Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or X-Men: Evolution. They solely belong to Butch Hartman and Marvel Studios, respectively.
A Storm Before the Calm
In a tunnel leading to the realm, the author and his guest await a new individual with the Warners as Dot asks.
"When is your new guest coming, guardian?"
"He should be here soon." guardian1989 said in response before he saw movement. "There he is."
The new guest turns out to be danifan3000 as 61394 recognized him before he approached and shook hands.
"Nice to see you here, danifan3000, and to share a cameo appearance with."
"Good to see you, too." danifan3000 said.
Suddenly, the unwelcomed invader arrives as he drones.
"Oh, joy. Number boy's returned." he turns to look at the host. "You sure you want to let this yahoo hang around since he butchered X-Men: Evolution with his crossover of Danny and Shadowcat?"
61394 twitched an eyebrow in annoyance as he stormed towards the merc with a mouth.
"Why I oughta...!"
Thankfully, the host steps forward to get in between the two before any damage could be done.
"Hold up. I think it's best if we let him in, this time." guardian1989 said before sending a wink to the Warners who immediately got the message.
"Yeah, yeah." Yakko said, playing along. "We should."
"But you'll have to stay behind us." guardian1989 said to Deadpool.
"FINALLY!" Deadpool shouts while throwing his fists up. "I actually get welcomed!"
The author leads his group to an area with two levers before he turns to two of his guests while pointing to one of the levers.
"Say, number boy, Yakko? Could you get the left lever for me, please? It's getting on my nerves."
"Sure." 61394 and Yakko both said before they grabbed a hold of it.
They pretend to struggle with pulling the lever as the merc with a mouth gets really impatient.
"Come on! Pull the lever already!"
"Okay." Yakko and 61394 said in response.
Once they pull the lever, a trapdoor opens under Deadpool's feet as he falls down the opening while shouting
"HEY!"
Deadpool falls hundreds of feet, right into a huge thicket of large thorns as the sharp, pointy spikes pierce him on his butt, legs, and back. The pain caused Wade to comically jump into the air while screaming.
"YEOW! OW!"
The trapdoor slams shut, making Deadpool ram face first into it before he lets out another scream of pain after several seconds of falling.
"Wow!" Wakko comments in surprise. "That's gotta hurt!"
Then, the host author says to the author of a different realm and the oldest of the Warners.
"The lever on the right opens the door to my realm."
Yakko pulled the right lever as instructed before the door opened, revealing the entrance as the host said.
"Come on in."
The group entered the realm. Meanwhile, down below on the outside, Deadpool was slowly and painfully removing the sharp thorns from his body.
"Ow!" he whimpered. "Stupid number boy!" he pulls another thorn. "Ow! And that infernal dog!" he pulls yet another one with a whimper. "Ow!"
Back inside, 61394 got a box of Mike Ike before snacking on them while the Warners amd danifan3000 help themselves to pizza and sodas.
"Does he always invade your realm?" danifan3000 asks.
"Oh yes. Since I posted reviews in NeoMark's re-written crossover of FP11's original." guardian1989 answered.
"I see. I'm just hoping Neo updates his other crossover of Danny and April." danifan3000 said before taking a bite of his pizza. "As well as his third crossover of Danny and Makoto from Sailor Moon."
"Just give him time. No need to pressure him or anything." guardian1989 assured.
"True."
After 61394 took a seat with his fellow authors of very different realms, the host turns to him and asks.
"Care to do the honors, number boy?"
"Sure." 61394 said with a nod. "Onward to the usual crossover shenanigans!"
It was merely a few weeks after Rogue's genetic transformation, along with her and Danny having the talk with the Fentons. The goth girl and her half-ghost boyfriend took some time to plan it out, but they got back at a certain burly Canadian in the most hilarious sort of way, since Jack and Maddie revealed who it was that suggested giving them the talk.
What the couple had done was they switched a bottle of shampoo with hair dye. Danny timed it to know when Logan was planning to take a shower. He beat him to the restroom first, saying he had to use it. Once inside, he planted the hair dye bottle before going with the pretense of using it. Soon after Logan had finished his shower, he lets out a cry of shock seeing his hair was dyed from jet black to bleach blonde through the mirror.
The burly Canadian became the laughing stock in the Institute. Even the adults found it amusing. However, when Bobby made the mistake of telling Logan that he looked like Johnny Bravo, everyone in the Institute did extra Damger Room training as a result.
Despite that, Danny and Rogue felt that it was worth it. Besides, it's not like Danny can't use his ghost powers in order to sneak some make-out sessions with Rogue. Nevertheless, the couple had to be careful since Logan could still find them by scent.
In the Ghost Zone. A trial was commencing as all of the Observants were present, along with several guards as the Observant speaker barked.
"Order! Order! The Observant High Council tribunal is now in session."
After all were silent, the speaker ordered.
"Bring in the prisoner."
"Yo. hold up, dude!" 61394 shouts.
"What's up?" guardian1989 asked
"Is this the one with Vortex in it?!" 61394 asked with excitement.
"Yeah, it is." the host said.
"Dude! Now I'm really interested in how this will turn out!" 61394 said.
"So am I." danifan3000 said. "Especially since I'm interested to learn if the ghosts in the Ghost Zone treat mutants as if they are gods, just as Frostbite and the yeti did in your Changes trilogy."
"Oh, you two will be in for quite a treat with this chapter." guardian1989 assured.
"Well then, let's get back to it!" 61394 said as he flicked the lights back off.
From the floor, a cylindrical container rises as the top is equipped with an unknown device that looked like a thermometer before the Observant speaker announced.
"For centuries, the prisoner has plagued the planet Earth with horrible and unpredictable meterological events."
A screen shows an enormous tornado sucking in everything in its path, including a helpless cow before showing a silhouette of a being summoning powerful thunderstorms and hail the size of meteors falling as people fled in terror.
"Cities have been wiped out. Countless lives have been endangered." The Observant speaker looks up to several monitors on the ceiling that showed more Observants. "Observant high council, what say you?"
"Guilty. Guilty." the Observant high council all said in unison.
The Observant speaker approached the container as it reveals a large ghost that was green in color, had red eyes, wore black armor with spikes on the shoulders and had a lightning style V symbol on the front, and black gloves. In addition, his ghostly tail mimicked the shape and pattern of a tornado.
"Before we pronounce sentence, have you anything to say, Vortex?" the speaker asks.
Vortex had his arms crossed as he said in response with a wheeze.
"Yes. FRY!"
Vortex conjured lightning with a maniacal laugh as he raised his arms, ready to strike. However, the device on the container activates as it shocks him painfully before it stops.
"Your weather powers are rendered inert by our spectral barometer, Vortex." the Observant speaker cooly said.
As Vortex recovered, he asked out of spite and a hint of jealousy.
"Oh, but what of that human woman on Earth?" he crossed his arms. "Why is she given a free pass, and yet all I get is this?!"
"We know exactly who you are referring to, and as far as the high council is concerned, she poses no threat to the Earth whatsoever." the Observant speaker explained. "Though having weather powers of her own, she is as docile as she is beautiful unless legitimately provoked. Furthermore, she shows restraint when in use of them, regardless if it's for peaceful purposes or otherwise, unlike you."
Vortex looks away with a huff before he says.
"As far as I'm concerned, she's letting her true potential go to waste and thus makes her unfit to have them."
"Silence!" the Observant speaker ordered. "You've brought this punishment upon yourself. There is no possible way for you to escape."
Suddenly, they hear a voice speaking up.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that."
One of the guards fires a ghost ray at the Observant speaker before blasting the other guards. As the monitors of the high council were destroyed, the rest of the Observants fled the council chamber in a panic before the guard removed his armor to reveal himself as Vlad Plasmius
"Who are you?" Vortex asked his savior with a raised eyebrow.
"Plasmius. Vlad Plasmius." Vlad introduced himself.
Once Vlad broke the glass, Vortex grinned at the fact that he was being set loose before they fled the council chamber after leaving it heavily damaged.
"Free. Finally, free!" Vortex boasts as he conjured a large amount of lightning.
"Yes, yes. No need to thank me." Vlad said in response, modestly.
"Thank you?! Vortex thanks no one!" Vortex said before grabbing a hold of Vlad. "You should be rejoicing that I even allow you in my presence!"
Vortex tossed away Vlad as he boasted with a wheeze
"Fly speck! Stand aside as I unleash the full fury of my power on that meaningless planet Earth!"
Suddenly, Vlad zaps Vortex with the specteal barometer that he stole on the way out, leaving the ghost at his mercy.
"Unleashing your power on the Earth? That's funny. That's exactly what I was thinking." Vlad snarked with a sadistic grin.
A weakened Vortex realized that he now has no choice as he said.
"Please. I'll do anything you ask."
"Yes, yes you will." Vlad said as he approached Vortex. "And I have a vivid imagination."
It was daytime in Bayville, as well as the weekend. There was a major heat wave going throughout the city; hot enough to fry an egg on the hood of a car. At the Institute, Ororo was in the greenhouse, tending to her flowers as she conjured a small rain cloud, using it to water them while humming. However, Professor Xavier calls to her through telepathy.
"Ororo."
"Yes, Professor?" Ororo responds through normal speech.
"I need to see you in my office. There is a matter of urgency to discuss."
In moments, Ororo left the greenhouse and was inside the Institute with the air conditioners online to keep the building cool. Currently, she entered the office where Xavier, Logan, and the other adults were waiting.
"What is this about, Professor?" Ororo asks in curiosity.
For her answer, Ororo sees the live news coverage of the heat wave that's been baking Bayville and pretty much the entire state of the Big Apple, for that matter.
"This heat wave that's been going on, do you know anything about this?" Professor Xavier asks.
"No, Charles." Ororo said in response. "This is not my doing. However, I can try to reduce the temperature of the heat wave to tolerable levels, just so everyone will not suffer from it."
Soon, the news reporter began a live interview with Vlad as Logan, whose hair has been returned to its original color of jet black from the prank pulled on him, nterrupted.
"Hold that thought for a minute, Ro. I got a hunch that our mayor here may be the prime suspect in this."
Once Professor Xavier sees the news coverage as the reporter continued the interview with Vlad, the bald telepath laced his fingers as he mulled it over in suspicion.
"I suspect you may be right about this, Logan." Xavier states. "However, before we jump to conclusions, we need more intel on his intentions." He looks at Ororo. "Ororo, I need you to accompany me with the X-Men, in case the weather takes an unexpected turn."
Then, Professor Xavier looks at Jack and Maddie and asks.
"Jack, Maddie, can you assist Logan and Hank to watch over everyone here until I return, just in case any ghost activity occurs?"
"Of course we can." Maddie said.
"You can count on us, Professor." Jack said.
"Thank you. I appreciate that." Professor Xavier said in gratitude.
There were crowds of people outside of City Hall. Everyone was sweating profusely from the heat wave, despite that a certain mutant secretly reduced the intensity to temperatures that were bearable. With the X-Men, they accompanied Professor Xavier and Ororo, donning some summer clothing, as they waited for the mayor to arrive from the office.
"Damn man, it's hot!" Evan said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Yeah, I can't remember any city being this hot for so long." Tucker comments with agreement.
"Hey, Ah may beh able to enjoy the hot weathah now, but this ain't what Ah had in mahnd." Rogue comments.
Yes, since Rogue gained control over her powers and can activate them at will, she did a little shopping to update her wardrobe where she no longer had to cover every inch of herself, but kept her gothic fashion nevertheless.
"Danny, what do you think Vlad is planning this time?" Scott asked in a whisper.
"Anything the cheesehead has in mind is never good." Danny replied in whispers.
Soon, Vlad arrives as he begins to announce.
"My dearest citizens!" he steps to the podium as guards used wads of cash as fans to keep him cool. "Our current heat wave and shortage of water have thrown Bayville into a state of an emergency."
As everyone glanced at one another, Vlad continued his speech.
"But being as I am your mayor and many of you undoubtedly question why or even how you voted for me, I vow that the fortunes of Bayville are about to change." he pulls out the stolen spectral barometer. "With this. My very own rain machine."
In the crowd, Kitty whispered to Sam as she asked.
"Does he, like, really think that he'll make it rain with a device like that?"
"I honestly doubt it." Sam whispered back.
Now, citizens of Bayville!" Vlad announces as he walks down from the stage to the streets. "Watch as I make a change of the weather!"
Vlad activates the barometer, firing a beam of energy into the sky, right to the very clouds where Vortex was hiding and napping, as he was shocked painfully. The ghost was angered as he grimaced.
"So, that dolt is tired of the heat wave he ordered. Very well." Vortex focused energy into his hand as he bellowed. "Let there be... RAIN!"
At first, nothing happened for a moment. Suddenly, the weather instantly changed as a thunderstorm of astronomical proportions formed, allowing extremely heavy rain to fall upon the city. While the crowds cheered, the X-Men and their human friends were quite worried, mostly Ororo.
"Clearly, Vlad is toying with the forces of nature." Ororo spoke in a low voice where only Professor Xavier could hear her. "At the rate this downpour is going, the consequences to the world will be catastrophic."
Professor Xavier nodded in response before he asked in an equally low tone.
"Can you reduce the rain to a safe level, but without anyone seeing you?"
"Easily." Ororo answers.
Thankfully, with everyone being distracted as they cheered for their mayor, Ororo secretly and subtly concentrates as the heavy rain was reduced to a safe level where it was just regular rain. Vlad was the only one who noticed as he looked up and thought.
"What is that dolt doing?! I specifically told him that I wanted heavy rain at my signal!"
Unfortunately, Vlad's thoughts were heard by Jean and Professor Xavier as the latter confirmed Logan's suspicions. Meanwhile, with Vortex, he was just as shocked and confused as Vlad was.
"What is happening?!" he looks at the thunderstorm. "My rainstorm has been weakened?! How could this be?!" he cupped his chin. "Unless..."
Suddenly, realization hit Vortex like a bolt of lightning as he gasped dramatically before he frowned while looking in every direction.
"She's here! I sense it!"
At the mayor's office, Vortex was present with Vlad, scaring his cat whom he disturbingly named Maddie in the process, as the half-ghost villain demands.
"What is happening, Vortex? Why did you reduce the rainfall?!"
"It was not I who did this!" Vortex said with a wheeze. "It was that infernal human who did this! I know it!"
Vlad rose an eyebrow in confusion as he beckons.
"Explain."
"There's a human woman here on Earth." Vortex begins. "One who can manipulate the weather as I can."
"Interesting." Vlad comments with a smirk.
"But, those infernal Observants look the other way with her every time!" Vortex dramatically acts feminine. "Because, oh, she's so beautiful. Oh, she's so docile!" he throws his arms up. "Yet, I'm given harsh punishments!"
"Damn! Vortex really has it in for Storm, doesn't he?" 61394 asks.
"Obviously, since Storm doesn't go ballistic with her weather powers." guardian1989 said.
"Still, I'm anxious to see what'll happen when they meet." danifan3000 comments.
"That will come soon." the host said.
Vlad smirked, seeing Vortex direct his ire and jealousy towards this individual that he recently described.
"Well, I suppose your revenge will come to you in due time." he says before turning his gaze towards a TV screen. "For now, I have to say that my approval ratings are up by a whopping eighty-two percent."
As the screen displayed the results of the charts for the approval rating before and after the rain, Vortex calms down before he said.
"Well, this poultry rain, despite being weakened, is only the tip of the iceberg." Vortex creates a snowman with a skull on the palm of his hand before melting it with heat vision. "Like the one I will create in the middle of the Sahara." he wheezes. "Once I am free!"
Vlad grabs the spectral barometer from below his desk, as he said.
"And I'll be anxious to see that as soon as you stop the rain."
Meanwhile, at the Xavier Institute, the X-Men, Sam, Tucker, and the Fentons were in Professor Xavier's office as the bald telepath asks Danny in particular.
"Are you certain that this is the work of a ghost?"
"Honestly, Professor. It's the only logical explanation." Danny said. "I don't know which ghost that cheesehead has hired, though."
"Well, whatever it is, this ghost can manipulate the weather as I could." Ororo comments with worry. "But it's taking it too far."
Suddenly, the television shows live news coverage of a maelstrom, the reporter blaming the mayor, and the ghost responsible for causing it.
"Looks like your ghost has been found, kid." Logan snarked.
"X-Men, suit up!" Professor Xavier ordered. "Try and resolve this situation as quickly as possible!" he turns to the Fentons. "Jack, Maddie, I need you to activate the ghost shield and remain here!" he turns to Ororo. "Storm. I advise that you accompany them. The weather is your area of expertise."
Jack and Maddie nod in response to Xavier's command as everyone did what they were instructed while Danny transformed to his Phantom-X persona.
Several minutes earlier...
"Stop the rain?!" Vortex demands as lightning sparked from his eyes. "The weather is my art! I will not just stop it." he floats towards the desk. "Did anyone ask Picasso to stop painting the Mona Lisa?"
"That was DaVinci, you dolt." Vlad corrects.
"Whatever." Vortex said in defiance. "Bottom line: the rain STAYS!"
Fed up with his defiance, Vlad fires another beam from the device at Vortex, shocking him as it also shocks his cat in the process. However, it backfires as the beam hits the device, destroying it as Vlad is horrified to see that he means to control his minion is gone.
"A pleasure doing business with you."
As Vortex flies with a maniacal laugh, Vlad gets angry as he transforms before pursuing the weather ghost. He fires a ghost ray, which stuns Vortex at first, but then the ghost retaliates by firing lightning bolts from his fingers, zapping Vlad painfully
"Since you refused my freedom, I'll see to it that your pathetic village endures the worst storm ever created!" Vortex declares to a horrified Vlad.
As Vortex creates heavy rain, galeforce winds, and violent thunderstorms, he bellows in declaration with a wheeze.
"TIME TO UNLEASH THE MAELSTROM!"
Vortex inhales deeply before he blows Vlad away, directly towards his mansion, knocking him out-cold.
The ghost was now able to unleash his full fury.
Present time
In the city, the X-Men, some armed with ranged anti-ghost weaponry, made their way to get to Vortex and stop him. If it wasn't for Storm using her own weather powers to calm the weather enough for them to travel slowly, but safely, they wouldn't be able to make it.
With the news reporters taking shelter, the windows boarded up, and the hatches battened down in each house and other structures, the group was free to use their powers without risking exposure.
"Where do you suppose he's hiding?!" Kurt shouts through the storm.
"I don't know!" Danny shouts back. "But he's here somewhere!"
However, Jean sees something out of the ordinary in the sky; a green cloud shaped like a skull with green eyes and lightning dancing in the eye sockets.
"Guys?! I think we just found him!" she points to the skull cloud.
They look to see the cloud as well before Storm instructed.
"Daniel. Take Jean and Rogue with you to investigate and use caution."
The trio nodded before they took the air. For Rogue, she was able to master her new flight power after much practice and training. They approached the skull cloud before it opened its mouth. Then, the "tongue" unrolls in a red carpet fashion before Vortex appears before them.
"Well now, what have we here?'" he asks the trio in mock surprise. "Come to admire my greatness up close?"
"Danny? Is this the ghost we're looking for?" Jean asks in curiosity.
"Yup. This is the one." Danny said in response.
Vortex approached the trio as his focus was fixated on Danny.
"So you're the ghost boy, Danny Phantom?" Vortex turns into a cloud and splits into three. "Odd. Your outfit is different from what I was told."
"Yeah? Well, you can't believe everything you hear." Danny quips.
Soon, the trio was surrounded by the clouds. While Danny fired a ghost ray, Jean and Rogue use the Fenton Bazooka and sidearm, respectively. However, it didn't work as the Vortex clouds swallowed them easily.
"This ain't good." Rogue comments with worry.
Soon, the Vortex clouds take a deep breath before blowing them out of the sky. Thankfully, Danny was able to use his cryomancy to create a blanket of snow, thick enough to cushion their fall. Suddenly, Vortex reforms and reappears before the group with a maniacal laugh.
"Spread out, team!" Cyclops barked.
As the X-Men did so, Vortex used his own cryomancy to form a large snowball before throwing it. However, Cyclops fired his optic blast to destroy it. With the others, they used the weaponry supplied by the Fentons as they fired their energy blasts at the ghost while dodging all incoming attacks. It wasn't an easy fight. Despite that some of the shots hit their mark, Vortex just shrugged it off as he taunted.
"What is that supposed to do? TICKLE ME?!"
Suddenly, Vortex was hit by a bolt of lightning as he screamed in pain. Turning around, he sees a certain individual dissipating the galeforce winds and stopping the rain. In an instant, the ghost gasped before glaring in anger.
"YOU!"
Storm rose an eyebrow in confusion as the ghost floated up to her.
"You're the wench that those foolish Observants..." he wheezes. "Allow to roam freely while they imprison me!"
Storm readies herself for battle, as she said.
"I do not know who these Observants are, but they must have very wise reasons to confine you!"
Soon, Vortex grins as he readies himself as well.
"Oh, I've been waiting..." Vortex inhales. "For this!"
Vortex attacks as he summons tornados before sending them right towards Storm. However, the woman uses her own powers to dissipate them before she summons a hailstorm, primarily focused on bombarding the ghost as she did damage to the ghost while knocking him down. Vortex got up as he got serious.
"Try this!"
The ghost inhales before he blows a gust of galeforce wind towards Storm, who blocked it with a typhoon. The two strongest winds collide as they push against one another before they dissipate completely. However, Vortex summons his own hailstorm as Storm was bombarded this time. Taking advantage of this, Vortex fires a lightning bolt from his fingers as he zapped her.
As she falls, Vortex lets out a maniacal laughter over his triumph. However, Jean used her telekinesis to catch the adult woman before she could make contact with the pavement.
"Bah! This would've been more electrifying if it weren't for your..." Vortex wheezes. "Restraint!"
Rogue gets in position, preparing to launch a sneak attack as she puts on her anti-ghost knckle gloves, while Vortex continues to taunt Storm.
"Your so-called restraint makes you weak." Vortex inhales. "Clearly, you are... an unworthy adversary!"
Suddenly, right when he was about to finish off Storm, Vortex gets punched in the back of the head by Rogue. As he grimaced at her while rubbing the area to soothe the pain, the goth girl charged in as she delivered a few more to his body as the ghost grunted in pain from the assault. However, when Rogue was about to throw another fist, Vortex was ready for it as he electrified his body. Once Rogue's fist made contact, she cried out as her body was shocked with enough wattage to knock her out.
"Rogue!"
Danny swooped in and caught her in time before she fell into the pavement. Once he gently placed her down, the goth was able to recover as she groaned while she placed a hand on her head. Vortex launched a bolt of lightning at the couple, but Danny saw it coming as he raised a ghost shield to block it before charging in.
Vortex counterattacks by inhaling before unleashing a galeforce wind in the fashion of Danny's ghostly wail as the attack knocks him back. Then, the ghost boy was lifted telekinetically as Vortex laughed manically while his eyes obtained an electric blue color. Lightning was shot from the eyes as they enveloped and shocked Danny painfully. The ghost launched one final attack as he flung an orb of lightning, catching and slamming him into the pavement, much to the shock and horror of the X-Men.
"Now, to show the rest of the world..." he clenched his fist, generating more lightning while monologuing. "The fury of...Vortex!"
As Vortex flew away with a maniacal laugh, the X-Men ran in haste to Danny, who was unconscious as Rogue cradled him when he was within reach.
"Since Danny is now going to have weather powers like Vortex, how will this play out?" 61394 asks in curiosity.
"Watch and see, ny friend." guardian1989 said.
With a groan, Danny was stirring awake as he found himself back at the Institute; more specifically, in the infirmary. With a hypnic jerk, he gasped before Jack calmed him down as he said.
"Take it easy, son. You took quite a beating back there."
Maddie was worried as she asked her son.
"Are you okay, Danny?"
While rubbing his head, Danny groaned as he said in response.
"I feel like Blob just river danced on my body with cleats on. Now, I know how that damn cat must feel in those Tom and Jerry cartoons."
Logan, who was present, busted up in laughter at the joke. Soon, he stepped forward as he said.
"You really had us worried, kid."
Danny throws the covers off before turning intangible and flies through the ceiling. Jack and Maddie were about to stop him, but they were stopped by Logan as he said.
"Let him go. I think he needs a breather."
Once Danny reaches the living room, he sees that everyone has noticed, including Sam, Tucker, and his sisters, before bombarding him with questions concerning his well-being.
"Guys, I'm okay. At least, for now." he said before asking. "Where did Vortex go?"
"Unfortunately, he got away after knocking you out." Scott explained. "Who knows what sort of havoc he's doing."
Danny got frustrated as he stomped his foot while he said.
"Damn it!"
Instantly, a tornado instantly formed about 3 miles away from the Institute as the winds blew open the windows and the doors of the mansion.
"Hey! What gives?!" Dani demands.
Thankfully, Ororo used her own weather manipulation to cease the violent storm that was approaching, much to the relief of everyone. However, Danny heard Rogue gasped as the ghost boy asked.
"What's wrong?"
"Ya... mahght wanna look in a mirror..." Rogue slowly said.
When Danny did so, he saw that his body was glowing red as he started to freak out, unaware of what was happening. As he did, another thunderstorm rolled in as Ororo quickly stopped it, too. It was then that she realized that it was Danny causing this.
"Daniel! You must calm down!" Ororo ordered.
"But, how...?!" Danny asked in terror. "I mean...!"
"Daniel, your emotions are triggering these weather changes." Ororo instructs as she stops a galeforce wind from blowing. "To calm them, you must calm yourself."
Having no other option, Danny takes a deep breath to calm down. Once he did, the clouds broke away to reveal the sun as everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, I've heard of a sunny disposition, but this is too weird." Danny comments.
Moments later, in the medical ward, Hank was examining Danny's blood and ectoplasm samples when he transformed, as the ghost boy waited for the results with his family, his friends and teammates, and. Then, Professor Xavier rolled in as he asked.
"Are you all right, Daniel?"
"For now, I'm fine." Danny looks at his hands. "Yet, I've felt this tingle sensation since I got hit by that lightning."
"I fear it's more than that." Hank said as he walked in.
"Hank?" Maddie asks with worry.
"It appears when this Vortex character shocked you with his powers, it must've fused with your entire physiology, granting you his weather -based powers." Hank theorized. "However, I'm not so sure if it's permanent or temporary."
"That's great." Logan snarked. "But how do we keep an emotional kid held in check so he doesn't trigger a monsoon?"
It was then that Ororo stepped up and said.
"That's where I come in."
"Ororo...?" Jack asks in worry.
"Be assured, Jack. I, too, can control the weather." Ororo said in assurance. "I can help him."
"Okay, but with Vortex still running around, who knows what sort of damage he's doing to the Earth." Sam spoke, throwing her arms up.
"Yeah. If he's to be stopped, we got to bring him back to Bayville, somehow."
Professor Xavier mulled it over in dread, feearing what sort of damage Vortex was capable of dishing out to the world.
"Yes, I fear that the damage will be catastrophic." he turns to Logan. "Logan, take Sam and Tucker with you on the Blackbird and track Vortex's whereabouts."
Then, Professor Xavier turns to Ororo as he said.
"Ororo, I need you to start training Daniel in controlling these volatile abilities until they return."
"Right away, Professor." Ororo said in response.
In the hangar bay, Logan, suited up in his uniform, leads Sam and Tucker into the aircraft as he pilots the controls before it takes off into the sky.
Inside, Logan asks the two human teens in confusion.
"So, any way of knowing where to look first?"
"Not to worry, Mr. Logan." Tucker said with confidence as he tampered with his PDA. "We've got the most reliable forecasting tool known to man." he shows the screen. "The Atmosphere Channel."
The adult and two teens see the news reports of weather disruptions caused by Vortex all over the world before the radar shows a storm approaching Italy, particularly Venice.
"Italy, eh?" Logan asks. "Better buckle up, kids."
Sam and Tucker do so as the burly Canadian revved up the flight control before flying the aircraft to their intended destination.
In the Danger Room, Ororo was in her uniform as was Danny in his Phantom-X form as the woman stood before the ghost boy.
"Now, Daniel." Storm began. "As the professor previously stated, your weather powers are very volatile, based on your emotions. If you allow your feelings to get the best of you, you lose control over the weather patterns."
Storm holds up her hand as she says.
"I am aware that these powers are new to you, but be assured that I am very familiar with them."
As a demonstration, Storm forms a tiny tornado in the palm of her hand before reforming it into a rain cloud, much to Danny's amazement.
"Wow. I didn't know that emotions could tie to the weather."
"They can." Storm dissipates the rain cloud. "The trick is to have complete control over your emotions, similar to how you maintain focus on your ghost powers."
Danny looks at his hands in wonder before his focus returns to Storm as the training begins.
"Okay. For your first lesson..."
In Italy, the weather was sunny and rather pleasant as everything was peaceful.
That is until dark clouds loomed over the sky ominously.
Suddenly, the entire area began to freeze over. Even innocent people weren't spared as they froze, too. Then, Vortex emerged from the clouds as he saw what he had done.
"Ah, buorgiorno Venecia!" he greets in a sinister manner with a laugh. "My reign of terror continues... al dente!"
In the Blackbird, Logan and the two teens see him before Vortex attacks the aircraft. However, it maneuvers aside to evade as Logan asks them.
"Got any more ideas?"
"Working on it." Sam said.
"Well, work fast!" Tucker warns. "The weather is catastrophic all over the world."
Suddenly, Sam sees something amiss on the monitor. She sees the entire state of New York untouched, including Bayville, as she says.
"Exceot for one place as she points to the screen with her finger." she turns to Logan. "Does this thing have a bullhorn?"
"Yeah. Why?" Logan asks
"I have an idea." was all Sam said.
Soon, the Canadian gives her the radio before activating the bullhorn as the human goth girl speaks through it.
"Hey, Vortex! You must be pretty proud of yourself, right about now?"
"Oh, yes!" Vortex replies with a malicious grin. "I have successfully disrupted weather patterns all over the globe." he flashes lightning around him. "I... am the perfect storm!"
As the Blackbird flew around the ghost, Sam continued to speak.
"Well, Mr. Perfect, it seems there is one place in the world where the wearher is calm and clear. Good ol' Bayville!"
Vortex grimaced, taking it as a lie as he said.
"WHAT?! Surely, you are mistaken!" he tries to swat the Blackbird. "My power reaches... to the ends of the Earth!"
Tucker pushed it further as he took the radio from Sam and taunts.
"Not in Bayville. Danny Phantom scared you away."
Vortex took it as an insult, angering him as he bellows while lightning danced around his eyes.
"NO ONE SCARES ME!"
As Vortex flies away to return to Bayville, Logan looks at the two as he asks.
"You two have a way of pushing people's buttons, don't ya?"
"Hey." Tucker shrugged with a sheepish grin. "At least he's heading back to Bayville, right?"
The burly Canadian lets out an exasperated sigh before he uses the comlink headpiece to communicate with Professor Xavier.
"Chuck? You better get the team ready. Vortex is coming back for a round two, and he's pissed." he looks at Sam and Tucker. "You can thank Tech-head and his girlfriend for that."
"Hey!" Tucker shouts, insulted.
"I'm not his girlfriend!" Sam shouts, equally insulted.
Logan alters the course of the Blackbird to fly back to the Institute, following the angered ghost.
"And now, the battle begins again, eh?" danifan3000 asks.
"You know it." guardian1989 said in response.
"Bring it on!" 61394 shouts.
At the Institute, Storm summoned a typhoon before sending it towards Danny. However, the ghost boy raised his arms as if he were planning to hold it back physically. The twister stops before he spreads his arms, dissipating it into nothing. Then, he summons a rainstorm of his own while maintaining concentration before he stops it and dissipates it.
"Very good, Daniel." Storm comments with approval. "You're understanding the concept quite quickly."
Suddenly, Professor Xavier speaks through the P.A. of the Danger Room.
"Storm. I've assembled the X-Men. Vortex is on his way back. The Fentons will accompany the team as well."
"Yes, Charles. I understand." Storm looks at Danny. "It's time to face him again, Daniel."
Danny nods in response.
It was moments later after Logan, Sam, and Tucker returned that the group ventured out into the city to await Vortex. The wait was not a long one as the ghost finally arrived, angry and itching for combat.
Danny flew up to the eye level of the ghost as Vortex sneered.
"You think you can stand a chance... against me? I... AM INVINCIBLE!"
From below, Professor Xavier thought to himself since he was unable to communicate with Danny via telepathy due to him being in ghost form.
"Remember what Storm has taught you, and victory is yours."
"You can do it, sugah." Rogue whispered. "Ah believe in ya."
Once Vortex launched his attack by summoning a tornado, Danny took a deep breath before he held it back and then dissipating it, much to the shock of his opponent as Vortex was bewildered.
"What is this?!"
Danny smirked as he quipped
"The playing field just got leveled out!"
Then, Danny closed his eyes as he focused before creating three duplicates of himself, much to his joy.
"I knew all that practice would pay off!"
In an instant, all four Dannys summoned a tornado before merging them into an enormous one. The funnel cloud sucked in Vortex before Danny absorbed his duplicates as he concentrated, flinging his opponent around into buildings. The ghost was taking a beating as he said.
"This is not my nature!"
On the ground, the group cheered Danny on as Spyke shouts.
"Go, Danny! Kick his ass!"
Danny wasn't finished as he conjured up a hail storm, bombarding Vortex before reforming it into a rainstorm as the ghost was getting weaker.
"NO!" Vortex shouts in defiance. "The elements are mine to control!"
As Vortex groaned in pain, Danny took a deep breath before he stopped the rain and parts the clouds to allow the sun to shine. The ghost cries out as his enormous size diminished rapidly. Suddenly, Danny swooped in to deliver several punches, inflicting more pain and damage before using the last one to knock down the weather ghost.
"Very clever, ghost punk!" Vortex groaned as he was barely getting up. "Let's how you handle this!"
However, instead of firing a lightning bolt from his finger, all Vortex got was a spark as he was horrified.
"I'm powerless?!"
"But I'm not!"
Before Danny could make a move, Storm intervened as she called.
"Daniel! Wait, just one second. I believe a lesson needs to be taught."
Danny sees Storm's eyes glowing electric blue as lightning dances around her while thunder sounds softly. Factors that indicate only one thing.
Storm was pissed.
"By all means." Danny said as he moved aside.
Vortex sees Storm floating towards him as he sees the lightning and hears the thunder, too, before he whimpers.
"Uh oh..."
Storm glares at Vortex as she brought her hands together to form a ball of lightning between them.
"You shall not abuse the forces of nature again!" Storm raises her arms, ready to attack. "EVER AGAIN!"
Storm launches her lightning bolt at Vortex. The ghost lets out a jolting scream of pain as the woman continues zapping him for about ten seconds before she stops her attack. Vortex was down as his body smoked before he whimpered
"No more. Please... no more."
Storm calmed down as her eyes stopped glowing before she looked at Danny.
"He's all yours."
Danny nods before he activates the Fenton Thermos, sucking in Vortex. After sealing the cap, his family, friends, and girlfriend all gathered around, praising him for his victory. However, their celebrations were cut short as Shadowcat noticed something odd before Jean asked.
"Kitty? What's wrong?"
"I don't mean to, like, spoil things, but look!"
Everyone sees that nothing was moving, much to their confusion.
"What happened?" Kurt asks. "It looks like everything is frozen."
Professor Xavier looked around as well before looking at his watch to see that it wasn't moving either.
"No. All of the time is frozen, it seems." The bald telepath comments.
"What did this?" Rogue asked, equally confused.
Danny mulled it over for a while as he looked around as well. Suddenly, he instantly realized who was responsible for this phenomenon as he smiled and said.
"Guys. I know who's here."
In an instant, as if on cue, a giant clock hand appears before it rotates, creating a portal of sorts. Then, a ghost with a purple cloak, a pale blue face, a scar on the left eye, a clock mechanism on the chest and held a time staff, floats out of the portal while changing from a child to an adult as he spoke with a chuckle
"Your insight is getting better, I see."
Jack and Maddie took him as a threat as they shout.
"GHOST!"
Right when the Fenton husband and wife aimed their weapons, their son gets in the way as he held his hands out to them.
"Mom! Dad! No, it's okay! He's a friend."
Jack and Maddie were skeptical at first, but seeing that their son was actually calm around this ghost suggested that he was telling the truth as they lowered their weapons.
"Clockwork? What brings you here?" Danny asks.
"Forgive me for my sudden appearance, but I was tasked by the Observants to collect Vortex once you confined him."
"He's right here." Danny said as he hands over the thermos. "Oh." he faced the group. "Everyone, this is Clockwork. The master of time and a friend." he turns to Clockwork. "Clockwork, I like you to meet..."
Clockwork smiled as he changed into his elder form and said.
"I'm very well aware of they are; each and every one of them."
Soon, Clockwork floats towards Professor Xavier specifically before he said.
"And I must say that it is a supreme honor to meet you in person at long last," Clockwork bows. "Lord Charles Xavier."
Professor Xavier was not new to being addressed as royalty since Frostbite addressed him in that particular manner when they first met.
"Well, Clockwork. The honor is all mine." Professor Xavier said before looking around. "But I must ask why you did this?"
"Forgive me, my Lord. I did not desire to attract any unwanted attention towards you or your knights." Clockwork said in response.
"Does that mean..." Jazz was about to ask.
"Of course. I'm well aware of the fact that mutants walk the Earth, just as every resident in the Ghost Zone has that knowledge." Clockwork said, knowing what Jazz was going to ask.
It was then that Scott asked.
"I'm guessing that you know of Magneto?"
Clockwork sighed as he said.
"Unfortunately, Sir Cyclops, I am. Just as I am aware of his mad goal to start a war between humanity and mutants."
Storm stepped forward as she said.
"If I may ask Clockwork, what did Vortex mean when he mentioned about these Observants giving me a free pass while keeping him confined?"
Clockwork smiled as he changed form again while explaining.
"As I've said, the Ghost Zone knows the existence of mutants. Also, Vortex has caused chaos with the weather for centuries. Though they were also aware that you possess weather powers, the Observants saw that you don't let them get to your head. That's why they always look the other way.
Storm nodded in understanding as she said.
"I'm beginning to further understand their reasons."
It was then that Clockwork blinked his eyes once for a split second as he said.
"The Observants were correct about you, Lady Storm; you truly are a beauty as you are docile."
Storm blushed, not knowing whether Clockwork was complimenting or flirting with her, as she said with hesitation.
"Um... thank you."
After Clockwork nods, he turns to Professor Xavier as he says.
"Forgive me, my Lord. I wish I could linger here longer, but the Observants are not exactly patient. I must return to the Ghost Zone and hand over Vortex to their custody."
"Very well, Clockwork." Professor Xavier said. "I wish not to delay you any longer."
"In that event, I bid you all good day." Clockwork as he disappeared into the portal.
Once he did, time resumed.
At the Institute, everyone watched the news coverage of Vlad attempting to blame Danny Phantom for the disaster. However, he had evidence to support his claim while a video footage showed Vlad with the spectral barometer, crowds of people booed, and jeered him while throwing garbage at him. It even showed his approval ratings plummetong to 20 percent.
"Sugah, are ya okay?" Rogue asked in concern.
"I'm not." Danny said in honesty. "I'm annoyed that Vlad tried to pit the blame on Danny Phantom," he used air quotes. "Instead of taking accountability for his mess."
Sam glanced outside as she said.
"On the bright side, your emotions are not tied to the weather anymore."
Danny and the others look to the outside and see that the human goth girl was correct. The sun still shone.
"Yeah. I'm glad I don't have those powers anymore." Danny said in response. "They're more in Ororo's territory."
Meanwhile, Ororo was humming as she was tending to her flowers in the greenhouse. Using her weather powers, she used a tiny rain cloud to water them once more.
In the Ghost Zone, Clockwork watched the woman through his time window before two of the Observants entered his realm.
"We trust everything is in order?" The first Observant asks.
"Yes." Clockwork replies as he turns to them.
"It was rather fortuitous that Lady Storm was able to teach the boy how to tame those powers." The second Observant comments.
"Indeed, and if the damage that Vortex had inflicted remained on the Earth, I have no doubt that she would reverse it." Clockwork noted.
The Observants both nod in response, knowing that Clockwork made an honest statement. Then, the time master said to them.
"However, for.Danny and his new friends, two trials still loom ahead of them." he looks to the time window. "The first that will test Lord Xavier's dream to unite humanity and mutants through harmony and peace."
Then, the screen goes dark, where anything can barely be seen as Clockwork continues.
"The second... if he's released, the battle with him will decide the fate of our world and theirs."
The Observants were aware of whom the time master was ominously referring to as they remained silent.
And done. Stay tuned for the next chapter coming soon.
"Damn. I didn't expect the ending to be that ominous." 61394 comments
"I'm surprised you actually foreshadowed the arrival of...you-know-who." danifan3000 remarked.
"Well, this is a crossover between a series by Nickelodeon and a series by Marvel Studios, after all." guardian1989 said in response.
"Not to mention, foreshadowing of what's to come when their secrets get out." 61394 adds.
Danifan3000 rolled his eyes as he said.
"I just hope that the usual hypocrisy that is obviously found in the Marvel universe isn't heavily applied to this story."
"Be assured, you'll see what I have in mind exactly." guardian1989 assured.
Suddenly, the door bursts open to reveal Deadpool, donning holes in his uniform, and pissed off as his gaze was focused on 61394 and a certain Warner character
"YOU!" Wade points his finger at an author.
"Me?" 61394 asks.
"Do you and that dog have any idea what sort of pain I've gone through, pulling those sharp, pointy things out my body?!" Deadpool demands.
61394 looks to see movement behind the merc with a mouth as he said.
"Behind you."
Deadpool rolled his eyes under his mask before he said.
"Yeah, right. I'm not falling for that old..." he tensed up as something sharp pierced his butt. "D'oh! Not again..."
The merc falls flat, revealing Dot holding the tranq rifle this time as she quips
"Guess I'm a total knockout, huh Wade?"
"So, what chapter are you doing next?" Yakko asks while his siblings fight over the tranq rifle.
"Well, I might do a chapter based on the episode Mindbender in X-Men: Evolution or I may skip that and go straight forward to Walking on the Wild Side where a group of certain girls form the Bayville Sirens, as well as revealing the identity of the sixth member joining them." guardian1989 said in response.
"Guess we'll have to wait and see." Yakko turns to his siblings who are still fighting. "Come on, sibs. Let's get going."
Once the Warners disappear, the host pulls the lever to drop the unconscious Deadpool into the moat below as 61394 says.
"I'll see you next time."
After the first guest leaves, danifan3000 said to the host.
"I'll be back to see what will happen next."
"Sure thing." guardian1989 said.
Once the second guest leaves the realm, the author clears his throat as he turns to the audience.
"Well, readers, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Til next time."
The lights flick off.
Justice Avengers: I'll think about that.
DJ Rodriguez: There is a Six Flags in California. I know because that is my home state. Also, Paulina got too close to the battle to get trash splattered on her.
KevinAguirre8481: Yes, she is finally free.
SonicMax, 61394, NiteOwl18: Yes, Logan sure did spoil things for our favorite couple.
Fiction Realm: She won't.
Jebest4781, Dragonrule: Thank you.
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