Lysslovs

Time loop

Body swap

Some members of the team get shrunk (and have to go inside someone's body)

All the male members of the team are turned into simpering idiots by pheromones and have to be saved by the female member(s) of the team and I guess this is feminist somehow

Time loop

Everyone on the team is trapped in their individual worst nightmares and the episode is called "Fear Itself"

Someone goes all "Heart of Darkness" on an alien planet

Trapped in a VR simulation (but you can die for real!)

The team is brainwashed into serving in the workforce of some alien planet

Lotus-eater plot (everyone is trapped in an idyllic fantasy world)

Time loop

One or more members of the team "de-evolve" into cavemen

Someone on the team "evolves" to have super-intelligence (and this is bad)

Alternate timeline where the villains have won

Cut to ten or so years in "the future" except it's not real or has to be undone

Ill-tempered child has reality-warping powers

Time loop

Mundane member of the team gets superpowers

Superpowered member of the team becomes mundane

Everyone starts acting like teenagers

So instead of the usual Casper High field trip trope in the Danny Phantom fandom, imagine this time it’s Damian Wayne’s class that ends up stuck in the Infinite Realms.

Here’s how it plays out:

Damian’s class is on the way back from an overnight field trip to Washington, D.C. Everything's fine—until they stop at a rest area. The bus driver goes off to handle his business, comes back, and they get back on the road.

Then… a portal opens out of nowhere.

They don’t even have time to react. The bus gets pulled in. When they try to turn around, the portal’s already gone.

Enter: Danny Phantom.

He’s just gotten back from visiting either Pandora (weekly chat) or Frostbite (med checkup) when he stumbles on a confused group of teens, their teacher, and a parked bus in the middle of the Infinite Realms.

He blinks.

Mr. Carter (the teacher): “Our driver stopped at a rest stop—standard procedure. Then this portal opened up out of nowhere. We couldn’t stop in time. It just… sucked us in. When we tried to turn around, it was gone.”

Danny: “Ah. Natural portal. Those usually happen to planes, not buses… though, now that I think about it, ground traffic’s not unheard of. Shouldn’t have said that out loud.”

Damian (irritated): “Where exactly are we?”

Danny: “You’re in the Infinite Realm.”

Camila (raising an eyebrow): “So… another dimension?”

Zane (grinning): “Wait, does this count for my bingo card? ‘Accidentally ending up in another dimension’ was my free square.”

Priya: “Are we in space? Or some alien planet?”

Danny: “Nope. Think bigger.”

He gestures to the eerie green sky swirling above them.

Danny: “The Infinite Realm is like... glue. The glue that holds everything together. Every timeline, every dimension, every kind of power—magic, science, tech—they all touch the Infinite Realm. This place connects them all.”

Emily (deadpan): “Freaky. Multiversal glue vibes.”

Suddenly, one of the students blurts out:

Mason: “How did you die?”

The whole class turns to stare.

Mason (shrugging): “Come on—tell me you’re not curious too.”

Danny (calmly): “Okay, so, it’s super rude to ask a ghost how they died unless you’re family or really close. It’s kinda taboo.”

Leo: “Fine, then… who’s your favorite Justice League member?”

Danny (without missing a beat): “Martian Manhunter.”

Zane: “Why?”

Danny: “Because I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up… and I love space.”

Damian (pinching the bridge of his nose): “Does anyone have a question that’ll help us get home?”

Nina (class rep): “Yeah—how are you getting us back?”

Danny: “There’s a powerful artifact that can return you to your dimension. I just need to make sure none of you wander off or tick off any local ghosts. Not all of them are thrilled to see humans here.”

Camila: “So you can take us back to Gotham?”

Danny: “Sure. Where exactly is that in the U.S.?”

Class (in unison): “…Are you serious?”

Danny: “I know it’s where Batman and his birds live. I just don’t know where it is on a map. Also, I failed geography. And I’m dead.”

Emily: “New Jersey. Gotham’s in New Jersey.”

Danny: “Cool. Everyone back on the bus. First stop: Pandora.”

Priya: “Wait—Pandora? As in Pandora’s Box?”

Danny: “Yep. She’s real. She’s super protective of it. Someone stole it once—I helped her get it back. She’s chill now. I’m going to ask her if you can hang out in her realm while I talk to two people: Frostbite and Clockwork. I need to make sure I don’t accidentally drop you off in the wrong Gotham.”

Zane: “There’s a wrong Gotham?!”

Danny: “This place touches every timeline. You don’t think there’s a version of Gotham where Batman is a vampire or something? Multiverse roulette isn’t fun.”

Class (collectively): “Yeah. No more questions.”

Camila (genuinely): “Wait—we don’t even know your name. We feel kinda rude calling you Ghost Boy.”

Danny (blinks): “Oh. Right. Just call me Phantom.”

Damian (dryly): “Just Phantom? Not your real name?”

Danny: “Not telling you that. That’s basically the same as asking how I died. Still rude.”

Mason: “If I die, can I change my name?”

Danny: “Yeah. You can go by whatever name you want. You’re dead. There are no rules.”

Leo: “What if someone’s, like, gay or bi or trans? Does that matter?”

Danny: “Dude, we’re dead. We’ve got Pride flags engraved into dimension gates. Trans? Cool. Bi? Great. Ace? Valid. Nobody cares. You’re free to be whoever you are.”

Priya: “Okay but… what if someone was transitioning when they died?”

Danny: “Then the gender they identified as is the one they get. Period. No exceptions.”

Zane: “...So it’s like actual equality?”

Danny: “Yeah. Ghost society’s not perfect, but nobody here’s getting judged for who they are. You’ll probably see two ghost guys kissing before lunchtime.”

Mason: “Wait. Have you met Death?”

Danny: “Twice.”

Class: “…What?”

Danny: “Yeah. They go by Jeff.”

Class (blinking): “Jeff?”

Danny: “Says it sounds like Death. Duh.”

Damian (deadpan, to himself): “I need a week off school. Maybe two.”

Damian (out loud): “What about things like Time? Dreams? Are they ghosts, too?”

So let's go do that.

So you know those DPxDC AUs where Tim makes a deal with either Clockwork or Danny to carry Ellie? Or Tim is a reborn Danny whose carrying Ellie instead (love these first btw) in order to get Bruce out of the time stream.

Well what about instead of just Ellie, it's both her and Danny.

Danny and Ellie who were badly hurt by the GIW that they both had to revert into their cores. They are saved by their friends/family and are taken to Frostbite. There they are monitored and looked after only until they can finally the reform but they run into a problem. The two can't return to their home dimension due to the GIW activity and they cant stay to long in the Infinite Realms cause they are still halfas. Then one day CW appears to speak with Frostbite over something important about the two.

Meanwhile in the DCverse.

Tim might have figured a way to save Bruce from the timestream. A being known as Clockwork might be able to help him if he manages to summon the powerful 'Ancient'.

However he knows summoning and requesting it's help he will have to pay a price.

If Clockwork gave Tim an Amulet of Aragon, under the principle that Tim would need it to defend himself.

Especially in the case against magic and ectoplasm based attacks and creatures. Of course, with the warning that he'd become an animal with poor control of his emotions. Until he trained himself, at least. Which means Tim occasionally trains with it around his twins. Cause Tim most definitely views them as his.

Actually. Wait.

What if Damian sees two giant 'pearls' in Tim's apartment? He broke in because he wanted to make sure Drake wasn't up to something, as the young man had gone quiet. When he walks over to examine the 'pearls' his only warning is a deep, predatory growl. Solely saved by his instincts from razor-like claws, ducking and leaping away.

What he saw was Drake looking every bit his name sake. His human face and body, but black scales decorated his cheek bones and the bridge of his nose they covered his neck and the backs of both his clawed hands. Drake's legs were bent at odd angles under his pants and a long, baggy hoodie concealed everything but his animalistic posture. His pupils were the slits you'd find on venomous snakes, while his teeth certainly matched.

Drake growled at Damian until the boy was against the wall, next to the window he had come from.

"Tt. Drake. I wouldn't have expected you to hoard treasure. I should have known, given your very name. Have you always been this? My Father is against Meta humans and Magic users. You know of this. Yet, you dared to sully my father's legacy?"

"Sssst-! Sss-ssss-stay a-wwwway frommmmm my nessst."

"You are using my Father's connections to even have this building! I do not care that you 'bought it'! You paid for it from being hired by my father!"

"I wwwill ri-P your spleen out and feeeeed it to you, if you do no-ot leave my clut-ch alone."

"Clutch?"

Tim could see the moment the brat realized.

"They are ...eggs? I will... Take my leave."

~

Tim disappears for a few months and comes back with twins. And Damian says nothing.

He most definitely wants to know how far transformation goes. Partly because Tim could be a danger. Partly because he actually wants to get to know the dragon his father adopted.

~

Kon remembers hearing about Tim trying to clone him. And Tim suddenly has twins? Yeah, he thinks they're his, until he asks and Tim laughs like he's ridiculous.

I'm also just thinking about Kon being told Tim is a dragon. And his immediate thought is if Tim was using him as a basking rock everytime they hugged or something.

Damian accidentally makes Tim close to favorite brother. While Tim is gone, Damian makes a giant lizard enclosure. Dick's worried that it's for a komodo dragon or something. And Damian says it's for a type of dragon. Which has Dick thinking it's for a bearded dragon or something. Even if it's an enclosure the size of one of the Manor's rooms, it's at least contained and without a resident.

When Tim gets back and has twin babies strapped to him, everyone is stunned but Damian. Damian just tells Tim that he made a room to suit a larger lizard, and didn't know what would suit a dragon.

Bruce and Dick are confused. Until Tim reveals that he became a dragon after pulling Bruce from the time stream.

Dick: "Who's the mom?"

Tim: "Me."

Dick: "Oh. I thought you were born male?"

Tim: "I was."

Dick: "O....kay. Who's the dad?"

Tim: "Also me."

Damian: "Some lizards reproduce asexually. I am not as surprised as I would have been if you actually had a partner."

Dick: "That's pretty harsh, Dami."

Tim: "Nah. That's completely fair. I'd have probably either tried to cannibalize them or constantly need them with me while I'm going through all these hormones."

Damian: "Fascinating."

OMG I love the idea of Tim just not telling anyone how he got Danny and Ellie and just letting everyone come up with their own narrative. Its so Tim. Also I love the idea of Tim just... agreeing with Damian over his partner choice, like Tim has actually thought it over and just goes 'Yeah, a partner for me would had been bad, I would had either been too clingy to let them go OR I would had straight up eaten them like a female pray mantis after its mated.'

In reference to Tim becoming obsessed with the Bat Family and literally stalking them. Dick also comes to the same conclusions.

Like, sure. Tim could only transform into a dragon after being exposed to magic frequently. Makes sense. He probably was a descendent of a dragon and the gene only activated because of the extreme, magic based, stress. Dick also uses this to explain why only Tim noticed the abnormalities in Time and that Bruce wasn't dead.

Tim corrects no one

He does actually really like the basking rock Damian got him, though. It's big enough to let several seals bask, if it was in a zoo enclosure instead of Wayne Manor. Damian even had the Kryptonian sun lamps added in. Red Sun was nice to fall asleep in. Yellow sun is nice for casual basking. Blue sunlight was hell on his human skin, but his dragon form loved it. Eleanor loved sunbathing. Daniel could only handle Red Sun for long periods of time.

The reason was shown when Danny sneezed and shot out icicles.

Both the babies have fangs and drip venom on areas around them when they play. They also make sure to let people know when they are not allowed near cause they'll open their mouths as wide as possible to show off their teeth. Damian notes that this is actually common among lizards when they feel threatened.

Tim doesn't realize it until he activates some dragon abilities without wearing the amulet. And even then it takes months for him to acknowledge it cause he's in denial.

When someone asks why Danny doesn't seem to be like him or Ellie, Tim makes up an excuse that Danny is a rarer dragon baby, a ice dragon. It happens sometimes, very rare.

I love the idea of Danny and Ellie rough housing with each other, little chirps and growls with fangs, tiny claws that don't break skin but sting.

And maybe, Tim had to give drops of his own blood everyday to the Cores, so they are actually Tim's biological kids. Technically. They needed human DNA to reconstruct their human halves.

I... could make the whole situation worse?

They only registered as half from Tim. So they know it's technically not asexual reproduction. When it's said by Tim that he had them as a result of pulling Bruce out of the Time Stream, there's a moment of horror where they all assume that Tim made a deal (which is true) that he doesn't remember (which is not true) to get Bruce back.

Once they do find the deal and who it was done by? Clockwork, AKA Kronos.

I love the idea of Tim having to use his own blood on Danny and Ellie's core, what if that is something Clockwork told him he had to do in order to stabilize them in the human realms and let them become halfas upon birth/hatching. It was required for them to be in the DC realm. Thus its how they have Tim's DNA.

At first, people question if he's actually the father and not Clockwork. But then he calls the twins his baby siblings. And congratulations Tim on being a badass that threatened to rip Clockwork to pieces. Tim's confused, cause he made a fair deal, and didn't threaten the Ancient of Time.

Tim is then dubbed one of the scariest people if he 'treatened' the very Ancient of Time. Everyone is freaking out, everyone BUT Young Justice who just nod and say "You are just figuring this out now?"

Cause they know Tim, they know him as Robin, their Rob. He's mister 'I have sneaked a batmoblie in the batarang budget' and 'I lie to Batman to his face' they have seen and witnessed him do crazy things.

"I don't know if you know this, but you smell very similar to Clockwork. But, not like his direct child?"

"Ah, it must be because of the powers I got from Zeus." The gods we're both weary and interested in the one they assumed slept with the Mad Titan, especially the aforementioned god.

"That's not possible. He was the only one of Rhea's children she had with Kronos that wasn't held in the ichor of the Infinite Realms. And, while he may allow you access to his power, that wouldn't mean he's adopted you."

"Why would adoption change my scent? And what do you mean by Zeus being the only one not held in ichor? That's the name of the blood of Greek Gods."

"The Ichor of the Infinite Realms is much the same. But Kronos was accessing the Ancient facet of himself when he used his body as the medium to grow his children's powers. We call it ectoplasm. It's essentially to them what carbon is to us. Beings in the Infinite Realms, who's bodies are made completely of ectoplasm, consume the body and Core of others as a way to adopt them. It's essentially giving them a blood transfusion. That's how my scent changed." Because he was given a small amount of ectoplasm until he was able to withstand not becoming insane from the amulet.

"I'm sorry? What? But I've never been eaten by anything! I was born from two completely human parents! I was given this power!"

The gods were freaking out. This wasn't a step parent. This was a new sibling! Other gods had also decided to peak in once they saw how distressed Zeus was at the beginning of the conversation. Only to start freaking out as well when they heard the weird lore they were getting.

"You also don't smell like a direct child of Kronos." Red Robin continues. "Maybe, he views you as a grand child? Like how he views my twins. Through accepting this power he seemed you, specifically you, as worthy of more. He decided I was worthy when I could see through the collapsing time stream."

"Is that what Nightwing was calling you crazy about?"

"Yep. Kronos also really liked how loyal I was to those I view as family. Actually, he seemed to view any form of loyalty as a reason to bend time. Enough to always have his favorites on time for anything that happens. I heard he made sure Odysseus was there in time to save his family. He also really likes heroes."

"Oh. Huh. That kinda makes sense. It was strange how often the world was being saved just seconds before the point of no return. The fact that Kronos was behind it means he was saving us all, at least."

"He also just likes being a dramatic ass hat."

Marvel couldn't help but snort.

"Going back to what I mentioned before. You're family. Which means that I'll treat you as such. I want to invite you to a dinner the Bats are having. I'll also probably need to add a Zeta tub for you to immediately come over to Gotham whenever you want. Considering I'll expect you to get actual food while over. No 14 year old boy should be going without meals. Especially a vigilante!"

"What-what!?!? How did you-?"

"Smell."

Danny and Ellie both get an inch of dragon blood and their ectoplasm goes miles with it.

Danny obviously gets ice and becomes a pale blue dragon with green fins and frills.

Ellie, on the other hand, gets fire. Becoming a classic black dragon with purple spines and wing webbing. She looks like Tim's dragon, but small.

Unfortunately, Danny loves cuddles.

This means that the family can't sunbathe while cuddling. Danny can't go places that are extremely hot and has to be monitored during the summer. While in dragon form, he's mostly invulnerable. But as a human, he needs to be in cold temperatures. If Danny is in human form and the others are in dragon form, they can't go near each other. Cause Danny gets sick from the heat.

Body heat for both Tim and Ellie is still higher than a regular human, when they're normal. But it only makes Danny fuzzy brained and slightly suffocated. Which Tim ends up using as a way to prevent Danny from getting into trouble, now and again. Like giving the kid a tranquilizer. Tim feels kinda bad about it, but Danny's perfectly happy to snuggle while dazed. Tim constantly gives Danny ice packs or cold drinks to help counteract it when he's sure Danny won't get up to anything. Tim wishes he could do the same to Ellie sometimes.

Cause Ellie is a terror on a good day. Getting into everything possible and treating everyone like chew toys. Cold has the same dazing effect, so Tim occasionally just tries to stay in a cold room when she needs to calm down.

But Kon becomes the favorite basking spot for her. Which ends up causing cute scenes where he ends up handing off a sleeping toddler to Tim. Or Zeta's to Gotham to help put her to bed and tuck her in. Kon ends up sunbathing in the lizard room to nap with Ellie. He'll take Danny from Tim to play by the Fortress of Solitude cause of the snow.

Which leads to Kon realizing he wished these kids were his. Especially when they ask if they can start calling him papa or dad?

Tim's questioning if this was because of Clockwork. It is. But what else was an Ancient going to do? Not help his adoptive son and grandchildren get the Kryptonian? Especially since he's been holding onto the four Cores of the destabilized clone children.

So, Tim and Kon have dated a year. Tim's already started training Kon to use the amulet, knowing that Kon will never become a full dragon but still happy to share in this. Kon's also turned into an ice dragon, but only suffers the negative side effects when wearing the amulet or having it on his person.

To make the matter funny and cause chaos, Clockwork patiently waits. Until a day Kon had accidentally gotten under the Red Sun lamp and also ate something that wasn't good anymore when he left the Wayne's house. Cumulating into Kon getting food poisoning and vomiting. Next morning, Kon wakes up to four fist sized pearls next to him. He vaguely feels something from them, so he freaks out and calls Tim.

I also don't think Tim would tell Kon it's a secret my. Until after Kon asks Tim how he found out he was a dragon and what puberty for the hatchlings will be like. Tim realizing he never actually told Kon is kinda sending me, haha.

Imagine Stephanie asking why she never got an amulet? Tim going, "You do understand that Kon becoming more animalistic everytime he wears it is normal, right? That's him being calm after I helped train him in how to control his new instincts. You were already pregnant. That would have been too much stress. You would have leveled half of Gotham a month in. I also didn't think we'd be mates for life. We were teens. I wasn't going to burden you with a marriage contract."

"So that's why you can't just give it to anyone? It's a marriage contract?" Dick interjects.

"That's the PG version of it."

"Oh, ew!" Steph squealed and proceeded to cackle.

"Kon ended up going through Asexual reproduction because he already acts like a parent to me kids. That's settles a lot of the contract to make and care for offspring. The fact that he's made me the Bio parent for his four eggs means that the contract has been more than fulfilled. And we didn't even need to do anything. But that's because he became the same breed as I am. I'm capable of asexual reproduction, so he is too. If I wasn't capable of asexual reproduction, we'd have to fulfill the contract. But, I would have never given him the amulet if I knew it'd put him in a situation to be forced with me."

"How often will you guys have eggs, then?"

"After this? It'd depend on when we wanted them and if our bodies thought we could take it. The first clutch of eggs was like a biological timer. It happened as soon as we reached sexual maturity as dragons and proceeded to to have said sex for a year afterwards."

Tim "I rolled in on a giant penny to crack a dad joke to Ra's al Ghul" Drake. Would definitely make Clockwork laugh.

The same Tim Drake who's skull was popped with extreme violence by Vampire King Dick. Because the man could solo Batman and the rest of the family, but feared what Tim would do and knew he couldn't mind control the other. Who Bruce has more contingency plans against than his other kids. And knows that Tim could be the absolute worst, possibly undefeatable, villain if he didn't have such a strong sense of justice. Definitely already has the fear of anyone who actually knows him.

A super genius who just wants to nap, play videogames, and drink fruity sodas and energy drinks.

And has murdered so many, his kill count is somewhere in the dozens. If not hundreds. Including Santa Claus.

This boy is chaos incarcerated into mortal flesh. He wasn't given Meta abilities because God (writers) felt he was too perfect a character and would become a Mary Sue otherwise.

He became Gun Batman. In a way that put Jason's Batman to shame.

Tim gets written as the voice of reason, with extreme depression, who drinks coffee so much. I don't hate it, but I love chaotic Tim the best.

He didn't even have a reason to get involved with the Bat Family! He just decided to start stalking them because he watched Dick's parents die at three. Three!

Finding out that Marvel was invited to a family dinner and she wasn't invited?

Someone is getting their asses kicked.

Until she finds out that Kon just had four eggs. Tim's nesting, territorial, while dealing with two hyperactive toddlers that can shape shift and density shift. And 'Marvel' is barely 14.

Tim is acting somewhere between parent and sibling towards Billy. Kon is behaving almost as if he was lobotomized from all the shock. Tim is fretting over his mate, fetching water and snacks at a moments notice.

There are also two people she hadn't met yet and a certain God that is her grandfather.

"Nice to see you, Diana. I'll introduce you to your cousins. This is my grandson, Jordan. And this is my granddaughter, Jasmine. You three should spar. Perhaps, though, not here; seeing as Timothy is fighting the instinct to bite anyone who gets close to the Cores or his partner."

Diana turns to see Tim still on high alert as he watches their little group, standing between them and Kon. On the other hand, Kon had loosely thrown an arm around Billy's shoulder, showing off the 'Cores' that were in a bassinet stroller Diana has seen used for cats. Tim was absently petting Billy's hair.

Diana turns to stare accusingly at her grandfather.

"You planned this."

Misunderstandings, mentioned child marriage

The entire Amity Park is confused about Phantoms connection to Pariah Dark, the ghost king (that they just learned the existance of a few weeks prior)

He gets defensive whenever the king is mentioned in any way, he's rude whenever he talks about him, rolls his eyes and is just angry in general

No one ever knew why?

Untill the ghost king eventually showed up

He was a giant, with a flaming crown above his head and a mean scowl plastered on his face. He was terrifying

One of the things that stood out to the residents of Amity Park is a ring on Pariah Darks ring finger, it was a simple black ring with words engraved on it in a language that no one could decipher

The thing is, Phantom has the exact same ring on the exact same finger

It didn't take a lot of time for people to figure out what was happening between Phantom and the ghost king

Danny Phantom, dead or not, is a child bride

The entire Amity is enraged, they do not take someone hurting their hero very easily

One of the heroes accidentally stumbles across Dan when he gets separated from Danny. they don't think anything of him until he makes a mention of something only they specifically should know about. He mentioned some sort of incident or take down that they know from  personal experience or were specifically told by one of their friends.

they get really on edge until Danny comes running, thanking the hero for finding their kid and Dan pulls the scared child away from their parent move.  There's a big misunderstanding that Danny doesn't know that Dan is from the future. 

Danny's entire class slowly figures out that Danny=Phantom but, with the exception of some outliers (Wes), they all agree to keep Danny's secret. One of the A-listers--Dash has definitely been hit by one of his parents before--brings up the idea of what could happen if Danny's parents find out and no one is there is cruel enough to put Danny through that.

Until one day, the Fentons shoot down Phantom and haul him back to their lab.

It only takes the class a few hours to mobilize, but in that time, Danny has already been vivisected like a frog and because of the damage, he retreats into his core, and comes out Ghost age, ei that's a toddler now.

That's their toddler now.

Obviously they have to escape Amity Park, because this is dcxdp and the GiW aren't happy about them "defending" a ghost, so they get the hell out of dodge. Gotham is the most obvious choice, Sam explains with a powerpoint, due to low cost of living, most careers not requiring ID and are willing to pay under the table, and high ectoplasm interference. To save money, they buy a run down building together and the whole class says under one roof.

Everyone likes baby Danny. Everyone wants to take care of him. Some of them are weird about it.

The teenagers of Amity Park are their own army.

A ghost is attacking Gotham. The bats and birds, unable to even touch the ghost, call in backup from the JLD. Before any backup comes, a glowing green portal opens on the ground. The Batfam and the rest of Gotham hope there aren't more ghosts.

A group of teenagers with seemingly cartoon weapons come through. The teens immediately divide and conquer. Tucker forces himself into the Bats coms. (He has techy powers)

Tucker: "Sorry for the delay our rogues aren't typically able to leave our city, so tunning our portal gun to their ecto-signal took a bit. *whispering to himself* and Phantoms in a meeting. (Ghost King meeting)

Tucker: Call me Pharoh.

The list of questions the bats have triples with that one sentence. Oracle can't even find how they got in the system nor is she able to backtrack Tucker.

Tucker stayed back in Amity and is running coms. The cheerleaders set off to make a first aid area. The football players are going around helping anyone trapped under rubble. Random other classmates are making a perimeter, or filming the scene for Tucker. Sam is using her latent plant powers to rescue trapped people.

Wes is the one to make physical contact with the Bats. (Tucker sent Wes cause he knew he'd be the most chaotic choice) Wes of course knows the Batfams identity and makes sure to subtly hint at that.

Valerie goes to fight the ghost. In record time the ghost is souped. (Tucker timed it, it is a new BP for Val). All of Batmans' kids really want her hoverboard.

Prompt: Demon Twins AU where the ghost king is summoned and claims his appearance is that of his beloveds. Shenanigans of a vindictive dead twin.

Danyal Al Ghul escaped from the league. The Lazarus Pits were never merciful but for once, they were. The pits were merciful to him as the green swallowed him and spat him out miles away from that place.

Danny can't forget his first death, the sword in his gut as Damian cut through him. The title of heir was reserved for only one of them and the spare was no longer needed. He supposed it was yet another mercy upon him, knowing that the title of spare was not simple. He would have been Damian's spare—spare parts.

Danny remembers his second death. The electricity that killed him over and over again as the ectoplasm spilled from the artificial portal brought him back to life again and again. One second he was dead, the other he was being revived. It was torturous in every way possible.

“What,” Tim says, staring blankly at the brightly-lit and airy sunroom full of very obvious cloning technology in the very expensive penthouse that Lex Luthor’s bodyguards just dragged a handcuffed Red Robin and Spoiler into after kidnapping them straight off patrol in the Diamond District in the middle of an active crisis situation with the League of Assassins and disabling all their tech and every single one of their trackers six and a half hours ago, down to the bastardized Kryptonian-tech ones in their back molars and two more in both of their suits that Tim didn’t even know existed, plus the one he put in Steph’s collar that she didn’t know existed. Babs is probably just about feral by now. Bruce is definitely feral by now. 

And Lex Luthor is drinking what appears to be a neon purple protein shake out of a rocks glass while sitting at a neatly-arranged desk in the center of the sunroom lab, looking idly bored and scrolling through whatever’s on his phone with his free hand. 

Alright then, Tim thinks carefully. 

“There you are, I was starting to wonder if I’d gotten al Ghul riled up for nothing,” Luthor says, barely glancing up from his tablet. 

“. . . which al Ghul,” Tim asks with wary dread. 

“All of them,” Luthor says, setting down his tablet to give him a pleasant smile. 

Well, now Tim knows why nobody’s dropped in a skylight to rescue them yet. And also why half of Gotham is currently on fire. 

“Uh,” Steph says, glancing around the sunroom lab. “So like, lead-lined glass in here, then, or . . . ?” 

“We’re in Connecticut, so no,” Luthor replies dismissively. “Anyway, the Boy Scout always gets suspicious of too much lead in one place. Which I personally find darling, since anyone in Metropolis without at least a lead-lined and soundproofed bedroom is essentially asking for Kryptonian voyeurs, whether intentionally or not on said Kryptonians’ parts. Also, privacy laws exist for a reason. As do patents, copyrights, attorney-client privilege, HIPAA . . .” 

“Connecticut?” Steph repeats incredulously. “What the frick is in Connecticut?” 

“Currently, us,” Luthor replies matter-of-factly. “Hope, Mercy, do me a favor and go check the security systems manually, just in case any invasive species of vermin have gotten into them. Also, yes, there is kryptonite, and no, there is actually much more than you’re theorizing.” 

“You have literally no idea how much kryptonite we’re theorizing,” Steph says as the bodyguards both leave with an affirming nod. Luthor gives her a pitying look, then turns his chair a few degrees towards Tim. Tim immediately expects the inevitable threat or ultimatum, and braces himself for–

“I’d apologize for all the fuss, but I don’t actually care about inconveniencing you and don’t see the point in pretending I ever would,” Luthor informs him. Tim stares blankly at him again. What is even happening right now? “Now then, what are your intentions in regards to ‘Supernova’, as I hear someone’s started calling himself now. ‘Themself’? I’m not sure if ‘Supernova’ is meant to be gender-affirming or more a ‘too old to stick with ‘Superboy’ but there are already three ‘Supermen’ active and the whole, you know, general stubborn individualism they’re so fond of. Or ‘he’s’ so fond of. Whichever."

Tim stares at him. 

“Is this supposed to be a trap for Supernova or a shovel talk for me?” he asks, because a) he’s not telling Lex Luthor anything about Kon’s gender or personal choices that Kon hasn’t publicly stated, and b) only Lex Luthor would actually kidnap two active vigilantes in the middle of a crisis he’d apparently pre-arranged to give a–well, no, Bruce would also do that, definitely. But this is not a Batman talk, either way. 

Batman’s “talks” all involve tests, for one thing, so actually so far this is an improvement. 

“It’s an engagement present,” Luthor says pleasantly. 

Tim’s brain crashes, then does the slowest reboot of his life. He’s recovered from concussions faster, he’s pretty sure. 

“They’re . . . not engaged, though?” Steph says skeptically. “Or, like, even dating?”