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It took hours for them to clean up the mess, and even more hours for them to drive to the outskirts of town, miles away from any owned land or property.
Someone had already texted their parents on each of their phones that they would be out a little past curfew, and to not wait up for them. That they were watching a movie and would be getting food afterward before going home. Each of their parents had bought it, either letting them do what they want or scolding them not to let the late nights become a habit.
Sam drove, her mind going a mile a minute as she made absolutely sure not to break any driving laws. She didn't even want to think about having to deal with a policeman while a corpse lay hidden in the trunk.
How did they get into this mess? Sam and Tucker wondered. Yesterday, their biggest concern was exams, or never finding "the one" and now, here they were covering up a murder! How had things escalated this quickly?
Danny was still in shock, so he hadn't explained what happened, and the only information they had, was what Phantom had said over the phone when he called them. In the span of ten minutes, they had made themselves into accomplices. One the getaway driver, and the other currently hacking into the school system to delete all video footage of that week.
Was it worth it?
Sam shook her head, of course, it was. Phantom may be emotionally impaired, but he was their friend, and they couldn't just let someone find out about him being a merman. Not only would they never see Phantom ever again if the authorities found out about this, but the merman's life would literally be a living hell if scientists and researchers got a hold of him.
They wouldn't let that happen to him, no matter how stuck up the merman was; nobody deserved to go through the kind of torture that the government would put on Phantom if he was found out. They knew that the raven would be absolutely crushed if Phantom was taken away by scientists, as well. They weren't positive about just how close the two were, but if the love bites that they caught littering his neck were anything to go by, they had their suspicions.
Phantom was in the back seat, massaging the tense nerves out of Danny's shoulders as the kid rested in his lap. The raven hadn't said a word during the who ordeal, but Phantom could hear him thinking. He had calmed down a lot since the merman first saved him, so now at least his thoughts weren't so mushed together like a mess of tangled necklace chains, as they were a few hours before.
All the kid was doing was reminiscing about life back when he was a younger child, back when his mother still loved his father, and their family was still happy. Phantom could smell that the kid wasn't unhappy that Vlad was dead, not that Danny would admit it to himself, but the merman knew that he had felt nothing but loathing towards Vlad for years now.
Phantom would even bet that the raven wished that Vlad never existed in the first place.
It was night time by the time they found a good spot to dump the body, and when Sam parked near a swamp, she turned off the car and unlocked the trunk.
"Phantom? Are you going to help?" Tucker asked as he grabbed a flashlight, breath visible in the 30 degrees cold.
"Can't," he said snarkily, Tucker should know this already, "It's too wet out there in that swamp, I'll pop a tail as soon as a spec of mud touches me. I'll keep Danny warm."
Tucker didn't respond, just shut the door, and Phantom knew that he was scolding himself for asking such a dumb question. Both him and Sam got to work opening the trunk and pulling the body out. Vlad was much heavier than he had looked, and without Phantom's help, like they had when getting him in the trunk at school, the dead man seemed to weigh a ton. Their feet dug in the mud with the effort of holding the body up, and they were both glad they were conveniently wearing old shoes that they didn't mind throwing out.
They carefully brought the body over to the swamp water, looking around to make sure they weren't about to get bit by any amphibians, the lights from Danny's car illuminated the area around them enough that they were confident they would see something coming towards them.
Far away they could see what looked like alligators swimming slowly in their direction, curious. However, they looked to be far enough away to keep the kids from freaking out at their presence too much.
That was good at least, they thought, the alligators were sure to destroy the evidence in no time. They carefully opened the blue wrap from around the body and allowed Vlad to roll out into the water, and at a brief glance up, Sam's eyes widened.
She pat Tucker's shoulder insistently, "Crocodile, there's a crocodile, time to go." It had been hiding under the water, appearing only after the body was apparently dumped on its head. Suddenly what they thought were alligators swimming towards them were now much closer, and much larger than before, and recognition dawn on them. They needed to get out of there quickly before they became this swamp full of croc's next meal. Whatever was left of Vlad's body would surely not be enough to distract them all.
The threat of getting eaten themselves was now too close for comfort, and the two teens had no choice but to abandon their task and rush themselves into the car when the nearest crocodile opened its mouth and hissed, coming towards them.
Carefully avoiding the snakes that seemed to appear out of nowhere through the commotion, Sam and Tuck threw themselves into the car and shut their doors quickly, driving away and back onto the road in no time.
Their shoes were so wet and muddy, and they knew that they would have to get rid of them before they got home, and they would have to give Danny's car a wash as well. The amount of dirt and grime would be too hard to explain away to people if they returned this way.
So that's what they did, hours later when they returned back to Amity Park, they bid their shoes farewell and put five dollars in the machine to wash Danny's car while the mud was still sort of wet.
It wasn't until 11 pm did they finally return Danny home, and they allowed Phantom to take to boy up to his bathroom while they prepared the raven something hot to eat.
When they finished preparing Danny a cup of his lavender tea and a bowl of chicken noodle soup, they both headed upstairs to check on their friend.
Phantom was in the bathtub with Danny in his merman form, washing the dirt out of his raven hair, and both teens had to pause for a second or two just to admire Phantom. This was the first time they had ever seen him in his true form, and they had to admit they understood why Danny adored him so much; he really was the prettiest thing they had ever seen.
The merman was humming softly to sooth Danny's nerves as he gently scrubbed the human's body with a loofa, and the other teens in the room calmed considerably from the slightly hypnotic tone. Tucker still didn't understand how Phantom affected him as he did every straight girl and homosexual guy, as he himself was straight, but at the moment he didn't care; he needed to calm down just like everyone else. Phantom's mesmerizing voice did the trick, so he didn't mind the power over him for the time being.
Danny seemed to respond when Tucker held the warm cup of tea under his nose, the aroma of lavender causing him to wake up from his shock a bit. They were all relieved when Danny lifted his hands and reached for the cup in front of him, taking a few careful sips at the tea.
"Danny? We made you some soup," Sam handed the boy the bowl, and Danny set the tea aside on the porcelain wall of the tub, grabbed the spoon, and started shoveling chicken and noodles into his mouth.
That was good, Danny was awake enough to eat and drink now. Whatever Phantom had done between the time they last saw him and now, whether it be the manipulatingly soothing music he played from his own throat, or the hot bath and catering, it worked wonders on calming the raven down.
Now that Danny was clean, Phantom told two teens to help Danny out and get dressed so that he could wash the blood off himself. Both friends did, taking the mug and bowl from him just long enough to get him out of the tub and into some clothes.
Danny now sat on the bed between each of his friends, Sam holding his tea while he ate his soup.
"Are you going to be okay, Danny?" Sam asked gently, they still didn't know much about what happened, but that could wait for a later day. As long as Danny would get better.
This was the first thing he had said to them the whole time, "I'll be fine." It was barely a whisper.
"Do you want us to stay, dude? We don't mind." Danny didn't make eye contact with Tucker, though they were both hoping he would look one of them in the eyes. It was unnerving that he didn't even look up from his bowl at them.
"Nah," he said this a little louder. Good, he's making progress, "You don't have to, I'll be okay, I just want to sleep."
They nodded, and when Phantom came into the room in nothing but a towel to walk over to the dresser for clothes, Sam and Tucker blushed, trying to look anywhere but at the merman.
"Okay man, well if you're sure..." Tucker offered company one last time, but Danny finally looked up at his teal eyes and refused with a small grin.
"Nah, thank's guys, you're the best. I promise I'll tell you what happened tomorrow."
They nodded, obvious concern still lingering in their eyes, but they got up and left after that.
But, not before Phantom stopped them on their way out the front door, "Hey!"
Sam and Tucker turned around and regarded Phantom with curious glances.
"Um," the merman said, "I'm new to all this, and though I don't regret killing Vlad, at all." Sam and Tucker shivered, knowing just how capable Phantom was of murder now. Before today, it had just been a thought, like yes, Phantom was a merman, but they hadn't expected him to still possess so much of what they saw that day when the scuba divers were left behind. For some reason, they thought that because he was now human, he would possess a little more humanity than the dark creatures they had seen. However, today's events reminded them just how threatening and dangerous Phantom really could be.
Phantom paused when he heard their thoughts, feeling oddly sad they were scared of him now. "I just wanted to say, that I'm feeling grateful. I would probably be in deep shit if it weren't for you guys."
They looked surprised like they didn't know Phantom was capable of being thankful. The merman didn't blame them, just a few weeks ago he himself didn't know either. He was slowly learning, and he was no longer sure that he could deny that he would ever feel the things Danny wished him to.
"Hey, no problem, man, you're our friend, too. We got your back." Tucker said while Sam nodded. They looked glad that Phantom could manage thanks, especially now that they were literally putting their necks on the line for him. Phantom knew that they now felt a little relieved, like their efforts today weren't all for an ungrateful merman who didn't appreciate them.
Phantom let them leave after that, and he went upstairs to find that Danny was now covered in his comforter with an empty mug and bowl sitting on the nightstand next to him. The boy was still awake, and the merman knew it as soon as he entered to room.
He quietly approached the bed and got in under the covers, laying on his back and staring up at the ceiling. No sooner did the merman get comfortable was Danny scooting over closer to him, and Phantom looked down in surprise to see an arm wrapped around his stomach with Danny's head upon his chest. They didn't usually cuddle like this, only after sex, but Phantom put an arm around the boy anyway, hearing that the kid needed comfort and was seeking it out.
Phantom shut his eyes, focusing on the sound of Danny's heartbeat as it slowly and steadily beat against the boy's chest. The soft "bud-ump, bud-ump" soothing stressed nerves that he didn't know he had.
"Thank you," Danny whispered against his chest, knowing that even though he was barely whispering, Phantom could still hear him with that super hearing of his. "Thank you for saving me today. I was so scared that he was going to..." He couldn't even finish the sentence as a fresh tear escaped his closed eye and dripped onto the merman's bare chest. His body shook in the memory of what almost happened.
Phantom didn't say anything at first, just rubbed small circled in the back of Danny's neck with the tips of his fingers, allowing his nails to elongate just a little. He had learned long ago that this took away a lot of the boy's anxiety, and released the tension that seemed to make him uncomfortable.
"Don't mention it, Danny, he can't hurt you anymore," Phantom said gently to try and calm him back down.
"I never got a chance to thank you for saving my father," the boy said suddenly as he leaned up to kiss the merman's lips softly, "and for releasing me." He dragged a hand up Phantom's bare chest until he was cupping his cheek and brushing a thumb across his bottom lip. "I know that must have been difficult for you, considering. So, thank you, Phantom."
A surprising warmth spread in the merman's chest, and he kissed the human one last time slowly, tenderly, before telling him to get some sleep.
The human did, with his face buried snugly in Phantom's neck and his arm holding the merman as close as possible.
Phantom stayed awake for a short while longer than Danny did, continuing to listen to his heartbeat, and feeling the hot breath brush across his neck every time the boy breathed. He pets his human's head, adoring how soft the black strands of hair were as his fingers brushed against them.
Danny smelt so good as his skin incensed the lavender that he drank earlier. The adoration and ease he felt, along with the milk and honey body shampoo and marshmallow scented lotion he used made him smell like pure human seduction. If the word irresistible had a smell, it would be Danny, and Phantom didn't think he would ever get tired of it.
He was okay with this life, the merman figures out, as long as he could end every day just like this. With Danny snug against him, warm and feeling every bit as devoted to the merman as he was now.
The merman kissed his forehead before falling asleep, too.
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