Chapter Four: "Why's My Foot Wet?"
Then it came. The thing that could be your worst nightmare…or your greatest ally. The thing that no sane man would want to be apart of unless they worked for 'em…
Yes.
The Media. Dozens and dozens of reporters piled out of news vans to catch a glimpse at what had occurred and just who was involved. They got it alright.
Part of Danny SCREAMED for him to run for it, even though he did nothing wrong and probably saved the lives of thousands. The other part of him screamed for him to start blasting everything in front of him. He decided to ignore both parts. Why, I will never know…
In another fanfic universe starring the Teen Titans that I have no power over what-so ever and hope that its author has a good sense of humor, a certain white DBZ styled haired teen cursed outwardly. Why, we may never know unless you know who I am talking about.
"Who are you? Where are the Titans? Who is she? What happened?" were the general questions with one rather rude reporter asking June, "Aren't you too young to be doing this?"
Needless to say, XLR8 fell to the ground laughing. "Yeah June!" he managed to blurt out.
"Don't make me SHUT YOU UP!" June yelled, then quieted down as Kim placed a hand on her shoulder and gave her a knowing wink. The kind of sublet guester girls use to relay that they would strike against the offending male in question. No good would come from this, as you can tell. But it would be funny…
"Who are you? Are you the new Teen Titans?"
Jake decide to take this one, saving Danny who wasn't exactly comfortable in front of the cameras. "Naw dawg, we're not the TEEN Titans! WE'RE the Titans X G! By the by, I'm the American Dragon, and I think I'll let my homies introduce themselves old school like!"
Danny raised an eyebrow at that, but waved anyways. "I'm Danny Phantom."
Kim, who seemed MUCH more at home in front of the camera then Danny, answered with a smile "I'm Kim Possible."
XLR8 thought for a moment, before stating, "You can call me tEn! That's little case t, big case E, and little case n…"
"Yeah only you would come up with such a stupid name!" June complained. XLR8 stuck his tongue out at her, as she finished "I'm Juniper Lee."
"I am the ULTIMATE SPIDER MAN!" Spider Man yelled out in a heroic voice, making an overly exaggerated poses, along with Jake, as the cameras flashed.
"Dude, you're the only Spider Man…"
After the cameras left and such…
"So, Danny, same way across?" June asked.
"Hey wait…I don't have to be carried! Woohoo! Gotta fly," XLR8 laughed, rushing across the water.
"Sure June. You coming Kim? We need to go over the Tower's defenses and such…" Danny offered a hand to her.
"Sure Danny."
Jake stood for a second watching them leave. Then it dawned on him. "Hey, Dragon Plane!" Spidey laughed as he jumped onto Jake's back.
"Awww man…"
"WOOHOO! Come on, DANNY was faster then this!"
"Danny was naenenenenene…" Jake muttered to himself, before an evil glint came in his eye. Flying high above the water…he suddenly did a nose dive, rolling.
"HEY!" Spidey cried out as he was tossed into the water.
"HAHA! No free rides suckah! YEOW!" Jake screamed as he was dragged into the water by the much stronger Spider Man.
"What's taking them?" June asked, as Spidey leapt on to the island.
"That wasn't water! It was soup! SLIME Soup!" he complained. "If anyone needs me, I'll be washing my SKIN off…I think its burning my costume…"
Needless to say, Jake wasn't too thrilled either. "Don't. Say. A. Word."
Danny, June, and Kim nearly collapsed in laughter.
Then Danny looked up, seeing Ben, as the watch powered down, trying to get in. But every code he put in wouldn't work…
"Hold up, Ben. I'll get it." Kim said, rushing up to the keypad…
After a trek upstairs, Spidey disappearing into the showering room, Jake retransforming and shaking his hair dry, Ben and June arguing on who got the first ice pop, and Kim searching the computer, they were all, 'cept for Spidey, lounging about in the living room.
"So…anyone want to order pizza?" Ben asked. He had already checked the fridge, and except for the previously mentioned ice pop, (By the by, Danny had gotten it by turning invisible, then grabbing it from them while they were too busy arguing to notice…) and it was a barren wasteland. Made his stomach hurt just LOOKING at it…
"Sure. I got a few twenties in my purse…" Kim mentioned, reaching for her purse.
This got the entire room looking at her. "…what?"
"A few TWENTIES?"
"Yeah. I know, it's not much, but hey! Its been a few days since allowance and…what?"
"…just what do your parents DO?"
"Brain surgean and a scientist. Why?"
"OK, I'm calling Sue Alert." Spidey quipped, this time sans costume, walking into the living room.
"Sue…alert?" Kim asked, confused.
"I'm not even going to explain, Mary." Peter remarked, jumping down next to Danny.
"Mary? My name's Kim…"
Danny rolled his eyes and leaned over to whisper something to her.
"OH I AM NOT PERFECT!"
"Prove it. Your TITLE is 'I can do anything'. Mary."
"I am NOT a Mary Sue!"
"Yes you are!"
"If you don't quit, I won't order the pizza, and unless you guys have some cash…"
Before Peter could open his mouth, four hands smacked him off of the couch. "ARG! Mutiny says I!"
"Shut up we're getting pizza says me," Danny quipped back.
Before Kim picked up the phone, she turned to Danny, pouting a bit, "I'm not Sueish, am I?"
"Kim, if I said yes, you wouldn't order the pizza. If I said no, Peter here would web my pants when I'm asleep. So, I'm going to become invisible to stay out of this any further." And he did just that.
Kim glared, but dialed anyways…after finding a phonebook.
Twenty minutes and a free pizza (As it was a 15 or get your money back deal) later…
"And then the Sandman started screaming like a little girl!" June cried, laughing at the memory. Ben, Kim and Jake were all laughing as well, Ben nearly in tears.
Danny took another slice of pizza, listening on amused. Peter was no where to be found, after webbing himself a pizza slice. From the stories they told, they all had some pretty wacky villains…which made Danny think. The only really stupid villains he had were Klemper and the Box Ghost…and even then, he couldn't count the Box Ghost, as he remembered what the future held.
These guys didn't know just how lucky they had it…
"Hey Danny, why don't you tell us some tales about your villains!" Kim offered.
"Hmm? Oh, right! Sure!" Then he started tales about Box Ghost, and some of Vlad's lamer attempts…but always leaving out the more serious threats. Like Pariah. Or Freak Show. Or…his future self…
If any of them noticed, Danny couldn't tell. Then he caught site of Peter, who had something of a knowing look on his face. Danny cut it short at the last dueling match he had with the Lunch Lady, and headed off towards the room area.
"Dude, what's up?" Peter asked, leaning on the wall to Danny's room.
"What do ya mean?"
"You told some pretty funny tales…yet left a lot out. I could tell by looking at your eyes. You must of faced some pretty nasty things…"
Danny was silent for a moment before smiling weakly. "Guess so." Then he went into his room. It was stocked out with Humpty Dumpty records, NASSA posters, and rocket models. He laid down and went to sleep…spending so much time in his Ghost form really wore him out…
Several hours later…Peter got up and was looking around. 'SQUISH' he had stepped into something…wet.
"Oh great. Now I'm hungry, sleepy, AND my foot's wet. Why is my foot wet? Why am I talking to myself? I don't know."
He heard it. It was…some one crying? He went to investigate, as only a Spider could. By wall crawling! …and humming the Mission Impossible theme song…
It was Kim. "Hey, Kimmie, you alright?" he asked, jumping down from the ceiling.
"What, oh, uh, yeah! …no…I just sorta miss my parents, you know?"
Peter looked away for a moment before answering. "Yeah…I know the feeling…so, other then crying, what is my little Sue doing?"
Kim rolled her eyes, before pointing towards the TV. "An old monster movie that me and Ron used to watch all the time is on…what are YOU doing, Peter?"
"Roaming around, talking to myself, and getting my foot wet."
Kim couldn't help but laugh. "What? It's the truth! Look, how about we watch this movie, forget about family, and get used to it. Unless you have some way to call up a time ghost from some alternate dimension, we're stuck here."
"Yeah…I guess you're right. Popcorn?"
"No thanks! I always get crenels stuck in my teeth!"
Meanwhile…the police had gathered her and her armor up and were escorting her to the local jail out of town. They wouldn't make it.
You can't take a weapon away from itself, only…dismantle it. And dismantled weapons can always be put back together. Either by itself…or others…
Notes: That's all folks! Note, the alt. Joke for Peter's line when he gets dumped into the water would have been, "Glub! …wait, did I just say glub?"