A Phantom of a Truth

Chapter Ten

By the time they arrived at Wes's house, Phantom was almost completely healed "is this the normal amount of time it takes for a ghost to heal? Because if so, becoming a ghost seems much more appealing now."

As they were entering the house Danni shook her head looking curiously at Danny "No. In fact, antipode to most beliefs, ghosts heal just as fast as a normal human. Phantom, of course, heals faster that normal. But, its never... like this. I wander if his ghost powers advanced or something..."

"Do you think he's well enough for me to tie him up? I mean, I don't want him to get away before I could ask any questions, and this is probably my best chance. But I also don't want to cause bacteria in his wound and infect it..." Wes seemed to be thinking out-loud rather than asking Danni as he put Phantom gently down on his chair. He bit back a sigh of relief as the static inside of him slowed down a bit as he let go, even though the static was now greatly fluctuating instead of a content rhythm like before. He actually kind of misses it...

Danni shrugged "Eh, he'll be fine. Here, you *might* want to use this." She said as she tossed him a ghost-proof Fenton fishing line.

Wes beamed "Thanks!" Then he paused and glanced at her direction suspiciously and with a dawning realization "Wait. Where... did you get this?"

"I may have, uhm, barrowed it from the Fenton's..."

Wes's eyes widen and turned a 180 to face her "you stole it?! Danni that's- that's not okay!"

Danni held up her hands "look. I'm gonna give it back when we're done, ok? They wont even notice that it was even gone. And, ah, you probably want to tie him up right about now."

Wes gave her a light glair "We're going to talk about this later." He stated as he tied Phantom as began to stir into a more stable state of consciousness.

"Ugh, how long was I out? Wait...Wes? Why- where...?-" Phantom asked curiously and slightly panicked. After he tried to jerk out of the restraints he then spotted Danni and slowly moved to the left to get a better view of her. As soon as she was in full view she waved with a mischievous gleam in her toxic green eyes and with a impish smirk.

Phantom's shoulders slummed as he gave her a look of slight bewilderment that seemed to ask her 'really?' Then he straitened up and looked back at Wes. "Well, I suppose it could be worse. There are so many questions I should ask here. First off, What the hell?"

"That's a exclamation of surprise, not a question." Wes stated absentmindedly.

Phantom rolled his eyes "Yes. Of course. Alright, why am I here?"

Wes crossed his arms and decided that there would be no beating around the bush "what did you do to Danny Fenton."

Phantoms eyes widen slightly in surprise and shock, then he quickly covered it up in a calm demeanor and replaced the shock with a (quite genuine, actually) look of bewilderment. "And why, pray tell, do you think I have any thing to do with Fenton?"

Wes open his mouth to tell him exactly why he would think that then froze.

Wait.

The accident,

Danni,

Phantom and Fenton never being in the same place.

...Dear lord, Wes felt like a idiot. As the puzzle pieces finally clicked into place Wes eyes widen and he stumbled back a few steps taking deep breaths.