Previously...

"Who was that?" Flash asked, voicing everyone's thoughts.

"Call everyone to Watchtower, we need to have a meeting."

"Maybe you have to teach them. Teach them to trust each other so that they aren't at each other's throats." The warden suggested as Fantomo rose an eyebrow.

"No. No, no, no. I'm not doing that." Fantomo said as the warden stood up and shrugged.

"You don't know. Maybe you will." And with that the warden left the room, leaving Fantomo to think.

Now...

Batman stood in front of League with the huge screen in front of him. He had gathered everyone in the Justice League for this conference. He was the only one standing in the room. The room was silent waiting for Batman to speak.

"As you all know, we encountered a malicious entity this afternoon." Batman said as he turned to see Skulker behind him on the screen. "This entity was different than all the creatures that we have encountered. It called itself, Skulker. He kept repeating that he was a hunter and from a place called the Infinite Realms." There was a loud gasp around the room and Batman turned back around to see Doctor Fate with a shocked expression.

"Did you say the Infinite Realms?" Fate asked as Batman nodded.

"What do you know about them?" Batman asked as Fate stood up. All eyes were on him wondering about this new place. Fate put his hands out illuminating them with gold and thus creating a projection of a green swirling mass.

"The Infinite Realms is a void between dimensions. Think of it like a string that holds everything together in place. Not much is known about the place but it was known to harbor ghosts." Fate explained as Flash scoffed.

"Ghosts, really? Are you saying that guy we fought was a ghost? Ghosts aren't real. It's not scientifically!" Flash exclaimed as Fate looked at him.

"This world isn't based upon your scientific ideas, Flash." Fate retorted as Flash sunk into his seat, pouting. "But the Infinite realms is also called the Ghost Zone. The inhabitants of this place follow certain rules but other than that, it is pure chaos. Though the zone used to have some kind of leadership, a monarchy as some say. It used to be ruled by Pariah Dark." The image changed into a gruesome looking man with a flaming crown and a glowing red ring.

"He was a tyrant and was locked away. Though he was released about 324 years go and resumed his terror upon this world and the realm. But Phantom was the one to stop him, making Phantom King of the Infinite Realms. But as we all know, Phantom has been missing for 300 years and now the individuals from the realms have come here though I don't know the reason why." Batman rubbed his chin looking at all the leaguers, evaluating their expressions.

"Thank you, Doctor Fate. If anything else comes up about the Ghost Zone, please contact myself or Manhunter." Batman said as Fate nodded, canceling his illusion and sitting back down. Batman turned back to the screen as it changed to show a familiar man that some of the members knew of.

"This is the man who defeated Skulker and took something from the hunter. I've done my research on this man, but nothing came up about him. Only one thing which was a prison in Happy Harbor. I assume that this man either works there or is a prisoner there. I would investigate myself but I have pressing matters back in Gotham to get back to. Wonder Woman, I would like you to investigate Happy Harbor Prison and this man." Batman said as Wonder Woman nodded.

"Then that is all, meeting adjourned." Batman turned to look at Black Canary and sighed. "Black Canary, how are they?" Canary looked at Batman and shrugged.

"They could be better but right now Superboy just needs to focus more. Robin is too used to just you and him. Miss Martian needs a bit more time to get used to earth. And the rest of them aren't really used to each other. But I think they'll get used to it." Canary explained as Batman nodded.

"Make sure that they don't do any missions. They can't go out into the field just yet." Canary nodded, but she felt that this wasn't right. She knew that they wanted to do more but this was the safest option for them.

Fantomo had a weird feeling. It wasn't good, it wasn't bad. Just somewhere in between. He knew something was going to happen, but he didn't know what. His leg bounced as he tried to think of what might happen today. A day had passed since the incident and Fantomo knew the League was somehow going to take initiative and try to find him.

Fantomo chuckled to himself as he knew he wiped himself and his daughter from the database as citizens of the United States. Technically they weren't, but Fantomo wasn't going to admit it. He sighed as he waited. Everyone was in their cells waiting for the next break, and Fantomo was just sitting and thinking.

He glanced at a leather journal and sighed. He had to draw again. He stood up from his bed and headed over to the desk. He sat down and opened up the journal, taking a pen from the pencil holder. Fantomo began to sketch. He didn't know what he was going to sketch but it was going to be amazing. He closed his eyes allowing his hands to do the work as his heart fell upon the paper.

When he opened up his eyes, there was his drawing. A drawing of Dan. Fantomo clenched his jaw as he closed the book. Maybe it was a sign but he thought that maybe it was something else. Fantomo set the pen down and ran a hand through his hair. Then he heard footsteps. A small smile graced his lips, and he turned to see the warden at his door.

"You have someone wanting to talk to you." Fantomo had stood up and sent a quick smile at the warden before it disappeared. He had to act tight-lipped. As if he wasn't already. The Warden put cuffs on him loosely, as she knew he could easily get out of it. She walked out and Fantomo followed her. He could see some of the other prisoners looking at him, watching.

"Hey, Fantomo! Are you going out again? Can you tell my wife that I miss her?" Fantomo turned to see Enrique Francisco. One of the innocent men that were put in here. He was only here because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. He held a grudge against Green Lantern, since he was the one who put Enrique in here in the first place.

"Sorry, but he's not going out today. He's going to meet someone." The warden explained as Enrique sighed. Fantomo stared at Enrique before going up to him. No one made a sign to stop him as Fantomo stood face to face with Enrique.

"You don't belong here, innocent. You belong out there. I'll make sure of it." Fantomo said as Enrique saw genuine care in Fantomo's eyes. His own eyes started to water up as he nodded.

"If you do that, I will be forever in your debt." Fantomo nodded and began to walk towards where the visitation rooms where. Fantomo walked in there to see the American woman herself, Wonder Woman. Fantomo hid a smile as he sat in front of her and stared at her with his usual dull eyes.

"Here you go, Wonder Woman. He's not much of a talker but we call him Fantomo. No one knows his name here as you saw in the files." The warden said as Fantomo continued to stare at Wonder woman, probing her mind with his telepathy.

"Thank you," Wonder Woman said as she nodded to the warden. The warden smiled and turned to leave, not without giving Fantomo a worried look before the door closed behind her. Wonder woman looked at Fantomo who stared at her with a dull stare.

"Nice to meet you, Fantomo. I am Wonder Woman." Wonder Woman said as Fantomo just nodded. She felt uncomfortable underneath his gaze but oddly felt at ease. "I was wondering if you could tell me more about the King that Skulker had mentioned." Fantomo stared at Wonder Woman looking through her mind.

I wonder why he is staring at me? Fantomo read as narrowed his eyes even more concentrating on what she remembered. Fantomo smirked as he went through her memories of her childhood to now. Wonder Woman shifted underneath his cold gaze until he blinked and leaned back in his chair.

"You don't talk much, do you?" Fantomo shook his head and Wonder Woman mentally cheered that she got him to respond. "Can you tell me about the King of the Ghost Zone?" Although Fantomo was surprised, he didn't show he disappeared, 300 years ago, he made sure that all the books and information on the ghost zone was either destroyed or hidden away.

Fantomo shook his head and Wonder Woman sighed. "Can you at least tell me your name?" Fantomo shook his head and the door opened. Fantomo watched silently as the door opened and the warden walked in. Fantomo secretly gave her a small thankful smile as he stood up. But that smile was quickly replaced by an emotionless face.

"Sorry, Wonder Woman but your time limit is up. I hope you learned a lot about Fantomo." The warden said as he stood up and turned to look back at Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman sat there, saddened by the fact that she didn't learn anything but she didn't show it on her face. Fantomo leaned in close to her ear and quietly whispered.

"The League shouldn't probe so much into the unknown, Diana Prince." Fantomo drew away leaving a shocked look on Wonder Woman's face. She watched as the door closed behind the smiling Fantomo. Wonder woman stood up and walked out of the prison as fast as she had gotten there.

Fantomo watched through the one-sided window as Wonder Woman left the room. He turned to the warden to see a scowl on her face. Fantomo blinked as he tried understanding why she was looking like that.

"What's wrong?" Fantomo asked as the warden looked away.

"Nothing." Fantomo chuckled and stared at the warden, noticing that she was puffing out her cheeks like she always did when she was pouting.

"It's not nothing. What's wrong?" Fantomo put a hand on his great niece's shoulder, gently turning him towards her.

"I thought that you would go back to heroing after this." Fantomo sighed and put on the cuffs on his wrists.

"Your my sister's great great great grandchild, Jasmine. My niece that has the same name as your great grandmother. But after I lost her, lost my parents, my best friends. I was never the same. I gave up a life of a hero because I realized I already had a family to protect. You. After your brother had died, I swore to watch over you. Since you are the last of my family, excluding Danielle. She's the same as me." Fantomo said as Jasmine looked at her uncle. She had known him all her life, but she had never seen him with that wistful look in his eyes.

"I hope that one day you will. And possibly save the world again." Fantomo rolled his eyes as he held out his cuffed wrists to his warden niece.

"Come on, Miss Warden. Take me to my cell." It was Jasmine's turn to roll her eyes as she lead him out of the room into the corridor full of cells.

"You can barely call it a cell. And I already put Enrique's file on your desk. Good luck." Jasmine said as Fantomo nodded at her. He would change the League's mistakes first before ever helping them. After all, why would he help them if he never got anything in return?

Wonder Woman stood in the Zeta Tube with a worried look on her face. Manhunter was already there to greet her but didn't say anything given the forlorn look on her face. Manhunter had already called Batman via telepathy and knew that bat themed crusader was on his way. What shocked Wonder Woman out of her thoughts was the AI's voice of the arrival of Batman.

"Did you find anything out about him?" Batman asked as Wonder Woman sighed.

"I looked at his file, and it was completely blank. The warden, Jasmine Hughes, claims that the man just appeared one day seeking retribution by staying in the prison. Since he never gave his name, everyone in the prison referred to him as Fantomo." Wonder Woman explained as the two male heroes continued to listen.

"So Fantomo isn't even supposed to be in Happy Harbor in the first place. Did he answer any of your questions?" Batman asked as Wonder Woman shook her head.

"All he did was either nod or shake his head. He didn't talk. But we know he isn't mute since he talked to Skulker the day of the attack." Batman nodded. "But when Warden Hughes came back to pick up Fantomo since the visitation time was up, he whispered in my ear." This caught the attention of both heroes. "He knows my name, and he knows about us probing about Skulker and his king. I think he knows about all of us." Batman froze in place as he narrowed his eyes.

He couldn't risk his identity and he wondered how this 'ghost' was able to figure out all of their civilian names. Batman shook his head at the idea. He couldn't assume that Fantomo knew all of their names, but it would be absurd not to consider the idea that he might know.

"I will talk to the Warden tomorrow and find out any information that regards Fantomo. Maybe this will give time for the young league to take on their next mission." And with that Batman left to prepare leaving Martian and Wonder Woman by themselves.

"Did anything else happen with Fantomo?" Manhunter asked as Wonder Woman pondered.

"It felt weird to be in the same room as Fantomo. He stared at me and it seemed as if he was looking straight into my soul. It chilled me to the bone, but I felt oddly at ease. It's too complicated to explain." Wonder Woman said and Manhunter nodded.

"I understand. I just hope that Bruce doesn't do anything too drastic."

Robin sat on the couch watching the newest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He was so into the detective scenes like Sherlock and Holmes. It reminded him of when he was with Batman but now he was stuck here as if he was a sidekick all over again.

"Robin is everything alright?" Robin turned to face Miss Martian, otherwise known as Megan. The green girl stared at her teammate in worry as he nodded his head.

"I'm fine. Really." Robin said with a smile on his face to let the alien girl know he was doing fine. But Megan didn't believe him although she left him to his own thoughts.

"B-02." Everyone in the mountain perked up at the announcement of Batman entering Mount Justice. They watched in anticipation as the bat hero walked into the room. Kid Flash was jumpy waiting for a new mission, but he refrained from blurting out.

"I have a mission for you. Sit, and I will explain it to you." Batman said as the young Justice took seats on the couch. The room went dark as Batman showed a picture of a man.

"Who is that?" Aqualad asked as his curiosity peaked.

"This is Fantomo. Not his real name but we cannot find his real name at all. But he is a prisoner in Happy Harbor Prison. We are trying to find more about him but he is not in any of the databases. Wonder Woman can attest to that. I will be stalling him and the Warden while I want all of you to search the room to anything of Fantomo's life." Batman explained as Robin raised his hand.

"Why is this man so important?" Batman pulled up a picture of a metal man next to Fantomo's picture.

"Because he defeated this entity also known as Skulker. While myself and the League had problems facing Skulker, Fantomo wasted no time in defeating him. And thus we have to know how he defeated Skulker so when the time comes again, we can deal with other individuals like Skulker." Batman explained as the young justice team nodded.

"When do we move out?" Kid asked excitedly.

"This afternoon. Make sure you aren't seen." Batman turned to leave and the Young Justice was alone to themselves. Kid finally shouted in excitement.

"Yes! Finally, we get a mission." He said as he pumped his fist in the air. Robin rolled his eyes at his friend's antics but he himself was itching for a mission. But his curiosity was skyrocketing. Why would the league be so interested in a man? A prisoner no less.

"We must be prepared. Batman said this afternoon which means we have to meet him at 12 pm." Aqualad said taking initiative. The team quickly scrambled to find their gear and head to the bioship. Miss Martian closed her eyes concentrating on maneuvering the ship and camouflaging it.

A few minutes later, the young justice league appeared at the Happy Harbor Prison. Kid walked out of the camouflaged bioship looking around.

"This place looks too dreary. I wonder why Bats wanted us to search this guy up?" Kid Flash asked as he slowly walked ahead of his peers.

"Don't question him. He must have a good explanation. And he did tell us this guy did defeat a criminal whom even the justice league had problems with." Aretmis said as they encountered the dark crusader at the front of the prison.

"Good, you're here. I want you to head into the prison before me so that it seems that I'm alone. Make sure not to get caught." Batman said as the young team nodded.

After Wonder Woman left, that feeling in Fantomo's stomach had gone away. But now it was back. But it felt stronger this time. He looked at the food in front of him and narrowed his eyes. It was lunch, and he had to come out of his cell to eat. Maybe he should go to his cell early. Fantomo got up, losing his appetite and headed back to the cells.

Then he felt it. Since he wasn't full human, his other senses were enhanced and thus grew used to the smells around the prison. But this was new. There were 7 new scents that he picked up. One of them was far from his cell but the other 6 were in the direction of his cell.

Fantomo's eyes widened, and he rushed over to his cell. The door was open as it always was but nothing looked touched. Fantomo didn't dare touch anything until he noticed a flattened picture on his desk. His eyes narrowed as he carefully picked it up. There was Danielle's picture.

He mentally cursed just in case they were still there. Fantomo put the picture back in its right place and looked around carefully. A little glimmer captured his attention but he didn't show it on his face. He carefully watched as that glimmer moved out of his cell and down the hallway. Seems that he needed to do more research on the Justice League.

"Fuck, now they know about Danielle. I better tell her. Maybe as Phantom." Fantomo said as he closed his eyes and pulled at the familiar cold in his chest. White rings appeared around his waist traveling vertically in opposite directions.

His orange clothing changed into something like a medieval knight. He wore black armor all over without a helmet. There was a green skull with horns where his belt should be. Around his neck was a green chain which was attached to a white cape. On his right chest was a small white DP symbol. Above his head was a green flaming crown and on his right hand was a glowing red ring.

Fantomo looked at it with sad eyes as his cape whipped around him. Fantomo went invisible and disappeared from his cell, going hell knows where.

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