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The Team was completing some morning exercises with Black Canary, all except for Wally who was taking it easy using the arm he broke in the fight against the Injustice League as an excuse not to practice. But all practice ended when the Zeta Tubes buzzed to life. "Recognized, Zatara A11."
The Italian mage stepped out of the tunnel and walked over to a control panel on the side of the Zeta Tube. "Access granted Zatanna Zatara B06 authorization approved, Zatara A11." The computer rang as the Zeta Tube came to life again.
The Team gathered as a 14 year old girl with long black hair stepped out of the tube. "Zatanna, this is the Team. Team this is my daughter, Zatanna." Zatara said introducing the girl.
Miss. Martian flew over to the girl to introduce herself. "Hey, I'm…"
"Robin!" Robin shouted jumping in. "I mean, I'm Robin. She's Megan, and that's Wally, Arteimis, Caldor, and Connor." Robin said introducing the Team.
"Welcome to the cave." Caldor said friendly.
"Oh thanks." Zatanna said a bit embarrassed from the attention.
"So ah are… are you joining the Team?" Robin said hopefully.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves, this is strictly a visit." Zatara said quickly as if he feared his daughter would go running off on a big mission while he wasn't looking. "I am sorry that we missed the train it would have been something Zatanna could have benefited from…" As Zatara began to talk with Black Canary the Team started up their own mental conversation.
'Do the rest of you get the impression we are still on probation with Zatara?' M'gann started.
'Not just Zatara, I mean, why is Marvel still hanging around?' Superboy thought.
'Because we like him hanging around.' Wally said.
'No, you like having him around because he waits on you, hand and foot.' Arteimis added.
'And your point is?' Wally didn't deny it.
'It almost makes you nostalgic for Red Tornado's tenor as our supervisor.' Aqualad thought.
'Yeah, at least he trusted us.' Robin thought bitterly.
'If you ignore the fact the fact that we shouldn't have trusted him.' Superboy's anger flared up. 'He was a trader and almost go M'g… all of us killed.'
"Are you guys having a physic conversation?" Zatanna asked getting Zatara's and Black Canary's attention. "Because I can't decide if that is really cool or incredible rude?"
Superboy looked over at the Leagues. "Alright fine, we were talking about Tornado. It's been weeks since his attack and the League hasn't told us anything."
"The League is searching for Tornado, as well as the other Androids that entered the cave and their creator T. O. Morrow. Batman has made tracking them down our highest priority." Black Canary said.
"But you have found none of the above." Robin complained.
"Not yet, but Red Tornado is Justice League. The Team is not to pursue this." Black Canary said with some finality.
Zatara tried to redirect the conversation. "Why don't you all take Zatanna for a tour of… the cave?" He said looking around trying to find his daughter. The Team turned around to see the girl lying across the Team's large wolf, Wolf.
"The tour will have to wait." Came Batman's voice as a monitor flared up.
"A mission?" Robin said hopefully.
"No, I am going to be sending you over a new teammate." Batman said coolly. "Be warned that he is not used to being on a team and has not been part of society for a long time. It will be your job to incorporate him into your team and get him to behave in a… hopefully normal fashion."
"'He', great, just when I thought the girl to guy ratio was getting better." Arteimis said sarcastically.
The Zeta Tubes hummed to life. "Access granted, Soul B07 authorized Batman A01." The computer said.
Out of the tube can a boy. He looked around fifteen with a white hoodie, messy black hair, shades on masking his eyes, and a silvery utility belt around his waist. He looked like an older version of Robin.
Both Zatara and Zatanna's eyes widened as the boy stepped into the room. "Batman… is that… who I think it is?" Zatara said slowly as if he couldn't believe it.
"Team this is Danny Marcus, previously known as Danny Fenton aka Phantom, his name for your team is Soul." Batman said as if he had won a bet with the other Leagues.
"Um… hey, nice to meet you." Danny said with a wave and an unsure smile.
"Batman, this isn't Phantom. This guy has a heartbeat." Superboy said skeptically.
"And we looked at the reports from Amity Park, Danny Fenton is died." Robin said looking at him mentor.
"Wouldn't Phantom be died to by default, you know ghost and all." Arteimis said crossing her arms.
"So you think I was fooled then?" Batman said and all of them immediately shut up. "Why don't you prove yourself, Danny?"
"Oh… ok I guess." Danny said and then crossed his legs under him and was flouting in midair. "What do you want me to do?"
"Simply transforming should be simple enough." Batman said flatly.
"You're no fun." Danny muttered and a ring appeared around his waist splitting in both directions to reveal the jumpsuit and logo of Danny Phantom, the only thing remaining behind was the silvery utility belt. "There, happy?"
The Team blinked at the light show as his entire body glowed. His white hair was being pushed around in a steady stream of mystical energy that was threatening to give Zatara an inferiority complex. His bright green eyes swept over the group and finally settled on Zatanna still petting Wolf.
"His heart has stopped beating." Superboy said a hit of worry in his voice. "Is that… ok?"
"Soul is a half ghost half human hybrid being." Batman said already referring to Danny by his new hero name. Zatara's jaw dropped. "Do not worry, this is normal for him."
"What, a half ghost? Even him being a ghost is scientifically impossible." Kid Flash said crossing his arms.
"Wally!" Arteimis said angrily elbowing him in the gut.
"What?" Wally complained.
"Actually it is very possible, the border between life and death is not that thin. All you have to do is create a quantum sink and refeed the byproduct in through Zeta wave linking the two flux points, then dissolve the higher level quantum state solidifying both the possibilities of life and death." Danny said as if it should be simple. They all looked at him as if he was crazy. "That really is the only safe way of doing it though… well depending on your definition of safe. It's like Schrödinger's cat exact for replace the gas that would painlessly kill the cat with high voltage electrocution and replace the antidote with having your molecules ripped apart."
"Wow…" Robin said shortly. "That sounds… painful."
"Not as much as you would think." Danny said shrugging as he transformed back into the black haired boy.
"Batman, I thought you said that we weren't supposed to try to make contact with… Danny." Arteimis said looking to the Hero. "Something about him being mentally unstable… and dangerous."
"He is unstable, paranoid, self-destructive, suffers from delusions… and he isn't funny… go luck with that." Batman said rubbing his temples. "He will not be using his full power during your missions. His transforming was only to prove to you who he is. He will not be doing it again, except in emergency situations. He will be living at Mount Justice with M'gann and Superboy but he will not be going to school until we get an accurate idea of his mental state. That is all." Batman ended transmissions.
"Well this is… unexpected." Black Canary said a little annoyed that Batman had not told the League about his contact with Phantom and for not going to her for the boy's therapy session. "Anyways Danny, welcome the Team we were just about…" The entire team looked over to where Danny had been but there was nothing but open air. Then they heard laughing and found Danny over with Zatanna and Wolf as the large white furred canine licked his face.
STORY IS DEAD!
Sorry, I really don't feel like continuing it because it just follows the Young Justices story too much, and doing that just feels boring to me. So I had quit a long time ago.