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Episode 2: Follow The Leader

Sherman Illinois, Avengers Mansion.

Danny, Kim, Illana, Rex, Lance, Ben, Newton, Jake, Zak, Ron (along with Rufus), we're sitting in the Assembly Hall of their new base. Projected above the table was a holographic screen of Solomon with another holographic screen of an island.

"This is Casa Isla. A small island under the military jurisdiction of one General Steel, with which some of you are quite familiar with." Solomon explained, referring to Illana, Lance, and Octus.

"So what's the problem?" Kim asked.

"Recently all communications from the island have stopped completely." Solomon replied.

"Maybe it's just a downed transmitter?" Zak guessed.

"We thought that at first, that is until we learned recently that the team on the island was experimenting with Mutradi technology."

"So that's where we come in." Danny said.

"Yes, this is a recon mission to find out what is happening on that island. If you need any assistance, G3 will provide it."

"So, who's in charge?" Lance asked, referring to the team.

"Work that out between you."

Nighttime, above the Caribbean Sea

The Quinjet flew in camouflage mode over the water, with all ten Avengers inside, and Lance at the controls and Zak at the systems in the co-pilot seat.

"We're approaching the island soon, we should arrive in ten minutes." Octus informed.

"Great." Ben replied, though he sounded a bit dejected.

"Something up Ben?" Rex asked.

"Yeah, it's our first mission as a team. I for one am excited." Illana added.

"I know, I know." Ben began. "It's just… I was kinda hoping for more of an all-out battle, I'm not too good with recon."

"I'm up with that." Jake agreed. "I hate sneaking around, I always prefer the direct approach."

"What else is new?" Lance stated. "Considering most of your alien forms and your dragon powers are either used for smashing or blowing stuff up."

"Not all of them." Ben said.

"And this coming from a guy who helps form a giant Kaiju-sized robot." Jake pointed out.

"Okay, lets not get into an argument before the mission actually starts." Danny stated.

"He's right." Kim agreed. "I've had my fair share of stealth missions before, so I know my way around it."

"So what's the plan? Anyone got a plan, cause I'm not a planner?" Ron asked with Rufus shrugging.

"Alright." Lance began as he brought up a picture of the island on the main screen above near the ceiling. "Solomon said Casa Isla has two layers of defenses, an invisible shield and auto-turrets. There are three drop-spots we need to hit. The first is in the water; Ben and Octus will drop there and cut the power to the generator, which is just before the beach. The second one is at the beach; Kim and Ron will drop and shut down the turrets; the last one is deeper in the jungle where the rest of us will drop."

"Sounds like a plan." Jake said.

"We're approaching the first drop zone now." Zak said as he was in the co-pilot seat.

Ben and Octus stood up. Ben activated his Omnitrix and transformed into Ripjaws. The side door opened just as the invisible Quinjet hovered above the water.

"You ready for a swim buddy?" Ripjaws asked.

"I am." Octus replied before they both jumped down into the water and begun swimming towards the island.

The two swam deep and close to the ocean floor; they soon came before a silver-box-like device that had white light and circuits active. Octus and Ripjaws stopped near it.

"I'm guessing this is it." Ripjaws said.

"Yes this is the generator." Octus answered. "I will emit a pulse that should temporarily nullify the security around it while you shut it down."

"Got it." Ripjaws understood.

Octus then lifted his hands towards the shield generator and shot a faint bolt of white electricity which seemed to nullify the generator a bit.

"Okay." Octus began. "You'll need to cut the wires in the precise…"

Before Octus could continue, Ripjaws opened his mouth and literally bit a large chunk off the generator before crushing the chunk in his jaws.

"Or… that could work." Octus observed.

"Force field is down." Ripjaws informed via comnlink to the rest of the Avengers.

"Alright, prepare for the second drop zone." Lance in formed as the invisible Quinjet flew closer to the island.

The side door opened again allowing Kim and Ron to jump out with backpacks. It wasn't long before they both pulled the cords on their backpacks and parachutes opened up, allowing both to slowly descend onto the beach, landing near a pair of large, automatic missile launchers.

"Man, talk about overkill." Ron observed from the military-defenses, with Rufus on his shoulder, nodding in agreement.

"It is a military base Ron." Kim said before the two went to the main controls of the defenses. Kim reached into her side-pack and pulled out a small, cylinder device. She put it on the controls, the device beeped before the controls stopped for a second and later turned back on.

"Okay." Kim spoke into the comn. "The defenses are now on a continuous loop, you guys are good to go."

The invisible Quinjet soared over them and towards the island.

Once the Quinjet was above the jungle it began to quietly hover. Danny, Lance, Illana, Jake, Rex, and Zak all stood up from their seats as Lance put the Quinjet on auto-pilot.

"So we're all agreed, stealth only. Right Rex?" Lance asked.

"Yeah, yeah. I hear ya." Rex waved off.

Danny then had his signature white rings form around him before transforming into Danny Phantom.

"Everyone take my hands." Danny instructed as he took Illana's in his right hand, and Lance held onto hers, making her blush slightly. Rex took Danny's left hand, while Jake took Rex's hand and Zak took his hand.

Danny then turned invisible and intangible, allowing him to quietly phase out of the hovering plane and slowly hover towards the ground. As soon as they touched down, Danny turned himself and the others visible again.

"This is Danny, we're in." He said into the comn. Danny took a look at Lance's holographic map of the island. "We're the closest to the factory, we'll head there and rendezvous with the rest of you later."

Back at the beach

"Alright" Kim answered into her comn as Octus and Ripjaws walked out of the water and towards her and Ron. "Ben and Octus just surfaced. We'll meet up with you guys as soon as possible."

The four gathered together. "Well so far, so good." Octus observed.

"Ben dude." Ron began. "I'm not sure a walk-talking fish is gonna blend into the environment." He said, referring to his current form.

"Don't worry, I got it." Ripjaws assured as he pressed the Omnitrix symbol on his chest and transformed into Ghostfreak.

"That better?" Ghostfreak asked.

"Yeah, that should work." Kim observed.

"You mean when you're not creepy." Ron quickly added as Rufus shook a bit, slightly frightened of Ben's Ghostfreak form.

"Come on, let's move." Octus said as he, Ghostfreak, Kim, and Ron quickly went into the jungle.

Back with the previous group; Lance was at the front of the pack with Danny, Illana, Jake, Rex, and Zak a bit behind him. They traversed as quietly as they can through the jungle, though the sounds of the animals and insects chirping helped them quite a bit.

As they walked however, a faint branch breaking noise was heard by Jake's hearing. "Wait, did you guys hear that?"

"No." Zak replied. "Wait, is this some sort of Dragon-Hearing thing?"

"Yeah, I can hear something to." Danny said as his senses we're also slightly heightened in ghost form. "We're not alone on this island."

"Alright Lance…." Rex began. "What's the…" They looked only to see that Lance was no longer there. "Did he just ditch us?"

"Does he do that often?" Danny asked Illana.

"Yep." She sighed.

Ghostfreak, Kim, Octus, and Ron we're quietly running through the jungle as well; Octus seems to have caught the same thing Danny and Jake both noticed.

"I am sensing many bio-signs nearby, but with so many animals and insects on this island I can't seem to distinguish them."

"That's why we have infrared." Kim replied as she opened her comn to get to the first group. "You guys got infrared?"

"Yeah, I do." Rex replied as he put on his goggles and turned on the heat-sensors. "I see a squad of soldiers." He informed as he saw the infrared images of three men, holding weapons. "And it looks like their running; either to something…"

"…or away from something." Illana finished.

"But from what?" Danny wondered.

"Hang on." Jake said. His eyes turned red as he activated his Eye of the Dragon. "Yeah, there running from something, I can't quite tell but their big, fast, and there's a lot of them." Jake could see large figures quickly brush past the leaves and vines of the jungle ahead in pursuit of the last group that Rex had spotted.

They soon heard machine gun fire in the distance. "Don't need any super-hearing for that." Zak observed.

"That can't be good, those men might need help." Illana said with a bit of worry.

"I'm on it!" Rex announced as he activated his Rex-Ride and soared in the direction of the action.

"Rex, wait!" Danny called but he was already gone.

Three army soldiers we're pinned behind a large rock, shooting in towards the jungle, but quickly took cover as energy bullets we're shot back towards them by an unknown enemy. The machine-gun fire stopped when they heard an incoming sound.

Rex came forward on his Rex-ride and quickly withdrew it before forming his Slam-Cannon and opening fire onto the unknown group, tearing away many of the trees that kept them concealed in the darkness.

"Alright guys, come out and no one gets hurt!" Rex announced, but his look quickly changed into one of surprise when the moonlight shined on the group, there we're twelve of them, but it wasn't the number but the group itself. They we're armed, Mutradi soldiers.

The lead Mutradi roared towards Rex.

"Mutradi?! Are you freaking kidding me?!"

They quickly opened fire towards him but Rex formed his Block Party to protect himself from their blasts. Their gun-fire was cut-off by a series of green and blue lasers as well as fire streams. They looked towards the side and coming down the hill were Danny, Illana in her Corus Armor, Jake in his Dragon Form, and Zak wielding his claw.

The Mutradi opened fire in that direction but it was too late as the young heroes already hit them. Danny blasted the gun out of the hands of one Mutradi before punching it in the jaw and sending it flying into a sharp rock, impaling it. One tried to shot him from behind but he quickly turned around to a point-blank Ecto-Beam, which shot through the Mutradi, leaving a hole before it fell over.

Jake slashed with his claws and cut in half one Mutradi's gun before grabbing him and throwing him into the air. Jake then unleashed a firey-blaze straight upwards, incinerating the Mutradi instantly.

Zak extended his Claw like a pole vault and leaped towards one Mutradi, landing his feet onto the chest of the alien and causing him to trip. Zak quickly took his claw and impaled the beast's neck with it.

Illana shot a blue beam from her armor's forehead and destroyed one Mutradi's gun, the ensuing explosion sent it back. Illana then used her laser to cut down all the large trees around the Mutradi before they pilled over.

The remaining seven Mutradi we're about to shoot towards the young heroes before their friends quickly ambushed them from behind. Kim swerved underneath one Mutradi and performed a sweeping kick to knock the alien off its feet before kicking the gun away. The Mutradi quickly got up before Kim jumped onto its neck, wrapping her legs around it before snapping hard.

Ron activated his blue Mystic Monkey aura before punching one gun, causing it to shatter in the Mutradi's hands. Ron then pulled his arms back and sent a double-palm thrust forward, the force sent the Mutradi flying back through three trees before they all fell on top of it.

Two Mutradi tried to shoot at them, not noticing Ghostfreak coming from behind one of them. Ghostfreak then flew into that same Mutradi, taking possession of it; the possessed Mutradi opened fire on its comrade, killing it. He turned the gun towards himself and fired before Ghostfreak flew out.

Octus swerved at super-fast speed to take the gun out of one Mutradi's hand. He turned around and unleashed a storm of whit electricity, shocking the Mutradi from the inside out.

Rex kept his Block-Party up, deflecting the blasts from the last two Mutradi before rushing forward, forming his BFS in his right hand. With a massive, horizontal, swipe, Rex cut the Mutradi in half, leaving just one. It was about to retreat until something came down from above.

Lance landed hard in his Manus armor on top of the Mutradi before opening his gatling-gun-cuff and mowing down the Mutradi he had pinned underneath his feet.

"What is wrong with you?!" Lance exclaimed as he deactivated his armor. "This is a stealth-op! Why didn't you follow my lead, vanish into the jungle!"

"Seriously, that was your plan?!" Rex argued as they got close. "Way to fill us in, we're not mind-readers you know!"

"Lance, Rex, stop!" Danny said as he got in between. "That's enough!"

Both stopped before turning away from each other. The Avengers gathered together to look at the Mutradi corpses that they just dealt with.

"Mutradi." Illana observed.

"This just got a whole lot more complicated." Kim said.

Things are now getting interesting for our Avengers. Safe to say that stealth is out the window. What's gonna happen next? Find out soon.