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Chapter Twenty: Good Luck? Never Heard Of It

Standing in front of the Team, about ten feet away, were two females and two males. One female, a woman, was tall with violet eyes and had red/orange hair that was cut to her neck, and she wore a teal jumpsuit. The other female was a teenager with short-medium hair, purple eyes, and she wore a black and purple tank top with a skirt, purple leggings, and black combat boots. Meanwhile one male, adult, was tall and bulky, he had blue eyes, black and gray hair, and he too wore a jumpsuit, but it was orange instead. And lastly, the other male was a teenager. He had a red beret, black glasses, a yellow long sleeve shirt, cargo pants, and brown boots.

They remained frozen in place as they stared at the cloaked Phantom and Siren. Most of the team was also in shock.

"Danny, White!"

The air within the warehouse felt thick and eerie in the echoing silence following the exclamation. The fading sun only dampened the mood further, as shadows danced across the walls and stretched their eager skeletal fingers towards the occupants of the room. Yellow turned orange as the sun's last rays of light shone through the broken windows of the warehouse.

Phantom and Siren observed their ex-family and friends and couldn't help but feel guilty as he took in their appearances.

Maddie and Jack Fenton's hair were graying significantly, their usually brightly colored jumpsuits looked worn and dull in color, their weapons also looked worn and poorly made in design, but it wasn't like their weapons were ever well-made from the start in the first place. But lastly their eyes. Their eyes held so much grief and exhaustion that it almost hurt to look at them.

"It's not your fault," the two heard through the mind link and looked over at M'gann. "They brought this upon themselves. It's their own actions that made them like this."

The two didn't dare voice their doubtful thoughts on the matter.

Before Phantom, or anybody, could say anything, Maddie exclaimed 'My Boys' and began to run towards them with open arms and a relieved smile on her face with tears in her eyes.

But before she could reach the two, Superboy stepped in front of the ghost and siren. Effectively blocking off the red-haired woman's path. Maddie stopped and with a look of shock, stared at the slightly older raven-haired teen. Soon enough she was able to snap out of it and now looked on in curiosity.

"What do you think you're doing," Superboy's voice echoed throughout the warehouse.

Maddie blinked in surprise at the question, but that surprise quickly turned into irritation. They didn't know about superheroes, so Superboy just looked like a regular teenager to them. Not someone that could snap them in half with one hand.

"Hugging my sons, what else would I be doing," Maddie asked like it was the most obvious thing in the world, irritated.

"She's telling the truth you know," Impulse said over the Mind-Link.

"That doesn't mean she gets the right too," Conner says cooly back.

"So how are we going to deal with these guys," Karen asked.

"Last time I checked, they weren't your sons," M'gann retorted, stepping closer to Phantom and Siren.

"You, children, dare have the audacity to sit there and claim..." Maddie was interrupted.

"Enough," White's voice boomed around the warehouse.

Both groups stopped and turned to stare at the heroes of topic, only to find that said people trying their best to refrain themselves from lashing out.