June 21, Sundey, 12:45 AM...

Somewhere far from Gotham city 3 figures fly over the forest, the trio of supernatural and mystical friends had been flying for about an hour and although it was fun at first, everything soon became boring and almost monotonous, after all, there was no a lot to do other than fly in a straight direction although they were pretty sure they were on the right path. Randy, on the other hand, was somewhat uncomfortable at times, although he has no problem flying, he did not feel entirely used to the sensation that this brought with it. Something that would not go unnoticed by others.

"Are you okay, Randy? I notice you're a little uncomfortable." Danny would ask, looking sideways at his friend in black and red as he flew.

"Yes dude, you seem very uncomfortable, perhaps you still doubt my plan to go to New York?" Says the dragon raising an eyebrow. "I know it seems like a rushed plan but I know of places we could use to sleep and not attract attention."

"No, it's nothing like that, it's just that... I still haven't gotten used to what it causes me to be in the skies flying like a dragon... or a ghost, I mean, normally when I "flyed" it was when one of my enemies I was thrown through the air, and the fall was not pleasant at all. Randy can't help but remember those days, it was amazing how he had gotten used to things like that.

The dragon and the ghost exchanged glances with each other before smiling and looking at the ninja. They knew that sensation well as he did.

"You're not the only one that's happened to, I've lost count of how many times one of Amity's ghosts has sent me flying away with a punch."

Randy would listen to the boy carefully, he had forgotten that they also had their experiences and their stories just like him. And as friends he appreciated the way they tried to cheer him up.

"Yes, I think so, I remember correctly some trolls wanted to do something similar to me in a hockey game I had against them."

What the dragon had said had caused both the ghost and the ninja to be a bit surprised before they let out a little laugh.

"Ok that does sound like a story you definitely have to tell us!" He would say excited ninja, and he wasn't the only one because Danny was also interested about it.

"Well, we still have a way to go and I don't want the rest of the way to be silent, so listen carefully as I almost won the craziest hockey game of my life, although that was not the idea of what I had in mind. do at that time."

and that's how Jake told them about that anecdote sharing it as something common between them, they were great friends after all, each one with a large number of adventures and stories to tell. Even when they are far from home, they know that they will return and that they will enjoy the little things or moments, because life takes many turns before straightening out and they were used to taking several in record time.

Batcave...

Batman could be called in many ways, the best detective in the world, a very intelligent man...but also for many who put aside his virtues, they would notice that he can be a man too paranoid at times. And this was one of these occasions, the bat was still reviewing the different evidence that they collected, giving many variables and scenarios. He would have continued to investigate this case further but there were other things to take care of and a voice takes him out of his thoughts.

"I think we won't find any more of them now." A female voice would say, Batman didn't even turn to look at her since he knew it was Batwoman.

"What makes you think so?"

"You can tell they were new to the city and if there's one thing I know about Gotham, it's that it's not a place an outsider wants to stay in for long." Obviously there would be a mocking tone in his voice, but something told Batman that it wasn't far from true.

"Even if it were true, having a group so diverse in abilities and powers running around not knowing who they are or what their goals are is not something we should leave up in the air." Not to mention that they had managed to stay in the shadows without ever being found by the batfamily, which in itself could be worrisome in many cases since most of them had experience investigating criminal scenes and finding the right people.

"Hmp, now you know what Amanda Waller must feel when she thinks about you and the Justice League." He leaned a little in front of the big computer and watched the images of both the collected material and the scene of the penguin's exchange of weapons. "For what it's worth, I feel like they won't stay in the shadows for long, sooner or later they'll show up and we'll see who it is and what it is they're after."

Batman under his mask would raise an eyebrow at this and he wouldn't hesitate to ask. "What makes you think that's going to happen?"

Batwoman just gives him a confident if laugh. "Feminine instinct".

The secret trio spent the rest of their way to New York telling their adventures and anecdotes, this made it easier to make the trip more endearing until they could see in the distance a great variety of lights, in front of them was the great capital of the world, New York. the sight was certainly beautiful for the trio, especially for Ninja and Phantom who weren't used to leaving their small towns to find themselves in such big cities.

"Wow...you weren't lying when you said New York looked so Bruce!" Spectrum the ninja, they had stopped flying to admire the city.

"Of course it's Bruce, it's my city we're talking about, you'll see great things here...if there's a magical underworld like mine." The dragon responded with a bit of bewilderment, from what they knew magic existed here too but he didn't know if some things like the community of magical creatures were here.

"Well, as much as he enjoys it and wants to fly across the city I think we should find a place to stay…So lead us on Jake." Phantom was happy to be in the big city but time was gold for them right now.

"Yes, about that...there is a slight inconvenience." The dragon scratches the back of his neck somewhat embarrassed at the sight of his friends who soon look at him reproachfully.

"What kind of slight inconvenience are you talking about? Do you know of any place here where we can stay right?" At this point both Danny and Randy had their arms folded before Jake.

"Yeah! but I may have been ahead of the facts, we are in another universe or dimension so things can change a bit...just follow me." Before hearing any reproach or complaint, the dragon flew off towards the city with Phantom and Ninja who only sighed annoyed behind him and then followed his lead or in this case the flight.

Despite the fact that the ideal would be to fly high for Jake, who did not have camouflage ways like the other two, he moved skillfully taking advantage of the shadows of the buildings and alleys, it was noticeable to others that he knew the place like the back of his hand. because of the natural way in which he was oriented. In addition, luckily for them it was already too late and this partly helped so that they could move more freely without attracting unwanted glances.

Despite his anger, both Ninja and Phantom made the most of the views that the city offered them, for the Ninja Times Square looked as good as they saw in pictures and as for Phantom he was not going to deny that Fifth Avenues looked well still and with the lack of people on the streets. They both made a note to come tomorrow day, since at that time things would be more lively. Both of them had lost their annoyance with Jake a bit thanks to all of this.

After less than 5 minutes the dragon landed in a dark alley being enveloped in blue flames and returned to his human form, the other two would land behind him in surprise but would continue returning to their civilian roles. Jake for his part was in the corner of the alley watching the other side of the street in front of him.

"Jake what's going on? You've been very quiet the whole way buddy." Putting his hand on the shoulder of his friend Randy would express some of his concern. "Look, it's okay if you don't have a place right now, Gotham sucked and anywhere is and will be better than there."

Danny who was next to him nods, if you ask him he prefers to stay camping in the Ghost zone than continue in the city of madmen. Jake for his part continued to concentrate on what kept his gaze on him and this would not go unnoticed by him. "That he has you so absorbed in everything?"

"That's supposed to be where Grandpa's shop should be…" With that said, the duo looked at the same place as his friend, where for Jake there was an old electronics store and a large boxing gym that looked not very maintained. "I know the odds were very low, but I wanted to believe that here I would find something familiar waiting for me...".

"We're so sorry, dude. I know you wanted it to be that way." Danny gives him a solemn look. "Your grandfather is a great person and I'm sure that if he existed here he would continue to be so too."

Jake looked at his friends, they were good cheering him up and they were there for him, after all they were through thick and thin with each other. "Thanks guys, do you think we'll take a look? I'd like to take a closer look at the place...I have this weird feeling, and then we go to a church I know and do the same as in Gotham...if you agree of course ?". He would ask with some doubt.

Randy and Danny just exchanged glances and then looked at Jake smiling at him.

"Of course bro, you just guide us. New York surprised us so much that we almost lost sleep." He lets go of Randy to which danny nudges him in the side with his elbow. "Almost." It's what the ghost boy says.

The boy with Asian features could only laugh slightly at his friend's comment as he crossed the street accompanied by both fellow travelers, the place had an old sign but they still assumed that it wasn't a big deal. Or at least that were their ideas until they heard something next to the center there was an alley where there was a back door vaguely illuminated by light, Jake supposed it was from the place and from what he could see it was open.

"Stop this before you morons regret it!" The voice of an adult could be heard, from the tone it was almost certain to say that of the elderly. "The silent alarm went off and the police will be here soon!"

"Tsk, shut up you old man, I investigated this place well and I know very well that it does not have a silent alarm." Another voice was heard in the distance followed by the sound of a bang.

This was the only thing the trio needed to hear to get into action, they were ready to transform Danny and Randy but the sight of Jake immediately entering the place without taking dragon form completely baffled them, why didn't he change? That was the thought of both boys before following him, it was going to be troublesome but they didn't think twice.

The noise of the door obviously opening and the figures entering would not go unnoticed by those inside. When Jake entered the only thing his eyes saw were 3 figures of what appeared to be men, possibly between their 18's and 20's wearing ski masks carrying bladed weapons such as a bat, a wrench and a knife and behind them were on the ground a fourth figure, an old man but he looked bulky and tall with marks of bruises gracing his face and probably on his body as well.

"Why the hell are those brats here?" he spat out one of the figures, the tallest and skinniest being the one who carried the knife and spoke to the other two. "No idea, but we should have secured that exit so this won't happen!" He said annoyed the most corpulent not to say fat of the group that carried the bat.

"Why are we here? Better leave that grandfather alone!" Jake replied, not bothering to hide his clear disgust at the scene.

The old man who was on the ground very weak and beaten raised his head enough to look at the trio with concern and open his mouth to express his fear. "What do you think you kids are doing?! Run! Get away from here kids, it's very dangerous!". It was what he would say before being hit by the one with the bat causing him to groan in pain.

"You shut up old man." He spits out the thin delinquent before looking back at the trio, more precisely at Jake. "And you better watch what comes out of your shorty mouth, or I'm going to have to cut it off!"

"Come here and try it! I dare you!". Jake yelled as he was about to transform but then he realized that he had entered the room without changing before, he couldn't do it in front of those who were present or could be exposed "Aww why me?"

"Repenting now shorty? I don't think so, I'll make sure to record a few cuts on your face so you don't forget your recklessness now!". the skinny man with the razor yelled. "And those two over there won't have it easy either! They have to be taught a lesson for going where they shouldn't, guys!"

"Wait! What if they called the police? That won't leave us with much time!" I speak the third one who carries the key, he seemed the most insecure of the 3 and his complexion was neither as thin nor as robust as the other two, he was someone extremely average.

"Nah, I'm sure they didn't even stop to do something like that or they would have already said so, they're a trio of good-natured idiots." The one with the razor said impatiently approaching the trio of young people next to the corpulent one.

"Jake you should have thought this better." He would tell Danny with a sidelong glance as none of the three backed down despite the threat.

"I know, I just acted out of inertia."

"Luckily for us I don't think we need to change identities to kick these losers' butts." Randy would say with a smile, next to it there was a bench, with an upward kick he made the bucket located in the place rise a little only to then do a quick turn with his body raising his leg to finally kick the bucket in direction of one of the thugs, he would have hit the one with the knife but he reacts fast enough so that he only hits the most robust one, making him fall to the ground in which he let out a howl of pain. "Jackpot! I think I deserve 5 points for that."

"I'd say you deserve a few more for taking him down." Danny comments as he high fives him.

"Pieces of shit are so dead!" The one with the knife yells as he runs towards the trio followed by the third thug who, despite his insecurity, would not hesitate to follow his partner. "Alright guys one for each of them." Danny would say as the others nod in agreement and together with him they run in different directions evading the armed robbers.

The one with the knife went for Jake who followed him to the showers while the one with the key chased Danny to the bathrooms, in the end only the most robust one remained, and when he got up his face would be red from the blow and from how angry he was, even his nose was bleeding because it was broken, he tried to look for Randy with his eyes but he couldn't find him until a whistle sounded behind him.

"Hey! I'm here loser, are you going to stand there like a complete idiot?" It was Randy who was inside a ring, supporting both arms on the red ropes with a look that showed how bored he was. "Because I don't have all night and I need to find a place to sleep so could you bring your fat ass so I can kick it?"

That was undoubtedly the straw that broke the camel's back as the man yelled a bunch of profanities as he ran at full speed towards the ring, entering it while Randy distanced himself while maintaining his smile. Provoking the enemy was a very easy task and even though his opponent was armed and had the advantage of having a bigger and more robust body, he showed no signs of being intimidated, in fact he was analyzing his opponent well. One mistake and it would be bad.

"I'm going to knock you out, you little piece of shi-". He couldn't finish his sentence because when he launched himself with the bat raised up to deliver a downward strike to Randy but the latter took a good leap over he is doing a somersault followed by a kick to his back that would make the robber with a bat take momentum towards the ropes of the ring and will bounce towards propelling his body towards Randy's who was already standing waiting for him. "Ough!".

"And the bigger they are...". Preparing to finish off the armed subject, he rises giving a complete turn with his body to finally give him a successful and powerful kick with his right leg causing the thief to fall to the ground on the other side of the ring, losing consciousness. "Harder they fall."

The old man was surprised by the way the young man performed in his short fight against his opponent. Although calling it a fight would be nice, it was a complete defeat.

Meanwhile Danny had hidden in the bathroom cubicles while the guy with the wrench was trying to find him, he tried to turn on the bathroom lights to locate him more easily but surprise, the light bulbs didn't work. They needed to be replaced; And the atmosphere felt colder than usual and he felt chills on his back, even so he set out to find Danny kicking every door of the bathroom cubicles. "S-stop hiding and fight l-like a cowardly little man!"

"Funny that you would say that when you guys hit while still aged between 3 and armed...not to mention the fact that you don't seem so brave now." Danny's voice was heard in the last cubicle of the bathroom to which the armed man smiled heading there. "Got you! Now what the hell?!" The thief declared loudly as he kicked the door open only to be surprised that no one was there, just the toilet making weird noises.

The thug did not hesitate to move forward to see with curiosity what was happening. He didn't see anything unusual at first but soon he would feel a kick to the back of his neck that would cause him to fall face-first into the toilet. Danny had been in stealth mode all this time, seizing the perfect opportunity to let his guard down and this was the moment. Without a doubt, he would return to his tangible form and kicked the thug's crotch, causing him to stick his head out of the toilet, letting out a loud howl of pain as he fell exhausted to the ground, dropping the wrench and grabbing his crotch while you could see how his face under his balaclava shrank. contracted in pain, soon it was seen how he released some foam at the mouth.

All of this just made Danny smile. "Don't expect me to play fair when you guys didn't even idiots."

With his opponent defeated Danny hurried out of the bathroom to find Randy who was helping the old man to his feet, in the corner right in the ring you could see the biggest thug on the floor to which he smiles at his friend "I see you already took care of the problem on your own."

"Pff...I didn't even have to make an effort, it's obvious that these guys were new to this." With the old man already on his feet, he wasted no time and proceeded to inspect the state of his body, he had some bruises and signs of blows to his face but nothing extremely deadly." Are you okay, sir? I can see that you have many bruises but I don't see something deadly."

The old man only let out a groan as he smiled a little enduring the pain in his body. "Calm down, I may be old but I'm not done for, I've been through worse in my youth." Danny and Randy just exchanged a questioning look as they looked at the old man and now that they were close to him they could see how big and robust he was. It was obvious that he owned the gym, his body was that of a boxing champion and that only brought more doubts to them... how could someone of that appearance be dominated by those thugs? Perhaps it was age taking its toll...

"Are you sure the guy with the knife didn't actually cut him or cause lacerations?"

"Not at all, that boy has little courage, when I saw the opportunity I completely dominated him...but his teammates attacked me from behind and I couldn't do anything...damn cowards!". The man would complain, but then he looks up at both boys. "Young people today are no longer what they were before...or so I would say if I didn't have young people with good will like you children, despite looking skinny."

Both superheroes just let out an awkward laugh, until the man looked worried again.

"Wait! His friend is missing, the dwarf one, we have to help him! -Agh!". He tried to go to where Jake and the other guy were now, but immediately the pain became present on his right side, ultimately those blows took their toll on him, he wasn't as hard to resist the pain as before. Luckily for Randy, he showed support by putting the former wrestler's arm around his shoulders to support him. "Easy sir, we know Jake very well, we're sure he's already kicking that guy's ass and he'll be out soon; don't doubt him, being a dwarf has his advantages."

"I'll tell him you said that dude hahaha."

For his part in the showers when Jake and the guy with the knife came in the place was dark, it was hard to see anything. The thug lost track of Jake as soon as he entered, so he had no choice but to look for the switch to turn on the pockets of the place, but when he did, nothing happened, he made several attempts but everything indicated that the light bulbs had not been working for a long time, which just anger the subject.

"This place is crap! They can't even change the light bulbs in the shower...now I doubt we could get anything of value here." He would say as he went further into the darkness with his knife in hand ready to fight. "It's not like you're worth much more than him." He turned quickly when he heard Jake's noise in the dark, then heard one of the showers turn on with the only sound of running water. He approaches the source of the sound but then he hears another shower start and then another and then another, now the only noise that could be heard was the water falling to the floor which only made the guy more angry who hurried to close a and run to the next.

"Think you can confuse me with these idiot dwarf tricks!?" He yells in clear anger as he searches for Jake's location. "When I find you I'm going to ruin that face more than it already is!"

For his part, Jake was seeing the man thanks to changing his eyes to dragon ones with which he has perfect vision in the dark. He had been opening the showers taking advantage of his short stature and using his tail as well. He would soon make his move, the thug was irate so he would not see his strategy, now with the wet floor taking advantage of the latter he goes stealthily and swings his tail hitting his opponent's feet causing him to fall on his back to the floor. Jake swears I ask to hear a loud blow that was surely his head.

Without wasting time, he would swing his tail again so that this time it hits the hand where the thief had his knife, causing him to let go and throw himself to the other side of the showers. Jake thought he was done for, but the animosity in the guy really pushed him enough to get him on his feet. Somehow he managed to realize that Jake was close to him and he proceeded to jump on him, but he didn't count on the boy's height so the latter just instinctively crouched down, placing his foot so that he would trip and it worked. The guy slid face-first into the shower wall with a loud bang and after that he showed no sign of wanting to get back up as he was too busy putting his hands on his head while cursing the air for the pain he felt. .

"That's what you get for messing with this stupid dwarf!". Jake could only gloat over the fact that he "won" this fight without transforming and thanks to his size. He soon runs out of the showers to meet the others. "Guys! I see you guys are done before me."

"Yes, the truth was not a big deal." Danny answers as he turns his head to see the robust and senile man. "See, we told you there was nothing to worry about."

"That I can see." The man who was hunched over all this time finally stands upright and a crunch can be heard in his bones, that sound made the trio of boys feel uncomfortable but for the man it seemed normal. "You kids performed with courage and passion, I appreciate that...but I must also say that it was dangerous, they could have been hurt."

"This is not the first time we have been involved in trouble and we assure you that I don't think it will be the last time sir." Randy responds with a smile to which the other two just nod confirming the fact.

"Hahahaha!" The robust old man only asked to let out a great and thunderous laugh that would take the trio by surprise. In his eyes, this old man with a physique that was overworked and perfect for someone his age was really strange, of course, they don't have much right to judge that, but there was something strange about him. "You 3 definitely remind me of my younger days, what are your names?"

The 3 of them looked at each other as if they were talking to each other with a single look, and then they smiled, there was no reason to mistrust him, at least that's what their instincts told them.

"I'm Randall Cunningham...but Randy's enough."

"I am Jacob Luke Long, but Jake is enough." The young dragon wouldn't even notice but his friends stared at him wide-eyed at his full name. They had already had affairs together but they always thought that Jake was his first name and they didn't even know the "Luke" in his name.

"Ugh, you never told us you had a middle name Luke dude." Danny said.

"You never asked."

"Fair enough".

"Ok, putting that aside, Daniel Fenton, please tell me Danny I don't like when they call me Daniel."

The older man looked at the children in front of him, in his eyes he certainly noticed that there was something special about them, but he could see that there was goodness in each one of them, he crosses his arms showing a big smile on his face . "Well it's nice to meet young people like you, I'm Theodore Grand, but the people I trust call me Ted and I own this boxing gym. I've trained good people and great fighters here."

"No doubt about that sir, but I can't help but want to ask you about-". Danny could never complete the sentence as a loud groan was heard from behind, the stocky thug was no longer unconscious and he looked very angry. "You're dead…you guys are fucking dead!"

"You hadn't knocked him out Randy!?" He demanded the dragon looking at his friend as he shrugged his shoulders in visible discomfort. "Well, seeing as he's quite resilient to defeat, isn't he? Maybe we should-". And again there was another interruption this time from two different places that would be the bathroom doors and the locker room opening with a bang showing the other thieves, Jake swore that if the looks would kill him and his friends they would already be on the floor since it was obvious how angry the duo were over their humiliating defeats.

"You fucking dwarf I swear I'm going to leave you like sushi when I'm done with you!". He yelled the one with the knife as he walked towards the group and the other member of the wrench did the same, you could tell that his nervousness had gone to make way for someone out of his mind. "And don't forget about my malnourished boy, I'm going to make sure to pay you back for the blow you gave me down here by grinding your face beyond recognition!"

"Ugh...now what do we do?" Randy asks worried, they could transform and finish them off but the problem was their identities and that they couldn't go unnoticed anymore. The other two teens knew about this and were trying to think of something fast but their whole train of thought stopped when Ted Grand stepped in front of the trio getting between them and the attackers surprising the minors. "Mr. Ted, what do you think he's doing?! You're still hurt!"

"Calm down kids, I'll take care of it." He would say with an authoritative voice full of confidence the boys clearly had no idea what was going through the head of the adult in front of them but he radiated a confidence that was at the same time enough for them not to feel so nervous. "Now that they've landed their punches, it's time for me to hit them back."

The simple fact of saying that did not cause any grace to the thugs, especially the already irritated one armed with the knife, he ran against him with his hand raised ready to stab him in the face but when he believed that his weapon would bury itself in the man's flesh He and everyone else were surprised when he saw that his arm was being stopped with one hand from the man with the knife inches from his eye, his gaze casting immense pressure on him. "What the hell old-". His grumbling was halted when he received a hard slap to the face that the secretive trio would swear they saw a tooth fly out of his mouth.

"Mi diente...Que crees que estás?!-". Otra vez fue callado cuando otra fuerte bofetada con la mano abierta aterriza sobre su cara, luego otra, y otra, cada una hacía un estruendo mayor que la anterior, pronto la cara del tipo con el cuchillo estaba roja e hinchada. La vista de su amigo siendo humillado de esta forma fue suficiente para que los otros dos se lanzarán sobre el hombre para ayudar a su compañero. Ted solo soltó hombre que caería de rodillas rendido en el suelo y concentró su atención en sus compañeros.

The thug with the wrench caught his attention first, when he swings his weapon at Ted he is in a quick movement blocks and disarms his opponent for a quick low kick that causes him to lose his balance and fall to the ground, but before who could feel the hardness of it was grabbed by the collar of the shirt and pulled it, what he saw was Ted's fist meeting his nose and breaking it without problems. The only thing the guy could do was hold on to her with both hands as blood sprayed from his nose.

"Damned old bastard!" It was what the robust man with the bat would say as he swings it against the combatant, Ted quickly puts up a guard with his left arm, when the bat hits it shatters in half. "What the hell!?"

"And here comes something else."

Before the guy could react Ted brought a quick punch to his midsection, you'd think the impact wouldn't be that much thanks to the guy's body fat, but you'd be wrong. The poor guy let out a gasp as he lost much of his air, thus falling to his knees along with his other companions. All this display of power greatly surprised the interdimensional trio, the guy they had helped had suddenly changed and showed himself to be greatly superior to his opponents, Ted Grand stood in front of the invaders of his boxing center with a look that It looked like a beast about to finish off its prey, if the thieves weren't scared to death before now they definitely would be. "You have 10 seconds to get out of here and if I see you here again or on your way I swear that the next thing you will feel will be how your teeth fly out of your mouths from my punches." His comment was followed by the crunching of his hands, his threatening presence and his words were all the thugs needed for him to run away with clear fear, of course they stumbled a few times but their silhouettes were no longer seen as soon as they crossed the back door.

Jake, Danny and Randy watched all this with surprise, although the last two knew they had their suspicions due to the formidable appearance of the older man that he knew how to fight, they never expected him to humiliate the thugs so easily.

"If you knew how to fight and you're so strong, why didn't you defend yourself in the first instance?!" Randy was the first to speak curiously, he was not the only one since Danny was also in the same room and Jake who never concentrated on observing the man before arriving at the place. "You could have defeated them just as easily as now."

"I let them tee off boy, I haven't wrestled in a long time...I guess I'm rusty." It was the excuse that he said, of course, this was not very convincing for the trio but they assumed that it was a private story in which they did not investigate, especially because for Jake's nose he would notice the alcohol on his breath and because he changed the subject immediately . "But putting that aside, don't you think it's too late to be out of the house? Your parents must be worried." Soon Ted would realize by the way the faces of the 3 boys next to him contract that they also had a situation between them.

"We…our situation is complicated, and right now we have no place to return to and we just arrived in the city." Jake responds with some pessimism followed by Danny who hastened to formulate an alibi. "We thought that here in New York we would find some opportunity to establish ourselves, and we really hope that we do."

Ted had his suspicions about what was happening, he had an idea but he wouldn't give the matter too much thought because he just sighed. He is not the kind of man who would leave 3 tweens stranded on the streets of New York in the wee hours of the morning. "Look I have some mattresses in a room, you can sleep here tonight." This would make the 3 boys raise their heads in surprise at that man's generous act.

"Wow sir would you really do that for us!? You barely know us." Randy says excitedly with a smile on his face. "Of course I do, it's the least I can do to repay their brave act. It doesn't matter whether or not I could take down those cowardly idiots, the simple fact that they had the courage to help someone in need when others had looked the other way side is something I respect and you guys should be proud of, so what do you say?"

The 3 looked at each other, although they did not want to abuse the generosity of the man, it was already too late and they were tired, especially Jake and Randy, who, unlike Danny, did not have that ghostly physiological advantage of theirs, going out now to find a place to sleep would be impossible. and they were sure that it was going to rain soon because of the sound of lightning that was heard outside, without further ado the 3 responded in unison.

"Thank you!".

"That's what I wanted to hear, now let's go get those mats, I also need to take a break."

It wouldn't take long to find the mats and they would each get next to each other, instead of sleeping on the floor of the venue they slept right in the ring. Ted didn't seem to give much importance to what they did so there were no problems, the older man just went to his office and locked himself in there for the night.

"It was a pretty crazy week...". Randy would speak in a low voice looking at the ceiling with his two best friends. "This place is so…brutal."

"Yeah, even though this world is a great thing I really miss home...I hope nothing bad happens while we're here." Jake answers something doubtful.

"Calm down guys, Jake, your grandfather and your sister will surely put up against anything." Danny speaks to them with a smile. "And you, Randy, you don't have to worry about the sorcerer anymore, you defeated him, you forget? We even helped you kick the sorceress's ass."

"No, of course I haven't forgotten, as I would if I even tried to hypnotize you with his youthful appearance haha." That last would bring back a very bad and unpleasant memory for Danny that would not hide his disgust. "Eww dude, although I'm flattered, I told her that I wasn't attracted to crazy old women who want to plunge the world into darkness and despair for eternity." The trio shared some good laughs with that until they calmed down and randy spoke more calmly to the halfa. "Although you try to keep our spirits up, bro I'm sure you're also a little nervous right?"

"Haha yes, I really can't help but worry."

"I'm sure your friends and sister can deal with any ghost looking to make trouble, you saved the world from the asteroid bro, I know you care about Vlad but I'm sure he must be hiding his ass in some floating piece of rock in the outer space".

"Wow, you have a point...the truth is that we are surrounded by great people, aren't we?"

"We always have been, and we'll be back with them, as my grandfather says, "There's no better company on an adventure than with people you know will take care of your back as you take care of theirs"...we'll be back guys." Says the young dragon.

The three of them have been through a lot and there they were, together looking at the ceiling while their eyes closed to receive the warm embrace of sleep, no matter what was going to happen from now on. As long as the 3 of them were together no matter what this world full of heroes and villains throws at them, they will stand their ground because that's the way heroes are and this is a brotherhood that no one can bring down.

Hey guys I hope you enjoyed the chapter. a lot has happened lately and ADHD hits me hard and I already started my university cycle so I won't upload or update the story soon since at least I felt that I had inspiration to make this chapter worse it doesn't mean that I will abandon my other fics I am very sorry haven't updated them yet, i know it's wrong to ask this but just a little more time ok?

Now going to the chapter I want to tell you that I manage the franchises of both DP, RCNG9 and Jake Long as a single world, that's what occurred to me. He wanted to unite those 3 worlds since it went a long way and thus raise the friendship of Randy, Danny and Jake as their later unit as the group known as "The Secret trio".

Now as for some changes I made was that I had to change the dates so that his arrival was a month before the beginning of the third season of young justice. I didn't want it to take too long to get to the start of the season so I also made a change to the dates of the previous episode.

Now in case you noticed the man I wanted to add called Ted Grand is a superhero from the old days of DC, his character always seemed nice to me and who better to be an "authority figure" than him? They could learn a thing or two, of course, it's not like they're going to tell you who they really are.

Well that would be all, Silver out.