Danny is overworked, over stressed, and he may have just pushed himself a little too hard.

He's been staying up all night, only to go to school, he's always looking over his shoulder for his parents weapons or a ghost attack or a Vlad attack, and there's only so much stress the human body can take before it just tries to force you to slow down.

Unfortunately for Danny, this happens as he's walking the streets of Metropolis while his parents are at a convention.

He starts to see double, can't really tell if he's touching the ground anymore, and runs into a massive chest. He looks up and sees black hair and blue eyes wearing a weird suit.

"Oh, hey dad." Is all he manages to say before he passes out in the man's arms.

Clark panics, but a quick super speed glance around shows that nobody noticed the kid hovering above the side walk before running into Clark's chest with enough force to knock even the Man of Steel back a step before promotly passing out. After calling Clark dad, couldn't forget that.

Clark didn't need to be a world class detective like Bruce to realize this must be another clone situation. One that has freshly escaped from what facility created them and has been surviving on the streets if the numerous injuries Clark could see with his X-ray vision and the ratty clothes the clone was wearing were any hint.

He picked the boy and after another super speed look around flew away faster than anyone could see. He texted Bruce to let him know to hack the cameras and delete the footage just in case, as well as to keep him apprised of the situation lest he panic.

Clark took the boy to an apartment that Bruce maintained as a safe house in Metropolis. He thought about taking him to either the Watchtower or a JL holding facility but he just couldn't do it.

He could admit he had messed up royally with Kon. While he and his first clone had made up and moved past his poor handling of the situation it had forever soured their relationship. He was dedicated to starting this one off on the right foot.

Waking up in a strange apartment would be much better than a cell under red sun lamps. Maybe this way he could actually get to know this clone, this kid. Though he would still have some questions, like why his heart rate was so much slower than it should be.

(It's might not be clear from the text, but Danny ran into Clark Kent, not Superman, so Clark is the one he meets)

The boy slept for almost five hours. He didn't seem to have anything actively threatening his life so Clark just kept an eye on him while he slept. He occasionally had to leave to save someone as Superman, but he did it as quickly as possible so he could return to the safe house.

Bruce had texted him back that the local cameras were scrubbed and that the kid first appeared in a huge crowd of people at the convention center. It would be all to easy for someone with flight and super speed to hide among the people there before making his way into the city.

I can even Clark learn that Danny is trans and just assume that his DNA was not mixed with Lex this time, he doesn't know if he should be relieved, especially since he has no idea who his DNA was with. was mixed this time

Sick as a dog and with a lot of nyquil running through his system, Danny thinks he's going to the Far Frozen for an appointment. Instead he ends up in the Fortress of Solitude.

I really, really want Clark to, at least temporarily, see this floating, super strong, cold resistant, black haired blue eyed boy and think this is a new Kryptonian who somehow got sick and made his way to one of the only places on Earth he knew he'd be able to contact Superman and hide from prying human villains wanting to take advantage.

Maybe Danny gets too nauseated and barfs up his his lunch or something (ectoplasm infused chicken noodle soup, glowing a bright radioactive kryptonite green). Maybe he somehow caught a ghostly GI bug from Vlad the last time they fought and mentions off-handedly how "that crazy rich asshole who insists that I should be his son did THIS to me. I don't know how many times I have to tell him no. The jerk already cloned me, why can't he just convince one of THEM to play the perfect happy child."

Clark thinks he means Lex, and that Danny is a Kon 2.0 who wasn't behaving how Lex wanted or something and got poisoned with kryptonite for it?!? And what does he mean "THEM" are there more successful clones out there other than Kon now?

Somehow it escalates to the JL being convinced they need to go rescue Dani and Dan, and maybe Jazz too for fun, while Danny is just snoozing his illness away blissfully unaware in the Arctic.

Oh no! The misunderstandings!!

😂🤣😂🤣

Well, good luck with your new child Clark. Maybe call Bruce for some advice, so he can connect you to Alfred.

Clark could just as easily call up his Ma and Pa! They have experience raising a meta child, too. And since the kid called Clark "Dad", it's only Right and Proper he tells his parent's they're grandparents ASAP!

Multiverse travel Clark is Jack Fenton in this universe.

Vlad is Lex in the other universe. Danny is technically Kryptonian and half ghost in this universe. Add another misunderstanding theory to the list.

For the blood test.

Technically Danny is the child of Lois and Clark so.

If we look at it from above, I suggest that Danny reads like Lana Lang's child:

meet during studies+ redhead in certain iteration

history of adding a new layer of error and misunderstanding

Superman is unconscious, and he's...kinda the only heavy hitter available for Danny to overshadow.

A threat to Earth has landed, kinda near Amity Park, and Superman...was slapped with Kryptonite.

The aliens came prepared.

Danny can't come out and do his thing, because the GIW (opportunistic rats that they are) are sniffing around the area for any sign of Phantom.

So.

He quietly overshadows Superman.

Immediately there's a cacophony of shouting in his ear as Danny gets a first row seat to the pure Panic and Chaos that is fighting off a random alien invasion.

Okay.

Alright.

The Comm is clearly for Superman to talk to the others of the team, given the massive migraine Danny can feel coming up just from borrowing this body. He also, completely against his will, now knew from experience just how far Superman's hearing reached.

It was pretty fucking far and he was hearing things he Did Not Want To.

Danny struggles to his feet as Superman and puts up a hand to the comm. There's no point in lying to Superman's teammates, after all.

Batman at least would figure out what's going on.

"Hey, first things first I'm not Superman. Second things second I'm here to help. I just can't be out about it, cuz of the law. Where do you need me?"

The comms fall silent.

"Is Superman alive?" Batman asks, voice all gravelly and really, how does the man talk like that all the time? Doesn't it hurt?

"Yeah, he's just unconscious; I'll head out when he wakes up."

"...What is your powerset?"

"Uhhh...."

Danny wracked his brain for what the superhero could do, but with everything very literally crashing down around him, he decided to just go the easy route. Flying up to catch up to the supes, he replied to the grim voice in his com. "Whatever Supes can do, I can do, for now, and more. Shriek, blasts, nevermelt ice, invisibility, intangiblity- wait, can Superman go invisible?"

"Focus uh-not Superman." Green Lantern chimed in.

"Call me Pha-Spectre. Spectre. That's safer on this com." He instinctively looked around for a GIW agent as if they'd somehow know he eas inside Superman. As Danny flew past falling debris toward the ship looming on the edge of the atmosphere, he couldn't help but giggle a bit at the strength being exhibited as he fought a few goons in a few throws.

"Just tell me where you need me."

(hope you don't mind if I add to this lmao)

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It takes a second for Clark's brain to catch up and process what just happened. The last thing he remembers clearly is getting blasted with concentrated kryptonite energy and crashing into some random city street so hard that he probably left a rather impressive crater before passing out. Now, he's apparently at The Watchtower, feeling like someone took an apple peeler to his back, a glowing white-haired boy pitching over directly next to him, and no memory of how the two situations connect.

He reaches out without thinking and catches the kid. His skin is unexpectedly frigid, like Clark just stuck his arm in a standing freezer.

The kid looks up at him with the greenest eyes Clark has ever seen, gives him a loopy, tired laugh and slurs out something that Clark thinks was supposed to be "hi." And then goes completely limp in Clark's hold.

This perhaps would be slightly less alarming if Clark could hear a heartbeat coming from this frighteningly small child.

He doesn't even get to call for help as two things happen at the same time: Batman bolts into the room, every muscle in his body tightly coiled and his heart pounding at a worryingly high rate, and the room is filled with a blinding flash of light.

The light fades quickly and when it does, Clark is left with an averagely warm black-haired boy passed out in his arms. With a heartbeat.

Clark exhales deeply and looks up at Bruce. "So. Mind filling me in on what happened?"

Batman: you can view the communications records

Superman: …

Batman: ignores Superman to take the child and check his pulse himself

Superman: …I guess I'll go then

Batman: frowns then picks up the child and turns towards the door

Superman: If I didn't know you so well I'd be upset

Ok listen, this has been in my head since I read this last addition and I'm making it everyone elses problem now.

Clark knows that a lot of people think he's(as Superman) not too bright. He's earnest, which people mistake for nativity, and, well, anyone can look the fool when standing next to Batman. And Clark is honestly okay with that. Given the sheer power at his command, he welcomes anything that makes him look a little less threatening.

Which serves to hide the fact that Clark is very very smart.

He listens to the coms and that first message of 'I can't be out about it because of the law.' catches his brain in an awful way. The child who kept him in the fight - no, who took over the fight in his stead - had an existence that was viewed as illegal. He started to answer a different name, 'Pha', before switching to Spectre. Ghost themed so probably Phantom. So that where he begins his search.

What he find offends him as a person, a hero, and a journalist. It's a smear campaign. One designed to take a child who wants to help (a child who may already be dead if this ghost stuff is true, and oof that's going to hit Bruce hard) and turning him into a monster that needs to be eradicated for the good of mankind. He doesn't even need to enhance his eyesight past normal human to see that picture of Phantom 'kidnapping' the mayor had Phantom looking afraid, the mayor smirking, and the mayor's hands holding Phantom's in place rather than vice-versa.

It was almost trivial to backtrack the source of the smear campaign. Two main sources, in fact. Millionaire turned Mayor Vlad Masters and a government subsidiary that it turned out also be primarily funded by Masters.

Just as people assumed Superman was not to bright, they also assumed Superman never got angry. Disappointed or frustrated, but never enraged. 'The Patience of a Saint'. And much like the assumptions about his intelligence, it was untrue. He knew anger, knew rage intimately, but didn't have the luxury of being able to vent it like normal people did. He had to find channels for that.

Usually the channel was Clark Kent. A little investigative journalism and he could usually utterly destroy whoever the target of his ire was. True, some like Lex could weather it, but he was at least inconveniencing him far more than a Kansas Farmboy should be able to and sometimes that was enough.

Today that would not be enough. Today a child had played a pivotal role in stopping a suicide attack on Earth that would have killed thousands and couldn't even let himself be seen because the government dogs had been sniffing around. They must figured out that as a hero he would want to help, and that that would be a good place to snipe him. Him, a child who could have fled at any time, but stayed awake through a krytonitie buckshot and hours long surgery just to spare Clark the pain. He would settle for nothing less than their utter destruction with the Earth salted in their wake.

He pulled out a special secure phone line. "Hey Lois-" "Smallville, where have you been? Do you have any idea how worried I was." "I'm fine Lois, really! But...how would you like concrete evidence of a billionaire who illegally fixed an election to gain a position of political power and has been secretly funding a government subsidiary who want to run experiments on children, start an inter-reality war, and threaten people with illegal tax audits if anyone questions them?"

There was silence on the other end then, "Forget roses, Smallville you always give me the best gifts. When can you get me the proof." Superman smirked. "Immediately."

he is so romantic, he knows his lady so well~

You know a job parents everywhere are always in need of? Babysitters. You know who did pretty good (ish) job on his parenting assignment, can be anywhere in the country in a matter of minutes, and is desperately wanting the new Doomed game? Daniel Fenton. You know who starts using this most excellent service the most? Superhero parents.

Danny: of course Mister Batman Sir, I an stop him from sneaking out and patrolling for you.

Batman: hmmn. Robin: Father, I do not need a babysitter. I can join you on this mission. Batman: mmm. Danny: I don't know what that grunt means but my prices are 8 dollars an hour and an additional 10 dollars per escape attempt and if he attempts to harm me- Robin: Tt. I would not attempt, I would succeed. Danny: ahem. If he attempts to harm me then I'll add another 3 to 15 dollars based on the severity of the attack. Batman: What would constitute the 15 dollars?

Danny: Trying to skin me and mount me on a wall, trying to dissect me or trying to rip me apart molecule from molecule. Batman: It is worrying that you would only charge 15 dollars.

Danny doesn't hear the "only" : I mean, I can do 10?

Batman:....give me an itemized account detailing the acts and you'll be paid accordingly

Danny, mentally freaking out: ok

Batman thinking - I'm going to pay him well. $15? He should get at least $300. Thats fair right? :) : hnnn

Danny: $300 for only one stabbing attempt? this guy clearly gave me too much money. i need to return it to keep my reputation as an honorable babysitter.

Batman: Oh he must've felt like he didn't deserve the money. Eh I'll sneak it back into his bag next time.

thus begins the back and forth of them giving each other copious amounts of money without talking to each other about it.

You know who else hires Danny? Superman. He needs Jon to stay home sometimes, especially when there is a Big Threat on the loose or Lex is up to his usual tricks. He does not want his son to have to deal with Kryptonite Poisoning at such a young age.

Danny: Okay Mr Superman, we're all good. I usually charge $8 an Hour, with an additional $10 per escape attempt, and $15 for attempted attacks. But your son seems well mannered, so I'll lower it to 5 per escape attempt and 20 per attempted attack.

Clark: Oh no, I could never ask that of you. In fact I feel like this is a very low amount for the service you are providing me. I'll make it 13 an hour, with 15 and 20 for the other 2 stipulations.

Danny: Oh no I must insist sit. My Prices are set, and I cannot in good conscience ask you to change them.

Clark: But you aren't asking me, think of this as a courtesy.

Danny: I'm sorry Sir, but I simply must insist.

Basically you put 2 Well Mannered Country Boys up against eachother in a Humbleness Competition. Neither of them is willing to "inconvenience" the other, and will not back down in being more neighborly.

While Clark and Danny argue, Jon makes his first escape attempt under the telephone encouragement of Damian, still salty about having failed to escape last week.

Martha Kent was a smart woman. A strong woman.

She had raised Superman afterall. More importantly she had raised a kind good man. A responsible one.

Maybe not so responsible, or maybe she should have done the birds and bees talk instead of Jonathan.

Cause what else is she supposed to think when she comes across a small boy that looks alot like her Clark and can float.

Or Ma kent comes across a young Danny who floats to grab something on a high shelf. Naturally, this means her son has a child he doesn't know about. (What a time for Clark to be off planet)

( alot of miscommunication and highjinks leads to everyone thinking Clark Fathered a child accidentally)

Better:

Clark was with the couple while he was under the identity of Bruce

I originally meant “Lara sent the fabric and Martha made the costume” but now I can’t stop thinking of a Superman AU where Jor sent his wife along with his son and Martha and Jonathan happened upon this Space MILF™️ and went “throuple?” so Clark Kent grew up with three parents

@thefingerfuckingfemalefury

Jonathan and Martha, stumbling upon this rocket ship: O.O!!!!!

Jonathan: Do you realise what this is Martha

Martha Kent, eyeing up Lara: A MILF

Clark: “Dad, can I go out tonight?”

Jonathan: “Ask your mother.”

Clark: “Which one?”

Jonathan: “Whichever one is going to say no.”

All joking aside, I keep imagining a world where it worked out the way it was supposed to. Lara doesn't give birth until she's on earth. Kara shows up when/where she's supposed to. The Kents suddenly have a new spouse and two kids to raise.

Lara and Kara are Supergirl and Superwoman so many years before Clark that by the time he tries his hand at Superman, Kara's now Superwoman and Lara's taken up a whole new name (I'm tired and don't feel like having a brain).

So by the time Clark debuts, the world's been used to superheroes for so long, that he's like not exciting in comparison at all.

so we would have father Luthor against superwoman? Would Lex's relationship with Superman be different? Maybe Clark would be the first super boy? Will Clark even call Clark? …Would Connor be based on Clark's DNA like in canon or would he be based on Lara's? will the baby colon be better received?

that would raise a lot of question....

Submitted Prompts #144

*shakes a bag of bird skulls I found in the woodsI and places it on your desk like it's a bag of gold*

I had an idea:

What if the Fenton parents are, in fact very competent Hunters, but they love their children more than their work?

Say the first shot Maddie ever fired at Phanton actually lands, and the scream he makes sounds too much like Danny's voice, to a point even with any ghostly distortion, his own still recognizes the voice.

I can see her pulling Jack to the side, making a ruckus about how the "darn ghost got away just as her blaster ran out of juice". Mostly as a way to get Danny her darling son to leave and go somewhere safe, while his parents have a whole breakdown in the GAV about their dead son.

And so begins the stealthy studies on how Phantom's "human disguise" works, the Revelation of Horrible Truth, keeping tabs on Danny's growth and revising their whole attitude on Ghosts to account for the fact that Danny himself is, at least in some part, a Ghost himself, but all he's done is live his life (and be the little hero Mom always said he'd grow up to be).

Jazz stumbles across his secret and is immediately pulled aside to join the secret "Protect the Baby Ghost" family group chat.

"And what about all the times they shot at him in canon" I hear you ask?

They're damn good shots, but while Maddie can train herself to aim just so that the shot misses just enough it looks like Phantom dodged it, Jack has the Fenton Bazooka outfitted with a tracking HUD that purposely fails to hit everyone's favorite Ghost Boy.

Danny picks up on that, but not on the fact that They Know.

And so begins the single most convoluted training arc ever.

Next time Skulker's in town, Phantom has become untouchable. Not a single shot or electrified net reaches it's target.

(The electrified weapons in particular send the Fentons into a rage when Sam and Tucker finally can't keep hiding it, and come clean about what happened, since the Fentons have proven themselves to be trustworthy)

When Red Huntress comes about, and Valerie Grey becomes barely a distant acquaintance after having only just now started becoming more than a friend, and with the GIW sniffing about, Maddie and Jack pull Danny to sit between them and finally tell him they know, and they want to prove that they'll love him just as much as before, whether Human or Ghost.

Danny breaks down in the safety of his family's love, and takes some time off as Phantom to help his parents establish a proper line of communication with the Ancients, considering they've kinda adopted themselves into the roles of Aunts and Uncles towards their little Ghostling.

Which is a good thing, because in Phantom's absence the GIW make a giant spectacle of destroying several houses while chasing some blob ghosts. They're chased out of town by brick, stone and metal bat.

Next time Red Huntress actually manages to hurt Danny, the Fentons pack up and leave. The Portal can be transported somewhere else. It can be rebuilt.

Their baby boy can't be rebuilt, no matter how much he likes to be a little shit and ignore Reality to quote Shakespeare at his own head (thank you Mr Lancer, for not giving up on him) or "give them a hand".

As Fenton takes the last tour of Amity, Phantom disappears. The Protal has been left seemingly unguarded.

The Ghosts decide to have one last hurrah in Anity Park before Danny closes the Portal, as per their deal. They won't hurt anyone, just cause chaos, but in return Phantom won't stop them. It's not like poor Red has the energy to chase them down, now that she's been "upgraded" into Amity's sole defender (the one time Lancer compares her new lack of sleep to Danny's, horrifying pieces start lining up too well in her mind)

The Fentons move out. Into a quiet farm neighbouring the land that belongs to the delightful couple that are the Kents, and their darling son, little Clark, who stares at Danny mildly horrified whenever he comes by to babysit, or help out with fixing the stubborn tractor. One day under Danny's clever hands, and Jonathan Kent's eagle-eyed gaze, and that damned tractor has never worked so well before. The boy's alright in the old man's eyes, and he makes sure they kid knows it.

After quiet rooftop admissions of one small boy's growing powers (I know Adult Clark is a brick house of a man, but what if he was a little twig while young) and the reveal of Something More Than Human from his honorary older brother, the course of Time sets into it's best version, and an Old Clock smiles, as Superman rises, only to be scolded by Spectre for recklessness.

(Dunno how well it came across, but I'm envisioning Valerie's feelings towards Danny to go from bitter resignation because she " had to" push him away, to horrified despair when the truth starts falling into place. He's her "the one that got away". And it's not like she gave him much of a reason to trust her with his secrets.

Maybe older and wiser Red Huntress gets invited to the Justice League, and has to deal with not just Fenton, but also Phantom flirting with her, after a good long conversation on how dumb they both were as kids, and a mutual vow of "I think I can do better now, and I want to prove it to you")

tags by @stealingyourbones

delightful

Correction! Tags by @the-winds-of-kushala :D

I have ✨️thoughts✨️ bones.

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Darkseid has come to destroy earth. Usually, they would have him beaten and shit fairly quickly, but he has a new weapon of dark magical orgins. It is extremely destructive and effective on all of the heros.

Superman is standing in front of Batman, trying to give some sort of protection to their injured leader.

Wonder Women is desperately trying to keep the Teen titans and younger heros safe from the worst of the dark magic.

Flash family are trying to gather as many wounded as possible while fighting off Darkseid physical forces.

The JLD are already out of commission from just a few hits of the dark magic, the ancient relic Darkseid found not known by them in any way.

Think Clark, Think!

Closing his eyes tight and taking a deep breathe Clark prays to any deity that would listen that his older brother wasn't preoccupied saving a different universe.

Opening his eyes, Superman grabs the burner phone from one of Batmans pockets and dials a familiar number.

Ring....Ring....Ring.... Click

"C-Plan Black: Phantom. Backup Immediate Request."

Click

Clark listens closely, hoping it goes through for everyone's sake.

With a snap of fingers, everything stops. The Flash Fam mid run, Darkseid with his minions and magic, Wonder Woman and her whip. Everything is Frozen In Time.

"It's been awhile, huh kiddo?"

Turning his head, Clark sighs in relief at the figure standing next to him.

"Can you help us, Phantom?"

With an inhuman smile full of fangs, Phantom, aka Clark's older brother and Entity of Balance, winks at Clark.

"Of course. Get the rest of the young'uns out of here while the adults have a nice chat."

Snap

I don't think Clark told Bruce about Danny.

It was Danny who went to see Bruce / Batman to talk to him when the first superbat rumors appeared

Short DPXDC Prompts #1003

Clark gets called into Perry’s office and is informed that a new intern will be training under him for the next few months as a part of a University of Delaware Metropolis College program. It’s a bit nerve racking because a potential student tagalong might reveal his identity. It’s no problem, he’ll inform the other Metropolis heroes of his situation and will only leave if truly necessary. Sure the intern is agreeing to work under an investigative reporter but they can’t be THAT keen… can they? He’s only left once because of a Metallo attack and his intern, Jazz Fenton, already is suspicious… This is going to be harder than he thought.

jazz: spending weeks and hours accumulating contacting the justice league in every way possible and finally abandoning the idea of having their help

also jazz: is on his way to becoming a journalist because someone needs to make things happen regarding anti ecto acts

jazz now face to face with clark kent / superman: are you kidding me?!?

always jazz in front of clark kent / superman who has just released a bogus excuse to go for heroism during office hours: I understand Wes a little better now -_-*

clark kent: sweats because his new intern looks at him alternately like an insect, like the origin of all his problems and like a source of frustration and endless headaches

hc that Clark doesn’t get the human instinct/reaction of a gut feeling or the hairs standing up on the back of your neck since he’s Kryptonian, so sometimes Bruce just freezes up and says “something’s wrong” and Clark resigns himself to it like ah yes, that weird human thing again and is baffled when 99% of the time Bruce’s gut is absolutely right

To add on, the reason why Kryptonians don’t have the gut instinct is because centuries of being a technologically advanced society has led to any “animalistic traits” either being systematically eliminated because they’re seen as savage (including primal lust/attraction) or just being eventually evolved out since they aren’t needed for survival anymore.

Oooh, I like this turn towards the uncanny valley and the theories that the human brain is hardwired to see people different from oneself as a potential threat because of eons of competing with other hominids like neanderthals and then tribalism. [I've also heard that might be a bullshit theory to try and give racism a biological justification, idk, but it's interesting for this.]

If there is any truth in that theory, at least in the DC universe, and Kryptonians didn't evolve that way (or have evolved past it like you said), that could be really interesting to explore.

Like even before Clark is told about how his parents found him and has the realization that he's a literal alien who has a personal stake in the concept of acceptance of diversity: he's fundamentally never been able to understand Fear of the Other.

Of course Ma & Pa Kent raise him with good values, but even they aren't perfect: everyone has biases, even if they're not consciously aware of them. But Clark can spot them from a mile away because the very concept is so alien to him. How would his parents react to being called out on theirs?

This also gives me Autistic Clark vibes.

So many interesting things to explore here!

that's why he loves Bruce and Lois so much: Batman is certainly suspicious, but he is suspicious of everyone!!! and Lois is suspicious, but uses that to investigate, and if she doesn't find anything, it becomes "normal again"! (and go investigate someone else)

it makes him feel more normal :)

DPxDC drabble

~Raising a death god~

Batman slid over to Constantine as he watched his newest ward play with Superboy, the two flying in the air. The boys enjoying having someone their age that they could flaunt their powers with.

"What do you think?" Batman asked the blonde. Batman didn't ever like asking Constantine for help but Bruce was out of his element with Danny. Whatever was going on with him was mystical, and Constantine was an expert.

Constantine's eyes hadn't ever left Phantom's form as he dashed through the sky, he lit his cigarette, taking a long drag before answering his question. "You're raising a god."

Batman paused, taking in the statement for a moment, "is phantom...will he ... bring a god back to life- a prophecy-"

Constantine let out a bitter laugh, "no." He pointed at the child laughing as Superboy pouted, mud all in his hair, "he is a god. A death god. Actually not a death god. The death god. No fuckin idea how or why he's a kid but he is the ghost king. Phantom, high king of the infinite realms."

Batman froze.

Constantine smacked his hand on his shoulder "good luck raising a good mate."

Huh.

Bruce freezing up implies that he knows Phantom.

I chose to believe it's cause Phantom helped Jason (saved him from his grave, brought him back when he was catatonic and wandering, cured the pit rage; dealer's choice). But at the time, Phantom was much older.

Once he'd helped Jason, he just kinda dipped, presumably off to do more kingly dos or whatever. And sometime between then and now got himself deaged/reincarnated/shenaniganed into being a kid again.

Sounds like a deal consequence

“I’ll bring your son back but you have to raise me as well” sort of deal

Bruce- no- be hasn't been Bruce since he found Jason bleeding, bruised, mangled.

Batman was desperate, aggressive, and a shell of the man he once was. It was clear to everyone around him that he was mourning, however no one dared voice that to him. No one wanted to risk facing his misplaced anger by uttering that name of the son he couldn't save.

The league soldiers were easy to take his anger out on, beating them and inch from death didn't do much to hurt his already faded morality.

He was alone, fists bloodied, surrounded by barely alive bodies of cold blooded killers, a hairs breath away from becoming one himself. His face was illuminated by the dark glow of the bubbling pool of Lazerous water.

Batman glared at it, fists clinched.

Suddenly, the pools water bubbled more aggressively. Batman swore. Whatever the league was doing with the pits, he didn't arrive in time to stop it.

He stumbled backwards as a dark claw emerged from the pit, it grasped at the edge of the pool, clawing it's way into the dirt. Another arm emerged from the depths as it hefted a body, dark, the galaxy warped behind it like a cape, hair defying the laws of physics, it's eyes matching the toxic waters it emerged from.

Batman reached for his weapons as he took in the new threat. The creature didn't seem to see him at first, but when he did, his head tilted slightly.

"You summoned me?" The creature's voice echoed off of the walls, it came from nowhere yet everywhere at once, Batman felt it vibrating his very bones.

The creature slowly moved, with grace from the pit, Lazerous water slid from it's back as it practically floated towards Batman as he stood frozen in place.

The creature took another look around the cave, seemingly bored until those green eyes bore into him, they seemed to look deeper, seeing into his very soul. "No, it was them wasn't it? You were trying to stop them. You're a hero but yet death and darkness seems to follow you, in and out of your cape."

Batman clenched his fists and gritted his jaw, "What do you want?"

The being paused, "if I'm being honest...To rest. For the high god of death, I don't get much rest. The dead hardly ever rest in peace." There was an amusement to it's tone that wasn't there before, a chuckle, a laugh.

Batman faltered slightly, they summoned the god of death? One that wasn't aggressive? There was a fleeting thought, one Batman quickly repressed, however it didn't seem to matter, not with those Lazerous Eyes boring into him.

"Your son is in my kingdom, I could return him to you...if you give me peace."

Batman went still, "peace?"

"peace." the creature agreed.

Batman knew he shouldn't agree. He shouldn't make deals with unknown entities, not without knowing what he is agreeing too.

He wanted Jason back.

The entity just wanted peace.

So he agreed.

The entity smiled, batman wasn't sure how he knew it, but he felt it in his bones

???= I will come back to you from your shadow with him at the next full moon. Take advantage of this time to prepare your haunt.

Then the entity seemed to emit itself into a piece of star and melt into the water of Lazarus which seemed brighter for a moment before becoming calmer than ever.

Bruce stood there for a moment studying the water for any sign that he hadn't dreamed this brief encounter when the movement made Batman react, he wasn't done here after all.

At the next fully full moon, although it was more morning rather than night. Bruce's shadow thickened and lapped, in a quick flash of green light, a silhouette coming out…

Jason: B?

Bruce rubbed his eyes, to recover from bright light, It was his son's voice! His son was there and… he had a large mass of blanket in his arms

Bruce reached out and cupped Jason's face in his hands. Oh, he was back. His boy was back. And.... He had a baby. Ok. Ok. Two sons for the price of one. He could do this.

Bruce: Jason, you're really Jason?

Jason: Yeah. How am I..... Back? Phantom, Danny.... Just kinda picked me up and pushed me back. Said I was allowed to come back. And something about finally getting a break? And then I was here with a baby?

Bruce: Phantom was summoned by the League of Assassins. I stopped them too late. He offered to let me have you back. If I have him peace. So. Let's get you back home.

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Jason is going to be coddled to a ridiculous degree. And not allowed to patrol alone until he's an adult. And most likely? Not allowed to patrol at all for most of a year.

Dick comes back to the manor when called by Alfred. To find his dead brother back, sitting on the couch. Holding a baby. With Bruce and Alfred fussing. And promptly decided that if this IS a dream? He's going to take advantage.

The baby is incredibly calm, he never cries or screams, he sleeps a lot and is difficult to wake up. Instead of screaming, when he is hungry, he has the habit of fidgeting and moving. Fortunately he never needs to do much more with the high-performance motion detectors as well as the surveillance cameras in his room or Alfred's surveillance. But even otherwise he is incredibly food-friendly. On the other hand, when it is his diaper that needs to be changed… he seems to hate being dirty, even before doing the butt commision, he begins to almost frantically tap the surface on which he is and will not bother. not so much stirring until it is clean again.

That's not the only thing that sets him apart from an ordinary baby, his skin is always fresh and cools quickly without anything to cover or warm him. Suffice to say that it is quickly spoiled with electric blankets.

Another thing that Bruce should note is that when he is held, he loves to rest his ear on the chest above the heart of his wearer. This seems to reassure him so much that he falls asleep quickly.

The last strange thing Clark noticed the first time he visited since Jason's return and saw the baby: The baby is suffering from cardiac arrhythmia. Suffice it to say that an adapted infant monitoring strap was quickly invented accordingly.

Then there was the burglary incident…

Relationship advice from your opportunistic Bat-friend.

Clak: I… I would find it sexy (?)… Why? Is something wrong with me?!

Bruce smiling: Interesting

Clak: You're not helping Bruce 'XO!

Oh... my god? Ghost Reporters.

Imagine it. Their office is in the Zone. They literally FEED of hunting for The Next Big Scoop! And Revealing The Truth! Every honest reporter that got silenced for getting a little too close to the facts. The bloody, beating, heart of societies underbelly.

Every Lois Lane that had no Kryptonian to stop some rich and powerful jackals putting them in the ground.

Well Death sure didn't stop THEM! They STILL want answers! But now they have co-wokers. Oh~ and SUPERPOWERS! And best part?

The newly appointed KING is going too and from the living world. That must mean it's okay now, RIGHT? Your majesty? You're not a RAGING HYPOCRITE, aaaaare you? :) 🎤

And... look. Danny knows full well what these piranhas are up too. He's not stupid. But Madeline Fenton raised a lot of things. Fool? Not one of um. That a LOT of reporters with sharp, sharp teeth and bloodlust in their eyes. He wants to half-live.

I can imagine him calling Bruce.

Clark: It's not just me. This is suspicious right?

Bruce*Who already checked out the town*: Clark. There is nothing suspicious about Amity's paper.

Clark*internal screaming*: Bruce? Are you... Feeling ok?

Bruce: You are too invested. Too emotionally connected. Take a step back.

Bruce is smirking cause he knows. He knows all too well. He wandered into town and was accosted. But at least he knows what is happening. And can use it to drive Clark up the wall.

Not to mention it's a really, REALLY valuable source of information. Honest, literally impossible to buy or corrupt, and impossible to hack. The A.C. is a solid brick of nearly free information gathering delivered daily. They've even, at his request (citing safety concerns) agreed to keep all reporting Brucie and Batman seperate.

Frankly, this is what Clark gets for laughing at Bruce's NEMESIS on the PTA.

Enjoy Jerry, Clark.

Jerry gets invited to the next Wayne gala. Clark is losing his damn mind. Nothing suspicious! He's green! Bruce! He's green!

Bruce: Being non human or meta human should not impact his ability to work Clark. I expected better of you.

Clark: He doesn't have a heartbeat! .... You know! You know what's going on! Tell me!

Bruce: I am not divulging others medical information when they haven't committed a crime.

Clark? Is not a happy man. Jerry got the scoop on Luthor's latest actions before him. How? He's Kryptonian! He can hear everything! How did Jerry do this!?!?!?!?

Lois: Now you know how I felt about you Smallville.

Louis? Eating this shit up. She loves her aliens husband, she really does, but this is VINDICATION for all the shit he's pulled over the years with his superpowers to gain the upper hand in their search for the Scoop. She sometimes has coffee breaks with Jerry when they're working on a Scoop, cuz hey, he's a good source of Intel and reporters got a Code. So long as she isn't stepping on Jerry's terf amd vice versa there's no reason they can't share the Scoops.

Clark is less than pleased.

then Clark or Lois comes across an alternative ghost Lois… or Jon

batman: im experiencing some pain

superman: for how long?

batman: about a month now but itll go away by itself

superman: when?

batman: when i die, clark

Dick announced he was moving out of the mansion and actually did so.

Conner Phantom, learning to live

It had been a few years since Vlad and Danny had stopped being enemies, years since Amity had been at peace with the ghosts. Danny spent his days teaching his children (he assumed they were his children) about well, everything.

Dan and Ellie had prefabricated knowledge, the halfa couldn't quite get it, but the point was that while they knew who was the creator of the chemistry, they had no idea how to do 2 + 2, so he made it his homework to fill in all the gaps.

No one at Amity blinked at the 30-year-boy-who-was-actually-12 and the 15-year-girl-who-was-actually-4, Danny guessed they had gotten used to the weirdness. One day, Vlad called and pointed out that someone had entered his database a few months ago (apparently he checked his digital security very little when he didn't make "evil" plans) and they had stolen the plans for the cloning capsule. Danny had a bad feeling.

Of course, it was after a month of searching that he found out about Lex Luthor's little "project." To say that he was angry was an understatement; he found the poor Superboy being mind controlled. He felt sad when he remembered Ellie's situation and well, he ended up stealing a clone child and destroying some laboratory. Like old times.

The world did not know of Phantom; Amity was suspicious, almost jealous that their protector could be taken away if they said a word, so they didn't say anything out of the city. It's not like the League did anything when they called. Danny didn't care, less tedious meetings and contingency plans for him. Besides, he wasn't excited about going back to the field if he didn't have to, as long as Amity was safe, the world could be destroyed for all he cared.

He wondered if spending too much time with Dan was affecting him, but in the end he dismissed the thought. Upon arriving home, Superboy had woken up and was being interrogated by the Phantoms. He chose his name to be Conner (sounds good apparently) and agreed to take classes to fill in the gaps of knowledge, just like Ellie, he seemed uncomfortable with the gaps.

The poor boy looked uncomfortable, waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never did. After finding out whose clone he was, he wondered if they would take him to Superman, but Danny just snorted. By the end of the week, Conner was a Phantom, and he was fine with that. Danny even told him that he could live normally if he wanted to, and the boy happily accepted the offer. Conner didn't want to be a hero, at least not that early, and Danny was happy with his decision.

Danny frowned thinking of all the heroes who would say that is "selfish" for someone with power to not to use it. But he believed that they were doubly selfish. Being a teenage hero wasn't fucking easy. He hugged Conner, welcoming him to the family and within days, the whole town already knew about him (they also knew whose clone he was, but they didn't really care, they weren't snitching).

Curiously, it was Tim Drake who noticed the strange family visiting Gotham (a 23-year-old seemed to be berating a 30-year-old for stealing tires, he snorted at the irony). However he froze when he saw Clark?, but much younger, speaking in Kryptonian and laughing. He called a meeting in the batcave and tried to call the family, but as soon as they saw the expression in his face they vanished from sight.

Hell, he needed to report it to Bruce.

Danny saw the Wayne kid staring at Connor and knew he recognised him. Shit. He was not letting someone steal his kid. What were the chances really? Bloody Fenton luck. He grabbed Connor and turned them both invisible. Ellie and Dan followed suit. He dragged them all off to their hotel.

Once they were somewhere safe again he sat down turning visible again. His kids looked so confused.

Danny: A Wayne brat took one look at Connor and recognised him. And the Wayne's fund the Justice League. They are going to dig into this. We need a plan.

Dan: Uh, Dad? We planned for this remeber?

Ellie: Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss!

Connor: Dad. It's ok. If they find out they find out. What are they gonna do really? If they wanted a say in where I live and what I do they should have rescued me!

Danny: I mean. Yeah. But still. I meant for our holiday. Are we just going to ignore them. And just go about our holiday. Or..... Are we going to cause chaos?

Ellie: I vote chaos. But! Connor is the one affected so....

Connor: I vote chaos too. How are we gonna do this?

I think it would be funny if the Gotham Rouges decided to play keep away with the obviously Meta family that just wants to chill.

Tell me that Waylon, Harley, Ivy, and maybe a few others wouldn't go "oh, they don't want in on the life" and try to keep them out of it.

That would be hilarious! Rogues see a meta family on holiday. Being stalked by the bats. And just go nope! Not on our watch! Hey guys! Wanna cause some trouble! Let's keep pulling Shit and ditching. The bats have to keep running after us. Letting the poor family escape!

Brice is confused as hell because why the fuck is all his Rogues choosing now of all times to make a mess of Gotham!? It's interrupting their investigation into the Meta family with what is likely a Superman clone! It's Harley who spills the beans that it's the entire point.

"Like, so what if the kid looks like Supes!? They ain't doing anything, they're just a family on vacay!"

"It's the fact he is clearly Kryptonian that's the issue, Harley."

"I don't see how? Is he destroying buildings and shooting lazer eyes!?"

Harley: They're civilians B! Leave em alone!

Meanwhile the Phantom's? Are just pleased to not be stalked. And may have slipped Harley and Waylon some inventions to play with. Harley loves her new mallet. She has no idea who they got it to be so light! And it's collapsible!

Waylon? Now has tazer gloves. He is a happy man. The bat brats ain't gonna know what hit em!

Throughout this all they make only one, singular mistake. They forgot to check what Joker was doing. And when the Clown Prince of Crime found out there was a family of Meta civilians his fellow Rogues were putting out all the stops to keep off the Bats' radar, let's jsut say he became very, very interested and offended that nobody even bothered to invite him.

Joker made the mistake of believing he was dealing with human metas. Fortunately for the Phantom's? They are all only half human. And well.... Danny is a very protective Father. Joker didn't get very far into his stalking before he was spotted. Which made him give up observation to attack swiftly. That proved to be a mistake. His last mistake.

Danny sucks Joker's ghost up into his thermos & sends it to Walker, gift-wrapped. Walker's been *waiting* for this guy to enter his jurisdiction.

After that incident? They go home. After phasing the body into the ground. Look, what Batman doesn't know, won't get Danny arrested! No body, no proof! And as ghosts? They can't be caught on camera. Gotham cameras are not Ecto proof. So any that might have been able to see? Would have been unusable static.

Getting back home is good though. Clockwork had agreed to do a special trip for Connor to connect to his Kryptonian heritage. They were going to visit Krypton years before the destruction! Danny was super excited to share it! And a few Kryptonian ghosts had been teaching them all cultural stuff anyway. It would be a great trip!

Clockwork "accidentally" arranges for Danny, Dan and Ellie to be mistaken for/become Kryptonian Gods of Balance and Death, and Connor their demigod son/ward. Both because it would give them all additional protection, and because the expression on Superman's face when he recognizes them will be PRICELESS.

Superman gets shown a sketch Damian made of them and freezes. He states at it for a moment and then looks at Batman.

Superman: You are sure? It's, that's what they look like?

Batman:... Yes.

Superman pull a up a file from the fortress. And shows a portrait that matches the four perfectly. With a description of the beings in the picture.

Superman:.... They were believed to be God's. And if they are still around now? Looking the same as they did then?

Batman: ... I see.

Superman: If.. If they are God's of my people? They might be here. On Earth. Because of me, Jon and Kara. The last known Kryptonians.

Batman: Why Gotham?

Superman: Why not Gotham? We are known to be friends.

I can see from here Batman grunting at the word "friends" but not really denying it… but verbalizing an emotional attachment? Clark, a little modesty please!

Danny was assigned to mentor the Young Justice alongside Red Tornado and Black Canary. That right there was their first mistake because he's going to make sure he turns every one of them into a bonafide gremlin.

Sounds of explosion n destructiob happening while the light of the fire frames danny just right to make him look holy,mischievious and intimidating all at the same time

Danny: and that's how you effectively raid somefuckers you hate

Kon: *face full of awe and hero worhip*

Wow

Danny : now this is how you lie you way out

And this is BEFORE Kon meets Ellie. I can imagine his hero worship skyrocketing once he finds out how he treated his own clones!

The best part is! This means the young Justice will go to him for backup. They know 100% he isn't going to be an arsenal about it. He will help them out of the hole they fell in. And then help them cover it up. They aren't going to get a lecture, or a disappointed stare unless they do something incredibly obviously moronic. And even then he will still help them lie their way out of it. He is their favoured mentor by miles. Much to the frustration of the other heroes.

Superman: Phantom needs to learn responsibility. Let's make him a mentor for Young Justice, he'll need to set a good example.

Batman, who has raised multiple chaotic teenagers and *knows* That's Not How It Works: ... Sounds good to me. In an unrelated note, I need to ask Agent A to make extra popcorn.

Batman is frankly suspicious about the lack of explosions and chaos. Phantom had been mentoring the Young Justice team for months. And nothing has gone wrong yet. Or well, nothing they caught them doing. Hmm... Then again. Just because he hasn't caught them yet doesn't mean he won't. And Phantom is a good hero. A good person. Chaotic and annoying at times yes. But good. And protective. So whatever they are getting up to they are as safe as they can be at least..... He can wait till something happens. If he looks into it and finds something he has to act on it. Best not.

I imagine that the Kents had entrusted Clark with a cow or a pig to take care of to make him responsible, so entrusting a teenage/young adult ghost of super powerful/intelligent teenagers seemed to him a good idea of transposition with little risk, especially since YJ also had another mentor as well.

When it comes time to explain, he will realize that comparing teenagers to farm animals is not very rewarding or nice… and Ma and Pa will never have to know

Superman is unconscious, and he's...kinda the only heavy hitter available for Danny to overshadow.

A threat to Earth has landed, kinda near Amity Park, and Superman...was slapped with Kryptonite.

The aliens came prepared.

Danny can't come out and do his thing, because the GIW (opportunistic rats that they are) are sniffing around the area for any sign of Phantom.

So.

He quietly overshadows Superman.

Immediately there's a cacophony of shouting in his ear as Danny gets a first row seat to the pure Panic and Chaos that is fighting off a random alien invasion.

Okay.

Alright.

The Comm is clearly for Superman to talk to the others of the team, given the massive migraine Danny can feel coming up just from borrowing this body. He also, completely against his will, now knew from experience just how far Superman's hearing reached.

It was pretty fucking far and he was hearing things he Did Not Want To.

Danny struggles to his feet as Superman and puts up a hand to the comm. There's no point in lying to Superman's teammates, after all.

Batman at least would figure out what's going on.

"Hey, first things first I'm not Superman. Second things second I'm here to help. I just can't be out about it, cuz of the law. Where do you need me?"

The comms fall silent.

"Is Superman alive?" Batman asks, voice all gravelly and really, how does the man talk like that all the time? Doesn't it hurt?

"Yeah, he's just unconscious; I'll head out when he wakes up."

"...What is your powerset?"

"Uhhh...."

Danny wracked his brain for what the superhero could do, but with everything very literally crashing down around him, he decided to just go the easy route. Flying up to catch up to the supes, he replied to the grim voice in his com. "Whatever Supes can do, I can do, for now, and more. Shriek, blasts, nevermelt ice, invisibility, intangiblity- wait, can Superman go invisible?"

"Focus uh-not Superman." Green Lantern chimed in.

"Call me Pha-Spectre. Spectre. That's safer on this com." He instinctively looked around for a GIW agent as if they'd somehow know he eas inside Superman. As Danny flew past falling debris toward the ship looming on the edge of the atmosphere, he couldn't help but giggle a bit at the strength being exhibited as he fought a few goons in a few throws.

"Just tell me where you need me."

(hope you don't mind if I add to this lmao)

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It takes a second for Clark's brain to catch up and process what just happened. The last thing he remembers clearly is getting blasted with concentrated kryptonite energy and crashing into some random city street so hard that he probably left a rather impressive crater before passing out. Now, he's apparently at The Watchtower, feeling like someone took an apple peeler to his back, a glowing white-haired boy pitching over directly next to him, and no memory of how the two situations connect.

He reaches out without thinking and catches the kid. His skin is unexpectedly frigid, like Clark just stuck his arm in a standing freezer.

The kid looks up at him with the greenest eyes Clark has ever seen, gives him a loopy, tired laugh and slurs out something that Clark thinks was supposed to be "hi." And then goes completely limp in Clark's hold.

This perhaps would be slightly less alarming if Clark could hear a heartbeat coming from this frighteningly small child.

He doesn't even get to call for help as two things happen at the same time: Batman bolts into the room, every muscle in his body tightly coiled and his heart pounding at a worryingly high rate, and the room is filled with a blinding flash of light.

The light fades quickly and when it does, Clark is left with an averagely warm black-haired boy passed out in his arms. With a heartbeat.

Clark exhales deeply and looks up at Bruce. "So. Mind filling me in on what happened?"

Batman: you can view the communications records

Superman: …

Batman: ignores Superman to take the child and check his pulse himself

Superman: …I guess I'll go then

Batman: frowns then picks up the child and turns towards the door

Superman: If I didn't know you so well I'd be upset

Ok listen, this has been in my head since I read this last addition and I'm making it everyone elses problem now.

yep, I validate this energy! Right here, in addition, he makes a still disoriented Clark who refrains from commenting on how cute it is that his friend Batman is already protective / mentally adopted this unconscious child

You know what would be funny?

If the downfall of the GIW and other anti-Ecto acts and organizations? Came about because of some long dead scholars pathological need to Be Right.

How? Would this work, you may ask? Oh, easily!

WIKIPEDIA.

Somebody is WRONG about FACTS. And that can not stand! You see, they were told... well, more OVERHEARD then anything else (during their annual and ongoing debate about EVERYTHING) from that...? Techmus? Fellow? Whomever he was.

They HEARD, there has been a MARVELOUS advancement in the realm of the Living! A collective knowledge repository! Imagine the possibilities! They must see it at ONCE!

I'm sorry, but the Pompeii one fucking sent me!

Like, what if it's the ghost of the guy that got demolished by a boulder to the face? Or the guy that died jacking it?

Danny drags the ghosts over to talk to the heroes. If he's going down they are too! No! He will not suffer the bat glare alone thank you very much! Now get out there and defend your actions!

Batman has not seen this many cork boards and string since the time he “investigated” Bernard Dowds house

Batman: So to recap. You have dead academics access to google. And don't think about how poorly that could go?

Danny: In my defence I haven't slept in three days. Also, it's not like they have access to nuclear codes or whatever! It's just wikipedia!

Batman: .... And there is no way to stop this?

Danny: Short of dismantling the portal in the basement? Good luck!

Ghost scholars noticed batman: WHAT IS A FURRY DOING HERE!! GET OUT WE EDUCATED PEOPLE ARE DISCUSSING HERE! *slam doors shut in front of the batman*

Danny: so am I still in trouble?

Batman. With the sudden exhaustion of babysitting ten toddlers for five days straight: no. I'll just.. leave..

Wonder Woman grabbing him by the shoulders to keep him in place.

WW: You mentioned a portal? We need to talk about that!

Danny:... You didn't know? There's like a whole government organisation dedicated to hunting and destroying the beings who come through!

Batman:.... We need details . Now. Please.

Just? IMAGINE the lab? Being COVERED by academics of every age and planet, YELLING and waving notes. These prim and proper looking people. Shoving to get access to The Comp-Uter. Because it's THEIR turn! You HAD your turn!

The world must know of their research!

All while a giant, green, rip in reality just... gently hums in the background. Letting in MORE shouting academics. Bruce spots several Martians. Diana spots her old history teacher. Looking younger then she can ever remember seeing her.

She gets her attention.

Her old teacher looks DELIGHTED. Oh look how you've GROWN! What are you doing in the Man's World, little warrior? Is that the LASSO!? By the Gods! What an honor! You always were destined for great things- *happily chatting*

Oh? The portal? No, no, not Tartarus nor the underworld. It's the Zone! I was quite confused myself, at first. You know of Lady Pandora? Yes, that one. Well apparently, sometimes we just... end up elsewhere! And the elsewhere is between ALLwheres! The Zone. It's been FASCINATING to study!

Which is why if SOMEBODY could get OFF the box device? I would like too PUBLISH my works like PLANNED! My sister's deserve to know of this! You are IMPEDING scientific PROGRESS!

*cacophonous arguments*

Bruce and Diana look at Danny. He is wearing fenton brand noise canceling headphones and asleep on the stairs. It's officially Not His Problem anymore. Fair. They DID sign up for this job. Bruce carries him upstairs and puts him on the couch, because sleeping on stairs is terrible for your back, young man.

Even if you DO have enviable, noodle-like, cat-esq, boneless sleeping techniques down pat. God, Bruce wishes he could do that. Boy is practically a liquid.

Time to clean up not just this house but the town AND the Goverment. Because of course it could just be a teen hacker. Why would their lives EVER be that simple?

.....is that a Yeti?

"no no they have to understand that I am gay" is yelled at least 12 times a minute and it is never the same person.

There will be a very smug random selection of known LGBT+ ghosts who are there. Floating smugly going, see. They knew I was gay. Because I made damn sure of it!

Anyway! Hello heroes! What do you want? Information on the portal? Give me a moment! Chief Frostbite knows more than I do! Yes he is going Phantom's healer you see!

Reminder, Clarks dad was in fact the scientist who discovered krypton would explode, and was repeatedly dismissed for trying to say as much. bet all the dead kryptonions should have listened to him!! do you believe him now?! he would absolutely try and publish the methods for ways to check and make sure your planets core isnt going to explode anytime soon, possibly with several theoretic variants accounting for the planets mineral structure according to beings of other planets hes met in the realms

Clark would lose his mind after finding that. He would head straight to Amity Park.

Clark: Hi. Is Jor-el around?

Ghosts mutter and drag Jor-el up to the front. Pushing him over. No you have a living looking for you! My turn on the computer!

Clark: Hi. Um. I'm Kal-el. Hello Father.

Jor-el: You survived! You made it! Where did you end up? Have you been well? Have you found the repository I created!

Clark: I landed on Earth. And was taken in my a couple who couldn't have children. Would you like to visit them?

ho, oh no, this is absolutely going to be a "never meet your heroes" situation with clark and his dad