DC x DP Prompt — Well, Ectoplasm is Green...?
The Green Lanterns had never been Danny's favorite of the bunch. He likes Martian Manhunter, Tucker likes Cyborg, and Sam liked Wonder Woman or Raven.
But it's not like heroes can trademark moves. Right?
So, that's what led him to originally start binging fights between different superheroes and their villains. He tests out a few moves while on patrol, and then in battle, and hey! It worked.
One of the many issue? The more ectoplasm that seeped into Amity (into the soil, the water, the air and the food and—), the more powerful some ghosts got depending on how much time they spent there.
And that wasn't good. Especially because of Vlad.
The fruitloop was certifiably insane at the best of times and downright frothing maniac at the worst.
Danny remembers distinctly a time where he'd been taunting Vlad about how Maddie would only ever love his father and instead of the normal pink bursts of ectoplasm shot at his head, it was orange.
Weird. He called him pumpkin shooter and defeated him with well-timed teamwork and a gun. That was over and done with.
But more things kept being odd. Sometimes, Skulker's beams turned red tinged after long hunts and mounting frustration.
Hell, he'd even seen Kitty shoot out what looked to be pink(?!) rays when Johnny had been in true danger— after his parents made some fiery-crossbow contraption. (Said weapon had been turned on him immediately after. Joy.)
Danny's not really sure why they're rarely blasting out the colors of the rainbow. He's tired of making Skittles jokes and now wants answers.
He doesn't really get anything, minus a cryptic answer from both Frostbite and Clockwork of 'it's emotions.'
Well, color him delighted. Now the ghosts are turning into chaos-causing mood rings.
So he gets crafty. He tries to keep the fights more light-hearted, sees what ticks cause the flares in their feelings, and searches for answers.
He even tries to piss himself off, which isn't too hard, but nothing comes from it. The most he ever gets is blue, and he already had that ability in the first place.
What was really useful was watching the Green Lantern battles. It didn't matter which one it was, really, but they all seemed to create constructs and fight a lot like him.
Ectoplasm is harder to manipulate than he originally thought, but with tests and trials with Tucker, he can form basic shapes on command. He mostly uses walls as shields, and he's coming back to FentonWorks with less injuries.
Life seemed to be... not improving, per se, but becoming a new state of normal.
Then freaking Spectra had to happen again.
Danny doesn't hate a ghost more (except maybe Vlad or Skulker at points) than her. She loves misery and fear.
And Phantom? Yeah. He doesn't let that slide. Not on his watch. But she appears— consuming in the grief after some prominent volunteer in Amity had passed away.
He feels like it's partially his fault, too. He's started to work odd jobs for some cash, tries to cram school work in with patrols, tries to ignore any injury he gets from his home. He misses safe, edible food and free time. So of course he hadn't noticed, not at first.
And then it was too late to control. Danny's ghost sense finally went off, but that was when Spectra had been leaving Amity Park. There had been some tragic car accident a county away and it seemed she'd amassed enough ectoplasm to easily make the trip.
So now it was his duty. Great.
But this is a different town, different rules. No one, not the Justice League, even after their many calls, seemed to acknowledge Phantom as a hero. Or that he even existed. So he tweaks up his outfit... just a bit. As a precaution.
There's still the D in his chest, sure, but the rest of his costume is a glowing, Ghost Zone green with white accents. A mask covers his lower face. Just in case.
And when he finds Spectra?
Yeah. They throw fucking hands. He's pissed, more than usual, because this ghost goes against everything he fought for. This ghost didn't just humiliate him, they tried to kill his sister and had mentally wrecked the entire school for months.
So maybe he's a little bit more rough than usual. Both of them grapple each other, Danny trying to direct it away from residential areas. They crash into gravel, drag each other through the dirt and fire beams at each other any time they can. He's slamming green slabs into her face while her yellow shots become more creative. Like arrows that he can barely bat away in time, or a fist that had definitely left deep bruises on his ribs.
An issue?
The entire time that Spectra and Danny were beating the spirits out of each other was recorded, live-streamed, uploaded and posted online. Sure, some aspects were fuzzy with ectoplasm and electronics, but it's clear.
This has to be an unknown, maybe new Green Lantern fighting against what might be a villain.
But why are they so short and young looking? Where's the older ones that fight with more style and precision? And who is their foe that blasts out yellow energy?
All of these questions and more were raised once it came to the attention of the Justice League. Now, how could they find this new Green Lantern, and how did they not know another human (or adjacent) was chosen?
