It's meeeeeeeeeee! i'm alive! and i have updated twice within four months! it is a christmas miracle! well no its not but who cares! its wonderful! i hope you all like this chapter because i do, unlike the last one. DON'T BE CONFUSED AT THE END BECAUSE I'LL EXPLAIN IT ALL IN A COUPLE OF CHAPTERS! ye so no titans in this chapter. might not be titans in the nect one either. but hey next chapter s (probably) Lio's POV! YAYYYY! okay i'll leave you to your reading.

Disclaimer: if i owned it, you would, but since own it i do not, this poem you are taught, although sense it dow not make, it is a piece of cake, for this poem is random, in the teen titan/danny phantom fandom! OMG i'm like rumplestiltskin!

Stopping a fair distance away from the wreck up ahead I decided to wait it out. I slipped into a small alley as I watched from behind the corner. I observed the scene, the smashed truck, the crushed pavement, the wrecked building. I knew Lio was here but I wanted to know what we're up against.

I stared openly as the blurs that seemed to be constantly colliding and never staying in one place for too long. I squinted as I struggled to identify the blurry images, but it was useless. I mentally struggled with myself for a moment before making a decision. Lio's in there. I'm going to have to run into this fight blindly.

However before I could even take a step forward a bright red streak slammed into the darker blur. I watched as what appeared to be a six year old girl soared through the sky slamming heavily into a near brick wall. The girl bounced off the wall and her eyes shot open in shock. I stepped out of the alley and winced as I watched her fall roughly onto the pavement.

I was surprised when I didn't hear the sound of shattering bones and saw absolutely no blood on the young girl who was now slowly standing up. Her head hung limply as she struggled to stand, and even when she did her head was down. Breathing heavily she walked slowly over the large club that had fallen out of her hands during her decent. It was about twice her size and maybe even more than that in weight.

However she picked it up with ease and slowly lifted her head, chin held high. Her eyes zoned in on a tall slender girl with shocking red hair. The girl smirked smugly at her as she placed a hand delicately on her hip. The six year old growled and begun to charge.

But she was charging at me.

I just managed to dodge the large club that sliced through the air and stumbled back slightly in surprise. The club slammed into the pavement and left a large crater as a result. I swallowed with difficulty as images of what could have been passed through my mind. The little girl glanced at me, he crimson eyes piercing into mine for a moment. She looked me over.

"The worm wiggled towards the chaos." She murmured as she straightened herself and pulled her club out of the ground. She smirked as she rested the weapon on her shoulder. "How cliché. I guess no vermin can resist the urge to be a hero. Even a little worm…" she shook her head in slightly. "But I have news for you Worm Girl. There's nothing here to save. In fact, I think you just sealed your fate. "

I stared at the child in shock. At least I think it was a child. The girl's eyes were cold and her voice was completely clear of emotion. She stared at me for a moment before speaking.

"I can't believe this. We didn't even have to come find you. You just…came to us." She paused as she stared at me before smirking again. "Well," she said as she lifted her club above her head. I took a cautious step back into the shadows of the alley. "It makes our job easier. Now stay still so I can kill you vermin."

The club once again fell towards me but I slid to the right, slamming my back against a nearby wall to avoid it. She glared at me but I just slid myself farther into the alley way. As she once again pulled her club out of the ground I transformed. Receiving comfort in the cold shiver that ran through my body every transformation, I closed my eyes and relished it. However my eyes shot open at the sound of the club piercing through the air.

I just managed to fly to the top of the alley, narrowly avoiding damage, and watched as the small girl pulled her the chain that was attached to her club to pull it back to her. The spikes lining the clubs surface scrapped unnerving across the pavement before coming to a stop directly in front of her. She carefully picked it up before throwing it at me with surprising strength. I turned sharply to the left, barely missing it, however almost immediately after I received a sharp blast of fire to my back. The air was knocked out of my lungs as I fell into the roof of the building beside me, falling through it as well as the first story below. I slammed against the ground and bite my tongue upon impact. The taste of blood slowly filled my mouth as I struggled to breath.

"Dani?"

I turned sharply towards the whisper and my body filled with relief at the sight of Lio. I opened my mouth to speak but all that came out was air. Before I even realized what was happening, strong arms were around me and underneath my knees as he carried me towards a turned over couch. The couch was well warn and had dust mites gathering on the bottom. I opened my mouth again. Air.

Dani are you ok?

Your…in my head.

I am.

How?

…Dani you're really weak at the moment and whatever mental defences you have are down.

Mmm.

I attempted to nod thoughtfully but my body refused to move. A strange heat was spreading from my back throughout my body all the way down to my toes and through my fingertips. I licked my lips, almost forgetting about the blood that stained my tongue. Swallowing hard at the slow, dull pain the heat was causing I turned back to Lio.

What hit me?

I don't know. I wasn't there.

Oh yea…Lio?

Yea?

I can't feel my legs

The impact of the fall was becoming worse as the seconds passed and I couldn't figure out why. I have had falls worse than this one plenty of times in life but right now, even breathing has become a struggle. I swallow hard and take a slow breath but stop as a sharp pain shoots through my abdomen.

Crap

I watched as Lio's eyes widened before he turned to someone. I didn't even notice she was there. Beside Lio was a pretty tanned girl with a pleasant, but tear streaked face and dark brown hair. Her eyes were big and brown and staring down worriedly at me. I turned away.

"Ella please fix Dani." I heard Lio whisper to the girl. She looked up at him shock for a few second before swallowing hard.

"But-"

"Ella, we can't afford for you not to heal Dani! She's…acting really weird." Lio said as he looked down towards me. I looked up into his glasses and could see myself in them. My eyes widened at my own reflection. My skin was even more pale than usual and appeared to be almost translucent. Blood was on my bottom lip and my pupils were dilating. Lio flinched as he stared at me before turning back to the girl and taking her hands in his. "Ella…please." He whispered. They seemed to have a staring contest for a moment, though I knew Lio's eyes were if anything resting on her cheekbones. She finally sighed and gave him a weak smile as she scooted towards me. Lio's face lit up and grinned at her.

"Thank you Ella." He whispered as she nodded at him. He turned to me and stared for a while. I watched as he silently brushed my bangs out of my eyes and offered me a half smile. "Don't worry Dani. Ella knows what she's doing."

Ella knows what she's doing. Ella knows what she's doing? How long has Lio known Ella? How does he know that she knows what she's doing? How does he even know what she does or is going to do?

Exactly what have I missed?

Before I could mentally comment, Lio stood up and began to walk around the couch. Glass crunched under his sneakers and the look of determination on his face would have been inspirational if he was doing something totally moronic.

LIO WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

Mentally shouting didn't have the same effect as really shouting but Lio answered nonetheless.

Don't worry Dani. You just focus on being solid again.

I swallowed at the thought of what he meant by 'solid'. Was I that bad? My eyes trailed after Lio until he was completely out of the building and out of sight. How could I not worry?

A tingly feeling ran through my body and startled me from my thoughts. I gasped as the tingling turned into buzzing.

Suddenly I became very aware of Ella. She stood beside me and stared intently at my torso. Her eyes were trained on my stomach as her hand hovered directly over it. My eyes widened as her hands started to glow a pale violet. Before I could see any more my eyes glazed over and suddenly I wasn't there anymore.

Flipping the page of my book leisurely I curled up tighter into my place on the couch. Quickly reading it I wrinkle my nose as I am once again interrupted by the narrator. I swear to god this guy puts his two cents in every half a page. I slammed the book onto the coffee table and push the thoughts of English assignments and Princess Brides out of my head. Pulling myself up, I walk over to the kitchen but stop short when I notice who's there. Her eyes settle on me and give me her signature vacant stare. I stiffen slightly before turning away from her and those eyes. Those eyes that are so pure and innocent that it's creepy.

Her eyes followed me as I walk over to the fridge and open it pulling out the ingredients for a turkey sandwich. Without bothering to toast the bread I began spreading the mayonnaise one side followed by five thick pieces of turkey. Licking some mayo off my thumb, I turn to put the ingredients back and nearly jump out of my skin. Large innocent eyes are directly in front of me, staring at me with eerie concentration. I swallow with difficulty and stare back at her.

She cocks her head to the side and her large eyes glint with something I can't place my finger on. Just like that she has left the room. The sound of the passenger door slamming and the flapping of wings allow me to let out a deep sigh of relief. I slowly begin to set the ingredients inside the fridge, close it, and turn back to my sandwich and immediately jump half a foot into the air, cursing instinctively. Big blue eyes stare up at me and an angelic smile passes over the little girls face.

"Dani can I eat with you?" she asks shyly. I smile at her as my heart rate returns to normal. Ruffling her hair I grin.

"Sure kiddo." I say as I sit down on one of the many seats at out small round table. "Whatcha got there?" I ask as I nod my head to the piece of paper clutched in her hand. She grins brightly and I smile back as I set half the sandwich in front of her.

"It's a picture! See!" she says as she unfolds the paper and smooth's it out on the table. "It's for big brother. You see, there's me, and there's big brother, and there's you Dani! And that thing in the cloud is Sisi, and that thing hanging from the tree looks like a monkey but it's really Cap! Cause monkey's like trees and Cap likes trees! Get it? Oh and there's Rae Rae! And Niel is over there with Tuck, I wanted to put big brother and Niel beside each other but I wanted to make it look really real and…"

I smile at the sloppily drawn picture featuring our strange little family. Taking a bite out of my half of the sandwich I listened to the six year old as she excitedly rambles about her picture. She just pointed out Isla when suddenly the passenger door is opened. I shiver at the thought of her coming back but instead I see the tired face of Lio. He's holding a huge stuffed unicorn over his head and his glasses are slipping down his nose. I can't help but laugh and my giggles only get louder when Lio is tackled to the floor by forty-five pounds of pure six year old girl.

A muffled "Big brother!" could be heard from the heap on the floor and I knew from Lio resistance to even move how his day had gone.

"So I'm guessing your date went well?" I asked pleasantly. I laughed as all Lio managed to get out was an agonized moan.

"Big brother I made you something!" Lio turned to the small girl on his chest and grinned.

"Is that so? Well I just happened to get you something." He says proudly. Angel's face contorts in confusion for a moment before she guesses.

"Pizza?" She asks curiously. Lio laughs and shakes his head.

"I'll tell you what I got you once you show me what you made." He says as he props himself up on his elbows. Angel grinned as she proudly shoved her picture in Lio face.

"It's everybody! Even Sisi!" she says excitely as Lio looks at the picture. Lio stares at it in perfectly practiced awe before kissing her on the forehead.

"Oh, Angel I love it. Your artistic ability never ceases to amaze me. These pictures just get better each day." He says as he gets up. He scoops her up with him as he looks her into the eyes. "As much as I adore your picture I think it would be selfish of me to be the only one to receive these gorgeous pictures. Why don't you give one to one person every day? Maybe in a couple of weeks the whole house will have one of these on their bedroom wall."

Angle appeared to think about for a moment before nodding.

"Okay big brother. That sounds fair." She says with a stern look on her face. Lio grinned.

"I'm glad you think so." He says as he sets her down. She stares at him expectantly for a moment before speaking.

"What'd you get me?" she asks bluntly. Lio grins and picks up the unicorn from the floor.

"You didn't think this was for me did you?" he asks with an offended expression. Angel stared at him for a moment.

"Everybody likes unicorns." She says matter-of- factly. She then grins and grabs the unicorn. She hugs it tightly before doing the same to Lio. With that she's off, dragging the overly sized unicorn behind her.

"You spoil her." I say bluntly but my amusement is clear in my eyes. Lio looks at me smiles, and then shrugs.

"I like to." He says as if that makes it ok. I roll my eyes at him before asking the usual question.

"So…Samantha?" I ask hopefully. Lio turns to me and an uncharacteristic mix of disappointment and exhaustion crosses his features.

"She's not… one of us. "He says slowly as he runs his fingers through his hair. Disappointment ebbs at my mind.

"We don't have much time Lio. Tuck said-"

"I know!" Lio shouted. I flinched and he immediately recoiled. He swallowed before speaking again. "Sorry. But I…I know. And I really…" Lio trails off and sighs loudly as he runs his fingers through his hair. He closes his eyes and I acknowledge for the umpteenth time in the past few weeks how utterly exhausted he looks. Not physically of course, something about being an experiment protects you from the common flaws like bags under your eyes and dark circles (though I probably wouldn't be able to tell with the glasses), but no one would be able to argue that he looked like he had just run a marathon around the world twice while worry constantly about what was on the other side. I swallow hard and I stare helplessly at my best friend as he reluctantly open his eyes. He stares at my eyebrows, the closes he's gotten to my eyes in weeks, before speaking. "I know. But I really don't need you guys reminding me every ten minutes okay, I just… I'm doing the best I can."

I look down in shame as the guilt fills me. Biting my lip, i swallow away a lump in my throat as I play with my ring. I look up at him as I fiddle with my fingers.

"I know Lio. I'm sorry. I guess with Christmas being so close and us being here for so long and not finding anyone and the news from Jump city and school…I've even started to remember the teacher's names!." I say with a forced laugh. Lio smiles weakly. "I guess it just really got to me. And with Raven and Tucker being…you know….we all just kinda put the pressure on you but I swear we didn't mean to! It's the last thing we would want but-"

"Dani." I look up at his firm tone and take in his determined expression. "Even if I wanted to, I can't stay angry with you. I wasn't' really angry in the first place. Just stressed. Besides," he takes a step closer to me and I have to lean my head back to look at him. "We'll get through this. And we'll win. No matter what. Who knows? We might be able to take them on with the amount of Kissed we have now. We're all pretty amazing together you know? We're like, a machine or something-"

"A family." I interrupt him. He looks at me questioningly. "We're a family. How else would you explain the way you and Neil get under each other skin? That right there is brotherly love."

Lio grins and rolls his eyes.

"Well our family kicks as-butt." he says after a warning glance from me. I laugh and he grins before tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. I stare up at him as he runs a finger slowly down my cheek. "Don't worry Dani." He says quietly before dropping his hand picking up Angel's half of the sandwich. "We'll figure it out."

He takes two bites of the sandwich and I consider trying to persuade him to sleep again.

"BIG BROTHER! MY UNICORN's STUCK IN THE DOOR AND HE'S SUFFICATING! BIG BROTHER!" Angel's little voice carries through the entire house and Lio grins at me.

"Duty calls." He says as he sets down the sandwich. Before I can say a word he's gone.

My eyes shoot open and cold air fills my lungs. I gasp for breath and look around me frantically before I remember where I am. I am vaguely aware of my wet cheeks bloody lip. However my attention is solely focused on the sounds of destruction coming from outside the shop. I look up to a frightened Ella and know that this has been going on for a while. The strange dream was pushed out of my mind as I wipe my face and get up. Ella stares at me and looks like she about to say something, but then stops half way. I smile at her in a silent that you before running out into the chaos.

Did you like it did you like it did you like it? cause i did. truly cause i now know exactly where i'm going eith this story and my muse is back baby! i'm so proud i'm about to start the next chapter and i can hear the words of the beginning IN MY HEAD! oh yea! so lets hope this sugar high i'm on ( have you ever tried chocolate syrupe on popcorn? cause if you haven't YUO ARE NOT AMONG THE LIVING!) last until i finish the chaper. let us hope!

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