Chapter 5: TF for Too Fine

Tucker Foley was currently in his room in Vlad's mansion in Wisconsin. Half the room was covered in technology. Vlad called his room a fire hazard, Sam called it a the devolution of mankind, but he called it his Tech Cave.

Ever since the Nasty Burger explosion, Tucker had been keeping tabs on the GIW. He still had the footage from that night, and had several files of all their illegal activities. Tucker had also found several facilities and had been secretly hacking into each of them, removing the occasional firewall he came across.

Tucker had also hacked into the Justice League and Young Justice databases sending the info he thought would be useful in rescuing Danny. He could've straight up sent them Danny's location but even he know where that was since all the GIW cameras were closed circuit and only recently started using cameras connected to a private satellite, therefore using an internet connection allowing Tucker to hack into their video feed.

He had also looked into the reason why the GIW suddenly decided to go more digital. What he found was that the government facility was told to disband around twenty years ago for destruction of property and endangering lives. Instead of disbanding, they went underground and went against the law by telling civilians they were a government agency in order to capture and experiment on ghosts.

They had been doing somewhat well up until five years ago they got into major trouble for trying to steal the ghost portal the Fenton's had been upgrading. Before they could be charged for their crimes, someone payed for the bail and bought the fake agency. It took awhile but Tucker was finally able to figure out who bought the GIW. What he found was very surprising.

Tucker decided to call everyone to the living room, he also told Ember to make sure Jazz actually showed up. As expected Jazz was the last one to arrive, Ember had apparently decided that the best way to make sure Jazz would show up was to carry her there. As soon as the two sat down Tucker started his short presentation.

"Now that everyone's here, I can get to what's important." Tucker started his presentation." So everyone knows about the footage I have of the GIW killing Mr. and Mrs. Fenton." He ignored the sad gasp from Jazz and angry growls from everyone else." Also thanks to my amazing hacking skills we also have major files of the illegal experiments they've done over the years."

"Get to the point, Tucker."

"Alright, I was just tryna recap on what we have, but whatever. Anyway before I was rudely interrupted," he glared at Sam," I was going to talk about my latest discovery. So the first thing I discovered was that the GIW aren't actually a government agency. They used to be but were forced to disband twenty years ago. Which means calling themselves a government agency is illegal."

"The second thing I found out and possibly the only reason I was able to get these files is that Lex Luthor owns said fake agency. I'm not sure how long he's owned them but there's some solid proof that goes back five years."

Everyone let out gasps at that. Vlad was the first to speak up. Didn't the GIW try and steal the ghost portal at your house five years ago, Jasmine?"

"I think so, it happened while Danny and I were at school so I'm not sure. I just remember mom and dad being in a really bad mood for the rest of the week."

Sam suddenly sat up straight," that's around the same time Danny got his powers. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton always took apart the portal and rebuilt it every few years as part of their upgrades."

"That's true but I have something even bigger to share." Tucker ended the slideshow and went to a live video feed of inside Mount Justice," Danny's currently having a staring contest with Batman!"

Everyone saw Danny glaring while trying to scoot away from Batman despite a giant wolf sitting right behind him. Batman was sitting across from their favorite little staring back at him. Danny still looked ready to bolt so Jazz closed her eyes in concentration." You can trust them little brother, they're heroes like you." Danny only slightly relaxed his shoulders.

"I see your power of suggestion works long distance."

Jazz didn't say anything and kept her eyes closed in concentration." Magician girl, my brother's under a spell that locks away all his emotions except determination and sorrow. It's not a very strong spell so you should have no trouble breaking it."

The feed showed the girl dressed as a magician gasp and stare at Batman for a moment before he nodded slightly.

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Batman was currently studying the boy glaring at him. So far the boy appeared to be some sort of meta capable of stopping his heartbeat and turning invisible. He had made everyone except Zatanna and Miss Martian leave the room. The kid had given an especially hard glare to Kid Flash when he left.

Now he was wondering on how to communicate with him. With how he kept rubbing his throat and the amount of blood spat out when the muzzle came off meant an injured throat.

Miss Martian had set up a mind link between the three of them so they could still communicate and figure out what to do about their unexpected guest.

Zatanna had suddenly gasped and spoke into the mind link. "Batman, there's a spell blocking his emotions. Until it's broken he won't believe anything we tell him."

"Break it, but be prepared if he immediately lashes out."

Zatanna nodded and turned to face the glaring boy.".lleps eht ekarB"

The response was instant. The boy's body language went rigid. Instead of the determined glare he'd been giving everyone, his eyes started glowing green and he looked terrified.

Before they could stop him, the boy disappeared again and they heard a splash from the pool. He flickered into view scrambling to get out of the pool, no doubt the salt water burning his open wounds. What surprised the heroes was when the boy became see through and all the water fell off of him. Batman hummed to himself before cautiously approaching the scared boy.

The boy had ended up sitting in the corner, knees drawn tightly to his chest. Panic was evident in his features.

"It's alright, your safe here. Nod if you understand me." It took a moment but the kid gave Batman a small almost unnoticeable nod." Batman had experience dealing with scared and traumatized kids, but this one was different than them. So anything he says could be the wrong thing." Can you look up for me so I can see your face?" The boy tensed before he buried his head deeper into his knees.

Batman could hear Zatanna and Miss Martian come closer." Maybe you'd like to talk with someone closer to your own age. Batman can be really scary, trust us we know. Plus your able to see our faces so that might help you trust us easier." The boy didn't even move an inch.

Miss Martian decided to see if she could get the boy to let down his mental barriers so it would be easier to communicate with him She lightly smacked the side of her head. "Hello Megan, I don't think any of us introduced ourselves. My name's M'gann M'orzz but my Earth name is Megan Morse, I'm also from Mars." The boy moved his head to where the girls could see his glowing green eyes." I'm guessing you like Mars. The people of Mars are able to communicate through telepathy, and since your throat's injured I was wondering if you'd want to talk to us that way?"

The boy only stared in confusion, fear slowly being replaced with wonder for the moment. Zatanna decided to say something at the lack of the one-sided conversation that was happening. "I never introduced myself either. My name is Zatanna and I'm a magician. I helped get that muzzle off of you."

After a few minutes of just talking to the boy, M'gann could feel his mental barriers going down. "Can you hear me? What's your name?"

It took a minute for the boy to respond," M-my name's Danny."