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tumblybumbly7 · 7 months ago

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Cass had been told by bruce to go undercover to investigate one "daniel" danny fenton, apparently bruce had been recently investigating an innept government organization called the ghost investigation ward or the giw for short. They had apparently been put in force for a couple of years and had failed to capture a single ghost, so they had been content to not step in, until a week ago that is.

They had apparently managed to capture boston brand aka deadman, for thirty seconds before a civilian known as danny fenton had broken into the transport truck and freed him destroying the truck in the process, then apparently started hopping state lines.

Cass was told to go after him as a civlian, but decided that since this opp might be dangerous with absolutely no gear, she decided to take a pair of push daggers, a grapnel gun, exsplosive gel, a small stalk of shurikens, a communicator, and one .357 revolver from hood, 8 shots, no backups, she didn't figure she would need any extra bullets, and to call her generally adverse to killing was nothing short of this year's greatest understatement.

Cass gave all her siblings, as well as bruce, alfred, barbera, and steph a hug, and then she was off, she had been given a debreifing that danny had been last seen near star city and decided to head to the closest neighboring town to see if she could catch him on his way, and luckily it looks like she could as she saw him getting off a bus stop seat to get on the just arriving bus, she ran to catch up and got on just as the bus started taking off, she looked over and saw that danny was sitting by himself (well in for a penny, in for a pound) she thought and sat next to him.

Danny looked over, and saw a girl had sat next to him, for some reason (bsides the fact she looked pretty, wait where had that come from?) She reminded him of sam, that feeling only got stronger when he could feel something well up in his throat, and when he blew out, and single snowflake came out, the sign of someone touched by death being near by, with that sign as the go ahead, he decided to strike up a conversation.

"Hi, im danny" he stuck his hand out for a handshake, she looked at it, and suddenly reciprocated, "cass" she said, shaking his hand with a pretty strong grip.

"Where are you headed" she asked, looking at him with luminescent eyes, eyes that looked they could see through his soul, danny rubbed the back of his neck and slumped a little. "Well i actually don't have anywhere in mind, im just... going wherever i may i guess" he responded, eyes half lidded, with a embarrssed smile on his face, like he was sad to give a lame answer, cass simply smiled back and said "same, mind if i tag along?"

This was going better than cass had hoped, at this rate she'd be able to get all the answers she needed and be back within the day, maybe with a new freind in tow, at least that's what she thought until the bus started swerving, and then toppled over, the last thing she was able to do before blacking out was to throw herself over danny, hoping to protect him from getting hurt, and the last thing danny could do was reciprocate and throw his arms around her shouting "HOLD ON" before doing something to both of them and then everything went dark.

Cass woke up outside the bus, near some trees and shrubbery, she looked down to see that danny wasn't with her, and that she was surrounded by some sort of ice ball that was slowly crackling away, she got up and saw the bus at the side of the road, overturned and in flames, she ran over, panicking slightly, she had danny in her arms, so to wake up without him was worrying, she checked inside to see danny surrounded by flames, looking around wildly for anyone still in the bus, she shouted after him and ran in, ignoring his cry to "stay back! Its dangerous!" She hoped he could appreciate the irony in his own statement.

As she ran over to get him at the midsection of the bus, the wiring in it caught fire and exploded, blanketing him in sparks, he cried out in severe pain, and fell over, she ran up to him and picked him up, ignoring any electricity getting on her, just noticing that it was hurting him, she got them out just as the bus fully caught flame, she set him down gently and asked if he was going to be ok.

"Yeah... yeah i'll be fine just give me a sec" danny said, catching his breath, as he let the stray voltage in his veins get absorbed as energy, he couldn't believe the bravery of this random stranger, all he knew was her name, but she ran into a burning bus for him, and even let herself get partially electrocuted to save him.

Danny was jolted out of his thoughts suddenly when he saw her stick her hand towards him whilst using her other hand to grab his arm and begin picking him up, as her grabbed the hand she stuck towards him to finish getting up he was closer to her now, and fully concious so he noticed that (Holy Shit! Shes... really jacked) he blushed a little and turned away to face the road, and as he did he noticed something that made his blush slide off his face, his skin turned extra pale, and he started sweating.

Cass noticed that danny was suddenly pale and hoping that he was ok from his mild electracution asked "you okay? Whats... wrong" as she looked in the direction he did. Only to notice that in the distance was a small town, seeped in fog, drowning in it really.

Danny looked over at cass, and really hoping he was just being paranoid, said "call it a hunch, but i don't think we're in kansas no more, and this fog is... worrying for a number of reasons." He let the sentence hang, and looked over to see her response, upon doing so he noticed that she was tilting her head, and her eyes were creased, she stared for about a minute, and then said " i'll take your word for it, but i think we should head to town anyway, bad shelters better than no shelter, right?"

As much as danny hated it, he couldn't help but agree with her, and he made as much known, but they made sure to pick up whatever scattered baggage they could find from the wreckage, and headed towards the sleepy little town in the distance. As they got closer the fog got thicker, and thicker, until danny felt hinself get clammy, and shaky, and nervous the closer they got to the sign, it should be impossible right? At least, thats what he hopped.

As they got closer cass could faintly hear danny saying "Please don't say silent hill, Please don't say silent hill" like a mantra, no, like a lifeline. Cass could see the visible worry on his face, it ulmost appeared gaunt with the worry, and the now noticable eye bags, she decided to take his hand in hers, and asked "what is silent hill?" Hoping to at least get an explination, and maybe distract him from his own nerves, though she was a little suprised when his hand was so cold, she didn't let it falter he grip.

Danny was suprised when cass suddenly took his hand, and even more suprised when the physical touch grounded him enough that when she asked what silent hill was, he didn't get nervous again, he still felt the need to take a deep breath, then he started to explain "so i play a lot of video games, and wouldn't you know it, but a couple of them ended up being horror games, and one of those horror games is a about a town that brings fears to life and forces you to work through your problems like the worlds most deadly abd literal therapist, that franchise, named after the town, is silent hill"

He had gotten so caught up in explaining that when they got up to the sign, he had forgotton, so when he does, well... he's glad he's half dead because if not the feeling when he looked on the sign and saw

Welcome to silent hill

probably could have killed him, and then it hit him, he wasn't here alone, he looked over at cass and it really, truly, hit him, he had dragged someone else into this, and now they were in danger, because of him, he let go of cass's hand, and as he dropped to the ground in what could only be despair, said "im sorry, you're here because of me, im so sorry"

Cass only raised a single eybrow, she had never considered that videogame concepts could be real, although she couldn't say she was too suprised, nothing in her life ever seemed to go normally,and she had battled horrors before, hell she battled her own fears whenever scarecrow got out, this would probably be easy, which is why all she could really do was crouch next to danny, put a hand on his shoulder and reply "it'll be ok, i've had to deal with zome rough stuff in the past, so hey, maybe we're here cause of me? Either way, just remember you're not gonne be alone here."

Danny couldn't believe it, cass could tell, even if she had been without body language reading, danny was practically an open book and he very visibally didn't beleuve that this might be her fault, still he was getting up and that meant progress in her book, so she decided that they would be a team, but since she had never heard of this place, she'll let him make the first move, she would still prompt him on it though.

"So, you saud you have experience with this place... what our first move captain?" Cass asked, danny took a breath to center himself, and responded." First things first, we've gotta find a save spot to hunker down and check supplies, and maybe sleep, i haven't slept in like two days, and i don't wanna be useless here, also you kinda wanna be at your A-game when confronting the horrors of your mind"

Cass agreed, so they both headed off to tye nearest building past the sign, which thank god,happened to be a hotel, and it looked in a decent state of repair, it looked like they would at least have one building they might be able to call safe, they walked in, danny letting a small amount of energy build in his hand, whilst cass palmed a push dagger, they had to be ready for anything, up to and including... a totally normal help desk.

Danny let the energy dissipate and asked "uh... hey, didn't expect people honestly, do you think we could get a room?" Hoping against hope this guy didn't turn into a shadow demon or something, then everything should turn up aces.

"Well you're just in time for the festival new comers, and not a day too late either, luckily i got just one room left, altough i hope you too are lovebirds, aside from the fact you two look so cute together, that room only has one bed, that shouldn't be a problem even if you're not though, should it?" He asked, the grin on his face just a little too big, his glasses reflecting the glowing yellow lamp up above him so that his eyes were hidden behind them.

Danny could only look mortified at the assumption and the comment and quickly put his head in his hands. Cass simply smirked, put a hand on his shoulder, and stepped up to the desk to take charge of the situtation.

"Hi, yes, we're just freinds, but the single is fine, what was that about a festival?" As she signed for the room, suprised to not see a fee or charge on the paper, as she was handed her key, and a copy for danny, how convenient, the clerk looke suprised by her question, and as he went to answer, cass finally noticed what was off with him, his body language was all wrong, he moved as though he had to much energy for his own limbs to keep track of, but also so stiff, as though rigor mortis had set in, she didn't like it, something about it was off.

"You two came here just now by chance you say? Well i'll be, happy days! You two are quite lucky! It's just about the time of year for our day of the dead celebration, we have it every year around halloween, though we tend mix the two together sometimes. Its happening just at the end of the week actually!" He responded, looking far too excited for having two random strangers to show up for a local holiday. Cass decided to get one last question in before her and danny take stock of their resources.

"Does this holiday have any relation to the spanish day of the dead?" She asked before she looked at danny and was suddenly suprised by his pale face and glazed eyes, he was shaking slightly, as though the very mention of the dead scared him, maybe part of his trauma the town is bringing up?

"Oh im afraid not, the spanish day of the dead is a much bigger holiday than ours, this is a small town, so ours is a slightly more quiet affaire, but rest assured, we really paint the town red!" If he had any misnomers about the gorey choice of phrase, the smile on his face, all teeth, gave none away.

Cass was starting to feel sick around him, so she took danny's hand and led him down the hall to the room, their room for however long they were forced to stay here, she unlocked the door, pulled him in and shut it, content to finally be away from that strange man, and danny seemed to be calming down as well, though she could see he was still shaking slightly, she asked "are you okay? Ws it the mention of death that scared you?"

Danny jolted at this, very badly, almost like he'd been slapped, but he looked over at her quickly and very drasticly waved his hands back and forth and started sputtering "w-what no of course not! Why would that set me off?! Everything's normal i promise!" Like he was desperate for her to drop it. She didn't like it, it made her want to protect him from what was clearly a sordid past, but for now she would let the issue rest, she just walked over to him and gave him a quick hug, bending down slightly as she was taller than him and quickly said over his shoulder "whatever's wrong, it's gonna be okay, you don't have to tell me right now, but please, talk to me" she could handle it, whatever it was, she was sure of it.

Cass pitied him, he was sure of it, but her words, they comforted him, reminded him of jazz, sam, tucker... of better times, as she backed off, he quickly rubbed him moistening eyes and made sure to assure her he would tell her of his tragic backstory later, for now though they both looked over at the bed, and both heaved great sighs of relief over the fact it was a queen sized bed, plenty of space for both of them, and they wouldn't have to fight for space.

Since the night was drawing near, and according to danny "night's when they get stronger" they both decided to consoldate whatever they could (10 nutrigrain bars, 3 bottles of water, 2 pistols for some reason, 1 jacket and 1 hoodie, and 2 flashlights) and eat some rations. And also stay in and get at least one night of full sleep before tackling the horrors of the town tomorrow, notice the absence of good in the sleep statement, yeah cass had no illusions that good sleep was going to be easy to come by here, even before danny confirmed that, yes "this place does make you more prone to nightmares, sorry by the way if i accidentally hit you in my sleep" she figured she could take whatever danny could dish out, especially in his sleep, but she would be prepared regardless.

As they both got into more comfortqble clothes for the night ( a pair of boxers and a shirt he had barrowed from his tank of a dad for danny, and also some boxers and a shirt she had borrowed from her tank of a little brother jason for cass) danny couldn't help but be nervous, if he slept in the same bed as cass and had a nightmare, what would happen, he didn't want to accidentally freeze her, oh ancients what if he vaporized her in his sleep?!

As danny continued to agonize over what he thought could be a very dangerous situation for cass, she had already gotten in bed and made herself comfortable, though she did feel bad for danny, he was obviosly some sort of meta who thought his powers ( the ice and the time he thought he was slick making a ball of... fire? Whatever it was in his hand when he thought she hadn't noticed) might go haywier if he had a nightmare, though she couldn't exactly reassure him without blowing her cover as a bat, (i could do something to lighten the mood however), she thought to herself as she picked up an extra pillow and without warning, flung it at danny.

Danny was so stuck in his own head that by the time he was seriosly considering sleeping on the floor for her safety, if not his ( she could probably suplex him in his sleep, let alone awake) the pillow flying towards his face caught him offgaurd enough to send him flying to the floor in a heap, he looked at the pillow, then looked over at cass in confusion "do you want me to sleep on the floor" he asked, hoping it came out genuin, he couldn't tell through the incredgulity in his voice.

Cass just started laughing and said, through her own tears of laughter "no dork, i have brothers who think pretty loud, so i can say with confidance that you're thinking loud enough to cause an avalanche, get in bed and go to sleep, whatever happens, you're not going to hurt me, on accident, or on purpose." She finished by patting the spot next to her and looking at him expectantly.

Danny stared at her and then at the pillow in his own hand, sighed, and walked over to the bed, saying as he got in "wow, you hit the nail in the head with that one, you a phyciatrist our something? Because i've gotta say, you're a lot more convincing than my last one" ( a lot prettier too, his treachourous head thout, though if he was being honest with himself, alot of people were prettier than penolope spectra)

She chuckled and responded "no, i just have big, disfunctional family, and as a result between a pretty bad fight between my dad and my brother, they both decided that everyone in the family needs therapy, and from there i just started picking things up" though not a lie, it technically wasn't the whole truth either, jason and bruce had fought each other over a bad problem once, and when they had gotten back, bruce had said that everyone will now have mandatory therapy sessions if they want to stay vigilantes, jason just looked smug the whole way, until bruce had politely informed him that includes familial counceling. She smiled at the memory.

Danny nodded at that, and when the adrenaline from today's events started to wear off, he was out like a light, but not before tiredly looking over at cass and mumbling "thank you" and falling under the pull of sleep.

Cass was glad that reasurring him seemed to work, now she could sleep too, and then in the morning, they could take this on together. She closed her eyes and slowly... ever so slowly was pulled into the dark of slumber.

Cass was suddenly awoken in the middle of the night by a thrashing sound, she looked over to see danny struggling, he was sweating, and though she didn't notice before, his lichteinberg scar was somehow glowing, but she didn't see anything grabbing him, she was worried, he was in distress but she couldn't tell what was wrong, at least until she heard him murmuring "no... no please you can't you can't please,no!" He was murmuring in his sleep, begging for someone not to do something, he was becoming more and more frantic by the second, until suddenly, he woke up, clearly not okay, he was crying, breathing heavily, he looked around franticly, unseeing even as his eyes passed over her, and unnervingly, his eyes were a familiar shade of green, he kept apologizing for some reason, she decided that she would comfort him, even if there wasn't much she could do right now.

Danny had woken up after a nightmare panicking, remembering the timd he fought dan, the time he was too slow to save everyone he loved, sure everyone was saved thanks to clockwork, but nightmares aren't rational, in his panicked daze he had forgotten the second part, he had woken up only remembering their fiery death, his failure, a nightmare of his had never been so vivid before, he was having trouble breathing, until a pair of arms wrapped around him and pulled him closer, he was about to react, blast whatever it was, until a voice whispered to the back of his head "its ok, im here, calm down i'll protect you" he slowly realized it was the voice of... cass, the whole day came back to him, and just as it did, so to did the fatigue, he only really had enough time to once again thank her and get in one more apology before he collapsed in her arms, his last thoughts being of how he hadn't felt this safe in a long...long time.

Cass felt him go limp in her arms, and was slightly worried at how light he was, but she put that thought away, and continued to hold him, she realized with meloncholy that though he was practically a stranger, she couldn't imagine letting him go, she had done the same thing with some of her brothers whenever they had a sleepover, and then nightmares, but even now that his turmoil had passed, even though he was okay, and asleep, her thoughts turned to the look of relief on his face when he realuzed it was her, and the urge to protect him became ever stronger, she put those thoughts away too, slightly pulling danny over her, she tucked his head under her chin, and her thoughts turned to sleep, its not tomorrow yet, but it would be soon, and when it was, they would combat whatever they would go through, together, she wouldn't let him fight it alone, not anymore.

"Please don't be Silent Hill. Please don't be Silent Hill." The boy kept up his mantra as they approached the sign from behind.

Sure enough, the sign declared this place was named Silent Hill. The boy, Danny, had explained Silent Hill was a survival horror game franchise and that they were "living out the game" Cass nodded. She dealt with horrors regularly in Gotham and she knew how to survive much better that the average person.

She thought this would be easy.

She was wrong.

Danny as Phantom was ridiculously useful, and his knowledge of the video games was priceless given their situation but even he could only do so much. By the end of it she was carrying her new very tired and very traumatized boyfriend bridal style through Gotham.

Let me tell you, gothamites seeing Black Bat carrying some glowy meta around like that gave many people the absolutely correct idea that BB was dating him.

The batfam are freaking out. Thier sister disappeared for weeks without a trace and then suddenly reappeared with a boyfriend? Suspicious.

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