Danny Phantom: Finding the Lost King

Now That's An Exit

"BOOM"

"BOOM"

"BOOM"

Everyone turned and watched, except Danny who had turned back to gaze at the stars, as a series of explosions went off inside the complex. One after another, and soon enough the hole leading into the facility started to cave in, as the structure of the complex was destroyed. 

"Did we do that?" said Kid Flash as he watched the ground slowly sink in. The rest of the young heros shook their heads in answer, all quickly backing away from the entrance. 

"Oh that was me. Yeah I couldn't leave it alone, not after all the horrible things they did to us. I can't believe the collar had that much fire power though, kind of scary that that thing was around my neck all this time." Danny's hair, which had grown long and unruly while he was locked up, fell over his face when he turned to look at the heros again, casting his face in shadow. The heros could only see his toxic green eye shine brighter and brighter.

The others started getting nervous, between the destruction of the facility and the unfazed look in the man's eye, giving Danny a wide birth as they surrounded him. Danny noticed the encirclement and tightened his grip on Danielle, figuring his time was up with the youngsters and that he needed to make like a ghost and disappear. 

Noticing the change in the man's demeaner, Aqualad stepped forward, "Why did you destroy it? There might have been people still in the building." 

Danny shrugged and looked over at Aqualad with a leveled gaze, "it made me feel better, knowing that I destroyed the place that kept her and I imprisoned and experimented on for several years. We have been kept underground for so long I don't even know for how long. Day in and day out, over and over again, nothing but pain and screaming. Cut off from EVERYTHING!" While Danny had been speaking he slowly started to walk towards Aqualad, his voice rising in volume as he walked until he was standing face to face with the young hero. 

Danny was taller, so he leaned down slightly and gave Aqualad a withering look full of pain and hatred. Aqualad stood his ground and did not back down but could not make direct eye contact with the man. 

As the man walked toward their leader, the other young heros, keeping the encirclement had walked closer, not knowing if Danny was a threat or not. They might have rescued him but they knew next to nothing about him. Only that he was strong and a potentially dangerous person.

Danny noticed that the others had started to close in, but kept his gaze on Aqualad as they approached. "So forgive me for finding closure in destroying the source that had taken away a portion of our lives." Danny straightened up and turned away from the stunned hero shifting the girl in his arms into a more comfortable position. He started to walk away but stopped and looked back at the group of heros. "Thank you for helping us out of that place, painful as it was."  His toxic green eyes landing on Robin and Kid Flash briefly before turning back around to leave.  

Aqualad reached out in order to stop him, but it was to late. 

Without making a sound, the Man and the girl disappeared into thin air.