A/N: Happy New Year, folks! I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season! Here's another chapter for you all :)

Robin took a deep breath after Sam and Tucker were able to drag Danny Fenton's limp body away from the scene of the fight.

He really could kick himself for not figuring it out sooner. And had Danny not fallen in battle, how long would it have taken him? Some detective he was, staying in the same house as the very person he was sent to investigate and didn't put it together.

Danny's injuries were likely not severe. He was knocked out on impact from the fall, something that would have been much worse for a non-ghost like person. What even was Danny? Some kind of metahuman? Something else? A ghost disguised as a human or vice versa?

Robin had about a million questions but his thoughts were interrupted by his cell phone ringing in his bag back on the R-cycle. He quickly jogged over and saw that it was Bruce calling him.

"Hello," he answered shortly, not ready to debrief about anything just yet.

"How was your first day of school?" Bruce asked, the smug enjoyment coming through in his tone.

"About as good as you would expect," Robin answered plainly while looking around the park for a discreet location to stash his bike and change back into civvies. "New school, easy to get lost in, nobody to talk to."

"What about Jazz and Danny?"

"Well, I have like one class with Jazz and Danny is younger, so didn't really get much social interaction other than lunch."

"And was that eventful?"

Robin has started walking toward a cluster of trees but stopped and narrowed his eyes. Was Bruce monitoring the news in Amity? Did he know that Robin was out helping Phantom?

"Depends on what you would say is eventful. Apparently ghost attacks are pretty normal around here."

"Does that mean you made contact with Phantom?"

"Not yet. Will update when I have more information."

Robin hung up the phone and moved into the wooded area to change back. Bruce probably knew that he lied; he was likely monitoring the whole situation from the Batcave. However, Robin had very little information at the moment to give, other than the biggest secret Danny had. And that was not information Batman or the Justice League needed to be privy to.

It was bad enough the Justice League knew his secret identity, when his own team didn't even know.

Additionally, Batman did not need to know about Adonis somehow being supplied ghost powered weaponry. His team's bad guy makes it his team's case.

Dick finished changing and made sure to put the R-Cycle into camouflage mode. For extra measure, he stashed it into a bush and kicked some leaves around it. Against Bruce's wishes, he had Cyborg send out his R-Cycle, but now he was starting to get very annoyed that he had absolutely nowhere to put it.

What he really needed was some kind of empty building owned by Wayne Enterprises to stash his stuff in. There had to be at least one somewhere in town.

He decided he would check it out later after meeting with Danny and his friends and started his walk back to Fenton Works.

xxx

As he walked in the door, he was immediately bombarded by Jack and Maddie.

"We heard there was a ghost attack at the school!" Jack bellowed, causing Dick to flinch away from the large man.

"Are you okay, sweetie?" Maddie asked, immediately moving to check him out for any injuries.

Dick smiled. She reminds me of Mom.

Dick thought about his parents often, especially in the years since meeting his team. He knows that his parents would absolutely adore Starfire and get a kick out of BB and Cyborg's antics. They would be fascinated by Raven, for sure, but once they got to know her they would love her just as much as the others.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Managed to get away from the smashed table I was at with no scratches or burns," he responded, pulling away from her hands that were inspecting his arms.

They all moved to sit at the kitchen table.

"You probably didn't realize just how many ghosts you were going to see when you came to Amity Park, did'ja?" Jack laughed.

Dick laughed with him. "Honestly it's not that much different than living in Gotham. Still lots of weird stuff going on, just in a different font here."

"Ha, I suppose that's true. You're a funny one, Dick. I wish we could have met you sooner."

Perfect opportunity to figure out more about this side of the family, Dick thought.

"Maddie, when is the last time you saw Bruce? I mean besides yesterday of course." Dick asked.

Maddie laughed. "Well, it depends. I haven't seen him in years. Probably since we were teenagers. But he's always made sure to check in with us. Sent us a wedding present, gave us money for each of the kids' college funds when they were born, and has checked in every now and then with a phone call."

Dick was surprised; that was surprisingly a lot for a family he didn't even realize existed.

Maddie kept talking excitedly. "Oh, he was so excited when he told me about you for the first time. I was surprised that a single bachelor like Bruce was adopting a child, but it was so clear how much he loved you from the moment he took you in."

That was also surprising. He knew Bruce cared for him, but their relationship was very strained as of late.

Time for a subject change.

"Did he do anything to help you guys out when Danny had his accident?" he asked.

Both Maddie and Jack's eyes went dark and looked down.

"I didn't realize Danny told you about that," Maddie said quietly.

Dick felt bad. He definitely struck a nerve. "Jazz kinda let it slip at breakfast this morning. What exactly happened?"

Jack sighed before starting, "Well, it was when we were trying to get the Ghost Portal in the basement up and running. We couldn't get it to start up right away, so we called it quits. But Danny was showing his friends the lab when he shouldn't have been and he was electrocuted because he was too close to the portal when it started up."

"Sam was convinced he was dead," Maddie added. "She was beside herself, but I could tell he was still breathing and a quick trip to the ER showed that he was going to be fine after a week or so of rest. He was lucky. He really could have died from the voltage that portal puts off."

Dick was taken aback. This was not at all what he was expecting. Definitely sounded like the beginning of a metahumans powers. A near-death experience could have ignited something within him, coupled with whatever weird ghostly stuff that came with the portal could have resulted in ghost powers for sure.

And either they were really good liars or they did not know that their son received those ghost powers from this accident. Dick was leaning toward the latter choice.

"Can you tell me more about the lab and what you guys do? I know ghost hunting is basically the gist, but I am really interested in what you really do.

That brightened their moods a bit.

"Well, we met in college because we were both studying engineering, but with our own focus on ghosts and ghost hunting. A lot of people thought we were crazy at the time, but we knew that there was more out there than just glowing orbs in people's pictures," Maddie began to explain.

"That's when we developed the Porto-Ghost Portal. It was a miniature version of the one we have down in the lab!" Jack piped in. "With Vlady's help of course."

Dick noticed Maddie grimace at the mention of "Vlady" but she kept moving forward with the story.

"After we graduated, we got married and started our company, which specializes in ghost weaponry. We knew at this point that ghosts were real and posed a serious threat to the livelihood of others. That's what our laboratory is for mainly, developing weapons to defend against ghost attacks," she explained.

"There are some good ghosts, though, right?" Dick inquired, trying to figure out if they really knew about Danny's powers.

Jack scoffed. "None that we have met. All they want to do is destroy our town!"

"Even Danny Phantom?"

Now it was Maddie's turn to scoff, "Oh, especially Danny Phantom."

xxx

After sitting and chatting with the Fentons a bit longer, Dick excused himself to the living room in order to send Tucker a message from Robin about meeting up later that night.

A few minutes later, Tucker himself walked down the stairs.

"Oh, um, hi Dick. Maybe don't go upstairs right now. Danny got super sick and it's not pretty," he stammered out.

Dick nodded, "Noted."

A few minutes later, Sam walked down the stairs, her face a deep shade of scarlet.

"What happened, Sam. You confess your undying love up there?" Tucker teased.

Her eyes darkened. "Shut up. You know that would ruin everything."

Tucker groaned, "Oh come on! You two are practically already in a committed relationship with each other. Just admit your feelings and kiss already. It will make life easier for the rest of us."

"Not to butt in," Dick said, butting in, "but I speak from experience in saying that keeping someone at arm's length because you don't want to ruin what you have will ruin what you have. Ignoring feelings lead to hurt feelings in the long run."

"See!" Tucker exclaimed. "Even Dick is on my side, and he's literally been here for a day."

Sam huffed, "We have a lot going on right now. It's not up for discussion."

"Sam, stop making yourself miserable over your feelings for him," Tucker responded.

Dick stood up, "I sense this conversation would be better without me, so I'm going to go call my girlfriend. I know I don't know you guys all that well, but you know what's best for you. And for Danny."

xxx

Dick was far away from Fenton Works when he finally pulled out his communicator and called Starfire. He made sure to find himself perched on an abandoned building so that nobody could eavesdrop or see that he was talking into a Titans communicator.

He also threw on his mask for good measure. Well, that and so he could video call Starfire.

Her bright face filled the screen immediately. "Robin!"

He smiled, "Hey, Star. Wanna fill me in on that fight you guys had earlier?"

Her normally bright demeanor switched to a more serious one. "It was quite strange. We were first alerted to a strange presence down at the docks early this morning, and we likely would not have gone if not for the mention of strange powers. Raven wanted to check it out and just see if she could see if they had any ill intentions."

"So he wasn't doing anything?" Robin questioned.

"Not at first," Starfire responded. "Raven and I went on our own to do the scouting at the docks and we don't think he realized we were there. We left once Raven realized that she couldn't read his emotions like she can with anybody else. The sensation also left her feeling really sick, so I decided it would be best to regroup with the others."

Dick nodded. "Good call. It's one thing that she couldn't get a reading on him, but to feel sick by his presence is very strange. When did he start attacking the city?"

"About an hour after we returned to the tower. There were attacks all over the city, all with the same description of this man. But the attacks didn't seem to have any reason to them."

Dick's eyes narrowed. "No meaning? Do you think he was trying to draw you out?"

Starfire nodded. "We do. Especially when we did show up and he seemed… ready for us somehow. He was able to duplicate his form and we were essentially fighting one on one and became separated throughout the city."

"So it was like he knew he would be fighting a team, and he wanted to separate you to gain the upper hand."

"Yes, exactly. But then, he just vanished completely. And we did not have the upper hand."

Robin pondered that for a moment. "That definitely doesn't sound good. Be on the lookout and update the Titans East when they arrive. Hopefully, he won't expect them to be there and you can gain the upper hand."

"And what about when we depart for Amity Park?"

"Well, if he is truly just interested in our team he will either lay low until you come back or try to follow you. If he isn't, then I trust that Titans East can handle themselves. Until I need you guys to come, you can handle this."

Starfire nodded in response.

Dick smiled. "No more business talk. I miss you."

That brought a smile back to her face. "I miss you too, Robin. This week has been lonely without you here. For everybody, not just me."

Dick felt bad. While he had only been in Amity Park for two days, he had been at Wayne Manor longer strategizing with Batman and the League.

"Well, maybe you will be here soon, and you can meet my…" he paused, almost saying family, "new friends here."

He cringed inwardly. Of course he couldn't say family because the Fentons were Dick Grayson's family, not Robin's. Just another reason to make the switch to Nightwing and finally be out of Bruce's grasp enough to reveal his identity to his team. Not that making the switch would mean anything, but being under the Robin mantle gave Bruce just that much more control over him.

"And the Danny Phantom!" Starfire exclaimed. And then giggled when she saw the confusion on Dick's face. "You think we wouldn't look up the superpowered teenager once you told us we were on call to come help?"

Dick laughed, "I guess that's valid. It's just I forget that there are very capable leaders of the team sometimes. Especially you, Star."

She blushed and then responded with a smirk, "Well, I am of royal blood. Are you surprised?"

"Never."

xxx

After finishing his discussion with Starfire, Dick made his transformation to Robin before heading to the rendezvous point with Danny and his friends in the park.

It was very clear to him now that Danny Phantom is very much a hero to this town, no matter what many people believed. He would be sure to formally invite him to the Titans Network before reporting back to the Justice League.

He retrieved his bike from the bushes and drove up to the nearby gazebo to wait.

He was surprised that it was only Danny and Sam had come to talk with him, but he was even more taken aback by Sam's initial hostility towards him. It was clear that Danny's friends were very protective of him. Even more of a reason to invite the team to the Titans Network.

Dick wouldn't lie and say he ever considered inviting Sam and Tucker too, but after the fight that he witnessed earlier, it was clear that they were capable of backing up their friend. With more intense training, they would be more than capable heroes on their own as well.

They both seemed to open up when he reassured them that Danny's secret was safe with him.

After jumping on the R-Cycle, he immediately called Titans Tower.

"What's up, Robin?" he heard Cyborg answer the call.

"As soon as Titans East gets to Jump City, you guys need to get to Amity Park. We need the whole team to assist with this Adonis situation."

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Make sure to let me know in the reviews what your thoughts are :)