Hiya, there! The concert was great! Jars of Clay rocks. Although we did have to leave halfway through. Mom and my sister were freezing. Don't know why though. I was perfectly warm. Maybe that's because I was upfront. (shrugs) Anywhoo, here's the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or Lois and Clark. Although I do own the Librarian. If somebody wants to borrow her for a story, just let me know. Somebody thought she would be a nice pairing for the Ghostwriter. Ew or yikes?

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Chapter VIII: A Close Call

When Danny woke up, he saw he had fallen asleep on the couch. He quickly went ghost to fly up to his room. Once there, he looked at the clock. 7:00 in the morning. Well, at least today's a teacher's work day, he thought, turning human and falling into bed. With the tests starting up, I guess even they need a break before they start to get everything in order.

When he woke up again, it was almost eleven. He remembered he was supposed to be meeting Tucker and Sam at the mall. He quickly took a shower, dressed, and went downstairs. Clark and Lois were on the couch watching the news. As Danny reached the foot of the stairs, Clark craned his neck to see who was coming.

"Hey, if anyone needs me, I'll be at the mall," Danny said, grabbing his jacket from the coat rack.

"No problem," said Clark. Danny ran out the door and shut it behind him.

Lois perked up. "The mall?" she asked.

"Yeah," said Clark. "I heard the teachers were having a little get-together before school ended.

But Lois wasn't listening. "We might get to talk to Danny there." She stood up and grabbed her purse and keys. She was out the door before Clark could get up from the couch.

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At the mall, Danny, Sam, and Tucker were having lunch at the Food Court, when Danny's ghost sense went off. People were running out of the electronics store. Danny knew only one ghost who bothered with technological items.

"I, Technus, shall take over the world with these hip computers!" he shouted.

Danny groaned. "Don't I ever get a break?" He ducked under the table and changed, flying up to meet the self-proclaimed Master of Technology.

"Hey, Technus, there's not a sale today!" he shouted.

Technus turned to face him, smugness written across his face. "Ha-ha, you shall not defeat me this time, ghost-boy, because I, Technus–"

"– is about to get his butt kicked!" Danny interrupted, throwing an ecto-blast at him. Danny threw several more blasts before Technus became weak enough to be sucked into the thermos. Danny checked the side of the thermos.

"I'd better get him emptied into the Portal," he muttered. He floated down to the ground and was about to change back when he heard a shout. Those two must be telepathic, Danny thought. They show up every time I snag a ghost. He stood still as Lois and Clark ran up to him, Lois slightly out of breath, but Clark not even breathing hard.

"All right, now this is getting too weird even for me. How come you two keep showing up every time I do?" Danny demanded.

Lois and Clark looked at each other uncomfortably.

"Phantom, there's something we need to talk to you about," said Lois finally. Clark seemed to concentrate for a minute and then gave Lois an all-clear signal.

By now Danny was confused. What on earth is going on? he thought.

Lois sighed. "Look, we know okay?"

Danny raised a black eyebrow. "Know what?"

Lois opened her mouth, but was cut off as Clark leaned down and whispered, "Someone's coming."

"I thought you said it was all clear," she hissed at him.

"I thought it was," he whispered back.

Lois sighed. "We'll talk later, okay?" she said.

Danny shrugged. "Whatever."

Lois and Clark briskly walked away. Tucker and Sam walked up almost immediately.

"What was that all about?" asked Sam, while Danny changed back to human.

"I don't know," he said, watching their retreating backs, "but I have a funny feeling they suspect me of something." He walked out of the mall, Tucker and Sam exchanging worried looks before following.

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Another chapter done. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll post the next chapter tonight. I've got too much homework and one more test to study for. I'll try to update tomorrow, but I'm not guaranteeing anything.

Thanks to the reviewers:

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See you in the next chapter.