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Chapter 4: Technus and Five Strange Teens

"Uungh," Danny groaned, rolling over. "My head."

He curled up shortly, rubbing the back of his sore head. Then he slowly opened his eyes, remembering that he had been in the Ghost Zone. When he saw his surroundings he jerked into an upright position, ignoring the pain in his head.

"What the—?" Danny exclaimed, looking shocked and amazed. "Where on earth am I?"

He was no longer in the Ghost Zone or even in Amity Park. In fact, he had no idea what street he was on or what city he was in. Everything looked far more modern and shiny than laid-back Amity Park.

Confused and wary, Danny got to his feet, wondering how he'd gotten there from the Ghost Zone. Or maybe he was just imagining the whole thing and was lying unconscious in the Ghost Zone. But the wind nipping at his cheeks and the dirt in his scratches made him think otherwise. His dreams were usually nowhere this vivid—outside of his nightmares, of course, and this was nowhere near a nightmare. Yet.

But if this wasn't a nightmare…where was he?

"An unknown area of the Ghost Zone that I stumbled across?" he muttered, inspecting his surroundings more closely. "But the sky isn't green… And I'm not falling through the ground." Danny looked down to prove his point.

He sighed wearily. "Jazz is so going to kill me. And Sam… Tucker, too, maybe."

Still confused, Danny made his way down the street, curious about his whereabouts. He had never really been in such a big city before. His parents were normally so ghost-obsessed that they'd never gone anywhere outside of conferences with other ghost-obsessed scientists and he couldn't tag along with them.

Danny had passed a closed restaurant when his familiar ghost sense went off. Not hesitating since no one else was around, he instantly transformed, on the look-out for the ghost. He took to the air when he didn't see anything on the ground.

"Where's the ghost?" Danny murmured, still not seeing anything. "It should've shown itself by now. They're normally so eager to prove themselves…"

All his senses suddenly tingled and he found himself reflexively turning intangible as he felt and smelled the air behind him burning. Shocked, he saw a bolt of green lightning shoot through his chest and hit the cement below him. Danny whirled around and saw a large satellite dish which was crackling.

"Technology," Danny mused, scrutinizing the area around him a bit better. "Bingo." He smiled, pleased with himself as he found what he was looking for. "Technus."

"Does this guy yell out his every move like an idiot?" Raven muttered to herself, bound to a lamppost after her most recent attempt at stopping Technus.

"And now every TV in this city is under my control!" Technus cackled like a maniac, attached by large "pipes" to different commodities such as telephone wires and a broadcasting studio. He was still not in robot form but green streams of energy flowing from his hands ensured that he remained connected to the TVs and other items he had taken over.

"That's getting annoying." Raven's bonds glowed black as she managed to successfully dispel them. She flew up behind Technus, gearing for another attack.

Her thoughts fell back to her friends, still bound. After she had recovered from being electrocuted, she had narrowly stopped Technus from squashing them. But before she could undo their bonds, the ghost had kicked her into the air with a car and across the city, away from them, before coming after her, deeming her the bigger threat. She had had no chance to go back, instead being occupied otherwise.

"The sky is at my command!" Technus boasted suddenly for seemingly no reason.

'It hasn't struck me down yet,' Raven thought, summoning her dark powers. She whispered, "Azarath Metrion—aargh!"

Something had hit her from behind, striking her to the ground. It was a bolt of electricity from a nearby satellite dish. And for the second time that night Raven found herself paralyzed by the electricity coursing through her muscles.

"HA!" Technus had seen her now. "You can no longer attack me from the sky!" He was smirking widely. "No one can!"

"Wanna bet, Technus?" a new and unfamiliar voice asked. "I'm still floating here last time I checked."

"What are you doing here?" Technus demanded, turning to the meet the figure floating above him.

Raven wearily raised her head and caught sight of a boy with snowy white hair in a black and white jumpsuit. He had unnaturally green eyes and seemed to be carrying a tool belt of sorts.

"Same thing as you are, I guess," the boy said casually in answer to Technus's question. Raven stiffened at the thought of a new enemy until he added, "Except I'm just hanging out and you're going for city domination."

"World domination!" Technus corrected.

"That so?" The boy raised an eyebrow. "And you intend to do that through the media? No offense, but I think you watch too many cartoons." He paused for a moment. "Actually, that was an insult. Never mind."

"Raven!" The Titan turned her head to see the others rush to her, having managed to free themselves. "Are you all right?"

"Fine." Raven got to her knees, still a bit shaky. "Do you guys know who that kid is up there? Do we have him in the database? I've never seen him before."

Cyborg looked up. "Not a clue. Robin?"

"If I knew him I would've told you," Robin replied. "Besides, Technus is attacking him." They saw Technus shoot a beam of light at the boy, who artfully dodged. "I say we wait and see what happens. If the other is a bad guy, we attack."

"If we can't defeat Technus and he can, how do we defeat him?" Beast Boy asked.

"We observe his fighting style and form strategies accordingly," Robin responded instantly.

"And if he merely keeps dodging?" Starfire inquired.

"It means he's passive and probably not an enemy," Raven declared, on her feet now.

"We're not making the same mistake we made last time," Robin said firmly. "That cost us too much."

"Hey, you!" A shout made them look up and they saw the white-haired boy staring at them. "Get out of the street! It's dangerous!"

"For you, ghost child!" Technus swiped at him with a pile of wires but missed because he deftly moved out of the way. "You shall not stop me from sucking the power of this city and then connecting to every other city in the world!"

"Boxers or briefs?" the kid shot back much to the Titans' bemusement.

"Br—none of your business!"

"Briefs? Seriously?" The teen cocked his head, looking amused.

"I thought I fixed that!" Technus appeared dismayed.

"Why did he inquire as to the ghost's choice of undergarments?" Starfire asked curiously.

"They seem to know each other," Robin observed.

"I think you've caught a bug!" the teen shouted, a grin flickering across his features. "Or did you downgrade? Was the mullet not cutting it for you? But you still have a mullet so I guess that's not it…"

"Why you—!" Technus seemed too incensed to say anything coherent. "You will fry, ghost child!"

"I'd say 'fry', too, but I don't do fire." The "ghost child" shot something green out of his hands that hit Technus in the chest and pushed him backwards into a building.

"Nice," Cyborg muttered appreciatively. "He's got some power."

"He's another ghost, isn't he?" Beast Boy guessed.

"Did the term 'ghost child' give that away?" Robin said sarcastically. "Now we know we can't trust him. All the other ghosts have been dangerous so far."

"Perhaps he is different," Starfire objected.

Robin didn't answer because at that moment Technus emerged from the building, looking angry. He raised his arms and various electronic items all around him lifted up into the air. But before he could do anything with them, the white-haired teen had shot dozens of small green orbs at the items, exploding all of them. The Titans were left scrambling for cover. When they were sure that the danger was over, they poked their heads out from their hiding places to watch the fight.

"I told you guys to move!" They saw Ghost Child glaring at them. "This isn't a tourist attraction!"

"You should've caught me when you had the chance!" Technus succeeded in punching Ghost Child through a building by throwing a stereo at him. And by "through", I mean the kid literally fell through the building.

"He's a ghost," Robin confirmed blandly, jumping out from behind a car. "There's no doubt about it now."

With that said, the Titans waited anxiously for his reappearance. Technus was still on the loose.

Danny had caught sight of a green-skinned floating figure with a large cape that was definitely Technus. No one else could have such an ugly mullet and horrible sunglasses. No wonder Jazz called him Sunglass Freak.

As he was approaching he saw a black figure behind Technus. Danny wondered if whoever it was was a ghost since he/she wasn't glowing and was decked out in a uniform of sorts.

"The sky is at my command!" Technus shouted, raising both fists, green energy still streaming from them. He hadn't noticed Danny yet since the halfa was invisible.

'Really?' Danny thought back to the satellite dish. 'Well, that explains that.' Catching sight of another one behind the robed figure, he winced. 'And that's gonna hurt.'

Sure enough, the satellite dish released a burst of energy and struck the flying person, who had started to glow an eerie black. "Aargh!"

'That sounded like a girl.' Danny flew up and over Technus, who still hadn't noticed his close call, to check on her. 'It looks like she's still alive but that could just be the remnants of the electricity coursing through her muscles.'

Technus then whirled around. "HA! You can no longer attack me from the sky! No one can!"

Danny took this as his cue and turned visible. "Wanna bet, Technus? I'm still floating here last time I checked."

Technus caught sight of him, astonishment flooding his face. "What are you doing here?"

"So polite," Danny muttered so quietly that no one could hear him. Then he answered casually, "Same thing you are, I guess." He took note of the person on the ground under Technus, who was looking up at him. The thought crossed his mind that his earlier statement could be interpreted in the wrong way and he added, "Except I'm just hanging out and you're going for city domination."

"World domination!" Technus corrected.

'Let the torture begin.' Danny repressed a grin. "That so?" He settled for raising an eyebrow to remain casual. "And you intend to do that through the media? No offense, but I think you watch too many cartoons." He paused for dramatic effect. "Actually, that was an insult. Never mind."

A cry from the ground drew his attention elsewhere. 'Did I hear 'raven'?' He saw four teens in colorful costumes rush to the person. 'You have got to be kidding me. Is that kid green? Did he really dye his skin that color?'

Danny was trying to eavesdrop on their conversation in hopes of finding out more about what was going on when Technus attacked. A beam shot out of a floating TV, going directly towards him. He simply did a half-circle in the air, letting it fly by him.

"Your aim sucks!" Danny taunted him. "Is TV rotting your brains?" He looked down but they didn't seem to have noticed the interaction since they were chatting amongst themselves.

"I'll show you TV!" Technus promised, shooting more beams at the young half-ghost.

Danny dodged them all effortlessly before occupying his time with evading the ghost's attacks of wires and other weird objects. It wasn't until he looked down again that he saw the five teens still standing in the street, gawking.

He briefly considered the notion that they were all idiots before yelling, "Hey, you!" Having caught their attention, he proceeded to shout a warning. "Get out of the street! It's dangerous!"

But he hadn't factored in Technus. "For you, ghost child!" Thanking his lucky stars that his parents had insisted on such grueling practices, Danny nimbly moved and watched the ghost's next beam of electricity fly by. The singeing air had alerted him to the danger.

"You shall not stop me from sucking the power of this city and then connecting to every other city in the world!"

"Boxers or briefs?" Danny retorted, catching Technus off-guard. He remembered the last time he had asked that, inwardly grinning.

"Br—none of your business!" Technus had caught himself in time.

"Briefs? Seriously?" Danny cocked his head, amused. He had worn briefs earlier himself after the Egyptian fiasco but switched back to boxers after various newspaper articles. In his opinion, they were much more comfortable.

"I thought I fixed that!" Technus appeared dismayed.

"I think you've caught a bug!" Danny said cheerfully, grinning and implying two things at the same time. "Or did you downgrade? Was the mullet not cutting it for you? But you still have a mullet so I guess that's not it…"

"Why you—! The technology-obsessed ghost looked as if he'd have steam pouring out of his ears. "You will fry, ghost child!"

"I'd say 'fry', too, but I don't do fire," Danny shot back. 'And thank God for that.' He summoned low-level ectoplasm to his hands and fired at Technus, hitting him in the chest and pushing him into a building.

Before he could follow in and take care of Technus, voices distracted him and he looked downwards. He was shocked to see that the teens were still there. Even Amity Park's citizens weren't this stupid!

"I told you guys to move!" Danny glared at them. "This isn't a tourist attraction!" 'Although I might be.'

"You should've caught me when you had the chance!"

Danny had no time to spin around as a stereo hit him in the back, sending him hurtling straight forwards into a building. For a moment his sense of direction was completely screwed up. Only when he felt something hard and uncomfortable graze the back of his jumpsuit did he instantly turn intangible, falling through the building and not into it. A few months ago and the two of them would have been violently introduced.

Dazed, he lay there for a few moments before snapping back to attention. Technus was still out there. With that in mind, Danny ran his hand over his belt, grabbing the weapon he wanted when he found it. Equipped and ready to go, he poked his head out through the wall, finding his enemy instantly.

Technus was looking triumphant. "Ha! Finally I, Technus, ghost master of gadgetry, computers, and ruler of—"

"Long-winded introductions!" Danny cut him off impatiently. "Still here, you know! Don't start celebrating just yet!"

"Not for long!" Technus raised his arms.

"Likewise!" Danny raised his weapon, the Jack o' Nine Tails, and lifted it over his head before letting it fly. "Meet my friend!"

The Jack o' Nine Tails, emblazoned with Jack Fenton's face and cheesy grin, opened up and crackled dangerously. Technus had no time to move as it pinned his arms to his sides and electrocuted him. As he screamed and writhed, Danny grabbed the Fenton Electrifier from his belt and flew up to the ghost. He pressed the button and aimed it at Technus's chest.

Then, something happened.

Technus broke free of his bonds (he had to get his parents to update that invention) and grabbed his end of the Electrifier. Before Danny knew what hit him, electricity was coursing through him, setting his hair on end and making him double over in agony. He was dimly aware of Technus also being electrocuted.

"AAAAAAHH!" But the electricity had set off something else, opened something in his body. Something that he wasn't familiar with at all. Something that scared him.

The next thing he was aware of was that the pain had disappeared. The only thing he felt was a light tingling. Opening his eyes, he saw that both he and Technus were still being "fried", even though he couldn't feel anything.

But wait. He could feel something. Something uncomfortable was growing in his chest, something that was prickling him from the inside. It made him remember his lessons with Frostbite, so he concentrated on letting whatever it was out.

He expected something to happen. What he didn't expect was a sudden increase of the sparks surrounding him. Then, the prickling sensation coursed through his arm, gathering around the Electrifier. His eyes widened when he saw the weapon be completely covered with greenish electricity until a loud explosion blew the two apart.

Shocked, Danny dropped the Electrifier, staring wide-eyed at it as it clattered to the street. It looked completely blackened; it seemed safe to say that it would no longer operate as Danny had fried it. But how?

Technus was keeled over for only a split-second before straightening up and pointing to Danny. "Ha! You think you can use technology on me, the master of technology? You wish! Be glad that I didn't destroy you!"

All Danny could do was stare at the fried Fenton Electrifier, still dumfounded at what had happened. Worse still, he felt that same uncomfortable prickling build up in him. And this time, he was afraid to let it out. Afraid to see what it was. Because if it was what he thought it was, he was in big trouble.

"Are you listening, insolent ghost child?" Technus demanded, his hands in fists at his shoulders. They were flaring green. "You have interfered in my plans long enough!"

Technus zoomed in towards Danny, intending to engage the halfa in hand-to-hand combat. Reflexively, Danny blocked the ghost's punch by grabbing his hand. But in doing so, the prickling built up to an unbearable amount. Before he knew what was happening, electricity was coursing through his hand and into Technus.

Danny dropped Technus immediately, backing off. The ghost fell to the ground, sizzling.

'No. Please no,' Danny pleaded, looking at Technus in fear.

"What did you do?" Technus looked at his hands, which were no longer glowing. "I can't use my powers anymore!"

Danny's breath caught in his throat. 'No.'

He was only dimly aware of the five teens next to the ghost. But their sudden chattering alerted him to the peril and he numbly groped for the Fenton Thermos at his waist. Before Technus could attempt to escape, Danny had already pressed the button and sucked the powerless ghost in. Floating to the ground, all he could do was think over what had just happened.

'No. I'm…turning into him.'

I'm sorry if it lags but with a story like this with two sets of characters that don't know each other very well, I feel that it's important we get both sides of the story.

Thanks to Copa-Phantom, GhostKing666, Shiva the Sarcastic, Piece of Toast, RedHerring1412, Email coltondodgeryahoo . com, musiclover9419, Marie Ravenclaw, FlameToungue, Levitarius, and Kitsune-242 for reviewing the last chapter!

RedHerring1412: Too true. Unfortunately, that's not quite what happens here as you can see.

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