Ch.32: Allies and Enemies
Danny walked in the sparring room of the Cave with a gigantic smile on his face. The others hardly noticed his presence as he entered. He waited semi-patiently for Kaldur and Connor to finish their sparring match before yelling to the others "Guys, I have an announcement to make!"
"The ice-cream truck is not an announcement, Danny. We've been over this." Dick said, an amused but irritated look on his face.
"Sadly, that is not my announcement, though I wish it was. No, my awesome announcement is that my awesome friend that I've been trying to track down for the last year finally showed up! Everyone, meet Wulf!" Danny yelled and gestured for someone to come out. It was a surprise when a big, green, furry wolf-man-creature-thing walked out from the shadows of hallway. The ghost panted happily as Danny threw his arms over his shoulders. The white-haired teen had a big, goofy smile on his face.
"Where do you meet these people?" Wally asked astonished. The others looked to be about on the same boat as the ginger.
"Craig's List." Danny said sarcastically. Dick laughed, slapping his knee. It was an ongoing thing they had started the month before.
Wulf continued to pant and the scene got extremely awkward when Sphere and Wolf walked in. The two wolves stared at each other, unblinking.
"Wulf, this is Sphere and... Wolf..." Danny said, visibly deflating. "I did not think this one through..."
"You think?!" Zatanna yelled as the two wolves continued to stare at each other. Wolf didn't even seem to be breathing.
Danny looked between the two. "Well... On the bright side... They haven't tried to kill each other for the lack of originalities in their names. So... That's a plus..."
"You have a warped sense of pluses, you know that?" Connor asked. The Ghost Boys shrugged. "Hey, if you've been through the crap I have, you see a lot of things most take for granted as a plus. It's probably the only good thing that ever came out of the government funded agency that is now, thankfully, shut down."
"When'd that happen?" Artemis asked.
"Sometime during Halloween. Bats was seriously ticked at them..." Danny mumbled, a fond smile gracing his features.
They noticed he never actually said the name 'GIW'.
Wulf crinkled his nose once the GIW were mentioned. That seemed to break the trance between the two wolves and Wolf just stretched some muscles before lying down, not all that concerned by the other figure in the room.
"I knew that'd get along." Danny commented.
"No you didn't."
"I know..."
"DOWN CUJO DOWN! DOWN! DOOWWWNNN!"
The Team, who was relaxing by the beach, was startled to see Danny burst from the tree-line, practically riding a large, green dog. It had a spiked collar and it's tongue was lulling out of its mouth as it chased a rabbit. Danny was clinging desperately to the dog's neck, screaming.
"CUJO, STOP TRAUMATIZING THE POOR BUNNY! WHY CUJO WHY?!"
The dog, Cujo, did not listen to his master's cry of anguish. He continued to try and catch the rabbit he had spotted. Finally, the rabbit dove into hole that had been dug by a tree. Cujo skidded to a stop in front of it but Danny was sent flying from his back and slammed into the tree.
Loud 'OH's' rose from the mouths of the rest of the Team.
Danny slid down the tree, head-first. A loud, painful groan fell from his lips. He looked blurrily up at Cujo, who was staring at him, tongue lulling out of his mouth in a 'did-I-do-good?' gesture.
"Why Cujo why?" Danny groaned before his body bent forward and he landed painfully on his stomach. A loud, muffled scream escaped the teen. Then he just kind of laid there.
Dick walked forward and stood by Cujo. Carefully, he poked the teen in his side with his foot. "Hey Danny... Are you alive?"
A loud moan and a thumbs up was his answer.
"He's ok!"
Moan.
"Ok, so he's not ok. But he's alive."
Moan.
"You're half-alive, happy?! But overall he'll live!"
Moan.
"HALF-LIVE! STOP BEING SO TECHNICAL!"
The Team all crowded around the storage room closet, battle ready. As stupid as they looked, they were prepared to fight any foe behind the door.
Kaldur made the 'three... two... one...' symbol before gesturing to Connor to open the door. The raven-haired clone did so and threw it open.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHhhhhhoooohhhhh..."
"You're frikkin kidding me." Danny said, staring angrily into the storage room.
Box Ghost turned around when he heard the door open. Upon seeing the teens, he raised his arms and yelled "BEWARE!"
Dick groaned and face-palmed while Danny stood up straight, mumbling profanities under his breath. The other teens looked between the Ghost Boy and the ghost in the closet with 'wha-?!' looks.
"I'm confused!" Wally shouted and began walked down the hall, towards the kitchen. Danny stared after him before shaking his head and looking back towards the open storage closet. "That's Box Ghost. He's harmless."
"I AM NOT HARMLESS, YOU-" Box Ghost started before Danny waved at him, dug out the Fenton Thermos from his N-Space pocket, and sucking the ghost in.
"I'm all up for some ice-cream. Who's with me?"
"Here, here!"
The Team was hanging out in Happy Harbor's park. All the teens were throwing a Frisbee, all except for Danny, who was lying in the sun. He said something about 'staying up all night to study for a test he was going to bomb' and was extremely tired, so he mostly just hung around.
The teens' laughter died down when they heard a loud motorcycle. Out of nowhere, a blonde guy riding his bike rode up and stopped beside Danny. The teen peeked one blue eye open. "What do you want, Johnny?"
"Think you could give me advice?"
"Depends... What kind of advice?"
"Relationship advice..."
"What'd you do this time?!"
"Well, there was this chick-"
"Stop right there. I don't need to hear the rest of the story." Danny said, face-palming. Johnny blushed. "You gonna help me?"
Danny let out a sigh. "Well, for one, you could stop looking at other girls when you're dating someone."
Johnny continued blushing. "I can't help it!"
Danny let out another long sigh. "I don't know. I don't have this problem. My girlfriend gets mad at me for nearly getting myself killed in fights, not for looking at other girls!"
"Come on, man, please!" Johnny pleaded. The Ghost Boy groaned and rubbed his face. "Alright... Uh... Buy her chocolates or flowers or something... Flatter her... Sleep on the couch for a few days... Take her out... Do something that has all the attention on her, ok?"
"Ah thanks, man. I owe you one." Johnny said, revving his bike. Danny held up a hand. "No, you owe me six."
The biker blushed heavily before taking off silently.
The Team looked between where Johnny took off and Danny. The Ghost Boy waved them off. "It's a long, long story..."
"Will you guys stay back, for the hundredth time?!" Danny shouted as he threw another ecto-blast at Skulker. The robot-ghost flew into wall and created some cracks. The Team was behind him, ready to assist, much to Danny's annoyace.
"This is, technically, our home! Don't we have a right to defend it?!" Connor shouted. Danny paused, hand out with a bright green ectoplasmic blast in his hand. The teen flew forward, grabbing Skulker. He turned them both intangible and flew through the Cave wall.
Exiting, he threw the robot ghost onto the beach. "Alright Skulk-y, ready for some serious butt-kicking?"
Skulker got up from the ground, dusting himself off. He glared at his prey. "I have no idea what you're talking about. You will be hanging on my wall today."
The teen rolled his eyes. "As you have been saying the last two years..."
Skulker simmered as he remembered his worst failure.
The teen landed on the sandy beach in a crouch. He made a 'come-and-get-me' gesture with his hand. The robot ghost growled and released a rocket from his shoulder. Danny waited for it, knowing most missiles were actually timed more so than they were touch-sensitive.
Once it came close, Danny retreated to the side and grabbed the end. He spun around and threw it back at the older ghost. It exploded before it hit the ghost but, still, it sent him flying. The Ghost Boy ran forward, jumped in the air, and came down with a punch. Skulker grabbed his fist and slammed him into the ground. Danny used his position to vault Skulker over his head. The teen jumped onto the ghost's chest and began punching the crap out of his head.
The other teens ran out of the Cave and saw Danny and how he chose to defeat his enemy.
"Danny?! What are you doing!?" Megan yelled, astonished. The white-haired teen stopped and looked at her. "What?! I'm not doing anything wrong!"
"You're killing the dude!" Wally yelled, gesturing wildly to Skulker's beaten and caved in head. Danny was confused for a minute before he realized what they were trying to say. "Ooooohhhhh, riiiigggghhhhtttt... You guys have never met Skulker..."
"What?" Kaldur breathed incredulously. Danny tucked his legs into a lotus position on his enemy's chest. "Uh, yeah, you guys are worrying for no reason about Skulk-y here's health."
"Excuse me?" Zatanna hissed, putting one hand on her hip while the other gestured to Skulker's head again. "His head is caving in!"
Danny held one finger up before straddling Skulker's chest again. He put his fingers under the crack in the metal and, with some effort, pulled the head from the body. Megan let out a small screech as Danny stuck his fingers up the nose of the head. He made a 'a-ha!' before pulling out a small green blob.
The blob wriggled in the teen's hand. "Put me down, you incompetent fool!"
"That's nice..." Danny said before showing the blob to his friends. "Guys, meet Skulker! The Ghost Zone's Lamest Hunter!"
"Wait, wait, wait... That's Skulker." Connor said, gesturing to the blob. Danny nodded with an amused smile. The blob, Skulker, continued to struggle in Danny's grip, cursing loudly.
"Shut up." Danny said and flicked the small ghost, who screamed loudly in protest. "In the thermos you go~!"
"NONONONONONONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Skulker yelled as he was sucked into the thermos.
"Your enemies are freaks, you know that?" Wally said, dead-serious. Danny shrugged, a smile on his face. "Yeah. I know."
"YO DIPSTICK!" Ember yelled as she stalked in the room. Danny looked up from his spot in Wayne Manor, playing a videogame with his Team surrounding him. He pressed 'pause'. "What do you want, Ember?"
"What'd you do to my boyfriend?!" The rock-star yelled. Danny waved her off and pressed play. "I sucked him into the thermos."
"Why?!" Ember continued to shout.
"The guy was threatening to hang my pelt on his wall again. Or mount my head on a plaque. Whichever had less blood and was easier to clean." Danny said casually.
Ember face-palmed. "That little-"
"Language, Ember~!"
"Don't lecture me, Dipstick."
"Don't call me Dipstick."
"Deal."
"Awesome."
"Where's my boyfriend?"
"Somewhere..."
"Boooyyyyy..."
"I lost the thermos, alright!? Cujo's on the case though!" Danny said, flashing a reassuring smile. Ember pointed to the couch, un-amused. Danny looked behind him and blanched when he saw Cujo snoozing.
"CUJO!"
The puppy bolted up, startled. He looked around the room wildly before his eyes landed on Danny; his body relaxed, his tail wagged, and his tongue lulled out of his mouth.
Danny just continued to stare at Cujo in shock. "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO GET THE THERMOS!" He screeched.
Panting, the puppy stared at his master blankly. Danny face-palmed. Ember crossed her arms. "Some dog you have there."
"Shut up..."
Passing the controller to Zatanna, Danny got up from his beanbag and turned to the rest of the Team, who had gotten over the random presences showing up just to annoy Danny.
"I'll see you guys later... I got a thermos to find before this chick-"
"Excuse me?!"
"-kills me." Danny finished, ignoring the rock-star and her flaming hair. He strode out of the game room with Ember stalking behind him.
"He's somewhere around here. I know that much."
"I still can't believe you lost it."
"I can. Do you know how many thermoses I have, just in case one breaks?"
"No. And frankly, I don't wanna."
As the ghost and half traveled down the hall, the teens looked at the thermos holding Skulker next to them, resting peacefully on the counter.
"How long do you think it's gonna take him to realize it's in here?"
"I have no idea."
Danny and Dick waited impatiently for the Team to show up in the Bat-Cave. Danny was tapping his foot while Dick looked at his watch every four or five seconds. Both were eager to see their friends and get out of there. They had plans to get to.
The older of the two teens was wearing a dark blue plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. It was opened and revealed a black shirt underneath. He also wore black jeans and combat boots.
The younger was wearing a black jacket over a green shirt, jeans, and a pair of his green converses. His usual shades were gone and his hair lacked its usual hair gel. The ebony strands were messy and spiked.
Finally, the Zeta announced the teen's coming, flashed, and left the Team standing in the Cave. They looked around in awe but the two ebony haired teens didn't even bother to let them look.
"Finally!" Dick shouted, grabbing Zatanna's hand and practically began dragging her away. Danny did the same to Kaldur. "Let's go! Your little surprise is waiting for us!"
"Why are you guys dressed up?" Artemis asked, following after the two boys and the people the two boys were dragging.
"I'm keeping an image. He has a different reason." Dick said, nodding his head towards his older brother, who was still pulling Kaldur around.
"Shut up. We all know you're trying to impress Z-Z." Danny taunted, gaining a smirk when his younger brother and the magician girl blushed a deep red.
"Oh, says the boy who's trying to-" Dick started but stopped when Danny gave him a look. "Right... Surprise and all..." Danny nodded.
They were passing a random room when Danny yelled "Baby-Cakes, we're leaving! Let's go~!"
"Coming!"
A twelve year old girl with ebony hair and crystalline blue eyes walked out of the room and began following the group, laughing at their faces. She wore a blue sweater, red cargo pants, sneakers, and a beanie on the top of her head.
"You all remember Dani, right? She mauled Superman's face." Danny said, rolling his eyes when his daughter smirked in victory.
"I never found out if his beat down knocked some sense into his head." The girl said. Danny shook his head. "It was a failed mission."
"Aw man!"
"I know."
As Dani followed the group, she waved to Connor. "Sup Supes."
He waved back. "Hey Dani."
The girl grinned. Danny and Dick continued to drag Kaldur and Zatanna, respectively.
"You know, we are fully capable of walking, right?" Kaldur said to his friend, who continued to drag him. "Which is why it took you so long to get here."
Kaldur rolled his eyes and was finally released when they came to the door, as was Zatanna. The Team exited through the door and the two boys called "BYE BRUCE!"
Over the intercom, Bruce's voice said "Bye boys."
They nodded before exiting themselves and closing the door behind them. Danny jogged over to his pickup truck with an extended cab, grabbing the keys from his pocket and jiggling them as he got in the driver's seat.
"You don't expect us to all fit in that, right?" Wally asked. Danny shook his head and passed another set of keys to the speedster. "You're driving the Kia."
"You guys have a Kia?" Connor asked as he got in the pickup truck. Danny nodded to him in the mirror. "Yeah. We don't use it often though. We use it for a lot of people but keeping ourselves on the DL. Glad that doesn't happen often cause that thing sucks."
"Yeah thanks!" Wally yelled as he shut the driver's door. Danny smirked in response as Dani climbed into the passenger seat of his truck. In the back, Connor was joined by Megan and Zatanna. Dick, Artemis, Kaldur, and Raquel joined Wally in the Kia Sportage. Dick was only in the Kia to sooth his friend as best as possible because he got stuck driving the "suck-y car".
Danny turned on the music and everyone's ears were immediately met with Monster by Imagine Dragons. It was blaring out of the speakers, loud as it could go.
"Really?!" The three teens in the back yelled over the music. The two ebony-haired figures in the front smirked and began singing along, getting their voices as loud as they could. Though their voices were loud, they were pretty good. Though it annoyed the three teens because their ears were on the verge of bleeding from the multitude of loud noises.
They were happy that after Monster, another song called Traveling Alone by Jason Isbell came on. It was a sad song that wasn't too loud and Dani and Danny both unconsciously lowered their voices to sing along better. But after that, a lot more heavy metal and hard rock songs came on.
Needless to say, it was a blessing when they pulled up to a townhouse, parked by the curb, and Danny flipped the ignition off. The four teens and one preteen got out of the car as Wally, driving the Kia, pulled up and parked in front of the them. The teens, more or less, retreated out of the car, holding their eardrums.
"You people listen to the crappiest music I have ever had the misfortune to hear." Raquel complained, still nursing her throbbing eardrums. Dani and Danny looked at Dick questionably. He mouthed 'Skillet' and 'Three Days Grace'. The two ebony-haired children laughed.
As Danny calmed down, he gestured to the townhouse. The door opened and four people exited. One was an adult with orange hair and what looked to be her daughter. The other two were teenagers. One was a girl with ebony hair and amethyst eyes. The other was a boy with cocoa skin and forest green eyes, wearing a beret.
"Everyone, meet my friends before you people, my sister, and my mother!" Danny introduced, grinning wildly. The others eyes widened.
The orange-haired teen waved. "Hey! Nice to meet you! I'm Jazz."
The other two teens walked down the stairs and gathered on Danny's sides. The Team recognized they stances they took. It was the same one they all formed when they were in a group. It was one that showed a well-made team.
"I'm Tucker Foley. That's TF for Too Fine!" The cocoa skinned boy said, wiggling his eyebrows. Danny laughed at the Team's expressions, especially the girl's. Dick and Dani had their hands on the other's mouth, both trying to stop their laughter together.
The violet-eyed girl smirked and grabbed Danny's arm. "And I'm Sam."
"So you're the girlfriend." Megan said, a teasing smile on her features. Danny gave a playful glare. "Yes, this is the girlfriend you all have been dying to meet since it's apparently impossible for a girl to like me."
Sam cracked up behind her hand, making Danny lose all emotion from his face. He looked at her. "Really? Really?"
The Goth nodded at him. Danny rolled his eyes at her.
"Sup Sam! Hey Tuck!" Dani called from her spot by Connor, who she'd taken a shine to.
"Hey Dani." The two members of 'Team Phantom' said in sync, waving.
"You guys should go. The club starts getting full in a little bit." Maddie called from her spot in the doorway. Danny nodded. "Alright gang of meddling kids, let's go!"
With Danny still driving the pickup and Wally still (sadly) driving the Kia, the two groups got in the two cars. Sam, Dani, Connor, and Megan all got in the pickup with Danny, while everyone else got in Kia. Tucker and Dick were silently planning to sing really badly on the way over to the club.
On the way over, Dani, Sam, and Danny all rocked out to the blaring music, singing over each other. Megan rolled her eyes in amusement while Connor tried to rip his ears off his head.
Then again, they weren't as bad as the people in the Kia. On the way to the club, they could clearly hear Tucker and Dick's awful voices behind them. Looking in the mirror, they could see everyone having a fight on how to turn the radio off while Dick and Tucker had a blast in the backseat.
Danny finally turned the music down when they entered a parking lot. He, Sam, and Dani were all laughing hysterically because a song in the Kia turned on while the same song blared out of the pickup. Dick, Danny, Dani, Sam, and Tucker were all singing the same song, creating a very loud ruckus on the road that a lot of people honked their horns at.
Danny pulled into a parking spot and Wally pulled up next to him. The two groups of teens all stumbled out of the cars and began yelling at the five teens (technically, four teens and one preteen) who sung during the way, while the five teens (four teens, one preteen) laughed their butts off. The other people in the parking lot gave the large group of kids weird looks as they entered the club.
A few minutes later, the group of teens were entering the club themselves, laughing at the jokes they threw around.
Almost immediately upon entering, Sam dragged Danny over to the dance-floor, Tucker laughing at them the entire time. Dani jumped up and down excitedly, really wanting to do some dancing herself. The little girl asked Dick, who shrugged and let himself be led over.
If anyone noticed how Zatanna cooed at that, no one said anything.
Throughout the entire time they hung at the club, most of it was spent either chatting at a table or dancing on the dance-floor. Danny and Sam spent a lot of their time at the latter of the two, even having the spotlight on the two of them multiple times. Dani and Dick had danced for a long time too before collapsing at the table out of pure exhaustion. They were pleased though.
The other couples danced a few songs but not nearly as much as Dani, Danny, Sam, and Dick did.
Tucker, who still enjoyed snapping pictures of his two friend's relationship, captured a lot of moments with his ever-present PDA, Sharon, and posted them on the internet. Danny, who was friends with Tucker of multiple sites, got all of pictures on his phone and shot his friend a dirty but playful look.
As the teens (and one preteen) exited the club, everyone was startled by Danny and Dani's ghost senses. They looked around, every one of them becoming serious. If anyone else were around, they would have been startled by the intensity in the twelve teen's eyes.
"Will you be my friend?"
Dani, Danny, Sam, and Tucker instantly dropped their stances and regained their composure.
"False alarm. It's just Klemper." Tucker said as they blue-skinned ghost wearing PJs appeared. Klemper had his ever-present teddy bear with him.
"Will you be my friend?" He repeated.
Danny looked around and made sure no one was watching before summoning Ebony, Malachi, Conan, and Amoux. Danny dug out a thermos from Tucker's backpack and gave it Malachi. "Have fun."
Amoux, Ebony, and Conan all looked at the thermos.
"Who wants to go for a walk?" Danny asked as Sam grabbed his arm again. The other teens agreed and they began walking down the street, just for fun.
Turning to Klemper, the Totems smirked.
Five Minutes Later...
"Figures I forget the frikkin..." Danny mumbled as he walked back out of the alley next to the club. He had just exited when he stopped, his mouth going slack-jawed.
The parking lot had cleared of all the cars because everyone had retreated when the Totems and Klemper began fighting. Ice coated the walls and asphalt, as well as various claw marks. Klemper, Conan, and Amoux were all tangled in the power lines. Conan and Amoux were keeping Klemper down while Malachi had the thermos pointed at the ghost. Ebony had her nose hovering over the button.
"I was gone for five minutes!" Danny shouted, a bewildered look on his face. Klemper's and the Totem's eyes widened at him. Everything became still.
Danny, stuttering, gestured between the ghost and Totems in the power line to the Totems with the thermos. He finished with a "wha-?!"
The Totems and ghost blinked at him.
Danny threw his arms. "You know what? Screw it. I'm grabbing my junk and I'm leaving."
The Ghost Boy did as he said, the five figure's heads following everywhere he went until he left.
Then it was game on.
Well, that was all of Danny's freakish acquaintances. ISN'T THAT LOVELY?!
Kadzait: Not really.
SHUT UP!
Prissy-Prissy: HIIIIIIIIIII!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
Prissy-Prissy: You know... Doing stuff.
*eye twitches* This is my younger sister... The little-
Kadzait: DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT!
*simmers*
Prissy-Prissy: HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!
*simmers*
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