Love me some Dad Danny but think about this,
The JL have to deal with a ghost for the first time and it's a pain in the butt
Finally Batman shows up with some other hero's as backup and the ghost takes one look at him and is like "Oh Shit, my bad, please don't get us arrested" and dip through a portal
Everyone is very confused and concerned
When they reconvene to discuss what happened, Constantine pipes up saying "Im not surprised. With the claims you have on your soul, I'd be scared to mess with ya if I was them." Causing Batman to be even more confused and concerned.
Bats asks Constantine what he ment and he explains that B has 2 very strong and protective claims on his soul and so do the rest of the bats. It's strongest on him, Robin, and Red Hood.
"One of em's obviously Lady Gotham," Constantine explained, "I'd recognize it from a mile away. But the other one i can't quite put my finger on. It's a lot stronger so I assumed it was an ancestor or something."
This causes Bruce to go through his family records to see if anyone was into the occult or magic of some kind. Eventually he finds a "Daniel Nightingale", his Great Grandfather.
He was an odd man for his time. He was an eccentric investor who took his wife's last name. He outlived his wife and almost lived long enough to meet Bruce if Thomas hadn't cut ties with him due to some "creative differences".
Bruce, along with the rest of the family look into him and find so many dead ends (ha) that it's almost like Daniel appeared from nowhere. No hometown, no extended family, no nothing before he appears in Gotham.
Eventually this leads Bruce to check the family cemetery and in a moment of paranoia thinks to check the grave with an ex ray or scanner of some kind.
It's been too long to know if this was another Jason situation or if his great grandfather faked his death in some way.
The bats eventually reach out to Constantine again and he checks out the grave,
"Oh fuck, yeah this is it mate," Constantine takes a step away, "You're grandad most likely became a ghost after he passed. A powerful one if the residual energy is anything to go by."
They get to a point where Constantine offers to summon Daniel's ghost so the bats can just talk to him and get off his ass about it.
After gathering the materials, Batman, his brood of bats and birds, and a few other JL members gather in one of the largest training rooms they have on the Watchtower because Batman insisted they be cautious about who might come through.
The summoning circle glows a Lazarus green and everyone is tense as a large being starts to materialize. Long spindly pitch black limbs, speckled with starts, and surrounding the head an aurora and an ice head piece or crown that makes it look like it has horns. Once the body has fully materialized, 4 neon green eyes open and look down at the gathered League.
Constantine is in shock and the rest of the league is tensed and ready for a fight.
"Y-Your Majesty?! I- I wasn't..I didn't mean-" Constantine stammers and kneels before the being.
"J̶o̴h̶n̷ ̴C̴o̸n̸s̴t̸a̵n̸t̷i̷n̵e̷" it's voice is smooth and echoes across the room. " N̵o̵ ̸n̴e̷e̷d̷ ̵f̷o̷r̴ ̵c̵o̸n̵c̵e̸r̶n̷,̷ ̴I̴ ̶a̴m̴ ̵e̶x̴a̶c̸t̷l̷y̸ ̵w̴h̴o̶ ̶y̸o̶u̵ ̴i̵n̶t̸e̷n̶d̴e̵d̶ ̷t̶o̷ ̵s̶u̶m̷m̵o̵n̵," It glances at the bats and Batman steps forward.
"You.. you were Daniel Nightingale." Batman states rather than asks. The being smiles in lieu of an answer and begins to shrink and change shape.
It settles on the form of a man, a man that looks strikingly like Bruce and aside from the pointed ears, white hair, and Lazarus green eyes, he looks just like the old photos of Daniel Nightingale.
"It's so nice to finally meet you, my great grandson ."
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