And this chapter will sort of bridge the gap of mystery meat and fanning the flames (The next episode I will use. As for Skulker he just showed up hunting someone else and decided to target Danny. It will examine some of Danny's new gear and the X-men's reaction to the meat monster that disappeared before they could get to the fight.
Chapter 2- aftermath
"It still doesn't make sense." Logan, otherwise known as wolverine, said as he stood in the war room.
They were still analysing the attack from a month ago. The second that the monster had attacked the students had rushed back t the institute to suit up ready for the battle ahead but when they got back all they found was a group of protesters cleaning up piles of meat. After suiting down they too were forced to help clean up.
"Reports say that something hit the monster and it blew up and then reformed as the smaller ones that began attacking random civilians and then they suddenly collapsed into piles of meat." Charles Xavier stated looking at the report.
"I suspect that there is more at play here than we know." Storm said.
"This is totally bogus!" Scott Summers exclaimed as he lay on the sofa in the common room.
"I agree. I would almost say it was a trap for us but no one attacked us after we got there." Jean Grey exclaimed.
"That's because someone else was there." Jamie Madrox said. "I wasn't able to see much but I saw a guy dressed in black and white fighting that thing." He said.
"What, an unaligned super hero?" Kurt said. He now was blue and furry, not hiding behind the holographic normal kid he pretended to be. He looked over at his girlfriend. "What are you thinking about Kitty?"
"Danny." Kitty said. "He asked Tucker about the meat just before the attack. Whoever's behind it, Danny already knew about them."
"Well there's not much we can do but keep an eye out for him." Jean said.
"Hey guys have you heard this new song!" Evan Daniels said coming into the room and turning up the music.
"Ember. You will remember..."
"Okay bro. What is it you wanted to show us?" Tucker said as he and Ellie stood in the elevator with Danny. The young superhero was more than a little hyper, having spent the last 4 weeks alternating between a secret project in the cave, school and his new job as Danny Phantom. He had taken to using energy drinks to keep him running, along with chocolate bars.
"You'll see." Danny said with a massive grin on his face. Walking into the cave the 2 teens were shocked. The once plain grey lab was now black and white with green highlights and his insignia rotating around as a screensaver.
"What is this dude?" Tucker asked. The lab looked amazing. Somehow even places with fully dark rooms were perfectly illuminated.
"I said this was goanna be called the Phantom Cave and I delivered. Oh and call it the PC in public to keep my identity secret." Danny said as he walked over to what looked like a fashion dummy. He pulled off the covers to reveal his normal clothes- or so it seems. "The shirt, coat and pants are reinforced with an adimatium/vibranium alloy I cooked up in the molecular forge. The goggles are now linked to the pod and the snood contains a gas mask with built in comm. link. It also contains a speaker to keep my voice understandable. I also fitted it to adapt to any attacks using my mouth I may develop and a similar thing was done with the goggles. My hood has been slightly enlarged and is reinforced with adimatium and vibranium too. The trainers are lined and while I was training I developed the ability to generate energy in my hands so I modified the gloves to channel and amplify it." He said all this in one breath before fainting.
"What happened?" Ellie cried, fear for the man she loved.
"Sugar crash." Tucker said matter of factly.
An hour later.
"Agh my head. What happened?" Danny asked sitting up.
"You passed out. Sugar crash." Ellie said.
"So what else do we have here?" Tuck said.
"Well the computer is programmed to detect large crimes and ghost attacks as well as reported petty crime in progress. I have developed these." He pulled out a pair of small Bluetooth headsets. "Phantom phones. They act as headphones, a comm. Link and they filter out ghost noises. I also designed a new pod with ectoplasm detectors, and increased processing speed, instant connection to the Phantom computer and I have even built in a portal generator app."
"What?"
"Type in a location and it will open a portal there; tap the button to close it. There is a setting for the ghost zone. I have built 2 vehicles to help us." He gestured to the 1960s camaro and the old van. "The car has a battle mode and can fly. The van can transform into a space ship."
He then walked over to what looked like an armoury.
"Firstly these are E-Staffs. They are synced to the phone and made of nano tech. Use the voice activated app and you can shift them into all sorts of things. If I develop technopathy I will have even more options." He gestured to his set of 2 sticks, about a foot in length each. Then he picked up a high tech handgun. "And the highly configurable handheld assault resource or H.C.H.A.R. It fires different forms of energy based on the cartridge. One of them is an improved form of the Fenton thermos." Then he walked over to a door. "And then there is the last resort."
Opening it the first thin they saw was a bulky mecha. "When it's done it will amplify the pilot's Powers and shape shift into a watch. Right know it is unfinished. Also I am going to mass produced battle drones based on this and another design for if I ever need an army." The boy lowered his head at this.
"Anyway just give me a minute and I'll get changed."
Danny stood in the middle of the room in his ghost form, almost exactly the same as when he and fought a month ago except for 3 sentences emblazed on his jacket in green, one on each sleeve and one on the back.
Neniu penado estas tro malgranda on his left arm
Neniu estas senutila on his right arm
Neniam rezignu on the back
"What are those?" Ellie said.
"They are the 3 morals I want to represent. The one on my left sleeve basically says no effort's too small. The one on my right imparts that no one is useless and the one on my back is a simple message 'never give up'. I intend to be a signal of these 3 morals, something for people to believe in." Danny said proudly as he sat down, allowing himself to shift back into Danny Fenton. "Though it appears that I am not even the only superhero in our social group." He said.
"I beg your pardon." Tucker said incredulously.
"After the lunch lady incident I saw a team of people in spandex stood there, confused by the lack of a meat monster. Among them was Kitty, a blue furry guy that looked a lot like Kurt and what looked like a female werewolf who looked a lot like Rahne." Danny explained. He put is head in his hands and sighed. "I need some time to think. I'll see you in a bit." The 2 stunned teens just walked out of the cave.
Danny just walked round to the computer and opened a draw looking at its contents. A small black box.
He sat down and hung is head with a sigh.
And that is the end of chapter 2. We see some of Danny's equipment and what morals he stands for.