Ben Tennyson, and the others, are owned by Man of Action and Cartoon Network.
American Dragon - Jake Long, and the others, are owned by Disney.
Danny Phantom, and the others, are owned by Nickelodeon.
Ghoul School, and the others, are owned by Hannah-Barbara and Cartoon Network.
Story Aided by - u/2319472/Vanessa-Masters
Chapter 8:
Cardio catastrophe
Back in Revolta's lair the woman was now ready to put her plan into action with a little help with the creatures around her. "There's no time to waste, Grim Creeper. Get cranking ." She ordered to the swamp-squid as they entered the largest room in her castle.
"Yes, Revolta." Her humble servant then started to crank a large gear. Unlike Grimwood's crank which opened a drawbridge this one opened a large skylight on the roof. When she saw that the new doorway was fully opened she walked over to the spider-bat that she had just empowered not to long ago.
"This is your target." She said to the slave while showing off a picture of Danny Phantom. She was grateful that the viewing device also served as a printer.
'Who is?' The creature squawked back at her in his native tongue due to the fact that the photo was upside down, at least to the creature in question.
'Oh that's right. Your hanging.' The green haired one thought before turning the picture upside down, to her, and then showed it to the slave.
'Oh. Now I get it.' He said when the picture was in the right direction.
"Now heed these words and heed them well. Find those fools and weave them well. Fly, spider-bat, fly. Soon that teacher will be learning from me." She said while he roosted, and after it flew away knowing its mission.
'This is kind of fun.' The plant thought as he, like his mistress, was simply laughing because this plan was going to start and finish the way she wants it. His happy laugh was cut short by the same person he was trying to join in on.
"Don't just stand there, close the skylight. There's a draft in here." She bellowed to the mobile servant. Fearful of her anger he immediately did as he was told.
"Yes, Revolta." He said to her while closing the roof door. The bat on the other hand had an uneventful flight and was able to make it to the school his boss wanted him to go. Inside the school the hero of heroes had come up with a plan.
"I finally know how for Matches not to burn these pants." Tennyson said and activated to watch; knowing exactly who to go with:
"Echo Echo!" He shouted as that small white creature. The man then jumped into bed, but as soon as he was ready the noise maker then multiplied by eight - four to each side. "Okay boys, tuck me in good and tight." The prime one said to the others.
"Right." They all said and got to work. When the cover reached his armpits one of the copies opened his mouth.
"Might want to raise your arms since we never know when we'll need another hero form." The new comment got to Echo Echo prime.
"Good idea." The true Tennyson said while raising his arms as he laid there. Once he was securely fastened they all grouped into one, and that one alien turned back into a human.
"There that should keep me safe." Ben muttered before letting sleep get the better of him. As he slept the messenger finally arrive just outside of the window.
'Cool. Open window.' The spider-bat thought before a gust of wind went past him, and through the window. This caused the shade to shake a bit.
"What?" Ben questioned and adjusted the shade until it was open up all the way. The bat saw the human and prayed that he didn't warn the other. 'I must be dreaming about Animo's pets.' Tennyson thought as he saw the fuzor outside of his window. 'A full stomach will take care of that.' The hero thought and proceeded to activate his weapon. "Jetray should be able to walk about with a lot of noise." The hero said and activated, dialed, and slammed, but in the end he roared loadly.
'Oh jeez!" The canine thought while gripping his black lips with his two front paws. 'The watch messed up again. I could just transform again, but since everyone's sound asleep this form is as good as any.' He thought before walking to the door and down the stairs. Sadly he was wrong the sound of his claws on the wood caught the attention of one of them.
'Must be Winnie. Nothing to worry about.' The listener thought before seeing that the figure that was making that sound was full body orange. 'Benji?' The listener, now known as Sibella, thought after seeing the orange, and followed after him. She watched as he got down the stairs and headed over to the kitchen.
'Here we are - the Kitchen.' He thought with a smile and then proceeded to open up the cabinets and feel if there was any food for his gut. The flier flew down and then transformed into human form, but stayed silent. She watched as the animal before her wolfed down various things without a second thought. 'Man this stuff is good.' He growled in Vulpimancer language.
'Time to stop him.' His audience thought for his own safety and then began to tap her foot. As he gnawed on a bone the alien mutt heard a tapping sound of some sort.
'What the?' He thought as he stopped chewing, and it was then he caught a familiar scent. 'Sibella?' The creature thought but he was confused when he saw nothing through his thermal sight.
"Upstairs now, Benji." She said to him, and it was then even though he did not 'see' her he knew that she was there since that was the tone of voice his mom used when he did something bad or uncalled for.
'I've been a bad dog.' He thought before whimpering like a wounded up. It was then the daughter of darkness saw that he was frightened since she remember the wolfett of the school in a similar pose when the headmistress caught her doing something bad.
"Uh…Ben?" She said as the dog made his way to the stairs, and then turned to face even though he could not see her. "Well, when I first saw this form I wanted to…well…" She said but for some reason she could not finish.
'I know what she wants.' The hero of heroes thought before stepping away from the steps and walked right over to her. She seemed confused, but all was made clear when he went belly up before her and had his tongue hanging out.
"Thank you." She said back and began to scratch his underside, but as she was doing that the slumbering specter was having a flying visitor of his own.
'That's the guy.' The spider-bat thought as he peaked over the edge of the canopy and saw that the target was still snoozing. The bay hybrid activated the special talent of his wings and swooped down to him. With some fast weaving a pair of web-earmuffs were strapped to his head. Due to the viewing screen able to tap into the spider-bat's own eyes she knew that that part was done, so she began to speak.
"You will do exactly as I say." A strange voice said through the earmuffs, and unknown to Danny he spoke the same thing:
"I will do exactly as you say." She liked what she heard so she went on:
"In the morning you will take the ghouls on a little field trip to the Barren Bog." He heard her, but the out of it hero summed the command down.
"Little girls, field trip to the Barren Bog." Again she like what she heard, but this time she unknowingly said the rest of her plan to the hypnotized hero.
"And then those girl ghouls will be mine." She said and ended with a laugh and forget that the transmission was still running causing Danny to laugh as well. Grim Creeper, who was listening to the laughter, so he decided to add himself again, but he stopped once he saw an angry face from his mistress. "Don't just stand there. Get to the Barren Bog and set my traps." She ordered to the lower life form.
"Yes, Revolta." The vegi-clops said to her before heading out.
'He better not mess this up.' She thought since she now knew of the multi-faced hero. As the minion was working Ben was truly enjoying the tummy rub since his female friend had discovered the canine's soft spot causing her to become a little bit more playful.
"Who's a good boy. Who's a good boy." She said happily while rubbing in the favorite space. It was only the last part that caused her to stop, "Who's a bat-tacular boyfriend." The instant the second B-word came out of her mouth she stopped all together. When she did he grew concerned since he wasn't being tickled. The dog then rolled to his belly and tapped the hourglass logo changing him back to human.
"Is everything okay, Sibella?" He questioned to her since she still had her fingers on her lips. She looked up at him and could tell by his eyes that he had no idea what she had said a few moments ago, but she knew how to avoid this awkwardness.
"Nothing Benji, but maybe you should go to bed." The vampiress suggested to him, and since he knew that she did have a point he didn't stress it. The hero simply did what he did before his hunger pain and then went back to rest.
"I'm glad he didn't hear what I said." The fanged flier said to herself before transforming back into bat form and flew back to her roost. When the sun was just on the horizon the cadets were, like the guys and ghouls, still asleep…until.
'At least here I won't get burnt.' The Rooster from earlier thought as he was about to enter the small door that led to the boys bunker, but was ran over by a mechanical replacement. 'So much for avoiding injury.' The creature thought as he listened to the turret trumpet.
'What the heck?!" Jamal, Baxter, and Grunt thought as they heard the instrument's wake up song. The device went to the leader's bed, stuck itself under the pillow, and shouted out louder to him than the others.
'Yeow! I gotta get up.' He thought with an external scream of alarm. He rushed off of his bed and into the changing room, and in no time he was suited up. "Miguel, sometimes I'm sorry you and your cousin ever invented that rolling, reveille robot." The blonde said as he made his way to the brain and speed factor of the team.
"But it was your idea to give it to the Colonel for a birthday present." The genius of the team said in his own defense.
"Affirmative. Next year, we give him a pocket watch." The speedy one said after he was done buttoning the top of his uniform. The young man knew that pocket watches often work since that is what he gave to his father last year.
"Glad to see you up and at `em, cadets." Their leader said as he entered their quarters. "Fantastic invention." He exclaimed while patting the horn of the trumpet, and it answered back by rolling right behind him and making a little bit of noise before officially leaving. "As I was saying, your up early for morning maneuvers in tough terrain." He explained to them after clearing his throat. He emphasized his point by pointing to the spot he had picked out with the map provided.
"I'll say. That's Barren Bog." The field leader of the group of men said as he saw the pointed out spot. He had heard the rumors and for all of his life prayed that he would not have the misfortune to go in there, but apparently he has to now.
"Rise and shine, Ben. It's a beautiful day for a field trip." The spirit said after waking up with a bright-eyed and bushy tailed attitude. The semi-awake other groaned a bit before getting to his feet.
"It is?" He questioned since as far as he could tell no normal person would call this good weather. Then again he knew that none of there anywhere near the term 'normal'.
"Yeah, just smell that fresh air." The Amity Park apparition said while opening one of their windows. As he just floated in place the jacketed one was having a hard time keeping his footing, so he had to use a hero early in the morning.
"Swampfire!" He shouted and then rooted himself to the floor. The hero then kept that foot method as he walked over to Jake's room. With little to no difficulty the walking marsh pit knocked on the door.
"You knocked, Ben?" The dragon questioned after opening the door and saw the repulsive regenerative one before him. The creature nodded at the comment before talking.
"Yeah, it was me, but you might want to act cautious around Phantom he's…" He stopped when he actually felt a head phase through his stomach, and due to the hair style he knew that it was the male spirit.
"Glad your up, Jake. We're just on our way out." The apparition avenger said before phasing his head out of the alien, and headed off to the ghouls. It was then Jake saw the taller man shiver out of delayed impulse.
"I wish he understood my need for boundaries when he does stuff like that." Swampfire said before heading over to the open window to close it. "We better get ready." He informed the dragon after the window was shut. After waking up the girls and packing up the Rustbucket with all that they need Grimwood decided to see them off.
"Cold. Raw. Windy. Good chance for rain. A perfectly rotten day to be outside." She said as she let the cold unforgiving wind move the hem of her outfit around as she waved them off. "So, have a great time girls." She said while waving to the RV.
"We will Miss Grimwood." Winnie said after a powerful howl as she Sibella, and Jake were walking out the front door.
"Looks like we're all ready to go." The American Dragon said as he saw that Elsa, Phantasma, Tannis, and Danny were already waiting for them at their ride. After hearing the more experienced dragon say such a thing the guard dragon thought that comment meant him as well.
'Right. Right. Let's go.' He thought while letting out a very happy growl. His pleasure stopped when he felt a tug on his tail. He knew the feel of the hand, but he wished that it was somebody else at the moment.
"Sorry, Matches. Your staying home with me." The headmistress explained to the flamethrower which angered him worse the Ben's arrival.
'Of course I had to be aced out of all of the fun.' He grumbled after hearing the bad news. The group did not notice this since they were too excited to go out with these new teachers.
"Wait, where's Benji…I mean Ben." The night flier said before looking around. They all did so, but didn't see him at all.
"Weird. The guy was here when ghost-boy said that we were going out." Long said as he recalled the Methanosian standing at his door. "It's not like we can go anywhere since he is the only one who knows how to fly this thing." He said and it was then he and everyone heard a familiar voice say the wrong name.
"Jetray!" The voice shouted out but instead of a red body flying out of the house it was a blue big winged form. 'Jeeze, you still can't give me the right guy.' He thought as he glided to the mechanical marvel known as the Rustbucket.
"Glad of you to make it, Ben." The wolfett said after a green glow changed the moth to a person.
"Sorry, I tried to come out of here dramatically, but the watch messed up on me." He explained to them before he and the others boarded the RV with Ben driving, Sibella as his navigator, Winnie, Jake, Phantasma, and Danny at the booth chairs, and Tannis and Elsa where sticking out of the small door on the roof. "Okay, guys. We're heading out." He said as he put it into drive, and drove off.
" Bye, Miss Grimwood." The young Frankenteen said as she waved her right arm while holding the young one with her left hand.
"By Matches." The bandaged beauty said while waving both of her hands. The two went inside to get to the rear windows.
"See you later, girls." Grimwood said as they were halfway through the gate.
"Yeah. See you later." The dragon grumbled while letting black smoke escaped from his nostrils out of anger. In no time Tennyson was on the road, and was just driving about.
"I like a mystery as much as the next guy, but where are we going, Danny." The shape-shifter asked while driving on a curvy road. The ghost took out a new map, due to Ben taking a bite out of their old one, and presented it to the others.
"Someplace scenic. Like right here." The hero said and pointed to the spot in question. When the other hero at the table saw where he was pointing at the dragon became alarmed.
"That's Barren Bog!" He nearly shouted, but kept his voice down since he did not want the vehicle to go over the edge of the twisting road. Even though it was not a shout out Ben did hear him, and wondered what it was all about.
"Barren Bog? What's that, guys?" Tennyson questioned since he was suddenly remembering what happened to him, his cousin, and his grandpa in the bayou, but that thought was stopped thanks to the young woman beside him.
"Sounds fang-tastic. I've heard that it's filled with alligators and snakes." The violet vixen said with a devilish smile on her face since she also knew that the location also had a wide open sky built for flying.
"You really know how to paint a gruesome picture there, Sibella." Ben said with a smile, and at that time the navigator's skin became a darker purple due to her blushing from his compliment or his smile.
"Not to mention all of that quicksand. I love quicksand." The blue toned beauty said with her hysterical laugh thrown in. Danny smiled at that since he knew that that obstacle had no affect on their kind.
"Yeah, I guess I could love them too, but there is one thing that I've been curious of - do quicksand pits have a bottom. I've always wondered that, and the only thing that I lacked was a partner to deal with that question." Danny said since that really was one thing that has bugged him ever since getting his powers and seeing that trap in cartoons.
"I'd love to Danny darling." The fellow spirit said with a big smile. The group made small talk on the way there not knowing that their…friends were already there due to their Colonel knowing a few shortcuts.
"Today's hike will take you through solid terrain. Stay close men as we use our survival skills to cross this bog." Calloway said after he and the other five got out of their vehicle. Naturally the guys did not want to be here, but that had no choice, or at the least none at the moment.
"Yes, sir." Tug said as he spoke for his group. With that said the colonel took point with the others following as - Baxter, Tug, Jamal, Miguel, and Grunt, but four out of six had other ideas.
"The first step is ditching the Colonel and finding a dry way out of this swamp." The cousin of a mischief maker said even though said blood brother would have found a sneaky way around this location; not totally out of it.
"Affirmative." The skilled one said as he helped his friend from the rather large puddle, which he fell in before telling them their new plan, but for the moment they followed the other two. The six carried on until the blonde warrior found a fork in the road as Calloway and Baxter stayed straight the other four went right.
'I guess we can call Baxter collateral damage.' T.D. thought as he continued to walk. After losing the two the brains pulled out his copy of their location from his back pocket to find the best way out.
"These field trips are a real drag." The relation to an inventor said aloud while using some old school lingo. The strength factor knew what the word 'drag' meant, and had to agree.
"And dumb too." He said to them as he brought up the rear. As they purposefully separated themselves from their leader the ghouls and their PE leaders have just arrived. The trio thought nothing special of the area before them; even as they walked out to the Rustbucket it didn't look too scary at all.
"What do we do now, coach?" The mummy's daughter questioned Danny since this was his idea, and he always had some pretty good advice. The spirit thought of it for a moment before coming up with his best idea for the moment.
"While we're here: how about a jog through the bog." He said to them before running under his own power. The ghouls as a whole liked that idea, and it was their own strength factor that was the first to agree.
"Great! I got plenty of energy." Elsa said to the ghost before running into the bog. What she said was true: she used a second shockman on herself just before going to bed.
"Wait for me, Elsa." Tannis said, wanting to be near the strong-woman of the team since her family was never built for shear strength, except for the fellow guardian Armon.
"Come on, Ben, let's race. I bet you can't beat me without your powers." The New Yorker said while getting ahead start. This angered the changeling greatly since he often hated that people, including himself, believed he was nothing without the watch.
"You're going to live to eat those words, dino-breath." The green jacketed wonder said to the red jacketed hero before going after him. Winnie smiled at the idea as she looked at the only one still there - Sibella.
"Well, if our boyfriends are doing it we might as well too." Winnie said and ran off after a happy howl. The young one heard her friend's comment, but wanted to try a different tactic.
"Then, I think I'll stretch my wings instead of my legs." She said while transforming into her bat form. Once fully formed she stayed slightly below canopy level to attract the attention of the female that made the challenge.
"Aw, no fair, Sibella, we're supposed to be jogging not jetting." The wolf explained as she saw her flying friend buzz past her before going above the trees. As she did that a root slithered in the way causing her to trip on it. 'What the? I thought I didn't see anything on the road.' She thought before hearing a strange voice: one that did not come from any of Ben's forms.
"Gotcha." The voice said before exposing himself to her. From what she could guess it was the swamp's own weak version of Wildvine, so she wasn't all that scared.
"Boy, do you have the wrong girl." She stated to the attacker, who by what she saw had her left ankle bound. The orange haired one took a swipe of the vine with a howl, and a 'Hyah' causing the mystery creature to let go of her out of pain.
'Dang, that really hurt.' He thought as he held that one vine with another.
'That'll teach `im.' She thought before hearing a low growl from the creature and then went wide eyed as he looked ready to try something a bit more hands on.
"You can't escape, the Grim Creeper." The creature said to her. This caused her competitive side to override her fear for a moment.
"Then I guess you've never chased a werewolf before, Creepy." She stated before leaping out of the way from a jumping attack. The fluffy one took off running deeper into the bog until she came across a mint condition storage shed. "This looks like a great place to hide." Winnie said as she ran into the building. The young one than hid at the corner of the open window and watched him walk past the building entirely.
'Oh where could she have gone.' Grim Creeper thought with a mocking tone as he walked since he saw and knew where she was going to hide.
"I gave him the slip." She said after a loud howl after seeing him leave. The nanosecond she said that her keen ears picked up on something from behind. 'What are those!' She thought with alarm, but before she could do anything the pair of bat creatures circled around her head. As that was going on she shouted out one word right before her mind went blank, "SCALES!" With that her mind went as she listened to an unknown voice.
"You will now obey only Revolta." The woman said through the web-muffs.
"I will obey only Revolta. Only Revolta. Only Revolta." The now mind wiped wolf continued to say the last two words. Unaware that the creature she tried to lose was now standing in the door way happy over what had happened.
"One down, four to go." The plant man said with eagerness even though that there was a part of him that did not want to find out what the heroes would do to him once they found out his mistress plan.