A few notes before we start:
I'm not entirely sure if I'll continue this, as I still have Jumpstart to work on. So this is more of a pilot to see if people like it?
I also have some important (?) notes at the bottom.
Anyways, now that I've gotten that out of the way, have fun with whatever hellish writing I've spewed from my brain :)
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A smile graced Danny's lips as he soared through the streets of Amity Park. School had ended for the summer mere days ago, and Danny felt free. No school means not as much getting in my way of… Well, this. He took in a breath of air and looked up at the star speckled sky. Maybe I should head back. It's pretty late.
"Phantom."
The ghost flinched at the voice. Or not. Jeeze, I didn't even hear this guy. Danny glanced over his shoulder. "Yes-" The halfa's eyes widened at the sight of a black clad figure. "Holy crap... Batman!"
"I'm glad that you've heard of me," said the bat.
"How could I not have heard of you? You're Batman!" Way to keep it cool, Fenton. "But why are you in Amity?" he asked, letting himself fly over to the Dark Knight.
"I'm here to give you an offer.."
"An offer?" The only response he got was a curt nod. "Ok… Go on?"
"Recently, the idea of a covert ops team made up of young heroes was brought up."
Excitement rushed through him, he could already tell where the conversation was going. "And you want me to join? That's awesome!" exclaimed the Halfa, but his enthusiasm faltered after a moment. "But… Why me? My history has been pretty… Iffy when it comes to how the public views me."
"Yes, I am aware of that. But after some research, your accusations either point to you being framed, or some other force pulling the strings," said Batman, his expression remaining stoic.
The robberies. Danny thought, face heating up. God, Batman knows about the robberies. "Yeah…" Danny rubbed his neck. "I'll… Think this over. Maybe talk it over with some friends… How long do I have before I need to give a definite answer?"
"Preferably by the seventh, as we plan on bringing the team to the base the day after," stated the Bat.
Danny brought a hand to his chin. "The seventh... That's in two days… Uh, alright. I'll try to have my answer by then. How can I get in touch?"
Batman kept his stoic demeanour as he brought his hand out from behind his cape to reveal a sleek black device. "You can use this to contact me."
Danny gave a small nod and took the device from his hand. "Uh… Thank you," he said, flipping the device over in his palm. "I'll try to get back to you as soon as poss-" The Halfa's eyes widened when he looked up to see the lack of a Caped Crusader. "...ible. Is this guy secretly a ghost or something?"
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"Batman offered what?" All Danny could do was sigh at Tucker's exclamation. "Ow!" hissed the geek as Sam nudged him, and Jazz made a shushing sound. It was the morning after Danny encountered Batman, and the four were currently in the Halfa's room.
"I don't think Danny wants his parents to know about last night, Tucker," said Sam with a glare. "So maybe keep it down?"
Tucker stuck his tongue out at his friend before turning back to Danny.
"Batman offered me a spot on the League's covert ops team. What more is there to say?" asked Danny, giving a shrug.
"But why do you need to discuss this with us?" asked Sam. "It's your choice."
"Yeah, but it's a choice that could leave Amity vulnerable," said Danny, worry evident in his tone. "This team… I'll need to devote a lot of my time to it. Which means I'll spend less time here. Which also means less time with you guys." Tucker crossed his arms, and Sam pursed her lips.
Jazz placed a hand on her brother's shoulder. "Well… We're still in Amity, so you can trust us with ghost hunting!" Jazz didn't notice the three flinch at the idea of her using ecto-weapons. "And there's also Valerie."
"Yeah, I guess," grumbled Danny.
"You're also probably not going to be with the team twenty four hours a day," said Sam. "So we'll still see you."
"And being on the team would also do you some good," offered Jazz. "You'll have connections to the league, and maybe you could get some proper hand to hand combat training in with Batman."
"Jazz has a point. You kinda suck at normal fights," said Sam with a playful smile.
"Hey!"
"They're not wrong, Dude," remarked Tucker with a teasing grin.
"Tucker!"
Tucker snickered. "Come on, Danny. I'm just messing with, ya."
Danny let out a huff as both Jazz and Sam chuckled. "Ok, but in all seriousness… Should I join them?" asked Danny after a moment.
"Yes."
"Definitely."
"Dude! You have a chance to work with the Batman! What do you think my answer is?"
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Why should I be waiting outside this booth again? Danny frowned as he dropped himself in front of a broken old telephone booth. It was in a dark wet alley that vaguely smelled like fish. This probably hasn't even been touched in ages.
Danny looked around. The night before, Danny had called Batman to give him his answer. The moment the word "Yes" escaped the boy's lips, the Bat had sent the device he had given Danny coordinates to this dank alley.
"Meet me outside a phone booth around this area at six in the morning. We will arrive one hour before the other protégés so both you and Martian Manhunter's niece can get caught up," he had said.
The Vigilante had hung up before the young hero could ask about the young Martian.
"Who in their right mind would arrange a meeting for a bunch of teenagers at seven in the morning?" asked Danny, rubbing his tired eyes.
"It would technically be eight due to the one hour time difference from Minnesota and Rhode Island." Danny nearly jumped out of his skin at the sound of Batman approaching from behind.
"Geez. How is it that I'm the ghost, yet you're the scary one?" hissed Danny, gripping his chest.
Batman seemed to ignore Danny's comment and motioned for him to enter the now open phone booth. "We'll Zeta to Mount Justice from here."
Danny cocked an eyebrow. "Zeta?"
"Teleportation."
"When were you able to add a teleportation… Thing here?"
The teen chose to shut up the moment Batman's eternal frown deepened.
Danny stared at the old phone booth for a moment before entering. Once the door clicked shut behind him, the sound of a computer buzzing came from above the beat up phone on the wall.
"Recognized: Danny Phantom B-07."
A bright light flashed before his eyes, and he felt as if he was becoming intangible. He stood stock still as the light began to dim, and he felt himself become tangible once more.
"Recognized: Batman 02."
Danny felt the Dark Knight brush against him, and he watched him walk into what seemed to be a cave. His eyes widened at the sight of seven League members and a young girl. Flash, Aquaman, Hawkman, Red Tornado, Black Canary, Captain Marvel, Martian Manhunter… And that must be-
"Hi! I'm Miss Martian!" exclaimed the girl with a bright smile. The Martian flew over to the ghost and stuck her hand out. "You must be Danny Phantom!"
"Uh, yeah!" Danny grinned and took her hand. This is a Martian. She's been far deeper into space than I've ever been. Excitement flowed through the ghost. "I'm actually talking to a Martian. I have so many questions!"
Miss Martian's smile grew. "And I'd be happy to answer them!"
"If you two are finished being acquainted." The two teens brought their attention over to Red Tornado. "I believe that we should get started on the debriefing."
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Danny fidgeted as he and the two Martians waited in the shadows of a Zeta Tube. The halfa watched the Dark Knight debrief four teens (who were apparently Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Superman's clone.) on what the team's future would look like. He wasn't quite sure why they had to wait for Batman to finish debriefing the four protégés, but he assumed it was for 'dramatic effect'.
"The six of you will be that team."
"Cool! Wait. Six?"
Danny caught Martian Manhunter's small nod as the signal for them to make their appearance, and took a few steps forward. Definitely for dramatic effect.
"This is the Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian, and Amity Park's protector, Danny Phantom."
"Hi," said Miss Martian with a small wave.
"Hey," said Danny with a nervous smile.
"Liking this gig more every minute," said Kid Flash, looking over at who seemed to be the youngest. "Welcome aboard. I'm Kid Flash. That's Robin, Aqualad. It's cool if you forget their names." The redhead seemed to be hyper focused on the girl, and Danny did his best to not to laugh at how much the Speedster reminded him of Tucker.
"I'm honored to be included," the Martian smiled and clapped her hands together.
"Same with me," said Danny, puffing out his chest.
The three protégés walked over to the two. "Hey, Superboy. Come meet miss M and Danny," called Robin, looking over his shoulder. Without hesitation, the clone joined the five teenagers.
Danny watched in awe as Miss Martian's cloak disappeared, and the white fabric turned black. Another thing that I got to ask her about.
"I like your t-shirt," she said, smiling at the Kryptonian.
The halfa watched the protégés interact with intrigue. It's weird… I always see them on the news, fighting some big villain in flashy colours. It never occurred to me that they don't always wear their suits. Danny looked down at his gloved hand. Honestly kind of weird that I never thought of it since taking how we're all in the same position.
Aqualad looked over the team and said with a proud smile, "Today is the day."
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"Mayor Masters, Lex Luthor is here to see you."
Vlad frowned at the intercom. What could he want? He pressed the small red button and activated the microphone. "Send him in, ." The man sat in his office in silence, pondering over Lex's sudden appearance.
"Vlad! So good to see you again. We haven't spoken since you asked for Cadmus' help on your little cloning project all those months ago." Lex gave a forced smile as he strutted into the office, a well dressed woman not far behind.
"Yes, it's been quite a while," he said, standing up. "Not to sound rude, but may I ask why you are here?"
Lex brought his arms behind his back. "Straight to the point are we?" He was only met with a frown. "I'll take that as a yes." Lex dropped the forced smile.
"Well, Plasmius, I would like to give you a chance to see the Light."
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Important (?) notes:
1)I want to make this a slight au where the Trio have slightly more advanced tech so Tucker won't suffer. So bye bye PDA, hello IPhone. (Not really that important, but I have a need to tell y'all)
2)I'll try to do every YJ episode, but I think a lot of them will be merged with other chapters as some sort of flashback? (Ex. I won't do Homefront, but I will add some flashbacks near the beginning of Alpha Male since I want to keep it as 'the two non metas fight to save their superpowered friends'.) Though, some episodes like 'Downtime' won't be added.
3)I'll try to add in some of my own ideas in between episodes, along with Danny dealing with Amity's crap during episodes I add in. (Also, if you have your own ideas, you can tell me, and maybe I'll do them?)