Me: So, here we are.
Rigby: Bet we're gonna see a lot of action right?
Me: Not just yet.
Muscleman: What? Why not bro?
Grimlock: Me Grimlock wanna see fight!
Me: You will, trust me, just not here.
Mordecai: Then what will we see here?
Me: You're about to find out.
CH. 11 Here's The Plan
Earth's Orbit
The Rift Gate has remained open, with the white beams from the Earth feeding it energy; allowing it to stay open. Hundreds of Mutradi warships have left the portal and headed directly towards the planet, and more and more were pouring out. The ships ranged from small fighters, to large star-ships.
The Earth was covered in a green energy field, which completely encompassed the planet. Save for the white beams of the energy that appeared to go straight through the shield and did not appear to affect it one bit.
One ship had just exited through the portal that dwarfed all the ships in size. It was the Mutradi flag-ship. It was at least twice the size of all the warships around it.
Flagship control room
Inside the Flagship's bridge were dozens of Mutradi working at the controls. One Mutradi sat in the center of the room, on a command chair. A hologram of Modula appeared in front of the commander. The Mutradi commander bowed before his master.
"My lord" The creature spoke in its native language. "The armada stands ready, but a shield has formed around the Earth. We will be unable to invade until it has been brought down."
"Then by all means" Modula began "Bring it down. Once the shield is drop, attack. Leave no survivors in your wake; scorch the surface, wipe it all out."
"As you wish Lord Modula" The commander replied, as the hologram cut off. "OPEN FIRE!" It commanded
Earth's Orbit
All the Mutradi ships then opened fire. The fighters were the first to attack. Dive-bombing straight for the shield and let loose laser-rapid-fire onto the shield, the bolts had no effect. The fighters pulled away before they could crash into it.
The Warships then opened fire. They sent large lasers directly towards the shield. They exploded upon contact with the shield. The field remained in-tact. Even the flagship opened fire.
All the Mutradi ships had begun to concentrate all their fire onto the shield. Believing all their combined power would be enough to breach it.
G3 Flying Fortress
From the bridge of the massive ship, screens had shown everything that has happening in the planet's orbit outside the shield.
"How's the Grid holding?" Solomon asked
"Sir." One of the G3 agents at the console replied "The shield is holding steady. Though if this rate-of-fire keeps up, the barrier will fall in approximately 24 hours"
"That could be a problem" Solomon heard from behind. He turned to who it was from, Ben Tennyson. Ben, Danny, Kim, Illana, Ron, Octus, Rex, Lance, Jake, and Zak were all on the bridge of the ship, observing everything that was happening. G3 brought them all on-board just after the Grid was activated.
"Forget 'could be'." Kim began "It is a problem! An alien fleet is about to invade the whole DAMN PLANET!"
"I went up against a few armadas myself." Ben replied
"Yeah, well some of us haven't" Zak replied. "This, this is huge."
"Yeah, man. It's… I… I don't know what to do here." Jake admitted
"That makes two of us." Ron added, to which Rufus on his shoulder nodded
"Three." Rex said.
"We don't have time to second guess ourselves guys; that can wait." Danny said "Kim's right"
"I am?" She asked for clarification.
"Yes. An alien armada is about to invade the planet, and we're going to stop it." Danny assured
"What makes you think you can?" Lance questioned
"Dude." Ben began "Are you still second guessing us?"
"That's really starting to get on my nerves." Rex added, not being fond of second-guessed
"How can any of you possibly hope to bring down an entire armada?" Lance demanded. "You're all kids."
"You look around the same age as us." Kim observed "So, I'd watch who you're calling a kid."
"Oh, KP just dissed you!" Ron cracked at Lance, Rufus pointed at Lance in a rub-in-ones-face kinda way
Lance glared at them. He would have said something, if Illana didn't speak first "You could be a little more respectful Lance. They did save all our lives."
"That is true." Octus added
"My point is; just because they beat a small squad, doesn't mean they can handle the entire Mutradi army." Lance defended
"In case you hadn't noticed." Jake said "There were also three GIANT MONSTERS! And we took those down too, you know."
"I think you should indeed show more respect Lance" Solomon said, approaching the group. "After all, they did save your home city."
That made Illana, Lance, and Octus turn to Solomon is surprise.
"They did that?!" Illana exclaimed
"I fail to see how." Lance said
Solomon then turned to his agents at the counsels and nodded. One nodded back, and after pressing a few buttons on a holographic keyboard, multiple holographic screens materialized around the ten teenagers. They each showed video footage of the battle in Sherman. It showed Danny blasting away many Mutradi ships, Kim and Ron duking it out with ground troops, Ben transforming into his many alien forms, Rex using his machines to smash all the evil aliens, Jake roasting them, and Zak snipping them all down with an alien weapon.
They all looked around in surprise, but for different reasons. Illana looked around in amazement, as did Octus (if one could make out an expression in his robot-form); Lance looked in surprise, how could they all be capable of such feats and abilities? Danny and the others looked at them in surprise for a different reason.
"You were spying on us?" Danny demanded, quite angrily, to Solomon.
"Not spying, observing." Solomon corrected
"And it didn't occur to you that we might need help?!" Kim questioned
"Yeah, those guys kept on coming. We fought off an entire ARMY! That's not as easy as it sounds dude." Ron ranted.
"Yeah" Rufus chirped in agreement.
"You appeared to have the situation under control" Solomon defended
"For a while." Rex added "I know it sounds hard to believe, even for me, but we wouldn't have lasted long."
"It wasn't just because you were able to hold them" Solomon began. "You were able to work together, effectively, as a team"
"Well some of us have met before and worked together before" Ben said
"Not all of you. Some of you knew a few, some didn't know any." Solomon stated "But more to it than that, you were able to analyze the situation, and knew what to do." Solomon then showed a screen of Danny blasting the rift gate generator. "You knew how to shut down the portal, and stop the oncoming forces. You thought, you decided, you acted, and you succeeded."
"Well, thanks, I guess." Zak said
"That was AMAZING!" Illana beamed. "You saved our home! I can't belive it! How did you do it? How did you do all those thihgs? Flying, shape-changing, all of it. It's so amazing. It's so incredible!"
"Yes." Lance said "How did you do it?" He questioned in an almost accusing tone.
"Well…" Jake was about to speak.
"If I may." Solomon interrupted. "Correct me if I'm wrong" Solomon then displayed still images of all seven of them. He walked by each image of each person and made a statement.
"Danny Phantom. You can fly, turn invisible, intangible, possess incredible strength, can emit beams of an unknown energy from your hands and eyes, you even possess cyrokinetic abilities and duplication. Kim Possible. While you don't have any powers, you seem quite adapt in many forms of martail arts; jujitsu, kung fu, and even Tae Kwan Do. Ron Stoppable. Whenever you surround yourself in this blue aura, you also incredible strength, durability, and seem a master in a fighting style we cannot classify. Ben Tennyson. You carry a strange watch-like device that allows you to transform into many different form, each with its own unique set of abilities. Rex Salazar you can generate machines from your body that add you in combat, you even possess a technopathic power. Zak Saturday, you seem to have telepathy, but it only allows you to use it on a certain type of creature; other than that you too are quite adapt in many martial arts, you even possess a multi-use weapon, and are capable of mastering any form of technology rather quickly. And finally, Jake Long. You can transform into a dragon-like creature that grants you flight, strength, speed, durability, even a strong fire breath."
They were all taken back by this. This guy had only just met them and he already had a basic run-down of their powers and skills.
"You guys gotta admit, he's good." Ben observed
"Observing, more like researching." Rex stated
"Hey, don't forget to include Rufus." Ron said. To which Rufus nodded
"You are all so amazing." Illana stated. "We haven't seen anything like you guys."
"Can we please get back to the situation of an alien armada about to invade?!" Kim reminded
"At least one of you knows what you're doing." Lance agreed "The Mutradi will eventually break through that shield."
"Since you seem to know much about these guys, maybe you could share some facts?" Danny suggested
"Why would we do that?" Lance questioned
"So we can find out any weaknesses; find a dude in charge or something; anything that can be helpful" Jake replied
"I understood why you want answers." Lance clarified "What I meant is why this would be shared with you?"
"What you expect us to just sit on the side-lines?" Zak said.
"We can help take these guys out." Ron added
"This doesn't concern you." Lance insisted
"When billions of lives are on the line. I make it my concern." Danny stated. "This may not be my Earth, but it's still Earth. I'm not just gonna sit by and let these monsters wipe out all these innocent people. That's not how I do things."
"You'll die." Lance stated bluntly.
"If I die, I die fighting. I'd rather die on my feet, then just sit back and watch." Danny insisted
Illana, Octus, Ben, Rex, Kim, Ron, Jake, and Zak were all impressed by Danny's determination. This boy would never give up, even with the possibility that he might die. Danny Phantom truly was a hero.
"I'm doing this" Danny said. "I'm not backing down."
"Me neither." Ben replied. "I've saved my universe more times than I can count. I've dealt with plenty of invasions myself, I'm in."
Danny and Ben both put their hands together, in the beginning of a group-hand shake.
"You can count me in too" Rex stated, putting his hand in. "Kinda wanted something different to my routine anyway. An alien invasion wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but I'll take it."
"No way the American Dragon is sitting this out." Jake insisted "I'm gonna show those freaks what happens when you mess with Planet Earth." The guardian of New York put his hand in as well.
"Any scientist would see the odds aren't quite in our favor." Zak began "But the odds can go jump off a cliff. I'm in" He put his hand in the groups.
"This is a little big for me." Kim began "But I never back down. People need help, and I'm gonna help them one way or another. I'm in." She put her hand in.
"If Kim's in, then so am I." Ron added, putting his hand in too. Rufus crawled down Ron's arm and put his tiny hand in the group-handshake as well."
Illana was truly touched by all this. She had only known these people for a short time, and they were already willing to put their lives on the line for the planet. It wasn't even their version of it, and they'll still fight for it. No way, she wasn't gonna be a part of it.
"Well this is my Earth." Illana began "I may not have been born on it, but I swore to protect it. I'm in." She put her hand in as well.
"This is good planet." Octus said "It's my home, and I will defend it. I am also made to protect Illana, and if she insists on going with all of you, I'm in too."
All eyes were set on Lance, who had his arms crossed, with a bit of a scowl on his face that could almost rival Batman's.
"Lance, come on." Illana insisted
"I don't know if…" Lance began
"Dude, just do it." Danny interrupted
"Lance, all three of us are necessary to form Titan." Octus reminded
"Besides, you did hope for more people like us." Illana also reminded
"I did, but…" Lance said
"Come on, Lance, for me." Illana said, giving him almost puppy-dog eyes.
Lance hated it when she gave him that look, but he knew when she had her mind set on something, it was almost impossible to stop her from going. He swore to her father he would protect her, and he couldn't bear to see the person he cares about the most hurt. Lance gave a sigh, before setting his hand in.
"Okay." Rex began "All our hands are in, do we do a group-cheer or…?"
"Way to ruin the moment, man." Ben said
"Sorry." Rex apologized
"If you all are insistent on working together, then maybe information would be adequate." Solomon stated, having observed everything.
"Alright." Illana began. "Lance and I are from the planet Galaluna. It had a benevolent and pacifist monarchy for many generations. The previous ruler was my father, the King. We've been helping to maintain peace with all our inner governments as well as the many governments of our neighboring planets. However, one species that we did not get along with was the Mutradi."
Now it was Lance's turn to speak. "The Mutradi are a bestial, war-like race that thrive off chaos and destruction. For many generations, our planet has been at war with them. However, each side was equally powerful, and neither could gain a concrete advantage over the other. Decades of blood-shed had been more than enough. A truce was called, ending all hostilities between our worlds."
"I take it that didn't last long." Danny guessed
"Not really." Octus answered "The truce was really a façade to get Galaluna to lower their guard. When it was at its lowest, the Mutradi struck. Galaluna was completely unprepared; all defenses were down planet-wide, every major threat was neutralized, the planet was lost in a matter of hours."
"We managed to escape." Illana began "But, we were the only ones… I…" She stammered, unable to continue, not wanting to recount the events of that horrible day. She looked down, and Lance put a hand on her shoulder
"We were the only ones that escaped" He finished for her
The group were both at full attention. Ben had heard of a few situations like this, so he wasn't so surprised, but he didn't like it one bit. Kim, Ron, Jake, and Zak were both shocked; that must have been horrible, they all thought. Danny and Rex we're both familiar with this sort of thing, but hated the situation as well.
"I'm so sorry." Kim said with a great deal of sympathy.
"That must have been rough for you guys." Rex added
"One thing I don't get though." Ben began "If you guys were at a stalemate for decades, how were they able to neutralize all your planet's defenses so easily? They couldn't have known about that."
"That was because of him" Lance uttered in hatred.
One of the G3 agents at the console opened a file and displayed a hologram to the group of the one responsible for Galaluna's fall.
"General Modula" Lance stated in pure contempt
"He doesn't look like one of those freak-bags." Jake observed "He looks human."
"He's Galalunian." Illana replied, that got all their attention. "Or used to be anyway. He was the general of Galaluna's royal military, and a close friend of my father, and me."
"During the war, there was an attack made on the Mutradi home-world of Mutrad." Lance began "It was a complete disaster. They were forced to retreat, Modula was believed to have died in battle, but he survived."
"Let me guess." Danny began "He felt he was left behind and betrayed, so he joined the Mutradi to get revenge."
"Yes." Octus replied "How did you know?"
"I know a guy a bit like that." Danny answered
"Regardless." Lance continued "Modula didn't just join the Mutradi, he became their ruler and master. He led the attack on Galaluna."
"That's how they knew about the planet's defenses." Zak surmised "It was an inside job"
"Modula wasn't the only one." Illana added "A few more high-ranking Galalunians joined him as well."
It was there that Team Titan told the other seven about the fall and reclaim of Galaluna. They paid attention to every detail. How they were able to reclaim their planet with the help of G3 and the Galalunian resistance. Though Modula had escaped
"We thought we had seen the last of him" Illana relented
"Thing with bad guys." Ron began "They always come back, always."
"So, that robot of yours…?" Danny said
"It's called Titan" Octus began "Through the combination of Illana and Lance's armors and my circuits we are able to form Titan. The formation is necessary in the event we face a Mutradi army or a Mutradi mega-beast."
"You mean those Godzilla-sized monsters." Ben recalled
"Yes" Octus answered
"Okay then." Rex began "Now we know who we're dealing with, so the question remains. How do we stop him?"
"The portal." Danny answered "The portal is the key."
"The Rift Gate." Solomon stated
"Of course." Kim recalled. "Back in Sherman, as long as that Rift Gate was kept open, the Mutradi kept coming."
"But the portal was kept open by five different generators." Ben added
"The generators feed it constant energy, balancing it." Zak said
"And since we've got another open above just above the Earth…" Jake said
"The same thing would apply here." Rex finished
"Exactly." Danny replied "This thing has five generators to, feeding it power."
"During this discussion, my agents have been able to track each of the signals that is given off by each generator, and we managed to pinpoint each of their locations." Solomon said, while working at the console. Five images were soon displayed, each image showed the tower that had a white beam shot from it into space. "One located in an Egyptian desert, another in a forest in Germany, the third hovering in the Indian Ocean, a fourth in the Amazon, and the last one in Alaska."
"So same deal here." Jake guessed. "We take out one generator, the whole portal will collapse."
"Who said we'd destroy the portal?" Danny said
"Huh?!" All, but Solomon, replied.
"He's right" Solomon added "If we destroy the portal, what's to stop them from coming back and trying again?"
"The Rift Gate is allowing the armada to come here from the Mutradi home world, right?" Danny remembered
"Yeah…?" Illana awnsered
"A door out is also a door in." Danny said. "I say we commandeer the portal, go through it, and take the fight straight to this Modula-guy."
"That's…" Kim began "That's a great idea."
"Yeah. It's perfect." Ben added
"It's simple, I like it." Zak agreed
"Best idea I heard all day." Rex said
"Turing the invasion on the invaders!" Ron cheered
"Booyah!" Rufus chirped
"I'm all for it." Jake said
"The plan is strategically sound. It might just work." Octus stated
"Looks like we got a plan." Illana beamed
"Looks like." Solomon added
"Then it's settled." Lance said. He had to admit, the plan was brilliant. Modula was an expert fighter and a master strategist, but even he wouldn't see inter-dimensional fighters coming "But for us to commandeer the Rift Gate, we'll have to take all the generator locations. The ten of us will hit each location, one after the other."
"No, that's a waste of time." Danny argued
"I beg your pardon?" Lance questioned
"We're going to hit all five of the targets at the same time, teams of two." Danny said
"Are you kidding!? We'd be hopelessly outnumbered!" Lance exclaimed "When our planet's soldiers fought them…"
"With all due respect, Lance." Danny interrupted "We're not your planet's military. Plus, if we did hit each target one-at-a-time, they would warn the others and be better prepared for us. This way we have the element of surprise."
"He's right Lance" Illana had to agree
Lance had to agree as well, this too was a brilliant strategy. He nodded in agreement
"Okay, then. What's the call?" Kim asked
"Alright." Danny began "Rex and Lance. Kim and Jake. Ben and Ron. Zak and Octus. Illana's with me."
"Sounds perfect" Ben said
"Alright then." Danny said "Let's move people, time is not on our side."
Me: Done
Mordecai: Avengers Assemble?
Me: Yes
ALL: AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!