Batboy meets Kitten-Batboy Au-DCxDP
First | Previous | Next
(I know I'm really late but...things happen.)
Danny unfurled his wings in a long and slow stretch. He let out a yawn, his fangs seemed to grow longer as his jaw flexed.
"Tired?" Nightwing asked leaning over Batboy.
"Not even a little. I have to show off my new wings." Batboy said pulling on the wings like a cape.
"Don't go overboard. Stick to gliding." Nightwing said knowingly.
Yeah, there are still drawbacks to wings. The important one is that flying takes more energy from him than a bat. So no extra flapping.
It was fine though, the updrafts in the city are more than enough. If Danny fully shifted it wouldn't be a problem.
"Yeah, yeah, yea-." Danny froze.
There it was. That feeling again. It was like it called out to him.
It felt like a runner's high. When you've pushed yourself to your limits but you just keep going. The taste of pure euphoria. Like a shark smelling blood. Like skydiving off a mountain. An adrenaline rush.
And it called to him. Like a deer taunting a mountain lion.
Danny stared off in that direction. His pulse racing. His eyes dilated.
He managed to pull away just long enough to see Dick look at him with concern in his eyes. He tried to open his mouth and speak but his mouth felt dry.
This effect would only come from someone like him. Another Halfa, one that had a powerful obsession. And Danny needed to see them. They were in his territory and their ghosts said demanded a fight.
But Danny wouldn't run. Not this time. He had to tell Dick that he needed to do this.
"I need to go. I don't know how to explain but it feels like I have to go there. I don't want to disappear on you like...before." Danny said earnestly worried that Dick will try to stop him.
"I don't understand completely but I trust you. You're my...s-Batboy. You're a good kid." Dick said ruffling Danny's white hair. "Though if I end up in a fight tonight they might miss you."
Danny only smiled as he took off.
****
Danny landed in a gutted old factory. Rusted industrial equipment made the air smell musty.
The acidic scent in the air had nothing to do with the environment. It was them. Stalking and moving in the corners of the factory floor.
"Enough playing," Danny said testing the way his voice bounced around. He couldn't echolocate his target in the space properly. But he could feel them just find.
A low purr was all he heard until a body crashed into him.
"DANNY!" A familiar voice screeched in joy.
A pair of green eyes and stark white hair that wasn't his own looked down on him. What was new was the pair of white fluffy ears that wiggled on top of her head.
"DANI! YOU'RE ALIVE!" Danny pulled her into a bone crushing hug as they both laughed. "How did this happen? I thought I had lost you!" Danny wrapped his wings around them both in a tight embrace as her tail curled around them.
After a lot of hugging and crying the two finally talked properly.
"It was a bit of a surprise for me too. Nocturne found me a while ago in the mist or something. I don't know what he called it but he pulled me out of it. He put me in this thing and it sort of slowly built me around my core. But I kind of...escaped. I was scared if it after what happened with Vlad. So I ran to find you because that was all I knew. But I wasn't actually finished so I kind of started to melt...again." Dani trailed off.
"You what?! Why would you do that? You almost died again?!"
"Relax, I figured it out. This place is full of ecto and after turning into something smaller I was fine. Kinda. But I was picked up."
They didn't get to talk for long as the jeweled bracelet on her wrist vibrated.
"I gotta go. Mom is looking for me. I'll come find you next time and we'll have our brawl then." Dani said phasing out.
Danny tried to stop her but Dani was always faster then him.
He shifted uncomfortably in place. The lack of a fight was something a ghost never liked. It was basically a greeting.
Still, Dani was back. DANI WAS BACK! He wasn't alone here anymore. That was enough for now.
