Summary: Valerie is thinking about the human/ghost girl she rescued a few months back. Suddenly Danielle shows up and could use some help. What trouble has this little girl gotten herself into? And just how does she know Danny Fenton? Post D-Stabilized, no-PP. Enjoy!
"My shift's done, I'm heading out!" Valerie yelled to her boss as she began washing her hands. Working at the Nasty Burger wasn't the greatest job, but manning the register beat dressing up in that stupid costume everyday. And while her uniform had a permanent french fry stench and she was using twice as much shampoo to get the residual grease out of her hair, at least she was earning money. Lately, she'd even been able to take on more hours at the burger joint, now that she wasn't as gung-ho about catching that pesky ghost boy, Danny Phantom.
Since rescuing his cousin two months back, Valerie had kept up her truce with the ghost kid. She still hated his guts, but his cousin, Dani, was pretty awesome. The half-ghost/half-human thing still blew her mind, but whatever. She figured Dani wouldn't want Val to start fighting Phantom again, so she had backed off. The other reason Valerie had reduced her ghost fighting the past few months was to subconsciously distance herself from that suit. Which was difficult, considering that mullet-sporting ghost had somehow bonded it to her. But the suit had been given to her by Vlad, that evil, manipulating scumbag…
Valerie took a deep breath. It wasn't worth getting worked up again about it. Yeah, so she had been pretty stupid as a 14-year-old to accept a expensive and dangerous equipment from a stranger. But that didn't change the fact that she felt so, well, violated by that creep. He had convinced her to capture Dani, a human! And he was experimenting on her! If she hadn't listened to Phantom…
Another deep breath. She had cycled through these same thoughts over and over again since that night, it did no good to dwell on them now, not when she actually had a Saturday afternoon free.
Valerie finished clocking out and grabbed her bag from the break-room. After a quick stop in the Nasty Burger restroom to change and douse herself in cologne (a vain attempt to mask that fried food odor), Valerie headed out to the park, intent on enjoying the day reading and relaxing.
However, she had only gone two blocks when her plans immediately changed.