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Chapter Forty-Three: Ultimate Harmony

Phantom could not keep his eyes off of his brother. There he was, standing there with Aqualad and Nightwing. His wings were hidden under his cloak, but there was no hiding that he was still hurt. The way Aqualad had to support him to keep him on his own two feet definitely told that. But there was also the fire in his eyes that was like when a parent was seriously pissed off.

"White," Danny flew down in his ecto-skeleton. "What are you doing here! You need to get back to headquarters to heal properly."

"Someone has to stop you from being stupid," White glared at his brother. "I told you rebuilding that suit was a terrible idea."

Even with all the seriousness going on, Aqualad and Nightwing could not help but look at the scene in front of them with slight amusement. Siren had always been the one that was comically smug when he was right, especially when he was proven right over his brother. And it was definitely a funny scene to watch Siren scold his twin like he was a child that stayed out past curfew.

"White..." Danny tried.

"Get out of that suit right now, before I blow it up with you still inside of it," White threatened.

That fact that he was injured and still making threats spoke volumes of how strong the siren prince really was. Krinos, Lena, and Melinda had to stop themselves from laughing so they could continue fighting Shendu while the brothers worked out their issues.

"White..." Danny tried again.

"Out. Now," White ordered.

The dome part of the ecto-skeleton over Phantom's head opened up. The ghost prince floated out of it and landed in front of his very angry twin.

Once his brother was out of the dangerous suit, Siren started staring at it. His eyes glowed gold as he glared at the mechanical skeleton. The ecto-skeleton began to shake. Golden cracks started to spider all around it. And as quickly as it started, the mechanical suit exploded in a golden flash. Siren's eyes went back to normal.

"Let it now be known that if he wanted to, Siren could definitely cause an earthquake," Dick said over the link.

He could almost feel the shivers down the spines of his teammates when he said that.

"Much better," White said, crossing his arms and turning back to his brother.

"White, I was only using it because it was needed to defeat Shendu," Danny tells his brother.

"That does not mean you risk your life by using that horrible suit," White continued to glare at him. "I was overjoyed when that thing was destroyed the first time for a reason. Why you rebuilt it after that was beyond stupid then and it is beyond stupid now."

"Shendu is too powerful for me without the suit," Danny says.

"You have over half a dozen mystics fighting with you," White crossed his arms. "I get that you are angry, but next time you risk your life just because you are pissed off, I will find you and slap some sense into you. Even if that means coming back from the dead and don't you think I won't find a way to do that."

Phantom looked like his was in a three way tie between happy to see his brother getting better, terrified for his health, and shame because of the scolding. Jazz may be the oldest member of the sibling trio, but that does not mean that Siren did not have his own moments of being the sibling parent to the other two. You could not be the prince of sirens, responsible for guiding new sirens into their new way of life, and not have gotten some parenting skills. Phantom certainly got them for obvious reasons, aka Danielle Phantom.

"I'm sorry, White," Danny rubbed the back of his neck. "I thought that I had no choice but to use it."

"There is always a better way," White says. "Ones that do not risk your life. Trust me when I say that if you had died because of that suit, I would have found a way to bring you back just to kill you myself."