hey! been really enjoying your aus and one-shots. just to through this out there, has anyone seen a DJ Danny Au? cuz i could see someone just using Danny's name like 'DJ Fenton get over here' and him just being like 'ok bet, im a DJ now.' yes i just thought of this after realizing Danny's middle name was James. Am I grabbing at loose straws? maybe. Am I here for random chaos to see what sticks? yes!
hope you have a lovely day and are in good health :D
I haven't read a fic like this, but maybe someone would recognize it? Can someone help us find DJ Danny? (Also, I had no idea Danny had a middle name! This opens many doors for my brain)
Now, if I misunderstood and you were making a prompt rather than asking to locate a fic, then I love this idea.
I picture Danny with one too many drinks at the Ice Lounge, dancing around and dropping his wallet. A rare good civilian finds it, takes it to the front, and they make an announcement for Danny to come to the front. If he failed to go in five minutes, they would keep it (the employees had already taken out the cash to give to Penguin), but drunk Danny didn't realize they were calling his initials and last name. He genuinely stops mid-dance because he's been assigned as a DJ and he needs to go perform.
Before his friends can stop him, he stumbles to the stage, climbs up the station and zaps his powers into the house set up. It's an imitation of Technus's ability to access electronics, but it's enough for him to learn how to use it and force it to do what he wants, without having to actually load songs. He quickly takes over the music, and the entire club is screaming.
He's not even infusing them with his powers; he's just got a good ear for mixing songs. He even zaps into the lights, throwing random spotlights on the best dancers he sees, shouting "theme music for you!" changing the song to match their vibe, and the crowd loves it. Penguin is alerted right away that someone hijacked his DJ booth -the other DJ got busted by Batman, so he was a no-show- and he's about to "bring him in" until he sees how successful Danny is.
His men informed him that word had spread online and that a line wrapped around the block was waiting to come in. Not to mention, Danny keeps randomly yelling sentences like, "This next set is best with Volka Soda!" because he likes to make playlists to whatever he's drinking that night. The bar gets an overflow of people following Danny's alcohol suggestions. He basically doubled thier profit in only an hour. What's more, after playing the entire night, the guy just leaves, doesn't even ask for pay, and Penguin basically made more in one night than in the entire month.
He demands that his men find DJ Fenton and have him become an exclusive DJ at Ice Lounge. He'll pay him triple the usual rate he offers DJs as long as Danny pushes more drinks like he did that night.
Meanwhile, Danny was so drunk he woke up the following morning with a killer hangover and no memory of what he had done. He is unaware that Penguin is hunting him down for a job, and when his men first tried to talk to him, Danny assumes he pissed off the crime lord.
He runs away from the Penguin-hired goons, deciding to go to ground while planning how to get out of the city. This catches the Bats' attention, so they also start chasing him to offer protection, but Danny counts as a meta, so he assumes they are chasing him to hurt him, as "No Metas allowed in Gotham" rumors make him paranoid. Now he's got to escape Gotham while avoiding both Penguin and Batman, which is nearly impossible no matter what he attempts. He's just lucky he's fast enough to vanish in the streets whenever they get close.
Danny dodges them all for a month, while Penguin has already announced his next show and is growing impatient that the man hasn't come by to sign a contract. He will have that idiot for the next show, even if he has to pay more.
The Bats are unaware that the man wants to offer a legitimate job and grow more desperate to reach Danny as Penguin ups his efforts. It's a high-stakes game of Capture the Flag with Danny as the Flag that Moves.
