Girl-of-Action- I do not own Danny Phantom or Marvel and I never will.
Sending calming thoughts to his half-conscious host during the midst of a battle with someone who looks unnervingly close to his ghost huntress mom is no easy task for the ghost boy, mind you, but Danny manages. Black Widow tries to blind him with some type of smoke bomb-type deal. However, Danny counters it by bringing to play his twister-like power, spinning around and around in place to create winds. It blows the smoke away without a problem. Afterwards, it is a simple task of sending few webs at the stunned agent (who was knocked off her feet by the wind). The tough, thick strands of webbing ties together her arms and legs and brings her down for the count.
Now Danny saunters toward the downed agent, relieved, prideful and smug at his victory. Her earlier comment about him being a 'what' still stings, after all. He grins down at her in victory and seriously considers making a victory pose. Although Black Widow can't see his grin through Spider-Man's mask, she glares just the same. "Well, ma'am, you seem to be in a bit of a sticky situation, and go figure. That fight was just a breeze for me- not that you had a ghost of a chance to begin with." Danny cackles happily, thinking this is way better than a victory pose. Black Widow meanwhile stares incredulously at the terrible puns. Phantom startles her further by cutting his laughter short and bending down to scoop the immobile agent up into his- or, er, Spider-Man's- arms.
"What are you doing?" she demands, no visible signs of fear. Only anger.
Danny rolls his (sigh, Spider-Man's) eyes from behind the mask. "I'm gonna take you and Agent Barton somewhere away from the fighting. Duh. Whatever you might think of me, I'm not a monster, and even if being dead isn't half-bad," His lips quirk upwards, as if telling some inside joke. "-I don't want anyone to die here," he finishes assuredly. Black Widow says nothing further, only pursing her lips tightly in what Danny assumes is frustration. Phantom continues to look down at her thoughtfully, figuring it best to knock her unconscious. She's a resourceful woman no doubt, and would probably find a way out of this if left alone long enough…
Than again, Danny has never knocked out a human before. What if he accidentally kills her? Or gives her irreparable brain damage? Nah, not gonna risk it. I'll just make her a cocoon with Spidey's web-stuff after I get her out of the way, he decides. He starts to move towards Agent Barton-
-and as soon as he does, Black Widow acts. Twisting in his arms, she flings herself closer to Danny's (ugh, Spider-Man's) chest. To get as close as she needs to be while her arms are tightly bound to her sides, she has to press herself up to Danny/Spidey in what would otherwise be considered and provocative manner. "What-?" Danny wonders, baffled, as she knocks foreheads with him and appears as though she is about to kiss him through Spider-Man's mask! Some people would kill for this chance. Danny? Not only is he in another person's body while this is happening- It's like he's about to kiss his mom. Horrified, he goes to drop her, but not before a sharp sting hits his chest. Then?
Pain.
Electricity courses through Danny's borrowed body, forcing him out of his host and onto his back.
While Phantom is convulsing a few feet away, a freed Spider-Man groans and crumbles to his knees, Black Widow still in his his arms. Hunched over the lady and breathing hard, he stares unseeingly at the redhead with bleary eyes. It's hard for him to make heads or tails of anything. For the last couple of minutes, he's been in a strange limbo of half-consciousness. There was no feeling of panic, but he knew something was wrong, very wrong, and he was supposed to be doing something important…
Peter groans, a sense of nausea and disorientation washing over him, as well as physical pain. "I feel like I just got hit by truck." He falls to his side as another wave of nausea and pain hits him. He groans again. "Scratch that-" he gasps, trying not to puke. "I've been hit by a truck before, and this is worse. Much worse." Memories assault Peter. He was fighting against Phantom and doing fine, until Phantom just disappeared again from the battlefield. Peter searched fruitlessly for the other, when suddenly it was freezing. He'd never been so cold in his life! Then, nothing. Nothing until now.
"-thermos!" Black Widow's voice finally processes.
Peter crinkles his nose in confusion, pushing himself off her. "What?" he asks, thinking he misheard. He pulls back some to look at the redhead- wait, is that his webbing? What is Black Widow doing tied up in his webbing? The puzzle pieces come together, and Peter doesn't like it one bit. Peter, as quickly as his shaky hands would allow, starts to rip apart the webbing holding Black Widow bound.
"Grab the-" Suddenly, some type of weird, green goop flies out of nowhere and covers her mouth. Whirling around Spider-Man is overcome by a fierce wave of dizziness, giving Phantom enough time to roughly pick him up like a rag doll.
He stares wide-eyed at Phantom, who only grimaces and offers a short, "sorry," before throwing him across the battlefield. Being thrown across a makeshift battlefield by a super powered ghost is something Peter never had on his bucket list, but for all of its bad something good comes of it. As he is tossed into the air, Peter notices something. He does a doubletake, but sure enough it remains true. There, on the ghost's white utility belt, hangs what looks to be a high-tech thermos. Peter's lips part to make a small o of understanding.
Maybe he hadn't misheard Black Widow earlier after all.
Not that that tid bit will do him any good if he gets sick in his mask or doesn't stop his unexpected flight soon. This is not the type of impression I wanted to give Mr. Stark!
As soon as Phantom throws Spider-Man and turns back around, he is hit by some type of taser courtesy of Black Widow. It sends electrical currents throughout his ethereal body. He lets out a cry through gritted teeth before getting his pain under some semblance of control. Danny hastily scrambles with shaking hands to remove the small device latched onto his side, very nearly dropping to his knees (and if he hadn't had so much practice with Vlad's electrical powers, he would have). Having half-died from electricity two years ago and with his ghostly core being the exact opposite of the element- it is naturally one of Danny's weaknesses, making him more sensitive to it than even the average human.
Being thrown out of his host so suddenly and unwillingly also wasn't a fun experience, not to mention being hit with electricity again almost right afterwards. Danny grits his teeth harder, flinging the electrocuting metal prong with as much force as he can muster. It shatters into countless pieces on the concrete as Danny breaths hard, trying to steady himself, but is unable to as Black Widow fires off another of those devices at him. Danny is forced to dodge or be hit by it. Even though Spider-Man only partially managed to free her, Black Widow is still determined to hurt Phantom.
Suffice to say, Danny is a little peeved.
Danny has been tip-toeing around her (and Spider-Man to a somewhat lesser extent), doing his best to make sure he doesn't harm them too much when it would be so much easier to just turn them into human ice-popsicles… And what does the noble hero get in return for his efforts? Electrocution. Twice. Where's the gratitude?! Danny wails internally while narrowly dodging another one of Black Widow's stunning devices, but on a more bitter note he adds... When did I get so pathetic? Not only did Scarlet Witch have to save him when, if anything, he should be protecting her, but now he can't even pin down two non-ghost hunters humans for more than a couple of minutes. Scarlet did not save my sorry butt just so I can look like a total idiot against two people who don't even have a single piece of ghost hunting equipment to share in between them!
Expression stormy and jaw set, Danny sends a couple of weak ectoblasts at Black Widow. I need to take down the two spiders and team up with Scarlet against tall, red and eyebrow-less… Unable to dodge properly with her legs still bound together, Black Widow tries to roll away and fails to move fast enough.. She is forced fully onto her back, her suit smoking, but the attacks did not have enough power in them to melt the fabric like they did with Spider-Man's. Danny fires another weak ectoblast at her every time he sees her even twitch. She suddenly lays still, appearing knocked out. Danny doesn't fall for the trick. His mind races on what to do next, to keep her out of the battle for good without killing her. Ok, so, Spider-man's webbing worked pretty well, but I need something better…
Then it comes to Danny, and he snaps his fingers, grinning almost evilly. That's it! Danny extends his hands, wrinkling his black brows in concentration. Alright. I can do this. Think strong, sturdy and simple… Strong, sturdy and simple… Strong, sturdy and- ah-ha! Danny inwardly cheers in victory. Creating something with his ice core's element is one thing- doing it with his volatile ectoplasm is something else, but he does it. Quickly forming and floating in front of his hands is a long line of green, glowing chains- like something that would be connected to the ghost of Scrooge's old business partner in the Christmas Carol. It would be significantly tougher than even his enhanced ice.
With a wave of his hand, he sends it toward the Black Widow. She abandons all pretense of being unconscious at the first touch of the ethereal chains and attempts to roll away, but of course to no success. Here comes the next hard part, Danny thinks. He mentally severs his connection to the chains, willing with all his might for it to remain afterwards. To Danny's great joy and relief, it does. (He half-expected it not to work). Within moments, the Black Widow had been wound up tighter than a Christmas tree within several strands of decorative lights. Except less pretty lights, and more eerie glowing chains? Okay, bad metaphor...
Black Widow shoots Danny a dark look, but is unable to say anything with the ectoplasm still stuck onto her mouth. Danny returns the look with a lopsided smirk before redirecting his attention elsewhere. A quick glance around gives Danny the following information. Captain America is still battling Iron Man with the Winter Soldier's help. It isn't the best match up, with Iron-Man's air superiority and superior fire-power. Then there is the Winter Soldier with only his handgun plus ice spear, and Captain America's with his obvious injury (some sort of internal injury?). Even so, Danny's idol keeps going, fighting more than admirably.
Not to mention the Scarlet Witch, who is still keeping Vision pinned down with her powers, when it only took a few minutes for Vision to have Danny at his limit. War Machine and Hawkeye were knocked out the last time Danny saw them… Danny has to crane his neck some to see the last group. Falcon slumps against a dented metal crate, obviously out cold. He didn't go down easily though, as Cat-Man is both bleeding heavily from one shoulder and slightly limping… Slightly limping towards a regular-sized Ant-Man, who acts like he's about to get into a boxing match. Ant-Man's belt sparks with energy. That can't be good… Danny muses, wondering who he should help next and where the recently dubbed Cockroach-Boy is. Hopefully gone to sit the battle out, having finally figured out that he is no match for me… Somehow, Danny doubts it. Spider-Man is too much like him to call it quits, not even when the odds or so clearly stacked against him.
That's when his earpiece buzzes to life. "This isn't working!" he hears the strained voice of the Scarlet Witch say. "We need something big. Something to distract them and let Steve and Winter Soldier get away." Danny's core thrums in alarm, knowing her to be right and trying to think up of a solution.
"Alright, I'm taking suggestions. If anyone has a hidden ace up their sleeve, now is the time," Captain America announces gravely.
"I do," Danny admits reluctantly, thinking of his ghostly wail. "But it's more likely to kill them than distract them. Sorry."
"Alright. Anyone else?"
"I got something, but my suit is pretty beat up. I don't think I'll be able to swing it- sorry, Cap." That is Ant-Man.
"Understood. Clint, any ideas?"
Danny shoots a worried glance at his still unconscious friend. "Captain, Agent Barton is knocked out c- CRAP! GIVE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW, COCKROACH-BOY!"
Cockroach-Boy? Captain America mouths to Bucky, who merely shrugs and returns his attention to Iron-Man. "WHAT ARE YOU- NO!" Danny's panicked voice continues to sound over their communication line, to the Captain's own rising alarm.
"Danny-" Steve starts.
"DON'T POINT THAT AT YOUR FACE; YOU'RE GONNA HURT YOURSELF!"
"Danny-" He tries again.
"THAT WASN'T AN INVITATION TO POINT IT AT ME!"
"DANNY; talk to me!"
"Sorry, Captain." Steve is taken somewhat aback by the severely grave and ashamed tone of voice. "I'm getting back a dangerous piece of ghost hunting equipment from Spider-Man." Steve wonders what a half-ghost is doing with something like that in the first place, but pushes the thought aside in favor of more important matters. Danny goes on, "But I'm worried that-" Danny's speech abruptly breaks off, and Steve is about to ask why, but he never does.
What happens next is answer enough.
Girl-of-Action- A combination of rewriting this chapter and me being sick delayed its release, but here it is~ I know, I'm terrible for the cliffhanger. Tis a bad, guilty habit- 'm sorry! X3
Special thank you to SPARTAN-626 and Okami Princess for betaing this chapter! For some reason, it's been the hardest one for me yet, but you guys helped me through it- so thanks!
As for the record so far:
Vision vs DP = Vision win
Spider-Man vs DP = DP win
Black Widow vs DP + (kinda) Spider-Man = DP + Spider-Man win
But~ A surprising comeback by Black Widow has lead to round 2 of Spider-Man vs DP, this time with the former having a certain, dangerous ghost hunting weapon… One that he doesn't know the first thing about using. Dun dun dun~
*clears throat* As you guys can probably tell by this point, I'm taking this story in a different direction than the movie has it. I want this to be an actual crossover, and not just Danny being plugged into the MCU... Interpret that as you'd like~
Anyways! Hope you all enjoyed! Next chapter is already completed, beta-ed and longer, so there shouldn't be too much of a wait this time around.
Thanks for reading!