Sacrifices Aren't Always Necessary

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Danny curently found himself chained to a wall, sad part is the idiots who took him, of course, already knew he was half ghost. Without any way of contacting anyone and not being able to get out, the young halfa hoped his dad could locate him.

The sound of heavy, metal doors opening brought the boy back to reality. Now he was a ghost, you'd think he wouldn't be afraid of a clown, this was not the case though. As Joker made his way to the boy, his assistant Harly trailed behind him, both with face splitting grins.

"Well, well puddin. Looks like our boys up!"

"I can see that, tell me boy do you know who I am?"

"No, should I? I'm pretty sure I'd remember knowing a clown."

Danny couldn't stop a smirk from forming.. "Pretty poor imatation, don't you think?"

While Joker fumed, Danny busied himself in locating a weakness. He noticed that Joker didn't have much to him, unless you count the ridiculous suit.

"Seems our little Phantom here has a sense of humer, well he thinks he does."

With the scowling the child was doing, Jokers grin returned. Pleased with the results, he walked over to a tray next to the boy.

The little halfa watched Joker as he moved, not sure whether to be nervous or to taunt some more. He got his answer though, when the clown picked up a medium sized carving knife.

With wide eyes all he could do is pray to the Lord that he makes it through this ordeal alive.

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The young hero team were frustrated, here they are with upset and worried family members, and no leads to where the young Masters could be.

"He could be near the Harver, I mean the Joker isn't anywhere else we can think of."

"I don't think so, it's too obvious."

"Kf, don't shrug off possible leads. Anything can help, even if it's painfully obvious."

"Fine, then we're just going to go around in circles then? Great plan."

"Kf, we're not going in circles. We haven't even gotten going in a straight line yet."

"Robin, this is no time for jokes."

"Will you guys stop arguing, we have a young child missing and you guys fighting isn't helping!"

A,Kf,R: "Sorry Meg'an."

"So how's the older halfa doing, not tearing apart anything right?"

With the glare sent his way Kf decided to defend himself.

"Woah, I was just asking. This has to be hard on him."

With that the others mood mellowed as they looked over to the subject of their conversation. Masters was pacing the room, while the others were trying and failing to calm him down.

"I can say one thing, if we don't save the kid, he will. If that happens, there won't be a Joker to put behind bars."

"Right, so let's get back to work."

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Danny could no longer feel his body, with all the blood he's lost it had gone numb hours ago. It was obvious now that if he was going to get out, he needed to do it himself.

So with no further convincing, the young halfa pushed himself up off the ground. Thankfully, those idiots thought they no longer had to have him in chains.

With a painfull grunt, Danny tried to move his abused legs. He probably only got a few feet, before he collapsed again. Okay.. so maybe they didn't need the chains.

Danny's skin was so mauled with gashes, and he was pretty sure he had some broken ribs. He definitely had a broken arm, and nose.

Now the question was, how to get out if he couldn't even stand?

The sudden determination the young halfa got gave him just the motivation needed, so with some struggle and objects near-by Danny finally started for the back door in the room.