Miss Martian steered the Bioship over Amity Park. It seemed calm but from knowing Danny, the team knew that was rarely the case.

"Alright. We're here. Now what?" Kid Flash announced. Aqualad bit his lip in thought before sighing.

"I suppose our first priority is to check in with Danny's loved ones. That way we can assess who was the target, if any. And they might know something about the Leaguers' disappearance," Aqualad decided.

"Right, how do we find them then?" Artemis asked.

"If you're looking for a Fenton. First place you check is Fenton Works," a voice informed them from the back of the Bioship. They all spun in their seats to see Danny standing at the back of the cockpit, with his arms folded and looking at his hometown.

"Danny?! What? What are you doing here?!" Robin exclaimed.

"Well, it is my family and friends in danger. Did you really think I was going to stay back at the cave and wait for news?" Danny replied.

"How did you get on the Bioship without us knowing?" Superboy asked, completely bewildered.

"Ghost powers," Danny answered with a shrug.

"No, Danny you shouldn't have come. It could be dangerous," Aqualad interjected, instantly recalling Danielle's rescue and Danny's resulting break down.

"You don't know whose responsible Kaldur. For all you guys know, this is because of a ghost. And no offense, but you guys suck at ghost hunting," Danny pointed out.

Aqualad frowned. He hated to admit that Danny was right. The team wasn't equipped to fight a ghost. And Danny did know this place best and his loved ones. With a heavy sigh, Aqualad nodded.

"Oh geez, Batman's gonna have a cow!" Kid Flash groaned. Danny stepped a little closer to Miss Martian to direct her and gave the speedster an acknowledging nod.

"I know. Which is why I didn't ask him or tell anyone what I was doing. If Batman's going to shout at anyone, he can shout at me," Danny informed them. The team blinked in surprise. Danny was volunteering to get yelled at. But anger and raised voices made the halfa nervous if not down-right frightened.

"Where is Fenton Works?" Zatanna inquired, eager to break the silence.

"You can't miss it," Danny retorted and smirked as he saw his house come into view.

"My parents aren't known for being subtle," Danny remarked as the team stared at the neon green sign announcing Fenton Works. Miss Martian landed the Bioship at the back of the house beside an armoured RV and a convertible. Danny glanced at the vehicles before leading the way to the front door which was unlocked.

The teens filed inside and Danny made his way through to the kitchen and down to the lab. He brought out the thermos containing Skulker and frowned at the empty lab. Wordlessly, he tapped a few buttons on the Ghost Portal control console and emptied the thermos into the Ghost Zone. Having done that, Danny clipped the thermos to his jeans belt and opened a drawer and pulled out a green earpiece.

"Come in? Anyone read me?!" Danny called into it before scowling. He pulled the earpiece out of his ear and dropped it back into the drawer. He pulled out another and tried again. He checked the frequency and tried again. With a disappointed sigh he dropped the Fenton phone into his pocket.

"Something's happened to my family and I'd hazard a guess that something happened to my friends too," Danny announced to the team, watching him curiously.

"How can you be sure? Maybe your family are just out. And they mightn't have one of those on them," Rocket reasoned, hiding her own worry for her mentor as much as possible, knowing that if something happened to the Fentons then the best chance of finding the heroes was to find the family. Danny shook his head.

"Jazz is always prepared. And she'd take her car on a ghost hunt. Same as my parents. The assault vehicle is parked around back. They're only ever in two places. In the lab. Or on a ghost hunt in the assault vehicle," Danny explained and motioned to the lack of occupants in the lab.

"So something happened to my family. Sam and Tucker have been working a lot more closely with my parents ever since they found out about me. Which means if something happened, chances are my friends would know and be out looking for them. They'd be wearing Fenton phones and we only ever use one frequency. They aren't responding. Which makes me think that whatever happened to my family may have happened to them as well," Danny resumed with a worried glance around the lab which deepened as he saw the Spectre Speeder powered off in the corner, eliminating the hope that his loved ones were in the Ghost Zone making him even more worried and suspicious. Ghosts, his family knew how to deal with. But humans like Luthor… not so much. Jazz would psycho-analyse him but she wasn't a fighter. His parents wouldn't make a move if Jazz, Sam and Tucker were in danger. He just hoped that his friends, in particular Sam, kept their cool and didn't tick off their captor.

Before the team could come up with a game plan to proceed with, Danny's ghost sense went off. He frowned and slipped into a semi-ready posture.

"Hey, look! It's the fancy-shmancy ghost boy," a heavily accented voice announced. Danny slumped and groaned.

"Not you guys," he complained as he turned to two green vultures wearing red fezzes.

"Ve heard you vere caught by the Guys in Vhite," one remarked before grinning evilly at the halfa.

"What of it?" Danny growled.

"Vell, I vould think you'd be embarrassed," the second replied. Danny scowled.

"Aren't there supposed to be three of you? Did the other one get sick of being with you pea brains and ditch you guys?" Danny pointed out.

"That's Mr. pea brain to you! Youth today. No respect!" the first vulture interjected.

"Whatever. You know that you're trespassing right? What are you doing in my house?" Danny reminded them. The vultures shared a look before shrugging.

"Ve are on a search and rescue mission," the second vulture announced proudly. Danny frowned.

"Rescue?" Danny repeated before his ghost sense went off again.

"That's right Daniel," a new voice hissed and Danny was thrown into a wall by a wave of pink energy.

"Vhat took you?!" the first vulture demanded as a third vulture joined the duo.

"Hey! I vas as fast as these old vings allowed," the third vulture retorted.

The team cried out in alarm as Danny hit the wall and gasped in pain. He struggled to his feet and looked up to see Vlad Plasmius glaring at him.

"Pla-Plasmius? What are you doing here?" Danny coughed, winded by the aggressive and unexpected hit.

"You should have listened to me Daniel! Now Maddie has been kidnapped!" Vlad growled as he crossed the room.

"Plasmius? Calm down. We can talk about this," Danny tried to reason. Vlad snarled and pushed Danny into the wall.

"No! I'm done talking Daniel! I warned you. But no one listens to Vlad Plasmius!" Vlad seethed, either not caring or not noticing the team present.

The team watched the exchange uncertainly. They didn't want to make a bad situation worse like they did the previous night.

"Listen to me! I-" Danny called. Vlad cut him off by slamming the teen into the metal plated wall and gripping his neck.

"No! You listen to me! I told you to give Luthor whatever he wanted! For once in your pathetic existence, you should have listened to me!" Vlad shouted. Danny clutched at Vlad's hands and tried to pry them away from his neck.

"Vl-Vlad! I-I can't breathe!" Danny wheezed.

"You told me you had protection organised for your family! Where is it then!?" Vlad growled, ignoring Danny's pleas.

Oh no! Our favourite halfa is in trouble and his loved ones are missing, as well as a couple of heroes in the Justice League!

What is going!?

Will the team be able to stop Vlad?

Will they find Danny's loved ones and the missing heroes?

What happened?

Until the next chapter.