#immediately after this he finds a green sticky note on Dani’s pod that just says “congratulations” with a doodle of a “it’s a girl!” balloon

[goddess-of-graphite]

He’s not sure what prompts him to do it. Ninety-nine attempts and he’s desperate, has been since the start but it’s only grown and grown with each subsequent failure. There’s something pushing him onwards, some tiny seed of this time it will work and it’s the only thing keeping him going, keeping him upright - fatigue and grief and a horrible desolate void where someone should be weighing so heavily on him he can barely function whenever he takes a second to breathe.

Lucky attempt number one hundred, and he knows doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result is insanity so this time, this time, he adds a bit of himself too.

(It’s already insanity, trying to clone your dead best friend in an attempt to get him back, but ghosts exist so souls must too, and if he could just call Kon’s home-)

Lucky number one hundred, and he’s successful.

Except he’s not, really, because the clone is a girl - the clone is only half Kon and the rest is him - the clone is an infant floating in viscous goo and

and.

and she’s alive. She’s viable. She’s breathing, her heart is beating, her eyelids flicker in sleep and she’s alive-

Oh. He staggers, collapsing against the wall and sliding down to the floor as his mind suddenly viciously realigns itself. Oh.

He has…. He has made a child.

A child he recognises.

Tim-Danny-RedRobin-Phantom laughs wetly into his hands, the sound edged with a hysteria he can’t quite feel, the world blurry and far away.

Later, he’ll clean up his lab of all the Mad Science. Later, he’ll decant Dani and swaddle her in soft towels and make plans for what to do next. Later he’ll reckon with the new-old memories and how this knowledge slots into his life as Tim Drake.

(Later, he’ll grapple with being just like Vlad after all, the knowledge of what he’s willing to do when he becomes completely untethered stark and indisputable.)

For now, this breakdown is long overdue.

Here We Go Again

Tim-DannyTimDANNY started down at himself as his mind re-organized itself. Memories he didn't have before suddenly there in his head.

A whole lifetime as someone else another teen hero Phantom, his other family, friends,growing up

The Accident his death.

Protecting his town

Fighting ghosts

Fighting humans

Dani

Telling his parent

Becoming an adult

Becoming the High Ghost King

He blinked, something was missing

What was wrong? Why was he here in another life remembering now. Both his lives meshed together inside his head, everything finally sliding into place until he could almost hear a *click* and he no longer felt like two different people in one body.

He was Tim, Red Robin who used to be Danny, King Phantom.

A flash of green caught his eye, looking up he saw a small green note

Danny, You will understand soon enough,as to why you are remembering now, try once more in your efforts, 100th times the charm or in this case Dani's rebirth. Be safe, gather your strength. Return home safely young King C.W

Looking up past the note he saw his last failed attempt at cloning Kon, stepping forward he reached out and changed the DNA sample now being his DNA in the mix.

"..."

".."

"."

" SUCCESS "

~

Danny-Tim: * Effectively taking over the LOA and getting Bruce back with a baby strapped to his chest*

~

Danny-Tim: *Both him and Dani wearing sunglasses while he flips off the LOA base as it explodes in the distance*

~

Danny-Tim being the best dad to Dani while the Bats are trying to figure out just what the hell he has been doing and

"Oh my God is that a baby! You're too young! How did it happen!!!"

Danny-Tim now mentally well into adulthood: *deadpan* "Do I need to give you The Talk?"

~

Kon/Bats seeing Dani floating: "UM!?!"

Danny-Tim is once again a half-a after some plot convenience with the LOA and the Pits: " Oh she gets that from my side."

*start slightly floating in the air*

"See?"

"Since WHEN can you do that?!"

"Since always, keep up"

~

Danny-Tim & Dani:

The others

~

Just an Idea

[glow-in-the-dark-death]

^ 🌟🫶

Here We Go Again

Tim-DannyTimDANNY started down at himself as his mind re-organized itself. Memories he didn't have before suddenly there in his head.

A whole lifetime as someone else another teen hero Phantom, his other family, friends,growing up

The Accident his death.

Protecting his town

Fighting ghosts

Fighting humans

Dani

Telling his parent

Becoming an adult

Becoming the High Ghost King

He blinked, something was missing

What was wrong? Why was he here in another life remembering now. Both his lives meshed together inside his head, everything finally sliding into place until he could almost hear a *click* and he no longer felt like two different people in one body.

He was Tim, Red Robin who used to be Danny, King Phantom.

A flash of green caught his eye, looking up he saw a small green note

Danny, You will understand soon enough,as to why you are remembering now, try once more in your efforts, 100th times the charm or in this case Dani's rebirth. Be safe, gather your strength. Return home safely young King C.W

Looking up past the note he saw his last failed attempt at cloning Kon, stepping forward he reached out and changed the DNA sample now being his DNA in the mix.

"..."

".."

"."

" SUCCESS "

~

Danny-Tim: * Effectively taking over the LOA and getting Bruce back with a baby strapped to his chest*

~

Danny-Tim: *Both him and Dani wearing sunglasses while he flips off the LOA base as it explodes in the distance*

~

Danny-Tim being the best dad to Dani while the Bats are trying to figure out just what the hell he has been doing and

"Oh my God is that a baby! You're too young! How did it happen!!!"

Danny-Tim now mentally well into adulthood: *deadpan* "Do I need to give you The Talk?"

~

Kon/Bats seeing Dani floating: "UM!?!"

Danny-Tim is once again a half-a after some plot convenience with the LOA and the Pits: " Oh she gets that from my side."

*start slightly floating in the air*

"See?"

"Since WHEN can you do that?!"

"Since always, keep up"

~

Danny-Tim & Dani:

The others

~

Just an Idea