It was after him, he knew it was but everyone thought he was being paranoid, even having delusions of the thing. No matter how many times he told them it was real and it was after him they wouldn't listen. Well, one person did, but no one else did and he was becoming even more terrified that it would find him.

He was currently sitting across from Black Canary in the room she used for therapy sessions. She was the one that said he was delusional which is why he hadn't said a word to her for a week. Black Canary sighed, "Look, I know you don't want to but you need to tell me about this thing you keep thinking your seeing."

He glared at her, "I don't think I've been seeing this thing, I know I have and it's out there."

Black Canary sighed, "Phantom, it's not out there, your safe."

Phantom stood up, "I'm not safe, not from that thing."

Phantom walked out of the room and headed straight for the zeta tubes, he didn't want to be around anyone right now. Most of them thought he was seeing things, either that or lying, so he wanted to be alone, at least for a little while. He went to a random city and just flew for a while, it calmed him down and almost made him forget about it.

He eventually landed on a rooftop and sat down on the edge, he was tired, he hadn't slept much since it showed up again. He felt the wind gently blow past him and he thought that maybe he could relax for the first time in nearly a month. He took a deep breath and when he looked down he froze, he couldn't move, he was sure he even stopped breathing.

It was there, just staring up at him, like it was waiting, he had seen it so many times that he knew exactly what it looked like as it stared at him. A man that was slightly above average in height, a normal build, skinny but not too skinny, and black. Not like African American black, he looked like he was completely charred in a fire or something, there wasn't even any skin or blood left.

His clothes were black too, they had either been burned as well or were just covered in black soot. He wore a long coat, almost like a trench coat, and a hat with a brim but he had never figured out what type of hat it was exactly. He knew it wasn't a baseball hat or something, but the type of hat he wore wasn't important.

What was important was what Phantom felt when he saw the man, he felt terrified, the kind of fear that sent shivers down your spine. The kind that made you completely freeze, and you wanted to run away, you didn't want to be near it, but you couldn't. You wanted to but it was like your body wouldn't listen no matter how much you were freaking out on the inside.

It made you feel numb, maybe you'd even start to shake or you'd get that pins and needles feeling or forget to breathe. This was the kind of fear that shook you to your very core and at the drop of a hat, if you could move, you'd run faster then you ever had before, like your life depended on it. That was how Phantom felt right now, just from that thing, that man, staring up at him.

It didn't move, nothing drew his attention away, he just stood there, like he was waiting for something to happen. Maybe he was waiting for Phantom to move or for someone else to do something, either way he was waiting. Phantom wasn't sure how long he sat there but eventually his mind screaming at him to run got him to move.

He ran, he ran to the end of the roof and jumped to the next, he'd completely forgotten that he could fly, and even teleport, because he was so scared. He ran to the zeta tubes and when he looked back he was there, just staring at him and Phantom backed into the zeta tubes. He didn't take his eyes off the man, he felt like if he did something bad would happen, what he didn't know.

When he appeared in the mountain he finally turned around and when he saw Robin he almost broke down crying he was so relieved. Robin immediately knew something was wrong and he hugged Danny, it took the hero a second to realize he was shaking. Robin didn't even hesitate to lead Phantom to the halfa's room and the hero refused to leave him.

The two laid down on the bed and after a minute or two Phantom started crying, Robin hated seeing him like this. Something scared Phantom so much that he was shaking, it had broken him down to tears. Phantom wouldn't even sleep in the dark now if Robin wasn't there because he was so terrified.

He had been having nightmares when he managed to fall asleep which rarely happened now, it was bad. Robin whispered to Phantom, "It's okay, I'm here, I'm not going to leave."

After several minutes of Robin talking to him Phantom started to calm down enough to speak, "He's going to find me."

Robin shushed him, "You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to."

Phantom shook his head, "He's going to find me, I don't know what he'll do when he does but it isn't good."

Robin held Phantom a little closer to him, whoever this guy was Phantom was terrified of him, this was bad.

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I'm sorry I haven't been posting lately so accept this as an apology.