Chapter 3: Mission Gone Wrong
"Ok so this is basically a stealth mission" Wally stated after what Kaldur just explained to them.
They were supposed go to Wisconsin for there have been sightings of glowing green mutant animals running along the border and they had to discover what they were without getting caught.
"Yes, now we must go before it is too late" Kaldur ordered and they all piled into M'gann's bioship and Dani transformed into 'the ghost kid' as she was called in Amity Park after her father retired.
Dani had brought her Fenton Thermos in case these glowing creatures were ghosts, her father had encountered some at his age where as his 'Uncle Vlad' had mutated them to capture him.
"Dani why do have a thermos?" Wally asked staring at the cylinder strapped on her back.
"Oh this is in case the mutants were ghosts, the thermos sends them to the ghost zone" She told him in a monotone voice and Wally made an "Ohh" sound and looked away with a confused look on his face.
"Approaching destination" M'gann informed and landed the ship five miles in front of the Wisconsin border line.
"Alright team, you know what to do" Kaldur said and they exited the truck and began scouting the woods in pairs.
Robin, Dani together, Artemis and Wally, M'gann took the skies, and Superboy and Kaldur.
For some reason these woods looked familiar to Dani once they got closer to the border and found a large path with green goo trailing. "Hey Rob, I'm going to take a sample. Watch my back?" She asked and Robin nodded. Dani bent down and pulled out a tube and scooped a little of the substance in. Suddenly a figure stopped in front of them "I was wondering when my father's nemesis child was going to show" A man in his twenties appeared; he had a black ponytail, grey eyes, and was wearing a dark blue suit with his hands behind his back.
"Oh my god" Dani gasped and stood up "Your Plasmius's son, you're Demetri"
Demetri clapped his hands slowly "You only have part of that correct my dear" he said and gave an evil grin and transformed into Vlad's ghost form.
"You see, Vlad had put some of his DNA in a clone he was building of your father and created me. He hid me from the world for years until he got sucked in space and I knew I was free! I decided to wait for you to come to me knowing that your bratty father would someday have kids like him and I could finally get my revenge"
Robin glared at Vlad and protectively pulled Dani behind him "You aren't getting anywhere near her! Dani run!" Robin and Dani shook her head no "I'm not leaving you, he's too powerful! Only I can stop him for now, go alert the team" She hissed and "But-"
"GO!" Dani yelled and put a force field around her and Demetri only blocking Robin from entering the upcoming fight.
Robin reluctantly ran off to warn the team and the league.
"You look so much like your father Danielle, it's really a shame to have to kill you now" Demetri taunted and Dani rolled her glowing green eyes "Not before I send you to the ghost zone jail" She glared and clenched her fists.
"Just wondering, have you inherited your father's ghostly wail?" Demetri asked before beginning the battle.
Dani shrugged "I'm working on it" Demetri smirked at the distraction and threw a beam at her throwing her backwards into a push breaking her force field.
"You tricked me!" Dani shrieked and blew a force field at Demetri sending him on his arse chuckling to himself.
"You are so much like your father, so gullible" he laughed and brushed the invisible dirt off his clothes and sent several pink ectoplasm beams at Dani sending her across the path landing in a pile of tree's.
"Oh child you aren't very good at this are you?" Demetri mocked smirking.
Dani let a furious growl escape her throat "I'M BETTER THAN YOU"LL EVER BE!" She screamed and her ghost wail echoed across the forest blowing tree's everyone sending Demetri into a pine tree knocking him unconscious.
By that time Dani was on her knee's panting "whoa" she breathed and heard muffled gasps behind her and she turned her heard to see the team, Superman, Green Arrow, Red Tornado, Flash, and Black Canary gaping at her.
Slowly she got to her feet and rested her hands on her knee's "I'm guessing you saw all that?" they all slowly nodded their heads.
Superman flew over "I called Batman, he's on his way from his mission" he informed her and helped Dani stand.
"Thanks…that felt different" She mumbled still panting.
Superman looked back at the others "Should I call your father?" he offered and Dani's head shot up.
"No! He is supposed to be retired and I told him I would handle the ghost thing"
Superman held his hands up in defense "Alright I'll just make sure the Mount Justice has better security and more protection" Dani sighed "fine"
Dani stood up straighter feeling her breathing come back to normal but her throat was killing her it literally felt like someone strangled her then burned her throat with a torch. Dani walked over to the team "Can we go" she whispered and Kaldur nodded "Yes, we should get back" he said but froze when he looked behind Dani.
"What?" She asked and turned "Oh my god! He escaped!" She shrieked feeling panicked.
"It's ok kid we will search around here and you guys can go back to the mountain" Flash suggested and ran down the trail. Ollie sighed "I guess, so much for dinner tonight Canary" Dinah gave a soft smile and ran after Flash and Ollie followed.
"Be careful" Superman warned and flew back to the base to work on security with Bruce.
While they were walking back to the bioship Robin put a hand on her shoulder "You ok?" He asked when he noticed she had a hard time swallowing.
"Fine, just a sore throat but I'll manage" She whispered and he nodded.
The rest of the way back to the mountain was silent. No one spoke of the incident that happened in woods. Their mission was unsuccessful so why would they even bother?
When they arrived at the Mountain Batman was waiting for them with his arms crossed and had a stoic expression of his features.
"I leave for one day and you can't even go on a mission without my help" He growled making everyone feel guilty.
"I am very disappointed in all of you, but…" Batman trailed off seeing everyone's sad expressions.
"Good job" he finished and their heads shot up with hopeful faces.
"I want to see Danielle after all of you are dismissed"
Everyone left and Dani stayed put still in her ghost form "I'm sorry Batman…I didn't know he made a clone of him that lasted other than the other Dani" She nearly whispered and Batman stood in front of her.
"What clone?" he demanded and Dani shrugged.
"My dad's nemesis Vlad created clones before he died and two lasted the longest but both had his DNA and my dad's but I didn't think one could last so long without assistance from Vlad…" Dani trailed off and Batman motioned for her to continue.
"Maybe someone else is helping but I doubt it…but when Demetri said he wanted revenge for my father killing his 'father' I suspected he would've wanted to kill my dad instead of me" Dani finished and crossed her arms and looked down at her shoes.
Batman's slits in his cowl got smaller "I'll research it, for now stay safe" he ordered and Dani nodded and turned back to human and went to her room to mope.