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Like, a big fight. Parademons, alien invasion, full arkham breakout kind of fight. All hands on deck, no backup, all in kind of fight.

And then comms just come on and Danny is there in a hero’s body like “hey, soo… is now a bad time to be soul switched?”

And every listening hero has this sudden stomach dropping horrified reaction, because oh my god, this is almost certainly a civilian, on the battlefield, where are they, who were they fighting last, they’re gonna die, oh no, who’s closest go save them NOW.

And then danny’s like “oh cool a sword i kinda know what to do with this.” (Canonically he has fought with a katana before)

Okay, hes got some training, just keep yourself safe we’re coming

And then ten minutes later Dany’s back on comms like “Great news guys! Some of my power is attached to my soul so I can use it even in this body! Fun.” (If its a hero who has been in contact with laz water he’s draining it to fuel his ectoblasts)

Another two minutes go by and now its just “oh, who’s a big eldritch soul-eating puppy dog? You are! Yes you are, good boy!”

The hero in danny’s body is having a full blown panic attack, trying to contact their team, trying to figure out where their soulmate is, if they’re okay, how to help them, and when they finally get eyes on the situation danny is just-

Charging into battle on Cujo’s back, weapon raised, manic glee and lazarus glow in his eyes and a war cry on his lips as he completely crushes anything in his way.

Sam: yeah thats what I thought he’d be doing

Tucker: he’s surprisingly adaptable

"Why wouln.. -e be?! Ope...th..get to.. ite!"

Damian felt hands over his body helping him up, heard the crack and sizzle of what he can see is a portal of which he goes through.

Damian passes out as soon as he sees the snowy dessert of the Far Frozen.

___

The first thing Danny felt was the his ears ringing. He crouched down, placing his palms on his knees (no?) as he took a breath of–

Ew. Ew ew ew ew no this. This is not fresh nor air.

... maybe a bit dramatic on the 'not air' part but still! What kind of place would have smoke for air?

"ROBIN! Report!" Exclaimed from Danny's earpiece- no it isn't his now is it? It's not that hard to figure out the kinks of the thing so-

"Hi, I'm Danny and I'm going to guess my soul mate's also a hero?" Danny rambled, finally realizing he's in a burning building.

The line is dead for a few moments before a calm and smooth voice answers.

"Hello Danny, I'm the Oracle. I would be correct to assume you're a hero, yes?"

"That would be right Ms. Oracle."

Theres a few giggles heard on the line but otherwise quiet. "Then it wouldn't be a bother to get the remaining people inside the building, yes?"

Oh! So that's why!

"Uh, no ma'am. I'll do my best." Dany said already using the little bit of his– his soul mate's ectoplasm to cool down the hallway via ice.

___

Damian awoke to the hands of.. a yeti giving him a check up.

"Ah! Miss Manson, Mister Foley, come quick! It seems that the Great One's soul mate has awaken!"

Oh. He's in his soul mate's body then..

He sees a girl and a boy his age come his way. They pause when they look at Damian, or well, look at his eyes that is.

"Okay, Danny with green eyes while he's in his human form is weird, yeah?" Said Foley.

Manson nodded facing the Yeti.

"Well, the Great One is most lucky to have a soul mate who is liminal lest his body be damned!" The Yeti said but turned back to Damian. "And yet it is unfortunate that you are one. Would you mind telling us?"

Like, a big fight. Parademons, alien invasion, full arkham breakout kind of fight. All hands on deck, no backup, all in kind of fight.

And then comms just come on and Danny is there in a hero’s body like “hey, soo… is now a bad time to be soul switched?”

And every listening hero has this sudden stomach dropping horrified reaction, because oh my god, this is almost certainly a civilian, on the battlefield, where are they, who were they fighting last, they’re gonna die, oh no, who’s closest go save them NOW.

And then danny’s like “oh cool a sword i kinda know what to do with this.” (Canonically he has fought with a katana before)

Okay, hes got some training, just keep yourself safe we’re coming

And then ten minutes later Dany’s back on comms like “Great news guys! Some of my power is attached to my soul so I can use it even in this body! Fun.” (If its a hero who has been in contact with laz water he’s draining it to fuel his ectoblasts)

Another two minutes go by and now its just “oh, who’s a big eldritch soul-eating puppy dog? You are! Yes you are, good boy!”

The hero in danny’s body is having a full blown panic attack, trying to contact their team, trying to figure out where their soulmate is, if they’re okay, how to help them, and when they finally get eyes on the situation danny is just-

Charging into battle on Cujo’s back, weapon raised, manic glee and lazarus glow in his eyes and a war cry on his lips as he completely crushes anything in his way.

Sam: yeah thats what I thought he’d be doing

Tucker: he’s surprisingly adaptable

Danny had been in the middle of a very heated debate with Technus, in the middle of his living room, mind you, about the proper way to assemble a circuit board. The ghost was great with the internet and handling the online side of things, but actual engineering was lost on him, not that the older ghost seemed to realize or accept it.

Ever since Danny told his parents that he was Phantom, the ghost boy, they had made an effort to be more welcoming to ghosts as a whole. They had already been trying to redo some of their previous research before he told them, but they had made leaps and bounds after. They even remodeled the home defense system, making it so that it was only triggered on purpose through voice commands. It even worked over distances as long as someone had a device connected to the house.

His grades were getting back up, he wasn't having to tiptoe around his parents, and he was finally coming to an understanding with the ghosts in light of his upcoming coronation. Point is, life was good.

Then he soul swapped.

It's easy to say that Amity Park was out of the loop when it came to anything happening outside of the town. Ever since the portal opened, electronics haven't worked the same. Things like calls and social media still worked when inside the town, but there was some kind of natural shield that the ecto-radiation created that made it extremely difficult for things to reach past the town borders.

Back when the GIW was still a thing, this meant that calls for help, literal or over social media or in the news, went unnoticed and unattended to.

So, excuse Danny for being a little shellshocked by the apparent alien invasion happening a few states over, which the entire town was unaware of. The guilt hit like a sack of rocks to his chest. If they had known, if they had paid more attention to news outside of Amity, they could have been able to help against the initial wave of invaders. As of the moment, his first priority was getting backup from the rest of Team Phantom here.

"Signal, Report!" Welp... Danny had heard rumors about a bat guy in Jersey running around the worst city in the world, mostly from the other ghosts, but he didn't fully connect that with reality. Watching a full-grown man run around in tight spandex while laying out enemy after enemy was actually kinda cool, though. He took a moment to take stock of his/his soulmate's body and gawk at his/his soulmate's own bat-themed suit before tentatively hitting the comm to reply with the only question that made sense at the moment.

"Uhhh...Is now a bad time to be soul-swapped?"

*

This battle had been difficult from the very beginning, largely because they had little time to prep for it before the invasion began. That meant evacuation had to happen alongside the actual battle, which was always messy.

This situation was, without a doubt, an all-hands-on-deck. They should really just be glad they targeted a few very close-together cities instead of spreading out their forces, since that would have made this battle even more difficult if the Justice League and their associates had been spread thin. The battle was bad enough that the rogues and villains were helping out. So when Signal suddenly went very still and quiet, Bruce had gotten concerned immediately.

He was trying to rein in his paranoia surrounding his kids lately in therapy, so he waited a bit for an update, or a call for backup, or something! But only silence. So, he prompted.

And 'Signal's' response suddenly made everything worse, especially since most of the other leaguers had heard it.

I’ve seen Danny being the ancient of space pop up a few times. A lot of it interprets that as the ancient of outer space, but I propose he has dominion pver the concept of physical space. Clockwork has time, Danny would have space, making them the counterparts for each other

So, imagine if you will, Danny only recently coming into his spatial powers retreating to his lair in the Ghost Zone. It’s too dangerous to have uncontrolled spatial distortions just randomly appearing in the human world. 

His lair is an extension of himself. His spatial powers extend not just to himself, but to his lair. It connects to liminal spaces. Walking through school hallways after hours? One of those doors leads to his lair. All night diner with flickering florescent lights and you’re the only customer? Carefull going to the bathroom or you might just end up somewhere else. Closed down building, or even buildings that never were there. Sometimes at just the right time, places just exsist, and they all lead to Danny’s lair. Inside is an MC Escher esque labyrinth of rooms, hallways, tunnels, ever shifting as their connections to the human world alter and shift.

Enter the Batfam

I pick Tim for this. He sees a building he’s never seen before on a street he’s very familiar with. He checks the address. 

“Hey Oracle? Is there a 147 Becker street?”

“No, Becker street stops at 144 before merging into Roosevelt.”

“That’s what I thought, but I’m there, I see it right in front of me.”

“What?”

Tim is too curious for his own good, and probably a bit sleep deprived. He enters the building only to get turned around and not be able to find where he came in from. It wouldn’t be so concerning if the building didn’t seem to go on and on. 

Next thing we know, Danny finds Red Robin wandering around, completely lost in his lair. The tricky part is getting him out around the right area and time, because space and time are connected, and when one is weird, so is the other. They need to take the scenic route, much to the impatience of Red Robin. He eventually gets him close enough: Bloodhaven. Tim can always get a ride back from Dick, then he looks at his watch. 

It’s only been 30 minutes. He had been wandering for hours, yet only 30 minutes had passed. 

So when he finally had some control. He decides hey what not these furries keep popping in here so why not pretend like I’ve been stuck here and meet with them “by chance”.

Surely they’ll help a poor unfortunate soul that doesn’t have money or anything because they’ve been stuck for years right?

Yah so like for this his friends has been updating him on shit the world went through. Pandemic etc, but tucker didn’t tell him that another doomed game was out. In this the game didn’t really get updates much less new games

Tim guided the civilian. It was an attempt to instill confidence but he probably didn’t need to he had been stuck here for hours but judging from his clothing he’d been stuck here for years.

Tim stopped and wondered. When did this guy see the real world for the last time? And that thought continued even though the miraculously made it out and the civilian finished being questioned.

Batfam: wait so like what kind of terrains were there?

Danny: oh like linimal spaces, you know? Like corridors, empty restaurants. Etc

Tim: Wait what year do you think we’re on

Danny: uhhh I don’t know? I’ve like been there for what uhh a year or so? I couldn’t really track of time. So uhhh 2007?

Batfam: uhh it’s 2023

Danny: wait for real? ( He really thought it was like one year, and assumed his friends were really overzealous and just visited him every week. For them they visited 16 or so times a year. Cuz it was dangerous being near Danny , like the radiation you’ll feel in space without protective suits and since he is like ancient of space unless they found a way to get out of space itself it was impossible to get protective suits)

So they sit Danny down and like hand him a tablet or something and try to summarize the decade he’s been gone.

Danny: there was a worldwide pandemic, yada yada yada. WAIT HOLY SHIT THEY RELEASED A NEW DOOMED GAME?

In return for all contracts he has made regarding his soul being voided, and for Kronos himself to be John's Patron, he has to take a ghost core into himself and nurture it until it's independent.

Easy.

Infinite Realms beings are fiercely independent, and he estimates that one year of hosting and three months of looking after is nothing compared to the headache that he was going to have to go through to get those contracts voided.

The Spirit of Kronos assures him that this task will be on par, and that the payment for doing this is actually equal. He'll have to be sober, not a single drop of liquor or booze, not a single cigarette, for the entire duration.

Which. Okay, yeah, that sounds a little difficult.

So John accepts, expecting this to be kinda hard. But it's not.

The Core he houses is barely noticeable. Barely there. It takes a lot of magic, and eats a lot of ecto, and he's starting to realize that this core may have been severely damaged. This may be more than a year of hosting.

Then it starts to effect him.

He gets cravings, he's a little more emotional due to Realms Spirits being based on emotions, he sleeps more because of the little core leeching off of his magic reserves.

Other heroes start to notice.

He starts getting left out of missions, JLD and JL both checking in on him periodically. They don't know, but they know something is up.

Then he feels it one and a half years after accepting the deal; the tiny core is finally ready to come into the world. Soon, so soon, he'll be able to drink and smoke again, worry free.

The tiny ghost materializes in front of him - and John lunges forward to catch it before it falls to the floor.

Because that's not a ghost.

That's a human baby.

A green sticky note pops onto the kids forehead, and John realizes he may have just been bamboozled.

'His name is Daniel, and the deal stands until he is legally able to be independent per American Law. I look forward to our partnership.

Like,. the rest of the league looks back at the past year- constantine stop drinking and smoking, and his extra tiredness, and now the new born baby and assume he was pregnant.

"we'll support you don't worry"

Wonder Woman nods in agreement.

John now has to figure out to to tell this demigodess about how he made a deal with her Grandpa who ate all her uncles and aunts. And how this kid absolutely related in some way to that dead titan.

And fuck does the kid look like him. Was that a consequence of carrying him? And it’s only going to make them assume he had a kid with the ghost of Kronos.

Needless to say he needs to find a babysitter since yesterday so he can go drink enough to kill a horse.

Most people’s response to a child stalking them would be to call the kids parents, not to adopt the kid.

Most people wouldn’t adopt their kids ex-girlfriend. Most people wouldn’t adopt a child assassin. Most people aren’t Batman.

And the thing is that despite the fact that Batman’s family is a mess (his children have actually attempted to murder each other), Batman still has an instinct to collect as many traumatized chaos children as possible, and set them loose on the streets of Gotham.

Constantine can tell from the disapproving glare: Batsy is judging all of Constantine’s life choices right now.

Sure, most people wouldn’t be communicating with Axgarog The Infernal Demon of Bloodlust and Also Regular Lust with a baby in a playpen behind him but Constantine doesn’t have time to find a babysitter. Duty calls, and he has a fucking job.

Axgarog is being a right bastard, threatening to eat the souls of everyone living in Rhode Island, and a tiny voice in the back of Constantine’s head is saying that maybe the battlefield on the border to hell might be a bad place for an infant.

So for once, he’s actually looking Batman in the eye and thinking it over.

“Constantine” the bat grunts out “what are your plans for Daniel?”

“Gonna bring him with me, luv, I got one of those backpacks that lets you strap the kid to your back, works like a charm” Constantine deadpans because fucking with Batman is one of his joys in life.

Batman stares at him, probably trying to decide if Constantine has completely lost it and is about to take an infant on the worst backpacking trip of all time, or if Good Ole Johnny is just fucking with him again.

Constantine knows what the bat wants. It’s probably a bad idea- he certainly doesn’t want the baby dressed up like a traffic light and thrown in front of criminals.

“I’ll have to find someone to watch him for a few days.” Batman’s stare grows more intense somehow. “I’ll see if that Lantern Bloke is busy, kid loves space, you know.”

Constantine drinks in Batsy’s expression of disgust, shock, and dissapointment like a fine wine. To most people it would just look like a slightly furrowed grimace, but Constantine is a connoisseur of fucking with Batman.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Bonus

Danny had no recollection of his past. It took him a year to adjust to his current state. He managed to find a few jobs and earned enough money to rent an apartment. As time passed, Danny's situation seemed to be getting better, that was, until the Guys In White (GIW) came into his life.

Fortunately for Danny, their weapons seemed ineffective on him.

But they weren't ready to give up hunting him down.

And Danny was so annoyed by their "insanity", he resorted finding ways to fight back by targeting their weaknesses.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Bonus

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Bonus

An unexpected blunder resulting an unexpected friendship

Later at night

For the first time, they finally acknowledge him by his name.

Like, a big fight. Parademons, alien invasion, full arkham breakout kind of fight. All hands on deck, no backup, all in kind of fight.

And then comms just come on and Danny is there in a hero’s body like “hey, soo… is now a bad time to be soul switched?”

And every listening hero has this sudden stomach dropping horrified reaction, because oh my god, this is almost certainly a civilian, on the battlefield, where are they, who were they fighting last, they’re gonna die, oh no, who’s closest go save them NOW.

And then danny’s like “oh cool a sword i kinda know what to do with this.” (Canonically he has fought with a katana before)

Okay, hes got some training, just keep yourself safe we’re coming

And then ten minutes later Dany’s back on comms like “Great news guys! Some of my power is attached to my soul so I can use it even in this body! Fun.” (If its a hero who has been in contact with laz water he’s draining it to fuel his ectoblasts)

Another two minutes go by and now its just “oh, who’s a big eldritch soul-eating puppy dog? You are! Yes you are, good boy!”

The hero in danny’s body is having a full blown panic attack, trying to contact their team, trying to figure out where their soulmate is, if they’re okay, how to help them, and when they finally get eyes on the situation danny is just-

Charging into battle on Cujo’s back, weapon raised, manic glee and lazarus glow in his eyes and a war cry on his lips as he completely crushes anything in his way.

Sam: yeah thats what I thought he’d be doing

Tucker: he’s surprisingly adaptable

"Why wouln.. -e be?! Ope...th..get to.. ite!"

Damian felt hands over his body helping him up, heard the crack and sizzle of what he can see is a portal of which he goes through.

Damian passes out as soon as he sees the snowy dessert of the Far Frozen.

___

The first thing Danny felt was the his ears ringing. He crouched down, placing his palms on his knees (no?) as he took a breath of–

Ew. Ew ew ew ew no this. This is not fresh nor air.

... maybe a bit dramatic on the 'not air' part but still! What kind of place would have smoke for air?

"ROBIN! Report!" Exclaimed from Danny's earpiece- no it isn't his now is it? It's not that hard to figure out the kinks of the thing so-

"Hi, I'm Danny and I'm going to guess my soul mate's also a hero?" Danny rambled, finally realizing he's in a burning building.

The line is dead for a few moments before a calm and smooth voice answers.

"Hello Danny, I'm the Oracle. I would be correct to assume you're a hero, yes?"

"That would be right Ms. Oracle."

Theres a few giggles heard on the line but otherwise quiet. "Then it wouldn't be a bother to get the remaining people inside the building, yes?"

Oh! So that's why!

"Uh, no ma'am. I'll do my best." Dany said already using the little bit of his– his soul mate's ectoplasm to cool down the hallway via ice.

___

Damian awoke to the hands of.. a yeti giving him a check up.

"Ah! Miss Manson, Mister Foley, come quick! It seems that the Great One's soul mate has awaken!"

Oh. He's in his soul mate's body then..

He sees a girl and a boy his age come his way. They pause when they look at Damian, or well, look at his eyes that is.

"Okay, Danny with green eyes while he's in his human form is weird, yeah?" Said Foley.

Manson nodded facing the Yeti.

"Well, the Great One is most lucky to have a soul mate who is liminal lest his body be damned!" The Yeti said but turned back to Damian. "And yet it is unfortunate that you are one. Would you mind telling us?"

Like, a big fight. Parademons, alien invasion, full arkham breakout kind of fight. All hands on deck, no backup, all in kind of fight.

And then comms just come on and Danny is there in a hero’s body like “hey, soo… is now a bad time to be soul switched?”

And every listening hero has this sudden stomach dropping horrified reaction, because oh my god, this is almost certainly a civilian, on the battlefield, where are they, who were they fighting last, they’re gonna die, oh no, who’s closest go save them NOW.

And then danny’s like “oh cool a sword i kinda know what to do with this.” (Canonically he has fought with a katana before)

Okay, hes got some training, just keep yourself safe we’re coming

And then ten minutes later Dany’s back on comms like “Great news guys! Some of my power is attached to my soul so I can use it even in this body! Fun.” (If its a hero who has been in contact with laz water he’s draining it to fuel his ectoblasts)

Another two minutes go by and now its just “oh, who’s a big eldritch soul-eating puppy dog? You are! Yes you are, good boy!”

The hero in danny’s body is having a full blown panic attack, trying to contact their team, trying to figure out where their soulmate is, if they’re okay, how to help them, and when they finally get eyes on the situation danny is just-

Charging into battle on Cujo’s back, weapon raised, manic glee and lazarus glow in his eyes and a war cry on his lips as he completely crushes anything in his way.

Sam: yeah thats what I thought he’d be doing

Tucker: he’s surprisingly adaptable

Danny had been in the middle of a very heated debate with Technus, in the middle of his living room, mind you, about the proper way to assemble a circuit board. The ghost was great with the internet and handling the online side of things, but actual engineering was lost on him, not that the older ghost seemed to realize or accept it.

Ever since Danny told his parents that he was Phantom, the ghost boy, they had made an effort to be more welcoming to ghosts as a whole. They had already been trying to redo some of their previous research before he told them, but they had made leaps and bounds after. They even remodeled the home defense system, making it so that it was only triggered on purpose through voice commands. It even worked over distances as long as someone had a device connected to the house.

His grades were getting back up, he wasn't having to tiptoe around his parents, and he was finally coming to an understanding with the ghosts in light of his upcoming coronation. Point is, life was good.

Then he soul swapped.

It's easy to say that Amity Park was out of the loop when it came to anything happening outside of the town. Ever since the portal opened, electronics haven't worked the same. Things like calls and social media still worked when inside the town, but there was some kind of natural shield that the ecto-radiation created that made it extremely difficult for things to reach past the town borders.

Back when the GIW was still a thing, this meant that calls for help, literal or over social media or in the news, went unnoticed and unattended to.

So, excuse Danny for being a little shellshocked by the apparent alien invasion happening a few states over, which the entire town was unaware of. The guilt hit like a sack of rocks to his chest. If they had known, if they had paid more attention to news outside of Amity, they could have been able to help against the initial wave of invaders. As of the moment, his first priority was getting backup from the rest of Team Phantom here.

"Signal, Report!" Welp... Danny had heard rumors about a bat guy in Jersey running around the worst city in the world, mostly from the other ghosts, but he didn't fully connect that with reality. Watching a full-grown man run around in tight spandex while laying out enemy after enemy was actually kinda cool, though. He took a moment to take stock of his/his soulmate's body and gawk at his/his soulmate's own bat-themed suit before tentatively hitting the comm to reply with the only question that made sense at the moment.

"Uhhh...Is now a bad time to be soul-swapped?"

*

This battle had been difficult from the very beginning, largely because they had little time to prep for it before the invasion began. That meant evacuation had to happen alongside the actual battle, which was always messy.

This situation was, without a doubt, an all-hands-on-deck. They should really just be glad they targeted a few very close-together cities instead of spreading out their forces, since that would have made this battle even more difficult if the Justice League and their associates had been spread thin. The battle was bad enough that the rogues and villains were helping out. So when Signal suddenly went very still and quiet, Bruce had gotten concerned immediately.

He was trying to rein in his paranoia surrounding his kids lately in therapy, so he waited a bit for an update, or a call for backup, or something! But only silence. So, he prompted.

And 'Signal's' response suddenly made everything worse, especially since most of the other leaguers had heard it.

Danny had to escape his home dimension due to the GIW hurting him too badly during one of their little hunts, causing the ancients to deem Danny’s dimension too dangerous for him. Clockwork gave him a hand making up an identity in another dimension (DC), but he failed to tell Danny that this dimension was nothing like his, and Danny, so focused on getting himself back to his feet and going unnoticed, doesn’t notice that’s the case on his own. 

He’s overwhelmed by how much more advanced technology is in this dimension, and with much reason, they’re like XX years over his dimension, but at least he doesn't have to worry about sustainance, since Clockwork placed him on Gotham's academy Scholarship list, and the school is providing for all the basics. He would cry if he had to figure out a job in a place so much more advanced than his own dimension.

It’s not like Danny did any research before landing in Gotham. It had been a pretty dire and desperate situation by the time he’d gotten to Sam’s house.

He knew his parents had been quieter lately, working on something at all hours and barely even trying to keep up the appearance of contributing to the upbringing their kids. He thought maybe they were just going on one of their incredibly biased research binges or maybe working on a contract for the GIW’s equipment. He’d been meaning to sneak into the basement to check any new blueprints or builds to tweak the settings or design, if they were making something new, to make whatever it was less effective or potentially destructive.

Unfortunately, he’d not gotten around to it before they decided it was ready for testing.

Somehow, someway, Danny accidentally gets Duke to believe that he, Danny, was used as a sacrifice in the cult. Danny just wanted to come clean a little bit about being, like, a different species maybe, because he JUST connected that maybe, mayhaps, the whole ‘Martian Manhunter as a Man From Mars’ thing was perhaps NOT some weird celebrity bit. So, sure, cult. Alien species or something, he hasn’t actually thought this plan through and he knows of exactly One Potential Alien Species, Unverified.

He bungles the explanation so hard that Duke gets a story of Danny being a human sacrifice to some kind of death-worship cult and that his parents were the ones that killed him, thus activating the ‘meta gene’ that saved his life and gave him some admittedly ghost-like powers. It’s shockingly close to the truth but also very, extremely mixed up, in part because Danny is being selective in his words and Duke is reading in-between lines that don’t actually exist here. Duke does get correct that Danny’s friends got him out and if Danny were ever found by the members of the ‘cult’, he’d be worse off than dead, which is NOT reassuring, by the by. However, Duke also thinks Danny’s friends are dead, but since Danny can NOT go back regardless, it’s not like he can just say they’re in Canada and they totally exist and are fine, so although Danny IS aware of THAT particular mix up, he can’t really fix it.

Ever since her Possession by Undergrowth, and being claimed as his Student as well as her connection to the Green in general, means she has connection and can call upon help from the Green whenever, wherever.

And then Danny got captured by the GIW - and she got desperate. So much so, that she unintentionally called for backup, a multitude of universes away.

The Plants VS Zombies Universe ... and the Plants heard the call. They did not know what the call was, only that it was desperate - and they needed help. After all, the Plants can spare a few ... hundred ... soldiers to help them out.

Sam got the scare of her life when a massive portal appeared and a giant flying RV showed up with a bunch of Plants on the back. No one else could understand them, except Sam - and once she explained the situation ... needless to say, the Plants were furious.

Needless to say, breaking into the GIW Base was really easy once you had an army quite literally backing you up. They broke in, shot anyone and anything that tried to attack them back - and got outta there with Danny.t

But he was incredibly injured, and needed time to heal. Time they did not have, because the GIW were most certainly gonna attack back. And Sam, the Plants and everyone in Amity knew that. So, Sam gave the Plants the greenlight, to completely protect Amity Park, and to stop the GIW.

The Plants secured an entire perimeter around Amity Park ... and thus, a 2nd War was brewing ... Plants VS GIW.

The Plants knew what to do, they had experience. They broke into GIW Bases to wreck their things, in a Turf Takeover. Stole important Files and escaped Taco Bandits style. They took out as many Soldiers as they could in Team Vanquishes. They blew up important bases and technology like their matches of Gnome Bombs. And when they brought out their Tanks, the Plants brought out their Dinosaurs. And they planted new Garden and territory in the ususal Garden Ops.

All of this chaos and mayhem, and yet the GIW remained consistently annoying ... like Zombies. They keep coming out of the woodwork, and eventually? The Justice League took notice.

I mean, who wouldn't? They're getting reports of a bunch of Sentient, Walking, Plants are attacking a bunch of Government Bases, blowing things up, and stealing information.

When the Justice League arrived, the Plants immediately defended ... because well, they attacked back. No one could understand the Plants, and Amity Park was too enclosed and secure for anyone else to explain ... aside from the GIW's blatant lies.

The Plants were losing, so they called in extra backup ... the PVZ Heroes. And well ... NOW things are becoming more and more chaotic.

MISSION 1: THE SPECIAL PLANT FORCES (OVERTURE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIb_V6pV12M

"What happened?"

They had Phantom - They had him, they cut that thing open to study it. To understand it, how to weaponize it. And more importantly, how to destroy it and all of those disgusting scum.

And then, the base was raided. No matter how many times he read the reports, saw pictures, reviewed security footage, and even gained testimonies - the Director of the GIW couldn't believe what he was hearing.

The Base was raided, Phantom was stolen and Agents were killed ... by a bunch of walking, talking, oversized Plants.

He still couldn't believe it - and he was there at the base. But he didn't see, and yet still, he couldn't believe it. The Two Agents in front of him were nervous, obviously. This was the biggest fuck-up yet, because they had it. They had Phantom, and he was broken free.

"U- Uh sir ... w- we told you what ..."

"I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME."

The Director slammed his fist against his desk, causing the Two Agents to once again flinch at his anger.

"What I mean is, how? We captured Phantom, we finally had weapons to capture it, we could harm it. And yet we still lost, because of a bunch of Sentient Plants?"

The Agents did not speak again, and stood there - ramrod straight. Afraid. The Director stared at them, and then shook his head in disappointment.

"... it does not matter. They caught us off-guard, those spooks. Even with those overgrown weeds, we have numbers. We have weapons. By tomorrow, I want Phantom back so we can continue experimentation, and then, wipe Amity Park off of this planet and rid it of ghost scum, once and for all."

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"How is he?"

Sam and her new Army of Plants stood by her, as the Fenton Parents and Frostbite were in the Far Frozen. Thank the Ancients Jack and Maddie Fenton accepted Danny, they loved him too much.

So seeing this happen to him, they are livid ... but will do anything to save their son. Frostbite turned to her, with an expression of calm.

"His Core remains undamaged, thankfully. But his physical and human half has taken a lot of damage, and he is in a coma - but his body will regenerate and heal all wounds overtime, within months. But with him being here, and a steady supply of ectoplasm, he will be awake by the end of the week."

Oh thank Ancients ... the damage could have been worse. He was vivisected, but they got in before they could cause some more damage. A coma is better than ... than anything else.

But then the realization hits Sam harder than Skulker has ever thrown Danny - only for Tucker to come to the same realization next to her, and speaking out.

"We don't have a week! The GIW is already regrouping, and they're going to storm Amity Park by tomorrow! Even with Danny, they've gotten too dangerous!"

The only reason they took so long in rescuing Danny was because of how dangerous the GIW have gotten. Too much security, too many weapons, too many guards.

But they were able to do it ... call for backup. And she turned to the one who lead those hundreds of Plant Soldiers. A Giant Sunflower the size of a Human, with an eyepatch, a beret and badges of honor on her ... leaf-hands?

Sam could hear the other Plants call her 'Major Sweetie.' Seems she was listening in.

"So, you're saying this 'Ghost Investigation Ward' is not done yet? They're going to come back? Just to genocide you all?"

Sam nodded ... and then faced her directly. "I know you didn't have to come, and you don't have to stay - but ..."

Major Sweetie held up one of her leaf-hands, as the medals jingled. "It's okay. We're staying to fight, this isn't our first time dealing with something like this. We'll help, and we'll protect Amity Park."

She gave Sam a winning smile - a sunny smile. And Sam ... felt safer at that thought. She saluted, and Major Sweetie stepped out - out into the street, where Hundreds of her Plant Brothers, Sisters, and Cousins waited.

Ranging from the simple Peashooters and other Sunflowers, to the Torchwoods, the Oaks, the Mushrooms with Nightcaps, Cob Cannons, Kernel Corns with their Butterhawks, Chompers, Roses, Citrons, Cacti, Catapults, Bloomerangs, Weeds, Dandelions, Wall-Nuts, Tall-Nuts - so many of them that came, and all stand before her now.

"Listen up! Seems like these GIW Agents aren't done yet - they're persistent. And they're not stopping until they've Ended every single person in this Town! But we won't let that happen! We'll defend this town!"

The Plants all were slowly getting hyped up ...

"But at the same time, we will not make the same mistakes as last time! We won't just defend, we'll stop them! There won't be another Mega Flower incident. There won't be a Zomburbia incident, never again! We will not underestimate our enemy!"

The cheering and the kazoo sounds are becoming louder.

"LET'S DO THIS! MAY THE TREE OF WISDOM BE WITH US!"