Hi guys. I'm sorry this took so long, especially with last chapter ending with a cliffhanger. But I've been very busy and I'm not a very fast writer so it's amazing that this chapter was finished this quickly. That's all for this chapter so enjoy.
Immediately people started to panic. The bleachers started emptying out as the giant purple clay monster, Plasmas I think it's called, started destroying the last few rows of bleacher. Screams filled the air as frightened teenagers ran for their lives. Most students thought it would be cool to watch a superhero battle. Their views quickly changed.
I jumped onto the bench in front of me and hopped down the four bleacher seats to the ground. I started running but I got knocked to the ground due to a swipe of Plasmas's arm. For such a large monster, Plasmas sure is fast.
I ran along the sideline of the field as fast as I could. Plasmas followed after me taking a few swipes at me. Why is it after me, I've never done anything to it.
While I ran for my life, Jinx and Mammoth engaged Plasmas. Gizmo is useless with out technology so I'm glad he decided to sit this one out. Mammoth tried punching the creature but all it did was cause some of the goop to break off the main monster. Jinx was a little more effective than Mammoth, she shot her energy at Plasmas causing him to trip and land face first onto the visiting team's bench. Thankfully it was empty so a broken bench was the only casualty.
I ran over to Slide, Kelsey and Gizmo who had made their way to one of the end-zones and we're watching the fight from afar. "Guys , get out of here." I called as I ran to them. "It's not safe."
They followed my instructions and started running away. I stopped and was about to run back towards the battle when I heard Slide yell "Danny wait" he must have realized that I wasn't running away with them. I turned and looked at Slide. All three of them were stopped and staring at me. I had hoped to just slip away and return to the battle unnoticed but I guess it can't be helped. "You aren't going to go back are you. It's too dangerous. That thing was going after you, it would be suicide to go back" pleaded Slide.
He's right but I still have to go. Hero complex I hate you. "I'm sorry but I've got to go. Someone needs to look out for Jinx and Mammoth." I said. Then as calmly and confidently as I could I said "Don't worry I'll be fine."
It must have worked because Slide let out a sigh of defeat. "I won't be able to stop you. Go but be careful, I still need to repay you for helping me with my mom." And with that they turned around and sprinted away.
I restarted my run towards the battle. By now Mammoth had picked up one of the benches from the bleacher that had been ripped off and was swinging it like a baseball bat trying to damage Plasmas. It wasn't working. The bench would pass through Plasmas's body which would quickly reform. Jinx's attacks were slightly more effective but all they could do was slow down Plasmas. They were fighting a loosing battle.
That put me in a dilemma. Should I reveal my ghost powers to fight the creature and become a fugitive again or worse get captured, or keep them hidden and hope Jinx and Mammoth could fight off Plasmas, but the might get hurt. What should I do.
As I reached the twenty yard line the decision was made for me. Two giant clods of dirt rose from the ground on either side of Plasmas and slammed together sandwiching it. The Titans were here.
They started throwing everything they could at the creature. That includes birdarangs, giant chunks of rock, mangled bleacher seats covered in black energy, sonic cannon blasts, and a ram. I'm serious Beastboy tried to head butt a creature made of a clay like substance. It didn't work very well, he ended up being throw onto the tables of Gatorade. But where was Starfire, she wasn't with the Titans.
The attacks seemed to be working. Giant holes appeared in Plasmas's chest and he lost his left arm from a particularly large boulder curtesy of Terra. It eventually was worn down by the constant onslaught and Plasmas melted into a purple puddle in the middle of the field.
A cheer rang out from the Titans until Cyborg noticed Jinx and Mammoth standing on the field. "What are they doing here." said Cyborg hostilely.
"We go to this school. That's why we're here" replied a snarky Jinx. This isn't good, if a fight starts between Jinx and Mammoth, and the Titans the H.I.V.E. trio would have to go back to prison. By now I had made it near the Titans so I slowed down to a walk and prepared to play mediator. But I saw something out of the corner of my eye. The puddle of Plasmas was moving.
"Look out" I cried out as I pointed at the moving puddle. All of a sudden green energy rained down upon the what was left of Plasmas. Starfire had arrived. She flew down and hovered a few feet away from us. Since I saw her yesterday she had changed dramatically. Her appearance that is. She now wore a giant hat, oven mitts over her hands, and a bright yellow rain slicker. Her outfit sure made a fashion statement.
"Starfire, what are you wearing?" asked Robin as he voiced what everyone was thinking.
Starfire opened her mouth to speak but she was cut off by a loud shriek. I turned and saw Plasmas reforming. I look into the crater it was standing in and saw a green glow coming from. The I noticed pipes with sewage on the side were imbedded into the ground right beside the crater. Terra's attack must have exposed a sewage pipe, which allowed Plasmas to consume the sewage and grow stronger. That's just what I need right now, a stronger villain while Starfire is acting strange and the Titans are about to come to blows with the H.I.V.E.
Plasmas's legs appeared followed by his chest and arms. As his head reformed, neon green eyes grew on it's head, chest, and arms. "He got ugly, quickly" commented Beastboy.
"Don't worry, no matter what he looks like he's just a monster, and monster will always be defeated." said Robin reassuringly. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Starfire flinch. Why did Robin's speech affect her, she should have been inspired by it. I can think about this later, when there isn't a giant rampaging monster after me.
Plasmas's sewage boost was paying off, it was throwing around Jinx, Mammoth, and the Titans like they were rag dolls. Plasmas's mouth bulged before he spit out a green acidic liquid straight towards Starfire. Seeing that she wasn't dodging, I took two quick steps and launched my self at her. I tackled her to the ground just in time. Her previously occupied spot was now a small smouldering crater.
I stood up and looked down at Starfire. My tackle had knocked her hat off her head and opened the front of the slicker. Now I know why she was wearing them. A large bump protruded from her fore head, two spike poked out from her neck, she had blue scales on her arm, and are those elf ears?
Starfire sat up while groaning. She grabbed her head in pain but frozen when she realized her hat wasn't on her head. She frantically looked around for the hat until she saw that I was staring at her. Starfire froze and looked at me, fear evident in her eyes.
I knew exactly what she was going to do, she was going to bolt. Reflexively I lunged forward and grabbed her wrist as she shot into the air and flew away from the battle. "Get away from me. You shouldn't be near me. I'm a monster" cried Starfire as she started shaking her arm in an attempt to dislodge me. I managed to hold on and stop myself from falling the hundred feet or so we'd risen during our flight.
"No I won't. Can you stop shaking me, I might fall if you know" I said. Starfire looked at the ground and realized how high up we actually were. She flew towards the ground and we landed in a small park.
Letting go of her wrist I asked "Why are you running away?"
"You heard Robin. I am a monster so I must be defeated" said Starfire sadly.
"You know that's not true. You're no monster" I said, but I could tell she wasn't convinced. "It's not how you look that makes you a monster. It's who you are inside that determines whether you are a monster or not. You are the nicest, and most caring person I know. You are the complete opposite of what a monster is."
"You are wrong" said Starfire "Now that the Titans have seen me, I must leave."
"You know the Titans don't care what you look like. Don't run away, believe me you will regret it." I said. I might have said a little too much but it's true, I'd go back to Amity Park if I could.
"I must leave" she said adamantly. I don't think she will budge on this. I didn't want to do this but I can't just turn away when she needs help.
"If your set on doing this than I guess I'll have to go with you." I stated.
Starfire looked shocked at my statement. "Why?" Was all she could say.
"Because you think your alone, but I'm going to prove you wrong. You have me." I said.
"Alright, you can come with me" she said reluctantly. I thought that would work and she'd stay. "We need to get something before we go."
"Alright." She put a hand under each of my armpits and picked me up. We flew to Titans tower and landed just outside the door.
"I will be back within five minutes" said Starfire before entered the tower. True to her word she was back outside after about four minutes. Only this time she was carrying some type of clothing. "You need to put this on" said Starfire as she handed it to me.
It was a white one piece jumpsuit. The suit was completely devoid of any colour or pictures and the only distinguishing features were pieces of interwoven plastic around the joints of the suit. I put the jumpsuit on over my clothes and then stood their waiting to see what happened next.
"Press the button on the left arm to pressurize activate the helmet and pressurize the suit." said Starfire. Huh, pressurize the suit, what does she mean?
"Pressurize the suit? Why?" I asked.
"Humans die in space without a spacesuit, right. Or was I misinformed?" she said completely seriously. That's true, but wait did she say space.
What have I gotten myself into. Although it makes sense that she wants to go to space, with her being an alien. I've always wanted to go into space. My dream is to be an astronaut, but I wasn't expecting to become one so soon. I know that I was in space that one time with Technus but I was in it for less than ten minutes so I don't really count it as my first astronaut experience. I guess I'm going to become an astronaut. I can't back out of this now that I've told Starfire I'd go with her. If I did than there'd be no chance of her returning.
Making my decision I pushed the small red button on my left wrist. Glass rose from behind my head, over top and ended by latching to the small plastic strip on the collar, creating a helmet. A semiflexible plastic shot out of the plastic joint covers and stretched over the entire surface of the jumpsuit covering it. Once that was done I heard the hiss of oxygen being pumped in. The suit was now pressurized.
That was so cool. I bet NASA would be dying to get ahold of this technology. Jumpsuits that can transom into spacesuits. That would save money on suit construction and save time and effort for the astronauts so the wouldn't have to change constantly. I should probably stop nerding out now.
"Let's go" I said. Starfire picked me up again and started flying upward. Within minutes the sky turned from blue to black and small pinpricks of light started to appear. This was so cool. My first time in space, I was too preoccupied with saving the world to take in the experience it. Now with Starfire doing all the flying I could look around and fully take in what was happening.
"Where are we going?" I asked. I'm curious to know where we are going. Are we going to her home-world or some other planet.
"To a planet where I belong" said Starfire. That's cryptic. Does she mean she's going to her home?
"And where's that?" I asked. By now we had just passed by Jupiter.
"Somewhere a monster like me will be accepted." she replied. This is going to take longer than I thought it would. She really believes she won't be accepted on earth.
We flew through space until we came upon other planets. We visited several planets including a planet that was a giant desert and another that was incredible small yet it still had a strong gravitational pulls. But every planet we visited the locals were always afraid of us. I think it was the fact that they were seeing aliens for the first time but Starfire was convinced they were afraid of her. With every gasp or scream of fear she became more disheartened. I tried to comfort her but I don't think it was working.
By now we were on our sixth planet. It was one giant jungle and everything on it was purple. From the sky to the plants, they were all different shades of purple.
We'd been walking for fifteen minutes and nothing had happened. There was not an alien or animal in sight. All I saw was plants, plants, and more plants. I like forests as much as the next guy but shouldn't there be something else out here.
As if answering me, a beautiful creature stepped out from behind a tree. She was dressed entirely in white. She had pale, almost cream white skin, silver hair, and purple eyes that had a wavy black line for pupils. "Hello children, are you lost?" she asked kindly. Something seemed off about her, I'm not sure what it is though. She just gives me the feeling that she's dangerous.
Starfire seems completely oblivious to the vibe the creature gives off. "We are looking for a planet to stay on" I said.
The creature looked at me dismissively before she looked back at Starfire and said "You can stay with me." That was rude, she's only interested in Starfire. "Follow me, my cave is close by."
"Why is such a beautiful creature, helping a monster like me." said Starfire suspiciously.
"Because you are no monster. You are the most beautiful thing in the galaxy." said the creature with a smile. The smile is similar to the one a cat gives before it plays with its food. Something is definitely wrong with her. I need to stay on alert.
Starfire on the other hand looks at the creature with complete trust. So when I tell Starfire she's not a monster multiple times she doesn't believe me, but when an alien she's just met tells her the exact same thing once she believes it. I guess she just thinks I'm being nice and I don't really mean it.
We followed the creature through the jungle to where ever she is leading us. As we walked I slowed down slightly to give myself some distance from the creature. I leaned over to Starfire and whispered "Be careful. I don't trust her."
Starfire seemed to be taken aback by my comment. "Why, Danny? She is nice" Starfire whispered.
"Something feels off about her." I explained. "Just be careful, that's all I ask."
"Ok" whispered Starfire with a small smile.
Any further conversation was cut off by the alien in front of us. "We are hear." She said as she pointed at a hole in a rock wall. We walked into the mouth of the cave and I looked around. The cave was a good size with several stalagmites and stalactites randomly dispersed throughout. The cave was lighted by many small, glowing purple crystals that grew on the walls and ceiling.
"Do you know what's happening too me?" asked Starfire once we had walked to the center of the cave.
"Of course. You are going through your transformation" she said kindly.
"But my sister only turned purple for a few days" said a confused Starfire.
"Each Tameranian has a unique transformation. Yours is special. You are one of the few that will transform using a chrysalis." said the alien. "Lie down now, your chrysalis is about to form."
Following instruction Starfire lay on the ground as a green leaf like shell started forming around her. Something seemed really wrong with this. I don't know what it is. It's like something is tickling the back of my mind and I know it's important, but I can't figure it out. As Starfire's face starts to disappear, I realize something.
"How do you know so much about Tameranian transformations and chrysalises?" I asked.
"That's because I'm a Cironiellian Chrysalis Eater." Said the alien before she started to change. I heard the sickening crack of bone as her arm broke and started growing longer and her hands changed into giant claws. Two more pairs of leg grew and her head grew longer and more oblong. The once beautiful creature change into a gigantic spider like monster within a few seconds.
It started move towards where the cocooned Starfire lay. I ran and placed myself between Starfire and the creature. Seeing what I did she laughed. "You think you can stop me" she said. "For that I'll eat you first. You won't be much of an appetizer though." Hey that's rude. I've gained a little weight since I left, now when I turn sideways you can still see me.
"I have a few surprises as well" I said as a white circle appeared around my waist. It split and transformed me into Danny Phantom. "Alright ugly, let's do this." Taking advantage of her surprise I flew forward and punched her. She flew back and crashed into a stalagmite.
She picked herself and I flew forward to continue my assault. I was backhanded by one of the large claws before I could attack again. I landed hard on the ground. The creature started charging straight at me. Thinking quickly I shot a beam of ice on the ground in front of her causing her to lose her footing. She started sliding, the only problem was that she was sliding straight at me. I turned intangible and she slide through me and hit the wall behind me.
I stood up and turned around to face her. Before I finished I was struck in the head by the creatures claws. The force from the blow launched me headfirst across the cave, over Starfire, and into a stalagmite.
Pain exploded in my head, as my vision blurred and I started seeing three of everything. Three bright white lines flew across my line of sight. No, I've changed back into a human. Now I won't be able to stop the creature from eating Starfire.
The creature having gotten rid of me started walking towards Starfire's chrysalis. I stood up unsteadily and started stumbling to where Starfire lay. I fought with every step as I struggled to remain conscious and upright. I managed to make it just to Starfire just before the creature did.
"You are persistent" she spat out. "But it doesn't matter. You'll be dead soon." She raised a giant claw and plunged it down towards my chest.
I closed my eyes and waited for for the inevitable. I just hope it's quick and painless. As the claw drew within inches of my chest, an explosion went off beside her head. She stumbled backwards.
Into the cave ran the Titans. I am so glad to see them. Running, and flying, past me they started fighting the alien. I stood there in front of Starfire's chrysalis watching the fight. My vision started blurring even more and the fight turned into moving blobs of colour. Then it darkened and the pain took over. I passed out.
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"…ny…anny…Danny!"
Someone was calling my name and lightly shaking me. I don't want to get up. School isn't suppose to be going on today.
"Just five more minutes" I mumbled as I turned over. Instead of my pillow my head rested on a small rock. Instantly I remembered everything that happened. I shot upwards startling Starfire, who was trying to wake me, and cause pain to shoot through me head. I groaned as I looked around. The Titans were crouched in a circle staring at me.
"Good, you're up" said Robin as he stood up. "What were you doing here?"
I managed to stand up with the help of Cyborg. "It's a long story" I said. "Starfire, is it over?" I asked as I realized she was out of her chrysalis. She looked like she did before everything happened. The bump, scales, and horns had all disappeared.
"Yes, it is over" confirmed Starfire.
"I don't know what happened to you two, but Starfire can shoot lasers out of her eyes. It's so cool" Beastboy practically squealed. Laser beams? What happened while I was unconscious.
"We can talk about that later on the ship." said Robin. "I'm sure these two have quite the story to tell."
I leaned on Cyborg for support as we walked towards the cave entrance. As we were about to leave I noticed that Robin was staring suspiciously at something. I followed his line of sight and saw that he was staring at a perfectly smooth patch of ice. A patch of ice, completely out of place inside the cave.