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Chapter 9: Cars & Troublemakers
We open to all the Titans gathered in Danny's lab in front of the ghost portal which was open but not on. Danny in his human form sat next to a computer that was plugged into the portal the other titans standing just behind him looking over his shoulder.
"Alright, everything's ready. Now to contact fentonworks." muttered Danny. Before typing in the computer the screen shifted to the Fenton's lab. His mother came into view.
"Hello, sweetie. So good to see you." she turned her head. " Jack!, Jazz, come down Danny's calling!" yelled Maddie.
What sounded like yelp then an elephant seemed to rush downstairs. The door behind Maddie bust open Jack ran in with jazz thrown over his shoulder. Placing her down he rushed to the screen.
"Dan-oh! How are you doing son?" said jack with enthusiasm.
"I'm doing ok. In fact, the portal is ready to be turned on. I wanted to let you guys know." replied Danny.
"It's ready? That was fast, impressive little brother."
"Of course! He's a Fenton!" commented jack with pride.
"I would like you guys to meet my friends the teen titans." Danny moved out of the way.
"Mom, dad, and jazz. I'd like you to meet Robin, beast boy, cyborg, Starfire, and last but certainly not least Raven." said Danny gesturing to each of his teammates in turn.
Before he stood from his seat, allowing his team to talk with his family, and walking over to a panel by the portal that read gene lock and had big red and green on/ off buttons. The Titans were greeting the fentons and asking questions about ghosts and Danny.
"Danny what are you waiting for, light this baby up." said jack exited like a kid getting a new toy.
"Ok, ok. Here goes nothing." said Danny. Turning the portal on. There was a green sparkle then the portal opened. The green light of the ghost zone bathing the titan's faces.
"Wow." said Robin his mask widening.
"Beautiful." commented raven.
"Cool!" said beast boy in awe.
" Glorious!" said Starfire.
" Now that's impressive." said cyborg crossing his arms.
"Nothing quite like the Ghost Zone. " said Danny an appreciative smile on his face.
" Sweetie." called Maddie from the computer.
" Yes, mom?" replied Danny moving to the screen.
"Well, your father and I have a gift for you. It's not quite finished yet. Since you finished the portal so quickly." said Maddie with a smile.
"What is it?" asked Danny curiosity peaked.
"It's your own specter speeder." blurted out jack.
" What really?" said Danny surprised and excited.
"You'll have to wait till it's done." said mom obviously miffed at jack spoiling the surprise. then ghost alarm a red light flashed in the background of the screen.
" Ghost!" yelled jack pulling out a Fenton ecto blaster from literally nowhere. Jack then runs out of the room.
"Bye, sweetie. Wait for me!" said Maddie in a sweet motherly tone. As she pulled out the Fenton bazooka and followed after her husband.
" Bye little bro, I have to make sure they don't get over enthusiastic. I'll call you later." spoke jazz before the call was terminated.
"I think it's your turn now cyborg." said Danny jokingly.
" You're a tough act to follow." said cyborg going along. The team started to move to the garage. Raven walked beside Danny.
"Your family seems….." commented raven trying to find the right words.
"Yeah, they are a bit of an acquired taste. That was them at their most normal believe it or not. But I wouldn't trade them for the world." said Danny picking up raven's sentence.
"Really? What are they normally like?" asked Raven with a smirk.
"Well for that, you'll just have to meet them in person. I sure they would love you." said Danny to the how that sounded and clueless to the blush on Raven's face.
Cyborg coughed into his hand getting everyone's attention.
" Drum roll, please!" asked Cyborg. Beast Boy turned into a lemur and started to thump his belly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, ghosts-and whatever Beast Boy is…" started Cyborg. Beast Boy returns to human form.
" Hey, Cyborg. You want a drum roll or not?" said Beast Boy angrily. Beast boy transforms back and starts the drum roll again.
"Sorry." apologized as he continued with increasing vigor. "It is my great pleasure to present, for the first time anywhere, the thing you've all been waiting for, my coolest, hottest, baddest creation-" said Cyborg.
"Just get on with it." complained Raven
"I give you the future of Titans transportation, the one, the only… [Cyborg pauses for effect] the T-car." announced cyborg.
"Dude!" said Beast Boy eyes wide.
"Cool!" commented Robin examining the car. Danny gives out a long whistle. Cujo barks excitedly.
"Oooooh!" cooed Starfire with stars in her eyes.
"Yep, she's my baby." comments Cyborg patting the car.
"One-hundred-thousand-horsepower plasma-turbine engine with a secondary ectoplasm engine...all-terrain hover jets...anti-lock air brakes...and an onboard computer that links with my systems-so I can literally feel the road." said Cyborg listing the car's stats.
Starfire and the other three boys are still very much impressed, but Raven has fallen asleep on her feet while carrying Cujo in her arms. The dog giving Raven a curious look form his position.
"Whoa!" said Beast Boy in aw. Robin whistles.
"Impressive" commented Danny.
"Amazing!" said Starfire happily.
"And of course, leather seats, power windows, and a booming stereo are all standard." finished Cyborg as two enormous speakers pop out of the roof, cranking the lineup so high that everyone but Cyborg is blown off their feet.
Beast Boy, Robin, and Starfire, all momentarily dazed and disheveled from the sonic onslaught. But Danny is covering his ears in discomfort and slight pain due to his enhanced hearing. Cujo also whimpers and also attempts to shield his ears.
"Sorry Danny, I guess that was a little too loud." apologized cyborg. Danny giving a look that said 'you think?'
"Sweet!" said Beastboy give two thumbs up.
"Nice!" said Robin nodding
"It sings!" cheered Starfire her hands clasped.:
"Can we go now?" asked Raven while absentmindedly petting Cujo.
"You bet, Raven. I'll take you anyplace you want to go." said Cyborg.
"The beach!" yelled Beast Boy wanting to hit on girls.
"The movies!" suggested Robin wanting to catch a flick.
" The air and space museum." said Danny wanting to see the newest exhibits.
"The swamp moons of Drenthax Four!" yelled Starfire. Beastboy and Robin are so floored by this that they keel over.
Danny being the space looks like a child that was just told he was going to Disneyland with no lines. Starfire blushes in embarrassment.
" He said anyplace." reasoned Starfire. Robin's communicator goes off.
" Trouble!" announced engine revs up; Cyborg is already at the wheel.
"I'll drive!" calls Cyborg as the Titans all pile in Danny stands next to the car confused.
"Um, Cy where do I sit?" asked Danny looking at the full car.
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The T-Car is rolling on a winding mountain road, Danny seated cross-legged on top of the vehicle. It is nighttime, and the Tower is visible in the distance. Danny phased his head into the car.
" 'Just sit on the roof' [said Danny doing a cyborg impression.]...really?" asked Danny
"I already said that I designed the car before you joined. Besides, you got that whole mysterious wise man thing going on." responded cyborg.
"That only works with my cloak or maybe a cap. Which I don't have." complained Danny.
"Well it's either that or somebody has to sit on your lap." said cyborg getting irritated.
An image of Raven sitting in his lap came to the forefront of Danny's mind causing him to blush heavily. Luckily no one could see it given his currently transparent state.
"Fine." grumbled Danny phasing his head back. Raven with Cujo still in her arms, peeks out from behind Cyborg's seat; Robin is next to her.
" Are we there yet?" said Raven in her monotone.
"NO!" yelled Cyborg irritated. Starfire's hands zip here and there, pressing every button within reach, as she laughs giddily. Cyborg was completely freaking out with Starfire's goofing off.
"So many fascinating buttons!...Your baby is most entertaining...Ooooh!" said Starfire.
"Stop!...Don't!...Careful with...Not the ejector seat!...Would you cut it…" said Cyborg in the background. Being ignored or not heard by windshield wipers start up; she gasps and laughs.
" Look! They are dancing!" said Starfire completely absorbed in the dancing
"Yo!" yelled Cyborg looking in the rearview mirror. Beast Boy-as a dog-is leaning out the window to savor the wind. Drool spatters everywhere from his lolling tongue.
" I know you're not drooling on my paint job." said Cyborg angrily.
"My bad." apologized Beast Boy wiping the saliva off his mouth.
Cyborg shuts off the windshield wipers, deflating Starfire's mood considerably, and he smiles and lets off a relieved sigh.
" Alright, Y'all, hang on. Time to kick my baby into high gear and see what she can-" said Cyborg. before robin leans forward from a back seat.
"There! Stop the car!" commanded Robin pointing at Cook's Electronics.
" Oh, man…" said Cyborg T-Car skids across the parking lot and comes to a very neat stop at the curb. Danny floats off the roof of the out of the car is Beast Boy, who stumbles dizzily to the pavement, then Robin, who has himself a bit more under control.
"Titans! Go!" commanded Robin. All except Cyborg charge toward the store. Cyborg moves the car into a proper parking spot. He fits a locking device into place to immobilize steering wheel. He exits the car and wipes the windshield lovingly.
"Coming!" responded Cyborg. Two teenage boys sidle up, one short, one tall and wearing sunglasses. They are dressed like greasers {tunnel snakes rule! ;P} short one is Sammy, the tall one Cash.
"Dude! That is phat!" commented Sammy
" Sweet ride. She yours?" asked Cash
" Built her with my own two hands, using the finest parts and cutting-edge techn-" started Cyborg trails off into a surprised yell as Raven reaches into view and seizes him by the ear dragging him into Cook's Electronics.
"Boys." said Raven disgusted.
" Whoa! Almost forgot to switch on the alarm" remembered Cyborg.
Inside the store, High-voltage arcs play among shelves of stereo speakers, Televisions VCRs, and other electronics. which crumble into dust that is quickly sucked down. Standing in the middle of all this chaos is a large figure composed entirely of electricity except for a small dark patch at its center. Its arms are outstretched, forming the source of the electrical arcs.
" Mine! All mine!" yelled Overload.
"If you're going to take all that stuff…[The Titans rush in.]...you'd better be ready to pay for it." said Robin.
"Foolish biologicals. Overload will destroy!" threatened Overload.
He pounds the floor, sending a few thousand amperes straight at the team; they scatter to avoid the leaps high and uses his fighting staff to block the shots and then he flings a handful of discs. Overload deflects these easily and blasts Robin across the store. Overload shots electrical arcs at Danny who uses his spectral body manipulation to evade. Danny fires Ghosts rays at overload, but they seem to do very little. Raven levitates several pieces of hardware.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" chanted Raven. The items rocket toward Overload and vanish into his body; instead of being hurt, he grows several feet. Raven falls back as Cujo in his monster form charges overload dodging several blasts before one catches him mid-leap sending the canine flying across the store.
"Smooth." commented Beast Boy turning into a rabbit, he hops away and Raven bugs out just before a blast hits where they were just standing. Starfire Flying overhead fires a string of starbolts with no effect. Overloads counter strike sends her careening out of control to crash into a wall.
"Yo, Radiohead! Listen to this!"Cyborg gave mighty yell, letting off a huge beam from his sonic cannon.
This attack also does no visible damage. Overload uses his powers and grows a stereo speaker. Which puts out a thundering wall of sound. Cyborg yells again this time in pain. He is hurled the length of the showroom, slamming into a column and tumbling to the floor.
"Mine!" smugly stated Overload. the supercharged evildoer picks up cyborg. Overload was holding the struggling Cyborg aloft.
"I'll bet you're not waterproof!" yelled Cyborg. He throws a right jab that makes Overload drop him and skid across the floor toward a water cooler some distance away. Water splashes overload seeing to hurt overload.
"Good idea. Titans! Soak him!" commanded Robin.
Raven exerts her powers over a water fountain and rips it from the wall, and the broken pipes start to gush. Danny partially phases his hands through the floor and tears a water pipe from the ground spraying water everywhere. Cujo follows Danny's example and rips a water pipe out of the floor using his put a few shots into the ceiling-mounted sprinklers, knocking them all off to create one shower after another. Beastboy as an elephant was shooting water out of his trunk like a , meanwhile, has the actual fire hose in hand with the nozzle full combined effect of the watery assaults shrinks Overload and drives him groaning to the floor. The Titans wrap overload in a blanket to insulate him so he couldn't shock Starfire who was carrying the villain.
"Soon as we hand Sparky over to the cops, how 'bout we swing by the drive-thru?" said Cyborg stopping, to elbow Beast Boy.
" Uh...dude?" said Beast Boy gesturing vaguely. Cyborg looks ahead and lets off a huge, shocked gasp. There was no T-Car anywhere in sight
"My wheel lock! My car alarm! My baby! [ he collapses, and begins sobbing] Somebody stole my baby!" cried Cyborg.
"Noooo!" screams Cyborg dramatically. Cyborg the continued to repeat No, no, no, no, no. Starfire sets Overload down and steps up and places a hand on his back to console him.
" I understand your pain, Cyborg. When I was small, my favorite zarnik was eaten by a rampaging gloorg. Believe me, after your zarnik has been inside a gloorg, you do not want it back." said Starfire trying to help cyborg.
"My car wasn't eaten. It was stolen!" yelled Cyborg.
" Hey, look on the bright side. At least it wasn't my fault." said Beast Boy laughing nervously, trying to crack a joke.
"Not helping." said Robin to beast boy before he turned to cyborg.
"We'll help you find your car, I promise. But right now, we've gotta take Overload to jail." promised Robin.
"Yeah with all of us looking we'll find her in no time." said Danny trying to reassure cyborg.
" No! We gotta go now! Every second we wait is a second she could get scratched or dinged or-" listed Cyborg distressed.
"Calm down. It's just a car." interrupted Raven.
" She's not just a car, she's my car. And I'm gonna find her, whether you guys help me or not!" growled Cyborg from over his shoulder before he stalked away leaving the other titans.
"So what now?" question Danny. Robin sighed grabbing the bridge of his nose in frustration.
"We give overload to the police. Then we split up to patrol the city and keep a look out for cy's car." said Robin lay out a simple plan of action. Which got nods and murmurs of agreement from the others.
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Danny was currently flying above the seeder part of the city. After leaving overload with the police, the Titans split up. Raven had decided to go find cyborg and help find his car. Beast Boy, Starfire, and Danny were sent to patrol various parts of the city. Robin went to go stop some minor crime before he would patrol another section of the city. He took along Cujo to help him move around faster and for a little extra muscle. Danny hadn't been on patrol long. But he had already stopped a few muggers. Danny flew down and landed near the edge of a roof to a 10 store apartment building. He pulled out his communicator and contacted Robin. Robin's face appeared on the device's tiny screen.
"Hello, phantom anything to report?" question robin in a professional tone.
" Nothing much just a couple of muggers. No sign of the T-car either." replied Danny.
"The others are reporting similar. But Raven did find cyborg. Just keep an eye out. Call in if needed. Talk to you during the next check-in. " said Robin updating Danny before he cut the connection. Danny sighed but then his ghost sense went off.
"We meet again huh. Handsome." said jinx in a flirty tone. Danny whirled around bringing up a hand burning in ectoplasmic fire. The green flames illuminated the roof a little. In the dim green glow laying casually on an AC unit, a familiar pair of pink catlike eyes locked with his, she was sporting a large grin. ' all she's missing is a tail and she'd make a perfect Cheshire cat' thought Danny.
"Woo, there and here I thought you would treat a lady better. I'm not here looking to cause trouble." said jinx calmly as she stood up
"I do but you're a lady who can take down buildings with a wave of your hand, and if you're not looking for a fight then why are you here?" asked Danny. Jinx began to walk on the edge of the ac unit a smiling at Danny's complement.
"Mammoth and Gizmo got on my nerves ended up in a screaming match between the three of us. So I stepped out for some air, Gizmo is out probably causing trouble on his own, and I can only guess what mammoth is doing." answered jinx. Surprising Danny that she gave a straight answer. ' it could be my ghostly aura, making her feel comfortable and causing her to be more open..but that would mean she not as bad as she lets on.' thought Danny.
" Well ok then." said Danny extinguishing the green flame. It was jinx's turn to be surprised.
"Ok?. I thought you'd fight me anyway since I'm the villainess here." said Jinx.
"You didn't come here to fight and you're not causing trouble." replied Danny with a shrug. Walking over and taking a seat on the edge of the roof. Danny pats the spot next to him.
"You're not a normal hero are you?" committed Jinx walking over and takes the seat.
"Nope. I've had interesting experience with my enemies some are even my friends now." said Danny popping the P. the two begin talking back and forth for a while before they settle into silence hearing the sounds of the city around them.
"Danny?" said jinx gaining his attention." I've done a little digging about you. When you first started your whole town hated you. Hell, they even put a bounty on your head at one point. So how did you do keep doing the hero thing? Why not quit, or take advantage of your powers or just go evil. " spoke jinx. Danny mulled it looks at jinx.
"To be honest throughout my first year or so I wanted to quit every now and then.I even used my powers to pull pranks and such harmless mostly. I always kept at it I knew I was doing what was right, I knew I had people on my side even if there wasn't a lot of them. As for the evil thing, I wasn't going to give them the satisfaction of being right." said Danny. Jinx ponder Danny's answer she stood and started to walk the edge of the roof balancing on it as if on a tightrope.
"Jinx you don't really seem that bad. So why are you a villain?" asked Danny. A bit concerned that jinx might fall. Which jinx picked up on. Jinx purposely fall off the edge. Danny on reflex dove after her and caught her in his arms.
"Guess you do know how to treat a lady.." said jinx flirting pecking Danny's cheek and laughing at his blushing face.'it's fun to mess with him' thought jinx. Danny put her down and tried to regain his composure. Jinx decided to answer his question.
" I guess I didn't have what you did. I'm bad luck after all. Good was never an option for me." said jinx soberly. Before he could respond to that his ghost sense went off again. The sound of a motorcycle gave away who was here
"Hey, Danny finally found you. Sorry for interrupting we needed to give you a heads the way, you definitely have a type, little man." said johnny 13 teasing Danny from atop his bike kitty seated right behind him. Johnny looked a little roughed up.
"Oh, hush johnny Danny has great taste in girls." said kitty from behind him.
"You're only saying that cause you dated him at one point aren't you." rebutted Johnny.
"Um, Danny who are they? And are they ghosts?" asked Jinx.
"That is johnny 13 former enemy/punk to a friend and his girlfriend kitty." Said Danny introducing them. Jinx waved.
"Hey! you wanna go little man?" said Johnny slightly irritated.
"Johnny behave. We came here to have a night on the town, you getting into another fight won't help." scrolled kitty.
"Another fight? Asked Danny arms crossed.
"Yeah this weird giant fiery bat came out of nowhere and attack us on our way here." said kitty.
" I should probably check that out. Can you show me where?" asked Danny.
"No problem little man. As long as you point us to some of the cooler spots in the city later." replied johnny. Danny floated up, then turned to jinx.
"You want to tag along?" asked Danny to jinx.
"Sure why not, got nothing else to do. Besides could be fun." said jinx with a shrug. Danny grabbed jinx and flew off following johnny and kitty. They eventually made it to the warehouse district.
"It showed up right around here." said johnny.
Danny nodded and the four searched 's ghost sense went off. Melting through the roof of a large warehouse two massive bats came out. They looked demonic or elemental, they were made of fire with a little bit of stone here and there. They charged the group.
"Talk about bats out of hell." quipped evaded the Hellbats putting jinx down in a parking lot.
"We'll leave this to you. See you little man." yelled johnny leaving.
"Not the bravest are they." commented jinx.
"Not really no." replied Danny. The hell bats attacked breathing fire at the two. Jinx flipped away fire hexes at them. She hit one the magic seemed to hurt it. Danny went intangible and hid underground. Before he popped back up stopwatch as a sword in one hand he fired ghost rays at one. These bats were very good at dodging. One hell bat got in close and began to fight Danny with its stone claws and fangs. Jinx was evading the best she could from the attacks of the other Hellbat, firing her hexes to harm the beast. Jinx eventually backed into Danny they stood back to back. Both Hellbats charging at them. Danny waited until the last moment, grabbed jinx's hand and a phased them out of danger.
"Maybe you should try cooling them off?" asked Jinx. Danny smiled at the idea and gather his ice powers. Danny created a large ball of ghost ice and threw it at the bats the moved out of the way but jinx used a hex to detonate the ball. This cause a massive explosion of magic and ghost ice. This outright destroyed one of the Hellbats. Danny quickly took out his thermos.
"Worth a shot at least." said Danny before activating the thermos. To his joy, the thermos sucked in the remaining Hellbat. He turned to jinx.
"You know you were pretty good out there. If you ever get sick of being a villain. Let me know." said Danny with a smile.
"Tempting, but I'm good.I need to sleep after that." replied jinx.
"Offers always there. So you want me to drop you off anywhere?" said Danny.
"That sounds good. By the way, would you like to talk again?-[she face away from him and paused]- it was nice to have someone listen, gizmo and mammoth aren't really the kind too." said Jinx. Danny handed her a pair of Fenton phones.
"Sure. here you can use these to contact me. I show you how they work on the way." said Danny with a smile. He picked up jinx a flew into the night sky with her.
In a shadowed alley not too far from where they were, a figure stood in the shadows. The only discernible features of the figure where the glowing mark {The mark of Skath}just above its red irises.
"I will have revenge ghost child. You will not now I have much to do." said the figure before disappearing into the shadows.
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