The silence was heavy all the way back to the Mountain. Everything seemed to radiate a chill that was difficult to get rid of. Their surroundings were dim and it was odd to enter the room without any adults there to greet them.
"Uh, so where should we meet up with Uncle barry?" Kid questioned only to receive Robin make a zipping motion in front of his mouth.
'Why can't Wally talk about it?' M'gann asked through the link she reset.
'Batman would find out...well sooner that is.' The hacker told them.
'But I thought you hacked the cameras and audio?' Artemis was annoyed and it radiated throughout the team.
'You guys really do look too highly of me, if you think I am the best hacker then Batman is the hacker god. Nothing escapes that guy, I am only trying to hold him off of our trail.' Robin's face held amusement.
'So where do we meet Flash?' Zatanna put them back on track, which Danny was grateful for. If Batman ever watched this recording it would be painfully obvious that they were planning something between them standing around and the odd faces some of them made, Wally wasn't made for covert operations after all. Also, the fact that Robin was covering something will no doubt raise some questions for his protege. The fact that Robin is even going this far to keep this away from his mentor makes Danny feel more trustworthy towards the youngest.
'How about the empty warehouse near here?' Zatanna brings up.
A warehouse?' Artemis's eyebrows raise and wally laughs out loud making Conner glare at him.
'Now we are the cheesy villains.' Wally giggles.
'Not villains.' Danny reminds him.'
'Cheesy heroes?' Wally thinks in a question and Kaldur'ahm rubs his face.
'Let's just get this over with.' Kaldur says in defeat.
'I thought we were doing this tomorrow? Besides Flash might be at the watchtower at this time.' M'gann says.
'There is no way I am keeping human remains in my cape for an entire night! How the hell am I supposed to keep this away from B?' Robin holds up the wrapped remains as an example.
'Language.' Kaldur hounds.
'Huh, how are we going to get Flash away from the Watchtower without inducing the League into a mass panic?' Danny's head is starting to hurt.
'We may have to wait until tomorrow.' Kaldur informs.
'Don't you keep backup capes, Mr. I am always prepared?' Wally asks.
'Excuse me, who destroyed my last cape last month. My only spares are at the Batcave and you happened to annihilate a titanium enforced cape, don't tell me how.' Robin snarked.
'Well, maybe you should-'
'Shut up!' Conner roared making everyone wince.
'Thanks, Connie-boy' Danny joked causing the clone to give him a look that made Danny think he was going to fry him, well if he had the ability he would anyways.
'Let's focus please.' Kaldur sounded defeated and Artemis agreed wholeheartedly.
'They would know the Bioship left if they come to check.' M'gann said.
'Well then, I guess I'll hack the zetas and we shall go on foot.' Robin decided.
'Our problem revolving Flash still is not solved.' Zatanna reminded them.
'We'll figure it out when we get there.' Robin shrugged and walked to the zeta beams.
'Keep those safe.' He reminded them nodding to the thermos and tablet.
Robin started to hack the zeta with his glove and then pointed to them to enter. They walked through and once they all left Robin followed.
Brisk air met the teenagers and the friendly light of the moon followed. Zatanna led the way to the warehouse.
"We are totally not getting away with this." Wally grinned even if his words held a serious matter.
"Oh Crud, whoever is in this thermos is going to kill me for not letting them out sooner." Danny silently prayed to Clockwork that it was someone manageable at least.
"Half kill." Wallace added.
"Thanks, KF." Danny's words were filled with sarcasm.
"No problemo!"
"Here we are!" Zatanna cheerfully supplied.
The team looked up to see the old boring warehouses that they see at least three times a week. Like every warehouse, it included the scum that always surrounded them.
"Yipp-ee," Artemis said with no emotion.
"What's the plan?" Wally asked the group but was really looking at Robin.
"Hm, oh I know!" Robin's mischievous grin made the Speedster want to run away.
Before they knew it he held his communicator out and pressed the Flash's icon to call.
"What the hell are you doing!" Artemis tried to grab the device while ignoring Aqualad's strict voice.
"Hello?" Barry's voice penetrated the group and Artemis was mid-way paused between teaching the communicator and keeping her balance.
"Uh, Hey there Flash." Robin waved.
"What do you kids want? I am supposed to be keeping watch with Ollie in the Watchtower." Barry groaned at the Arrow's voice that stressed the word supposably.
"Wally went for a run but ran out of energy bars so he is pretty sluggish right now." Robin lied smoothly.
"Don't you kids have some in the mountain?" Barry raised an eyebrow.
"Wally ate them all as a bet to Danny." Robin told him.
"Just carry him back and give him an IV." Flash argued.
"Funny story about that too." Robin gave a sheepish grin.
"Damn it, well I guess this is an excuse to get away from the green-meanie." Flash joked.
"Great! I will send you our coordinates." Robin grinned and shut off the call.
"Hang on, there is no way Flash believes that awful lie." Artemis shook her head.
"Oh, he doesn't but he would rather go here than be in that boring watchtower with Green Arrow." Kid laughed.
"I thought he and Green Arrow were best friends?" M'gann was confused.
"They are." Wally said.
The wait in the warehouse did not last that long being Flash is well The Flash. When the older Speedster entered he brought a cold wind that made the surrounding garbage fly away. Wally was laying on the ground to act his part so his uncle won't leave right away thinking it is a prank on him.
"The most amazing hero is here to save the day!" Flash held his hands in the air. He sped over to his nephew and knelt to check his pulse.
"Hey, Uncle Barry!" Kid jumped up causing the poor man to jump also.
"What the hell, Wally! Did you guys seriously call me here to pull this prank? Oh man, wait until I tell Batman about you kids." Flash scolded.
"Actually, we have something else to ask you, we did not want the League to be involved." Danny rubbed the back of his neck.
"What did you do?" Flash sounded serious, which was odd for the man.
"Don't freak out." Wally told him and Flash looked even more nervous.
"You can't just tell someone to not freak out and then-" Flash was cut off by Robin unfolding his cape on the ground. The skull was easily seen with the black cape underneath. The eye sockets seemed to be looking up, which made the Flash stare in shock.
"Why do you guys have remains?" Flash seemed to not know how to respond.
"Did you murder someone!" He yelled after a minute of thinking it over.
"No, we have not. We happened to find the Guys in White's old hideout and managed to locate some of their gear along with...well." Aqualad said.
"You guys do know that the League needs to be involved, correct?" Flash questioned.
"No! No League, they will keep me away from this." Danny stepped up.
"Look at this! This is way above you guys." Flash gestured to the skull.
"Please, I see worse and deal with worse in Gotham with Batman." Robin muttered.
"Not the point! Zatara is going to turn me into a frog and then fry me, or worse turn me into an oreo cookie for J'onn." Flash wept at his imagined death.
"Please, Uncle Barry this mission means a lot to Danny." Kid gave him a puppy look. Flash hesitated and pulled out his communicator. He paused in thought before putting it back in his suit.
"What do you need?" Flash sighed and knew this was going to lead to more trouble.
"We need the remains analyzed to figure out the cause of death and who it is." Robin told him.
"Shit, if this leads to greater dangers I am going to the League and you kids will not stop me." Flash told them sternly and his eyes held no wavering on his word.
"Okay." Danny agreed.
"Thank you, Flash." Kaldur said and M'gann nodded her head in agreeance.
"I swear I am doing something I'll later regret." Flash sighed and picked up the cape carefully.
He was about to speed away but stopped to stare at the thermos in Danny's hands.
"Another!" He groaned and placed the cape back down.
"Don't worry we'll take care of it." Zatanna told him.
"I would fail as a hero if I let you kids open that thing will the probability of a threat to you all. Besides, then I will have all of your mentors on my back." Flash said.
"Wait, should I release whoever it is here?" Danny asked.
"Why not?" Kid Flash shrugged.
"No, no, no, not why not, we should test it first." Flash griped. He tried to take it from the teen but Danny phased through his grab.
"Here with you or back at the Mountain." Danny argued.
"You forget who is the mentor here." Flash fought back.
"Just open the damn thing!" Artemis yelled and Danny pressed the release button to The Flash's dismay.
The bright blue light engulfed the darkness around them. Danny's breath was seen and suddenly they saw a silhouette in the beam. When it died down they saw a little girl that had snow white hair and glowing green eyes, huh wonder where they saw that from.
"Mini-Casp?!" Wally gasped.
"Dani!" Danny cried in worry and knelt down to the other half ghost he cares so much about.
"Who is she?" Conner asked.
"Dani with an i, she is my cousin." He tells them and gingerly picks her up in a bridal style carry.
"Bats is not going to like this." Flash pinched the bridge of his nose.