Kaldur sighed softly and glanced back at everyone crammed in the Bioship. Jake and Fu dog had refused to stay behind and Zatanna vouched for them for some strange reason she refused to tell the others about. Sam and Danielle had also insisted on coming, and after the last time Kaldur dealt with Sam, he learnt his lesson to just give in to the Goth. Tucker had thankfully decided to stay behind. The young mayor had a meeting that afternoon that he couldn't miss. Jazz also convinced her parents to stay at Fenton Works to keep working on a cure for Danny's elevated energy. Jimmy had volunteered to help, obviously not eager to encounter the Light or dangerous ghosts again.

"We're ten minutes away from where the tracker is," Robin announced.

"You mean Danny," Danielle corrected.

"Hopefully. But the Light are crafty. They might suspect that we put a tracker on Danny and found it," Robin replied with a shrug, swivelling to face the girl.

"Rob, you put it in his food when he wasn't looking," Artemis pointed out.

"Yeah, and Danny can turn intangible. I'm sure he'd be able to phase it out if he found it," Robin reminded her.

"That's true actually. Danny's phased things out of his stomach before," Sam recalled with a frown.

"Why would he have to?" Rocket inquired with disgust.

"He was stressed. Eating too fast and swallowed a spork by accident," Sam elaborated. Rocket wrinkled her nose and shook her head in disgust.

Kaldur sighed and turned to Robin, wordlessly asking for a blueprint of the base. Robin smirked and tapped on his gauntlet, bringing up a holographic map.

"These are old blueprints from when the building was built and using satellite imaging, we know the exterior hasn't been changed. But we can't be sure about underground or inside," Robin reported. Kaldur frowned in thought.

"This is all we have?" Kaldur pressed, hoping the boy wonder would reveal some more. Robin nodded apologetically.

"The building was labelled as condemned a few years ago but the contractors meant to knock it down got bought off anonymously. It didn't register with the league but I'd bet that the Light were involved," Robin explained. Kaldur pinched the bridge of his nose and huffed softly. This was not the best case scenario. He wasn't comfortable taking four heavily emotionally involved people on this mission with next to no experience fighting with the team. There was a high chance that Danny would attack them and they needed to be prepared to subdue the halfa, potentially hurt the teen. Another factor was that this was a covert rescue mission, without Batman's go ahead. This entire mission was on Kaldur. And that meant that any casualties were the Atlantean's responsibility.

"M'gann, link us up. ETA Robin?" Kladur muttered. M'gann's eyes pulsed green as she linked everyone's minds telepathically.

"ETA in five now," Robin reported.

"Fu dog, are you linked up? I have very little experience communicating with non-humanoid beings," M'gann asked telepathically.

"Yeah, I'm linked up," Fu dog confirmed calmly. A number of the teens blinked in surprise at the dog. Most people experienced some discomfort when first exposed to a mental link. The shar pei shrugged.

"Not my first telepath. But wooh! You should have seen her. She had this way of scratching my-" Fu dog began with a dreamy grin, his short tail starting to wag.

"Fu! I don't want that image in my head! That's just nasty!" Jake exclaimed and shuddered.

"Yeah, I'm with Jake on this one," Zatanna remarked. Fu dog shrugged and dismissed the memory with a sigh.

Kaldur raised an eyebrow at the strange canine before shaking his head slightly and focusing back on the task at hand. He needed to figure out how he was going to go about rescuing Danny. They also had to investigate the kidnapped ghosts.

"M'gann, Danielle, Conner and Fu dog. You're going to look for Danny. If you can't get him to co-operate… I hate saying it, but try and knock him out or suck him in a Fenton thermos. Robin, Zatanna, Wally and Sam. You are going to look for those ghosts. Artemis, Rocket and myself will protect the Bioship and subdue any potential hazards in the area," Kaldur delegated.

"Hang on. You forgot me," Jake called. Kaldur sighed. He honestly didn't know where to put Jake.

"Which job suits you then? Looking for Danny, looking for the ghosts or protecting the Bioship? And be honest," Kaldur inquired.

Jake blinked in surprise before he considered the three teams. Atlanteans were out of dragon jurisdiction. While the aquatic people had numerous dealings with merfolk and similar magical creatures, they weren't part of Jake's responsibility. That meant revealing what he was to Kaldur, wasn't really an option. That meant protecting the Bioship had three people who didn't know his true nature. Then it came down to the other teams. Zatanna, Sam, Fu dog and Danielle knew about what he was. True Danielle found out by accident but that didn't matter right now. So he had to consider who he wanted to find out in the worst case scenario. M'gann and Conner or Robin and Wally. If he were honest with himself, he didn't want Robin to find out the truth. Not if he could help it. The boy wonder would tell Batman and if Batman learned of the numerous dangers in the magical community, he may just prepare and become a threat Jake would have to remove. Also, he didn't want to deal with Wally while he tried to convince everyone that magical creatures couldn't be real. Therefore that left M'gann and Conner. And really, both heroes weren't in a position to decide what was and what wasn't possible. They were the most trusting too and as aliens they'd probably seen strange things before.

"I'd like to look for Danny as well Kaldur," Jake finally answered. Kaldur sighed in defeat and nodded.

"Fine. Everyone know what to do? The team looking for Danny are code named team alpha. The team looking for the ghosts or any connecting information, team beta. And the rest protecting the Bioship are team gamma. Okay?" Kaldur concluded, seeing everyone nodding in understanding and agreement.

A few minutes later, M'gann landed the Bioship a safe distance away from the secluded factory. It used to produce chemical agents for the American military but was decommission after the cold war ended. Later it was used for pharmaceuticals. The entire complex was then closed down almost fifteen years ago now and fell into decay. After an accident with a group of teenagers six years ago, the building was labelled dangerous and a couple of years later was condemned. As such, the complex looked old and was covered with cracks and ivy. However the building itself was surrounded by crumbling concrete, almost a mile in diameter with no vegetation. The Bioship was in camouflage mode among the nearest trees. The teens filed out of the alien vehicle and gathered at the edge of the vegetation.

"Robin. Where can team alpha and beta get into that building?" Kaldur inquired telepathically. Robin hummed softly and tapped on his computer gauntlet.

"There's an old bomb shelter on the south side. Reports say the corridor leading to it collapsed and left a hole in the ground. It was then blocked off and made into a storm drain. But it should be easy enough to use that to get inside with Superboy. As for team beta, we can use the vents. There's an access hatch on the roof that should be easy enough to get to," Robin informed the group after a few minutes.

"How likely is it that the Light missed those entry points?" Kaldur questioned. Robin shrugged.

"They might have guards on the roof and down in the basements. But the storm drain could easily be over looked. I can't be sure where it ends up inside though so be careful," Robin answered.

"Alright then. Miss Martian will go down first. You can shape-shift to have gills so it's safest that you check if it's flooded or completely collapsed," Kaldur decided. The members of team alpha nodded before M'gann shifted into her camouflage mode and Danielle grabbed Conner and Jake and turned them all invisible. Fu dog ran after the translucent Martian, grumbling under his breath. Kaldur glanced at Sam.

"Sam, listen to Robin on this mission. Please don't go AWOL this time," Kaldur called softly. The Goth gave him a stiff nod before running after the rest of her team as Robin led them to a safe spot to get on the roof.

Kaldur glanced at the two teens left. They smiled at him as Artemis pulled out her bow and notched an arrow ready.

"Don't worry Kaldur. The others will make sure Sam, Fu dog, Danielle and Jake stay with them and protect them," Rocket muttered reassuringly.

"You don't know them like we do. Sam has a thing about disobeying orders," Artemis retorted softly. Kaldur sighed, nodding in agreement.

"We should start patrolling the surrounding area. Artemis, go west. Rocket, go east and I'll take south. Watch your backs," Kaldur delegated softly and the trio of heroes split up.

Rescue mission has started. But will they trigger the trap and get caught? Or will the ghosts warn the heroes in time to stop Danny?

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