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.
Chapter six: "Let's get it on!"
So far, both little girls had kept their heads pretty well. The demon's sudden reappearance, however, was too much for Jannie. She screamed, and ran off in a random direction. Horrghan glanced at her, but remembered this one was unimportant to his mission.
"BAM!" The shotgun fired again, but this time the demon managed to dodge. He picked up a log, and flung it at Hunter's head. The boy just barely managed to avoid the attack.
"Fireball!" Horrghan screamed. Now flames sped at the young male teen. He put his hands over his face.
"I'm going to die," he thought quietly.
Hunter, however, didn't die. Danni had projected her shield around him. Vexed, the demon snarled at the Ghost Girl.
"Go hide, Heather," the girl teen hero whispered.
"Its Heather L…" aw, screw it," the blonde child exclaimed, running.
"That's it Mr. Ugly Demon. One Ghostly Wail coming up," Danni Phantom promised, and then delivered.
Hunter activated a switch on his motorcycle helmet. Instantly, he was protected against the sound attack by hi-tech ear plugs.
Once again, the demon was sent tumbling. He fell, and didn't get up again. Danni, suspicious, walked carefully toward the fallen creature.
"Are you hurt, Miss…?" Hunter called out. "Wow," he thought, "she's pretty."
"Danni Phantom: spelled D-a-n-n-i," smiled the girl at the boy. "Hmmm,"she thought, "this guy is kind of cute."
"I am Hunter Gray, Jr., Professional Demon Hunter," he smiled, kissing her hand. "I'm glad to meet you, Danni."
"I'm checking on Gruesome," the Ghost Girl announced.
"Not a good idea, allow me to do it," he started. Then he saw the demon move slightly.
"Maybe he's pretending…" he got out. "Look out, Danni!"
Horrghan was, of course, playing possum. When the teen was near, he planned to pounce on her, and rip her into pieces with his claws. He was sick of these two ghost children and their sound weapons. He relished killing Danni, and then the Demon Hunter too. Then, he could complete his mission.
Danni turned intangible just in time. Hunter Gray, Jr., naturally, was used to the way demons fight. Cheating is just natural to them. He took a running leap, planning to land of the demon's back. Then his Soul Sword would take the creature down for good.
He forgot how sharp demon's hearing is, unfortunately. Horrghan knew he was coming, and turned around at the last minute. The creature's claws struck before the boy could swing his sword.
"Oh my god, oh my god," thought the hunter. His trench coat was red with his blood. Horrghan's sharp claws had ripped through his chest. The pain was awful, even with his "drug high" feeling.
"Hunter!" Danni screamed.
Danni Phantom frowned as she witnessed the treacherous attack. The boy had been brave, but she had been fully prepared for a sneak attack. She hit the demon with one Ecto blast after another, driving him backwards.
Just then, the other heroes arrived. "Sis, where are the girls?" Danny yelled.
"They ran off in separate directions," came the reply.
"Sam and Gar," Raven yelled, "find the girls. Danny and I'll get the demon."
"I've got the scent of one," Beast Boy claimed, turning into a fox. He ran off in the direction of Jannie.
"I'll get the other one," Sam claimed. She could see footprints leading away from the fight. She, however, was no tracker, and her suit wasn't made for this kind of work. Nevertheless, she had to try.
"Raven, can you do something?" Danni asked, pointing to the fallen boy.
The magic girl paused to check out the Demon Hunter. He was losing a lot of blood, and was in shock.
"Dan!" Raven yelled, "I think this guy is hurt bad. Can you and your sister…"
"I'm on it," Danny promised. "Do what you gotta do."
"You'll do nothing, Ghost Children," Horrghan threatened, "except die."
"Oooo," Danni mocked. "Shall we try, say, Plan #4, brother?"
"Let's do it," Danny grinned. The two had been working together enough to plan some strategies.
"I'll take Trench coat Boy out of harm's way," Raven promised. She wrapped the two in her dark force (shaped like a raven) and teleported away.
"Now!" Danni yelled.
Together the Phantom kids utilized their Ghostly Wails. The demon screamed in agony. Trees uprooted all around them, and yet the two kept it up. The demon was blown away like a leaf before a hurricane. Once again, Horrghan plunged into the hollow. He screamed in terror as gravity did its terrible work. The creature slammed into the creek bed like a train wreck. He felt like his back was broken.
Garfield Logan the Fox was disturbed by a smell. He was not the only one who followed the brown haired girl. What was her name? Janice? Janet? He wasn't certain. The fox's sensitive nose identified the other hunter: North American Black Bear, Ursus americanus."
The bears are not usually man eaters, but Gar didn't wish to take a chance. Changing to a Grizzly Bear, he took off in swift pursuit. Minutes later, he heard an unwanted sound. It was the roar of an angry mother bear. That could cause the usually timid woodland creature to attack a human.
"Help!" screamed Jannie. "Please somebody help me."
"Hero time," growled the Grizzly, sprinting to the scene.
Sure enough, there were two cubs up a tree, frightened. Jannie was also up a different tree, with mom bear snapping just below the preteen. The girl screamed louder when she saw a green grizzly charging towards her.
Gar didn't want to fight the mother bear. She was just being a good mom. No doubt, the human girl had startled the cubs as she ran. Cubs cried for mom, and mom
came running.
Mother bear had the surprise of her young life. She heard a huge roar right next to her. She glanced over, annoyed, only to see a twenty feet tall green T-Rex. She didn't know what the dinosaur was, of course. However, she did recognize she was outclassed.
The black bear mother climbed down the tree Jannie was occupying in a huge hurry. Frightened out of her wits, the mother bear climbed the tree the cubs were in. She held onto a branch about thirty feet in the air, trembling.
Jannie was babbling incoherently. Could her plight get any worse? First, she was attacked by some demon that was after her best friend. She ran away, only to encounter the angry mama bear. Now she was being menaced by a green T-Rex, who didn't have the sense to be extinct.
"Hey, kid," a more soothing voice called. She looked down to see a green teen aged boy. He looked familiar. Wait, she'd seen him on TV. It was Beast Boy of the Teen Titans!
"He's such a hunk," she thought, "even cuter than Danny Phantom."
Talk about an instant crush! Jannie slid down the tree, and rushed to the waiting arms of the green superhero. She kissed his cheek, making Gar blush.
"You're Beast Boy!" she screamed unnecessarily. "You're my biggest hero in the whole world."
"Yeah," Gar laughed, "I get that a lot."
Truthfully, he didn't. Tokyo had been a pleasant exception to the rule. He'd been a mega hit in the foreign city, with fan girls by the hundreds. I mean face it, Terra had been his only real girl friend. Of course, he smiled to himself, if Raven was willing…"
"You saved me," she giggled, clinging to him like static.
"Okay, little girl…" he started.
"Jannie, my name's Jannie Evers," she informed him. "Is my friend Heather Lee okay?"
"I'll find out," he said. "Raven?" He called the magical girl with his communicator.
"Yeah, B.B.?" she returned, a little harshly. "I'm kind of busy right now."
"Right, sorry. I've got Jannie, and am on my way back to you," Gar sighed.
He wished Raven could be more patient with him. He'd thought they had something special a few times, but he'd always been proved wrong. His feelings for her would never be returned.
Gar delighted the nine year old by turning into a green horse. "Can you ride bareback?" he asked.
"You betcha," Jannie exclaimed.
"Dammit," Raven swore at her herself, "why do I always have to be like that with him? No wonder he thinks I'm creepy and mean." A single tear fell down her cheek.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" she chanted. The dying Demon Hunter's whole body twitched as her healing powers poured into him. He could feel his wounds closing.
"Wow," Hunter exclaimed. "That's some trick. Can you teach me to do that? Oh, by the way, I'm Hunter Gray, Jr. I'm a Demon Hunter."
"Raven of the Teen Titans," she replied.
"I know, I'm a fan of your team," Hunter gushed. "Say, do you know if the girl Danni is seeing someone?"
"Nope, sorry, I have no idea," she answered. "Excuse me, but I've got a demon to finish."
"Wait," he called. "Take me with you, please."
"Let me take the lead in the fight, then," she insisted.
Hunter nodded, anxious to get back. Honestly, though, his first priority wasn't Horrghan. He was worried about the Phantom girl. She was so brave, and she wasn't bad looking either.
The two teleported back to the fight. Danni was leaning against a maple tree, exhausted from her efforts. Danny was trying to make her comfortable.
"Where's the demon?" Raven demanded.
"Down there," Danny gestured. Looking over the edge, Raven and Hunter could see the demon's body at the bottom on the hollow.
Hunter rushed over to the fallen Ghost Girl. Gallantly, he tipped his baseball cap and bowed to Danni.
"Thanks for saving my bacon back there. Are you going to be okay?" he asked.
"I'm going down there," the dark girl announced, taking flight.
Sam was getting frustrated. Where was Heather Lee? "I should have let someone else chase her," she thought. "I'm no good at this."
"Heather Lee Manson!" she screamed. "It's me, your cousin Sam.
"Prove it," answered a small voice nearby.
"No games, Heather Lee. Please just come out."
"No way. You could be the demon in disguise," the voice returned.
Sam stopped. What can I tell her that she'll believe? Its not like me and Danny, who know each other so well. Then she remembered an instant message between her and her young cousin. It had made the little girl laugh.
"Call me Samantha and I'll get mad. Call me Sammiekins, and I'll kick your ass," Sam remembered.
There was a giggle from the bushes on Sam's left. Seconds later, the blonde girl stood up, and rushed into her arms.
"Thanks for finding me, Sam," the girl gushed. "I've been so scared."
"I know, kid. I know. I've been scared, too."
"Is Danni the girl okay? Me and Jannie were kinda mean to her."
"She was fine the last time I saw her," Sam replied. "She's really pretty cool. She's my best girl friend, y'know."
"She told me," the child agreed.
"How about Danny Phantom, the boy?" Heather Lee asked.
"Can I tell you a secret?" Sam asked. Her cousin nodded with enthusiasm. "Danny Phantom is really Danny Fenton. We grew up together. Dan is my boyfriend."
"Is that the cute boy from the dance picture?" (Sam had sent the girl a copy of a picture taken of the two dancing from freshman year.)
"Yep, that's my guy," Sam promised. "Come on; let's find our way back to the others."
"Do you know which way?" the girl asked.
Sam paused, turning in circles. "I was hoping you knew."
Danni managed to catch her brother's eye. "Get lost," she mouthed. He looked sternly at her first, but then flew off.
"I'll, ummm, look for Sammie, or something," he said. No one was listening.
Hunter reached down and offered Danni a hand up. She took it, blushing.
"Just a minute," she stalled. With those words, she turned into her human form.
"You're pretty as a human girl, too," Hunter observed. "How old are you, Danni?"
"Thank you for the compliment," she mentioned, "and I'm 14."
"So am I," he smiled. "Tell me, pretty lady, do you have a boyfriend?"
"Not currently," she said. That, of course was true, but it wasn't the whole truth either. She'd never, in fact, had a date, much less a boyfriend.
"Excellent." He commented.
Sam flew straight up to get a feeling of where they were. Unfortunately, the flight pack began sputtering when she was about thirty feet in the air. Alarmed, she grabbed a tree branch and held on. Getting her confidence back, she climbed down to her cousin.
"Are you okay, Cousin Sam?" Heather Lee asked.
"I'm fine," she announced. "I just wish I knew where we were."
"Greetings Demon," Raven snarled. "Who sent you after the little girl?"
"Your mom," Horrghan snapped.
"Azareth, Metrion, Zinthos. Wrong answer," Raven smirked, wrapping the demon in her powers. The demon screamed in agony for the second time in the last ten minutes. Raven, however, had no mercy on demons. By the time, she desisted; Horrghan the Horrid was a lifeless husk.
Captain Brimstones was livid. He, of course, knew the reputation of Raven, daughter of Trigon. He trembled involuntarily, as he stopped watching the drama. He went looking for a smaller demon to beat up on.
Aron appeared to Josiah. "Well done," he said simply. "Let's go home."
Danni and Hunter ceased their flirting when they heard a horse coming towards them. Oddly enough, the horse was green, and Jannie was riding it.
"Hey, Jannie, you okay?" Danni asked.
"Thanks to Mr. Beast Boy," giggled the overwhelmed girl.
Danni introduced B.B. and Hunter. "Nice to meetcha," the green boy smiled.
"Same here, sorry about shooting you," moaned Hunter.
"I'll live," claimed the changeling. "Where's Raven?"
"Down there," Danni answered, pointing to the hollow.
"Gotcha, Jannie stay here," he ordered.
"Nuts," the girl complained.
Garfield Logan negotiated the steep angle in the form of a Dall Sheep. Minutes later, he was at Raven's side.
"I guess this is what's left on the demon," he announced unnecessarily.
"Yeah, he was near dead when I found him, though. Danni and Danny did most of the work," she sighed.
"I found Jannie," he added. "Oh, and I'm glad you're okay."
She nodded. It looks like another chance to talk to him about her feelings was going to slip away. She just didn't know what to say.
Danny Phantom was beginning to worry. Suddenly he had an idea. He had a two way radio built into his belt. That had been his Mom's idea. Danni had one, as did his parents. Maybe Sam had one too.
He pressed a button. "Danny Phantom calling Sam," he called, "come in, Sam."
"Your belt is talking!" Heather Lee exclaimed.
Sam fumbled a couple of minutes before locating the radio. "Hey, sweetie," she flirted. "I found my cousin, but we're both lost."
"Did you forget your GPS system?" he asked. "Anyway, push the blue button beside the radio. I can home in on your signal that way."
Minutes later the girls saw the Ghost Boy flying over the treetops. Sam yelled up to him. Landing, he turned into his human form. Relieved, he ran over to kiss his new girlfriend.
"Ahem," a certain blonde girl sneered, "get a room, you two."
"Sounds good to me," Sam smirked. Danny nodded in agreement.
Sam introduced her boyfriend to her cousin. Heather Lee had a dozen questions about Danny's alter ego, of course. He agreed to answer them all, but insisted they fly back to the other heroes. They could talk on the way.
Well, Horrghan the Horrid is history. The action is done, and the girls are safe. Danny and Sam are together. Danni and Hunter like each other. How am I going to get Gar and Raven together? Even I'm not sure about that. Next chapter will tie up the loose ends.
If y'all read it, please, please review it.
Lar
By the way, I have an idea for my next story. It would be a TT story, and totally unrelated to this tale. The Titans have given way to a new set of kids. Raven is 24 years old, and a specialist in Supernatural cases for the FBI. When an old enemy surfaces, she calls upon an old friend for help. Can she find Gar Logan, and can the two stop a dangerous plot?
To spice the story up a bit, the two heroes went out a few times as teens. Will this be their second chance at love?