Man this took me awhile, but I got it. The beginning of this will be some fun stuff filled with some background I know ya'll have been waiting for. The end takes place during the episode Depths. Enjoy.=^-^=

Ch. 7 - Mission

Mar. 10 – Mt. Justice

Gar entered the main room to find Nightwing hard at work coordinating something that looked rather important. "Hey Nightwing, have you seen Danny around?" The changeling asked as he looked around the room.

He turned and gave a short response. "He told me he was taking a personal day."

Gar seemed disappointed as he sighed. "Aww man! Where'd he go without telling me?!" He asked the ceiling as he held his arms in the air.

Nightwing looked at the screen in interest as he answered again. "According to the Zeta tube log, he went to Boston so he's probably there to visit his sister."

Beast Boy turned to him in surprise. "Phantom has a sister?"

Before any further exchange could take place an alarm sounded through the building. "Unrecognized ectoplasmic signature detected!" The computer stated as a radar screen appeared on the monitor.

"What the heck?"

Nightwing pressed a few keys. "It's the ghost scanner Danny helped me modify. I guess it really works." The dot on the screen came closer and so Nightwing decided to take action. "Computer, initiate lock down!"

"What's going on Nightwing?" M'gann entered wondering what all the noise was about.

Beast Boy turned to her in obvious excitement. "Looks like we have a ghost sis!" The last one was pretty cool aside from the fact it attacked them, and so Gar had been wanting to see another one.

She raised her brow and turned to Nightwing who gave her a nod. By the time he turned back to the monitor the ghost seemed to be right on top of them and so the trio was on guard. "Keep on guard, you don't know where it could be!" He ordered as the three of them stood back to back. As the three of them waited for the inevitable appearance a low bark was heard and it seemed to be coming from the hanger.

"Is that Cujo? Or Wolf?" Beast Boy questioned as he looked towards the hall. His answer came when the large green hound came barreling through the wall though it seemed more excited than mad like they had expected. He looked around a moment before putting his nose to the ground and heading over past the three heroes. "You got a scent boy?" Asked Beast Boy as he ran over to the dog. Cujo barked in response as he headed down another hall with his tail wagging more and more by the minute. Nightwing and M'gann followed the green pair until Cujo lifted his head from the ground and charged at the air. A female cry was heard as the dog seemed to have something pinned to the ground. He then proceeded to lick whatever it was in delight which confused Beast Boy to no end. The giggling that soon followed was even stranger as he walked over to where the dog seemed to be licking the air. "Cujo?" The dog turned to him with his tongue still out and a happy expression.

"Opps… busted." Nightwing and Megan had just caught up when the voice came out of the air. Seconds later a young girl appeared just under Cujo's paws. "Get off Cujo!" She commanded as she squirmed under the hound's weight. Once the dog sat back she sat up and began wiping the drool off herself.

As soon as he got a good look at her, especially her white hair and outfit, Beast Boy pointed a questioning finger at her. "Phantom really does have a sister?"

Mar. 10 – Boston

Zeta tubes being located almost everywhere wasn't just some boast now. Danny thought as he exited what was supposed to be an empty alleyway. He had a lite bag on his shoulder as he turned the corner and blended in the crowd in human form. Harvard wasn't too far away from his location and his sister's workplace was even closer. A few minutes were all it took for the boy to come face to face with a certain bookstore and as soon as he opened the door he got recognized. "Danny!" He heard from his right as a young red head came up to hug him. "I've been worried about you." She said as she parted enough to look him in the eye. You haven't called in weeks Danny." She griped with a stern expression.

"I know." He responded unable to really look at her properly. "I just didn't want to get in your way."

She took his wrist and led him to a room behind the counter. "Hey, Rich, I only have 5 minutes left in my shift can I go ahead out?"

"Sure, we're not that busy!" She got in response as she continued to lead him to the back.

He quickly found himself in a small room with a fridge and a TV, which made it out to be some sort of break room. She then sat him down in one of the chairs before crossing her arms. "Now Danny, I need you to understand something. You will always be more important than school, jobs, or a career, understand!"

Danny turned away. "Jazz I-"

"No!" She cut him off and pointed a stern finger at him. "You need to get that through your head Danny. You're not a burden to me, I never thought of you that way, ever! Even when I was appointed your legal guardian, the only thing I thought about was you. You'll never be able to convince me otherwise, and that's why I didn't contest you being emancipated."

Danny swiped her hand away. "I know alright! You've told me a dozen times! You just don't understand alright! I didn't want to get in your way! It doesn't matter if you didn't care whether I did or not…. I cared."

Jazz now wore an expression of sympathy as she saw a tortured expression flash across his face. "Danny…. There's nothing-"

He then turned away again. "I didn't want to be the reason you lost something else good in your life! You got a full ride to Harvard Jazz, and I knew if it came down to it, you'd pick me over that without hesitating."

Jazz let out a mild sigh as she leaned down once again to hug her brother. "Alright…. I get it, but I…. I just want you to know, I'll always be there."

"Duh." He responded in a teasing fashion. "You're the clingiest sister on the planet."

She scruffed his hair in revenge and the grabbed a bag from off a chair. "Happy birthday little brother." She then headed over to the door. "I'm happy you decided to finally come visit. Dani's been getting restless and I was afraid I'd have to mail your present."

Mar. 10 – Mt. Justice

"So you're just like Phantom huh?" Beast Boy asked as he watched the ghost girl float nonchalantly in the air. She was scoping out the room again as she nodded. "Yeah, for the most part." She then turned to him in curiosity. "By the way, why are you green? Is it part of your powers or something?"

Gar took a passing glace at his arm as he responded. "Yeah, my name is Beast Boy and I can turn into any animal."

Nightwing then entered the room and approached to three. "Well?" Miss Martian asked.

"He said he'd be here in a few minutes. He had apparently just found out she had left to come here."

M'gann then looked over at the two young teens as they talked. "So she's really Phantom's cousin?"

Nightwing gave a nod. "Yeah, she apparently stays with his sister in Boston." He then gave a sigh as he scratched the back of his head. "I'm pretty relieved it wasn't another ghost having a tantrum like before."

"I guess." She responded as she sharpened her gaze on the girl. Nightwing turned and headed towards the Zeta tubes while Miss Martian watched over the two teens.

After a moment Dani suddenly jerked her head in M'gann's direction much to her surprise. "What?" She asked in slight curiosity. M'gann was takin a bit aback by the reaction. Its exactly what happened when she tried to pry into Danny's mind, and it unnerved her a bit.

She broke eye contact and faced towards the Zeta tubes which seemed to be activating. "Danny Phantom B-06" Dani, with her mental intruder gone, turned immediately to see her cousin standing in the tube. "Danny!" She cheered as she flew over to him as fast as she could. She had him in a hug even before he'd registered the scene in the cave.

"Danielle….." She looked up to see his unhappy expression. Her smile fell to a frown as she let him go. He crossed his arms as he started. "What are you doing here?"

"Aww come on Danny, I just wanted to see you. It's been soooooo long!"

She pleaded and Danny let out a sigh. "Okay, that I get, but do you have any idea how worried Jazz and I were when we got to the apartment and you weren't there. She called your school in a panic!"

She gave him an apologetic expression as she stumbled on her answer. "I didn't think it would take so long…"

Danny brushed his fingers through his hair as he sighed. "That's the problem, you didn't think before you acted. You remember what happened last time you did that right?" Dani didn't answer and nodded slowly. "Alright, good, now let's go back. I'm sure Jazz expects a better explanation for leaving like that." Dani gave a frown at the idea as she followed Danny as he turned back to the Zeta tubes. He turned his head a sec and gave the others an apologetic expression. "Sorry about that. I can explain more later if you'd like." And with that, Danny escorted his cousin back for a stern lecture from Jazz.

Beast Boy stood with Nightwing and his adopted sister with a confused look. He really didn't know what to say about it. The last strange relation he met was Bart aka Impulse and now Dani's cousin. He turned back towards the couch where he was talking with her earlier and saw the little bag she had. "Uh-oh!" He squeaked out. "Looks like Danielle forgot her stuff." He grabbed it by the straps and held it towards Nightwing. "Maybe we can give it to Danny when he gets back?" His handling of the bag was poor as it was upside-down and out spilled the contents. A student handbook, cell phone, hair tie and what appeared to be a wrapped present spilled onto the floor. "Opps….." Gar said as he looked down at the small mess he made.

"Be more careful with someone else's stuff Gar." Miss Martian reprimanded as she picked it all up with her telekinesis.

Beast Boy gave her a sheepish expression before grabbing it all out of the air and placing it all into the bag. The last thing he grabbed was the present and his curiosity got the better of him as he took a look at the tag. His eyes widened and a grin. "No way!"

Later that day the cave was quiet as Danny made his return. He had his bag swung over one shoulder as looked around the empty room. He raised a brow in curiosity. It was strange that absolutely no one was around at this time of day. Just as he started towards his room Cujo's happy bark came ringing through the room. "Hey boy." Danny called as the dog proceeded to paw at his boots in happiness. The dog then jumped back and ran towards the living room area. Danny watched him in slight curiosity. Where was he off to so quickly? Cujo usually stuck to him like glue when he came back. He followed him and found the kitchen empty and dark despite it being close to dinner time. "Cujo?" After another good sweep of the room he found several figures hiding about. "Uh…. Why are you all hiding in the kitchen like that?"

The lights flickered on with several grumbles. "I can't believe it! We were just about to say surprise." Beast Boy complained as he walked over to Danny.

"Yeah ese, how did you even know we were here?"

Danny raised a brow at the younger hero. "My eyes glow for a reason you know. I have perfect night vision." He then took a good look at the kitchen counter that had an assortment of snacks. "So…. Not taking into account the extremely unlikely chance this wasn't for me, who told you it was my birthday?"

Beast Boy pointed over to the counter. "Actually, your cousin kind of told us."

"She left your present here." Bart pointed out as he started on a bowl of chips.

"So Gar was pretty adamant about giving you a party." Nightwing stated as he took a seat at the counter. "It's not much, but I hope it's okay."

"I even got M'gann to make you a cake." Beast Boy stated as he picked it off the counter. "She couldn't stay though."

Conner noticed the slight frown he had on his face and let out a huff. "I told you guys he wouldn't want a party."

That snapped the halfa to his senses as he quickly morphed the frown to a slight smile. "Its fine really. It just so happens I was just at one my sister did for me, that's all."

"Hey, two parties, sounds crash." Impulse commented as he finished off the entire bowl of chips.

Garfield gave a teasing glance towards the speedster. "Better hurry or hungry here will eat it all." That got several small laughs from the small crowd while Bart simply blushed as he swallowed.

Later that night Danny finally made it back to his room and the first thing he did was pick up the phone. It rang twice before Tucker picked up on the other side. "What's up Dan?"

"What have you got for me?"

A sigh was heard from the other side. "Let's see, what have I found since this morning?... oh yeah, nothing."

"Tuck!" Danny whined at him.

"Come on dude, can you really expect me to have anything new if I haven't found anything in over a week?"

Danny sat down onto his bed and raised his free hand to his forehead. "Yes!... No… I'm sorry Tuck….."

"It's okay dude, I understand. Sam's my friend too ya'know."

"Yeah, and I'm going crazy here! I need something damn it!" He paused for a moment before standing up again. "Maybe I should go check out the station again."

Tucker gave an exasperated sigh from the other side. "Slow down man. You've check the place 4 times since we found out. You've looked over the tracks, the cars and everywhere in between. If Sam were anywhere in the Train station, you definitely would have found her."

"But what if I missed something?" He asked in a pleading tone. "Something small that I wasn't looking for before."

"Chill dude. We'll find something." This was typical conversation between the two of them as of late. Ever since Tucker called to reveal the Sam had gone missing, Danny had been on the edge of his sanity. The calm composure he displays to the team a simple façade to the unravelling yarn of his psyche. "By the way Danny, you remember that thing you told me about kids being kidnapped all over right?"

Danny gave a pointless nod as he answered. "Yeah. The Biyalians were taking kids for some weird partner. I don't have a lot of specifics though."

Tucker gave pause before answering. "Well…. What if Sam was one of the teens they took? They could have taken more than what was found in the hanger right? All of them were runaways just like Sam."

Danny remained silent for a moment before speaking again. "So…. She was kidnapped by the Light's mysterious partner?"

"Maybe. I mean its Sam we're talking about. She wouldn't let just anyone take her. They'd have to be professional if you know what I mean."

Danny nodded to himself. It was more than just an opinion, it was fact. Sam was a little more than a fire cracker with two years of ghost catching under her belt. "Then, if we found out who this partner was….."

"Maybe we'll find Sam." Tucker finished for him. "But don't get me wrong, it's no guarantee. I'm just tryin to fit the pieces together." Danny's panic fell away to a steely gaze he usually gave ghosts causing havoc. 'Sam could be in the hands of these Light guys and their partners… that means the further we get in figuring out the Light's agenda, the closer I can be to getting Sam back. I haven't even spoken to her since….' He was snapped out of his thoughts by Tucker who was feeling a bit ignored. "Dude? Hello?"

"Sorry Tuck." Danny apologized. "I was just thinking a bit."

"Alright then. Keep me posted on anything you find out in that team of yours. That's one lucky break you caught; being on an undercover super hero squad."

"Jealous?" He heard a chuckle over the phone.

"Maybe a bit, but I'm getting my own solace from right here in sunny California. Beaches, babes, and barbecue! Is there any more of a heaven out there?"

Danny raised a brow. "How are you enjoying any of those in March?"

"I'll get them in a week or two. Spring is coming and the forecast is predicting a heat spell in my area."

Danny laughed a bit. "Well then, don't let me keep you. Night Tuck."

"Night dude, and relax alright? Sam's probably giving anyone who dared mess with her hell."

Danny sat back down and nodded in a knowing fashion. "Yeah, you're probably right." He hung up the phone and laid back with a slight frown on his face. "It doesn't make it any less terrifying though…. God I'm such an idiot." He reprimanded himself as he raised one arm over his eyes.

Mt. Justice – March 19

"They're both going to wind up our responsibility aren't they?" Mal asked in a knowing fashion.

"Not necessarily." Nightwing responded. "Bart, Impulse, is staying with the Garricks in Central city. Roy, the original Speedy, is recuperating at Royal Memorial Hospital in Star City. Arrows Green and Red are watching over him."

Mal's demeanor didn't change. "Uh-huh, they're both going to wind up our responsibility."

"Doesn't everything?" Super Boy concurred. "I mean, where are we in identifying the Light's new partner?"

Danny walked in just in time hear that particular piece of information and watch Nightwing sigh in exasperation as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "No progress."

"That's par for the course don't you think?" The ghost boy quipped as he shared the sentiment. "At least as far as super-secret villainous societies go right?" That got a smirk out of Nightwing before all attention redirected towards M'gann and La'gann being a standard couple.

"Don't eat so fast La'gann."

"I can't help it angelfish. The idea of cooking crabs is delicious enough, but baking them into little cakes?"

M'gann simply laughed at his response. "Aww oyu're gonna choke."

"If only." Conner grumbled under his breath causing the halfa beside him to stifle a laugh. The two of them continued in their 'oblivious couple' attitude causing Super Boy's anger to rise. "Call me when it's time for the briefing."

Seconds later the computer started the zeta tube. "Recognize, Artemis B-07" Nightwing turned to him with his arms crossed. "It's time for the briefing."

M'gann wasted no time in running to the former teammate in delight. "Artimus!"

"M'gann!" The hugged which quickly changed to them grasping each other's hands and laughing.

"Hey girl" Mal called as he, Super Boy and La'gann approached.

"Hey Mal."

"We have so missed you around here." Conner commented with his previous frown out of sight.

"Conner!"

"I relish this opportunity to fight beside you archer." La'gann greeted as he held his arm around M'gann.

Artemis stumbled a bit over her words as she greeted him back. "Um…. Thanks La'gann." It was phrased slightly as a question though the Atlantean didn't seem to notice.

Danny who watched from afar by Nightwing smirked in an amused fashion. "I still think hi sounds better."

"To each their own right?" Nightwing commented back before calling them over. "Alright Gamma Squad listen up! This mission is covert op. in Cape Canaveral, to guard the first Earth Mars Com Sat. There are people out there who don't even like the idea of aliens, and will do anything to scrub this launch."

Miss Martian' shoulders slumped a bit as he said that. Artimus placed a hand on her shoulder. "But that's why I came back, because not all of us feel that way."

Danny crossed his arms and turned to the Martian. "If it makes you feel any better, a little over 90% of the world population refuses to believe I even exist. As a race no longer exclusive to sci-fi movies, at least you have that much." Though he was being a bit sarcastic when he said it, M'gann accepted the sentiment with a small smile.

Mal gave a laugh before turning to Nightwing. "So why are you going?"

He pulled at the edge of his gloves as he responded. "Let's just say I'm peckish for a little action."

Cape Canaveral – March 15

The sun was setting as a press conference gathered outside the launch building. Martian Manhunter stood beside Mrs. Ferris as she signaled 1 hour to launch time. Super Man, or even looked upon more closely, Super Boy floated high above them dressed as the aforementioned hero. "This thing itches." He complained under his breath.

"Relax. You'll be out of it soon." A voice from seemingly nowhere responded. Danny floated beside him invisibly as he watched over the crowd with his teammate. "M'gann shouldn't be too much longer. Just a few questions and you're free."

He then redirected his attention to the crowd where Mrs. Ferris was practically force to call on a very pompous man in a blue suit. "Mrs. Ferris, maybe I'm the only one not drinking the space cola, but has anyone even asked whether Earth wants more communication with aliens?"

Both Danny and Super Boy heaved sighs at the man's question. "Here he goes." Conner grumbled with a stern glare on the man.

"I swear there's a guy like this in every town, of course this guy gets national ratings." Danny grumbled with Super Boy. "And yet another example of the ignorant masses being led by an absolute jerk."

"You don't have to tell me that Phantom." Conner responded with a nod.

After watching the annoying display of G. Gordan picking apart the well thought out reasons for the Sat Com, Manhunter flew up to join the pair in the sky. "You're a surprisingly good actor." Danny commented as he flew along with them.

"Thanks Phantom. We're going to head back to the Bio ship. You should move into the building and make sure everything runs smoothly for the launch." Danny gave an invisible salute as he floated back towards the building. "I'm on it."

Inside the building Danny watched as the tech team for the launch scrambled their last minute preparations together. 'I've always wanted to see a launch up close like this." He mused to himself out of ear shot. His invisibility made for the perfect cover in this situation as not a single human noticed him. After spending a few minutes watching he felt something strange in the back of his mind but quickly brushed it off.

Meanwhile Artemis and Nightwing watched the area from the launch platform itself. He activated his com. "Miss M link us up."

They all heard a mental reverberation before Miss M spoke. "Link established….."

"Something wrong?" Nightwing asked telepathically.

She gave pause before she responded. "It's Phantom…. I can't seem to link up with him. Give me a sec."

The halfa in question now wore a furrowed brow as the disturbance he felt earlier came back with a bit more force. "What the heck is that!?" He said almost loud enough for someone else to hear. He closed his eyes and searched around for it a bit. He was able to search out a foreign presence at the back of his mind and with the force of his ghostly will he glared it down. "Get out of my head!"

M'gann flinched in her seat aboard the bio-ship as the image of his angry green eyes pierced her own mind. "Phantom!?"

Hearing her thoughts in reaction to something, her teammates became worried. "What's wrong M'gann? Something happen to Phantom?" Nightwing asked.

"No…. I can't…." She seemed rather distraught and Conner turned to her as she held her head in her hand.

Artemis raised a hand to her chin a moment. "Has Phantom ever been in a mind link before?"

Nightwing gave it a thought. "Come to think of it…. I don't think so. This is his first assigned mission."

M'gann took in a calming breath. "Then maybe I just need to let him know who I am."

It wasn't long before Danny once again felt the strange force at the back of his mind though it seemed a bit different. He was growing a bit exasperated with the force. "Would you back off already!?" He yelled across the telepathic link.

"Calm down Phantom." Nightwing sternly responded much to the halfa's surprise.

"Whoa…. Nightwing? I didn't know you were a telepath."

"He's not." M'gann commented. "I was the one trying to make contact."

It only took Danny a moment to realize his mistake. "Oh right, I forgot about that. But geez, warn a guy. How am I supposed to know who you are when you go randomly knocking at the back of my mind?" He mentally grumbled with his arms crossed.

"That was my fault. I should have warned you about our telepathic link before the mission started." Nightwing established with a commanding tone. "Now that we are in full communication, I need Miss M to give me a full sweep of the skies. Phantom, I want you checking over all operations within the building. Sabotage is high on the list for what we may find."

"Hey Nightwing, I'd love to join my Angelfish on that mission." La'gann suggested.

Nightwing dismissed it with a tired tone. "Negative Lagoon Boy. I need you right where you are, giving me maximum coverage of land, air and sea."

Danny posed a question over the link as he phased through to inspect the building. "So is this how you guys normally communicate on missions? No offense, but where's the privacy?"

Nightwing continued to scope out the perimeter as he answered. "Privacy is a luxury on a mission. Being able to communicate without being jammed is far more valuable."

"Point taken I guess…. Oh the sim hanger, sweet." Artemis couldn't keep a straight face as she continued to look around. She couldn't help but think back to their own frustrations with the link especially between her and Wally. Given enough practice, he'll figure out how to repress the thoughts he doesn't want heard on the link. "No way!"

Nightwing stood alert. "What's wrong Phantom!?"

"Oh no, sorry. I was just looking at the score board. My score is still at the top even after a year."

Artemis raised a brow. "You're talking about the space shuttle simulators they use to train astronauts right?"

"Yeah."

The archer seemed a bit surprised. "Impressive."

"And I don't even have a driver's license." Danny bragged as he floated up through the ceiling of the hanger.

"Phantom focus. We need to keep our eyes peeled for anything suspicious." Nightwing reprimanded.

"Sorry, I'm on it. I'm heading over to the Sat Com now to look through the cargo holds."

"Do you know where they are?"

Danny seemed a bit insulted by the question. "Of course. I built a 1/95 scale model of this thing months ago."

Artemis turned to Nightwing with a smirk on her face. "The new guy is a space junkie…." She just couldn't keep the smile off her face as she tried not to laugh.

"Everyone has something they're into. This just happens to help us out. We can concentrate more on the beach." He paused for a moment before speaking again. "I know I'm not Wally's favorite person right now, but I am glad you're back."

"It's nice to be back." She responded as she readied her bow. "I didn't realize how much I'd been missing it." She released her bow to its full length. "Which is exactly what Wally' afraid of. He's worried that the rush that comes with the mask will get its hooks in and I won't quite until my dying day."

Nightwing watched as she practice fired with a knowing smile. "I know exactly what you mean."

"Heads up minnows we got bad guys. Black Manta's troopers. Thney're working some kind of platform beneath the surface just off shore. I'm taking them down!" La'gann was just about to jump into action before he was cut off by Nightwing.

"Belay that, wait for back up."

"I'll scrounge a rebreather from the cargo hold and help the rookie out." Super Boy spat in his agitated state.

"Rookie?" La'gann asked with distaste. "Neptune's Beard, I don't need any help from the boy of steel." He expanded his form before jumping at the troopers.

"Lagoon Boy stand down!"

"Sorry. Gershhhhhh! You're breaking up!"

Nightwing wore an exasperated expression. "There's no static on the psychic link!" He didn't have much time to do much else as Artemis brought their new company to his attention. The two of them jumped into action as they ziplined down a cable towards the beach. "Super Boy! You have that rebreather?"

"Negative! La'gann forgot to restock." His agitation wasn't helping the situation at all by this point.

"You want me to go and give him a hand?" Danny asked over the link.

"Negative Phantom. Continue searching the Sat Com. Super Boy take the helm. Miss Martian, gill up and help Lagoon Boy. Super Boy, we need cover fire down here."

It only took a moment for Miss Martian to turn over the controls and morphed her body to what could resemble a mermaid as she jumped from the ship to the water. "La'gann! I'm on my way."

"Looks like the excitements going on outside." Danny mused to himself. "Looks like I got my work cut out for me once I finish up here." He then took a sweep of a new section of one of the auxiliary rockets and found something a bit off. He looked over the mechanism a bit before it hit him. "This thing is too long."

"We're on the wrong side of this wall."

He heard over the com link. "Tell me you guys aren't standing in front of the deflector wall?..." When he got to immediate response to his inquiry he simply commented again. "I guess it's really only dangerous for when the launch actually starts."

Karma's pretty timely as the launch alarm goes off and he feels the rocket shift beneath him. Things were going to get hot fast if he didn't get out. "We're really on the wrong side of this wall!"

"Phantom, get out of there!" Nightwing commanded through the link.

"Hold on, I think I actually found something."

"What?"

"I'm not sure yet, but it's not supposed to be here I'm sure."

Explosions started above them as Artemis crouched beside him. "Alright but hurry up. We need back up and you don't need to get launched into space!"

As soon as he got the okay, Danny began intangibly investigating the modified component. It didn't take him more than a few minutes to find the foreign object inside it. He then tried to figure out exactly what he was dealing with even over the thoughts of his teammates. Eventually the realization hit him as the wires twisted around what he could only see as a detonator. Suddenly he felt the rocket shake even more wildly as it broke from the Earth. "Crap! Nightwing!" He didn't hear a response right away but continued on in spite of that while trying to see if there was a way to get the bomb he'd found off without activating it. "Nightwing theirs a bo-"

From the shore the combatants watched the Sat Com explode in the sky and Aqua Lad's forces saw no more reason to remain. Nightwing held Artimus in his arms as he turned up to the explosion. "Phantom!" Though worried, he had another priority to fulfill as he started CPR on the limp and lifeless Artemis. He continued as both Miss Martian and Super Boy centered on their location.

Conner looked on obviously distraught. "I don't hear a heartbeat…."

Nightwing finally stopped and let out an exhausted sigh. "She's dead." He sat back with guilt swimming over his features. "Anyone have eyes on Phantom?"

Conner's eyes widened as he turned back toward the cloud of smoke in the sky. "He was still in the-"

"I found him" Miss Martian interrupted. "Reestablishing link."

"Phantom! Can you hear me!" Nightwing pleaded. He didn't hear a response and tired again. "Phantom!"

"He's not…. Dead is he…?" Conner asked with even more emotion coming to the surface. He gave Miss Martian a pleading look before he heard a weak voice on the other end.

"You're in luck…. I'm still only half dead…." When they heard no further response Miss Martian deduced he'd lost consciousness.

"I'll go get him. From what I can tell, he seems to be relatively okay for now." She them flew off to retrieve him.

So that's the end of that. I did skip over the mushy heart to heart between M'gann and Super Boy because if you wanted to see it, watch the episode. I wasn't going to change what didn't need to change or type what I didn't really need. I also wrote in dork Danny in this a bit cause that's always fun right? Hope ya'll enjoyed and will say so in a review. I'll also answer any questions and feel free to state my mistakes as well.=^-^=

EDIT: I made it so telepathic contact with Danny was hard for a reason. Ghosts have the ability to over shadow others with their own will so I figured, having their will broken would be a lot harder also making it harder to tamper with their thoughts. It only made sense that Danny, in his Phantom form, would also be resistant to it as well. Just a little headcannon I cooked up. Its not like Danny was training himself to resist it, and other ghosts they come accross will be equally resistant.=^-^=