Author's notes: Thank you
Hey… This is what I came up with for the second chapter of We Finally Caught Him Inviso-Bill. I really wasn't sure how to do this chapter but because of demand this one shot has become a multi chapter story.
"Where are the quarters?" A boy asked as he stood with his friends in front of the gestation they were in front of the news stands, and each box had a different newspaper, but each had a similar headline and picture.
"Danny Phantom Caught!"
"The End for Phantom?"
"Ghost Boy Shot!"
"A Half Ghost Half Human Hybrid Shot Outside Of Nasty Burger!"
Each showed similar pictures. Usually, a photo of fourteen year old Danny Fenton was positioned next to a snapshot of Danny Phantom - the captions explained that they were one in the same. A few even had a small picture of a rainy night by the Nasty Burger where a large crowd was gathered.
"Did he die?"
"Of course he didn't, dummy!" a freckled boy said stubbornly. "He's a hero - heroes don't die!"
"We'll have to read to find out!" the last boy said as he grabbed a copy of each paper.
A girl walked by, her head down and eyes lost in the cement.
Her name was Valerie Gray and she was completely lost. She, a fourteen year old student of Casper High, was close to Danny Fenton… or she was once any way. While she hated Danny Phantom with … what exactly?
Emotions were clashing in her heart and she couldn't help but feel that he'd lied to her. And he had, hadn't he? He lied to the whole town, to the world! He told her that he was her friend and then he almost became her boyfriend! Was that a ploy or was he really the hero? What would that make her? The one who hunts the hero can't be good… can they?
She groaned. He tried to kill her too, didn't he?
She thought back to when she fought her suit and Phantom showed up, destroying it.
She realized now that he must've known it wasn't her; as Phantom, he had revealed her secret to her father. Danny had known she wasn't in the suit and that's why he hadn't hesistated to destroy it.
Valerie scolded herself, how could she be so egotistical? She blamed him for everything, but never heard him out...even when he tried to tell her, she didn't listen. Self loathing began to grow in her.
She stopped and looked up. Across the street was FentonWorks and she stood still, staring at the building. She hadn't heard any more then the rest of the community. Danny had been shot by his parents, his identity had been revealed, and he was rushed to the hospital. No one knew more than that.
She stood there the wind pulling at her and was struck with indecision. Was it really right for her to come here? Would she be welcomed or shunned? She bit her lip. Since when was Valerie Gray afraid to face Danny… or his family?
She threw back her shoulders, put on a brave face, and walked across the street, up the wet cement steps, and rang the door bell.
The door slid open slowly to reveal a miserable looking Maddie Fenton. The woman's nose was red and cheeks were wet from crying.
"We don't want any more press," she said, pain in her voice.
"I'm not with the news freaks," Valerie said quietly. "I'm Valerie Gray - Danny's friend? I came by to see how he was doing."
Maddie looked her up and down solemnly. "Valerie? Damion's daughter?"
Valerie nodded.
"I see. I'm sorry sweetie, but… I'm not alllowed…." Maddie sighed when she saw horror begin to seep into the young girl's face. "I'm sorry…I - I can't." She closed the door.
Valerie bit her lip. Whatever was going on obviously wasn't good.
She jumped suddenly when she heard a scream.
"PHANTOM!"
She thought for a second, but that was stupid. Danny couldn't be out of the hospital yet, unless he was…
Valerie shook her head pushing those thoughts away.
She let her suit cover her and flew toward the sound. There was a woman cowering under a ghost - the Lunch Lady.
"LOOK AT YOU!" Lunch Lady screamed. "YOU'RE NOTHING BUT BONE! YOU NEED YOU'RE MEAT!"
Val hit the ghost with an energy blast.
"Run!" She yelled to the woman, who didn't need to be told twice and took off in a panicked flee. "I don't know what your beef is ghost, but you obviously don't have good intentions."
"GOOD INTENTIONS? GOOD INTENTIONS!? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING! WITHOUT MEAT THERE IS NO ORDER, THERE IS NO RULE...WITHOUT MEAT ALL IS CHAOS! I MUST CORRECT THAT WRONG!" She yelled. Then, at the end of her rant, she paused and sweetly she asked. "Would you like some cake?"
"No." Valerie said. "I would like you to-" She fired a blast at the ghost, only to miss. "Go… away!" Val frowned.
God, she was arguing with a ghost, and now she couldn't even hit her target.
"I DON'T NEED ANOTHER THORN IN MY SIDE, GIRL! However, I'm not too worried because Phantom's not here to stop any of us now. SO YOU'LL ALL PERISH IN OUR FURY!" The Lunch Lady formed a giant turkey leg in her hands.
Valerie gasped and dodged as it flew toward her.
"Amity Park's free game now girl and no one can stop us now!
"Nothing but me!" Valerie said firing again at the ghost; the Lunch Lady however had vanished, leaving only a laugh of evil delight behind.
Valerie ripped off her suit piece by piece; it fell to the ground, turning into smoldered garbage...the remains of her old suit.
She wiped her face of hot tears. She didn't know who she was angrier with herself, the ghost, or Danny…
She through down the helmet last then gathered up the junk and threw it in a nearby trashbin.
Within thirteen hours, she had lost almost all of who she thought she was. She shuffled as she made her way down the street and stopped in front of Manson's house. "Maybe she'll tell me how Danny is? She hates me though… for good reason."
However, Valerie had no fear of the Goth.
She made her way up to the door effortlessly and knocked. An old woman with kind eyes opened the door.
"Hello? Can I help you?" She asked.
"Uh, yeah, I was wandering if I could see Sam?"
"Sam…" The woman frowned sadly and shook her head. "I'm sorry but Sam won't see anyone."
Valerie bit her lip. "I see. Can you tell her that… I'm sorry? My name's Valerie."
The old woman smiled at her.
"Of course."
"Thank you."
Valerie left her heart sinking even further. "What if Danny is really dead?" She wondered with a shudder. She didn't want to see anyone else but she decided that she should stop by Tucker's. Maybe he could shed some light on the hidden conditions…
She walked up to the boy's house with little confidence left in her… When the door opened it was Tucker, and Valerie fell into him, hugging him.
"Valerie?" He sounded shocked.
"Tucker!" She sobbed and pulled away quickly. "C-can I come in?"
The techno geek stared blankly at her with his dull eyes for a second then said, "Uh… sure..."
Authors notes:
I'm sorry if I disappointed… the next chapter will come as soon as possible. Oh and there will be view point changes… if you haven't guessed that yet.