I know, I know: "Mckenna, where have you been?!" Well the answer to that is that I have a temporary job and it's taking up a lot of writing time, so yeah.

And here is part two of the Performance episode/chapter. I know I skipped Insecurity, but you can come up with your own reasons for why Dannie wasn't there.

Angela; I started this series just this year, but it takes place in 2010. And then Kid Martian takes place five years later, after new year's eve, in 2016. New Beginnings starts two years after KM in 2018, and What Happened During the Skip? during the five year time skip. BTW, I'm glad you like my story.

Angel: Sorry, but it couldn't be helped. Here's the chapter.

I own nothing but my OCs. All rights go to their respective owners.

Everything was dark to Dannie.

"Her temperature hasn't gone down, and for someone who basically emanates cold, that isn't good." Superboy. Definitely Superboy.

"She could be faking it." Arrow. Forgot he was here.

"Really? She passed out and has a temperature of 105, and you think she's faking it?" Artemis. Absolutely, positively Artemis.

That's it. Dannie decided. I'm waking up.

The halfa opened her eyes and quickly blinked a few times, adjusting to the bright light.

"How do you feel?" Robin asked.

"... Do you guys remember when I had the flu after the Injustice League crisis? That would be an improvement right about now." the halfa groaned.

"What happened?" Red Arrow asked, crossing his arms. "Ro-Dan said that you fainted. I find it hard to believe that you got sick so easily; you were fine when you went to look for your twin."

"It came on suddenly dear brother." Dannie retorted.

"Still, I find that strange." Red said, unconvinced.

"Will you stop?!" Artemis shrieked. "She's sick and you decide to pull an NCIS on her!" At the confused looks on everyone's faces, the blonde added telepathically, 'TV show that Dannie, Snow, Zatanna and I like to watch. Best crime solving show ever.'

"Will you two stop?" Robin questioned. "She must have gotten it from me. Being half ghost, it must have just taken her system a while to react."

"I don't think we should be arguing; Da-Dot looks like she's ready to pass out." Miss Martian added.

"Honestly, I feel- Nevermind." Dannie started to object when a wave of nausea swept over her. "I think I'm gonna hurl." Artemis handed her a a plastic sack. "Thanks Arty."

"No problem Dee Dee." the blonde said kindly.

Dannie glared at the archer. "If I didn't feel the way I did, I would so smack you for calling me that."

Connor started to ask something, but then the intercom called out, "Attention performers, this is a reminder that our performance starts in forty-five minutes. Report to the tents in fifteen for a quick rehearsal."

"I'll-"

Robin cut Artemis off. "I'll stay with Da-Dot. Our show needs two archers, but it can do with one acrobat. Tell Haly that Dot is sick and I'm staying in the train to take care of her."

They all nodded and left.

"How are you?" Dick asked her.

Dannie laughed without any humor. "I thought I already told you; that flu I had after the Injustice League thing would be an improvement right about now."

She started to add something before she started coughing.

When she'd finally stopped, her head flopped into her pillow. "You didn't have to stay with me."

"A) I love you so of course I'm going to stay with you, and B) I'm returning the favor. You took care of me when I was sick, so now it's my turn." He answered.

"Dankon Robin." Dannie murmured as she fell asleep.

Robin

Batman's protege easily noticed that his girlfriend's face was red, and quickly saw the beads of sweat that had popped up on her forehead. He sighed and began dabbing her face with the cold wet washcloth that was at her bedside. Every time her fever seemed to go down, it would spike again; that was really bad for someone who, as Superboy had said, basically emanated cold.

She was breathing heavily, and Robin's heart felt heavy. He hadn't wanted to get his girlfriend sick, but he still felt bad, because whether he wanted it to happen or not, she still got sick.

Out of nowhere, he heard her murmur, "Bà ơi, ông nội ... Đừng để."

Dick turned to see the half-ghost shaking in fear, more sweat beads popping up on her forehead as tears dripped down her porcelain skin. He described her as porcelain because he knew how easy it was to break her.

She was speaking Vietnamese in her sleep.

He translated it to 'Grandma, grandpa... don't go."

He caught 'Grandma', 'grandpa', 'Don't go', 'train', 'crash', 'dead', 'I'm sorry', and 'all my fault'.

He frowned, and then did something he'd promised to never do; he began looking into his girlfriend's past. He knew it was none of his business what had happened to her grandmother, but he couldn't help unless he knew more about her.

Looking around online, he found something interesting: a train crash that had happened almost 3 years ago. It had killed many, including high-school sweetheart couple Catriona and Alistair Fenton; the grandparents of Dannie and her siblings. The only survivor of the horrible accident was Dannie herself, who had been with her grandparents at the time, returning home from a gymnastics competition.

She'd witnessed her grandparents' deaths, and she was currently having a nightmare about it.

He quickly came up with an idea of how to wake her up, or at least calm her down.

Dannie

Dannie was crying as she saw what she remembered as the burnt, bloody figures of her grandmother and grandfather, but out of nowhere, she heard singing.

Crowded hallways, are the loneliest places,

For outcasts and rebels, or anyone who just dares to be different.

And you've been trying for so long, to find out where your place is,

But in their narrow minds, there's no room for anyone who dares to do something different.

But listen for a minute.

Trust the one, who's been where you are,

Wishing all it was, was sticks and stones,

Those words cut deep, but they don't mean you're all alone,

And you're not invisible.

Hear me out,

There's so much more to life than what you're feeling now,

Someday you'll look back on all these days, and all this pain is gonna be,

Invisible.

Dannie woke up with a start and knocked heads with someone. "Ow!" they said at the same time.

The halfa leaned back and realized that she felt better than when she'd passed out.

"You okay?" Robin asked her.

"Yeah, I feel a lot better than I did." she answered. She started to sit up, but then leaned back down as a large headache. "On second thought, I feel like my head is exploding."

"That's a colorful image. Do you think you can make it across the hall?" he questioned.

"Probably." Dannie answered, getting out of bed.

She walked with Robin to the Boys' room and found Miss M laying down in bed, Connor right next to her.

"How are you feeling? the halfa asked.

"Terrible." M'gann groaned.

"You both look better." Artemis told the pair.

"We feel better." Dannie and Robin said at the same time.

"Sorry M-Dawn." Robin apologized.

"Hope you didn't catch it from one of us." Dannie added.

"I feel so silly." the Martian replied. "Who knew that a Martian could be vulnerable to a human virus?"

"Uh, HG Wells?" Robin attempted to joke. "When did each of you first start feeling sick?"

"Not long after I found you outside; it came on really suddenly." Dannie answered.

"Shortly after we boarded." M'gann said. "It came on suddenly as well."

"Same with me a few nights ago." Robin realized. "I remember Ray rubbed my head for good luck."

"Ray rubbed my head and gripped my shoulder before I found you outside." Dannie remembered.

"That Roustabout?" Superboy questioned. "He touched her before he boarded; the guy must be a walking Petri dish."

"... I'm sorry, but the image is a little gross." the halfa informed.

"Yeah, yeah maybe." Robin quickly left the room, and Dannie followed closely behind, nearly running into Haly.

"Dan, Dot, you both look refreshed."

"Thanks," the ravens said in unison. "Jack, how long has Ray worked for you/Been on the tour?"

Jack thought about it before he shrugged and said, "I picked him up at the start of the European tour. Poor lad's down with the same flu as the rest of you."

"We'll check up on him; it's the least we can do." Had Dannie not already known that Artemis was there, she would've jumped.

"If you insist." Jack shrugged.

Robin stopped M'gann as she began to leave the room. "You should stay in bed."

She flashed a smile. "As a friend of mine once said, I'll manage."

The team left their car and went to Ray's room.

"Looks like he wasn't that sick after all." Superboy said as they barged into the room.

Ray wasn't anywhere to be seen, and Dannie began cautiously looking around for... whatever they hoped to find.

"Does this circus have an elephant I don't know about?" Pinky asked, pointing to a crate that said 'Elephant Food'.

"Not on foreign tours." Robin answered.

"Uh, guys?" Artemis said cautiously, holding up a mask of Ray's head. "I found Ray."

"SPLIT UP!" Robin yelled. "Search the whole train!"

Dannie went up top to see if she could spot the Roustabout in question, and looked around for a few moments until she heard, "Guys, we're chasing someone who's stolen Dawn's act; her whole shtick if you catch my drift."

"I got him." Superboy informed. "But he's on to me. Exiting the dining car now... he's gone topside!"

"I got him!" Dannie shouted into her com link, seeing the clown on top of the car. He attempted to knock Superboy off the car, but Dannie grabbed his hand and helped him back up, continuing to pursue the clown.

"Stay back! That's no clown!" Robin shouted as he came topside. "He's the Parasite; guy that once stole Superman's powers."

"As if you kids are who you say you are." the clown's head changed into the ugly purple face of Parasite.

"Stay out of his reach!" Robin ordered. "There's no flu going around! The weakness appears when he makes physical contact!"

"I have been a bit of a glutton today." Parasite admitted. "Chowed down on the skills of nearly every loser in this troupe. Ah, but the pièces de résistance were Dot and Dawn Danger, or whatever their real names are. Thought I'd munch on their trapeze skills. Imagine my surprise when they tasted like Martian Manhunter and halfa instead." Dannie's eyes widened. Only ghosts and half-ghosts knew that name! "Oh, but the full course was your powers Dot Danger."

A ghostly aura surrounded Parasite, and he turned an ectoplasmic shade of green, his eyes becoming black and his irises blood red. Dannie gulped. "So much raw ghostly power. Who knew that Clockwork would entrust the very power of Pariah Dark's wife herself to such a measly little girl."

Dannie raised an eyebrow. Pariah Dark's wife? Come to think of it, who in the name of Stan Lee was Pariah Dark?

"Yes, the girls' powers were delicious, but guess who I want for my next course?" Parasite used Miss martian's powers to bring Superboy close to him and grabbed the clone's neck, absorbing his powers.

"Ah, now there's the full body Kryptonian flavor I love." Parasite sighed. "I don't usually say this, but I'm sated."

"Stay whelmed!" Robin shouted. "Subdue, but keep your distance."

Artemis and Red Arrow aimed their bows, but they were burned to ashes by Parasite using... HEAT VISION?!

Dannie's eyes widened. She dodged a heat vision attack by somersaulting, and then aimed an ecto blast at him, but it was weak and barely tickled him.

"Hate to eat and run." Parasite informed as he began flying away.

As Robin went after him, he was struck down by Parasite. Dannie thrust herself forward and grabbed his hand, her body hitting the cold, metallic surface of the train. She started to slip off the train alongside her boyfriend until Artemis and Red Arrow made a move to help them both up.

M'gann then ran over to her boyfriend and said, "Are you alright?"

"Fine, fine." he replied.

"You're drained!" Robin retorted. "Parasite took more power than you even have! Heat vision?"

"I have the genetic potential for it!" Superboy growled. "Must've been enough for him.

Robin groaned, and Dannie followed after him, saying, 'Don't blame him; he has a point.'

'I know, but it definitely doesn't make proving old Jack innocent any easier.' he replied.

'I know, but we'll get through this; I promise.'

"It's not a complete debacle." Dannie heard her boyfriend say as she entered the car, having just finished rinsing her mouth out after throwing up. Again. She did not like trains at all. "I picked Parasite's pocket; got this flash drive."

The halfa sat down next to Robin and quickly changed to her ghost form.

Robin read the data from the flash drive and said, "Looks like Parasite's working for Intergang. Everything he's stolen, they're all pieces of something. They're putting together a weapon that generates... Black holes?!"

"Oh come on." Red Arrow scoffed. "To build that you need a particle accelerator."

"Oh, so you mean like the large Bozon collider that just happens to be in Geneva?" Dannie questioned.

"The circus's next stop." the redhead realized. "But now the Parasite can fly, turn invisible and pass through walls; he has a big head start on us."

Dannie's shoulders slumped as she rubbed her neck nervously and spoke in unison with M'gann. "Sorry."

"Not your fault, but this thing could wipe out entire cities." the Boy Wonder stood up. "We need to hurry."

"You and I need to hurry." Red Arrow retorted as he took out a spare bow. "Without powers, the others would hold us back."

"Oh, because none of us heard the undertone in that sentence." Dannie glared.

"Yeah, and besides, you're not the only one with a backup bow." Artemis added as she held up her crossbow.

Superboy slammed the wall with his fist, creating a dent. "And my powers are back."

"How?" Dannie asked.

"I'm still-""I guess Kryptonians recover faster ghosts, humans or Martians."

Miss Martian flashed a smile, putting her hands on her hips. "Don't even think about leaving me behind."

Geneva

December 24, 00:37 CET

Robin leaned down next to someone that had been beaten to a pulp by Parasite, and was groaning. "Trail of destruction. This way."

Dannie followed him inside, easily helping her friends to phase through walls.

"We need to take him down." Robin whispered. "Or at least lure him away so that we can safely disengage the-"

Superboy growled and lunged out of hiding, going after Parasite.

"No, wait!" Robin whisper-shouted.

"Seconds?" Parasite questioned. "No, I couldn't."

"What's wrong with-" Red started, but Miss Martian grabbed his shoulder and said, "Wait. I have an idea. What if powers and skills aren't the only thing that Parasite steals when he touches someone?"

Dannie raised an eyebrow, but then realized what her friend meant and smacked her forehead. "Oh, duh Dannie!"

"What exactly does she mean?" Robin questioned.

"What she means, is what if Parasite took our powers, but got our weaknesses as a side dish?" she explained excitedly. "In theory, every strength comes with a weakness; strengths and weaknesses are, theoretically, a package deal!"

"What do you think?" Miss Martian asked.

"Big risk to take on a theory." Red informed.

Robin narrowed his eyes. "Do it; go!"

Miss Martian walked out as Dannie followed invisibly and said, "What do you have against Geneva anyway?"

"Never liked the food, but the menu keeps improving." Parasite replied, using telekinesis to bring M'gann closer.

"I'm just the appetizer." M'gann said as she dove to avoid him.

Dannie turned herself visible and then encased Parasite in ice from his feet to his neck as she added, "But here's the main course!"

Red Arrow shot an arrow to the Parasite's chest, which encased him with hard red foam.

"Ice and foam?" the villain questioned. "You think that ice and foam can hold me?"

Suddenly, Dannie and Red Arrow were both in the air, unable to move as Parasite held them with telekinesis. "Or stop me from crushing you with a single thought? Combined Martian and Kryptonian powers."

"But do any of those powers free you before I sabotage your death thingy?" Robin asked as he typed on the keyboard.

"This one does." the villain answered as he broke out of the foam and used heat vision. Artemis launched an arrow with flammable gas, which the heat vision ignited.

Dannie held in her laughter at Robin's quip as she nearly fell to the ground before gaining her bearings and beginning to float in midair, allowing Red Arrow to hit the ground. She was still mad at him for how he treated Artemis and the others. Herself she could live with, but not her friends.

"Clever." Parasite complimented. "But you forget. Double dose of... doofus's... invulnerability. Fire... can't... touch me."

"Unless you make a meal of Miss Martian's powers." Dannie began.

"And get my weaknesses as a side dish." M'gann finished.

"No." Parasite breathed as he realized we were right. Before he could do anything, he fell to the ground unconscious.

Dannie finally couldn't take it anymore and busted up laughing. Robin eyed her. "What?"

"D-Death thingy?" she laughed. "Really?"

He glared at his girlfriend. "Because you have a better name?"

"..."

"That's what I thought."

Dannie turned to where Artemis was helping Red Arrow up. "Mind. Open." he informed. "I guess I never really saw the four you in the thick of it before. Superboy and Phantom are both hotheads-""Hey!""But I know I'm not one to talk. You could each have betrayed us here. You didn't. There is no mole."

'Except that there is.' Dannie thought. 'And that mole is me.'

As the team was getting ready to leave, Jack went up to Dannie and said, "Dot, a word please?"

She raised an eyebrow, but followed the ringmaster anyways.

They went into his office, and he said, "Take care of Dick for me, will you? He's been through a lot, and he needs someone like you to be there for him."

They halfa simply smiled. She'd had a feeling that Jack would recognize Dick. Dick was older now, and he'd definitely grown, but there were somethings that just never changed; the sight of a Grayson on the trapeze for example. Dannie had seen his acrobatics, and most of them were based off of trapeze movements that he did during his Flying Grayson days.

"We take care of each other. He's there for me, and I'm there for him." the halfa explained.

"Well Dot, we'll all miss you kids." Jack whispered.

Dannie nodded. She started to leave before turning around and throwing her arms around Jack, speaking at a whisper.

"Dannie. My name is Dannie Fenton."

Finally! This is done! I know, it's been forever, but my life is crazy, so that's my only excuse.

Signing off,

-MckennaTennyson-Harper12