Goodbye to You

I have no ownership of Danny Phantom or anything else.

Chapter 2: Phone Call

The sunlight of an afternoon touched down on the school grounds of Casper High. Of course, a little extra sunlight wasn't doing much for anyone. The air was still cold and some left over snow still remained on the roof and the ground. But, that wouldn't last long. Spring would soon be on everyone's doorsteps and this bleak weather would finally be put behind the backs of the citizens of Amityville.

The bell for lunch had just previously rung for lunch to begin. The students pilled into the school cafeteria and headed to their seats. The heating had been shut off due to some budget problems, as explained by the principal, so most of the students had worn their sweaters inside today as the cold weather still plagued them. Most of the students had gone over to buy their lunch from the kitchen. Now, it may have been practically non-edible, but at least it was warm.

"Ahh, Tucker," Danny said as he looked over at his friend," you do realize that is food, not a heating source." "I know that. But right now, it is the only thing keeping me from freezing to death." Tucker replied his hands over the grey slob that was on his tray. "What are you complaining about? I don't feel anything." Sam replied as she took a bite from her. Tucker tightened up the strings of his hoody as he stated, " Maybe its because of you are a Goth. And that is because Goths have no feelings." "Yeah, you're right. And I am feeling better then you are right now." She replied with a smile.

"Anyways, I'm just glad I brought my lunch. I just don't have to eat that." Danny said as he took a slug from his Coke. "Smart move. I did the same." Sam replied, looking at the mass that Tucker continued to warm himself with. "At least I'm not freezing." Tucker stated. "Hey, it's not our fault that me and Sam had better ideas. Your suppose to be the smart one." Danny stated. Him and Sam then laughed at his comment and then returned to their lunches.

Unbeknown to them, trouble was soon to come through the doors of the cafeteria. And that would start off with Valerie. Wearing a fading red sweater and gripping a brown lunchbag, she walked into the room and looked around for a table. "Looks who just entered." Sam said as she motioned towards the girl. "At least I didn't have to deal with her today." Danny replied. 'Hey, guys, cool it. She all ready had enough problems as it is." Tucker said. "Her only problem is that she hasn't unloaded enough ammunition into me yet." Danny stated. "Come on guys. Let's at least allow her to sit next with us." Tucker raised his hand and motioned for her to come over. But, she ignored this gesture even though she noted him doing so. Tucker dropped his hand upon realizing she was ignoring them. "She still thinks she 's better then us even though her life got messed up." Sam said as she looked over at Tucker's face, now showing a look of disappointment. "I'm still going to try." Tucker said. "Let me guess," Danny began," you still want her?" "Hey, I'm still looking. Unlike you two. At least you're a couple." "We are not a couple." They both shot back at Tucker silently. "I just call them as I see them." "Well, I am about to plant your face in your only heating source if you make say that one more time." Sam replied in an angry tone. Tucker quickly said," All right, all right. I'll cool it." Tucker replied. "Sucks to be in your shoes right now." Danny remarked as he returned back to his lunch.

Meanwhile, Valerie had unsuccessfully tried to find a place to sit. But, she then managed to spot at least one empty space. Problem was that the table belonged to her former friends. She knew that Dash, Kwan, Star and Paulina would have a small problem with her. Hell, they hated the ground she walked on now that she had become just like that loser who tried to wave her over. 'Whatever,' she thought to herself, 'I had a rough day with classes. I am tired. It's freezing. Maybe thy wouldn't care.' She walked over to the table and was about to sit down when Paulina said," This seat's taken." "By who?" she asked. "What's it to you?" Star asked. "I just want to sit down." Paulina said as she placed her bag on the table. "Hey, she said we don't need you here and that's that." Dash said. "This isn't your place, you prick." Valerie shot back. Dash quickly shot up from the table and yelled, "What did you just say!" By now, some people had turned their attentions from their food and had looked over to where the yell had come from. "This is a chance. Valerie's having a problem with some one other then me." Danny said as him and the others looked over to where Dash was standing, his face twisted in anger. "You heard me." Valerie said as she watched his hands curl into fists. "No one has the nerve to call me that." Dash said. "What are you going to do about it?" Valerie asked, her hands crossed in front of her. Dash then sat back down, his gaze still fixed on her. "He can't do anything, but I will." Paulina said as she rose up in front of Valerie. "Finally, you decide to show some spine." Valerie stated. "I've got to get this." Tucker said as he reached for his palm pilot. The two girls never moved their eyes fro each for a full two minutes until the bell rang. "You were lucky. Next time wouldn't be better." Paulina said as she grabbed her backbag and headed off. Valerie just continued to watch her walk with out with her group. She then grabbed her bag and crumpled it into a ball. As she walked out with the other students, she angrily chucked the bag of crushed food into the barrel.

"I can't believe I missed that." Tucker said as he walked with Sam and Danny down the hallway. "Why do you even bother with that kind of stuff?" Sam asked. "Listen, I can't score. I have tried many times and have failed. This is my only peace I can get from my occurring loneliness." "You're not alone, my friend." Danny said. "Oh please, Danny. You too?" Sam asked. "I'm just saying that me, Tucker, and a bunch of other guys had a perfectly good cat fight not occur." Just then, he was knocked to the ground by something that got him in the back. As he got up, he turned to see Dash walk by with a football he was throwing in the air. "That's a taste, Danny, of what the rest of your day." "What's your problem, Dash? Is getting made into a woos by a girl not enough for you?" Danny remarked. Dash's face grow red at this and said," I have to class. You are dead next period." Dash then turned and walked away down the hall. Around this time, a cart loaded with open paint cans had just come around the corner, being pushed by one of the stagehands. "Hold this." Danny said as he handed his bag to Sam. "What are you planning?" she asked as she grabbed the bag. "Just watch." He said.

As Danny finished, he quickly turned invisible and dropped into the floor. He popped his head in front of where the guy's shoes were. He pulled at of the shoe's laces, untying the knot. The pusher looked own at his shoe that was now untied. He stopped pushing the carriage and bent down to tie his shoes. Danny moved his hands up and grabbed the cart. He then quickly pushed the cart down the corridor straight at Dash. "Look out!" the original owner of the cart called out when he realized that his supplies were moving away from him. The other students quickly baked against the wall, clearing the way for the so-called out of control cart. Dash, however, didn't move out of the way. IT wasn't before he turned around that he realized that the cart was heading right for him. He yelled and threw up his arms as protection.; Just then, Danny stopped the cart a few inches from Dash, but the paint cans fell off and splashed Dash with their contents of red, green, and blue paint. "Damn it!" he yelled as he looked at his paint covered state and as everyone else laughed at him. "At least I got this nice little piece." Tucker said as he clicked his palm pilot that he now had successfully produced. Danny then materialized from the floor and turned back into his solid state. Sam laughed as she said," You now how deal with everything." "You just need to know when to do so," Danny said as he grabbed his bag. Of course, Sam was still looking at him and her hand was still gripping his bag. "Sam, you can let go of my bag." Danny said. Sam, quickyl realizing what she was doing, blushed and let go of his bag. "Sorry about that." She said. "Sure," Danny began," come on, we better get to class before our teacher goes nuclear." As the three hurried off down the hallway, Sam asked herself, 'What was I doing back there? I never did anything like that in front of Danny.' As Danny's name was sent through her head, she then felt… 'No,' she thought,' we're just friends. I never had feelings like that for Danny like that before.' What about lunch? That was another question she thought of also. 'That was just a crack made by Tucker. Danny and me are not, and shall never be, a couple.' 'But,' she thought as she got to her next class' door,' why did it hurt to say that?'

A few hours later…

Arriving home, Valerie took out her house keys and put them in the lock. The door, however, was jammed as it sometimes got. "I hate living here." She said to herself as she looked at the complex's hallway, the wallpaper fading and slowly peeling off. Finally, the door opened up. And so, as she had been doing for so long steeped foot in, went into the apartment room where her father and herself lived. Like the hallway, the wallpaper was also fading and falling off with old age. A moth eaten couch and chair sat in were in front of a TV was practically hit with static every twenty minutes. The room opened into a kitchen with a leaking sink, dying refrigerator, and crooked table. In the kitchen were three other doors that lead into her room, her father's room, and a bathroom was slowly being plagued with mildew. "Home, Sweet home." She said as dropped her backpack on the ground and hit the lightswitch. She waited a few seconds as the bulb overhead flickered on. She walked over to the kitchen and opened the fridge, hoping to get a soda. She then punched the fridge upon realizing that it had went from cold to warm in its enclosed space. "Damn! Nothing works in this house!" she yelled. Of course, this wasn't originally like this for her. Her father had a great job and she had everything she could possibly want. Until that ghost boy showed up and ruined her father's job, her house, and her life. Her life had only objective. That was to wipe that freak right out of her life. She had tried and tried, but results had still remained unsuccessful. Most recently, she had Senko something different in him when they had gotten stuck in the ghost zone. 'Maybe he isn't so bad.' She thought. She shook her head and thought to herself,' No, it was probably a trick. I will still take him down and make him pay.'

She turned from the fridge, realizing that there was a brown package that she didn't notice before. She then saw a note on the top. It read,

Dear Valerie,

I know your situation hasn't change much. So here's some info to help you. Happy Hunting!

Sincerely, Vlad

"Finally, more tech." She said as she ripped off the top of the box. Except, she got something else. Inside the box, were pictures. The photos showed that kid from her school. "What's is name. Danny? That's right." She said as she looked at the pictures. Also there were pictures of those losers who hung out with him. She also saw papers with addresses, phone numbers, and what looked like locations, most likely there's. "What is this?" she asked as she fanned through them. Just then, the phone in the parlor started to ring. She walked over and picked up the phone. "Look, Mike. We will get you the rent-" "This isn't Mike," the voice on the other line said," This is Vlad."

"So, I finally get to talk with the man behind my weaponry. I have to say thank you for your help." She said. "You're welcome," he began," how goes the battle?" "That ghost still haunts me," she began," by the way, got your package. What is with all the shots of this Danny kid?" "Why, they are your greatest weapons." Vlad said. "What do you mean?" "I am a, let us say, scientist of paranormal research. During my years, I have reached a idea that a human could possibly be infected with ghost energy. In a sense, they can become a ghost. Valerie then said," What do you-" she then trailed off as she though of his words and the papers that she had. Her face turned to utter shock as she sunk into one of the chairs. "Yes. The truth does hit you hard." Vlad said upon not getting an answer.

"Are you telling me that this…this…guy, this loser, has been the ghost that ahs been ruining my life all along?" she asked. "I all ready told you that." Vlad called back. "What do you want me to do?" she asked. "Kill the worm." He replied. "Wait a minute," she shot back," ghost I can wipe out, but killing a human is an entirely different story." "And why is it? He ruined your life." "I know but… Wait, why do you want to help me?" "I have my reasons," he began," now listen, if its money you want, I can supply it. How does five million sound." Valerie nearly choked at hearing this. While she felt glad at being offered the money, she replied, 'I just have-" "Come on. You can be rich once again. Back on top. Of course, if you like your accommodations, I understand. I bet the smell of mildew is fitting. And what of your father? I bet his new job of low level security officer really ranks in the big ones." Valerie now felt rage building up inside of her at hearing this guy insult her life. But, he was offering her a chance at getting her old life back. Besides, the real enemy to her was this Danny kid. Danny Fenton was his name. To her, that name was a meaningful as dirt. She picked up one of the photos and looked into the eyes of the one person who destroyed her life. She moved to one of the windows and opened it. With that, she crumpled up the photo as she did with her brown bag and tossed it out the window. "I'm in." she said as she closed the window. "Perfect," Vlad said," now. Let's discuss the plan."

Valerie is now in on putting Danny to rest. The information she has is the ultimate weapon. What can we expect? Find out in Chapter 3.