Here's chapter 13 everybody.
Chapter 13: Old-Fashioned Notion.
Danny shot up and yelled as he has regained consciousness. He looks around and saw that he was on a medical bed. He panicked until he noticed Steve was there.
"Whoa, whoa, easy." Steve said, trying to calm him down and still in his Captain America uniform. "You're gonna be fine."
"Remind me to never fight the Hulk ever again." Danny said.
Steve chuckled before having a sorrow look on his face.
"What's wrong, Cap?" Danny said, concerned for his idol.
"Danny, I want to apologize for treating you like a kid instead of a potential teammate. I had trouble on getting use to the idea of a very young superhero. Not to mention what you did back there was a brave thing you did, distracting the Hulk. You saved other people on board the carrier. You really are a hero." Steve said.
Danny couldn't believe it. Captain America, the man he idolized ever since he was a kid, has apologized to him. He regained his composure before he said...
"No. You don't need to apologize, Captain. You had every right to think that way. Besides, I'm used to it anyway." Danny said.
"Another thing. Before the attack, when everyone was arguing at each other, you maintain your cool. You didn't let your ego get the best of you, even when you discover S.H.I.E.L.D. was making ghost hunting weapons. Not to mention, it took courage to tell me and Tony to stop arguing." Steve said.
"That really didn't surprise me at all honestly. The Guys in White has been making weapons for years to stop me and other ghosts. Even my parents made weapons regularly, mostly to hunt me down and they shot at me a few times, before I revealed my identity. Funny, huh?" Danny said.
"Yeah... I tell you what, as soon as all of this is over, I'll sign your trading cards." Steve said.
"You'll do that?" Danny said, wide-eyed and excited that Steve is gonna autograph his own vintage set of Captain America trading cards.
"Sure, after all, I think I am teaming up with my number one fan." Steve replied.
"Thanks, Cap. That means a lot to me." Danny said before changing the subject. "Anyway, what happen? What's the damage?"
"We lost some people today." Steve said.
"I have been expecting that. Anyone from the team?" Danny said concerning for his other fellow Avengers.
"Thor and Banner are not on board but the others are fine. Also..." Steve said before stopping mid-sentence.
"Also what? What happen?" Danny said getting concerned.
"Loki killed Coulson." Steve sighed finished his sentence.
Danny went wide-eyed. Coulson's passing became too personal for him. He wasn't just an ally or an agent to him, he was a friend. Danny gritted his teeth, growled, and his eyes flash a deadly neon green before saying...
"Loki is gonna pay for this."
"I couldn't agree more." Steve said as Danny's eyes return to their normal icy blue.
"By the way, your last name is Fenton, right?" Steve asked.
"Yes." Danny replied.
"Do you have relation to Harry Fenton?" Steve asked.
"He would have been my grandfather. He died before Jazz and I were born." Danny answered.
"Would it surprise you that I knew him during the war." Steve said.
"You knew my grandfather?" Danny asked, in total shock.
"Yep. He was a good man. He sometimes talks about the paranormal and a 'Halfa' when he had the chance. He was among one of the people that assist in injecting me with the super solider serum, along with Tony's father Howard Stark and Doctor Erskine. Ironic that his Halfa theory came to fruition thanks to his, would have been grandson: you. You also look like him a little bit." Steve said.
"Yeah. Maybe you can tell me more stories about him sometime." Danny said.
"Yeah. Anyway, Fury is calling a meeting. Are you gonna be okay?"
"Yeah. I need a few minutes." Danny replied.
Steve, Tony, and Danny were sitting at a conference table on the bridge. Fury was standing in front of the remaining heroes while Hill was standing by his side.
"These were in Phil Coulson's jacket. I guess he never did get you to sign them." Fury said as he tossed a bloody deck of Coulson's Captain America cards in front of the heroes and looking at Steve. Steve picked up one of the cards before Fury continued.
"We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, the location of the Cube, Banner, Thor... I got nothing for you. I lost my one good eye." Fury said referring to Coulson. "Maybe I had that coming."
No one said a word, still looking at Fury until he broken the silence.
"Yes, we were going to build an arsenal with the Tesseract. I never pull all my chips on that number, though because I was playing something even riskier. There was an idea, Stark and Fenton knows this, called the Avengers Initiative. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people to see if they could become something more. To see if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson died still believing that idea. In heroes." Fury said as Tony stood up from his seat and stood there before leaving the room. "Well. it's an old-fashioned notion."
Meanwhile, at the flower field, Thor walked around and found Mjølnir on the ground. At another location, Bruce has just woken and check his surroundings. He was at some warehouse, which confused him. He also noticed he was covered in dirt, dust, surrounded by rubble, and most of all, naked.
'How did I end up here?' Bruce thought.
"You fell out of the sky." said someone behind him.
Bruce looked behind him and saw an old security guard.
"Did I hurt anybody?" Bruce asked.
"There's nobody around here to get hurt. You did scare the hell out of some pigeons, though." the security guard said.
"Lucky." Bruce sighed.
"Or just good aim. You were awake when you fell." the security guard said.
"You saw?" Bruce asked.
"The whole thing. Right through the ceiling. Big and green and buck-ass nude." The guard said before tossing Bruce a pair of pants. "Here. Didn't think those would fit until you shrunk down to a regular-size feller." the guard said.
"Thank you." Bruce said as he puts on the pants.
"Are you an alien?" the guard asked.
"What?" Bruce asked, confused at what the guard said to him.
"From outer space, an alien." the guard asked.
"No." Bruce replied.
"Well, then, son, you've got a condition." the guard said.
Back at the Helicarrier, Danny sighed. He was alone at the area where he fought the Hulk. He wanted to be in peace and quiet. Things aren't looking so good. Danny needed make important calls. He first dialed his home phone. After a few rings, someone picked up.
"Hello?" answered his older sister Jazz.
"Hey Jazz. It's me." Danny replied.
"Danny? It's that you? Are you all right? You sound awful." Jazz said.
"Geez, Jazz. Thanks for the awesome moral booster." Danny said rolling his eyes. "Is Mom, Dad, and Danielle here?"
"Yeah, let me go get them." Jazz replied.
After a few minutes, the rest of Danny's family were on the phone.
"Danny, what's going on?" Maddie asked.
"Hi, Mom." Danny said. "How's things back at home?"
"Everything's fine." Maddie replied. "We've all been worried about you. We got a call from S.H.I.E.L.D. two days ago saying they needed your help to save the world."
"Yeah. Things are not looking good. I need you all to promise that you all will stay safe, if something should happen to me." Danny said.
"Danny-boy. If it's really that bad, maybe you should return home." Jack said.
"No, Dad, I can't do that. The Earth is in grave danger of being invaded, not by ghosts, but by aliens." Danny said.
"Aliens exist, too!" Jazz said, not believing what she just heard, as well as the rest of the family.
"Don't ask. Anyway, you all know, along with Tucker, Sam, and Valerie, about my obsession: Heroism, bravery, protecting innocent people, especially those that I care about. I can't sit idlely and let them die. I have to do this, even if I have to do this alone." Danny said.
"I know Danny. Just promise us you'll come back home, alive." Maddie said as she and Jazz tried to stop the tears.
"Yeah, the world may need Danny Phantom, but we need Danny Fenton." Jazz said.
"I promise." Danny said. "Where's Danielle."
"I'm here, Danny." Dani said.
"Dani, if I don't make it back. You have to promise me you'll protect Amity Park from the evil ghosts." Danny said.
"I promise Danny, but you got this. Go kick some alien butt!" Dani said, making Danny smile.
"I gotta go, and watch the news. Love you all." Danny said before hanging up.
Danny then dialed Tucker's number. After a few rings, Tucker answered.
"Danny?! Dude, where the heck are you? Sam and I haven't heard from you in two days! You were marked absent at school today." Tucker, the current mayor of Amity Park, said.
"Hey, Tucker." Danny said, smiling after hearing Tucker's voice. "I'm all right. Same as usual. World's in danger, crazy fruitloops, etc." Danny said. "But in all seriousness, I've been keeping a secret from you and Sam. You find that out when you watch the news today. Now, if anything should happen to me, you..."
"Stop dude. Don't even think about it. You got this. Whatever what's going on and whatever dangerous mission you're about to do, you got this! I have faith in you, man. We'll talk about you secret when you make it back. If you need any techo-help, you know who to call." Tucker said, making Danny chuckle.
"Thanks, Tuck. I really need that boost in morale. Anyway, I gotta go, get to City Hall with the rest of the team and make sure Amity park and yourself watch the news." Danny said before hanging up.
Danny then took a really deep breath. This is going to be one of the most difficult calls he's ever gonna make. He dial the most important number. After a few minutes, his beautiful best friend and Goth girlfriend Sam Manson answered. The sound of her beautiful voice made Danny's heart beat 1000 times faster.
"Danny?! My God, you're all right. Where are you? What happened? I haven't heard from you in two days and you were marked absent at school today. We're supposed to see that movie today." Sam said through the phone.
'Oh yeah, I forgot about about that.' Danny thought. "I'm fine Sam... Sam, we're gonna have to see the movie another time. There's been a change in plans. This explains why I sorta disappeared two days ago." Danny said.
"What do you mean?" Sam asked with concern.
"I've been keeping a secret from you and Tucker since the Dis-asteriod Incident. I might as well tell you first." Danny said. "I've been recruited by a government organization called S.H.I.E.L.D. to save the world." Danny said.
"S.H.I.E.L.D.? Never heard of them, and they better not experiment on you, or else." Sam said.
"Don't worry, I trust them. Listen Sam, things are looking pretty bad. The Earth's in danger." Danny said.
"Nothing new, we live in Amity Park. We-" Sam said before Danny cut her off mid-sentence.
"No, end of the world danger, and it doesn't involve ghosts. You will find out soon in the news." Danny said.
Sam didn't like the words that Danny had just said. Not involving ghosts?
"Sam, if I don't make it back alive, I need to let you know how much I love you. I love you so much." Danny said as Sam tried to fight the tears on what Danny's about to do.
"I love you too, Danny. I love you so much. Danny, you faced worst than this. And whatever 'this' is, you will prevail. I have faith in you. You even kicked your evil self. And Danny, promise me you'll come back to me. I will always have faith in you. And most of all, I will always love you till the end, and I'll be waiting for you. Now, go save the world." Sam said.
"I promise, and thanks, Sam. I knew I can count on you." Danny said. "I love you."
"I love you, too." Sam said.
With that Danny hangs up the phone.
Meanwhile, Clint was shaking his head, fighting the remnants of Loki's control as Natasha looked on. Clint knew he was strapped down, but he was coming back to normal, returning to reality.
"Clint. You're going to be all right." Natasha said.
"You know that?" Clint asked and chuckled. "Is that what you know?" Clint said as Loki's control is finally gone and Natasha got up to get him a glass of water. "I've got no window. I have to flush him out."
"You got to level out. It's going to take time." Natasha said earning a sigh from Clint.
"You don't understand. Have you ever had someone take your brain and play? Pull you out and stuff something else in? Do you know what's it's like to be unmade?" Clint asked.
Natasha thought for a moment, reminding herself during her days in the Red Room, an old Soviet program where the Soviet Union kidnapped young girls, and train them to kill at an early age. Natasha knows she's not the only one. She learned from a file that Danny had a similar situation where he was mind-controlled by a crazed ringmaster called Freakshow three years ago.
"You know that I do, as well as Danny Phantom." Natasha said, surprising Clint when she mentioned Danny. Clint was a fan of Danny and he never thought Fury would recruit the kid.
Clint then look Natasha straight in the eye, wanting some answers.
"Why am I back? How did you get him out?" Clint asked.
"Cognitive recalibration. I hit you really hard on the head." Natasha answered honestly.
"Thanks." Clint said as Natasha undo the straps. "Natasha...How many agents did I..."
"Don't." Natasha said, cutting him off. She refuse to let him think that way. "Don't do that to yourself, Clint. This is Loki. This is monsters and magic, and nothing we were ever trained for."
"Loki, did he get away?" Clint asked sternly.
"Yeah." Natasha replied. "I don't suppose you know where."
"I didn't need to know. I didn't ask. He's going to make his play soon, though. Today." Clint said.
"We got to stop him." Natasha said.
"Yeah? Who's 'we'?" Clint snorted.
"I don't know. Whoever's left." Natasha replied.
"Well, if I put an arrow through Loki's eye socket, I would sleep better, I suppose." Clint said as Natasha sit next to him.
"Now you sound like you." Natasha smirked.
"But you don't. You're a spy, not a soldier. Now you want to wade into a war. Why? What did Loki do to you?" Clint asked.
"He didn't. I just..." Natasha said before looking down.
"Natasha." Clint said with concern.
"I've been compromised. I got red in my ledger. I would like to wipe it out." Natasha replied.
Meanwhile, Steve and Tony were at the cell room where Loki's cell used to be and where Coulson was killed.
"Was he married." Steve asked about Coulson.
"No." Tony replied. "There was a cellist, I think."
"I'm sorry." Steve said with sorrow. "He seemed like a good man."
"He was an idiot." Tony said.
"Why? For believing?" Steve asked, not liking that comment.
"For taking on Loki alone." Tony commented.
"He was doing his job." Steve said.
"He was out of his league. He should have waited." Tony scoffed. "He should have..."
"Sometimes there isn't a way out, Tony." Steve commented.
"Right, I've heard that before." Tony said.
"Is this the first time you lost a soldier?" Steve asked.
"We are not soldiers." Tony rounded on Steve. "I'm not marching to Fury's fife."
"Neither am I. He's got the same blood on his hands that Loki does. But right now, we got to put that behind us and get this done." Steve said. "Loki needs a power source. If we can put together a list..."
"He made it personal." Tony cut Steve off.
"That's not the point." Steve said, refusing to see it like that.
"That is the point. That's Loki's point. He hit us all right where we live. Why?" Tony asked.
"To tear us apart." Steve replied.
"Yeah, divide and conquer is great but he knows he has to take us out to win, right? That's what he wants. He wants to beat us, he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience." Tony said.
"Right. Danny and I caught his act in Stuttgart." Steve said.
"Yeah, that was just previews. This is opening night. And Loki, he's a full-tilt diva, right? He wants flowers, he wants parades. He wants a monument built to the skies with his name plastered..." Tony said as it suddenly clicked him. Loki is planning on using Stark Tower back in New York City, and the arc reactor powering it, which result in Tony saying an inappropriate sentence and running off.
At the roof of Stark Tower at New York City, Erik Selvig is preparing a machine that will make the Tesseract open a portal.
Back at the Helicarrier, Steve and Danny went to get Natasha and Clint.
"Time to go." Steve said.
"Go where?" Natasha asked.
"I'll tell you on the way. Can you fly one of those jets?" Steve said.
"I can." Clint replied, coming out of a restroom.
Steve looked concerned before looking at Natasha, who gave him a nod.
"You got a suit?" Steve asked Clint.
"Yeah." Clint replied.
"Then suit up." Steve said.
"I'm going ghost!" Danny grinned as two glowing bright rings appear around his waist and ran up and down, changing into ghost form, making Clint surprised.
"You must be Danny Phantom." Clint said.
"You must be Agent Barton." Danny said.
"Big fan. You ready?" Clint said.
"Yeah." Danny smirked.
"Let's do this." Clint said.
At the flower field, Thor picked up Mjølnir. Back at the Helicarrier, Steve picked up his famous Captain America shield, Clint grabbed his bow and arrows, Natasha prepping and powering up her Widow Stingers, Tony fixing his Iron Man face plate which it powered up, and Danny strapping on a modified specter deflector and adding other Fenton tech and weapons that he brought just in case. At the field, Thor rise his hammer and summoned a lighting bolt. At the Helicarrier, Tony putting on his suit while Danny heads outside while Steve, Natasha and Clint heads for a Quinjet. As Steve, Natasha and Clint walked up the Quinjet's ramp, a random agent tried to stop them.
"Hey, you guys aren't authorized to be in here." the agent said.
"Son, just don't." Steve said, cutting him off.
Back at the bridge, Fury was standing by the large windows, looking at Coulson's cards. Hill approached him.
"Sir." Hill greeted.
"Agent Hill." Fury greeted without looking at her.
"Those cards, they were in Coulson's locker, not in his jacket." Hill said.
Fury looked at the cards and sighed.
"They needed the push." Fury said still looking out the window until he saw Iron Man and Danny Phantom flew past the window, followed by the Quinjet carrying Steve, Natasha, and Clint as the Avengers heading for New York City.
"We have an unauthorized departure from Bay 6." an agent said through the PA.
"They found him. Get our communications back up, whatever you have to do. I want eyes on everything." Fury ordered.
"Yes, sir." Hill replied.
And that's the end of this chapter. Well, this is it. We all know what the next chapter is gonna be. Are you ready? I know you can't wait for it. Danny Phantom with the Avengers. Also, normally, I don't use profanity words in my stories since I don't use or say those type of words, but since it used in the movie, I have no choice. Anyway, please review. :)