I'm alive. I know I was mean leaving such a cliffhanger unresolved for such a long period of time. My last upload was followed by the two busiest weeks of my life. And that morphed into the Christmas rush. But you guys probably don't care too much about my life's schedual. So please enjoy the next chapter of The Doctor Is In.
A white circle appeared around my waist. Concentrating as hard as I could I tried to stop from transforming. I managed to stop the rings from separating and they slowly closed the inch difference that was created and disappeared. The only problem was I could still feel the transformation trying to happen. I was still forced to spend most of my concentration preventing that from happen. Concentration that would be more useful spent focusing on the battle around me.
From what I could see of the battle things were pretty even. Robin had immediately gone to fight Slade and they were currently in a deadlock. They were in a hand to hand fight with each person landing the occasional hit. The other Titans, along with the H.I.V.E. trio were fighting the Slade wannabes. Well, Slade's look alike robots. I was a little surprised when I saw Cyborg rip one in half. I was scared he'd killed someone till I noticed the 'corpse' started sparking.
The Titans and H.I.V.E. were holding their own but more of the appeared from the shadows and joined the fight. I took a step towards the fight in hopes of helping them but I stopped after the first step. I was in no condition to fight. I have no powers right now, if I use them Slade will be able to control me. Last time I was controlled, Freakshow was able to control me while I was human but this time it was different. Slade only has a shard of the crystal so it's not at full power. But if I turn ghost the effect the shard will have on me will increase.
I started a slow stumble away from the group.i need to get away in case I succumb to the mind control. I was going as fast as I could go get away but due to the intense concentration required to take even a single step, it was slow going. I had only got about ten feat when one of the robots spotted me trying to escape.
It ran over to me, grabbed me and flung me back towards the battle. I flew back and collide with Beastboy, who was currently clawing through a group of robots as a lion. We tumbled for a few feet before coming to a stop side by side on the ground. I lay there stunned for a few seconds. That was all the time required for me to transform into Danny Phantom. As the transformation finished I realized what happened and focused on remaining in control of my body. Thankfully I managed to gain control quickly before anything happened.
Beastboy groaned as he got up from the ground. He turned around to face me and gasped in shock. "DUDE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" yelled Beastboy as loud as he could. Everyone froze at the sound of his voice and turned to stare at us. Even Slade and his robots stopped. I heard a few gasps and and a "what" from Cyborg as they tried to comprehend what was going on.
It was over, my secret was out. After four months of hiding, and guilt from lying to my friends it was out. In a strange way I almost felt relieved. I wouldn't have to lie to anyone anymore. I just want one last act of heroism before I'm turned into the GIW or killed by Slade.
I start my slow stumble towards Slade. My movements seem to unfreeze Slade. He let out a cruel laugh before saying "I'm impressed that you are able to resist the mind control. But it doesn't matter. You will do as I say." Slade started running towards me but was tackled to the ground be Robin. Robin had managed to overcome his shock just in time. I'm glad he did but he must know who I am. Why is he helping me?
As if someone turned on a switch, everyone began to fight again. I dared not glance around or I might get distracted. I was focused on my one goal. The red shard of glass hanging from Slade's belt. The only problem is that Slade is moving all over the place due to his fight. I'd get close to them and they would jump away and continue fighting.
"Robin, destroy the piece of glass on his belt." I yelled as they jumped up to an overhead catwalk that was out of my reach. I could try flying up but I don't want to risk it. I tried to see what was happening but the catwalk obstructed most of my view of the battle. It seemed like Robin listened to me because thirty seconds later I saw the shard go flying off the other side of the catwalk, hit several gears and landed on the ground. I was hoping it would shatter on impact but I guess nothing's ever easy for me.
I started my slow walk once again towards the piece of glass. It was only about twenty feet from me but it felt like an eternity. With each step taking longer than the last. After I had made it about fifteen feet. I heard a thump from behind me. I managed to glance behind me and saw that Robin and Slade were on the ground again. And Slade was running straight for the piece of the crystal ball.
I had to do something quickly. I closed my eyes and focused on gathering my energy into my right hand. It started glowing weakly. I opened my eyes and shot the ectoray at the shard just as Slade dove for it. It hit the shard and knocked it beyond Slade's reach toward one of the giant machines. It hit the machine and bounced around a bit before it was caught and crushed between two gears.
The pressure I felt in the back of my mind, which constantly tried to take over, disappear. Relief washed over my as I relaxed for the first time since this whole thing started. I wasn't going to have to kill my friends.
I flew towards Slade as he started getting up and punched him in the head hard enough to launch him ten feet through the air. I know it's not very heroic to sucker punch a guy while he's standing up but Slade deserves it. I don't think I'll be getting any complaints from Robin.
Shoot, I forgot about Robin. I flew over and landed in front of him. "Want to take this creep together?" I asked.
Robin glared at me suspiciously but said "Fine, but we are going to have a talk about this later." I am not looking forward to that.
Robin ran towards Slade as I took to the sky. Robin fought hand to hand with Slade while I took pot shots at him when he tried to get some space from Robin. It was working and Slade was kept on the defensive, unable to attack due to the constant dodging.
This went on for a few minutes before I realized we were at a deadlock. Slade was skillful enough to dodge everything we threw at him but was unable to retaliate and we couldn't hit him. It wasn't until Robin became impatient that things changed. Robin got a punch to connect causing Slade to stumble slightly. Robin tried to press the advance he had with a follow up kick but Slade caught it and threw Robin head first into a giant gear. Ouch, that must of hurt. Robin will be out for a few minutes so I'm on my own.
I decided to change my tactics. I turned invisible and flew forwards to hit him. As I got near Slade he suddenly shot forward, grabbed me and slammed me against the ground. I turned visible as I lay there stunned in a small crater. How could he see me. I was invisible.
See my confusion Slade said, "You may be invisible to the eye but not to an infrared camera." Right my body's colder than the air. I must look like a blob of blue if he has an infrared camera in his helmet. Well that plan didn't work.
Switching tactics again I went intangible and sunk into the ground. I flew a feet towards where Slade was and flew upwards. I should have come up right behind him but he wasn't there. Suddenly, I was hit in the back of the head. I flew up and turned seeing that Slade had hit me from behind. He must have predicted my move.
My hand glowed blue and I started firing ice at him. Slade managed to dodge every shot. Throwing ice spikes didn't work either. How can he dodge everything I throw at him. Is he even human?
Slade fired a grappling gun above my head which carried him straight towards me. I turned intangible and let Slade pass through me. As I became tangible again, Slade twisted in mid air, and threw several shurikens at me. I tried dodging by flying to my left. I managed to miss most of them, but two hit me in the right shoulder.
Slade dropped to the ground and started throwing a barrage of shurikens at me. It took all of my flying experience just to dodge them. I had to do numerous flips, rolls, and dives just to prevent myself from getting hit.
What should I do. The way things are going, I'll be skewered soon. And Slade has countered everything I've thrown at him. I'm running out of options. There's only one thing I haven't tried, but it's risky. It could bring the roof down on top of my head.
I spun around in the air and flew towards Slade. When I got within ten feet of him I took a deep breath. I released it in the form of a ghostly wail. Waves of sound crashed into Slade causing him to stumble for a few steps, before he was blown off his feet. Slade summersaulted through the air and landed back first against one of the walls. The force of the wail kept him pinned against the wall several feet off the ground. I kept the wail going for another few seconds before I stopped. I fell to my knees breathing heavily.
"Dude, that was awesome" exclaimed Beastboy from behind me. I turned around and saw the rest of the Titans, along with the H.I.V.E. trio staring at me in.
I opened my mouth to respond but I was cut off by a rumbling sound coming from above. I glanced up and saw that cracks were forming in the rock ceiling. That could only mean one thing.
"Cave in, run for it" I yelled. Gather as much energy as I my depleted reserves had I flew over to the unconscious Robin and scooped him up. Just in time too, because a small boulder landed were Robin used to be. I weaved between falling rocks as we made our way towards the Titans. They had managed to make it to the hole in the wall in the time it took for me to grab Robin.
When we were about thirty feet out a large rock started falling straight towards us. I was about to turn us intangible when the rock was redirect away from us.
As I landed I saw Terra's eyes turn from a glowing gold to their regular blue. She must have used her powers to change the rocks trajectory. Giving her a two finger salut as thanks I shoved Robin through the hole and stepped through myself. As I stepped through I glanced back and froze. Slade was getting up from my attack. As he got to his feet Slade was struck in the head by a basketball sized rock. He immediately crumpled and fell down again. That rock was followed by several large boulders that rained down on his prone body.
I turned away before he was crushed. I couldn't watch that. Picking up Robin, I started following the rest of the group as they navigated the underground tunnels. After a few minutes we were back above ground. I have never been so glad to see a blue sky before. I carefully lay the unconscious Robin down before transforming into a human and dropping to the ground in exhaustion. I lay there for thirty seconds, too tired to move, before I felt something on my wrists.
Opening my eyes I saw handcuffs made of black energy surrounding my wrists. "You're under arrest Danny. We'll be taking you to the tower for questioning" said Raven as she glared at me suspiciously. I guess this is it. I really wanted to avoid the coming conversation, but I'm going to have to bite the bullet.
"Alright, I'll go. You guys deserve answers." I said as I got up and was led in restraints to a place that, a few weeks ago was a place to hang out with friends. Now it will be my prison.