I'M SO HAPPY WE'RE ON THIS CHAPTER! THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES! Why, you ask? BECAUSE WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DANNY AND HIS EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL ISSUES! And guess what!? HE TURNS TEMPORARILY EVIL AGAINST HIS TEAM! OOOHHH! WHO DOESN'T LOVE THAT?!
I forgot to ask something about Drop Zone. Did anybody else like (as IWasNeverReal put it) 'Celtic Warlord' Danny? I know some of you did but how 'bout the rest of ya'll?
Kadzait: Ya'll?
-.- Stop questioning me!
Ch.5: Infiltrator
Infinity Island: August 7th, 23:49ECT
An arrow struck a guard. It released electricity throughout his body and knocked him unconscious. Red Arrow, formerly known as Speedy, ran forward and passed the fallen guard. He released an arrow that was attached to a rope onto the roof. He climbed up it and onto the second floor of the building. He stayed in the shadows, and got ready to shoot another arrow. He carefully aimed and let loose. The arrow hit the wall right next to a security camera.
In the control room, a monitor fizzled for a second before going back to normal.
Red Arrow kneeled on the ground, coming out from the corner and let loose an arrow. It hit another guard, and released electricity, silently knocking him out. He did the same to the guard's partner.
Dr. Roquette sat at a computer and continued to work on something.
"We're losing patience. Complete the project or forfeit your life." A voice said over the intercom.
Dr. Roquette didn't look up from her work. "I'm completing as fast as I can."
Someone knocked on the door that was being watched by more guards. They got ready to open it and fire, when the door just fell down on its own, knocking one guard out already. The second guard shot at the intruder but Red Arrow ducked and with excellent speed, he took out the guard.
Dr. Roquette had gotten up and was now looking at him with hope. Red Arrow walked forward.
"Dr. Roquette." The solo hero greeted.
"Tell me you're the advance guy." Roquette said. Red Arrow took out an arrow.
"I'm the only guy." He said.
"You didn't bring back up? What? Were there budget cuts?" Roquette hissed.
An alarm sounded and they heard more guards running towards them. Red Arrow let loose the arrow and blew up the wall. Roquette coughed as the smoke cleared.
"Now or never, Doc." Red Arrow said. She looked down at a machine.
"We can't leave this." She said, worry in her voice.
Red Arrow gave her a harsh look. "Look, I either take it or I take you!"
Roquette took her glasses from her face.
"Right, take me." She said. Red Arrow shot an arrow with another rope on it and it impaled a tree. Red Arrow tied the rope to a bar and put a clasp on the rope. He grabbed Roquette and she grasped him tightly. "Hang on!"
The two slid down the rope, Roquette screaming along the way. The guards were firing at them but they missed every single time. The doctor and the hero landed on the beach, none to gracefully. They ran to the water, and uncovered a speed boat. Roquette climbed in and Red Arrow pushed it out into the water.
Guards were running towards the beach but they couldn't make it in time.
Red Arrow got in the boat and Roquette sarcastically asked "What do you call this, the Arrow Boat?"
Red Arrow pushed her head down as they continued to get shot out. "I call it a rental. Get down!"
Red Arrow started up the boat and pressed the GPS. A million red dots appeared on the screen.
On shore, a ton of bombs blew, right near where the guards were.
Red Arrow drove the boat with ease.
"I think we're clear." He said, not hearing anymore guns. Roquette got up and looked back for a split second. "Great, that leaves only one problem…"
Professor Ojo and Sensei looked over the device Roquette was making.
"Well?" Sensei asked.
"She finished. We're good to go." Ojo informed. Sensei smiled in joy.
Mount Justice: August 8th, 09:58EDT
Megan, Robin, Superboy, Aqualad, and Danny walked onto the beach right next to Mount Justice.
"Hello Megan! We should hit the beach every day!" Megan said excitedly. The Martian was in a bikini, showing off her green skin and all the guys were in swim trunks. Danny, however had a swim-shirt to match.
"How 'bout not?" Danny said irritably. The circles under his eyes were more pronounced than usual. "This heat is killing me!" He complained.
"Uh… It's only 83 degrees out." Superboy said. Danny turned even more annoyed.
"I have a cold core. I produce cold and ice! This!" He waved around erratically. "Feels hotter to me than it does to you!"
Danny crossed his arms and started mumbling. Robin slung his arms around Danny and the hybrid growled.
"Don't take offense. He's been like this all day." Robin said, just to tick Danny off. The white-haired teen continued to mumble.
"Anyway, let's have a moment of silence for our absent comrade." The Boy Wonder said. Everyone looked Robin weirdly. Megan looked down.
"Poor Wally." She said sympathetically.
Danny laughed. "Ha ha, serves him right! No one pranks me and gets away with it!"
Everyone looked at him weirdly.
"Uh… Wally's at school." Kaldur said.
Robin placed a hand on his leader's shoulder. "Yeah, Danny's also been really… What's the word?... Oh yes, 'evil' today. It's the heat."
Danny glared at him. "It's not just that he had to go to school! I did a little something special…"
Oh yeah, he's being evil.
Central City: August 8th, 9:00CDT
The bell rang at Central City High School, giving all kids joy! I lied. All the kids resented the bell.
"Welcome class to the first day of sophomore year." The teacher said in such a monotone voice it almost sounded like a recording. Wally sank down in his seat.
While the Team played in the water, some (*cough* Danny *cough*) being more violent than others, Wally was squirted in the face by a water fountain. ("I wonder if Wally went to the water fountain in the north hall yet?") The speedster looked down and saw his pants wet.
While the others had hot dogs (Danny ate ice), Wally had slop.
While the others played volleyball and Danny sat in the shade trying to cool off, Wally got a dodge ball to the face and then a dozen more.
Once school was over, Wally ran outside and cheered before running off again.
"Recognized. Kid Flash; B04"
Wally came out of the zeta ready to party, in his bathing suit and all.
"The Wal-Man is here! Now let's get this party started!" He said and came crashing to the ground in front of the others, already in uniform. Danny was laughing evilly at Wally's screw up.
"The Wal-Man, huh? Love the uniform. What exactly are your powers?"
Everyone looked to a girl dressed in green. Danny tensed but still had this really creepy smile on his face. Everyone noticed his tense form but it didn't look like Danny knew himself. Robin rolled his eyes and pushed an ice pack in Danny's face. Not being able to see and having a cold presence pressed to his face, Danny calmed considerably.
"What's with him?" The girl asked. Robin smiled at her nervously. "It's the heat." He said.
"And the lack of sleep." Batman added.
Wally walked forward. "So, who's this?"
The girl gave him a sly smile. "Artemis, your new teammate."
Wally gave her a smile. "Kid Flash, never heard of you."
Green Arrow walked forward and placed a hand on the girl's shoulders. "She's my new protégé."
Wally was stunned. "What happened to your old one?"
"Recognized. Speedy; B07"
"Well for starters, he doesn't go by Speedy anymore." Red Arrow said, exiting the Zeta-Tube. "Call me Red Arrow."
Green Arrow stepped forward. "Roy, you look-"
"-Replaceable." Red Arrow cut off.
"It's not like that. You told me you were going solo." Green Arrow explained.
"So why waste time finding a sub? Can she even use that bow?" Red Arrow questioned.
Artemis stepped forward and got very close to Red Arrow. "Yes, she can." She said in a challenging way.
"Who are you?" Wally yelled.
Green Arrow and Artemis both gave him a sideways glance. "She's/I'm my/his niece."
"Another niece?" Robin said and Danny smacked him, the ice pack on his neck now.
"Shut up Robin. Nobody cares." Danny mumbled. Robin was the only one who cared.
"But she's not your replacement." Aqualad said and stepped forward. "We have always wanted you on the Team,"
Danny shook his head, Batman slapped him. (Danny really doesn't like new people, does he?)
"-and we have no quota on archers."
"And if we did, you know who we'd pick." Wally said.
"How 'bout no one?" Danny said quietly and got a jab to the ribs by none other than Robin.
Artemis stepped forward again. "Whatever Baywatch, I'm here to stay."
Red Arrow turned his back to her and faced Aqualad.
"You came to us for a reason." The Atlantean said.
"Yeah. A reason named Dr. Sterling Roquette." The red-clad archer informed.
Robin and Danny looked up and Robin turned on his holographic computer, bringing up a ton of things. "Nano-robotics genius in claytonias expert at Royals University in Star City, vanished two weeks ago." The two adopted brothers said and looked at each other.
"You guys are getting good at that." Batman commented.
"Abducted two weeks ago by the League of Shadows." Red Arrow corrected.
"Wow, you want us to rescue her from the League of Shadows." Robin said.
"Hardcore." Wally said.
"I already rescued her." Red Arrow said, walking forward. "Only one problem, The Shadows have already conversed her into making a weapon. Doc calls it the Fog. Comprised of millions of microscopic bots. Nano-tech infiltrators. Capable of disintegrating anything in their path. Concrete, steel, flesh, bone…
"But it's mere purpose isn't mere destruction; it's theft. The infiltrators eat and store raw data from any computer system, and deliver the stolen Intel to the Shadows. Providing them access to weapons, strategic defense, cutting edge science, and tech." Red Arrow finished.
"Perfect for extortion, manipulation, power broking… Yeah, sounds like the Shadows." Artemis commented.
"Like you know anything about the Shadows." Wally said. Artemis smiled at him that gave Danny the chills. And not because ice was pressed to his neck.
"Who are you!?" Wally shouted. Everyone ignored him.
"Roquette's working on a virus to render the Fog inert." Red Arrow said.
"But if the Shadows know she can do that they'd target her." Danny said. Red Arrow nodded and turned to the computer.
"Right now, she's off the grid. I stashed her at the local high school's computer lab."
"You left her alone?" Green Arrow said astonished.
"She's safe enough for now." The younger archer waved off.
Green Arrow walked forward to his former protégé. "Then let's, you and I, keep her that way."
Red Arrow kept his face passive. "You and I? Don't you want to take your new protégé?"
Batman placed a hand on Green Arrow's shoulder. A silent message passed through them.
"You brought this to the Team. It's their mission, which means it's hers now too." Green Arrow said, gesturing to the teens.
Red Arrow scoffed. "Then my jobs done." He walked away.
"Recognized. Speedy-"
"That's Red Arrow; B07, update."
And with that he was transported away. Wally and Artemis shared a look, and everyone dispersed to get ready for the mission, leaving Batman and Danny.
The hybrid looked at Batman worriedly. "Do you think the Shadow's will target them?" Batman looked at his second protégé, who was slightly shaking in worry, anxiety, and fatigue.
"Not sure, but I did hack into their systems some time ago and found a way to reverse it, if the need should occur." Batman calmed.
Danny nodded slightly and looked down. Batman placed a hand of Danny's shaking shoulder. "It'll be alright." He said.
"I hope you're right." Danny mumbled.
Happy Harbor: August 8th, 21:53EDT
Megan watched the area on top of the school roof. Aqualad snuck around the halls.
"Miss Martian, hook us up. We do not want the Shadows intercepting our coms." Aqualad ordered.
Megan nodded, though the leader couldn't see, and bowed her head, telepathically linking everyone up.
"Everyone online?" The Martian asked.
Artemis looked at her hands. "This is so weird."
"And distracting. Coding a distributive al-rhythm virus on a kiddy computer with less RAM than a wrist watch is hard enough. Now I have to hear teen think in my skull!" Roquette complained.
"Lady, do you always complain when people try to help you?" Kid Flash asked, snacking on a bar.
"Pot, Kettle. Have you met?" Artemis asked sarcastically.
"Hey, hey! I do not need attitude from the newbie who drove Red Arrow off the team!" Kid Flash mind-yelled.
Artemis jumped off the table and pointed at him. "That was so not me!"
"Fate of the world at stake!" Roquette yelled in their heads.
"She started it!" Kid Flash yelled. Artemis headed for the door. "How 'bout I just help Miss Martian and Superboy patrol the perimeter?"
Aqualad watched her go. "Good idea."
Robin was slightly laughing and jabbed Danny's ribs lightly.
"Dude, what was that for?" Danny asked quietly.
"You're supposed to use the telepathic response thing!" Robin said in their heads. Danny remained looking at him expectantly.
"Uh, Danny, can you hear me?" Robin made no response to signal that he heard. Kid Flash and Aqualad were looking at them now.
Robin turned to them. "I don't think he's hooked up. Hey Miss M, you forgot Danny." Robin said.
"Oh, I thought I got him. Give me one minute." Megan said.
They waited patiently and Danny huffed and looked out the window.
"Uh guys, we have a little problem." Megan said.
"What?" Aqualad asked.
"I can't get into Danny's mind." The Martian informed.
Everyone was in shock.
"What do you mean you can't get into his mind?!" Kid Flash yelled.
"I can't find it! He's figured out a way to keep it off my radar!" Megan explained.
"That's why Danny never hears on missions and gives me crap about keeping him in the dark when we get back." Robin said.
"What are we going to do?" Aqualad said.
"Uh… Well, first, I'm going to tell Danny." Robin said, and turned to the hybrid, who was staring out the window.
Robin tapped his shoulder and Danny looked expectant at the younger boy. Robin started using sign language and Danny easily used it back. By Danny's facial expression, he was pretty shocked and mildly annoyed. When they were done, Danny closed his eyes and Robin faced the others. "He's got a plan. Give him a minute."
A few seconds later, they heard him.
"Alright, I'm online." Danny said.
Aqualad gave a small mental sigh.
"What did you do?" Megan asked. "
Instead of you going into my mind, I went into yours." Danny explained.
"But my mind has mental shields." Megan said, confused.
"They were easy to bypass." Everyone looked at Danny in shock. He looked at them confused. "What?"
Robin decided to drop the whole matter because he had a feeling Danny would never cease to amaze him. The Boy Wonder started talking to Kid Flash about giving Artemis some slack and went on about how she saved his butt with her arrow while they were going against Amazo. After saying he wouldn't give her any satisfaction, Artemis curtly said to Kid Flash that she could still hear them. Kid Flash groaned and face palmed out loud.
Roquette rubbed her head. "I couldn't get the Justice League!"
"The virus won't be of much use if we cannot find the weapon. Can you track it?" Aqualad asked, coming up behind Roquette. "
My utility Fog is not a weapon, it's science. Brilliant science, and of course I can track it, but I'd have to go online. Might as well rent a billboard with this address and 'Assassinate me!' written in neon." Roquette explained and went back to rubbing her face.
Aqualad placed a hand on Roquette's shoulder. "We will protect you." Roquette looked at him for a minute before pressed something on the computer.
"Tracking Fog now."
Philadelphia: August 8th, 21:57EDT
Professor Ojo was looking at some files on his holographic computer when another screen popped up. It had Roquette's picture on it. Sensei's face appeared next to it on a video chat.
"Roquette has surfaced to track us but that links to a two way street. Sending her location, now." Ojo said and began tracking.
"What do we have near Happy Harbor, Rhode Island?" Sensei asked. They discussed that for a few more minutes and when they were about to cut ties, Professor Ojo brought up something new.
"I have something interesting you would like to know." The professor said cryptically. Sensei looked at him expectantly.
"It's about Batman's new protégé, Danny Phantom…"
Sensei smiled, coolly. "Go on."
Happy Harbor High School…
Superboy was walking across the perimeter when he heard something move in the bushes. He looked around, jumped up on the roof, and headed to where Megan and Artemis were set up. He started walking around again. "
Mmm, that boy…" Artemis thought. Superboy turned around and looked at her weirdly.
"He can hear you! We can all hear you." Megan said.
"Oh, I know. And your white-haired friend is pretty cute too."
Robin was laughing very hard, and Danny was standing shock-still, a blush creeping up on his cheeks.
"Miss Martian, Dr. Roquette has located the Fog." Aqualad's voice chimed in, cutting off anymore chatter about Danny and Superboy and then he continued. "Reconfigure the Bio-ship so that Robin, Phantom, and Superboy can pursue."
Megan raised her hand and the Bio-ship came out from the sky and out of camouflage mode.
"Ready." She announced. Robin, Superboy, and Danny ran out from the perimeter and to the Bio-ship. The back opened up, they went in, and it closed behind them. The Bio-ship took off from the ground and took off.
Megan and Artemis turned back and went back into the perimeter, not knowing someone was watching.
You embarrassed Superboy and Danny." Megan said to the female archer.
"Didn't hear them say that." The archer threw back.
"Must you challenge everyone?" Megan asked.
"Where I come from, that's how you survive." Artemis said. Megan narrowed her eyes and they didn't see the Shadow that came in.
Kid Flash was watching from his spot by the door, when he saw a shadow move in the corner of his eye. He ran after it down a hall and saw it go into the pool area. He ran forward and slid over a ton of marbles. He crashed down on the ground and a foot crashed into his head, knocking him out.
The figure kicked the unconscious teen into the pool, face down, and left.
Aqualad was watching Roquette work. The door creaked open the slightest bit and a shuriken flew through, headed straight for Roquette. Right when it was about to hit her, Aqualad jumped in the way, taking the shuriken. Roquette got up in surprise.
"Doctor, get down!" Aqualad said urgently. Roquette looked at the door and saw the assassin's mask. The assassin threw more shurikens but Aqualad pushed Roquette out of the way, taking the hit again
The assassin dressed in green with a smiling mask, named Cheshire, ran into the computer lab.
"Mmm, that had to hurt." She taunted.
Aqualad took the shurikens out, threw them away, and then grabbed his water-bearers, creating swords.
"Atlantian skin is quite dense." The leader said.
Aqualad's swords and Cheshire's Sais clashed.
"And my shurikens are quite poisonous." The assassin continued.
Aqualad kicked the assassin across the room but she corrected herself and landed on her feet.
"M'gann, Kid, Artemis, we are under attack at the computer lab." Aqualad called out telepathically.
"On our way!" Artemis responded as she and Megan ran down the hall to the computer lab. Half-way down the hall, Megan stopped, turned around, and flew in the other direction.
Aqualad and Cheshire continued to attack each other and the assassin brought their fight to the ground. Cheshire threw one of the Sais at Roquette but Aqualad used his water bearers to knock it off course and land right next to the doctor's head.
"Almost. Poison slowing you down?" The assassin asked as she and Aqualad clashed in a battle of dominance.
Aqualad got close to her face. "Jellyfish toxin, I'm largely immune."
Cheshire head butted him and Aqualad fell to the ground.
"Largely." The assassin said, and raised her was knocked out by an arrow.
The assassin grabbed her wrist, and looked towards the door. Artemis stood in the door-way, bow drawn back. "Don't… Move."
Megan used her powers to lift the prone figure of Kid Flash out of the pool. He wasn't breathing.
Artemis traveled forward and Aqualad got up. The two heroes stood with the assassin in the middle. The mask-clad women chuckled.
"This gig's getting interesting." In a second, Cheshire drew her collapsible sword.
Artemis let loose a dozen arrows, all of which were deflected by Cheshire's sword. They were so busy attacking and deflecting, they didn't notice Kid Flash and Megan fly/run in. Artemis's eyes diverted over to them and Cheshire noticed, looking behind her.
"Maybe a little too interesting..."
Artemis drew another arrow and shot. Cheshire deflected it and threw a flash bomb down. Kid Flash tried to tackle her but all he managed to do was hug Artemis. They both pulled away in shock and disgust. They quickly got out of their funk and turned to where Cheshire was standing.
"Gone." Kid Flash said.
"She's getting away! You're letting her get away!" Roquette yelled.
"This is all your fault! You were on perimeter! How'd that Shadow get in!?" Kid Flash yelled at Artemis, who gave him a dry look.
Megan stepped forward. "That's not really fair. I was outside too."
Kid Flash looked for an excuse. "Outside… being distracted by her! Besides, I can't be mad at you. You gave me mouth to mouth."
"We heard that!"
"Dang it!" Kid Flash yelled and walked away. Megan placed a hand on Artemis's shoulder. "I didn't do half as well as you did during my first battle and I know you couldn't have been Green Arrow's sidekick for very long."
"Focus everyone." The heroes turned to Aqualad. "The Shadow's will be back."
Their coms started beeping.
"Robin to Aqualad, we're over Philadelphia. We've located the Shadow's next target, Star Labs." Robin said.
"We're too late. It's destroyed. The Fog decimated it." Danny cut in, leaning forward in his seat to seat to look at what was Star Labs, along with Superboy and Robin.
"This is bad." Robin said.
"No dib Sherlock!" Danny said. Robin ignored him.
"Star Labs is cutting edge science and now their secrets are in the hands of the enemy."
The three heroes in the Bio-ship shared a look.
"What's our next move?" Danny asked.
"Re-scan for that Fog. Find it. We're moving the doctor." Aqualad ordered.
They moved the doctor to a little shack. Aqualad and Megan were supposedly outside. Artemis and Kid Flash were glaring at each other inside.
"Stop it, both of you." Aqualad said through the link.
"What?!" The two heroes said.
"I can hear you glaring."
Aqualad moved next to a tree and looked around. "Miss Martian, stay in camouflage mode and make a wide perimeter sweep!" Aqualad announced rather loudly.
He looked around and did not expect some red sticky stuff to grab him and drag him into the tree he was hiding behind. The person who took him into the tree did a number on him before kicking him into a van. Aqualad looked up and saw a Shadow agent named Black Spider jump out of the tree and land in front of him. He got up and did not see Hook come up behind him, until it was too late.
Aqualad laid on the ground, still.
Cheshire jumped out from the bushes and landed next to Aqualad. "The Martian could return any second and I'm not keen on evening their odds. We end Roquette, now."
Black Spider kicked open the doors and flipped inside. Kid Flash got up from where he was sitting and engaged in battle with the assassin. Black Spider threw some red web at him but Kid Flash dodged and threw a trash can at him. Black Spider dodged and they engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Artemis drew an arrow and aimed. She was about to fire when Hook came crashing through the roof behind her. She turned to Hook and started firing a barrage of arrows but the agent somersaulted behind some chairs.
"Don't stop working." Artemis said and Roquette got back to work.
They didn't see Cheshire open the window and aim a crossbow at the doctor. Cheshire fired but a chair flew in front of the doctor before it could hit.
"Martian's here! It's now or never!" Cheshire yelled.
Black Spider dodged Kid Flash's attempt at tackling him and shot some web at the chair floating in front of Roquette. He pulled it out of the way in time for Cheshire to bound down, sending Roquette away from the computer and to the ground. Cheshire raised her Sai and got ready to strike but Roquette turned her head and her skin turned green.
"We've been duked!" Cheshire yelled to her comrades.
In the little internet café down the street, the real Roquette worked whilst Aqualad stood nearby.
"I've almost got it!" Roquette announced.
With Danny, Robin, and Superboy…
"The next targets a Wayne facility. In theory, its system software could be used to hack the…" Robin trailed off.
"The what?" Superboy asked.
Danny quickly interjected. "Doesn't matter. What does matter is that Wayne Tech operates a 24 hour work force. We'll never evacuate the building in time!"
With Artemis, Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Megan…
"You'll never find Dr. Roquette!" Megan said fiercely as she flew into the air.
"Never's such a long time. Pursuing target, keep them busy!" Cheshire ordered and ran to the door. Hook threw his hook attached to a chain at Megan.
Artemis saw Cheshire escaping and quickly ran after her. "Pursuing their leader, take the rest down!" She said to Kid Flash as she passed by.
"You are so not the boss of me!" He said resentfully.
"Just do it!" Artemis said harshly in exasperation as she ran through the doors. Black Spider came up behind Kid Flash and grabbed him.
Cheshire ran back to the spot Aqualad was laying. Emphasis on the was.
"Oh, I do not like being played." Cheshire said murderously. She turned on the mask's thermal scanner and saw Aqualad's foot prints head down the road. Cheshire turned off the thermal camera and ran off.
Artemis appeared from around the van, aimed, and shot. Cheshire turned around and knocked it out of the way with her Sai.
"I was hoping it'd be you." Cheshire turned around and started running again. Artemis followed and Cheshire hopped onto the roof of a house and started running atop those. Artemis followed.
Cheshire stopped and turned around to see an arrow impale a chimney. Purple gas was released and Cheshire coughed and fell to the ground. Artemis landed on the roof, readied an arrow, and walked closer cautiously. Cheshire leg swept her and Artemis fell with a small yelp.
"Mask has built in filters." Cheshire informed as she got up and Artemis tried to kick her. She got up but Cheshire pinned Artemis's arms behind her back.
"Better luck next time kid." Cheshire hit a nerve in Artemis's back and the archer fell down unconscious.
Aqualad heard a thump and turned to Roquette.
"We have company!" He said.
"Uploading now, and by the way, you said you'd protect me!" She said. A little marble entered through the door and released a gas. Aqualad got out his water bearers and they once again became swords.
Aqualad noticed a vent open right in time to get three darts to the chest.
"Let's test the limit of your jellyfish immunity, shall we?" Cheshire mocked. Aqualad shook his head and ran forward. Cheshire moved out of the way and kicked him. Aqualad fell to the ground and his tattoos stopped glowing. He was unconscious.
"There, limit tested." Cheshire faced Roquette. "Now Doctor, time for my appointment."
Cheshire took out her Sai. Roquette backed up and looked at the computer. The program was uploading.
With Danny, Robin, and Superboy…
The back of the Bio-ship opened up and Superboy, Danny and Robin stood near the exit. Robin had his holographic computer up.
"It's downloading." He said.
Superboy looked out and saw Professor Ojo open the side of a van with the Fog beside him.
"Don't need it!" Superboy said and jumped out, Robin and Danny calling his name.
"Every time!" The white-haired teen complained.
Superboy was falling towards Professor Ojo when the professor pressed some buttons and a red beam shot out, sending Superboy to the ground. Professor Ojo pressed activated the Fog was activated. The infiltrators flew out in the form of grey fog.
"No!" Robin and Danny shouted before Danny grabbed Robin and flew towards Wayne Tech. They went in a hole in the glass and passed the security guard.
"Hey, you can't come in here!" He shouted at Danny and Robin, the former dropping the latter, before picking up his walkie-talkie. "Un-authorized entry!"
Steel bars started falling, blocking them from the objective.
"Wayne Tech override; RG4!" They both shouted, and the bars stopped falling and went back up. Robin slid under the low bars and Danny phased through.
"Man, we got to stop doing that!" Danny complained.
"Yeah, seriously!"
With Megan, and Kid Flash…
Megan threw two more chairs at Hook, who dodged and sent his hook at her. Megan narrowly missed it.
"Kid Flash, we need to end this now." She said to her comrade.
"It's like you read my mind, Beautiful."
Black Spider sent more web at Kid Flash, who deliberately didn't get out of the way. Kid Flash started spinning around, sending Black Spider towards him. Once Black Spider was in close range, Kid Flash kicked him, sending Black Spider into a chair and knocking him out.
Hook's well… hook flew back into its place and then he threw it at Megan again. Megan used her telekinesis to send the hook back at Hook. Hook's hook hit him in the face and knocked him out (I hated writing that sentence). "Woo-hoo! I got mine!" Megan said excitedly.
"Great! Uh… little help?" Wally asked from the ground.
With Danny, Superboy, and Robin…
The Fog entered Wayne Tech through the side, destroying the windows. People in the cafeteria screamed and left, except for the cashier. Robin and Danny ran in and then to the computer made for taking money. Robin hooked up his holographic computer to the Wayne Tech one and started typing.
"What's going on? What are doing?" The girl asked.
"Please be linked to the main frame. Please be linked to the main frame!" They both pleaded.
"Hurry up, Robin!"
"I'm going as fast as I can!"
"That's not fast enough, FASTER!"
"I'm trying, ok!"
With Artemis, Cheshire, and Roquette…
Roquette backed away from the advancing Cheshire. The assassin grabbed Roquette's shirt and brought her closer. The doctor looked at the computer and Cheshire's eyes followed. The program fully downloaded once Cheshire looked at it.
Cheshire looked back at Roquette.
"So you finished the virus, eliminating the reason for your elimination." Cheshire got closer. "Though not the entertainment value."
Cheshire did the last thing Roquette thought she would do; push her to the ground and point her Sai at her.
"Lucky for you, my orders are clear. You live to program another day. After all, Doctor, the Shadows may find another use for you."
With Robin, and Danny…
Robin finished the downloading and the screen of Wayne's computer turned red. Inside, the infiltrators turned red and exploded. The Fog turned red and faded. Robin's wires hooking the computer to his retracted.
"Yes!" Danny and Robin shouted, and high-fived, not noticing the traumatized girl behind them.
"The infiltrators have been out-fil-trated!" Robin said.
Danny looked at him blankly. "And- you just ruined the moment."
Robin scoffed. Danny shook his head.
"I'm going to go see if Supey needs help. Meet you out there!" Danny phased through the wall and flew outside.
Professor Ojo saw his Fog turn scarlet and fade, but then focused on Superboy, who got up and walked towards him. He shot another blast at the Kryptonian. Superboy blocked the beam with his hand and walked forward. He was able to put his hand on Ojo's beam hole, knocking him out.
Superboy dusted off his hands as Danny landed.
"I see you took care of him." The Ghost Boy noted.
Superboy nodded at him with a smirk. Danny smirked.
"You didn't hurt him too bad, did ya?"
Superboy shook his head. "No, not nearly as bad as he hurt me."
Danny chuckled. "Good, Batman would've had your head."
Superboy turned to where the Bio-ship had landed and started walking towards it to wait for the others.
Professor Ojo moved some.
"Code PhantomWeaponX49.3130" He whispered.
Danny was the only one that heard and it was a grievous action.
Danny's head bowed and he stopped walking. Superboy heard and turned to look at him.
"You ok, Danny?" Danny's pressed lips turned into a smile, a very vicious smile.
"I'm ok, Superboy. Actually, I'm the best I've felt in forever." Danny looked at him and Superboy was shocked.
Danny's eyes were blood red. The look in them was different from any other time he's seen them. They were usually caring, gentle, and protective. They were now malicious, nefarious, and wicked. They cared for no one now and he was happy with that.
"Is everything ok, Supes?" Danny said, and raised his hands. "Is something wrong?"
A freezing ecto-blast hit Superboy in the chest, sending him back. It was so cold it burned.
Superboy looked at Danny in surprise.
The wolf Ebony, a tiger, the cobra Anhur, a python, a wolf the size of a horse, and the griffin appeared at his sides. An eagle and a raven appeared on his shoulders. A dolphin, an orca, a giant fire bird, a giant ice bird, and a giant electric bird appeared behind him floating.
All the animals were black with some white. The tiger had white stripes. The python had white diamonds going down its back. The bald eagle had a white head and feet. The raven's feathers were slightly tinted white. The dolphin had white tips on its fins. The orca had white spots on the sides of its face. The giant wolf, or Amarok, Phoenix, Caladrius, and Thunderbird were the only exceptions.
The Amarok was completely white. The Phoenix was black with his wings ending in red flames. The Thunderbird was also black, but had blue lightning cracking on his wings. The Caladrius was blue with its wings ending in white mist.
The tiger, python, eagle, Amarok, Phoenix, and Thunderbird all had green eyes tinted silver, except for the Amarok; his were green tinted red. The rest (Raven, dolphin, orca, and Caladrius) had violet eyes tinted gold.
Danny smirked at Superboy's dumb-struck face.
"Seriously Superboy, did you think I could only summon Conan, Ebony, and Anhur." Danny taunted.
Conan must be the griffin, Superboy mused.
"What's going on out here!?" Robin shouted running up but stopping when Danny turned to him, smirking with his scarlet eyes.
"Oh Robin, what a rush you're in for now." Danny raised his hand.
"Get out of the way!" Superboy shouted but it was too late. Robin was shot back and he convulsed on the ground.
Danny shrugged. "Well that was easy. Now for Superboy."
The Kryptonian jumped out of the way of Danny's blast.
"Hmmm, who'd be a challenge?" Danny looked up and down at the animals at his side. "Malachi, knock yourself out."
The tiger instantly lunged forward at Superboy. The teen was surprised when he had to keep up with Malachi. He was defiantly not in control of this fight. The Kryptonian stole a glance at Danny. The hybrid was leaning against the Amarok, watching amused. Then he glanced at Robin. The Boy Wonder was slowly getting back up.
Danny saw and whispered something Superboy couldn't hear over the blood pounding in his ears. All he got was 'Amoux.' He watched in recognition as the python started slithering to the Boy Wonder.
"Robin!" Superboy shouted. Robin looked up just as the Python was about to wrap around him. Superboy breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Robin jump out of the way but then drew his attention back to the tiger.
Danny narrowed his eyes. "Amoux, come back. Gale, you're up."
The python, Amoux, stopped fighting and the eagle flew into the air.
"Seriously, a bird?" Robin said, but then yelped as Gale almost hit him.
Danny smirked. "Gale is a really good fighter, I'll have you know."
Robin continued to dodge all of Gale's tricks and pressed his com.
"Robin to Aqualad!" He screamed.
"You all done Robin?" Aqualad's calm voice came in.
"We were! Then Danny went all ballistic! We need a lot of help over here!" He practically screamed.
"On our way, keep fighting!" Aqualad said.
The Bio-ship flew off the ground and flew as fast as it could back to where the others were.
The two heroes jumped, dodged, and tried to strike back against the tiger and eagle but they were so fast, strong, and agile. It was like trying to fight Danny!
"Gale, Malachi, give them a break." The tiger and eagle backed down, but remained circling and watching.
Robin and Superboy, both panting, faced Danny who was smirking at them.
"I read your thoughts. I hope you know you are fighting me." The white-haired teen informed.
The two teens looked at their former comrade like he was insane, which he kinda was.
"Ok, you've totally lost it Danny." Robin said. Danny continued to smirk. "Nope. Think about it. These are my moves, my strength, my agility, my everything. Who's not to say they are me?"
The two boys thought about it and Danny continued. "These animals are not just animals. They are my personality embodied. Each one stands for something different. Now, most people can't call on their Totems because their Totems are ever-changing, but me… Well, I'm a special case."
Superboy narrowed his eyes. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Danny's smirk widened. "My personality will never change. My morals can, but my personality will not. Malachi, Gale, continue."
The eagle and the tiger both immediately attacked. Danny laughed at his former comrade's struggle. An idea struck him and he smiled banefully. "Let's make this more interesting, shall we?" Danny shed his cloak, and walked forward. The tiger and eagle got the message and flew/trotted back to their spots. Gale and the raven landed on the ground.
Robin and Superboy looked at Danny suspiciously. Danny continued to smirk viciously and diverted his eyes slightly to the Amarok who stepped forward, and walked next to him.
"What are you going to do?" Superboy questioned.
Danny blinked and they were surprised to see them turned into four, slitted, black eyes, along with the Amarok's, who's turned red.
"Oh, nothing special." His voice was doubled, but his own all the same. "I'm just going to fight you myself, in a… greater form."
They were surprised when he jumped forward, and he turned into a black Amarok with the four slitted eyes. His fur had midnight blue shine and was mangy and wild and his face was slightly malformed. Saliva was slightly dripping out of his mouth. On his forehead rested the ancient symbol of danger. It was a circle with a dot in the middle, and spikes coming out of the right corner, so to speak. The Amarok was the same way, only with four red eyes.
The two wolves fought the two teens. It was obvious who had the upper hand here. The two Amaroks were fighting mercilessly. Robin and Superboy wouldn't last long.
Amarok-Danny swatted Robin into a wall and the Boy Wonder fell to the ground, still. The same happened to the Superboy, only into a dumpster.
Amarok Danny laughed, his doubled voice hardly recognizable.
"Pathetic children you are,if you ask me."
Their former friend walked to Robin slowly and deliberately.
"Say night-y night, Boy Wonder." Danny raised his paw to give the killing blow but an arrow stopped him. He looked behind him and saw Aqualad, Megan, Kid Flash, and Artemis.
"Don't move!" The archer yelled, pointing an arrow.
Danny smirked and walked away from Robin, turning back into Danny, surprising the four teens. Danny smirked at them.
"Surprised? Hope so. Anhur, take Kid Mouth. Ebony, the Atlantean. Conan, the Martian. Banshee, the archer."
The cobra zipped forward trying to bite Kid Flash. The wolf lunged forward, scratching the air where Aqualad's head narrowly missed. The griffin took to the sky, cawing and attacking Megan. The raven took to the sky and started attacking Artemis, who tried to shoot her but couldn't aim and fight at the same time.
Being injured from earlier fights, they were not at their best now. Danny watched them, laughing with glee.
Robin watched, not being able to move properly. He, somehow, got the strength to press his com.
"Bats? Bats, please be there." Robin said weakly.
"Robin, come in. What's wrong?" Batman said over the com.
"Need help. Can't fight him alone." Robin said.
"He? Who is he, Robin?"
Robin's vision grew hazy. "D-Danny."
With that, he passed out.
"Robin? Robin? Robin, come in! We're on our way, just hang on!"
Danny picked up the com. "Sorry Bats, he's got an appointment with my fist now. You'll have to call later, if he's alive that is."
Danny crushed the com. "Oops." Danny laughed banefully, and raised his fist.
Megan, who got a glimpse of Danny, who was ready to bring the killing blow to Robin, screamed, and tried to enter his mind. All she got was red. When her vision cleared, Danny was holding her neck, smiling heartlessly.
"Hey Megan. Trying to enter my mind again, are you?"
Megan choked, not being able to breathe. She gasped.
Danny smiled viciously, and squeezed harder. Her lack of breath gave a sick pleasure to Danny.
"What's wrong, Megan? Cat got your tongue?" Megan weakly tried to get Danny's hands from her neck. They gripped her throat tighter. Black edged Megan's vision, but before she passed out she heard Danny scream and then felt him throw her to the ground.
The Martian sputtered, gasping greedily for air. She saw Danny walking towards a bleeding Aqualad. What once was sick pleasure was now a fiery anger. Danny shot a blinding ecto-blast at the Atlantean. Aqualad flew through the air and stopped upon hitting a wall. He fell to the ground and tried to get up. Danny kicked him down though and started crushing his spine. "Die."
Before he could actually kill Aqualad, an arrow shot near his head. Danny's eyes adverted to Artemis. The girl had bruises and scratches on her face and her attention was quickly adverted by Banshee. Danny looked at the python. "Kill her." The python slithered forward and started slithering up Artemis's leg. The archer screamed and was quickly in the pythons vice grip. It was crushing her and her face was one of pure shock.
Kid Flash, running away from the cobra, tried to pry it off her, but was quickly bit by Anhur, who released venom into his blood stream. Kid Flash kicked the snake away from him quickly, getting a small dose. He was about to run but Danny cut him off.
"Ah, ah, ah, I don't think you wanna do that. The more active you are the faster you'll die. Actually, that's a great idea. Runner, take him out."
The Amarok, who turned white again, lunged forward and got Kid Flash running again, making the venom go through his system quicker. He was already slowing.
Danny laughed again. All around him was chaos. His former teammates couldn't keep up with and his Totems.
"That's enough!"
Danny was thrown into a building by an invisible force. He crawled out of the rubble with an amused smile, barely injured.
"You won't be able to get into my mind, Manhunter. Your little niece tried and failed. Now look at her." Danny said, and gestured to the girl. She was on the ground and unmoving. Martian Manhunter was completely stunned, giving Conan enough time to engage battle.
Over time, more Leaguers showed up as more Leaguers fell. Even Superman was having trouble and it was only time before all of them fell.
Danny floated above them with a sick pleasure.
"Isis, Raul, Marrok, we're heading out! Time to destroy this dump!" Danny flew into the air, the Caladrius, Phoenix, and Thunderbird following.
Before they could get far though, Batman ran up.
"Code Shut Down; 0313.94XWeaponPhantom!"
Danny immediately stopped flying and the animals disappeared, leaving only the Leaguers. Danny's eyes turned green, and he started falling from the sky. He crashed into the ground, creating a crater.
Batman ran to Robin and checked his pulse. He was alive. He did that same to everyone else. They were all alive.
The Leaguers and the Team awoke, and the adults started helping the teens. Batman walked up to where Danny was lying.
"Don't get to close! He'll kill you!" Artemis screamed, near hysteria.
Batman moved Danny's hair out of his eyes. "He's not going to kill anyone."
Everyone was confused.
"What do you mean?" Kid Flash asked weakly, and Batman picked up the halfa. "At the Cave, not here."
At Mount Justice: August 9th, 01:45EDT
The Leaguers had patched the teens up before they did themselves, speaking that the kids were in worse shape than the adults were. The kids were lying on beds and the adults were sitting in chairs or standing. They had just finished getting the venom out of Kid Flash's bloodstream.
Danny was sleeping in a bed separate from the others since they were all uncomfortable with the unconscious teen. Actually, the whole League was except for Black Canary and Batman.
"So, tell us why Danny decided to go all evil on us!?" Kid Flash yelled.
Batman turned to them calmly. "Danny has a device attached to his skull and spine that was put on via surgery. The device is small and not externally noticeable. The device is also activated and deactivated by a code. Someone, Ojo I presume, activated it. When it's activated he turns into a monster no one can stop."
"Then take it off!" Robin shouted. Batman's gaze adverted to him.
"I haven't figured out a way to take it out without making his condition worse. If something went wrong, it would cripple him and give him permanent brain damage." The Dark Knight explained.
Everyone went shock-still and looked at Danny.
Batman continued. "The device was originally supposed to make him emotionless and take orders from the user who turned the device on. Something's wrong with it though and makes him exactly the opposite of who he is."
Canary's gaze made its way to Danny but she said nothing.
"So, he had no control of his actions?" Artemis asked. Batman nodded.
Canary sighed. "This 'little' incident is going to set him back some." She whispered.
The entire room was confused but it was obvious they were not meant to hear.
"What do you mean?" Superboy asked anyways. Batman gave him a small look. "That's between me, Canary, and Danny."
The room fell back into silence.
"Will he be ok?" Megan asked.
"Maybe. We don't know." Batman said.
"But you all should be worried about your physical condition too. Danny did a considerable number on you." Canary adverted. The teens looked at their bandaged arms, legs, and heads. Oh yeah, he got them good.
"Danny's really powerful." Kid Flash commented. "That's not even a quarter of the power he has." Everyone groaned."Those were just his totems. His powers are developing at a slow pace." Batman said.
They got into a deep discussion about his powers and did not notice that Danny himself was starting to twitch. His heartbeat was rising and he was bathing in a cold sweat. That is, until he screamed, scaring the crap out of the entire room.
The halfa instantly buried his head in his hands and rubbed his face, panting.
"Danny, you ok?" Canary asked, placing a hand on his shoulder. Immediately, Danny grabbed her wrist and flipped her, earning a painful yelp.
Danny looked at Canary's figure on the ground and realized it was her.
"Crap, Canary! I'm so sorry! I-I-" Danny tried to find the words that didn't sound stupid. Canary got up again and placed a hand on his shoulder wincing slightly at her movements.
"It's alright. Good form, though."
It was a joke, but Danny couldn't laugh.
Then he noticed more presences in the room. He turned his head and saw pretty much everyone he knew, and some he didn't, staring at him in shock, except for Batman who remained passive.
He saw their injuries and remembered Canary's. For a minute he wondered why they had them but then it hit him.
He did this.
Danny's comrades watched as he went from confused to realization. His green eyes turned regretful, guilty, and self-loathing.
"I-I did this, didn't I? It was me."
No one said a word. Tears brimmed his eyes, he got up, and grabbed his cloak.
"Danny, we can talk-"
"NO! There's nothing to talk about! I'm a monster!"
The look he had on his face screamed he did not expect those words to come out. He had convinced himself for so long he was not. But now he had admitted the truth.
"Danny-"
The boy ran out of the med bay, leaving everyone shocked. Batman was quick to follow.
Danny ran out of the cave and collapsed on rock ledge. He brought his knees to his chest and started sobbing.
"Why? Why am I such a freak, a monster! There's nothing good about my existence! I'm a failure! Why should I continue living!?"
Danny got out a pocket knife from his boot and started slashing it across his wrist carelessly.
"This is for hurting them! This is for trying! This is for everything you did wrong! This is for stepping into the darned portal! This is for-"
The knife was taken out of his hands, and he glared at the culprit.
"Give me back my knife!" He screeched.
He did not feel the blood running down his arm. He did not feel the tears streaming down his face. He did not feel his body shaking. He didn't feel anything at all. All he felt was numb.
"When I gave you the knife, this not what I intended it for." Batman said, throwing it away from Danny. The hybrid made a grab for it but Batman grabbed his collar, stopping him. Danny started fighting him, trying to get his grip of his shirt. "Let go! I deserve it!"
Batman dragged Danny into his arms, and pinned Danny's arms to his sides. Danny continued to not feel the tears run down his face.
"You don't deserve to hurt or kill yourself, and it's selfish for trying to take your life to get away from pain." Batman said to the struggling teen. Wrong words.
"It's not selfish if I'm doing everyone a favor!"
Batman turned the poor boy to him, and slapped him.
"It would not be favor! You have friends who worry about you constantly! You have a family that loves you! They would all be depressed if you killed yourself! What do you have to say for that?"
Danny went into shock and for a minute did nothing. Then he collapsed.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…" He continued to repeat his words, shaking his head, and closing his eyes. Batman normally wouldn't do it but he brought the teen into a hug wordlessly.
Danny continued to sob. He would never try to hurt or kill himself again, but his thoughts about himself remained the same.
After a while, Danny stopped crying and asked Batman if he could get Canary. He left to go get Canary and tell her Danny was ready and that he needed some gauze, leaving Danny alone.
Danny picked up us knife, wiped the blood off, and put it in his boot. He sat in silence, looking over the ocean bathed in moonlight. He looked down at his palms and he could practically see the blood on them.
And it wasn't his.
ALRIGHT, WHO ENJOYED THAT?! I CERTAINLY DID! WHO DOESN'T LOVE SEEING DANNY HAVE AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN?! I need to chill.
Kadzait: No kidding. You've been yelling and bouncing and... Other stuff since you realized what chapter we're on.
I can't help it. This chappie was fun to write!
Kadzait: I don't care. I will sedate you.
*grabs shield and sword* NEVER!
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Raven Angel of Despair: Awww, thank you so much! And I would hope to be able to bring out the best in emotionally traumatized people. That's about all I write about. It brings me joy, which probably isn't a good thing, now that I think about it...
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Guest(1): Hahaha! So happy you enjoy my kinda humor! But seriously, the MONQIs were really annoying and deserved to die. I can just see myself shooting every last one of them with a M-16 or something. :D And yes, DEATH TO THE MONQIS!
Kilppari: You are so welcome! And you probably hated this chapter cuz of the animals... Crap... And yeah, it's getting easier on him. There is time between each chapter I don't write and that'd give Danny time to adjust. Oh, and the ice skating thing. I have this head-canon where he's a really good ice-skater, because of his ice core. But that's just me. And I think his super-healing actually could rival, say, Superboy's. You'll see this way later in the story, but Aqualad tells Justice League Batman that Danny was in their personal ICU for a week. Of course, he'd have to stay in the med bay for another week and a half or so, just to let everything get back to normal. And then the other crap and all that good stuff. And dang. I bet if you had watched the series, you would have had a great idea for it! :D Hope you enjoyed this even if it does have the animals in it. This is the chap where you people find out kind of what they are. :D
Andrea and Naturberd: Thank you so much! Your review really made me feel good! And let your doubt disappear! When they mind link up, Danny's mind is opened up to his Team's minds, so if Psimon were to hack any of the Team's mind, he could travel down the link and enter Danny's mind that way. The only downside to a mental link! :D
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Glad ya'll enjoyed! Next chapter is coming tomorrow! So don't you tell me to hurry up with updates cuz I'm usually done with it by the time you review! :D I'll be impatiently waiting for your reviews! And I feel extremely crappy today so reviews to make my day better are much appreciated!
Kadzait: She's tired... And feeling some pain... She'll be fine.
PMS is a witch with a capital B.
Kadzait: There, there. *pats back* You'll be fine. Go wallow in self-pity or something.
Ok...