--Author's Note-- Sorry for the lateness, I'm still getting used to my new schedule. Anyway, I've made it longer as well to make up for it. I'm sorry! Of course, if you wanted to, you could really think of this as an early posting, right? right? lol. That would be too much to hope for. Any who, I hope you enjoy this chapter and please review!
Chapter 4 Getting Away From It All
Whispers about the scene from that morning were flying in every direction. The four friends ignored them for the most part. However, every so often a rumor would be so outrageous that Danny or Sam couldn't hold their tongue.
When lunch finally rolled around the group had no choice but to eat outside. Gossip had spread to every student in the school and half of them wanted to confront Danny and Sam about it.
Paulina was playing up the part of the poor, abused girl who had only had the deepest crush on Danny since the day she had met him. This had caused two of the football players to come after Danny between second and third period.
"Man, this quiet feels kinda good," Tucker said, leaning against a tree.
"Tell me about it. If I have one more girl ask how I stole Danny away from Paulina, I'm going to scream," Sam muttered as she curled up next to Danny.
"You guys should totally go ghost on her ass, and blast her into nothing!" Jessica told them excitedly.
"No, I don't think that would be a very good idea," Danny informed her.
"I suppose you're right," Jessica said with a sigh. "Anyway, since Sam's been out of commission of awhile," the girl continued, tiptoeing around the fact that Sam had been under a spell that made her turn against the rest of them.
"I grabbed the comics for you to check out, and Danny, I made you guys a tape of some of the best episodes," the brown haired girl said handing over a bag to the couple.
"Huh?" Sam asked.
"Basically, while we were trying to figure out what was wrong with you Jessica had thought that she had seen something like the situation somewhere else. Her first thought was that it was in one of her comic books, thus we spent a night going through each and every one of them. Then we moved on to cartoons based on comics," Danny explained.
"I wish I had that much time on my hands," Sam muttered.
"So after reading the comics and watching the cartoon, I kinda got that boys hooked on the Teen Titans," Jessica finished.
"And just what is the Teen Titans?" Sam asked.
"A group of teenager superheroes fighting for truth, justice, and the last slice of pizza!" Jessica cried happily.
Danny opened the paper bag and handed the first issue to Sam. "Here, see for yourself. I think you'll like it," he said with a smile.
Sam nodded and took the comic. Her eyes moved slowly over the cover looking at the different characters and the large 'Teen Titans Go!' logo.
"That one is Starfire, she's an alien princess," Danny said pointing to a red haired girl, "That's Raven, she's a telepath," a purple haired girl in a blue cloak, "Cyborg, he's part robot," an African-American teen with robotic parts, "Beast Boy, a shape shifter," a green boy, "And Robin, he's the leader," and the last one was a black haired boy with a mask.
"Hmmm, sounds interesting," she told him opening the book. Danny wrapped his arms around her and read with her.
Jessica glowed at the scene and Tucker merely rolled his eyes. After a moment the two returned to eating their lunches and talking about the test in their Social Studies class the next day.
The three male Titans started out fighting a group of ninjas, which turned out to actually be them playing a video game. Once the two girls entered the picture then it switched to show the villains.
"This is the Hive. It's a school for training villains basically," Danny told her.
"And what does H.A.E.Y.P. stand for?"
"Hive Academy for Extraordinary Young People," Danny said. "The main people from the Hive are Gizmo, Mammoth, and Jinx," he mentioned pointing to each one.
"Nice outfit," Sam said looking at Jinx.
Danny laughed, "Yeah, Cyborg has a crush on her."
"Really?"
"Yeah, they said so in one of the episodes."
Sam nodded and continued reading. The three villains attacked the Titans and there was a battle, like usually happens in super hero comics.
Once the Hive was defeated the scene changed to show a woman and a man in a mask talking. The Hive members were merely playing a training game to see if they could defeat the Titans.
"The one in the mask is Slade. He's the main villain," Danny informed her as she turned the page again. Sam nodded in response.
After Sam had finished the comic, she closed the book and handed it back to Jessica. "That was really interesting. Can I borrow the rest?"
"Of course. That's why I brought them, silly girl," Jessica said with a laugh.
A bell sounded from Amity High waking the teenagers from their conversation.
"I guess lunch is over. We better get back," Tucker said getting up.
The four of them trudged back towards the school and on to their next classes. Sam tucked the comic books into her bag as they walked.
For the rest of the day whenever there was a free moment, Sam had her nose in one of the Teen Titans issues. If she ran into Jessica in the halls she would hand back two or three issues.
During the last period, Sam finished the last issue and returned it to Jessica.
"After school we should go to your house and watch the video. The cartoon is so much better than the comics!" Jessica whispered excitedly.
"Yeah, that would be cool," Sam whispered back.
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After the final bell had rang, most of the group had met up outside the front doors. Danny, Tucker, and Jessica stood at the bottom of the stairs watching the rest of the students heading home.
"Anyone know where Sam is?" Danny asked, shielding his eyes from the sun.
"I don't know, she took off right after the bell rang," Jessica muttered.
"Wait, wait, I think I see someone coming! Oh, never mind, it's just Paulina," Tucker said really loudly at the popular girl and her two football players walked past, each giving them a dirty look.
Jessica, taking a leaf out of Sam's book, stuck her tongue out at Paulina. The girl made a loud 'hmph' and turned away from the other teenagers. Danny and Tucker broke down laughing at the scene.
"That was a good one Tucker," Jessica said giving her friend a pat on the back.
"Yeah, nice one," Danny agreed.
Another group of football players and some of the other lesser popular girls were making their way down the steps.
"Hey Valerie," Tucker said with a sigh and a slight wave.
Jessica gave the boy a dirty look that he didn't see. Danny just shrugged at her.
While the group was still focused on the students who were walking away, Sam burst through the front doors and jumped into Danny's arm.
"Hi!" she said with a smile.
He laughed at her and asked where she had been.
"I just had to get something from my locker. Now, let's go to my house and watch that video!"
"Yeah, let's get a move on!" Jessica agreed.
Danny put Sam back onto her feet and the group headed off after the other students.
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It was getting dark outside by the time everyone decided to call it a night. The group had spent the last few hours watching all of the Teen Titans episodes that Jessica considered the most important. Nevermore, Haunted, Deception, Date with Destiny, Spellbound and a few others were just some of the episodes they had watched.
Before Tucker walked Jessica home, she promised to e-mail her some links to fanfics that Sam might enjoy. This left Sam and Danny standing alone of the front steps.
They both smiled at each other in silence before Danny wrapped his arm around Sam. "So, what did you think?"
"Yeah, those two are totally crushing on each other," she said still looking after where Tucker and Jessica had turned the corner.
"Which ones? Beast Boy and Raven, or Starfire and Robin?"
"Huh? No, I meant Tuck and Jessica. But yeah, both of those are heading somewhere."
Danny laughed as he pulled Sam closer to him. It was like her to forget everything that had been going on all afternoon to focus on something simple like that.
"I really missed you, you know," Sam whispered as she put her arms around Danny.
"I missed you too Sam."
"I don't want you to ever leave me again," her voice shook silently.
"I promise I'm never going to leave you again," he told her softly before leaning in for a kiss.
It was a moment before they broke apart. Again they stood staring at each other with a smile on their face.
"I suppose I should walk you home," Sam said with a sigh.
"We could fly," Danny offered.
"Yeah, but I like walking," she gave a smile. Danny knew that was only because it took longer.
"All right, let's cut through the park, it's shorter" he lied. Really the park was a couple minutes out of the way, but Sam didn't say anything.
The couple walked off hand in hand into the night. Neither said a word, but rather just enjoyed being next to each other. A few minutes later they arrived at the park.
Everything was still and silent. The swings swayed in the breeze, and the teeter-totter gave a loud groan. They walked down the path past the gazebo, pausing for just a moment to share a small kiss.
As they were about to continue on, they both stopped. Their eyes roamed the area, but found nothing. "Danny, I sense something," Sam whispered as a ghostly breath escaped her lips.
"Me too," he whispered with the same breath appearing.
A laugh cut through the air and the two Halfas looked at each other with a nod. "We're going ghost!" they cried out, transforming in a flash of light.
"I see the love birds are out for a little walk," a voice taunted as a figure appeared floating in the sky. It was the ghost from before, Thokk, which had sent Danny to the hospital.
Sam's eyes narrowed in hatred, and they both lifted off the ground.
"What do you want?" Danny asked.
"What do I want? It is not what I want, little Halfas, but what my mistress wishes, and she wishes for you to die!" He sent a plasma blast at the two, forcing them apart.
Danny and Sam circled the figure once and stopped at opposite sides, surrounding him.
"Learned a new trick have you?" he taunted now.
Danny gave Sam a nod and she understood. It was time to take this ghost out once and for all.
Together they sent a double plasma blast at the ghost. Neither released the blast, but held him there in mid-air. He screamed in pain, and Sam wanted him to feel more. She wanted him to feel the way she had, kneeling over Danny's lip body.
She increased the power of the blast and Danny matched it. The light surrounding the ghost grew brighter and brighter. Before either of them realized what was happening it was too late.
The light imploded throwing the Halfas inward towards it.
"Danny!" Sam screamed reaching for him.
He grabbed a hold of her hand at the last moment, again swearing he would never leave her. The light completely surrounded them now and the world around them vanished.
What had happened, they both wondered.
Neither had time to wonder long, as they were thrown into the hood of a car and the squeal of breaks filled the