Ok I still don't own anything. The same goes for everything else and every other story, is it really necessary to do this every chapter? I know sometimes I don't do it but still you get the point.
"So ghost… where is our son." Maddie said as if she were talking about the weather, Danny lay in pain on the table unable to move his chest cut open his flesh held to the table with dissection pins. Danny was having trouble just breathing, and he was a ghost so he really didn't need to breathe. Still, Danny was in a verifiable hell.
"It's better if you just answer you know." Jack said holding one of Danny's lungs in his hand. Danny whimpered trying to answer, anything to make the pain stop, but he could barely think through the pain and the drugs.
"Mom, Dad… Danny? Oh my god." Jazz stood in the doorway taking in the gruesome scene.
"Danny!" Jazz rushed to Danny's side.
"Now sweetie, he's just a ghost he doesn't feel any pain." Jack said Jazz gapped in horror as Danny looked up at her pleading with his eyes.
"Just." Danny tried to talk his voice sounding like nails on a chalk board, "Kill." He said each word said with extreme effort, "Me." I finished begging for his demise.
"Oh my god." Jazz said. Danny had bright tears rolling down his cheeks tear streaks from his never ending flood of tears.
"Just… kill…me." He said again, "KILL. ME!" I said the effort to get the words out overwhelming.
"Danny." Jazz said.
"Stop trying to get sympathy out of our daughter ghost boy, it's no use." Maddie said pushing Jazz out of the way lightly as if she were a child that couldn't be bothered with.
"Danny." Jazz whispered still in horror.
"Jazz." Danny said his eyes wide, "kill me." He begged, "Just kill me."
"That's not right." Jack said looking at some data, "There is human DNA in here with his ecto-signature." Jack said, "It must me a mix up."
"Let me see that Jack." Maddie said grabbing the paper.
"Little brother." Jazz said oblivious to the conversation. Danny started screaming in pain, he was to weak even to transform back, and if he did, what if the injuries transferred to his human half, his ghost half might be able to withstand this, but his human half would surely die, but wasn't that what he wanted
"Little brother." Jazz repeated.
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Danny looked down at his bare chest, there was the faint lines in a Y down the otherwise pale unblemished skin. Danny touched the scar lightly, it was hard to believe it happened barely a week ago. Danny grabbed his chest above his heart groaning at the pain… not physical but emotional… as his memories pushed forward. He gripped the wall holding himself up for balance as tears streamed down his face. Danny curled up bringing his legs to him in the fetal position as he cowered against the wall in the corner. There was a knock on the door.
"Danny?" it was Storm.
"Hey kid are you ok?" Logan to. Danny whimpered. Logan opened the door taking in the kid on the floor. Danny looked broken compared to the strength he had exhibited earlier that day. The two adults rushed to the boy. Logan's keen eyes picked up on the thin barely there scar. Storm reached out to the boy.
"NO… NO MORE!" Danny yelled pulling away from the human contact, "I'M YOUR SON… I'm your son…" Danny's eyes were a million miles away.
"This would be a good time to have Jean or the Professor." Storm said. Logan nodded Danny whimpering.
"Just kill me…. Kill me…." Danny rocked, "No more… no more… just kill me." Storm tried touching Danny again, this time his eyes snapped unfocused onto the intruding hand.
"No… not again, no more… no more. Just kill me…" Danny begged his eyes blurry and looking at the older teacher.
"Danny, it's ok, you're safe… it's ok." Storm coaxed. Logan was checking out the other scars on the boy's body, barely visible. The pair of gashes down his chest had completely healed, just a slightly pink scar was left. They boy was practically unblemished.
"NO!" Danny yelled, a group of mutants were gathered in the door way, "I'm your son… I swear… I'm your son…" Danny whimpered Storm grabbed Danny wrapping him in a blanket and Logan carried him to the bed. They tried to get him to lie flat but the boy just screamed more, his voice going hoarse.
"NO, NO, NO MORE, NO MORE. JUST KILL ME!" Danny said curling tighter. Storm ended up just holding him and trying to talk to him.
"My parents…" Danny struggled to talk, "my parents…" His eyes became clear for a minute as he focused on Storm, "They dissected me alive…"
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Danny woke up curled against Storm. He jumped away, Storm rubbed his back.
"Hey, you gave us quite the scare last night." Storm said looking at the young halfa, "Do you want to tell me what happened?" Danny seized up.
"No." he stated bluntly. Storm rubbed his back.
"Do you want us to call someone? The police… if your parents were abusing you…"
"NO!" Danny shouted recoiling, "No… what did you hear, what do you know!" He demanded jumping of the bed and about ready to fly out of there.
"Danny last night you told me your parents dissected you alive." Storm said. Danny shook his head.
"Bad dream. It was nothing." He waved it away.
"Danny… people can't get away with things like that, it's not right, especially to their own kind. Why would they do that?" Storm asked.
"They didn't dissect Fenton… they were dissecting a ghost… I have nightmares about it, except it's me on that table." Danny lied. Logan came into the room.
"Look kid, we know you're talking out your ass, the scars on your chest prove that." Logan said folding his arms, "Now are you going to let us held you or not."
"Not… I can take care of myself." Danny said grabbing a shirt.
"You sure have done a great job of it already." Logan scowled.
"Shut up, you have no idea… my own parents dissected me alive, and you know who found me, my sister. You know what else, after I came back they acted like nothing happened. I had been screaming under them telling them a truth, and all they could do was compare DNA samples. I've tried to keep that secret for years, but when I tell them the truth, all they see is a ghost!" Danny glared pulling on his shirt and brushing past Logan.
Logan frowned. What was that all about? A ghost. Logan frowned. Storm came up to the other mutant.
"I wish the professor were here." She sighed.
(Ok… autocorrect. Officially sucks.)
Danny glared down the hall way at the looks he was getting. He started walking briskly to get away from the stairs, then he took off into a jog then finally he started sprinting out the doors and across the lawn heading into the trees his bare feet barely touching the moist grass as he ran.
"Danny?" Bobby said as Danny ran past. After a moment's hesitation he followed jogging after the briskly retreating halfa. Danny had no idea Bobby was following him. Angry and frustrated he ducked into some trees growling and yelling in anger and finally punching a tree then cussing as his knuckles split open. Danny licked up the blood the wound healing quickly.
"Stupid portal, stupid, stupid ghost portal." Danny growled punching another tree this time his eyes glowing green as he put all his strength into it. The tree cracked, the wood splintering as Danny's fist made contact with it. Bobby watched from the shadows.
"Stupid ghost hunting parents, stupid Sam for convincing me to go in, and stupid, stupid fucking ghost powers!" Danny growled throwing a ball of ecto-energy through the sky. Danny glared at nothing in particular then sunk to the ground putting his head on his arms. Bobby stepped out hesitantly. Danny looked up, his eyes narrowed at the intruder than shrugged as if he didn't give a damn anymore.
"Hey." Bobby said looking at the boy in a new light. Danny grunted. Bobby tried again, "Look, I know being different is hard, I'm a mutant for god's sake, but the people here just want to help. " Danny laughed humorously.
"Dude, you're a mutant. Me… I'm half dead." Danny felt his anger building again but reigned it in. Bobby shrugged.
"I don't care if you're dead, or have five heads, you're still a good kid. I don't know what happened to you, but you can let us help can't you?" Bobby asked. Danny sighed.
"I could… but I won't. I have people after me all over the place. My parents, the GIW, everyone. I thought I could stay here and be safe, but everyone wants to know what happened, and I don't want to tell them." Danny sighed he looked up, "I thought maybe just for once I could be normal, even if I was in a place where everyone else wasn't." Danny closed his eyes, "It's been so long since I've been human." He sighed, "It was fun to pretend I was while it lasted. Bobby patted Danny on the shoulder.
"No problem man, if you want to keep it a secret… well I'm more than happy to comply." Bobby smiled, Danny looked over.
"Really?" Danny asked.
"Sure man, what are friends for?" Bobby asked. Danny smiled.
"Thanks dude." Danny said. The two sat there for a minute then Danny laughed, "We don't have to hug or anything do we?" he asked. Bobby laughed to.
"Only if you think you can make me." Danny looked over at Bobby his eyes flashing green at Bobby's comment.
"You'd be surprised." Danny smirked. Then they looked back up at the sky through the trees.
(Cat, I'm a kitty cat…)
Danny ended up back in his room getting dressed, he pulled on a plain tee shirt and a pair of baggy pants, the outfit similar to his usual. He sighed as he pulled on his shoes looking around the room he was occupying for the time being.
"I know I can't stay here… but I have nowhere else to go." Danny thought out loud. With that he pushed off the bed and walked out into the hall way, his ghost sense going off. He looked wildly around but only saw Scott walking down the hall way. Danny waved, Scott nodded. With a sighed Danny started down the hall looking around for anybody. Everyone was in class about now. Danny turned toward the general kitchen area. He wandered that way for a while then paused looking out a window, then wandering back down the hall to the kitchen. His ghost sense went off.
Danny paused as he saw a familiar face looking through the fridge.
"Hey Jean." Danny said looking at the older woman. Jean started and turned.
"Oh my gosh Danny, I didn't see you there." Jean smiled turning and closing he fridge. Danny sighed.
"Yeah, I have a very light tread." Danny smiled. Jean laughed a little.
"Yes you do, but I was more worried why I didn't pick you up." She said studying the halfa.
"What does that mean?" Danny asked eyebrows furrowing. Jean laughed.
"I'm telepathic." Jean said looking at the boy. Danny shrugged.
"I don't know," Danny sighed, "I did learn to shield myself so I couldn't be under the influence of others…" Danny said. Jean nodded.
"That explains the mental barriers I've been meeting. You did a pretty good job with that." She smiled. Danny blushed.
"My friend Sam taught me after almost losing me to some freak mind controlling ringmaster." Danny said.
"So, why aren't you in class?" Jean asked.
"Storm and Logan are trying to figure out what to do with me. I wonder why they just don't ask the professor." Jean's smile fell at Danny's words.
"You don't understand do you?" she asked. Danny looked up.
"Understand what?" He asked. Jean shook her head.
"Nothing, it's nothing." She assured. Danny shrugged it off. His ghost sense went off again causing him to look around wildly. The professor walked into the room.
"Oh there you are Danny. Would you like some breakfast, Jean here makes a mean omelet." Prof. X smiled. Danny shrugged.
"Why not." He asked Jean smiled opening the fridge again. Prof. X looked down at the boy.
"So how was your first day at school?" He asked, Danny remembered the whole freak out accident.
"It could have gone better." He sighed. Prof. X laughed.
"I bet." The professor laughed. Danny smiled a little.
"All in all, you run a wonderful school Professor." Danny said looking around. Xavier smiled.
"I'd like to think so." He commented. Danny looked back at the bald man.
"It's like the outside world can't touch you in here." He said.
"Hey kid." Logan said looking in the kitchen Danny looked up, "Who are you talking to?"
DUN. DUN. DUN. Cliffhanger, sorry it's so short.
HINTS ABOUT THOSE CURIOUS ABOUT Danny'S GHOST SENSE!
This is along with the story in the last x-men. So if his ghost sense is going off, there is a ghost, just not an obvious one… if you need more than that.
Ghosts are without the handicaps they had in life after they die.
And it is consistent with The Last Stand, so those of you who watched think about that.
Ok, Con-San out!
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