Robin led Danny from the zeta portals and into the communal living room where the rest of the team was waiting. Danny scanned the others and stepped a little closer to Robin, he was still not used to the older teens.

M'gann looked over to the entrance and saw Robin with Danny. She smiled at them.

"Hi! Black Canary told us to meet her in the training room when you showed up." She said, standing up. The rest of the teens stood too, some of them looking over to Danny in question but nobody asked. Robin caught the questioning looks and gently pulled Danny to stand in front of him, letting go of his hand and placed his gloved ones on the small shoulders of the Halfa. Danny shifted away from the group in front of him, but couldn't go anywhere because of Robin holding him in place.

"You guys remember Danny," Robin said, motioning to the boy with his chin. The others nodded.

Kaldur stepped forward, "not that we're opposed to him being here, but why is he here? I would have thought he would stay with Batman or at the cave."

Robin briefly glanced down at the boy who was watching Artemis and Wally playfully bicker with wide, curious eyes. He made a move to go over to them but hesitated when he remembered Robin. Robin let go and motioned he was allowed to go. Danny padded over to the two and Robin looked back to Kaldur.

"Batman doesn't want him alone and he had a meeting about Danny's situation, it would have been...problematic to have him present, so he came with me." Aqualad just nodded in acceptance and turned his attention to the rest of the team.

Artemis and Wally were bantering back and forth while Conner and M'gann were off to the side talking. Danny was sitting cross-legged in front of the archer and speedster watching the verbal tennis match between the two teens. Kaldur sighed at their antics and went over to M'gann and Conner. Robin called Danny over to him.

When the boy approached the older teen, Robin smirked.

"Ar trebui să ne ascundem în coridoare." (We should go hide in the rafters.) The teen stated with a mischievous curve to his mouth. Danny's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"De ce?" (Why?)

Dick frowned slightly, "pentru a bate echipa. Duh." (to prank the Team. Duh.)

This time Danny frowned. "Dar doamna verde a spus că trebuie să întâlnim pe cineva numit Canarul Negru." (But the green lady said we have to meet someone called the Black Canary.)

Dick's smirk returned, "Ei bine, amintiți-vă ce spun ei: 'trăiți viața la maxim.'" (Well, remember what they say, 'live life to the fullest.') Danny rolled his eyes.

"What?" The teen asked.

"Asta e brânză. Dacă vrei să spui ceva cliche, cel puțin schimba-l puțin." (That's cheesy. If you're going to say something cliche, at least change it up a bit.) The young boy stated.

"Ei bine, cum altfel ai putea spune asta?" (Well, how else could you say it?)

Danny started ticking his fingers, "viața este pentru cei vii, viața este a ta de a alege, viața are nevoie de un pic de nebunie-" (life is for the living, life is yours to choose, life needs a little bit of madness-)

"Ok, that last one sounds like what the Joker would say." Robin interrupted.

"Joker?" Danny asked.

"I'm sure you'll meet him eventually. Come on, let's go do team bonding since you don't want to prank anyone...yet."

<><><><><><><><><><>

Batman stalked into the large conference room where the rest of the League resided. All the other heroes were sitting in silence, waiting for the meeting to start. In the center of the "U" shaped table, Superman sat, on his right was Wonder Woman and on his left was Green Arrow. Flash, who was bouncing his knee rapidly-the only sort of movement in the room-sat next to Martian Manhunter on the left of Green Arrow, and finally Aquaman sat across from Martian Manhunter, next to Wonder Woman. Batman walked to the center of the room and dropped a thin file in front of Superman, who took it, but didn't look in it, instead opting to shoot the Bat a concerned and confused glance.

"Where is the kid? Shouldn't he be with you? He has a shady, unknown agency after him. It's not good to leave him alone." The Kryptonian points out. The rest of the team turned to the Dark Knight, faces mirroring the Man of Steel's concern.

"He's with the Young Justice Team. Robin will stay close and they won't leave the mountain under any circumstances and if anything happens the team and Canary will know what to do." He replied, "and it probably isn't good to have him here as we talk about his past." The others just nod in agreement, tension in their postures loosening. Superman finally turned his attention down to the file and opened it, scanning the contents before looking back up at the Caped Crusader.

"Is this the file from the facility he was held in?" Batman nodded. Superman glanced back down, a mask of sadness and anger overtaking his features before he passed it to Wonder Woman who did the same.

After all the heroes had read the file, they all had mixed emotions. They stayed silent, waiting for the patient Batman to continue.

"I'm keeping him with me and Robin at the mansion. He will have to come everywhere with us, or at least always have a hero or the team around him. I'm opening an investigation on the agency and trying to work out how to bring them down. They are unknown, so we have to be careful."

Superman sighed, glancing over to the file that was now reaching Martian Manhunter. "Poor kid's been through hell." The others nodded solemnly in agreement.

"He is so small." Wonder Woman muttered, looking over at the open file with a fairly recent picture of the kid. The others looked at her before turning their gaze to the photo.

"Yeah. We noticed." Batman said, a careful flatness to his tone.

"Do you think it's a health thing, or part of his powers? I mean, he is incredibly tiny for someone of his age." Flash commented. The speedster glanced up to Batman who surprisingly looked concerned.

"I don't know. He's small, but it doesn't seem to affect his health. I think it must be a mix of genetics and his powers. Not to mention the abuse and malnourishment." The others nodded again.

"So, he's going to be under house arrest the whole time?" Flash asked. Batman narrowed his eyes at the man.

"I wouldn't call it house arrest. It's not safe for him to go out into the public. You know that." Batman responded. Those who paid very close attention would be able to detect a hint of defensiveness in his dry tone.

"Yeah, I know that, but it's almost like saving him from one prison to put him in another, flashier version. And the kid is smart, he'll recognize that you're trying to keep him safe eventually, but it won't change the fact that he's a kid who lived most of his life trapped and imprisoned. He'll grow to hate you, regardless of your intentions." Flash stated, for once serious. Batman, uncharacteristically, hesitated.

"I know. But what's another way he can go out without putting him at risk?" Batman asked. Flash shrugged helplessly glancing at his hands before looking back up at the older man.

"He's always going to be at risk. I honestly think he would be the safest when going out with Batman rather than Bruce Wayne." Flash suggested.

"He has a point. Bruce Wayne can't fight back, but Batman can." Superman pointed out.

Batman sighed. He could understand what they were saying, but Batman only went out at night for patrol....maybe he could try bringing the kid along one time with him and Robin? He sighed again. He couldn't risk doing that until he's healthy, mentally and physically.

"Your advice is appreciated, and I have it under control." Batman checked the time. They've been gone for about three hours. He looks back up at the other heroes. "We should probably go see how the team is doing on their training and team bonding."

<><><><><><><><><><>

Robin was shaking from trying to maintain his laughter. He was trying so hard not to double over at his teammates-excluding Kaldur who was standing next to him, shaking his head with a minuscule smile on his face as he watched the scene.

In front of them, a small eleven-year-old stood in front of a pile of superpower or very skilled teenagers and one adult. Surrounding them was a brightly glowing green dome and the mats and walls were singed and smoking. Danny, in his ghost form, stood in front of the group that was still in a dog pile, all of them bruised and mildly injured, the ghost's hands had a glowing green aura to match the dome.

At the pained groan from Kid Flash, Robin couldn't help himself, finally falling to the floor, laughing. After a minute or two, and a glare from the majority of the other heroes who had finally untangled themselves and stood up inside the dome, Robin collected himself and walked over to Danny.

As Robin approached Danny, the Zeta tubes announced the arrival of Flash, Batman, and Superman.

As the three elders walked into the room and took in the scene. Robin looked at the stoic face of his mentor and immediately blurted out an excuse.

"It was an accident, I swear."

Batman's face didn't change.

"He asked if he could try sparring and we were hesitant but thought it'd be fine, and soon he had beaten all of them. At the same time." He said the last part slowly, as if hesitant to add that detail. Batman sighed. He didn't want to deal with this right now. He wanted to go home.

"Let's go. Come on Danny." He directed the last statement at the boy softly, holding out his hand for emphasis. The boy's hands lost their green glow and the dome went down as Danny padded over to the Dark Knight, reaching up to grab his hand. He looked up at the man with large green eyes before they shifted over to Robin who was walking over.

The teenager looked up to his mentor's face, "are the results in?" Batman nodded. The three made their way back to the Zeta tube, Danny changing back to his human form as they walked.

<><><><><><><><><><>

"Sir, we have a location."