Broken Hearts

Chapter Seven

Missing Phantom

"You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place…like you'll not only miss the people you love, but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again."

~Azar Nafisi~

FentonWorks, Amity Park 1700 Hours

"Oh my," Raven sputtered not believing her eyes. Crime scene tape and blood were everywhere. It created patterns similar to what was once in their infirmary. Someone had attacked the hybrid before he left. She slowly floated though the room seeing everything covered in either red or green. It looked like the police had tried to piece it together, but she didn't remember any crime file about the Fenton's house. "What happened to you?" she asked looking at the picture that had Danny's entire family and friends all smiling in front of FentonWorks; it had been spattered with green and red. She picked it up and used her powers to rid it of the dust and blood. She looked back and wondered if Phantom would tell them what had truly happened before he left.

"You will be my son if it's the last thing I do," Plasmius growled as he circled the young hybrid. Phantom breathed heavily as his gashes bled. Plasmius was panting as well with similar wounds. They were about the same in power and moves, but Plasmius knew that Phantom could not last very long.

"Why would I want too? You have beaten and tortured me in the past; there is no way in hell I'll ever join you," Phantom growled powering up an ectoblast. Plasmius's smile faltered somewhat realizing just how powerful Phantom could still be even after using a lot of energy. He grinned and vanished causing Phantom to stumble.

"You will eventually see the light of day," Plasmius sneered before completely leaving the room.

Raven carefully walked around the mess and looked out the window. It was a peaceful view, but there was something missing. She soon realized it was the lives that once roamed the home. It was empty and dead. She went back downstairs and grabbed a few more photos so they could create the collage for Phantom's room. She walked into the kitchen and noticed a door that led down to the basement. She walked down and noticed that it was a lab. There was no power, but the giant hole in the wall was weird. There was nothing there, and she gave it a curious look.

"Why would they put a hole in the wall?" she questioned shaking her head not believing how crazy the family was. She heard stories from many people, but she never heard anything about them from Phantom. He had closed himself off, but he was trying so hard to open up to them. He wanted help so badly, but he was still very fearful of people betraying him. She could understand his hesitation somewhat after what happened with Terra. He was so stressed, but she couldn't blame him. She didn't know what to do for him either. He was alone.

She walked back upstairs and finished gathering her findings. Before she left she decided that mediating for a few moments wouldn't hurt anything. She closed her eyes and floated above the floor in the living room.

"Danny, what's wrong?" Jazz asked sitting next to her brother on the couch. He was watching commercials, but she was unsure of what show he was really watching.

"Just tired," he answered her, shifting away from her. She sighed knowing that he was stressed from having to protect the city.

"You can talk to me about anything," Jazz insisted trying to get something from her brother. Danny glared at her.

"I just said I was tired, and surprising that's the truth. I'm not always hiding something from you, you know. Sometimes I really am just tired," Danny pressed getting up. "If Mom and Dad ask, I'm in my room. Going to try and get some rest."

"Okay, Little Brother. I love you," Jazz responded.

"Love you too," Danny smiled at her as he disappeared up the steps. Jazz turned back to the TV. Danny grinned as Jazz yelled at him. He heard her marching up the steps while he locked his door.

"WHY MUST YOU WATCH THAT STUFF?" she yelled banging on the door. "YOU KNOW I HATE THAT!"

"That's why," Danny laughed as she banged on the door trying to get in. Danny was just laughing extremely hard from leaving it on the ER show that was having a special on violent crimes and serial killers.

Titan's Tower 2100 Hours

"Dude, how do you do that?" Cyborg asked watching the game flash Phantom's name as new high score. Phantom was twirling the controller around with a huge grin.

"Lots of practice…mostly in real life there," Phantom blinked not really sure if that was it, or if Cyborg just sucked at the game. "Or you can't play."

"I can too," Cyborg defended. Suddenly, the alarms went off warning the Titans that there was trouble. Robin and Starfire ran into the room as a map of Jump City popped up on the screen showing that there was a robbery at the bank.

"Titans, Go," Robin ordered, and the entire team minus Phantom left. Phantom blinked amazed at how quickly they all reacted. He turned back as the screen went back to the game that was now paused. He picked up the controller and turned everything off. He looked out the window with a smile. He loved the view the Tower had of the city. He looked back at the room itself and smiled at the bowl of fruits that Cyborg had demanded remain on the table. Phantom walked over and grabbed an apple and took a bite while just watching out the window at the city. He closed his eyes as he let his powers control him. They swirled and danced around freely at the freedom Phantom had given them. He felt everything calm down as the temperature grew colder. When he opened his eyes, they glimmered a brilliant green.

Jump City Bank Downtown 2150 Hours

"What is that?" Beastboy asked looking at the two green blobs. They were holding golden bricks, but they seemed like they couldn't quite handle it. The bricks seemed too heavy for them to carry themselves.

"Titans, Go," Robin ordered jumping into action. Starfire fired her star bolts while Cyborg charged up his cannon and shot them. They both dropped what they were holding and disappeared before reappearing after the attacks were over. Robin glared knowing that Phantom did the same thing.

"We are on orders from our Master," the one stated emotionlessly. The other charged up a green blast and shot at the Titans who dodged.

"Who is your master?" Robin growled knowing that they really didn't need some psycho on the loose again. They both turned to the leader and shot only for a green shield to appear along with Phantom. Robin watched the ghost move. It was more robotic than he remembered, but he was surprised that the ghost would show up at all.

"Master," the one restated backing away before disappearing. The other growled and fired at the ghost that appeared. Robin blinked. Phantom was still in recovery, but his cloak was covering him, and Robin had a feeling that Phantom wasn't really there. However, he seemed to have the same powers and same moves that Phantom used when they were fighting Rancid.

"Titans," he whispered. "Stay on your toes." Beastboy's eyes narrowed at the Phantom that appeared. He turned into a wolf and started growling as Phantom and the other ghost had it out.

"Beastboy?" Starfire asked seeing the protective edge her friend picked from Phantom's presence. The ghost that Phantom was fighting suddenly took off leaving Phantom and the Titans alone in the bank. Robin watched as Beastboy's growling grew louder before Phantom disappeared right as Beastboy launched at him. Beastboy turned into a hawk and headed straight for the Tower leaving the rest confused as to what happened, and why BB tried to attack Phantom.

Titan's Tower 2300 Hours

"Phantom?" Beastboy asked sharply poking the ghost's side. Phantom groaned and pushed it away. Beastboy had found the young hybrid asleep in the living room on the couch, and he couldn't help but let a small smile appear. "Phantom, I need to talk to you."

"Can't it wait?" Phantom grumbled sending a glare at the changeling. It would have concerned BB if Phantom wasn't half asleep.

"No, there is someone else here that looks like you," he warned knowing that the Phantom at the bank wasn't their Phantom. He was too dead for him to be the one that was half passed out on the couch.

"That can wait until tomorrow," Phantom mumbled trying to get back to sleep until what Beastboy really said clicked. He shot up scaring Beastboy backwards and making him fall on his butt. "What did you say?"

"I said that someone that looked just like you, only fatter, was at the bank when we took on two ghosts," Beastboy stated knowing that Phantom was really still skin and bones. He slowly stood back up as Phantom stood as well. There were some muscles, and that was what was developing since Phantom was always moving and doing something instead of lying around the Tower like a bum. Although, he was starting to spoil the Titans since he pretty much cleaned the kitchen half the time.

"You could have left out the fatter part. I really didn't need to know that," Phantom mumbled blinking his eyes as he tried to wake himself up more. Beastboy grinned.

"I think the rest of the team thought it was you, but you have something around you that tells me where you are," Beastboy grinned glad that he had something useful. Phantom shook his head.

"Animals always seemed to like me more after I got myself half killed. Maybe it's just the way my ghost side works. Most animals run from other ghosts," Phantom mused trying to figure it out. There were times where he was afraid that they would blow his cover. He had to be careful when fighting in the woods because the animals there would give away his cover by trying to find him themselves.

"This one felt dead, and it terrified me," Beastboy mumbled knowing that was probably why. Animals were afraid of most ghosts, and he was glad that Phantom was not one of them. Phantom looked up at him sadly once he made his way over to the kitchen table and sat down. Beastboy sat across from him.

"What I don't understand is why? Whoever is behind it has to have known that I was stuck here, but they clearly didn't know my condition if the copy didn't look anything like me in my current state," Phantom mumbled looking out the window as Beastboy's communicator went off. He opened it to reveal Robin's face looking somewhat angry and confused.

"Beastboy, why'd you take off?" he demanded knowing that something was going on.

"I'll explain it here," Beastboy sighed looking at his friend. "But we have to be careful. If who we met today does something wrong, and it gets blamed on Phantom, we'll be in trouble. Phantom never left the Tower."

"How would you know?" Robin demanded not really sure himself. He really didn't need this now with Phantom's life on the line. If Phantom was found guilty for anything, he would be sent to a place where they can keep him locked up, and the best people that the Government had at their disposal was the Guys in White who already tried to ship him off once without a trial or a case.

"I had troubles actually getting him up, so he had to be out for at least half an hour," Beastboy stated grinning at the hybrid. "But there's more. The one we met, he was in a lot better condition than Phantom is at the moment."

"Yeah, he's not at the Tower," Robin mumbled sarcastically. Beastboy growled.

"Dude, I know where Phantom is when he's invisible. That wasn't Phantom because he sent my sense on high alert. I feel protective of Phantom when I'm around him, and I felt threaten by him there. That and he was fatter," Beastboy yelled into the device making Phantom wince.

"Beastboy, not so loud," Phantom whispered placing his hands over his ears. He was getting over his cold, but his senses got really sensitive afterward.

"Sorry," Beastboy whispered back and then looked at the screen that had a flabbergasted Robin.

"You got a good look under his cloak?" he questioned. If that was true, Phantom was off the hook. Someone really couldn't change their condition that quickly, but they had to be careful once Phantom was back up to the health. "I talk to you when we get there." Robin cut off.

Phantom uncovered his ears as Beastboy closed the small device. "Well, that went well?" Phantom smiled slightly trying to lighten the mood the room had fallen into. Beastboy smiled back.

"Yeah, but how far does that copy's powers go?" he questioned looking at the ghost. "Robin had said something about being afraid to face Terra because of her powers, but when you showed up, and you and him fought Rancid, he was afraid to fight you. You were powerful, and you didn't even have everything in order to fight at your top."

"I understand," Phantom mumbled as flashes of what he could become if he ever joined the dark side danced around in his head. "I've learned my lesson about that the hard way."

"What can happen if you betrayed us?" Beastboy asked not quite sure about what he was talking about. Phantom closed his eyes.

"No, what I could become if I betrayed myself," he whispered looking down at his hands. "I would like to change the subject. I hardly ever really talked about this with my friends."

"Okay," Beastboy stated feeling that Phantom wasn't going to talk about something he didn't really talk about with his own trusted, loyal friends. "Well, who do you think could have access to things that will give them a copy?"

"There are shape shifters, and then Plasmius has succeeded in cloning me. He ended up with a girl though, which is weird," Phantom stated blinking. "I'm not sure how he did that, or where she ended up."

"That's a little creepy," Beastboy stated as the door opened, and Raven walked in.

"Where have you been?" Phantom questioned noticing that she seemed slightly less hostile to him.

"On a mission," she answered walking over to the kitchen and putting on a pot of tea. Beastboy blinked wondering if she got them. She nodded and left again leaving Beastboy grinning like an idiot.

"What is going on?" Phantom asked looking at the strange changeling. BB just smiled at him like nothing was wrong or happening. It was slowly starting to get slightly creepy. "You are one strange little person."

"Thanks," BB stated dejectedly making Phantom laugh. They both then stopped and started laughing together at the awkward atmosphere that appeared between them.

Downtown Jump City 2315 Hours

"Well, BB doesn't think that was really Phantom," Cyborg stated watching his leader carefully. Robin nodded looking at the Tower.

"Usually if you give Phantom the chance to sleep for about half an hour to forty-five minutes, it's almost impossible to wake him," Robin stated narrowing his eyes. "Beastboy had a point about that one in the bank. He moved differently from Phantom, but whoever it was that made him, wanted everyone else to think that it was actually Phantom."

"They could destroy Phantom's reputation with that thing," Cyborg stated as they headed for the T-car.

"But why? Friend Phantom has done nothing to harm anyone," Starfire stated confused as to why someone would want to make her friend look like a bad guy. Robin grinned.

"Well, if they want Phantom to play the bad guy, let's play the game back," Robin smirked. Ideas started forming in his head as plans and formulas were mumbled out. "Let's play it back. Once Phantom is healthy enough to actually get out in the open, we'll have him look like he is the bad guy to smoke the other one out."

"Robin, you realize Phantom actually has to go for that. With the way he acts, I doubt you'll get him to agree to hurt anyone," Cyborg pointed out as he unlocked the doors. Robin climbed in the front as Cyborg got in the driver's seat, and Starfire sat quietly in the back.

"We'll have to have several people in the city in on it, so Phantom won't actually get in too much trouble. Jake from the sheriff's office will probably help with his wife," Robin mused thinking about them. His wife would make a perfect target for a villain, and since Phantom won't actually hurt her, nothing will really go wrong. The only problem would be to make sure that the Phantom they are messing with is the one they have now.

"We have to do something so we can tell them apart," Starfire stated. She was having trouble seeing that person that was pretending to be her friend, but she honestly thought it was Phantom. Robin sighed.

"We may have to keep him thinner than he should be. At least enough so people can't tell the difference unless they were looking for it," Robin muttered watching the scenery go by until Cyborg slammed on the brakes.

"I'm not doing that to him," Cyborg put out harshly. "Find another way. He isn't going to be neglected any longer. He doesn't deserve that."

"Then what else can we do to prove that it's him," Robin shouted causing Starfire to jump. She raised her hand.

"Friends, please," she stated quietly as what Beastboy said over the communicator came to her. Robin glared at her while Cyborg started driving away again mumbling about how Phantom shouldn't be neglected anymore.

"What is it?" Robin shot not knowing what else to do. He might be able to tell the difference, but it was limited if whoever made it corrected the movements.

"Beastboy will know who the real one is. He doesn't act right when the other is another," she informed knowing that Beastboy actually seemed afraid of the ghost in the bank. Robin paused.

"You think that people will believe him?" he asked looking at the half robot.

"They have too," he stated. "But why is he the one that can tell the difference?"

"Maybe Raven can too," Robin mused thinking that maybe Raven can at least get a reading on Phantom's powers. He hoped that if she could, then they were at different levels. Then they would have two Titans able to tell which was which.

Once they arrived at the Tower, Raven was waiting for them in the garage. They all exited the vehicle as she pulled out several pictures.

"They didn't do anything to house, but Danny's room was trashed. He was there as well since his blood and ectoplasm were all over the walls," Raven informed as worry slightly intertwined her thoughts of concern. "I think that he had a fight before he left for school and didn't have the time to clean it up."

"That raises the question to if Plasmius really didn't rig the school to blow trying to get rid of Phantom," Cyborg stated looking at Robin.

"No, he wants Phantom's mom as his wife, so he wouldn't risk that unless he wanted something out of it," Robin mumbled. "He wanted her, so I don't think he would."

"Unless he meant to save her, and it didn't work," Raven mused. "Maybe he had it set up, but the people weren't where they were supposed to be or it went off before it was supposed to, or maybe even after."

"That could be true, but I don't think he would be after Phantom like he is now," Cyborg muttered thinking that the man was low for killing off a family whose son hated him because he wanted to tear them apart.

"Phantom is upstairs, and Beastboy is in protective mode again. He'll probably end up sleeping in Phantom's room to keep the ghost safe," Raven muttered remembering when she walked in there. Beastboy wasn't bluntly obvious about it, but she could feel it in waves coming from the changeling.

"Well, we have to come up with a plan if Phantom wasn't really at the bank," Robin stated getting a confused look from Raven.

"What? I thought he wasn't allowed to leave the Tower unless you said so," Raven questioned not understanding what had just happened. Robin looked at her.

"We just stopped a robbery at the bank, and we thought Phantom showed up since there was a ghost that looked like him. However, Beastboy reacted differently to him and tried to attack him before heading here," Robin explained as they all headed for the elevator.

"We were also wondering if you could sense his powers," Cyborg asked once they headed for the top floor where Beastboy and Phantom were at. Raven looked up at him with a glare.

"I can only sense him if he lets me," she stated. "But I might be able to sense the other if he's truly different. He might not go by the same rules as Phantom."

"So you might be able to pick him out?" Robin confirmed trying to piece a plan together. Raven nodded, and the elevator stopped and opened up letting the Titans out. They walked out as Raven showed them the frame Beastboy had made.

"Did he really do that?" Cyborg asked seeing the design. Everyone's name that was in Danny's family and his friends were discreetly carved in it. Robin smiled.

"He had help from the rest of us, but it was his design," he answered. "You were too busy trying to beat Phantom in that game."

"Oh yeah, you guys made me the distraction so he didn't know where everyone else was. Do you realize how hard that was?" Cyborg asked slightly irritated. "He kept asking if we could get you, and I had to come up with a reason. He was always looking back at the doors. I think his distrust was getting at him, and he was afraid that you guys were going to hurt him."

"That's why we had you try to make him pay attention to the game," Robin stated looking at him. "He beat you every time didn't he?"

"Yes," Cyborg sighed slumping over in defeat. "He wasn't even paying attention. I think he was listening for you guys to come running in and accuse him of something. Enough people have already done that to the poor guy."

"Oh friends, we must finish this for him," Starfire smiled trying to lighten everyone's hearts. "Come, I'm sure Beastboy is keeping him in plenty of company now."

"He does think we are on our way," Cyborg noted looking at the leader. "Finish this and give it to him?"

"You guys go ahead. I want to talk to Phantom before we give it to him. There are some things I would like to know about him," Robin ordered heading off to the living room. Cyborg grinned as he started setting up the pictures.

Jump City Sheriff Department 2400 Hours

"You still working on that?" Chief Johnson asked watching as Jake studied the notebook he had gotten from Phantom. The details of the companies along with experiments that had gone wrong were amazingly in wonderful, yet disturbing, detail.

"Yeah, this kid knows most of the ins and outs of Masters' companies and corporations," Jake answered shutting the notebook and keeping it out of view.

"You know, other officers can help you. Just share what's in there," Johnson stated sitting in a chair and wheeling it closer to Jake's desk.

"I promised Phantom that I would keep his secret," Jake whispered knowing that was the only thing keeping them from being able to use everything in the notebook. Phantom only knew of these things due to his powers and reasons. Masters was after the poor kid. "He's been through enough to know that he doesn't need scientist hunting him. He has enough of that."

"I know that Robin wanted to take down and destroy every Guys in White agents and their buildings. I heard about their rescue of Phantom," Johnson stated wishing he would have taken the assignment. It sounded like a career maker now. Jake looked up.

"You gave this to me because you thought it was a worthless case that Robin was trying to avoid. You thought that the Titans were trying to protect their friend like they did Terra," Jake stated in a warning tone. "Phantom isn't Terra. He's nowhere near close. Terra was more outgoing, but she kept her secrets. Phantom…Phantom is so lost and abused that he deserves more respect than he gets. The kid is nothing but skin and bones, and he still fights. He lost everyone he cared about in Amity when the school went up."

"I want to meet the kid," Johnson stated knowing that might be the only way to get some credit on the case and maybe even get in on it. It was huge, and it would make his career explode.

"You have to set something up with Robin. He's not too keen on letting outsiders met him. He warned me about how Phantom might act. The ghost doesn't trust humans very easily, and if you originally took this case, you would have ruined any chance Phantom had. He's…hard to understand sort of speak. You have to be careful what you bring up because he could get mad."

"Oh please, I've dealt with people getting mad," Johnson stated not understanding what Jake was trying to get through. Jake sighed closing his eyes.

"Phantom's powers are dangerous. If you get him riled up, you could end up hurting his recovery. The Titans are trying so hard to get him to calm down and loosen up, but you have to be careful what you bring up. They still have yet to get to everything in order to help the ghost," Jake explained looking up at the chief. "He's been hurt so many times that it's almost a lost cause, but he wants the help so badly and to get out of that mess that the Titans can actually be helpful to him. You just have to let the Titans do their job."

"Guess I have someone to talk to in the morning," Johnson yawned getting up. "I'll see you tomorrow. Don't forget to close up."

"I won't," Jake mumbled opening the book again and began reading.

Friday November 21st

Plasmius lost it. He figured that I would never join, so he decided to try and clone me. I had no idea when I first starting fighting these weird looking ghosts. One was a bed sheet covered one that was really just a skeleton. He had a tail more than anything. I didn't really think anything of him, but he asked me to change back, and I got worried. Who wouldn't when you're half ghost, and your enemy is asking you to go into your weakest form? I destroyed a mini golf court by accident, and my friends ended up blamed and had to redo the whole thing from scratch. I should have helped, but they would have been fine if they blamed a ghost or something. Honestly, thinking of it now, I wouldn't have cared if they blamed Phantom at all.

I'm getting off topic. The ghost that I fought was a failed clone done by Plasmius at one of his secret labs in Colorado. Why he has so many, I'll never know. But the clone was destroyed, it was unstable. I didn't know what it was until after everything happened. I thought nothing of it until I got home and there was a young girl sitting on my bed reading some of my comics. She looked really similar to me, but I put it off as a family member. She said that she was my cousin twice removed, and I didn't know what else to think. She ate everything I brought her which was weird. When my ghost sense went off I told her to stay and went to fight another 'clone' which looked like a giant hulk. I was having trouble, and when I was trapped, Danielle appeared. She looked at me and said something about coming a long way to find me. She changed into her ghost form which looked similar to my own Phantom getup at the time. I didn't know what to think.

Once the hulk thing was destroyed she tricked me into thinking that she passed out. I let her 'sleep', and she disappeared. I didn't see her again until lunch time at school where my friends were yelling at me for making them clean up my mess. I was so overwhelmed with everything that there was little that I could really do. Another clone attacked and led me straight to Vlad who decided to shock me unconscious. Dani was working for him, and she didn't know and better at the time. Vlad created her, so there was no way she could have known, but she was smarter than the rest of the clones that were created. I was in his lab where he decided that he would be able to get my mid-morph DNA, which is just weird. He tried to electrocute me into changing, but I fought it until I blew up the machine. Dani was then assigned to do things that would put her in jeopardy of disappearing, and Vlad knew that. So did she and she realized that he was only using her after a while. We beat him together, but the scars and pain remains. I don't know where she is, but Vlad is after her now. I found a way to stabilized her, but she took off until I could take of Vlad so she had a place to stay.

"He's had to fight tooth and nail with this guy," Jake growled silently. He couldn't believe Masters had to guts to even file charges against the hybrid. He was going to make sure that Masters suffered greatly for it too. The only problem was trying to bring him down without putting Phantom at risk.

Outskirts Jump City 2415 Hours

"The copy worked perfectly. A little iffy there, but the Titans believed it," O grinned typing on the computer. K frowned watching the recap.

"The green one acted strangely. He was the one that is most protective," K informed rewinding it. O glared at it.

"Then we destroy him as well. It won't be hard since he is the youngest. We could easily say something about him being brainwashed or something," O brushed off. He figured that people were stupid enough to believe that. Little did he know that Jump City wasn't anywhere close to Amity Park, the people in Jump would take their heroes over some wannabes government agents. "I think the clone moved a little robotically, but I doubt any of them noticed."

Titan's Tower 2450 Hours

Robin watched from the doorway as Beastboy and Phantom were saying some of the lamest pick up lines tp each other. He walked in causing Phantom to tense and remain quiet. His back tighten as he prepared for something to come slamming into it. Robin knew that Phantom's trust wasn't going to come over night, but he had hoped that Phantom would remain relaxed when people entered the room.

"Beastboy, Cyborg wants to talk to you," Robin stated as Beastboy's ears drooped.

"I swear; I didn't break this time," he promised with his fingers crossed behind his back and a goofy grin. Phantom grinned and looked at Robin, but it quickly disappeared at the leader's sharp look.

"Go," he ordered, and Beastboy took off not wanting to get into more trouble. Phantom gulped not liking how this was getting to feel. Robin sat down in the seat Beastboy had been sitting in. Robin looked Phantom up and down making the ghost feel uncomfortable.

"Is there something wrong?" Phantom asked as his cloak wrapped around his thin form. Robin watched how it moved. It was like it knew how the hybrid was feeling and would provide comfort and protection when needed. "Robin?"

"Whoever created that copy of you didn't know everything," Robin stated looking into Phantom's terrified green eyes. "They didn't do enough research on you to know how to fool us. There was enough if you weren't so thin, but that was the only way we knew it wasn't you."

"That's what Beastboy said, except he felt threatened by the copy," Phantom mumbled looking down. "Most animals are afraid of ghosts, but for whatever reason they all like me."

"I need a way to tell you two apart once we get the weight back on you," Robin stated hoping that maybe Phantom had an idea. Phantom looked up at him.

"I'm not usually one for hiding in the daylight," Phantom smiled trying to get Robin to see what he meant. Robin shook his head.

"I guess that's a good one," he smiled and got up. "You want anything? It's late, and I'm sure you could use it."

"I already had three apples," Phantom answered looking at his hands. "I'm fine. I just want to sleep, but Beastboy woke me up."

"Heard about that, it was also your alibi for when the copy was there," Robin stated as he grabbed a chocolate bar. "You want one? I know Cy doesn't want you to have anything unhealthy for fear it'll hurt, but I don't think one will do much damage other than give you ten pounds."

"I'm fine," Phantom laughed standing up and stretching his muscles. Robin watched carefully as every one of Phantom's bones stuck out. He grimaced knowing that was partly their fault for taking him out on a dangerous mission when he was so under weight. "I think I should probably go to sleep. It's been a long day."

"It has, but I think Beastboy wanted to give you something before," Robin stated looking at the door as it opened to reveal the rest of the team holding a large present. It was wrapped in little ghostie wrapping paper as Beastboy grinned.

"We made your room, but unlike Terra, you told us about your family, and we realized that you had nothing to remember them," he smiled, and Cyborg held out the present. Phantom shook not sure what it was. It was about three foot by three and a half. He picked it up and felt that it had weight to it.

"We all worked on it," Beastboy grinned seeing Phantom's slightly confused face. "That's why one of us would be trying to keep you here so the rest could work on it."

"What is it?" Phantom asked timidly. He really didn't need the Titans doing something like this. He wasn't sure if he was going to be able to stay or not since everyone was after him. He was afraid of letting them down and breaking their hearts. He was afraid he would have to run again if things got out of control.

"Open it," Raven stated narrowing her eyes. She could feel Phantom's powers humming under his skin. She was never able to before, and it worried her why she was now. Phantom looked at her before peeling off the paper carefully. His eyes widen as he got a view of his family and friends. The frame was beautiful as it held their names. You wouldn't be able to see them unless you were paying attention. Phantom was shaking not believing that the team had gone out of their way to help him feel more at home.

"I…you didn't…didn't have to…" Phantom stumbled letting it hit the ground. Beastboy quickly picked it back up worried.

"We thought it might help," he whispered watching as Phantom backed away and fell to his knees.

"No," he whispered as tears streamed down his face. Robin walked over to him and put a comforting hand on his shoulders.

"Phantom, it's okay. We just wanted to help," the leader whispered hoping that this didn't backfire. Phantom vanished in a cloud of green leaving the room slightly colder. Beastboy looked at the pictures and their frame.

"I thought it would make him feel more at home," the changeling whispered. Robin looked out the window at the night sky.

"Let him cool off a little. Maybe we should have waited until he was more open," he mumbled looking back at the picture. The collage told a small story, and he was worried that Phantom may have taken it the wrong way.

"You don't think he left then?" Cyborg asked knowing that was Phantom's way of teleporting.

"He's too scared to go out there himself," Robin stated hoping that was still true. This is what happened when they had confronted Terra about her powers. She took off because she was afraid of what they thought. Phantom left because of the pain the memories gave him of his friends and family.

"Can I at least put it in his room?" Beastboy asked picking the frame and staring at the faces sadly. Robin nodded, and the changeling took off not wanting the rest to see his tears.

He entered Phantom's room and felt how warm it was. He was desperately hoping that Phantom had just came in here and cried. Beastboy would have left the frame outside, but he couldn't feel the ghost's presence anywhere in the room. Beastboy turned into a dog and jumped on the bed wining and curling up. He felt sick; he couldn't prevent another friend from leaving or getting hurt.

Downtown Jump City 0200 Hours

Danny was slipping though the Goths and junkies trying to get to the store. He just wanted to be left alone, and he needed to leave the Tower. He wasn't supposed to leave the city, but that didn't mean he had to stay at the Tower. He was slightly scared, but he needed to get out. The Titans truly wanted him to stay, and he wanted to as well. The pain of losing his friends and family was hard. He just needed time to think through some things, and he would then return to the Tower in the morning. They had told him of how they met Terra, and he was there for when she showed her true colors.

He stepped through the door only to stop at the sight of Jake going through an aisle. He was tempted to leave, but stopped when he felt someone enter behind him and hold a gun to his head.

"I want everyone on the ground now, or I shoot the kid," the man shouted making everyone hit the floor. Danny looked at Jake as the officer glared at the robber. Danny felt himself feel helpless, but he also felt his powers responding quickly and proudly. They were back in order, and Danny knew that he could probably fix this in just a few seconds. He was worried that he would get in trouble, but at least no one knew who he was in this form. "Good, get out all your money!"

"You know," Danny started glaring up at the man that had his hands behind his back while holding the gun to his head. "Taking me was probably a mistake."

"The only mistake being made here is your talking," the man growled jamming the gun into Danny's back and feeling all the kid's bones. "Kid, you got a lot of nerve."

"Most people actually think I'm a coward. I'm honored you think that," Danny taunted letting his ice powers slowly start to freeze the end of the gun just in case he did fire, it wouldn't really do anything. The man deepened the gun into Danny's back while Danny closed his eyes and let his powers rein free through the store. Everyone shivered at the sudden drop of temperature while Jake's eyes widened realizing that was Phantom's human form.

"You think you can beat me. Remember I'm the one with the gun," he gloated with a malicious grin.

"I'm already dead," Danny grinned vanishing from sight startling everyone. The man dropped his gun as it was kicked away by an unseen force. Jake reached for it and picked it up. He felt the coldness and knew Phantom had frozen it so it would no longer work. Jake pointed it at the robber knowing that he probably didn't know that.

"And you're under arrest," the sheriff stated glaring at him. He wanted to talk to Phantom, but the ghost was nowhere in sight and everyone was too afraid to even get up.

"Are you insane?" one costumer asked knowing there was a meta-human involved. "That other guy just disappeared." Jake's eyes never left the robber who was sitting on the ground as ice cuffs slowly formed around his wrist.

"I know who the kid was. He won't hurt anyone," Jake promised knowing that Phantom was probably just fine. He would have to talk to Robin about letting him leave the Tower though this early in recovery. Lights appeared outside as more officers come on scene and took the robber out. Jake lowered his weapon and handed it to the officer that walked up to him.

"Even on your off time, you find trouble," he joked and turned around and headed out. Jake walked out with his items and headed to his car when he suddenly felt the temperature drop. "Phantom?" he asked looking around and trying not to look crazy as Danny appeared behind the car.

"Actually, I would prefer Danny, please," the teen offered with a shy smile. Jake shook his head not believing that Phantom was showing him his human side.

"What are you doing out here?" Jake asked knowing that Danny was probably in some kind of trouble. The kid seemed more relaxed, but his eyes told another story entirely.

"The Titans…they did…they made this frame with a collage of my family," Danny whispered. "I don't really know what happened afterward. It just scared me."

"How about you come with me? I'm sure you'll be fine in a few hours, and my wife wanted to meet you anyways," Jake offered knowing that Danny didn't have anywhere else to go, and keeping him with someone that the Titans trust would be a good idea. Danny looked at the ground and backed away.

"I don't want to impose," he whispered as he let his powers run along his body so he could disappear again. Jake stepped forward slowly.

"Nonsense, Clare would love to meet you," Jake insisted knowing that Phantom was just placed in the same position as Terra. Only difference was who they went to for help, although Phantom was kind of thrown into this, but it was still similar, and Jake didn't want the Titans to lose another great friend. Jake could sense the loyalty that the ghost held. "Besides, we were supposed to have a friend over, and they canceled on us, so we ended up alone. We have plenty of extras."

"In the dead of night?" Danny muttered looking up at the sheriff with a small smile. Jake grinned.

"Well, we still have to clean everything up still at least," he smiled opening the passenger side door. "Come on, I'm sure Robin wouldn't want you to wonder the streets again."

"Maybe I should just go back," Danny mumbled looking around and letting his ghost side appear. Jake was amazed by the rings that created the impossible. "They are probably worried."

"I would be if I were them. They're your friends, and you can't let them think you abandoned them. Sometimes that's the worst kind of betrayal," Jake informed as Phantom looked out in the direction of Titan's Tower. "Honestly, you should go back. Not because I don't want them hurt, but you are in need of them just as much as they need you. Don't let them and yourself down."

"Thanks," Phantom smiled flying upwards and heading north thinking about what to say when he got back. Jake bit his lip worriedly until it started lightly raining, and Phantom was diving in and out of the clouds. Jake couldn't help but laugh at the hybrid flipping though the air slowly making his way back to the Tower. Phantom would get better in time, and Jake couldn't wait until he became a Titan. They could only benefit from the ghost more than anything.

Titan's Tower 0500 Hours

"Nothing?" Robin asked walking into the living. They had searched everywhere in the Tower while Raven and Star had done a sweep of the city.

"I think he left," Cyborg stated wishing he would have just kept his first thoughts about the ghost, and then it wouldn't hurt so much. "Why didn't we just leave him be?"

"Because he needed help," Robin answered sitting at the table kicking himself for thinking that he could help another person. He wanted to think that not everyone they meet was going to hurt them like Terra. Starfire sat on the floor sadly looking at the ground.

"Why did we let him do this?" she whispered feeling useless. Raven just watched out in the city as a stark of black, white, and green shot through a cloud and disappeared again. She smiled knowing that at least Phantom was still out in the rain. She figured he just needed time to think, and with them searching for him, he probably thought that just going out in the city would help clear his mind.

"It's raining," she pointed out. "We can search now; he's probably up in the sky."

"I don't want to go out," Cyborg glared at the window. He wasn't risking going out in the rain for something that they probably had no control over. The rain slowly made it's way closer to the Tower. Raven felt Phantom's powers leak closer to them. She felt better knowing that he probably just needed to get out and breathe for a little bit.

"We can search the city tomorrow," Robin yawned figuring that they won't come up with anything. Raven nodded as the other three left to their rooms. She watched out the window as Phantom shot across and then turned suddenly without losing a beat and heading straight for the window. She took a step beck as Phantom turned intangible right before hitting it and landing gently in front of her with a huge grin.

"I'm better," he smiled looking at her. "I'm guessing everyone else went to bed."

"Yes, they did, and you should too. Robin plans on chewing you out for a good hour," Raven warned turning around and heading to the door. She stopped before leaving. "Beastboy is probably asleep on your bed though."

"That I knew would happen," Phantom uttered rubbing the back of his neck. "Night, Raven."

"Night, Phantom. I bet if you stay in your room it'll make Robin even more annoyed," she stated knowing that Phantom was more mischievous than he seemed. Phantom grinned knowing how he was going to plan tomorrow morning, but he would need Beastboy's help in doing so.

"I'll keep that in mind," Phantom promised making Raven a tad scared to wake up in the morning, but also wondering what the half ghost planned to do. She exited shaking her head leaving Phantom to just stare out at the city. He knew that he probably shouldn't have acted that way towards it, but they didn't need to do that for him. He wasn't sure if he even wanted their pictures. He looked around the living room, but didn't find the frame. He sighed and headed to his own room thinking of a way to annoy Beastboy awake so he could tell him his plan for the morning and to say sorry for acting the way he did.

As he entered his room, he found Beastboy lying on the bed curled up in dog form. Phantom looked around and noticed that he had hung up the pictures. He walked closer hoping that it wouldn't cause him to have another break down. He studied the pictures. They were the same ones that were on the family table in the living room while a few were from in his room. He stopped knowing why Raven probably didn't yell at him herself. She had seen the destroyed room and the blood that decorated the walls. Some of it wasn't his, but she wouldn't know that. He hoped that she wasn't going to push it.

He turned back to the changeling while a malicious grin formed on his face as he put his hand on the bed and turned it intangible making Beastboy fall beneath. He heard a yelp that had sounded strangely like a dog trying to bark. He laughed as Beastboy crawled out from under like a cat. He didn't notice Phantom until he turned back into his human form while trying to make his sleepy mind try to figure out how he ended up under the bed.

"Normally I would have done something much more extreme, but this is my bed," Phantom taunted as Beastboy's eyes widen, and he turned to him. His expression surprised, but suddenly he frowned.

"What are you doing?" Beastboy asked harshly making Phantom stiffen. Beastboy glared at the hybrid as memories of Terra's betrayal flooded his mind. Phantom slowly stepped backwards.

"I just needed some air. I wasn't even gone that long," Phantom explained hoping that they didn't really hate him. Terra had left for days before she came back. She had also gotten complete control of her powers. He was only gone a few hours just trying to figure things out.

"You miss a meeting with someone?" Beastboy asked walking closer making Phantom back up.

"Beastboy, you guys threw that on me. I miss them, and this was…it was just too much," Phantom whispered looking down. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't stay. I needed to get out, and…I'm sorry."

"You made us worried; we looked everywhere, and we even searched though the city," Beastboy yelled making Phantom hope that he wouldn't wake everyone else. Then his plan to annoy Robin would fall apart. He needed something to take his mind off the frame.

"Beastboy, you're going to wake everyone," Phantom warned looking at the door and hoping that no one heard him. Beastboy glared and walked up to Phantom angrily.

"I don't care; you left, and now you're back. What the…" Beastboy was cut off by Phantom placing his hand over the changeling's mouth.

"Beastboy, I said I was sorry," Phantom stated looking into the changeling's eyes hoping that he could get him to understand. "I'm still trying to get over their deaths, and you guys putting that together really didn't help. It hurt a lot to see them again after so long." Phantom looked down and dropped his hand. Beastboy sighed.

"Sorry, I was angry. I guess I should've let you explain," BB apologized looking at the hybrid who sighed in relief with a smile.

"Good, because do I have something that I think you'll enjoy," Phantom grinned, and Beastboy was slightly afraid by the look. He grinned knowing Phantom came up with something good.

"I think you and me are going to get in so much trouble," BB grinned knowing that Phantom had something up his sleeve. Phantom pulled out a notebook and paper and began explaining his plan making BB grin even wider.

"I believe we will make a great team," BB grinned knowing that this was going to be good. "We are also going to be in so much trouble."

"I will probably end up with the short end of this. You realize this, yes?" Phantom asked knowing that since he pulled that little stunt after he seen the frame that Robin was already going to be ticked with him.

"Of course we could say…" BB started but Phantom's look made him stop.

"I'm not going to lie. A lot of my problems actually started with that," Phantom mumbled. He was going to tell Robin what happened, but he wanted everyone to at least be in a better mood.

"Okay," BB smiled as he fell backwards on Phantom's bed. Phantom kicked him on the floor.

"You are sleeping on the floor. This is my bed," Phantom stated glaring at the changeling. BB playfully pouted, but then turned into a dog and laid down on the floor at the foot of Phantom's bed.

Titan's Tower 0600 Hours

Robin stood up sleepily wishing that they had just gone to bed earlier. He was tired and stressed. He also knew that the rest of the team was afraid of him doing something similar to what Terra had done, but Robin had a feeling that Phantom would come back. The only thing was if he was still on their side. He walked through the hallway and headed for Phantom's room to talk with Beastboy about trying to find a way to figure out where Phantom may have ended up. When he entered he found BB asleep on the floor with someone curled up on the bed holding a notebook. Robin smiled figuring Phantom probably arrived after they had gone to sleep. He wasn't really gone long enough for them to worry much about what he was doing.

Robin walked up and plucked the notebook from Phantom. He read over what the ghost had and smiled. The ghost was planning on getting him, but Robin had another idea. He didn't think Phantom figured he would wake up this early. He picked up a pen and wrote in the notebook and laid it on the table and turned off Phantom's alarm before it could off. The ghost deserved to at least get more sleep than he planned.

"Don't push yourself," Robin whispered smiling down at the hybrid who slowly shifted into a more comfortable position now that the notebook wasn't there. The boy wonder walked up to Beastboy knowing that he was going to be part of it. "You need to think things though more."

Robin stepped out of the room with a small smile and headed for the living room. When he walked in, he seen Cyborg there grumbling about something.

"Morning, Cyborg," Robin greeted getting a glare from the half robot.

"Why are you so happy?" he growled as he cooked his food. He wasn't wearing his apron, and he just really didn't want to get up.

"Phantom's in his room. I foiled his little prank he and Beastboy cooked up sometime in the middle of the night. He was probably trying to get his mind off his friends and family," Robin explained sitting at the table as Cyborg dropped the spatula.

"He never left?" Cyborg asked looking at Robin. "How'd we miss him?"

"I'm sure he was probably hiding in the city somewhere, but I think he just needed to sort out his thoughts. Raven probably knows since she was the one to suggest that he was probably flying in the rain. He cleared his head, so he's probably in a better mood," Robin smiled as Cyborg finished his food and put it on the table. "Just watch your back; he and Beastboy are going to try to get revenge since I looked at their plan."

"What were they planning?" Cyborg asked wondering what the grass strain planned on doing. He still hadn't learned his lesson about pulling pranks completely yet, and Phantom wasn't helping in the maturity department there. Robin grinned and explained the plan to Cyborg who went wide eyed.

"That's more complicated than BB's ever done," he sputtered slightly afraid of what when on in Phantom's head. "It's almost full proof too to the point where it'll affect who he wants."

"I know," Robin agreed. "He and BB are going to be terrible when Phantom's back up to health. We are going to have to talk to him about things like that."

"He was in the hero business before. He probably knows where the line stops, but…oh, he's good," Cyborg muttered figuring that Phantom probably wanted a good laugh before the team chewed him out on leaving.

"Yeah, he at least knows how to lighten everyone's mood," Robin smiled as he started his own breakfast at the sound of a frustrated yell. He grinned knowing that was probably Beastboy since he heard Phantom yelp afterward.

Beastboy woke up to the smell of food frying. He slowly got up and realized that the alarm was turned off. He sent a glare at Phantom who was flipping around from when he had fallen asleep. Beastboy walked over to the stand where the notebook was laying open and in Robin's handwriting read.

You both are in trouble. Once you are awake, we are going to have a serious conversation.

Beastboy growled and then yelled angrily causing Phantom to shoot up and make some weird sound. Beastboy stopped and blinked at his ghostly friend before bursting out laughing. Phantom calmed himself down before slowly laughing with his friend.

"Dude, that was so weird," BB muttered between breaths. Phantom glared at him.

"You freaking scared me," he defended. He wasn't sure how he made that sound. BB looked at him and started laughing again before he remembered why that just happened. He slowly straightened himself up.

"Robin figured out our plan," BB stated sighing. He really wanted to try it too. It was a brilliant plan.

"I know," Phantom sighed. He had woken up not an hour before and noticed that the notebook was on the night stand with the pen. He hadn't left them there since he didn't want anyone else to know, but he felt safer here that it didn't matter much to him if someone entered. He was a much heavier sleeper. "I found out about an hour ago, but I didn't feel like getting up. It wasn't worth it since he knew."

"Think we could try it some other time?" BB asked. Phantom smiled at him.

"Depends if Robin doesn't threaten us with something," Phantom smiled. His eyes suddenly found the frame, and he stopped. "I really like what you guys did, but…"

"It's okay. We probably shouldn't have done it so early," BB smiled at him. "It's done, there's nothing we can do to change it."

"Yeah, I guess so," Phantom mumbled putting his cloak in place. He was trying to ready himself for the talk with Robin since he was pretty sure he was in trouble. Beastboy noticed his nervousness.

"I'm sure Robin is only going to yell at you for a couple minutes then act like nothing happened," BB assured not wanting to freak his friend out anymore than he was already. Phantom tired to smile, but it didn't quite make it. "Come on, I want some good food."

"Alright," Phantom uttered slowly getting up and following the jumping teen down the hallway to the living area where Cyborg was cleaning his plate. Beastboy made a disgusted face before going to find his tofu.

Phantom slowly shuffled in. Robin gave him a small smile to let him know he wasn't going to get hurt. Phantom swallowed the lump that formed in his throat when he sat down across from everyone. He really didn't want to be near anyone at the moment, and they figured that he would shy away from them.

"Morning, Phantom," Cyborg greeted cheerfully. He really didn't want to look like the bad guy, so he was going to let Robin take care of the yelling. Robin glared at the Titan knowing that little fact. He really didn't want to talk to Phantom alone.

"Morning," Phantom whispered picking at the table. Beastboy let a shout out after finding the tofu.

"Phantom, want some?" BB asked smiling at him. Phantom looked at him, but before he could answer, Cyborg jumped in front.

"No, he wants some real food," Cyborg grinned slamming the plate of bacon that had been on the counter. Beastboy glared at him.

"Tofu is real food," he growled out as they started their normal breakfast fight. Phantom narrowed his eyes not wanting to start the day with a headache. He stood up.

"Enough," he yelled causing everyone in the room to freeze in place. Cyborg had a hold of Beastboy's neck while Robin was trying to tear them apart. Phantom's eyes glowed a bright green, and the room's temperature slowly started declining. "I have actually not tried to do anything about this fight since I found a lost cause when my friends did it. However, I did manage to get them to settle the argument. And I'm going to tell you now, Cyborg have you ever really tried tofu?"

"Yes, have you? The stuff is gross," Cyborg defended after he let go of BB. "You should make BB eat something real."

"He's that way because he turns into those animals. Don't force to eat something that he has been," Phantom stated pointing a finger at him before he could object. "You have no reason not to try it. You never really have then. It's actually better when correctly cooked."

"Like you would know," Cyborg growled. "What do you know about cooking that crap?"

"My girlfriend cooked it, and I was her taste tester," Phantom growled tired of everything that morning and how that insulted Sam. He had enough stress without the two getting into their usual fight. He was always able to either ignore it or change the subject on something they agreed on which caused them to not fight about as much. "I even helped her most of the time."

"That's so cool," BB exclaimed hoping that Phantom could help him with some. "I have so…" He was cut off by a sharp glare from Phantom.

"I'm making it, you guys are to stay out of here tonight," Phantom demanded turning around and leaving after grabbing an apple. The rest of them had their mouths open. Raven walked in and let an angered Phantom pass. He moved out of her way, and she was expecting him to bump into her like most would do, but he politely left her alone.

"Nice, what did you do now?" Raven asked looking at them. They just shrugged. Robin walked out from behind them.

"I still need to talk with him," he stated and left the room hoping to catch up with the frustrated ghost.

Danny: This was fast because well, you guys are awesome support

Me: It's outdone Seeing Sounds...which I lost my muse for and it might still be a while for that story...yet...

Danny: However, this is strong and still going.

Me: Drop a review and tell me what you think!

Danny: Also, don't run behind horses, very dangerous

Me: And stupid.

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