Chapter 4

Natasha had spent a majority of the day interviewing the citizens of Amity Park over their opinion on the Ghost Boy. As expected, many of the civilians looked up to the Ghost Boy as a hero, as he had saved the town from catastrophes on more than a few occasions, many of them ghost related.

She had tried to get an interview from Masters himself, but Amity Park's mayor and former paranormalist had no intention of speaking to Natasha, even though she was from S.H.I.E.L.D.

So far, everyone Natasha had spoken to went on and on about how the Ghost Boy was the only person in town who cared about the safety of others. This surprised Natasha, as from what the Fentons had said, the Ghost Boy was a menace.

It would seem that the Fentons were the only people in town who held any real contempt towards the Ghost Boy.

As she made her way back to her hotel, Natasha was alerted to an explosion downtown. Rushing there, her gun concealed in her purse, Natasha saw that an apartment building was on fire. People were rushing out of it, coughing from the fumes, and Natasha wondered where the hell the fire department was.

Suddenly, there was another explosion on the roof, and Natasha was surprised to see the Ghost Boy flying out, holding a small crying child in his arms. Slowly, he floated down from the burning building, and gave the child to her parents.

At that moment, Natasha pulled out her phone and pointed it at the Ghost Boy, getting a good snapshot of his face.

Suddenly, there was another explosion, this time from the side, and emerging from the building was another ghost that looked almost mechanical.

The Ghost Boy glared up at this other ghost, and flew up to confront him.

"Skulker, this is the third time this week!" The Ghost Boy yelled. "When are you going to quit?"

"I told you I'd never give up!" 'Skulker' yelled back. "I will have your pelt if it's the last thing I do, ghost child!"

Natasha visibly flinched at those words. She had seen a lot of things in her lifetime, but that was just wrong.

She watched as Skulker shot two ecto blasts at the Ghost Boy, which he reflected using a green force field. The blasts exploded against the barrier, and the Ghost Boy immediately flew at Skulker, tackling him and knocking him onto the roof of the building. The two ghosts fell through each floor as the building collapsed, and eventually, there was a green flash as the Ghost Boy was suddenly sent flying out of the rubble.

Skulker flew out in hot pursuit, and he fires two missiles at the Ghost Boy, who quickly flew away from them and outmaneuvered them, causing them to strike a second building.

Natasha saw two children standing below, and her eyes widened when she saw rubble falling down towards them. Rushing towards them with great agility, Natasha quickly pulled the children to safety.

"Watch yourselves." Natasha instructed, and the children nodded quickly.

Turning back to the skirmish, Natasha saw the ghost called Skulker growling in anger. Then, a hatch opened on his chest and Natasha watched as he took out to razor discs and tossed them at the Ghost Boy.

The Ghost Boy's eyes widened as he tried to dodge the discs. "I hate those things..."

Quickly, he blasted one of them with an ecto-blast, sending it careening into a different direction. However, the other one slashed the Ghost Boy's arm, and he yelped as he held onto the bleeding wound. Spotting the second disc, the Ghost Boy's eyes widened when he saw it racing towards a familiar woman.

"Ms. Romanoff!"

Natasha blinked in surprise when the Ghost Boy said her name, and looked up just in time to see the disc approaching. Agily, she leapt up and kicked the disc away, causing it to hit the ground and go lax.

Seeing that Natasha was safe, the Ghost Boy glared back at Skulker, and fired a powerful ecto-blast that sent him flying.

Natasha watched as the Ghost Boy flew off after his enemy until he was out of sight.

Natasha looked down at her phone, and opened up the photo she took. It was then she actually saw more of the Ghost Boy's face, and her eyes widened with recognition.

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"Are you serious?"

Natasha nodded at Fury, who she was chatting with via internet. She had just arrived at her hotel, and relayed to him her theories on the Ghost Boy.

"Yeah, I am." Natasha said. "I think Jack Fenton's son is the ghost kid. The two look almost identical, except for the differences in eye and hair color."

"Is that all the proof you have?" Fury asked, clearly skeptical.

"It's just a theory." Natasha said. "But I thought over everything the Fentons told me, and I think he may be the one. We don't know for sure what kinds of effects ectoplasm has on humans, and since the Fenton kid is the only other person besides Masters who was ever directly exposed to it, I think that may be the reason. That kid is a ghost."

Fury thought this over. "It's... a reasonable theory, Agent Romanoff. But if so, wouldn't Masters be a ghost as well?"

"Masters hid himself from the world for fourteen years." Natasha said. "If he was, we had no way of knowing."

"I have Agent Tremel working on finding out more on ectoplasm." Fury told the shadow agent. "Until then, I'd like you to keep an eye on this Fenton kid, see if you can find anymore proof that he is in fact the Ghost Boy."

"Yes, sir." Natasha nodded, and then cut the chat.

Tommorow, she'd pay the Fentons another visit. Then she'd see if she could dig up anymore dirt.

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Danny sat in his room, playing his 3DS when he heard a knock on his door. After defeating Skulker, again, Danny returned home and had Jazz tend to his wound, wrapping a bandage around the cut and hiding it beneath a black hoodie. Danny shut off his game and looked up at the door.

"Come in!"

Danny smiled when his girlfriend Sam and best friend Tucker came into his room.

"Hey, Danny." Sam said, giving her boyfriend a kiss.

"Sup, man." Tucker greeted.

"Hey, guys."

Sam sat next to Danny on the bed while Tucker sat at Danny's desk.

"Jazz told us what happened." Sam said. "How's your arm?"

"It's fine." Danny assured. "I've had worse, you know?"

"Hell, yes." Tucker said, smirking. "Remember Pariah Dark?"

"How could we forget." Sam said, shaking. She glanced over at Danny, and frowned when she noticed how worried he looked.

"Something's bothering you." Sam said, and Danny looked up in surprise.

"Am I that obvious?"

"Danny, it's me." Sam said, smirking, causing Danny to smirk back.

"We had a visitor yesterday." Danny said. "She was a spy from some government organization."

"The government?" Sam said, alarmed. "Like the Guys in White?"

Danny shook his head. "No, nothing like those guys. They called themselves... S.H.I.E.L.D. Their job is to keep world peace."

"What did she want?" Tucker asked from his location.

"She wanted to know about me. My other half." Danny said, and Sam and Tucker's eyes widened.

"She didn't know did she?" Sam asked worriedly. She shuddered at the thought of her boyfriend being taken away by the government.

"I don't think so." Danny said, shaking his head. "But she seemed really interested. She's from the agency that gave my dad the ghost tech in the first place."

"Seriously?" Tucker said.

"Yup." Danny said. "My dad was ecstatic to hear from them again."

"They must be pretty secretive." Tucker said. "I've never heard of them."

"But you've probably heard of what they've done." Danny said, smirking. "Remember the Avengers? And that alien invasion in New York? That happened because of them. If it weren't for S.H.I.E.L.D., the Earth would've been conquered by aliens."

"Your kidding." Sam said.

"Nope. So I think she wants to recruit Danny Phantom into that little team of hers."

"So you'd be working with other superheroes! That's so aweseome!" Tucker said, smiling like an idiot.

"Tucker, he's not actually going to do it." Sam said, frowning, but then looked at Danny. "Are you?"

Danny shook his head. "I don't know. If I joined the team, I'd have to tell my parents that I'm a ghost..."

"Your a what?!"

Danny, Sam, and Tucker all looked up in surprise to see Agent Romanoff standing in the doorway, with Jack, Maddie, and a pale looking Jazz standing behind her.

Uh oh... Danny's got some explaining to do. Next chapter, Danny has a long chat with his parents, and then has a run in with two meddling demons.