Weeks had past by.

Danny had tried everything he could to keep his promise to Wes, he really did. But in-between school, ghost hunting, and avoiding his parents without rising suspension. He couldn't find the time. Heck, he couldn't even find the time to play Doom with his own friends or even go out to eat! Let alone spend the day finding much needed answers at Far Frozen.

And every time Saturday rolled around, the writing on the walls that now happened nightly would thwart any plans of finally unraveling the truth. And about every time it took him, and all of his friends and his sister to clean up (he would thank them endlessly when the job was done).

And by the time they were done, his parents would be home. Each time it happened Danny would silently wish that he could just faze it off the walls and just use his intangibility powers. But because it was made of ectoplasm, his wish was in vain. Multiple times they would offer to clean up themselves. However, Danny refused. For good reason too, even with all of them working together they barely managed to clean it up in time. Also, that would be just rude.

And believe it, they had plenty of close calls. A couple of times one of them had to distract his parents while the rest of them would feverishly finish up and hide the evidence. If his parents saw the writing, it would rise a alarm. They would, without question, add more ghost weapons and alarms making it almost impossible for 'Phantom' to save the city. Especially at nights.

It took a while, But Danny began to see a pattern in the writing. They all seemed to repeat the same cryptic message and symbols faithfully night after night. And there were some moments that Danny would swear that the message would flicker like a dim candle and be almost translatable. However, he was the only one apparently who saw any pattern what-so-ever and had these moments. Taking them back to square one.

It also didn't help that his parents were working on a new weapon.

Every time he tried to see what they were working on as Phantom the alarms and weapons  would go off. And they keep the details a secret from Jazz and him, surprisingly.

If that wasn't enough to raise his blood pressure, the GIW (Guy's In White) were uncharastically quite. Unsettling similar to the time when they decided that it would be a good idea to try and destroy the ghost Zone.

After a while, Danny even trusted Wes enough to tell him about the writing on the walls. Even after the endless nights of tutoring that went on like the first, amazing enough Wes offered to help clean up.

At first Danny refused, of course. These were his problems. Just because Wes knew his secret and was willing to kept quite doesn't mean that Wes was suddenly entitled to help clean up his messes. Despite the bumpy start they had, Wes didn't really owe Danny anything. Danny knew he already dragged down enough people with him since the accident. The last thing he would want is make that number go up.

If it wasn't for Tucker, Sam, and Jazz's stubbornness and many threats, Danny would of long excluded them from his 'extracurricular activities'. While most ghosts where actually rather peaceful-

Many were not above murder.

But surly, stubbornness must be contagious or something of the sort. Because Wes refused to take 'no' for a answer. And, unfortunately for Danny, pointed out that what would help the most would be to solve the problem at its roots and would also quicken the paste at finding a answer to one of Danny's and Wes own problem with their mysterious ties. Instead of using temporary solution like they are now. And that it 'would only work for so long'. After this, Danny begrudgingly let Wes help. While the close calls after that dwindled in numbers, it still didn't give them enough time.

Speaking of Wes...

Danny found that he really enjoyed being with Wes. In some ways more than he does with his two best friends and his sister. While Danny put his friends (and Jazz) in high regard, and was more grateful to them in ways they might never know. But... they always seemed to show a certain favoritism towards his ghost half.

Well, perhaps not a favoritism his ghost half per say. But, they always seemed to love that certain sense of adventure with Danny's ghost hunting. He always felt pressured to play the 'hero'. They didn't really see ghost hunting as a job or a burden. They acted like it was as if more of a comic book or movie they stepped into.

And Danny couldn't blame them for seeing it that way. I mean, come on. Who wouldn't want to do that?! From afar, it all looked pretty tempting too. Superpowers, fans, defeating the odds and not having to rely on anyone. Before he became 'The Phantom' he too, had daydreamed of such things. 

He also couldn't blame because he made it seem that way. Because he shield them from so many of the true affects. The simple yet horrific truth of how it all really is...

He never told them of the alternative reality of his mother having him on a experiment table when he changed the timeline. He never told them of all the times he was tortured when caught by his enemies. He never told them all the times he was experimented on. The constant nightmares, the constant gut twisting fear. The crushing guilt and sense of failure from accidently killing the other clones and all the people he just couldn't save. He didn't tell them of all the times he wanted to just weep in the night by how unfair it all was, only to be afraid of no longer even be human enough to cry or without it being weird or mess up like the rest of him. And so many other things...

Wow. That last part was just depressing. Sounded rather pathetic too.

So no, it was just better if they thought it was just some fairy tale or comic book that they somehow had control of how the story ended. He gave the hopeful illusion that no matter what, everything was ok. That he was ok... And he always made sure that it seem like everything on the surface was ok. No matter how many times he selfishly wanted to tell them otherwise.

But Wes...

Somehow, somehow... Wes saw past his illusions. It both enthralled and terrified him, especially in such a short amount of time. Wes was a puzzle he couldn't quite figure out. Wes was the first person to ever  figure out who he was and not see his transformation. (true, Wes saw Danni transform, but so did Valery and she still hasn't figured it out.) Out of every one in the town, even from his own parents. Wes was the only one who bothered to notice that something was wrong, that something wasn't quite right.

And when Wes finally had all the pieces, when Wes finally figured him out. Instead of black mailing him or turning him in for a flight of fame or even money. You know what Wes decided to do? He decided to help him. Because of Wes's tutoring, Danny's grades rapidly went from C's to A's. When Danny came in with all of his homework assignments, the long night was worth the look on Mr. Lancer's face.

None of this, however prepared him for the next thing Wes was going to do. "let me get this strait. You, want to join team Phantom?!"

*authors note*

Its all going to tie together, I promise...

The better question is, can you figure it out before hand?