#charcoalstainedbones

*throws a handful of deer vertebrae at you*

You know how cat/wolves/lion fight their kits/pups to teach them how to defend themselves? Well ghosts do that too.

Danny having regressed to a somewhat feral ghost state (insert angsty backstory) arrives in the DC universe, sees all these baby heroes (to him) fighting and struggling against some of their foes and goes 'must teach the babies how to fight' and straight up start throwing down (gently by his standards)

Of course the league, batfam, or whoever don't see it like that. So they're fighting this creature with all they got and from their point of view it is not going well.

Eventually it devolves to a point where they are seriously losing and the powerful creature gets to one of them (hero of your choice), fangs at their throat... But it doesn't bite down ?

Instead, the being slightly pinch down before crooning and playfully nudging them with his head. Then he back up and lets his guard open as if saying "okay now your turn to attack :D"

Cue 2 realizations:

-this being is not trying to hurt them and from up close looks awfully like a teenager

-it wasn't fighting at full strength ? how powerful is it really ?

(later, Danny does the almost bite to Jason and ends up spluttering like a cat tasting saltwater and immediately wraps around him like a boa to heal him from the pits)

Garfield flies on down to Tim but pauses in his step as an eery sound echoed around every street and building. "I'm sorry did the Devil Ghost Guy just giggle?!"

Tim took a long sip from his thermos looking up at the two clashing figures in the sky. "You heard it the same as I did."

"He's fighting SUPERBOY!"

"Yup."

Beast Boy looks over at Tim utterly baffled. "How are you so calm right now. Did he mind control you or something? Can he mind control people?"

Tim lazily shook his head as he readjusted his position on the concrete rooftop that he was watching the action from. "I mean, not that I know of. They've been at it for two hours now."