Black Canary: Yeah, I mean hes an adult, but he's closer in age to them, I figured he would be better at understanding them.
Flash: I mean he is childish, but maybe they'll finally listen to someone.
*opens the training room door*
Phantom, snarling: Is that seriously all you've got? Pathetic! Get back up and try again! Saving the day waits for no "hero"!
*Young Justice scattered across the room, all panting heavily, or cradling bruises as they're each paired up with a Phantom duplicate*
Superman, gobsmacked: Phantom what are you doing?!
Flash: Yeah man this looks a little harsh don't you think?
Phantom: They want to be treated like adults, Flash, so I'm treating them like adults. If they want to be treated like adults, then they can train like adults, work like adult, eat like adults, balance their hero work and their civilian work like adults. I said no slacking! Get back up!
Superman, wincing: Still...
Flash: Dude, what did they say to you to piss you off this much? *tries to joke* I need to know so I don't do the same. Seriously, you're scary.
Phantom: *scowls*
Kid Flash, panting: Pl-Please! Can we take a brake? I need some water.
Phantom: 10 minutes. *all his duplicates vanish and Phantom turns and floats out*
*water bottles appear out of nowhere, and all the sidekicks collapse, desperately chugging the water bottles*
Flash: No, seriously, what did you say to him? I've never seen him that upset before.
Artemis, clutching her ribs: K-Kid Flash s-said he didn't get why-why we couldn't be treated as adults and-and do our own work. R-Rob in Said-Said that Phantom was-ss lucky, cause he didn't have a mentor and took-took care of his territory on his own without help. Said-Said it couldn't be that hard since Phantom did it.
Adult Heros -Batman: *winces*
Superman: No wonder Phantom was so upset.
Green Arrow: Yeah, I'd be pissed too if my years of hard work was chalked up to "not that hard".
Flash: *turns and follows after Phantom*
Batman: Hmn.
Robin: *flinches*
Batman: It looks like Phantom still went easy on you. You should thank him for that.
Kid Flash: That was easy?!
Batman: You're still alive aren't you?
Superman: And by the looks of it, he was only brawling, I don't smell the scent of his Ecto-Blasts.
Black Canary: And he gave you water.
Flash: *makes his way to the observation deck*
Phantom: *staring up at the stars with a pained expression*
Flash: *stands next to him as a comfortable silence stretches between tham*
Phantom: The screwed up thing is, I could have had a mentor.
Flash: Yeah?
Phantom: Yeah. But, instead of guiding me, and helping me, and being a support system, he decided he'd rather be a fruitloop. So, he became one of my villains.
Flash: Wow, that sucks. Wait-
Phantom, snorts: Yeah, it does. We're the only two halfas in the world right now, and he decides to be a massive jerk. It sucks, it sucks alot, because back then, I'd have loved to have what these kids have, heck, I'd have loved to just have someone to give me advice without having some greater scheme or alternative motive.
Flash: But?
Phantom, taking a deep breath: But thats not how it worked out for me. It was me, my teenage friends, and my teenaged sister against an alternate dimension, and a corrupt falsified government agency. That's the bitter truth of it, and I won't change that if I maybe could, instead, I just have to make sure those dinguses don't get themselves killed before they're adults.
Flash, gently pats Phantom's shoulder: Awe, don't want them to join you in the realms.
Damian, raising his eyebrow, unimpressed: What about them?
Jon: Well, you know a lot about them so...
Damian: Spit it out, dancing around the subject, as you are, is unbecoming!
Jon: Th-Theres a guy I really really like and he loves dogs, and is even looking into adopting one or getting one from a good breeder, and I offered to help him because I just wanted an excuse to talk to him! But I don't know anything about dogs! I mean, there's Krypto but does he even really count as a dog? I guess also Titus and Ace but I'm only around them when I'm with you, and all I ever do I pet them!
Damian: You can not be serious.
Jon: This dog thing is really important Damian! Apprentantly he couldn't have any pets when he lived with his parents, but there was this wild dog that he would play with sometimes. He, like, really loves dogs, he gets so excited when he so much as catches a glimpse of them! His eyes get all soft and his smile is so-so bright! And he is, like, obsessed with Krypto whenever Krypto is around, its so cute!
Damian, less judgemental: You are serious.
Jon: I just want his experience with his first dog to be perfect, yaknow? Sorry, I know I'm being unreasonable.
Damian: What is he looking for?
Jon: Huh?
Damian: This guy, what is he looking for with a dog? Does he have a specific breed in mind? Any allergies? What is his house like? Does he have a yard or live in an appartment? Does he live near a park or forest if he doesn't have a yard? Does he have any physical limitations? How much time can he alot to grooming? If we're going to help him, we need to know this information so we can help him properly.
Jon, tearfully: Damian! You're the bestest friend ever!*hugs him*
Damian, embarrassed: Unhand me!
Bonus
*6 weeks later*
Jon, postmission: Agh what are we going to do with this beast? Danny is going to be here in 5 minutes! He can't see this thing! He'll freak out!
Damian, pouting: If father would just see reason and let me keep him, we wouldn't be in this situation.
Jon: What even is it? It looks kinda dogish? Maybe it already has an owner?
Beast in question: *towering golden colored animal with a wrinkled dog like snout, massive dog like paws, scales going up its limbs, long, slightly curled fangs, a curly lion-like mane, and a long curly furred tail*
Jon: I don't see a collar, do you?
Damian: No. Perhaps-
Beast: *perks up*
Danny: Hey, sorry I'm a bit early, astronomy club let out early because Michael was stupid and did a back flip off the- *stops as he makes eye contact with the "beast"*
Jon: Uhhh Danny, listen this this is-is uh-
Damian: A statue. I had it commissioned and it just arrived-
Danny: How in all the afterlives did you find a Fu Dog puppy in America!*eyes glittering in awe*
Damian: Fu Dog?
Jon: Puppy?!
Danny: Hi baby! Oh you're just the cutest thing aren't you?
Fu Puppy: *wags and shoves his nose in Danny's hand, having decided Danny wasn't an evil spirit*
Danny: So how did you find him? Fu Dog breeders are suuuper touchy about where they send their puppies, they're almost unseen outside of China! *happy petting the massive puppy, ignorant to the bewildered looks he was getting*
Jon: Oh uh we jus-
Damian: Jon told me you were in search of a dog. My father has a friend that pulled some strings. He was supposed to be a surprise, but due to some miscommunication the puppy was delivered early.
Danny, eyes soft: Really? Jon thats the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me.
Jon, blushing: Oh uh it was-it was nothing!
Danny: Oh but this must have cost a fortune! How much do I owe you?
Damian: No need, my father happily payed, it barely made a dent. You can repay us by taking good care of him.
Danny: If you're sure. *laughs as the puppy licks him*
Jon: So, uh, not to be a party pooper but how is he going to fit in your house?
Danny, laughing: Uh, spirit shifting silly! All mythical dogs are able to do it, its how they blend in with their owners when they're masquerading as human or living. Its taught to all puppies as soon as they're old enough to be taught, since its so important to our part of the worlds secrecy. Watch, *clicks his tongue to grab the puppy's attention* PÌžÍÍÍÌŠuÌŽÌÍÌÌ ÌpÌžÍÍÍÍÌĄÍpÌžÍÌÍÌ ÍÌ yÌ”ÍÍÌŸÌ«ÍÍ,ÌŽÍÍÍÌŒÍ mÌžÍ ÍÍÌșÍÌaÌ”ÍÍÍÌ»ÍsÌžÍÍÌÌÍÌ«kÌžÌÍÍÌÌ.ÌŽÌÍÍÌ Í
Fu Puppy: *starts shimmering gold, and shinks down. the light dissipates revealing a tiny apricot colored Shar-Pei puppy*
Danny: See? *happily picks up his new puppy* Its fine!
DcxDp Idea/Dabble/Prompt(?) idk do what you want with this.
Warning: Mild Swearing, and Kon is probably OOC idk i wrote this at 2am and could not care less about keeping them in character
When Kon woke up in a stranger's bed, it wasn't for the fun reason. He didn't remember much from the day before, just that he'd been running on fumes. The past two weeks had been hell, between shutting down an illegal cloning facility that brought up far too many emotions, and Clark, because of said cloning facility, being extra cagey and avoidant. They weren't the closest before, but at least they could act like distant cousins as a family Potluck, but now Clark was avoiding him, and it was annoying! And then Lex decied he wasn't being enough of an asshole by just existing, and stirred up trouble at 1am, leading to Kon flying to the wrong appartment. Truthfully, Kon just hoped he didn't scare the person too much, he didn't have a secret identity to really worry about, not like the Bats or Arrows did, and he hoped his costume was enough not to give the stranger a heart attack, they didn't call the police at least so that was hopefully a good sign.
As Kon rose from the bed, he did a quick sweep of the room. He wasn't a Bat, but he spent enough time around them to pick up a few practices. The room was simple, modest size, with a king bed pushed against the wall. The bed had a star patterned comforter, but on the desk, next to a bookshelf, was a pile of collage level books, and a number of space themed modles decorated the shelves, along with a few NASA posters. Whoever lived here definately had a thing for space. Next to the bed was a bedside lamp, on it a pill organizer with four slots empty, and on the floor on the same side was a large dog bed covered in a constellation pattern, and the word "Sol" embroidered on it, and it was then that Kon noticed a number of dog toys scattered across the floor, and a dog vest sitting on the desk chair. So the dog either didn't see him as a threat, was so friendly it didn't mind intruders, or the owner stopped the dog before it could think to attack him.
With his environment clocked, Kon finally paid attention to the rest of the appartment, listening further down the hall. He could hear quiet, almost silent, footfalls scurrying around, given the smell of butter and flour, the kitchen, along with the sizzle of something wet as it met a hot skillet, and the low clicking of animal nails on hardwood as the dog lazily followed after something hard, a ball perhaps.
Kon thought about just leaving, the window he presumably came in from was right there after all, but somehow that felt rude. He broke into this person's house and probably scared the crap out of them, at least a little bit, so the least he could do was not be a total ass and apologize. Hopefully they won't try to hold this over him somehow.
Carefully, Kon exited the bedroom, cautiously making his way down the stretch, passing the bathroom and a few pictures on the wall of three kids from the age of about 12 up to 18 where they were holding their highschool diplomas. Kon's lips quirked a bit at that, eyeing each picture fondly, slightly jealous of such a strong friendship. After looking at the pictures, and dodging dog toys as he walked, Kon exited the hallway and came into the kitchen, which opened into the living room and entryway, seeing as it was a small apartment. The living room was furnished with a simple dark blue couch atop a fuzzy off white rug, a small coffee table, a television sitting atop an entertainment center with a beat up gaming console beside it, another bookshelf next to the window, and three other dog beds, one next to the TV, and two by either side of the couch, with more dog toys sprinkled in. And then, Kon turned, coming face to face with the dog in question.
It, he?, was on the lager side of medium-sized with a slightly fluffy coat, and upright ears, he was a goldish looking coloring with a tiny bit of white on his chest. Kon didn't know enough about dogs to even guess at what breed he was, if he was even a purebred at all, but even if he couldn't be hurt by the dog, he didn't want to provoke him. Abandoned at the dogs paws sat some kind of open faced rubber ball, with what looked like food in it. The dog seemed to scrutinize Kon for a moment, before going back to the ball thing, shoving his nose inside to lick at more food, and Kon let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. And then a chuckle sounded behind him, and he whipped around.
"Sorry, Sol's a bit judgemental of strangers." Kon easily recognized the man, he was one of the kids in the photos, with black hair and eyes so bright blue they almost looked like they belonged in a cartoon. But he also looked slightly different in person, his hair was longer, not long-long, but enough for a short ponytail and his skin was pale and kind of sparkling, not like a Twilight Vampire, but almost like he was dusted in a light sheen of morning frost. He was taller than one would expect, but he was very skinny, almost like he didn't eat enough, but not to a sickly amount. "You're quiet, did he scare you? I'm sorry about that, he really is harmless. Well, harmless as any animal is at least."
Kon, realizing he was staring, quickly cleared his throat. "No- sorry. I'm still trying to wake up. Last night was, rough."
The man laughed easily and turned back into the kitchen where he went back to cooking, keeping his hand firmly on the counter as he moved to the stove. "I'd say, how'd you manage to mix up appartments so bad?" As he spoke he carefully poured the last bit of pancake batter on the griddle and moved to the sink, where he washed the bowl.
Kon shrugged. "I have no clue, it's been a stressful two weeks between- family drama and work."
The man, he really should ask for his name, snorted. "Been there, done that, moved out of state." He said breezily. "Are you going to stay an eat or do you want to get going? I made extra just incase but I can have the leftovers tomorrow if you just want to go home. Its just pancakes and some fruit I needed to cut up."
Kon hesitated. He didn't want to inconvenience this guy any more than he already did, but he was hungry, both from emotional exhaustion and physical exhaustion. Also, this guy was just, really nice, in a way that reminded him of Ma and Pa, just warm, welcoming, and nonjudgmental. Kon felt like he could tell this guy anything, which was a terrifying feeling to get from a stranger. "Breakfast sounds really good actually." He admitted.
"Have a seat and I'll bring it over." Kon did as told, shuffeling over to the island that seperated the kitchen from the entryway and sat down. "So, what can I call you? Because I've kinda just been referring to you as window guy in my head and its starting to get annoying. I'm Danny, incase you were having a similar problem."
Kon couldn't help it, he laughed shortly before sobering up. "Ah you don't recognize me, ouch!" He joked lightly, but he was confused. He was obviously one of the Supers, he was wearing the costume as everything.
Danny didn't look up from flipping the last pancake. "Are you famous or something?" He asked genuinely. "Because if you are I'm one of the last people who can recognize you on looks alone, since I'm blind."
Kon blinked in surprise. Blind, that was something unexpected, but then again, was it really? Kon thought back to the vest on the desk chair, and how it didn't look like any normal dog vest, and from where he sat, he could even see a cane standing near the door. There was also the way Danny moved, his carefully placed hands on the counters or fridge, every movement mindful even though it was his own home. It was subtle, but then again Kon really didn't know much about the blind community either so he didn't know what was normal. Not wanting the silence to linger and give the wrong impression, Kon kept talking. "No, I'm not famous I just get mistaken for one of the Wayne's sometimes, in Gotham, at first glance I kind of look like one of them so its a common mistake." He lied smoothly.
"Oooh, yeah I would never have made that mistake. I'm not completely blind, I can see a little bit and my left eye has more sight than the right, but I can't make out details like that unless I'm really close and trying really hard." Danny explained setting down the food, followed soon by the plates and cutlery. "Also, while I've been to Gotham a few times, my friend Sam is currently helping a- well known- er botanist, so I visit from time to time, but I've never even met a Wayne, nor can I recognize them. So, Mr. Not a Wayne, what is your name?"
Kon huffed a laugh, his friend was definitely in cahoots with Poison Ivy, so Danny probably has run into the Wayne's, or at least the Bats at one point and just hadn't realised. Helping himself to some pancakes, Kon answered his question. "My name is Conner, but everyone calls me Kon. It's nice to meet you."
Danny grinned at him, showing off slightly sharpened teeth. "Likewise Kon. Though next time, let's not meet with you climbing in through my window, yeah?"
Despite the bite of pancake in his mouth, Kon started laughing, already vowing to drag Danny to meet Tim, Cassie, and Bart, and maybe even Ma and Pa, because something tells him, they'd get on like a house on fire.
Notes:
-Due to Danny's accident, he lost a lot of his ability to see. His right eye is worse than his left, and he can still see a little bit, but hes very much legally blind. As Phantom/a Ghost he can see perfectly well, and he also has, what Tucker named "Ghost Sight" where Danny can focus on turning just his eyes into a ghost so he can see but Ghost Sight is extremely draining, dries out his eyes, and gives him major headaches so he uses it sparingly/not at all. When living with his parents Danny didn't dare ever think about getting a Guide Dog, it just wouldn't be safe. But when Danny went off and moved out on his own, he immediately looked into getting one and thus got Sol. Danny is perfectly capable of moving and functioning in his own home without Sol, or even his canes, but on the city streets its definitely harder.
-Sol is a German Shepherd/Golden Retriever/Labrador Retriever mix[50% GSD, 25% GR, & 25% LR], he's kind of a no nonsense dog that you can just tell has a very dry sense of humor even though he can't speak.
Adrien: *Grabs her chin and forces her to face the wall*
*Marinette breaks free and pushes Joker out the window, moves around and kicks up the rug, and breaks a chair to make it look like Joker tripped over it and broke the window*
Mari: Max, Markov, can you delete everything from the cameras from last night to now?
Max and Markov: *Already doing that without being asked and Markov cutting the wires to make it look like they were cut last night when the footage ended*
Marinette: Joker tripped out the window right?
All the hostages: Yep, tripped
Adrien under his breath: Tripped over those big ass clown shoes he wishes he could pull off
Imagine Danny Fenton working as a security gaurd at Arkum Asylum. Like, he jokes around with the inmates, makes horrible puns, try to get his stick in the mud coworkers to crack a smile. Nobody would take this bean pole seriously. Not noticing the lean muscle underneath his skin, or the way he surveys every room he enters in an instance. He's become a favorite with several inmates like Harley and the Riddler; not afraid to make witty comebacks and banter. There is just one thing though. He tells them one day if they ever try to escape they best do it when he's off the clock because they won't otherwise. Don't mistake this for a challenge, its a warning, he informs them. And the most mysterious thing about this new gaurd is that there has yet to be a successful prison break when he's on duity. This kind of record in Arkum is unheard of. Who knows what kind of attention that might cause. Mabye even the curiosity of a certain local Vigilante.
If I were a villain trying to break out of Arkum and ran into Danny-freaky-ass- slendrman-looking-Fenton standing at the end of an unlit hall lookinâ into my soul with his dead fish eyes Iâd turn right the fuck around.Â
Some punks with more guts than brains tried to charge him and Guard Fenton just stared them down until the inmates lost their nerve and wouldnât get any closer than ten feet from Fenton. The lights flicker. He doesnât move, doesnât blink. The man might not even breathe. The feeling is similar to walking through the forest and stumbling across a bear standing in your path. Something that seems so friendly from a distance but you dare not cross in close quarters. Something that makes your heart fall out through the seat of your pants.Â
Hardened crooks who would willingly risk being tracked down by The Bat if they escaped wonât gamble their chances with Fenton. The guy simply has bad vibes, âhorror movie vibesâ as Harley so eloquently puts it. For everyone who has the good sense to stay put during Dannyâs shift they get a bright, friendly smile and a congratulatory âGood choiceâ during his rounds later. Two words that feel suspiciously like dodging a bullet.Â
Fun Bonus Ideas:
Inmates place bets as to what kind of messed up stuff Fenton gets up to in has spare time to have such sketchy vibes. The most popular vote is serial killer. Another fan favourite guess is underground fighter, the Deathmatch variety.Â
At some point during his high school career Danny got tired of running off to transform into Phantom to fight ghosts and started throwing hands as Fenton. From an outside perspective this looks like Amity Park is full of metas and Danny Fenton has a history of getting into fights with them.Â
Clockwork sees how stressed Danny is from trying to be the goodest boy and never do anything remotely bad that could turn him evil and thinks he may have overdone it. At this rate his panic over never doing anything evil is going to force him to emotionally burn out and stop caring. Then he'll turn evil anyway.
So Clocky does something that sounds completely ridiculous in theory. He scoops Danny up and drops him into a universe full of superheros and villains and tells him to "Do whatever you want. There will be no consequences for you." Then he leaves.
And just like that, Danny goes apeshit. He decides to do the one thing he always wanted to do but was too afraid to because he didn't want to be judged, or worse, forced to join his parents.
He becomes a supervillian. Not as Phantom, no. But as Fenton! He goes full super genius mad scientist and terrorizes whatever city he's in. The local superhero is being driven insane as Danny builds death rays, shrink rays, his own modified version of the GAV, ect.
The best part if that the local heros can never catch him for long and when he is caught he always escapes before he is transported to whatever facility they wanted him in. He always ends up back in his home dimension where he goes back to acting normal and no one from either human dimension or the Infinite Realms knows what he's up to (except the stop watch of course)
After a particularly fun day in which Danny highjacks all broadcasting services to teach everyone in the world how to make insulin at home so you didn't have to pay a ridiculous amount for necessary medication, the Justice League was now on his tail.
Danny just laughs, thinking there's no way they'd ever be able to arrest him. Little does he know some guy calling himself Batman is leading the mission and he has no intention of arresting him. Danny, much to his horror, becomes far to familiar with adoption papers. As in he keeps having to set them on fire.
After leaving Amity Park, Danny and Jazz had settled in Gotham. Danny got a low level security guard job at Wayne Enterprises while Jazz started her job at Arkham Asylum. Most would assume Danny had the job with the least drama.(They would be wrong.)
You see, while Danny was a security guard, he also would occasionally help out in other departments, which lead to some people gettingâŠ. possessive.
The Aerospace department had already practically adopted Danny after he ranted about how cool space was and came up with several feasible features to a new design. R&D found Danny to be a delightfully clever person whose brain was on par with their best minds, and they would trade their souls to pick his brain. Biotech adored his outlook on things and his weirdly accurate observations. The Cybersecurity department had never met anyone who could make better firewalls(though he did promise his friend Tucker, who he apparently learned everything from, would apply soon.) Even Legal liked him, since he was good with paperwork and pointing out possible loopholes.
Security was fighting the other branches back with a stick. Danny was theirs first!
I know i see a lot of Danny hating the Joker on sight and immediately feral raccoon attacking him, but consider this - Joker has died a couple of times now.
Extremely liminal Joker seeing Danny and having his fight instincts kick in.
He'll be mid speech and race off to square up against this random guy.
Joker goes to walk past the coffee shop Danny's in and jumps through the window to attack him.
Joker is hiding from the Bats as he plants bombs in the sewers when he passes directly underneath Danny. He goes straight for the nearest manhole and climbs out to chase him down.
Meanwhile, Danny is taking these attacks entirely in human form. Joker is entirely hind-braining it, so the combat skills his mum taught him are enough to hold off the deranged clown until a Bat or a Bird can come and take him. He hasn't needed to go ghost or use any overtly obvious powers, so from the outside it looks like Joker has just decided to hate this one civilian in particular, and the civilian is using skills from self defence classes to survive the attacks.
Danny meanwhile is more annoyed than anything. He's just trying to live his best half- life, and this stupid clown cannot get past his first instincts enough to even be civil enough to talk. He can't even get a coffee in peace! Every time the Joker comes up to him, he's so visibly annoyed about it. He's asked once why he doesn't just move it hide away when the guy breaks out, and he responds "honestly? It's more of an inconvenience than anything else. I'm more annoyed at having to walk the long way along Robinson Park because I have a deathly allergy to one of Ivy's flower gardens."
Okay but imagine the Bats use this to their advantage sometimes when Joker is up to some shit and to keep his plan from happening they just start using Danny as a distraction
Normally they wouldnât dare use a civilian like that but Danny just seems annoyed by it more than anything and Joke has never been able to harm him so it works
But Joke starts something and just
Nightwing: ââŠ..hey um sorry to bother you but would you mind-â
Danny: âYou need me to run by and distract him long enough to release the hostages right?â
Red Robin: âI mean it would definitely helpâ
Danny: â*big sigh* âŠfine but yâall owe me oneâ
This just starts to become the norm and increasingly makes the Joker mad cause all his plans keep getting ruined but he also canât seem to make himself stop.
The Bats just think they have a meta on their hand with a weirdly specific power
Gotham all just start to love Danny and treat him like a celebrity
Danny just learns to live with it and enjoys the perks his weird celebrity status gave him
Joker interrupts Danny getting coffee? Once the clown is collected Danny's coffee is free and freshly remade if needed. Snack he did not order accompanying it if he's been there before for them to know which he likes.
Ripped Danny's hoodie? Someone offers him a new one. (Or to fix it.)
Wrecks an attempt at grocery/any shopping? His groceries mysteriously appear on his doorstep. (That one is probably the Bats. Not to encourage Hermitage but. This poor kid/man. Cannot catch a break. Delivering shit he needs for free without being asked is the least they can do.)
Danny didnât know how he was pregnant, but he was. All of his symptoms were the same, and despite the fact he was already in his late twenties and had had bottom surgery years ago, he still felt like the picture perfect version of an awkward underage teen at the doctors.
Apparently, according to Frostbite, ghosts didnât care about things like organs or dysphoria, no, all they cared about was ectoplasm, love, and obsessions. Apparently, since he and his partner had been talking about possibly adopting in the distant future, his ghost half decided to make a baby.
After the weirdest and grossest sex talk of Dannyâs life, Danny was being forced to sit in the waiting room, avoiding eye contact with the nice yetis as he attempted to call his partner for the tenth time.
It turned out Ellie had become more unstable, and ended up having to retreat into her core. Frostbite explained to him how he had to carry her in himself, similar to human pregnancy, but a little more Eldritch.
Having a de aged Dan thrown in the mix, since Clockwork had de aged him to almost two years old, and his parents kicking him out after finding out about him being a halfa? Everything was a mess. Thankfully, clockwork was able to arrange for him to go to school in Gotham, even arranging fake records for him and Dan, now known as Dante, and enrolling him in school while Dante would be babysat by Lady Gotham. Now known as Danny Mortem, he was enrolled in Gotham Academy, and ready to attend until Ellie was born.(Clockwork promised him heâd only have to take a week off, that would be easily explained by the flu.)
She accidentally got the attention of a small GIW branch in the middle of nowhere, probably a prison or containment unit, and they hunted her straight into the town she managed to find.
They also used their weapons on her. Their weapons...tuned for Danny. Her template.
Dani is down an arm and a leg, powers on the fritz because of the weapons they shot her with, sprawled in the middle of the road while horrified onlookers scream, with the GIW agents bearing down on her.
She closes her eyes and braces, and hopes it's at least less painful than melting. The adrenaline has already numbed the pain of losing two limbs, and she's grateful for that, but she's not sure it'll be enough to stand up to...well. Getting shot over and over again.
But nothing happens.
The screams slowly die down, and a hush falls over the area. The air itself seems to go still
She peeks open her eyes, and the GIW agents are still and tense, staring at something behind her. The people on the street still look scared, but now they look scared in a different way.
It's a struggle, but she manages to turn her head to see what stopped the GIW in it's tracks.
She's expecting Danny, or one of his rogues. Maybe even Vlad, in her wildest dreams.
What stands behind her, though, is none of them.
There are four people, all wearing similar outfits, not saying a word as they stare down the GIW with red hot glowing eyes.
She thinks she recognizes some of them, but the blood-loss is catching up.
The last thing she thinks before she passes out is that she really, really hopes she didn't hallucinate being saved by the Supergirl, cuz that would be really cool.
Or: Clark, Lois, Jon, Kon, Kara, Ma-basically everyone, immediately family or no, is in Smallville for a cookout.
Then the screams in town start up.
What the Supers see is a young girl gunned down in the road with government agents moving in, unable to save herself. She's clearly not human, if her green-tinted blood has anything to say about that, and the government agents were speaking to each other like she didn't have any rights.
They were talking about experimentation. About removing her other limbs so she couldn't fight back.
And. Well.
Clark, Jon, Kara, and Kon might be, just a little bit, pissed off.
Dani doesnât see what happened next, having passed out and all, but the newspapers clippings will be saved later.
Government agents shoved inside their own tank-like SUVs and trapped inside as the metal is twisted and welded around them, barely left space to breathe, much less move until the Supers find a place to keep them for trial.
Scathing articles about defense funding being siphoned through several false companies and fake personal accounts to attack and maim children who have been declared non-sentient but clearly feel pain and fear.
Many people in and around Smallville recognizing the little girl as being that sassy but kind adventurer whoâd claimed she was taking the Greyhound across country to visit her cousin. She had been sleeping on a bench at the station waiting for her bus transfer, and offering to share a story in exchange for food. Several other travelers and townsfolk share first-hand accounts to several news stations of just how sentient she is.
The Anti-Ecto Acts being brought to public view and national protests turning into violent riots when police attack churches for wanting to protect their dead spirits. There is more unity between religious sects in that month than ever before recorded in history, all fighting and organizing together to decree The Dead Have A Right To Live Their Afterlife.
But thatâs all drawn out over months. All Dani knows when she wakes up about 30 hours later is sheâs hooked up to medical equipment. The only reason she doesnât have an instant panic attack is she also opens her eyes to see Supergirl sleeping in a recliner next to her hospital bed.
The Supers have been taking turns watching over this damaged child and have grown attached. No one has dared get close without being fully supervised by a Super.
Dani: sooo whereâs my arm and leg?
Kon: uhhh I donât mean to alarm you but theyâre gone? They kinda almost blew you up completely.
Dani, rolling her eyes: yes I know that thank you. But if you kept the pieces I could reabsorb them and that would help me regain some strength. Itâll take longer to grow those limbs back though. Not as malleable as I used to be since I stabilized. Wish I had an Ecto-Dejecto.
Jon: a what?
Kara: âŠdejectoâŠ? Sounds like the opposite of what you need right now.
Dani: yeah the name sucks but trust me itâs good stuff. Totally kept me from melting that one time.
Dani: I mean yes? Technically? But should I is a different story. Dannyâs a bitâŠprotective. If he hears what happened, heâs going to freak out. Iâm talking full on mother hen mode.
Kara and co immediately assume this is a cousin who is older kinda like how Clark was older than Kara and that this cousin is a responsible adult despite the girlâs stubborn refusal to ask for help.
When Danny eventually does show up they are shocked to find another literal child mother hening the even younger child.
Danny's rampage at least let's the Justice League find several of the hidden GIW bases. Sure, finding them blown to pieces because of an angry teen ghost who is getting vengeance for his cousin? Not ideal. But it's better than nothing. Once Dani calls him, he nyooms on over asap. The Super fam are impressed by the speed. Horrified by the how though. Seeing a teen crawl out of a phone like something from a horror movie? Ehh, they could have passed. At least a Dani seemed amused?
Danny had been just peacefully watching the news with Jazz when he saw it. And by saw it, he absolutely means seeing Dani get nearly killed by the GIW in Kansas, only for her to be saved by the Supers.
Dont get Danny wrong, he's grateful that they saved her, but his ghostly instincts to Protect are now flaring up, and before he realizes what he's doing, he's already flown out of his families house and is in front of a GIW base.
He only remembers a blur of fighting, killing, and destroying any base or GIW Operative he comes across or knows about. The bases looked closer to a childrens hospital from a thousand years ago than a base that had been populated barely an hour before Danny arrived.
Danny knows he shouldn't kill, shouldn't give into the ghostly instinct to keep what is theirs safe at any cost, bit he will admit that knowing that so many of the GIW bases and personnel are gone satisfies his Obsession more than just letting them go to prison would.
He's destroyed the 5th base that day when he gets the call.
"Danny...? Hey... can you bring me some ecto-dejecto? I'm safe, but I... I need you to come see me... I dont feel safe..." Dani whispers into the phone, and within moments Danny is crawling through the phone and is hugging his daught- nope! Cousin! She's his cousin and has asked to be that relation!
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Supergirl wishes that she got to say that she wasn't the witness to the ghostly boy, dripping with blood and chunks of human flesh crawling out of Kara's phone... but she was, and she will have to deal with knowing the exact image of seeing a boy shove himself through the few small openings in her phone like he was made of silly string, only to reform into a blood covered boy afterwards for the rest of her life.
At least Dani was able to be given the medicine that she needs...?
Kara was probably less alarmed than she should be. But honestly given what they knew of the organisation that was hunting the teens? She could very well understand why Dani's cousin had gone scorched earth. At least they were in a hospital, the blood would be easy enough to clean up. He definitely needed a thorough scrub... Kara sighed and grabbed a sample kit. In case they needed evidence later.
Dani just raised an eyebrow at her template.
Dani: You couldn't have cleaned up before coming over? I don't want GIW gross blood on me!!!
Danny froze and looked down at himself. He had been on a mindless rampage honestly. After seeing them hurt his person. He just.. Lost it. Oops. He shrugged sheepishly and went intangible. The sound as all the debris hit the floor was kinda gross. But it could have been worse.
Danny: Sorry. I got your medication! Are you feeling ok? How many doses do you need? I grabbed the whole box. And the stuff needed to mix up more just in case. Why didn't you have any on you! You should have called when they started tracking you! I'd have helped!!!
Dani: Nooo!! I knew you'd be like this! I didn't want to worry you. You already have to babysit Amity and the portal and the Fenton's. Then you have to deal with Vlad and his bull. I thought I could handle it. I was headed to visit. So I could grab more.
Kara watched as the cousins bickered lightly. The new arrival moving with practised ease to sort out the medication. The motion far too practised. The list of issues mentioned was far too long. Many incredibly worrying. A portal? The way Dani almost spat the names indicative of her dislike. The way he easily took to fussing and caring for her was sweet. But again, far too practised. Showing that it was not uncommon. Why was her cousin fussing over her, not the adults in their lives. At least by phasing the blood off him she could see his face now... Eerily similar to hers. Far too alike for 'cousins'. If not for the age difference Kara would have thought twins.
Dash works at the GCPD. Itâs been an interesting first few weeks. He canât quite understand why everyone is so afraid of these rogues that the Bats and the Birds fight.
The other officers in the station just thought Dashâs comments on the matter was just the new guy talking shit. They ate their words when the newbie brought The fucking Joker into the station in handcuffs single-handedly.
And when he inevitably gets fired, he gets picked up by Red Hood.
Jason loves this new guy. He is laid back and competent and can keep up better than most native Gothamites despite being an outsider.
(Which, he should look into this Amity Park place, shouldn't he? Or make one of his siblings do it. After all, if even half of the things Dash says are true, well, the JL should probably know what's going on.)
No your thinking of it all wrong, people know Dash enjoys his job so no one is willing to even suggest firing him because if this is what he can do on the good side imagine what he could do if he became a villain.
One of the cops that wants Dash fired tries putting him in anti meta cuffs framing it as a strength test to see if he could get out from a tight situation and Dash just breaks them like crushing an aluminum can and it horrifies everyone. Like everyoneâs thinking âoh god thereâs no way to stop himâ. Someone in the firing range âmisfiresâ and it just bounces off with Dash responding âHaHa at least these are blanksâ
Ok so I was just gonna add this in a comment but then it got away from me so now it's going here lmao This prompt has possessed my brain for a moment
Gosh I'm just imagining the reveal of his Non-Meta based powers lol
Just Dash being interrogated by the Batfam or whoever else and being asked about his Meta powers, the look on their faces as he tells them about this radiation his hometown has called "Ectoplasm" and how he's considered a "Limnal Being" because of it.
Just all steps of grief flashing across thier faces and then as he describes the color of this "Ectoplasm" and its bright, neon green just like the Demon Head's pits, so now they're at the point they're thinking this cop's tiny hometown is filled with Lazarus Pits that the town has since adapted to, changing the structure of their DNA in some cases.
then Dash just mentioning "Oh yeah we messaged the Justice League a lot when it first started but they never came so we made do" type of line and then they also have to cope with that.
Just Dash traumatizing these people due to this misunderstanding and no one clears it up till later due to Dash just sort of being oblivious to this not being common knowledge as he's lived in his small town his whole life with very little tourists and the G.I.W keeping Amity Park out of the publics eye online.
THEN THE REVEAL OF THE ANTI-ECTO ACTS!! It's just a flaming mess and now both the Justice League and the Bat Family are scrambling to try and fix this Huge thing they somehow missed.
The batfam watching the security log later cannot stop laughing.
Tim: ... I know I can't justify it... But I want to give him a raise.
Bruce: He's definitely not going to be reprimanded. If I see his name with a complaint?
Tim: No you didn't. Got it B. I've never seen her look so offended. I'm in awe!
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Vicky Vale absolutely posted about it on Twitter to complain. And Danny? The gremlin? Retweeted it.
*Well if you'd respect my boss's right to privacy? Sorry, not sorry!*
Tucker and Sam are laughing with him when they all see Bruce Wayne and Tim Drake-Wayne retweeted it..... Oh no. At least he got thumbs up from both? And... That's the rest of the extended Wayne clan commenting....
Danny: Did I just go viral for being a bit shy receptionist?
Tucker: ... You need to commit to the bit! You need the nails!
Sam: And the hair!
Danny: ... Fuck it we ball! Where do I get decent fake nails?
Oh the nail technicians would have a BLAST. He just throws open the door and ANNOUNCES "I need the Bitchiest(tm) most reporter offending nails you've GOT!"
Like? (â.â ) *eye glint* Our Time Has Come.
This is GOTHAM, sweetie. They have been WAITING for this day.
Do you have ANY idea how long they have bitched and moaned, strike that, LAMENTED that poor Brucie "himbo" Wayne did not have someone willing to slash tires, guarding his beautiful but emptied headed back?
It's been like watching people bully a golden retriever.
Aim for her "standards of journalism, who's she?" Mother Fuckin, expensive suit bought with himbo tormenting blood money, never heard of BOUNDARIES havin' FACE!
Sandra! Get over here! We need that polish you made! Yeah. The "probably legal" one! Honey... you're gonna be able to SHANK people when we're done~
And Danny is just? Absolutely stars in his eyes. They... they ENABLE the ghost boy? Oh! Bonus for nail technicians! Bonus 1000 years!
Tell him about the clicky clacky stabby heels!
Sam and Tuck have slight regrets. Don't get them WRONG, they'll always support Danny in whatever he does. But like... they were UNAWARE they were letting Feral Racoon With A Biting Problem Man meet his PEOPLE, here? His fashionable, fashionable, delicately perfumed people.
Paulina is laughing at them over the phone because SHE knew. The beauty culture in Gotham is just... Like That(tm). Now she's texting Danny tips. Sam feels vaguely betrayed. Danny... Danny how could you?
Paulina, Danny? You go to HER for "making grown adults cry" tips? In front of Sam's SALAD, Danny? On this? The day of her non-existent daughter's wedding?? Dead to her! Disowned! It's like she doesn't even KNOW you anymore!
Tucker is just trying to see how many "technically legal" "self defense" devices he can fit into one of those fashion corset thingies. Is looking up if it's legal to walk around with stiletto knives if... and bare with him... they were shoes.
He says double down everything they tell him not to do something. Commit to the bit Danny! Fuck it, weaponizable feminine clothing! Maybe he might ACTUALLY get a date out of this! (Danny and Sam: Eeeeeh.. *so-so, it's unlikely hand motion*) If nothing ELSE, it'll help him break into the tech markets! He needed a niche anyway.
Why NOT? It's GOTHAM! You work for the WAYNE'S! Free advertising AND a ready buyers market! Be gay, Danny! Do crimes! Now take these fishnets strong enough to choke out a supersolider without tearing and leave him to market research!
Danny... is getting kinda worried about Tucker. I mean, the tights are cool! But uuuuh.. *hands to sam* Lookin little Mad Scientist around the eyes their buddy... Have you been talking to Mr. Wayne's son again? You KNOW you n Tim feed off each other in some sort of unholy spirally pit of madness, from which neither of you willingly choose to escape.
We confiscated your phone. You're not getting Barbra BACK until you sleep, man.
(Tucker: NEVER! Traitors to the cause!)
But like? A terrifying Goth, a possible mad scientist, and the SINGLE most FERAL GNC Fae-like secretary in the history of forever, walk into Wayne Industries Monday morning.
Yes they work there. No you can't make them leave.
Yes you SHOULD pick a God and pray.
Danny LIKES his new nails~ they got STARS on um~⥠and can poke through STEEL! :3c Now? Now he shall cause terrible people Problems On Purpose(tm).
Tim sees him walk in... And has to take a moment. Danny's gone full Gina Linetti. Oh... This will be Glorious!
Tim speed walks to him, he has to see the nails.
Tim: I need a photo. Please?
Well, how can Danny say no to a fellow chaos gremlin? Tucker is grinning maniacally, Sam is watching with glee. Half of the office have run for the hills.
Danny: Sure thing boss! They gave me solar system nails! And, you should see what they put in this suit!
Sam: Tucker may have gone overboard. But the sales assistant at the mall definitely encouraged it. They convinced him to go for the rogue attack fashion line. Danny could double as security right now!
Tim:.... Tucker added to it as well?
Danny: I did too! We can give you the blueprints? Maybe add to the Wayne fashion line? Oh! And these nails? Absolutely deadly weapons. I had no idea they could do that.
Tucker: Once they saw it was for Danny? To fend off the sharks? They brought out the good stuff!
The picture of the four of them is taken by a grinning Tam. And quickly uploaded to Tim's official twitter. After all. If people are warned in advance they can't complain right?
before the end of the evening he knows how to open windows by mocking the glass with his fingernails. How to make wounds extremely painful but without real damage. Use a nail file to puncture tires. How to use essential oils yo induce a deceptive mood And Lots Of Other Awesome Stuff And Not Illegal Technical ~
He also has weekly meetings scheduled to learn to run and fight in his new clothes. Damn the clothes pretty but hard to move/fight in compared to his usual.
Paulina is so proud. And he obviously share a all of the things he learns with her. Sam fears their friendship.
For some reason? I am CONVINCED Paulina works as Lex's secretary.
She sits at a desk, chewing sugar free gum loudly when annoyed, ignoring the waiting room, and amusing herself. No one EVER sees her work. She's the single most beautiful woman in the building. She's awful.
All her work is IMMACULATE.
She and Mercy are "besties", whether Mercy agrees to this or not.
She ABSOLUTELY knows that Clark is Superman because she recognizes Cute Guys(tm) at 50 paces and has improved drastically since Danny. Says nothing. Never will.
Doesn't even get up from her seat when he literally sends her boss through a wall in his mech suit.
She is? A BITCH(Respectfully and with great Awe). Like a dragon made into a highly fashionable Latina woman.
Lex ABSOLUTELY scooped her up after meeting her EXACTLY once at a fashion show. She was making investors thrice her age and millions her bank account, cry. Like INFANTS.
What... was he supposed to NOT hire her instantly? He's only vaguely certain she won't STAB him! She delightful and he can't stand her. Best secretary he's ever had.
Any GIW that enter the building chasing after her will NOT be leaving.
When people realise the two crazy secretaries know each other? Went to the same school? Same class? Conspiracy theories are gonna fly. Where did they grow up to become like *gestures vaguely* that!
Lex adores her so much. She stated down Superman. And told him to come back with a warrant. He sets her on people he hates with impunity.
Pauline of course loves this job. She gets to be as bitchy as her heart desires. She has all the tips for Danny. And she has to go to Gotham to get the nails done! She wants them!
The selfie of the two of them getting nails done together? Strikes fear into the hearts of many. Especially people who try to go through them to get to their bosses.
What if photos of them dating (there are some of them when Kitty owned Paulina) become public? people thank their deity that they are not staying together
Everyone praying they don't get married and have kids. That much sass would lead to the MOST sassy, bitchy child. The world does not need that. They already have Red Robin!
Honestly Danny and Paulina having the identical job of "Be a bitch to and get in the way of whoever wants to bother my boss" is so perfect for both of them. Like they're not security because none of what they do involves physical protection(Well it's not supposed to but there have been times security hasn't gotten there fast enough) they're just the bouncers for people their boss doesn't want around. And if the boss wants they can pretend "There's nothing I can do, my hands are tied. If I fire him/her then I'll have so many problems to fix. I'll reprimand them privately" if it ever comes back to hurt their reputation. Then pulling them out back for "Reprimand" and pulling out a Lincoln from their pocket and say "Thanks for giving me an excuse to be in a quiet room while I'm supposed to scold you. Here's a bonus."
I'm also picturing that Danny is wearing an Androgynous Gothic Classy look. Since of course Sam couldn't let herself have 0 influence on his look. The classy goth is from Paulina and the birds of prey influencing it. And it being androgynous is because Danny is intentionally trying to be bitchy. Of course he has to be visibly queer to fully pull it off. With small little details of every outfit having a space theme. The nails, the corset having a moon pin helping keep it closed, glitter in his dark black hair, deep purple shirt with some star shaped cuff links and buttons. He could almost pass for another villain at times.
Meanwhile Paulina has Barbie Bitch vibes and wears lovely pink outfits designed in a way that makes it clear she's the boss in the room no matter how powerful you might be.
Lex and Bruce both start giving them an outfit budget since half the time just seeing who the outfits does the job before they even have to open their mouths.
Ok, but DICK? Mr. 'Sluttiest Bat Alive' Grayson? He is LOVING THIS. He's already taught Paulina and Danny some acrobatics, and they're doing them IN HEELS!!!
People are terrified of when bruce and lex need to meet for business now because they always bring their secretary it started with lex cus he was heading to Gotham he needed "protection" (he really just wanted to see paulina rip into any idiot who tried to approach)
When he gets to wayne enterprises he goes to introduce Paulina only for her to stroll right past him to mr Wayne's by now infamous secretary
She stands in front of the desk a cold look on her face danny stands matching her look camera stare waiting for these to pillers of bitchieness to do something
The tension in the air is palpable its like looking at batman and superman having a stare off you can't tell whos winning
When after what feels like an eternity but twas only but a mere moment both smile "PAULINA DARLING HOW ARE YOU! I've not seen you since high school!" "DANIEL! I'm good! How are you!"
. . . They know each other at once both looked at lex and bruce "we're taking out break" and walked out chatting all the while snippets of their conversation drilling one fact into the minds of everyone... they went to school together
Danny introduces her to the sirens. There are pictures of them having spa days with them. There is no God. They are besties.
Sam loathes it, while loving the drama of it. What did we do?! Tucker look what we did! Tucker loves it. His self defence clothing line was green lit. He is making bank! Sam also added a few more both pieces and is also doing well from it.
Danny and Paulina both happily wear the gifted pieces to display them. Danny with his androgynous goth style. Paulina in bimbo core.
Oh and please hear me out. Valerie becomes Oliver Queens Secretary. With bold red techcore fashion but tied together with a businesslike front. She comes to Gotham and gets dark black nails with silver wire like designs. Her nails may or may not spark when she's angry.
She's also a bouncer type secretary and people start making jokes about a new trend of CEOs getting unusual secretaries to act as bouncers.
They of course met at a tech conference. Oliver took one look at her 'I get what I want whether you step aside or I walk over your corpse' attitude and scooped her up. Putting her in the secretary position with the intention of her only staying there to complete college.
But finding she's way too valuable as a secretary to ever replace so he just continues giving her raises and letting her do the tech work she wants on the side whenever she wants during the day as long as she kept the reporters, rogues and board members out of Oliver's way.
She keeps her gun strapped to her thigh but has never had a reason to use it. At least not to fire it. She has occasionally shifted how she was sitting/standing so that the gun becomes visible to whoever she's speaking to. But has never had to draw it. Even with rogue attacks and hostage situations she's always handled it without firing off a single shot.
Valerie also wear some of Team Phantom's designs. They get together with Paulina to design new defensive clothing styles and give the designs to their bosses. Obviously separate ones. Lex Corp becomes know for its hyper femme defensive line. Gotham for gothic androgynous line. Queen's for their cyber punk line.
Amity Park graduate from year 2xxx to 2xxx? You out that on a resume and certain jobs are far easier to get. There is an expected level of batshit ballsy expected. But they have it. Amity Park really did weed out the weak.
Val doesn't go the bitchy queen bee route. She chooses cold, calculating and hard. Ice queen bitch. And how boy do people know fear. No one's seen her crack a smile that wasn't full of blood thirst.
Ok but the public's reaction when they learn about how all three of them went to school together, were in the same CLASS even? Delicious.
But also, cause I'm an absolute slut for Ghost King Danny, y'all can take it or not, up to y'all. Danny being an absolute menace in his secretary job absolutely carries over to him running the Realms. He doesn't put up with the Observants bullshit and threatens them with his manicure whenever they start to get outta line. Clockwork is just eating this up, he's so proud of his student and watches the organized chaos with a bowl of popcorn like it's the best sitcom ever.
Ok so I'mma up the "The three of them were in the same school and class" drama...
I wanna see the chaos of when people find out that both of These two badass ladies dated Danny in highschool. Like, the fear I'd feel when I find out something like that because if they dated him before and still have a good relationship, who's to day these three don't come back together as a throuple. The possibility is there and I'd watch them closely just in case!!
There would be so much fear? Like... No please? God's, which ever, whoever! Please no?! That much power in one relationship? Cannot be allowed to pass!
And obviously it's not going to happen. Been there tried that. they have other people to focus on thanks. But the knowledge that people fear it? The three of them play that up. They are actively leaning into that. They are living for The fear they cause.
He's great. He works hard to protect his town. That said, Amity's local hero is a teenager. The people he relies on to help and support him are teenagers. The town's superhero defense is a handful of kids figuring things out on their own.
They do good, but sometimes the people of Amity have to be prepared to lend a hand or hold their own for a bit. That's just how life is under these ceach other. Communities come together and support each other. It's fine. People adapt. Life goes on. They're really doing quite well.
A class from Amity Park visits a museum in Gotham on a field trip. They get caught in an unfortunately timed Scarecrow attack.
Scarecrow should have known better than to activate the fight or flight responses of a group of Amity Parkers.
The gas canister drops and discharges. The field trip group explodes into action.
A pair of Football players quickly overturns a table and use it as a shield as they charge the goons with the most firepower. Cheerleaders toss each other into the air for aerial attacks. Nerds turn objects from a nearby Janitor closet into a surprisingly effective trebuchet with astounding speed. One girl utilizes impressive martial arts skills.
A boy with Black hair and blue eyes flits about the battlefield pilfering and disassembling weapons with a shocking degree of efficiency as a Goth girl follows him around and bludgeon anyone who attempts to make a grab for him with a stand that had been holding up a rope barrier, and a boy in a beret lays down cover fire by launching pencils out of a makeshift bow formed from a binder and rubber bands with a startling degree of accuracy.
The teacher flits around pulling kids out of the path of attacks they hadn't seen, stowing any injured behind cover, and giving foes solid thwack on the noggin when the opportunity arises. He actually ends up knocking out Scarecrow himself.
The statement "We're not trapped in here with you. You're trapped in here with us," is repeated several times by different people.
When the Bats or police arrive, they have to carefully pull the feildtrip group off of the unfortunate rogues.
It takes a while to get the antidotes administered, but they do eventually manage. The class remains in defensive formation the whole time.
When the kids finally calm down enough to give statements, they mostly just say that Scarecrow gets what he gets for deliberately activating Amity Parkers' fight or flight responses. After the antidotes take effect, the class seems unfazed and goes about their business as soon as the authorities allow.
Some other visitors to the museum upload videos of the event online with titles like "the one class that was prepared for a field trip to Gotham" and "What kind of place is Amity Park, and why haven't I heard of it before?"
It doesn't take long for people to edit the videos to set the fight to music. Popular song choices include Ballroom Blitz, Bring 'em Out by Hawk Nelson, and the "we like to party" song from the six flags commercial.
Now the Bats are investigating Amity Park (and why they haven't heard of it before).
We know Batman is warning the League about these kids. In case they have a class trip to their own city. Which happens over the next year. And each hero is horrified by the skills they have. Batman! Why are they so prepared???? Batman is grouchy. He is having trouble hacking them. And the publicly available news does NOT cover anything that would explain.. THAT!
If Tucker pulls the bow and arrow with a binder and rubber bands thing in front of the arrow family they're going to want to adopt him. Bruce is just grumpy that he couldn't adopt the tiny mechanic.
Not that he didn't try to but he tripped Danny's fruitloop sensor and he bolted, with the others returning fire. They all knew how accurate the fruitloop sensor was from experience, no one wanted to see why the man set it off. Amity knew to trust the kids instincts.
Danny gets bullied a lot. Everyone knows this. The town knows this. Danny knows this. Hell the ghosts in the zone know this. But what most people donât know is that the bullying doubles as like, a secret protective service for one Daniel Fenton.
Daniel, who grew up in a small town and knows his classmates intimately because they have all grown up together. Danny, who despite the sometimes harsh treatment, never says no when someone asks him for help with math or science. Who has more than once taken apart and repaired someoneâs phone at the cafeteria table. Who helped secretly distribute small ecto weapons that he put together in his room for his classmates because they deserved to feel safe and be able to protect themselves.
Danny is a good dude, and Vlad gives everyone the ick. Despite Amity being a small town, there is a significant number of incredibly wealthy people who live there. The Mansons and Paulinaâs family being ones of notice. So like, they know wealthy people are kinda ïżŒEssentric ïżŒ, but not Vlad essentric.
Vlad who they regularly hear Danny complain about (wants to kill my dad marry my mom and turn me into the perfect son). Like all the red flags have been waved. Full steam ahead boys, good kid Danny is uncomfortable and possibly in danger and no one fucks with out emotional support tutor/mechanic.
Itâs a whole system. Secret tech genius Star creates a tracking app that specifcally tracks Vlad sightings. Everyone in the school has it. You have to be invited to even download it.
Once Dash shoved Danny in a locker conveniently before Vlad walks down the hall because heâs the mayor and doing a surprise inspection of the school.
Paulina forces her dad to pull over when she seeâs Danny arguing outside a limo that the mayor is definitely sitting in. Itâs pouring rain and Danny clearly wants to be anywhere else. Paulina calls out to him asks if he wants a ride to the nasty burger because they decided to do the homecoming planning there instead because the weather is trash and theyâre all hungry. Dannyâs not on the committee but he nods and hops in the car with a grateful smile and says if they need his help with anything to let him know. He could probably modify some of his parents tech into harmless laser lights if they wanted something cool.
All and all, there is a system, so when Bruce Wayne shows up in their little city (because wtf?) with a letter, medical records of dna matching (also wtf how did he get Dannyâs dna?) and a declaration that heâs Dannyâs biological father, they are ready to add another billionaire to the system.
I mean, the first time Danny got cornered by this dude with a âson I just wanna talk,â the kid literally jumped out a second story window to get away.
Paulina and Sam share a look because they recognize a rich boy mask when they see one and itâs suspicious. Star and Tucker do a bit of digging because millionaires with interest in Danny have always been super sus. Danny is panicking because he knew he was adopted but fat fucking chance itâs Bruce Wayne. Not to mention he knows heâs the bat. Clockwork has sent Danny on enough time stream correcting mission caused by the flash family that he sorta figured out all the JL secret identities.
No fucking chance Bruce âIâm Batmanâ Wayne just happened to discover a long lost biological child. Nu uh. That vigilanti is not getting Danny to no secondary location because the secondary location is probably the GIWâs dissection table.
Meanwhile Bruces kids are fucking howling because somehow this kid is giving actual Batman the fucking run around. Oracle because sheâs a tech goddess, knows that this entire high school of teens has a system around protecting Danny from suspicious billionaires, which is weird that this is apparently a normal thing.
These teens are running Bruce ragged. Dannyâs walking down the stairs and Bruce is waiting to try to talk to him when one of the drama kids runs up and loops their arm through Dannyâs. âOmg, Paul broke his arm yesterday because he got caught in the GIWâs crossfire with a ghost yesterday and he was out lighting manager. I hate to ask this of you, but could you stand in for rehearsal today?â She asks already dragging Danny back into the school.
Bruce talks to Dannyâs parents and is waiting for him at home when half the football team comes barging in behind him. âDanny is tutoring us for the test tomorrow and if we donât pass then we wonât be able to play next weeks big rival game.â And then donât wait as the drag Danny to the ops center where he usually hosts tutor sessions.
Danny himself just disappears when Batman tries to approach him as phantom or flys into the ozone, like try to follow me up here you dark furry.
The reason Bruce knows about Danny at all is because the GIW branched out and ended up in Gotham where they target Jason Todd/Red Hood and Batman was not gonna let that slide. He originally showed up in amity for investigative reasons but he clocked Danny as a literal bruce Wayne teen look-alike and his suspicions led him to confirm for himself via DNA that yeah Danny was his. Completely by accident he assures, but also why the fuck does this keep happening to him? Are there more secret children in the world?
Anyway, Bruce has no plans to like, remove Danny from his life. His adoptive parents safety ïżŒ parameters ïżŒare questionable at best, but itâs clear they love both their kids very much (this is a good Fentonâs au). Mostly he just wanted to get to know him, see if he wanted to visit Gotham every now and then, and let him know that financially if he ever needs anything that Bruce will 100% foot the bill.
Instead heâs spent a month being misdirected by the teenage secret services and avoided by Danny Fenton/Phantom (because Bruce connected the dots the first time he saw Phantom fight letâs be real).
Not to mention Vlad Masterâs really really doesnât like Bruce. Danny Phantom (before he realized Bruce actually knew his identity) gave Bruce the Spector deflector and said never take it off. Ghosts will possess you and you have money they will take.
The shift in perception happened when Bruce clocked Vlad across the face in a solid punch that probably left the mayor concussed. No one knows what was said, but their was murder in Bruceâs eyes and the low growl of his voice was terrifying.
Literally the next day Danny shows up in his hotel room all smiles. âAny Enemy of Vladâs is a friend to mine and my own.â
Jason doesnât want to bring Lancer anywhere near his nightlife and Lancer is perfectly fine with that. Lancer manages to convince Jason into some martial arts and combat training to defend his students if need be. Itâs pretty concerning how often he has to use said training.
Okay but now I canât stop thinking about WHY Lancer judo flipped a GIW agent
The GIW agent was trying to detain a number of his students for âhigh levels of ecto contamination.â The fact it seemed to be his entire homeroom class seemed odd, but Lancer had read the anti ecto acts. He knew what they said, and he knew what would happen if his students went with the agent
No one would see them again. Not him, not their parents, no one.
Desperately want a fic where Lancer shows up at his boyfriendâs place with twenty teenagers
Jason: âŠbabe what am I looking at
Lancer: absolutely nothing you never saw us I just need someplace to stash the wiggly ones while I go get supplies. Please forget me, itâs for the best.
Jason: âŠ.âkay, Iâm gonna need some answers later, but⊠âwiggly oneâsââŠ?
Lancer: *hoists Danny up by the scruff of the neck*
Danny: *hisses*
Lancer: wiggly ones.
Jason: âŠâŠâŠ.kkkkaayyyyy babe changed my mind Iâm gonna need that explanation now
Lancer: no, we donât have timeâ
Jason: yeah uh-huh no that wasnât a request
Paulina, in the back: ARE YOU TWO GONNA KISS?? GROSS
Lancer: MISS SANCHEZ FOR THE LOVE OF JANE AUSTINâ
the fact that Lancer keeps trying so avidly to protect Jason is sending me like this man will bring you the heads of the GIW in sacks for Valentines and you will be scared of getting him into trouble for getting a speeding ticket
And then there is Jason who is just, even more smitten. His man just bodied a government worker, committed grand theft auto, kidnapped his own class and is on the run from the law. And he is as much of a book enthusiast. Jason is just, so in love right now.
1: Suspiciously eyeing Jason. Why is this ghost/halfa/liminal dating his teacher? Is it a plot to get to him? Spectra tried being an employee, maybe the new plan to get close and hurt people is to date an employee. Well not on his watch! This 'Jason' guy is going to be so closely watched, Danny will learn his every secret. Every. Single. One. No one hurts his class + teacher!
2: Mr. Lancer is dating a ghost/liminal/halfa? Mr. Lancer protects them all from the anti-ecto acts? Does that mean Mr. Lancer and Jason could accept him? Jason just pulled a gun on a GIW agent. Yeah, could you sign right here? No, this isn't an adoption form, what are you talking about.
Either Jason coaxes Danny in like a feral cat, or Danny 'Batman Adoption Bait' Fenton is doing his level best to get adopted, despite Jason's confusion (and deep desire to never let his siblings know).
Danny sidling up to them like a feral alley cat. And then stopping the truth in them. Waits for bad reaction. And the bad reaction is Mr Jason swearing to get revenge. Oh, wait. Why is Mr Lancer hugging him? Mr Jason, why is he crying! help! Mayday!
Jason agonising about when his past as Red Hood is gonna catch up with him and ruin his perfect domestic bliss with his perfect domestic boyfriend
But Lancer deserves to know, itâs dangerous to date a former crime lord and also vigilante
People could try to hurt him to get to Jason
Then one day Lancer comes home from work with HIS ENTIRE CLASS OF STUDENTS and tells Jason he loves him but theyâre going on the run from the government and it wouldnât be safe for JASON to be seen with HIM
Jasonâs actual first words (once he finds his tongue) are just âI love youâ
Lancer assumes itâs gonna be a passionate plea to stay, to let Jason ruin his life along with theirs, he planned a whole soliloquy on the way here
(The kids helped, especially Paulina, heâs never known her to be so interested in english class)
Jasonâs second words cut him off though as he just blurts out âIâm the Red Hoodâ
Lancer is speechless
Paulina and Star come in on the perfect tella novella GASP
The jocks all oooooo in unison because of course theyâre all watching
Jason goes and pulls out his old helmet and reveals all his crime equipment on a secret revolving bookshelf or some shit heâs a nerd
Jason gestures vaguely and just. Asks what they need
Lancer grabs him by the collar, dips him, and kisses him like the climax of a disney movie
All the class cheer and Jason accepts his destiny of going back on the run and simultaneously doubling Bruceâs previous adoption record, and theyâre ALL fucking drama kids
they're all giving suggestions while lancer paces in anguish in the bus walkway. suddenly their bus narrowly avoids hitting a building, three cars and a babystroller again for the 13th time in the past hour. lancer looks up to realize, vaguely horrified, that they have been letting Danny "genetic can't drive" Fenton sit behind the drivers wheel since they left amity
Okay throwing my two cents into this amazing idea after reading some of the new replies.
So after escaping and the whole identity reveal, and also wrangling Danny away from driving the bus because he thinks it's rge same as driving the Gav, I would feel that due to the time crunch they have to head stright to Wayne Manor since that's the only place that can house so many people on sort notice.
Jason barely has enough time to get all the into from the technology geeks in the group and send it to Babs that he pretty much calls Alfred at the last minute, like just goes;
Jason: "hey Alfred, ha to drop in unexpectedly but my boyfriend is on the run with his kids due to the government being scummy, we're going to crash at the manor okay? I'll handle everything, ive sent all information to Babs."
Then just hangs up and doesn't explain any further because of the whole 'minimum communication' trope, mostly due to panic.
So when they pull up Alfred is thinking maybe at most 3 or 4 kids might be coming through the door, like a good handful. Tim and Damian where waiting in the kitchen when Jason came in and gave the all clear.
Let's just say they where not expecting a whole class of 20 super powered kids that fear nothing to show up and start settling themselves in very quickly. Like already climbing every where and seeing who can hack the security systems the fastest.
For hells sake the one that looks almost like a mini Jason challenges Damian to a sword fight!
It's going to be a long night for sure.
(Also when I read it was Danny driving the bus my mind went to the movie; St Trinian, mostly because of the scene of two young girls driving the bus)
Martha and Jonathan finally got to the manor and found the sight admittedly amusing. None of the bats seemed to know what they were doing. And the class was, as far as they could tell. Just being their usual selves. A man was stood next to Jason looking relieved. But also tired. He looked up at the ceiling and sighed.
"Mr Fenton! If you don't come down right now! I will call Jasmine!"
A teen floated down sheepishly from the ceiling and say next to a pair of napping teens.
" sorry Mr Lancer! But! It's got such high ceilings! And it's just all so pretty! "
Jason grinned into Lancer's shouler, trying to middle his snickering.
"Don't worry love. Dickie-bird used to practise trapeze with the chandeliers. Danny's doing fine."
Martha and Jon shared an amused glanced then walked over to introduce a themselves. Martha coughed lightly to get their attention and smiled warmly.
"Hello! I'm Martha, this is my husband Jonathan. Y'all can call us Ma and Pa! We came over to help out. We've raised three fine lads with meta powers. So you won't spook us! "
Jon grinned as well. They all looked so young. And it hurt to had they were in danger. But at least they were safe now.
"As Martha said. Call me Pa! Now. We know kids with powers are always hungry. So we grabbed a load of stuff of our farm to cook y'all. Just let us know what you can't eat ok! "
As he thought, the idea of food brightened them all up a bit. He looked over to Alfred who looked. Not rumpled exactly, but a slight bit. Rushed perhaps. Well, he and Martha would be helping with that.
Danny but his lip a bit. And thought about it. 20+ kids and like 8 adults? That was a lot to cook for!
"Um! I'm not good at the cooking bit. But, I can chop and wash and pass thins when I'm told! Three a lot of us. Let us help?"
Alfred looked at the class. Most of them were looking over, clearly interested in his answer. And wekk. It really was a lot of people to cook for. Well.
" Well. If we are to do that . I may as well get Martha to help me teach you the proper steps. So, I suppose a quick wash for all of you. And then a cooking lesson hmm? "
The class all grinned and stood. Ready to be directed to various bathrooms. Mr Lancer looked over and nodded at Alfred.
"Thank you for that Mr Pennyworth. The last 2 years have been... difficult. And I've just found out why Mr Fenton was failing his classes. He was out local vigilante. Lord knows how little sleep he's had these past two years. "
Alfred smiled at his boys partner. He clearly cared for his kids.
"I'd say for not knowing you've done a good job. You risked your own life to save theirs. Your future too. Master Jason chose well. Young Mr Fenton clearly trusts you more than most. He would never have told you otherwise. "
Jason pulled his partner into a hug as he slumped. Clearly exhausted.
"Babe. We are going to sort this. I promise you they will be kept safe. Even if we have to adopt them ourselves yeah?"
Martha smiled at the sight and then chuckled.
" Oi! Leave a few for us. Our farm is empty now Clark is gone. His boys don't visit near enough! "
Imagine if Bruce has been recovering from a head injury or something similar while this was going down. Â When he finally comes out into the family areas of the mansion.
Bruce: Â *blinks several times as he takes in the 20+ new kids who are either wrapped up in a video game tournament with Tim and Duke, clowning around with Dick and Stephanie, sparring with Damien and Cass (or are they getting dance instruction...kinda hard to tell) or ferrying snacks out of the kitchen under the supervision of Alfred...and when did the Kents get here?* Â What the....
Jason: Â *waving from a couch where an unfamiliar man is napping on his shoulder* Â Hey, B! Â Welcome to Alfred Pennyworthâs Home for Wayward Meta Teens!
Bruce: Â *sigh of relief* Â Oh, so Iâm NOT seeing things.
Alfred: Â *stern look* Indeed, you are not Master Bruce, but, if you do not sit down immediately, I will turn you over to the tender mercies of Mrs. Kent.
With pretty much everyone settling in to do their own thing Bruce settles down on a nearby chair, trying to process what the hell happened while he was physically out.
Do to the concussion information is only trickling in as he watched his own wards and the new children all play or help one another, he is slowly counting the number of new heads... And recounting them because of the number is right there are currently more then 20+ kids and a new man who is clearly just clinging to Jason at one point or another.
Bruce squints his eyes as Alfred hands him some pain meds and a glass of water, his foggy mind finally catching on what has had happened.
Bruce Wayne's son, Jason Todd, has a life partner and 20 kids...
HE WAS A GRANDPA TO 20 KIDS!!
Bruce in his now newly panicked mind was now in full grandparent mode, he was planning to learn all their names, birthdays, pretty much everything so he can spoil them rotten and send them back to Jason so he can deal with the chaos.
The reality of it all finally settled in as a young black haired girl, no more than the age of 12, climbed into his lap and with a big thoothy smile stares into his soul.
"So your our other grandpa? Sweet, I call dibs on the jet downstairs!"
Oh gosh! So that's Ellie, Jazz, Tucker's sister extra as a minimum. Bruce would be in awe. He has so many new children to spoil! Even if he is sure some will probably end up elsewhere. Ma Kent has been very clear on her desire to spirit them away as well.
The bat kids are loving the level of chaos. Jason, what did you DO? Wait, your partner did this?!?! Amazing!
Ma and Pa have been helping Alfred contain the chaos. Thankfully the manor is large. They can let the kiddos run around the expel energy. A few have hidden in the library. Some are in the pool. Danny and Ellie are... SomeWhere(probably the batcave). Tucker and Sam are thrashing everyone at gaming challenges.
Lancer is cooked out on Jason. Finally resting from the last days stresses. Cass is learning cheer routines, and showing them some ballet moves. Dick is teaching the younger ones acrobatics. Steph is watching the dance practise. And trying to be useful. Tim and Duke are part of the gaming marathon. Damian has retreated to his art room.
Bruce is still feeling very out ofnit. But so many kids! He is not currently allowed to help. So he gets to sit and talk to the free kids! And wow, Jaylad found a good man. He's a bit salty Jay hid it. But he knows now. And if his partner is the kind of man who would knock out two government agents and commit all manner of crimes just to protect his class? That's a pretty good indication of the type of man he is.
Alfred and the Kent's have been taking small groups of kids into the kitchens for cooking lessons. Rather than trying to cook one large meal they have been just making constant meals. And filling up the dining room with food to eat from. A sit down meal right now? Not going to happen. Danny, Jazz and Ellie have gone to help several times. They are going to learn cooking dammit!
And, Ellie found the dinosaur. She looks at Danny with big pleasing eyes. And he caves. So he losses it. When the bats go to get dressed for their night activities they are going to get the scare of a lifetime. Ellie has been playing with Danny ain a dinosaur suit. And Danny grabs her to 'eat' Ellie just as they walk in. And caused a heart attack.
Which of course leads to Danny popping out of the dinosaur like, "I'm sorry! We were playing! OmA are you ok? Lokk! Ellie's fine! "
Ellie is too busy cackling to help him. But that's pretty reassuring in and of itself. Tim just flops down to think about life as Dick can't decide if he should scold them or not.
I know this mentioned younger siblings but this got me thinking about the other effects of ecto-contamination. There was a fic I read that mentioned child ghosts not being considered mature until they were like 400 and matured slower. And would being contaminated make the class the same? They all age slower than normal humans and act more childish then most their ages. And just Lancer explaining that to the bats.
"So how old are they?"
"17, they still have another decade before they're matured but they already so responsible for their ages" cue bats screaming due to the Danny's playing with a dinosaur.
Lancer is a responsible adult and took them all to frosbite once he noticed his class had stopped aging when they were 15. He was perfectly happy to keep them in school for longer. More chances to properly teach them the wonders of literature.
Lancer: Depends on how liminal they are really. Sam and Tucker probably have another 20 years. Danny and Ellie won't be adults until they reach a few centuries. Luckily they do have a guardian on that front already.
Bruce: How long will their life span be?
Lancer: Oh, for the less liminal students probably double? The more liminal they are the longer though. So. Who knows.
Bruce: How are the being so well behaved?
Lancer: Well. They have been suffering constant attacks from ghosts and from the government. For the last two years. It's hardly surprising they are more mature than they should be.
Bruce: And until now it was just you?
Lancer: Sam's Grandmother helps as she can. Old spot fire that one. I shall have to tell her we are safe. If Sam hasn't already.
And then Tim sprints into the room.
Tim: Danny possessed the dinosaur! And I think Dick is having a breakdown because of it? I don't know? I just know he's frozen!
Danny and Ellie float Dick in between them sheepishly.
Danny: I didn't mean to break him!
Ellie: He only did it cause I begged him! I'm sorry!
Lancer sighs as he looked at them.
Lancer: Set my future brother in law down please? Thank you. He should be just fine. Now. Maybe go help in the kitchen again? I believe Mr Pennyworth is baking cookies. And Mrs Kent is making pies.
The two ran off excitedly as he shook his head fondly.
Lancer: Always into everything. Completely incapable of sitting still those two. And Poor Ellie. She's actually a clone you see. Very little life experience. Danny can't help but indulge her.
Bruce: So, she should be a baby?
Lancer: She's about 18 months now. So yes.
Bruce: It's good she has people who care then.
Jason: Uh, not to break this up? But babe? One of our kids is stuck in the roof? Paulina? Yeah she got spooked, grew wings. How do we coax her down?
Lancer: Call for Star. She will be your best bet.
Jason bent over and gave him a quick kiss before running off.
Bruce: Wings?
Lancer: Possessed by a magic amulet. So now She can turn into a dragon. Of all the beasts it could have been.
Bruce: Well. At least the manor has the room! Any other notable powers?
Lancer: Hmm. Well, Danny and Ellie have the usual ghost abilities of course. Dash has a measure of strength and speed beyond even the usual liminal amount.
Sam: I have plant powers!
Tucker: Technopathy! And uh, Eygyptian magic. I'm a reincarnated Pharoh. So...
Kwan: Super speed. And uh, density shifting?
Sam: Star can become animals.
Tucker: Everyone else has like, improved speed, strength, durability and healing as well? Like thats...
Sam: Standard liminal package yeah. Oh! We get extra spooky on Samhain!
Tucker: Glowing eyes and all!
Sam: Oh yeah! I forgot. Most of us have fangs!
Kwan: Oh yeah. Extreme bite force. Not as bad as Danny though!
Sam: Ohh! When him and Ellie grew in their fangs was a nightmare!
Bruce looked at Lancer who looked pained.
Bruce: Dare I ask?.
Lancer: Danny can chew metal. And did chew on rocks to help while teething.
Bruce looks over the organized chaos that his manor has turned into, but is attention is distracted by an urgent beep from his WayneTechPhone.  A custom âbeepâ from Barbara which translates roughly to âBruce shit is going down!â
He pulls out his WTP and glances at the text (pointedly ignoring Alfredâs glare - he IS supposed to be on âminimal mental laborâ given his concussion) as well as the link Babs has included to a seldom frequented government website...and blanches.  He hands the phone to Mr. Lancer.  âThis is what set you and your class on the run?â
Lancer takes the phone and skims the screen. Â He sighs and hands it back, once again slumping against Jasonâs shoulder. Â âYes,â he says shortly. Â Jason rubs his back.
âDonât sweat it, babe. Â We WILL be taking care of it.â Â He glares up at his adoptive father. Â âIsnât that right, B?â
Bruce nods, a sharpness in his gaze that is seldom seen without the cowl.  âYes, We will.  But, given your classâ...talents and potential lifespan...â he winces as the post concussion headache decides to send a spike of pain to the back of each eye, âdo you mind if I contact a few more potential mentors?  As far as my family is concerned, I say âthe more the merrierâ, but I donât want to chance anyone falling through the cracks as it were.â
Lancer gives him a measuring look. Â âDo you trust them?â
Bruce smiles. Â âWith my life. Â And, more importantly, I trust them with my kidsâ lives.â
Lancer looks at Bruce for a few more moments, then at Jason who nods reassuringly. Â âOk. Â Managing 20+ teens is herding cats in normal times, but when theyâre also liminal...â
Bruce leans over to give both Lancer and Jason a hug. Â âYouâre now in a community that will help and protect you. Â Leave it to us.â
Conscious of Alfredâs scrutiny, Bruce doesnât retreat to the BatCave.  Rather, he asks Tim to bring him one of the âJL Secureâ laptops and begins composing a pair of emails.  The first is a general one to the Justice League (with a CC to the Green Lantern Corps) about the Anti-Ecto Acts with an admonishment that âTHIS MUST BE DEALT WITH!â along with Barbaraâs data as an attachment.  The second is a call for help with mentorship for a passel of superpowered and potentially longer than human average lifespan teens addressed to specific members of the JL.  The recipients of this particular email include Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter aaaaaaand CAPTAIN MARVEL!!!  After all the good Captain has been around for centuries!  Who better to mentor two kids who wonât be true adults until a couple of centuries have passed?
Billy, as Captain Marvel, trying to get out of babysitting kids older than him: You sure Supes isn't a better choice? Since he's actually got experience with super-powered kids and all.
Danny and Ellie sense shenanigans are afoot. Danny nudges Ellie forward and she uses 'I'm baby'.
Ellie: Are we really that difficult?
Marvel: No! I just.. I don't want to mess up! I don't know how!
Danny: Can we at least be friends? Cause, then when we are grown ups!
Ellie has grabbed his hand, looking up with big teary eyes. Billy is sweating. And. He drags the kids off to Diana.
Marvel: This one is crown Prince of the Infinite Realms! He should study with you!
Danny puffed up like a startled cat.
Danny: How do you know that! I didn't tell anyone?
Marvel: It's on your aura! So! Princess Diana if the best option for you two! I can help! But i don't have experience teaching, and I'm not royal.
Everyone stared at the small group after Marvel's loud exclamation. And well, he is right.
Bruce: Does that make Ellie a Princess? What about Jazz?
Danny nodded glumly.
Danny: Yeah. I beat up the old tyrant. So I made us all royal by accident.
Ellie: The treasury has some cool stuff in it at least?
Danny: Yeah but I'm pretty sure most of its stolen, or war prizes or cursed.
Diana smiled at the young ones.
Diana: I would be more than happy to mentor the both of you. I know J'onn was hoping to help as well.
Ellie immediately switched targets and had taken to following Diana around like a duckling. J'onn also had a small following of his own. None of the children seemed phased by his appearance. But when a few showed their liminal changes more openly? Well that made sense.
The children, when not controlling How they looked had a range of interesting skin tones, and hair colours. Not to mention the ears and teeth. Add to that the shape shifting students? No, they would not be out off by J'onn.
All of the other heroes were thoroughly charmed by the class. And each one had dropped by Jason and Lancer to congratulate him for keeping them safe. Jason's partner looked, overwhelmed at the support. Which a few of the kids seemed to notice. The class would drift past giving him quick hugs every so often. Yes, Jason definitely found a good partner.
Bruce had been hoping these kids would be the ones to get Marvel into being a mentor. There was definitely some reason he wouldn't. Why he seemed so uncomfortable with the idea. But he could work on that later.
Right now they had to work on those laws. And the first thing was getting them to be known. Clark and Lois were both very excited to get stuck into it. Hmm.. He should offer to put Jon and Kon up for the time being. Let them really go for it. Two more kids would not be an issue. Especially now they had some more adults around. Not that Kon seemed willing to leave just yet.
Poor boy had been cuddled into Tim for hours. Danny and Ellie broke him a little. Bruce had been sent a copy of Danny's little speech. So he understands why. He should show that to Diana actually. It's the sort of thing she enjoys. And it shows the sort of perain Danny is. Yes. Let's just forward that.
But Lancer's GOTTA be liminal too, right? What are his powers? His appearance changes? At some point before all this he tells Jason that he's not fully human and Jason has to find a way to say both thank you for trusting me with this and babe, you have FANGS, i've known for ages
No, it's funnier if he hasn't noticed. Because he is LESS liminal than his class. So sure he's stronger. But to him it's still not enough to control his kids? And yeah his hearing and eyesight have gotten better. But that's just hyper vigilance? And he's paler? He's barely been sleeping! Of course he looks pale!
So make it Jason having to sit him down, a week or so in.
Jason: Babe, What powers do you have?
Lancer: What? Me? Heavens no!
Jason: I hate to break it to you love, but you have fangs. You are liminal as well.
Lancer: Huh. That does explain my ability to keep up with my hellions I suppose...
Meanwhile, all of Amity Park, including the Doctors Fenton, learned EXACTLY why their kids are missing and went completely apeshit over the Guys in White.
The Justice League arrive to find the townspeople chasing down GIW agents in the streets, wielding literal torches and pitchforks. And winning.
No one is more pissed off than the Doctors Fenton. They're HORRIFIED to find out they were so wrong about ghosts. Because they *know* those kids in Danny's class! They're good kids! And the GIW wanted to HURT THEM.
Justice League have lots of help getting rid of the GIW at least. And until the laws are repealed? They assure the parents that the kids got away safe. You can have a secure line to speak to them. But for now they are under League protection. We don't want the government using them as leverage. Mr Lancer becomes the town's favourite teacher by far. He protected their babies!
Bonus points: A lot of Fenton anti ghost tech is capable of at least hurting baseline humans. Jack and Maddie are MORE than willing to demonstrate the full scope of what their inventions will work on with the GIW acting as "volunteers". K and O jump ship and side with Amity Park almost immediately since the Fentons and Phantom have earned more loyalty than the GIW ever did.
The rest of the organization would actually prefer to be ripped apart molecule by molecule, because that would be a kinder fate than what they're getting
Jack and Maddie have gone completely feral on the GIW. And they have armed the rest of the town. The GIW doesn't stand a chance. Most of the agents throw themselves on the mercy of the Justice League.
I want more good Fenton parents coming to the rescue. There needs to be more action scenes with one or both saying something like "Every good scientist knows to discard a hypothesis that's been disproven!" While firing a Fenton Bazooka at the GIW.
Second, is there a ship name for Jason Todd and William Lancer?
Something like "Literary love" or "Book Lovers" or "Classics and Curses" (because Lancer uses book titles as swear jar avoiders, Jason straight up curses, and they both like classic literature)
Wes always loved his Aunt Lois, and wrote to her every week. Of course she noticed when the letters slowed down, coming in with weird stains Clark couldnât identify. She could tell things were missing, and being redacted. She could tell he was trying to tell her something.
She noticed when the letters stopped. She contacted Clark and the league, but they couldnât find anything, until she received a call from an unknown number. She picked it up.
âAunt Lois, I need to be picked up, and Iâm not alone. Also, can you tell your husband that the government is doing evil things, and the buildings on fire are not my fault? Also, did you know I was cursed? Because I found out just a few hours before I almost got cut open. Sidenote, apparently the whole family is slightly cursed and thatâs the only reason youâre gonna be able to believe me.âïżŒ
