When Danny awoke, he was lying on the beach. The bright sun in his eyes alerted him to the fact that it was in fact morning and he had been unconscious through the night.

Sitting upright he took in the surrounding area. While he was indeed on the beach, he was nowhere near the city. Dark blue ocean surrounded him in what he made out to be an island not too far from the mainland. He sat in the coarse sand which strangely enough was not itchy in the slightest. He felt as though he had slept on a particularly soft bed not far off from what he used to sleep on when he stayed with Vlad. It was then he noticed the teens from the night before. Rather than appearing to be hostile or afraid, they were just staring at him, seeming to look at him for the first time. He reached up to rub his eyes and was suddenly aware of his human form.

"Shoot" he covered his face in his palm rubbing the bridge of his nose and letting out a frustrated sigh. In using his wail, he had used up all his energy and reverted to his human form. So much for the secret identity.

The teens walked towards him with Robin ahead of them. He seemed to have been decided as the leader. Dumbstruck Danny sat and watched as they approached waiting for an onslaught of questions. Then just as Robin was within arm's length…

…He extended a hand offering to help him up.

Danny was taken aback for a moment before immediately taking the hand and heaving himself into a standing position. Robin smiled at him and the other teens did the same.

"We appreciate the help back there. I hope you don't mind sticking around town"

And that was how he became a Titan.

A year or two had passed and Danny found himself quite comfortable being a Teen Titan. He had taken to the idea of continuing his parent's legacy of creating ghost tech. Even getting his own personal lab in the tower. While in his human form he had started wearing a lab coat. A present from Cyborg and Beast boy after declaring him the biggest nerd in Titan Tower. Most of his days were now spent tinkering on his parent's old inventions or even building some from scratch with blueprints they left behind.

This did leave him quite distant with the other Titans though. Not to say they're relationship was strained, but he had become one the more reclusive members on the team. For example, usually after stopping the baddie in town, they'd want to celebrate, most often through pizza. But Danny felt he should spend more time working on his parents' inventions. So, whenever the topic of pizza came up Danny would politely decline and head back into his lab. In a way, he felt it was his duty to carry on his parents' dreams. As if it was the only connection, he had left of them.

It helped him cope.

Currently, he was working on a ghost portal. A recreation of the one from Fenton works but improved on in that the ON/OFF switch was instead directly linked to his computer. The portal was along the wall opposite the doorway. His lab was quite like the one his parents had made in the basement. Along the walls were counters covered in vials and test tubes. The standard lab equipment littered every surface in the room yet in an organized manner. Everything had its place sitting neatly where it was needed. Next to his computer was piles of notebooks and other scrap paper an empty coffee mug sat nearby.

Just as he was making some finishing touches on the said portal, he heard some noise coming from the living room. It was muffled, but it was very clearly the sound of voices. Deciding he had been shut in his lab a bit too long today he went to investigate.

Upon reaching the living room he was met with the titans all arguing about… something. Robin was desperately trying to hold everyone off each other. Cyborg and Beast boy seemed to be the main culprit of the disagreement, pointing fingers at one another and shouting, Raven looked like she was going to kill them both and Starfire….

A blue mold immediately exploded from the kitchen covering everyone within range in its disgusting glob-like fluid. Starfire smiled innocently at everyone trying to make herself seem smaller.

"Maybe we should just go out to eat"

They all agreed with Robin, disgusted with the blue substance. It was then that they noticed Danny standing in the doorway.

He was… ungroomed to say the least. His eyes had large bags underneath them while "bed head" could not begin to describe the nest that had formed on his head. Below all this, a light afternoon shadow was beginning to take shape over his face.

They all stared at his zombie-like appearance for a minute before composing themselves.

Robin was the first to speak up "Would you like to come to Danny?"

"Yeah Dude! You look like you need it!" Beast Boy interjected

Cyborg immediately pushed Beast Boy to the side "What he means is you just look like you need some sunlight!"

"and a shower" Raven muttered

Danny stared at them. Covered in head to toe in the blue goop. They looked at him with puppy dog eyes that he thought only little kids could perfect.

"Sure, but I think we all could use a shower first"

The Titans were amazed at the agreement but then were brought right back to their current state.

"Agreed"

Once again, they were sat together arguing. It seemed like ages before Raven insisted that they finally order something. Starfire then came up with a strange order that left them all staring in disgust and disbelief.

Danny was alerted to a small device on his wrist that had started to make a quiet beeping. Quickly standing Danny excused himself saying there was something he needed to take care of back at the tower. The rest of the Titans watched him go and were just about to bring him back when they then were alerted to the sound of a honking bus.

Danny arrived back in his lab and sat down at his computer. He installed a small alarm that would alert him to any sort of breach in the portal. From this side, he saw nothing wrong which meant…

He walked inside the portal and was met with nothing.

'A malfunction, I guess' he thought

He turned around and was about to head back when he suddenly realized how nice it felt inside the ghost zone. Ever since the explosion he hadn't stepped foot into the alternate dimension and found it somewhat relaxing. The air seemed to lull him into a peaceful feeling of bliss. He slowly closed his eyes and allowed his body to drift to sleep.

Jinx was amazed by how easy it was to beat the titans. The headmaster had made them out to be the ultimate opponent yet as soon as Robin fell, they all followed. Their intel was wrong though. They had been told there were six titans, but when they faced them there were only five. Now she was walking through their tower taking little trophies from each of their rooms. As she was walking, she suddenly became aware of an unusual room. Different from the rest in that the door was made of reinforced metal. Finding it unlocked she decided to peer inside.

It was a lab, that much she could tell but with a big glowing green hole in the wall. Next to it was a computer which immediately caught her attention. She decided to investigate well, snoop would be a better word. The computer was unlocked much to her delight, but she quickly found that every folder was password protected. All except one, inside she found countless pictures of a teenaged boy and his family. Looking further she found more pictures of the boy and two other teens. One thing she noted was how happy he looked in every photo.

She found herself smiling along with each picture. As if she was there enjoying each activity. Realizing this she quickly closed the folder and left. But not without taking one last look at the glowing hole. It seemed to radiate energy she didn't quite like. As if there was something just naturally wrong with it. Spilling foreign energy into the world from somewhere she hoped to never visit. She quickly ran out of the room. She didn't know why but she had to get away from that room. Whatever that thing was it was wrong.