A/N: Let's try this again. I have no idea what happened with all of the formatting being uploaded the first time, but I think we fixed it. Long time no see friends! Here's a Danny chapter to make up for it!

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Danny felt like he was hit by a bus. He was definitely in a bed, but he couldn't open his eyes just yet to see where he was.

He also heard low murmuring voices, but he couldn't quite make out what they were saying. He could, however, identify Sam's voice anywhere. And the concern she had was very apparent.

"There's no way he didn't see, Tucker. It's Robin from the Teen Titans, who was trained by a crime fighting legend and founding member of the Justice League, and he is our age and leads a whole crime-fighting team of superheroes. Who knows what he might do with the information that Phantom is half human? We know for a fact the government would love to have it, and we have no idea how willing Robin is to give them that information. And even if just the Justice League knows, we also don't know their stance on ghosts." she whispered harshly, sounding panicked.

Danny groaned, "Sam, calm down you're spiraling."

Sam and Tucker immediately exclaimed, "Danny!" and rushed to his side.

"Dude, you took a rough hit. How are you feeling?" Tucker asked.

Danny assessed his injuries. It definitely felt like he just hit the ground at terminal velocity, but he didn't feel anything broken. Definitely some bruised ribs though.

"If anything was fractured, it probably healed itself by now. Thank you, ghost powers," he rolled his eyes. "But other than that I just feel really sore. I'm guessing I changed back when I hit the ground?"

His friends nodded.

"But Robin and I were super busy fighting that guy, so I don't think he saw anything. Sam disagrees," Tucker informed his friend.

Danny considered that for a moment. Maybe if Robin wasn't super perceptive then he would believe that, but there was no way he didn't see the bright flash of light that accompanies his transformation between forms.

He sighed. "I think I have to agree with Sam. The guy is no amateur, so he probably saw something. Whatever he thinks about that is a mystery, but my identity is probably safe. The fact that I'm a halfa, while not ideal in the hands of others, still mostly keeps me safe."

"While normally I would love to gloat that I am right, you really just need to focus on getting rest, Danny. That's the only way you will recover the fastest. We have no idea when that Adonis guy is going to come back, and you need to be back on your feet when he does," Sam said, moving to sit next to Danny on his bed.

Danny attempted to sit up with her, but immediately felt pain radiate through his chest. He compromised with himself and propped himself up on his elbows instead, with a slight grimace of pain.

Sam gently pushed his chest so that he sunk back into his pillow. "Did you not hear what I just said? You need to rest. I will not take no for an answer."

Before Danny could respond, they were interrupted by the sound of Tucker's PDA going off, and he immediately checked the notification.

"What is it?" Sam asked, concerned.

"Well, it's Robin. Saying that he wants to meet with Danny Phantom to talk business. He gave a time and a location. Tonight at the park," Tucker explained.

"That's perfect," Danny said. "I can go and figure out what he saw and see what he plans to do with that information."

"First, you need to rest. Take a nap, and Tucker and I will be downstairs when you wake up," Sam explained, standing up. "And don't worry, we got you in here while your parents were down in the lab. They think you just got sick at school."

Both Tucker and Sam moved to go out the door, but Sam paused, letting Tucker go ahead.

Before Danny could ask what she was doing, she had quickly turned back around and came back to kneel beside his bed.

"Don't you ever scare me like that again," she said, deadly quiet and serious, looking right into Danny's eyes.

"No promises," Danny replied with a smirk, making her laugh. Then, more seriously, "As much as I would love to make that promise to you, we both know I can't."

Sam sighed. "I know."

They sat in silence for a moment before Sam leaned forward and kissed Danny on the forehead and said, "Get some rest. We'll come get you when it's time to go."

After she left, Danny's head was spinning. Did this mean she liked him more than just a friend? Or was she just concerned about him?

Man, I really need to talk to Tucker about this, he thought before letting himself fall into a dreamless sleep.

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Danny felt a million times better when he woke up later that night. His parents had already turned in for the night, but they nominated Tucker to be the sleeping body in Danny's bed just in case of questioning from Dick. They would make the switch back later after he had fallen asleep.

"Keep me updated. You owe me for leaving me behind, man," Tucker said as they walked out the door.

"Trust me, dude, I know. I'll buy you Nasty Burger to make up for it," Danny promised. "And we will let you know everything that goes down."

Danny and Sam walked outside and around the corner of his house so that he could transform. Then, he picked Sam up in his arms and they were off to the park.

"Danny, I definitely could have taken a scooter. You don't have to push yourself," Sam complained as they took off.

"Sam, I feel fine now. Enhanced healing, remember? And this is faster anyway," Danny countered, really just happy he had a reason to hold her close again.

As they approached the park, Danny saw the familiar red motorcycle parked by the gazebo. They landed nearby and Danny approached Robin first.

"I hear we have some business to talk about," he started.

Robin turned to face them, "Yes, we do. And unfortunately it's even more than I originally planned to talk to you about now that Adonis is in the picture."

Danny was floored. "You were here in Amity Park… for me?"

Robin laughed, "Well, yeah. A whole city doesn't just fall off the map and go unnoticed by the Justice League. I was sent to see whether you are a threat or an ally."

Danny heard Sam growl behind him. "Hey, just because he's a ghost doesn't mean that he is a threat to our town. You saw how he protects us."

"Calm down, feisty-pants," Robin replied, smirking. "That's why I was sent, but not why I came. I'm no errand-boy for the Justice League. My team has a vast network of allies across the world, and anytime someone like us makes an appearance, I like to make a personal visit. I came to ask if you wanted to be an honorary Titan."

Danny was in shock. He turned to Sam and her mouth was hanging slightly open, likely feeling the same way. She made eye contact with him and the slight glimmer in her eyes melted his heart, but he shook his head to bring himself back into focus.

"Well," he started, "I kind of already have a team here-"

"I would never ask you to leave your team. Being an honorary Titan just gives you a network to call on when you need help, and we would also hope that you would help us when we call on you as well. We have only had to call on the entire network once since creating it, but having alliances around the world comes in very handy. In a way, you'll never truly be alone in a fight," Robin explained, holding out a round communication device with the letter T on it.

"You don't have to say yes right now, but take this anyway. Let us know what you think, and if you ever need anything, I will personally bring my team down here to help."

Danny took the device from him, and immediately turned to hand it off to Sam for safekeeping. The look in her eyes had changed from shock to suspicion. And that terrifying gaze was locked on Robin.

And he definitely noticed.

Danny decided to be the first to bring up the fight earlier. "So I don't know what you saw earlier when we were fighting Adonis-"

"Don't even worry about it," Robin said, cutting Danny off. "I know a thing or two about secret identities. I would never divulge that information to anyone, nor would I hold it over your head to join my team. I envy those on my team who can just live as they are with no secrets, but I understand the importance of yours. I expect no explanation on your part. Your secret is safe with me."

Danny looked back at Sam, and her gaze had softened a bit.

"We still don't know how much we can trust you," Sam started. "But our team will talk about joining the network, and it will be all three of us. Not just Danny."

Robin smiled. "Of course. I expect nothing less. And that's how I can address you personally then, Danny? Not just Phantom?"

Danny smiled, "Yeah, my friends and allies call me Danny. Now that we are on the same page, we need to talk about Adonis."

Robin's smile dropped from his face. "Yeah, Adonis. He is one of our regulars back in Jump City. His battle suit enhances his strength to superhuman levels and protects him from most hits, but it normally isn't powered off of electricity in the way that he is trying to get it now. Which leads me to believe that he has some kind of supplier for this suit."

Danny paused for a moment to think. Someone clearly gave the guy ghost tech for his suit, and it needs to be powered by pulling surrounding electricity.

"Well, on the surface level it sounds like it could be Technus, a ghost who is one of our regulars," Danny started to explain.

"But that wouldn't entirely make sense because Technus has no motive helping someone else. He tends to be pretty selfish except for when he merges with other ghosts. Never a human, and he would never just give a human technology that he made ghostly," Sam continued.

Danny nodded in agreement, "Exactly. If we want to consider his suit, it could be Skulker helping him out. He also operates with a ghostly battle suit, but the technology part wouldn't exactly mesh well with Skulker, which is why he and Technus merged to be Skulktech."

He and Sam both shuddered. "So weird," they said in unison.

"Even so," Sam interrupted, "That's a future thing, so they might not even have that motivation to merge yet."

"Very true," Danny agreed.

Robin's face was hard to read. He was likely taking in all of the information that Danny and Sam had just unloaded, but the mask made Danny's perception of him difficult.

Which is probably the point of the mask, he thought to himself dumbly.

"So let me get this straight," Robin started. "There are two potential ghosts that could have the motivation to help Adonis, but their motivations are purely selfish and their own merger with each other hasn't even happened yet."

"Sounds about right," Danny replied with a nod.

"So what ghost would want to supply a human with tech with the intent to terrorize Amity Park? Because there's no way Adonis would find his way here on his own. He had to be led here," Robin pondered.

Danny's heart skipped a beat. "Shit."

Looking over at Sam, he saw that her face had paled. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" she asked.

Robin's interest peaked some more. "So there is someone?"

Danny sighed. "Unfortunately. Vlad Plasmius. He's a halfa like me, and he was hellbent on being my mentor or me seeing him in some sort of fatherly way. Which I don't want, so he decided he would just make my life a living hell instead."

Robin nodded. "I know the type, unfortunately. We do have a big problem then if there is a brain behind all of this: the Fall Festival."

"Big group of people and a chance to make Danny Phantom seem like the bad guy? Sounds like Vlad to me," Danny groaned. "So what do we do? We need more manpower to take this guy down without absolutely wrecking the festival."

Robin grinned. "That's the beauty of the Titans network. I can bring in manpower, or I guess we could call it superhuman power. My team has been waiting for my signal to come help, and they can be here as soon as this weekend or early next week to start planning. If this truly is Vlad Plasmius' endgame, then I bet we don't see Adonis until the festival."

Danny and Sam locked eyes. He could tell right away that they were on the same page.

It would definitely be a huge benefit to be included in the Titans network, and being considered a hero by a worldwide organization could probably get the GIW off of his back.

But they couldn't make this decision without Tucker.

"We know how to get in touch with you now," Danny said as he turned back to face Robin. "We need to talk with our third and get back to you about calling in the Titans and being a part of the network."

Robin nodded. "Understood. I'll be around."

Without another word, he was quickly on his bike and taking off into the night.

Danny sat down and put his head into his hands. "This is so fucked up."

Sam moved to sit next to him and grabbed one of his hands. He couldn't help how his chest tightened at the feeling.

"Not entirely," she started. "You were invited to be a part of the Titans Network. That's a big deal, Danny."

He snorted. "I'm also low key being investigated by the Justice League at the same time."

They sat in silence for a moment.

"I know we need their help now. They have a history with Adonis, and I don't want to risk the lives of all those people who are going to be at the festival," he finally said. "But is it a good idea to join them? I may seem like a superhero to them, but I'm no metahuman. I'm half ghost. Half dead."

Sam's free hand reached up and turned Danny's face to look at her before dropping to grab his other hand. "That doesn't make you less of a hero, Danny. And who knows. Maybe your ghost powers are more like being a metahuman than being half ghost. It's not like we have ever been able to get a good look at your DNA. Your story matches up with people like the Flash, it just has more ectoplasm involved."

Danny smiled softly. "I don't know how to explain this Sam, but I can feel it. It's not just ghost powers. I know that part of me died that day."

Sam started to speak again, but he cut her off.

"And I know you are going to say that you're sorry, but don't. Yes, a part of me died that day, but it also brought Danny Phantom to life. I can't thank you enough for that," he finished, squeezing her hands.

The moment felt like it could go on forever, and Danny felt every part of his soul pulling himself closer to Sam.

But the moment was ruined by her phone going off, causing the two of them to jump apart in alarm.

Sam glared at the caller ID before answering, "What, Mom?" She paused then sighed. "Yes, I'll be home soon."

Danny was up with his hand extended before she even hung up the phone.

"Come on, I'll give you a ride."

A/N: Let me know what you think! I hope you enjoyed it! Have any predictions for what's going to happen next?