Author Note: I just want ya'll to know that I'm so happy so many of ya like Gear (she's my favorite OC to use). It just makes me smile like an idiot. Anyway, please review!
~CWA

Chapter 21:

Third Person:

Danny ran a hand through his hair. Dani sat on a chair in the office, looking as impatient as she felt. Professor X sat behind his desk, waiting for an explanation from the group. Storm and Logan stood beside him, looking just as patient. Jean and Scott looked concerned, but not they didn't look nearly as concerned as Kurt and Kitty.

Danny took a deep breath. He had to tell them. He needed their help if he was ever going to get Gear. He had no idea where the base was. He wasn't sure how to operate Gear's overly complicated computer system to track either the Guys in White or Gear herself. He had no idea what anti-ghost weapons the agents had. He didn't want to risk them hurting Gear, or getting Dani. He was a brave ghost, he knew that, but he wasn't stupid.

"Hey man, what's going on," Kurt asked.

"Okay," Danny said taking a deep unneeded breath, "This is Danielle Gia."

"-It's Dani," Dani said irritated, "Dani with an 'i'."

"-Anyway," Danny continued, "She's my little cousin- Gear's little sister."

"And she's a mutant," Jean asked, "She flew."

"Not exactly," Danny scratched at the back of his neck, "What both of us are- it's complicated. We're… not normal. We can explain everything a lot better when we get back. But we need your help because Gear- she's been kidnapped by the Guys In White."

The X-Men shared a concerned look.

"Who are the Guys in White," Kurt asked confused.

"It's kind of hard…They're bad guys. They started as a government branch, but they kind of turned away from the government. They don't care about laws, rights, or even humanity. They care only about science. They don't like me and they do everything they can to get to me."

"Why?"

Danny took a deep breath and scratched at his head,

"I… I really can't remember, actually. I know a small bit, but not enough that it could help us… Before I came to Bayville, I kind of… lost my memory. I remembered faces, but not names. I stumbled upon Gear, remembered her face, and she explained a lot to me… But as for any clues about the Guys in White? I can't remember anything."

Danny looked down. Dani smiled at him in encouragement. Kurt and Kitty shared a look of worry- they both remembered the pool incident. He said he didn't remember. He wasn't lying. Logan almost dropped his cigar, relating to the boy as he had lost his memories once before. Professor X sighed deeply,

"Young Daniel, would you like to remember? I can't promise you that everything will be pleasant, but I can do my best…"

"I… I want to remember…Please…"

"Now Daniel," Professor X explained, "When I enter your mind, I will see everything you do. Is this alright with you?"

Danny thought for a moment. Was he really okay with the Professor seeing everything? Considering that it would mean not only a chance at finding out where the Guys in White have their base, but it may cause him to remember how he died, he was alright with it. The real question was if he was okay with learning his life as Danny Fenton? Deciding that Fenton was the past and now he was Danny Tempest, he nodded.

"It's Danny, and yeah- I'm okay with that, but Professor?"

"Yes, Danny?"

"I think I should warn you… I don't think my memories are going to be all that pleasant."

Professor Xavier felt his heart ache for a moment- the sincerity in Danny's voice was painful to hear. Danny believed his past to be hurtful, and it must be if his brain knocked everything out as if it was self-induced amnesia. Unlike Logan's mind, Danny's amnesia seemed to psychological, which therefore could be cured. The Professor nodded and put a finger to Danny's temple with one hand, his other hand was put to his own temple. They both closed their eyes.

"Danny," Professor X said through Danny's mind, "This may sting. I need you to relax and try to keep your mind open. Don't try to block anything, do you understand?"

"I understand Professor…"

The Professor started his work- once he found where the memories were being blocked, he tried to release them slowly. Tried being the keyword. Instead, the memories came back like water bursting from a dam. All at once, Danny (and the Professor) were hit with memories. Danny remembered everything. Scraping his knee when he fell when he was four. The bike when he was six. His older sister scolding him when he fell off said-bike and scolding their parents for not paying attention. He remembered every Thanksgiving, Christmas, he remembered how he hated Christmas. He remembered all his friends- the things they did, the video games they played, the inside jokes.

He remembered his love for Sam. How she was more than just a best friend. He remembered being so convinced that she was the girl he loved- the girl he was even going to marry. He remembered the ring his father gave him and how he gave it to Sam for 'safe keeping.' He remembered how many times he was tempted to kiss her.

He remembered seeing Gear when he was four and being scared of her- all the way till he was eight. He remembered her helping him when he got his head stuck in a fishbowl (Jazz was at their aunt's and their parents weren't home) when he was seven (she was only nine). He remembered becoming half ghost. He remembered all his enemies- Vlad, the Box Ghost, Spectra, Undergrowth. He remembered his allies- Clockwork, Frostbite, Cujo and Wulf.

Most of all he remembered the bumbling idiots that started out as a joke- the Guys in White. He remembered how he thought they were a joke at first because they were. He remembered slowly seeing them getting stronger, better, smarter. He remembered Sam warning him that they could be a threat and him waving it off. He remembered getting captured. He remembered each and every torture, every single pain inflicted on upon him. He remembered them showing the video feed as they killed his family. He remembered thinking that maybe things would get better if they just went ahead and killed him. He remembered trying to make that thought true when he used a scalpel to slice his wrists.

He remembered that the Guys in White didn't necessarily kill him.

They just led him to it and made it look like they killed him themselves- they even fooled Gear.

They all left the room to leave Professor X alone with Daniel so no one was sure what had happened- they had no idea that as Professor X went into Danny's mind, he learned everything, including the truth. What they did know was that when they came back into the office, Danny was hunched over, clutching his head and nearly in hysterics. He was harshly rubbing his wrists and arms- if they looked closer they would have saw faint scars on his wrists, two sloppy cuts. One was on each wrist, just where it bent, right over an artery. It was hard to notice- if he didn't get memories back, he wouldn't even have noticed them. Professor X seemed depressed as well with downcast eyes. Logan made a gruff noise,

"You alright, kid? Chuck?"

"I'm fine, Logan, but I don't know if I can say the same for Daniel…"

Their gaze turned towards the boy. His eyes were shut tightly and his fists were clenched. Kurt placed a hand on Danny's shoulder,

"Hey man, I don't know what you saw- but are you alright?"

"Danny," Dani asked cautiously, "Are you okay?"

"No, no I'm not," Danny whispered, "…But I know where their base is."