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" Come on," Baba says, putting his hand on my shoulder. " Let's grab some food." Once Vlad was removed, the judge called for an hour's recess.

" Good idea," Cass says, " I'm starving."

But I don't move. I sit there, shocked. " Danyal? What's wrong?" Damian asks.

" Did that really just happen?" I ask, truly flabbergasted. I never thought I'd see the day Vlad would be arrested.

" Is everything all right, Mr. Wayne?" Ms. Vance asks me.

" Yes, I mean..." I hesitate. We've always had a pack of mutually assured destruction, but now, does it still hold the same weight? " Could you pass along a warning to the officers?"

" A warning?" Ms. Vance and Baba echo.

" Vlad, he's kinda like me, limital, just not to the same extent. If they're going to hold him, they need to put him in the ecto-cell," I say quietly.

" I thought Phantom hadn't gotten around to implementing safety measures yet?" Ms. Vance asks, confused.

I give his Baba a knowing look, " It's a Fenton project. The courthouse and county jail paid to ghost-proof a cell– It happened after the original Freakshow fiasco– just in case. It should stop our abilities, too. I-I don't want to risk it–"

" No, you've done the right thing," Ms. Vance says, " I'll let them know. Thank you for speaking up. Enjoy your break. I'll see you soon." She then walks off to flag down a deputy.

" Come on, Danyal," Damian reiterates, " we have yet to eat. Take the time to prepare. Vance will have you on the stand this afternoon."

I huff, "Fine, but I want Nasty Burger."

" All rise for the honorable Judge Scott," the bailiff calls. The room rises one by one, and then the judge walks in and takes their seat. " You may be seated."

They bang the gavel, " quiet in chambers. Ms. Vance, call your first witness," the judge says.

" Thank you, your honor. I call Danyal Wayne to the stand," Ms. Vance says.

I get up and head to the witness box, swearing when asked, " I solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm that I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

" Thank you, Danyal," Ms. Vance says, walking towards the stand, "How and why did you reach out to your paternal family?"

" It wasn't hard to find them, a Google search, a DM, and information only Damian and I would know, and soon we were on the phone," I say, civilian-fying my actions. " As for why... like Jazz said, my job was to clean the lab. I saw the aftermath after they caught Phantom. Their cameras were still up, and I saw the footage. After that, I didn't know how far they were willing to go in the name of science. I've always set their stuff off. I was getting scared I'd be the next one on their table. So they could check and see what it is about me that does it."

" Is there a reason why you'd think they would turn on a human?" Ms. Vance asks.

" You mean besides when they'd turn their inventions on Jazz and me when they thought we were possessed? When I was thirteen, I had an accident in their lab. They were more concerned with the equipment than its effects on my health. They never even took me to the hospital. It was only once I started setting off more equipment that they cared. Blood work, EMF readings, proximity alarms. They got more invasive over time."

" I would like to present video evidence A to the court," Ms. Vance says, and once given the go-ahead from the judge, presses play.

[ The video starts with Tucker Foley, Samantha Manson, and Danyal Wayne walking down the stairs into the Fentons laboratory.]