Authors Notes: Yes.. I'm getting off on a tangent and doing something else... This story kind of just came out of no where though- and I know there are continuation stories out there... none of which I've read... but I wanted to do one of my own... so here it is...
Phantom Squad
By GhostAnn
Chapter 1: Episode 1 part 1: The Last Shadow
At the Guys in White's headquarters alarms were going off. "Containment Breach! Red Alert!" An automated voice cried over the PA system.
Many different men dressed in white suits ran around frantically. "We have to capture subject 45Z1 now!"
"It's multiplying!" One of the really green looking Guys in White cried.
"What!?" The commander of the Guys in White asked shocked.
"The shadows!" One cried.
Another alarm went off. "What now?!" The commander asked.
"Subject 45Z1 has left the building!"
"Someone go catch that thing! NOW!"
Danny Phantom stood on a stage, a nearby banner reading: "For your town! Donate to rebuild after ghost attacks."
"Who's the ghost you love the most!?" Danny pumped his fist into the air excitedly.
"Phantom! Phantom!" The crowd cheered.
"Good job." Sam said as Danny Fenton walked off stage. "I just hope you aren't letting this go to your head…"
"What? No." Danny said happily. "This is great Sam! I'm a hero! No more secrets, no more lies! I'm finally free to protect the town the way I should and without any guilt trips!"
"I know Danny, and its great and all but…" Sam stopped as a couple of girls jumped on Danny kissing his cheeks. He turned bright red.
"We love you Danny!" They said happily.
Laughing nervously and unsure what to do Danny looked to Sam seeing her mood dive south.
" I've had enough of this." She stomped off.
"Sam!" Danny called but the crowd caught him, demanding attention. "Sam!" He called getting pushed deeper into the crowd. Then he smacked his head. "What am I doing? I'm half ghost!" He then transformed into his alter ego much to the crowds delight and soared through them. "Sam!" He looked around but the Goth beauty was gone. He frowned sadly as the crowd once again overtook him.
A couple of weeks later. "I've told you already! I'm not letting the attention get to me!" Danny yelled into his cellphone as he hid under the mayor's desk at city hall. "I just need a break is all..." Danny said then saw a camera man at the window. "Eee!" He let out a pathetic cry of surprise before going invisible. Just then Tucker closed the curtains as the man was tackled by security. "And Tucker's not helping!" Danny said reappearing motioning frantically with his free arm, still talking to his phone. "Selling info and photos about me- not to mention those creepy plush things!"
"Hey!" Tucker said glaring down at his friend holding said plushy. "These plushy's are really popular with the ladies! Besides how else do you expect me to raise enough money to cover all the ghost attack damage around here? 90% of which you're involved in. Those little donation fairs you help with only do so much."
"Really?" Danny asked surprised looking to Tucker, then said happily. "I guess I must be doing a good job if I'm there 90% of the time!"
"A good job blowing stuff up, have you ever considered practicing your aim?"
Danny sighed. "Sorry Tuck. Sam…" He said addressing his cell again. "I guess I'll meet you at school. Hopefully things will be calmer there." With that the halfa closed his phone and floated out of the office.
"Good luck dude!" The young mayor hollered after his friend.
"Mr. Mayor." A blond girl said as she walked in caring a cup with a green curly straw. "I have your daily root beer float."
"Thank you Sasha." Tucker said taking the beverage as a brunet walked into the room holding a phone. "Mayor Folly, there's a group on the line- calling themselves the Men in White… or something, they say it's imperative that they speak to you immediately."
Tucker sat down in his large red chair and leaned back taking a sip of root beer float. "I'll get right on that." Tucker said as he relaxed. "Thank you Jannice. Oh, and one more thing…"
"Yes Mayor Folly?" Jannice asked.
"What does 'imperative' mean?"
On the other end of the line the Guys in White wait. "What's taking so long?" The black Guy in White asked.
"I don't know." Admitted the white Guy in White. "I'm still on hold!"
"It's imperative that we speak to him!"
"Once I figure out what that means I'm sure we'll get the mayors attention!"
Dash Baxter walked militarily down the hall. His shoulders held back and his chest held out like a proud rooster. A smile of pride fell across his face as his friend Kwan walked with him, between the two boys looking vulnerable was a nervous looking Danny Fenton. "Don't worry Fentina!" Dash said happily. "Kwan and I won't let any crazy paparazzi get to you!"
"Thanks." Danny relaxed just a bit, letting out a seized breath. "I'm really grateful for you guys doing this- you have no idea."
"No problama Fenton!" Kwan said happily.
"It's no problem- consider it payback." Dash said.
"For beating me up?"
"No, for saving the town all those times!" Dash corrected.
"Oh- of cores." Danny said. "But also a little bit of pay back because you used to bully me all the time, and you fill you owe me, right?"
"Not a bit." Dash said. "I get to tell my kids, kids that I used to wail on Danny Phantom! That's just awesome!"
Danny sighed, his head slumping. "Why do you look so glum?" Perking Danny looked up excitedly to the source of the new voice.
"Sam!"
"Glad to see you made it to school." The girl smiled her hair was all down and had a slight wave to it. "So…" She took his arm dragging him away from his jock body guards. "You still up for that movie tonight?"
"Later, Fenton." Dash said actually calling him by his proper last name with only just a hint of a sneer. "Kwan and I have a makeup test we'll catch you between classes."
"Cool!" Danny said and turned to face his girlfriend. "Does this mean you're not mad at me anymore?" He asked innocently.
Sam sighed. "Danny, I was never mad at you." He gave her a pointed look. "I wasn't!" She defended. "I'm just…"
"Danny!" Paulina walked up to him and took his arm forcefully leading him away.
"Getting pushed to the side…" Sam said frowning as she looked down at the class ring she wore on her finger.
"Paulina!" Danny said irritated. "I was kind of in the middle of something-"
"It can wait." Paulina said brushing his complaint to the side. Then she batted her eyes at him and said with eagerness. "Look, I have this party tonight and-
"You do realize I'm dating Sam right." Danny interrupted her.
"Oh yes." Paulina said. "For now. I know." Danny frowned at the way the girl said that. Said girl shifted her wait slightly her fingers intertwined and she took on an air of hopeful expectancy. "Anyway, I was just wondering if you could come and, you know, entertain?"
"Entertain?" Danny asked an eyebrow rising slightly confused. "What do you expect me to do?"
"I don't know, go through stuff, go invisible- you know ghost stuff. You just being there will make my party." Paulina said with a big winning smile and hope filled eyes.
Danny crossed his arms looking at her. It occurred to him with a slight shock that the girl who used to make him swoon simply by entering the room no longer did so. She was still pretty there was no denying that- but she lacked a particular light. He sighed, realizing there wasn't going to be a nice way of doing this. "Might as well make it quick and clear." He mumbled then with a solid voice he said. "Paulina, tonight I have plans with Sam. If you want to tell people I'm at your party, fill free- I'll just be invisible, the whole time." With that he walked away from the popular girl and grabbed Sam's hand as she looked at him shocked.
"You did not just do that." Sam said trying to hide her joy.
"Do what?" Danny asked. "Refuse the schools most popular girls offer to be her party entertainment, so I could spend the evening with the schools most beautiful girl?"
"Uh…" Sam blushed.
"I think I did." Danny smiled, and Sam smiled back blushing vibrantly.
"Ah! Daniel." Mr. Lancer greeted. "I'm glad to see you were able to make it to class today."
"Uh, yeah." Danny still hadn't gotten use to the friendlier side of Mr. Lancer. The teacher's smile never left him as he watched Sam and Danny take their seats just moments before the tarty bell. "All right everyone, open your books to-
Danny stood suddenly looking serious. He had his hands flat on the desk and looked like he was about ready to bolt. "Is it a ghost!?" One of the kids asked.
"A ghost!" The room erupted with excitement.
Danny scanned the room- it's true, his ghost since did go off, but only faintly- so much so he wasn't sure he'd sensed it at all. "Mr. Fenton…" Mr. Lancer said slowly looking worried. "Should we evacuate?"
Danny slowly sat down looking confused. "No… I don't think it's a threat…" He said. "G-go ahead with the lecture Mr. Lancer."
The class let out a unanimous groan. "People, people! The Pilgrim's Progress, do I have to give you all detention!? Settle down! This is nothing new- and nothing to get excited about!"
The class settled back down as Lancer tried to guide them into the dystopia of "Feriheight 415" not a single person in the class noticing a shadow crawl across the floor disappearing into Danny's shadow.
The Guys in White pulled into Amity Park, the darker Guy in White whose name was Darallen- a name he hated with a passion- so we'll call him Darallen, pulled out what appeared to be a ghost scanner. It beeped. "It'll be impossible for them to get away when we have this!" He proclaimed to his white counterpart, whose name was Edward. Edward likes his name but hates being called Ed, so we'll call him Ed.
"Let's hope so!" Ed said. "For our pension's sake!"
"I just hope we're not too late." Darallen said.
"Do you think it's okay- we never were able to get ahold of the Mayor." Ed said.
"We don't have time to worry about that now!"
Tucker finally picked up the phone. "Hello? Hello?" he said. "Hum…" He hung up. "Must have lost them. Oh well, if it's important they'll call back."
The Guys in White were chasing after a shadow as it ran across the street, it wiggled like a cockroach as it zigged and zagged before merging with shadows in an alleyway.
"We we're so close!" Ed said. "Which one was that?"
"I think it was yours."
"We need to take care of this problem- I can't imagine what would happen if these things got ahold of Phantom."
"If what got ahold of Phantom?" The two straitened and turned stiffly to face Danny Phantom. "What are you two doing here?"
"Ghost Boy!" Ed jumped into a fighting stance taking aim. Danny through up his hands preparing to get hit.
"NO!" Darallen shouted getting between the two. "We're not a loud to hurt him!"
"Right," Ed powered his weapon down and Danny relaxed as he did. "Under Beta section G154- Danny Phantom aka Daniel Fenton is under the protection of – well citizenship- unless he gives us a reason we're to treat him like a legally well-armed civilian."
"Whoo. You scared me for a second there." Danny said landing to stand in front of them. His demeanor completely non-threatening. "So tell me what's going on- I've been getting really weak senses of ghost all day-
"All day?" Darallen asked. "How often?"
"Well, every hour or so."
"This isn't good- ether they're following you or there are more of them-
"They do multiply every time they merge with a human shadow." Ed informed Darallen.
"Wait, what multiplies?" Danny asked. "Would you two realize I wasn't briefed- cool! I just used an official sounding word!" Danny said then stopped realizing he was getting off track. "I don't get briefed on this stuff- what is going on?"
"We- ah ah!" Ed started to scream and Darallen joined him as the two gave their attention back to Danny before they took off running.
Realizing it wasn't him they were running from Danny slowly turned to see his shadow had lifted forming into a terrifying creature with large red eyes and sharp teeth. It kind of had a bear like quality but its paws were to big its limbs too long. It took a step forward. Danny took a step back. The thing wasn't the biggest he'd ever seen- although it did come close- what scared him were two things. One the energy coming off of the beast was visibly washing over the area. Never a good sign. And two despite the fact that the thing was obviously ghost related he hadn't sensed it; and he still couldn't. The creature jumped at him and Danny through up his hands with a scream.
To be continued….
Authors Notes: Hey thank you for reading. There are 2 more chapters for EP1 and I'm open for ideas on any other episodes. Characters you want to see stuff you want to go down. Let me know. I'm only one person and I only have so many ideas... so leave a comment and tell me some of yours :)