Chapter 13
There was a vein popping in Steve's neck as he looked down at the table they were talking at. He was too restless to be sitting down, and standing up, he had the mobility to pace around.
Tony had come back from the little run in with O'Connor only a couple of minutes ago, but he's already setting up fail-safes and wondering how on Earth they were going to upgrade his tech to fight ghosts, and, if need be, Danny.
They all knew he was super powerful, being king and all, but they had no idea just how powerful he is. He has a lot of them, and Steve knows that Danny is the kind of person who would take the time to work on every single one individually. He would work them to perfection. Even if there were six of them with alien-fighting experience, they didn't really stand a chance against a mind-controlled ghost king.
"Sir, Miss Valerie is on her way up with three companions. I do suggest bracing yourself," Jarvis told them.
"Brace myself?" Tony asked.
Before he could even process how he could possibly brace himself, Valerie stormed in with Dani, a goth woman, and a guy in a red beanie and big glasses behind her.
"What happened?" She asked. Her voice wasn't loud, but it was most definitely intimidating. Valerie, despite having no powers, was a walking thunderstorm, ready to wreak havoc given the right opportunity.
"Mind control," Clint said through a mouthful of bread. "We were just chilling on the couch when some freak showed a scepter and Danny went berserk. He's on his way to Circus Gothica right now."
"That sounds familiar," Valerie said, turning to her companions. "Where have I heard that before?"
"Circus Gothica is that circus Freakshow hung out at. He brainwashed ghosts so they would rob stuff for him. Danny got framed for that like what, ten years ago?" The goth chick said. "It was right after he got his powers."
"You're right," the other one said, looking at his tablet. "Freakshow broke out a few months ago, this is definitely him."
"Who are you guys?" Bruce asked. He looked a bit frazzled but luckily far from green.
"Sam, Tucker," Valerie said, pointing to the goth and hipster respectively. "You already know Dani."
"What the hell are you wearing?" Tony asked her. She was in a red, high tech looking suit.
"Gotta wear a suit when you're going to battle," Valerie replied. "Now listen up.
"There's no easy way we can track Freakshow, but Tuck has a ghost tracker locked onto Danny's ecto signature. He's just on the outside of Amity, which is good news for us since his parents are crazy."
"They've already activated the shield, the only people getting in are Danny and Freakshow if they so choose," Tucker about him was focused, but Sam and Valerie both knew that he was freaking out on the inside. If given the chance, he would tear Freakshow apart for messing with his best friend.
"Right. Not great, but could be worse. Anyway, our job is to go to Amity, I'm gonna knock Danny out of it, but chances are there will be an army. Tucker."
"Right, I have a bunch of ghost fighting equipment we can use. We won't win, but we can buy enough time to get Valerie close enough to Danny to knock some sense into him. And we brought extra spectre deflectors for you guys so even if they get close, the ghosts won't be able to touch you without getting zapped."
"Zapped?" Bruce asked.
"Yeah, but it's non lethal. Just enough for a warning. Danny has a whole dimension of undead at his fingertips, we're most definitely going to want these for extra protection."
Tucker dumped out a duffel bag full of glowing green technology. He dug through the pile and tossed each Avenger a belt, and handed one to Sam.
He continued to dig some more, pulling out various artillery and handing them to the hero that could use them the best. He gave Natasha a couple of smaller ectoguns and one giant one, he attached a ghost shield onto Steve's normal shield, gave Clint small projectiles he could fling, and a couple of ectoguns, and he was given access to Stark's armor to modify it on the way to Amity.
Just as Tucker was finishing up, Dani started to act a little funny.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked her. Dani held her head, shaking it slightly to distract herself.
"I'm being called," she replied.
"By who?"
"By Danny. He's using the King's Call to summon all of the ghosts to him. I won't be able to ignore it for much longer."
"Shit," Valerie says. "Take this," she handed a small camera to Dani, who attaches it to her chest. It was practically invisible. "With the King's Call, Danny will summon every ghost from the Ghost Zone and every ghost that's still here in this plane of existence. Not a single one is able to resist it."
"Don't you have any control over the ghosts since you're the queen?" Steve asked.
"Not like this. For starters, I'm not a ghost. And second, it's Danny. We don't really stand a chance at beating him, to be honest."
"Just how powerful is he?"
"There was one time he told me about how he fought his evil older self, who took over the whole world, and he won."
"Yeah?"
"That was when he was fourteen. He's even stronger now."
"Yikes."
"Now you're getting it."
"Going back to the ghosts, he's calling them from here and the Zone? That's trillions of ghosts," Bruce said, eyes widening.
"It'll take a while for them to accumulate, but yeah, it's-"
Valerie was cut off by the large bang that came from Dani, her fist on the table. She was still trying to fight it. Her head was down, but when she looked up at them once more, her eyes were glowing red instead of their regular green. Then, without saying anything, she calmly left through the wall.
"Fuck," Sam said. Valerie frowned.
"It's starting."
