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((Journalism Department, Hartman University))

"Augh! What am I going to do!" an angry female voice shouted from behind the doors of the Hartman Newspaper room. The voice belonged to a girl with shoulder length brown, curly hair and hazel green eyes. She was on the short side, standing at 5'3" and wore dark blue jeans and a red baby tee with the words 'Crack Kills' on it in black. She was currently pacing back in forth in front of a very worried looking male and she was obviously fuming. "I can't believe Bemis can't get a shot of Spiderman…OR the ghosts for that matter! There have been at least two attacks so far and we have squat! What am I going to do with the paper Jake!" she shouted turning towards her assistant editor.

The male, who had been watching her pace, cringed. He was taller than the girl, standing at 5'7", although at the moment he was seated. He had long, dark brown hair pulled into a ponytail and blue eyes. He wore long jeans and a jean jacket over a black shirt with silver Full Metal Alchemist cross depicted on the front. He had a pencil tucked behind his ear and was used to the girl's outbursts, besides she was the editor and a senior this year after all…she was used to dealing with crisis…most of the time, "Erica, calm down. I'm sure we can find some pictures soon. If some amateur in New York can get his pictures then I'm sure Bemis can get them as well," he said.

Erica ran a hand through her curly locks, "But the paper comes out in one week! I can't run the stories if I don't have the pictures! Nearly everything is done except that…and your movie review." When she said the last part she glared at Jake and got really close to him, "You are going to get that movie review done soon right?"

Jake laughed nervously, "Uh…yeah of course. I've just hit a bit of writer's block."

"I expect it by tonight Jakey."

"Alright, alright…don't bite my head off," he muttered pulling away from the editor.

There was a knock at the door and Erica stood up straight, a smile gracing her face. Jake sighed; if she was smiling that meant she was back to normal. Their editor was famed as the editor who never frowned…it was rumored that if she killed a staff member she would do it with a grin on her face…Jake wasn't sure if he should be worried about that or not but decided it was too late to worry now.

Erica wrenched the door open and looked up at a guy with short brown hair, "Can I help you," she asked.

"Yes. I'm Peter Parker. I heard they were looking for more photographers for the newspaper staff...I was wondering if that was still true. Is Mr. Kent in?"

Erica shook her head, "No the advisor's out for today. But I might be able to help you, my name's Erica Sheldon, I'm the editor." She held the door open for Peter and motioned to Jake, "That's Jake Paulson…he's the assistant editor."

Jake smirked, "Hey."

Peter nodded his head, "Nice to meet you."

Erica plopped down into a rolling chair and smiled up at Peter, "So did you bring some of your stuff…any recommendations or the like?"

Peter pulled out a portfolio he had gathered together and handed it to Erica, "I put this together. When I lived in New York I did some side photography for The Daily Bugle and I worked on my school's paper in high school."

As he spoke Erica thumbed through the pictures, they were really good for an amateur, and she wondered how he had gotten his pictures into a paper like The Daily Bugle. That is…until she came to the last photo. "Oh…my God," she muttered jumping up. Her eyes were wide and her grin was wider than normal. She looked from Peter to Jake then back to Peter, "I LOVE YOU! YOU'VE JUST SAVED MY HIDE!"

Peter and Jake blinked. "What are you talking about Erica," Jake asked.

Erica tossed him the portfolio, "Check the last one."

Jake opened it to the last picture and his mouth dropped open, "No way!"

Erica spun around to Peter and hugged him, "You are totally on staff! Kent will defiantly take you and since I'm editor it's up to me anyways! That picture in the back is the BEST Spidey picture ever! You've got to get me more," she shouted.

'Crap I left the Spiderman picture in there,' Peter thought as Jake handed him back the album. "Uhm…I don't know about this," he managed to say.

"You mean you can't take pictures of Spiderman," Erica asked with a pout.

"It's not that…I just don't want to cause him anymore bad press," Peter said truthfully.

Erica waved his comment off, "We are professional journalism students here. There is no bias in news reporting…if he gets a bad column or something, whatever but I want the picture for the front page…not bad…just something for reference," she said.

"Come on man. We really need pictures of Spiderman and the ghosts. We'll miss deadline if we don't get some good shots," Jake said.

"Well," Peter began.

Erica cut him off, "We pay you know. It's not much but you do get a small salary for working on staff."

"We do," Jake asked and Erica elbowed him in the gut, "I mean…yeah…say $400 dollars per photo we run."

Peter glanced at the portfolio in his hands and sighed, handing it over to the journalism junkies, "Alright."

Erica squealed as she took it, acting more like a 12 year old than the 20 year old that she actually was, "Thank you so much! Our deadline is in a week so try and get a few more by then!"

The photographer left the room just as Erica turned to Jake, "And you mister better get to your computer and start writing me a review! I will NOT have a repeat of last year!"

"Y—yes ma'am."

((Room #102, Kaufman Hall, Hartman University))

Peter shut the door behind him and collapsed on his bed. Danny didn't even bother to glance up from the laptop he was typing at. He was sitting on his bed with his back to the wall and typing furiously, "Long day," he asked.

Peter groaned, "You don't know the half of it. I just sold myself out to the press…again."

Danny looked up, "What do you mean?"

"Ugh," Peter moaned. He was silent for a moment, reliving what had just happened in his head. He sat up as an idea hit him, "Hey, Danny. I have a favor to ask you."

"Yes?"

"Would you mind me taking pictures of Danny Phantom battling ghosts with Spiderman," he asked.

Danny stood up suddenly, his computer falling onto his bed, "WHAT!"

"Look, I went to the school's paper and they really need pictures of Spiderman fighting ghosts, however I wouldn't feel right doing that since they're your territory…so if you'll allow it I'd like to get you in the pictures too, please?"

Danny blinked, "I…don't know about this."

"It could help Danny Phantom's publicity…plus I'll pay you a portion of the money I get for the pictures," Peter said quirking an eyebrow.

"I…am kind of getting sick of being blamed for the ghost attacks…and maybe it'll give Valerie a new view of me," he said.

Peter smiled, "Great, thanks buddy."

Danny picked up his laptop and sat back down on his bed, "No problem…I guess."

((Top of Molina Science Building, Hartman University))

Calypso reappeared beside Kraven, "They'll be here shortly."

Kraven smiled and looked down at the many students and professors walking around campus below, 'The element of surprise is always the best way to capture prey,' he thought.

Suddenly a piercing scream echoed up to him and he smiled, 'The hunt is on.'

((Hartman University Campus))

It was chaos. The students had been enjoying an afternoon around the campus after classes when suddenly a hoard of strange beings had crawled from out of the woods. At first the students thought it was just some weird stunt the frat boys were playing on everyone. However when the things got closer the students began to realize that these things weren't frat boys…they weren't even living.

The first clue was the stench. They smelled strongly of rotting flesh and decaying earth—a pungent odor that caused many to nearly gag. The things walked slowly and with no emotion in their hollow eyes…well the few that had eyes. It was obvious what they were…though the students were in denial of it. All except one student who was watching the scene occur from the window in the Journalism room:

"Hey, Erica…you may want to see this," Jake said, his eyes wide in awe.

Erica rolled over to the window in her rolling chair, sipping a Coke, "What's up?"

"We have zombies."

She looked out the window and spit out her drink, "THE HELL! Why are you just standing there…grab a camera and lets go!"

((#102, Kaufman Hall))

Sam burst into the room causing Danny and Peter to look up, "Danny! You've got to come quick!" Without wasting any time she grabbed the boy by the arm and dragged him out of the dorm. Peter blinked and stood up, he had a bad feeling about how Sam had just busted into their room.

He shut the door and pulled off his shirt, 'Time to get dressed.'

((Outside Kaufman Hall))

"What are you doing Sam," Danny asked as he pulled out of her grip.

She pointed across campus and Danny's jaw dropped, "Are those—?"

Sam nodded, "the living dead? Yes. I figure you're the only one who can take care of them."

"Sam. I fight ghosts not zombies."

"Ghosts…zombies, what's the difference? They're both dead. They both attack humans. They BOTH need to be stopped by someone," Sam said with her hands on her hips.

"You're right…I just hope I can deal with this. I've never faced anything but ghosts before."

Sam shoved him into the bushes so he could transform, "Well there's always room to try new things…now get ghost!"

((Hartman Campus))

Erica peeked out from a bush and then motioned for Jake to follow her. The two college journalist snuck from one bush to another, Jake carrying a video camera and Erica carrying a digital camera. They both stood up and Jake, strangely enough, smiled at the hoards of zombies around him, capturing them on tape, "Can you believe this! It's like a dream come true!"

"Jake…only you would be excited about a zombie attack," Erica muttered as she clicked a few photos of the zombies chasing after a blonde girl.

The assistant editor spun around, "Look! Look! They're trying to eat that kid's brain!"

Erica spun around and her eyes widened in horror, "Oh my God! Jake we have to get out of here!"

"But this is just like that movie," Jake whined. There was a sickening sound of ripping flesh and both Jake and Erica turned green. The kid Jake had pointed two no longer had an arm…or a leg…or a head for that matter. Jake lowered his camera at the sight and Erica had to turn away, "T—this isn't a joke."

Erica swallowed in an attempt to keep her lunch down, "L—let's get out of here."

Jake nodded numbly and the two turned to sneak away but found that standing right behind them was a small group of zombies. Erica's eyes widened and she froze in her tracks, "Oh shit."

The zombies reached out for her but Jake pushed Erica out of the way, "MOVE!"

Erica fell to the ground and Jake landed on top of her. The zombies followed their movements slowly and started after them. Jake stood up and helped her up. She gave him a weak smile but he didn't respond. He merely grabbed her and started to run; the zombies soon followed.

"What should we do Jake? You ARE the zombie movie expert," Erica shouted as they ran.

Jake scowled, "One problem with that Erica."

"What's that?"

"This isn't a movie."

"We're screwed aren't we?"

Jake didn't respond and continued to pull Erica past other horrors; students and teachers alike were crumpled around them, bathed in a pool of their own blood. Erica was surprised they hadn't run into any more zombies yet. She was about to comment on this fact when suddenly Jake stopped running and released her hand. Erica looked up and found they had run straight into a small army of zombies. She spun around and found that the zombies from before were right behind him and had grown in numbers. Erica bit her lip and pulled closer to Jake in terror, clutching for his hand, "J—Jake I don't want to die."

Jake gritted his teeth and clenched Erica's hand; truth be told…he didn't want to die either…at least not like this. He silently prayed for a miracle.

"HEY! BRAIN DEAD AND ROTTING," a voice shouted from above them.

Jake and Erica both looked up in time to see a guy in a black and white hazmat suit land in front of them. He glowed with a white aura and had white hair and fierce green eyes, he held his arm out protectively, blocking the two from the zombie hoard, "Sorry zombies but I hear journalism students go down hard."

"W—who are you," Erica asked.

"Just call me Phantom," their savior said, not taking his eyes off of the undead army.

The zombies didn't waste time and, surprisingly enough, moved quicker than Danny had anticipated. He had to blast them to keep them away from the two people he was protecting. However a few kept getting past him and Erica and Jake had to try and keep them back with kicks or bashes to the head with their cameras.

Just as it seemed they were going to be overpowered by the zombies a masked man swung in. Jake's eyes widened, "Spiderman!"

Spiderman didn't respond and shot webbing at a group of attacking zombies; sending them flying away from them and attaching them to a nearby wall. He turned to Danny, "We have to get these people out of here!"

Danny nodded, "Can you handle these things?"

Spiderman nodded and Danny grabbed Erica and Jake and flew them to the top of the Raimi Cafeteria. He set them down, "Alright Ash and Alice…enough zombie hunting for you two."

"Dude! You've seen Army of Darkness and Resident Evil!"

Danny sighed, "Just stay up here alright!"

He flew back down to the ground and landed next to Spiderman. The two heroes stood back to back; ready to kick the "not so living" crap out of the zombies. That is, until a large man dropped into their midst.

The large man stood up straight and towered over the two boys. They looked up at him and he flashed them a feral smile. "Who's the Incredible Bulk," Danny asked.

The man cracked his knuckles and the zombies suddenly backed up several feet, forming a ring around the two stunned heroes and the large wild man. He looked between the two of them, sizing them up, "This is the weakest prey I've ever seen. I don't know what Calypso was thinking asking me to help her…these zombies alone would have ripped you to bits," he said in a thick Russian accent.

"Who are you to call us weak," Danny protested.

"I'm Kraven…the hunter. I think I know weak…but prey IS prey," he said and without another word lunged at Danny.

To Be Continued…

AN: Whoot! New chapter up and I maintain my evil cliffhangers from hell (go me!). I hope you all are enjoying this as much as I am writing it. At first the zombie attack scene was going to be more humor than anything else…but horror is just so much more fun to convey. Jake and Erica (as well as Bemis and Kent who are mentioned) are based off of real people I know…all of whom are actually on school newspapers. They're OCs but they won't play a major role or anything…at least I haven't planned for them too…but you never know when characters will take a life of their own.

Anyways expect and epic battle with Kraven vs. Spidey and Phantom next chapter! It's going to be so much fun writing such a great battle scene…I hope I'm up to it!

So please review and tell me what you think! Also any suggestions for the Hartman University mascot would be greatly appreciated...since I can't decide what the team's mascot/symbol should be.

R.I.P random students and people the zombies killed.

Zombies: BRAINS!

Uhm…gotta go guys…review or I feed you to the zombies!