The team looked on in a stupor for all of 3 seconds, before their training and instincts shifted into gear. Kid Flash zoomed ahead and raced around the tube looking for an opening. 'There's a lid on the top but it's sealed shut. It's hooked up to some small locking device. Rob, we're gonna need you to hack it." KF shouted below, looking for the person in question only to find him missing.

"Already on it." The boy wonder said, appearing beside the speedster out of nowhere, causing the speedster jump up and shout.

"GAH! Seriously Rob, one day you're gonna scare me to death!" Kid Flash shouted exasperated. Robin merely gave him a smirk, and continued decoding the mechanism using his holo-glove.

"I'll ask the bioship to come closer so we can get him back to the mountain faster. There doesn't seem to be anyone around the vicinity, so I think it's okay." M'gann said, closing her eyes and bringing a hand to her temple in concentration.

Aqualad nodded in agreement. "Good Idea Miss Martian. Superboy, Artemis," he said looking at the two teammates mentioned, 'we'll do a final sweep of this floor. Make sure they aren't any other civilians." The both of them nodded at their leader and dispersed. They quickly started their search, looking into other rooms with similar cracked doorways, filled with debris and odd-looking machinery. Many of the rooms housed several tubes, much like the one the civilian was in. Most of the tubes were empty, but a few of them had strange, glowing goo at the bottom. Not knowing what it was, Aqualad, Artemis and Superboy simply relayed the information to each other, then moved on; continuing their inspection of the floor.

"Got it!" Robin exclaimed just as the mechanism gave off a whirring noise, popping the lid open. Robin and Kid Flash reached in, each grabbing gently onto one of the civilian's arm and slowly hoisting him up. They hooked an arm over each of their shoulders and carried him down over the rubble, and towards the doorway heading out. Halfway towards the end of the hallway, Miss Martian helped by levitating the boy, taking the weight of their shoulders.

"We got him! You guys need any extra help?" asked Kid Flash to Aqualad, as he, Artemis and Superboy met up with them.

Aqualad shook his head. "There is no need. We have confirmed that there are no other civilians. Let us quickly head back to the mountain and have him treated." Aqualad said, referring to the injured civilian. "We must contact the League as soon as possible. I am sure they will want to investigate this building further."

The team quickly made their way through the facility and reached outside where the Bioship was waiting; parked right in front of the entrance of the building. Once inside the Bioship, Miss Martian gently lowered the civilian onto one of the med beds, then took her post at the ship's controls and set the Bioship on course back to the Mountain. In the mean time, Artemis radioed in to the cave, alerting Red Tornado of their return and relaying a quick summary of what had occurred and of the civilian they found. He replied that he would notify the league and informed the team that he would have the med room prepared.

The team, except for Robin who chose to stay beside the civilian to keep check on his pulse, took to their seats; though their eyes never left the injured teen. Superboy shifted in his seat, a worried frown on his face. "Is he going to be okay? His heartbeat is really slow. I'm not sure if it's normal for him, cause I understand that not everyone has the same BPM. The average resting human heart rate is between 60-100bpm."

"For Martians, our normal resting heart rate is between 40-80bpm." M'gann added.

Conner nodded. "Yeah, yours is around 50bpm. But his… his is beating at around 10 beats per minute.

"Wuh-What?! That's super bad! What's going on Rob?" yelled Kid Flash, looking at his best friend. The rest of the team then noticed that Robin didn't seem worried at all. The team youngest simply continued to press his fingertips on the civilians wrist, while gazing at his holo-glove. After a few more seconds of silence, Robin finally let out a breath and let go of the boy's wrist.

"Looks like he's stable, though extremely weak. No signs of bleeding anywhere on the body, but we'll definitely need to scan him for any broken bones or internal bleeding. He is obviously malnourished; we'll need to wait till we're back at the cave to do a proper examination. Otherwise, for now I think he's gonna be okay." He answered, nodding to himself and switching off his holo-glove.

"Okay?! You heard Conner, his heartbeats going at like, 10 beats per minute. You sure that's normal for him?" Wally questioned the boy wonder. They rest of the team nodded their heads in agreement, wondering how their youngest member was so certain that the abnormal heart rate was nothing out of the ordinary.

Robin turned his head and frowned at the speedster. "KF, don't you recognize him?"

Wally shifted backwards in his seat, obviously not expecting the question. "Wuh? Err..," Wally turned to look at the civilian and squinted his eyes, trying to remember if he had seen the teen before. "I don't think so?"

"C'mon KF! He was the very first child(teen?) hero. And unlike us, he didn't have a mentor to train him. He figured it out on his own. I used to show you his battles online, and we looked up to him, remember?"

Wally scratched his chin for a second in thought, before his eyes suddenly widened and his mouth stretched open in shock. "Wait wait waittt a second. You're telling me, that he's Danny Phantom?!" pointing a finger at the sleeping teen in astonishment.

"Who is this.. Danny Phantom?" Aqualad inquired. "How have I not heard of him before?"

"And what exactly do you mean by 'the first child hero?'" Artemis jumped in to ask. "I thought you were the first."

Robin shook his head. "Danny Phantom was a Ghost superhero." There was a murmur of 'ghost?' around the team, but Robin promptly ignored it. "He defended Amity Park, a town in Michigan*, from evil ghosts that would emerge from portals. These portals let ghosts travel from the Ghost zone to Earth."
Wally nodded at Robin and took over speaking. "And the Ghost Zone is pretty much an alternate dimension where these ghosts come from- don't give me that look it's been scientifically proven-, and they come through and wreck the town. Most of the time the ghosts were just bored or playing around, but some of them did cause a lot of damage. A few tried taking over the world too. Regular villain MO."

"Phantom was the one protecting the town from them," Robin continued, "though the townsfolk had pretty mixed views about it. Half called him a hero, while the other half called him a menace."

"That's not fair!" M'gann huffed. "Didn't people realize he was helping them?"

"Most people only noticed the outcome of the battles. Damaged property, ruined roads and lampposts, the usual collateral damage. Comes with our job, but people were too ignorant to see past it." Kid Flash shrugged. The rest of the team frowned. It wasn't the first time for them, hearing a hero be blamed for something he had no control over.

"Despite all that, not a single death was recorded while he was on the job." Robin smiled, turning to look at the ghostly hero. The team's eyes widened with respect. That was amazing for a teen to do, much less by himself.

"He was really the first child(teen?) hero. But the rest of the world wouldn't recognize him for it. Back then; though they were a few enthusiasts, most people didn't believe ghosts existed. And when Amity Park would report on their ghost sightings and on Phantom's battles, most thought it was some hoax to promote the town's tourism. When I had just started out as Robin, a lot of the papers started labeling me as the first ever child hero. I got pretty annoyed at that, and did try telling them at some point but they didn't bother listening." Robin scowled crossing his arms around his chest. "Phantom first appeared when I was around 6 years old. I used to read about him online and thought he was pretty cool. He had been a hero for about 3 years, when he suddenly disappeared. Because he was ghost, some people believed he just returned to the Ghost Zone; but that wouldn't have made sense. Because why would he have suddenly abandoned the town he had been protecting, when ghosts were still emerging from the portals and wrecking the place?"

Artemis gasped, coming to a realization. "That's cause he didn't return to the Ghost zone. He was captured. And forced to undergo who knows what kind of torture in that place."

Robin brought up his holo-glove and opened up the screen, typing furiously. "His last known sighting was February 13th 2006"

M'gann gasped, hands covering her mouth in horror. "Then that means.."

Robin nodded, a sad frown etched his face as he turned to look at Phantom, and then at his teammates.

"He's been stuck in there for 5 whole years."

Hello again everybody! Sorry for the long absence. I cannot promise when I'll be updating chapters, but I WILL promise that it will eventually get updated. xD/

I dunno if anyone has re-read the previous chapters, but I did change a bit of it, so you guys might what to have a read. I updated everyone's ages in the 2nd chapter. Sorry if you guys all got confused in Dick's and Wally's explanation. Hope it doesn't seem bleh, but that's how it wrote itself :P Yes, Dick and Wally are Fanboys xD Especially Dick. More will be explained later~

*No one really knows for sure where Amity Park is. Alot of people speculated Michigan, so that's what I went with :P

Anyways, that's it for now! See you guys, and Stay Asterous!~