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Chapter Twenty-Two: Jazz

"What the hell was that shaking," Impulse nearly yelled when the other three got back down from the roof.

"That would be my brother when he gets pissed," Danny stated. "When he's mad, you have to get as far away as possible. When that's not possible, you just get out of his way."

"Is he okay," M'gann asked, slightly worried even with full knowledge of Siren's large amount of power.

"I'm more worried about the stress room that White," Danny chuckled.

"Stress room," Mal asked.

"When we first got our headquarters from our friend's father, we had the room installed underneath it," Danny explained.

"There's more under our feet," Karen asks, looking at the ground.

"When you're a ghost, secrets are a lot of who we are," Danny shrugged. "The stress room is for when either myself or White get an eleven on a one to ten scale of anger. Our powers can get a little out of hand when we're angry. You've seen that first hand."

The team could not help but cringe in agreement.

"The room is equipped with dummies, training equipment, and heavy-duty reinforcement wall," Cyborg told his teammates.

"Along with enchantments and runes to add to their strength," Danny says. "We wouldn't take the chance that technology might not have been enough, so we also wove magic into the room. But every so often, if we're angry enough, a little power seeps through. As you all just saw."

"You might need to repair that room once White is done, down there," Roy said.

"Oh, there's no need to worry about that," Danny waved off. "The enchantments also have a self-repair feature to them. Anytime we leave the room, it repairs itself in about an hour or so."

There was another slight shake that had come from beneath them.

"It might need more than an hour, this time," Dick said.

"That's my brother for you," Danny says. "Just be happy that he isn't doing that while he was still up here."

"Boy, you two scare us enough without you saying things like that," Karen stated.

"Have you people forgotten that I am a ghost," Danny gestured to himself. "It is in my nature to be creepy and scary. Why do you think so many mortal shows about ghost hunting are creepy? It's because we are creepy. Has it not sunk in even after over a year?"

Before anyone could answer, Siren music swirled back into the room. He looked a lot better than when he left.

"Well, I feel a lot better," was the first thing that came out of his mouth. "Did I miss anything while I was down under?"

"The most exciting thing that's happened in the past ten minutes was you making that Australia pun," Gar tells him.

"Better boring than action-filled," White says. "Danny and I used to have to fight ghosts and mystics on a three-time-a-day basis. Most of the time it was ol' Boxy or Skulker."

"And both are equally annoying," Danny shook his head.

"As if anyone is as annoying as the Box Ghost," White scoffed. "I'll kill him a second time if he yells 'BEWARE' one more time."

"Talk with Melinda," Danny advised. "If he gets that annoying, she might have a spell that finally gets him out of our hair."

"That alone would be like a gift from the gods themselves," White said.

"White, I have actually always wondered about why you always say 'gods' plural," Jaime asks the magical musician.

"Well, you all know that sirens are part of Greek mythology," White started.