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Infiltrating Files

"Thank you, we will begin our investigation starting tomorrow." Adam ended his conversation on the phone with Casper High's principal.

Simon floated lazily in the middle of the room as Adam finished the phone call. "So what are we pretending to be this time?" He inquired, curiosity quickly getting the best of him.

"In order to see the student files we will be investigators. However, I informed the principal I could only tell her what I was investigating if I actually find something. That way, I don't have to explain myself." Adam laughed, "Are all citizens in this town that stupid?" He paused for a moment, growing serious. "We will be using the therapist room to talk to the children in question and look at their files. I hope you brought the ecto-bracelet." Watching Simon pull out the small green bracelet, Adam smiled. "Good, we don't want Phantom sensing you just yet."

"That would be bad wouldn't it?" Simon smiled as he landed on the ground and put on the bracelet. It glowed for a second before returning to its normal color. Simon's eyes melted into a deep brown color, almost like dried blood. His ghostly glow disappeared making him look exactly like a normal human. He looked in the mirror to check and smiled. He could pass off as a human now.

"Why don't we visit the ghost hunters in this town? See how competent they actually are. We can skip the Red Huntress since she goes to Casper High, we will talk to her eventually." Adam reasoned standing up.

Unable to be detected by any ghost-hunting devices Simon agreed, stood up, and followed his partner out the door. "What are we going to say to them? He questioned, still slightly wary. He was never a ghost to go out and cause trouble so he wasn't sure how dangerous a ghost hunter could be. His research told him the Fentons could easily be avoided but the Guys in White and the Red Huntress were another story.

"Hmm…," Adam tapped his chin in thought as they walked down the street to the only ghost hunter's house in the town that were adults: Mr. and Mrs. Fenton. Snapping his fingers, Adam came to a conclusion. "Let's see how much they know about ghosts, follow my lead."

Simon merely nodded in agreement. After all, Adam was a human and knew how to read his kind better than Simon could. If it was the other way around and Simon would be calling the shots. Even though the Halfa they were hunting was half-ghost, he acted more like his human-half. Thus Adam would be more suited to plan a way to trick the boy. Adam wasn't aware but Simon had a theory on the appearances of Halfas. If Simon was correct then Phantom should look similar or have the same body structure as his human-half. If this theory were correct then it would be easy to determine Phantom's human-half. All they had to do was compare pictures. In addition to this, there would be a good chance his voice would be the same in both forms, minus the ghostly echo, of course. However, he would only know this after they figure out Phantom's human-half but it would make figuring out Plasmius' human-half a breeze.

By the time Simon surfaced from his thoughts, they were at the Fenton's house. Adam rang the doorbell and waited for only a minute before the door opened to reveal Mrs. Fenton.

"Yes?" she asked curiously once she saw the two men in front of her.

"Hello, we are new to town and heard that you and your husband were ghost hunters. In order to stay safe in this town, we were wondering if you had any tips for us." Adam answered pretending to be sincere.

"Certainly! Come on in!" Maddie exclaimed letting the two men into the house before calling for Jack. They all took a seat in the living room and waited for Mrs. Fenton's husband to come in. He was a large man in a bright orange hazmat suit but by the look on his face Adam knew he was a little child at heart. "Now that we are all here, I'm Maddie and this is my husband, Jack." She introduced herself and her husband who sat down as well.

"I'm Adam and this is Simon." Adam introduced himself then his partner. "We will be working at the school for a little while investigating a few things." He told them truthfully, already inferring they were pretty dense. "So what are some tips for us to stay safe from ghosts in this town?" Adam repeated his question. He was never one for small talk. Thankfully, the question appeared to ignite Jack for he began to blabber on about ghosts. Both Adam and Simon were very interested about what the Fenton's had to say but for a different reason than what the couple thought.

Simon kept a mental list of how much information was right and how much was wrong. Eventually, Simon discarded the right list and noted all the wrong information. They were wrong about so much! Suddenly, he was distracted when he heard the front door open. Simon and Adam turned around to see a fifteen-year-old try and sneak his way up the steps.

The boy's messy black hair hung slightly over his baby blue eyes. He was a thin boy, underweight, in fact. All attempts to sneak by unnoticed were null when Jack called out to the boy.

"Danny-boy! Come meet Adam and Simon, they dropped by for a little ghost advice." Jack smiled as he got up and dragged his son to sit on the couch with him, much to the boy's protests. Adam raised an eyebrow at the look on Danny's face. It wasn't a normal look someone would give when asking for information. It's more like he couldn't believe they were asking his parents about something ghost related.

"They are new to town." Maddie explained to Danny. At this comment, Danny's weird expression transformed into one of understanding and pity. It was as if he was sorry they made the mistake to talk to his parents. It was very unusual behavior to say the least. "Sorry, this is our son, Danny."

Danny mumbled a "hello" but it was very clear he didn't want to be here. "I have some homework I have to do." Danny stated as he escaped his dad's grasp.

"Before you go, what do you do when a ghost comes?" Simon asked then smiled sheepishly, "I don't react well under stressful situations." His question received a curious look from Adam but he didn't question it.

"I run and hide," Danny gave him a strange look before he brushed off the question and continued upstairs.

"Danny has always been afraid of ghosts." Maddie commented.

"No Fenton is scared of ghosts!" Jack barked but they ignored him.

"Adam started the conversation about ghosts back up as Simon mulled over the boy's words in his head. To be honest, he was disappointed by the answer but Simon got a feeling there was more to his answer than meets the eye. He brushed off his suspicions for now, chalking it up to being paranoid. They left a few hours before dinner once they got their fill of the Fentons. Danny never showed up again during the duration of their stay. During the conversation, they found out Danny had a sister but Adam didn't appear to be interested.

"Why did you ask Danny that question?" Adam inquired giving Simon a pointed look once they were on their way back to their apartment.

He shrugged, brushing off the question. "I'll tell you when I have evidence to support my theory." He replied coolly before continuing, "Most of the information the Fentons have on ghosts is incorrect. However, they are correct on the physical make-up thus explaining why their weapons work."

"Picked up on that too, huh?" Adam agreed before replying greedily. "I really want to get a hold of those student files."

The next day Adam and Simon were in the old therapist room, reading student files. They skimmed through all the girl files and pulled out three: Sam Manson, Valerie Grey, and Paulina Sanchez. They all had some connection to Phantom whether they were spotted with the ghost, saved by the ghost, or hunted the ghost. Once these files were read carefully, Adam wrote down their names on a piece of notebook paper. He then put the files away before moving on to the boys. Unlike the girl files they read, the male files were read slowly and carefully. This was because Phantom is a male thus the girls would only be used to determine or pinpoint who Phantom was. The jocks and rule followers were instantly discarded except for the few jocks that had behavior problems. Phantom could not duplicate well enough to put his clones to use as far as they knew. However, this power was constantly growing like his strength. It had to be concluded that there would have to be behavior problems. How else would Phantom fight ghosts during the school day? They were looking for children who skipped class or unexplainable events. Writing down a few male names in question, they finished up deciding they would start talking to teens tomorrow.

Danny and his two best friends were at the Nasty Burger after school, chatting. It had been a day since Adam and Simon came over to talk to his mom and dad. Danny wasn't sure what but something about them made his suspicious. However, he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He would definitely have to keep an eye on them. These thoughts were quickly interrupted when his ghost sense went off. Sighing in annoyance, Danny excused himself from the table and went to find a place to 'go ghost' before dealing with the unwanted presence. Luckily, his friends were very understanding.

"Beware! I am the-," the Box Ghost was mercilessly cut off as Danny captured the annoying ghost in the Fenton Thermos for the fifth time that day.

"Don't you ever have anything better to do?" Danny grumbled at the Box Ghost but the ghost could not hear him for he was in the thermos. Danny found a place to change back into Fenton. Unfortunately, by the time he met up with his friends at the table, Tucker had stolen and devoured his fries.

"Which ghost was it this time?" Sam asked Danny as he slid back in the booth.

"Box Ghost." Danny replied, rolling his eyes at Tucker before finishing his burger. "Gave Tucker just enough time to steal my fries, how convenient." He shot a playful glare at Tucker who just smiled.

"It's not like I sent the Box Ghost to annoy you." Tucker defended himself.

Danny laughed, "Could have fooled me!" He ignored Tucker who tried to shouted a "hey" and stood up to go. "I should probably head home and actually attempt my homework. Who knows? Maybe I can get it done for once."

His friends said their good-byes as Danny headed off. However, this hopeful thought was crushed when Skulker, the Box Ghost, and Technus decided to attack him at different times throughout the night, leaving Danny's homework only partly done. He silently cursed himself for sending the Box Ghost back into the Ghost Zone when he got home.

"Should just keep them all in there for the night…," Danny mumbled. He didn't want to admit it but the lack of sleep was getting to him. In fact, after Mr. Lancer woke him up three times during class he gave up when Danny went right back to sleep within five minutes. Instead of throwing the ghosts back in the Ghost Zone tonight, Danny simply hid the thermos under his bed to empty in the morning. He changed back into Fenton, and fell asleep. His homework long forgotten along with his suspicions.

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