I am so stress, so I decided to make a new story to relieve stress. Hope you like it. By the way, I'm TheBlackTitan, so bwuahaha! Also, some of the scenes are gonna have gore on it, so don't read if you can't stomach it. It's M for a reason.

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or Teen Titans. If I do, they would still be showing.

Prologue: Path to Darkness

He didn't know how long he was chained there on the cold, metal wall. His one arm hanging uselessly while the stump that used to be his left arm was wrapped tightly by a bloody cloth. His once vibrant eyes were dull and lifeless, well, one of them at least. The other one was taken out of his head to be studied.

His skinny body was riddled with scars and wounds that seemed to show that he was cut open multiple times. The floor below him was covered with dried blood, both green and red. His hair was longer and shaggier than it originally was.

His name is Danny Phantom, former member of the Teen Titans. He was currently in the headquarters of the Guys in White, accused of stealing a rare magical artifact. He was taken down by his own team and was sent to the GiW, where he suffered endless experiments and tortures.

It's been so long since then that Danny forgot the reason he was sent there. All he knew was that he was innocent. He didn't steal anything. He wasn't a thief. He didn't even know what that artifact was. With that in mind, he was sure his friends would realized he was innocent and would come and get him.

He waited and waited for days for them to come. But they didn't.

Coughing a bit through his dry throat, he suddenly heard the alarms blaring and men shouting. There was a lot of explosions and screams. But he just ignored them. He stopped caring long ago.

He heard the light tapping of foot prints going towards his cage. He saw a shadow across the floor, causing him the slightly look up and saw a familiar face.

"Look at yourself," he said. "To think that the great Danny Phantom would become so pathetic."

"…"

"Betrayed by the one he calls his friends," the man continued. "I have never seen something so amusing."

"…"

"Do you want to be free?"

Danny looked up a bit, his eyes widening. Free. The one thing desired when he entered this prison. The man noticed this and smirked as he opened the cage. He walked forward and destroyed the chains that was holding him. Danny looked at his freed arm and looked at Slade.

"If you want to see the outside again, then come with me and become my apprentice," Slade said as he offered a hand.

Danny stared at the gloved hand with a dull eye. Outside, he was dead, but inside, a tiny spark was on his mind, which was slowly becoming a fire of determination. A chance. A chance to be a free. A chance to get back at this betrayal. A chance to start a new life, even as a criminal.

As he was about to take the hand, he remembered how it all started.

Cliffy! I know it's short, but I only did it to release some stress. This is an AU, so I won't explain on how he joined the Teen Titans or what happened to his family. Well, time to get back to school work. Smell ya later.