Not Just a Job.
"Valerie I was wondering if you would like to earn some money around here. You seem like the perfect person for this job. We were wondering if you would like to stay after school and watch these screens to make sure no one vandalizes the cameras like the old ones. It fits you so well since you are a ghost hunter." Principal Ishyama offered.
"You know I'm a ghost hunter? How much does it pay?" asked Valerie.
"Twenty dollar's an hour, you work from 4 until 6 school days." Ishyama told her.
"I'll take it." Valerie said.
At the Nasty Burger:
Danny Phantom, Kelly-Go-Boom, Fiona and Keira were sitting at a booth. Keira had found Danny and Kelly fighting a ghost and asked them to meet her and Fiona at the Nasty Burger to discuss something very important.
"So, why is it you brought us here?" asked Danny.
"Well, this piece of paper floated right near us so we read it and decided you HAD to see it." Fiona said.
She handed the piece of paper to Danny and he looked at it. At the top it said: Q1: Have you had any near death experiences? If yes, write them down, you can have more than one.
Mr. lancer I know you probably wont believe what I am writing, but I will write it any way. I am going to let you in on a secret, which I shall be telling the public very soon.
Danny stopped reading it and went to the bottom of the page. He couldn't believe he was so stupid and had chucked the paper in the bin. But that didn't explain why it floated to them. Danny saw some writing in blood red. He read it aloud.
"I told you I would get revenge Daniel." Danny read.
"What?" asked Kelly.
"Plasmius, he set it up as a trap. He is trying to get revenge for sticking him in a thermos for six hours making him miss an important business meeting." Explained Danny.
"So the letter thing is fake?" asked Fiona.
"I'm afraid not, it was not written by Plasmius. I know who it was written by, I also know that Plasmius has been going through the trash." Danny said.
The girls looked a bit happier than they did when they thought it was fake. Danny decided to get rid of it with an energy beam. He threw it into the air and tried to fire a beam but instead the letter got surrounded by ice. Danny looked at his hand and then back to the letter.
"That would've been nice to know I could do that in the first place." He laughed.
"Wait, a new power?" asked Kelly.
"Yeah, I guess it is." Sighed Danny.
He grabbed the letter and broke the ice. His fist glowed and the paper crumpled into little bits.
"Sorry girls, we have to go." Danny told them.
"Its okay, you will come to visit us, right?" asked Keira.
"Here, this is a Fenton phone, if you need me talk into it, then we can communicate, I don't have to wear one because I'm a ghost." Danny instructed.
"thanks." Said Fiona.
Danny and Kelly flew to Kelly's house, where they had been spending more and more time lately. They decided to play DOOMED for a while. They logged in on Danny's account and both entered the game. It was heaps more exciting when you were in the game. They go through the whole thing and exited the computer.
"So… what do you want to do now?" asked Danny.
"Do you want to go for a walk? As Danny Fenton and Kelly stager?" asked Kelly.
"Sure, lets go." Danny gestured.
They walked around Amity Park and past the high school. Valerie was working and nobody knew she was there. Danny and Kelly saw the new security cameras and remembered what they did to the last ones when Kelly first came. They walked to the park and sat down at a bench. After ten minutes, their ghost sense went off. They saw Desiree, waiting to grant someone's wish.
"Should we follow her?" asked Kelly.
"sure." Danny sighed.
They got up and Desiree ran towards them before they could grab the thermos and suck her up.
"I have a special treat for you two brats!" laughed Desiree.
The two teens ran, avoiding Desiree's blasts as they went. They ran past the school and stopped, forgetting the security cameras.
In the room with the many screens:
Valerie watched the screens, sipping on a coffee she had bought. She was waiting until it was time to go and she saw nothing interesting. Suddenly she saw Danny Fenton and Kelly stager running as fast as they could. She saw a ghost behind them and gasped.
"I have to help them." she told herself.
She was just about to grab her ghost hunting gear when she saw a blue ring appear around Danny's waist and a pink one around Kelly's. What the hell? Valerie watched as she heard the ghost speak.
"Technus said you almost forgot about your secret identity before, why are you showing the lovely girl watching you two freaks what you are? Not very smart… you tried so hard to hide them, and now she goes and finds out, unless you can stop those stupid rings." Laughed the ghost.
The two teens looked towards the camera and Danny smacked his head. He grabbed Kelly's arm and dragged her off while the ghost followed.
What was that all about? Thought Valerie.
Three nights later:
Valerie was watching the screens, wide awake. The past few nights had been a repeat of the event where Danny and Kelly had rings appear and then a ghost told them about some sort of secret identity. Valerie watched Danny drag Kelly out of the way of a giant… ghost cat? He let go of her hand as the thing blew fire at them. Kelly tripped over and screamed, grabbing her ankle.
"Kelly, are you okay?" asked Danny.
"My ankle really hurts, go on without me!" cried Kelly.
"No, I don't care if I get hurt, I am NOT putting you in danger!" Danny yelled.
"This is interesting." Valerie said to herself.
Danny ran up to Kelly and lifted her into the air. He tried to run away but the ghost cat had caught up to them. It opened it's mouth and swallowed the two. A bright light flashed through the air and then the cat looked in pain. He coughed and choked and another bright light appeared, disappearing as soon as it came.
Inside the Stomach:
Danny saw that Kelly couldn't do anything so he forced the power to come to him. Two blue rings appeared like they did a lot and Danny transformed with a flash. He started sending energy beams everywhere and froze the inside of the ghost cat. He then sent one last energy blast before he felt them getting coughed up. He transformed back into a human and they fell out of the cat's mouth.
"Wow, you can really irritate a cat." Laughed Kelly.
Danny laughed with her. Soon, the cat blew up and sent ectoplasm everywhere.
"Whatever you try to blow up, you always succeed." Laughed Kelly.
"That's my specialty." Laughed Danny.
He got out the Fenton thermos and started sucking up the gooey stuff. He didn't notice a female wearing red watching him.
"Can you walk on your ankle?" asked Danny.
"It really hurts when I move it." Complained Kelly.
"Here, put your arm around my shoulder and I will help you." Danny offered.
"thanks." Kelly thanked him and put her arm around his shoulder.
They started to walk off, or hop in Kelly's case, not even noticing that the red figure was now following them. They walked towards Kelly's house when Danny's ghost sense went off. Kelly wasn't paying attention to hers so she had no clue a ghost was nearby.
"Kelly, ghost!" Danny told her.
She immediately started to look around, knowing she was in no shape to fight. Suddenly a very unwanted face appeared in front of them.
"Ugh, I am SICK of you always following me, get a life!" Danny told him.
"Oh, so I see you dumped your old girlfriend for a more… alive one." Laughed Vlad.
Alive? What does he mean by alive? Danny never went out with a ghost, did he? Valerie asked herself.
"What's it to you?" asked Danny.
"I stole something off you." Laughed Vlad.
Danny looked at him, trying to keep a straight face. Vlad held up the Plasmius Maximus and started laughed.
"So what? You cant do anything to me at the moment!" Danny told him.
"Ah, my boy, always so clueless." Vlad told him.
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" yelled Danny.
His eyes flashed green which made Valerie gasp. They must've heard her because they looked her way. Danny's eyes flashed yellow and then blue again.
"What the hell? Did I just see bones?" Danny screamed.
"Ok, I so do not get you Danny, then again, I never have." Kelly said, acting like she didn't know about his ghost half.
"Well, I guess my private talk with you isn't so private." Vlad laughed.
"Private? Talk? The thing that is confusing me is why you aren't blasting me." Danny said.
"sorry." Vlad apologised.
He sent a beam at Danny who got hit square in the chest. It sent him flying but didn't seem to injure him much, because he got straight up. Vlad walked towards where Valerie was hiding and pulled her up.
"VALERIE!" they all screamed at once.
"What? How did you know it was me?" asked Valerie.
"Don't know, just knew it." Danny told her.
"I noticed from your voice and your sneakiness." Kelly told her.
"I um… know Vlad Masters." Plasmius said.
"What does HE have to do with it?" asked Danny.
"He gave me this. And Kelly, I have noticed YOUR sneakiness too, I'm onto you and Danny." Valerie threatened.
"Wait… back up there… Vlad MASTERS gave you the weapons?" asked Danny.
"yes." Valerie answered.
Danny's eyes flashed green once again. It seemed to happen every time that he got angry. He punched Plasmius and sent him flying.
"That's a bit better." Danny said.
Valerie stared in shock. His eyes turned blue again and Kelly moaned in pain.
"You okay?" Danny asked her.
"I think it is broken." Kelly sighed.
Danny looked at it and his eyes flashed yellow. Valerie and Kelly both looked at him wide-eyed. His eyes changed back to blue as he rubbed them.
"I think I'm seeing things." Danny muttered.
"Is it me or does his eyes keep changing from blue to green and finally to yellow?" Valerie asked.
"YELLOW?" screamed Danny.
The girls looked at him.
"No wonder I was seeing bones. Wait… wow, Kell, I need to ask you something." Danny pulled her out of Valerie's hearing distance.
"What is it?" asked Kelly.
"I think I have x-ray vision. I could see your bones, none are broken." Danny told her.
"A new power already?" asked Kelly.
"I guess." Shrugged Danny.
They returned to where Valerie was now brushing leaves off of herself. Plasmius appeared next to Danny, rubbing his face.
"Is it me or are you getting more powerful? Another reason you should join me. Come on, it will be fun, we can rule!" Vlad told him.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" screamed Danny.
His eyes flashed green and he punched Vlad again. He ran after Vlad and all the girls could see was a flash of light. Valerie looked around but he was gone.
"Where did he go?" asked Valerie.
"I have NO idea." Kelly sighed.
"What was that about?" asked Valerie.
"Well, that ghost is bent on ruling the world and he wants Danny and his mother to live with him. He also wants to kill Danny's dad. He sends ghost after Danny and threatens him, but Danny wont budge." Kelly explained.
Kelly suddenly noticed her ghost sense go off. She looked around and saw a vulture appear in between her and Valerie.
"I am now serving skulker and he has a message for your little boyfriend." The vulture said.
"What does skulker want?" asked Danny, running towards them.
"Fine then… he said give in ghost child, you wont succeed. He is also saying that he is going to pay you two back for keeping him in your stupid little thermos with Plasmius for six hours straight. He said that if you don't give up, your secrets wont be so secret after all." The vulture warned.
Danny and Kelly started laughing.
"Serves him right. It was hilarious torturing him!" laughed Danny.
"I must go, I think you have explaining to do." The vulture chuckled and left.
Danny and Kelly looked in front of them at Valerie who had her hands on her hips.
"You two owe me an explanation." Valerie told them.
Danny sighed and led Valerie towards Kelly's house. They opened the door and Kelly's mom came rushing over.
"You two are back… with a little friend." Kelly's mom said, sounding surprised.
"Yeah, Kelly's hurt. She tripped and a ghost swallowed us… I made him blow up. Man, its fun blowing things up. Anyway I don't think it is broken." Danny told her.
"Are you okay Kelly?" asked Kelly's mom.
"Yeah, thanks to Danny." She sighed.
They went and sat on Kelly's couch.
"So, what brings you here?" Kelly's mom asked Valerie.
Valerie didn't know what to say. Luckily Danny answered for her.
"Ghost vulture's can say TOO much." Danny moaned.
"Oh?" asked Kelly's mom.
"Yeah, came up to me after I finished up with Plasmius and said skulker had a message for me. He said skulker said give in ghost child, you wont succeed. He also said that skulker is going to pay us two back for keeping him in our stupid little thermos with Plasmius for six hours straight. He said that if we don't give up, our secrets wont be so secret after all." Danny told her.
Kelly's mom was shocked at what she was hearing. Valerie must know her daughters secret!
"So, I brought Valerie here, I guess I owe her an explanation." Danny told her.
"So does Kelly." Kelly's mom said, when she finished bandaging up Kelly's ankle.
"Well, I know you have noticed us being VERY sneaky, that's because… we are both half ghosts, I'm Danny Phantom and she is Kelly-Go-Boom." Danny told Valerie.
He waited for it to sink in. it didn't take very long, they got a reaction they hadn't expected.
"COOL! Oh god, I am soo sorry for hunting you… I mean, now that I look at it, it is so obvious." Valerie chirped.
The next morning:
It was Saturday morning, the day after Valerie found out about Kelly and Danny. She had sworn not to tell a soul, if they wouldn't tell she was a ghost hunter. Kelly hadn't broken her ankle but badly injured it. The two teens were on their way to Danny's house where they were finally going to tell Danny's parents about them.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked Kelly.
"Yeah, I guess I am." Danny told her.
They opened the door and walked into the lounge room. Maddie and Jack were sitting down, watching TV.
"Hey Danny, I didn't expect you home so early." Danny mom greeted him.
"Hey Dan." Danny's dad greeted.
"Hey mom, hey dad, I need to tell you guys something." Danny said.
"Ok then, what do you want to tell us?" asked Maddie.
"Well, its kinda hard to say. Well, here goes. Mom, dad, I'm half ghost." Danny told them.
"And so am I." Kelly admitted.
