" To get back the iron fist,"

Chapter 6

"Fighting what's within."

Danny was lying there beaten, broken and at mercy of his own evil self. He was far too weak to fight back. All he could do was look at the teenager standing in front of him while bleeding out. He felt like he was looking into a crazy mirror.

Only the reflection had long claws, sharp fangs, red eyes, silver chi surrounding his fists instead of his gold one and…

Was ready to kill while Danny fought for every breath.

Suddenly he disappeared.

"Hello Danny. Long time no see."

Said a voice right behind him. Before our hero had time to react a cold hand was pressed against his back. Danny yelled in pain as strange black veins started spreading through his body.

"Still not used to the cold of your own heart hmm…"Danny remembered his heart being cold before (the last time he fought his demon) but he though it got warmer after making friends and caring for them. Oh how wrong he was. It became even colder. He tried to curl his trembling body in to a ball but even that didn't work. It was just too cold.

"You're still weak Danny." The evil spirit kneeled in front of his opponent and pulled his head up so he could look in to Danny's foggy green eyes "I'd say…Even weaker than you were all those years ago. Remember? The first time we met? The first time I gave you a taste of what I can do? " Evil Danny cough our hero by the neck and stood up.

"Oh I remember it very clearly Danny." The hand squeezed tighter and Danny was running out of air. He tried to push it away but it was to strong and he already was badly injured.

"Didn't you feel great destroying half of kon lon, taking innocent lives and making everybody fear you?"

Danny tried to look away.

"You don't have to answer. I know you did. In fact. I'd say you loved it more than I did."

"But then they locked me up in this little cage by teaching you how to use chi energy. Those old pricks thought it can hold me for the rest of your filthy life. But every time you got angry the lock was weakened. Bit by Bit. By the time you were fifteen it was damaged quite a bit but I knew it was still too strong for me to get out." Danny was beginning to pass out so He tightened the grip to wake him up (by pain). Danny began to fight again earning a little air.

"I had no hope to escape, but then your friend Peter came along wonderfully." The evil spirit punched Danny against the bars witch made the boy scream in pain with the little air he had left.

"It was he who gave the final blow and let me free." Danny's body hit the metal bars again.

"I should thank him. After all." This time Danny didn't leave the bars and got hit in the stomach with the evil ones fist. In order not to choke Danny spat out blood.

"If he didn't piss you off we wouldn't have this wonderful conversation now would we." Danny's body hit the floor and he tried to catch his breath.

"Danny wake up….Danny wake up!...DANNY WAKE UP!" A voice yelled near the ceiling.

"*cough* *cough* A…Ava?" Whispered Danny rubbing his sore throat and looking up to where the voice came. The evil Danny looked up and smiled.

"Looks like our reunion is over for now Danny. She's a pretty chick by the way."

"Don't *cough* *cough* call her *cough* *cough* a chick" Danny whispered angrily.

"So you DO like her. Good. Shell be the first one you'll watch die by your own hand."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

*Back in S.H.E.E.L.D

"Sir his vitals are going nuts!" Yelled a nears watching Danny's hears beat go from too fast to too slow in record time.

"We have to calm him down! NOW!" Yelled Fury in a doctor cape.

The very moment the conversation ended Danny passed out. That was nothing special. Everybody passes out sometimes. What was so special was that they couldn't wake him back up. Then he started shaking, injures and internal bleedings came out of nowhere and his heart beat became very unstable. But it seemed to be getting worse instead of better.

Fury loaded his shot with sleeping serum and looked through the window where the rest of the kids were. Fury felt sorry for them. Seeing their friend being hurt with no logical explanation and knowing that there was nothing they could do to stop it.

He decided to go calm them down. He stepped out of the room leaving Danny to the hands of nurse Flower.

Ava was the first one to get up.

"Director Fury! Is he all right?" Her eyes were showing concern but there was something more. Something Fury couldn't identify.

"He'll live." Way to give the kids some false hope Nick. A voice in his head said. They're so gonna love you when he dies.

"What's happening to him?" Asked Peter. Fury sensed worry in his tone but there was something that didn't belong there.

Guilt.

"He fainted that's all. Nothing to serious." Keep it cool Nick. Keep it cool. Steel face. Remember about the steel face. Don't let them sense your fear. Fear for Dan's life.

"Then why is he still in the "Critical condition hospital wing"?" Asked Luke. The strong man was glaring at his mentor behind his glasses. Fury knew that he and the blond guy were best of friends. He must take this situation harder than the rest of them due to their strong bond.

"Worry your tiny heads none. He's in good hands of a special trained nurse from the S.H.E.E.L.D medical program. She faced every single difficult situation known to history of human diseases. She doesn't lose her cool even in the most difficult situations." He answered with a smile.

Then a scream that destroyed all the hopes of calming the teens.

"Sir! Sir his neck! It's purple! He's choking! HE'S CHOKING!" Fury sweat dropped.

"Special S.H.E.E.L.D medical training huh?" Said Sam still looking at the floor.

The rest of the kids looked at the man angrily"

Oh for the love of GOD! Thought Fury rubbing his temples.

"Get the air mask on him! There is not much time before he uses all the air!"

"But Sir we already gave him the mask! Nothing changed! Something is quizzing his neck! My GOD! "Yelled a terrified nurse and backed away from the shaking boy.

"What is it nurse Flower?"

There was no answer.

"Nurse Flower can you hear me?!" A shaky sight left the poor terrified nurses mouth.

"Yes Sir. I hear you loud and clear." Her voice was still shaky but loud enough for Fury to hear.

"What's happening in there?" Ava was starting to push her way through Fury.

"There…there…there are hand markings on Danny's neck.

Mr. Fury he's coughing up blood! Now his stomach is curling as if it was hit by a fist! (Screams)"

Fury rushed into the room and started plugging the boy to tons of machines to help him breathe without having to use his lungs. The markings were serious danger to Danny.

"We want to help." Peter's voice called from the other side of the operation table. Fury's eyes looked up from his machines only to meet four pairs of determinated eyes. He wiped a bit of sweat that made its way to his forehead.

"No kids, not this time. This is a job for professionals his life might depend on it."

"You can't plug him to all those machines alone in time for him to survive." Ava placed a hand on the teachers' shoulder.

"You need our help." Fury sighted in defeat.

"All right. But no screw up and I mean it! One false move and Daniel Rand is history got it Sam?!" Sam saluted seriously and began to push the buttons on his post.

Fury watched the kids work hard to save their friends life.

Spiderman was plugging the wires,

Powerman was bringing the supplies and heavy duty machines from the labs,

Sam was turning them on and charging the machines with his nova power,

And Ava's job was to calm Dan down.

"Danny I know it might be hard for you to hear me right now but please PLEASE calm down." It wasn't working in fact it was possible that he was trashing even harder.

Okay Danny. She thought determinated. Time to wake up from that nasty dream.

"Danny it's just a dream! Wake up!" She yelled even louder.

"Danny wake up! Danny wake up! DANNY WAKE UP!"

Danny jerked in his state and... relisted an ear breaking scream:

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"