I don't own Danny Phantom, the characters, or Nick Network. I also don't own Teen Titans, the characters, or DC Comics. However, Hunter Gray Jr., and Horrghan the Horrid are my creations. So are Heather Lee and Jannie.
Thanks to cheekylildevill and Silver Shadowbreeze for reviewing. The gang is all converging on Pumpkin Hollow, so action has to be around the corner.
Chapter three: Lights, Camera, and Lots of Action
The two girls strolled toward the unnamed lake. Since it had no official name, the girls called it J.H.L. Lake, short for Jannie/Heather Lee Lake. It was a warm day, and the water should be wonderful for swimming.
It was also a great day for riding motorcycles two very different persons agreed. Horrghan the Horrid was enjoying his ride on his stolen motorcycle. He was surprised that no law enforcement personnel had tried to stop him. He had spotted a police helicopter a couple of times, but nothing had come from it.
Hunter Gray, Jr. was also enjoying his (much shorter) motorcycle ride. He too spotted the police 'copter. His Police Scanner had intercepted a transmission. The word was for the police to observe the thief only. Super powered persons were in pursuit, and would engage the culprit.
Sam, without her battle suit knocked on the door. Danny and Danni were back in human form, and stood behind the girl.
"Hello," the thirty-something blonde woman greeted, "how may I help you teenagers?"
"Hello, Aunt Penny," Sam greeted, "it's me, Samantha Manson. I'm Jeremy and Pam's daughter."
"Well," the stunned woman searched for words, "come in Samantha. This is certainly a surprise."
"It's a big of a long story, ma'am," Sam started, unsure how to continue. "Oh, let me introduce you to my friends Dan and Danielle Fenton."
"My brother and I are pleased to meet you, Mrs. Manson," smiled Danni.
"Nice to meet you, kids. Please come in," Penny said.
"What's the occasion, Samantha? And how did you get here?" I don't see a car."
Sam sighed. "I guess the best place to start is the beginning, Aunt…"
"Penny will do, children," the Senator's wife stated graciously. "Please go ahead, dear."
"Dan had a dream, perhaps more of a premonition," Sam continued. "We believe Heather Lee may be in danger."
"Are you prone to visions, Dan?" Penny asked.
"No. This is the first one," the ghost boy admitted.
"Fair enough," commented the older woman. "My husband doesn't believe in security persons. If she is in danger, how can you kids protect her? Or perhaps you're just here to warn me."
Sam looked back and forth between her two friends. They nodded. "My friends are super heroes. They are Danny and Danni Phantom."
Penny looked at the two teens in a new light. "You two are the ghost children of Amity Park?" Sam nodded.
On cue, the siblings concentrated, and changed to their ghost forms.
"Well, that makes a difference," Penny agreed. "Sam, do you trust these two?"
"I trust them with my life," the Goth girl smiled. "Now may we see my cousin?"
The blonde lady looked nervous for the first time. "She and her friend Jannie are taking a walk in the woods. There's a lake…"
"I saw it on the way in," Danni shouted, "let's go Team Phantom."
"You two go ahead," Sam advised. "I'll change to the battle suit."
The two heroes blasted off headed towards the lake. They could only hope they weren't too late. Sam reached for the Fenton Battle Suit.
There was less than a mile between the last three groups. The demon was first, driving at foolish speeds. He sensed danger behind him and in front of him. However, these things were secondary in importance to him. He could sense the little girl nearby.
Raven and Gar were in close pursuit. Gar was now a falcon, pushing to stay up with his Titan friend. He had to avoid staying in any one form for too long a period.
"The demon must be just ahead," Raven called over the wind.
The falcon that was Beast Boy nodded.
Finally, young Hunter was pushing the Harley as fast as he dared. He thought he could see two flying beings ahead of him. He touched his goggles, and set them for telescopic lens. Yes, there they were: A flying girl in a purple outfit, and a green falcon.
Strange, but he wasn't one to judge.
The demon could smell the girl now. There was another human with her. Oh, well. He didn't mind killing two persons. He rode the stolen cycle along a wooded ridge, looking for his prey.
Fortunately, Danny and Danni were there first. The siblings held a quick whispered conference. Agreeing to a plan, the two overshadowed the children. Now they'd see what happened. They could sense danger, and the two heroes felt fear.
"Ha!" Horrghan yelled, as he leaped off the bike. The large demon landed on his feet about twenty feet from the children. "Fireball!" he screamed, casting a spell.
The children hardly reacted to the threat. The fires never reached them. "Force field," thought the demon correctly. How were these two preteens protected by magic?
"Danielle!" a voice yelled. "Get the kids out of here; I'll take down the pug ugly."
A ghostly presence passed out of the children: two ghosts to be precise. One of the ghosts, a girl, grabbed the two girls and fled with them.
"Me Horrghan the Horrid," the demon challenged. "The children are mine."
"Horrghan, you smell very, very bad, and are extremely ugly," Danny mocked. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Danny Phantom. Sorry, I can't let you hurt those kids."
Horrghan stepped forward casting a "fear" spell. He was twice Danny's height, and four times his weight. He would crush this little foe, and then settle with the girls.
Danny trembled in terror. Gathering his courage, and steeling his will, the boy hero prepared for what looked like an uneven battle. Still the Phantom had beaten large foes before. He was far more then the demon expected.
"Flame, flame, flame," the demon chanted. Surely, his demonic fires could outlast the puny ghost's force field. He looked up to see what his attack had done. The young teen was not only standing, he was smirking in mockery.
"You're kind of a one trick pony, aren't you?" Danny chided.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven chantedTwo trees uprooted themselves, wrapped in dark magic, slammed into the demon.
The creature shook his head. He paused to identify his newest attackers. "More teenagers!" he growled to himself. A little girl and a green boy could hardly challenge him.
"Lightning bolts," the demon yelled. Magic lightning shot out of the demon's hands. The girl in purple deflected it with some sort of black force. It was demon magic, he knew by the feel. Yes, it didn't possess the tinge of evil. No, this girl was an odd opponent.
The bolts also missed the green boy. He was a shape shifter! Dodging in several different animal forms, the boy became a rhino and charged the demon. This was the kind of foe Horrghan could understand. He stood his ground, grabbing the rhino's horn and shoving him backward. He twisted powerfully, trying to break the animal's neck.
"The Teen Titans," thought Danny. "Those are Raven and Beast Boy." The ghost boy summoned the ice powers that Frostbite had taught him. That slowed the monster, at least for now. Beast Boy took advantage, and slipped out of the demon's grasp. He turned into an anaconda trying to crush the demon in his coils.
[The ice didn't form around the demon. His skin is way too hot.
"The girl be Trigon's child," thought Horrghan. "Perhaps if me threaten green boy…" He grabbed the snake seeking to get his huge hands on its head. Seeing the danger, B.B. changed forms again. Now he was a striking cobra, his fangs seeking Horrghan's throat.
The huge demon could see the girl preparing her dark magic, chanting her mantra. The ghost boy was glowing, undoubtedly charging up for another attack. His arm barely deflected the cobra's lightning fast strike. He wasn't sure how his nearly indestructible body would react to poison.
Another weapon struck the demon. Rarely had he felt a blow of this magnitude. A blast from Hunter Gray's anti-demon shotgun had struck his powerful chest. However, the blast stunned Garfield Logan as well. Unconscious, he fell to the earth. Gar reverted to his human form.
"Stop!" screamed the demon. "If you attack, me kill green boy!"
"Curses," swore the demon hunter, "I didn't mean to hurt the boy, too."
"No!" Raven screamed, "don't hurt him." Her eyes pled with the other two boys.
Danny Phantom's head dropped. Hunter Gray, Jr. dropped his enchanted shotgun. The demon grinned, enjoying his advantage.
"If you hurt him, I will destroy you, demon," threatened the magic girl. "You look upon the face of the killer of Trigon himself."
This was a problem. The three foes, and even the green boy, were a grave threat to Horrghan. Together, they were more than a match for him. However, he had little interest in them. The child called Heather Lee was his concern.
Concentrating, the creature summoned a fearful whirlwind. He threw the green boy at the half demon girl with all his strength. The wind carried him away in the direction that Danni had fled with the two girls.
Danny powered up, determined to stop the demon's flight. Instead, he found himself on his back. His body smoked from the surprise attack.
"Oops, sorry, Dan," Sam called, blushing. "I meant to hit the demon."
"Ouch, ouch, and ouch," Danny complained. He sighed, "I guess you need more practice with the battle suit."
"I guess so, sorry again," she mumbled. Rushing over, she picked her friend up, wanting to hug him. The left glove went off automatically, striking the boy in the face. He fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Dan!" she screamed helplessly. She was making a mess of everything!
Raven had used her powers to stop Beast Boy's momentum. He lay on the ground at her feet. She had gotten into Hunter's way by accident, spoiling his aim. All in all, their first battle with the demon had been a comedy of mistakes.
Now the demon was gone, chasing Heather Lee's scent.
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