of the room of medicine and healing," Starfire exclaimed happily. Cyborg put his hand in front of her to prevent her from hugging the skeleton teen.

"Star, calm down," Cy pressed not really wanting to have to deal with Phantom having a panic attack at the moment. "Someone messed with our security feed using the infirmary." Raven sent a glare at Phantom who was watching Starfire worriedly. "Phantom was able to show the auras of people who had been in the infirmary in the past twelve hours."

"I can't even do that," Raven shot standing up and advancing to the ghost with her eyes narrowed. Phantom took a step back afraid that he did something wrong. "How did you?"

"I don't know; I just did. The ectoplasm in my blood let's me I guess. I don't know," Phantom whispered knowing that he could use his ectoplasm to freely run though the air and light up the auras. It used the same energy as his ectoblast, only on a much higher and controlled level. "I figured out I could do by accident, which is how I learned most of my powers anyway."

"You don't know all your powers?" Beastboy asked afraid that he was exactly like Terra. Phantom looked at him with a smile.

"I always seem to get one whenever it's really needed," he answered with a small grimace as he had another head rush. "It's really weird the way it works."

"So you don't know how to control your powers," Raven pushed waiting for him to deny that part, to see him as another Terra.

"Most of them I have enough control to not randomly destroy things. The ones I randomly develop it takes a couple days to get control and then another week to figure out how to use it," Phantom explained hoping that she wasn't going to attack. Raven backed off a little wondering if he was really telling the truth, for she was still wary of letting another outsider come into their home. "Except for whatever reason duplication, that one always gets me, and every time I try I end up with either two heads, or some really strange limbs in weird places. I gave up and decided to wait until I'm ready for that," Phantom grinned hoping to lighten the way the room felt. He was getting over his fear of people quicker than he thought he would, but then again, he hasn't actually gone out in the city yet where there were several humans that were normal without powers.

"So you have yet to control all your powers," Raven stated thinking that at least he was able to tell them that much. Terra was too ashamed about not knowing how to control hers to tell them.

"Not all the ones I have yet to develop at least," Phantom answered wondering why they suddenly started in on his powers. He thought that for pretty much learning everything from experience, he did a pretty good job. "Why all the questions on my powers? Half the time I can't even remember what they are until I need them."

"How did you train then?" Cyborg questioned wondering how he made sure every power was working correctly.

"My friends kept a book on every power I had gotten over the past year," Phantom answered sadly. "She had it when the school blew, so I don't have it anymore. The copy hadn't been updated in a couple months, and that's what we were going to do when we got to my house after school, but I never went back to get it and chances are I'll never be able to get it back."

"Your friends knew you were a ghost?" Beastboy asked after Raven finally let him down. He had pretty much been stuck there the entire time wanting to be a part of the conversation into learning more about their new house guest.

"I probably would've ended up dead without them. Why?" Phantom asked looking at them. "You guys are a team that has probably saved each other time and time again. Is it wrong for me to have a small one to help me when I needed it?"

"No, we just never read about two people helping you," Raven stated wondering why no one noticed two other teens helping the ghost.

"They tended to hide when the cameras came out," Phantom smiled at a couple memories where they were almost caught and when they ended up getting caught anyway. "That and if their parents found out…that would just be really, really bad for me. Most of the older group in Amity hated me for just existing."

"That's what some of the articles read at least," Cyborg stated as Starfire looked at the ceiling.

"Why would the people you were saving hate you? Our town loves us," she stated confused. Phantom looked up with sad eyes.

"Ghosts have always had a bad reputation to begin with," Phantom mumbled as they all headed for the table on the side of the room. Phantom was hesitant to follow, but Beastboy had pretty much dragged him there. Suddenly there was a call to Cyborg, and he walked away leaving the rest to talk among themselves. Starfire sat next to Phantom dying to ask her questions.

"The Phantom?" she asked quietly trying to restrain herself from hugging him. He looked sad and like he could use a hug of cheering up.

"Yeah," he mumbled afraid of what she was doing. Robin had warned him that she was really hyper most of the time and loved to hug people.

"May I ask a few questions?" she asked happily. Phantom looked at Raven and Beastboy wondering what was going on.

"Star, don't hurt him afterwards," Raven stated with a small smile. Phantom looked at Beastboy who was rolling on the floor laughing.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt anything," Phantom whispered looking at her worriedly.

"Oh, glorious," she exclaimed with a huge grin and jumping out of her seat, she caused Phantom to jerk backwards. "Where are you from? How did you get here? What is your favorite color? And will you be my friend?" As she said this she got closer and closer to Phantom who backed into his chair shaking.

"Starfire, back off a little," Raven warned not wanting to deal with Phantom going into a panic attack either. She found it slightly funny at his reaction, but it also worried her. Terra was outgoing when she showed up and wasn't afraid of getting close to people, but Phantom was an entirely different story. She couldn't sense his emotions, but she could tell by his eyes alone that he was petrified.

"Umm, Amity Park, I flew, green, and I don't know," Phantom answered thinking about them. Starfire looked happy at first but sadden at the end. Phantom noticed and looked down. "Depends, what do you plan on doing if I say yes?"

"She'll give you a huge hug," Raven stated looking at the ghost.

"And if I say no?" Phantom asked as Starfire looked between them.

"She'll be sad and call you Not Friend Phantom for the rest of your life," Beastboy answered with a mischievous grin as his laughing fit died down.

"Can I say yes and not get a hug?" Phantom asked looking at Starfire who smiled brightly at the fact that she had a new friend, but sad that she wouldn't be able to hug him.

"Can I hug you when you feel better, Friend Phantom?" she asked excitingly. Phantom looked uncomfortable.

"I don't know," he whispered pulling his legs up and wrapping his arms around them pulling them to his chest, letting his cloak cover his body. "It depends on how I feel." Starfire looked slightly sadden, but brushed it off when Cyborg entered.

"Robin crashed his R cycle," he stated. "I'm going to the hospital and pick him up. Raven, you want to come with me."

"Yeah," Raven nodded following him out. Phantom looked at the others curiously.

"What just happened?" Phantom asked looking at the remaining two titans.

"I believe Robin is hurt and is now at the hospital," Beastboy worried. Starfire walked over to the computer and started typing on it hoping to figure out what exactly happened.

"He crashed chasing the Johnny Rancid," Starfire informed. "He's still out there. Cyborg and Raven should be back soon with Robin though."

"Ouch," Phantom mumbled remembering a time when he had crashed flying. He had broken his arm when he fell. However, the next day it was fine, just a little sore. That was when he figured out that he had super healing.

Titan's Tower 0600 Hours

"I've done all the healing I could, but you are still going to need that cast for the next few weeks," Raven stated making sure that Robin's arm was healing correctly. Phantom stayed behind everyone not really liking that they were all there at the same time.

"I don't believe this, how could I make such a stupid mistake," Robin steamed. Beastboy grinned as Starfire walked forward.

"Please no more Robin yelling at Robin," she tried to comfort. Phantom silently snickered at the way she talked. He knew she was from a different planet, but it was still entertaining to him.

"Yeah, man, stop kicking yourself. Accidents happen," Cy put in with a small grin.

"Chill dude, everyone makes mistakes," Beastboy chirped in. Phantom smiled glad that they at least tried to make others in their team feel better. It was just like what Sam and Tucker did when he messed up. Although Sam usually threatened him to be happy, and that in itself always cheered him up.

"Not to me, they don't," Robin growled. Phantom slowly walked forward, hesitant to really be part of it.

"Dude, everyone messes something up when they go out on their own," Phantom muttered. Everyone turned to face the young halfa. "Well, they do. Even the best, how do you think I survived this long?"

"You barely survived," Robin stated looking at the teen. "I don't think that can count. You could've still ended up dead if you hadn't gotten here in time."

"I crossed the country. That should count for something," Phantom smiled softly knowing that Robin was right about him. "Besides, I still mess up half the time and my death should be a giveaway there."

"Whatever," Robin mumbled until that last part registered. "Wait, you really are a ghost?"

"I was electrocuted," Phantom stated backing away and looking down. "It was an accident." Everyone looked sadly at the hybrid until Beastboy suddenly smiled and jumped up.

"Dude, I know what'll cheer you up," Beastboy grinned grabbing a marker and leaning over the couch to Robin. "We all have to sign your…" Beastboy was cut off by a glare from Robin. "Or not," he mumbled sliding away from the angry leader.

"Look, guys, thanks for the concern, but…" Robin began as he stood up. Everyone, except Phantom, tackled him yelling 'no'.

"You are in no condition to continue pursuing the Johnny Rancid," Starfire exclaimed holding his shoulder and arm down.

"Yeah, man, just relax," Cyborg stated holding his other shoulder and arm. Phantom watched, silently laughing at them and their protectiveness of their leader.

"I know, I was just reaching for the remote," Robin stated looking at them strangely. Phantom held a laugh back at all their faces.

"You mean you're not going to be all crazy determined…" Cy began.

"…and insist that you are fine when you clearly are not," Starfire continued.

"And then yell at us for trying to make you stay," Raven finished seemingly confused. Robin stood completely up from them.

"You guys can handle Rancid without me," Robin smiled. "Besides with this on my arm, I'll probably mess up again."

"Messing up can be fun though," Phantom thought out loud. Everyone turned to him, and he suddenly felt like disappearing. Robin shook his head.

"Go, take him down," he ordered lightly turning his back to them. "I'll be just fine with Phantom here…" He suddenly stopped and groaned bending forward. Everyone watched horrified as a blob came out of Robin's head. Phantom backed away not sure what just happened and really not wanting to be part of it. He slowly began shaking and wondered why he was freaking out. He fought ghosts, and this shouldn't freak him out like this.

"Yeah, I made it! Robin, Hi!" the blob exclaimed jumping up and down.

"Didn't see that coming," Raven deadpanned looking at the little person that the blob turned into. Phantom blinked confused.

"Who are you?" Robin exclaimed looking at the little weird dude that appeared out of his head. Phantom looked between the two realizing that their auras were the same, yet completely different. It confused him completely.

"I'm you!" it exclaimed with a grin.

"Okay then," Cyborg mumbled. A few moments later they checked the computer for DNA results and they were an exact match. "He is you. The DNA is identical. The little dude was right. He really is you."

"We're DNA buddies!" the little dude shouted bouncing up and down in front of them and cheering, running around. Phantom backed himself into the wall when the thing started acting all weird. It really started freaking him out because he could no longer tell between him and Robin's auras.

"You've got to be kidding me," Robin mumbled watching the strange person. He noticed Phantom was freaked out, but also seemed completely confused by the little thing, like there was something he knew that they weren't noticing. Suddenly the little person started going though everything. Phantom slowly stayed as far from it as he could and ended up next to the leader of the Titans.

"Hey, you're making a mess," Beastboy yelled. Robin noticed Phantom was completely uncomfortable with the thing running around. Phantom suddenly backed away with wide eyes as the little person began chewing on the couch. Raven walked around to see what damage was done to the couch when suddenly the little man flew across the room on a book.

"The Book of Azar is not a toy," she growled glaring at the thing. Starfire giggled at the little man, amused by his antics.

"Well, if someone was trying to clone me, they didn't do a very good job," Robin stated horrified by the thing's mess. Phantom looked at Robin with a small smile.

"At least it didn't turn out a girl," he stated watching the thing to make sure it didn't get too close. Robin looked at Phantom confused and filed that away for farther questioning. The little man suddenly floated up to Robin, and Phantom stiffened.

"No, not a clone," the little person began while slobbering on Robin. "I'm you, another you, from another universe." Suddenly his finger glowed, and he pointed out changing the background setting. He set up a motorcycle and started riding it and explaining what was going on. Now it looked more like a time line. "All the way from dimension 498, Robin's double, DNA buddy, and number one FAN: Nosyarg Kicd!"

"Welcome to our universe, Small Amusing Doppelganger," Starfire greeted giving the strange thing a huge hug since Phantom didn't want one. The little man melted, literally, and was in heaven.

"Yeah, nice to meet you, Nosy…Nuzy…uh, ha ha, Uh, maybe we should just call you Larry?" Beastboy suggested giving up trying to pronounce the confusing and odd name. The little person shot up from the ground in a swirl of dark green and back to his original form.

"My name is Larry now!" he exclaimed grinning like a manic and changing the R on his suit to an L. He started repeating his name and then began greeting himself and doing odd things by popping out of Cyborg, hiding in Raven's cloak, shaking Beastboy's hand, and talking to Starfire in an Italian accent. He stopped when he got to Phantom and smiled. "Hi Larry," he grinned knowing that the hybrid was completely freaked out by everything and what really happened to him. He took off again and continued to greet himself.

"Yeah, how you do all that stuff you just did?" Cyborg asked a little freaked at Larry. Larry held up his finger that had a yellow glow to it.

"Magic finger," Larry answered as he watched the glow with an awe face. "Bends the rules of reality," he explained and then continued to change it into different things until he got to what he was looking for which happened to be a crayon. He took out some paper from his back pocket and began drawing on it. He suddenly shouted causing Phantom to jump. Larry held up a comic book like deal and began explaining it. "See Robin's universe is here, and Larry's is here," Larry began as he ran across the page and pointed at different areas that were very far apart. "And I bend the rules so that I can watch my hero Robin fight and beat the bad guys all the time, but when he got hurt, I knew Larry could help, so I popped right over. But I goofed and popped inside your noggin. Oops."

"Yeah, oops," Robin stated narrowing his eyes.

"Alternate Dimensions, bending reality, uhhh, all this science is hurting my brain," Beastboy groaned. Larry floated up to him and pulled the top of BB's head off and placed a bandage on his brain and let his skull fall back into place. "Huh," Beastboy muttered and suddenly became very relaxed and content.

"See, Larry's here to help," Larry exclaimed grinning. Phantom watched the entire thing with wide eyes getting the feeling of impending doom in the near future. "Now watch me fix up that arm," he grinned floating over to Robin and changing his arm into a hockey stick and freaking the leader out. The alarms went off, and Robin got annoyed.

"Johnny Rancid, downtown," Cyborg warned looking at his team. Phantom was use to the sound since Robin had told him of what it was, so it no longer freaked him out anymore, but that still didn't mean he didn't jump from the sudden noise. Robin looked at his arm annoyed.

"Just go," he ordered looking away from them. Phantom felt kind of sad for him since he couldn't go out there with his team, but he never really knew what that was like since he was the only one on his team who had powers to begin with. He could only imagine what Robin really felt like. The only time the hybrid ignored a ghost and let someone else handle it was when it was too dangerous to go ghost and he had to wait, or when it was the Box Ghost and he didn't have time to deal with him. He would let his parents, or even Valerie, deal with it.

"Alright," Cyborg stated and he and the team left, leaving Phantom, Larry, and Robin behind.

"I can fix it," Larry stated as Robin sat down, and Larry changed his arm into many different things. Phantom was extremely entertained in the little Robin's attempt to fix Robin's arm. Robin was busy changing channels and getting annoyed by there being nothing on and the consist changing of his arm. Finally it was turned back to normal.

"Yeah, this time, I'll fix it just right," he insisted and started concentrating on it.

"Let's just let it heal on its own," Robin shot not wanting to have his arm changed in weird things again. Phantom let out a laugh, but suddenly cut it short by a playful glare from Robin. Robin was glad that the ghost was at least able to laugh. There was still a lot of work in order to get the ghost to open up, but at least he was starting to let his paranoia go.

"Hey, wanna check in on the team on your communicator," Larry suggested getting bored with just sitting there. Phantom watched entertained as Larry asked him a ton of questions with the same answer every time.

"No, no, NO," Robin shouted glaring at Larry who backed off. Phantom suddenly went back on guard from the outburst.

"Just let me fix your arm," Larry pushed with a grin hoping to convince Robin to let him try again. "Please, you'll feel all…"

"No," Robin shouted trying to get Larry to back off. Phantom started laughing silently amused by the events taking place again. He was still uneasy about the small Robin, but it was entertaining to watch him nonetheless. Suddenly they started fighting, and Phantom wondered if he should stop it before something bad happened. Then Robin kicked Larry across the room making him land on his face. The floor cracked as Phantom jumped up sensing the sudden change in energies.

"Oops," Robin stated looking at the floor with wide eyes. Phantom stood next to him slightly shaking again.

"Big oops," Larry stated looking at his broken finger. Phantom watched as the cracks grew bigger and bigger before covering the entire tower.

"This isn't going to be fun," Phantom muttered as everything turned white.

Downtown Jump City 1200 Hours

"Titans," Cyborg called before stopping at the sight of a weird light that began changing everything. They all seen white before they were knocked unconsciousness. When Cyborg woke up, he looked around while the others had just started getting their ground. "Why does the town look like it belongs on my grandma's fridge?"

"This is bad," Raven stated glaring at the sunflowers that were marching in front of her. Suddenly Beastboy came running in front silently screaming because he lost his mouth. Raven let a small grin come though while watching the changeling run around. "Okay, so it's not all bad," she stated as Beastboy created storm clouds over his head. Suddenly he reached over and grabbed Raven's mouth pulling it off and placing it on his own.

"Will somebody please tell me what's going on?" Beastboy shouted sounding exactly like Raven. Raven sent him a glare for stealing her mouth, but then she noticed three figures above them falling towards them. She tapped his shoulder and pointed up. After a moment, she stepped away while Beastboy ran in place trying to get away. Unfortunately he got smashed. Robin rolled off of Phantom while Phantom laid on the ground next to BB trying to catch his breath. Larry jumped up.

"We're alive, yehay," he exclaimed spitting on Robin. Phantom glared at him.

"The ones that were originally alive are. That doesn't change the fact that I'm dead," Phantom growled glaring at the little Robin. Everyone looked surprised at the ghost wondering what caused his demeanor to change. Robin looked worriedly at Phantom hoping that it was just the sudden change in reality.

"Phantom, are you okay?" Robin asked watching as Beastboy hid behind Raven. Everyone gave each other worried looks afraid that something was wrong with their new friend. Cyborg had finally gone ahead and let himself at least open his mind to the ghost. Phantom glared at him and stood up looking at the Titan's Tower. Suddenly another Phantom appeared, only this one had black lines running though his hair along with one blue eye and one green eye.

"Explain how this happens," he stated glaring at the first Phantom. That Phantom growled and his eyes turned red.

"I don't know, why don't you ask…" he began but suddenly the second one was on top of the first glaring right back. His green eye glowing dangerously.

"Finish that question, and it'll be the last thing you ever do," he growled out causing the Titans to back away from them. Robin's eyes were wide, surprised by there being two of Phantom.

"Oops," Larry stated looking at the hybrid. "Hee, didn't know he was a hybrid. Uh, don't let them out of your sight…one is a ghost and the other is human, but I'm not sure which is which. Usually they look completely different, but I think his human side has suffered a lot and needs the ghost side in order to survive…It's really confusing the way they work."

"You broke Friend Phantom?" Starfire asked as the Phantoms fighting crossed in front of them. Raven growled at them, and they suddenly stopped feeling her powers get out of control. Larry looked at them confused for a moment.

"Not on purpose," he mumbled floating over to them. They both untangled themselves and just glared at each other.

"What happened?" Robin asked as the two Phantoms stood.

"Remember how I can bend reality?" Larry asked with a nervous smile. "Well when you pushed me, we kinda broke it."

"You broke reality?" Robin asked not believing it.

"No, we did, together," Larry stated as Robin pulled him closer. "Oops."

"Fix it, now," Robin demanded causing both Phantoms to flinch. Beastboy felt the one's hostility, but the other felt like the original Phantom had. Safe and the need to protect were there, but his instincts told him to run from the other. It was confusing.

Raven looked at both noting the similarities between them, but she didn't understand why Phantom had split. His personality was violent in his ghost form, but the other seemed to cancel it out. However, she could sense the worry and doubt in the one with different colored eyes. He was worried about the ghost next to him who seemed ruder than the Phantom they knew. But his eyes told a story of just wanting to be left alone, and just wanting people to accept him. These were different sides, and from what Larry had said; Phantom's halves were split.

Starfire was worried about her new friend. He was so different from the one that would jump at everything that moved. This one seemed more violent and dangerous. But the other one with strange colored hair and two different eyes acted so much like the Phantom that she knew, but then again, he was so different.

"Can't magic finger's broke too," Larry answered Robin bringing everyone out of their musing. Robin walked up to Raven.

"Raven, fix him," Robin ordered. Raven looked around before looking at Cyborg and stealing his mouth.

"Not a good idea," Raven stated in Cy's voice. "Mixing my powers with his could destroy the dimensions boundaries and nullify all existence."

"Who cares, I just want my mouth back," Beastboy exclaimed after giving the Phantoms a worried look.

"I want my halves back together," the Phantom stated together, and then looked at each other confused for a second before Larry started again.

"No problem, no problem," he assured. "If anybody can fix reality, it's my hero Robin!" he exclaimed giving Robin a hug.

"What's make you think I can fix it? I don't even know how we broke it," Robin stated trying to get Larry off of him. Suddenly Cyborg grabbed Star's mouth and put it on himself.

"Well somebody's gonna clean up this mess, come on y'all," Cyborg stated in her voice. Then everyone grabbed their own mouths except for Beastboy and put it back on. "We're heading for Titan's Tower," Cy ordered glad to have his own voice back. They headed out. The Phantoms just looked at each other before the ghost floated and the other got ready to run after everyone until Star and Robin started talking.

"Robin, are you okay?" Star asked concerned for her friend and leader.

"The universe is falling apart because I made another stupid mistake, how would you feel?" Robin growled.

"Don't beat yourself up," the ghost Phantom stated looking at him. "We've made plenty of mistakes ourselves…one actually end up with the world destroyed."

"You are a babbler mouth," the human Phantom stated glaring at the counterpart. "That wasn't really considered a small mistake, cheese-head."

"I'm not the cheese-head; Vlad is," the ghost Phantom grinned as his eyes turned back to green.

"I've got nothing else," the other stated shrugging his shoulders. Robin didn't know whether to yell at him, or ask what he was talking about. He would wait until Phantom was back together before questioning him. He really didn't want to get two answers and then have to put the pieces together.

"Let's just go," Robin ordered taking off.

"Hey, DNA buddy, look! Now we're cast buddies too!" Larry exclaimed as the Phantoms took off after the rest of the team.

"Yehay," Robin deadpanned.

As the team got closer, they noticed that the citizens were running around screaming because of the drawings chasing them and the changing reality. The ghost Phantom suddenly stiffened. The human one seemed to make sure that no one was going to attack. Robin was at least glad that they didn't have to force them together, they got that they shouldn't leave each other's side. Beastboy silently screamed pointing at the Tower that was glowing a white with purple around it.

"Yehay, and I bet cha Robin's already got a super, smart plan for when we get there," Larry stated going inside Robin's head to look out his eyes.

"I'm just hoping we get there before we all go completely insane," Robin stated annoyed and pulling Larry out of his ear.

"Ditto," Raven stated noticing her hair was now three feet above her head in a beehive.

"Do not despair, our goal is in sight. The journey cannot last much longer," Starfire exclaimed as her head grew wings and flew off her body. The Phantoms just watched confused and hoped that them only being split would be their only concern. Past experience told them not to leave each other's side.

Beastboy jumped up and pointed at a bunch of running people as a huge, green dinosaur that breathed fire appeared.

"Actually, this could take a while," Cyborg stated as they all began running. They ran across town and though buildings until Beastboy noticed his mouth and chased it all over the place. The Phantoms were so confused that they just followed the Titans until it became pointless and the ghost Phantom just turned them invisible, and they just sat back and watched the show making sure that everyone was okay. They really didn't need anyone finding out that they were even there. When the Titans got on a boat and headed for the Tower, the ghost Phantom dropped invisibility and pushed the boat with the Titans in it towards the Tower. They were going nice until the boat gained a leak and sunk. The ghost Phantom grabbed his counterpart right before a whale swallowed them. They all came back out it different bubbles and floated back to the surface. They finally made it to the Tower's island as headed up the shore.

"Yehay, we made it," Larry exclaimed with a grin. The ghost Phantom glared at him charging up an ecto blast only for the human counterpart to pull it down. "Now Robin can save the universe."

"I wanna blast him too, but that's probably not a good idea," he warned. The ghost growled and lowered his hand letting the flame disappear. "Let's just get ourselves back together."

Beastboy smiled as he found his mouth. He put it on as Starfire's head flew behind him.

"Beastboy, wonderful, you have recaptured your mouth," she exclaimed as she finally caught her head and put it back on her body. Raven looked at him annoyed before speaking.

"Yeah, but I think you put it on backwards."

"Pelh! I tnac dnastand gnihtyna tahw mi gniyas," he yelled waving his arms up and down. The Phantoms laughed at his misfortune. Cyborg got to the Tower and the scanner opened up. He put in the code only for a giant tongue to come out and split at them mockingly.

"I knew something like that was going to happen," Cyborg stated annoyed. Beastboy turned into a hawk while Star carried Robin, Raven carried Cyborg, and the ghost carried his human counterpart up to the roof of the Tower. There was a huge light coming from the top and going up to the sky.

"Edud, I dluoc erats ta taht rof srouh," Beastboy stated staring at the beautiful light.

"So, how do we close it?" Cyborg asked wanting to get this over with. Suddenly Johnny Rancid appeared on the other side with a wide grin.

"Ya don't," he growled looking at the teen like they were nothing. "Whatever this thing is, it controls the city, and now the city belongs to Johnny Rancid!" He ran into the light as Robin screamed 'no'.

Suddenly the white light became red flames, and the Phantoms became back into one. He held his head as he stumbled across the Tower's roof.

"Bird boy, ready for me to clip your other wing," Rancid growled with an evil smirk. The city changed into a Gothic type with a dark outlook. Raven walked up taking in the scenery.

"Cool," she stated liking the new design. She looked around getting weird from everyone expect for Phantom and Johnny. "Uh I mean, oops." Phantom just blinked and suddenly became sad. Sam would have loved this. He looked around as his memories came back. They give him a headache since there were two points of view, but at least they were closer together than last time.

"Your city is mine, your reality is mine," Rancid stated seemingly pleased in believing that he won against the Titans. He took out his guns and fired at Robin only for Cyborg to push the boy wonder out of the way. Phantom created a shield around himself since he was behind Robin. The laser was absorbed to prevent anyone else from being hurt.

"Titans, GO," Cy ordered as they all headed for Rancid to try and take him out. Robin glared at the villain while Phantom pulled himself back up. Each of his teammates was beaten, and Rancid was destroying the city again.

"Titans go, Titans go," Larry cheered. "Robin has to beat the guy." Phantom walked up next to Robin.

"I can't," he stated narrowing his eyes. Phantom put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"I can help," Phantom offered looking at him. "I'm just not going to do it alone."

"No," he stated.

"Why can't you? You're Robin," Larry asked knowing that with at least Phantom helping, he would have no trouble beating the bad guy.

"Don't you get it? Look at me, I'll just mess up again, and Phantom is still just a skeleton," Robin yelled glaring at the little person. Phantom backed away and looked down knowing that Robin was right, but that still didn't mean he couldn't fight. Larry looked at Robin sadly.

"So, I mess up all the time, but I still try," Larry emphasized looking up at his hero. "And that's how come you're my hero Robin because no matter what, you always try." Robin looked back at his city before giving a smile to Larry. He looked back at Phantom who was staring at the ground sadly.

"Come on, we have a city to save," Robin stated looking at Phantom. "You comin'?" Phantom looked up at him suddenly surprised and then gave a smile and nodded following him. They headed for the garage where Larry fixed up the R cycle. Phantom flew next to them as they headed out for Rancid.

He was randomly destroying parts of downtown when Robin finally got there. Phantom flew behind them silently hoping to catch him off guard. Larry shot a laser at Rancid causing him to turn towards them.

"Larry fixed the bike, Larry fixed the bike," Larry cheered causing Phantom to give a small smile.

"Yeah and it's the stupidest thing I've ever seen," Rancid roared after a moment with his face turning red.

"Have you looked in a mirror lately?" Robin asked completely serious causing Phantom to grin wider. Rancid started heading towards them only for their bike to lift up and Phantom to turn intangible. Robin and Larry were playing games causing Rancid to get angrier as Phantom joined in their rock, paper, and scissors game. He went back and forth a couple times before realizing that it wasn't going to work. Larry was pretending to be a matador.

"Olè," Larry cheered holding up the red blanket. Rancid growled and shot his weapons at them again. Phantom created a shield around them to protect them. Robin smiled giving Phantom a nod before taking off. Phantom headed another direction. Rancid went after Robin making him dodge the blasts and throw his own which went past Rancid's head.

"Ha, you missed," he taunted. Robin smirked as Phantom came up behind him as Robin's birdarang came back and cut his weapon while Phantom shot an ecto blast at his back causing him to temporarily lose his air. He growled as Phantom flew over to Robin. Rancid growled and started chasing them again. He got right next to them and pushed them over causing Robin to run into Phantom. Phantom grabbed to bike to make sure that neither of them fell as a building came between them and the villain. Robin gave Phantom a nod and as they came back around the building Phantom gave the bike an extra shove so that they hit Rancid even harder. They fought side by side while riding across the sky until another building came, and Phantom shot an ecto blast as Rancid causing him to lose his balance in the sky and fall back to earth. "You can't beat me. You're just a stupid little kid!" Rancid yelled right before he fell.

Robin floated next to him while Phantom appeared behind them. "So Johnny, how does it feel to be beaten by a stupid little kid?" Rancid glared at him before losing consciousness.

Larry took over and changed everything back to normal with the Titans now in the living room of Titan's Tower.

"Everything's back to normal again," Cyborg exclaimed glad that everything was finally over. Phantom grinned and pointed at Beastboy who was still talking backwards. "Well, except him. But he's never normal."

"Hey, we did it," Robin smiled at Larry. "Before you go home, why don't you try fixing my arm?"

"Another try? Really?" Larry exclaimed. "Even though I might mess up?"

"Just give it your best shot," Robin stated silently hoping that it worked. Larry grinned and focused on his arm before everything turned white. Robin's arm was fixed, but now he was somewhere else.

"Larry, you did it…" he trailed off as he noticed that there was no one there. "Larry? Hello?"

"Oops," Larry's voice echoed though the room. Robin looked around before he was transported back. "Sorry."

"It's okay," Robin stated as Larry waved goodbye and disappeared. Phantom walked up and smiled at him.

"That was one of the weirdest things to ever happen," he stated.

"Same here, let's get some pizza," Beastboy exclaimed glad that he could talk right again. He cheered. Everyone headed for the door except for Phantom. Robin stopped noticing that he was still staring out over the ocean.

"Are you coming? I don't want to leave the newest member of our team here alone," Robin stated walking up to him. Phantom looked down.

"I can't stay for long. They are still looking for me," Phantom explained looking at Robin.

"They'll have to go though us first," Robin promised putting a hand on Phantom's shoulder. "Come on, you could use some pizza. Afterwards, I want to talk to you about a few things that were let slipped over our little adventure.

"About the hybrid or the destroyed world?" Phantom questioned wanting to know how long he had to explain them.

"Both," Robin stated sternly. Phantom sighed and looked back out at the ocean.

"Hybrid would be easier to explain," Phantom whispered wrapping his cloak around himself. "The other is a painful memory and lesson that I try to avoid reliving. I would've explained them eventually, but…"

"You still don't completely trust us," Robin stated holding out a Titan's communicator. "You earned some from me and my team by this little go around."

"I'd rather explain it to everyone at the same time then," Phantom smiled taking the small device. "It'll be much easier, and I won't have to tell it more than once."

"Let's go get some food," Robin stated running off after his team. Phantom smiled and followed glad that they were welcoming him. He wanted to stay badly now, but he knew that was going to be impossible without risking getting them or himself hurt, but for now, he was there, and he was going to make the most of it.

Pizza Place Jump City 1900 Hours

"Friend Phantom, are you alright?" Starfire asked seeing her friend with his head lying on the table and his arms wrapped around it. Robin smiled at the hybrid.

"I think we wore him out," he smiled as Phantom shifted. "He's really not use to fighting bad guys like he was. He's been on the run for a while."

"Dude," Beastboy grinned evilly picking up the ketchup.

"Do it and I will stick you in a wall and leave you there," Phantom warned opening one eye. Beastboy gulped and smiled nervously.

"Hee, what makes you think I was going to do anything?" he sputtered. Cyborg looked at him holding the bottle in the air aimed at Phantom. Phantom looked at it and then back at him before sitting up when the waiter came to get their orders. Robin had gone ahead and took a table hidden from everyone else. He didn't want people knowing about Phantom just yet. The few that knew about Terra were even wary of new comers to the city. Even ones without powers were walked around and avoided.

"Beastboy, you make a mess, you're cleaning it up," Robin stated as Beastboy carefully set the bottle back down. Cy grabbed it to prevent BB from tempting himself again.

"Can I get you guys something to drink?" the waiter asked kindly. He recognized Phantom, but he wasn't going to say anything. His cousin worshipped the ghost, and it scared him, but he knew enough about the ghost to figure he wasn't going to do anything to hurt anyone.

"Same as always," Robin stated remembering the waiter from other times. He looked at Phantom not knowing about the ghost. "Give him water; he doesn't need anything with caffeine in it."

"That would be bad," Phantom smiled gently at him. He was freaking out slightly, but being with the Titans helped him keep himself calm. The waiter nodded and left, smiling that he finally got to meet the infamous ghost of Amity Park. He looked different, but he was sure.

"How so, Friend Phantom?" Starfire questioned wishing to learn more about her friend. Phantom grinned mischievously.

"I get really hyper. One time my friend had to put me in the thermos because I was so bad. I hate that thing," he answered as he stiffened. A pain had shot up his back. He thought it was just his burns, but something was bugging him to no end. There was something out there.

"Phantom?" Robin asked noticing the jerk. He wanted Phantom to explain everything about the hybrid thing and the destroyed world, and he knew taking that leap of faith and giving him the communicator were going to help. There was still something about the ghost that made Robin hesitant. He wanted to take it back, and he was afraid that it may have just been his paranoia about letting a new member on the team so soon after Terra. Terra was with them longer than Phantom was before he gave her one.

"I think something's out there," he whispered looking behind him out the window. He was shaking slightly, and Raven started wondering if someone shouldn't go ahead and just take him back to the Tower so that way if he flipped out no one would get hurt. "Something doesn't feel…" A green shield appeared over the Pizza Place causing Phantom to stiffen.

"What's that?" Beastboy asked noticing everyone was panicking and running out. Robin looked at Phantom recognizing the color as the power he used, but he didn't seem to be in control.

"Phantom, what is that?" Robin demanded wondering if he was lying about hating control of his powers. Phantom shook feeling his powers drain.

"How did they find me?" he whispered looking back at Robin. "They…there…I…" Robin looked back outside and seen several people dressed in nothing by white suits.

"Oh this so cannot good," Cyborg stated knowing that those were the Government's agents hunting Phantom down. Robin stood protectively next to Phantom waiting for them to come in. He still needed answers, and the only one who would give him the truth at the moment was the hybrid he just added to the team. He did it without everyone else's consent, but he was hoping to avoid them knowing until later. He hoped that he didn't have to bring it up, but he was also hoping that if he did, they would leave the ghost alone. If not, he wasn't letting Phantom go without a fight.

Outside Jump City 0500 Hours

"Master," a blonde haired girl answered. A man turned around to face his apprentice with a glare.

"You are ready," he stated with confidence. The girl looked up and grinned. "Time to take down the Titans once and for all."

"And make them pay," the girl stated with anger. The man smiled as she prepared for her orders.

Danny: You don't have the next chapter done.

Me: That's because I wanted to give you guys something with some humor...the next chapter I'm in the middle of...and I've made myself cry three times. It gets dark, and I just wanted to give you something early for the next one being so dark. I don't know why I feel like writing that...maybe because I was really cheery today. I don't know

Danny: She should have no reason. Both her and her horse made it to state for the second time. Her horse was gaiting beautifully and the judge commented on how wonderful it was.

Me: But the next chapter, in a span of thirty minutes, I have three pages done and completely typed...they are a bit more depressing. That and this leaves you with a cliffy...you're going to have to wait till the weekend

Danny: She has Monday ride, Tuesday Horse drill team practice, Wednesday to Friday horse camp, Saturday 4H show... so since she won't be able to update any other story since nothing is done

Me: You get what I have done. Any free time i have will go to writing on any story that I feel like it. It's going to be a stressful week, so I will only work on what ideas I have. It'll be mainly this story since I only have to write detailed parts. I have everything else thought of to how this is going to end...don't worry that'll be a while...even with as long as my chapters are. I'll still have my phone and randomly leave reviews for other stories or even answer PMs but that's about it. I hope you have a wonderful week.

Danny: Also reviews give her peace of mind. They help her get zen.

Me: Thanks Danny, that was helpful

Danny: I know better than to torment you doing horse show season.

Me: Please review, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much I did writing it.

Danny: The next one won't be so enjoyable, you'll be crying.

Me: I believe I made it worse than Broken Records...and that was sad

till next time

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and don't run across the road without looking both ways

Danny: Really?

Me: I needed something to cheer me up

Danny: did it?

Me: no