A Cog In The Works

A Bus Ride To Fate

Danny grabs his bag filled with bottles of water, food and his thermos. Much to his dismay about learning that the trip was indeed out of Amity, was the realisation that nobody would protect the town.

Danny sighed and he made his way downstairs, his doubts and fears grew with every footstep until he reached the kitchen.

'Hey baby brother' Jazz chimed with a cheery smile. Danny sent a confused look to his sister and sat down in his usually position, hunched over his breakfast.

'What's got you in such a good mood?' Danny mumbled as he rubbed his eyes and lazily shoved a spoonful of cereal in his mouth. 'I'm so happy you asked. Seeing as you're going on your History trip today I decided to help you out and take a day off.'

Danny was fully awake now understanding what Jazz was saying.'So that means i can help protect the town while you learn meaningful and important History which will be on your test.'Jazz finished with a beaming smile. 

Danny was very worried. Despite Jazz knowing how to work Fenton tech and having experience in defending Amity she was still a lousy shot, she would probably cause more damage than his parents and himself combined.

'Danny calm down it's only going to be for today, barely even that so don't worry. Think of this as a educational vacation abroad for 6 hours more or less. Not a lot of people leave Amity Park so this will be a great experience for you to make normal friends.'

Danny stood up, picked up his empty bowl and put it in the sink.'First, Who in their right mind would even go on a educational vacation abroad and second, what do you mean normal friends? Tucker and Sam are normal.' Danny said while leaning on the Worktop.

Jazz gave him a look.'Tucker once cross dressed as Sam for like $20 and not to mention when Sam ran around trying to give robotic frogs to dissect. Don't even get me started on the meat vs veggies argument and how they were demanding people to pick sides.' Danny laughed uncomfortably and decided to change the subject. 

'Look Jazz you know I trust you so I trust that you'll have at least 3 Fenton thermoses with you at all times and that-' Danny was cut off by Jazz throwing his bag in his arms and pushing him towards the front door which Danny really didn't appreciate. 'Have a good day' Jazz said and shut the door. Danny gave up and shuffled down the steps of his house on his way to school.

Danny stood uncomfortably in line with his peers, more specifically the A-listers. Mr Lancer could only take so much gossip and goofing around, Sam was surprised he lasted as long as he did. She turned to Tucker only to see him double checking his tech and food supply. Her eyes quickly turned to Danny whose eyes were darting around.

Sam could easily see his discomfort. 'Danny?' Sam whispered to Danny. 'Don't worry so much, Jazz is taking care of our problem and besides, me and Tucker are going to be with you.'

Tucker put his arm around Danny and smile.'Yeah and I bet you a Nasty burger that you are going to have the best time you can even if you're on a History trip. It's going to be the best R and R you've ever had.' Tucker finished as students started to fill the bus.

The trio sat close together, with Danny sitting next to Tucker and Sam sitting alone making sure to scare off anyone who dare come near them. Danny sighed again and closed his eyes.'Wake me up when we get there.' Tucker looked at Danny and laughed. 'Goodnight, sweet Prince.' Danny lightly hit Tucker in the arm which only made him laugh harder.

Conner stood next to Megan with a clear frown on his face. 'Come on Conner you should smile. We're meet up with teens from other schools, isn't that exciting?' Megan said with her usual cheery smile. Conner looked down at Megan. 'I don't really want to meet anyone new. I have you and the team.'

Conner wasn't excited in the least about meeting new people and already knew about Human History. He never knew how to open up with strangers and often made both him and the person uncomfortable.Conner wished he could make more friends and be more open to people. He just wasn't like that.

He could hear everyone talking about the other school saying how they 'never heard of amity Park before' and how 'they must be weird.'Conner swung his bag over his shoulder a walked behind Megan as she walked on the bus. Conner couldn't help but be jealous as people wave and said hello to Meagan as they sat down.

He was friends with the team but he felt like he was only a bother to them as he never got any of their jokes and that they all seemed to have known each other for years. That's why he spent most of his time alone or with Megan because she also was quite new to this world. They never really got pop culture references but at least they could be confused together.

 Conner sat next to the window to let Megan talk to her friends. Conner looked out the window as the Bus started to move and just like Danny, he closed his eyes and slept. 

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I hope you enjoyed this story so far and I know it's been slow paced but next Chapter is when Danny and Conner are going to meet. I also want to ask you want shorter chapters or longer chapters. I know it's difficult to read a long paragraph on your phone so please to tell me if it was easier or if you liked it before.

Thank you for reading this Chapter and I hope that you will stick around because there are more chapters to come.