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Disclaimer: See Chapter 1

Chapter 3: Powers

"Hey, how cool is this!" Ron jumped into a haystack, and Rufus jumped in beside him. "We're staying in a barn!"

Kim rolled her eyes. "Ron…"

"Hello, I'm enjoying this. Let me enjoy it while I can."

Tucker stared at the blonde teen in the hay. "Is he always this weird?"

"What was your first hint?" Kim asked, smirking.

"I think it started with the naked mole rat."

Kim sat down on a bale of hay. "So, what's with Danny and Sam. I mean, are they just friends or more than friends?"

It was Tucker's turn to smile, and he leaned back with his arms crossed behind his head. "That depends on who you ask. Ask them, they refuse. Ask me… Well, I could tell you some stories."

"Hey, as long as Sam doesn't have dibs on him that's fine with me." Kim sighed happily. "I mean, he's so cute."

"Okay, I'm leaving." Ron stood and started walking out.

"Right behind you." Tucker ran after him.

Danny walked a little behind Clark and Chloe as they headed for the Talon to pick up Sam. The two seemed to have completely forgotten about the ghost hybrid as they talked and joked. They reminded him of himself and Sam…on good days. His thoughts drifted to Sam: their fake-out make-out, Ember's brainwashing, the other weird "couple" scenes they'd had.

He felt his face redden then shook his head to clear his thoughts. The last thing he needed was to look like that when thinking about Sam. He switched his thoughts to Kim. They entered the Talon to find Sam talking with a bald man he'd never seen before.

Danny gawked as he saw Sam and the guy laughing. He suddenly felt invisible but quickly shook it off.

"Hey, Lex," Clark said, greeting the bald guy who had just stood.

"Hi, Clark."

Clark turned to Danny. "This is Lex Luthor, Lex this is Danny Fenton."

Lex stood up to shake Danny's hand. "Nice to meet you. We were just talking about you."

"Good things I hope," Danny said nervously.

Lex just smiled.

"So, did we find a place to stay?" Sam asked, also standing.

She was acting warmer toward Danny now that Kim wasn't here. Lex made a mental note of it.

"Yeah, actually Clark said we could stay with him."

Clark shook hands with Sam. "Nice to meet you."

Chloe stepped forward the introduce herself. "I'm a reporter for the Torch, and when I heard you guys were after that Drake guy, or whatever Kim called him, I knew I had to get an interview."

"Actually, it's a friend of ours," Sam said. "He's into the whole hero thing."

Danny tried to mentally send her a message to shut up, staring at her. "But he might not go for an interview."

"Chloe can wiggle an interview out of anyone," Clark warned. "Nice to see you, Lex."

"You too, Clark. And Sam, I hope to see you around."

Chloe headed for the Torch so Danny and Sam walked back to the barn with Clark.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Danny hissed at Sam.

"I'm trying to put some good light on Danny Phantom's bad name!"

"Could you do it without trying to blow my secret to everyone?"

"Well, excuse me for trying to be helpful!"

The rest of the way, the two were quiet and fuming. Clark made no move to break the silence. He thought it better just to stay out of it.

Chloe walked into the Torch office and nearly cried. Papers were everywhere, and every single computer was missing. She knelt and began shuffling through some papers, a single tear trailing down her cheek. She pulled out her cell and called Clark.

"You're going to want to come down here," was all she said.

Danny was patrolling the area in ghost form looking for Drakken and Shego's trail. He and Sam hadn't spoken since the big fight. He landed on the road, examining what looked like a computer part dropped. Suddenly, he felt himself thrown into someone's body and that person was running…fast. Now overshadowing the person through the accident, he stopped them and suddenly found himself thrown out. He shook his head then looked up at a confused Clark.

"Uh…"

"Danny?"

"How'd you know it was me?" Danny panicked.

"Because you look exactly like yourself except your hair is white and your eyes are green." Clark helped the ghost boy up. "I was wondering about 'Danny Phantom'."

"You heard her? Wait, how were you running that fast?"

"I guess we both have some explaining."

"Oh, yeah. You got that right." Kim walked out of the bushes, hands on her hips. "Spill."

With some difficulty, the two boys explained their powers and abilities. Kim was understanding, but she was mad they'd tried to hide it.

"We've got Danny Phantom and Superboy, but no one thinks to tell me these things," Kim muttered, pacing.

"My parents are ghost hunters, and I'm half ghost. Like I'm really going to share my secret with the world," Danny explained.

"My powers were 'stolen' once, and the guy that had them ended up being discovered by the government," Clark also explained. He checked his watch. "Look, Chloe called me from the Torch a couple minutes ago, and she seemed really upset. Can I go now?"

"I'll come with you," Danny offered, blue rings moving up and down his body so he returned to his ghost form.

"You aren't leaving me behind," Kim added.

"How're you guys going to get there?" Clark asked.

"I'll fly us." Danny floated a few inches off the ground as if to prove his point.

"Okay, I'll meet you there." Clark sped off.

"Aw, man, this isn't fair!" Ron paced while Rufus stood on an old chest watching him. "KP's my friend!"

Sam poked her head down from the hayloft. "How do you think I feel?" she muttered. "Your stupid cheerleader won't stop batting her eyes at him, and he just stopped liking Paulina too."

"I think you guys are jealous," Tucker said.

Sam fell out of the loft into a pile of hay below. Ron stopped pacing. "I'm not jealous," they said together.

"Sure, sure, keep denying." Tucker grinned to himself then secretly saved the audio clip. Blackmail was his best friend.