Things are starting to cool down now, even though I still feel slightly frustrated. Now, with work in an hour I wanted to get this up.
I do not own Danny Phantom or Arrow.
Your actions in the past makes you who you are in the future.
Chap 8: Connections
Danny vaguely heard voices around him. "Digg, why'd you bring him here?"
"He said 'Not hospital, too many questions."
"Its fine, he figured out our secret."
"He did what!?"
"Oliver calm down! We need to help him."
He felt himself get placed on a cold table, he felt his shirt hit across his wound causing him to moan from the pain.
"Oh my god, what happened to the kid?" his world turned black.
"It's amazing, a body temperature between 79˚F and 85˚F, which explains the ice abilities." There was a touch to his skin. "The Fentons already examined him to find bones, nerves, veins, and organs; just like that of a human." There was a breeze than another blade came across his skin "Stop! We'll use the refined blades."
Before he even felt the blade, electricity coursed through his body. His cyrokinesis flowed outward trapping the glowing cuffs making them shatter. Feeling his wrists and ankles give way, he flew intangible up only to hit the ceiling. He fell back down, the agents pinning him to the floor. The invention they grabbed shocked him unconscious, unable to reach his powers.
'Danny, we forgive you! Fight back, be the hero we know you can be. If Vlad defeats you and gets the throne, he'll rule both realms. Fight back! I love you!' Sam showed up in his dream scape, followed by Tucker, Jazz, his parents, and seven agents of the GIW.
'Dude, fight back! You never let something like this get to you.'
'You're a hero, little brother.'
'We're sorry we let the agents get to you. Phantom needs to rise again.'
'We were helping your friends to get you out. You were our main priority, Phantom gave us the hope we needed to rebel.'
"We need to call Mayor Masters to let him know we are grateful for giving us Phantom's location and condition."
Danny shot up, scaring the three other occupants and the one that just walked in. He was breathing hard, he groaned in pain placing his hand on the stitches.
"Lay back down, you'll pull your stitches out." Oliver said calmly pushing him back down.
"How?" Diggle looked on flabbergasted. "You flat lined, stopped breathing, and gone cold."
"You're him." Roy stated. "You're Phantom." Danny nodded. "Phantom's a ghost, how does that work?"
"An accident with a portal to a parallel dimension; the electricity killed me enough to fuse ectoplasm to my DNA." They stared at him shocked. "That's the theory anyways."
"That's a high volume of electricity." Felicity stated.
"Where did the scars come from?" Roy asked.
No one expected him to actually answer since they dealt with someone else with a dark past. "The ghost fights, inventions, and being at the wrong place at the wrong time." This surprised them.
"Who all knew?"
"Sam and Tucker were there when it happened, Jazz found out a month later."
"Why not your parents?"
"Those who knew got hurt enough as it was. I didn't want to add more people to that list." They looked at him in understanding, mostly Oliver.
"The ghost from earlier, who was that? Why aren't you healing yet?"
"Skulker, most likely had the blade coated in something that prevents me from healing."
"Are you going to return to being a hero?" Roy asked.
"After everything, I'm not sure. If a ghost shows up I might."
"Amity Park wants their hero back." Felicity said brining a video up.
"Here we are with the mayor of Amity Park, who has taken the time out of his day to answer some questions."
"Citizens of Amity Park, what would you like to know?" Vlad came up to the podium. Nobody noticed Danny slide off the table to watch the video over their shoulders.
"Where is Phantom?" Some called out at once.
"Danny Phantom is only a menace, you should be glad the GIW has him."
"Bring him back!"
"You all hated him being the hero, why the sudden change of heart?"
The crowed fell silent as Vlad walked back inside. The camera turned toward the crowd who started to disperse, the reporter caught up to a group of adults. "Why do you want Phantom to return?"
"When Phantom was here, we were aware of it. When a ghost attacked we knew he handled it. When we found out that Phantom was no longer here, we-I specifically- felt in danger. Phantom gave us protection and hope, we need him back."
"What about the ghost attacks happening now?"
"It's not the major ones like before, but it's the weaker ones that would rarely show up. The Red Huntress does help, but she doesn't understand the ghosts' weakness. She's just not experienced enough."
The camera turned back on the reporter. "There you have it! Phantom if you're out there, please show back up soon. I'm seriously about to move somewhere with their own questionable heroes."
"That was a year ago." Felicity said closing the window. "I think you should return." She turned around to see Danny staring at the screen. "What are you doing up? You should be resting."
"I'm used to fighting ghosts nearly 24/7 then getting up in time for school. On average I usually get three to four hours on a good week." Danny placed his hands in his pockets, one hand was on the USB stick.
"What are you hiding?" Oliver said trying to stare Danny down.
Danny shifted on his feet, 'Would this be a smart move?' he brought what he had out to the open. "I don't want to bring any of you in these fights."
"Doesn't matter, you're not fighting alone." Oliver took the USB from him and gave it to Felicity.
"What was your hardest fight?" Roy asked.
Danny froze and took a step back, refusing to meet their eyes. He sat against a pillar not really clear headed. "I'd rather not talk about that." As he sat there he began to think of what life would have been like if his family and friends were still alive. 'I'm still here, I still exist. You turn into me.' he shook his head trying to get the voice out of his head.
"You have a lot of enemies." Felicity said.
Danny looked up from where he was. "Ghosts don't like it when you ruin their plans."
"You defeated Pariah Dark, the King of ghosts. Undergrowth, Vortex, and Fright Night, who were considered as gods in the dark ages." She read off.
"Undergrowth can control plants, Vortex controls the weather, and Fright Night is the spirit of Halloween and the King's right hand." Danny explained.
"Following the ancient systems of the dark ages, the one who defeats the king in a single combat becomes the next heir to the throne." Diggle looked over at Danny, who was glaring at him. "You really are the prince." The others looked on speechless.
"Why did you fight him in the first place?" Oliver asked, concerned that he was after power despite everything he has done.
"A certain fruitloop released him from the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep, so he can obtain the Ring of Rage and Crown of Fire to rule both the Ghost Zone and the human realm. I had to clean up his mess, again."
"You said Vlad Masters was a fruitloop." Oliver remembered the conversation. "He's like you." Danny pointed at the computer, near the end were four names.
Felicity clicked on one of the familiar names and read the information provided. "This explains everything. He used his powers to gain his fortune."
Roy, Diggle, and Oliver looked at Danny, "Wait for it." he replied.
"Torturing, cloning, illegal spying? What hasn't he done!?"
"Killed me."
"Cloning?" Roy asked, Oliver coming over as well.
"Danielle Phantom, unstable clone traveling around the world. How'd she end up a female?" Felicity replied.
"Haven't figured out that one yet."
"Grabbed a wrong piece of hair?" Diggle asked as Felicity clicked on the last file.
"Possibly. Tucker was trying to hack into Vlad's computer to find out."
"Why do you have this one locked?" They looked over her shoulder then back at Danny who had is head down like he did when they asked about his hardest fight.
"It's my reminder that my actions have consequences." He didn't move from there, Felicity looked concerned as he stayed silent. 'I will never turn into you.' "Just do me a favor, if I ever turn evil of my own violation, kill me."
"Is he okay?" A voice called from the steps. Diggle turned to see Lyla coming over. The rest of the group still stared at Danny.
"He's stitched up, but healing slowly." The two looked over to see Danny staring off into space.
"He's an artwork of scars." She gasped at the familiar incision.
"He won't talk about that one, or his hardest fight at the moment." Diggle stated before she could ask. "You brought his bag?"
"A change of clothes as well." Lyla walked over to him, he looked up at the disturbance. She gave him a shirt, which he slipped on right away. "You feeling okay?"
"For something like this it's okay. I'm going to be out of commission for a few more hours until it's healed."
"I brought your bag with."
"Thank you." He got up bringing the bag over and set it on the desk.
"What do you have there?" Roy came over as he unzipped the bag.
"My parents' inventions. Since I'll be out for a few hours yet, I'm not sure which ghosts are going to come next. I need to catalogue what I have and what needs fixed." He set out everything on the counter including the plans.
"We aren't allowing you to do this alone."
"Then you'll need to understand the weapons and the ghosts."
"Let's get started then." Roy stated watching all the inventions and blue prints come out of the bag.
Anybody else seeing Roy and Danny becoming close friends, or even being contacts when something goes wrong? I can. Before anyone starts thinking it, no, Slade will not end up a ghost (he's in prison) or any other KNOWN criminal in the Arrow universe. Until then, it's what my brain says this will go.