Chapter Three: Initiations and First Enemy
Notes: I do not own any of the heroes appearing in this story, really I only own Weapon. Well then as I know that all of you (...one or two people) are dying to see just what happens...let's get on with the show!
Danny shook his head, groggily. He rose to his knees, grabbing something to help lift him up, accidentally grabbing someONE, and sending them both falling back into the ground. He opened his eyes, and red filled his unburying vision. To be specific, red hair.
He shot up. "What the heck?" he yelled out. He wasn't the only one there. The red headed person who Danny had brought down with him was a girl, he noticed, and a not so small part of him noticed just how pretty she was…prettier then Paullina at that.
She too was getting up, as was some others. Danny took a moment to see who they were; one was a young Asian girl, who looked to be about 12 or so, with a red streak running through her hair. The one next to her was a brown haired kid, couldn't be older then 10, he had a look of MAJOR confusion over his face, and some fear. Next to him was a guy who was wearing some kind of costume, red and blue, with a spider emblem on his chest. The next kid made Danny's eyebrow raise: he seemed to be 13 or so, but he had GREEN hair…must have been a Goth or something…
He asked again, "What the heck!" as everyone in the room, as it was a room though it looked like his father's lab only more with a 'living room' feel to it. That and it had a couch and a few other livingroomish items.
"Wha…Where am I!" came a startled cry from the ten year old, Ben, as he leapt up, "Where's Vilgax? Grandpa? …Gwen?"
Similar events were taking place with the others. The green haired kid got up, slowly, muttering to himself, while the Asian girl was walking around looking at stuff. Every little noise caught her attention…and since the entire room was making noise, she was rather jumpy.
"Ron, next time we fight Drakken, remind me…Ron? RON!" Kim yelled, jumping to her feet.
The guy in the Spider costume got up to. "Hey MJ…didn't know you we-" then he noticed that Kim was NOT Mary Jane. "Oh…eh hehehe…uh, stupid question: where are we? And who are you? And you. And you. And you. And you…"
If Danny had any answers, they would have to wait as a group of people, had to be in their early to mid 20s, walked into the room. The new group stood quietly as the elder bunch looked at 'em.
The one in a black costume stepped forward. "You must be the new teen heroes Clockwork told us about. Hi, I'm Nightwing. And you have just been recruited into the Teen Titans."
"WHAT!" was most common response, with one "Oh you have GOT to be kidding me," coming from another, and "Teen what now?" coming from Spider Man.
"Allow me to explain," came a fatherly voice, suddenly behind them. Ben nearly jumped out of his skin, while Jake let out a rather girlish scream, as Kim spun around, her entire body getting tense, June following suit, while Spidey flipped backwards over them drawing up his fists (whew! Talk about a run-on!). Danny, however had a knowing look on his face as a realsation on the voice entered his head as he casually turned to face the speaker.
"Hey, Clockwork. Something big has got to be happening for you to drag all of us down here," he said, rather casually.
"I take it you know this…uh…guy?" Kim asked, taking in a look at the not so normal Clockwork.
"Yo, G, this is wack…" Jake muttered, looking between the Half Ghost Teen and the full ghost Time Master.
"Heh, I've seen stranger," Peter remarked, slacking off the tenseness in his body.
"Someone mind explaining just WHAT IS GOING ON!" June and Ben yelled at the same time.
"If you would all be quiet, I would be more then happy to oblige," Clockwork spoke, in a loud clear voice, getting his point across as everyone stopped talking. "Good. Now then, you may have questions, and I will answer them. You have all been gathered here because this town is in need of heroes, heroes that can stay here 24/7. The old Teen Titans are leaving, joining up with a much larger group, and a new generation must take their place. I have chosen you, each of you posses a skill or trait that will help with this endeavor."
"Hey uh…if we're here, then who's watching OUR worlds?" Ben asked.
"Why, Mr. Tenison, YOU are."
"OK, the Am Dragon is official confused like. Mind explainin' just what yall be talkin' bout? Cause I coulda' just sworn I heard ya say that WE are at home, yet we are clearly HERE, G."
Clockwork sighs, before continuing, "I preformed a type of removal that split the very second that you were in before I picked you up, and duplicated it, so that in one version of that second I removed you, while the other I did not. It is a very tricky maneuver and very draining."
"So, basically we're here…yet we're home?" June asked, still majorly confused.
"Exactly," answered Clockwork, nodding.
"And since you did this trick 6 times…you're pretty weakened." Kim continued.
"You always was intelligent, Miss Possible. Yes, I am not at top strength. Which is why I brought you all here. This town needs heroes, and I know in my heart that you are they." Clockwork smiled, gesturing towards them all.
"Now then," Clockwork began again, "You may be wondering, Miss Possible, why I could not bring along Mr. Stoppable. The truth of the matter is that it is next to impossible to perform the trick I did to bring you and only you here, while keeping you there. It would be impossible completely if I brought BOTH of you. As for you, Mr. Tenison, while the event that helped you escape from Vilgax did not happen as you remember it, another event DID take place."
Ben looked up, his eyes wide. "Really!"
"Yes. Really. Your Grandfather showed up with the device that traps aliens in the alternate dimension and used it on Vilgax, just before he could do something to you."
"AWESOME!" Ben yelled, pumping his arm into the air.
"So now what, Clockwork?" Peter asked.
"Now you must decide. Do you wish to stay, or shall I bring you back to your own world, your own time, and allow you to forget this ever happened? The choice is yours."
Danny was the first to step forward. "I'll do it." He stuck his hand out.
Kim was the next one to join. "So will I. Hey, no big, right? Plus I've always wanted to fight someone OTHER then Drakken!" she laid her hand on top of Danny's.
Ben practically rushed up there. "Sweet! I'm going to be apart of a SUPER TEAM!" he added his hand to the pile.
"Aw what the Heck," June muttered to herself, rushing up, albeit not as enthusiastically as Ben, to join her hand in.
"Well, why not?" Jake roared as he flew up and added his…claw…to the pile of hands.
They all stared at Peter. "Eh I dunno…you guys look like a bunch of freaks! But hey, I've hung around with worse. So sure!" He hung from the roof, dropping down on a spider web-line, and added his.
Nightwing looked on with approval. "You guys should be able to find your rooms OK. They've been made specially for you. Now I've got to go, the Justice League is calling me. I'll see you all later!" Nightwing yelled as he headed out the door, awaiting the Watchtower to teleport him up. Clockwork himself disappeared without a word.
"So…" Danny began. "Uh, I'm Danny Phantom, who are you guys?"
"I'm Kim Possible," Kim said, flipping back her hair, "and I can do anything."
"Name's Spider Man! Though you can call me Peter."
"Ben Tenison! My hero name depends…"
"I'm Jake Long, the American Dragon G!" Jake laughed, then noticed he was back to being a human which meant he looked rather silly posing. Then again, he always looked silly…
"Hiya, yeah, I'm Juniper Lee…but my friends just call me June!" June answered, rubbing her left arm.
Before any conversation could be held, however, something caught their attention. An alarm. Something was happening, something bad. Kim was the first to the computer, and after looking at it a bit, she muttered to herself, "No prob," and got to work, bringing up a screen.
What it showed was, as best as any of the teens could guess, a heavily armored robot. It was humanoid, with its right arm being very large and bulky, with its left was slim and armored. Its right arm had no shorter then eleven heavy duty bullet chambers, the kind you might find on anti tank guns, three on either side of its wrist and three more on its upper hand and lower hand respectively. Its back had two VERY large spike looking things, that seemed to connect in the middle, while its chest was also very heavily armored, with the legs being the same way. It was a gunmetal gray color, with red stripes running across its body in a pattern. Is head was humanoid, but had no mouth or nose area…just a silver visor for where the eyes should be. Also, where its mouth should have been, were two devices on either side, that were also running along the back of its head and appearing at random on its body.
It seemed to look straight into the camera as a heavily mechanized voice spoke out, "Titans. Weapon. Challenges. You." Then it brought up its right arm, and unleashed its fire power, completely destroying the camera and all that was around it.
Danny took a step back, before looking at Kim, who nodded, as everyone gathered around. "Titans!"
Notes: Well, there you have it! The Titans have gathered together, the villain is revealed, and now the battle will begin…NEXT TIME.