Chikifumoto - Ghostreader

(13) Strawberry fields and Lapis point

Pickpocket for Hire

Dpxdc Prompt #61

It started off as a joke.

No really, it was something that Jason felt the Bats would laugh about, while also helping out some street kids along the way.

He put out a job for the kids of Crime Alley, anyone who could pickpocket the entire Wayne family would get all necessities paid for them by Red Hood until they turned 18.

Most kids that saw the challenge would think it was a joke.

Most kids that believed it was real would think it wasn't even worth trying.

Most kids that tried would be caught immediately, and subsequently get a meal paid for by their Wayne of choice and suddenly have some doors opened for them, because Jason knew his family and knew they had a soft spot for kids.

Except the one thing he didn't account for was Danny Fenton, who most certainly was not most kids.

Have I read this prompt somewhere or was this a fever dream from my bored mind.

What if, now hear me out.

What if we bring up Dana Winters-Drake (whose confirmed to at least be alive in the DC verse but no one knows where she actually is)

What if instead of when she had a mental breakdown and getting committed to an Bludhaven clinc she wandered away before anyone noticed and by the time Tim or anyone did notice a lot of stuff started happening at once in both Gotham and Bludhaven (Steph dying, The Bludhaven crisis, etc etc)

Tim still tries to find her though but even with best resources it was like she just disappeared into the wilderness and the stress of trying to handle more and more problems get worse.

So when out of the blue, a couple of years later, he gets a call from an unknown number. On his private, only for friends and family, phone and when he answers he meet with a young girls voice on the other end.

A very young, maybe six or seven, girl who informs him about his apparently half-brother Danny Drake-Fenton. And how she loves Danny so, so, so much but knows her home is dangerous for him to be in.

Tim is stunned and before he could question her, she says Danny is Dana and Jack's baby and that her parents had adopted him years ago and put Dana's stuff that the hospital had away for him to look at when he was older but she just had to fight off their lunch from eating her brother and she knows he needs a better place to live and so she snooped around and found Dana's diary and that she had to unscramble the nonsense Dana wrote and found Tim's number with the words 'tell him about his brother Danny' hidden in it. And-

But before she could keep rambling she hears Danny screaming "JAZZY THE MILK WENT BAD AGAIN AND HISSED AT ME!"

Tim is left with silence after hearing Jazz yell to Danny to lock the fridge and step out of the kitchen as she gets the bat.

Steven?Do you love Lappy,Peri and Jasper?

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golf comic (spiritual successor to last year's camping comic)

Code: GHOST

It all started when a number code flashed across the screen of the Batcomputer while Tim was working on a case.

7 8 15 19 20

Flashed across the screen several times to the point it made Tim think that someone somehow managed to hack into the Batcomputer. It was also a number code he was not familiar with at all. So Tim reported it back over their comms in hopes that maybe one of the others knew what the numbers meant. Because all he managed to figure out from it was that the number code was an alert on the Batcomputer, one that came with coordinates that lead into the middle of nowhere.

Tim was about to join the discussion Dick and Jason were having on it when Bruce silenced them all apruptly speaking up.

"Answer code 2 1 20, sent them to the coordinates attached. I will be in the cave in ETA3 and take over from there."

The sudden silence on their communication line spoke volumes especially when Tim new the numbers was a simply code for Bat. He still did what Bruce asked him to do but that didn't stop the questions running through Tim's mind. He watched on the screen of the Batcomputer how the moment he sent the code in return, Programs started like on autopilot. A map opening that contained nothing at first but then changed into a map of a whole good damn city. Tim could only gap at what was happening on the Batcomputer before Bruce appeared and pulled him away from his seat to take over himself.

Bruce without a beat of delay started to input more codes and apparently access codes too as more and more windows opened on the Batcomputer. Tim did not realise that with time Dick, Cass and Damian had joined him as they watched Bruce work away on the Batcomputer. At some point an audiotrack opened but all they could hear was only static. They thought Bruce was going to run it through one of the noise filtering programs.

But to the shock of them, Bruce suddenly triggered a hidden compartment on the console, causing it to flip over and reveal communication link build in a way non of them had ever seen before. It was silver with green accents and looked far... older and less sleek than any of the ones they used. It was clearly not designed to stay completely hidden if put into your ear.

They watched how he simply put that earpiece on and then replayed the audiotrack.

The batkids shared a look of confusion. Non of them sure what to make of the situation until suddenly Bruce stood up from the Batcomputer.

"Prepare for a rescue mission. Nightwing, Orphan and Robin will come with me, the rest of you will stay in Gotham." Was all the man said before storming of towards the Batplane.

"Bruce what is going on?!" Dick instead of going to prepare asked stoping the man before he could get away from them. "What is the meaning of that code? Aside from the fact that simply translated it means ghost."

Bruce eyed the batkids present for a moment before letting out a grunt. "Ghost is finally ready to join the family."

"Ghost?" Tim echoed confused, never having heard that alias for any of them.

"Father what do you mean, 'join the family'?" Damian chimed in clearly frowning with suspicion.

The man eyed them once more his eyes going over each of his children, it looked like he was contemplating telling them more for a moment before he stood to fully face them and let out a sigh. "Like Clark, I too have clone child."

There was a stunned silence. No one speaking up until Dick did. "How long...?"

"14 years ago"

The silence continued as they all did the mental math. Once more it was Dick who spoke up first, clearly stunned. "You had a clone since I was eleven and now is the first time I hear of that?! You never bothered telling any of us?!"

There was a long suffering sigh. "We got to Danny before he was aged up, he was a normal baby even if created in a laboratory, so it was best for him to grow up normally, with the league we arranged for him to be sent to selected family since I had my hands full with you and-"

"Danny?!" Dick cut in. "His name is Danny? Does he even know about us?"

"Dick." Bruce called out his tone warning. "Of course I kept an eye on Danny's life. And I did made contact with him when the time was appropriated considering some of the things that were happening for the boy as he grew up, however he is not aware that he is a clone and it will stay that way. He will get to know all of you once we finished this rescue mission."

Before Dick or any of the others could say anything more Bruce spoke up firmly again. "Get ready now, we do not have any more time. Anything else will be handled later."

young love.

Fem!Damian (Talia) x Danny, PART 5.

Author's notes: Hi guys, I'm sorry it took so long to update a new part but now work has definetely descended into a new level of difficulty. It will take longer to update my own stories, so thank you for your patience.

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It’s around two a.m., Sunday morning in Gotham, and Robin successfully convinced Oracle to help her hide the fact that she changed her patrol route for a little bit.

“Thirty minutes top, Rob. We don’t want the big, old bat to notice something amiss.” Barbara instructs the younger girl through the comms.

“Understood Oracle… and, thank you.” Talia answers as she jumps from roof to roof towards Old Gotham. “I really appreciate it.”

“It’s the least I can do after the jerk move Nightwing and Red Hood pulled on you and… what’s the code we have for him again?”

Talia rolls her eyes behind her mask and holds an exasperated huff; she knows Barbara just wants to tease her because of the codename she came up with for Daniel. “Sirius, Oracle. His codename is: Sirius.”

“The brightest star in our solar system… you definitely are your father’s daughter.”

“I’m muting the comms.” Talia announces with deadpan voice.

Which only gets her an amused chuckle from Barbara. “Sure thing, *chuckle*. Just remember, thirty minutes. I’ll send you an alarm when the time’s up.”

“Understood. Robin out.” After that, only comfortable silence and protective shadows are what accompanies Talia.

Talia’s Robin uniform has duller colors that the ones her older sibling used to done, all dark grays, blacks and dark red lines, only the inner side of her cape – more like a cloak actually since it also has a hood – is the only part with yellow in it. Her hair is up in a ‘man-bun’, leaving her hidden undercut open to the eye, and her chest plates camouflage her breasts perfectly, giving her Robin a genderless appearance – there are forums in the internet dedicated only to talk about her Robin’s gender, which is equal parts disgusting as it is entertaining –. One of her first conversations with Daniel had been precisely about these forums:

FLASHBACK

“Like, who cares? Robin can and will kick your ass. I mean, I have no proofs but I also have no doubts that Robin can also beat both Red Hood and Red Robin asses in a fight.”

Talia lifts one elegant eyebrow in slight surprise. Not many male teens would make such statement aloud about her alter-ego. “And what makes you think that?” She asks with well-hidden smugness.

“My mom’s younger siblings.” That’s the first time Daniel mentions his uncle and aunt. “My uncle Dan is as big as a brick house, all wide shoulders, thick legs and arms, I bet he can give Batman and Red Hood a run for their money…

“Doubt it but continue.” Talia comments.

“And then there is my aunt Ellie, who barely reaches my mom’s shoulders… anyways, I’ve seen Ellie take down Dan like a wrecking ball to a building, it’s all about technique and swiftness really.”

“So, you’re saying that Robin is faster and has better technique than both Red Hood and Red Robin?” Talia manages to ask as a warmth feeling spreads in her chest.

“Exactly! I mean, The Big Bat and Black Bat are still the top dogs but come on! Robin is easily the third place in hand to hand.”

“What about Nightwing?” Talia finds herself asking, both amusement and curiosity taking the best of her.

“That two-timer? He doesn’t deserve to be part of this list, we talking about Gotham heroes, not Blüdhaven ones.”

And against all odds, Talia laughs.

END FLASHBACK

When Talia comes back from memory lane, she is already on the roof of the building in front of her brand-new boyfriend room’s window. She was expecting to find closed curtains, turn-off lights and a sleeping Daniel, what she finds is still drawn open curtains, turn on black lights and her boyfriend still awake with his laptop on his desk as he seems to be working on something, a weird thing she notices is that the black light makes Daniel’s hair shine white and the blue of his beautiful eyes glow in an eerie ice-blue… then again, her azizi sometimes buys the cheapest products he can find in the internet, so maybe is a secondary effect of this specific black lights.

Note to self: Get Daniel better nightlights. “Why are you still awake, Daniel?” Talia mumbles to herself as she watches the printer next to Daniel’s laptop start spewing a sheet of paper.

When the print is completely out Danny takes it and tenderly smiles at it, he spins a couple of times on the wheels of his desk chair and when he stops Talia gets a full face of her own face softly smiling at the camera. It’s a picture of their earlier walk through the gardens, one of the very few pictures that Daniel managed to take of her while Jason was distracted buying food. Talia watches with burning cheeks as her boyfriend carefully cuts the image with a pair of scissors and finally sticks it on a corkboard. The corkboard has more pictures with her in them; there’s a picture of the first time she and Daniel volunteered in a shelter; the massive Pitbull Daniel had befriended licking him all over while Talia politely covers her treacherous smiling lips. There’s another one from the science fair earlier that year, Talia had offered to take a picture with him because his family couldn’t make it to the event – streets were closed due to an attack from the Riddler –, and of course, the very first picture they took together, the one of that day they had met, Daniel is carrying the back then kittens while Talia only looks at the camera – Daniel’s cellphone – without smiling. From the very first picture back when started their friendship to the very first picture of them dating as romantic partners. Talia feels like soaring right now.

“Thirty minutes up, Robin.” Oracle announces, unmuting the comms.

Talia flinches on her spot at the sudden voice of who she recognizes as her oldest sister. “Yes, Oracle. Thank you.”

“All good?”

“Yes, the zone is safe and calm. I’m going back now.”

“Alright, baby bat. Just remember, one thing is to make sure he is alright and another is pulling a Red Robin.”

“Tt, not funny.” Talia seethes as she shoots her grappling gun and starts to swing back to her usual patrolling area.

“Just a gentle reminder.”

“Unnecessary.” Talia says as she loses herself in the shadows of the city.

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Sunday morning, around nine in the morning, some minutes before breakfast.

“Pennyworth.” Talia calls to her gentle grandfather figure with careful voice. “At what time will you be going to do the grocery shopping?”

“I go do the grocery shopping around mid-day, miss Talia.” The elder gentleman answers. “Why do you ask?”

“Since my date yesterday with Daniel was interrupted, I was thinking on inviting him to the skate park and later maybe have a small picnic.” Talia explains her plans for the day. “I wanted to ask if it was alright with you to give me a ride?”

“Why, but of course, darling. Would you like me to prepare something for the picnic?”

“Actually, I wanted to make the snacks myself. Some simple, like sandwiches and fruit slices.”

“Very well, then. You can use the kitchen after breakfast.”

“Thank you, Pennyworth.”

After that, Talia called Daniel and told him to meet up at the entrance of the skate park around mid-day. Their second date was a lovely thing where Danny taught Talia how to roll-skate since she only knew of the skateboard – she learnt while watching Tim –. Alfred picked them both up from the skate park around three in the afternoon, successfully convincing Danny to allow him take him back to his home.

Amnesia AU

Part 15