After a minute the people in the room and Danny finally seemed to snap out of it. This was one of the worst times he was summoned to be honest. Though its a tough competition with that one time he was brushing his teeth in his underwear.
"That bastard sold me a dummy ritual!" Exclaimed a lady in fishnets. She looked like a dollar tree wizard to be honest. The cliche of cliche.
Danny's Burger BurgKing (rip off DC version) masked head turned towards another woman that was standing there. "We are so sorry sir. We tried to summon someone to help is on a mission but seemed to have been fooled. Accept our deepest apologies."
Danny stared for a second before the face clicked into place in his mind. That was wonderwoman. Nice, he can brag to Sam about meeting her now. She would love that. In response he did the only logical thing he could think of.
He turned his back to them, took out his phone and snapped a selfie with wonder woman in the background. She would have to believe him now. He turned back, admiring his picture. "Don't worry about it. Who were you trying to summon anyways?"
His casualness seemed to throw them off. "Do you really think now is the best time to take selfie?" The man wore a green glowy costume so he must be one of the green lanterns. Nice! He loved the GL's. They actually got to explore space as their job! He turned around again and snapped another picture, this would be his new background! The only thing that could make this better was Martian manhunt or a Thanagarian or something. He looked around, trying his luck.
Score, Hawkwoman standing there with her mace at the ready! How amazing is that. Seemed that his bad luck was taking a break! A second and a picture later he turned to gl. He did ask a question after all. He just needed a new lockscreen too. "Sorry, but these will be awesome to have as a phone background." He said, placing his phone back into his pocket. The only others he was recognizing were shade, black orchid, the phantom stranger, swamp thing and Pandora. Wasn't she a villain or something. He could've sworn he saw her on TV wrecking something. Ah who cares. There was also this ghost with a D on his chest (his D was better!), Batman (!?), Superman and the Flash. Odd collection but who was he to judge. "But seriously, what is this all about?"
The magician spoke again. She seemed a bit sulky. "Nothing you have to concern yourself with citizen. We have it in hand."
Danny raised an eyebrow from under his mask (he was getting paid to keep that damn thing on, he really needed this job okay). "I got dragged from work, I think I deserve to know."
"Thats classified information I'm afraid." Superman tried to placate.
Danny crossed his arms. "My time is sacred. You just caused me to have to do another shift to make up for the one I'm not doing right now and loose that sacred time." He could just feel the ridicule coming from some of them. Mostly GL. That was a point down on his list of favorites for him!
"Still none of your concern." The Bat spoke. Great, was he a chainsmoker trying to hide his habits or something. That voice could not be healthy for his vocal cords.
"None of my concern, none of my conslern. Why did you summon me and who were you trying to summon. Do you have any idea how dangerous summoning something can be?" So Danny was maybe whining. But these superheroes might be amazingly competent at fighting, he had never heard of them summoning something. Though he didn't really keep up to be fair. Still, summoning was dangerous!
The Bat narrowed his eyes but said nothing. The magician (he should really get her name) rolled her eyes. "I'm a specialist. I know what I'm doing."
Danny rolled his eyes right back at her. Moving his head a bit to make up for the lack of visuals for them. "Well clearly you don't." He said pointing down at his body in general.
Wonderwoman stepped forward and interrupted whatever the magician was about to say. "There has been a disbalance in the veil between the living and the dead. We tried to contact the king of the realm of the dead to help us out. We are sorry for our mistake."
Danny straightened his back. "Ohhhh, sorry my bad. Your summoning ritual worked. Apparently you do know what your doing." He waved sheepishly at the magician who raised an incredulous eyebrow at him.
"This is serious." She growled out. "We don't need you joking around."
Danny raised his shoulders to his ears. He was offended! "Hey, just because my mortal body needs to do something to earn money in a way that you might see as lesser doesn't mean that you can treat me like that!" His Burger BurgKing mask wobbled dangerously on his face in his indignation.
"Like the king of all that comes after life would reduce themselves to a minimum wage job that gets ridiculed all the time!" The magician screamed back.
"This is a respectable way to earn money!"
"Why w..." she was cut off by wonderwoman (Danny was seeing more and more why Sam liked her) who came between them.
"If you really are the entity we're looking for, can we get some proof?" She asked. She didn't really seem to believe him but also seemed to have experienced enough to immediately disregard him.
Danny raised an eyebrow. "You want me to get out my kingly form?" He asked incredulously. "But it is scary for mortals!"
"Please." And Danny couldn't really deny her that.
"Fine." He grumbled. He transformed, the light going from inside out over his entire body, not the rings for his normal Phantom transformation but more of a glowy wave traveling over his body. His torso grew as his head gained too many eyes, too many mouths with too many teeth, wearing a crown above the incomprehensible head. His arms growing out to too many tentacle like limbs with detached hands floating in nothing yet seeming attached. His legs dissappearing into a whispy nothing and still seeming to he there and having no end. Ring hanging around a not there yet all too present neck. "Great, can we talk now."
And so started the first time the Justice League and Danny met.