I decided to make a Danny chapter for you guys reading this so... R&R and enjoy! Also, all the fortune cookie phrases are original and very hard to come up with so no hate please! :)
Danny's pov
After meeting with Taskmaster, we retired to our respective dwellings. I sat on the floor of my sparsely furnished room, with my incense. My head was pounding and it took a while before I was in a meditative state. Finally alone in my mind, I pondered the visions that had been haunting me for almost three days. They had started about a week after our trip to the Island of Dreams. Each vision was roughly the same, a hunched faraway figure perched on a wall.
"Hey Danny?" Spiderman entered. I jolted out of my trance too quickly and my head hurt so bad, and the light was so intense that I couldn't respond, I shut my eyes tightly and focused on keeping my breathing even.
"What is it Spider?" I finally asked with my eyes still scrunched up.
"Um...sorry to interrupt. But Fury said its our turn to patrol tonight, so..." He said awkwardly. I opened my eyes and saw him staring at me in concern. Nodding at him, he retreated out of my quarters, and I blew out my incense. I could see that I wouldn't be useful in battle in my state, but perhaps there would not be confrontation.
The first hour was uneventful and just as I was thinking that my wish had been granted, I found myself pulling Spiderman down as a laser shot over our heads. Ten Doom-Bots had flown into the alley from behind, trapping us in. As a warrior, I didn't let my fear show, but inside I was desperately hoping that Spiderman didn't notice the sickly pale color of my chi, or that I was shaking slightly. He struck first, webbing a few robots and pulling them into each other. I jumped on top of one and punched it down. Six left, I hit another one into the wall, but I noticed that my fist had just barely connected, instead of hitting it dead in the center. Spiderman took care of the rest and flexed his muscles jokingly.
"Hey, are you ok Fist?" He noticed my panting, and walked over.
"Yes, just don't be alarmed if I-" My ability to talk cut off and I toppled over. The last thing I saw was Peter yelling into his communicator.
"You know they're mine now," A tall, thin figure towered over me, shrouded in darkness.
"No, they are not," I replied calmly. He laughed and something hard and boney grabbed my throat. Almost like a talon, I realized, as sharp claws pierced my flesh slightly. It didn't hurt me here, but once I was back in the physical world, I would indeed feel it. He spoke in a depressed tone.
"To seek maddening dreams and constantly view the world in a dark insanity, signals something is missing. I know what that something is now, and I will get that, and my revenge, all in one," He squeezed tighter.
"Those who dwell on the past, are too weak to look forward," I gasped.
"And yet, you cannot dwell on what you do not have," He snarled.
"You yourself are but a rock sitting in a stream, and your actions are the waters that shape it," I whispered.
"But the rock controls the way the stream flows, my being influences my actions and vice versa, so how can I know if my actions are wrong to me, if I do not know who I am?" He shrieked and the resonating sound blew a hole where we were standing and flung us in separate directions.
"How to discourage Powerman from finding my little helpers? The one who can't be outwardly hurt...by hurting his friend instead," He laughed, and faded into darkness.
Nobody's pov
"He just collapsed. He was telling me something about not being alarmed and he collapsed," A frantic Spiderman was explaining to Fury and the rest of the team. Fury was nodding when Dr. Conners ran in.
"He's awake," He said. Everyone rushed in, with more than a little Deja-vu. Danny was casually sitting in a bed. He smiled when they came in.
"I told you not to be alarmed," He told Spiderman.
"Not to be alarmed if you completely pass out on me for almost half an hour?" Spiderman yelled.
"Yes," Danny answered simply.
"You had another one?" Luke asked. Danny nodded. Peter was shaking his head, Ava put her hands on her hips.
"Explain," She commanded. He got up and led them to the lounge area.
"Does anyone else think that stuff like this happens to Danny all the time?" Sam questioned once they were all settled either on the long couch or floor. Danny was balanced on the top of the back part of the couch.
Danny's pov
"You are correct, only this isn't about me," I started. But I couldn't tell Powerman that I was hurt, he would give up trying to find his parents, and it would be my fault. I would have to cut that information out, and continue my explanation through the pain I was in from my vision.
"I was being contacted, by someone else. Forced dream-walking, a vision. I am usually able to accept or decline someone contacting me, but this person has hacked it," I spoke slowly. My friends were obviously confused. I tried again.
"Say your cellphone rings, you can choose to take the call, or hang up. When I fell, I was getting a call, but instead of hanging up, my mind, the cellphone, shorted out and I took the call..." I said, my friends nodded, and I shook my head, amused.
"Why didn't you say that in the first place?" Sam asked. I chuckled.
"Ok, so who contacted you?" Ava asked. I glanced at Luke.
"The same person who has been stealing technology," I said. Pete's eyes brightened.
"Cool, so you know who it is don't you?" He exclaimed.
"I have a guess," I corrected. The team looked at me expectantly.
"I will tell you more tomorrow, visions can be tiring and somewhat painful," They nodded and I walked towards my room, hoping that Luke had gotten the hint. A second later, I sensed him following me.
"What didn't you tell us?" He asked.
"We need to talk. No matter what happens in the next few days, don't give up on your parents. And remember, secrets, kept from and by you, can be interpreted as darkness, or goodness, you decide, always," I said carefully. He looked at me blankly for a second, but then I knew he had picked up on the word, secret, just as he was opening his mouth, I grabbed him and spun him in the other direction. When he whirled back around, it looked to him, as if I had vanished. Really, I was standing directly behind him, mirroring his actions until I was able to run off unseen.
"Ninjas," Was the last thing I heard him mutter.
Ok, so I'm curious to see how well I've hinted at the villain, so if you know who it is, tell me. Anyway...
Wolf out...
