What the other heroes don't know, however, is that the static is Ghostspeak, and he's actually saying far worse swears than he could ever say in English or any living language.
He just makes sure not to say anything in front of the adults, so when he does slip up and swear in Ghostspeak, it's rare and not around any magic user who could understand it.
The kid heroes and sidekicks that have had an experience with death, however, who can understand him, make it a point to never, ever tell the adults what he's saying.
They know instantly.
I want Danny, in king Phantom form, to meet Billy, in his hero form, and for them both to immediately know that they other isn't the age they present themselves as.
They then proceed to troll the whole League into believing that they've been friends for eons.
*Jason is captured by the JL, now sitting in the interagetion room*
Jason: -ha! good luck with that.
Hal: now listen here you little-
Dick: *storms into the intergetion room*
Dick: HOOD!
Clark: Nightwing-
Jason: oh shit- heeeeeey dickhead
Flash: you know him-?
Dick: Jay, Jaybird, Hood, little wing-
Jason: *leans away*
Dick: we all love you-
Hal: the fuck-?
Dick: but WHY THE FUCK would you skip your weakly check-in and get arrested imideatly after that?!??!
Jason: listen-
Dick: no, you listen. I had a hell of these past few hours. Dealing with a bunch of bad guys in one thing- but dealing with an army of children who are worried about you and would kill for you? Why the fuck did you think it was a good idea??????
Jason: oh, OH SHIT-
Dick: yeah, Lizzie almost had my head when she called becase you didn't check in.
Flash: am I the only one who doesn't know what's going on...?
Hal: nope.
Jason: OH FUCK *pulls his hands ot of the cuffs*
Hal: now wait a minute-
Jason: *taps his helmet* fuck, I can't-
Dick: *already has a hologram video call pulled up*
Jason: Carrot top!
A small child: Hood!
Jason, in a soft voice: I'm so sorry I didn't call-
Lizzie: helmet.
Jason: ya know I can't
Lezzie, pounting: helmet.
Jason: *hungs his head low and sighs* fine
Jason: *pulls off his helmet with a soft click and hiss*
Jason, just in his domino now: *looks up again* happy?
the JL: *absolutely bamboozled because the kid did what they couldn't do in 5 hours in 5 seconds. Also, how young is Red Hood?????*
Lizzie: *nods*
Jason, voice even softer: I'll be back soon, please tell the others kids I'm okay, alright?
Lizzie: *nods again*
Jason: bye
Lizzie: *waves*
Dick: *ends the call, grinning like an idiot*
Jason: *puts his helmet back on* shut up, Dickhead
Dick: you're soft *smirks*
Jason: oh you-
Hal: what the FUCK was THAT?!
Dick: *snickers*
Dinah, a bit worried: who was that kid?
Jason: that was-
Dick: one of the many kids hes taken under his wing
Barry: what?
Dick: oh, you didn't know? *smirks even wider*
Jason: don't you dare-
Dick: Jay here, became the patreon and protector of the homeless youht in Gotham, especially the Crime Alley
Clark: *smiles like a proud parent 'cus he already knew*
Jason: my reputation! *groans, hides his head in his hands and makes a sound like a dying bird*
Don't you worry about my pronouns. My pronouns are pretty standard. Worry about my adverbs. My most frequent ones are "omniously", "haphazardly" and "obliviously".
Ghosts are dragons.
However.
Danny uses this to his advantage by making his human form look like a meta so that he would be protected by the Meta-human rights act (or wtv its called I can't remember). Which works splendidly actually. He just gave himself the tail, the horns, teeth, eyes and a few scales here and there and wouldn't cha know it works splendidly.
The GIW trying to call him a ghost? Nah, he's just a meta dude. Wes trying to pin him as Phantom? Does Phantom have horns and a tail? No? Yea he thought so.
Then Vlad takes a look at Danny and goes: "Oh shit that's actually a surprisingly good idea." And then just copies him without asking basically. Would people question this? Shhh, no they won't (hands you a slip of money), why would they question anything?
The bats would question it. Obviously. Because of course they would, why wouldn't they, sticking their noses into everything. Why are they investigating? Because they were invited to a Gala held by Vlad Masters and Danny had to attend, both of which they knew didn't have any meta features with a quick background check so they think something fishy is going on there.
Then the GIW raid the place like a bunch of idiots because they think Vlad and Danny are obviously ghosts (they're only half right because Halfa you know lawl) and they need to be taken into the government's custody. Except for the fact that they're doing this in a room full of rich people, with the Wayne Family in attendance, and people who do business with Vlad.
So.
You know.
Vlad is talking so calmly and rationally and acting like this is expected, which leads everyone present to believe this to be such a common occurrence that he can't even be surprised at this anymore. Which leads to even more suspicion.
Where is Danny through all of this? He's not doing much actually since he was outside playing with Cujo, since he only had to be there for a bit and then free to do whatever he wanted after that. Funnily enough, a few GIW agents are also trying to take him and Cujo into custody with none other than Damian Wayne at his side.
Damian was just concerned about Cujo and wanted to make sure nothing was going on there. Didn't really expect this.
how the fam find out Jason's still alive
Dick, looking through old photo books: aw, it's such a shame Talia didn't tell B about you until recently Dami, I'd have loved to see photos of you as a baby
Damian: ? I can get baby photos if that is required in this family
Dick: what, how? Talia doesn't seem like the baby-book kind of woman, no offense.
Damian: She was not, however after my brother was brought out of the Lazarus pit he was given a few old cameras in an attempt to make his mind focus on something not harmful to himself and settle down. He took a lot of photos of our family during his training.
Dick:
Bruce:
Both, simultaneously: your what now?
-later-
Damian, walking into the room with an old box: Alright so I broke into his current safe house while he was working and took one of the boxes. I believe these should suffice for your 'baby books'
Bruce: hold on you broke into his- your brother lives in Gotham??? there's a trained league assassin working in this city and you didn't tell me? Damian we need to talk about your habit of withholding important infor-
Dick: Bruce.....
Bruce: -mation. what?
Dick: look at the.... photo...
Bruce, leaning over to see a photo of Jason Todd holding baby Damian up at the head of a meeting table like in the lion king, red smear on his forehead, while Ra's Al Ghul stares at them both from his seat looking Tired Of Jason's Shitâą:
Damian, peering at the photo: yes, Todd got quite good with the timers on those cameras, he took many a photo holding me like that. I believe it was a special campaign designed to get on grandfather's nerves enough that he'd agree to watch the movie with us.
Bruce:
Dick:
*screaming*
bonus:
Tim: you know some of these photos are actually really good, like the angles and tones you used
Jason: you steal Robin, I steal photography.
Tim:
Alfred: May I help you?
Danny: Yes, you can. I need to talk to the master of the house. I'm Bruce Wayne's illegitimate son.
Alfred: Oh?
Danny: Normally, I wouldn't bother him, but my mom recently passed away, and I have nowhere to go. Here is a letter she wrote to him.
Alfred after reading glowing green paper: I'm afraid Master Bruce is out at the moment, but you may come in and wait for him in the main sitting room. I'll make you some tea in the meantime.
Danny: Trying to gather a DNA sample, I see. That's fine. I wouldn't believe a random kid that showed up on the doorstep either.
Alfred mildly suprise: I assure you, I merely wanted to offer you a warm drink after being caught in the rain.
Danny: Right, and the firearm you have tucked up your left sleeve has nothing to do with me breaking through the front gate security to get to the door.
Alfred smiling:*cocking gun* You may be Master's Bruce's after all.
Danny smiling: *Powering up ray gun* And you may earn your place at a Fenton dinner table. So....Tea?
Alfred: Is Earl Grey alright with you?
Danny: Of course. It's the only tea that is worth drinking.
Alfred: Wise words. Right this way and do remember, I'll put a bullet between your eyes if you're a threat.
Danny: I'll fry you alive before you can even pull the trigger. *Ray gun crackling with electricity*
Alfred mentally: If this lad isn't Master Bruce's, I'll adopt him myself.
Hello dear!
Sorry for bothering you, but it's important to remind you to turn off your asks for a few days! Bad things are going to happen on Tumblr soon...
Don t know anything about this but BETTER BE SAFE EVERYBODY!!!!!!
** this came to me in a fever dream and now y'all have to read it too**
Jason wasnât entirely sure what to do. There was a large cardboard box on his doorstep, and not only was it faintly glowing green, it was also rattling and making muffled noises. He considered the possibility of Ivy, Harley, and Selina dropping off a box of feral cats, but surely they wouldnât target Jason âPetersâ, right?
With most strange doorstep boxes, he might have called for backup immediately. In fact, he ought to call for this box, especially with the sticky note on top. âCaution- May Biteâ
It couldnât be a bomb, what with the shaking and the noises.
Jasonâs ears caught the sounds of his next door neighbor moving around their apartment, and he made up his mind. He could call the other bats after the suspicious box was out of the open.
With great care, he slipped on his oven mitts (better safe than sorry) and gingerly began pulling the box inside. It was heavier than heâd been expecting, but not more than he could handle by himself, which he thanked some unseen deity for. The movement stilled to a whisper almost as soon as the first edge of the box cleared the doorway, and the noises also calmed down some.
Once heâd gotten the box far enough into the apartment to close the door, he began circling it, looking for more identifying markings. He found himself sorely disappointed- the only visible symbols belonged to the note.
Three distinct knocks sounded from the box, nearly scaring Jason out of his skin.
âHello?â
Three knocks again.
âIs someone- in there?â
Three knocks, more urgent this time.
Well. Fuck.
âOkay, okay, just, be still a moment?â
Carefully, one hand still protected by an oven mitt, Jason dug out a knife and slid it shallowly through the tape holding the box together. With the other hand he reached into his pocket for his phone to tap out an emergency code.
At least one bat would be coming through his window within fifteen minutes, and Jason could hold out until then if the person was hostile, but he wasnât leaving someone trapped in a box.
He pulled the flaps open to reveal not one, but two dark haired children bound and gagged, curled up around each other. The one on the left growled a little around the gag, only for the other one to bump purposefully into them in reproach.
âHoly shit.â
Crap. No. Cursing around kids was bad. Bad Jason.
In a stroke of stupidity, he reached down and undid the gag on the growly one first, only to find sharp teeth digging into his hand after he pulled the piece of cloth away.
âHey! No, stop that! Fuck, kid, Iâm trying to help!â
The other kid made a small noise, and Bitey let go. Jason grimaced, but moved so that he could undo the other gag.
Calm took several deep breaths once the gag was off, and Jason wondered how, exactly, the kids had been breathing up until he opened the box. Their noses hadnât been covered, but- Cardboard boxes were not conducive to breathing.
Instead of asking questions, Jason busied himself untying the kids, taking care not to let his hands go near Biteyâs mouth again. He figured he could ask questions while he found all the knots.
âSo- whatâs your story?â
Calm snickered.
âYouâre bad at this.â
With a shrug, Jason tugged another knot loose. He didnât want to use a knife this close to the kids. Kids were wiggly, right?
âWell, pardon me for not expecting a pair of kids at my front door.â
âIâm Danny and sheâs Ellie. We were told that weâd find family here.â
âWho told you that?â
Now that the two were free, they looked at each other. Bitey- no, Ellie, was the first to speak up.
âCW did. Just so you know, no returns or refunds, the receipt was lost the moment you brought us inside.â
Danny smacked Ellie on the side of the head.
âHe doesnât have to keep us, Ellie. We can find some empty house to live in or something if he doesnât want to. CW said we just had to live here for a few years, nothing about having a guardian.â
âDanny, weâre eight.â
Jason was about to ask who this âCWâ was, but Danny continued planning to live homeless in Gotham.
âWeâll just leave this haunt- you can feel it, he doesnât want us here. Surely the Lady will shelter us until CW comes to pick us up.â
Ellie reached up to scratch at the back of her neck, and Jason could see a rash blooming on her arm. When he looked over at Danny, who was still muttering about asking for sanctuary in Gotham, the boy also had a flush of red rash spreading across his face.
There must be an allergen in the box.
âLetâs- get out of the box. And get you two wiped down for irritants.â
Danny shrugged and scratched at his own skin.
âItâs your haunt- we canât be here if you donât want us here. Well, we can, but it hurts.â
âMy apartment hurts you?â
Ellie nodded, sitting on her hands to keep from scratching herself.
âIt stopped when you brought the box inside, but- well.â
The two helped each other stand and clamber out of the box. Once they were no longer touching the glowing cardboard, it disappeared, leaving behind the sticky note. Ellie scooped it up, showed it to Danny, who shrugged, and then stuffed it in her mouth.
Jason startled.
âHey! Thatâs evidence!â
âGoop now,â said Ellie, still chewing.
Danny took Ellieâs hand and started pulling her towards the door, and Jason could see even more of the bright red rash on the back of the boyâs legs.
âWeâll get out of your hair, Avenger. Sorry to drop in.â
âDanny!â
Ellie dug her heels in.
âItâs safer here! CW said it would be- even,â her voice dropped low, and her eyes darted around a little. âEven Dan said the Avenger would be safe. And if Dan said it-â
Jason decided to circle around and stop the kids before Danny pulled his sister out the door.
âWhy would it be safer here with me?â
âBecause youâre like us.â Danny and Ellie spoke at the same time.
To Jasonâs extreme relief, Nightwing slid in through the window in the apartment kitchen just in time to have heard the kids.
âHow is he like you?â Dick was smiling widely, but Jason could see the tension beneath the smile.
âHe died and came back different.â
Dickâs smile instantly dropped, and the room went silent. Jason stared at the kids, and the kids stared resolutely back. They hadnât turned to look at Dick at all, not even when he had spoken.
He could see the rashes start to recede, first from Ellie (sue him, he liked that she bit) and then Danny.
âIâm telling B.â
âDonât you dare, Dickhead. Iâll tell him heâs got grandkids myself.â
The kids looked at each other and then back up to Jason.
âYouâre keeping us?â Ellieâs voice was small, and her tone was different from anything Jason had heard from her so far.
With a firm nod, Jason patted their shoulders, turning them to face inside the apartment instead of the door.
âSure. Us undead have to stick together, you know?â
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