I'm sooooo sorry this took so long, I kinda got sidetracked and my sister has been hogging the computer for the past month stalking people. Anyways! I just wanna say you guys are awesome! you guys have left me a total of 45 reviews, 68 favs and 71 follows, I can't believe you all like it this much, I love you! hugs and fluff to all!
I'm so disappointed in myself though right now, I can't even explain how much guilt I feel for taking so long, but I hope you enjoy this chapter, I've been searching head-canons and wikiapedia-ing all over the place for this to hopefully be more fulfilling. But I spent restless nights writing to get this story for you.
Oh! quick question, does anyone want Jack and Danny to be related as cousins? depending on your answer it would influence their interaction when they meet Danny in human form.
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime or Danny Phantom, they belong to Hasbro and Butch Hartman; respectively of course. I just own the plot.
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~~~~~~TFP~~~~~~
Bumblebee watched as Ratchet went over to Optimus and began to conduct tests, out of the corner of his optic he noticed Smokescreen slip up next to him with Miko. "Heeeey Beeeee" he whispered before sparring Ratchet a quick glance who wasn't looking their way and then grinning back at him.
"Yeah?" Bumblebee asked in a cautionary tone, when Smokey acted like this it meant he was up to something, whether the outcome was good or bad.
"You would not believe what happened when you guys left earlier!" Smokescreen whispered excitedly, Bee motioned for him to continue "well when we were cleaning Danny suggested we do this dance battle thing, I dunno, it was kinda weird, but then again, who isn't nowadays? but Danny started pestering Ratchet to join us."
Bumblebee's optics widened, okay that got his attention. "He didn't."
Miko and Smokescreen nodded synchronously both grinning mischievously with half concealed snickers. "Oh yes... He did."
Pulling up the video recording from Miko's phone, Bumblebee watched the truth unfold as he started grinning. "No way..." The three of them huddled closer over the tiny device trying to mask their snickers while making sure Ratchet wasn't watching them.
"Knew he loved that dance move I did awhile back, he just didn't want to admit it." Bee said smugly.
~~~~~~TFP-Decepticons~~~~~~
Megatron walked through the halls of his vessel towards the command center. Knockout should be returning soon with the Ectoranium he was assigned to retrieve and Laserbeak with footage of the cave collapse. When he had Dreadwing send a quadrant of troops to the tropical climate to plant explosives in one of their energon mines wasn't just for a mere distraction, no, it was more then that. It was safe to assume that the Autobots already had Phantom among their group and to be certain of that he needed to draw him out, lure him if you will. Megatron wanted to examine his enemy, learn his movements and whereabouts to find out what else the teenager was capable of; as well as weaknesses so could exploit them.
The doors upon his presence opened with a flourish before making his way into the center of the room. His Chief Communications Officer stood nearby an opened portal awaiting someone's arrival.
"Soundwave." He greeted before receiving a curt nod from the silent mech, that was one of the things he valued about Soundwave, not only was he a deadly opponent but he also knew how to keep his silence, knew how to keep secrets and vital information withheld even under the worst of tortures which made him an invaluable and trusted ally... To the Decepticon cause anyway.
The portal sparked as a couple of vehicons came through, next was Knockout and two more troops, whom seemed awfully amused with themselves for some reason. "Well Knockout? did you secure the item that I tasked you with?" the con in question smirked triumphantly up at him "indeed Lord Megatron, along with some research files the fleshies conducted -though there's not a lot of it- as an added bonus, your welcome." The CMO declared as he pulled the chunk of green rock out and presented it to him. Megatron examined it for a bit thoughtfully before handing it back over "excellent work Knockout, you didn't fail me this time and your finish seems to be unscratched. I want you to run more tests in your lab and to report your findings, especially if you find anything interesting." Megatron commanded, Knockout gave a gracious bow "as you wish my liege, I'll get straight to working on it asap." Just then the high pitch whine of Laserbeak's approach echoed in the corridor, the doors that Megatron had only just came through opened allowing the metal bird to enter and latch onto his master's chest.
Soundwave stood still as he downloaded the footage from Laserbeak's hard-drives. After a few seconds Soundwave's stiff posture relaxed, anyone that didn't have an observant optic would've failed to notice the barely visible transition since his movements were virtually flawless.
Opening up the compartments in his chest, the tentacles snaked out and went towards the computer to display the footage. At first nothing happened, just viewing two guards in front of the mine until Laserbeak's camera shifted when he detected movement, Optimus Prime and Arcee managed to sneak up on them and dispatch the drones swiftly. Laserbeak remained airborne; not only to avoid detection but to watch the perimeter where he saw the Scout and the Wrecker leave the coverings of the foliage and head inside, followed soon after by the Prime and the Commander after getting rid of the bodies. There was no sign of Phantom so far, nor of the new recruit.
Laserbeak continued to do a sweep on the area as Megatron frowned dissatisfied, perhaps his assumption had been wrong after all.
Acree left the cave and quickly transformed sometime later and disappeared back into the forest. Nothing happened for awhile, Soundwave proceeded to speed up the footage to where the drones were beginning evacuation on the premises, he was starting to lose his patience.
Megatron was just about to call it quits when he descried a black and white blur crash into one of his troops and then to the ground. The camera lens adjusted onto the fallen thing until it got a better view. The former Gladiator's feral smirk returned, Phantom had arrived as expected albeit a little late but still made it nonetheless. Phantom shouted angrily at them which they in turn pointed the barrels of their guns at him, beginning to warm up warningly in response.
In the blink of an eye Phantom pulled another disappearing stunt again. The teenage nuisance began his attack, gaining the warlord's undivided calculating attention with growing interest. Phantom displayed abilities from their previous encounter, like the energy he shot from his hands. His fighting style was a bit sloppy, but where he failed in technique he made up for it in force and speed, it would've been by sheer luck if the boy had managed to survive from those Megatron vanquished all those eons ago in the pits of Kaon.
His optics widen a fraction when the boy brought up a force field to deflect enemy fire. An energy barrier? impressive, he can control his powers to where he can manipulate his own energy to create different forms of arsenal to his desire...
After a bit more fighting, Phantom displayed an impressive feat of strength when he took one of the drones skyward and unknowingly almost hit Laserbeak (who shot out of the way) and barreled it back towards the others and finished the battle when they made a grab at him and got away by shooting a blast of light from his midsection, the remaining vehicons fled afterwards making Phantom the victor, but that didn't mean he had came out unscathed. After that the video feed ended. Megatron straighten his posture as he addressed the occupants in the room just as Dreadwing walked in "now that my suspicions have been confirmed, it's time to move onto the next phase in the plan."
~~~~~~DP~~~~~~
The GAV pulled into the driveway and shut off, but neither passenger made a move to exit the vehicle.
Danny shivered; despite his cold core the water that had dripped from his soaked hair would suddenly splash onto exposed skin snapping him from his sleepy haze, it didn't help that his dad had turned the air conditioning on during the way back, he didn't know if it was a form of punishment, or his Dad obliviously tried to turn on the heater but screwed up and put the AC on by accident. Either way, Danny was pretty certain this fell under a form of child abuse.
He and his seat were soaked and if his powers were working at the moment he would've used his intangibility on the latter for prevention of mold growing. Danny instantly avoided eye contact when his parents shifted in their seats followed by the doors slamming shut. Danny's eyes darted upwards; they were no longer in their spots, the tension in his shoulders relaxed a bit as he let out a small sneeze escape, better get this over with. Getting out the RV and slamming it's door shut, he was renewed with the feeling of the rain pouring on him; frowning unpleasantly as he followed his awaiting parents up the pathway while avoiding his mom's analyzing gaze. After staring him down for a few minutes Danny heard the keys jingle, then the sound of an audible click of a lock.
The inevitable 'family meeting' was going to take place as soon as they entered the house Danny noted with dread, maybe he could buy himself a few hours- or at least a night, today had just been exhausting. Even in the dark he could make out the stairway. As soon as his mom turned around to lock the door back up once they entered, he made a break for it. His feet practically flew up the steps, eyes locking onto his room door which his momentum would've carried him pass if he didn't latch his hand onto the knob. With a quick turn of the wrist the door opened which Danny immediately entered before reclosing the door.
Danny panted, wiping water off his face as he realized that was such a stupid move, taking off like that would make his parents even more cross with him, blinded by the strong desire to get away Danny didn't rationally think about the pros and cons about the tactic, now he was certain that he just dug himself a deeper grave, line completely in blood blossoms; figuratively speaking of course (did his parent's even know about those?).
"Ugh... how can I be so stupid." Danny muttered but froze instantly when his eyes trailed down to the bottom of the door; the light had turned on and the sounds of footsteps approaching filled his ears.
Danny backed up, eyes never leaving the crevice, the approaching feet steadily got closer. He gulped nervously, with each creak of the floorboards his apprehension grew, it seemed like the pair were deliberately taking their time just to set him on edge. He almost gasped when two shadows engulfed the light in the crevice, one partially blocked out light- his mothers- while the other was particularly wide and completely blocked out any light that would've came in on their side-obviously his father's- and by the looks of it they weren't planning on leaving. He would've found the situation ridiculous if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't want to get yelled at.
Danny didn't dare move; thinking the slightest sound could trigger his parents into bursting through his door and began scolding him.
This was kind of Smokescreen's fault. Danny mused, if he and Miko hadn't abducted him, he wouldn't had been placed in this mess to begin with. But if he hadn't been, Bumblebee might not have escaped the explosion, he wouldn't want them stricken with grief as they mourned the loss of their friend, so Danny didn't entirely regret the actions Smokescreen made today. Speaking of which, Danny went over the day's events and frowned; what was the Box Ghost doing this far out? (he assumed the Autobot's base wasn't too far away from Jasper since he heard it raining outside the base when he was there) did he come through one of the Ghost zone's natural portals that randomly popped up? or perhaps the box obsessed annoyance had followed him here?
Danny hoped it was the first theory but knew he couldn't dismiss the later either, if the last was in fact true though he really hoped it wasn't, then Jasper might be expecting some ghostly intruders trying to take over for their new haunting grounds, which meant they knew he was here and they were coming for him because he was considered a threat.
How do you get rid of something in your way? you eliminate it, not like he was just gonna sit around and wait to see them try. Danny needed to get into contact with his friends as soon as possible and run things over by them to get their opinion on the matter. Danny blinked away the glazed over stare he acquired when he detected movement; his parent's were leaving until the creaking floorboards echoing down the hall was no longer heard.
Danny released a long breath of relief, he was in the clear... For tonight anyway. Right now he just wanted a moment's peace so he could unwind. Danny's stomach made itself known as it growled demanding for attention but he had to ignore it for now, he didn't want to chance a run in with his dad when he got his nightly fudge.
Lightning flashed through his window automatically causing him to stiffen only for a few seconds later for him to relax when no pain came he scolded himself. "Stupid portal" Danny muttered to himself, during the time the lightning coruscated he caught sight of a reflective object on the side table in front of his tipped over backpack. Upon closer inspection he discovered it was a bitten granola bar, wasting no time, he tore off the rest of the wrapping and shoved it's contents into his mouth; Danny wasn't sure if he was considered lucky because there was something in his bag to eat or unlucky for it was stale. Danny shrugged as he swallowed it anyway, food was food including those that fell into the really stale category especially when you were in trouble with your parents.
Afterwards he decided his next course of action would be to take a shower, his entire body was caked in hardened mud; he didn't want to video-chat with his friends looking like something that came out of Lake Eerie. Danny sniffed his armpit and frowned in disgust; smelled like it too.
~~~~~~TFP~~~~~~
Bumblebee had already given his report on what transpired earlier when the explosion happened-which Miko had titled "seeing the underworld" which seemed sorta appropriate given the circumstances before she left for home- and the other's were surprised to hear about Danny's ability to create ice. Nonetheless, they were grateful that their scout was safe as was himself.
Bumblebee flicked his doors to test their mobility, they were only able to move four inches before going stiff with restraint from the bandages. Deeming their medic did a good job, he made his leave only to be halted.
"Wait a minute Bumblebee." Ratchet called out causing the fleeing bot to freeze mid step, Ratchet had finished checking Optimus over, declaring there was no processor damage evident he came over with a scalpel and a glassed lens, at Bee's raised brow the doctor motioned for him to raise his servos.
Doing as asked although questionably he displayed his palms upwards. Ratchet held his hand and examined it, it was then Bumblebee realized his hands were still covered in Phantom's- err Danny's blood.
Using the scalpel he scraped some of the slightly glowing goo off and placed it onto the specialized glass. Ratchet stared at it with a pondering expression before coming out of his slight daze, "go take a decontamination bath and make sure to leave no trace of this behind. I need to find out if Phantom's blood is toxic to Cybertronians or..." Ratchet trailed off, gaze wandering over to the lone figure gathering up their things into their backpack, after zipping it up Raf reached over and saved his coding that he inputted into the monitor, upon seeing his guardian he waved which Bee returned, sadly he wasn't cleared from medical to take him home. "...Or humans."
Bumblebee nodded in understanding, taking his leave and headed down the hallway and since his sense of balance was still off he had to take precautions steps making sure each one he took was precisely balanced.
Bumblebee looked down at his hands, the blood was beginning to dry losing it's glow as it's colors became duller. He was reminded of Ratchet's words; was Danny's blood toxic? but if that was the case shouldn't he be experiencing the side effects? Bee didn't feel any different besides feeling tired, he just needed to recharge to fix that inconvenience. But it was best to play it safe and follow Ratchet's orders, it could be a delayed reaction.
Bringing the sample of the abnormal looking blood to his work station, Ratchet placed it in a preserve tank after putting some aside to study in a bit. Reaching for the microscope he placed the sample under the lens before squinting into the viewing one. Ratchet hummed thoughtfully, adjusting it as he did so. He grabbed the scanner that resided nearby and ran it over; a spike in the EMP range pulsed faintly, most likely would be stronger if the subject was present he noted.
He had learn quite a bit about human biology under Ms. Darby's teachings, it was a bit similar to their own but still vastly different. Humans had trillions of cells all that consist of more then a single type of cell; anMulticellular organism she called it. Now examining Phantom's supposed ectoplasm he saw similarities. There were traces of red blood cells meaning he could actually breathe if he wanted to as well as there being extensive amounts of platelets and white blood cells, surrounding it in blood borne oxygen. Too much of it could of possibly caused a dis-balance in his bodily functions but Phantom seemed to have struck a perfect balance increasing his healing abilities.
He adjusted the lens again to zoom in on the blood where he spotted noticeable excesses of copper, trans-metals and plasma fluid.
Now onto the glowing cells; they looked like kinetic energized protons, close to self-sustaining, but a heart wouldn't pump this throughout the body; which meant something else was which was probably where the origin of his energy blasts came from.
Ratchet frowned, Phantom's blood was relatively close to that of Dark Energon, just without the toxic properties, it seemed like it could have more of an ailing effect if someone tried to inject it into themselves instead of it being deadly which meant there wasn't anything to really worry about. Ratchet shook his head at the unlikely coincidence, he'll need to run more test, possibly snag another blood sample from another ghost would help his results.
He watched transfixed as the substance lost its odd glow and fade into a murky green as the goop began to harden "fascinating." He murmured in astonishment.
"What is old friend?"
Ratchet straighten up with a jerk, so deep in his musings he hadn't heard his leader walk in, he glanced up at the clock on the monitor, it was eleven fifty-eight earth time, quite late. "Optimus, I didn't hear you come in." Ratchet greeted. Optimus nodded understandingly, "what has you so engrossed into your work?" he asked kindly.
"I was studying a sample of Phantom's blood, running tests to see if it was toxic just to be on the safe side; one shouldn't be too careful." Ratchet answered flippantly shutting down the scanner he used and going back to his project. "As much as I appreciate the concern of the well being of our comrades, are you sure it's wise to experiment with his blood without seeking his consent first?" Optimus questioned, the medic made a sound in between a scoff and a snort "Phantom was practically leaking it all over the place! nor did he made any indication that he cared on what happened with it. Besides, Phantom has been keeping secrets, I'm not entirely sure what but something about him seems off. His blood may hold the key to those answers if he wont give them Optimus, think about it. The concept of ghosts, spectral entities, an afterlife just sounds absurd. Phantom might be lying on what and who he is." Ratchet theorized.
Optimus Prime sighed and gave him that look he made when someone was making a poor decision and wasn't planning on correcting it. "Everyone is entitled to their privacy Ratchet, if they trust you enough they may tell you what it is when they're ready and not pushed into answering, and they wouldn't want to be treated any differently or thought of any less once they do." Optimus advised in that steady calm voice he always used when he tried to reproach someone.
Ratchet didn't say anything; refusing to look up at his leader, Optimus continued forlornly "do what you think is best old friend but please consider my advice. You should get some rest." Was all he said before taking his leave.
Ratchet stood alone quietly, the sound of the machines around him filled the silent void. Disposing the now useless sample he glanced down at the vial in the preserve tank, grabbing and bringing it closer to optic level as he pondered it's fate. What if Phantom had declined? wouldn't that make him more suspicious? how could they trust him when he kept things from them that could possibly bring them harm in the end? But Optimus did have a point; he should have had asked first, it was the least he could have done after being brought here against his will and saving one of their own.
Finally he came to a decision as he released a sigh.
I'm sorry Optimus.
Ratchet walked over towards the medical cabinet, shuffling a few of the supplies out of the way as he stored the vial in the very back from viewing eyes.
I need to keep our team safe in anyway I can.
~~~~~~DP~~~~~~
Danny shifted the blanket above his head trying to mask the light that emitted from his laptop, being mindful of his bruised rib cage. "*How the heck did you get grounded dude? and what the heck? hashtags: explosion, got grounded, smiley face?!*"
"*I swear Tucker if you say 'heck' one more time...*" Sam said leaving the threat hanging in the air.
Danny was doing a video chat with Sam and Tucker to check up on things, only to get bombed with questions instead. "Shh! keep it down guys! I'm not even supposed to be up right now!" Danny whispered harshly. After they quieted down with a quick "sorry" Danny sighed sweeping his damp bangs from his face "I forgot to tell them I left Tuck and stayed out longer then I expected to."
"*Why? what kept you held up?*" Sam asked "well I-" Danny paused mid sentence, he wasn't supposed to tell anyone about the Autobots existence.
Danny groaned inwardly; how was he suppose to keep something this cool from his two best friends? especially Tucker, since the tech whiz would probably gush if he found out living technology existed. Cause hello! how cool was it he got to hangout with alien robots from the planet Cybertron that was light years away from their solar system and that could transform into some sweet rides? he still hadn't had the proper freak out yet which would probably happen if he told friends then he and Tucker would promptly fanboy and pass out from too much excitement. Tucker would probably call it their fantasy love child or something.
"*Danny and..?*" Sam pestered bringing him back on topic. Right, as much as he wanted to, he made a promise to them that he would keep them a secret. "Well um... My ghost sense went off so I followed it, it turned out to be the Box Ghost and I would've captured him right then and there if someone- I mean if I hadn't lost it on the way there..?" Danny offered. Okay, technically that wasn't a lie he reasoned trying to lessen the wave of guilt that washed over him.
Sam looked unconvinced seeming to detect there was a lie in his answer while Tucker looked indifferent.
Danny quickly tried to redirect their focus before Sam started to unweave the web he created. "Speaking of which, has there been any ghost attacks lately?"
"*only the weak ones, but Vlad's vulture's showed up loitering around the Nasty Burger until we caught them.*" Tucker chimed in helpfully but immediately frowned at his blue eyed friend's expression. "You weren't asking just to ask...Were you?*" Sam sighed stretching in her chair until a few satisfying pops were heard from her back "*alright, what's bugging you?*"
Danny chuckled quietly "that obvious huh? it's the Box Ghost; him appearing near Jasper could be just a coincidence right?"
Sam pursed her lips while Tucker rubber his chin contemplating. Finally Sam asked "*what was his reaction when he saw you?*"
Danny shrugged but the gesture was mostly lost due to the blanket folded over his shoulder's "I dunno, I guess kinda surprised? before he started his usual monologue and assaulting me with boxes he pilfered from-uh never mind." "*See? there's your answer man, you need to stop worrying about the little things.*" "Yeah but-" "*dude! your on vacation! which, and I quote: a time for leisure and recreation. Which means relax! you've been spending restless nights of ghost activity for the past few months, we got things handled over here Danny.*" Tucker assured while Sam's eyes widen a fraction "*I can't believe I'm saying this but I gonna have to agree with Tucker on this one.*"
"*That's T.F.'s-Too Fine's-words of wisdom for you Sam, such words could only be spoken by a true meat-eater.*" Sam rolled her eyes at the comment, probably would've kicked Tucker for that but was prevented by not being in the same house; which Tucker knew and took full advantage of.
Danny sighed bringing them back on topic "I guess your right, thanks again guys for doing this for me."
"*Are you keeping something from us Danny?*" Sam asked. He shook his head "no I'm-" Danny froze when a bright flash of light shown on the outside of the blanket enclosure, followed by the deafening boom of thunder as it roared through the skies.
Sam and Tucker didn't say anything, they never had too for they understood. It wasn't the thunder that he was afraid of (though admittedly sometimes it was loud enough for the trio to find it surprisingly frightening), it was the lightning. His fear started after the accident with the portal, his hand slipped onto the activation button causing a bright flash of blinding white light to fill his vision before the agonizing pain tore into his body, his fear was really bad for the first month but gradually died down as time went on and became less of a fear and more of being cautious. He barely reacted nowadays unless he was really tired or stressed out over something like now for example. Danny tensed up expecting for the pain to strike as he breathing hitched slightly, after a few seconds when nothing happened he calmed down as they all took a moment of silence, it pained them to see him like this; even without Jazz's knowing about her younger brother's problem they knew she would point out he reacted like an abused child; such would tense up expecting to be struck when someone's hand went up in their personal space, possibly suggesting he had some type of traumatic disorder.
It would take a lot of work with trying to get Danny see a psychiatrist- or at least seek out his sister's help, Danny just needed to go on his own terms.
"I'm not keeping anything from you guys" Danny finished "I just really need to get some sleep, I had a rough day and tomorrow my parents are going to chew me out on how irresponsible I was." Sam scoffed "*like their ones to talk*" Tucker nodded agreeing "*yeah. Alright get some sleep man.*" Danny nodded as he yawned "right. Night guys."
"*Night Danny*" they chorused before their screens turned black signing off. After shutting down his computer and sliding it beneath his bed, he began to make himself comfortable and pulled the blanket over right after exhaustion slip his eyes shut.
Danny didn't know how long he was asleep for until his ghost sense went off. Danny groaned wanting nothing more then to ignore it and get back to sleep but knew if he did, someone might get hurt. Grumbling, he pulled himself out of bed with a halfhearted "going ghost" and transformed into his ghostly persona, at least he gotten enough rest to activate his other half. Grabbing his thermos off the floor by his dirty clothes, he turned intangible and flew through the wall ending up outside where it was still unfortunately raining, instantly becoming soaked.
Furiously blinking the water from his eyes, Danny squinted through the sheen trying to see where he was going proved to be difficult. He hadn't a clue where he was going, just following his trusty ghost sense until he recognized a couple of building in town. Danny kept flying until he came across a intersection and began to hover, performing a complete 360 looking to pinpoint where the ghost was. After a moment a plume of icy mist escaped his parted lips.
"Bingo." Danny declared and quickly left. The streets were quiet he noted; no signs of life except for the occasional vehicle passing by while minding the wet roads. Danny swept his soaked bangs back from his eyes when they got in the way again and just in time too for he nearly collided with a traffic light as it blared a warning red and abruptly shooting upwards to avoid it.
The coldness in his chest increased, the ghost was in this building. He glanced upwards 'Electronic Repair Shop' the sign read, just by that alone he had a pretty good guess on who was causing a disturbance to his sleep. Phasing inside the building as well as removing the water from himself, Danny began his investigation. It didn't take long before he heard something.
Turning around he saw something scurry past, Danny's eyes glowed brightly in the dark store, illuminating areas the green orbs scanned over.
Clickaty clickaty tack!
Danny whirled around glaring at the spot the sound originated from, it sounded like something made of metal scurrying across the tiled floor. Ignoring the pouring rain outside he tried to listen for sounds coming from inside the store.
Clack clack clank!
Danny whipped around and fired an ectoblast, a thunk was heard after. Flying over he picked up a sparking DS lite that had somehow sprouted legs and was twitching like roadkill, ew. He shot up when he heard more metal clicking, abandoning the damaged device he followed the sounds until it lead him towards a crowd of various electronics marching towards another room with the door cracked open. That must be where the mastermind behind this is. Danny thought preparing to enter. "Knew it was you mullet-head." Danny called out once he was inside, the ghost jumped in surprise making all the electronics that had clung to his form clatter to the floor. "And must I keep reminding you that mullets aren't even a style anymore?"
"You!" Technus sputtered when he spun around to face him. Danny made a careless shrug "the one and only."
"For your information they are too a still a style! i'm as hip and cool as the internet slang goes. Anyway, your not going to capture me this time Ghost-child! for I have a plan to rule the world with technology! how do you rule a world where no one wishes to be ruled you asked?"
"Uh dude I never-"
"Simple actually! with mind control!" Technus continued to spout his plan idiotically "with these neural transmitter chips that I created using these spare electrical devices, I will place them on the side of an individual's head which would then lock onto my ecto signature and connect to my energy and ghostly influence!"
"Okay, I wanna stop you right there; I already went through the Box Ghost's monologue within the past twenty-four hours so my patience is running thin. Second, you do realize that you just revealed your evil plot to me again?" Danny pointed out. Technus made a flustered sputter, before finally finding his words "darn it! why do I always do that? well it doesn't matter now Phantom, I've already gotten what need to carry out my plan and there's nothing you can do to stop me!" with a maniacal laugh Technus phased through the ceiling and disappeared from sight.
Giving a frustrated growl Danny proceeded to chase after the talkative specter. "And here I was hoping this would be a quick and easy capture."
Back outside in the dreadful shower of rain, Danny scanned the area. There! in the power lines was a big spark of electricity heading towards the center of town. Diving towards it, Danny used his intangibility to phase Technus out, "your not getting away that easy" as the ghost immediately took flight, Phantom following in hot pursuit.
What he didn't notice however was that Technus had started calling forth all the available technological devices within his flight path until it was too late. Technus form had increased in size and was now a towering giant that stood in the middle of the park with a sinister grin on his horribly lopsided face.
"Say hello to Technus 2.5!" Technus announced launching a flying first towards the ghost boy, whom dodged "now improved with electrifying results!" and then sent a mass of sparking cords towards Danny.
Phantom dodged again, feigning a groan "aw come on! I'm the one who's supposed to come up with the bad puns!" lighting up an energy blast and fired at the technological ghost's midsection only to be dodged, for an ugly mass technology equipment, he sure was nimble. "Can't you just surrender already and hop in the thermos? come on I'll even throw in a free cookie if you'll be a good little ghost."
Technus built himself up to where Danny hovered midair "nice try child! but Technus doesn't admit defeat so easily! besides, I have a world that needs ruling!" He sent a punch that left the ghost boy tumbling downward.
Everything was spinning, he couldn't tell what was up or down at the moment as his limbs flailed through the air letting out a startled shout, after a moment he regained his momentum and flew upwards back into the fight. "Maybe it's time for you to power down!" Danny's fist glowed green and shot a strong blast.
Technus leaned away but didn't see Danny until he punched him in the gut letting out a small grunt. Looking down, he saw that Phantom had knocked off a huge chuck of the exterior of his makeshift armor. No matter, he used spare electrical appliances to patch up the spot, no biggie.
Danny flew above his opponent making sure to keep out reach, he needed to end this fight before it caught the attention of the town's inhabits, he could really use his friend's hacking ability right about now.
Danny huffed annoyed; he just had to make do with what he had.
A bright flash of lightning streaked across the sky and just like the lightning an idea struck him.
From what he remembered in school, lightning would tend to find the fastest object that would conduct into the ground- or atleast something along those lines. The point was, the lightning could short-circuit the batteries in all those electronics Technus had on him and currently the ghost was the closeness thing to resembling a radio tower since his exterior was made of metal.
He just needed to bring him up to a closer vantage point so the lightning would most likely strike its target.
"Hey Technuts! how are you supposed to rule the world if you can't even catch me?" Danny taunted.
The horribly disfigured face of Technus' armor glared "how dare you insult me?! there will be no where for you to run Danny Phantom for I, Technus; master of all technology am invincible!" and with that the ghost's body extended following the white haired teen who kept flying out of reach. "would you just hold still!?" he shouted after his attempts at snagging him proved futile.
"Let me think about it," Danny said as he mocked tapped his chin and looked on thoughtfully "I'm gonna say... Uh, no." Technus shot a bunch of cables at him, feigning a sigh he sidestepped out of the cables trajectory path.
Danny glanced upwards, just a little higher.
In the small time that he was distracted, Technus had managed to nab him within his large mechanical hand. "Ha ha, got ya!" he declared. Phantom's eyes narrowed "not yet you don't" with all his strength he pulled them both upwards heading higher up while ignoring Technus' curses and shouts of protest.
In a few seconds Danny realized something, a lightning strike might not be strong enough to be able to take the annoyance out, but if he could supercharge the bolt perhaps then it would work, he just needed something to conduct his energy flow-.
All of the sudden Danny found it really hard to swallow as he realized what his situation meant...
Aw crud...
It meant that he was going to have be the conducter.
Letting out a small curse of his own, Phantom turned his legs into his familiar ghostly tail easily slipping out of his enemy's grasp. He readied a fist with his ice powers as he charged towards the ghost's chest, when a computerized tentacle lunged for him Danny would freeze it upon contact leaving error signs to flash across the screens as the frost crawled into its systems. Nonetheless, the tentacles persistented in their pursuit.
With one hand in front of him aiming directly at his target while with the other to deflect the offensive tentacle arms with ice, Danny kept an eye out for the lightning, didn't want to be struck down too early.
Finally he struck home; causing a startled shout from his foe "ey! what are you doing? get off!" extinguishing the ice charge in his left hand, he charged his ghost-stinger in the other, having it trail off his form as it began to build up in the atmosphere, attracting the harboring storm clouds closer as the lightning dashed across them more frequently. Clouds contained ice crystals that were positively charged and negative ones too, Danny had an ice core; his ectoplasm created both of those charges which would make his core a beacon for the electricity if his hunch was correct.
Danny swallowed the apprehension that grew inside of him when he felt the static build up around him as his body tensed up waiting for the onslaught.
It happened spontaneously, a bolt struck him from behind when electricity coursed through his body like a generator nearly numbing his senses dull as he let out high-pitched painful scream, the feeling was like its current was tearing his body apart.
Through the blinding familiar pain, Danny activated his now supercharged ghost-stinger and electrocuted Technus gigantic monstrous form creating sparks to dance off his metal body, which was conducting it greatly as Technus let out a scream of his own whether it was from the pain or becoming aghast that his plan was failing.
Finally after a minute, all of the stolen electronic devices crumbled off his body and fell away to the earth below, leaving Technus at his normal size in place as Danny's ghost-stinger ceased when the lightning passed. Everything looked hazy as his vision kept shifting from in and out of focus, every part of his body felt numb as the rain pelted against his soaked body as the wind blew into his face- hey wait a second. Danny blinked his eyelids open, he wasn't flying anymore, in fact he was falling and in human form when he noticed the lack of white gloves replaced by the old fading NASA t-shirt he had. He hadn't realized he changed back which probably meant he blacked out for a minute.
Looking around he spotted Technus falling not too far away from him and looked to be out of it, now might be a good time to capture him if it wasn't for the fact that he was falling from two thousand feet.
"Come on, change back!" scrunching his eyes shut as he tried to focus on the transformation, just when he thought he got it; nothing happened.
Stupid powers never seemed to work when he really needed them to.
the ground was getting nearer, probably at a hundred feet now, which was probably a good time to panic and his falling companion seemed to becoming more alert.
"Come on! come on! change back! change back! change back! chaaannnge baaaaaaacccckkk!" right when he thought he was done for a bright ring appeared around his midsection and parted ways, turning him into Phantom once more.
Not wasting another second, he began to slow his descent as best as he could since his energy was running low. When he reached the ground it was nothing less of a rough landing, but hey as the saying goes; 'a landing you can walk away from is a good one.'
Groaning and spiting out the dirt that made its way into his mouth when he crashed, he stood up and looked around. Technus was nowhere in sight and his ghost-sense was barely picking him up.
Grumbling, Danny shakily flew upwards and began trying to track the ghost down, here he was hoping for it to be an easy capture.
Luck never seemed to be on his side.
~~~~~~TFP~~~~~~
It was the next day, or early morning; most likely seven something when Smokescreen finished up his 'project'. Dusting his servos off with a satisfied grin he headed back towards the main room.
Upon spotting Arcee preparing to head out he went over in greeting "morning Commander!"
Arcee turned around as she offered him a rare hint of a smile "morning Smokescreen, your up early."
"Umm... Yeah! there was just something I was working on." He supplied as he twiddle his fingers. Arcee caught on as she sighed "your gonna prank him, aren't you?"
Smokescreen looked down at his feet sheepishly, not wanting to lie. Arcee continued "fine I wont tell the others, just don't drag me into it. Want to join me on patrol?"
Smokescreen smile brighten "nah, but maybe I'll catch up with you, I'm gonna go hang out with Bee." which Arcee translated to 'I'm gonna go mess with Bee.'
Arcee rolled her eyes good naturally before waving him farewell, transforming and rolling out of base. Smokescreen looked around, no one was really awake right now, the only one who was active was Optimus Prime who was trying to decode another Iacon relic from the database. He thought about saying hello but thought against it, Optimus looked pretty busy and probably didn't want to be disturbed.
Catching sight of something yellow in the medbay he was reminded of what he had planned to do. On one of the medical berths Bumblebee layed asleep; Ratchet must of confined him here until he healed he concluded as he hovered over him.
Out of all the bots, he felt like it was easier to hang out with Bumblebee, perhaps it because they were closer in age even though Bee was a little younger.
Even though the scout was a little serious at times, he also had a fun side to him as well which Smokescreen always tried to keep out by joking around with him trying to get him to laugh. Sometimes it worked, other times it just made him annoyed. He always tried to lighten the mood for all of them as well.
Cause if you don't smile or joke at times during this cold war, you might never again once it's over.
Smokescreen frowned a bit sadly, sometimes he wished he could be like Bee, he wished that he could earn respect from the others instead of always feeling like they were waiting for him to screw up. It was probably because he hadn't been with them for very long, Smokescreen kinda felt out of place when he searched for where he fit in on the team.
He just needed to prove himself, prove he wasn't just some rookie who didn't know what they were doing, prove that he was a valuable member of Team Prime who the con's don't want to mess with, Smokescreen thought determinedly.
Bumblebee shifted before onlining his optics, blinking a bit confusingly when he saw Smokescreen hovering over him. "Smokescreen? what are you doing?" he asked.
"Watching ya sleep." Smokescreen replied in a sing-songy tone.
Bumblebee's brows furrowed as Smokescreen can only imagine him frowning. "Well that's not creepy what so ever." Bumblebee replied sarcastically.
Smokescreen shrugged not really caring. "I'm just checking up on you, how you feeling?" he asked.
Bumblebee shrugged after he sat up "been better I guess, just going be bored all day since I'm not supposed to do anything strenuous to exasperate my injures any further." Bee said a bit annoyed, he seemed to be pouting, Smokescreen smirked amusedly. "Then why don't we play some video games?"
Bumblebee shook his head "I'm kinda bored with the one we have, I played it so many times I can win without really trying, besides I don't think you'll want to get beat again"
Smokescreen nodded "I was willing to try it again if you wanted to play. Um let's see... Truth or Dare?"
"Not really."
Smokescreen scratched his helm "well I'm all out of ideas. Hey do you think Danny's gonna come over today? I have a surprise I want to give him." Smokescreen asked happily. Bumblebee shrugged "why don't you call him? your com link should've sync up with his phone so you have his number." He suggested. Smokescreen's mood brighten even more "good idea!" he whispered, Smokescreen walked a bit away from Bee as he made his call, after a few rings Danny picked up.
"*Hello?*" Danny answered groggily, Smokescreen flinched guiltily, he sounded really tired "Hey Dan! it's me Smokescreen"
Danny didn't answer for a few seconds "*please don't ever call me that...Ever.*" His voice had taken on a dark tone when he said that, sending a shiver through him, but when he spoke next all traces of it were gone "*so what's up?*"
"Nothing really, just wondering if you'll be coming over today."
The line grew quiet, just when Smokescreen was going to say something Danny replied. "*I don't think I'm going be able to, something's turned up. Maybe some other day 'kay?*"
Smokescreen's mood immediately became downcast as he frowned. "Yeah alright." He said disappointedly, Danny hung up.
Smokescreen turned around with a crestfallen expression. "What happened?" Bumblebee asked.
"He's not coming."
~~~~~~DP~~~~~~
Danny wiped the sleep from his eyes after he got off the phone with Smokescreen, he was kinda surprised that he'd called so soon and thought that maybe there was another ghost attack happening at the base, but it turned out that wasn't the case.
Speaking of ghosts. Danny glared at nothing in particular; he spent hours searching for Technus and came up empty, when he gotten back it was already six. Danny grumbled as he slipped out of bed, he was now grumpy and was going to have to deal with his parents today.
He hated his life most of the time.
Guest~ Not revealing anything too soon yet, but your getting close XD
PhantomPhreak~ Aww thank you so much! I'm flattered. Anyways, yes I'm planning for those two things to happen, I hope you like this chapter ^^