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Machine Mayhem
Danny and Sam had decided it was time to head back home. They walked in silence. Both were thinking about something. Sam was thinking about how sad Danny looked. She could almost see the pain and worry in his eyes. Sam felt kind of bad for making him think about it again, but at the same time, at least he got it off his chest.
Danny on the other hand was thinking about what his sensors had picked up when he was at the park. He knew someone was there, but he didn't want to make Sam worry so he just acted like it was nothing. But the whole time he was talking to Sam, he was also monitoring what his sensors had picked up.
Sam broke the silence by sighing and said, "It sure was nice out. Still is, but the pond made it seem even better."
Danny couldn't help but agree. He looked at Sam and felt his heart race as he looked at his crush. He took a deep breath to calm himself.
Just as Sam looked up at Danny, he looked away in time so she didn't know he was looking at her. Danny looked around and took in his surroundings as they passed them, getting his mind off of Sam.
A few changes had occurred in the town, like barely modified buildings and some new signs. Other than a few new faces and some signs, the town hadn't really changed much at all.
Danny thought more about what happened at the park and knew they would be seen again.
There was silence and this time Danny felt it was better than talking for he could think much clearer when there were no other sounds to rupture his thoughts.
But silence was also something that was used to one's advantage...
Suddenly Danny was knocked back and landed on the concrete, sliding a few feet on his back.
Sam whirled around just in time to see him stop sliding and ran to help him get up.
Danny rubbed his head; Sam held him up by the arms, and looked to see who hit him.
His eyes went wide at the sight of the men. Sam followed her friend's gaze and fear became her dominant emotion.
The men looked as though they worked out every day and had muscles upon muscles. Sam was tough, but she didn't think she could hold them off, even with Danny's help.
"Leave us alone!" Sam shouted, trying to hide the fear in her voice by shouting.
One of the five men moved forward, clearly the leader of the group. "I have orders to take something. Something you have." He said mockingly, determination and the sure feeling he would succeed in his mission filling the air around him.
The man looked at something and Sam followed his gaze. His gaze was locked on...Danny.
Her head immediately shot up and a determined look surfaced.
"Stay away from him." Danny squirmed out of her grasp and she gasped in surprise. Danny stood in front of her and gave the men a death glare that, if it could kill, they would have died several times over.
Sam stood up and stared at him, unsure of what to do. Never before had he stood up to a bully at school. Now he was standing up to five men who looked as though they wanted to bash in his skull.
"Go away! I've had enough of you guys! I thought I was free. I'm done with all of it! Leave us alone!"
'He knows them? Did they take him away from the hospital or something? But then the hospital would've said something, right? Wait, he's done with all of what?'
Sam was confused by what Danny meant by...well, everything he had just said.
The leader smiled smugly and told Danny in a mock tone that meant he wasn't going to show mercy if they had to fight, "You're coming with us. The doc said something wasn't working in that half metal brain of yours and he needs to investigate."
Danny's hands clenched into tight fists and his eyes glowed green. The men only laughed. This was something that usually happened when Danny got really mad or frustrated during his training so it was expected to see them glow.
Sam stood in shock. She had moved so she was right next to Danny, trying to show that she was willing to step forward and help him fend off the men the best they could, but now she stood in shock at his glowing eyes. They were green, like a luminescent green. Something human eyes definitely couldn't do.
She was transfixed by the sight and felt scared again, but more than before. She grabbed hold of his arm in reaction to the men, who had surrounded them, moving forward a step very suddenly.
Danny got into his frequently used fighting stance. Sam was confused but she didn't care. At this point, she believed that Danny would do everything he could to at least get them away from the goons surrounding them.
The leader took a step forward. Danny didn't notice the pressure on his arm lift until he heard a muffled scream coming from behind him.
He immediately turned around and his eyes widened in shock, then narrowed in anger and frustration.
"Leave her out of this!" Danny yelled. His eyes dimmed to their original, non-glowing blue color and he fell to his hands and knees with his head hanging limply between his arms, his bangs covering his eyes. "I'll go back, if you let her go..."
The leader smirked at the easy victory, though had a small hope that this would've been more of a challenge, and silently signaled the man holding Sam to let her go. Once she was released, the same man pushed her out of the circle and was told to watch her to make sure she didn't get away just in case Danny tried to pull something. That way they'd still have leverage over him in until they had him secured and knew he couldn't get away.
One man was ordered to take Danny into custody and just as he got Danny upright, head still up against his chest and facing the goon holding him; Danny lifted his head and smirked as he saw the men's reactions to his brightly glowing green eyes, intensified by his determination.
Danny jumped up, still held by his arms by the one man, and kicked the man in the stomach, doing a back flip, and ending in a crouch.
The three other men, excluding the leader, immediately jumped into action, trying to take down the boy with their brute strength, but Danny was unknowably stronger than all of them combined.
Sam watched in amazement as he kicked the one man that had picked him up off the ground, did a back flip, and even landed perfectly! 'Ok, who is he? That couldn't be Danny. Something would be way wrong if he was.' Sam thought as she watched Danny take down the three men within a few minutes.
Danny looked at Sam briefly and could see her scared yet amazed look and smiled as he nodded to her, reassuring her everything would be okay. He looked back to the leader just as he was punched, hard, in the chest.
That would have knocked the wind out of him or even knocked him out had it not been for his mostly metallic ribcage that took most of the blow, leaving Danny to only fall on the ground, unfazed by the punch.
Danny immediately shot up and surprised both Sam and the leader by punching the leader in the stomach so hard that he flew a few feet in the air and landed on the ground on his stomach, knocked out.
The man holding Sam let go in fear of getting hurt and ran to the rusty car across the street ,which surprisingly started, and he took off, ignoring his cell phone ringing as panic fueled his want of escape.
Sam watched as the man almost flew to the car and raced off, obviously panicking.
She slowly turned to Danny, shock and uncertainty becoming very clear in her eyes as she looked at her friend who was panting and rubbing his fist.
"D-Danny? What j-just happened?" Danny sighed as he looked at her, his eyes slowly dimming to its usual non-glowing blue color.
"Sam, I—" He stepped forward and she took a step backwards, afraid of what became of him in those moments of fighting and afraid of what he could do to her.
"Please, stop. What are you? Why did they come after you? Did you do something bad?" Her voice became shaky and he sighed.
"I guess I have some explaining to do, huh? Will you please listen?" Sam didn't know what to do. She was scared and she didn't know whether to believe anything he said, or not believe anything he said and just run, run away.
"I-I did go to a hospital, b-but the surgeries replaced most of my bones with mechanical parts." Just as he started his explanation, Sam had made up her mind that he would just lie to her and so she was in the middle of leaving when he finished his sentence.
She stopped mid-step and turned to face Danny, eyes wide in shock.
"Y-you don't mean..." Danny nodded and he looked away from her in shame.
Sam took a silent step forward and when Danny didn't seem to know she was coming, she walked as silently as she could to him and stopped until she was right behind him.
She heard him sigh and she had a feeling that it was really Danny. Something more than simple surgeries and regular rehabilitation had occurred over the past three months, and she was going to find out what that was.
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