Ch.37: Zoo Trip

Dick grinned to himself when he heard Danny squeal in delight in the backseat.

Oh yeah, he was awesome. He was the one to take his little bro to the zoo for the first time. This deserved brownie points.

The older raven-haired male parked the car, went around the back, and grabbed Danny from the backseat. The smaller boy was bouncing in Dick's arms, squishing Batsy's throat in his small hands (The plushy had an extremely humanoid expression of 'I'm-being-choked-to-death' on his face… How did that work?).

"You ready to see all the animals, Rae-Rae?" Dick asked, putting Danny on his back as the kid was, like, a tenth of his weight. The nine-year-old nodded excitedly, still holding Batsy like a lifeline (it almost looked like the plushy was screaming for help). Dick laughed, sounding almost evil. Almost.

Danny let out a long 'ooo' as he stared down at the Sri Lankan Sloth Bears. There were three of them in all and they were all looking up at the nine-year-old in fascination. Dick was leaning against the rail with a big, amused smile on his face.

Danny waved down at the bears. Mimicking him, the bears waved back. The nine-year-old laughed.

Dick watched Danny, still amused, as the nine-year-old pressed his face against the python's glass cage. The snake was equally interested in Danny as the child was in him. The python stared at the nine-year-old intensely, Danny returning the stare. Eventually, the python had had enough of the child and went back to resting on the branch he was lying on.

Danny waved. "Bye Mr. Slithers!"

Dick grabbed Danny's hand and led him away, the child giggling behind his hand.

Dick laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed…

They were in the zoo's aviary filled with smaller, colorful birds compared to the ones they had seen earlier, such as various owls, hawks, and condors. The colorful birds had taken a liking to Danny, as had lots of other animals throughout the zoo.

The birds, though, were allowed to crowd him.

A dozen or so of the birds were resting on his head and shoulders. One of the ones of his head had bent forward to look at the child upside down. Danny's eyes were crossed, looking at the bird. His face morphed into pain when one of the birds on his shoulder screeched in his ear.

Dick just laughed, took a picture, posted it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snap-Chat, and any other media site he could think of, not too worried about predators, as this kid could maul their faces.

"Look at the doggies! They're fluffy!" Danny said excitedly, pointing into the Grey Wolf exhibit. Dick nodded down at the Bat-Family's Baby Raven. "Yes… The doggies are fluffy." Dick agreed and looked behind him at the ice-cream stand.

"Hey Rae-Rae, want some ice-cream?"

Danny nodded. "Yeah! But can I still look at the doggies?"

Dick nodded. "Sure Raven. Just don't go anywhere and kick any person's butt that tries to kidnap you, alright?"

"Ok!" The child said, chipper as always as he began turning back to the wolves, pressing his hands against the glass. His eyes were wide in fascination. Dick turned to the ice-cream stand and waited in line patiently.

Until he heard a scream, that is.

Hero instincts kicking in, Dick whirled around, ready to kick the villain's butt but his eyes widened. "DANNY!"

The child in question had phased into the wolf pen to 'pet the doggies'. It didn't seem anyone saw him phase but everyone saw him petting the freakishly large canines, a big grin on his face. The wolves seemed to like him too, crowding the child the same way the birds in the aviary did. They were licking him and brushing against him lovingly.

"Is that your kid?!" One of the zookeepers, a red-headed woman, questioned Dick.

"He's my baby brother." Dick squeaked, hiding his face in his hands, one eye peaking out in the space between his fingers.

"How'd he get in there?!" The woman questioned, as the door to the wolves pen opened. Another zookeeper entered the premises and walked slowly over to the wolves who were loving all over the nine-year-old.

"I have no idea. He's an extremely crafty child." Dick lied, biting his fist.

The zookeeper in the pen picked the child up and began walking back towards the door. The wolves followed behind, fully focused on the Ghost Boy, who was waving at them. "Bye doggies!"

The female zookeeper's eye twitched at Dick, who laughed nervously.

As Dick entered the mansion's kitchen, Bruce looked up from his paper and Alfred paused a minute in his cleaning.

"So, how'd it go? Did you have fun?" Bruce asked.

"Yeah! I got to pet the big doggies!" Danny said, excitedly bouncing up and down beside his adopted father's chair. Bruce looked to Dick for clarification. The oldest bird in the Bat-Family fell into a chair with a tired look as Bruce sipped his drink.

"Danny phased into the wolf pen."

Bruce spit his drink in Dick's face. Danny laughed at his older brother's disgusted and tired look, while Bruce just looked between the two with wide eyes, hand over his mouth.

I have a head-canon that animals like Danny for his ghost-half thing. Then again, so do a lot of people.

Kadzait: That's nice...

XD And Young Justice people... The supposed update I posted today was me accidently posting THIS update to the wrong story AGAIN. I'm sorry and I'm working on that update as fast as humanly possible and then some. On the bright side, the update will be long. XD

Reviews:

Skymuse: Yeah, that did... XD

Anonymous: Are you confused by the last chapter? If so, what confused you?

Crimson Leo: Glad you liked. XD

Supaherolena02: Haha, poor Dick. Danny don't have a favorite. I'm just hooked to the Jason Todd character right now. Hahaha! XD I can do that. XD

The Keeper of Worlds: Yeah, at least it didn't lose a wheel. XD And, uh, I never watched Justice League: Unlimited because it didn't interest me as much as the series before it did. -.-' And Kage will appear Sunday or Monday. I'm thinking Sunday though.

TomgirlBre: Yeah... Poor Dickie... XD And what is this "something" you are implying? My dreams never make sense. XD

Hermione Burton: Glad you loved~! XD

Sina Xiel: It did, didn't it? And if Bats catches us... Well, at least we'll be straight-jacket buddies. XD

BringbackDannyPhantom: ...I NEED TO DO A CHAPTER ON THAT!

Spawn of Nerdom: Oh dude, I'm SO sorry about that! I don't even have half the chapter half written yet! And I'm not being lazy, it's just that this chapter is REALLY long! I'm over ten pages on Word right now and still have a lot more crap to write. I'm trying to get it done as fast as I frikkin can and am disappointed in myself that it's not done yet. GRRRR.

Grava: Yes... Jason is bad, that's why he's awesome. XD (Danny: *takes plushy and begins cuddling it* Me: I think he likes Mouse! XD)

Bibbledoo: That's a nice dream. I had one where a t-rex tried to eat my brother and I did nothing. XD And no... Red Hood will not get any fire from Bats because 1) he could care less and 2) Dick didn't tie him up enough. XD