The whole King Phantom thing has been overdone (as I've been told), but I wanted to take a shot at it myself. Guys he's HALF ghost HALF human, if he's going to be king when he's a Halfa and be in the GZ for longer periods of time, he still has human necessities! Thus is why I had him killed. (Listen to yourself say that casually…)
As always! I do NOT own Danny Phantom or Arrow
The grammar mistakes are though
Chapter 22: Peace?
Danny looked into the swirling green vortex of the portal, something wasn't right. At first, he wrote it off as his paranoia since he's had so much chaos for the past 3 years. 'It's been a while since a ghost attacked.' He thought. Roy took note of Danny's silence since Vlad's arrest and sat down next to him.
"Is everything okay?" he asked waiting for Danny to deny anything.
"Would you believe me if I said yes?"
"No." Roy responded with a monotone. "What's wrong?"
"The security fob that had all the files in was Tucker's. He was the techno geek of the team back in Amity. Technus was told to give it to me, I just thought that there could be a possibility that he's alive somehow. Yet, why wouldn't he let me know?"
"He probably has a reason. I think something might happen that would be best if you were in doubt."
Danny shrugged, "What you said is not helping."
"Sorry, helping with emotional stuff isn't my thing."
"It's not that." He pulled his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them as he continued to stare into the portal. "My instincts are telling me that something is going to happen. I've learned to trust those instincts over the years."
"Is there anything that could solve the issue?"
"Clockwork, maybe. He usually doesn't interfere."
"Just remember that you have a team. We'll help you." Roy stood up, he began to leave until he heard Danny whisper something. He stayed a little longer waiting for him to continue. Hearing nothing, Roy continued back to the main part of the foundry.
"Is everything okay?" "Where's Danny?" were the questions that followed once Roy grabbed his bow to practice shooting.
"He's staring into the portal thinking. He said that his instincts are warning him of danger and Vlad doesn't give up easily."
"I'll call Lance to keep an eye out for him."
Once Oliver finished his call to Lance, Lance called the officer in charge. "I'm sure he's still there. I doubt he's like the super humans that we had a few months ago." The officer stated.
"Just go check." Lance responded.
"I said before he's…right…there…he's gone! How!?"
"Check the cameras!" Lance exclaimed keeping a calm voice.
"There is no footage. It's been wiped clean." The officer in charge started to panic. Lance hung up on the man and immediately called the Arrow.
"Captain."
"Vlad has escaped. We don't know how." He said not letting him know yet that he knew exactly how. The team could connect him in knowing the whole secret. Something told him to keep it from them a little longer.
(Line Break)
"I thought you said that you set it up to send to Felicity's system?" Sam asked.
"It's a possibility that Danny upgraded their system with ecto-energy. Clockwork only showed us the key points of what happened. Another person may have contacted Felicity through that system, not able to get to the designated one it left to the other one. At lease it helped. Vlad was arrested for everything."
"Key word, WAS! He escaped and going to do who knows what. Clockwork isn't allowing us to see the future!"
"Sam, calm down" jazz called. "It involves you personally. If you saw what would happen, it most likely change the future drastically."
"You and your psych talk. You're right, I can't but help worry."
"She admits it!" Tucker yelled until Sam smacked him across his head.
"What do we do now?" Danielle asked from above.
"If Vlad goes after Danny and hurts him, I'm going there to kill him." Sam said, her powers shifting around her and her eyes glowed a brighter green.
"Killing isn't the answer."
"Let's just to talk with the ghosts to see what they could do to contribute to the kingdom." Jazz stated trying to play as peace keeper.
"Are they even going to listen to us?" Sam asked.
"They'll listen to you."
They flew to Pandora's land and met up with all of the allies that they could rally for the kingdom. They all looked towards Sam as she came closer. "Danny does the motivation speeches." She mumbled as the ghosts waited for her to speak. "We are here to speak to you individually on how you can help with the kingdom." The ghost turned around to converse with each other as they waited for the trio to come around. First up is the Lunch Lady and Box Ghost.
"We'll feed them until they're full!"
"If meat and deserts were the only thing given to them, they could get sick." Sam tried to explain without losing her temper.
"I think we should bring Amity back." Tucker thought out loud.
"No only that but help the world." Danielle continued.
Sam looked at them before her turning back to the Box Ghost and Lunch Lady with a sparkle in their eyes. "You could send care packages to third world countries." She said the two nodded at her with smiles on their faces. Sam began to think how each ghost could help with the human realm even Vortex and Nocturne. Tucker, Jazz, and Danielle took a step back when they noticed Sam get giddy with a smile on her face.
(Line Break)
Vlad stared at the wall of the cell, shocked that Danny won the law suit. Alone he shouldn't have, 'Queen was with him, so was Ms. Lance. She has connections to the hero of this city.' His eyes glowed red in anger, ghost powers rising to the surface. Hands glowing pink, he sent a small ectoblast towards the camera in the hallway. Instead of turning intangible to fly out he waited for the guards.
"What do you think you are up to, Masters?" Vlad sneered at the officer, his eyes glowing brighter. The officer backed up in fear, Vlad took a step closer scaring them more. The two officers stood frozen as he shifted into his ghost form. Plasmius created a copy and turned the two humans into meat puppets. Bother humans walked out of the precinct, Captain Lance stared at them like they were possessed. Once outside the two humans dropped when Plasmius exited their bodies, the copy formed back into the original. Plasmius flew off invisible as the humans woke up dazed and confused. Lance came out asking what they were doing.
Arriving at his mansion in the Colorado Rockies, he set the alert for his minion. The two Canadian vultures flew through the window, the third flew into the house next to the window. Shaking away the stars he followed the other two. "What iz it uv want?"
"Watch your mouths!" Vlad yelled at them still angry from earlier. "I want you to go to Starling City and follow Daniel, report back anything you find out. Make sure you stay out of range of his ghost sense." The vultures flew out gaining as much distance between them and Plasmius as possible.
"What's gotten into him?" The others didn't answer as they were thinking the same thing. The glow of the city lights blinded them for a second. It was brighter than they were used to back in Amity. There was a shaking around them as the skyscrapers groaned from the disturbance. A giant green bulldog ran between buildings. Using their enhanced sight they saw Phantom give chase, a communication unit was in his ear, they closed the distance to hear better.
"Cujo!" Phantom yelled at the puppy. "This really isn't the time!" he grabbed the collar and yelled really loud, "Heel!" Cujo skidded to a stop causing Phantom fly forward at the stop in momentum. Cujo shrank in size, pranced over to him and licked his face in apology. Phantom petted him and picked him up, forgiving the puppy. He flew them both back to the precinct where Laurel, Felicity, and Lance waited.
"Cute. Now as for Vlad. When I came back in to check the area, the cell door was locked and the camera vaporized." Lance stated still wary of the ghost dog.
"Did anything strange happened while he was here?" Phantom asked, still trying to get Cujo to calm down.
"Two of my officers walked out, but something was different. It's like they were possessed, they walked out them crumpled to the ground." He shifted on his feet. "Does that help any?"
"It does." Phantom launched from the ground to prevent any further questions. Flying into the foundry, Phantom threw Cujo into the portal and closed it.
"How are you feeling?" Diggle asked stepping up behind him.
"Still got a bad feeling. Vlad is up to something."
"We'll figure it out."
The three vultures stayed a while longer, watching as each member of the team showed up. Night was beginning to fall, and they needed to start the flight back to Plasmius to retell what they've seen. They let intangibility cover themselves just as Danny came forward sensing something watching him. Everyone paused, still as a statue when the blue wisp appeared. Danny tensed and shifted into his ghost form, he sent an ectoblast towards the area he had sensed the ghost. The three birds were knocked down, invisibility and intangibility disappeared as they hit the wall.
"What does Vlad want?!" Phantom growled.
"He didn't say specifically." The one stated absentmindedly. With that they flew out of the foundry and into the night, an ecto-arrow just missed them. Phantom flew after them, the members of Team Arrow followed. Those that were on the streets stayed clear of the heroes that were following the ghost chase.
Roy saw something in the distance, "Danny, there's something coming your way."
Phantom looked away from the vultures just in time to see and dodge the ectoblast that was headed his way. "Thanks, Roy." He paused in mid-flight to find where the attack came from, a force knocked him down to the pavement. He looked up to see none other than Plasmius. Those that were still on the street called everyone; police, news stations, and even friends.
When Lance got the call about Phantom and Plasmius in a fight, he immediately grabbed a team and floored the pedal to keep the area somewhat calm. As he arrived, Phantom had scratches and blood already flowing from what Plasmius had done to him. 'The last time he was here was only a ploy, we underestimated him.' He thought, realizing that Plasmius was actually more powerful than Phantom.
The reporters began to film the area, noticing that as Phantom dodged hits, Arrow and Arsenal fired trying to help. They also began to see the power difference.
"You can't win, Daniel." He said out loud, the people around them confused on the name.
"I don't have to win. I just need to make sure you lose!" Phantom cried back as he took the offense. He made two copies to keep Plasmius distracted so he could get hits in. In little time, the two copies were destroyed and Plasmius came in for an attack. Throwing a punch towards Phantom he went invisible just before Phantom put up a shield. The force of the punch pushed Phantom back a couple feet. Plasmius reappeared behind Phantom and shot a powerful ectoblast sending Phantom skidding across the pavement.
"Phantom." He looked up to the voice, "Defeat this bastard. You have this." Lance stated.
"Do you know what happened to Amity once you left?" Plasmius asked. "They turned to me. They thought that you abandoned them because of the constant threats from the GIW."
"I would never abandon them."
"So why weren't you there?" Phantom couldn't answer due to the onslaught of memories, "Amity crumbled from riots and boycotts. Deaths were beginning to rise, and it's all your fault." Plasmius taunted knowing that it'll get under his skin because of his hero complex. He landed next to Phantom, the crowd falling back wanting to keep their distance. "Come with me Daniel. You can take revenge, revenge over the fact that they lost all faith in you to be the hero." He continued to bring him to his lowest, getting under his skin.
Phantom thought back; he portrayed himself as the puny freshman who can't fight and runs from danger to keep his secret intact, then as the ghostly hero who wanted to tell other people that he loved but he couldn't because it would put them in danger. His two friends who fought with him tooth and nail to keep his head on straight. Plasmius was getting under his skin as the frustration turned into anger.
The crowd watched in anticipation as Phantom still sat there breathing deeply. They were concerned that he would take the offer, 'We did that to Arrow, especially when we didn't know the full story.' Some of them thought. They watched as he stood tall, let his powers rise and fall through the ground. Plasmius himself looked more angered. Phantom reappeared, an upper cut sent Plasmius flying into a building.
"I said it before, I will never join you, Fruitloop." Plasmius and the crowed were startled when he looked up. Instead of his normal radioactive green eyes, they were and angry blood red. "Another thing, you don't truly know me at all Plasmius. I won't stoop to your level just because you're trying to turn me against those that I choose to protect." The green shimmered through the red. The red color faded as if that statement alone was a resolve.
"I can train you, teach you everything that I know. You can become stronger."
Phantom, under better judgement took in a deep breath, the red in his eyes coming back but not all the way. The green sound waves came out of his mouth as it forced Plasmius back into the building, the glass that surrounded him was turned to shards. The crowd covered their ears at the sound, when the pavement began to form a trench he stopped. Plasmius fell to the ground when the force stopped, he stood back up he looked at the expressions of the crowd. "They are scared of you now." Phantom struggled to even his breaths as his energy continued to decrease. He looked around and took note that they were looking at Plasmius in fear and him in shock and amazement.
"No, they are scared of you." Phantom whispered. His vision began to get blurry as he fell to his hands and knees. The bright ring began to form around him as Plasmius held out a strange stick like thing, he couldn't get his eyes to focus. Plasmius threw the thing at him and Phantom tried to hit it back with an ectoblast. Phantom's attack missed the object but it hit Plasmius. The crowd gasped and screamed.
A/N: Whelp, I think that's a good stop point! J, Joking! I do have an ending to this chapter, this isn't it.
Lance kept his gun trained on the identified Vlad Masters as he rushed to Danny who was bleeding out on the pavement. The mixed red and green blood was disturbing, but not enough to stop him from automatically falling into first aid. He felt for a pulse but found nothing. "There's no pulse!" he kept saying on mantra.
Diggle fell next to him and removed his jacket, once the blade was removed he used it to staunch the bleeding. "His vitals are different." Was the only thing that was spoken, Lance looked at him in surprise.
Now that the attention was off of him, Vlad shifted back into his ghost form and began to fly away. He was stopped by two arrows. One was in his side and the other was in his leg. He looked back to find Arrow and Arsenal glaring at him. "You are under arrest…" an officer began to say.
"Oh, really. You can't hold me anywhere."
A green portal opened up and a young lady stepped out, she had green amethyst eyes and black hair that was in a half up and half down style. Vlad stood shocked, "How?" but he was ignored.
"Danny, fight back." The lady called. "You are a hero, we still need you. Come back to us."
"Sam?" Danny asked from where he was. His wound closed as he slowly turned into his ghost form.
"Danny, come back. Come back to me." Sam stated. Danny eyes slowly opened and locked with hers. Only his eyes were different. One eye was his human eye color while his other was his ghost eye color.
"I'm cutting this reunion short." Danny reacted before he even knew what was going on. Plasmius was coming for Sam and he shot an ectoblast at him. Vlad went flying down the road, Danny looked at his hand in wonder.
"Danny!" Sam cried hugging him.
"Sam?" He was still confused what was happening. He felt a weight on his hand and looked down. Pariah's ring was on his finger only now it had his insignia on it. "What? How?" When Vlad came back around he was weakened, Danny simply took the thermos and sucked him in. The battle was over finally.
Danny leaned against Sam in exhaustion, "Is he going to be okay?" Lance asked. Those of Team Arrow looked at him, fearing the worst.
Sam looked at them, she could see that they were upset. "He needs to return to the Ghost Zone to finish stabilizing and reenergize."
"So he's really…"
"Yeah, but once everything is settle in the Ghost Zone, you might see us again." Lance nodded. "But first…" she used her powers to crush the cameras that the reporters had. She heard protest around her. "Danny always save the day without recognition because he didn't want attention. He just did what was right." With that the two ghosts left.
The crowd moved away from the area, while it may be cleaned up their memories will hold the truth. Team Arrow returned to the foundry that night, to mourn the loss of Danny and break the news to Lyla. While they were saddened about what happened, Sam's reminder still filter through them. They'll return one day.
A/N: That's the end of that Chapter. I honestly wish that I could keep this going forever and be able to write every little detail. Alas, I can't. I'm not that patient. One More Chapter Left.
"I don't have to win. I just need to make sure you lose!" = Favorite line ever!