Danny had fast reflexes. He always had, even before the accident. They just got enhanced by the portal.

He also knew that this was an impostor. This was a ghost and was not his sister.

When she cupped his face he immediately was alert, and when he felt an abnormal heat radiate from her hands, he made his move.

He wasn't able to move fast enough to avoid burning the left side of his face, but he was quick enough for it to not be serious. (Don't blame the reaction time, it was your miscalculation.) Nonetheless, in under thirty seconds, his attacker was knocked out cold, revealing a thin and spangly ghost with black flaming hair.

The power of the ray he had sent at the ghost had pushed his small frame back a few feet from the recoil. He was holding his burnt face with a blue hand, watching the intruder lay on the ground. He heard the other ghost-Skulker?-yell something to someone in the hall and not a minute later two ghosts were dragging the unconscious shape-shifter out of the room. The robotic ghost kneeled in front of Danny to be closer to his height and placed two gentle, metal hands on his biceps.

"Are you okay? You're hurt, we should get that burn looked at." Danny just stared at the helmeted face.

Now that the impostor was gone, and after his surge of power, he just felt tired and overwhelmed. Tears gathered in his eyes and some of his anger returned. He was not a child. He never cries. So why the hell had he done it so much in the last few months. The hands on his arms calmly start rubbing in a soothing pattern. He finally composed himself and found his voice.

"I want go home." He tried to hide the slight wobble in his tone and looked the ghost in the eyes. "Don't know where. Don't know who you are. Want go home." He knew he couldn't, his home was gone. It has been gone for a long time. Nearly ten years. But as of right now, the closest thing he had was with the Batman and Robin, and he wanted to go back. And it made him angry that no one wanted to give him answers.

The mechanical ghost heaved a sigh, stood up, and gently grabbed his hand. He led the boy down to the medical center where large white yetis were waiting. Danny eyed them suspiciously, scanning them from head to toe. They seemed harmless (despite their bulking forms and sharp claws and teeth), simply there to take care of the patients. Then his eyes were drawn to one yeti who was sitting on a cot, his arm being wrapped with a cloth. He was the most threatening, one arm being encased in ice and an air of power and authority surrounded him. The boy narrowed his eyes.

The robotic ghost continued forward towards the threat and Danny protested. He stopped his feet and tried to tug his hand free without taking his eyes off of the one-armed yeti.

Skulker stopped when he felt the tug and looked at the boy. He was tense and staring at Frostbite. Skulker sighed. He didn't have time for this. He turned and lifted the frighteningly light Halfa and continued walking.

Danny gave a quiet yelp when he was suddenly lifted easily from the ground by his companion. He debated whether or not to attack, but decided against it because the threat in front of him was of greater concern. Before he knew it, he was placed next to the large creature on the cot, both Yetis and the robotic ghost looking down on him. The boy shifted so that his back was pressed against the wall and his legs were pulled up on the cot and close to his chest. He eyed all of them silently.

The (doctor?) yeti smiled softly at the boy, before turning back to the yeti on the cot. She finished up and pinned the cloth quietly muttering some instructions to come back to get it changed to the other before walking away to put the supplies away. Skulker and the one-armed yeti turned to him and then to each other.

"Is this the Great One? Didn't think he would be so tiny" The large yeti rumbled. His voice was kind and was lowered due to the quiet atmosphere. Danny scowled at the 'tiny' comment.

Skulker nodded, "yes. We had unwelcome company earlier and I have to go handle it and decide on what we should do. I sent for the whelps to come here and I need someone mature to watch and make sure nothing happens. We have some suspicions." The yeti nodded and turned to the Halfa.

"Hello, Great One, my name is Frostbite. I am the leader of the Far Frozen Clan. Is it alright if I look at that burn?" The large creature asked. Danny narrowed his eyes slightly in suspicion. He carefully moved closer and let the creature prod the burn on his face. The wound had frosted over to accelerate the healing. Seeing the blue tinge and thin layer of frost, the large yeti's eyes widened.

"He is of ice and snow." The yeti informed Skulker. Danny shifted slightly to look at the leader. Annoyed he stood on the bed to be closer to the height of the other two. He growled softly. He is so sick and tired of not knowing what the fuck is going on and of everyone talking like he's too stupid to understand.

"Ice and snow? What's going on?" He said fiercely to the two ghosts. Gone was his cornered animal instincts and his innocent demeanor, in its place was one pissed off Halfa.

When neither answered, Danny let electricity pool in his palm, crackling up his forearms. The air around him dropped in temperature, causing frost to gather on Skulker's armor. The electricity now dangerously danced around the Halfa gave off no heat.

'If they won't talk, I'll try to scare the answers out of them.'

"Answer me." He injected more of an echo to his voice, making it sound eerie.

"Calm down Great One, we mean no harm. We are simply shocked that your ghostly core is of ice and snow. It is very rare for such a strong core to be outside of the Far Frozen, let alone inside of a Halfa. However, I am confused." Frostbite said, calming the boy down enough to allow the electricity to fizzle out and the temperature to rise, he tilted his head slightly in question.

"What confused about? I make cold." The boy demonstrated by making a piece of ice form in his hand. Frostbite chuckled at the act.

"Yes, young one. You make cold, however, you also make electricity. Ghosts normally don't have a core that is capable of two different elements, especially not two opposite elements. So I'm confused how this is possible. Particularly because Halfas aren't meant to be as powerful as you are." Skulker cleared his throat, cutting off any further questioning from the boy.

"This changes things slightly, seeing as the whelp clearly can control his power to a great extent. I have to go discuss with Walker and the others as to what should happen." He nodded goodbye to Frostbite and Danny before turning and leaving. Danny turned back to the large yeti ghosts.

"When can go home?" Frostbite frowned slightly at the choppy words before smiling apologetically at the boy.

"I am not sure, Great One. We all hope you will be returned to the costumed humans soon. Have you not met your human friends yet?" Danny slumped, upset and tired, before perking slightly at the mention of his "human friends." Seeing the confusion on the boy's face, the large ghost elaborated.

"Sir Tucker and Lady Sam. I was certain that they were there when you had awoken." Danny remembered little from when he had first woken up, everything was just hazy and blurry with panic. Struggling to come up with the words to express this, he simply shrugged.

"You don't remember? Did you hit your head?"

Danny wasn't prepared for follow-ups. He struggled to think of the English words he could use to make them understand.

"Everything was....neclare și înfricoșătoare" (Fuzzy and scary) Danny finally responded, giving up trying to think of the words.

"I'm sorry, young one. I don't understand the language you are speaking. Do you struggle with English?" Danny nodded. He didn't know what to do. He was too frustrated and the anger from before had yet to completely leave his system. He could barely remember the words he had learned years ago and the English lessons from Bruce and Dick were still too new.

The thought of the two Bats sent a pang through his chest. He briefly wondered when he started caring so much about them, but there was something about them. Bruce shared a similar pain, he had learned that the man had been orphaned at a young age too, and Dick just seemed....familiar. In a nice way.

The young boy was startled from his thoughts by the door being loudly opened. Two figures charged inside.

"Danny!" The half-ghost in question scanned the two. It took only a minute for it to click.

"Sam? Tucker?" He hesitantly questioned. It's been a long time and he was worried that he got it wrong. The two beamed at him before Tucker pounced. He rushed to the boy and threw his arms around Danny's smaller frame. Danny warily lifted his arms and hugged back, not long after he did so Sam had joined.

They were interrupted by Skulker coming through. Frostbite stood and walked over to him with a smile.

"Sir Skulker! You have returned. I assume you have news on the situation?" The mechanical ghost glanced, almost nervously, at Danny, who was in between Sam and Tucker (both of which hadn't let go. Sam was hugging his arm close to her and pulled to her side and Tucker's arm was tightly holding him and was slung over his shoulders).

"Clockwork is back." He said, pausing before he hesitantly added, "he brought someone."

"Who has he brought?" Skulker didn't answer, ignoring his question completely.

"He has to come with us." Frostbite frowned.

"Are we sure it's safe?" Skulker just looked at him, clearly conveying he doesn't know.

Danny frowned. He wasn't fragile, he could take care of himself. He had for nearly eleven years.

"I want to go." The two ghosts looked over at the boy, Sam and Tucker tightened their hold, not wanting to let go, but Danny easily dislodged them before walking up to Skulker. The ghost looked down at the boy before sighing.

"Okay, fine. Let's go."