A New York Minute
It was the day after that incident. Danny was on his bed, feeling down about how things didn't go so well.
Dumb Plasmius… He thought.
He was enjoying his time with Gwen, but then Vlad had to get involved.
He was so bummed that he didn't go hang out with Jazz and Danielle, as they're off to the pier to have fun today. Tucker was off at some game convention.
He had considered at least speaking with Sam, trying to find some way of making peace, but she wasn't even home most of the time.
At least she's making new friends from what I hear…
That's when Danny heard a beep from the Plumber's Badge he keeps in case Gwen needed to reach out to him.
He had hoped it was Gwen, but his hopes were dashed.
"Yo, Danny." Ben said.
He chose to be polite.
"What is it, Ben?" Danny asked.
"Looks like we got trouble, we've got a lot of reports on an energy reading. Since your date was a bust, come along with us, giving you and Gwen some time alone." Ben said.
Danny was surprised.
Gwen and I can be alone while we do so superhero stuff? It's not a day at the beach but at least we'll be together…
"Okay, I'm in. Where is it that we have to go?" Danny asked.
"New York..." Ben said.
Danny rose an eyebrow.
"Really?"
Vlad is mad.
No, not mad.
He is furious.
He had finally managed to catch that girl, along with some extras but they escaped.
He was pacing back and forth in his private study as Vlad Masters, scowling.
"BLAST! This is all Desiree's fault!" He yelled.
"As much as I don't like that haunting hussie… she did warn you…" Holo-Maddie said.
"How was I supposed to know she wasn't the only girl to fit any of those criteria?!"
Before Vlad could rant and curse even more, he got an alert.
"You are getting an incoming transmission, Sweetums..." The Maddie AI said.
"I DON'T CARE!" Vlad shouted.
"You should…" A voice from his computer went off.
Vlad gasped, his anger replaced with concern for his life.
"Oh, Vilgax..."Vlad said in a nervous tone.
Vlad ran to his computer and got to sit as he answered.
"What is the status of Tennyson's new ally?" Vilgax questioned.
"Almost had him… but at the least my weaponry works…" Vlad said, hiding his fear with a grin.
"Well… you have a chance to redeem yourself…" Vilgax said.
"How so?"
"My sources tell me that there is a powerful energy source in New York..." Vilgax said as he sent some coordinates.
Vlad recognized what those coordinates said.
"New York City?"
"By the time I get there, you'd better have it..." Vilgax said.
"Yes..."Vlad nodded. Once the transmission ended, Vlad groaned. "Oh, I'll have it all right…" He said in a more angered tone.
Once Danielle got home with Jazz, hiding from Jack and Maddie, Danny met with them in Jazz's room.
"Hey guys…" Danny said.
''Hey Danny..." Jazz greeted.
Once they were sure Jack and Maddie were busy, Danielle became visible again.
"So, what's new?" Danielle asked.
"Ben asked me to go with him, Gwen and Kevin to New York for a mission." Danny said. "Do you guys want to come along, see the sights while Gwen and I have alone time?"
''New York! Cool!" Danielle said, excited.
"Sounds nice… but Antonio and I are going to a movie tonight." Jazz said.
Danielle frowned, having wanted her to come but still smiled
Bummer... Danielle thought.
"That's okay, have fun on your date. Danny and I will have fun when he's not making kissy faces with Gwen..." Danielle joked.
"Oh… haha…" Danny said sarcastically. "Anyway, we meet them in the skies above Amity Park soon in their private spaceship."
"Cool! I'll pack up snacks and the pocket change I collect from pennies people drop." Danielle said before morphing and phasing upwards, to the Ops Center.
Jazz smiled before turning to her brother.
"So, I guess it's you and your sidekick." Jazz said.
"She's not my sidekick…" Danny said. "She's-"
Danny paused.
He found himself unsure what to say.
Exactly what IS Danielle to me now? I mean, she is family but how close are we now?
"Well… while you mull it over… you two better get going. I'll cover for you…" Jazz said.
"Oh… uh… right…" Danny said.
Both Phantoms arrived above the skies of Amity Park, waiting for their ride.
Danny had the Plumber's Badge in his hand, waiting for their ride.
"Should be any minute now…" Danny said.
Dani looked to see something approaching them.
"Is it a black and green jet?" Dani asked.
"Yeah?" Danny responded.
She pointed ahead.
"Then here it is."
Danny saw it, the jet known as the Rust Bucket 3, coming towards them. He waved the hand with the Plumber's Badge to let them know they were there.
"You two better phase in…" Gwen's voice came from the Badge's radio.
"Got it." Danny said.
Both Phantoms turned intangible and entered the jet.
Once inside, they turned tangible and saw themselves standing behind the seats Ben's Team use to pilot the ship.
Ben turned his seat around to greet the two.
"Welcome to Tennyson Airlines." He said with a cheeky smile. "Sadly, we're all out of peanuts."
''Nice to see you too, Ben..." Danny said in amusement.
Gwen got out of her seat and approached the two, hugging Danny.
"Glad you can make it." Gwen said as Danny and Danielle morphed back to human form.
"Sure, it'll be cool to see New York again." Danny said.
"Oh, you went?" Ben asked.
"Yeah, I had some dates there, but I doubt we'll see April or Kitty there today." Danny said.
''April and Kitty?" Gwen questioned.
Danny could guess right away what she was worried about.
"Hey, they are nice girls but I picked you, remember..." Danny said.
Gwen cracked a smile at that.
"Good to know." She said.
"So… what is this energy reading?" Danny asked.
"Not sure…" Ben said. "What's weird is that I think Paradox mentioned we won't like who we'll find there…"
"Who is Paradox?" Danielle asked.
"A friend." Ben said. "One who seems more than a little worried what we'll find…"
The Rust Bucket 3 landed atop a building
Danny soon took it in that he arrived in New York.
The big apple and the setting to a couple of dates that he went on.
It's been a while since I've been here... Danny thought, as he recalled a certain red haired ninja in training and her 4 unique pals, as well as a different kind of mutant.
As they walked out of an alley, Danny found himself almost hit by a young boy with a red jacket on a skateboard.
"Whoa! Watch out!"
Danny stepped back, avoiding the boy.
"Sorry, Dude! Didn't see you!" Danny said.
The boy, of Chinese descent, sighed in relief.
"It's cool… just be careful!" He said.
The boy, once far away from the group, got a call on his cell phone. Before he could answer, a voice yelled from the other line.
"JAKE! The Goblins in Magus Bazaar are at it again! Return at once!"
"Yo, okay, Gramps! I'm on it!" Jake said as he sped up.
Meanwhile, back to the group that arrived.
"Remind me again what we are dealing with here?" Danny asked.
"That's just it, we have no idea what this energy reading is." Ben said.
"Only that Paradox seems to not like it." Gwen said.
"Okay..." Danny said. "Where do we start?"
"Best to split up." Ben said. "You and Gwen can go it alone. Kevin, Danielle and I-"
"Hard pass." Kevin said as he turned around and walked off. "I can cover more on my own."
Kevin was several feet away when Gwen called out to him.
"Kevin!" Gwen called out, but he ignored. Gwen groaned. "He's still upset, isn't he?" Gwen asked Ben.
"Yeah…" Ben said with a sad nod.
"About what?" Danny asked.
"Long story… Anyway, I'll keep an eye on Danielle." Ben said.
As Danny nodded, Gwen approached Danny and took his hand.
"So… with that taken care of…" Gwen pulled Danny with her to walk, adopting a happy smile. "We should do the splitting up now…"
As Danny followed along, waving to those they were leaving behind, Ben and Danielle shrugged.
"So… wanna grab a hot dog?" Ben suggested.
"Yeah..." Danielle said.
Danny and Gwen walked together, looking for whatever the energy is, but nothing yet.
As they walked, Gwen had explained to Danny what had happened.
A former foe of theirs, Charmcaster, manipulated Kevin into thinking Gwen doesn't care about what he's turned into, only for Ben to call him a jerk and tell him Gwen has spent sleepless nights lately to find a way to change him back.
Hearing that, Danny looked surprised.
"Whoa…"
"I told Kevin I forgive him… but he's being a jerk right now because he's angry with himself and needs to find someone to take his frustrations on…" Gwen said.
''I see..." Danny said. "Do you want me to try and-"
"No, no. What matters now is finding the energy source. Ben and I will handle Kevin later..."Gwen said.
Danny nodded.
"Well… what should we do while we look for the… energy thing?" Danny asked.
Before Gwen could answer, someone approached them.
"Well… Danny Fenton?"
Danny stopped when he heard that sultry voice. He knew who it was and turned his head.
"Felicia?"
''Who?" Gwen said and her mouth dropped and eyes narrowed at the sight of the girl.
A rather tall girl with medium-length blonde hair. She was dressed in rather upscale clothes and a large hat.
There was a look in her eyes, one that screamed she was flirtatious and it was directed at Danny.
There was also something else. Something about this girl felt off, very off. As in, she could sense an energy that didn't seem right.
Gwen scowled at this girl as she observed her from head to toe.
"Hello there…" Gwen said with a scowl, sensing something not right about this girl.
"Oh, are you this sister he mentioned to me once?" Felicia asked.
"No, I'm Gwen Tennyson… his GIRLFRIEND." She said, emphasizing that word as much as she could.
"Y-Yes…" Danny said. "Gwen here was my third date in the program. Gwen, this is Felicia Hardy."
"Was she one of your dates?"
"We got to meet each other at some point near the end." Felicia said. "I gotta say… it was fun…" She spoke in a very interested tone.
Gwen's eyes narrowed at Felicia's blatant flirting but not only that, she sensed something she can't explain it but there is something about this girl that she does not trust.
"So… uh… what are you doing here in New York?" Danny asked.
"I live here, remember?" Felicia said.
"Oh… yeah… forgot." Danny said.
"I was out, running some errands when I noticed you and thought… why not say hello…" She said, being flirty all the while.
"Well, it was...nice...meeting you but Danny and I are late for something important..." Gwen said.
"We are?" Danny asked, only to see her glare and remembered what they were doing. "I mean, we are." He said quickly.
"I see…" Felicia said, recognizing Gwen's tone.
"It was nice seeing you again, Felicia..."Danny said.
"Bye." Gwen said urgently.
As Gwen practically dragged him away, Felicia crossed her arms.
"So, he picked a redhead over me, huh? Why does that make me feel… ticked?" She asked herself.
Still… this was a surprise. She thought.
Normally, she she'd go after him, but it's her day off from being Black Cat and she promised her mother some errands she was indeed running.
"Enjoy him while you can, Red… before a black cat crosses your path…" She whispered to herself.
As soon as they were further away, Gwen let Danny go and huffed.
"Uh… you okay there?" Danny asked.
"You know she was flirting with you, right?" Gwen asked.
"Well… not like I'd leave you for her." Danny said.
Gwen sighed, feeling better.
"Okay… good to know. Still, something about her felt… wrong. It wasn't so much her emotions, but her… I don't know… presence." Gwen explained. "Like we had to get away…" Gwen said.
"Really? I mean… as… eager… as she is, Felicia didn't really do anything I'd consider extreme. She didn't fly, grow a tail or turn people into rabbits or anything…" Danny said.
"In any case… let's avoid her for now. We got an energy source to find." Gwen said.
Danny nodded as he followed her.
Danny and Gwen were now in time square, searching for whatever gave off that energy source.
"You got anything, Gwen?" Danny asked as Gwen tried to sense for it.
"No, nothing yet..." Gwen said, sounding frustrated.
"I'm guessing whatever this is shouldn't be giving off this much energy, otherwise we wouldn't be here, right?" Danny asked.
"Bingo. If it's emitting this much, it's only a matter of time before someone like Vilgax comes after it. In fact, his ship was making a quick trip in this direction as soon as the first reading went off." She explained.
"Well… as long as there's no other surprises… we can-"
"D-Danny Fenton?"
Danny froze at the sound of that voice, which Gwen noticed, she also sensed that spike of anxiety in him. A different kind of anxiety than in the presence of Felicia. This was further from nervousness and closer to fear.
"Huh?" Gwen asked. "What's wrong?"
"Danny..." The girl said again.
Danny turned around and saw that it's her. The girl who still haunts his nightmares with their 8 imaginary daughters.
"Katie..." He whispered, sounding horrified
It was a blonde girl, roughly their age, with a light-blue blouse, pink pants and blue shoes. She looked attractive, perhaps not as much as Felicia, but that's not what made Danny feel what Gwen sensed.
It felt like Danny was ready to leap out of his skin, which is very hard to believe since he's met Vilgax, one of the toughest aliens around.
"What are… what are you doing here?" She asked.
"No offense… but that's really none of your business." Danny said, trying to stay calm as he turned his back to her.
"Oh… I see…" It was now Katie noticed Gwen's presence. "And you are-"
"Gwen Tennyson. We're dating." She said.
The girl's shoulders dropped and she looked downward.
"I see…" She said, sounding hurt.
Gwen sensed something from her. She sensed guilt, heartbreak, and anger. She felt it directed towards her for saying she's involved with Danny, but also towards Katie herself.
It was now Gwen noticed the emotions emitting from Danny when she focused on him it felt familiar.
This felt like… during our talk before the fight with Vilgax…
"So… um… how've you been?" Katie asked Danny, trying to sound friendly.
"Fine." Danny said flatly, wanting to leave.
"I'm… doing better…" Katie said. "I have… more control and… my brother is doing better in case you're wondering. He's not upset at all and he can walk again." She tried to sound perky.
"That's good to hear." Danny said, with the same tone.
Katie's smile dropped and she sighed.
"I'm sorry… I just want you to know that."
During this awkward exchange, Gwen saw the nervous look on Danny's face and a guilty look on this Katie's face.
She put two and two together
Danny's awkward, almost frightened state. Katie sounding remorseful and, when Gwen decided to sense again, a small spark of love.
So, this is her... Gwen thought. This is the girl that Danny does not want to talk about.
"Katie!" Another girl's voice said.
Danny recognize that voice too, but unlike with Katie, he smiled.
This was something Gwen noticed.
He turned around and saw a pretty, brunette girl with the star of David around her neck.
"Kitty?" Danny asked, sounding a bit happier.
Gwen noticed that the brunette girl smiled.
"Danny! Long time no see..." Kitty said as she hugged him.
"Danny, who is this?" Gwen asked.
Kitty noticed her.
"Let me guess, the dating service?" She said.
Danny nodded.
"Yeah, Kitty, this is Gwen Tennyson, my girlfriend..."Danny said.
Kitty gave her a friendly smile as she let Danny go.
"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Kitty Pryde." Kitty said as she gave a hand to Gwen.
Gwen smiled and took it.
"Pleased to meet you."
She sensed this girl as they shook hands.
I sense some kind of positive feelings, but she seems nicer and doesn't seem to have some hostility towards me, or make Danny uncomfortable.
"What's going on?" Kitty asked.
Gwen, feeling apprehensive, whispered to Danny.
"Danny, do they… know about your-"
"Kitty knows, Katie doesn't… I'd rather keep it that way." He whispered back.
"Gotcha." Gwen said.
"We're just… vacationing." He said, not sure to include Kitty's help on this.
"I… see…" Katie said, sounding sad.
It was now Kitty noticed how Katie was acting.
"You two know each other?" Kitty asked.
Katie was about to answer, but Danny spoke up.
"Yes. Anyway, Gwen, my girlfriend, and I need to go…"
Gwen and Kitty looked surprised by his hastiness but he already took Gwen's hand.
She sensed the feelings of fear in him, directed at Katie.
"Okay, it was nice seeing you again, Danny..." Kitty said, while Katie remained quiet. "It was nice meeting you, Gwen..."
"Likewise..." Gwen said before Danny practically dragged her away.
Kitty was surprised by how he acted, while Katie looked unsurprised yet disappointed at the same time.
Katie sighed once they were gone.
"He didn't really accept my apology… but he didn't reject it… that's something…" She said under her breath.
"You okay?" Kitty asked, noticing her sudden depressed state.
"Peachy…" Katie lied.
It took a good minute or so as Danny had his head down, Gwen following along.
She noticed how uncharacteristically quiet he was. Usually, he and Gwen would be talking, keeping each other's spirits up, or discussing their ongoing battles with villains. But right now, the boy who fights ghosts seemed terrified, haunted by that girl.
Gwen decided to speak up.
"That was her, wasn't it? The girl from the 28 who picked you that you leave out?" She asked.
Danny stopped, sighed and looked at Gwen.
"Yeah… that's her." Danny said. "Katie Kaboom… she's a mutant, like the X-Men. Her powers are she turns into a hulking monster when she's angry. She apparently didn't even know it until it was too late and she hurt her brother." Danny said.
"What happened?" Gwen asked.
"I don't really want to give the full details, let's just say she got the wrong idea and she was obsessively in love with me… I'm guessing she still is…" Danny said.
"She is… I could sense some affection for you. It was just that strong." Gwen said. "I also sensed a massive amount of self-loathing…"
"I'm not surprised…" Danny said, closing his eyes and breathing out his nose. "I mean… like with Sam, I know I should forgive her because she never meant any harm or to make me terrified… but… it's also really hard… probably harder because it was a rare moment where, when I saw her again, I didn't even have my powers, not like they'd have worked on her…" He flinched, looking away and felt like breaking apart. "I'm sorry… I can't talk about it right now…"
Suddenly. Gwen put her arms around him from behind, holding him in a hug as, due to her being somewhat taller, rested her cheek on the back of his head.
"It's okay… when you're ready…" She said.
Danny took a deep breath and calmed down.
"Thanks."
As Gwen held onto him a moment longer, it was now she felt something.
"I sense it…"
"What?"
"The energy…" Gwen let him go and pointed up at the top of the Empire State Building. "It's coming from up there!" She said.
"Okay… let's let everyone know." Danny said.
"You find a place to change and head up there, we'll meet you there." Gwen said.
Danny gave a thumb's up and headed for a place to change.
This allowed Gwen to take out the Plumber's Badge and contact everyone.
As soon as Danny flew to the top of the building, he saw a blinding light coming from the middle. Once it died down, he saw it was some kind of gemstone.
"This is it?" Danny asked. "Is that a Reality Gem? No… I destroyed them… well, in any case…"
As Danny approached it, he was hit by a blast from nowhere, sending him several yards away.
Danny gasped at where it came from.
"YOU'RE here?! Why am I not surprised?!" Vlad Plasmius shouted.
"Plasmius?! Why are you here?! Wait… powerful energy source… of course you are." Danny said.
"Step aside boy, so I can claim it before Vilgax arrives!" Vlad said.
Danny crossed his arms and sent a cocky smile.
"Still working for him? Or has he figured out you can't handle it?" Danny asked.
Vlad gritted his teeth.
"Still with the quips, I see…" Vlad said.
"Always…"
"I'll fix that!" Vlad fired his ghost ray.
Danny countered, firing his own beam that collided with Vlad's. Both beams tried to push the other, but Vlad chose to fight dirty.
He split into three, two of him flew to Danny and punched him as he was distracted.
Danny shook it off and created a dome shield that blocked their attacks.
However, the real Vlad dismissed his copies, allowing him to charge his fist at full power and throw a punch, breaking through and hitting Danny.
Danny retaliated, grabbing Vlad's arm and swung him to the rooftop.
Danny flew in and was about to strike him, Vlad phased through the rooftop. Danny's fist went through the rooftop as Vlad came back in and uppercut Danny, knocking him down.
As Danny hit the floor, Vlad created a cable construct of ecto-energy that kept Danny on the floor.
"NO!" Danny shouted, trying to break out by failed.
As Vlad was about to mock him, both noticed a shadow of something larger than them.
Suddenly, to their surprise, a space ship appeared in the sky, one very large.
Vlad knew who it was and dreaded his fate.
"Oh no…" He muttered.
A familiar figure teleported onto the rooftop, alongside his lackey.
"Plasmius! Where is the energy source?!" Vilgax shouted.
"Uh… over there." Vlad pointed to the gem on the floor.
Viglax smiled.
"It is not in the hands of Tennyson, or his cousin's lover… so I will not destroy you… now… to claim it for myself!"
''Oh man, there has gotta be something..." Danny said as he tried to think.
Suddenly, Vilgax is knocked off feet by a large tiger creature that tackled into him.
"Huh?!" Danny asked.
The tiger got up.
"LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN', VILGAX THE CONQUEROR! RATH WILL NOT LET YOU GET THE WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE HERE FOR!"
Danny blinked as he remembered that name.
"Rath? Ben?! Is that you?!"
Rath jumped towards Danny, helping him up.
"LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN', DANNY PHANTOM, MY COUSIN'S BOYFRIEND WHO I LIKE SEEING HER AROUND BECAUSE OF HOW HAPPY HE MAKES HER, OF COURSE RATH IS BEN!" Rath shouted.
"Why are you shouting?" Danny asked calmly.
"I DON'T KNOW!" Rath shouted.
Rath then helped get Danny out of construct with his brute strength.
"Come on, we gotta get that thing before Vilgax does...whatever it is that he wants to do..." Danny said.
"LEMME TELL YA SOMETHING DANNY PHANTOM, RATH AGREES!" Rath said before letting out a roar and charging to battle.
"How'd he even get up here? I don't see wings on that thing." Danny wondered out loud.
"That'd be us!" Kevin's voice called out.
Danny turned and saw Gwen, using a pink construct of hers, lifting Kevin while Dani Phantom flew in with them.
"You're not getting that… whatever it is!" Gwen shouted as she fired her mana at Vilgax, keeping him down.
Vilgax tried to get up, but found that hard to do.
"Psyphon! Plasmius! Do something!"
"I shall retrieve the item…" Psyphon said, only for Kevin, no longer with his mask to show his transformed state, and his arms turned into large hammers. "I shall retrieve the item… longer than expected…" Psyphon said, noting how difficult this will be.
Meanwhile, Vlad wad flabbergasted at the sight of Danielle.
"So… you're still in one piece?" Vlad asked.
"I might be at risk of melting… but it's worth it to help Danny out!" Dani said as she charged her hands.
"Ah… playing sidekick are we? Too bad it won't last!"
Vlad fired his ghost rays at her, causing Dani to fly out of the way and fire. However, Vlad was fast, firing and knocking her down.
Big brother thoughts now in his head, Danny came to her defense, flying at Vlad and tackling him to the floor.
"Get away from her!"
Meanwhile, Vilgax was able to power through, getting up.
"I grow impatient!" He shouted. He broke out of Gwen's mana construct, causing her to fall. "This power will be mine!" He shouted.
"Gwen!" Danny said, distracted from Vlad.
Vlad took advantage, throwing a punch and knocking him down.
Rath came charging at Vlad.
"LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN', COUSIN'S BOYFRIEND'S ARCHENEMY! RATH WILL-"
Suddenly, the Omnitrix timed out and he was changed back Ben.
Vlad grinned.
"You were saying?"
He backhanded Ben, knocking him down.
Gwen was getting up when she saw Vilgax about to stomp on her.
"I got you!"
Kevin ran in and carried her out of the way.
However, Vilgax fired his optic beams at Kevin's back, making him fall, with Gwen in his arms.
"Master…" Psyphon said, pointing to the gem. "The object."
Vilgax grinned and he walked calmly to the glowing gemstone.
"Now…" Vilgax picked up the gemstone. "It is mine!"
"NO!" Danny and Ben shouted in unison.
However, as Vilgax laughed, someone appeared out of nowhere on his shoulder, getting his attention.
"So… is you getting blown up in the sewer canon here, or are we ignoring that like Alien Force does?" The man in re-
Wait…
NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! NOOOOO! YOU'RE HERE?!
"Hey kids… it's ME!" Deadpool said, waving to the readers.
Everyone else stared in disbelief.
"Uh… who is that?" Danny asked.
"Your future best friend!" Deadpool said happily.
Angered by this odd man's intrusion, Vilgax grabbed him and tossed him to the side of the building, firing his eye beams at him and seemingly leaving him in a smolder.
All the heroes gasped.
Vlad, Vilgax and Psyphon, however, looked unaffected.
"Hmph… I guess that means you stay out of the way if you don't want to end up like Spider-Man…" Vlad said, pointing to the figure he thought dead.
"Really?" Everyone gasped when they saw the OBNOXIOUS man in red sitting up, looking more annoyed than anything. "My first appearance in this timeline and we're using THAT old chestnut?" Deadpool asked.
"What?!" Vilgax shouted. "How are you-"
"Alive? Ha!" Deadpool got up. "I'm a mutate! Not mutant! My successful film counterpart got that wrong… but… small potatoes, thanks to that idiot Reynolds, I'm a mainstream success!"
Everyone just stared at this odd man.
"Uh… so… who are you?" Vlad asked.
"Name's Deadpool."
"Deadpool… I think I heard of him…" Kevin said with recognition. "I think he's a mercenary who targets high profile criminals."
"So… what's he doing here?" Dani asked.
"I wanted to make my appearance in this story…"
"What?" Danny asked.
"I lost a certain something of mine…"
You mean you left it so you could appear? Just like I'm sure it was YOU who left the Detective Pandaroo for Kim?
"Yup. Now then, please return what is mine before I'm force to bump this to an M rating…" Deadpool said as he took out his katana swords.
"Pathetic… if Ben Tennyson cannot end me… what makes you think you could? Plasmius! Destroy this pest!" Vilgax ordered.
Vlad gritted his teeth, hating to be given orders but did so.
He split into four and attempted to do battle, only for Deadpool to avoid each of the Vlad trying to attack him.
For every blast and punch, Deadpool just bobbed out of the way, casually walking towards Vilgax.
"Hold still!" All of the Vlads demanded.
"Sorry there, Barth Gimble… Bee Tee Dubs, sorry for Jerry Hubbard, he will be missed…" Deadpool said in an oddly sincere tone.
"WHAT ARE YOU BLABBERING ABOUT?!" Vlad snapped as he dismissed his copies to attack Deadpool, hitting with a full force punch in the stomach. "HA!" Vlad's victory is short lived as Deadpool stood back up, not looking harmed. "WHAT?!" Vlad went.
"Yeah… I got a massive healing factor." Deadpool said. "It's better than the Jack Man… I mean, Wolvie's."
"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!" Vlad shouted in frustration.
"It means…" Deadpool took advantage of the situation and sucker punched Vlad. "Gotcha! Now… for the Continuity Gem!"
Deadpool ran towards Vilgax, who already grew tired of this mystery man.
"Away, pest!" Vilgax shouted as he pulled out his sword and trying to slash Deadpool.
Deadpool dodged it, although the electricity of the blade touched one of his hands, setting the fabric of the glove on fire.
"Dang it! I hate that I can't use the fun words! Ooh… wait!" He went with a big smile on his face. "Always wanted to do this!"
Vilgax attempted to stab the man in red, pulling his arm back as far as possible for the stabbing motion.
"DIE!"
However, Deadpool jumped in time, landing atop the blade's dull side and leapt at Vilgax's face, pulling him arm further than humanly possible.
"FALCON… PUNCH!"
Deadpool's fist then collided with Vilgax's face, causing a slight burn thanks to his fist being on fire.
The impact was actually enough to make Vilgax let go of the Continuity Gem.
Deadpool took the opportunity and jumped off Vilgax's chest to get what is his.
"THAT BELONGS TO VILGAX NOW!" Vilgax shouted.
"Nope! The Continuity Gem is mine to mess around in the timelines with… also, still waiting on Bat Dork to give me my dang chimichangas! Plus… since I kinda got some certain stones out of Thanos's hands, literally, I'm the only one who can use it." Deadpool held the black gem in his right hand. "Speaking of… I like James Remar but… I'm a little too attached to Steve Blum so…"
"What are you blabbering abo-"
Deadpool responded by jumping up and punching Vilgax in the throat with his right hand.
In a flash, Vilgax coughed and snapped at him.
"W-What did you do, you infernal-" Vilgax's shout ended as he gasped. The voice that came from his mouth was different. "WHAT?! I SOUND LIKE TENNYSON!"
Ben blinked at that.
"Why does he sound like a grumpier me?"
"Whoopsie… wrong continuity…" Deadpool said. He jumped up and grabbed one of Vilgax's chin tentacles. "Scuse me, Cthu-louie…"
He punched Vilgax in the stomach again.
"DESIST, YOU FOOL!" Vilgax shouted again. His voice was different once more. "WHAT IS THIS?!"
"Dang it… I had Hulk in my mind and got the Fred Tatasciore voice… Hang on."
He punched Vilgax in the throat once more.
"STOP THAT!" VIlgax shouted.
"Huh… he kinda sounds like Kim's archenemy…" Danny muttered.
"Darn it, why does John Dimaggio gotta be everywhere here?!" Deadpool said. "Let's see… maybe Steve's voice in Omniverse can work?"
Deadpool punched Vilgax in the throat once more.
In response, Vilgax grabbed Deadpool.
"STOP THAT, YOU OBNOXIOUS EARTHBORN IDIOT!" Vilgax shouted before noticing how he sounded. "Strange… I sound… similar, yet different."
"Huh… he kind of sounds like he did when we were kids but… more subdued. Not as guttural…" Gwen pondered.
"So… is that thing he's holding doing that?" Kevin asked.
"Probably…" Ben said.
"So… why aren't we taking advantage of situation and fighting back?" Dani asked.
The older teens stared at each other, realizing her point.
"I don't know… it's kinda entertaining to watch him do this." Danny said.
Vilgax snarled at Deadpool.
"I SHALL INFLICT PAIN ON YOU LIKE NO OTHER!"
"Doubt anyone could outdo the guy whose names rhymes with Bomb Brothman… Sewing my mouth shut? Idiot." Deadpool said, unafraid.
Vlad and Psyphon just stared at Vilgax from behind, noticing the change in his voice.
"So… should we… make this fool change his voice back somehow?" Vlad asked.
"Mmm… no. Somehow, while there was nothing wrong with his past voice, this one seems more… how I imagine him to sound." Psyphon said.
Vilgax was about to reach after Deadpool, but stopped when his ship's alarms reached him via his wrist communicator.
"Perfect… the Plumbers caught on faster than expected…" He said with sarcasm. "Psyphon! Let's go!"
"Yes, Master…" Psyphon said as he used his own wrist technology.
Before they teleported, Vilgax stared at Vlad.
"Next time, retrieve what I ask for faster…" He said before disappearing.
Once that was done, the ship flew off.
Turning to see everyone surrounding him, Vlad chose to take the right approach.
"I'm not taking chances here…"
Vlad flew away, turning invisible along the way.
Once gone, Deadpool smiled at Danny and approached him.
"How's it goin' there, DP?!"
Danny blinked.
"Uh… hi?"
He doesn't know you in this timeline, Deadpool.
"He will now. Anywho, name's Deadpool, but you can call me DP." Deadpool said.
"Yeah… uh… thanks for the save…" Danny said, feeling apprehensive.
"No problem. Always happy to do some good when I'm not destroying pachinko machines because, like many gamers of the 90's and early noughties, I feel betrayed." Deadpool said. "Plus, great to see you and your lady love Ki- I mean, Gwen!" Deadpool said before muttering under his breath. "Why'd they have to have the same eye and hair color?"
Coincidence.
"Startin' to think you got a think for redheads… or you use him as an avatar to live out your childhood crushes…"
Shut up, Wade…
Gwen sent the odd man a suspicious look.
"How do you know that?" She asked.
"I'd love to stay… but this chapter's gone long enough and it ain't done…"
"The what?" Ben asked.
Deadpool waved to as he took out a small bomb-like object.
"See ya later, DP! We're gonna be best buds!"
Deadpool tossed the smoke bomb to the ground, causing a smokescreen to make his escape.
All of the coughed at the smoke that also impaired their vision before it cleared, showing Deadpool had disappeared.
"Where'd he go?" Dani asked.
"No idea…" Kevin said.
"How'd he even get up here?" Ben asked. "If he could fly, he would've done it instead of a smoke bomb…"
"That's true… and how'd he know who were are?" Danny asked them.
"It looks like it's you and Gwen he was more familiar with…" Kevin pointed out.
"I've never even met that guy… I'd know if I ever met someone that aggravating…" Gwen said, feeling apprehension and annoyance from his presence alone.
Another smoke bomb, this time purple, went off.
"Whoa!" Danny went.
"Hold it there, whoever or whatever you are!"
Danny heard a familiar voice.
Wait… who is that?
The smoke began clearing and, to the surprise of those who never saw them before, Danny's eyes widened.
The Turtles?!
It was four mutants with ninja weapons, and a young girl in yellow with a war fan in her hands. Once she saw Danny, she smiled and lowered her weapon.
"Danny?" She said.
The Turtles lowered their weapons as the others looked at Danny in confusion.
"Uh… yeah… remember that other date I had in New York?"
After a few minutes of exchanging information of what happened, with an abridged take on the Turtles' origins, it was clear what was going on. The Turtles also got that energy reading, fearing it was the work of a race they know of called the Kraang.
April served as the mediator of the Turtles, with Danny acting in place for the others.
"So… all a misunderstanding? We're all good?" Danny asked everyone.
They all nodded.
"Sorry for mistaking you for the source of it." Leonardo said.
"Not the first time I've gotten into a fight because of a misunderstanding…" Ben said. "Anyway, we'll keep quiet about this…"
"That's good… we're supposed to stay in the shadows, or Master Splinter would have our shells for this…" Donatello sighed in relief.
"Can I at least see who is tougher, me or Rocky here?" Raphael asked, gesturing to Kevin.
"Rocky? I could come up with a better name than that!" Michelangelo said. "How about-"
"It's Kevin…" Kevin said, scowling at them with arms crossed.
"Kevin? Pfft… I could think of something better! How abou-" Kevin rose an arm, which morphed in a long, sharp blade. Mikey quickly realized the reason for it and momentarily sweated in fear. "KEVIN! Now that I said it again, it's perfect!"
Kevin smirked as he changed back. Gwen, Danny and Ben rolled their eyes.
"Sorry about Kevin, he can be... impulsive." Gwen said.
''We get it..." April said. "Raph can be like that..."
"Always…" Leo joked.
"Hey!" Raphael snapped.
"Well, if there is no more trouble here, I think our job here is done..." Ben said.
"Yeah, we should be heading back soon..." Danny said.
"Well… it was nice meeting you, Gwen." April said, giving her hand.
"Likewise." Gwen took it.
They were a quick shock between the two and they smiled.
"Whoa… you got powers too?"
"Yeah…" Gwen said.
"Neat… I gave Danny my e-mail once. You should e-mail me and we can talk more. We have to get back to patrol soon…" April said.
Gwen nodded.
"Sounds cool… I'll do that."
Danny saw this and smiled. He was glad that his girl and April were getting along.
April is a cool girl and he likes her as a friend, so it was nice to see Gwen wasn't the jealous type here.
April and the Turtles soon said good bye and left and Kevin was grumbling.
"So glad they're gone… That Michelangelo and his voice was getting on my nerves…" Kevin grumbled.
Meanwhile, the Turtles were on rooftops from a lower building when Mikey shook his head.
"Glad we left, that Kevin guy was such a jerk… with an obnoxious voice…" He grumbled.
As they walked to the building that had the Rust Bucket atop it, Gwen stopped, groaning.
"Wait…" She said.
Everyone stopped.
"What is it?" Ben asked.
"We barely got to do anything here that didn't involve bad guys or Danny's past dates meeting us." Gwen said.
"You met more besides April?" Ben asked.
Kevin chuckled.
"Awkward…" Dani hovered upward and smacked him behind the back. Due to her super strength, it did some damage to him as he soothed the back of his head. "I deserved that…"
"Is it alright if I at least went out for a walk or something?" Gwen asked.
"Sure…" Ben said. "Take as long as you want…"
Gwen nodded. Turning around, she went walking.
Danny observed this, feeling he should go after her, but is stopped by Ben.
"Shouldn't I-"
"She needs this…" Ben said. "She's barely gotten to enjoy normalcy lately…"
Danny frowned at hearing that, knowing how much he and Gwen enjoy their moments of normalcy.
So, he did as Ben suggested and let her keep walking.
*sigh* Okay... here he is... it's Deadpool.
Hey kids!
Why are you here?
To make you finish Danny and Kim.
Dude, it's taking it's time because I got a lot to do.
Sure ya do... playing your video games and what not.
I HAVE A JOB YA KNOW! ... although yes, on my down time I play video games.
Sure thing... anyway... so glad to FINALLY appear in this timeline. Now... when do I show up for Makoto and Starfire.
Dunno...
Right... you're busy adapting Death Battle episodes into stories. Got anything for the recent Beerus vs Sailor Galaxia.
If I do... I'm sure you'll interrupt it somehow.
Yup. Although Mask and I have a deal not to mess with each other anymore.
Wonderful... so... can I please get to the responses?
Yeah. Good way to make friends with new readers... now... to find some chimichangas... But first... gotta break out of here... hang on, lemme set my hand on fire again.
WHAT?! WADE! NO!
FALCOOON... PUNCH!
MY WALL!
Laters...
Aw man... anyway...
Special thanks to Flower princess11.
We got 7 of the other 29 encountered. Next time, we'll be seeing more of the dates. Who? You'll have to find out.
And yeah, Deadpool punching Vilgax in the throat to change his voice is because Vilgax had like a bunch of voice actors over the years, the 2016 reboot has him voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, who played Ben as a teenager. I actually like Steve's voice in Omniverse more, even if Omniverse is objectively the worst one.
Anyway... as I bill Deadpool, time for the responses.
UltraPhantom: Perhaps, but I like to give redemption to people who genuinely want it.
Starlord Master: Yup. Also, happy August to you too.
TTGG03: I couldn't make that part go longer, maybe another time?
Fanreader26: Maybe?
qazse: Yup. Good ol' Wade...
Major Simi: Thanks.
Invader Johnny: Yup. Redheads rule.
DVMStarblade: I'm planning on how to make that work.
williamescobar608: Ya tengo una idea para su redención.
TheWhiteTitan: Yeah... good chance it already has Tamaranean DNA.
SonicMax: I'm sure there will be more than what we have now. Still, give the other authors a look.
MeteorElDrago: Most likely.
61394: Thanks, Number Boy :)
Jebest4781: Thank you.
Luiz4200: Yes to all that.
DJ Rodriguez: Thank you.
pokemon fan 1991: To be fair, two of them found out Danny is part ghost. A lot went on.
Ultimatrix Bearer: Vlad IS Danny's archenemy, so she called him.
wiseguy2415: Yup.
Dreams Come True 996: 1) I actually wondered that too. I always thought she just wears hair dye and purple contact lenses to look different. 2) Dissolved. 3) Yes. 4) No. 5) Not sure.
ChrisZilla18: I actually had an idea in mind.
Menatron the Angel of Ideas: I am considering bringing Lucy in sooner than expected.
Jay the Average Fanboy: Yeah... but they'll be back.