A Foreign Power Chapter One
One year after the Danny saved the planet…
The air was crisp and chilled as the sun rose over Amity Park. It was a beautiful sight that was one of the true natural jewels of this small town. Not that Danny was able to view this as he was currently bracing himself against an attack. A second later his back slammed into a wall in the Ghost Zone. Biting back a cry of pain Danny rolled backward into the air narrowly avoiding a kick to his gut; that cracked through the steel ground below him instead. Barely blocking the next attack Danny spied an opening and was able to land a kick. Yet being in the air the kick didn't have much power, but Danny was able to happily follow up with a punch that connected. However, Danny's glee proved to be his undoing as he missed another fist that slammed into his jaw. Falling down Danny did not get up.
A few minutes later a sore Danny groaned as he massaged his jaw. 'Why do I hurt so much in my ghost form?' Danny wondered. Glancing up Danny accepted the offered hand with a slightly pain-filled smile.
"Thank you for the lesson." Danny said giving a bow to his most recent teacher, an old Chinese ghost by name of Lee. Danny wasn't sure when he was from, but Master Lee was one of the best hand to hand fighters Danny had even met. After months of training under him, today was the first time Danny had ever touched him, and Master Lee never used his own ghost powers.
"You're welcome young Phantom, but you really must keep your guard up and keep your distance. Fix those two things and I will show you a new move." Master Lee said with a small smile.
"Really?" Danny said excitedly. Moving into to the proper horse stance Danny started to practice his most recent defensive form for a bit, before Master Lee had him stop and kneeled down and meditate.
He had just finished and stood up and gave Master Lee a bow when he felt a familiar ghost entered the room. Turning around Danny smiled while Master Lee gave a bow.
"Thank you for your time, Master Lee." Clockwork said. Giving him a nod, Clockwork opened a portal which the ghost left through.
"So what now?" Danny asked looking around. Who would Clockwork bring out next? Maybe it was time for another sword lesson. It had been a couple of days since his last one.
"Rest Danny. You are becoming quite the fighter, but your home awaits." Clockwork said handing Danny a glowing green drink.
"If you say so." Danny shrugged. Sipping the drink he felt his energy returning while at the same time giving him a pleasant buzzing feeling. "Wait, I'm going back home." Danny said excitedly. It had been far too long since he had seen Sam. Plus now that he thought about it, he had made plans to spend the day with her.
"Yes, though I have some homework for you."
"More books?" Danny groaned as he caught sight of a stack that Clockwork was floating over.
"Yes, make sure you read them. All of them."
"...Will do." Danny sighed, as he packed them away in his bag. That done Danny turned and made a sort of doorknob turning hand motion. Though when nothing happened started to try again when Clockwork stopped him.
"Try again, but this time draw the energy up slowly." Clockwork said.
Moving his hand slower Danny followed his advice and after a minute a small portal flickered into existence. Seeing it Danny smiled at his teacher only to receive an amused look back.
"See you next week." Danny said before flying through.
Appearing in Amity Park Danny looked around and realized why Clockwork had looked so amused. His portal had dropped him outside of town, and by the sound of the town clock, he was late.
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After zooming through the air Danny landing in the park. A few of the people moving around stopped to stare at Danny, but Danny didn't really care as he changed into his human form. Giving them a wave Danny was off again, moving quickly through people setting things up stalls and open tents, before finally coming to a stop at a giant green and black tent located in the middle of the park.
"Sam." Danny chirped happily as he dumped his bag inside. Arms free he hugged his girlfriend from behind.
"You're late." Sam huffed irritated even as she leaned back into his embrace.
"Sorry." Danny said kissing her. "So what do you need me to do oh mistress of mine?"
Blushing Sam slapped his arm. "Stop that. The town market is about to open, and I need you to help set out my stuff." She said gesturing to the large truck behind the tent.
"Wow… that's a lot of food." Danny said after opening the truck door. "Did all of this really come from the town garden?"
"Sure did." Sam said grabbing a wooden crate that was filled with tomatoes. "Though it's grown more into a town farm. Everyone still just calls it The Garden."
Danny paused and turned to look at girlfriend before looking away with an amused grin.
"What?"
"It's just… only you could get this town to eat more veggies." Danny said still grinning.
"Well of course they do." Sam huffed. "Without all those chemicals my veggies taste better than what you can get at the store. Now move it, the market opens in an hour."
"Yeah sure." Danny said. Grabbing a stack of crates he wondered if it would be worth the energy to split himself to get this all done.
"Thanks, Danny." Sam said giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Grinning like a goon Danny transformed back into his ghost form and split into three. Between all of them, Danny was able to move the produce quickly out of the truck. While he was setting up he and Sam caught glimpses of what other people were selling. Most stalls were selling fruits, veggies, herbs, and sweets. While there were others stalls selling town wares; unsurprising most of it was in a ghost theme.
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As the market opened Danny didn't change back to his human form, though he was forced to merge back into one as it took too much energy to remain as three. Floating some of the veggies, however, took no energy and quickly drew in most of the out of town customers. They ooh and ahhed while the produce quickly began to disappear from the crates.
"Break time." Sam cheered a couple hours later as she put out a sign. It was good timing too as they finally hit a point where there was no one in the tent.
"Good idea." Danny said stretching. Give him a ghost fight any day, but dealing with gawking people and constantly getting his picture taken always seemed to drain him. Danny was just glad that Sam was there or some of his fans would have never left. Smiling at Sam Danny grabbed his bag and reached in. "By the way, I have something for you." Danny said handing Sam a medium sized box.
Sam raised an eyebrow as the box was bigger than Danny's bag, but she had seen too many weird things during all of the ghost adventures to be truly bothered. Opening the box she stared in shock for a moment before she carefully lifted the item with slightly shaking hands. Starring Sam gave off a high pitch squeal in excitement. "An Argocoffeopsis Lemblinii! But those are extinct. How did you…?" Sam asked turning to her boyfriend.
"When Clockwork takes someone training you never know when he will train you." Danny said grinning. The grin only grew wider as Sam locked lips with him.
"Thank you Danny!" Sam happily chirped when she pulled away.
"Any time." Danny said with another goofy grin. Even though he was back in human form he was floating part way off the ground. That stopped though when a voice broke through his happy mood.
"Oh, Phantom~ "
Eyes glancing around wildly Danny immediately went invisible a second before a cluster of girls entered the tent. Dealing with fans was one thing, dealing with her felt like a living hell. Obsessive stalker was the nicest term Danny had for her at the moment.
Paulina was followed into the tent by a few other members of the Phantom fan club. They were all fully decked out in Phantom club's official colors, (black white and green), though as the leader of this little group Paulina was dressed the best with highly expensive silks. Looking around their hopeful faces dropped when they found the place empty except for Sam.
"Manson." Paulina sneered "Where'd Phantom go?" she demanded giving Sam a dismissive sniff.
"His name is Danny, and where he is, is none of your business." Sam said glaring back. "Are you sure you want to follow her when she's been kicked out of the club?" Sam asked looking at the other girls who looked confused at the statement.
"I was not! It was just a warning!" Paulina snapped glaring at the other club members. "Besides, what would she know being always at the Garden. That's probably why Phantom left. He couldn't stand the smell of all this... dirt. It's something you can't ever get out." Paulina said causing only a few of the other fan members to snicker. While the others were still glancing between Paulina and Sam with an uncertain look.
"Really?" Sam shot back "Because Danny loves this smell in the morning, in the night, and in the back of my little… black… Smart Fortwo." Sam finished smugly as Paulina grew red with rage.
"You slut!" Paulina shouted lunging for Sam's face with her hands curled into claws.
Moving slightly to the side Sam grabbed Paulia by the thumb and with a twist, Paulia was face planted into the ground.
"You fucking Bitch!" Paulina screeched as she tried to get Sam to let go. Instead, Sam only increased the pressure as a warning, causing Paulina to go still from the pain.
"No Paulina, that's what you are." Sam spat as she dropped Paulina's arm and took a step back. Glaring at the others she dared them to make a move. One of the Phantom Club member slowly forward with her hands slightly raised to show she meant no harm and helped Paulina to her feet.
Unfortunately, Paulina proved that she didn't learn her lesson and tried to come at Sam again. Sam's lips tightened in anger as she punched Paulina in the face; while at the same time something collided with Paulina's left leg. Shrieking in pain Paulina went down clutching her bleeding, broken nose. Not that that kept her from continuing to cursing Sam out.
Avoiding looking Sam in the eyes the other girls grabbed their fallen leader and high tailed it out of there. Though not before Paulina got in the last word.
"You'll Pay for this you fucking whore! Danny belongs..." Paulina managed to get out before a random piece of ceiling fell knocking her out in mid-rant.
"Not in your dreams bitch, not even in your dreams…" Sam said as they disappeared around the corner.
When the door slammed closed behind them Sam had to breathe for a moment as she tried to regain her sense of calm. Though her boyfriend hugging her from behind was definitely helping.
"You alright?" Danny asked as he regained visibility.
"Yeah... just peachy." Sam gritted out clearly still upset.
"Well, she's gone now and what you did to her nose… that was just awesome! You know I think she looks better this way." Danny said getting Sam to crack a small smile.
"Yeah, well it did make a satisfying crunch. I should have done that years ago. Though don't think I didn't notice what you did."
"What? I kept out of the main fight, but you can't expect me to do nothing when someone talks about my girl like that!"
"That's not the point Danny." Sam mumbled blushing.
"Anyway, what are we going to do about her and the fan club?" Danny asked hugging Sam tighter.
A dark look crossed Sam's face "Yeah, something has to be done. Leave it to me, I've got a few ideas." Sam said.
"Do I want to know?" Danny asked.
"…Not really. Don't worry, this time I'll be your hero." Sam said.
A few seconds later Danny nodded and Sam smiled. Sitting down they both finally got to their lunch. As they ate Danny ate for a little bit before he paused and frowned.
"Is something wrong with the food?" Sam asked looking up from her own food.
"Nope, it's delicious." Danny said starting to eat again. When he had first sat down Danny had felt like he was starving, but now, only halfway through the meal his feeling of hunger had all but faded away. It wasn't that he was full and he still had a desire to eat, but he just wasn't hungry anymore. Finishing the meal Danny cleaned up the dishes while Sam got ready to open their stall again.
Sam had just opened the door in time for both of them to watch one of the market place's medics run by. Danny was about to follow to see if he could help when a second medic rushed around the corner only to skid to a stop to avoid a crash.
"What's going on?" Danny asked before the medic could disappear.
"Phantom!" The medic said surprised as he realized who he had almost crashed into.
"Yeah, so what's going on? Do you need some help?"
"Oh no sir, it's just a bunch of sick tourists. No ghosts here, well other than you sir. So please enjoy the market." The medic said then he dashed off before Danny could say anything else. Staring after him Danny was feeling a bit lost at knowing that he wasn't needed. That feeling faded though as Sam took his hand.
"What do you think? Want to take a walk?" Sam asked.
"Why not, let's go see what everyone else is selling." Danny replied.
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Soon the two teens were strolling among the stalls. They spent a while looking over everything that was being sold and sampling some of the local sweets. Then at one stall, Sam spotted some handmade ghost dolls. The details and care that went into each one was amazing. Giggling softly Sam bought a Phantom one much to Danny's embarrassment. Though to be fair he had bought a Dani Phantom doll, though he would probably never show it to her.
Hand in hand they continued to wander about, just enjoying the day; well until Danny's phone buzzed. Looking at it Danny's shoulders slumped.
"Sorry, but I've got to cut our time short." Danny apologized.
Reading the email over Danny's shoulder, Sam just rolled her eyes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "It's fine, we're pretty much done selling for the day anyway. I'll meet you back at your house for dinner. Do you need me to run to the store for you?" Sam asked.
"Nah, besides it's not my night to cook, but if this takes too long I'll send you a text."
"Be sure to do that." Sam said waving at him to leave already, but pulled him in for one more kiss before he left.
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It took only about seven minutes for Danny to reach Golden Gardens, which was ironically located next to The Garden, was the only home for the elderly in Amity Park. Landing he met the head caretaker at the front door. She had a sad look but quickly made a motion for Danny to follow. Though he followed invisibly some doors were still closed quickly as Danny passed by. For some reason, those who were close to death could sense when any ghost was near. Some of the residents took this as a bad omen, and locked themselves in their rooms anytime Danny came for a visit.
Danny's ghost sense went off a minute before the caretaker stopped in front of a room. She opened the door and stepped aside as she gestured for Danny to go ahead. Entering Danny's eyes landed on the new spirit.
"Hello Samuel." Danny said as he recognized the man from the information had received in the email. Moving closer he became visible.
"About time you got here. Do you know how unnerving it is to watch your own body being carted away?" Samuel asked irritably.
"Fortunately no." Danny said stopping beside the spirit. Looking around Samuel's room Danny felt a bit sad at how bare it was.
"I had a good life, and at least this way the pain is over." Samuel said interrupting Danny's thoughts. "It's funny, I thought I would be more…. solid-looking as a ghost." Samuel said as he examined his body.
"You're not a ghost yet." Danny said chuckling slightly at Samuel's bewildered look. "You're a spirit, a very new spirit. Only ghosts are solid looking."
It amazed Danny, the difference between a spirit and a ghost. Where ghost had this solid look about them, spirits were almost completely translucent. Outside of Amity Park spirits were very hard for human eyes to see. However, Amity Park had eco plasma floating regularly through the air. This made it possible for many people in town to see those who had recently died, instead of just the highly spiritually aware.
"So… heaven?" Samuel asked hopefully.
"Maybe, but how should I know? I'm still partly alive, you're the one who's now completely dead." Danny said his smile widening out into a full out grin. Samuel just rolled his eyes at the bad joke.
"But what if I don't want to leave? What if I want to stay here as a ghost?"
Placing a hand on Samuel's shoulder Danny's lips pressed into a tight line as he looked the new spirit in the eyes. "What would you do if you stayed?" he asked as his voice took on a serious tone.
"I would explore the world, and take revenge on those who wronged me in life." Samuel snarled before his eyes went wide. "I didn't mean to say that. Why did I say that?" Samuel asked confused.
"Because you're a spirit and I asked." Danny said no longer smiling. His hand tensed on Samuel's shoulder for a moment before he let go.
"Well it doesn't matter anyway I'm not going anywhere!" Samuel said backing away from Danny as he looked for an escape when a thought occurred to him, and he dived through a nearby wall. Danny didn't bother going after him. Not matter what Samuel thought he was already on his way to his afterlife. A few seconds later he could feel Samuel fading away.
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Part of Danny was glad the Samuel had moved on. Some people thought that becoming a ghost was no different than being an immortal human. There were even people who had turn to ghosts and were staying in parts of town. Yet Danny wondered how long most of them would remain in the Human world. This was a human town and though the people in this town tolerated some ghosts, the town was always changing with its people, something that most ghosts were unable to do.
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After leaving Golden Gardens Danny was quiet. While it didn't take much energy to send a spirit on, he was always left wondering where they went. Though he spent most of his time among the dead he still didn't have an answer. He had asked once, but even Clockwork didn't know. Though he was informed that ghosts could experience a second death, something that no ghost happy with their non-life wanted.
On his way home Danny did a sweep of his territory and felt a familiar ghost nearby. It turned out to be only Johnny passing through as he wanted to pick something up for Kitty from the market. Since Johnny wasn't looking for a fight Danny suggested some flowers he had seen at a stall. Johnny perked up at the idea and ended up grabbing a red and purple bunch, along with some of the town's homemade ice cream.
While Johnny paid, not that Danny was going to ask where he got the money, the two of them made small talk. Though soon it was time for them to part ways and after Johnny and his shadow was out of sight Danny smiled when his phone buzzed with a familiar tune. Though it faded a little as he read the text from Sam. "Sorry, my turn 2 B late. C U soon." It said from Sam.
That was alright Danny thought as he read a second text from Dana asking him to pick up some items. Luckily he could find everything on the list here at the market. Glancing at the list again he smiled as he thought about when Dana had moved in with the family.
Dana had been made an official part of the Fenton family only hours after Danny's secret had been revealed. It had only taken that long because after Maddie and Jack needed a few minutes to get over the shock and horror that they had been hunting their son for the last three year, then they all sat down so they could hear what their son had really been up to.
That was when Maddie and Jack Fenton learned all about Danielle. Their stunned silence was only broken by the fact that they realized that their son had let a twelve-year-old little girl go off alone. Anything else Danny had to tell them about his ghost adventures could wait until they could make sure she was safe.
Fortunately for Danny, Tucker had slipped Danielle a phone before she left. The phone was on, so she was very easy to track. It turned out Danielle was in town, though she was very surprised when Jack Fenton broke down the door to the house she was squatting in. Before Danielle could even think about phasing away she was pulled into a very tight warm hug, which Maddie and Jazz soon joined. Bewildered by this turn of events she had mouthed help to Danny who was standing in the doorway. Which Danny shrugged, mouthed back sorry, and joined in on the hug.
From that point on Danielle was a Fenton, and had been for years. If anyone checked, all of the records confirmed it, including Danielle's new social security number. Now, despite a few attempts to run away, and a new booomerang locked onto Danielle's signature. Now 16-year-old Danielle or Dana, but never Danny, was living happily as any teenager could be with her family.
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Arm full of groceries Danny flew through the evening sky feeling happy. A feeling that fled as he groaned when he let out another breath of mist. Not wanted to risk the newly bought food he split into two and sent the groceries ahead. While he tried to find where the feeling was coming from Danny already popped the cap to a thermos wanting to get this over with as soon as possible.
Invisible Danny floated into the alleyway keeping an eye out for possible attacks as he didn't recognize the ghost signature. Glancing around, he spotted a slightly glowing figure hunching down at the end of the alleyway and realized that it was another new spirit and put his thermos away. Floating closer there was something familiar about this spirit, but Danny couldn't place where he might have known her from, but sadly noted that she was around his age. Frowning Danny felt like he knew her somehow.
"Hello." Danny said slowly moving closer he tried to get a better look at this new spirit. It was strange instead of being almost completely translucent she seemed to have this slightly reddish blackish haze that surrounded her and she was flickering.
"…" She mumbled something that Danny didn't catch.
"What? Speak up." Danny ordered as he got closer.
The ghost was holding on itself tightly it was staring at something. "It hurts." The spirit whispered louder.
Danny floated to the spirit's side.
"What happened?" Danny asked as he floated to her side. He wondered what had happened to her had she been in some sort of accident, but why was she still feeling pain? That should have ended the moment she had crossed over.
"It hurts." the spirit repeated again this time with a twitch. It was Danny realized she was staring at something lying in the trash. Danny moved closer to get a better look.
"Holy Shit!" Danny yelled backpedaling almost out of the alleyway. Steadying himself against the wall Danny threw up. He had not expected her body, Nevermind it being in that kind of condition. Hell, he had never seen a body in such a condition. Reaching into his pocket Danny pulled out his phone. Shaking he dialing he took some breaths as he tried to calm down.
"He..llo." Danny stuttered "I need the police there's a… a girl's been killed…it's bad…"
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Still slightly in shock, Danny made his way back into the alleyway after he hung up. This wasn't right, this wasn't the sort of thing that happened in this town. Ghosts attack yes, old and sick people dying yes, but no one was ever… killed.
Making his way back to the spirit's side Danny was crying. "I'm sorry." Danny said stopping at her side. He tried his best not to look at her body.
"It hurts."
"The police are on their way. Do you remember who did this?" Danny asked gently.
"It hurts."
"I know… Listen, I need to know who hurt you." Danny said.
"It hurts." she repeated again.
"Who did this? I order you to tell me who did this!" Danny ordered getting frustrated.
Why wasn't this spirit answering his questions? Before she could repeat herself again Danny heard some sirens stop outside the alleyway. "Over here!" Danny called out flying to the edge of the street Danny greeted the police officers and paramedics with a grim look, that only deepened when he spotted who had responded to the call.
"Phantom, what are you doing here?" Officer Curtis Janks a 35-year-old man with slightly thinning red hair said in a surprised but suspicious tone. "Was this a ghost attack?"
"I don't… I found her." Danny answered in a quiet tone.
"Leave the kid alone Janks. Danny, where's the body?" Officer Ken Sato, a 30-year-old Japanese-American with short black hair asked. One year working on and off with the half-ghost kid and his partner was still on edge about the kid being half dead. One would think after watching the kid patrol the town alongside cops would show that he was a good kid, but noo…
"Back there." Danny said pointing down the alleyway.
"Did you touch or do anything?" Sato asked.
"No, I haven't left my ghost form. I just floated nearby, though I did throw up behind you." Danny warned as the officers moved away from the wall. Sato gave him a look of understanding while Janks gave Danny a look of disgust before making his way down the alleyway.
"Danny, I need to ask you a few questions." Sato said as his partner went ahead of him.
"I know." Danny said feeling numb. In a detached tone, Danny answered Officer Sato's questions. He described what he sensed, to the way he found the body, and no he didn't see anyone human, or ghost leaving the area. While Danny was talking a third person arrived. Nathan Blake, a 22-year-old crime scene photographer with short curly brown hair, stopped at the entryway.
"Nate, are you alright?" Sato asked turning to look at Nathan concerned.
"I… Is there a lot of blood?"
"Not really." Danny said.
"Oh, good." Nathan sighed relieved.
"Her body is just really messed up." Danny continued.
"Oh, not so good." Nathan said looking like he was going to be a bit sick.
"Are you going to be able to handle this, or do we need to call someone else?" Sato asked.
"I… I can do it. I've been just lucky so far as this town has never needed me to photograph someone who has been… I will do my job no matter what's down there." Nathan said.
"Good." Sato said with a smile as Nathan passed them by. He was shaking slightly, but his eyes were focused straight ahead.
"Danny?" Sato asked looking uncomfortable. "I hate to ask, but... do you think you can find the spirit of this girl and ask her who did this?"
"I already tried." Danny said shaking his head.
"She already move on?"
"No, she… Oh shit!" Danny cursed as he remembered he had forgotten to tell Sato. "She's in there, her spirit I mean. Her spirit is still in there next to her body." Danny said sadly to Officer Sato who gained a troubled look.
"All this time, that can't be good. Has she said anything such as who did this?" Sato asked.
"No. I tried talking to her, but all she kept repeating was, It hurts. Even after I ordered her to give me more information. …I've never met a spirit who died of a violent death before, so I don't know if this is normal." Danny said.
"Shit!" Officer Sato swore drawing his Fenton Stun Gun.
"Whoa, what are you doing?" Danny protested moving to block Sato's path.
"Kid, you just told me that there's a spirit in there that just died a horrible death and won't listen to you! I have no idea how that will affect the spirit, but until you move her away I'm not willing to risk anyone near her. Call your parents if you must, but I'm blocking off this crime scene until I know it's safe."
"But she's just a spirit." Danny continued to protest, but Sato had already moved around him.
"Janks!" Sato called out. Coming to stop about three feet from his partner Sato didn't need to look around for the spirit. Being an Amity Park native he was more spiritually aware than Janks and Nathan who had only moved to this town within the last two years. This also meant that Sato could see the spirit floating between him and his partner.
"What?" Janks asked. Looking up from the body Janks stared right through the spirit without even knowing she was there. "Did something happen?" he asked glancing at Danny as he noticed Sato's horrified expression.
During all of Sato's time on the force in this town, he had only met one new spirit. That had been when he received a call about an old woman who had died in her home. She had been nice and he had awkwardly chatted with her until Danny had come along to help her move on. This girl was nothing like that old woman. Sato could see her wounds, all of them thanks to her translucent state. It had not been a quick death.
Janks didn't see any of this. Instead, he saw a partner who was experiencing his first murder scene. "Sato, go get some air." Janks said placing a hand on his partner's shoulder.
"No." Sato said shaking his head to clear it. "There's a spirit here we should leave…"
"A spirit?" Janks scoffed as looked at how close Sato was standing to Danny who was floating in his ghost form. "Get your head together, or take my advice and get some air. Because we've got work to do. I got to get more gloves, so get over this spirit business by the time I get back." With that, Janks turned around and walked out of the alleyway.
"Is there really a spirit here?" Nathan asked looking around scared. "Is she angry that I'm near her body? I didn't touch her I swear!"
"Yeah, she's here. Though she's a spirit. She can't hurt you." Danny said as his eyes flickered from the girl's spirit to Nathan.
"Hurt me!? Should I leave then?" Nathan asked looking at Sato. "I mean I got most of the photos already so you don't really need me here. So maybe I should just go at least until... she gone?" he finished in a whisper.
"We are. All of us are leaving for now, just to be safe." Sato said staring at the spirit. "Hey! watch out you're about…" Sato tried to warn Nathan a bit too late as Nathan stepped through her. Nathan shivered and crouched down low holding himself.
"Nate? Are you alright" Sato asked as he could hear Nathan muttering something.
"Nate?" Sato asked again. Taking a step forward Nathan looked up completely terrified. Both Sato's and Danny's eyes widen as they realized that Nathan's eyes were slightly glowing. Taking a step back Sato drew his Fenton issued stun-gun.
"No!" Nathan shouted. Standing almost directly over Nathan, Sato was unable to move out of the way as Nathan swung his camera into Sato's face. Sato went down hard. Nathan didn't stop there and lifted the camera again with a scream when he was tackled to the ground by Danny.
"Shit!" Danny cursed feeling utterly confused. He would say possession but her spirit was still floating behind Nathan. Putting him into a hold Danny used his strength to keep the struggling man down while he tried to figure out what the hell was happening. Though when Nathan tried to bite, Danny knocked him out cold.
Breathing a little easier Danny moved to go check on Sato. Leaning over him Danny grimaced as he looked at the damage. He needed to Sato the hospit...
"Argh!" Danny screamed. Falling to the ground Danny looked up to see Janks standing over him holding his own Fenton stun-gun. Next thing Danny was listening to Janks calling for ambulances and backup.
"What the fuck did you do to them?!" Officer Janks demanded glaring down as he put his phone away.
"I didn't do anything!" Danny protested rolling away. "We told you there's a spirit."
"The only ghost I see here is you, and you just attacked them." Officer Janks said.
Glancing at Janks Danny could see fear as Janks's eyes flickered towards Sato and Nathan. "It's ok they're going to be fine. I'm on your side. We just need to get away from the strange spirit." Danny said getting to his feet slowly he backed away with his hands raised in a non-threatening manner. Only for Officer Janks to pull Danny's arms behind him and pull out some handcuffs.
"Hey! What are you doing? I'm on your side!" Danny cried out as the cuffs passed right through his wrists. When Janks' glare increased Danny gave a hesitant smile "Sorry, part ghost you know."
"You are now a suspect." Janks said.
"But I didn't do anything!" Danny protested.
"Then stop resisting!" Janks responded.
"I'm not!" Danny said transforming into his human form. This seemed to put Janks bit more at ease though he still cuffed Danny anyway.
"Danny Phantom, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in the court of law..."
"I want my phone call." Danny said before shutting up and letting Janks lead him away. As Janks shoved him in the back of the police car and switched on the backseat's ghost shield. Looking out the window Danny heard the sound of more sirens in the distance.
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