I'm sorry i took so long to update. I know I sound like a broken record but I've been really busy, so when I get home I don't feel like typing anything out. I'll try to update the next chapter quicker. That's all folks.
I've noticed my life seems to follow a pattern. I go through periods of craziness followed by a long period where nothing happens. That's why I feel something bad is going to happen soon. After my little adventure with Starfire things had quieted down and returned to normal. It has been a week and half since then and nothing's happened yet. That means that with my luck giant monsters are going to start attacking the school soon.
The day after I got back, I went too school like I normally did. The thing is I forgot that when I left, a battle with a giant clay/sewage monster was still being fought. Let's just say I received a different welcome than I expected.
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A Week and a Half Ago
Slide and Kelsey were standing by the front doors of the school. when I walked up. They didn't seem to notice me approaching. "Hey guys" I called out in greeting. "Where's Gizmo, Jinx, and Mammoth?" Robin should have brought them by now.
Kelsey spun around at the sound of my voice so quickly I thought she'd get whiplash. "Your alive!" Kelsey practically yelled as she gave me a quick hug. Why would she think that. Right, the last time her and Slide saw me I was running towards a fight with a giant monster. And with me missing a day their imaginations must have gone crazy coming up with scenarios of what might have happened to me.
"I'm glad your in one piece" said Slide as Kelsey released me from the hug. "Don't worry I'm not going to hug you" joked Slide.
"I'm fine. Sorry I didn't come to school yesterday. It was kind of a crazy day." I said. I then preceded to tell them about my adventure yesterday. I started with me running back and the Titans arriving. I told them about Starfire running away and me joining her, meeting the alien, and Starfire nearly being eaten. I told them everything except for my little fight as Danny Phantom. I just told them the Titans arrived and fought off the alien.
"So where are Mammoth, Jinx, and Gizmo?" I asked for the second time.
"I'm not sure. They weren't here yesterday." said Slide. "Wait, there they are" said Slide as he pointed down the street. I looked and saw Jinx, Mammoth, and Gizmo being escorted by Robin, and Raven.
They walked up to us and stopped beside our little trio. "Hey guys" I greeted. "I heard you got to skip yesterday."
Jinx was about to answer but she was cut off by Robin. "I wanted to make sure they went with someone I know." he explained. As if it was an afterthought he added "that and we were kind of busy finding Starfire." So that's the real reason. My hopes that Robin actually trusted me disappeared.
The bell above our heads rang, signalling school was about to start. "We've got to get going" said Kelsey. She got a small nod from Robin and a grunt from Raven.
Both groups turned and started going their own way. Before Robin could escape I reached out and grabbed his shoulder. He let out a small shudder before turning around. "I was kind of hoping you'd tell the Titans about Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth on your own but I'm still glad you told them." I said.
"I didn't have a choice" commented Robin dryly.
"But you still told them. A little while ago you would've just ignored the rest of your team. You're changing, even if it's just a little" I said.
"Sure, whatever you say" Robin said dismissively but I could see a small smile on his face.
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"Danny, are you coming?" said Slide as he broke me out of my thoughts.
"Where?" I asked. I hadn't really been paying attention for the last … wow ten minutes. I really zoned out.
"To the assembly, remember" said Slide. "This gave me the perfect nickname for you. Fallow Fields." A few days ago, Slide got the bright idea to give me a nickname. He suggested everything from Daredevil, thanks to the Plasmas attack, to Barista. Slide isn't the greatest at coming up with nicknames.
"Why, that doesn't even make sense?" I asked.
"Your last name is Fields, and a fallow field is a field that doesn't have any crops. Just like your brain, nothing's going on up there." Slide joked. I felt a pang of guilt as he spoke, because I've been lying to him. But theirs no way he can know my last name is really Fenton.
"I don't think that's going to catch on" I said skeptically. I stood up and made my took my place in line. I'm not sure what the assembly is for, the teacher must have explained it while I was zoned out. It could either be a pep rally or an anti-bullying assembly. The schools big on anti-bullying, it's a nice change from being shoved into a locker by Dash every day.
Our class walked to the gym and I took a seat on one of the bleachers. I'm not expecting it to take long. The assembly will probably be an hour long. With the usual speeches, statistics, and inspirational videos being shown. It'll be boring but it's better than sitting in class.
Thirty minutes later I was ready to fall asleep, I was so bored. The people around me looked just as bored as me. Slide was nodding off, and Kelsey was in the middle of a conversation with Jinx. It'd be nice if something exciting happened.
As if answering my thought, the power in the gym flickered for a few seconds before going out. Then ,blue lightning sparked around the now dead lights. The lightning jumped from lights to the center of the gym, and coalesced into a giant monster. I should stop wishing for excitement. It's always the bad kind that finds me.
Everyone started panicking, as the monster shot beams of lightning randomly around the gym. So far nobody had been hit but that will change if nothing's done.
"Do you know what that thing is?" I yelled to the H.I.V.E. trio. I'd never seen it before so I needed to learn as much as I can about it.
"His name is Overload." said Gizmo. "He is an artificial intelligence that went rouge."
"Does he have any weaknesses?" I asked.
"Well, other than electricity, he is only made up of a single computer chip." explained Gizmo. "If it was short circuited he could lose his control over electricity." How could we do that, hmm. I've got it.
"Jinx, could you use your powers to set off the school's sprinklers?" I asked as I turned to face Jinx.
"Yes I can." She replied.
"Ok, when I tell you to, set off the sprinkler system. The water should cause the chip to short circuit." I said. "When the sprinklers go off, the water will conduct Overload's electricity, so we need to evacuate the people left in the building." I got a nod from everyone before we split up.
Jinx followed me as we ran towards the left side of the stage. Along the way I yelled "EVERYONE GET OUT" while picking people up that had tripped. Within thirty seconds everyone in my section of the gym had evacuated. Jinx and I stood beside the door and I looked around the gym. Slide, Kelsey, Mammoth, and Gizmo were efficient. Everyone had been evacuated and the gym was now empty. I even saw Mammoth carrying four student that had been hurt in the stamped to leave. It was nice to see the H.I.V.E. trio act like heroes.
Overload, noticing that everyone was gone, started charging, no pun intended, at the first people he saw. Which just so happened to be me and Jinx. "Do it now" I yelled to Jinx. She shot pink energy at the ceiling and the sprinklers let loose a small shower.
As the water rained down on Overload, we booked it out of there. I could hear a loud crackling in the distance. It sounded like it worked but I couldn't go back to check. We ran down the halls, with Jinx just a few feet in front of me. She made it to the doors and exited the school. I was about to follow her but as I grabbed the door handle I felt something hit me in the neck. Stopping, I reached up and pulled out something that was imbedded in my neck. It was a small silver dart.
Immediately, my muscles turned to putty. I sunk to the floor and my eyes started closing. Why does this always happen to me.
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I woke up to find that I couldn't move. I was in the spread eagle position with my arms and legs restrained by thick metal bands that went around my wrists and ankles. The bands were attached to a metal circle that surrounded my by body and attached to a metal base on the ground.
I looked around and found I was in a large, dark room. The walls were a burnt orange and there was very little lighting, which caused long dark shadows to be cast around the room. Near the walls, giant machines stood, as their gears turned and to my right multiple screens made up part of the wall. This place reminds me of a creepy version of Clockwork's tower.
I'm not going to stick around to find out who owns this place. I turned myself intangible, but as my body started turning translucent, electricity shot through me. My body convulsed and writhed around in pain. After about five seconds it stopped and all I was left with was a tingling in my body.
"Tsk tsk, you shouldn't try and escape." a deep voice spoke. I looked around trying to find its source but nobody was there.
"Who are you? Show yourself." I commanded, as I tried to remain calm. I needed to appear as if I'm not rattled so whoever is behind this doesn't get the upper hand. As long as I can stay calm I have the advantage.
To my left, a man stepped out of the shadows. He wore all black, light armour. The armour left most of his body unprotected save his joints which were covered by metal plates. The most striking part would have to be his mask. The mask was smooth, with the right side painted a bright orange and the left side was black. An eye peered out of the orange side of the mask, while the black side was completely blank.
"I am Deathstroke the Terminator, or as the Titans know me, Slade" he said.
"Cute name, you mom must love evil robots from the future. Who knew that she would be this accurate when she named you." I joked. Witty banter is the best.
Completely ignoring me Slade continued. "You have been a pain in my side for too long now. You've thwarted too many of my plans."
"I've never met you. How could I have done that?" I asked in hopes of getting more information.
"You turn my subordinates from the H.I.V.E. into heroes, stop Robin from stealing for me, and prevent my newest apprentice Terra from coming to me." he explained calmly. "That's why I'm going to take drastic measures, Daniel Fenton."
My blood starts to freeze. How does he know, and has he told anyone? What's going to happen to me? A million thoughts race around my head as I struggle to maintain my calm façade.
As Slade started melting into the shadows, he said one final thing. "I know one won't join me. A certain businessman made sure of that, but when the Titans come, I will ruin you." And with that Slade disappeared from my sight.
As one last act of defiance I yelled out "I'm disappointed. I was expecting an 'I'll be back'". Then I was alone.
I'm not sure how much time passed. It could have been hours or just five minutes. There was no real way for me to tell. But after a while I heard a noise. The noise got closer and closer until a small explosion went off on the other side of the room. A hole appeared in the wall once the dust settled, and the Teen Titans followed by the H.I.V.E. trio stepped through into the room.
"Danny!" they yelled as they ran towards me.
"Hey guys. Can you get me out of hear" I called out. "How did you even find me?"
They ran up to my containment circle an Robin started picking the locks to the cuffs. "There's a tracking device in the mini communicator I gave you." Robin explained.
"What are you guys doing here?" I asked as I made a motion with my head towards the H.I.V.E. trio.
"When you didn't come out of the school we got worried." said Jinx. "We managed to convince Robin to let us go with the Titans to find you."
Robin finished unlocking the rest of my restraint. "Let's go" he said and we started running towards the hole in the wall. Halfway across the room, a bunch of shadows dropped from the roof and surrounded us. There must have been twelve or thirteen and they were all humanoid in shape. They stepped into the light and I saw people that were dressed similarly to Slade except their masks had bright orange circles on their faces. Behind the identical group of people, another figure emerged. It was Slade.
"Slade" growled Robin as he prepared to jump at Slade. Thankfully he was stopped by Raven.
"Hello Robin" greeted Slade. "Im glad that your eager to see me but I'm really interested in Danny."
"What do you want with him?" asked a slightly confused Robin. "He's not exactly your type of apprentice." Hey I could be apprentice material. At least Vlad thinks I am. Even if he is a crazy fruitloop. Wait I don't want to be an apprentice. Forget about that.
Slade let out a low, cruel chuckle."I can't believe you haven't figured it out yet. The protégé of the worlds greatest detective couldn't find out one poorly hidden secret." said Slade to the confused group of teens. "I'm not going to spoil it for you but you'll know soon enough. Now Danny I have something I'm sure you'd be very interested in. It took me awhile to find it but I manage to get ahold of this" with that he pulled out a small chunk of red glass. "It use to belong to a man named Frederich Isak Showenhower." No the that means.
"You have Freakshow's crystal ball" I gasped in horror.
"Yes, and with it I order you to transform and kill the Titans."