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Summer Vacation Summoning Shenanigans 2
idk when the batcave gets a Laz pit but the answer here is ânot yetâ bc reasons
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By the time Dannyâs duplicate returns to him, Robin has finished - very thoroughly - tying up his captive ninja. And was now staring him down.
Red had moved to texting someone after ensuring Danny was belted in and putting the plane on some kind of autopilot - which, very cool.
He hadnât been bored, though, looking over the plane interior with glee.Â
While the exterior design wasâŚa bit much, the inside was sleek and high-tech. It was no rocketship, but going over which controls were similar and which differed and trying to guess what they all did was plenty entertaining.
He was less than half-way through them when he re-merged with his duplicate.Â
Luckily, Red and Robin were still occupied by that point, giving him time to focus on sifting through the memories.
He tries to stifle his laughter, disguising an escaped snort by pretending to cough into his fist.
Red apparently chooses that moment to be done with his phone (and damn, he sent some poor sob a book).
âSorry about that; I had to update Batman.â
Danny let himself laugh at that.
âBat-man? Not, like, Birdman or something?â
âNope, the bat himself. Speaking of which; I was hoping youâd be willing to answer some questions?â
Robin chose that moment to plop into the seat next to Danny, who looked at him in askance.
âHis vitals have stabilized; the tranquilizer has fully kicked in. There is no more need to worry about a surprise escape; by the time he awakes we will be back in Gotham.â
Danny hummed.
âSo like, are you just dropping him off first? Or was the âtaking me homeâ thing a play on words that actually just meant âkidnapping me take 2: electric boogaloo?â I mean, you donât even know where I live; my place could be closer to here than to Gotham.â
âYour accent resembles nothing of Nanda Parbat,â Robin says.
Red picks up after him.Â
âNo, no, weâre taking you back to your home,â he clarifies, shaking his head and x-ing his arms. âYouâre from somewhere in the mid-western United States, right? Gotham is the first US city weâd hit flying this path.â
âIllinois,â he answers, squinting in thought as he searches his memory for a âGothamâ or a âNanda Parbat,â which, ha, âPar-bat.â âI take it weâre somewhere in, like, Europe or something?â
The Robins share a look.
âWhere is the last place you remember being before you were kidnapped?â Red asks.
âIllinois,â Danny shrugs, settling back in his seat. âAnyway, you can just drop me near Chicago or something and Iâll take it from there.â
Red huffs a laugh. âNo need for that. I gave Batman your name and description; heâll have coordinates to where you need to go in no time.â
âWell, thatâsâŚâ âInconvenient,â he thinks to himself, hoping for the first time that this is actually a different universe so he doesnât have to come up with an explanation to cover for how he somehow ended up abroad without including the whole âbeing summonedâ thing.
The last thing he needs is to give them a reason to put him through the Ghost Catcher.
â...nice,â he settles on. Unconvincingly.
âDo you know why you were taken?â Robin presses.
Danny opens his mouth to answer, but pauses.
âYep!â he concludes, eyes crinkling with his smile. âIâll even answer that question if you answer one of mine first.â
The smaller Robin narrows his eyes suspiciously, Red asking âWhat question?â
He turns away from Normal Robin to look at Red Robin.
âWhatâs up with the âflying thingsâ theme?â
Red slow blinks, Danny can practically hear the dial-up noise.
He was probably expecting worse in exchange for âhey what does the murder club want?â
The smaller Robin answers while he is collecting himself.
âThe Robin title is inherited, passed down from the first. It is a reference to the costume colors. Batman chose his name and costume as a symbol of fear, to intimidate the criminals of Gotham.â
âOooooh, so itâs like a gang thing!â
Red Robin makes a choking noise.
âWhat!? NO! I- that- weâre heroes! Batman is a founding member of the Justice League!â He manages, face painted in disbelief.Â
Robin, for his part, remains silent - though a brief glance out of the corner of his eyes reveals a pinched expression.
âOh, right,â he nods along, deciding he is definitely not still in the same universe. Sweet, no worries about hiding the ghost powers then, especially since heroes were apparently enough of a thing to have some kind of support group or something.
âSo does that mean you have bird-powers?â
âNo,â Robin says. âAnd you havenât answered my question yet.â
âAh, right, Raâsâ thing. He said he was trying to summon the âLord of the Dead,ââ Danny does air quotes along with the far-too-pretentious-title. Honestly, âGhost Kingâ was bad enough.
âThe âLord of the Dead?ââ Red echoes. âSummon? As in, with circles and blood-sacrifices and magic.â
âYep,â Danny pops the p. âI wouldnât worry too much though. Heâll probably be distracted trying to un-kidnap this guy and deal with whatever had his other guys running around like chickens with their heads cut off for a while yet.â
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Tim had left a call open to the batcave so the rest could listen in, and after Dannyâs incredibly alarming answers about Raâsâ current goal it was no doubt exploding with texts and suggestions in the groupchat. Good thing he muted it fully.
He feels a bit bad interrogating the guy, but time and memory donât go well together. People often dismiss as unimportant things that are actually the key to breaking a case; the more thorough their questions, the more likely they prompted a memory that would give them the answers they needed.
Unfortunately, Danny didnât seem to know much.
âDid Raâs say anything about who this âLord of the Deadâ is? Or why they were trying to summon him?â
âNope!â Danny smiled. âNothing about - who aside from the title, of course - or why, just that they did want to summon him. If you guys donât have bird powers, what powers do you have?â
âWe are not enhanced beyond what the average healthy human could achieve, though we are all highly trained in combat - some more than others - and skilled in detective work. We rely on skill, research, and preparation.â
And on and on; Danny giving uninformative answers then asking a question for each theyâd asked on their âturn,â and them giving carefully vague answers of their own.
One consolation is that he didnât seem bored.Â
For someone who claimed to have woken up less than an hour ago on the wrong side of the planet heâs justâŚrelaxed. Calm. Seemingly unaffected, down to his microexpressions.
No signs of shock.
Of course, heâd treated the Lazarus Pit as a kiddie pool.Â
And despite his words, heâd shown no recognition at the mention of the Justice League, and around half of his questions thus far had been about them.
Clearly something was up with him; whatever it was would probably explain the self-assurance.
Heâd escaped from the League before theyâd even known he was kidnapped, afterall. Tim and Damian really only solved the final hurdle for him. Even with most of LoA distracted with something, it was still impressive that heâd manage to slip whatever restraints and guard theyâd undoubtedly had him under.
Which is, of course, when Damian asks.
âHow did you manage to escape?â
Danny shrugs.
âHave you ever seen that thing that coyotes do where they get their leg stuck in a beartrap or something and they gnaw it off to escape?â he says, expression unmoved.
âYou are a meta, then,â Damian concludes while Tim just stares at Danny in horror.
At that, Dannyâs expression changes.Â
âA what?â he squints, uncomprehending.
âA meta - or metahuman - is someone with a meta-gene, which grants them superpowers. Like how Flash is so fast: thatâs his meta ability,â Tim says. âYou still had all your limbs when youâŚdove into-â
âWait, wait, back up,â Danny interrupts. âTo be clear: I did not gnaw off a limb. That was meant to be a joke. So Flash is a âmeta.â Is that, like, common?â
Tim was beginning to suspect this guy either had memory loss, was an unlucky alien who only landed recently - just in time to get kidnapped by the League of Assholes - or was just really sheltered.
Heâd also suspect some kind of Pit demon, given where and how they found him, but he has so far been nothing but polite and cooperative - if a bitâŚchaotic. In terms of questions heâs asked.
âIâm kind of surprised they bothered to form a group if there are so few people with powers,â Danny mused after Damian filled him in on the statistics. âEspecially if most of them are as minor as you said.â
âEven just one person with strong powers can spell disaster if left unchecked - the League aids response times in that regard. Besides, itâs not like metas are all there is to pay attention to - there are plenty of villains without meta abilities, intergalactic politics to deal with-â
âIntergalactic? Are you guys doing things in space!?â
Danny was suddenly very close, nose just a hair's breadth from touching Timâs own.
He swallows quietly.
âAh, occasionally? G-green Lantern is. A Green Lantern. Theyâre basically space cops, so thatâsâŚmore his thing. Though a previous Robin did have to deal with a Gordanian-Tamaranean conflict affecting a Tamaranean ally - Starfire.â
Danny leans away - just a bit - as he speaks, seemingly basking in the information like a cat in a sunbeam.
âYouâre allies with an alien? Ancients,â he breathes. âThere are aliens. So cool.â
âTch, of course there are. I already informed you of Superman,â Damian huffs, causing Danny to whip towards him.
âSuperman is an alien!?â
Theyâd also mention Batman and Superman being close allies, which apparently inspired Danny to let loose the sea of questions heâd been holding back.
âWhatâs his species called? Is Superman a translation of his actual alien name? You never showed me a picture; does he look human or is he totally different? Whatâs his planet like? Have you been there? Is he comfortable in Earthâs atmosphere or does he have to use environment-adjusting equipment? Or is it well suited to him? Is that why he has powers, actually? Because the difference in planet allows him to thrive? Or are they an inherent trait in his species? Whatâs his culture like? You said Green Lantern was âA Green Lantern;â is he an alien too? Or is that the space copsâ names? Are most space cops aliens? What about the Tamaranean person - Starfire? And the Gordanians? Where are they all from are they all from the Milky Way or are some extra-galactic do they allhaveenvironmentalneedssimilartoorlessthanhumanscantheysurviveinthevacuumofSPACE-â
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Once they get Danny to pause for breath - which takes an impressively long time - they promise to answer his questions with a gentle reminder that theyâre supposed to take turns asking things.
If Danny was cooperative before, heâs downright eager now. He listens with near-religious awe to every answer they gave.
When itâs their turn to ask a question he becomes unnervingly still and stares with an intensity that has Tim half-concerned theyâll catch on fire for every second they arenât talking - though luckily between himself and Damian the pauses are minimal.
His answers are both more detailed and more focused.Â
If they ask if he saw any information about the summoning ritual, he only mentions catching a glimpse of âthe summoning room.â Asking what the room looked like nets a description of the columnsâ styles and the general vibes, asking what things he saw in the room got them an exhaustive list, but if they wanted further detail they had to ask specifically about the item in question.
He had an awful lot of details for a guy who only âcaught a glimpse.â
He also refused to give them details about what the circle looked like because âfor all I know you could be lying about everything youâve said so far and planning to use me in your own ritual as a sacrifice to summon the Lord of the Dead.â
He and Damian spend a few of their turns opening the internet on the batplaneâs front window and showing him some articles and videos about themselves, Batman, Gotham, and the JL to get them to trust him.
He eventually says heâll describe the circle to them if he can meet an alien.Â
Appealing to his sense of self-preservation by explaining the information would increase their odds of stopping Raâs does not help, nor does appealing to his sense of âhelping others.âÂ
Itâs an introduction or the highway.
Not the worst outcome, given how many aliens they know.
The rest of the flight is spent like this.
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Danny is having quite possibly the best day of his half-life - and life, if heâs being honest.
Aliens! The universe heâs in has aliens! And he gets to meet one! Probably!
If Raâs requests something that isnât outright evil heâs honestly, genuinely considering granting it (in exchange for something, of course. Having a cool home universe is enough for maybe a deal, not for a freebie. Maybe he can ask for a regularly scheduled summoning to talk to the aliens? And all of the information Raâs has and will ever have on aliens? Ooooh).
Not that heâs going to make it easy on him, of course.
And wow he is loving the information exchange with the Robins - theyâre telling him about aliens and he just has to, what, describe a chandelier? A book? His opinion on the pool?
They ask a surprising number of questions about the pool.Â
He gets twin dead-eyed stares when he asks if theyâre thinking of installing a bird bath - yeah it cost him an alien question but there are only so many pool-related questions he can answer while ignoring the joke hanging right there.Â
He had to.
When they finally land and exit into what looks like the inside of a high-tech barn, he canât help but think they might just be sour that they didnât think of it first.
âNot to be judgy, or anything, but Iâm not really getting cave vibes here,â he comments as he descends the final step from plane to floor, looking up once heâs clear to watch the roof finish folding closed over their heads.
âBecause this isnât the cave,â an unfamiliar voice says, melting out of the shadows in a corner to reveal a purple-cloaked woman.
âWait, let me guess: Purple Robin? Purple Bat? Peafowl?â
Purple snorts good-naturedly and shakes her head.Â
âAll good guesses, space cadet, but wayyy off base. Itâs Spoiler, non-flying thing name haver extraordinaire.â She dips into a dramatic bow, eyes crinkled in what, even without her mouth visible, was obviously a grin.
âEhhhhâŚâ Danny tilts a hand side-to-side. âSpoilers can technically fly if you crash a car hard enough.â
âBy that logic everything can be considered a flying thing,â Robin frowned.
âWell the Earth is hurtling through space at around half a million miles per hour chasing the sun through an endless void with no âgroundâ in sightâŚ.â
âWell!â Red Robin ends the brief silence that had inspired. âWe should probably head to the batcave, but for security reasons we canât let you see how we get there-â
âHey, does this smell funny to you?â Spoiler asks, holding up a bottle of what was almost definitely chloroform.
He can see Red and Robinsâ mask eyes widening (somehow) and makes the split second decision to lean forward and take a deep breath of the bottle being held just high enough for him to stick his nose over it.
âCitrusy,â he says before pretending to fall unconscious.
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*Timmy Turnerâs Dadâs voice* âIâm respecting reality by acknowledging that chloroform doesnât work like that but asserting my authority as The Author by making it work like that anywayâ
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Sorry if I missed anybody anyway here's part 2!
#dpxdc#chaotic summoned-by-Ra's Danny#Tag interlude#idk much about Spoiler except she's purple and kinda chaotic and maybe set of a gang war by accident once#Also idk if thereâs already something like the sensory interference helmet or not#but if there isnât: yes there is.#(think the thing that prevents superman hearing batmanâs heartbeat [idk if thatâs canon or fanon either tbh] but like#a helmet#Fucks with just the person wearing it - vision [the obvious one]#but also noise is silenced except something like an internal gyroscope thingy that messes with sense of direction#Idk#I'm not a scientist#Just roll with it#long post
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i think one of my favourite parts about the "Jason has an army of kids in Crime Alley that will do anything to protect their protector" HC is that they absolutely would inherit all of his 'little shit' traits. they'd throw the other Bats off course on purpose. Dick, trying to find Jay: Have you seen Hood, by any chance? Kid: Sure I did. 'e's gone to the ice-cream store down in th'Narrows. He buys us ice-cream, sometimes. Dick: okay, thanks kid! (backflips away) Dick: Dick: there's no ice-cream store near the Narrows. Tim, just walking by Crime Alley: The kids, throwing rocks at him while Jason watches in amusement:
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