AN: Hello there! This is your friendly neighborhood chocolate bar speaking. ^_^ But seriously, welcome to a new short! This particular chapter shouldn't have anything gorey or particularly terrible in it, as it's the first part of I'd say a two part short story. After that it might take me awhile to get another chapter out since I had last chapter and this and next chapter planned out and already written. Anyways, I'll try to start off each chapter with a short author's not to give specific warnings about what will be "shown" in that specific chapter. Also, sorry for the shorter chapter. I thought it would be a tad long if I included the whole story in this chapter.

Characters are all OC's in this chapter, Danny shows up next chapter.

I own nothing: Danny Phantom is owned by Butch Hartman

Today was the day that the many college interns came together to watch their first ghost dissection at the Guys in White facility. For many of them, this would be the breaking point, and many would never set foot in the facility again. But for others, this was the day that set them apart, and brought forth in them the ruthlessness needed to hunt and study ghosts like their mentors in the Guys in White.

For Suzy Whitman, this was just another day at her internship. Sure, she had heard the rumors about "Dissection Day" and how it was so horrifying, most students fled from the room in disgust and horror, before getting their minds wiped of everything they had seen in the facility, and replaced with fake memories of a generic few months. But Suzy was not worried as she walked down the sidewalk towards the nondescript building that housed the secret base of the Guys in White, or GIW for short. She was not worried, since she thought she had seen it all. Most ghosts were just blobs anyways, so dissecting them could not possibly be THAT horrifying, could it?

Suzy shrugged to herself, taking out her pass card, and sliding it into the near invisible slot next to the door. The pass card slipped it with no trouble, and with a quiet click, the doors opened, and Suzy walked through; a thoughtful look still heavy on her face.

The white halls of the actual base gleamed white under fluorescent lights, the ever present stench of cleaning chemicals and quiet sting of what she could only describe as burning ozone wafted through the halls as Suzy made her way to the coffee machine to get her boss his first pot of coffee. Since she was ever punctual, she was at the base 10 minutes early; easily able to find her way around the long, straight, stretched-out corridors. On each side of her were doors every 7 steps or so, presumably leading to more corridors, or offices of agents hunched over their cramped desks, finishing those last bits of paperwork or fiddling with their ectoweapons. Upon thinking of agents and the promise of a promotion to agent in training after this "Dissection Day", she sighed happily, and she began to nearly bounce down the hallway in her excitement for the promotion she was SURE would be coming that very day.

Suzy, upon having the coffee ready, began her daily trek to the office of her supervisor, greeting the passing interns and agents with smiles or nods depending on familiarity. After all, it was only polite of her to greet her colleagues. She continued her previous line of daydreaming till she arrived at the office of her boss.

"Hello sir! I have your coffee ready for you, just how you like it." Suzy called through the door as she slowly pushed it open.

"Oh thank you Suzy. Could you please leave that on the desk please? I'm a little busy with some paperwork for the dissection today" replied Agent S, shuffling papers in front of him.

"Right away sir!" she exclaimed, quickly walking forward to place the coffee on the desk. She picked carefully around pieces of paper left over from other work her boss had been doing, and gently placed the coffee beside him on the desktop. She then dutifully walked to the door, and waited beside it for more instructions.

Upon seeing his request fulfilled, Agent S smiled, before saying, "Well, you are dismissed till the dissection at 0900 hours. Be sure to attend so we may assess your qualifications. Otherwise, you are free to do as you want for another…" He looked to the small digital clock that was sitting on his desk. "Hour or so." Agent S then gave her a dismissive hand gesture before going back to studying the paperwork set before him.

She left immediately, and as she left, the agent gave a quiet sigh. He had high hopes for this one, but the dissection this year was much more intense than in years past due to the ghost's similarity to a human. Also add to the fact that this one was a squirmer, and troublemaker, and you had heck of a combination for an interesting dissection. He was worried that many of the recruits this year would be weeded out. Though that shouldn't worry him, as only the toughest of the tough could get by in this facility. But he also had become attached to Suzy as she was the best intern he'd had in years. His last one had been Rose in fact. And she had turned out the best of all of them. So seeing a similar amount of potential in a child was exciting and worrying to say the least, as if she didn't pass…. Well, all of that training just went to waste, now didn't it?

Meanwhile, Suzy had been trying to think of ways she could spend her time till the dissection. She was already wearing her lab coat and mandatory hazmat suit, but what else would she need…. Oh yeah! She would need something to take notes on, and the goggles would be handed out upwards of 20 minutes beforehand… So that meant that first thing first was to go back to her room and look for some writing things.

At this conclusion, Suzy went back to her block, and spent the next half hour looking for writing utensils and what not. Upon finding everything and realizing she needed to go, she rushed off to the lab to get ready with the other "graduates" for the big event.

The hall in front of the dissection lab was bustling with activity, mainly filled by interns, but also populated by agents and scientists busy with lab prep. Small flashes of light were everywhere, coming from guns on the agents, and tools on the scientists; and the hall was filled with chatter of close to a hundred people busy with tasks and the clatter of equipment and shoes.

Into this controlled mayhem Suzy arrived; carrying with her a clip board, a sheet of paper, and a pencil. She greeted each friendly face with a smile and kind word of greeting, before seeing just a few feet down the hall a group of friends. With that, she rushed forwards, gently shoving others out of the way, before sidling up to her best of all friends, Annabeth.

"Hey there Anna! How are you?" Suzy asked, a smile lighting up her features.

"Oh, great actually! I'm very excited for the dissection, and I just can NOT wait till we get to see it!" replied Annabeth, a smile, though not a very friendly one, stretched across her features.

Suzy paid Anna's smile no mind, knowing her friend's sadistic glee was reserved purely for ghosts and anything associated with ghosts. The main reason for Anna's ire was from a shady experience she had with ghosts back when she was a small child, though she would never tell Suzy about it. Just as well though, Suzy did not want to bother with people and their horrid childhood experiences that brought them there. Her's was just as horrendous as anyone else's and she did not want to add another. Oh sure, there were those at the facility that would wear their ghost stories with pride, but not her. And neither did Annabeth, which was one of the many reasons they drew close in the days they spent together at the facility.

"Say, did you hear yet what kind of ghost they were doing this year?" Anna asked, interrupting Suzy's thoughts.

"Oh, not really" Suzy replied, blushing in embarrassment. After all, with such a small community there at the facility, especially among the interns, bits of gossip spread like wildfire, despite the prevalence of secrecy among even their own ranks.

"Psh, it's cool," Anna leaned in closer, a secretive smile playing on her lips. "I heard that they're gonna dissect a Class S ghost today."

Suzy gaped. It could NOT be true. Class S ghosts NEVER strayed from the ghost Zone, and the few that might have in the past were all too powerful to contain. "No WAY!" she exclaimed, her jaw still on the floor.

"Yes WAY," Anna almost purred, a Cheshire grinned now fixed where secrets had been before. "I got THAT little tidbit from my boss, Agent R. She said herself they caught one just a little over 24 hours ago."

Hearing that the information had come from Agent Rosaline herself made this rumor turn into truth in zero seconds flat. Suzy nearly began vibrating in joy, the idea that THEY would be one of the few graduating interns to be able to dissect a Class S ghost! It was nearly too good to be true! "Oh my gosh! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" she squealed in excitement.

"You said it honey~" Anna said, before glancing at her watch. "Hey looks like it's about show time. You ready?"

"Am I ever! Let's go!"

And so, they both walked and shoved their way to the front of the hallway to door, where an agent was standing to hand out goggles and special lab coats. Without a word, the two received the needed supplies and walked into the room where several other interns had gathered, and were speaking in hushed whispers. Looking to each other to try and determine that the other was just as excited as them, the girls walked over to the larger group of interns and waited patiently for the dissection to start after putting on their goggles and lab coats.

to be continued~

Thank you for tuning in, and hope to see you again soon! :D Also, since this my first fic, constructive criticism is appreciated.

~mamahersh