Run Ghost Run 16
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Ellie and Constatine meet and plot with Lady Gotham, while Jason hunts for the child with someone else
Danielle wasn’t sure what to do in this situation.
She could handle ghosts and other supernatural beings. The solution is to punch first never asking questions, and gain dominance. If they can’t get up, you win! Sure fire way to get away. Jazz’s number one rule for her had always just been don’t get caught.
Which she never had! Well... never for long.
Fighting her way had always been the best and her personal favorite solution.
Humans and protection spirits though. Punching first made things worse. Humans just couldn’t stand it to quote it’s plain rude. Listen it’s not her fault humans are squishy. She never had that problem with her template. Protection ghosts and spirits. They fought back hard.
They were annoying to deal with.
Ugh. She had some bad fights in her history.
And whichever city ghost was in control here just dumped her. It was a good thing. Maybe? Hopefully. Ehh, she didn’t know. It probably wasn’t at least a bad sign.
The spirit wassss in discussion. And didn’t instantly deny her entry. Another good sign! While city protectors weren’t too common, they did pop up here and there. Some cities she couldn’t even enter without a fight. Apparently, she was too much trouble. They said shed cause more problems for those cities.
Getting in. First step of her not planned plan conquered. Now to find Danny!
Now she was dumped in front of this guy. So, there was a chance he was someone she trusted??? Tolerated?? Dealt with? She wasn’t too sure. This was new. Grand old time.
Time to face this one head on. Figuring out where to go next. Cause she could not for the life of her find Danny’s signature. The whole bat and bird’s thing on the note means Danny should be here.
Not many other people are known by that. Super easy to find on social media. Tons of conspiracy theories. The butts matched apparently. So obviously he had to be in Gotham. Why else would she be entering the territory of Batman?
He was a detective, right?
If Danny was there, Batman would know.
Hopefully the lack of a signature was some tech or something. The only other time she had heard of a signature just not being traceable was with dire health. AS in DEATH health. It takes a lot for a ghost to pass. Danny couldn’t feel her and she nearly destabilized.
It HAD to be tech.
Right. She had a guy to question! She should do that rather than just stare him down.
The man with the trench coat! He had to know something.
Now she couldn’t keep staring at him with her head to the side like a confused dog. Cause a sad man in a trench coat was not what she expected. He looked very much like he needed a nap. But that wasn’t important. She needed answers. And she needed them now!
Then again, the man seemed off. Human for sure but definitely off? Messed up? Incomplete?? She didn’t know. He was another new thing. But she still needed to question the man!
Danielle was about to begin her detective work and huh?
She didn’t even get a chance to say a word and poof the man was cussing. She didn’t do anything. This man now is a target. When he reached for a lighter clearly ready to smoke. Which was very bad for the man. Obviously, she could help him out. It was totally not out of spite for cussing the minute he saw her. She chose chaos. She didn’t know this man.
Clearly, he had bad coping methods. Even if they weren’t. This was too much of a fun opportunity to pass up. Maybe she was a problem.
Freezing the lighter “you know those are bad for you right, any chance you know who the spirit of this city is
Cause I need info. Either you or her?” Yea, she thinks the spirit was a girl. Just a feeling. “Need to answer my questions!
“Your worse than the bat” the man grumbled
“As in the birds and bats!! Like Batman??? Please say you know where that one is at least”
“Th-“
Danielle interrupted the man “cause like. I have a sticky note! Green and glowing saying to find my template with the birds and bats!!! And the weird eyeball drawing. That’s a future me problem!”
She couldn’t help but wave the sticky note in his face. She needed to find at least something out. It would get her in the right direction.
The man backed away from her. Which rude. All she did was get up in his space. Danny and his friends never minded. “That’s bloody coated in ectoplasm.”
“Duh. I’m like 90% positive it came from clockwork. Danny complains about him giving him tasks via green sticky notes.”
The guy’s face seemed to go several shades lighter. The spirit dumped her in front of him. Shouldn’t he know this stuff?? Who else communicates green glowing sticky note?
“Seriously tho Danny? Batman??? Even the spirit would be great. I gotta go stab my template” time to get them back on track.
The man taking a deep breath got something useful out of his mouth. “Lady Gotham stepped away, right in the bloody middle of a deal.”
“Ewww. Deals aren’t a smart move. They like to tick ya!” she just had to inform this guy. Clearly, he didn’t understand the risk.
The man seemed to think about something. Hopefully taking her advice to mind. “Well. Gotta find the prince as she’s been putting it. Heard he was in right trouble. More than happy to make a deal to help the kid.”
“You’re looking for Danny two!!! The note told me to find him and had the ecto dejecto on it” now she knew why the spirit dumped her here. She had to help him! Trench coat man might just be useful after all. The other ghost she meets always talked about how the new king was more of a prince. “If he’s in trouble we gotta help him. I knew something was wrong! The weird dreams and other ghost being yoinked back to the zone!”
“Exactly. Unless ya got another way to find him deals got to be made”
Hmmm. Well, that made some sense. Danny was untraceable. Of this lady Gotham had my clue of where he was. She’d have every right to enforce some deal. But. Should Mr. trench coat do it.
Or.
She did have the thing that was likely to help him. Most ghosts wanted Danny not dead. That’d leave a gap or something. Politics not her thing. Soo. She had a bargaining chip.
Well. There wasn’t much time to think about it anymore. She felt this lady reaching out with her ecto. Trench coat also noticed. “I’ll take lead. No deal making for you. Its awfully stupid for a human” she could always just freeze him or something id he tried anything.
The man looked ready to say something but never got the chance. The ghost was done!!! Most of been a quick unimportant talk then. She let the darkness overcome her.
Emotional sensing? Manipulation?! Wow this spirit is strong.
Indeed.
Mind reading!! Cool. Imma cut to the chase. Where’s Danny? I gotta stab him per clockwork.
As I informed Constantine, I had a deal with the prince. I will not help my knight, by extension those working with them. A deal had to be made.
Well, I’m no knight. Frighty is the only knight I know!!! I could care less about trench coat. Boot him and tell me!!
That may work.
Danielle felt the annoyance from the man.
He was injected with bloody blood blossoms. Which should have killed the kid. Ya need someone who can flush them out. I’m well okay ta not tell the bloody bats where he’s at.
Wait what?!?!?
The young prince is not well. He needs help yet refuses what has been offered. Refuses to see past surface level misunderstandings.
Okay okay. Danny needs help. We all need to deal with this. I need trench coat man. So how about this. You tell me where Danny is located. I stab him trench coat scans him. You ensure his safety, and we don’t tell the birds and bats.
It favors us all. Do we have a deal?
**
He can’t believe he lost the kid.
Jason blames Bruce’s. 100% all his fault. He just had to insist on a call. Had to bug him and get in the way. Something spooked him.
Danny looked terrified as he fled. Like he was expecting him to hurt him or do something to him. He had managed to get him in. Room.
Got him out of the street.
Something set him off. He overheard something from the phone conversation. So, kids definitely got enchanted hearing. That’s 1000 % confirmed.
Taking the call had been his worst decision yet.
All Bruce’s fault.
For now. He had to play hunt the child. Kid had the backpack, he got that going for him.
There were some medical supplies there. Which is a good thing. He didn’t see any supplies to go out in the wilderness. That was also a good thing. Kid couldn’t just disappear into the swamp or something. Then the tracker he planted. Never be too paranoid it seems. All he had to do is pull it up and find the kid yet again.
Keep a farther following distance and hope he hasn’t high tailed it out of Gotham. That would make things more complicated.
Nice simple plan. By all accounts it should have worked. Should have been the best method. He followed all the standard stalking guidelines. Get a tracker on the subject.
But the program.
The way to track.
Absolutely glitching out. Pinging randomly. At one point at the library the next second a café. Could the kid teleport? Or was it a glitch?? But Barbara had set up that program.
The picture was glitched.
Could that be a part of this?
Brnng brnng
Bruce was back to calling.
Which was the problem in the first place. Yea no. He ain’t getting him involved. Kid absolutely wanted nothing to do with the weird vigilantes. Batman was the biggest one.
He’d just follow the tracker and hope for the best. One had to be right.
Nope. Not. Signal one. They just went nowhere and everywhere. What was up with this. Pictures were glitchy, videos were a mess. Mind. Simple tracker wasn’t working at all.
Maybe since the tracker was staying in Gotham he was still here.
If he were to map out every location the tracker was pinging. He could check the center of where it was. That’s a supernatural thing. Right?
The acts did see them as ghosts. Supernatural may just be the key.
He’d have to put a pin on that plan for a second. He’d make the next conversation quick. He had a kid to find. Again.
“Little wing.”
“Something spooked the kid; I blame the bat. Trackers don’t seem to do jack except bounce everywhere.” At least Bruce wasn’t the one bugging him. “Unless you have any leads got a kid to hunt down.”
“New theory. Oracle has an inkling he was unknowingly looking for us. Bats and birds are our thing. Then being in Gotham. Kids clueless about heroes. The research paper just didn’t track.
But there is a bigg-“
Both him and dick turned to. One of his goons.
“Ummm” the goon he thinks it was mark “there’s been sightings of men in white suits approaching your territory”
Crap.
He was off. Dick close behind.
“Have a lead yourself.”
“An idea” hoping the middle point works.
“There is reason to believe kid can sense those around the pits. I was able to watch him on the roof about 5 minutes, no issues. Minute robins in the area. He’s aware.
Red Robin. On a prohibited coffee run was clocked at the doorway.”
Huh.
Maybe it wasn’t just general like he thought. Danny always seemed to track him. Knew where he was.
“If the location pans out. "You can take lead” kids' safety was more important at this point. “He’s against you vigilantes adamantly.”
“Two eyes are better than one still.”
“A single agent gets close I ain’t staying back.” They weren't getting ahold of the kid again.
“Wouldn’t expect anything else little wing.”
