Danny and Jazz were relaxing in the hotel and watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy seeing how long they could get through it before one or the other fell asleep first. Danny yawned and took a sip of his soda. "Face it little brother," Jazz said stifling a yawn. "You're going to fall asleep first."
Danny smiled, "I doubt it."
On the screen a giant orc came out of nowhere and earned himself a close up that made Danny and Jazz both jump.
"What movie are we on?" Danny asked.
Jazz yawned, "Two?" she guessed. "It has an orc in it."
"Jazz, they all have orcs."
"I knew that," Jazz muttered.
There was the sound of their door opening and Maddie and Jack Fenton came into the room looking very tired.
"Hi mom, hi dad," Jazz and Danny said together without looking away from the screen.
"What on earth are you kids doing up so late?" Maddie said harshly.
"Having a Lord of the Rings movie fest to see who can stay awake the longest," Danny said.
Jack smiled, "Ooooo, can I join?"
"No," Maddie said. "The invention contest is tomorrow, we need out sleep."
"Invention contest?" Danny asked while half listening to the explanation.
"Yes, we get raw materials tomorrow and there is a time limit of 12 hours to see who can make the best invention out of the same material, your father and I are in the couples division," Maddie said proudly.
"Good luck with that," Jazz said while still looking at the screen.
Maddie sighed and went into their room. She turned around and saw Jack was sitting on the bed next to Danny and watching the current fight scene wide eyed.
"Come on Jack," Maddie said and pulled Jack into the room.
"Awwwww…" Jack said while willingly letting himself get pulled away from the movie.
Danny and Jazz smiled then turned their attention once again to the movie. It was going to be a long night.
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Danny and Jazz managed to call a draw at 4:14 in the morning after the credits of the third movie had rolled and both immediately fell asleep. It may have been a tie but Jazz was better at holding her own in the 'lack of sleep' department and was awake by 10. She smiled at Danny's sleeping form and left him a note telling him that she went out to the national park that surrounded the area and that he was welcome to join her if he was so inclined. Now if Danny was awake in time to actually see the nature before sunset Jazz would be impressed.
Danny would have happily slept that long too if he had not been awakened by his Titan's Communicator vibrating under his pillow. It almost gave him a heart attack and even so he inadvertently went ghost because he thought he was under attack, his dreams having been plagued by orcs and battles. He rubbed his eyes sleepily and flipped open the communicator to see Robin looking back at him. "Hello?" he asked.
"Are you just getting up?" Robin asked.
"Lord of the Rings marathon with my sister," Danny said while yawning.
"Did you make it through all three movies?" Cyborg asked popping in on Robin's right.
"Yeup," Danny said proudly.
"Did your sister?" Beast Boy asked from Robin's left.
"Yeup," Danny said.
"Wow, was it the extended or normal versions?" asked Cyborg.
Robin cleared his throat loudly and Beast Boy and Cyborg smiled sheepishly.
"Extended," Danny smiled.
"Wow," Cyborg and Beast Boy said together.
"Well glad to know you got to relax," Robin said a little irritably. "You are aware it's 1:24 in the afternoon?" he asked.
Danny glanced at the clock, "I do now," he said.
"What time…" Beast Boy started but was silenced by a glare from Robin.
"About 4:15 this morning," Danny answered who guessed what the question was going to be.
Robin sighed, "Well Phantom, can we continue this conversation at Titans' Tower?"
Danny looked around the hotel room to see if Jazz was still there. He saw the piece of paper lying on the small desk at the front of the room and he floated over to it. He picked it up and read it then nodded. "Yeah, I'll be there in about ten minutes," he said.
Robin smiled and nodded, and then the screen went blank. Danny stretched and threw the piece of paper away. Not that he didn't appreciate his sister's gesture but he wasn't much of a hiking person. Not when Jazz was running around like a five year old quoting nature survival guides and trying to tell him every class, kingdom and phylum of every plant and animal they came across.
Danny put his communicator away and flew out of the window towards Titans Tower.
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Danny flew into the large "T" shaped tower without much regard or thought for the security system again. It's not that he didn't care; it's that he didn't think about it. Going intangible for seven months would make it a habit whether he wanted it to be or not. Most of the time the preference was not, especially in school when he was in chemistry.
He appeared in the middle of the room and Raven said, "Hello Phantom," without even looking up from her book.
Everyone heard her greeting and came over to say hello to him. "That wasn't ten minutes," Beast Boy laughed, "That was more like seven."
Danny shrugged, "Well, it's not like I had to stop and ask for directions," he joked.
Robin cleared his throat. "Well, since we figured out what the bank robbery was for, we now need to figure out what the motive is."
"Well, the first two attacks were for attention," Cyborg said. "And not ours."
Raven quietly put down her book. "Well, whoever that person wanted to flag down, I don't think it's because they like them very much."
"Revenge then?" Beast Boy asked.
Robin rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "He… or she for that matter already told us they want revenge. But not against us, they treated us like we were just annoyances. There is something that person wants and it has nothing to do with us."
"Unless they're destroying the city," Cyborg said huffily.
"Unless that," Robin agreed.
"Then what do we do?" Starfire asked.
"Well, sniffing them out doesn't work," Beast Boy said.
"What about," Danny said slowly. "If you actually went to the convention and sniffed out the person there. Not where the robots are but who built them."
Cyborg looked at Beast Boy, "Could you pull that off BB?"
"I don't know. Maybe, if the chemicals he or she used were strong enough that they left a lasting scent," Beast Boy said.
"Well, it's the best plan we've got now," Robin said.
"Undercover again?" Beast Boy asked hopefully.
Robin nodded.
"Yes!" Beast Boy cheered.
"Raven I want you to go with him this time, in case you get caught. Then you can teleport yourselves out. We'll be waiting on the side," Robin said.
"Ummm…" Danny said slowly and everyone looked at him. "Mind if I skip this one out?"
"But why?" Starfire asked.
"It's a ghost hunter's convention, I'm a ghost. There is NO way I'm getting close enough to that thing to set off any inventions," Danny said pointedly.
"Can't you just turn human?" Cyborg asked.
"Well… yes…" Danny said slowly.
Cyborg clapped a huge hand on Danny's shoulder. "Well then! Why don't you just turn human for about thirty minutes, we do this then we come back here and depending on what we find out we can come up with some kind of plan."
"Or, I can just stay here," Danny said.
"Oh. But friend Phantom, what if we are caught and the robots come out?" Starfire asked.
Danny blinked. "Well…" he said, unsure of what to say.
"Don't worry, we won't let anything happen," Cyborg said. "Have a little faith will ya?"
Danny sighed. "All right, but for your sake I hope those robots don't come out because fighting in ghost mode at a Ghost Hunter's convention won't be pretty."
"Don't sweat it," Robin said. "If worst comes to worst we'll keep the people away. We are the Titans you know."
"Oh, I know," Danny said.
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They looked at the building from the trees and shrubbery that encircled the convention center. Danny was in human form and Beast Boy was a blood hound. Raven was dressed like a normal teen and had Beast Boy on a loose leash. If anyone asked her she could say that she was walking her dog when he smelled something in the center and pulled her inside. Everyone else watched as they went into the large building.
"Man, you look so different!" Cyborg said to Danny.
Danny smiled nervously. "I know, trust me, when I first saw myself after the lab accident I checked to make sure it was an actual mirror, like, 20 times. I didn't believe it until I showed by best friends and saw their expressions."
Cyborg chuckled and looked through binoculars to see if he could spot Raven and Beast Boy through the large glass windows. "Beast Boy is doin' his thing," Cyborg smiled.
"So, Phantom, what made you tell us who you were?" Robin asked. "I was kind of surprised."
"To tell you the truth, I wasn't planning to when I came out. But well, when Jazz called and I called her by her first name I figured you would all figure it out eventually," Danny said.
Cyborg smiled, "Except Robin, who figured it out way before that."
"You did?" Danny asked.
"Let's just say I formed an educated guess," Robin smiled.
Danny blinked then laughed. "Okay, fair's fair I guess."
"Hey, I think BB found our guy!" Cyborg said.
"Really?" Starfire asked. "What do you see?"
"He's smelling this one guy's hand like crazy. Now they're leaving, he didn't notice them for some reason. Ah well, looks like something went right for once," Cyborg smiled.
Raven and Beast Boy came up. Beast Boy resumed human form and smiled. "Found him!" he said.
Robin smiled, "Good job. Now let's get out of here."
"Way ahead of you," Danny said and stood up to stretch his cramped legs. They all walked back to the T-Car and Danny resisted the urge to go ghost and fly as far away from the building as he possibly could. He could sense all sorts of ghostly power objects in there and he didn't want to find out what they did.
Starfire and Beast Boy took to the sky while everyone else got into the car. "Did you see a nameplate?" Robin asked.
Raven nodded. "Yes, Dr. Asimov Andrews."
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Here's your update! Hope you like it and please review! I am so close to getting 100 reviews on this fanfic :3 That would just make my day. Oh and if you have the time, head over to Deviant art and look up Neko-Salosa, I drew some Danny Phantom Fanart that kinda helps me contemplate what he looks like in this fic.
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