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TMDDF: Danny and Kara
Chapter 23: Trapped and Confessions
While Sam and Kara were all chained up, Vlad was inside the lab of his newly acquired Metropolis base. He was checking the monitors which has what he has recently gathered from Super Girl.
Just then, Spectra phased in.
"Alright, Plasmius...I'm through with waiting...I want my pay..."Spectra said with her hands on her hips.
"I have already told you that you will receive payment once I have captured Daniel..."Vlad said while Spectra narrowed her eyes at him.
"Don't give me that...do you have any idea how difficult it was to deliver that miserable girl to you while resisting the chance to suck out her misery..."Spectra said and Vlad was getting annoyed.
"You will receive your pay when I say the job is done...speaking of which, here..."Vlad said as he handed her a device.
"What is this suppose to be?..."Spectra asked, annoyed.
"What we needed to use on the suppose girl of steel..."Vlad said as he began to give instructions to Spectra, who rolled her eyes.
"For all that, I expect a bonus..."Spectra said with her arms crossed.
"Very well, since I am a generous man...once you are done, you are more than welcome to help yourself..."Vlad said with a dark look on his face.
Spectra heard this, realized what he meant and smirked darkly as well.
"Now this I can do..."Spectra said, her fangs now visible in her evil smirk.
The dark ghoul soon left to go "keep an eye on the girls"...especially the miserable one.
Once she was gone, Vlad turned to the screen and saw an image of his sworn enemy.
The evil elder half ghost grinned maliciously.
"I do believe it is time to send him a message..."Vlad said as he soon left the area.
With Danny
"Where is she? I don't like the looks of this..."Danny muttered as he kept exploring Metropolis to look for his missing girlfriend.
It's been almost half an hour and he hasn't seen or heard from her, he's been calling her cell over 20 times and no answer.
Definitely not a good sign.
He kept exploring the grand city of Metropolis and he didn't like what he was seeing...since he didn't see anything right now.
He didn't see anything that could have gotten Kara's attention, no signs of robberies, no natural disasters and no super villains attacks...
It's quiet...too quiet.
However, that all changed when he was nearly hit by an energy blast.
"Huh?..."Danny exclaimed only to see who...or what sent it.
It's another robot, just like the one that attacked him and Kara at the school.
"Oh great...you again..."Danny snapped as he prepared himself for battle.
However, to his shock, the robot didn't start attacking him...instead it landed on the ground and started projecting an image..
An image of someone that Danny was...unfortunately...already familiar with...
"Hello, Daniel..."Vlad's image said and Danny glared.
"PLASMIUS?!..."Danny shouted in outrage at the sight of him.
"Why so angry Daniel? Still haven't found your little lady friend...well, I know where she is..."Vlad said.
"What did you do with Kara?! If you lay one hand on her, I promise to personally tear you apart...starting with that lame vampire hair of yours!..."Danny shouted in anger.
"Why do people say it's lame- ...never mind...anyway Daniel, you seem really worry of Kara...or do you just refer to her as Super Girl?..."Vlad said with a mocking look and Danny's eyes widened.
"Don't try to deny it, I know and I can assure you that she is here with me, along with Samantha..."Vlad said.
"You got Sam too?..."Danny exclaimed in shock.
"Yes I do...and if you ever want to see them again, you will do exactly as I say..."Vlad said in a dark tone as Danny glared at him.
"What do you want?..."Danny demanded, not liking this at all.
"Same as always, to watch you squirm...however, the legendary girl of steel if a very powerful being and I would hate to let her go...but I might be willing to make a deal..."Vlad said.
"If you ever want to see your precious girlfriend and friend ever again, you will come to this exact location in exactly one hour and surrender to me..."Vlad said as his robot print out a map and handed it to Danny.
"Just when I think you can't stoop any lower, you prove me wrong..."Danny muttered in anger.
"How did you even find out about Kara, anyway?..."Danny demanded, not understanding.
"My spies managed to discover her connection to you and your precious girlfriend...I have known for weeks..."Vlad said with a smirk.
"I would have acted sooner but-"...Vlad's grin was left with an annoyed scowl as he recalled three little nuisances who caused him one too many setbacks these last few weeks.
FLASHBACK
"Ah... finally..." Vlad hovered into his lab via intangibility. He took a breath for relief.
After weeks of rebuilding, it was finally back to normal.
The evil villain soon smirked as he looked around, marveling his new and improved laboratory...
"Now I am free to go back to exacting my revenge on Daniel and-"
Before Vlad could finish his villainous plotting, three figures entered his laboratory.
"HI!..."
Vlad gasped in horror as he heard their voice behind him and saw those three again.
"YOU THREE?! HOW?! HOW DID YOU GET IN?!..."..." He shouted.
"Lazy writing and the need for moving the plot..." Yakko explained as he looked at the readers and winked.
"Isn't that Deadpool's line?..." Dot asked.
"Yeah but he's not in this chapter. We are!..." Wakko pointed out while Vlad hadn't the foggiest idea what they are referring to.
"What are you three talking-..NEVER MIND! JUST GET OUT! GET OUT BEFORE I DESTROY YOU!..." Vlad shouted furiously.
"Ahhhh... I think not!..." Yakko said before noticing one of Vlad's machines.
"Ooh! What's does this button do?..."Yakko said as he started pressing all of the buttons.
"GET AWAY FROM THERE YOU... DOG THING!..." Vlad threatened with a ghost ray ready to fire.
However, once he fired, Wakko stepped in the way with a comically large mirror.
"You should see yourself... you could use a makeover!..."Wakko joked.
The mirror reflected the attack and Vlad was hit by his own blast, knocking him on the floor.
That's when Holo-Maddie appeared, hovering above him.
"Intruders, Sweetums!..." She said.
"Really... now?..." Vlad muttered bitterly.
Both Yakko and Wakko see her and, somehow, jump into her arms.
"HELLO NURSE!..."The Warner males shouted while wolf whistling.
Holo-Maddie screams and runs out the room.
"Boys... she's a hologram of a married woman..." Dot said with her arms crossed and a disapproving look.
Vlad got back up, well passed annoyed now.
"GET OUT!..." Vlad shouted. No avail, they kept causing havoc all over Vlad's brand new lab...and it didn't look like they would be finishing soon.
Later
About two hours have passed and Vlad's lab was in even worse shape than when Danny and Sabrina trashed it. Vlad had spent hours trying to destroy the Warners but whatever the heck they are, they somehow just managed to evade his attack or do or say something that made him lose his focus. Every time he has managed to catch them and eject them from his lab, they somehow come back and go back to causing all sorts of chaos and calamity.
Now his lab is once again wrecked and the Warners have just finished making paper mache with his latest blueprints for his plots.
"All done..."Yacko said.
"She's a beaut..."Wakko agreed.
"Come on, let's ditch this place..."Dot suggested.
All three Warners got up and started heading for the door, leaving the stressed out Vlad gawking in disbelief.
"YOU'RE LEAVING?! NOW?! AFTER 2 HOURS OF DESTROYING MY LAB?!..."Vlad shouted in outrage.
"We're needed elsewhere, namely we served our role in this plot so far..." Yakko explained.
"Plus, we got new episodes in development after years..." Wakko added.
"Bye!..." Dot waved.
Once the three walked out, Vlad sighed with relief.
"Finally, those three are worse than cockroaches..."Vlad said before noticing the extent of the damage of his lab and realizing that he won't be able to plot for an even longer time.
"THOSE OBNOXIOUS LITTLE INTRUDERS WILL PAY FOR THIS!..."Vlad shouted, only for the Warner to suddenly jump out from under his cape, oddly enough.
"Sorry, but we're broke..."Yakko said.
"Can you settle for an I.O.U?..."Wakko asked, while Vlad screamed now.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!..."Vlad's screams echoed all throughout Amity Park and due to the Warner's destroying half the lab and the windows being cracked opened, the sound wave, while muffled, traveled quite a bit.
Danny and Kara were currently in their heroic forms, were currently taking a romantic flight together.
"Do you hear something?.."Kara asked, her advance hearing having picked it up.
"No..."Danny said, as Kara tried to hear more but it stopped.
She shrugged and went back to her date with Danny.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Let's just say I had a little pest control problem I had to deal with...'Vlad muttered, before getting serious once again.
"Remember, one hour and not a moment earlier or I can't promise what fate will befall those two girls..."Vlad said and Danny gripped the coordinates in his fist.
Soon the hologram of Vlad faded and his robotic messenger was now powerless.
Danny just stood there, looking at the coordinates, with a determined look on his face.
"Fruitloop, you just made a big mistake..."Danny thought in fury.
Meanwhile
Kara and Sam were still chained up, both tried to think of ways to break free but couldn't think of anything.
After a long time of struggling, Sam is tired and is just there, with a bitter, miserable expression on her face as she was now taking in the entire situation.
"Oh, this is just the cherry on top of it all...First Danny and now this..."Sam muttered in sadness.
Kara saw the look in her eyes and despite everything she has put her and Danny through, Kara couldn't help but pity her a bit.
She had been meaning to talk to her about the incident, so it seems now may be as good of a time as any...
"Sam...look, about what happened... I know how it feels to have something you care for taken from you..."Kara started, only for Sam to suddenly glare at her.
"NO, YOU DON'T!..." Sam snapped.
"Everything was just perfect before you came along! I knew Danny since we were kids, I was there when he got his powers and I was at his side in all of his battles...you have no idea all of the things I had to do for him! All I ever wanted was for him to see me as more than just his best friend but he had to meet you...and...and...now he won't even look at me anymore..."Sam said in bitterness.
"Only because you broke his trust..."Kara reminded and Sam glared at her.
"Sam, I know that you were hurt but you need to understand that what you did really hurt Danny...I have to know now why you did things the way you did..."Kara said, her thoughts no longer on her being a captive.
This needed to be said.
"I told you...I thought you were a threat..."Sam said.
"No, you wanted to think I was a threat to give you an excuse to break us up...now what I want to know is why you let your jealousy make you do things you knew where wrong and why you haven't said anything that even shows that you regret what you did..."Kara said in a harsh tone.
Sam flinched at that.
"Regret? I haven't had a decent nights sleep since that day..."Sam admitted.
"That's what a guilty conscience does..."Kara said.
Sam flinched at that before she sighed.
"I wanted to but... I couldn't..."Sam said, looking away from her.
"Couldn't? Or just didn't want to?..."Kara asked since those were two totally different things.
"Both... I guess..." Sam glared at you. "I just... I hate to admit it but... I envy you. You're everything guys like Danny want and it was so easy to get his attention..."Sam said.
Kara looked a bit offended by that.
"What?..."
"I spent a long time wishing Danny would notice me but all it took was just meeting you for him to be into you..."Sam muttered in envy.
"I didn't even think his eighth grade crush on you was serious...I thought it wouldn't have been more than him just drooling over your picture in the newspaper and going gaga whenever there was a news report about you...but it seems I was wrong..."Sam muttered.
"Sam, you're not implying that Danny's feelings for me are out of fanaticism are you? Because I can assure you they are not..."Kara said, insulted over the quality of her relationship being questioned.
"Of course not, because who couldn't love someone like you?...You are Super Girl, after all..."Sam muttered.
"What's that suppose to mean?..."Kara demanded.
"You're Super Girl! All you just had to do is swoop in to make Danny fall for you again...It's so easy for you...and why wouldn't it be? You're beautiful! You're nice! You're fun to be around! And you're an amazing heroine! Not only that, you are constantly getting approval from the public...when people see you, they actually pay attention to what you have to say while I have to work overtime just to get some people to pay attention to my environmental causes! You have everything while I have to deal with lame parents who want to change me and A-list idiots!..."Sam said, finally revealing a good source of her envy towards Kara.
Kara did not like how Sam was making her issues sound more serious, so she decided to speak up.
"You think I have it easy? You think I have everything?...When was the last time you had dinner with your parents?.."Kara asked.
Sam did a double take.
"What?!..."Sam asked, not expecting this response.
"I asked when was the last time you had dinner with your parents..."Kara repeated.
"I haven't had dinner with them since I became a vegetarian in the seventh grade!...All they eat is the most expensive stuff at fancy restaurants and catered junk...They're... not like me. They don't accept me for who I am!..."Sam said in anger.
Kara heard this and frowned.
"Well, when was the last time you spent time with them?..."Kara asked.
"NEVER! They always want to put me in frilly dresses! It's so lame!.."Sam complained and to her surprise, Kara glared even harder at that.
"Really?..." Kara took a breath. "Because the last time I saw my parents, I wasn't able to have dinner with them... because it was the night Krypton was destroyed..."She whispered but Sam could hear her loud and clear.
Sam dropped her attitude.
"Wait... what?.."Sam asked in shock.
Sure, the general public knew that Superman and Supergirl are the sole survivors of Krypton...but until know, Sam didn't really take in what that actually meant.
She then noticed that Kara's glare soon turned into a sad look.
"I was 13 when it happened... my parents didn't agree with me liking a boy who was too old for me. I got into a small fight and ran off. It was an hour passed dinner and I started to calm down and head home... that's when it started..." Kara shed a tear. "I made it in time for my parents to tell me my cousin, Kal-El...Superman... was being launched to Earth and he was only a baby when that happened..."She said as the tear slid down her cheek.
"Baby?!..." Sam questioned. "But... he's... and you're-"
"I was in suspended animation for 20 years..."Kara explained and Sam looked even more surprised by hearing that.
"I'll never forget that horrible day...not long after Kal-El was sent away...a series of earthquakes was happening all over the planet...destroying everything in it's path...my parents and I tried to get to get to the escape pods to get to safety but the earthquakes destroyed most of them...there was only one left...My mother Alura and my father Zor-El placed me in the pod, since there was only enough room for one of us...they said that I would be with Kal-El and to be there for him until they came to get us when it was safe...but I knew that they were lying...I knew that no one would be left to come and get us..."She continued, more tears falling from her face.
"That was the last time I saw them before they sent the ship...but something went wrong and my pod go off course and I was stuck in suspended animation for a long time...When I woke up... my world was long since dead. The cousin I was sword to protect became MY protector. At first I was upset and bitter... then Kal showed me his adopted parents who treated me like family, my foster family the Danvers, his close friends, treated me kindly... I realized I didn't have to bottle up all my sadness and anger..." She then gave Sam a look, one that made the Goth actually feel shame.
"You think you're the only one with problems for having controlling, overly peppy parents? My parents were dead long before you were even born and I live on a world where my only family is technically old enough to be my big brother now. And you're bitter to me about a boy? You're right... I don't know how you feel... because I've been dealt with much worse but I don't let it turn me into something I know isn't right. I try to be a friendly and caring person Sam... but when I'm alone... I'm sad..."Kara admitted as more tears fell from her eyes.
There was an unbearable silence as Sam just stood in her chains, looking at the sight of one of the strongest people in the entire world being reduced to tears...
"Kal-El is the only biological family I have left and I only have a few mementos and my memories that's left of my old home, that's why I am so protective of my new home ...but at the same time, I can't even show my true heritage without risking someone finding out mine and Kal-El's secret identities and hunting us down...I have to hide who I truly am from pretty much everyone who wouldn't understand us..."Kara said sadly, before she thought about one of the few people she doesn't have to hide who she truly is from.
"I guess part of the reason I got so attached to Danny as soon as I did...is because he's the only guy I've dated who I don't have to hide my past from and who I can truly be honest about who I really am...he doesn't fear my power and he doesn't see me as this perfect and powerful poster child of super heroines that most of the world sees me as or the well behaved farmer's daughter from Smallville...when I am with him, I don't have to be just Supergirl or just Kara Kent...I'm just me..."Kara said as she thought about the boy who stole her heart and how he made her feel happier whenever they were together.
Sam was stunned silent. It took her a moment, but she finally spoke up.
"How come you never said any of that before?..."Sam asked, not knowing what else to say.
"Because... you didn't give me a chance before..."Kara pointed out.
Sam heard this and she felt something she didn't want to feel. She felt guilty. For so long, she had felt envy to this girl and hated her because she believed that she had everything and took Danny from her.
But now she just found out that she lost so much, her family, her friends and even her entire world. Even if she is a famed and celebrated hero on Earth, Kara is right, as there are people in this world who wouldn't hesitate to hurt her if they knew who she really was...just like right now..
"What have I done?..."Sam thought, feeling the guilt she tried to ignore these past few weeks intensify right now.
Before she could say anything, Kara spoke up again.
"I never asked for much from you, I honestly didn't care if you hate me or not but you really hurt Danny when you broke his trust and I am not sure if there is anything I can do anymore..."Kara said, showing the predicament she put her in,.
Sam heard this and felt even more shame now. She wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.
"I...I was just scared...I was hurt Danny picked you and...as much as I wanted to be with him...I was scared he was going to forget about me if he had someone like you..."Sam finally admitted.
"Forget about you? You really have no idea how much Danny used to value you, do you?..."Kara asked and Sam looked confused.
"What are you talking about?..."Sam questioned.
"Danny talked about you and Tucker none stop...he always told me about the adventures you guys had together and how amazing his friends are...or were..."Kara couldn't help but remind her.
But she saw the stunned look on her face.
"Danny told you about what we used to do together?..."Sam asked, stunned.
"Constantly...he mentioned his ghost fights, the time you changed the school's menu, the time you helped him get away from a crazy ring master with delusions of grandeur, your video game matches and a lot of other stuff..."Kara said and Sam looked even more surprised.
"He did?...'Sam questioned.
Kara nodded.
Sam was silent for a long while and Kara honestly wondered what was going through her mind. Before she could ask, Sam spoke up.
"We have to get out of here..."Sam said in a determined tone.
"Huh?..."
"I have to speak to Danny...it's time that we finally talk about this..."Sam said.
Kara heard this, sand instead of questioning her about that, this is what the blonde heroine said.
"Well, if you have any ideas on how we can break out of these chains...I'm willing to listen..."Kara said, wondering what the Gothic girl would suggest.
Sam was silent for a while as she looked at both her chains and Kara's and then to Kara herself. She then had a small smile as an idea finally came to her mind..
"Well, I might have an idea but we gotta work fast before Plasmius shows up..."Sam said as she explained the details of her plan to Kara, who could only hope that this wouldn't backfire on them...
Oh boy...
-To be continued-
Next time on TMDDF: Danny and Kara
Team-ups and Battles
A/N: Special thanks to NeoMark for helping with some scenes :)
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
SofiPhan29 and Nite Owl18: How's this?
qazse: Yep, Vlad is a fruitloop is every sense of the word...
Invader Johnny: Yep, the two now have to work together to escape, hopefully before Danny has to face Vlad.
Jebest4781 and Ultra Phantom: Oh, thanks for spotting that typo.
Batguy01: No spoilers...
Wiseguy2415, ChrisZilla18 and Luiz4200: We shall see how this turns out.
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