A/N: The reviews have been great everyone! Thank you! I'm feeling much better now, just in time for Halloween (my 20th birthday). Let's see how Danny's Halloween pans out...

Restless Teen Halloween

Chapter Five: Eternal Conflict

Tucker could barely stand to watch as Danny brashly stormed towards the pair in the center of the dance floor. All eyes were on Sam and the mysterious new kid. If Danny went ghost now he could kiss his secret identity goodbye!

Just feet away from his target Danny's path was blocked when Paullina suddenly decided to cut-in.

"Hi," she greeted the cute stranger, fluttering her long lashes and flashing a stunning smile. Waving her fingers daintily she proceeded to introduce herself, completely ignoring Sam. "My name's Paullina, what's yours?"

"Vince," Jet answered, slight annoyance and boredom evident in his tone, "but my friends call me Jet, Jet Skye."

At the mention of the name a few students in the crowd (including Sam, Tucker, and Danny) gasped in surprise. The name was that of the guy who'd been killed in the lab accident...was it a coincidence?

Hmph, Jet thought, this girl is a carbon copy of Kate. In my mortal life I might've found her somewhat appealing, but now she's just another curse waiting to be cast. Sam is different, same is...unique.

Oblivious to the ghostly tale attached to the name Paullina continued to flirt shamelessly. "Well as you can tell by my fabulously exquisite masquerade ball costume, I am easily the wealthiest, prettiest, most popular girl here. I don't know how they do things in your old school, but here good looking and popular students do not mix with the lowly geeks."

Jet raised an eyebrow, Unbelievable, I may have finally found someone WORSE than KATE!

Sam had had enough, "How'd you like to get staked to the wall by this 'lowly geek' you pompous pinhead?!"

"Is that a threat?!" Paullina demanded.

"Why don't you come over here and find out Barbie?!" Sam snapped.

The crowd encircling them was growing larger and noisier now. Students (especially guys) were eagerly chanting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" Jet cringed, this wasn't good. They were drawing too much attention. He had to do something fast, before Kate found him!

The gloves were coming off. Paullina's bruised ego wouldn't let her back down from a Goth geek and Sam certainly wasn't cowering from a shallow snob.

Danny was momentarily speechless. Maybe this whole 'fight' business would take care of the situation for him? Heh, it looked like Sam's little mystery date was forgotten.

"Sam wait!" Jet intervened, grabbing Sam's fist as she prepared to rearrange the prep's face. "She's not worth it Sam." he continued, ignoring the surprised murmurs from the crowd, "If I wanted to dance with a conceited snob I would've asked her. But I asked you. Girls like her are a dime a dozen. But you Sam...you are priceless."

The lavender eyed girl was left awestruck by what the charming ghost boy had just said. I-is this Jet guy really the one from the lab accident? He's a really great actor. Can't fault a guy from standing up to Miss Perfect.

Outraged and utterly humiliated Paullina's face grew red with anger, "FINE PAL! DANCE WITH THE GOTH GEEK!! WHO WANTS TO HANG WITH A LOSER LIKE YOU ANYWAY?!"

Stomping away Paullina's embarrassment only worsened as waves of snickering swept through the crowd.

The music started to play again and Sam agreed to another dance with Jet to thank him for his bold mockery of the Queen of Vanity.

Realizing that he couldn't count on jealous girls to break up the pair Danny resolved to move on with his first plan, cutting in himself!

"Don't do it Danny!" Tucker winced...

"HEY!"

...too late.

Once again the music stopped and all heads turned towards Sam, Jet, and now Danny too.

Fenton's rage and jealously had finally gotten the better of him. His blue eyes flashed with green streaks, threatening to shift entirely at any moment. He felt hurt, betrayed, and most of all furious!

"Sam! What the heck are you doing?!"

"Danny!" Sam gasped instantly pushing away from Jet, "I-I well I was...I-I mean we were..."

Jet smirked as he noticed Danny clinching his fists; his blue eyes were starting to glow with an outline of neon green. Sam is dating the halfa? This is too perfect!

"Hold on!" Sam suddenly countered, "Why should I explain myself to you?! You and Tucker were the ones who ditched me! And so what if I dance with somebody else?! It's like we keep telling everyone Danny, we're just friends."

The statement only served to further hurt and enrage the halfa. Trying to sound indifferent—despite the increasingly high volume of his voice—he retorted, "FINE! See if I care!" and stormed away.

He wouldn't let her see how much she'd hurt him. If she wanted to go and dance with some pretty-boy just because he shot his mouth off to Paullina then that was just fine by him!

Still, he reasoned, she would've never been dancing with him in the first place if Tuck and I hadn't run off and left her standing there all by herself like that. Oh great, he frowned, guilt trip.

Squeezing his eyes shut he continued to walk away at a rapid pace. This was the worst night of his life. So what if it is partly my fault? Sam's the one who decided to dance with the guy! Ugh...it feels like she took one of those cheesy stakes she's wearing and drove it straight through my heart. And Tucker's the 'vampire' here. he laughed bitterly at the irony.

Before he could make it to the gym doors his ghost breath unexpectedly appeared. "Oh joy," he grumbled, "just what I need."

Glancing around he spotted an orange-haired girl shoving through the crowd, glaring daggers at the couple in the center. Her ghostly aura was unmasked and flaring up all around her.

The new kid spotted her and sent her a mocking grin. You're too late now Kate.

Fuming with anger Kate's eyes flashed an electric blue. In response Jet's eyes momentarily flashed red, his hold on Sam's back and shoulder tightened, drawing her closer as they finished their dance.

Putting the pieces together Danny realized that Jet was indeed the conceited pretty-boy from the lab accident, Sam was dancing with a ghost! "Then that means, that girl is his shallow, jealous ex-girlfriend!"

Ducking back through the crowd he snagged Tucker by the sleeve, "Wha?!"

"Cover for me!" he whispered, "I'm going ghost!"

As he went from Danny Fenton to Danny Phantom the ghost girl was preparing to eliminate her 'replacement'. Her hands shone an intensely bright purple as supernatural energy coursed through her raging form.

Soaring over to Sam the halfa shoved her aside just as Kate's blast was unleashed. Jet leapt back, staring at the smoking circle where Sam once stood then glaring over his shoulder at the halfa who had landed on top of her.

"You low down, skirt-chasing creep!" Kate shrieked.

"Stuck-up, spoiled cheerleader!" Jet retorted.

The crowd quickly dispersed, teens screaming and running for the exit. It was another terrifying ghostly attack...they knew the drill.

Over by the refreshment stand Jazz had finally arrived and managed to detain her parents for all of fifteen minutes. The commotion in the center of the gym was starting to worry her though. She'd spotted Danny heading into the crowd, looking mad as a hornet, probably girl troubles.

"What on Earth is going on?" Maddie questioned Jack.

"I don't know," Jack admitted, "but this massive panic has 'GHOST' written all over it!"

If they embarrass me, and I find out Danny's involved, I'm gonna kill him! Jazz vowed.

Danny hurriedly pushed himself off of Sam and helped her to her feet. "They guy you've been dancing with is actually the ghost from the lab explosion." he explained pointing to the orange-haired girl, "And she's his jealous ex-girlfriend."

The blasts Kate was firing were more than enough to convince Sam, "Thanks," she said softly, "Look Danny, I'm sor-"

"Apology accepted," he smiled, "and I shouldn't have ditched you."

Sam smiled understandingly as he looked from her, to the fighting ghosts, then back to her nervously. "It's okay Danny. You're the superhero here. Go on and fight the ghosts."

The halfa's face instantly brightened, "Right!"

Tucker gestured nervously towards the feuding ghosts while the remaining students screamed and ran around in a chaotic effort to get out of the way. "Not to interrupt this 'tender moment' but don't you think this should wait until there aren't a couple of crazed teen ghosts ripping apart the gym?!"

Nodding Danny flew up to the ghosts, "Sorry to break up this touching reunion but now's not the time or place to settle this! Some I'm gonna have to ask you to take this fight back to the Ghost Zone!"

"Back off Halfa!" Kate snapped. Angrily she fired a blast at the white-haired ghost kid, sending him flying back into the dessert table.

"Okay..." Danny muttered, lifting a bowl of half-eaten gelatin off his head, "...now I'm MAD!"

Sam and Tucker watched as Danny joined in on the fight. Pretty soon it was hard to tell who was blasting at who.

Seeing Kate momentarily preoccupied with fending off the halfa's blasts Jet took the opportunity to sneak away. In the blink of an eye he vanished from site only to reappear behind an unsuspecting Sam.

Dodging another of Kate's powerful energy blasts Danny glanced around to notice that one of his opponents was missing. "Hey, where'd he go?"

"Danny!" Tucker's voice called.

"Tuck?" Danny whipped his head around; he couldn't see his friend anywhere.

"Up here!" Tucker yelled.

Craning his neck Danny spotted Tucker stuck to the scoreboard with some sort of ectoplasmic goo. "He got her Danny!"

"Who?!" Danny questioned, only to be answered by a sinister laugh.

Floating amidst the ceilings rafters Jet chuckled triumphantly as Sam writhed about in his arms. "Now that I have your girlfriend my twenty-one year torture finally comes to an end! Don't worry about Sam. I'll take GOOD care of her! Mwuhahaha!!!"

With that said Jet took on his ghost form and fazed through the closest wall, dragging the captive Sam along for the ride.

"Nice going Genius!" Kate fumed, "You let him getaway!"

Amanda/Artiste: My deadline is almost up! We're mere chapters away from the exciting conclusion of 'Restless Teen Halloween"! Next chapter: In order to rescue Sam before it's too late Danny must rely on the self-centered ghost girl for help. But will Kate agree to this alliance? Or will Sam be doomed to spend eternity trapped in the Ghost Zone? Trick-or-treat...or review...no flames, they'll singe the candy! :-P