Disclaimer: refer to previous chapters.

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Danny paled visibly as he read the note. He read it a few more times to be sure that it did say what he thought he was reading.

"Danny what's wrong?" Sam asked when she saw him.

"…No.." He moaned, and fell against the locker, the note slipped from his hands as he slid down to sit on the floor. "…No, no, no, no, NO!"

Sam, immediately snatched the note from the floor and read it. "Oh no." She copied Danny's example.

"Will someone just tell me, I'm afraid to see." Tucker said, eyeing his best friends warily.

"Someone knows." Danny moaned, burying his face in his hands. "Someone else knows about my ghost powers."

"Who?" Tucker exclaimed.

"It didn't say." Sam said. "The note just says to meet them after school."

"You're not going to meet them, right?" Tucker asked, a hint of worry in his voice.

"I have to!" Danny exclaimed. "I have to find out who it is. If I don't go, they might take my secret public."

"But of course, we're going with you." Sam assured.

"You can't! What if-" Danny cried.

"It's not like they told you to come alone." Sam interrupted.

"And even if they did, we'd still have your back." Tucker assured.

Danny opened his mouth to argue, but the stern expressions of his friends stopped him. He knew there was no point in arguing. They were loyal and determined.

They still had another hour of class before school let out. Back in class, they looked around for anyone acting suspicious, maybe giving sideways glances, but nothing out of the ordinary happened.

When the bell finally rang for school to let out, nobody even hurried to be the first one out. The three teenagers slowly made their way to their lockers and gathered their things. Then slowly made their way to the back of the school. Danny opened the door to the outside and they all walked through.

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Isabelle was more agitated than anything her "advanced" training had prepared her for. She almost laughed out loud in the middle of class. But she managed to keep her composure and not glance at Danny and his friends, not glance at anyone for that matter. When the bell finally rang, she did her best not to rush out, but quickly made her way to the bathroom when she was clear.

There, she turned ghost and flew quickly to the back of the school, made sure that nobody was around, and changed back to her human form.

When Isabelle was sure they weren't coming, the door opened, and the three teenagers filed out.

"You!" Danny exclaimed when his eyes adjusted to the light.

"You?" Tucker asked.

"Me." Isabelle confirmed.

"Look, I don't know what you know" Danny started. "But it's probably not what you think!"

"What a relief." Isabelle smiled. "Because I thought that you were half human, and half ghost. I thought you were using your powers to fight ghosts in your town with the help of your sidekicks."

"Hey! We are not sidekicks." Tucker huffed.

"We're more like partners." Sam agreed.

"I'm sure that's nice. Look kid, I saw you transform the other day. That girl Paulina did too, though she doesn't seem to… remember." She fixed him with a skeptical glance. "Did you maybe… do something to her?"

"NO!" Danny yelped. "She was just overshadowed by another ghost, that's why she doesn't remember anything."

This kid is so informative when he's scared. The thought amused her. "Okay, okay! I believe you. You don't mean anyone harm and all that." What's "overshadow"?

Danny nodded. There was a moment of silence where Isabelle waited for him to continue, but just when it seemed that she would have to prod him for more information, he spoke up. "Please don't tell anyone! You don't know how hard it would make my life-"

At that line, her knee-jerk reaction was to automatically agree. "I won't tell anyone." She assured, then mentally kicked herself. Her job required that she report this, but she wasn't one to ignore her instincts. She would have to keep this a secret, and also a secret that she knew. "But you have to tell me something."

"What?" They all three answered at the same time.

"Tell me how you gained your powers."

Danny paled and his eyes immediately fell to the floor. Interesting. "I can't tell you that." He finally said. "I-I can't tell… I don't even know you. How can I trust you?"

"How about I share with you a secret of my own?"

"It would have to be a pretty big secret." Sam retorted.

"Samantha, I would say that it's equally as important as Danny's." Following her gut more than her brain at the moment, Isabelle turned ghost right in front of them.

If I'm fired, it'll be the least of my problems! She thought ruefully. The looks that she was receiving from the kids was enough to worry her anyway.

"You-you're one of Vlad's clones aren't you?" Danny said.

"He sent you to spy on us!" Tucker cried.

"No listen you don't understand!" Isabelle yelled, this wasn't the way she had seen this going. The next part was like a blow to the gut.

"Yeah right! We've seen you and Vlad together. You meet him sometimes after school lets out." Danny said, then he turned ghost.

"Shit!" Isabelle exclaimed before she could catch herself. But then added, "You're telling me that guy… as in the mayor of this town, makes clones?" Then while they were nodding their reply, another realization dawned on her. "Half-ghost clones?" Another nod.

Finally, the whole truth dawned on her and she was overcome with a surge of anger. "That son of a bitch! He's a half ghost too, isn't he?"

"As if you didn't already know that." Sam called.

"A few days ago, I was one of a kind." Isabelle said, trying to not to sound angry. "I was a half dead girl with unique ability, and today… Today there are not one, but two more like me."

"Who are you?" Danny asked. And Isabelle suddenly didn't care about her job anymore. She felt like she had been asleep for a while, and was suddenly wide awake. Like the hands of destiny itself had brought her to clarity.

The Guys can jump off a bridge for all I care. She thought, before she told them about how she became what would come to call, a Halfa.

After Isabelle told her story up until she showed up in Amity Park, Danny told her an edited story about how he received his powers. But when she didn't hear anything about Vlad she prodded him.

"Tell me about Vlad. How did he wind up with powers as well?"

"That's not my story to tell-"

"He knows that I'm here to fight ghosts." Isabelle interrupted. "And he's visited me as a ghost while I was human, and I've fought him when we were both ghosts before." She fixed them with a serious stare. "I'm not very good with my powers, not like you two are. If you could give me anything, that would give me a chance, give me the upper hand…" Her voice trembled but it wasn't a ruse. "He was in my room."

"If it wasn't official to anyone before- say maybe someone living under a rock- Vlad Masters is one crazed up fruit loop." Danny said in a long monotonous sigh.

"That's a pretty accurate way to describe him, though I can think of a few more." Isabelle replied, keeping her voice and tone beneath Danny's.

"Look, I could help you… if you wanted." Danny offered, though he sounded very unsure of himself. Like even he could see what a bad idea that looked like. "Teach you a few things."

"That sounds great- truly kid, awesome- and all but, I don't know if you missed that part where I said "I'm a federal agent"?" She shook her head. "Doesn't it look a little suspicious, to maybe say, the Guys in White? To maybe say, Vlad Masters?" She was more than pissed to discover that the one person who annoyed her immediately from the moment she met him, and the creature she had come to fear, were one in the same.

"You can sneak out." Tucker said after a moment of silence.

Sam and Danny grew smiles and nodded in agreement. Isabelle shook her head. "Sneak out?"

"You are supposed to be a teenager." Danny pointed before Isabelle could continue. And she couldn't argue, because she knew he had a point. And, though she wouldn't admit it out loud- especially to some kids!- she knew he was right. She did need the help with her powers.

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A.N. Wooooooooooo~ I had to rewrite certain parts over and over. Maybe you can spot them. I don't care. I'm okay with this.