Okay so I've now decided the ages of each character for this story. Cyborg: 16, Robin 16, Raven 15, Starfire 15, Danny 14, Beast Boy 13. Any additional characters added in will be given an age on their entrance to a chapter, but I'll put the new characters age at the end to avoid spoilers. I chose the titans ages as close together because it's hard to find their exact ages online. Danny was already 14 in his show so we're going with that for now.

Secondly, there are going to be some things going on in parallel time wise so the line breaks will also reset our time to just after the meeting ends. After Raven/BeastBoy break, time will continue onwards like normal.

Nightshade

Beast Boy sat smugly at his own joke while the whole table face palmed. The only one who seemed to mind the joke was Starfire, thinking that he was being literal to Raven.

"Oh yes Raven, I think it looks stylish on you!" Star exclaimed.

Raven put her hands onto the bridge of her nose and said, "No thank you."

"Okay then, we all have tasks if Danny will be staying with us. Cy, you get him keyed in as a guest. He'll be free to walk around his room and the living room, but any unauthorized electronics use will trigger a silent alarm. Star and Beast Boy are on room detail, so make sure that it's clean for him. Raven will go collect him from the ghost Clockwork. I will begin his status paperwork with the JLA," Robin ordered.

Each nodded their agreement, except for Beast Boy who said, "I think I'd rather go with Raven."

Robin looked at the green teen and said, "If it's alright with Star and Raven, then I don't see why not."

Beast Boy gave a sheepish grin to Star and Raven. Star gave Beast Boy a nod, but Raven shrugged. He took the shrug as an 'I guess' and decided to follow the dark titan.

NS-Cyborg-NS

Cyborg went into the console at the couch he was already at and entered in his credentials. The screens on the table lit up with a big T, before turning into a series of tabs that each corresponded to security, crime alerts, room controls, et-cetra.

Cyborg navigated to the security tab and added a new person to the security network. He added Danny Phantom into the name field, and two more sprang up demanding answers. He put him in as a guest, and gave him prospect privileges. This meant that he was forbidden from accessing any computers on site, but he could operate the television if he desired.

A final field was manually opened, and once the code was put in place the kid could only go to certain areas on his own. He would require a chaperone if he were to attempt to go to the roof or down to the training rooms or anywhere that wasn't the living area.

Satisfied that the kid would probably follow the rules once told to him, cyborg exited the files and began to relax a bit. He didn't like having the kid in the tower. It wasn't anything personal at the kid, in fact he would welcome another member to the team if he turned out okay. Cyborgs problem was that he didn't like having the kid around some of the biggest secrets. The titans were able to receive most files from the JLA about anyone they had in their system; all the good and the bad were just one transmission away.

He let out a yawn before deciding to go to the garage and modify his car a bit more. Some parts needed replacing before they could take it out again.

NS-Starfire-NS

After being dismissed, Star walked through the bedrooms on the right half of the tower. The left was reserved for the boys, while the right was reserved for the girls. She flew to the last door down the hall, but stopped in her tracks. She hadn't entered the threshold of the room since Terra had betrayed their trust. Most of the other titans didn't like to think about the room, and actively avoided it at all costs, but Star only let the betrayal strengthen her trust with her team.

She took a breath before entering the room. Robin had been the last one to enter the room, mostly to find bugs that Terra had left. He was certain he found them all, but still kept a constant sweep for more listening devices throughout the tower. Pushing those thoughts to the side, Star got to work with dusting off all the surfaces. With that task nearing its finish, she then started a load of laundry for the bedding. Lastly, she vacuumed the floor.

With the bedroom done, she moved on to the bathroom attached to the room. She wiped down the counter space, cleaned the toilet, and then cleaned the shower out. She then finished with the mopping before she declared the room habitable to live in. She went through the halls while the laundry was being cleaned and decided to make something for dinner as a celebration. She looked into the fridge, gathered up all the ingredients that she would need, and then got to work cooking.

NS-Robin-NS

After the staff meeting was over, Robin went to his room and shut the door behind him. He immediately went to the computer and contacted the JLA's Martian Manhunter.

"Robin. How can I help you today?" The Manhunter asked through the channel.

"I need a file brought up on a potential meta. Name is Danny Phantom, no further information on him," Robin said through his terminal.

The Manhunter started to type on his console on the satellite, before coming up empty handed. "No metahuman by that name has a file. Why did you need this file?" The Manhunter asked.

"I was looking to see if he already had a file on him. We are going to be housing him for a while, so I guess I wanted to look him up before interviewing him," Robin answered.

"I see. Anything else I can help you with Robin?" The Manhunter asked.

"Nothing more, signing off," Robin said, then he cut the transmission. He took off his eye mask and rubbed his temples. He hated not having info on the kid through reliable channels. He went into his files and opened a blank Metahuman registry file.

He left the name field blank, but entered Danny Phantom into the alias field. He doubted that 'Phantom' was his given name. He put in Ghost into the species field, left age, race, his description, affiliations, and occupation fields empty for now. For residence, he put in Titans Tower, Jump City, CA.

He paused in the work he added and sighed. He hated not having vital information, but added these to the questions he would ask the boy. He left details on the boys' weaknesses as well as family completely blank before saving and closing the document.

Robin hoped that the boy would be an ally, but he's filled out so many of these for villains that it's actually been more of a soul crushing experience. He left his room and crossed the halls until he reached the room he'd been combing over for months, so he'd give it a go one more time.

NS-Raven and Beast Boy-NS

Raven walked up to the roof with Beast Boy in tow after the meeting. She stopped at the roof and looked at Beast Boy before saying, "Why do you even want to come with me?"

"I didn't want to relive the memory," Beast Boy admitted. This was something that he wouldn't admit to anyone but Raven. All the other Titans got hit hard by her betrayal, but none more than Beast Boy. He wanted to see her become a Titan so badly, but in the end, she was nothing more than a pawn in Slade's war against the Titans.

Raven was take aback by this, but quickly put the emotion down. She looked at the Boy, with sad eyes hidden beneath her cloak, as she asked, "You ready then?" With a quick nod from the green kid, she looked back to where she saw Clockwork last night and said, "Clockwork, we are ready!"

The whole area shimmered with a green glow, then with a pop a young Clockwork appeared. Beast Boy jumped at the bang, and looked at the ghost before asking, "Is he Danny?"

Raven shook her head and answered, "He is Clockwork."

"Danny should be close to awakening. It isn't safe to bring an unconscious mind through my dimensional rift, so I will bring you two to him," Clockwork said as he shifted from young to mid aged.

Beast Boy jumped at the sight and started to mumble quickly, "I think I'll just go ahead and uhh…" Beast Boy started, only to be pulled through the dimensional barrier that Clockwork created until they emerged inside of his tower. Beast Boy put a hand over his mouth and tried his best not to hurl. Once he gathered his composure, he looked around the room and took in the whole gothic architecture. "Wow Rave, you must be at home here!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

"I should have left you back at the tower," Raven mumbled under her breath, before she looked at Clockwork and asked, "Where is Danny?"

"Follow," Clockwork said as he began to flow through his tower.

The two followed him as instructed, but Beast Boy would ask various questions along the way. As they passed the glass vail, "What is that? Is it like a TV or something?"

Clockwork actually chuckled and answered, "It is of a sorts. It allows me to see the past, present, and possible futures of any being in the multiverse."

They passed by some other items of interest, and Beast Boy would ask another question; then Clockwork would answer. Rinse and repeat until they reached a door, and on the other side they all heard a loud yawn.

"Sounds like he's awake?" Beast Boy asked nervously. He wasn't exactly sure what to expect, but when the door opened, he was relieved to see it wasn't some zombie or some other monster that was glowing like clockwork.

The boy sat up and stretched his arms into the air, yet had not opened his eyes to take in his surroundings. When he did, black eyes met Ravens and the boy just said, "Sam?" If Raven blushed, her hood hid it from Beast Boy, but the boy saw that he was mistaken. "Where am I?" The boy asked in a panic.

"Daniel, you are in the ghost zone. I need to explain some things to you," Clockwork began, only for Danny to begin to panic more.

"I am Raven Roth, of the Titans. Last night I was contacted by Clockwork to come here, and save your life from a poison that was killing you," Raven bluntly interrupted clockwork, feeling the fear coming from the boy. To her credit, Danny actually did calm down somewhat, but he did not relax. "We are going to take you back to Titans Tower, once there you will be safe. We will tell you more about what happened there," Raven said, trying to calm the boy further.

"Okay, but I need to know something. Do you know who poisoned me?" Danny asked confused and almost emanating fear of the truth from himself.

Clockwork sighed, and looked into the boys eyes, "It was your mother. She was drinking last night, and went over the edge. She is convinced that your ghost half was possessing your human half."

Danny was in shock. He thought it was just a bad dream, but his own mother really did poison him. Many emotions were going through his head, but it was Beast Boy who pulled him out of his own head.

"You will be staying with us for a while, dude. You'll be safe with us, and we'll even train you to use your powers. You don't have to be alone in this," Beast Boy stated. He knew what it was like to be an outcast, and ultimately, he felt sorry for the kid.

He got up from the bed, walked over to the two Titans and ghost, but did not say another word. They teleported back using Clockworks Rift, and it was then that Danny felt he needed to make a choice. He could cut and run, go all the way back home, but what would happen then. No, he felt at peace here with them for the first time since he half died.

Clockwork looked down at Danny and said, "Everything will be alright. I will stay in touch with all of you. When you need me, I will be there for you." Then with the tap of his staff he vanished again.

"Welcome to Titan Tower, Danny!" Beast Boy said really loudly.

"I'll go tell the others we are back. You just take it all in and when you're ready Beast Boy will escort you down stairs," Raven said. She made it to the door, but stopped and figured she should warn him of Robin. "Not for nothing, but Robin will want to interrogate you. Tell him what you feel comfortable telling him," She said, then continued down the stairs.

That put Danny on edge, and for a second he felt like flying away at full speed. But then Beast Boy calmed him again by saying, "Listen dude, Robin's actually very chill when you get to know him. If he hits a sensitive subject just tell him you're not comfortable talking about it and he'll move on. He will want truthful answers, but he'll respect your privacy."

Danny nodded, and after a few more moments said, "Okay, I'm ready to go down."

End of chapter.

I can hear it already, and it's true that I am evil. I love a good cliff hanger, and if it's any consolation the next chapter will be much longer than this one. Robin will have an intense convo with Danny, then some stuff will happen. Don't wanna give too much away beyond that.

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