Seeing Sounds

Prologue

"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."

Robert Frost

The night was dark and gloomy. Phantom was perched up on the roof of a skyscraper of Gotham. He could no longer stay home. Everyone he loved was gone. They were gone because he couldn't save them. Everything had gone wrong in that one moment. The one moment where everyone he cared about died. Plasmius had taken it way too far. A shadow behind him came out thinking that he wasn't heard. He may have been the Batman, but Phantom could hear the faint thumping of his heart. After all, he was human.

"What are you doing here?" he asked watching as there was no movement from the being sitting on top of the ledge.

"Passing though," Phantom answered not moving, and not caring anymore. Everyone he cared about was gone, and he nothing left. Batman narrowed his eyes at the lack of a real response from the hybrid. "I don't plan on hurting anyone. I only wish to rest before I continue."

"What are you continuing?" Batman asked slowly making his way to what he believed a threat.

"Remembering," he answered and turned around to look at Batman. His eyes were dull and empty showing the pain that was in his slowly beating heart. "It's all I have left." Batman felt a little odd about him. He seemed honestly broken, but there was that little life that was left in his eye.

"What do you plan on doing from there?" Batman asked wondering if maybe he could get the kid to open a little more so he knew what he was dealing with.

"Haven't planned that far ahead," Phantom mumbled floating up. Batman caught off guard picked up a metal throwing knife. Phantom smiled. "I told you, I don't plan on hurting anyone. There has been enough of that from where I'm from." Batman relaxed slightly but never torn his glaze from the teen.

"Why did you leave then?" he asked remembering reading something in the league about a young hero from Amity Park. He had looked at the picture, and this teen looked very similar to the one they had on file. Only different was that he was clear here. They didn't have very good pictures of him.

"No one wanted me there anymore," he answered quietly and turned back around. "It doesn't matter, it's in the past, nowhere left for me go."

"Who are you then?" Batman asked watching as the teen tensed. He knew of how Batman worked. He knew who Batman was, or at least though he had a good idea of who he was dealing with, otherwise he would have attacked.

"Phantom," Danny whispered holding his legs closer to his body. Batman watched as the teen tried to hold himself together.

"Why did you come here then?" Batman asked waiting for a response. Phantom was blasted down to the ground by someone in red. Batman took out some batarangs and watched as Phantom flew back up and stared at Red.

"There you are, Phantom," she growled pulling her weapon up again to fire until it was hit out from her hand.

"I was doing just fine," Batman growled glaring at her. He had been watching the conflict about the Ghost Boy and was now sure that this was the hero of Amity. "However, I don't think he's that bad. After all, I have heard he saved more lives in Amity than I have heard about you. You only shoot him. From where I stand, you are the one that was causing trouble. Did you look and foresee what could have happened when you fired that gun?" Batman asked annoyed that she wasn't taking anyone into consideration. Phantom looked back at him in surprise.

"You know where I'm from?" he asked quietly. Batman looked at him and then back at the Red Hunter.

"I am Batman," he growled out holding his weapons. "You have over stayed your welcome, Red." She looked at him in confusion.

"You're taking the side of someone who killed my friend, his family and friends!" she yelled aiming another gun and shooting at him. Phantom put a shield up between her and Batman.

"Enough," he yelled glaring at them both. "I'm tired of the fighting. Val, I left, go home and leave me alone," he ordered glaring back at her. "I'm out of your life now. You don't have to worry about it anymore."

"You are still a threat, and I won't stop until you are dead," she vowed firing again at the shield. Batman watched as Phantom seemed sad about something.

"Valerie, go home," he ordered once again, flinching again as she punched his shield.

"You know who she is?" Batman asked as Valerie kept hitting the shield. Phantom nodded sadly looking at Valerie.

"I just want her to go home," he whispered and vanished into the night. Valerie growled and sent a death glare at Batman.

"I thought you would be going after him. He killed my friend's family, him, and his friends. Why aren't you doing anything about it?" she yelled pointing at the Dark Knight.

"The only person I see here threatening anyone is you. He was sitting there resting until you came," Batman warned watching as he got beeped by the League. "You leave and go home. Do what Phantom told you. I can deal with him."

"You gonna need ecto weapons," she growled glaring at him. "That's going to be the only way to catch this ghost." Batman watched as she glared at him with the hatred filling her eyes for the ghost.

"I don't think it will be necessary," he warned looking back out the city he protected.

"Here," Valerie muttered angrily handing him a small ecto gun and a little bracelet with a controller with it. "They will help." Then she left heading back into the direction of Amity Park. Batman looked down at the devices and frowned. How am I going to find the kid? He seemed broken and in pain. I did my research enough on the kid. He may make a good teammate for the Jr. Justice League. They are in need of a couple more members. He seems more like a peacekeeper than a fighter; those are people I want to look for. Batman smiled slightly before disappearing into the shadows to answer the call from the League.

Danny: you were really wanting to post this...weren't you

Me: Oh yes...for some reason this keeps getting my attention...I've typed a ton on it...I was wondering what you guys think. Lessons of Phantom will be continued as soon as my writer's block for that is gone...enjoy this.

Danny: Enjoy and review. If this gets more than LP then you'll get another chapter of this soon.

Me: NCIS is still in chapter 1...the prologues done, but this one was driving me nuts...so I wrote down all my insane ideas, took down my poll and now will just do it in whatever order my insane mind decides to do...sorry, but running into walls stuck...XD

Danny: Review and enjoy this story...its gonna be good.

Me: my friend thought so...he was going to kill me at a cliffhanger in one of the chapters. which ever story gets the most by the end of week will be updated because thats how I'm working these two...XD