Hi everyone sorry for the unintentional hiatus since the last chapter came out back in February
Big thanks to FP as always for giving me permission to work on this story and others anyone who wants to work on a Many Dates story there are still eight worlds/timelines as far as I'm aware
Also thanks to Neomark for cowriting a certain scene you'll know it when you see it
But you've been kept waiting long enough time to kick off the new year in style
Here we go
After Many Dates Danny and Kitty
When Detective Henry Hyde arrived at the Amity Park museum there were multiple squad cars parked in front of the building and a green car that Henry recognized on sight Henry not surprised at all to see that she wasn't in her office Henry got out of his car walking towards the museum nodding to a uniformed officer who directed to him where the incident happened
In the Egyptian exhibit Henry saw more uniforms talking to museum staff while crouched down was Velma with brown hair in an orange jacket with dark brown jeans approaching her
"Find anything chief" Henry asked
Velma at first ignored him the lenses of her glasses glowing as the nanotech sensors scanned the ground for everything from chemical signatures to finger print
"I'm haven't been made chief yet" Velma corrected standing up "the board is still considering between myself and Captain Fillmore"
Velma sighed "other than the usual ectoranium residue from the Iron Phantoms suit and traces of Peters no I haven't found anything" Velma answered frowning as she was thinking "this doesn't add up though"
"It does on Peters end" Henry corrected Peter day had been easy to pin down he'd gone to Smithees flower shop than to the institute where he'd been planning to confess his feelings to his far too old for him crush Rachel Summers
After finding out that his crush Rachel not only was engaged but to his cousin Jayden something that Henry would admit to not knowing about because the young couple had been keeping it quiet while Rachel was spending her time as a student teacher at the institute
Broken hearted Peter had spent the rest of the day aimlessly until he'd noticed the alarm go off in the museum than jumping into the action to help save people got into a fight with the Iron Phantom
All of that they knew but what happened after or to both of the young men in question
"We can rule out kidnapping it's not in Iron Phantoms MO" Henry said Velma nodded
"True he's been deescalating his crimes over the past six months" Velma added "the same way Red X did twenty two years ago before he vanished completely after his grand finale"
Henry had remembered that case the Titans had called Danny to help when Red X had been going on a crime spree for the past week they'd cornered him at the pier with but Red X had jumped into the ocean from the top of the Ferris Wheel into the water
All that had been recovered was the Red X costume scrubbed clean down to the atoms of whoever had been wearing the costume with no DNA to find and the ten million dollars he'd stolen during his crime spree was never found
'Twenty two' Henry thought in realization "how old did the analysts theorize Iron Phantom was" he asked as he walked over to the case with the stolen artifact
"Based on his height speech and behavior patterns no older than twenty one" Velma answered before she stopped to think before coming to the same conclusion Henry "if what you're theorizing is right it'd explain both Iron Phantom and Red X's behavior"
Henry nodded both supervillains had said they weren't interested in taking over the world getting revenge or even just robbing banks they were thrill seekers going in for the big scores and trading blows with superheroes for the thrill not the reward
There was no thrill in robbing a museum in the middle of the day and stealing one small artifact that wouldn't even be worth that much on the black market
No
Iron Phantom had gone for a safer job because of something in his personal life
'Or someone' Henry thought knowing first hand how having a loved one waiting for you at home can make a person more cautious and less likely to take risks
"Detective" someone from the forensics said walking over to them with a police issued Foley tech tablet in his hand Henry watched the tablet footage of Peter walking invisibly down the sidewalk on one screen while on a split screen Henry frowned as a black car was at the end of the street following after his nephew
Henry continued to look over the footage on the tablet gripping it harder and harder trailing back through the day the same car was wherever Peter was through out the day at Smithees flower shop the institute outside of Danny's house than outside of the museum there was a man in a well dressed suit leaving a minute after Peter and the Iron Phantom had disappeared
"Chief" Henry called out waving Velma over
Velma walked over and watched the same footage Henry just watched the frown on her face growing more and more
Velma handed the tablet back to the uniform "I want an APB on that car find out who the driver is and what his reason is for following after my godson"
"Yes Captain Foley" the uniform said taking back the tablet before walking off Henry was still scowling as he walked with Velma
"You know what this means right" Velma asked
"This was a trap" Henry concluded whoever the driver was had used the Iron Phatom as bait against his nephew what Henry didn't know was where Peter was now
Peter and Ally flew at the Schwarzenegger robot from other side while he just stood there not moving Peter pulled back his fist ready to hit him in the face Ally had her own punch ready
"Access Superman" the Schwarzenneger said with a voice that sounded like the actor before his arms flew up grabbing both ghost teens fists stopping them in midair Peters eyes widened in surprise before he was punched with a metalic fist and sent flying rolling across the street throwing Ally up into the air before looking up at her
"Access Cyclops" he said removing his sunglasses before firing a beam of red energy from his eyes at Ally making a shield Ally held back the beam while the Iron Phantom pulled out a pair of blasters firing shot after shot at the robots chest Peter got up firing a ghost ray from his hand
The robot stopped firing his eyebeam shrugging off the blasts looking to the Iron Phantom
"Access Flash" he said blurring out of sight moving faster than Peter could see hitting the Iron Phantom in the helmet sending him flying through a mailbox before appearing in front of Peter before Peter could block was punched in the stomach being sent sliding back
Peter fired a ghost ray the robot blurred past the attack appearing behind Peter grabbing him by the back of the head pushing him towards the pavement Peter hardened his head at the point of impact avoiding a head injury
"Leave him alone" Ally flying at the robot hitting him in the face with an uppercut that sent him flying through the air Peter pushed himself up onto his feet shaking pieces of asphalt out of his hair before flying after
In the air the robot now had a pair of leather clad wings and a mace in his hands that he was swinging at Ally who was moving out of the way
Peter quickly made a list of every power it had used first super strength than lasers super speed now he had wings and could make a mace appear out of nowhere and every time before he used a new power he said access than a superheroes name
"He's some kind of copycat" Peter shouted getting the robots attention flying up before dive bombing him swinging his mace Peter formed armor over his arms blocking the mace with one arm before using the other to punch the robots wrist forcing him to drop the wrist "who are you and what do you want"
"I am Amazo Unit A001 you have been designated for elimination by my creator" the robot answered
"Amazo" Ally exclaimed sounding shocked while Amazo flew back dodging a punch from Peter
"Access Storm" he said the wings morphing back into his jacket as in the sky above storm clouds rolled in lightning shooting between the clouds before striking down towards Peter
Peter bobbed and weaved dodging the lightning strikes Amazos aim getting better and better with every lighting strike one bolt of lightning grazed past his ear scorching a few strands of his hair "is that the best you can do" Peter taunted "my grandpa Fenton is a better shot"
Amazos only reaction to his quip was to look past Peter down towards the ground Peter followed the robots line of sight there was a girl in a Mr. Slushydog uniform Peter was already diving down as the biggest lightning bolt yet came down using his mutant powers on his arm flew between the lightning bolt and the girl and punched the bolt
Peter grit his teeth holding back his pain filled screams as millions of electric volts surged it felt like his muscles were on fire and his blood was boiling was this what it felt like for dad during the accident where he got his powers
While he was being the human lightning rod Ally got the girl to safety
"Access Danny Phantom" Amazo said flew down at him hitting Peter with a punch to the stomach that sent him flying back into a lamppost bending the metal bent around his body Amazo floated down to the ground his hand glowing green with ecto energy "leave him alone" Ally yelled flying at Amazo
Amazo turned his arm firing an ghost ray hitting Ally sending her rolling across the street "directive one achieved arrive at Earth One directive two eliminate subjects Spector identity Peter Charles Fenton and Iron Phantom identity unknown in progress directive three eliminate any and all witnesses with either knowledge or potential knowledge of the multiverse will begin after completion" Amazo listed holding up a glowing green hand
'Welp' Peter thought as his life flashed before his eyes his friends his family and his in hindsight childish crush on Rachel 'at least I know what Earth I'm on now'
Peter noticed a flash of metal appearing behind Amazo while he charged up the finishing blow meant for Peter not noticing till it was too late Iron Phantom appear putting Amazo in a choke hold green electricity surged from Iron Phantoms hand into the robot stopping the storm giving Peter and Ally a moment to catch their breath
Peter rushed at Amazo using his powers on his fist he rushed forward Iron Phantom broke his hold as Peter's fist collided with Amazos face
Sparks flied across Peters knuckles as he used his powers on his other fist hitting him with another punch to the stomach sent him flying towards Ally whose eyes glowed as she fired heat vision from her eyes hitting Amazo in the back sending him plummeting towards the ground creating a crater
Peter Ally and Iron Phantom landed surrounded around the Amazo "did we get it" Peter asked a loud
"I think we did" Ally answered not sounding too sure
"Access Nightshade" Amazo said as his body turned green his arms lashing out grabbing Peter and Ally by the throat Peter screamed as the feeling of blood blossoms against his throat he could barely hear Allys screams over his own
"That's not going to work on me" Iron Phantom said as he pulled out two blasters and fired repeatedly at Amazo hitting the robot in the face and chest the robot stumbled back releasing his grip on the ghost teens throats Peter let out a pained breath as his eyes glowed blue he looked to Ally "use ice now" he shouted
Ally nodded her eyes glowed blue simultaneously the son and daughter of Danny Fenton fired beams of ice energy freezing the currently plant powered robot frost began to form across its body "Access Sup-" before Amazo could finish the command Iron Phantom shot ectoplasmic goo covering his mouth like a gag
"Yeah I'd rather not fight Superman again" Iron Phantom commented tiredly
Peter and Ally kept pouring on the ice more and more ice began coating Amazos body the robots crimson eyes glowed dimmer and dimmer until they shut off Amazo fell backwards with a crashing thud back into the crater
Okay Peter was pretty sure now that he wasn't going to get back up
"Scans of the Amazo robot show that it is no longer functioning Captain" Gideon reported in Iron Phantoms ear
"Good riddance" Iron Phantom said relieved feeling his bones creak aches and pains across his body after the fight he'd just been through anyone who picked a fight with Superman on purpose was in his opinion a lunatic who belonged in the Jokers old cell in Arkham
Gideon continued to scan Amazo "Captain the matching energy signature I was detecting is located in Amazos chest plate" Gideon reported Iron Phantom walked over to Amazo a knife popped out of his gauntlet with a subtle flick of his wrist kneeling down he pried open a frozen over plate finding a small glowing blue device that Spector seemed to recognize
"A Chronosapien compass" he exclaimed with an excited smile despite how tired he was "we can use that to go home"
Gideons scans confirmed that Spector wasn't lying also that this alien tech was preprogramed to one place probably wherever Amazo came from 'hopefully home'
"We could" Iron Phantom began flipping the compass around in his hand "or I could" he finished
Spector and Supergirls kid frowned looking like they were going to get ready to fight him despite their injuries a fight that if Iron Phantom was completely honest with himself that they'd probably win
"Word of advice kid watch out for a guy named Michael he and whoever he worked for set up everything" he warned freezing them in their tracks
Iron Phantom pushed a button a portal opened behind him before he stepped backwards into it "sorry again about the breakup" he said with a salute before the portal closed around him
Looking around he found himself in an alleyway "Gideon find out where we are" Iron Phantom ordered
Gideon looked through the internet finding everything was back to normal Iron Phantom grinned he had never been so happy to be a wanted man than he was right now "Man it's good to be home" Iron Phantom said becoming invisible as he flew away
"So do you want the good news or the bad news" TJ asked Peter who was back on the Fentons couch next to Ally while sending glances at Amazo wondering how big of a Terminator super fan someone had to be to make a killer android actually look like Arnold
"Good news please" Peter asked an ice pack over his face
"I second that" Ally added from her place next to Peter gratefully taking an icepack from CJ putting it on her arm smiling "what kind of psycho on your earth can turn their body into blood blossom plants"
"Him and his mother" Peter tiredly pointed at CJ not noticing Ally or CJ's reaction to finding out that in another world technically another life he actually had superpowers
TJ briefly wondered if his doppelgänger on Earth 7 had powers but didn't ask Peter was tired and he'd been here long enough he held up Peters phone "okay the good news the damage to your phone was minor and I was able to fix it" Tuck said Peter jumped up hugging the tech lover
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you" Peter said holding him in a bear hug
"You're welcome dude" TJ said getting out of Peters grip before handing him his phone Peter turned on the screen and his eye brows shot up as he scrolled through the phone
Yeah as soon as TJ had fixed the phone the thing had blown up with missed calls and texts notifications a lot of them from Peters parents grandparents friends who wanted to know where he was "I'm going to be in so much trouble" Peter said "I better get back to Earth 7"
Peter pushed a button on his phone it didn't work at first but after another push a portal opened grinning before turning back to Ally who was on her feet already healing thanks to good old Kyrptonian genes "so today didn't go as I'd thought it would" Ally said briefly looking at the still frozen Amazo laying by the coffee table she turned back with a smile "but I don't regret meeting you"
"Same we should hang out sometime when I'm not grounded hopefully without a killer robot showing up" Peter said Ally agreed saying that sounded fun giving him her number he and Ceej agreed too Peter was a pretty fun guy plus his inner geek wanted to know more about the multiverse
Peter looked back at the portal looking ready to face the music Peter powered up slowly walking over to Amazo grabbing him by the collar of his jacket carrying him fireman style walking over to the portal stopping at the threshold he looked back "see you later" he said stepping into the portal it closed behind him
Something was really trippy with her friends today Annie Madeline Fenton had thought more than once today first when all three of them had been at breakfast this morning than they walked with her to school
Which that part wasn't too weird when any of her friends slept over or the weather was too lousy in they'd walk to school with her
It was the rest of the day when the trippiess really started
Whenever Annie was in the halls one of the guys was there when she asked why they made excuses like they made a wrong turn on the way to class they were delivering a message for a teacher after second period Annie caught Tuck and Candice adorably flirting with each other though today it seemed off about it today
Like something else was on his mind
But whatever the trippyness was it really came to a head when Dash had loudly called out for her attention no doubt to ask her out for the billionth time this week
After yesterday with the Bebes Annie didn't have the patience to deal with the creep and was going to walk away when like a knight in black cotton and denim CJ got between the quarterback and her telling Dash to back off
Dash made the usual comment he made to CJ about how a 'loser' like him didn't have a chance with a 'total babe' like Annie
Which was the usual garbage Dash said since he didn't have the braincells to comprehend platonic love
CJ just repeated what he'd said about Dash needing to back off and she hoped that'd be the end of it
That is until Dash crossed a line and said something so vile so horrible about Uncle Chris and Aunt Sam that Annie wouldn't even repeat in her own head what he said
But Dash wasn't done he went on to say always been a loser who was going to die a lonely loser Annie could tell CJ's muscles were tensing up to strike and his knuckles were clenched tight enough to make them red
Which was bad news for Dash CJ was better with a blaster than his fists even than he was lightyears better in a fight thanks to training from Annies mom and others
Rushing forward CJ pinned Dash against a locker with one arm while pulling the other one back to punch reminding Annie of that scene in Beauty and the Beast where the Beast had Gaston beat holding him over a dark ravine
Annie reluctantly had her godbrothers fist very reluctantly pulling CJ back "he's not worth it" she'd quietly told him CJ had looked at her with tears in his eyes before he stepped back from a petrified Dash
'Probably surprised a 'loser' like CJ knows how to fight better than he does' Annie thought rolling her eyes leading CJ away from the bully jock stereotype
Because gossip spread like wildfire even faster when it was really nasty and put on the internet by some bystander
Principal Baker knew about the confrontation before fifth period Dash had been suspended for three months his grandfather pulling him through the hallways by the ear
CJ had been let off with a warning and this would't be on his permanent record as long as he didn't get into any fights on school grounds outside of a ghost attack
The rest of the day outside of a brief fight with Box Lunch went by in a blur now she and the rest of her Team Phantom were sitting in a sandwich place that Rikki had recommended that sounded good
The place was nice with a checkerboard floor with blue walls the place was mostly empty other than a senior couple in a booth in the corner a bored looking Tetramand wearing a Shelley high school shirt under his apron standing behind the counter watching his phone with his bottom eyes
CJ sulked a roast beef sandwich sat untouched in front of him Tuck and Ron who were also big eaters were barely eating her food "ok the place isn't that bad is it" Annie asked the boys all looked up like they'd been shocked
"Huh oh yeah it's good" Tuck said quickly Ron and Ceej were quick to say the same
Annie wasn't really buying it giving the three boys a look it wasn't as terrifying as her moms but it was enough to get the boys flinch "spill" she ordered all three of the boys looked guilty
"It's after what happened with the Bebes" Ron began "we wanted to keep close so it'd never happen again"
"We weren't able to stop them from snatching you" Tuck said the middle
"Honestly since your parents saved you and only RJ has powers makes us wonder why you keep us around" CJ finished looking the most guilty out of the three of them was the one who looked like he blamed himself the most
Oh that's what was going on they were putting the blame on themselves for something that was the Bebes fault those stupid hunks of blue metal were the ones who wanted to use her face to be 'perfect' which was so sick and wrong
'Ok Aunt Jazz time to put all your lessons on psychology to use' she thought
"Guys what happened with the Bebes yesterday wasn't how I wanted to spend my afternoon but it's a risk I know comes with being a superhero I don't blame you guys" Annie told her friends
"Despite being built by Drakken the Bebes were some of my moms toughest enemies" heck if they weren't so obsessed with being 'perfect' they might be the worst of the worst her mom had ever fought
"But we were right there and couldn't stop them from snatching you" RJ weakly protested
"Speedsters are good at that" Annie rebutted "FYI Ceej you Ron and Tuck had just as big of a part in saving me as my parents did" she could see that RJ Ceej and Tuck were starting to cheer up going back to normal
"You three were willing to risk your necks and fight against killer robots to rescue me" Annie said putting the final nail in the coffin of her argument "as far as I'm concerned you've as much a superhero as I am"
Annie watched as the self blame faded more and more from their eyes until it was completley gone
Though there was one little thing that poked around in her head "hey when you landed a shot at Bebe how come you only hit her hair" she asked CJ was the best shot on her team no doubt about it at that range anywhere on Bebe should have been a giant bullseye
RJ and Tuck looked curious clearly the idea of CJ missing not occurring to them till Annie brought it up "yeah how did you miss" RJ asked
"It's stupid" he muttered
"You can tell us" she said giving him the look again
"I knew in my head it wasn't you but I couldn't bring myself to shoot someone who looked like you in the face" he admitted after a minute Annie walked across to the other side of the table and bear hugged him CJ let out an 'annoyed' grunt "that is one of the sweetest things you've ever said to me"
"Get off of me" CJ pretended to struggle in her arms
After giving him a kiss on the cheek Annie let him go CJ wiping at his cheek grumbling about 'godsister germs' with a smile on his face
Annie smiled back before sitting back in her seat "so in the future no more following me and no more getting into fights with Dash no matter how much he deserves it" Annie ordered still disgusted that Dash would say something so vile and expect Annie to date him after it made her sick to her stomach
"Colleges and the Bears aren't going to let in guys with violence on their records even with letters of recommendation from Kim Possible and Danny Phantom"
The guys reluctantly looked at each other pretending to think about it before letting out exaggerated sighs of resignation "all right fine" they said
"Good" Annie said with a smile
"Why do you sound so sure I'd end up playing for Chicago" TJ asked with a raised eyebrow
"Because you're an awesome player Tuck" RJ answered while smiling "plus it's Annie of course she roots for Chicago"
CJ rolled his eyes "surprised she hasn't started a petition to change the schools mascot from a raven to a bear yet" he joked
Annie didn't say anything happy that her friends were back to normal plus she didn't want to let slip that Mr. Longs oracle friend Kara had a vision that Tuck would get signed to the Bears after college
'Tuck can find out on his own' Annie thought with a smile a smile that lasted until a blue portal opened in the middle of the restaurant something about the portal reminded her of a story she'd heard when she was younger but she couldn't remember what
Annie and the rest of her team got ready for a fight
"Ghosting out" she called out her battle cry powering up as she waited to see what bad guy was behind this portal
Instead of a ghost looking to cause trouble or an alien warlord wanting to conquer the planet like she'd been expecting
Instead stepping out of the portal was a snow haired boy who for some reason reminded of her little brother DJ, with green eyes in a black costume with a white X on his chest and shoulders white gloves and boots luggng over his shoulder
Annie blinked wanting to make sure she wasn't seeing things
Was that the Terminator
It looked like Arnold from the first movie but covered in ice with a panel open on his chest some high tech circutry on display the guy holding Terminator looked mildly peeved
"Oh come on" he said holding a phone in his free hand he dropped the Terminator in a empty chair closing the portal behind him with a push
"Come on come on where am I now" the guy muttered messing with his phone "Earth 2 well at least I'm somewhere sorta familiar"
The guys looked at Annie questionably Annie mouthed for them to wait before she walked over to the guy
"Hi names Annie Phantom resident superhero is everything okay" she asked a bit of worry in her voice from the way the guy looked like he'd just gone through a fight with Superman in his prime 'wait his prime' Annie thought looking to the obviously mechanical Arnold frozen with ghost ice he looked at her with tired eyes first her logo than to her his eyes wide as he mouthed her name
"Okay, we're going with our superhero names hi Annie Phantom name's Spector" Spector introduced
"At first I was going to call myself Peter Phantom but a friend pointed out flying around with PP on my chest wasn't a good idea"
Behind Annie she could hear RJ choke back a laugh
"Good call" she said "can I ask why you're here"
"Long story short I had a crush on someone older than me found out she was engaged acted depressed stopped a robbery got stranded in another universe met some new friends fought a killer robot got struck by lightning now I'm here" Spector AKA Peter explained while fiddling with his phone
"My portal shorted out dropping here Earth 2 now I wait for someone back home to open a portal for me"
His phone chimed and a new portal opened Peter had a tired grin pocketing his phone "which is now"
Now that story was coming back to her, the multiverse was real
She had recalled an incident in which the Anti-Monitor appeared over the Earth when she was 10. Her parents mentioned they attended a wedding on another Earth where a version of her father married someone else she never learned who the bride was and her parents didn't bring up much else other than it was a nice wedding another of her dads clones had survived and Aunt Sam had been turned into a plant person thanks to one of the Fruit Loops schemes
He was a guy who looked like he needed help and her parents taught her not to ignore someone who needed help especially not 'is he technically my half brother' she wondered
Annie watched as Peter grunted grabbing the Terminator. Seeing he was struggling, Annie helped him grabbing the legs while he took the arms they carried it between them
"Thanks" Peter told her as they walked to the portal
"No big" Annie said smiling back the two chucked the machine into the portal they heard it land with a thunk. Peter smiled at her giving a wave before he stepped through the portal it closed behind him she heard him say
"Nice to finally meet you Annie" Peter said before leaving
'Wow, my first experience with the multiverse' Annie grinned at how cool it was as she walked back over to her table wondering if she'd end up seeing Peter again someday
"Who was that" RJ asks
"Family technically" Annie responded "I'll tell you when we're not in public"
Professor Kitty Fenton-Pryde watched the portal open in her office at first when her firstborn son hadn't showed up at school today she was upset than when her brother in law had called her and told her that someone had targeted her son and sent him to who knows where
All she wanted was to have her little boy back safe and sound she was relieved when she got a message from Peter saying he was mostly in one piece
Thanks to Tucker they were finally able to pinpoint Peters phone in the multiverse and remotely put in coordinates that any portal opened would come here to her office
In the office were herself Danny Bobby Sam Tucker Henry Kurt Scott Rachel Jayden Katie Dani and the Rasputins everyone they could get here on short notice all ready in case someone other than Peter had his compass
First through the portal landing on her hardwood floor with metallic crash was a robot that for some reason looked like Arnold Schwarzenegger from the first terminator movie
Second after a minute slowly walked Peter he looked terrible his uniform was ripped there were cuts and bruises on his face his movements were twitchy and erratic like the times Kitty had seen Danny get hit with massive amounts of electricity which filled Kitty with maternal worry and fury at whoever did this to her son
Peter smiled before he fell over Danny was quick to catch him Kitty rushed over to her husbands side "I've got you son" he whispered "I've got you"
And this is where the chapter ends Peters home a cameo from Annie Fenton from Danny and Kim and a mysterious enemy still lurking in the shadows a lot of the reason I delayed this chapter is Amazo trying to balance that line being too powerful but too powerful for younger heroes like Peter or Ally to take down
After all Amazos only a robot someone had to make him after all find out who in the next exciting chapter
Hope everyone had or will have a happy holiday and a happy new year with 2023
Stay safe everyone and
As Always
Excelsior True Believers