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Ch. 1
The cold sensation of the portal washed over Danny's body, as he exited the Ghost Zone. It felt as though he had plunged into cold water.
Something felt off and Danny's eyes widened as he realized his feet weren't touching the ground. He tumbled out of the portal with a small yelp; landing on the ground with a loud "oomph!".
'What happened to portals opening on the ground?!' the halfa thought angrily to himself.
Danny groaned as he slowly lifted himself off the ground.
As he got up he noticed it was nightfall. Apparently he had also landed on a concrete road. 'No wonder that hurt.' Looking around, he noticed a forest to the right of him; below the grassy hill, on which the road laid on top of. To his left was a dirt road that led to an old factory. Half of the old factory was brick, while the rest being concrete. Green and brown vines grew along the brick walls, and the windows were shattered, faded and grimy. Metal pipes and pieces were sticking out of the concrete, creating a menacing and broken down scene/look.
Danny then realized that it was storming. Lightning crackled and thunder boomed overhead. 'How could I've missed that?' Cold rain began to seep into Danny's clothes and raven hair became matted and pitch black ('if that's even possible').
'Where am I?'
BAM! BOOM! "GET THEM!"
Danny whipped his head towards the sudden explosions and yelling.
Suddenly, a man dressed in black and gray, landed in front of Danny. The man groaned in pain as Danny slowly began to back away with wide eyes.
BOOM! Lightning shook the very air itself, and Danny lost his footing on the edge of the road.
He fell and began to roll down the steep hill. Sticks and rocks tore at his skin and clothes. A large rock then appeared and Danny tried to stop himself (forgetting about intangibility), only to fail miserably when he hit the rock, then becoming airborne. Danny, forgetting about his powers, didn't even think enough to try and transform. When Danny landed, he rolled on to a riverbank, finally coming to a stop, and lying on his back.
Danny slowly tried to get on his feet, but a sharp pain shot up his leg. He let out a small yelp, as sat back down. He looked at his leg and found the pant leg slightly torn. He hissed in pain as he slowly pulled his pant leg up. His leg had a large cut about six inches long. By the amount of blood, Danny could tell that the cut wasn't too deep, but deep enough for even his healing abilities to have a hard time. He quickly took a part of his torn flannel and tied it around his bleeding leg.
Danny sighed as he sat back and looked out at the river, simply trying to process everything that's happened, and what he should do next.
But his relaxation was short lived when distant voices and rustling interrupted the calming rain and thunder.
"But why-?"
"-because I think some of them escaped, and I saw someone come into the forest."
Danny innerly panicked, as he quickly got up, ignoring the pain in his leg, and started to run the opposite way.
The thunder seemed to grow louder and the lightning flashing brighter, as he tried to run through the thick forest.
"STOP!"
"THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!"
Danny ran faster, the pain in his leg almost becoming nonexistent. He zig-zagged through the forest, desperately trying to lose his pursuers.
After what seemed like hours, their voices eventually faded away, and even the sound of rain and thunder seemed to have died down.
Danny slowed down, now knowing his pursuers were a little ways behind him. The pain in his leg was now returning, causing Danny to now walk with a slight limp as he waited patiently for his advanced healing to kick in.
'I should probably find shelter before it gets too dark. Then I can come up with a plan and find out what exactly I'm going to do while I'm here.'
He quickly looked around and began to keep a look out for some sort of shelter.
Danny spotted an old willow tree and walked/limped over to it. The thick branches and leaves were almost touching the semi-dry ground, while drifting slightly in the wind. The ground was dry directly under the tree and very little rain fell through the leaves. Some of the tree's roots stuck out of the ground, creating a tangled, but cave-like, shelter.
Danny sat underneath the roots, and sighed in relief as he lay underneath them.
He closed his eyes and listened to the drumming of the falling rain and the now some-what calmed thunder. 'Way to start off a new life...'
Danny heard the distant crunching of leaves and his eyes shot open, as he 'tuned in' his advanced hearing.
"Nightwing to Team; I think I may have found something..."
Danny quickly sat up and scooted back half way into the roots to try and hide himself. 'It's a good thing I wore a black Baseball-T today...'
More crunching of leaves and voices were heard shortly after and Danny listened in as they spoke to each other.
"What did you find Nightwing?" A girl's voice asked. 'Who's Nightwing?'
"First things first, did you find anything?" a male's voice replied.
"Yeah! We found this on the hill of the road!" A (what sounded like) young boy answered.
"Superboy and I did not find anything," another male said. 'Superboy? What kind of name is that?'
"We didn't find anything either," another female answered.
"So what did you find?" the younger male voice asked.
"I think I found-"
"Wait," interrupted a deep voice, "I hear another heartbeat..."
'Crap. Advanced hearing.'
"What do you mean Superboy?" the young voice asked.
"I mean I hear another heartbeat that isn't any of yours... except, it sounds strange..." 'Superboy' answered.
"'Strange'?" the first female asked.
"It's faint... almost as if the person is in a deep sleep or a coma...maybe even lower..." he answered.
'...Stupid ghost powers.' (Because Danny is half-ghost he usually has a low heart rate while in human form and is almost non-existent in his ghost form.)
"Can you locate the person?" the second female asked.
"It's over there," 'Nightwing' and 'Superboy' said in sync.
"That's what I was saying I found," 'Nightwing' then dropped back into a whisper, "I think there's a person under that willow tree over there..."
Every single muscle in his body was screaming to run, but if Danny tried to run, he would surely be caught. Plus the fact that Danny would probably pass out from the amount of blood loss and exhaustion. He may have been able to stay up to find shelter, but the ghost he encountered in the Ghost Zone had definitely took a toll on him. And the fact that he had injured his leg wasn't helping either.
Footsteps were heard and Danny concentrated on trying to turn invisible but stopped himself, finally realizing how low his energy reserves were. He saw shadowed figures emerge from the part of the forest in front of him as he tried to keep himself calm.
Lightning flashed and Danny saw a total of six figures coming towards the willow tree. Another flash later and the group was now standing right in front of the tree.
One of the figures cracked what-looked-like a bright blue and white glow stick and threw it down next to them.
The figure that threw the glow stick down was now revealed to be wearing a black unitard, black shoulder pads, boots and gloves. On his chest was a blue bird with its wings spread out and his abdomen area was colored in a light grey, and also wore a black utility belt. He had medium (past his ears) black hair and wore a black mask over his eyes.
The male took a couple of steps towards Danny, but stopped and said, "Come on out!"
Danny remained frozen and didn't dare to speak, when an idea suddenly came to mind. He started to growl softly (much like that of his ghostly friend, Wulf), hoping that the group would just leave thinking that he was an animal simply taking shelter from the rain.
Unfortunately, the group was smarter than he had inticipated.
"We know you're in there! So stop trying to fool us with recordings and come on out!" the male demanded.
"It's not them..." the second female's voice said with surprise clear in her voice.
She had on a midriff-baring costume with various shades of green and a mask extending from the hairline to the cheekbones. She also wore a sleeveless top with a stylized arrow tip on the front, fingerless gloves, pants with black knee pads, and black combat boots. She had blonde hair and dark grey eyes. Finally, she had both a bow and a quiver of arrows on her back.
"Hey! Nightwing! It's just a kid!" the young male's voice said with shock.
The young boy was definitely a strange one. In fact, if the boy had only glowed, Danny would've mistaken him for a ghost. He had pale green skin, and green eyes and dark green hair. He had dark green fur and a monkey tail. He wore a red and white single piece 'uniform'.
"What are you doing here? Where did you come from" 'Nightwing' asked Danny sternly.
Danny tried to force himself to sound calm and monotone while saying, "Playing 20 questions are we? Look... I'm not a threat, if that's what you're worried about. As to where I come from, let's just say… I'm not exactly from 'around these parts'."
'Nightwing' seemed to be trying to process this information, when the green boy began to get closer to Danny, but stopped when he saw Danny back up further into the root's cave-like shelter.
"Hey there! My name's Beast Boy! What's your name?!" 'Beast Boy' asked excitedly.
Danny stared in awe at the little green boy as he processed what the boy just asked. 'Is he serious?' "Danny..." he said in a low voice.
"Well then Danny it's nice to meet ya!" Beast Boy exclaimed happily.
"Danny, what is your last name?" Nightwing asked.
Danny stiffened and it didn't go unnoticed by the group.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you..." Danny barely whispered.
"Why not?"
Danny remained silent and another male decided to step up.
He had light blonde hair, brown skin and pale green eyes. He wore a red and blue swimsuit, with arms and feet exposed and dorsal-like fins were attached to the lower calves. He also had black eel-like tattoos that ran along his arms.
"We do not wish to harm you, we only wish to help you," he said with a gentle voice.
Danny thought it over, but in the end shook his head and said, "I'm sorry but I can't tell you who I am for multiple reasons."
The last male stepped up and asked, "Can't or won't?"
Danny did his best to deadpan, "Won't…" Danny cursed himself silently as he realized that he used a little bit of his 'ghost voice'.
(A/N: Danny's ghost voice, his voice echo's in ghost form', will be in Italics and Bold.)
Both the male and Danny's eyes locked, and Danny froze in place. 'Is that fear in his eyes? No… it seems more like…confusion and... something else.'
He had short black hair and blue eyes. He wore a black long-sleeved shirt, with a S-Shield on his chest, and had on dark blue fatigue pants tucked into dark-brown combat boots with a large buckled-belt.
Nightwing seemed to notice and asked, "Superboy, are you alright?"
'Superboy' broke away from the long stare and turned to Nightwing. "I-I don't know…there seems to be something…off about him… but I can't figure out what."
Nightwing seemed to have raised an eyebrow at that statement, but then shook his head and turned to one of the girls. One nodded her head and turned to Danny with a smile.
"Danny? Would you mind coming on out so we can take you home?" the sound of the first female voice asked.
She also had green skin, but she had amber eyes, not green ones, and she had short red hair. She wore a long-sleeved black suit with a red X across her chest, black shoes, a navy blue cape, and black gloves.
The girl stepped closer, but also stopped when she saw Danny back up. She smiled and said gently, "My name is Miss Martian, but my friends call me Megan."
Danny remained silent and she sighed as she said softly, "Listen, we just want to help you, okay? So why don't you come on out from under there? If it makes you feel any better, we're all heroes here…"
Danny thought about her words and tried to find any sort of deeper meaning, but couldn't find anything. 'Maybe they're telling the truth…'
"Can you prove it?"
Their eyes widened at that question and Nightwing answered with confidence, "Robin is the protégé of Batman of Gotham City, Aqualad is the protege of Aquaman, Miss Martian is the protégé of Martian Manhunter, Artemis is the protégé of Green Arrow, and Superboy is the protégé of Superman."
'Who?'
"Who are they supposed to be?"
Everyone eyes' widened, but only Miss Martian dared to ask, "You mean… you've never heard of the Justice League?"
Danny shook his head, now even more confused than before.
Nightwing turned to his group and Danny could've sworn they seemed to be reading each other's mind. 'But that can't be right... unless there's a telepath?'
Danny's breathing picked up as Nightwing turned around and he slowly walked closer to him. He backed up all the way up against the tree trunk inside his cave-like shelter.
"I'm sorry but you need to come with us for questioning," Nightwing said calmly.
Nightwing was getting closer by the second and Danny finally snapped.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" He exclaimed, but by doing this Danny unleashed all of his built up panic and fustration. A dome of ectoplasm surrounded Danny and expanded outwards, the dome breaking the cave-like roots. It surrounded the entire tree and stayed there, causing all the heroes to quickly back up away from the tree.
"What the hell?!" Nightwing exclaimed.
Danny stared in surprise at the dome. 'Since when could I do that on low energy reserves?' It was swirling with neon and forest green and seemed to have also surprised and awed the heroes. After what seemed like minutes, the dome flickered and seemed to shatter into pieces as it disappeared.
Danny continued to stare at the empty space in front of him as his shock quickly turned into exhaustion, all the day's events and loss of adrenaline catching up to him. That's when he felt a presence near him. His head shot up as he looked at the looming figure of Superboy. Instinct immediately took control and Danny rolled to the side and swung his body into the air, and doing a backwards flip, landed in a crouched fighting position.
The group looked surprised, Superboy narrowed his eyes, and Nightwing looked suspicious and looked as if he were about to spring into action, but Superboy put his arm out blocking his path.
Nightwing sent a questioning glance at Superboy.
"I smell blood… a lot of it…" Superboy said pointedly at Danny.
Nightwing's eyes widened and he calmed immediately. "Look, Danny-" he said walking with his hands up in a peaceful gesture. "-we just want to help you, alright?" Nightwing seemed to steal a glance in another direction, but quickly locked eyes back with Danny.
Danny narrowed his eyes at this behavior, his mind too exhausted to have tried to figure it out, and turned around too late when he found himself trapped from behind by the blonde male's grip.
"Let go of me!" he exclaimed fearfully as he tried to struggle against the strong grip, his body slowly becoming weaker as he tried. But the grip only tightened the more Danny struggled, eventually he stopped, knowing fully well he should be saving his energy.
Nightwing walked up and stopped a few feet in front of them, observing Danny's leg. His eyes narrowed as he asked, "How did that happen?"
Danny narrowed his eyes and said back, "I was on the road when a guy, which came from nowhere, landed in front of me. I was startled and I slipped down the hill, eventually I rolled to a stop by the riverbank, but my leg got caught during the fall by something sharp."
"Why did you run?" Miss Martian asked.
Danny rolled his eyes and answered, "I was in the forest, alone, and when I heard strange voices and rustling, did you really expect me to stay in one place?"
Miss Martian looked away in embarrassment, and Danny instantly felt guilty, he sighed as he apologized tiredly, "Sorry... it's just been a rough couple of days for me..." Miss Martain smiled sadly at him saying it was alright. Nightwing turned his attention to her and said, "Call the ship." Then turned his attention to the blonde male holding Danny and nodded.
The male slowly let go of him, and Danny rubbed his arms where the male's grip had left red marks. "We're going to take you to our base so you can get medical attention; from there we'll contact your parents."
Danny went deadpan and said, "I'm afraid that's not going to be possible…"
Nightwing raised an eyebrow and asked, "And why is that?"
"Because I-" Danny suddenly felt a wave of nausea and dizziness slap him and he collapsed onto the ground, breathing heavily.
"Hey kid! Are you alright!?" he heard someone ask.
Danny slowly began to drift off and all that was heard was the engine of what sounded like a ship.
...
"Oh my gosh! Is he alright?!" Artemis exclaimed.
Aqualad and Nightwing were kneeled next to the mysterious boy, 'Danny'.
"He's lost some blood, so he could've either passed out from that or exhaustion, either way we need to bring him back to base," Nightwing ordered.
"I'll carry him," Superboy said. He carefully picked the boy up and carried him to the now landing (Miss Martian's) ship.
But the only question going through the everyone's mind was, 'Who is this kid?'
YAY! I'm sorry that was a long chapter, but I promised I would add a lot of visualizing into this specific chapter, so yeah.
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