Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or 6Teen. I do not own the original story this is based on.

The final week of summer arrived as the sun shined fiercely in the day. Many had just gotten up and began getting ready for one of the last few days before school started again.

Danny had been chewing on his cereal as his dad put on the news for Vlad's new conference. The large man made sure he supported his old college friend, even if the man was a fruit-loop who secretly plotted to kill him.

"Good morning Amity Park," Vlad Masters exclaimed with his usual friendly facade. "Summer's almost over, and I thought it would be best to make sure everyone hits the mall and makes sure to spend money to help the people fix all the repairs from the consecutive ghost attacks. No help of Danny Phantom, of course."

Danny heard this and rolled his eyes in anger. His sister glared at the device while their dad obliviously smiled at seeing his "best friend" on the screen.

"Good old Vlad. Always looking out for the town," Jack said.

Danny and Jazz ignored their father. They knew he was in the dark about the mayor. However, it was apparent the man was up to something.

Finishing breakfast, the ghost boy left to meet with his friends. Sam's was the best place for that, given her parents leave them alone.

"You'd think a guy who's taken over companies and a town election would have more tact," Sam snarked, recalling the announcement. "I mean it's like he's screaming ' evil plan.'"

"You'd think so, but the place has been attacked more so than usual," Tucker remarked.

"Yeah, well, we're going to the mall to make sure nothings going on," Danny said.

Sam and Tucker would have complained, but with Vlad, they had to be sure of no ruse.

"Fine, " Sam said.

"I guess. Plus, I'm kinda hoping to run into Jen and her friends. They are awesome," Tucker remarked as his friends nodded in agreement.

All but Sam, that is.

Danny and co soon arrived at the mall and saw it packed to the brim with shoppers.

They soon a specific group of 6 teens sitting at the usual table. Sam couldn't help but wonder if they ever went somewhere else, but ignored it as she took a seat next to Nikki. The young goth wouldn't say out loud the respect she developed for the punk.

One by one, the gang greeted each other in their way as the love bird sat next to each other.

"Jen," Danny greeted with a suave tone.

"Danny," Jen said happily.

Tucker and Caitlin caught each other's eyes for a moment. After the party, things were calm, but that didn't mean there was no regret since they were friends now.

"So, we saw the news. And I gotta ask what with the mayor and Danny Phantom?" Wyatt asked after gulping coffee.

"Yeah, the guy has a major problem for the dude," Jude said calmly.

"What gives?" Nikki said with a slight edge. "I mean the guy saves people. Cut him some slack."

Danny and the teens eyed their short friends as she backed away.

"Hey, the guy saved my life. I respect the guy," Nikki

"Plus, those powers of his are pretty wicked," Jude added.

Danny smiled upon hearing this.

Even if they didn't realize it, Danny appreciated that at least SOMEBODY out there knows that he is just trying to help.

"People here are paranoid of ghosts. While Phantom is a hero, there are still plenty who say otherwise," the ghost boy explained.

"Well, they shouldn't judge him like that," Jen said, grabbing her boyfriend's hand. "From what I've seen, this place has some incredible people."

"Jen..." Danny said.

As Sam eyed the lovebirds, she noticed a glare coming from Nikki across the table. And the pink girl wasn't the only one as the rest of the teens and Tucker stared at the goth.

Wanting to avoid another confrontation, Sam turned her head and whistled. But she wasn't out of the woods just yet as Caitlin and Nikki walked over and grabbed their new girl friend.

"Uh...what are you doing?" Sam asked as she tried to resist.

"We need to have a little to have a little girl talk with you," Nikki responded.

Jonesy wanted to see what the girls meant, but a cold glare told him otherwise.

"Jonesy Garcia. Don't. Even. Think about it."

That was all Nikki said before she and Caitlin dragged Sam to a secluded spot. However, the boy was still curious. The goth girl was not amused.

"Any particular reason you've kidnapped me?" Sam asked with a droll voice.

Nikki sent her a glare.

"Look, we need to talk about your jealousy."

Sam acted like there was nothing, but Nikki was clear with her bluntness.

Caitlin, on the other hand, at least tried to be diplomatic here.

"Sam, I know it can be rough seeing the guy you like dating another woman, but you have to let it go," The blonde said, trying to ease the tension. "Jen's a good person, and I think you are too."

Sam blinked for a moment; for all her attitude, the girl didn't think the teens like her, especially after they chased after her in the park for scouting.

"You...think I'm a good person?" Sam strangled out.

"Duh! We would be doing this if we didn't like you," Nikki said with a smile.

"But you have to let this go," Caitlin said as she placed a hand on the goth's shoulder. "Why do you not like Jen?"

"And don't say anything about her dating Danny!" Nikki interjected.

Caitlin's question caught Sam off guard, but her stubbornness remained intact.

"Because she...I mean she's...Well, she..." Sam was stunned when she couldn't find a coherent answer.

For weeks, she had hated the older girl for stealing Danny but now...when asked WHY she doesn't like her...she had trouble putting her dislike in words.

However, the girl couldn't construct a proper answer as things went south.

Soon the doors to the mall were blocked off by the emergency blast doors as shutters closed the windows. The lights dimmed to a dark red color as everyone panicked.

Jen's friends included as the girls regrouped with everyone.

"WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" Jonesy said, freaking out.

Even Jude broke out of his mellowness, and even Nikki seemed startled.

"Call me crazy, but I had a feeling this would happen," Wyatt said, looking nervous. He dropped his coffee with no effect on his person.

"Then why didn't you warn us?" Nikki snarked in astonishment.

Teens and shoppers screamed, raved, and ran around as they tried to make sense of things. It was that, or they didn't like being in enclosed spaces.

It wasn't until the sound of the speakers screeching did everyone stop.

"Hello...Ghost Child," came Skulker's low and calm voice in the intercoms. He sounded more vicious than usual. "I know you're here. I've set bait to ensure it. And now I'm going to hunt you down in a new environment. And don't worry, I'm not going anywhere, the anti-ghost barricades will keep us both in."

With his laughter dying down in the speakers, the teens froze in fear.

Shoppers dropped their bags as they choked on the idea of a ghost stalking the corridors of the mall. One teen wet himself at the situation.

Even Jude, one of the most laid back teens, stopped eating his fries as he, and some other shoppers, contained his bladder.

"Dude? Are we in trouble?" The blonde boy asked in fear.

His friends didn't know how to answer him. But it looks like it.

Jen was slightly panicking during this all, and Danny knew that he had to face Skulker, but the mall was too crowded.

Jen looked at her boyfriend for support. The mall had always been a safe haven for her and the gang. Now it was looking more like a scene from a horror movie.

"Everything will be fine," Danny spoke with complete confidence. "I won't let anything happen to you."

The ghost boy's eyes held a force spirit, calming the red-headed girl, and she stared back with a blush. She hadn't seen this side of the boy but was loving it right now.

Sadly, the hunter's voice was anything hit soothing.

"For the past few days, I've been watching you, and I've come to realize something," Skulker continued over the speakers. "Someone doesn't know about all of you."

The customers wondered what he meant by that, but Danny knew.

"So, I decided to take advantage of it."

Danny glared.

"I gotta go ghost, but there's too many people," Danny mumbled to his friends.

Immediately, Sam and Tucker helped their friend find a safe place to transform. But it was too crowded. It would seem as if the entirety of Amity Park's adolescent population was inside the building right now.

Which meant finding the time and place to change was a challenge, especially with everyone in a state of panic.

"Relax, everyone! The ghost boy will come and save me," said a young girl quickly identified as Paulina. She always was the biggest fan of Phantom."He always does."

"Then, where is he!?" Dash yelled next to her. Out of agitation, he pushed the girl into a nearby fountain, scuzzing up her hair and makeup.

"My look!" the girl screamed.

Just like that, people started panicking.

Soon the teens were starting to lose common sense as they lost patience from Danny Phantom's arrival.

"WE'RE DOOMED!" Kwan shouted and was becoming hysterical, just like his fellow jocks.

Danny, on the other hand, was just trying to find a place to go ghost.

There was just one problem.

"Danny! What are you doing?" Jen said as she grabbed hold of his hand. "We got to find a place to hide."

The ghost boy followed in the realization of his situation. He needed a place to hide, but he felt the fear shaking off of Jen.

The boy couldn't blame her. Ghost attacks were never calm unless they were the Box Ghost.

He couldn't leave his girlfriend alone like this but had a responsibility to defeat Skulker. If left alone, things will escalate. So how would he transform?

"Ghost child," Skulker spoke in a low tone as he followed his prey, unseen. The only indicator of his presence was of the boy's ghost sense.

Sam and Tucker followed, wishing they had more than thermoses. If they survived this, they'd get more.

"Danny, what are you going to do?" Sam whispered to her friend.

"I don't know. I'd go ghost, but I'm not sure what to say to Jen."

The ghost boy was in a rock and a hard place, as was Sam. The girl would have snapped back about Danny keeping his alter ego a secret, but the conversation with the girls came to mind.

"Uh...Danny..." Sam started, but some blasts cut her off.

Skulker came through the wall behind as he laughed menacingly. The only thing that alerted the teens was Danny's ghost sense that led the boy's gaze to the ghost.

With deadly weapons out and aimed, the hunter grinned with the teens in his sights.

The ghost boy would have transformed and fought back but had remembered his company didn't know about his powers. He didn't know whether to reveal himself or not. Young love or not, no one reveals secrets after a month of dating.

Especially game-changers like having ghost powers.

"Look! It's Danny Phantom!" Jonesy cried o it as he pointed behind the hunter.

Skulker was not a fool, as he knew Danny dual identity and that he was in front of him. But still, he had to boast.

"No, he's not," Skulker answered darkly.

"How do you know?" Jude asked.

"Because if he were, he'd hit me in the back of the head!"

"But why couldn't he just blast you with his ghost ray? And who's to say he couldn't be at two places at once?"

"That preposterous! No ghost can—" the hunter stopped mid-sentence as he recalled his employer, who's capable of such a feat.

In a rare act of curiosity or stupidity, the ghost turned around, allowing the teens to escape.

As they ran, Danny did everything he could to contain his laughter. One of his most dangerous foes might of had him, but fell for a ploy he knew was fake.

He was so going to rub it in the hunter's face later.

But first, he had to find a place to transform.

Luckily, he spotted a nearby store partially collapsed, save for a small hole—a total blind spot.

It was perfect, but he had to be fast before anyone noticed.

Taking this chance, the ghost boy separated from the group. It pained him to leave Jen alone, but he needed to handle Skulker.

It was the only way.

Forgive me, Jen. He thought as he ran to change.

Meanwhile, the hunter ghost had cornered the teens in a cleaning store. At first

"Stand back!" Caitlin shouted as she grabbed whatever was close at hand and pointed it at Skulker. "Don't make me use this!"

"A vacuum cleaner?" the hunter said as he pointed to the cleaner device. The teens and Skulker stood in silence before the ghost started laughing. "You think that's gonna scare me?"

"You think this might work?" Caitlin whispered to her friends.

"You can try," Jude replied. "It worked for that plumber dude."

Unfortunately, the vacuumed cleaner accidentally ended up sucking Jonesy's pants right off of him, much to his humiliation.

"Oh, come on!" Jonesy yelled as he covered himself.

"Now that I didn't need to see," Nikki deadpanned as she covered her eyes.

"Me neither," Skulker said in agreement. "Can you give him back his pants now? Not many ghosts want to chase people in their underwear."

An embarrassed Caitlin did as she was told, put the vacuum in reserve, and handed the pants to her mortified friend.

"Thanks," Jonesy snarked as started dressing.

"Sorry," She apologized.

Once Jonesy had his pants back on, Skulker groaned.

"All done?"

"Yeah..." Jonesy said as he finished putting his belt on.

"Good," Skulker remarked before going back to menacing the six teenagers with a sinister voice. "Now, where were we?"

His weapons aimed once more, and the teens wished they hadn't been distracted for a moment.

Save for Jen, who grabbed the vacuum and tried it on the ghost this time. But he just laughed.

"I'm going to enjoy using you as bait," the ghost said.

"Bait!?" Jen exclaimed.

"You really don't know anything."

"Why do you keep saying that?" Jen asked.

"Wouldnt you like to know," Skulker said before charging his wrist-mounted blaster.

Despite everything happening, Jen was still thinking about Danny, unaware of his arrival.

"Hey, Skulker!" Came a voice before any answers.

The people inside cheered as Danny Phantom soared through the air and landing a punch, sending the hunter flying.

At the sight of their town's hero, the shoppers screamed in joy as the ghost boy went to work.

"I KNEW YOU'D COME FOR ME!" Paulina cheered.

Danny ignored her and went to face Skulker.

"Really Skulker, all this to fail at hunting again. Just how desperate are you?" Danny snarked.

Skulker growled.

"You are just begging to your pelt hung," Skulker said as he fired a net.

Danny managed to avoid it and sent an ice blast at him.

"Yeah, right," Danny said sarcastically.

The two ghosts continued to fight, blocking and firing attacks.

Just then, someone joined the scene by a declaration of ectoblast. It was Danny's parents, charged with their ecto weapons.

"FREEZE SPOOKS!" Jack shouted as he aimed his bazooka at them. Maddie was right behind with weapons of her own.

The hunter ghost blasted back as the duo split and fired from behind cover.

"How'd you get here!?" Skulked demanded.

"With the Fenton Battering Ram, no doors can block us!" Jack cried out, pointing to the hole in the wall he and his wife had entered.

Take this, you odd manifestation of ectoplasmic energy and post-human consciousness!" Maddie yelled as she blasted them, and Jack did the same.

Danny managed to dodge, and as a result, his dad managed to hit Skulker.

"AH!" Skulker yelled as he crashed to the ground.

Maddie wasted no time in pulling out a blaster and zapping the ghost hunter into a nearby fountain.

"Got him!" She said with a thrilled look on her face.

"You're finished," Skulker threatened, but it meant nothing to the Fentons. They were always ready for ghost fighting.

The hunter charged toward Mrs. Fenton as the two clashed.

The female fight began assaulting the hunter with strikes and punches before taking out a Fenton Bo Staff. Mrs. Fenton was particularly active, getting up close and smacking the hunter around with her ecto-staff. With a few kicks added.

The teens watched in amazement at Danny's parents. They wondered why the boy never spoke much of them. The two were doing great, especially Mrs. Fenton, in the boys' eyes.

"Dude, wicked," Jude said.

"Man, that is hot!" Jonesy said, gawking at Mrs. Fenton and her spandex suit.

This would have earned him a slap on the head had Jack not came and said.

"I know," the large man said with a grin. "Especially when she gets into flips and starts kicking real high. Man, I love that woman!"

"Wait, THAT'S your wife?" Jonesy said in disbelief.

"Yep," Jack said, looking at his wife with a coy face.

Jonesy looked at Mr. Fenton and then at Mrs. Fenton. He noticed how large he in comparison to how hot his wife looks, especially in spandex.

"Is it weird that I'm saying how hot this is?" the boy asked.

"Not at all. I get that all the time and trust me. She's worth hearing those comments from others," Jack replied before running to the action. "Maddie! save some for me!"

Jonesy stared in awe with a broad dumbstruck smile.

"Uh...Jonesy?" Nikki asked, waving a hand in front of the boy's face.

"It's official. The Fentons are my heroes," Jonesy quipped as he watched the couple blast both ghosts.

"Ok, we're gonna have a talk about this later," Nikki snarked as she and the rest of the gang walked over. "For now, let's make sure the Fentons don't get Phantom."

The gang nodded in agreement as they walked over. The Fentons, while unable to hit Danny, were not allowing the boy to escape. And he couldn't shoot back, not at his unsuspecting parents, even if their weapons were dangerous to him.

He needed help as Jack steadied his aim.

The large man would have open fire had a small pink girl not tapped on his shoulder. Looking down,

"Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" Nikki butted in, distracting Jack and Maddie.

"Getting rid of the ghost?" Jack replied, confused. It was the most obvious thing right now as the girl talked to him like it was wrong.

No one in this town had done that before.

"But Danny Phantom saved everyone," Jude added. "Why would harm someone who saves people."

"Listen, dearie, ghosts are not friendly, and they have to be dealt with immediately," Maddie explained in a polite voice.

"But that sounds like hurting someone just because they are. Aren't we taught to not do that?"

Jack and Maddie did their best to answer, but could only voice stammering and stuttering of words to gibberish. While young, Jude had a point, and any argument against it would be the same as saying it's alright to hate for no reason. A lesson, as parents, they do their best to teach their children.

With the Fentons distracted, Danny took the opportunity to flee and find a spot to change back.

"Jen," the ghost boy cried out as he ran over. The girl was so happy to see him. She didn't care about running towards him and embracing him with people watching. Something the teens, and the parents, noticed.

"Danny, where were you!?" Jen asked sternly, holding onto the boy tightly.

"I got separated and tried to get to you, but the ghost—"

Danny couldn't finish as Jen kisses the boy. He would've protested or something, but he enjoyed the moment as he rubbed her arm, soothing the shaking nervous girlfriend. Their mouths opened as the kiss deepened.

They would have continued had they not heard the chuckling of their audience.

"Do you guys need a moment?" Wyatt snorted.

Danny and Jen shot their eyes open as they ended their kiss. A trail of saliva held in between them as their bodies reddened with a blush.

"As much as I'd like to give you guys a hard time, we have Danny's ghost hunting parents who are walking in this general direction," Nikki said, pointing to Jack and Maddie.

The lovebirds separate immediately, but the ghost hunting parents saw everything.

"So this is the girl you've been talking about," Jack said as he placed the echo-bazooka down. "Nice to meet you! I'm Jack Fenton, and this is my wife, Maddie Fenton."

"Please to meet you," Maddie said sweetly, switching from the warrior personality she donned fighting Skulker.

Jen blinked but decided to be polite since they are still Danny's parents

"I'm Jen Masterson. Nice to meet you."

"It's our pleasure, dearie," Maddie said, taking an immediate liking.

"She's pretty, son," Jack said to his boy, nudging him in the side.

"Dad," Danny complained.

This was the reason he didn't want to introduce his folks yet. They could be embarrassing. It would have been better if he brought Jen over for dinner, but things don't always turn out as one can hope.

With the mall only slightly damaged and the blast door opening, Jack pointed to a nearby restaurant where they could all eat on the parent's dime. They wanted to get to know the girl Danny chose and her friends who stood up to them for Phantom.

Tucker and Sam, who had seen everything, followed as they said hi as well.

The goth girl was silent for the walk over as she eyed Jen holding hands with Danny. But she didn't frown or show any attitude. The girl glanced at Nikki and Caitlin, who caught her looking, and gave them a small smile, which they returned.

Lunch went as well as one could expect in this scenario.

While the parents were polite about it, they weren't exactly convinced of the ghost boy's innocence or intentions.

A subject Nikki defended, in a manner calmer than she would typically be.

"You need to lighten up about ghosts," the punk girl would say. "Not all of them are evil just cause you say so."

"Alright littl-Nikki, tell me, have you ever met a friendly ghost?" Jack said, not making the same mistake of calling the girl a little lady. She had a great right hook.

"Ummm...I thought Danny Phantom was the good ghost," Jude added while he munched on his fries.

"You obviously weren't here when he kidnapped Mayor Montez," Maddie dryly remarked.

"I thought the mayor dude was that Vlad Masters dude."

Everyone got a laugh out of that. Save for Jude who didn't understand why.

Tucker and Sam had fun watching the chaos, for once not being part of any. Not to mention the fact that the teens' defense of the town hero was refreshing to watch.

There were good times as Caitlin and Jack got into a talk about chocolate, and Jonesy didn't even hit on Mrs. Fenton, though he did have some thoughts.

But the ghost debate got heated to a point where Danny and Jen thought it best to leave.

The couple walked away hand in hand as they were now avoiding the chaos.

This was not how Danny wanted to introduce his parents. A ghost attack was never going to be on the list of how.

As always, Skulker is a deadly hunter. Good thing the Fentons showed up, not to mention they got a different perspective this time about ghosts.

Special Thanks!to Flower Princess11 for all her help!

Reviews:

Starlord Master: Jazz has a love interest, yes. She took the dating service as well.

qazse: Dash definitely found out how strong Caitlin is.

Jebest4781: In due time.

SonicMax: I think he has an idea now.

Mazamba: You think so?

DJ Rodriguez: Thanks!

danifan3000: Interesting idea...

Luiz4200: To each their own. Eventually Jen will know about Danny's double life. How she will find out...I won't tell...yet.

Artorias(Guest): Interesting idea...

Jay The Average Fanboy: In the 6teen timeline, this should be after the seventh episode, but there are references to episodes after it.

p968222(Guest): Sam and Tucker will have more development due to the fact that Jen is constantly with her friends in the series, so the two will more perspectives to look from.

Invader Johnny: Thanks!