I Do Not Own Danny Phantom or the Teen Titans

Chapter 34 – Blast from the Past

Danny's POV

I stepped out of the portal, into the middle of Clockworks Tower. I took a few steps forwards, away from the portal, not wishing to be trampled by the Titans. A few seconds later, Dani floated through the blue swirling mass. She glanced around the tower with awe, reminding me that it was her first time in Time Tower too.

I grinned at her. "Welcome to Time Tower, Danielle. Or, Clockworks Lair, if you wish to call it that." Dani glanced at me, her green eyes bright.

Just at that moment, Raven stumbled through the portal, looking highly disorientated. She looked around cautiously, before spotting me and Dani standing a few feet away. She walked over to us to wait for the other titans to join us.

Soon, the rest of the Titan's fell through the portal, obvious being pushed in by Clockwork when they were hesitating to go through. I smiled at them as clockwork floated in behind them. I spread my arms wide and grinned at them.

"Welcome, Teen Titans, to Time Tower. You might be the first humans (minus Sam and Tucker) to ever step foot in this Lair." I told them.

"I was supposed to say that. "Clockwork mussed, his red eyes twinkling slightly in amusement.

I grinned sheepishly at Clockwork. "My bad, I was just in the moment."

Clockwork chuckled and tapped gently on the side of his Time Scepter. "It's perfectly fine, Daniel. Of course you should know by now, that I had already predicted you saying that."

I nodded. "True." I looked back at the frazzled teens. "Sorry. Dimension traveling is not an easy thing to go through. It's a lot easier for Ghost than humans due to the ectoplasm in their body making us more susceptible to pressure and high speeds, so that's a 'my bad' on my part, for not warning you." I chuckled.

They all nodded, before looking around cautious and allowing themselves to relax.

"Dude!" came Beast Boys excited reply as the greenling walked over to a gear that was floating a few feet off the ground. He poked it and watched it float away gracefully as if pushed. "This place is so cool!"

Cyborg was looking at some reading on his arm monitor. "And my watch is broke! It's stuck on 6:35.34 seconds." He whines, clicking a few buttons to try and get it working again. "Maybe the battery is dead…" he mussed softly.

Clockwork shook his head, changing his age. "No, you electronics are perfectly fine, Cyborg. Time, does not effect the place." He calmly told the mech man. "Time is frozen here."

Cy's eyes grew wide as he looked at the Time Master. "Oh."

While the titans were investigating the Tower, I walked over to Clockwork and looked up at him. He met my eyes, and nodded once with a smile. "I already have one of the Time Orb's set for one minute before the explosion happens, so all you have to do is pop back, grab who you have chosen, and fly back into the portal before Time is up." He explained.

I smiled gratefully at him. "Thank you Clockwork."

"Hey…what is this thing?"

Clockworks eyes snapped up with alarm at the same time I whipped around to see Robin reaching over to pick up a Fenton Thermos off of a small table in the corner of the room.

"No!" I screeched and pushed myself into the air and zipped over to Robin, snatching the thermos away before he could pick it up. My heart was racing as I panted softly with fear, as I held the thermos tightly to my chest, protecting it. "Don't touch this thing." I growled out.

Robin, eyes wide, put his hands up and took a few steps back. "Sorry, Sorry. I didn't know that thing was off limits."

Dani floated over to my side, and placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. "Danny, calm down…he's not going to get out." she whispered softly. I lowered my eyes away, knowing that I might have over reacted a little.

Robin glanced at the Thermos in my arms curiously. "What is it?"

I glared at him, sensing the other Titans gathering around. Raven was the one who spoke up. "That's the thermos…isn't it? The one that holds yourself."

Right at that moment, the thermos rattled in my arms as a loud, but muffled, snarl came from it. The Titans all took a startled step back, eyeing the thermos cautiously. Dani even cast it a nervous look before look at me again.

I sighed and nodded slowly, standing back up, clenching the Thermos in my hands as it shook and rattled. "Yes…this is Dan." I told them softly.

Clockwork floated over, his eyes apologetic. "Forgive me, Daniel. I had not expected this timeline to come about. But I should have been cautious anyways and put it away and out of sight."

I shrugged and held the Thermos out the Clockwork, who took it in his gloved hands and shook it roughly. I stared at him in surprise when the thermos stopped moving. "It's the best way to get him to shut up." he said with a wicked grin. Danielle giggled and covered her mouth while the other titans only stared with open mouths, only Raven looked indifferent as she watched the container.

I chuckled softly, my nerves still twitching slightly. "Whatever. Just make sure he doesn't get out." Clockwork nodded and placed the silent thermos back on the table. Before floating over to one of the Time Orbs.

I glanced over at the Titans as the stared curiously and fearfully at the thermos. "I guess I do still owe you all a story, don't I?" I told them silently. The all flinched, except for Raven, and looked at me.

"Dude…" came Beast Boy reply, looking fearfully back at the thermos before looking me in the eye again. "That's…"

I sighed and looked over at Clockwork. "Clockwork…do you thing you could-"

"Of course, Daniel. I'll show them while you are in the past." He told me with a gentle smile.

I sighed with relief and nodded to the Titans. ""Clockwork will show you about my fight against…Dan." I said. His name bitter on my lips.

The Titans all look at Clockwork, who waved his staff at another viewing orb on the other side of the room. "This will show you Daniel's hardest battle against his older self. I will play events out from the beginning for you, so you will not feel lost or confused." he explained. I watched as the Titans and Dani moved toward the screen, but stopped one at a time and looked back at me. I smiled at them and turned to go to the Time Orb that Clockwork had set for me.

But before I could make it to him, I felt a pair of arms wrap around my neck. I turned to see Dani giving me a hug, a bright smile on her face. "Good luck, Danny. I look forward to seeing who you bring back. Although I already have a suspicion of who it might be." and she winked at me.

I blinked for a moment before smiling back and ruffling her white mass of hair. "Thanks, Danielle." I hand on my shoulder caused me to turn around again to see the Titans all standing behind me, docking supporting looks on their faces.

Robin removed his hand from my shoulder and grinned. "We too, wish you luck Danny. All of us."

I felt a huge grin break out across my face. "Thanks. I'll be back shortly." I told them before walking over to Clockwork, who waved his scepter at the Time Orb in front of him, an image of the Nasty Burger appear on the screen. Clockwork held out a Time Medallion for me to put on. I took it from him with a smile before throwing it on around my neck, letting the light metal rest comfortably on my chest.

I glanced at the Master of time once before diving in.

I appeared several dozen yards above the Nasty Burger, quickly turning myself invisible so I wouldn't be spotted. I looked around, spotting my past self in Arial combat with Skulker. I glared spitefully at the metal hunter before diving down to the crowd below, trying to spot my target. I spotted my friends and family standing in front of the fast food joint, watching the battle with rapt attention. I floated over to them and glanced nervously at the dog fight in the sky watched as my past self dodged a net from the hunter.

I knew I had to wait until the very last second until I made my move, because an uproar would most certainly be caused if someone just randomly disappeared during a ghost fight.

I floated silently behind the group as I watched the fight, noting small little mistakes that I had made during the fight, that I could have been corrected to be sure this had never happened.

"Get him Danny Phantom!" I heard someone yell from the crowd. I felt a smile on my face at the support that I had been getting.

I remembered that cheer too. It had been just twenty seconds before the missile was launched. I tensed myself up, counting down silently in my head, watching the fight critically.

Fifteen seconds…

The younger Phantom shot a high powered ecto-blast a Skulker, hitting the hunter in the shoulder.

Ten Seconds…

Skulker moved in to try and punch my younger self in the face. I had shifted to the right and moved lower to the ground, positioning myself for the inevitable.

Five seconds…

Skulker raised his arm and aimed.

Four…

I tensed and prepared to grab my target in front of me.

Three…

The whine of the missile could be heard as it was fired from the hunters arm, and my younger self shifted to get out of the way.

Two…

I reached out and grabbed my target, turning us both invisible and intangible and shot into the sky, dragging my startled victim with me.

One…

The blast the explosion caused heated flames to erupt into the air, singling the hairs on my head. I was mere feet away from the blue portal when the shockwave slammed into me, throwing me the rest of the way into the portal, making me fly across the room of Time Tower.

I shifted myself to protect the girl in my arms so I could take the impact as I slammed into the wall.

End Chapter 34

Hi! Rae here. Yeah...I think you can tell who it was just from the final sentence ^^. This story is almost complete! Yippie! (for me anyways. haha) I hope to see you all in the next chapter!

Rae

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