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Depths	By : Chickzilla18 Category: +1 through F > Danny Phantom > Slash - Male/Male Views: 1897 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom. I made no money or profit in the making of this Fanfic.

Chapter List
- 1-Mortality
- 2-Fishing
- 3-Feed
- 4-Tough Love
- 5-Depths
- 6-Desperation
- 7-Deep Trouble
- 8-Virtually Proven
- 9-Troubled Intentions
- 10-Paradise Lost
- 11-Place in Hell
- 12-Stronger
- 13-Sacrafice
- 14-Face
- 15-Void
- 16-New
- 17-Student
- 18-Heat
- 19-Firework
- 20-Christmas
- 21-Ugly
- 22-Hysterics
- 23-Record
- 24-Visitor
- 25-Beat
- 26-Rights
- 27-Feel It
- 28-Hurt
- 29-Red Hands
- 30-Tempt
- 31-Poison
- 32-Law
- 33-Splash
- 34-Wet
- 13
- 14
- 15
Trigger warning: serious bullying and homophobia
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It's been four months.
Four fucking months that Phantom has been trapped in these shallows.
He had been fortunate enough to be able to hunt without being seen by the humans, and he had been slick enough to not be seen even when they were scuba diving. So far no one had seen him, and the other mermaids close by had no idea that he was there.
Any human who had come looking for anyone that Phantom had hunted, always assumed that they either drowned or was eaten by a shark and gave up the search quickly. Phantom was very careful about who he took because he knew from past experiences that taking someone's son, daughter, wife, or husband equaled a search party, and he was tired of hiding from those.
It would be so easy if he could leave the shallows and hide in the deeper part of the ocean, but Hades refused to allow him to leave the beach.
He had been waiting for his opportunity to find the boy and kill him for the past four months, but so far Danny hadn't returned to the beach. Phantom could always tell where the kid was; he could smell his scent for miles, but so far, the kid hadn't shown up to the beach.
The merman was getting restless, he needed to kill the boy, he was so tired of being bound to this beach. Sure he had stayed in the cove for a very long time without getting tired, but this was different. Back then, he was choosing to stay in the cove, but now he was being forced to stay on the beach like a human child being put in time out by a strict parent.
It was annoying.
Phantom was currently resting behind a rock as he watched the mostly empty beach, a child was building sand castles and the only parent around was resting in her beach chair, their ugly little umbrella keeping their paper thin skin from burning. The spot he sat in was less than a foot deep, and his tail was the only thing in the water. He listened out to make sure no human would sneak up behind him and possibly see him as he stared and watched the beach and waited.
He knew today was the day that he finally got his chance, Phantom could smell Danny in the air, getting closer.
To a creature that has lived for 3,673 years, four months isn't that long, but he had been given just one year to kill this kid, and these were the longest four months he had ever lived through.
Phantom watched as an unsupervised child around four years old got up from their spot building a sand castle, the mother too busy on her cellphone to notice. The child walked towards a hermit crab that was slowly making its way towards the water, its thin legs dragging its shell along with it. The little boy thought it was beautiful and interesting enough to follow because a moment later, he was stepping into the water after it.
Phantom's eyebrows rose, looking between the ignorant mother and the curious child with amusement. The child was walking toward him, getting closer and closer the more his giggling figure followed after the hermit crab.
When the hermit crab got close enough, Phantom grabbed it by its shell and brought it up to his mouth. The child met his eyes as he bit into the crab with his sharp teeth and started chewing, the loud crunch being heard by both of them.
The small boy looked thoughtfully at Phantom, his chubby cheeks rosy and his green eyes big, before he smiled happily at the merman. The child had very elementary thoughts, but he looked at Phantom's tail with such adoration and innocence that Phantom smiled toothlessly at the kid. It was not his intention to scare the kid, so he retracted his claws before he reached a webbed hand up and pet his blond hair gently. Glancing up at the kids still clueless mother as he swallowed the crustacean in his mouth, Phantom smirked. Such a stupid human, here Phantom was; the most dangerous predator in existence, petting the head of the most precious thing in the mother's short life. It was comical, really.
The small boy reached his small chubby hands up and cupped Phantom's face in his palms, and all Phantom could think about was how lucky this kids mother was that he wasn't hungry at the moment, or this child would make a nice little snack. Still, he allowed the kid to kiss his nose as he giggled and cooed at the merman's beauty, and the demon gently scratched under his chin.
Phantom handed the kid the now empty hermit shell and turned him around in the direction of dry land, back towards his mother. The merman watched as the kid laughed happily and ran back towards his mother, who stood up in shock when she noticed how wet her son was. It only just dawned on her that her son was able to get up from where she left him, go for a dip, and come back without her noticing.
They left after that, the mother too shocked and scared to allow them to stay any longer. The experience of possibly losing her son to the sea without even noticing because of her irresponsible lack of attention grating on her mind and making her paranoid.
Phantom knew Danny was now very close, his scent was getting stronger with every moment that passed by, and now that the beach was more vacated, it would be much easier to kill him without being detected.
After another hour of waiting, Phantom knelt down until the only thing out of the water was the top of his head and his eyes. He watched as a big van drove up and four people stepped out, including Danny.
No good, Danny's father was definitely straight, no way was he going to get away with hypnotizing anyone that stepped out of the car. Phantom's eye twitched in irritation. No matter, he was sure Hades planned on giving him the chance that he needed, he just needed to be patient.
Danny was with his friends, a boy, and a girl, both his age. The boy, an African American who's sexuality was unknown, and the girl who was lovesick for Phantom's favorite white boy. He couldn't see Danny yet, though he knew he was there.
Danny hid behind the car, trying to work up the nerve to step away and look out to one of his favorite sceneries, afraid to lay eyes on the ocean for the first time in months.
"Danny?" Phantom heard the female say as she walked around the car towards the boy. "Are you okay? Do you wanna leave?"
Jack Fenton was getting the supplies out of the trunk. The beach towels, the umbrella, and the beach chairs looking so small in comparison to the father's large size.
The African boy walked up behind Danny and put a hand on his shoulder. Phantom could hear him admiring the shade of blue of Danny's eyes and the lightness of his skin within the privacy of his mind.
So, that's three he could hypnotize. Swell.
Phantom knew what Danny was going to say before he said it.
"No, I-I don't want to be afraid of it." Phantom knew the kid was fighting the immense fear that he felt for the vast ocean just ten feet away from where the car blocked his view.
When Phantom saw Danny, he was surprised to see that the kid had gained some of his weight back. He wasn't nearly as heavy as he was when they first met, but he didn't look like he was about to die from anorexia anymore. Danny's face looked less pale, and his eyes didn't look glassy and empty anymore, they were brighter and full of life now.
Phantom tilted his head as he watched the kid sit in the sand as his friends got in the water and started splashing each other, knowing Danny had no intention getting even 5 feet close to the sea. He decided to watch the three teens as the fat man fell asleep in a beach chair. The girl and the African boy seemed to be very close, each of them yelling insults at each other while laughing and thinking about how amazing the day was.
Phantom stared at the girl, unsure why she looked so familiar, he felt like he'd seen her face before. It was going to keep him up at night. The short black hair against such a pale slender face along with the forest green bikini reminded him of someone.
Oh well.
Their names were Sam and Tucker, which he found out fairly quickly, and after half an hour of splashing around and enjoying the coolness of the beach against a hot day, they got out of the water. The siren watched as they approached the object of his obsession, who was staring out at the water wishing he was brave enough to join his friends in it, but PTSD kept him from doing so.
"Danny, we're going to get some ice cream, do you wanna come with us?" Sam asked the skinny boy.
Danny looked up at them and considered the question, he didn't feel like eating ice-cream and he also didn't want to leave the serenity that came from sitting in his spot in the sand. He had always loved the beach so much before the incident happened, and he honestly missed it.
"Nah, I'll wait for you guy's here." This was perfect, Phantom thought, Danny would be completely alone after they left. It was the perfect opportunity to lure him in and finish the job, and excitement started to shadow Phantom's eyes as he watched the teens shrug and leave.
With the idiot fat man snoring away in the chair, and the beach empty of witnesses, Phantom smiled and sunk into the water.
Danny was hugging his knees and looking out to the ocean, watching as the waved pushed and pulled against the sand. They were far away from the cove that haunted his nightmares, and he knew that the merpeople didn't hunt farther than the waters near the cove, so really Danny thought he shouldn't be so scared of the water.
The merman creeping up on him begged to differ.
Phantom was still well out of sight, but he got closer to the boy, adoring how little he suspected Phantom's presence. It was laughable almost, four months later and here they were again, so close together, only this time he would not show mercy.
He peaked his head above the water, hiding behind a rock just a few feet from the edge of the beach. To be honest, he was excited to sink his teeth into Danny again, he truly was the best tasting human he had ever come across, and every human after him tasted much too bland for his liking.
Phantom was surprised as he watched the boy get up and walk closer to the water, it must have been a spontaneous decision because the merman didn't expect it. The human stopped just far enough from the water to keep the waves from touching his bare feet as it pushed over the sand.
He was ready to kill him, had the boy right where Phantom wanted him, clueless and vulnerable and so alone. Phantom wanted to kill him so badly, he was so ready to be free of the curse that bound him to this part of the beach. He could almost taste freedom as he watched the boy staring down at the water, so very close. Phantom wouldn't even need to use his hypnosis at this point, the kid was just close enough that he could just grab him and drag him farther into the ocean so that he could do what he craves to so badly.
The boy took a few tentative steps into the water, just barely past ankle deep.
Phantom was ready to redeem himself.
So why did he do nothing but watch the boy after that? He allowed the stupid kid to enjoy his day and leave proud of himself for being able to step foot into the ocean for the first time since Phantom freed him.
He couldn't stop staring at the human's eyes, those damn blue eyes are what stopped him from dragging his ass down to the depths to tear through his throat. He had the fire back in his deep crystal blue eyes and it was more beautiful than he remembered.
Over the months, the same thing would happen. Danny would come to the beach, and Phantom would wait for him, and every time he would convince himself that he was going to do it this time for sure. Each time he was sure he was ready to do it, but the problem was every time he saw Danny again, he grew more and more hauntingly enchanting.
The boy also would often think about him, and some of the thoughts would actually be fond. Which made Phantom huff in amusement, the kid still had feelings for him and the merman couldn't understand, why? Phantom had tortured him, starved him, isolated him, and abused him in every way physically and mentally possible. So what screw was loose in the kids head that Danny could still think he was in love with him?
It was after the seventh time he saw Danny that he decided it would be okay to procrastinate for as longs as time would allow him. He was too interested in watching the changes that become the boy every time he saw him. His growing attractiveness was too intriguing, and Phantom possessed the patients to allow time to go by.
He watched with a surprising amount of enjoyment as Danny went from the anorexic and scared teen he saw during the first visit, to the brave and beautiful creature that loudly verbalized his excitement as he windsurfed against the waves three days before the 1 year anniversary.
It was the final day, and the sun would be going down soon. Danny wasn't in his usual spot at the beach, but Phantom knew that he was close. So he followed the scent until he saw the boy on the end of the fishing dock, smiling out towards the sea with a calm look on his face.
This was it, this was his last chance or he would face the consequences that Hades chose to inflict.
Phantom swam to the pillar that held the doc up, it was covered in crustaceans and barnacles and smelled heavily of mold, but it didn't bother him in the slightest. He looked up, plotting how he would go about this. But then a new smell hit his nose and he looked over to see two large men making their way towards Danny, and all Phantom needed to hear was their thoughts to know that not only did these boys know Danny, but they were the farthest things from friends.
One of them was Asian and had black hair with a build that was heavy enough with muscle to crush Danny. The other one was German with blond hair and blue eyes with a similar build to the boy walking next to him. They both stared at Danny with an evil smirk on their faces, and Phantom's body shook with anger for reasons unknown to him.
"Hey look, Quan, It's Fen-toenail." The blond boy said, his voice more annoying than a small child whining for a lollypop, honestly how many steroids did this guy take? "All alone," the boy continued, "with no one around to protect him."
Danny's face lost its serene expression as he turned around, recognition and fear split across his face as he laid eyes on the two jocks standing between him and his only exit off the peer. "What do you want Dash, don't you think it's a little late in the day to be harassing me?" Danny said wit fully.
"I'd watch your attitude if I were you, Fenton, I just got a D on a test and now I'm grounded for a week. I am not in a good mood with you." Dash took a few steps closer to Danny, who visibly shrunk at the larger boys approach but kept his voice strong.
"Why do you come after me when you get bad grades? It's not my fault." He tried to match the volume and anger that the jock expressed in an attempt to make himself seem more intimidating. Phantom for the first time didn't laugh at the pathetic attempt, it was sad and nearly upset him to see Danny confronted by someone so much stronger than him.
What surprised him more though was how quick the jock was to punch Danny across the face. The boy was almost thrown off the edge of the peer at the force of the hit, and as he caught himself, blood dripped from his nose into the water 20 feet below. Phantom smelled it immediately and was immediately very hungry. He had been starving himself the last four weeks so he would be good and hungry this last day, so the temptation to spare the kid would me more resistible.
"I come after you because you deserve it, you fucking gay piece of shit." Phantom bared his teeth and growled lowly when the blond shoved Danny against the wall of the peer again. He could hear it creek from the abuse it was taking and he saw the look of fear flash across Danny's face. During the day and with friends, Danny was okay being in or around the shallow parts of the ocean. At night though? With the sun slowly disappearing behind the horizon in the distance? All alone with no friends or family to rescue him? He couldn't handle that. He was far from okay with that.
"You deserve to be wailed on, you shouldn't even exist." Dash spat and shoved Danny again when he tried to get away from the part of the peer that seemed to be unable to handle the force being shoved into it. Dash wasn't having it though, and he continued to punch Danny in the face. His friend's, Sam and Tucker, would be gone for at least another 20 minutes, they were too busy shopping at the gift shop and way out of sight to help him.
"You don't deserve to live, Fenton, people like you don't have a place in the world." Quan said as he punched Danny, completely clueless of the boards about to snap under the weight of the abuse.
Phantom continued to watch everything happen until realization dawned on him. Dash and Quan weren't going to stop until Danny fell off the peer, whether the jocks realized what they were about to do or not. Danny was going to be attacked until he was thrown down the 20 feet of distance between the floor of the peer and the surface of the water. The hight of the drop and the abuse he was taking along with the panic he would feel... it was possible that Danny would drown. It was clear his death day would be today whether Phantom made the decision to kill him or not. The only way Danny would make it out of this alive is if Phantom saved him, and that was the same as exiling himself.
This was Hades forcing Phantom to make a decision, and he knew it as soon as the jocks gave him one final punch and the wood snapped under the boy's weight. With a shriek of fear that Phantom hadn't heard the kid make since Samantha grabbed him while the merman was freeing the boy a year ago, Danny fell, hitting his head on one of the boards that fell from the peer with him.
Danny was unconscious and sinking and Phantom looked up with angry red eyes at the boys who looked at the broken wood in shock and horror. He watched as they babbled and tried to decide whether to jump in after him or run away and pretend that nothing happened. They chose the ladder and bolted off the peer, and Phantom started to swim over to where Danny was sinking.
The sun was about to disappear from the horizon, and the siren knew he had only a little time to finish the job before he would be punished by Hades. He swam till he was close enough to put a hand on Danny's full cheek, and he paused a moment to look at the boy. Bioluminescence was all that he needed to make out the boys features, and he saw when Danny's eyes cracked open. This would be the last time he ever got to adore those eyes again.
Danny was too disoriented from the abuse he took, plus the hit to his head, and the lack of oxygen to move much, so he wound up just looking right back at Phantom. He was expressionless, but Phantom knew the kid recognized him immediately, because though his thoughts were muddy and his vision was unfocused, he was clearly thinking about how pretty the merman was.
It was the warmth in Danny's eyes that finalized Phantom's decision, and as the last rays of light started to disappear from the sky, Phantom kissed Danny's lips softly.
...
"Your pathetic," Hades said angrily, his hair a bright red and his eyes narrowing down at Phantom, "you are so utterly pathetic that I don't even know what to say to you."
Phantom just sat in silence, five feet deep under the surface by the beach he left Danny on. He did not lower his head, or show any fear even as Hades turned red with rage. He would take his punishment with dignity.
"I gave you a year, Phantom. A whole year, and you fell in love." he spat the word out as if it was poison on his tongue
The merman opened his mouth, ready to defend himself that he felt no love for the human, but his god held a finger up, "Don't you dare try to deny what is clear to my eyes, I have been watching and reading you this entire year. You are feeling useless, pathetic, human emotions."
Phantom's mouth snapped closed, he didn't love the human, he just liked the way that he looked. Love didn't exist in his world and it never would, but shouldn't Hades know that already?
"You're an abomination, and you don't belong with the sirens." Hades pinched his nose and closed his eyes before looking down at Phantom.
The siren didn't drop his gaze, he would not cower, and he would take his punishment like a champ. It was all he could do at this point, he knew he would never hurt Danny as long as there was a breath in his body.
"You know what has to be done now, don't you?" In response to Phantom's thoughts, Hades said this calmly as if he was inviting Phantom to go mini golfing with him.
Phantom nodded slowly.
The god of the underworld gave the merman a regretful look, "It's really a shame, you have so much power." Hades sighed and rubbed the side of his face, "Goodbye, Phantom."
Phantom blinked, reality hitting him all at once. What was going to happen to him now? He would be human soon, he would have human needs, he would be in their world and at their mercy. Where would he stay? What would he eat?
No matter how much fear he felt for his very unknown future, he couldn't bring himself to regret sparing Danny.
Hades snapped his fingers.
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