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So this is in honor of my current undergraduate thesis situation irl but it gave me a eureka moment

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Danny is in college, in his final semester of his degree program. He was one of the youngest was because he was insanely smart, he had special permission to overload on units and take courses with prerequisites early on. One of the requirements before you graduate is your undergraduate thesis.

Danny was never a lucky person. Lady luck was hardly on his side, so it really didn't surprise him when he was grouped with the worst members possible. You know, the ones that leave you on read when you need them, and have loads of excuses when you need something done by them?

At first, his group members showed up because why not. It was going smoothly, until one by one, all of them stopped responding.

They knew Danny was the smart one and made him the leader, like every smart and responsible person would face. And as every group leader knows, they end up handling at least 50% of the overall work and split the remaining 50% evenly.

But his group members hardly ever contribute anything significant at all. If Danny ever received contributions, it's worse than half-assed so he would do it all again himself.

So there he was, practically having given up on his group mates and pursued his thesis alone. It was tiring, but he'll manage, he guesses. He'll just get his revenge at the end of the semester, after the defense. Maybe make them pay twice, no, thrice, actually that isn't enough, maybe four times of what he spent monetarily, in labor, and in time. Or file an incident report to the Dean for justice. He'll cross the bridge when he gets there. There are still months remaining and if he starts early on, he can make it in time. He already saved the world before while doing most of the work. There can't be anything that's harder than that, right?

Luckily, in Gotham University, there's a study area where students can work on homework, projects, and other school related things. It was open 24/7 and had resting areas as well so you can nap or just camp there when you need an overnight session. This was his favorite spot because there was a coffee shop nearby, and the only time Lady Luck had ever blessed him was when they first served him his custom order that no mortal would ever drink: A Venti Iced white chocolate mocha with 7 shots of espresso, and some room on top, then laced with some energized ectoplasm (he does it himself after he gets the drink) so he stays focused. It was a wild moment for the barista when Danny first told him to leave some room up top. Imagine the barista's surprise when he sees Danny pouring in toxic-and-radioactive-looking green stuff on top.

Apparently, he has been drinking caffeine so much that it doesn't affect him as much as the normal person. The energized ectoplasm is for his ghost half, but it's energized part is basically caffeine for ghosts.

He only went there in the evenings and stayed awake the whole midnight, because it's the only time where people start to leave the room and he thrives when he's the only one remaining.

As usual as his routine was, there was a new outlier variable. Another guy whose eye bags are darker than vantablack, with two laptops and stacks of books and papers around him. Basically another Danny.

He caught himself staring at Tim Drake, the other smart kid who was in the same predicament as Danny: super smart that allowed him to get special permission to overload on units and take them all simultaneously.

It really didn't matter to him, as they were practically in different worlds. I mean Tim is famous for being a Wayne kid and Danny is just some guy who was overloading in units. He really didn't see tim as a rival either.

So he kept to himself and thought if Tim is practically invisible, Danny wouldn't have a problem with it, though he thought it would be a one time thing, or at most a month.

They kept seeing each other in the study area, which was fine, because they're too busy.

Until they were both at the coffee shop nearby.

They both ordered something and waited.

"Order for Danny. Order for Tim"

The barista then called them, and mentioned their orders. Apparently they were regulars.

"Here you go Tim. A venti "iced" coffee with no ice like a psychopath, with 10 shots of espresso so help me God, oat milk, no syrup, and no toppings. Quickly Chilled using liquid nitrogen for some coldness because you said and I quote "You need to maximize the volume of coffee in a venti cup" the barista dictates Tim's order

Danny turns to Tim with a slight surprised look after hearing the order. I mean who in their right mind, except Danny, would order a drink with 10 shots of espresso in total? Might as well be a death wish if you ask me. However, to Tim, he received it as a judgmental look, and gave a subtle one back that screams "Mind your own business"

Danny looks away and receives his order.

"And for you Danny, A trenta *sigh* iced white chocolate mocha with 7 shots of espresso what in the world, whole milk, extra 6 pumps of white mocha sauce, extra whipped cream, and extra chocolate drizzle, with a note that says "leave about an 2 inches of the cup empty" because you put that radioactive looking green stuff in there. Here you go." The barista dictates then gives Danny his "coffee"

Now it was Tim's turn to do a head turn. What does the barista mean radioactive looking stuff? The best he can think of when he hears "radioactive looking green stuff" is joker's gas aerosolized.

Tim watches Danny as he puts his "coffee" down on a table, opens the lid, gets a metal tumbler from his bag, opens and pours energized ectoplasm to his "coffee" filling the remaining space to the brim, and closes the plastic lid. He proceeds to get a straw and puts it in.

Tim gave Danny a subtle concerned look. From Tim's perspective, it looks like the other guy is gonna drink either the joker's venom or Lazarus pit water. He made a mental note to investigate it later on. In retaliation, Danny gave a subtle smirk back and his face basically says "Yeah I drink this. What about it?"

"Is that even coffee at this point? It looks like a large cup of caffeinated sugar mixed with radioactive toxic waste. How are you not getting diabetes, let alone mutate into something else?" The barista remarked.

"With pure spite due to my thesis mates not helping me. As long as I have this drink, and stay awake and spiteful, I'll manage."

Tim let out a snicker "Heh. That makes two of us. Same predicament and all."

"Is that also why you have dark circles under your eyes? You look like a panda with those dark bags." snarked Danny.

"As if you're any better, you radioactive coffee drinking raccoon." Tim retorted.

After a short pause, both of them chuckled and introduced themselves.

"The name's Daniel Fenton. Call me Danny." Danny threw in a handshake

"Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne, though you probably already knew that. Call me Tim." Tim shook his hand.

"So, pretty tired boy, what's your thesis about?" Danny asked while they were both returning to the study area, drinking their unholy caffeinated drinks.

And the rest was history. Well not really. They got along well and they'd always hang out in the study area when they can. Friendship develops and all of that, with hints of romantic interest from both sides. I mean, who wouldn't fall in love from frequent unholy coffee date nights, am I right? They would talk about stuff, space, heroes, and all the like. They would also talk about their thesis, their progress, setbacks, and talk shit about their horrible group mates (I'll leave it up to you to imagine what their theses are).

"What if we help each other with our theses? then when we have our thesis defense, we would both present both topics?" Danny asks.

Then an idea crosses Danny's gremlin mind.

"Sounds chaotic, I'm in. That would put the "Not everyone has to present" guideline to good use. We'll just leave their names off, and replace both theses' group members with both our names." Tim replies.

"Now that sounds like a good date idea ;). How about we wear matching PJs and flip flops instead of formal wear as a protest of what we "endured?"" Danny asked again with a grin on his face

"Add a blazer to that match to show we "tried" to wear formal attire and I'm in. Also let's not hide our eye bags to show we're really tired lmao." Tim suggests with a smile on his face

"Well we would need to get lucky on the order of presentations, making sure"

"Leave that part to me :)" Tim replies.

And their chaotic presentation date is set.

For the next few months, they would help each other's research. And because both of them are competent, they progress even faster with both of their thesis than when they were alone. Laboratory and or mechanical works come off easily considering both their backgrounds in dealing with machines and chemicals, and with both of them barely getting any sleep, they actually finished both of their own thesis studies with a month to spare. They would then use that time for their own romantic dates and date nights at the lounge of the study area, developing their relationship :D. The only thing lacking is a proper label.

Thesis defense day arrives.

Both Danny's and Tim's group mates just say they won't present since they don't have an idea of what to say. I mean it's not like they actually did work, did they? But it works for Both of them. They are present in the venue. They just won't be presenting, as "agreed" by all of them (including Danny and Tim for their stunt of course.)

"And now, Calling in Daniel Fenton to present his thesis titled [insert thesis title here]". Danny walks and the crowd is in wonder and chuckles on what Danny is wearing.

Space themed Pajamas, green flops, and a black blazer with visible dark bags under his eyes.

Danny walked alone on stage so everyone assumed he was the only one presenting

"Good day everyone. Today, we will be presenting our thesis."

The crowd wondered why Danny said "we". Then Tim walked in in red crocs plain black pajamas, and a red blazer. Still with huge dark eye bags and both of them had crazy bed hair.

Funnily enough, the names on Danny's presentation are just his and Tim's name. This led to Danny's group mates in unease. Completely blindsided. Technically and officially they're still part of the group, so imagine the professors' confusion when the group members in the PowerPoint presentation only listed two people. Turns out not checking the students’ PowerPoint presentations beforehand was a mistake.

Now the crowd was even more surprised because who would expect to see Danny and Tim presenting Danny's thesis.

In the QnA session, Danny explained that Tim was a major help in his study and it felt right that Tim would explain and have his name up there. As for the names of the other group members, he just said "I don't know who you are referring to". That shut the judges up.

After the QnA, they were still murmurs of why Tim was with Danny in his presentation. Danny left the stage in triumph.

"Next we have Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne presenting"

"Hello everyone, we are here to present [topic]"

And again with the murmurs of who is "we". Then Danny walked on the stage again, both presenting. Only both their names are in. Needless to say, the same thing happened.

Both Tim and Danny, their "respective" group mates, the judges, the faculty-in-charge of the thesis studies, and the college dean were called to explain the stunt they made.

Each student was interviewed, but only Tim's and Danny's version of stories match. They then explained to everyone present the timeline of events on the happening. From the start of the thesis shenanigans, to the ghosting of group members, to helping each other, and their form of protest to the unjust events on their thesis journey.

Needless to say, there was a huge disciplinary action done to the dead weights. They tried accusing both of them as liars but it's not like it's believeable. Besides, who would want to get on Bruce Wayne's bad side?

All's well ends well and everything turns out for the better. Well I'll leave it to your imagination on how they got together officially but I would say it was a cheesy moment.

And now they're back in the coffee shop. Well dressed this time. The barista sees them and goes:

"Hello welcome to- oh for goodness's sake. Do you want another round of your unholy usuals?" While pinching his nose.

"Actually, not this time. I'd actually want to sleep later". Tim said.

"Me too. The presentation date day was exhausting but memorable." Danny added.

"I'd like a Grande Honey Citrus Mint Tea" Tim orderd.

"And I'd like a Venti Hot chocolate with whipped cream" Danny also ordered

"Goodness Gracious. Normal orders for once, and for both of you? Did the universe finally fall into balance?" The barista commented.

And that's a wrap :D

“This is sooo not fair!” Danny huffed while dramatically falling in his bed “it’s like no one around here ever watched a hero’s fight on TV. Every time I show up it’s either an emergency and I have to save Sam the Cat from a tree he climbed before the poor thing falls or the ghost hunters are going to be on scene already and start shooting on sight! I never get to do my evil villain monologue. Lord of the Flies, I only managed TWO evil laughs EVER! And one of those times my voice cracked in the middle, which sooo embarrassing! What’s the fun of being a supervillain if the heroes won’t even let me give a proper monologue” Danny pouted while turning to lay face down on his pillow.

“There, there” Tucker patted his friends head in solidarity, “there’s still a lot of fun to be had anyway. Remember that time we raided the GIW’s HQ and put neon orange paint on their laundry soap? Their looks of despair and cussing for the month it took to replace their clothes was priceless!”

“… yeah, that was funny” Danny answered muffled by the pillow.

“Right! And besides it’s not your fault no one knows villain x hero etiquette around here.”

“Yeah, but it’s like they are singled me out!” Danny said turning his face around “every other ghost gets to do their monologue. Box Ghost starts to give a monologue and everyone just listens politely before fighting him! It can’t even be ‘cause I’m a halfa or they wouldn’t let Vlad do his evil speech. Moby Dick, even FREAKSHOW gets an uninterrupted evil speech and laugh, the guy isn’t even a ghost! Just some random creep with more time than sense” Danny groans.

“Being a villain means you don’t have to adhere to the conventional rules and can just do whatever though” Sam remarked from where she was laying on a nearby puff “I say let the heroes worry about being ‘polite’ and just do your thing” she gave her two cents.

“Yeeaah” Danny groaned long suffering “but what I wanna is to give my monologue. I got it all wrote out and memorized, even got my act down to a T in the mirror. It’s just… I worked so hard on it, I spent more time and effort in this than on all my lit homework from this entire year combined”

“That’s not something you should be proud of” Jazz remarked dryly from the open door as she passed the hallway.

“It just Frankensteins so much I don’t ever get the chance show it up!” Danny finished as if he was never interrupted in the first place.

“Sounds like it’s the heroes who are the problem-“

“As always” Sam interrupted Tucker’s musing.

“So… what if you tried another hero? One who would follow basic courtesy like letting you talk before the battle?”

At that Danny sat up to look at Tucker in interest “you mean like make another hero, like me and Cujo got Val to become Red Huntress?” He seemed to give it some thought before shaking his head “no, with Val it was a ‘right person at the right place’ kind of thing, I can’t just go around trashing people’s places and works to hope one of their kids takes up a cape and is more polite than the rest of the town heroes, that’d be rude.”

“Well yeah, but what if you just went up the territory of another hero? Like, you can swing by Gotham and put a ‘kick me sticker on one of the Waynes or something, that’s bound to get Batman’s attention and everyone says the guy is super polite and a great listener! All the goons and officers-“

“You just said the same thing twice” Danny chimed in and high-fived Sam.

“-who appear on interviews always talk about how the bat does everything in silence and how much attention he pays to details. The guy would be delighted to have a new villain in his city, I’m sure he is starved for new material as far as villain monologue goes.”

“ABSOLUTELY NOT!” Sam immediately shot down “Gotham is the most gothic city EVER! I will NOT, have either of you visiting it without me, so not until summer vacation, which will take forever!”

“GOTHAM IS ALSO THE SECOND MOST CRIME-INFESTED CITY ON THE COUNTRY AND I DON’T WANT MY BABY BROTHER WALKING AROUND THERE UNSUPERVISED!” Jazz shouted from her room across the wall.

“Oh yeah, that too I guess” Sam agreed.

“Fine, so not Gotham. Central City?” Tucker proposed.

“Are you crazy? The Flash is the fastest hero EVER-“

“That’s debatable-“

“It’s really not”

“He will not even give me time to open my mouth before we start to throw hands! Star city?”

“I mean, Green Arrow seems like a total Moby Dick, not sure he wouldn’t immediately start shooting. Cost City?” Sam countered and proposed.

“I mean… isn’t Green Lantern like a space cop?” Danny scrunched his nose “that’s like a super GIW, right?” The three thought for a second and shuddered at the image.

“Right… so moving on, how about Metropolis?” The three thought for a bit.

“I mean, Superman is an alien, right? I’d love to meet him!”

“Metropolis is supposed to be the unholy child of a Hallmark movie and a cartoon for little kids where everyone is polite and sweet and stuff, you can keep that to yourself and please do not include me on it.”

“The main villain there is Luthor, so no worries of stepping on another person’s toes. To heck with that guy, he puts paywalls on EVERYTHING.” Tucker grumbled.

“…” Jazz said nothing, which is close enough to agreement for them.

“So it’s decided, I’m going to Metropolis monologue to Superman!”

“Yeah, the Boy Scout won’t know what hit him!”

“… wait, do you think he was an actual Boy Scout when he was a kid? ‘Cause that’d be pretty cool”

“Nah, there weren’t boy scouts back when the old time heroes like him were kids”.

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Danny made good time to Metropolis. As a ghost he could turn intangible to avoid any air resistance or drag while also reducing his mass to zero. And, as he is creating his own propulsion by just thinking it, that means he could travel much faster than sound without worrying about causing problems for anyone. Really, his biggest issue is that if he goes too fast things get kinda blurry and it’s pretty easy to overshoot your target, so he had to stop to get his bearings and backtrack more than once, but he still made it to the city!

Upon arriving Danny took some time to go sightseeing as he likely wouldn’t get the chance during his fight. Took a few photos sat upside down upon the globe of the Daily Planet to put on his twitter, ate a hot dog, went intangible to Lex Luthor’s office and pantsied him right in the middle of a meeting, you know, normal tourist stuff. Feeling good about himself he decided to move to the harbor as it’s far away enough that his fight with Superman shouldn’t get in anybody’s way.

He then did some (unneeded) stretches and jumped a bit to loosen up, then did a few quick voice exercises he wrangled from Ember so his monologue would go perfect.

He was just about to kickstart his fight by doing the most heinous villain act of his entire career that would be sure to get Superman down ready to throw hands. He carefully picked the wrapping of his hot dog and was ready to throw it (on the street! Not the sea, he’s a villain, not a monster) when he heard a crash from behind him. He turned curiously to see the reason and- WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK!

If asked later, Danny would freely admit that this was the fastest he ever flew because that was Superman and that was a pregnant woman he was punching in the air, the heck-

He fortunately managed to cross the distance in no time and overshadowed Superman harder than he had ever overshadowed anyone before. Immediately upon entering the body he felt a foreign wave of terror slam into him with such an intensity that it almost made his vision wave before he gritted his teeth and forcibly threw it at his core to convert in more ecto. Now in control he wasted no time in flying up and scooping up pregnant lady gently.

“Oh man. Lord of the Flies, what! Who just- dude, yeah, pregnant woman scare me too since that bio class, but- What- Who does that! That’s- that’s messed up Sups. That’s a pregnant woman, dude you can’t just- the HELL!” Danny panicked while he felt the conscience of Superman in the back of his head gradually get his bearings with growing horror.

“Okay, okay, that’s- that’s not fine. She needs a medic and- Frankstein, this looks bad. I never saw someone’s guts before, but- okay, calm down Fenton, keep it together. A hospital is not fast enough I will just-“ now actively throwing his own anxiety and fear at his core on top of Superman to keep from panicking (too much) Danny took a deep breath and laid his hands on the woman’s side over her ribcage.

Being in Superman’s body is disorienting and frankly an experience Danny could do without. He was already used to holding back his own strength, but his was kinda a “mind over matter” deal with him being as strong as he could believe himself to be, Superman though… it was like there was no resistance whatsoever; air, flesh, bone, it all gave the same minimal resistance and if Danny wasn’t used to going intangible he was sure he would have already crushed this woman’s chest by pressing too far. His vision was all wrong going too far and under the skin with the flex of muscles he didn’t have and it was too loud and-

Deep breath. It’s… fine. Send the panic attack to core, we have no time for panic now. ‘Not the first time you had to get used to powers mid-emergency Fenton, keep yourself together!’. With a last deep breath Danny focused back in the pregnant lady on his arms. He never saw anyone’s inside before, but he could take his cues of what is around the bruised spots and that didn’t look right, her heart also seemed to be beating too slow from what he could hear and there was blood and-

“Right!” He took another deep breath “my vision is changing so much I might as well be blind and she is so close to death that no doctor would be fast enough to save her. That’s… fine, I’ve beaten worse odds. If Frostbite can be a doctor I can heal her. Let’s just… stitch her up… from the inside. That’s… fine”.

Without knowing well what to do Danny awkwardly sent some ectoplasm on the woman’s body and “felt” around organs until he came upon what felt like a misshaped closed fist growing and shrinking in uneven intervals, figuring that might be the heart he used his untrained telekinesis to press and pull it in a somewhat regular interval. Since his sight wouldn’t help him anyway with how it couldn’t choose what to look at nor how closely he closed his eyes and tried to block all his senses, focusing solely on his ectoplasm.

He felt a second kind of energy running through Superman’s body besides his own. One that was warm and strengthening for a lack of other words. In impulse he tried to divert some to join the flow of ecto going to the woman’s body, but it resisted being diverted, whatever it is it’s course was too rigid for it, different from his own free-flowing ectoplasm. Not willing to just give up Danny directed some of his own energy to “dip” on Superman’s and collect some before re-joining the flow, which… worked? Better than expected even as the heart he was forcibly pumping seemed to all but soak on the warmth infused ecto and start mending up.

“Right” thought Danny “I can do this” a determination that seemed to echo his host as he could feel a wave of decisiveness from him and what felt like him deliberately trying to pull himself back to be as unobtrusive as one could be on their own body.

Now with a route in mind Danny got to work, using his ecto “touch” to try to feel around the woman’s body from the inside and awkwardly make things work however felt right. When he felt a pool of what he assumed to be blood outside the veins he telekinetically scooped it up and pushed it back where he felt a burst or sliced vein before stitching it up with a thread of ecto he then solidified inside the body. Bone was pulled back in a form that felt right-ish, torn muscle awkwardly pressed back together, still-

“I can’t see!” He cried out “I can’t see what I’m doing, where things are how bad it is, how-!”

In the middle of his latest panic he felt a flash of determination from his host and a sudden focus razor-sharp and intense focusing on the eyes. It did nothing against his overshadowing, but the message was clear nonetheless.

“You want to control the eyes?” Danny asked dubiously “you are not gonna laser beam her down are you?” The presence recoiled aghast and then turned back to trying to control the eyes “this is a terrible idea”, but despite his best judgment Danny still relented and pulled back his control over the eyes, Superman immediately took over, opened them and did… something? Like pulling a muscle and relaxing another while focusing somehow into a certain depth and suddenly Danny could see the bones of the woman and the surrounding bits of muscle and organs consistently. Not looking a gift horse in the mouth he proceeded to direct his ecto to put those back in a somewhat right way, now with a lot more confidence and knowing better what he is doing.

On the on they went, looking for parts that seemed damaged and putting those back together, the ecto keeping things in place and the warmth making the body heal much faster, when they got to fixing the damage to it. The fetus in particular seemed to soak up on the warm ecto like a sponge to the point that Danny had to spend more time ensuring it hadn’t eaten up his previous work than actually fixing it. At many times Danny had to redo his earlier work now that he could see where he messed up, but gradually they got the woman’s body back in one piece that looked right-ish. In the end of the impromptu procedure Danny cautiously let go of the hold he had kept on her heart pumping it and it kept beating, albeit on a different rhythm than the one he guessed.

Finally, with a sigh of relief, Danny disentangled from Superman’s body, figuring the local would have a much better idea of the best hospital to take his former victim(?) than Danny. For a moment the three stood floating there without knowing what to do. At some point what looked like Wonder Woman and Green Lantern had flown to stand near them, but thankfully hadn’t interrupted. Now that he wasn’t actively blocking out outside stimuli to concentrate anymore he could even spy what looked to be Batman on the ground near what looked like the cross of a sports car and a tank “probably the Batmobile” he reasoned.

He could see Superman gearing up to say something, so he spoke first.

“Right” Danny clapped his hands in front of him “so, I did what I could, but I’m really not a medic, or a nurse, or - strictly speaking - good at biology, so… you should probably get her to a doctor asap. I would recommend mine, but he doesn’t really come to this dimension a lot, so-“

“Thank you” Superman cut him off quietly, a deep and sincere look of gratitude on his face “I was under the effect of Scarecrow’s fear gas, it almost made me kill her. I don’t know what I would have done if I- just… thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Today you were a true hero” at that Danny groaned.

“Not again” he whined “I already get that from miss Albrey for that time rescue her cat from a tree and from mister Smith for not letting his son be run through, and- not important. Look dude, I’m a supervillain, not a hero” Danny explained.

For some reason all the heroes, even Flash who had just arrived, looked baffled by this.

“But… you saved my wife? And… you just said you saved kids and cats, and… just… how come you think you are a villain?” Superman seemed to be genuinely confused by the concept despite him fighting villains every other day. Also, pregnant lady was Supes’ wife. Huh, good to know, but back to the matter at hand.

“Well, yeah? This was an innocent civilian woman you were beating the daylights out of like me ripping into Skulker, I couldn’t just… leave you to it? That’d be horrible! I’m a villain, not a monster, no matter what the GIW says and- wait, I’m getting ahead of myself.” Danny shakes his hands walking on air from one side to the other.

“GIW? Look son, I don’t know who that is, but you shouldn’t believe everything people say, especially if it’s about you. Nothing you just described sounds like a villain to me” The Man of Steel said to Danny’s indignation.

“Excuse me!” He turned pointed a finger at the startled alien “I will have you know that I’m a villain and a very cool one at that! I regularly raid bases of the government every time I hear about them having captured another person or ghost to experiment on! N-the scientists who opened a rift to the world of the dead in their basement so they can vivisect ghosts minding their own business call me the greatest menace their town has ever known!” Danny crossed his arms and filled his chest in pride.

“Al- right. So you are a… villain?” Superman said raising his hands placating.

“And a dang good one at that! I mean, a dang terrible one! Terrifying one? Well, I’m scarier than Box Ghost, so there!” Danny pointed triumphantly, before shaking his head in consternation and pouting “I had this whole monologue ready for months, about my evil plan, why I’m evil and stuff, but none of the heroes in my town stay still long enough for me to say it! I had come here so we could fight and I could finally get to give it, I had planned to litter in the street so we could fight and all… but now the moment is gone. And you should really take her to the hospital I think? I guess I can come back in a few days and we can have our epic showdown. How does Friday sound to you? This way I can stay up late-“

At that Danny seemed to realize something and looked up in alarm.

“Lord of the Flies!” All the heroes jumped “it’s almost my bedtime! Moby Dick, I’m going to be in so much trouble, oh no, oh no. Bye Sups, see you Friday, gotta go” and then he flew up at top speed back home. The baffled heroes still reeling from the surreal experience and with more questions than answers. Unnoticed by Danny a cameraman and reporter nearby had captured the entire conversation.

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In the aftermath Lois is (finally) taken to a hospital and makes a full recovery. Their baby (I’m tempted to have Clark and Lois name him Danny instead of Jon as thanks to Danny for saving him once they learn his name) is born healthy if somewhat liminar (your pick to what effect - if any - this has), Danny shows up later for his promised fight, he is received with a delicious homemade pie courtesy of Ma Kent and the heroes sit patiently to hear his entire monologue, which is great! They give him reason for his actions instead of fighting upon hearing his speech of how the anti-ecto acts are terrible and the GIW deserves having their bases messed up, which is less great. They then proceed to publicly claim he is a hero and the GIW are the actual villains, which is terrible! At least the anti-ecto acts were recognized as a blight that should never have been allowed to exist and scrapped, which, silver linings?

Now Tumblr, do Your Thing!

Just my small take on it.

OR...

Danny arrives on the scene to start his journey to true villainy. That is until he sees Superman, the boy scout, Big blue himself, rocking the shit of a pregnant Civilian woman. His obsession goes into overdrive and he isn't thinking straight. Mind you, the heroes are far away, while news crews are live capturing the truth of a superman. Lex is celebrating because everyone is seeing 'Superman'

Danny bulks up and grows from a 5'5" to 6'5" hunk. His crown comes into view and his armor is visible. He speeds in between Superman and Civvie (Civilian- Lois) and shoulder checks him, sending the man of steel flying backwards over 10 blocks. He opens a portal to the Far Frozen and hands the civvies to frostbite and tells him ti treat her immediately.

Once the portal closes, he turns towards Superman and floats over to him. Superman comes up from the ruble and in his maddened haze, tries to go after Danny. Danny catches Superman's face in his palm amd smacks him down. Standing over him, he punches his face multiple times and is actually hurting him.

Danny: "How dare you! I was going to offer you a simple brawl, an honest show of power, but upon seeing this atrocity, I am appalled by the heroes of this Earth. I came here to see what you were like, to see if you were worth working with, to decide if I would go to the UN with a declaration of war or to negotiate the anti-ecto acts.

The American government has called me and my people monsters and villains, even though I'm the only thing standing between my town and the afterlife. And now, I see a so-called hero beating a heavily pregnant woman. I refuse to be associated with you any longer. You better pray that woman survives because her survival determines the fate of this country."

Right as he is done, he flies up and zooms through a portal. Just then, the Justice League arrived and gave Superman the antidote to the toxin. They lift him out of the rubble and rush back to the carrier. As they leave, they are pelted by stones and pebbles. Anything the people could get their hands on. They rushed back to see what they could do in terms of damage control. They were royally f*cked.

Danny was fuming, but at least he protected the lady. It took her 3 months in a healing chamber to regain consciousness and another 2 months to start talking. She could still communicate, so they asked her name, her next of kin, how far along she was, and what she could remember. She wrote her name, her husband's name, and the last thing she remembered was greeting her husband in the morning when he went off to work.

Danny sat by her and held her hand gently.

Danny: "I don't know how to say this gently, so I'm just going to rip off the band aid, but you have to promise to stay calm."

Lois nodded, or as much as she squeezed Danny's warm hands.

Danny: "Alright Lois, I found you 3 months ago, getting the shit knocked out of you by Superman. No one could recognize you as your skull was caved in. Your arms and right leg were broke and bent wrongly while your left leg was torn off. You were paralysed from the neck down, and your left lung was punctured.

I guess it was your resilience that let you survive long enough for me to get to you. Similarly, your baby is just as resilient as you. Despite everything, the baby survived. However, for you to live, you had to become something else. You are no longer fully human. You're like me, sort off."

Danny took a deep breath. He was hyperventilating and it took Frostbite rubbing his paw on his back and calming him down to focus again.

Danny: "I used to be fully human until a lab accident killed me. I died and was revived multiple times and jn a short amount of time. It turned me into something else. I am still me, but I am so much more now. I am a hero. I protect both humans and beings beyond the veil. I keep the balance of order and chaos. I duelled to protect my town, the earth, and our universe safe from a tyrant. I am still underage, but I have done my best so far with the great powers I have.

For you, I made you like the people of my town and Gotham. They have been ecto-infused since birth and for living in places with high ambient ectoplasm. For you to survive, you had to be made a high liminal. However, that makes you a target for the American Government, more specifically the GIW, due to the AEA. I am sorry for taking away your right to choose, but your life and that of your unborn were at stake.

Now that we've covered that, I need to ask some other questions. What is your spouse's contact, and would you like for me to call him. Also, we believe your child is due in about 1 month. We could deliver them here, or have you returned to the United States, via the United Nations. I have to meet with them anyway."

Lois writes down her thoughts.

Lois: I don't want you to contact my spouse. I'll do it when I can speak again. Just stay with me, please. Also, could you deliver a letter for me after i give birth? That will be all.

Danny does just that. Over the next month, they get close as friends. Lois is the favorite aunt and elder, while Danny is the sassy nephew and youngling. She chooses to have her baby in the Far Frozen. She moves to Amity and recovers there. Since Danny's retirement (after beating Superman), he closed the portal and built a deflector (basically, no one can read his ectoplasm levels, and it reads as low or negligible, like his parents).

Danny is often found at Lois'place and is like her helpful nephew. He buys her groceries and necessities, while playing with his little cousin/nephew (they'll figure it out as they go). Lois has been getting therapy, as her memory started coming back to her. It made recovery hard, even though she was physically okay. On really hard days, Danny would stay over at the apartment and care for both her and the baby.

After 3 months, Lois was able to care for the baby and look at the baby. She and Danny kept talking, and after a while, he decided to move out of his parents place, as usual, they did not notice his absence. He moved in with Lois and switched to online school. Without ghosts, Red Huntress, the GIW (who have been suspiciously quiet), Vlad, or worrying about his parents, Danny was able to prosper.

He might be 19, but he couldn't pass, so he focused on getting his GED. He did that and got into university, though he took his courses online. From time to time, he meets up with Tucker to liberate Vlad of some of his negligible wealth. Just enough to pay for school, Lois' apartment, grocery and utilities for all 3 of them, and to keep Lois stable without working.

It took 6 months post-partum for Lois to tell Danny what happened. He was pissed, regardless of the circumstances, but he held himself back. Lois didn't need any more fear or anger in her life. It took 1 year for Lois to be ready to reach out to Bruce. Danny flew her and baby, Samuel Dante Lane (Samuel for Lois' Dad, Dante for Danny, and Lane as his surname), to New York.

They waited for Bruce in Central Park, and when he arrived, Danny collected the baby from Lois while she walked up to Bruce and gave him a clean hit in the jaw. When he looked back up, she slapped him. Then she started hitting him (it did nothing but let her vent her anger), after a while, she stopped and Bruce hugged her. She cried and kept on crying for a while. In the meantime, Danny fed Samuel, changed him, and rocked him to sleep.

Once Lois stopped crying, her and Bruce spoke for a while. She told him her baby's name and told Bruce that they'd see her at the UN meeting. With that, she walked to Danny, and as soon as she held his hand, they disappeared. They went to a hotel and booked a room, while Danny went over his speech for the UN. Lois posted from her official social media accounts that the hero who saved her is back to make good on his promise, he will be at the UN in two weeks for the case to begin.

The world was in an uproar...

Danny’s core shows up all throughout history, described as a mystical/cursed stone/gem. People have treasured it, revered it, and, in some cases, feared it.

There are few things known about the stone aside from it being unbreakable and that strange things would happen to those who possessed it.

Previous owners of the stone would say it brought them bad luck; that they would see shadows move and hear a child crying . They’d have terrible nightmares and would always feel a chill down their spine. Often, they would suffer from financial and/or physical misfortune as well.

Others would argue it to bring good luck; a feeling of peace and protection. They would describe hearing a gentle hum at times. Some would even find themselves cured of all ailments.

Nobody knew where the stone came from or where it even was as it was lost to time… until one day it mysteriously reappeared.

Halfas are unique. Destroy the body and they can reform from the core. Or more rarely, destroy the core and their souls will crystalise again.

The mystery unbreakable crystal has grown over the millennia, waiting for the right soul to imprint on.

...

Selina Kyle stares at the formerly fist sized crystal. Over the past two days it's grown rapidly. He colony of cats take turns nesting around it.

Something in her chest begs her not to call Bruce. To endanger whatever is growing inside the crystal egg.

It starts rolling around on its stand, tipping off and hitting the floor with a crack. She runs over and sees cracks spreading over the surface, a tiny, gooey, clawed fist punching through the shell.

Baby!

Kitten!

Selina has a baby now!

Danny look!

Danny: huh

Batfam: *prepared to welcome and accept him*

Danny: I guess this explains why my clone was so unstable 🤔

Danny: My clone. She's a free spirit, pun intended, loves roaming. Names Danielle but we've been calling her Ellie since she's trying to find her own self.

Batfam: Unstable?! -trying not to freak out-

Danny: Don't worry we managed to find a way to fix her, took her to my doctor once we stopped the melting problem. She's been good now.

Vlad Masters has time to escape before Danny casually says it was him.

In the meantime, Amanda, Lex and Ra's will have a very interesting time with the bats.