The Next Night…

Dani flew into the woods, where she had agreed to meet Shadow the day before, she knew she needed help learning to control her ghost powers but she wasn't sure she could trust Shadow, then again she didn't need to trust him, she just needed to learn how to control her powers and keep aware of all possible escape routes should she need them.

Dani had been so deep in thought she hadn't noticed a ghost, clothed in heavy armour hovering high up above her, watching her, neither did she notice her brother moving through the woods on the ground clinging to the shadows, Dani saw the clearing and landed in its centre.

"Come on out Shadow, I know you're here" Dani yelled, her gaze shooting all around her, searching for the slightest hint of the ghost, Danny smirked and pushed himself against the back of a tree and went through his transformation, he saw the wisp curl out of Danny's mouth and smirked when she went on high alert.

Shadow turned invisible and glided towards her not stopping until he was right in front of the ghost girl before turning visible again, nearly giving her a heart attack in the process, as if she could have one.

Dani let out a small yelp and fell onto her behind, eye wide as she stared at the hooded ghost, his eyes the only visible feature of his face.

"Pathetic" Shadow spat, gripping the front of her top and lifting her off the ground before placing her on her feet.

"Hey you scared me" Dani complained.

"Oh a ghost scare you imagine that…all ghosts can do what I just did kid, what will you do if that ghost wants to destroy you?" Shadow asked, Dani fell silent.

"Good now that we have an understanding let's begin…now, let's see how fast you can fly" Shadow stated, Dani nodded before hovering above the ground and shooting off upwards, taking off at full speed only to come a sudden halt when Shadow appeared above her.

"Not bad for newbie but you need to be faster…" Shadow then began to train Dani throughout the night and was very harsh about it.

Her parents had been furious with her when she returned and she was now grounded for missing curfew, she barely noticed her brother come in after her, Danny received his own punishment from the wannabe ghost hunters but gave it no acknowledgement. By the time Dani got to her bed it was three in the morning and she collapsed the minute she hit the sheets, completely unaware of the ghost that had been keeping tabs on her.

Skulker currently hovered a couple hundred feet above Fenton Works, reading the statistics he had collected, now shown on the screen in his arm.

'If I get too close that ghost sense will go off…meaning I can't target her with short range means and I won't be able to ambush her…so my best bet would be a trap" Skulker mused, going over all the traps he possessed, considering which one would be most effective in capturing her without harming her.

"Can I help you?" a dark voice asked, Skulker's eyes widened, he turned to face the origin of the voice and was surprised to see a cloaked ghost, the same one he had seen with the ghost girl earlier.

'How the hell did he sneak up on me?' Skulker mused.

"I asked you a question and if you don't want me to blast you into oblivion you better give me a good answer as to why you're here" Shadow spat, his eyes charging with crimson ecto energy.

"I have no quarrel with you, I am only here for my employer has shown a particular interest in the half ghost that lives here…now I'll thank you to leave me to my business" Skulker spat as he pulled out a silver ecto bazooka, green lights flashing upon it, the sound of the weapon charging began to fill the air.

"Then you really should have done your homework" Shadow chuckled, he split into three duplicates which promptly surrounded Skulker, Skulker's eyes widened and he glared at Shadow.

'How is this possible that this ghost has the same powers as my employer…no normal ghost could learn this ability' Skulker mental tone spat within his mind.

"Who are you?" Skulker questioned.

"I am Shadow, now tell me who employed you and I may let you leave in one piece" Shadow spat, Skulker glanced at his arm, doing a quick scan of the ghost before him and grit his teeth.

'This ghost…Shadow…seems to be almost as powerful as Plasmius' Skulker mused, filing that away for later, listing Shadow as either as potential prey or someone he could use to give Plasmius a little payback.

"Plasmius employed me" Skulker replied before taking off, making another mental note to keep an eye on Shadow, Shadow reabsorbed his duplicates and headed back to bed.

A/N Another short chappie and not the my best one at that, getting some writers block, open to suggestions and PLZ REVIEW.