Fear me for I am...DISCLAIMER: Just a reminder…Spidey and Spooky (aka Danny)…are not owned by moi…which is probably best for all our sakes (shifty look).

((Room 201, Kaufman Hall))

Valerie unconsciously played with a strand of her long wavy hair as she stared at the computer screen before her. Her mind drifted to the long strand of hair between her fingers as she contemplated cutting it shorter, 'After all,' she thought, 'sometimes having all this hair gets in the way of my ghost fighting.'

She sighed as she scrolled down the webpage she was on and then scowled, there were no new emails from Vlad with tips on ghost sightings. The last email she had received from her still mysterious benefactor had been well before graduation; suggesting her to go to college at Hartman University since it was, quote, "a paranormal epicenter." Valerie had checked for such rumors and found had found none but Vlad had reassured her there would be ghosts. To her amazement he had been right (once again) and Valerie had come in contact with some familiar spooks from her hometown of Amity Park.

Valerie clenched her fists, she couldn't believe Spiderman had interfered and made it so the ghost kid got away. If one ghost ticked her off it was that blasted kid ghosts…although to be honest he wasn't much of a kid anymore. 'You wouldn't think ghosts age,' she thought baffled. Suddenly a screen popped up and Valerie clicked it, opening her mail box:

Dear Valerie,

I hope my tip off on the ghost activity at Hartman paid off. I am writing you because I have heard from my sources that Spiderman has also appeared in the area. We have reason to suspect that he is in cohorts with the ghosts and so he must be stopped at all costs. Keep an extra eye out for any strange activity and alert me ASAP.

-Vlad

"Hey Val! What's up," a cheerful voice said from behind her.

Valerie spun around in her chair to find her roommate, Gwen Stacy, standing behind her. She was wearing jeans and a tight red shirt; a towel was draped around her neck and her blonde hair was plastered to her face from having just got out of the shower. Gwen smiled, "Reading an email from your boyfriend?"

"No! It's from an acquaintance."

"Right," Gwen said rolling her eyes.

Valerie reached behind her and clicked the window on the screen closed, "What do you want anyway?"

"Can't I talk to my roommate?"

Valerie was tempted to say no but then she recalled the conversation they had had last night at the Nasty Burger, "Gwen can I…ask you something?"

Gwen, who was now running a brush through her hair, turned to her roommate, "What is it?"

"What can you tell me about Spiderman?"

((OsCorp Secret Labs))

Vlad set his clipboard down and smiled at the five renowned scientists that stood before him. He was mildly surprised at how young some of them were but it also made him slightly happy, 'After all,' he thought, 'it is often the young ones who turn out to have the most unique ideas.'

Strangely enough the first to arrive had been the youngest of the selected team, Dr. Jules Brown. A young prodigy he was merely 23 years old but already had a doctorate in his field. He had handsome features—with his brown eyes and messy brown hair. Despite his youth he was very serious about everything and had already developed a few blueprints for Vlad to look at.

Next was the sole female member of the ensemble; Dr. Chitose Hibiya. As a denizen of Japan she was very polite and had a calming aura about her. She, too, was rather young, being only 37. Her hair was long and black as midnight—which seemed to bring out the dark blue that tinted her eyes.

Dr. Souichi Tomoe, the other scientist representing Japan, had arrived with Dr. Hibiya. HE had short white hair and wore large glasses that seemed to give a strange gleam to his amethyst eyes. He was about Vlad's age and had a mysterious aura about him.

Arriving shortly after had been Dr. Otto Octavius; a short man with a goofy smile he seemed very kind and willing to do anything for the project. His brown hair was short and his brown eyes twinkled with delight whenever he spoke about science.

The last to arrive was Dr. Russell Triingham who was the next youngest compared to Dr. Brown, yet unlike his serious colleague, Dr. Triingham was very arrogant for someone 27 years old. He had blonde hair and brown eyes and had a smirk on his face—as if he thought he knew all the answers.

Frankly Vlad couldn't be more pleased with the team he had gathered, "I'm glad you're all here. So, shall we get down to business?"

The scientists agreed and followed Vlad into a conference room that was adjacent to the lab.

((Hartman Univ. Campus))

"Look Jazz can you just try and deliver that stuff before you head back to Harvard…yes I know but it would be weird to call them and have them bring it…no I can't do that either…just do it okay…please…PLEASE…thanks Jazz you're the best," Danny said as he hung up his cell phone.

"Hey, Danny," a voice said and Danny turned to find his best buddy, Tucker, walking up to him, PDA in hand.

"Is that thing attached or what," Danny asked.

Tucker rolled his eyes, it wasn't the first time he'd heard that joke, "Very funny Danny. You know this 'thing,' as you call it, has saved us countless times."

Danny put his phone in his pocket, "Yeah, whatever. Where are you heading?"

"Class. Unlike you I wasn't stupid enough to sign up for an early morning on."

"Shut up Tuck."

Tucker laughed, "By the way, I heard Spiderman was spotted on campus…with a few ghosts." Tucker paused and looked at Danny seriously, "Busy already?"

Danny glanced around to make sure no one was near, "Yeah. I don't know why this ghost attacked but I'm worried it has something to do with Vlad."

Tucker frowned, "Do you think Spiderman is in on it…like Valerie?"

"Nah…Spiderman helped me out with both fights…he's good."

"If you're sure man," Tucker began but stopped when a group of girls walked by, giving Tucker and Danny looks before giggling and hurrying away in a bunch of whispers. Tucker smiled, forgetting about Danny's ghost problems, "And I'm sure I LOVE college! Have you seen all the hott babes! Plus, since we're from out of state, we can start with a clean record…no one here KNOWS us!"

The ghost boy smirked but decided not to comment, "Tucker you have a one track mind…and don't you have class?"

Tucker glanced at his PDA and nodded, "Yeah its ten thirty so I better go." Tucker stood up and was about to leave when he remembered something, "Oh yeah. That roommate of Sam's…Gwen…she wanted us all to meet her for lunch…care to join?"

Danny shrugged, "Sure."

"Sweet! Mind telling Peter for me? You'll probably see him sooner than I will," Tucker said on his way to class.

Danny watched his friend leave and he wondered if Peter had class now or not, 'Guess I better go try and find him.' He stood up and started to walk around campus—to find Peter and to just think.

((OsCorp Secret Labs))

Vlad stared out the window that looked out onto the lab floor.—this was his private office (and where he was planning on setting up his ghost portal). Currently, however, the billionaire was scheming. The scientists working for him were brilliant, to be sure, but he knew none of them would go to the depths he needed them to for what he had in mind.

'First things first…I'll have to start hiring people who can handle the superheroes…and possible acquire a few things from that idiot Jack."

Unfortunately for Vlad there were no 'Help Wanted' ads for villains. However Vlad had sources and he knew where to look for the people he needed; after all he did it all the time in the Ghost Zone.

'Time to put a few more people on the pay roll…but first I think I need to contact a few more ghostly associates to keep an eye on Daniel and his friends. If he finds out of my recent activities he may grow suspicious.' Vlad turned his back to the window and opened up his laptop then began to tap into its special functions.

((Administrations Department, Hartman Univ.))

Peter sighed impatiently as the secretary continued to ignore him. He was there to fix up his schedule and had been told to wait…over fifteen minutes ago—judging by the fact that the clock read eleven. He leaned his head back against the wall and sighed again, causing the secretary to look up from her work with a huff.

Before she could reprimand him or say anything the door opened and a tall girl walked in. She had long, straight black hair that fell to her mid back and a few strands around her face were streaked with blue dye which complimented the pale blue of her eyes. She was curvy and had a very seductive shape which was accented by the way her black halter top and dark blue jeans that hugged her hips but flared at the bottom; revealing silver toed boots. She appeared to be a few years older than Peter and she ignored him as she went straight to the secretary, "Excuse me. I'm here to make sure all my files transferred properly."

The secretary looked up, "Name?"

"Erin Melody Burr."

The secretary popped her gum and began to type. Peter scowled, he had been waiting for fifteen minutes and the secretary had blatantly ignored him, 'It's worse than at the Daily Bugle.'

"You're supposed to be a Junior right," the secretary asked.

Erin nodded, "Yeah…where can I move my stuff? I got a truck waiting outside."

The secretary glanced at the file, "It appeared you've been given a position as RA of Kaufman Hall."

Peter perked up at this bit of information but didn't say anything. "Cool," Erin said. She took a lolly-pop from the woman's desk (a blue one) and stuck it in her mouth, "See ya."

The secretary waved and then went back to work. Peter stood up and strode over to her desk, "Excuse me!"

((Hartman Univ. Campus))

Danny walked slowly back to his dorm. After a night of ghost fighting, a morning of ghost fighting, and then an early morning class, Danny was dead tired. Due to lack of sleep he didn't noted the woman he run into until it was too late.

CRASH!

The woman fell backward but Danny managed to stay on his feet, "I am so sorry!" He helped the woman pick up her papers and she smirked as she took them.

Danny blinked, the smirk looked familiar but he couldn't place it. He shook this feeling off; he had never seen this strawberry blonde woman with green eyes and glasses before in his life. "No problem…it was only an accident," she said in a faux cheery voice that sent shivers down Danny's spine.

Danny handed over the papers and she stuffed them into a briefcase labeled 'Prof. Sylvia Pecktrah.'

"Bye," she said as she walked off, her heels clicking.

Danny scratched his head, "That…was weird."

((OsCorp Secret Labs))

The room was extremely dark and the only light cam from a desk lamp that only illuminated Vlad's face. Across from him stood two figures; one was extremely large, roughly six feet, five inches tall, while the other figure was slender and petite (about a foot shorter than the other figure) standing at about five feet even. Any other distinguishing features were lost in the darkness that encompassed the room.

"So you understand my directions," Vlad asked.

The shorter figure nodded, "Yes. Keep Spiderman and Danny Phantom occupied by any means necessary," the voice paused but continued in a reluctant tone, "other than their deaths." The voice was light and distinctly female with a hint of an unrecognizable accent.

Vlad smiled, "Good. I hope you don't disappoint me Calypso," he paused here and glanced at the large figure, "and what of your friend?"

The woman, Calypso, smiled in the darkness. The numerous bracelets she wore jingled as she put a hand on the large one's shoulder, "Don't worry…Kraven listens to me."

The other figure, now identified as a man named Kraven, snorted.

"Good…you can go," Vlad said turning in his chair.

The woman bowed curtly and, followed by Kraven, left the room…they had work to do.

To Be Continued…

AN: I was reading through the past chapters of this and I realized that in Chapter one I had Stanley (city the college is located in) set in Michigan but in the next chapter I say it's in Massachusetts. For simplicities sake we're going to go with MA…because I said so.

Anyways I hope you enjoy this story…even though I'm bad with consistency…and spelling…and grammar (Lord why am I writing then). I hope you know that this chapter set up a lot of the 'subplots' I have planned for this story…including the introduction of some minor villains. My consultant pointed out that I should use Spidey villains as well as Danny villains so here's two for you (expect more). NOW REVIEW!

Any complaints will most likely be ignored…TA!