Author Note: Neptune's Beard! School starts tomorrow for me, but thankfully I already have the next few chapters written. Though starting tomorrow I will officially be a sophomore (10th grader), least that's what it's called in the US- though I think it's called Year 11 in the UK and 2nd grade in France (I actually had to look off the chart for that because France is really confusing).

~CWA

Chapter 3:

Third Person:

Danny laughed as he walked with Megan and Conner. He was right- they were new friends. Megan was bubbly and friendly- which made sense why she was a cheerleader (that shocked Danny simply because he was so used to cheerleaders being the mean ones). Conner was nice enough, tolerable, and quiet. He did have a short temper as Danny saw that morning. Yet the two of them helped Danny get to his other classes, introduced him to some of the other kids, and because him was new to Happy Harbor in general Megan offered to show me around the town. Conner didn't seem that happy as if he was in a hurry, but he still helped Danny out.

So there they were, talking and laughing as they walked around one of the museums in Happy Harbor. Danny noted the different pieces discreetly, memorizing the names so he could look up how much each one is worth later.

"-and then there's the heroes too," Megan continued.

Danny stopped. His body tensed,

"Heroes?"

Danny stared at her blankly. What heroes? Megan seemed thrilled as she explained,

"The heroes! Like the Justice League! Their partners show up a lot here!"

"What," Danny asked confused, "You mean like Robin and Kid Flash?"

Those were the only two sidekicks he knew about. He didn't think Superman or Martian Manhunter had any sidekicks- least if they did, he didn't know. He only watched the news when it was for his heists. File that away under things to ask Gear later. I'm sure she knows if they have any sidekicks… I also have to be careful. If they're here, their mentors wouldn't be that far behind and honestly, while I could take on them- I don't know about their mentors.

"Something like that," Megan answered with a twinkle in her eyes.

Dude what's with the vague answer? Danny turned his attention back to the museum and at the works of art. One piece in particular caught his attention- The Water Ghost by Alfred Kubin. It looked creepy with the darker colors, showing what looked like a ghost-like figure floating across the painting. Is it worth a lot? Probably not. Would it look awesome hung in my room above my bed? Yes.

"The Water Ghost," Megan read, "That's a bit creepy looking don't you think?"

"Yeah," Conner pitched in.

Danny continued to admire the painting,

"Ghosts… Interesting what people think they look like- I mean, it's not like I've seen a ghost."

He coughed awkwardly before continued,

"I just mean- so many people have different ideas what they look like."

Conner looked at Danny in disbelief,

"You believe in ghosts? Not many people do."

"Don't you? After all, you never know who could be a ghost."

Danny gave a small smile, but a twinkle showed in his eyes as if he was telling some sort of inside-joke.

That night, the alarms for one of the museums went off. The cameras showed no intruders therefore Batman sent the team to check it out. Honestly, they would have complained about being sent to deal with a 'faulty system' if they weren't so bored from lack of activity. The museum was quiet, not a sound was heard aside from the ones made by the team. The dim lights were enough for everyone to see clearly- even if they could have seen without the lights. The lights, however, would make it easier to spot a burglar- if there was a burglar. Though one thing was sure- if it was a thief, it was probably just some low-life. Most of the thieves and villains liked to make a scene and show themselves as soon as they could.

The team split up- causing Artemis to grumble about it 'being just a faulty alarm.' Artemis and Kid Flash checked the lower levels. Kaldur was with Robin as Robin checked the system. M'gann and Conner were checking the second story of the museum.

"Huh," M'gann thought, "This is the same one Conner and I went to today."

"A date," Robin thought back a bit shocked.

"No," M'gann shook her head with a small blush, "We were showing the new student around town since he's new to Happy Harbor."

"Do you think there's any connection," Robin asked, going into detective-mode.

"What Danny? He's harmless," Superboy huffed, "A bit weird and creepy- but he's harmless. He's not even that strong looking."

Robin frowned as he and Kaldur found the two security guards unharmed, but tied up and knocked out.

"Guys, totally not a faulty alarm unless a messed up system can knock out and tie up the guards."

Kaldur saw movement on the first floor- someone in black.

"Get ready," Kaldur ordered, "Someone's here. First floor."

The movement on the first floor drew the team in. Their keen eyes watched around closely, but the movement stopped.

"Where did the crook go," Artemis growled.

"Here," a voice whispered from behind them.

The team quickly turned around. Artemis shot her arrows as the others fought as well, but as soon as the voice had appeared- the person who said it was gone. Sneaky, Robin noted, I wonder… The figure reappeared in front of them, floated two feet off the ground, allowing them to get a good look at the mysterious thief. He was around their age, seemingly about sixteen. The black cloak he wore seemed to float around him, revealing that the inside of it was white. His stark white hair went up in flames as it danced around his head and his glowed a dangerous mix of red and green. His outfit, however, was different- not being spandex like most heroes and villains. He wore black pants with a white loose belt, black combat boots with white laces. His vest was left opened and loose on him- half of it was black and the other half was white. He floated there with his arms crossed and a cocky smirk.

"You guys should be lucky, so far no one has seen me," the figure said, "I mean, I am the Poltergeist for a reason."

"The Poltergeist," Robin thought to the team, "one of the newest thieves- he's actually pretty good. So far, no one has caught even a glimpse of him."

"So why is he letting us see him," Kaldur mused.

"Who cares, let's get him," Artemis announced, annoyance clear in her mind.

Artemis aimed her arrows at the ghost.

"Hit me with your best shot," Poltergeist teased her.

She shot her arrows at him, but he turned intangible letting the arrows just glide through him. He stuck out his tongue,

"Missed me!"

She shot at him again, he disappeared and reappeared higher in the air,

"Missed me again!"

Superboy jumped up from behind Poltergeist and tackled him to the ground. Poltergeist let out an oomph as he hit the ground roughly. Superboy held him down tightly with his hands on both of Poltergeist's arms.

Poltergeist didn't seem that concerned, just a bit disgruntled.

"You know, this position would make a lot of fangirls go wild so for that reason, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to hurt you."

"Like you could."

Poltergeist turned intangible yet again and sank through the floor, giving a goody smile to Superboy- who looked shocked as he fell to the ground.

"Where did he go," Superboy growled as he stood up.

"Did you miss me already," Poltergeist said as his face appeared below Superboy.

Poltergeist grabbed Superboy's legs and pulled him down, turning him intangible. Before Superboy could react, he found himself sunken into the ground with just his head above the ground. He struggled to get free, but the compression on him was keeping him from doing so. Poltergeist appeared again above ground, hovering slightly as he wiped his hands,

"That should keep you busy for a while."

"And I do believe prison will keep you busy," Kaldur said as he shot his water at the ghost.

"For someone whose powers deal with water," Poltergeist mused as he flew away to dodge the attack, "It sure doesn't dampen your persistence."

Kid Flash zoomed towards Poltergeist, but the ghost dodged yet again and stuck Kid Flash into the ground, similar to what he did to Superboy.

"Hey," KF protested.

Poltergeist shrugged,

"If you guys didn't try to stop me, you wouldn't be in this position… Speaking of how did you sidekicks know where I was anyway? I didn't trip any alarms."

"Ha," Robin scoffed, "Did too! That's why we're here!"

"Oh so you didn't know it was me," Poltergeist quirked an eyebrow, "That's interesting. Still… If I didn't trip the alarm, I wonder who did…"

"You'll have plenty of time to think about it in prison," M'gann said as she appeared behind Poltergeist.

M'gann wrapped her arms around Poltergeist, trapping him. The ghost struggled, but when he turned intangible, M'gann did the same, keeping him trapped.

"I can't get free," Poltergeist mused to himself, "Huh… Any relation to Martian Manhunter? You know what, doesn't matter."

"Good job, M'gann," Robin praised.

M'gann smiled, but Poltergeist used it as a distraction. He wriggled his hand to face back towards M'gann and shot an ectoblast, knocking her backwards. Poltergeist flew up into the air,

"Well, it's been fun sidekicks. I got the paintings I wanted. Thanks for a good time!"

"We're not sidekicks," Superboy roared.