Chapter 4
I'm sorry that this took so long. I was finishing my bachelor's degree and the pandemic didn't help at all. But now I'm back! And there's even a little game. Can you find the message?
After all the confessions were done, Danny grabbed Dan's hand, gave him a look, and started to fly away. The team was quiet, but Robin tried to follow them for a bit. He just wanted to say something, or just anything, that could help them. Instead, he went back to his team and started to go over a possible plan to get more information about the man and to help their newest members. None were surprised with the plans or that they would give Dan a chance.
Meanwhile, Danny had brought Dan to the lab and started floating around. Dan ignored him and took some time to see the room. It was a couple of minutes before Danny flew in front of Dan and offered his hand while looking him in the eyes.
- You can't be serious? - asked Dan with a disgusted expression, but his eyes had a hopeful shine
- This is not a "hero" giving you an opportunity. This is about me accepting you with everything that you are, and you accepting me as part of you and a different person at the same time. - said Danny without moving his hand and continuing to look at Dan's eyes
- Listen to yourself! Don't you understand that I can't be good?!- shouted Dan and then hissed - I shouldn't even exist. - a moment of silence passed but Danny didn't waver
- I know and that's why I'm not asking for anything as ridiculous as for you to change. What I'm offering is acceptance from both of us and to give the other a chance to have a family. Not caring how messed up it can be, because it is ours. - Danny knew that he sounded corny but he was only saying the truth
- Fine! I hope you know how stupid everything that you just said was. -
- And still, you shake my hand. - said Danny with a grin
After that, Danny shows him the lab properly, so they went over the different projects he had been working on. They only got to discuss two of the projects when Robin entered the lab. There was a moment of just looking at each other and Robin just nodded at Dan.
- We decided...
Suddenly the alarms started to shriek and Robin was thankful that they had already been fixed for Danny and in turn, it didn't hurt Dan. He really didn't want to see how he was when angered. Nothing else was said while they flew to the living room, Danny had captured him while laughing like he had pulled the greatest prank but he'll get Danny later.
- For what I can tell...It's a robbery but there seems to be no visible culprit and they only took a backpack, some snacks, and a few changes of clothes. - inform Cyborg
- Is there footage? - asked Robin
- Yes, I'm putting it on the screen...now. - said Cyborg and soon after they were looking at the inside of the stores
From what they could see, all the objects that Cyborg had mentioned seem to disappear out of thin air. After that, Robin screamed "Titans, Go!" and they were off, even if they all ignored Dan's laughter.
That was until Danny saw that Dan wasn't following them and he knew that leaving him on his own would be bad or completely horrible. So he moved close to Robin's motorcycle and made a signal that he wanted to talk with him. He could tell that Robin was a bit annoyed, but did as asked.
- Any good reason why you stopped me at this antique shop?-
- Yeah, I thought that the Tower needed an antique grandfather clock. - Danny rolls his eyes and doesn't let Robin speak - Actually, I'm letting you know that I'm going back because of Dan. - said Danny as if it was obvious...and it was..because Dan still likes destruction..and he's still dangerous... riiight
- Fine, but stay alert and close to the computers in case any of us contacts you. -
- Sir, yes, sir! - yell Danny while doing a military salute and Robin pause just when he was going to put on his helmet
- Go away! - and he left while Danny started to fly away even if he couldn't see well from laughing
It still didn't stop him from reaching the tower in less than a minute and getting to the living room where Dan was watching TV. Danny merely sat next to him and stole some of his popcorn. No questions were asked because who needs to know where Dan found and made the popcorn.
Meanwhile with the Titans in the shopping district. When Robin got there, the others were already talking with some of the employees and customers. Robin decided to take a moment to look around the two stores that were robbed, a big clothing store with a bigger brand, and a local candy store. When comparing what was stolen, the culprit took more clothes than snacks. Which is weird since food should be a priority.
- The manager of the clothing store gave us a list of the stolen items, but the manager from the candy store is going to withdraw the charges. - said Cyborg once he was close to Robin
- I'm not surprised, but did they said their reason? - asked Robin
- Well, the truth is that the snacks weren't stolen. The criminal actually left the money next to the cash register. - said Cyborg while giving the papers to Robin
- They paid for the snacks and not the clothes...why not steal the snacks if they were going to steal the clothes anyways? - Robin was rambling while looking at the list
- Perhaps we are dealing with a person who is forced to steal in order to survive. - said Raven once she was done examining the general area
- It would make even more sense since the clothes' sizes are small so we could be dealing with a child or someone with a child. - said Robin
- I believe we need to go back and talk to him about this. - whispered Raven
- You found something? - asked Robin, and Raven only nodded
After that, they looked around for a bit more before leaving back to the Tower. They were a bit surprised when they saw Danny asleep on Dan's lap while he continued to eat some popcorn. Dan quickly saw them and decided to wake Danny up. He put the bowl of popcorn aside, looked at the others, and then pushed Danny off.
But Danny didn't hit the floor because he started to float since he's always aware of his surroundings...Naaah, Raven used her powers to keep him from hitting the floor and got him close to Robin. Who started to wake him up, while he glared at Dan.
- Huh! - said Danny while trying to wake up - I'mma sleep-floating again? -
- No, Raven is keeping you up because of Dan. - explain Robin and Danny merely shrugged, which bothered Robin a bit - Anyways, we came back because we finished the primary investigation and Raven wanted to ask you something. -
- Ok, so what did you guys find out? - said Danny while going next to Dan and the others started to seat down
- Are there other halfas? - asked Raven, Danny almost choked on the popcorn and Dan decided to answer
- How do you think halfas are made? Do you think it's so easy as waking up with powers? - said Dan with a bored tone - No, there's only two of them. -
- Actually.. - Danny cough a bit more before answering - ..there's one more...-
- What! - growled Dan - I don't remember there being another one! - he continued and that made Danny a bit confused, but he quickly concluded that it must be one of those differences between "realities"
- Her name is Danielle and she's our cousin? - explained Danny but it was more of a question because he didn't want to give details about her origins, at least not if she wasn't present
- You're lying. - said Dan a bit surprised
- No, I'm not! - responded Danny while glaring
There was a moment of silence that was quickly broken by Raven explaining her suspicion of a halfa being the thief. At first, Danny was mad because she was accusing Dani, but then she mentioned that the only things that were stolen were the clothes from a high-end store and he calmed down. So he answered with "If it's her, we soon know for sure." The others didn't like that, not even Dan, but decided to keep the investigation to a minimum until something else happens.
The answer is in my profile...
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