GHOSTLY AVENGER

Chapter 13: Old-Fashioned Notion.

Danny shot up and yelled as he has regained consciousness. He looks around and saw that he was on a medical bed. He panicked until he noticed Steve was there.

"Whoa, whoa, easy." Steve said, trying to calm him down and still in his Captain America uniform. "You're gonna be fine."

"Remind me to never fight the Hulk ever again." Danny said.

Steve chuckled before having a sorrow look on his face.

"What's wrong, Cap?" Danny said, concerned for his idol.

"Danny, I want to apologize for treating you like a kid instead of a potential teammate. I had trouble on getting use to the idea of a very young superhero. Not to mention what you did back there was a brave thing you did, distracting the Hulk. You saved other people on board the carrier. You really are a hero." Steve said.

Danny couldn't believe it. Captain America, the man he idolized ever since he was a kid, has apologized to him. He regained his composure before he said...

"No. You don't need to apologize, Captain. You had every right to think that way. Besides, I'm used to it anyway." Danny said.

"Another thing. Before the attack, when everyone was arguing at each other, you maintain your cool. You didn't let your ego get the best of you, even when you discover S.H.I.E.L.D. was making ghost hunting weapons. Not to mention, it took courage to tell me and Tony to stop arguing." Steve said.

"That really didn't surprise me at all honestly. The Guys in White has been making weapons for years to stop me and other ghosts. Even my parents made weapons regularly, mostly to hunt me down and they shot at me a few times, before I revealed my identity. Funny, huh?" Danny said.

"Yeah... I tell you what, as soon as all of this is over, I'll sign your trading cards." Steve said.

"You'll do that?" Danny said, wide-eyed and excited that Steve is gonna autograph his own vintage set of Captain America trading cards.

"Sure, after all, I think I am teaming up with my number one fan." Steve replied.

"Thanks, Cap. That means a lot to me." Danny said before changing the subject. "Anyway, what happen? What's the damage?"

"We lost some people today." Steve said.

"I have been expecting that. Anyone from the team?" Danny said concerning for his other fellow Avengers.

"Thor and Banner are not on board but the others are fine. Also..." Steve said before stopping mid-sentence.

"Also what? What happen?" Danny said getting concerned.

"Loki killed Coulson." Steve sighed finished his sentence.

Danny went wide-eyed. Coulson's passing became too personal for him. He wasn't just an ally or an agent to him, he was a friend. Danny gritted his teeth, growled, and his eyes flash a deadly neon green before saying...

"Loki is gonna pay for this."

"I couldn't agree more." Steve said as Danny's eyes return to their normal icy blue.

"By the way, your last name is Fenton, right?" Steve asked.

"Yes." Danny replied.

"Do you have relation to Harry Fenton?" Steve asked.

"He would have been my grandfather. He died before Jazz and I were born." Danny answered.

"Would it surprise you that I knew him during the war." Steve said.

"You knew my grandfather?" Danny asked, in total shock.

"Yep. He was a good man. He sometimes talks about the paranormal and a 'Halfa' when he had the chance. He was among one of the people that assist in injecting me with the super solider serum, along with Tony's father Howard Stark and Doctor Erskine. Ironic that his Halfa theory came to fruition thanks to his, would have been grandson: you. You also look like him a little bit." Steve said.