Project Experiment

Chapter Four

Amity Park

Of all the missing pieces

Only one was found

WatchTower

"So the kid was the one preventing something like this from happening sooner?" Flash asked, looking at Batman concerned. One kid was saving Amity Park without any help sounded crazy, but he guessed that they were in the business of crazy.

"Apparently, since Amity only fell after his capture, but the real question is: why Amity?" Batman questioned. "Most villains have been using Gotham or Metropolis. Any one of the cities that we're in. Amity Park is barely a third of the size of Star City."

"Danny said that Masters has been studying us. Maybe that's one of the things he thought others might doing wrong when dealing with us. He avoided most of our suspicions up until Amity Park was sealed," Superman said, looking over some of the information that Jack had given them regarding Amity Park and his ex-friend Vlad Masters aka Plasmius.

"It still doesn't make sense," Flash exclaimed. "I mean, seriously? He's goes after some kid who actually could take on Superman in a fight and possibly win to mess with?"

"Masters is also half ghost," Danny whispered as he slowly walked into the computer room with the League. His father gently guided him from behind. "You need to understand that this will never make sense. Ghosts aren't supposed to make sense. It's sorta the point."

"Wait, Masters has the same powers you do?" Flash asked, looking annoyed now. He suddenly appeared next to Danny and Jack and looked over the teen. "So if you could…"

"Technically speaking, our powers are similar, but not the same. I…I technically died and ectoplasm saved me. He was infected by ectoplasm. The infection doesn't really balance him like it does me, so my powers are stronger. The only problem is that he has had them for twenty years," Danny explained as Jack helped him sit in one of chairs. "My powers are still growing and are sometimes unstable. Therefore they can seem weaker than his, but my ghost half is much more stable."

"Like your ice powers?" Flash asked, remembering how they drained the kid's power. Danny smiled at him.

"Yeah," Danny responded as Superman and Batman walked closer to them. "I have to use them otherwise they'll basically freeze me solid. Almost happened when they first started getting stronger."

"How'd you learn to control them then?" Batman asked, watching the teen carefully wondering what exactly the League had been missing when they were researching Amity.

"A ghost in the Zone helped me. Kinda a weird story, and…they have ice powers too. They helped me, and then I came back and saved Amity from a giant plant ghost," Danny said, leaning back in the chair with a light wince. The wound may have been healed, but soreness from laying in a bed for over two weeks was definitely taking a toll on the teen. His dad was trying to help him work it out, but he was exhausted.

"I remember that. Maddie had to write something down for me," Jack mumbled, thinking back on that. The ghost had trouble controlling him, and he thought they were done for. His son saved them, and now he could find out what had really happened that day.

"Amity was taken over by a plant ghost?" Batman asked, wondering why they never heard anything about it. Of course if Masters was the mayor, he could have prevented the news from leaving Amity, but someone would have noticed something odd going on with the town. Anything.

"Yeah, without my powers growing, I probably wouldn't have been able to save them," Danny admitted. "After that, I wanted help. Someone who could help, but my friends were afraid that you guys would turn me over to the government if we tried since my existence is against the law."

"What?" Flash exclaimed, completely thrown. Batman and Superman both looked at the teen in confusion wondering exactly how that could have happened without them noticing.

"The Anti-Ecto Acts," Danny said, looking at them. "They kinda make it illegal for ectoplasmic beings to be in this world. I'm both a ghost and human. I'm banned from both worlds."

"Really?" Jack asked, knowing about this world and the ghost laws being a hunter and all, but not a lot about the Ghost Zone. This reminded him that his son probably knew more ghosts than he and Maddie combined.

"Yeah, Real World items aren't allowed in the Ghost Zone," Danny smiled at his dad knowing that Jack was getting excited about learning something new about Ghosts. "I'm also a Real World being, so it gets a little complicated. My existence also pisses off the Ghost Zone Warden, so there's that."

"So you're stuck between a rock and a hard place," Superman said, looking at Batman. "We have a lot of work to do then."

"Why does your existence piss off the Warden?" Batman asked, wondering if there was more to the story. However, Danny didn't seem too concerned with the question, so Batman knew the kid was going to tell the truth.

"He's a stickler for the rules. Real World items aren't allowed, and I had one; he didn't like it. Sentenced me to a thousand years; I didn't like that and I broke out of his prison along with some help from the other inmates who didn't really do anything worth being in there," Danny explained. "Walker is corrupted with the power he holds over his prison."

"You staged a prison break?" Flash asked with wide eyes. The kid was officially crazy.

"Eh, wasn't going to stay for a thousand years for something that was out of my control," Danny said with a shrug. "Walker doesn't like his rules being bent, and to be honest, the guy nearly tortured me and did torture a friend of mine," Danny said with slight anger. "It's his fault."

"We don't really have any jurisdiction over the Ghost Zone," Batman said, "but we do have power here in this world. We can help make the Anti-Ecto Acts go away, but there's not a lot we can do about Hunters."

"To be fair, my parents are the only ones who were able to create trackers that could find me in both forms," Danny informed, looking at his dad. "I doubt that it'll too big a problem."

"Well, you said you may have a way to pull that shield down," Jack reminded. "That's why we came up here." Danny smiled at his dad before turning towards the heroes again.

"How cold has it been?" Danny asked as he slowly stood up again. "Masters doesn't do well with cold, he has a fire core."

"Pretty mild actually," Flash answered, wondering where the kid was going.

"Well, he doesn't do well with super cold temperatures, and that leads to him making mistakes, especially since he doesn't really know everything about my powers. I have an ice core, but I know for a fact that he doesn't really realize what that means. He knows I can control ice and create it, but he doesn't realize that I can also play with the weather using it."

"You can make it colder in Amity and make him uncomfortable," Batman said, watching the hybrid carefully and following his line of thought.

"I can bet you that shield wasn't tested against sudden super cold temperatures," Danny smiled. Superman stepped up.

"We've fired everything we could at that shield, including cold," he said as he motioned to the monitor. "Nothing happened."

"But not ectoplasmic cold," Danny grinned as he raised his hand and created a small ice crystal. "It should at the very least weaken the shield. But I might know a way to enter Amity though the Ghost Zone; however that's also banking on if the Portals inside Amity are still open."

"We try to take down the shield first," Batman said decisively. "We really haven't had a lead or plan since it went up, and if you think you can…"

"Wait, he's still hurt, and he still needs some rest before," Jack interrupted. "He needs to heal first before you put him in the front lines."

"Dad, I'm fine," Danny insisted. "I'll be okay. I'm just a little sore, plus they probably want some sort of plan before attacking anyway. I can help with that, and in a couple days I'll be good as new." Jack looked down before staring back at his son.

Phantom always came back stronger went he was shot down, and this was no different.

"What are you working on?" Superman asked as Batman pulled up more files on the GIW.

"These guys kidnapped a teenager and tortured him into fighting you," Batman said, glaring at the screen. "I want to nail these guys. Danny doesn't deserve to be hunted like an animal, but he's right about not being protected by the Metahumans Acts. He's not even considered human or alien. He's considered a ghost in which there are special laws."

"The Anti Ecto-Acts," Superman said, remembering that from Danny's stories.

"Exactly, and we need to get those thrown out and Phantom protected. As long as they have laws saying to destroy any and all ghosts, we can't really help Phantom after saving Amity," Batman informed. "Phantom was the one that was keeping the threat of ghosts contained to Amity Park to begin with. We should have gone in sooner. Maybe none of this would be happening."

"We thought it was all just a bunch of crap though," Superman said with a comforting smile. "I mean, ghosts aren't supposed to exist, but Danny just showed us that he's connected to both worlds. Maybe he can help create peace between the two worlds."

"He probably did to some degree. I've been looking into some of the things he's done while in Amity and apparently Amity has been sucked into the Ghost Zone before. We didn't hear about it until after they reappeared which is why we didn't think too much of it," Batman growled slightly at the screen where an article about Phantom saving the town from the Ghost Zone was at. "He stopped the Ghost King from taking over the Ghost Zone and this world. By himself."

"He's powerful," Superman whispered, looking at his friend. "You're afraid of what could happen if he turns dark side."

"He knocked you down without too much trouble, and now we find out that he's not the only one?" Batman said. "We need a plan to take out powerful ghosts, but…"

"You don't want to rely on a teenager, or you don't want to rely on someone you don't know very well," Superman cut in, glaring at his friend. "Either way, we're now out of our comfort zone."

"Phantom needs protection, and we need Phantom's protection," Batman said as he looked to his friend. "We save Amity first, and then figure out what to do after."

"Danny will need the League's help in doing a lot of the work. He even admitted that he wanted our help in the beginning," Superman said, crossing his arms and watching Batman carefully. "You're right about him being powerful, but he's still a teenager."

Amity Park

"Did you find anything?" Sam asked as Tucker ran up to her. They were trying to figure out how Vlad was keeping them in the dark. They didn't think that most of the ghosts really liked him, and they were planning on figuring a way out of this mess. Even if Danny was gone and couldn't help, they could do something. Valerie was still missing in action, and some of Casper High were still working to find Phantom. Of course Sam and Tucker knew that it wasn't going to be easy, since most of them didn't know everything.

"No, nothing new at least, but maybe if we talk to…" Tucker trailed off when Sam glared at him.

"I do not want to work with her," Sam growled as she turned away from him. It had always been just them, and now Paulina had managed to gather several of the students into some sort of resistance. The only reason Vlad hadn't destroyed them is because he didn't think they were a threat.

And they probably wouldn't be unless Tucker and Sam told them the truth.

"Sam, Danny's gone, but the fight isn't over yet," Tucker said as he walked towards her. "I know you miss him, and that you love him, so do I, but we have to keep fighting. For him. It's been months, and nothing changed. We have to do something."

"When's their next meeting?" Sam asked, hanging her head. Tucker was right. Paulina's group wouldn't be able to fight back until they were armed, both with the knowledge about ghosts and the fact that their classmate was Phantom.

Sam and Tucker had access to everything they would need to do it. Vlad may have locked down FentonWorks, but Danny had stashed a lot of the anti-ghost weaponry away from his home so his parents couldn't hurt him.

Danny had a 'just in case' measure if anything were to happen to him, and now Sam and Tucker were both going to get it.

Paulina watched out the door carefully for anyone coming closer. They were piecing together some of what their mayor had done, but she knew that they were missing some pieces.

They knew about Valerie now, but no one has seen her since she tried to attack the mayor after the shield appeared.

Now they had the people, but not the weapons or information to stop Masters.

"Dude, Phantom would be so happy for all of us fighting for him," Dash said as he crossed his arms. The nerds wouldn't be much help, but the football team could seriously kick some butt if they had access to the right tools.

"Well, it's your lucky day," Sam said as she jumped down from the air vent on the ceiling. The A-lister turned to her surprised as she swung a bag down and opened it. "This is the weaponry that Danny hid from his parents. This is the most dangerous stuff they created."

"Who invited you?" Paulina growled as she stomped towards the goth.

"Danny Fenton was Danny Phantom," Sam said as she pulled out a Fenton Bazooka. "He kept this stuff in case anything happened."

"You're joking," Dash grumbled, glaring at her, but the whole thing made too much sense. "There's no way wimpy Fenton is Phantom."

"They disappeared about the same time," Sam growled out. She couldn't believe she let Tucker talk her into this. If Danny was still alive, he was going to be so pissed.

"That doesn't mean anything," Paulina sneered back. She knew it would make sense though. Phantom was good at disappearing, but there were times when he did that Fenton would appear, and they were never in the same room together.

"Look, we have weaponry that could help stop Vlad," Sam said as she pinched her nose. She knew this was a bad idea, but it was the only one they had right now. "Danny was afraid of something like this happening."

"Dude, the Fentons hunted Phantom," Dash exclaimed. "Why would they—"

"Because they didn't know. No one knew besides us and Vlad. Without Danny here, he could do whatever he wanted!" Sam screamed as all the feelings bubbled over. "Do you have any idea how hard it was to patch him up after those fights? No of course not, you guys just made it worse!"

"Sam," Tucker whispered after having jumped down from the vent too. "Look, we needed muscle and a lot more people. We wouldn't even be telling you this, but we," Tucker paused as he took in a breath, "think that Danny might not have made it out alive."

"So you want our help to stop Masters," Paulina said, crossing her arms. They had the weapons, but not the people. She had the people, but not the weapons. "We can work together, but have you heard anything from Valerie?"

"No, not since she made a truce with Danny," Tucker said as Sam wiped away the tears that were beginning to form. "I know she attacked, but the weapons given to her were from Vlad."

"So her weapons would have been useless," Sam said, looking away from them. "We need to work together to stop Vlad."

"What we're about to tell you will make Vlad see you as a threat," Tucker warned. "Arm yourselves and be prepared."

Well, here ya go...it's been done a while, and I kinda lost a bit of my muse when I was writing Incision...But Incision is finished now and I'm in that haze of post story finished and it saddens me a little.