A New Beginning

Chapter 25

Hola and bonjour, mon chou. I have returned and hopefully, this means I shall update more frequently and finish this story up. I am tentatively going to take this story off hiatus, but I am really bad at commitment so it still may be a less than regular update schedule. 

This chapter is slightly longer than normal because I felt bad for how long it took me to write. Thank you to everyone that has stuck with m throughout this extended break, and I apologize in advance if this chapter isn't the best. I'm trying to get back into rhythm and I don't know how well I have achieved that goal. I also apologize for any errors in grammar or spelling, please let me know if you find one so I can fix it.

I hope you enjoy.

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Danny has many, many phobias. He could also trace them back to when he developed them, and worse he knows why he had them.

Achluophobia which was the fear of the dark. It started before he was even captured, it was a normal kid thing, disliking the dark because of the mythical monsters hiding in it. However, after being constantly locked in a small, pitch black cell with nothing but his own fears and thoughts to keep him company it escalated fairly quickly.

Acousticophobia was one word for the fear of loud noises. Loud noises just send him into a panic because of the sensitivity of his hearing and it brought back bad memories of yelling.

Agliophobia was the fear of pain. This one was self explanatory. He didn't like being hurt and the anticipation of pain was not pleasant.

Agoraphobia was the fear of open spaces. Open spaces made it hard to defend himself. That and the fact that he spent so long in a small room, it was a new thing that he wasn't used to.

Aichmophobia was the fear of sharp objects and needles. Illegal and highly invasive experimentation ruined any and all types of medical facilities for the rest of your life, as well as objects that are related, such as needles and scalpels.

Androphobia or arrhenphobia was the fear of men. He wasn't comfortable around people in general, but the male species specifically because he rarely, if ever, saw a female scientist, and when he did there wasn't as much pain, so he had unconsciously associated men with pain unless they prove otherwise. Bruce and Dick were trying to find a way to get him over that.

And that tied into anthropophobia, fear of people or society. It was not really a fear, but a strong dislike and sense of uncomfortability.

Then there was aphenphosmphobia or chiraptophobia, two words for the fear of touch or physical contact. Once again, it was fairly easy to find the origins of that particular affliction.

Asthenophobia was the fear of weakness or of being in a weakened state. The GIW had spent a long time ingraining that into him. He was supposed to be a weapon, and weapons were not made to be weak.

Astra(po)phobia or brontophobia was the fear of thunder and lightning. He considered this a normal person one. He didn't like noises or flashing lights. He's had it since he was really young, and just kinda stayed consistent throughout his upbringing in the lab.

Cleithrophobia or cleisiophobia was the fear of being locked in enclosed space.

Cainophobia or cainotophobia was the fear of novelty. Again, he wasn't afraid of new things, just very wary. For the most of his life, new meant bad so he learned to stay away from new things, places, and people.

The point was, Danny had a lot of fears, those not even being the worst of them, and he had long since memorized each and every one of them.

He also learned, at least started to learn since living with Bruce and Dick, how social interactions were meant to be done and what he should do to complete a successful social altercation.