Chapter 11: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

When Danny had bad days, they tended to be really bad. Like not "I spilled coffee on my lap" bad or "I totaled my car" or even "my dog died" bad. Really, really bad.

His day started out at around 6 A.M. when his next wish child took a turn for the worse overnight. All Cammie had wanted was to see a rainbow one last time, but the odds of that naturally occurring in the sight of her hospital window was slim, even slimmer with her having only hours left. Danny was forced to GPS track the Weather Wizard through his cell phone (seriously, villains were just as clueless as everyone else sometimes) and drag him out of bed so they could make it in time.

It was painful to stand in the corner of the room and watch Weather Wizard sit next to the frail little girl and hold her hand. She was smiling as he caused rainbows to shimmer in and out of existence with his "weather wand." (Wow, did that make him cringe). The fleeting smile that came to his face with the thought slipped away at the reminder of why they were there.

A glance over to Cammie's father, who was desperately trying to hold back tears from where he sat on his daughter's other side, only made Danny's stomach drop more. The only thing that was keeping him grounded was Cammie's weak voice asking "Mr. Mark" to make more rainbows.

The villain did so for 28.5 minutes more until her breathing stopped and her eyes turned glassy.

Watching her father completely break down was a punch to the gut. He clung to his daughter's hand, pleading her to wake up as his previously stubborn tears freely flowed down his cheeks.

Weather Wizard bowed his head in silence for several moments before he gently set Cammie's still hand down and made his way around the bed to lay a comforting hand on her father's shoulder. The man only sobbed harder.

Danny closed his eyes and rested his head back against the wall. Sometimes he really hated his job.

It was noon now. He was sitting stiffly on the couch with Ivy, both of them petting the succulents that had belonged to Melody, the little girl that idolized Ivy. She now knew what such a loss felt like, and had shown up within five minutes of hearing the news. The two of them had moved the couch so they could stare out the window in silence, watching the people of Gotham walk by like tiny ants on the sidewalks below them.

"She was seven," Danny finally said blankly.

"Mhmm," Ivy quietly agreed. "And Melody was five."

"The universe fucking sucks."

The redhead let out a sharp exhale to signal the dark amusement she found in his statement. "Yup." They both looked down at his lap as his phone began to ring in his pocket. "Fate's got something against you right now."

Danny sighed and answered the call from his boss. "Johnson."

"You've got a pair here. First one's a girl, really likes the Cheetah lady for whatever reason."

"Fine. What else?"

He could hear her grumble about it for several seconds before answering. "There's a little boy who wants to meet that clown guy, Joke-"

Danny's eyes widened in shock as Ivy ripped the phone from his hand and threw it as hard as she could against the wall to their right, where it cracked on impact. "Wh- what the hell did you do that for?!"

Her glare made it seem like she gained laser vision overnight. "You are not letting that crazy fucking bastard anywhere NEAR a child, do you hear me?" Her hand was clenched around one of his wrists.

He stared at her incredulously. "Ivy, you don't seriously think I would consider that for even a second, right?" As her expression relaxed, he rolled his eyes. "I know he's unhinged. I know he'd probably kill them. I was going to tell my boss 'no way in hell,'" he glanced at his ruined work phone, "but you kind of beat me to it."

At least Ivy seemed slightly apologetic for her impulsive action. "Oops."

Danny couldn't help but laugh at her blunt statement. "Oops indeed." His gaze fell back to his busted phone. "Wonder Woman was last seen in London, right?"

The villainess shrugged, sitting back down and petting the succulent once again. "Sounds like somewhere the princess would be."

"Hm. I wonder if I could borrow Lex's private jet for this one."

Turns out he could borrow Lex's private jet.

"-on the plane to London now. I thought he would be in New York longer, but maybe he was just meeting with someone?"

"Definitely not the case. G-dad was still pretty stressed over it, but mainly 'cause Artemis showed up and kept him from racing out across half the country."

"What are you two doing?" The two teens jumped as the girl spoke from behind them, her hand on her hips and eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"...nothing?"

"Well not exactly nothing 'cause Robin told Red Robin who told Wonder who told Guardian who told Arsenal who told-"

"Don't you mean Red told other Robin?"

The two boys looked at each other and shook their heads in unison. "Nah!"

Batgirl sighed. "I'm not sure I care anymore. Nope. Not my problem." She left them to their conversation. Besides, it was always best to hear these things straight from the source.

Bit of clarification: NYC is a pretty close drive from Gotham. So Danny was in NYC, went back to Gotham, and is now going to London.

This chapter was the price to pay for Cheetah being the next one (she's actually been on my list since the beginning). Yes, I do listen to suggestions. Yes, I also listen to other ideas. This ending happens to be the start of something that came to mind when talking to littleditto. Also, thanks for all the kind words! I love hearing from everyone.