I have two research projects due this month; one is next week and for once I have TOO MUCH information so I need to down size it since we CAN'T go over 4 PAGES. I have another one due at the END OF THE MONTH and I have a PARTNER who REFUSES to talk to me about what information she has already gathered so we can START the POWER POINT that has to be 8-10 minutes long. This person LOVES to add videos that have NO RELATION to the topic at hand. As a last resort I might have to do my own power point in ONE week so I can at least get a DECENT grade. Last time she put a video in, it was a video of cute animals with facts in CELL BIO just to make sure we made the time limit, we got a C-! We could've gotten at least a B if she didn't put the video in. I've asked her multiple times to put it on google docs so that way we can both work on it; I text her randomly and she answers, I text her about the project immediately and she never answers back. SERIOUSLY! WE CAN'T EVEN CHANGE PARTNERS! GGGGAAAAHHHH!
RANT OVER...
For those that read that and are now annoyed- sorry. That's the reason I'm now trying to get these chapters out ASAP.
Hopefully this chapter ain't too bad...it's been a while.
Grammar mistakes are mine, I do not own Danny Phantom or Arrow.
Every day is a life of fear without knowing, we come over that fear by not thinking.
Chap 7: Hiding
"You can sleep on the couch will we get another room set up." Diggle said as they stepped into the town home.
"It's fine." Danny stated curling up on the couch.
"Go to sleep Danny, we'll see you in the morning." Lyla stated walking into another room.
"Jack, the blood sample." Maddie sat there horrified at what she just found out. Jack came over as well, sadden at what they were really doing. "He tried to tell us." She started to cry.
Jack hugged her, "We'll stitch him up and allow him to rest." They walked over to him, needle in hand.
"Mom, Dad?" They looked down to see Phantom's eyes flash from green to blue then back to green. Maddie and Jack let the tears flow.
"I'm sorry Danny, you tried to tell us. I understand if you don't forgive us." Maddie stated, Jack started on the stitches.
"I forgive you. You didn't know it was me." Maddie cried more at the forgiveness. His eyes closed as she hugged him. After an hour they had him wrapped up in bandages and laying on the couch.
There was a knock on the door, Jack opened it up. Maddie was in sight of the door as the GIW walked in. "There's the ghost kid!" the parents intercepted them. Phantom woke up to see his parents get blasted by the government. No matter what they have done. They were still his parents. He struggles to stand up from where he was. "He's weak, grab him!" one of the agents yelled as the explosives were set. They grabbed Phantom and flew out the door passing someone. Phantom heard the explosions go off making the building crumble. "We have him, Project Phantom is a go!" Phantom could no longer stay awake.
"Hey, Danny wake up. Breakfast is ready." Danny shot up and attacked Diggle who was nearby. Diggle caught his fist as if used to this kind of reaction. "Calm down, your safe." His eyes cleared before curling back on the sofa. Lyla came in at the commotion, coming over to soothe his sudden change. In a motherly gesture she wiped away the tears that began to fall. When she did this she felt raised skin at his left eye. Danny moved away from the contact, Lyla pulled him back. She moved his hair away, the scar coming out in the open.
"What happened to your eye?"
"Protected James and his mother."
"I should change your bandage from the gunshot." Lyla moved towards him.
"It's fine, I'll check it later."
She ignored him and unwrapped it anyway. "How?"
"I'm a fast healer." They looked at him, not believing anything. "A lot has happened in the past."
"Breakfast is ready if you're hungry." Danny slipped by them into the kitchen.
"John, he has signs of PTSD. How can a seventeen year old have that condition?"
"I've only seen Oliver like that, it's not as bad now. He has the strength to knock me out. He took Tyler out easily last night."
"What does Oliver think?"
"After last night, he thinks he's hiding something."
After breakfast, Danny realized that he gone invisible twice while going up to the shower.
The mirror showed his most recent wound healed better than the others he had gotten. 'Arrow is Oliver and Arsenal is a Harper kid from the glades.' He relaxed some as the warm water rained over him. 'If Vlad knows where I am then how long will it be until the ghosts come after me.' he felt no change in temperature as he stepped out. Trying to relax before heading back before heading back down stairs. He slipped his hoodie on as there was a crash in one of the other rooms. Running over he looked around and groaned. "Really shouldn't have said anything."
"Beware! I am the Box Ghost! I have control of all cardboard and square!" the looked on Lyla's and Diggle's face was that of confusion and fear.
"Boxy, what are you doing here?!" Danny yelled walking up.
"I don't have to answer to you!" he said drawing out the 'you'.
"If you're not going to answer than leave."
"You're only a prince, you have no rule!" Danny quickly flashed his eyes. "Uh, I'm going. Beware!" he flew through the wall.
"What just happened?" Diggle questioned.
"That was the Box Ghost. Not threatening, just really annoying."
"You're talking like this is a normal occurrence."
"It was back in Amity Park."
"Okay, anyway, how would you like to come with me and some friends to eat lunch?"
"Sure." Danny sighed than walked back over to the sofa.
"What are you going to be doing?" Lyla asked Digg.
"Finish fixing up Verdant after Slade's attack."
"Take him with you, give him something to do." Danny looked up from where he was.
"Alright, change of plans. You're coming with me. " They walked out the door to the car.
(Line Break)
"So, what is Verdant?" Danny asked for once.
"Nightclub owned by Thea Queen. She's on vacation right now. Oliver, her brother, wants to fix it up for when she gets back."
"That's nice of him."
"You want to tell me why the ghost called you a prince?"
"I would if I knew." Danny said quickly. 'I have an idea I just hope I'm wrong.'
"Here we are." They got up to the front, the whole inside was dusty with debris.
"This place really needs cleaned."
"Hey Digg, who's the kid?" a man asked coming over followed by two others.
"Danny, meet Oliver, Roy, and Felicity." They shook hands.
"Nice to meet you." Felicity stated.
"Danny, can you start dusting the bar?" Oliver asked of him.
"Sure." Danny walked away grabbing a towel and a bucket full of soap water. Roy came over with bottles of alcohol, "I'm guessing you're Harper?" Danny whispered over to him. Roy froze, "I'm not going to tell anyone. You four are the team anyway."
"So what's the story behind Vlad?"
"Search him up."
"We did, he seemed to get his fortune a little too quickly. You know why?" Roy glanced up to see Oliver looking at him.
"I don't want to be the reason your identities get exposed."
"He knows?" Roy questioned nearly panicking.
"Only way to expose Vlad is if I expose myself, if I expose either of us he will expose you and anyone else he sees fit."
"That's the reason you don't want us to help."
"If I ran, there would've been no reason for him to be after any of you."
"How's your wound?"
"It's fine."
"Actually, it's healed." Diggle said coming up behind them.
"Already?"
"I got fast healing."
"You still have a scar though." Diggle finished, Danny shrugged returning to cleaning.
"It's about lunch, you ready to eat?" Danny followed them quickly.
(Line Break)
"There's one thing that keeps bugging me about Amity Park." Felicity stated. "Are ghosts even real?"
"Yep. This morning there was a blue skinned man in overalls floating and flew through a wall." Diggle said. "Then this one doesn't even react." He pointed to Danny beside him.
"It's just the Box Ghost. If it was Ember or Skulker, than there would have been a problem."
"Ember? Why does that sound familiar?" She questioned, waiting for a reply.
"Ember hypnotized people to chant her name with her music. She went global for a few minutes. The more people who chant her name, the stronger she gets."
Everyone looked at Diggle when his phone started to ring. "Yeah." He looked over at Danny. "There's a white and green duffle with an envelope with your name on it."
"Open the letter and look for a signature. Don't read it."
Diggle repeated the request. "A fancy CW at the bottom."
Danny only smiled before replying. "It's safe."
"Who's it from?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"I just saw a ghost. With everything that's happened in this city, I really doubt much else can surprise me."
"Just keep an open mind."
"Did you trust Phantom when you lived there?" Felicity asked, Danny shrank back.
"I trust him to protect. I'm not sure if I trust him with the lives of others."
"He's still alive?" Felicity got her tablet out. "There's a whole debate about it."
"I'm not sure if he is ever coming back." Danny stated vaguely as she showed him the statistics.
"Why do you say that?"
"Phantom hated the thought of killing, after the facility collapsed killing 77; I think he won't be back."
"I should take you back home so you can take a look at that letter." They sat silently in the car heading back to the house. "How do you know Phantom so well?"
"I'm the ghost hunter's son, I was the only one to let Phantom know of the inventions to avoid."
"There's something else you're not saying."
"It's in the past." Before Diggle could say more, Danny jumped out of the car nearly slamming the door close. Going up the steps, he hung his head as he sat on the sofa. Sitting on the coffee table was the letter below that was the duffle. He grabbed the letter to stare at if for what it seemed like a few minutes. 'This better explain some things.' He took the letter out and unfolded it, Diggle and Lyla watched in concern from the kitchen entrance.
'Daniel,
Time would not have flown correctly if this didn't happen. There is something that must be done that only you can do. You need to use your powers to defeat Vlad. As you have noticed, you are losing control, the energy will continue to build inside you. Things will be unintentionally destroyed if you don't release some of it.
Inside the bag you will find the invention and plans that I could salvage from your parents' lab, some will need to be fixed and remade.
When the king is defeated in single combat, the winner will become the new king. The throne must have a king.
Master of Time,
CW
It was a short letter, but everything was said in clear for those that knew of his secret. He placed the letter back on the table, he looked at his hand. 'Can I really become a hero again? Use my powers to protect a city I know nothing about? Why salvage the inventions? What's the importance of that?' he looked back at the final sentence. 'I guess that's why Boxy called me the prince. If Vlad defeats me than, does he become the king? He would create a war between both realms.' Picking up the bag he set it on the couch, unzipping it. Laying on top was the plan for the portal and a thermos. 'Would it be wise to have another portal? It would be easier to send them back, but it would be easier for the ghost to attack back.' He placed them on the side farthest away from him to think about later. Next he laid out 3 ecto-guns, 5 pairs of Fenton Phones, the Boo-merang, the Fenton Peeler, 2 bo-staffs, a fishing rod, and the Jack-o-nine tails. The plans consisted of the bazooka, each of the afore mentioned weapons, and something called the ecto-dejecto. In the front pocket was the USB for all of the ghost files, map of the ghost zone, and records of his powers. 'Thank you, Clockwork.' He placed the USB in his pocket and placed everything back in the bag.
"You ready to eat, it's been five hours." Danny looked up at Diggle's voice then looked at the clock. The hour hand was on the six and the minute hand was on the nine, he nodded getting up.
"Lyla went to rest for a little." A blue mist escaped from Danny's mouth. "What was that?" there was a scream coming from Lyla's room. Danny grabbed two ecto-guns, giving one to Diggle, and the thermos. They ran towards her room, when the door was opened Danny didn't miss a beat in shooting the ghost.
"There you are, ghost child." He turned to the black haired teen. "I, Skulker, Ghost Zone's greatest hunter will have your pelt at the foot of my bed."
Danny fired at him twice before Diggle followed him. Danny moved closer to get more shots in, Skulker dodged the two blasts and attacked him with a glowing blade. It cut across the middle of his torso, he screamed out, landing harshly on the floor. He fired one more blast just as Diggle and Lyla, who grabbed one, shot theirs. This stunned Skulker enough to be sucked into the thermos.
"Danny, you okay?" Lyla asked coming over faster, she pulled his hand away to see blood with flecks of green. "We need to get you to a hospital!"
Danny gasped in pain. "No Hospital, too many questions." He was losing focus.
"I'll take him to the foundry. I'll call you with an update." He felt a shift in position and temperature before losing feeling.
My theory of TUE and Clockwork's involvement is this: It was Danny's decision for what happened, he was the main cause for the destruction of the earth. Clockwork, who saw this coming, got Danny to realize his mistake so the future is changed.
Example: You were the one to create a high alternative power for the world, but you decided to tamper with it enough that it became unstable. This caused the world to be covered in radioactive material, if you didn't tamper with the stable material the world would've never been in danger. So some higher/ancient power gives you the chance to change things.
This story with theory: It wasn't Danny's decision to get captured by his parents, lots more people were involved. Time would've gone haywire if Clockwork meddled too much to save him and then 'erase memories/move Danny'. Plus: If Clockwork allowed Danny to go back in time for another chance then, either the GIW would've eventually caught him or it would happen either way.
My mind does strange things! Infinity is based off of this idea.