MR- Hi again! I know I said that I cancelled this, but I've got some new ideas, so I'm just gonna leave WoaGM open for further progress, until I really do run out of ideas. And I should be seeing TUE in about two weeks, so that should give me some ideas.

Thanks to PhantomSky, ilovethestorys, Moocow1452, Nobody is Somebody and WingsOfMorphius for reviewing at my last update. Always love the attention!

What's right isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always right.

-Howard Cosell

They probably call me a vigilante. I mean, I'm not licensed and official like the Fentons. As far as anyone's concerned, I'm probably just some joyriding party girl looking for kicks. Fine by me; they can think what they want. I stopped caring what other people thought after my backstabbing 'friends' dumped me. But that's ancient history now. Because now I'm smart enough to tell the difference between who people really are and who they pretend to be. Though with ghosts, it's usually pretty simple. Ghost attacks; ghost acts terrifying; ghost gets their butt handed to them and then shows up again a week or two later. Basic ghostly behavior. He always avoids those patterns though, and that's what confuses me.

I just don't get him. He flies in with his pet; ruins my life and then tries to act all friendly. Doesn't matter, really. I don't know what he's up to, but I'll figure it out, and when I do, he's going down for good. Then there'll be no more mystery, no more questions, no more 'what if''s; he'll be gone and then maybe I can move on with my life. Or not. After all, Mr. Masters told me once that people who hunt them at our level rarely give up after one main target. And I guess...I feel that way, too.

I cannot lose my focus

I must always press on

The one that comes and haunts me

Will not do so for long...

I guess he worries me because he's one of the more revolutionary ghosts. You know, the ones who're not only powerful enough to change the world, but have the set mind to do so. Phantom; that Plasmius ghost I've seen with him; Technus; Ember; the Fright Knight and Pariah Dark. Ghosts like them are dangerous, because in a ghost's mind, power is all that matters, and unlike the others, they know what they're doing.

The others are relics. Box Ghost, Spectra, and even Skulker are outdated and obsolete. They'll never amount to any true threat because they don't think big picture. They see only their twisted, post-living goals and do nothing but try to complete them. As much as I hate to compare them to me and other humans, it's true; they're just people who got sucked in too far. No named, self-absorbed whack jobs that don't even know why they're fighting and have no idea what they'll do after they get what they want, if they ever do. They'll never do anything of any importance; they can't see the real world anymore. They'll be the first to go; the first ones and the easiest obstacles to pick off so I can get to the big ones.

Every one of them's a menace

That won't stop until they win

Their anger and their past lives

Blind them to the pain of men

They have their home; I've seen it, the Ghost Zone, so why don't they just stay there? Is it a 'grass is greener on the other side' bit, or do they just wanna cause pain to make up for the crummy lives they went through? After all, who'd want to willingly be a ghost? There'd be too many questions and too many bad memories. And I find it surprising that some of them could put up with that. After all, they couldn't have been very strong in life if they thought they needed another one. Mind you, some might have unfinished business to deal with here. But the only ghost I've met who would fit that description would be Phantom. What could he have done, or not done, to feel that he had to risk himself to 'help' others? Did he kill someone in his past life and was trying to redeem himself, like maybe some divine spirit wasn't about to let him pass on without making up for it. Or did he lose someone in his life before he died, that there was someone he wasn't able to save and he held himself responsible...But I'm getting off track here. You can't think of your enemy as anything more than your enemy or you'll leave yourself open to pain.

What makes him so different

From the others of his kind?

What makes him risk all he has?

Whatever reason, I will find

Makes me glad I have Danny to bring me up when I feel down. Strange guy, definitely, always running off somewhere and acting weird. Runs in his family, I guess. But there's way more to him than that, and way more than what you see on the outside. He's much smarter than you give him credit for, and he has a way of making you feel worthwhile and important when you feel lousy and beaten. He's very determined, too, though it's disguised pretty well through his laid-back attitude. I guess the only thing that you can really get from him on a first impression are his eyes. They're just so deep and thorough, but mixed pretty nicely with his naïveté. There's just this thing about him that's so appealing, but you really have to dig and know him to find it.

His friends don't trust me though, and to a certain extent, I can understand that. With my lifestyle, Danny would be the ideal target for one of those spectral nut-cases to get me in a corner. And I could never live with myself if he got hurt because of what I do. That, and that only, would be the only reason I'd ever give up ghost-hunting. But they don't know about my job, do they? Maybe, but with Sam, I don't think she's worried about Danny getting in trouble, not with ghosts, anyway. But hey, I warned her to make a move.

I have to watch those close to me

I will not let them hurt

I've worked too hard to save them

To let their bodies fall to dirt

The world was fine before all these spooks showed up. The only good thing they ever did was show me the life that I should be living. But no matter who or what the ghost is, it'll never change anything. Their pasts, their pain, their lost lives and loves are nothing but excuses now. And I'll waste Phantom and a billion like him before I let them overpower my town. It's my duty now, and it always will be, no matter the cost. No self-pity. No hesitating. No regrets...

So how'd you like it? It's pretty obvious that this is Valerie, right? This was really a spur of the moment thing so it may not be too well written, but, hey, maybe I'm wrong! Let me know!