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Chapter 3: Beware

"And then she's all like 'Prove it, freak', and I'm like 'I will!' and then she totally doesn't even believe me!" Danny ranted, catching a cardboard box mid-throw and hurling it back at it's owner.

The Box Ghost dodged easily, "She should believe you."

"I know, right?!" Danny fired his ecto-rays to blast apart several heavy boxes flying towards him, "I'm so obviously good! I mean, look at me fight you right now!" Danny shot a razor of ice at the pathetically obsessed ghost, "I'm totally a hero! Even better, I'm not going to freak out and do crazy ghost stuff like you guys!"

A box flew up to block the deadly ice, "Yeah, what's her problem?" The Box Ghost agreed.

"Totally!" Danny shot more ice and sliced the box to shreds, "She even knows I'm half human! That should be proof enough that I'm not going to do bad things!" He flew around the warehouse, searching for an opening in the ghost's defenses, "She just assumes I'm like Vlad, of all people. What am I supposed to do with that?"

The Box Ghost shrugged.

Using superhuman reflexes, Danny took his chance with a vengeance, diving to grab he Box Ghost by the waist. With the ghost's hands up in a signal of confusion, he couldn't move to block the attack, and was taken down without a hitch. Improvising, Danny mimicked Valerie's energy handcuffs using his own ecto-energy, and the Box Ghost lay helpless.

"I mean, most ghosts are evil! No offense. But I'm clearly very different from you guys," danny unloaded, pulling out the Fenton Thermos, "And now I've got to go face her in school. I am really hoping my secret's not out already. If it is, well, this might just be my last ghost fight for a while."

"Life is horrible, kid," The Box Ghost finished as he got sucked into the thermos, "There's a reason we're all dead."

Danny closed the thermos as the last of the ghost slithered in, and tucked it away. Worse than Valerie, though, was that he'd have to tell Sam and Tucker that he'd given away his identity. Sam would be so mad, and Tucker would probably hack into every camera above the equator, to watch Valerie's every move. Trying to take in the calm moment, Danny flew out of the warehouse and decided to take the scenic route to school.

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"You. Did. WHAT?!" Sam and Tucker seethed in unison.

Danny winced, but held fast, "I told Valerie."

"Please tell me she didn't believe you!" Tucker begged, "It's one thing to hear something, but if she believed you or saw you- *GASP* No way, dude. Did she see you?"

Danny rubbed the back of his head, "Heh-heh, um, welllll…"

"Danny!" Sam protested, "Are you crazy?! She could have told half the town by now!"

"But she didn't," Danny defended, "After we saved Danielle last night, she set me free. I trust her."

"She's just being smart, Danny," Tucker intervened, "She doesn't have any proof, and she doesn't want to look like a fool accusing you of being something that no one even knows exists."

Just then, Valerie appeared at the end of the school hallway. With fury unbridled, she stormed over to the trio, looking like steam could pour from her ears at any moment.

"What's the big idea, Phantom?!" she roared, shoving him by the shoulders.

Trained reflexes allowed Danny to cover Valerie's mouth before she could utter another word, "What's your big idea, spouting off my secret identity like that?! You're going to get us both killed!"

Valerie broke out of his grasp, "What are you talking about? No one here wants to kill you, much less kill me."

Danny raised an eyebrow, but Tucker stepped up, "Yeah, well, the next time the Guys in White find out Danny's half ghost through their network of cameras and mikes and try to eliminate all those who do or have ever stood in their way of taking him in for dissection, you just remember how wrong you were as they shoot you to ash."

"What?!" Valerie screeched, then dragged her hands down her face, "Agh, whatever. You're never going to answer me."

"About what, exactly?" Sam questioned accusingly.

"I'm talking about the freakin' words he wrote all over my bedroom while I slept!" Valerie shouted, beginning to attract the attention of the crowd.

"WHAT?!" Danny cried, "That's crazy!"

"SSHHHHHHHhhhhhhh…!" Danny's two friends quieted the group down.

At a softer tone, Danny whispered, "Why on Earth would I do that? I have officially stopped trying to mess up your life! In fact, I never started trying!"

"Yeah? Well I saw it, all over the walls and roof, your filthy blue ectoplasm spelling out a creepy message," Valerie jabbed him in the chest.

"Say what now?" Tucker looked confused.

"Danny's got green ectoplasm, genius," Sam gave Valerie a shove of her own, "Check your facts."

"But it has to be him!" Valerie protested, "I checked! Vlad was at a meeting for the town right then, and Danielle was in the Ghost Zone. He's the only one who could have done it!"

Sneaking suspicion crawled its way up the back of Danny's neck, "Valerie, what were the words?"

"Hah! As if you don't know, ghost vandal," Valerie scoffed.

"What were the words?!" Danny insisted.

Valerie relaxed everything but her hard expression, "Beware the halfas."