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After being on the run for a long time, Danny somehow stumbles his way into the middle of a fight. This leads to him joining the Teen Titans (much to his confusion).

hypewinter

Y'all cannot be hiding such gold in the comments

missgadabout

Yeah this feels like this has potential and is not growing as much as I thought it would.

Danny wakes up to muffled voices of a whispered argument in another room. His hazy mind is noting that this is the warmest he has been in a while and that he is just coming out of a good sleep. Part of him just wants to sink back into the already fading dream he was having. But having spent 13 months running, hiding from Vlad and the bounty hunters the fruit loop hired to drag him back to that castle in Wisconsin he had learned not stick around.

Whispering means they think he is still asleep. Arguing means they are distracted. He doesn’t know who they are but the voices are vaguely familiar and that hasn’t been a good thing for him in over a year.

He turns invisible and intangible, diving down as most hunters expect ghosts to go up. There is a startled female yelp, “He vanished!”

Danny zipped through the floor below. His enhanced hearing heard deep male teen voice say that thermal sensors are picking up a moving cold spot. Danny silently cursed. Tech like that was always bad news. He tried to phase out a window but smacked against a magic ward on the building, giving him a painful shock and sapping some of his energy. To human eyes the magic shield would have looked like a shadow but Danny could see a purple tint to it. It was a passive ward that was placed on the outer walls and windows a while ago but seems to be refreshed weekly. It was designed to keep spirits from entering but in this case also keeping Danny from leaving. He would have to get out through an actual door.

He heard some running and an male dressed in traffic light colors shout they see him. He must have dropped his invisibility when he hit the ward. Danny flew off again going down another floor not stopping as the teen called, “Wait we just want to talk!”

The chase went on for what seemed like hours. Danny flying Dow halls and threw inner wall, up and down floors. Bumping into the warded outer walls occasionally as he searches for any exit. Each time he touched the ward it would hurt and drain more of his energy and it was getting harder to use his powers. He had for gone invisibility a while ago. And that meant the teens in the building could better track him and of course tried to call out to him. Asking him to stop, promising they wouldn’t hurt him, what was he afraid of, let them help him. Danny hasn’t fallen for tricks like those since a couple months after escaping Vlad. He wasn’t going to start now.

Danny had to stop for a breath after phasing through the last wall. His powers had almost given out half through and he would have been stuck. After a minute the dizziness faded and he looked up to se he was in a garage, with a door to the outside! It was only a electronic lock between him and freedom that Danny could easily hot wire to open. He didn’t waste a second with to think of hacking and ripped open the panel. He saw the wires he would need to cross after a few second and grabbed them. He stripped the ends and touched them together and the door began to open.

“Azarath Metrion Zinthos!”

Magic swirled around Danny stopping him in midair just as he had finally cleared the threshold out and pulled him back in.

Well now that I have left you with that lovely angsty version of Danny’s point of view for a tasty misunderstanding, I leave it to others to add on. @azulhood @arzuera @bianca-hooks123 @bloggerspam @dcxdpdabbles @dragonsrequiem @evilminji @flamingpudding @fightmebissh @hypewinter @hdgnj @im-totally-not-an-alien-2 @jedipirateking @kizzer55555 @puppetmaster13u @starlightcat04 @stormikitty @virgamsysxvolumes @zylev-blog

bloggerspam

The next time he wakes up, he's wrapped in a blanket and placed on something so soft he's sinked in.

He tries to keep his breathing normal, to not alert anyone who may possibly be in the room with him, and considers his situation.

When he woke up earlier, he remembered medical equipment and a medical cot. This time, he's a little curled up, scrunched against the arm of what is presumably a sofa.

Sofa? He subtly stretches his fingers, hidden and curled around his abdomen, and realizes he's not even restrained. He stretches his senses out, and there's not even a ward in the room he's in.

The only thing keeping him here is his presumed unconsciousness, the blanket they've swaddled around him loosely, and his captors nearby.

He can hear at least one person breathing in the room with him, and further back, two more in the room beyond. He keeps himself from tensing as he registers another person in the room behind him entering silent like a mouse.

"Hey, Rob." The one sitting by his side whispers with a deep, smooth voice.

Rob doesn't answer the greeting, and only moves closer to Danny. It's hard to keep track of him, he's so light on his feet. The only thing giving him away is his heartbeat, which Danny keeps vigilant track of.

Even still, Danny flinches when a hand lightly touches his knee from where it's curled up in front of him.

"Hello. I know you're awake, and I want to make sure you know we mean you no harm. Can you....Do you feel comfortable enough to open your eyes?" This voice has a smooth tenor, soft like he's afraid of scaring Danny off. Again.

And Danny sees no point in pretending any longer, not when he can feel his powers still far and away from his grasp. His eyes flutter open, and Blue meets White for a long second. Somehow, even with the domino obscuring the other's eyes Danny can tell that this Rob is staring intently at him.

It makes him squirm inside, so he forces himself to take in his surroundings.

He's in some kind of living room. The blanket his mysterious captors have wrapped him in has an ugly floral pattern with green and white daisies.

Ironic.

Rob is still crouching slightly directly in front of him, and behind him past a large coffee table sits an Android--no, the being seems to have some organic matter--a Cyborg on a large blue armchair with a magazine on his lap. It has cars on it, from where he can see. The Cyborg is fiddling with something on his arm, but puts it down quickly enough when he sees Danny looking over. They smile at him, and that too makes him squirm.

A clatter to his left reveals another door, where a Green Humanoid and...that is definitely a magic user floating behind them, enter the room. There's a large TV screen on the wall opposite Danny playing some kind of racing movie.

"Hey! He woke up! You alright dude? Not gonna run off again are ya?" The Green one says, only to have the magic user smack them over the head for it.

Rob sighs, before straightening up and looking over towards the door behind Danny.

A second later, someone floats in and lands directly next to Robin with a wide beaming smile.

"How wonderful! You have awoken!" The pink-haired being claps their hands excitedly, even floating back up in their elation.

And that---that is Starfire. Starfire the Tamaranean. Starfire the Alien.

"Holy shit. You're Starfire." Danny's voice is raspy and he winces as his voice breaks.

Everyone perks up at that, and Danny shrinks into himself.

"I...I like space," he mumbles defensively against Rob--Robin's stare. "Aliens are cool, okay?"

He says it sotto voice, but clearly Robin and Starfire hear him as she squeals and twirls around.

"Oh yes, I am the Cool! I think you are the Cool as well, Strange Hero! We can be friends, yes?"

Danny looks up at her hopeful expression, and the only reason he doesn't immediately fold like wet tissue paper is the fact that they have for some reason decided to keep him here, and that he barely remembers what happened to get him here.

"...I don't know if I can be friends with people who won't let me leave." Danny is still trying to understand how he got here, and no amount of sad puppy dog eyes will make him forget what he's been through before.

Once burned, twice shy and all that.

"We're not keeping you here," Robin says, hands up palms down like hes trying to calm a scared animal. "We just wanted to ask you some questions after the Robot battle, but you were...extremely out of it, so we took you back to the Tower for some medical attention."

Danny tilts his head, thinking on that. He remembers the battle. He remembers seeing....seeing one of them almost grabbing up a little boy, and on the run or not Danny wasn't gonna let that happen. Especially when the boy looked like Tucker when he was that age.

He remembers being exhausted, remembers the haze of adrenaline taking over him. He thinks about how he hadn't had a chance to eat anything for a couple days, since his last run in with the vultures caused a 3 day long game of hide and seek.

He remembers thinking about skulker, and seeing Tucker, and yeah. He probably went under in a fighting fugue state.

He looks over the Titans, before letting his shoulders droop and feeling his cheeks warm up.

"Sorry. I remember now. What kind of questions did you have? I really can't stay, but I can probably answer a couple of questions at least." He looks around the room for a clock, and ends up seeing a little digital clock in the corner of the TV screen. He winces, seeing the date. He'd been out for a whole day.

"Maybe you should eat something first dude, I'm starving and I'm not the one whose been out cold for a whole day!" Beast boy says, bouncing up and heading towards the room behind him.

Raven grabs his arm before he can stray any farther, whilst Cyborg fiddles with his arm again--looking closer Danny can see a screen on it. Cool.

"Do you have any dietary restrictions?" Raven asks, heedless of Beast boys struggles to escape.

"I'm order pizza." Cyborg says immediately after. Danny looks at them, before looking at Robin and Starfire.

Robin crosses his arms, but nods his head encouragingly. Starfire floats up, hands together in a little pleading pose, clearly hoping for him to stay.

He sighs. Well. He does need the energy.

"As long as it doesn't fight back, anything is good." He rubs at his face.

He doesn't see it, but the Titans all share at confused look at that.

fandomwandererer

starfire wouldn't vs confused at all, she just nods like she knows exactly what he means.

ailithnight

Starfire just nodding like 'Yes. This is sensible. Our new friend is clearly still tired. He should be conserving energy, not expending it to force the food to submit. We shall ensure this meal is already subdued for him.'

Also, how are Cyborg and Robin feeling about the guy who could just rip open a panel, glance at the internal wiring for the Tower, and see how to hotwire his way past all their clever security systems and override the door controls in less than 15 seconds? Even knowing that he is a potential ally they brought into the Tower, I imagine that hits a few paranoia buttons. Especially if this is after Terra.

Now, Danny obviously made quite the spectacle fending off those robots from civilians in his instinct driven haze before, then being carted off by the Titans afterwards. Chances stand there were at least several people documenting the attack. Which means it's only a matter of time before pictures and videos hit the broader media. Which means its only a matter of time before everyone who Danny has been running from starts making their way towards Jump City. How long before a few bright green fez wearing vultures try to get in the same way Danny was trying to get out?

spacessomethingxdcsideblog

If Danny can't get through the wards using his ghost powers, then chances are other ghosts can't get in either. It won't stop Vlad as a human, but the bat security will take care of that.

Danny, for arguably the first time in his life, is safe. The food doesn't come to life. His enemies can't get him. There are people who know what he is and still like him. He's safe.

And that's when he has a breakdown.

bloggerspam

Well. Since you guys have so thoughtfully given me plot and lots of things to think about....(blame the HH server for the unexpected lore and ships in this one)

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"Oh! Yes. This is sensible." Starfire nods, as if that statement wasn't entirely baffling.

Dick wonders, not for the first time, if this new person of interest actually is alien in nature despite his earlier comment.

"Our new friend is clearly still tired. He should be conserving energy, not expending it to force the food to submit. We shall ensure this meal is already subdued for him, yes?" Starfire floats up, heading over to Cyborg to look over the monitor on his arm as he orders pizza.

ailithnight

Gotta love Dick being a confused baby bi with his father's taste in partners (ie, people who could snap him in half like a toothpick).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the the way he's reacting seems like Danny may have taken Trigon into his own mind? Even if only long enough to resoundedly kick his ass back to whichever Hell dimension he came from. Can't imagine Trigon went quietly though. Probably gave plenty of new nightmare fuel on the way out. Of course, depending on why exactly Danny is on the run bad reveal and/or GIW lab rat?, maybe there wasn't really anything for Trigon to throw at Danny that's any worse than the nightmares he's already lived through.

Seems like, however he dealt with Trigon and whatever the after effects of that may be, Danny is down for the count for now. Surely he'll be out long enough for at least some of his enemies to catch up.

bloggerspam

Thanks for reminding me that I should finish this.

Hope you like the shenanigans--this one is more lighthearted and not meant to be super plot heavy so this might actually be the last installment, who knows?

Enjoy!

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Raven is kind of freaking the fuck out.

Her head feels so…empty.

It feels cavernous, in her mind. Overwhelmingly so.

As Garfield would say, there’s a lot of space for activities.

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