The Hybrid List

Chapter Two

The Arrows

"Laws control the lesser man… Right conduct controls the greater one."

~Mark Twain~

Queen Steel Mill 0200 Hours

Diggle watched silently as the teen ate his food. Phantom was slow and made sure that everything tampered with. He was still pretty wary, but didn't seem like he wanted to hurt anyone. Diggle tried to start some small talk, but the teen only gave short small answers that really didn't answer anything.

"Phantom, are you okay?" Diggle asked seeing that the teen put his food down and seemed to hold his chest.

"It feels as though my core is tearing itself out of my chest," Phantom whispered holding his chest and pushing against it slightly. "I don't…" Phantom let out a short scream. Diggle kneeled down in front of him and gently moved the teen's hands away from his chest to look. There was nothing there, but Phantom was tearing at the bandages. Diggle grabbed Phantom's hand in his own and held them down. His core hadn't been hurting earlier, it had felt somewhat normal. More so than before.

"Stop, hang on," Diggle whispered as he gently placed his hand on the bandage. The spot was burning hot, and Diggle knew that the ghost had been cooler than normal. "You're chest feels like its on fire."

"It hurts," Phantom gasped looking at his wrists that were still trapped. He knew he could get them out, but he was afraid of what Diggle would do to him. Diggle gently rubbed Phantom's shoulder.

"I need you to breath," Diggle whispered. "You're beginning to panic. You need to calm down. It could be a poison or even an infection. Just hang on; I might have something that could help." Phantom nodded laying back against the chair trying to calm down. He wrapped his arms around his chest as the world blurred around him. Diggle was suddenly next to him again tilting his head back. Phantom struggled slightly, but gave up when Diggle poured the contents down the hybrid's throat.

Phantom coughed a little before losing consciousness. A bright light appeared around his waist before disappearing. Diggle stepped back in surprise, but was relieved when nothing happened. He picked the kid up and laid him back on the bed. After pulling the blankets over Phantom's body, he went back to the computer. He researched at a few articles about the teen's heroic in Amity. Learning that the teen was always questioned made him think of Oliver and Starling.

Shutting down the system, Diggle leaned back into the chair and watched the hybrid carefully till darkness come over him.

Oliver walked down to the hideout in the morning to see Diggle asleep in the chair and Phantom studying one of his arrows. He shook his head as Phantom gave him a small smile. Oliver motioned him over to the computer desk before grabbing a small journal from his desk. Phantom watched him carefully.

"You want to know what this is?" Oliver asked deciding that if the kid thought that he was just going to be used and then thrown to the side, then he was going to prove him wrong. He could use the kid's help in their cause. A ghost can get into places he couldn't, and he could use someone like that. Phantom could also give him a way to keep people off his trail and even to distract them if he needed to get out of a sticky situation. That type of help would be invaluable to them.

"A book with a list a names," Phantom answered looking at him. "I don't know why or what it means."

"Were you really that paranoid?" Oliver asked watching the ghost carefully.

"Mainly bored," Phantom whispered as he wondered away. "Do you have a bathroom I could use?"

"Yeah, up the stairs and to the right, second door. It's labeled, and don't go any farther than that," Oliver stated as he started up the computers again. Phantom looked at him strangely before heading up. He looked around to find the bathrooms quickly. He entered and looked in the mirror.

Dark and dull green eyes stared back at him. They were full of pain, and Phantom closed them before opening them again to really look at himself. He had a black shirt on with a pair of grey sweats. Diggle had given them to him to sleep in, but he wished he still had his jumpsuit. It had his picture of his family.

It was long gone though. They had taken it.

"Man, how'd I even survive," Phantom whispered feeling his ribs brush against the shirt. He sighed before leaning against the wall and sadly looking into the mirror at himself.

"Diggle," Oliver called shaking the man's shoulder. Diggle groaned before looking around.

"Where'd Phantom go?" he asked slightly worried. Oliver pointed upstairs.

"He went to the bathroom. I was wondering if you found anything else out," Oliver wondered as he turned the computer on.

"Phantom, something happened, and his chest felt like it was on fire. I don't know what it was, but I was able to get some of your magic plant down his throat," Diggle explained rubbing his eye. "They put a failsafe in him if he did get out of their care." Oliver nodded.

"Probably," Oliver said. "He seems alright now; he just went upstairs to the bathroom. It probably did save him."

"Oliver, how are we going to go about this? I don't know about you, but I want to put a bullet though Masters. Phantom seems like a really good kid," Diggle said as Oliver pulled up some information.

"Well, we managed to freak Masters out a little. He's leaving in four days," Oliver informed. "He's also backed out of the deal with my family, so that's a plus. But now we need to get him taken down. If he was experimenting on Phantom, then there might be more."

"You think he's nervous about the Hood?" Diggle asked watching the door for Phantom. "Or he's afraid of Phantom being loose?"

"I think he's afraid of Phantom. Phantom knows a lot about Masters and he knows how to take him down," Oliver said as they heard the door open. Phantom started down the stairs. "I think we have the wild card that can take him down and hard."

"He's also injured," Diggle pointed out as Phantom slowly came down the stairs. He looked a little spooked, but otherwise unharmed. "You alright?"

"Not really, but I think I will be," Phantom smiled at them. He was free, and he wasn't going to stop until Masters was taken down. "So what are your plans for Masters?"

"I think he's scared," Oliver stated. "He's shortened his stay here in Starling."

"Well, that's odd. He doesn't get scared easily," Phantom informed looking at the screen Oliver had up. "But maybe there's something that I don't know. Something else going on. Maybe dealing with that list you have?"

"You believe there's more?" Oliver asked. He knew the list contained names of people who hurting Starling, and he knew that someone else wrote the list. He wasn't sure, and now, with another set of eyes, he might be able to figure it out from an outside perspective. Maybe there was something more going on that involved the list.

"Nothing is ever what is seems. Take me for example: I'm capable of vanishing into thin air," Phantom smiled before disappearing into thin air making both Oliver and Diggle tense lightly before he reappeared. "Especially when it comes to Masters."

"Then we need to take him down and figure out what exactly what is going on," Oliver said. He was going to get this kid justice. The kind that couldn't be found in a courtroom. Phantom smiled before leaning against a table and grabbing an arrow.

"I'm all ears," Phantom grinned before raising his hand and creating an exact copy of the arrow out of ice. "I've practiced a little at making them." Oliver smiled. Phantom would make an excellent ally. Good at hiding and fighting alongside Oliver with his own powers, Phantom would be an unstoppable force.

"You need an outfit," Diggle smiled lighting as they pulled up ideas for him. Phantom smiled as they got to work on getting him back up to hero shape.

"That would be nice considering they took my suit from before. Can it be black and white?" Phantom asked with a grin. He had some ideas on what he wanted. Oliver felt a small smile at the opportunistic hybrid.

"You can do whatever you want," Oliver said as they got to work. He already had a bow coming in for him. Since he seemed to like to shoot his, it would be nice to have someone else to shoot and practice with.

MastersCorp

"Have you found the body?" Masters asked angrily. He wasn't expecting the vigilante to go though his lab and get Phantom. The clone wasn't stable yet. They still couldn't get the mid morph DNA needed for it, and now everything had gone to hell. They killed Phantom, and he would never be able to get the son he always wanted.

Maddie was gone, and now so was Danny. Masters growled. This was Merlin's fault. He avoided Starling as much as he could until everything was stable and he could continue his research. But the time was coming closer and closer and the success of what happened in Amity Park made Merlin's plans move faster. Pairing with Queen's Allied Sciences would have helped him get the equipment needed to force Phantom's change and stabilized it long enough for them to get what was needed.

"No, sir. We have yet to recover it and we still can't find his ecto signature," the agent informed. "We've driven all over Starling City so far."

"Keep looking," Masters demanded angrily as he started pacing. He was going to end this so called 'Vigilante' once and for all. If the Vigilante was giving Merlin trouble, then there was no telling what exactly that nutjob could uncover about him while he was in Starling.

He had his own plans, and Merlin wasn't going to screw it up for him. After Maddie died and Danny refusing to go with him, he knew he went a little crazy. Amity Park was just a test, and an easy one due to all the ghost attacks. As long as everyone thought it was ghost related, no one was going to look too closely at what had actually happened, but he hadn't counted on Danny actually figuring it all out in the end.

The Little Badger was smarter than he thought.

Verdant

Phantom was pacing across the floor. Oliver watched him closely. The kid was muttering to himself ever since he finished his lunch.

"You okay?" Oliver asked when Phantom stopped and closed his eyes.

"I need to shift, but there was so much damage, and I have no idea what could happen when I do," Phantom told him still seeming to pay attention to something else. He could feel the warmth of his human half even closer to the surface than he could before. Oliver looked at him slightly confused.

"Shift?" Oliver asked watching the ghost closely.

"I told you Masters was like me with powers, well…we…I have a human half, and he has a ghost half that we can shift between the two," Phantom explained flipping his hand back and forth. "My human half is thought to be dead along with the rest of Amity Park, but I can hide my ecto signature underneath my human heart, and no one would be able to trace it. Something I learned about a week before Amity burnt to the ground."

"You are full of surprises," Oliver nodded as Phantom looked at him. "If you are capable, try. I'm here is anything does happen." Phantom looked at him.

"Alright," Phantom smiled slightly before letting a bright white ring form. "I really hope this doesn't backfire." Oliver watched it traveled across the body. The room seeming to get slightly warmer. A torn white shirt and ripped blue jeans appeared. The white aura around him disappeared as his eyes turned blue and his hair jet black. "Well, that went better than I thought it would. Hey, my clothes still exist!"

"You didn't fall or pass out." Oliver was relieved, but though the shirt, he could see the scar on the boy's chest. "Although I'm going to need to get new clothes for this side as well. Did your parents have to buy clothes for both sides?"

"Ha, no, Phantom's suit usually regenerated, but they succeed in screwing that all up trying to figure out how that worked," Danny explained. "My name is Danny Fenton. My parents were ghost hunters."

"That's a little weird," Oliver said, nodding and shaking his head lightly. Danny only smiled.

"Yeah, needless to say, I was the kid they picked on all the time," Danny shrugged. "I take it you were the one doing the picking?"

"I really didn't do a lot of picking on other people. More of a party boy than anything else," Oliver admitted. "Didn't really have the time to try to get at other people. Then again, I was enrolled in a private school. Yours was public right?"

"Yeah, I guess there could have a big difference there," Danny admitted with a light shrug. It hurt to think about, but he mourned them all already, and now, he was going to give them the justice they deserved. "But it helps when you're a scientific impossibly to hide your secret identity. Especially when the school thinks you're a dork."

"I guess it helps," Oliver said. "No one would think that a party boy opening a night club would dress in green tights and save the city." Danny smiled as he looked at the box that Oliver had brought in with lunch. "Since I managed to not accidently kill myself…again. Oh, What's that?"

"A surprise," Oliver smiled jumping up over towards the box. Danny followed him curiously. Oliver opened the box to reveal a white bow. Black had already been taken by the dark archer, and with the fact that Danny could literally vanish from sight anyway, it didn't need to be darker to hide it. "You seemed like you liked to shoot mine, so I got you your own."

"Whoa," Danny whispered as he picked it up. It looked a lot like Oliver's only a bright white with black handles instead of green and gold. "Okay, this is awesome. This means you want me to stay here right?"

"Of course, we know something more is going on, but we could use all the extra help we can get. I did research on Phantom, and while there wasn't a whole lot, I got enough to know that you were their hero," Oliver said. "I want to give you back that chance."

"Thanks," Danny smiled pulling back the string and letting an arrow of ice form within it. A grin spread across Danny's face as he let go and the arrow shattered against the target. "Well, maybe that needs more practice." Oliver huffed out a laugh before dragging Danny towards a table.

"I'll show you how to make real arrows, and you can keep practicing your ice arrows as well. Keep the ability hidden for now. We don't want Masters to know that you're still alive. Surprise is sometimes the best thing you can have," Oliver informed as he pulled some white arrows that were also in the box. "Your clothes will be here tomorrow."

"Awesome, 'cause I really don't like being stuck here. I'm very bored," Danny said pulling at his shirt. "Although, are there anymore extra clothes?" Oliver motioned towards a bag they had brought in the night before.

"Yeah, there's some there," Oliver pointed out as his phone started ringing. "I have to take this." Danny nodded as he grabbed a pair of dark jeans and a grey shirt. "Hello?"

"Hey, so Mom wants us to meet for dinner," Thea's voice came across the phone annoyed. "She seemed happy about it, and I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not."

"Well, I guess we show up and hope for the best…" Oliver stopped and looked over towards Danny who was changing shirts. Scars crisscrossed on his back, and Oliver knew that those hurt. He had scars as well, and he knew that scars came with the mental ones. "Tell her I'm bringing a friend. He needs to get out of a bad situation, and I think I can help him."

"I don't think that…do you think Mom would mind if I brought an extra?" Thea asked quickly. Oliver breathed in before deciding it would be unfair for him to say no.

"Is it someone I know?" Oliver asked.

"Yep, but you better be there," Thea threatened before hanging up. Oliver sighed before turning to Danny who was watching him carefully.

"What?"

"Wanna come to dinner?" Oliver asked making the teen's eyebrow's shoot up. "I mean, you said yourself that you didn't want to stay here, but it's up to you."

"Alright," Danny smiled. "Since I'm human, my ghost side can't be found. I've managed to figure how to hide from most tracers designed for me. The only one I couldn't hide from was designed by my parents."

"Good, plus they are probably thinking you died from the poison. Did Diggle figure out how?" Oliver asked as he and Danny headed up the stairs towards Verdant.

"Yeah, there was a small device under my ribs that he managed to get out. It kinda hurt," Danny informed as he raised his shirt up just enough for Oliver to see a bandage over it. "It'll heal in a couple hours."

They came up to the partly finished night club. The bar was in place, but bags still were hanging from the rafters.

"Under the night club you own," Danny marveled as he glanced around. There wasn't any workers around, and he figured that it had something to do with end of the day anyway. "So I get to eat dinner with the famous Queens? Cool."

"Did some research of your own?" Oliver asked watching the hybrid.

"Yeah, I was bored and your computer wasn't locked, so I did some research. Were you really trapped on an island for five years?" Danny asked looking at him curiously.

"Yes," Oliver said shortly when they came up to a motorcycle that was sitting outside. "Did…were you captured before or after the destruction of Amity Park?"

"Before," Danny answered, voice small. "I was in those labs for over a year…Apparently, I'm actually eighteen. How fucked up is it that?" Oliver looked at him sadly.

"Well, I got you out, and if I have anything to say about it, you're never going back," Oliver promised. Danny looked up at him.

"No one has ever promised to protect me. It was always me protecting them. My friends did their best, but…they weren't always enough. Thank you," Danny smiled at him as they both got on. Oliver gave Danny his helmet as they took off towards the Queen Mansion.

Queen Mansion

"So you each decided to bring someone to dinner," Moria said looking at her two children in confusion. Oliver brought an eighteen year boy and Thea invited Laurel. "I thought I said this was to be a family dinner."

"Ollie started it," Thea defended herself looking at Danny with a smile. He was cute, and about her age. "You said your name was Danny right?"

"Yeah," Danny answered watching her carefully. Knowing what her brother did at night helped to stay clear of that. "Thea?"

"Yep. So, how'd you meet my brother?" she asked as Laurel pulled Oliver away. Moria just looked annoyed at them, but she was interested in how the kid knew Oliver.

"He saved me, and just kinda stayed. He's helped me with a few personal issues," Danny informed looking at them both. "I've…not exactly had the best couple years."

"Oh, well, I'm glad he's helping you," Thea smiled at him. "Do you live in the Glades then?"

"I'm actually from out of town," Danny said as they all sat down. "My family died, and kinda haven't been able to get on my feet."

"I'm sorry to hear about that," Moria said as her inner mother came out. This young boy lost his family, and was alone. She was proud of her son for taking this child under his wing. "What happened if you don't mind me asking?"

"You can't save everyone, Little Badger," Plasmius sneered dragging the bloodied boy away from the house that was on fire. A green shield surrounded the place till it exploded. The shield flicking away.

"There was a fire," Danny whispered. "They weren't able to get out, and no one could get in to save them."

"How'd you end up here?" Thea asked only for Danny to close his eyes and take in a deep breath.

"A series of unfortunate circumstances," Danny answered trying to pull himself at least somewhat together. His ghost side was rising to the surface, and he couldn't let that happen. It was too dangerous.

"I'm glad you meet my son then," Moria smiled. "Where are you staying?" Danny swallowed a little before answering carefully.

"Your son set me up in a place," Danny smiled lightly. "What about you guys? What have you been doing?"

"Well, I've been working for CNRI. It's a law firm that helps people who can't afford high priced lawyers," Thea started in on a couple cases she was helping on. Danny and Moria both chimed in and asking questions about the work.

"Who is the kid?" Laurel asked narrowing her eyes at Oliver. "And why? I mean Thea hanging out with Roy is one thing, but now you?"

"Hey, I'm just helping the kid," Oliver stated raising his hands. "Besides, he deserves it. What are you doing here? What do you mean about Thea hanging out with Roy? Whose Roy?"

"I heard about Masters being in town, and Thea was acting oddly at the office. I was concerned," she said watching Oliver carefully. Masters was creepy and had nearly gotten her dad killed four years ago. "And Roy…ask your sister."

"She was acting oddly? How?" Oliver asked concerned.

"She was asking questions about the vigilante and exactly what he was. The questions were just worded oddly. After lunch, it was almost like she wasn't even curious," Laurel said looking perplexed. "I'm worried, Ollie."

"She'll be fine," Oliver promised hugging her. "I know it." He had a feeling that whatever happened to Thea that morning may have something to do with Danny. He needed to talk to him before they left just in case.

"Alright," Laurel smiled before heading into the dining room. Danny looked over at her and spotted Oliver motion for him to come to him. Danny quickly excused himself before heading towards him.

"Something wrong?" Danny asked looking at Oliver in concern.

"Can ghosts really overshadow people?" Oliver asked turning from the room. Danny looked at him confused before answering.

"Yes, why?"

"Laurel said Thea was acting strangely today asking about my side job," Oliver informed looking around for any one overhearing. "Can you tell if someone has been overshadowed recently?"

"Yeah, but that requires dragging Phantom to surface a lot more than I should. I don't have to change, but there will be a noticeable change in the environment."

"What kind of change?" Oliver asked not wanting to blow Danny's cover. Hopefully they were far enough away from the city and out of any possible search areas that they might be looking for the kid. If they were even looking, Diggle told him that Master's lab was dark for the past 24 hours.

"Sudden freezing temperatures," Danny smiled sheepishly. "I can control it a little bit as a human. It won't be so…chilling. But still, they will notice. That's the problem with ghosts. They can cause change in an environment. Cold and a sudden feeling of panic."

"Alright, well…" Oliver started not sure how this was going to go. Danny looked over the Thea.

"She's not now, and she was talking about things from earlier. Usually after being overshadowed the person acts off trying to fill the blanks. They don't always remember what happened," Danny explained. "Maybe she's just hiding something and it has nothing to do with ghosts?"

"I just want all my bases covered," Oliver said as Danny took a couple steps back from him.

"Alright, the effect will be stronger on you than them," Danny said looking up at him. "They might feel a chill for a few seconds, but nothing else. You'll feel colder, longer."

"You can do it from a different room?" Oliver asked realizing that this would make it easier, and if he was the one with the worse effect, then no one would need to ask questions. Danny looked up at him with bright green eyes before chills shot down his spine.

"Whoa, cold chill," Thea said from the other room. "Hey! I was hoping for springtime." As everyone in there was laughing, Danny looked at Oliver with bright green eyes.

"She wasn't. So now what?" Danny asked as the chill left just as sudden as it came.

"I don't know. I'm glad, but concerned too," Oliver stated looking over at his sister who was listening to Laurel explain something more on what they were working on at CNRI.

"Well, we'll just have to keep our eyes open then," Danny stated as Diggle entered from outside to start his shift. He looked at Danny in surprised and then Oliver.

"Uh, who's this?" Diggle asked a little confused. Oliver smiled forgetting that they didn't tell Diggle that Phantom had a human half.

"Danny," Danny answered with a smile that made Diggle do a double take. He knew that smile from somewhere. "Danny Phantom, or Fenton in this form."

"Oh, you can…I guess that makes sense if you're a hybrid like Masters. That means he also has a ghost form then?" Diggle asked making sure to keep his voice down.

"Yes, Plasmius, or the Wisconsin Ghost. I call him a fruitloop in either form to be honest," Danny shrugged as Moria walked into the room.

"Dinner is ready, why don't we go sit," she said with a kind smile as Oliver nodded and headed in, Danny following. Diggle stayed out and guarded the room. Moria pulled Danny off to the side to speak with him.

"Danny, I'm curious, where are you from?" she asked. She knew what was about to happen and didn't want Danny in the crossfire if she could help it. He seemed like a good kid.

"It's…complicated. Extremely, but let's just say, it doesn't exist anymore," Danny winced. "I don't really want to talk about it." Moria nodded.

"I'm glad my son helped you. He's been…different since he came back, but maybe you can help him just like he's helping you?" Moria whispered. "I'm worried."

"Everyone has secrets to protect those that they love, but sometimes holding back hurts the ones we love more than it helps," Danny started with a small smile. Moria was concerned that the boy may know more than he should. "But, trust the person to do the right thing in the end when it comes down to it." Moria nodded before going into the room and sitting at the head of the table with Danny sitting next to Oliver.

Verdant

Tommy looked around the place again. He knew avoiding Oliver wasn't really the best way to go about knowing his secret, but he was hurt. Oliver was never going to tell him about being the Hood. A murderer. He wasn't sure which was worse, until he seen that kid hanging around him. Tommy was concerned as to why the kid knew about him to begin with. No one should be hanging around Oliver; it was too dangerous.

Tommy didn't feel comfortable leaving until he knew everything about the kid and why he was hanging around. He wasn't going to leave some kid to Oliver's mercy if he could do anything about it. Plus he really didn't want to go to his father for help.

Even if he wanted to.

Tommy turned when he heard Oliver and another voice come in. Tommy swallowed the lump his throat as he headed up to them. He looked at the kid, and the kid seemed pretty relaxed if a little uneasy about him being there.

"Tommy?" Oliver greeted carefully unsure if he was welcome or not. They have been avoiding each other for the past few days, but he was hoping that Tommy wouldn't do anything or say anything that could give him away. He did manage to at least save his father a couple weeks ago.

"Who's this?" Tommy demanded making the kid glare at him. Tommy wasn't going to play nice with Oliver just yet.

"Danny," the kid answered crossing his arms. "What crawled up your ass and died?" Tommy looked taken back for a moment before sending a glare to Oliver who only shrugged.

"Don't look at me, you pissed him off," Oliver defended before backing away slightly. Danny only looked Tommy up and down.

"Who the hell are you?" Danny asked still guarded. Danny watched Tommy carefully as the man seemed angry at Oliver for some unknown reason. Although Danny was pretty certain he knew what it may be if this was who he thought he was.

"Tommy," he replied. "What are you doing with Oliver?"

"Guy saved me from being vivisected," Danny answered making Tommy's eyes widen before taking a step back. Danny knew that Tommy just needed a kick in the right direction to not do anything stupid like tell anyone who Oliver really was. Mainly because that would likely expose Danny as well. He wanted to remain dead long enough for them to shut down whatever it was that Plasmius was working on. Technically, Danny had already been dissected, but if it helped get Tommy on their side, then he didn't need to know everything. "Figured I owed him one."

"Viv…I don't…" Tommy seemed confused, and Danny realized that probably wasn't the best response. He needed to really work on subtly and not going too far into detail. Of course after being tortured and not giving enough detail, he lost his filter for an acceptable etiquette. "You were…why?" Tommy realized exactly why this was important, and that chances are he should definitely keep Oliver's secret now.

"Shouldn't exist. You the manager of the Night Club then?" Danny asked changing the topic quickly. Oliver seemed a little annoyed at being outed about how he saved the kid, but at least Tommy didn't seem like he wanted nothing to do with him anymore.

"Yeah..you just drop…" Tommy still was having trouble processing what the kid said. Danny sighed.

"Dude, you guys have been avoiding each other, which isn't good. Especially since its relates to Arrowboy here," Danny pointed to Oliver. "I know a few things about keeping secrets, and the only ones who knew mine were my best friends and sister. Also the fruitloop, but there was an agreement. One secret for a secret," Danny explained. "But you guys seriously need to get this figured out."

"He kills people," Tommy hissed, glaring back at his friend. Danny shrugged.

"People kill other people all the time. People do horrible things to one other. But has any of the people he has killed been innocent?" Danny asked. "'Cause I do my own research and most of those people were wanted for murder or were guns for hire. Or were cutting open teenagers cause they're not exactly human," Danny defended Oliver. "It's all perspective."

"I can't do this," Tommy said. "I…"

"Tommy, I'm sorry. I didn't want to put you in this position," Oliver started only for his friend to glare at him. Danny cut in.

"No, he's in it now. My life is still up in the air. I'm not going back to that lab, and you promised to help me. I don't need someone who I don't know if I can trust or not. Someone who's not sure what to do," Danny interjected vehemently. "I understand he's angry, but I'm not stopping until Masters has been taken down."

"Masters? Like Vlad Masters?" Tommy asked looking between the two. Oliver closed his eyes before turning to his friend.

"Yes, Masters had him locked in one of his labs here in Starling for whatever reason," Oliver informed.

"He's right," Tommy mumbled looking down. He knew about how creepy Masters was. He had meet the man not even six hours ago when he was talking to his father. "I'm sorry, Oliver. This might be too much…but I have your back."

"Thank you," Oliver whispered. Tommy looked at Danny again.

"What did you mean by not exactly being human?" Tommy asked figuring maybe he could at least get some answers about what the team was working on. He didn't know everything- he didn't want to-but he wanted to help keep Danny safe at least. He was after all still just a kid.

"Part ghost," Danny shrugged. "Accident in my parent's lab. Created a portal to the Ghost Zone. A couple years later, Masters destroys Amity Park." Tommy was horrified. Partly because the story and partly because Danny seemed a little too nonchalant about it.

"You're from Amity Park?" he asked. Remembering those horrifying moments when that's what was all over the news.

"I'm the Phantom of Amity Park," Danny answered looking at the guy with a smile. "Oliver's helping me to take down Masters. Wanna help?"

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