WoM- This chapter was certainly fun to write! 'grins widely,' Then again, I seem to be getting the most idea for this story… I'm already planning out a sequel and a third installment even though this one's nowhere near done! To be honest, I don't think it's even half way there… 'laughs sheepishly,' Man, this and the Gender Confusion companion pieces are gonna be the death of me length wise…

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."

-Benjamin Franklin

"Still nothing?" Kayla asked incredulously.

"No Ma'am," The man answered, typing something into the box again, only to be denied access.

"Well can you bypass it?" She pressed.

"Not on the current OS I can't," He sighed heavily, "Apparently Phantom has a friend who knows computers… that or he's good with them himself. This thing has air tight security,"

"Of course," Kayla said dryly, "Well, keep trying passwords. Even with ghost powers and a superhero alias, he's a fourteen year old high school boy first and foremost, he can't be that hard to figure out…" Frowning thoughtfully, she asked, "Did you try Phantom?"

"Yes, Ma'am,"

"Fenton?"

"Yes, Ma'am,"

"Ghost Zone,"

"Yes Ma'am. I also tried Fenton Portal, Danny, his birthday, his sister's birthday, his mother's birthday, his father's birthday, his parent's anniversary, his school name, his middle name…"

"We get the picture," A new female voice cut in. Kayla and the grunt both turned to see an amused Megumi as the door, her robes swaying gracefully around her. "It appears your new target is more complicated then you anticipated…"

"Don't be ridiculous," Kayla said absently with a sigh, "We just don't know him on an intimate scale just yet. Though personally, I'd rather get my hands on him then the files on his computer." She grinned a wide, predatory grin, "It's been so long since I've had to subdue a ghost with his talents and fighting spirit…"

"Do you honestly think you can beat him into submission that easily, Kayla?" Megumi asked, sounding annoyed.

"Maybe, maybe not," Kayla shrugged in an unconcerned way before the smile returned with a vigor. "But I can try…"

"You know, sweetie, that can't be healthy…"

Tucker rolled his eyes and piled more bacon onto his plate, ignoring his mother's disapproving frown. Next to her Mr. Foley sat reading the newspaper and sipping at a steaming cup of coffee, checking his watch now and then to see how much longer he had before he needed to leave for work.

"Come on, Mom," The tech geek said, "You're starting to sound like Sam…" Mrs. Foley sighed and shook her head.

"Alright," She said dryly, "But don't say I never told you so when you have a heart attack at the age of twenty."

"Speaking of Sam, have you heard from her recently?" Mr. Foley asked. He liked Tucker's friends. Both Danny and Sam were good kids, though Sam was a little outspoken and Danny a little shy. Still, between the three of them, they seemed to level everything out, forming a deep, lasting connection that was rare among teens in the current day and age.

"Nah," Tucker sighed, "But I think I'm gonna get a letter from her soon."

"When are Danny and his parents getting back from their camping trip?" Mrs. Foley pressed as she buttered her toast, "They did find someone to fill your spot, right Tucker? I'd hate to think That Maddie and Jack wasted money like that…"

"Monday, Mom, they get back Monday," Tucker answered, "And yeah, the new girl volunteered herself to take my spot. Then Valerie's going too…" Mrs. Foley frowned at the infliction in her son's tone when he mentioned his ghost-hating classmate.

"Now Tucker," She scolded absently, "Don't use that kind of tone when you talk about someone. Valerie's a perfectly nice girl, and she seems to like Danny a lot…"

"Human Danny at least…" Tucker muttered under his breath.

"What was that, son?" Mr. Foley asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing!" Tucker answered instantly. Mr. Foley dropped the subject.

Tucker had been saying lots of strange things like that recently, since a little before the ghost attacks began, actually. Both Mr. and Mrs. Foley had gotten used to brushing comments like that aside, deeming them of no more importance then the rest of Tucker's random blathering.

"Anyways, I've gotta go meet Melissa at the Nasty Burger," Tucker said, standing up and leaving, "Bye Mom, bye Dad!"

"Make sure to wear your helmet!" Mrs. Foley called after her son as he started over to his motor scooter, the popular mode of transportation for teens in Amity. She sighed as she watched him speed off, "I swear that boy's been acting so vague lately…"

"Leave him alone, Honey," Mr. Foley sighed, "He's a teenager, teens are bound to keep secrets."

"But with all the ghost stuff going on, and the Fentons out of town until Monday-!"

"Ghosts aren't going to kidnap Tucker," Mr. Foley rolled his eyes in exasperation, "Why would they? He's just a normal teenager…"

"But he's friends with the son of the ghost hunting family of Amity Park!" Mrs. Foley protested, "He's over at FentonWorks more then he's here!"

"Relax, Sweetie," Mr. Foley said as he stood, "Danny's such a quiet kid, he's practically a ghost himself. I doubt anyone out there hates him enough to kidnap his best friend," Mrs. Foley sighed heavily at that.

"I suppose you're right…" She agreed reluctantly. "Maybe I'm just being paranoid…" Mr. Foley chuckled softly, kissing his wife gently on the forehead.

"I've got to get to work he told her, "See you when I get out, Honey,"

"Drive safe," Mrs. Foley responded with a slight smile as she watched her husband go.

'He's right,' She reassured herself, 'There's nothing to be worried about. Both Danny and Tucker are perfectly safe…'

BLACKBIRD

Chapter 14; The Haunters

"Ride and shine, Kiddos!"

Raven and Valerie groaned in union, pulling the blankets op over their heads to block out the sun. Unfortunately, it was not as easy to block out the loud, cheerful voices of Jack and Maddie Fenton.

"Come on, kids!" Maddie sang after her husband's initial morning greeting, "It's a beautiful day! You don't wanna spend it in the tent sleeping now, do you?"

"Wanna make a bet on that?" Raven asked dryly.

"Now don't be like that!" Maddie scolded lightly when she heard that, "They're already serving breakfast at the cabin, and then we have a day of fun-filled activities for you guys!"

"Do we have to?" Valerie moaned. Both girls were dead tired (To pardon the horrible pun,) after their late night trek through the forest, and lounging in her sleeping bag all day sounded like a very appealing fate to the young ghost hunter.

"What do you think, Jack?" Maddie asked, turning to her husband.

"Well, I suppose I could unpack the Fenton Air Horn…" Jack replied thoughtfully.

Raven and Valerie shot up simultaneously.

"We're up, we're up!" Valerie told him and she wiggled out of her sleeping bag. Jack and Maddie exchanged grins.

"Works every time!" Jack said as he and his wife left. Raven's eyebrow kicked up as the flap fell back down.

"Do you think there really is a Fenton Air Horn? She asked Valerie dryly.

"Do you wanna find out?" Valerie shot back before yawning, "I'm gonna kill Danny for making us stay up so late…"

"Can I help?" Raven grumbled as she left the warmth of her sleeping bag. She checked absently to make sure her wig was still on before turning back to the ghost hunter. "Hey, did it feel like we were being watched last night to you?" Valerie raised an eyebrow at the question.

"You too, huh?" She sighed, "I thought I was being paranoid…" Raven sighed heavily.

'I thought so…' She said grimly to herself. 'There's a ghost running around here somewhere, and he was in camp last night…' Did that mean it was targeting someone? Danny maybe? The energies seemed to hover closer to the tent the Fentons siblings were in, after all…

"It was probably nothing," Raven said out loud, "Just nerves. I've never slept in a haunted forest before."

"Scared?" Valerie taunted.

"Of ghosts?" Raven clarified, "No, not me."

"Then what are you scared of?" Valerie asked. Raven shot her a look.

"I'll tell you when you tell me," She countered softly. Valerie glared at her.

"I don't get scared," She snapped defiantly, raising her chin as if daring Raven to tell her otherwise. The Titan raised an eyebrow, but said nothing.

'Doesn't that sound familiar…' She thought dryly to herself. She never would've thought that she and Valerie had something in common. 'Then again, I learned that lesson the hard way. Hopefully she won't get to say the same.'

"We'd better get going." Raven told her tent companion with a sigh, "Before Mr. Fenton comes back with that air horn…"

"Good idea," Valerie agreed, dressing in her normal attire, "Besides, I'm starved…" Raven agreed with her classmate there, since they'd missed dinner the night before in Jack Fenton's eagerness to get to the camp site with time to spare.

"So, any idea what those activities Mrs. Fenton was talking about are?" Raven asked as she and Valerie left just in time to see a very happy-looking Jack Fenton practically skipping away from his children's tent.

"Knowing these people?" Valerie grinned, "I'd say that whatever it is, it's definitely ghost-related." Raven chuckled a little to herself at that.

"Isn't that the truth…" She said, bemused.

"Hey!"

Raven and Valerie turned as one at the unfamiliar call, blinking in surprise when they saw Katie and Nene heading towards them, though Katie seemed to be scanning the forest as if expecting someone else.

"Valerie, right?" Katie asked, "And Rae?"

"Yeah," Valerie said shortly, suspicion heavy in her tone, "So?"

"Where's Danny?" Nene asked them bluntly, "I wanted to ask him something…"

"We wanted to ask him something," Katie corrected, glaring at his sister. "Well, I do at any rate. Freakfest here probably just wants to drill him about all the ghost attacks in Amity."

"So what if I do," Nene snapped, "Ghost hunting is more interesting then waving around pompoms and learning annoying, overly peppy chants," Sighing, she turned back to Raven, "Well?"

Before either girls could answer, the earsplitting wail of an air horn was heard somewhere behind them, followed by two loud screams, one male, one female.

"DAD! PUT THAT THING AWAY!" Jazz screeched loudly.

"…Do we want to know what that's about…?" Katie asked, blinking over Raven's shoulder.

"Probably not," Valerie answered as she and Raven started walking again. Katie and Nene fell into step alongside them.

"So, anyways," Katie said casually, "does Danny have a girlfriend?"

"I can't believe they used the Fenton Air Horn on us!" Jazz snapped heatedly as she and her little brother neared the cabin where breakfast was being served.

"Come on, Jazz," Danny sighed, "Quit making such a big deal about it."

"It's your fault, too," Jazz said with an accusing glare, "If you weren't up at god-knows-what hour playing hooky with a ghost…"

"Ja-azz," Danny said through gritted teeth, glancing around nervously. "Keep your voice down!"

"Nobody's listening, Danny," Jazz rolled her eyes, "Everyone's a breakfast… oh, man…"

"What?" Danny tensed at his sister's defeated moan, turning to see what the cause was. It became all too clear when he saw the small device fixed to the door of the cabin, and he couldn't help but groan himself.

'Great…' He thought sarcastically, 'Doesn't Giovanni ever take a break?'

"Think you can go invisible and turn it off?" Jazz asked quietly.

"Maybe…" Danny murmured, "Just hope it doesn't have an automatic ecto-shock…"

"That's mom's tech, Danny," Jazz reassured him hastily, "I don't think Giovanni knows about it…"

"Right…" Danny sighed. "Cover for me?"

"You know it," Jazz responded with an encouraging smile.

Danny ducked behind a tree, which Jazz then leaned up against in a would-be casual pose. A flask of light later, an invisible Danny flew over to the door, reaching attentively to flip the switch and turn the device off.

"I'm telling you, that's exactly what they said!"

Danny started slightly at his mother's voice, her tone more serious then he ever heard it before. Glancing down through the wall, Danny saw both his parents talking to Giovanni, and all of them looked pretty upset about something.

"You're sure?" Giovanni pressed, his tone quiet, "You're sure that they said Haunters?"

"Positive," Jack nodded, "We both heard them, they said they wanted to leave before the Haunters got them next," Giovanni sighed heavily, running a hand through his hair.

"It could be a mistake," He murmured softly. "Or a next group using the same name… or maybe they were just trying to shake Phantom. He seems to be much more territorial then most ghost, if he thought something like the Haunters were around in Amity…"

"It wasn't a mistake, Giovanni!" Maddie snapped, "And is that really a risk we can take? If the Haunters are regrouping…!"

"That's impossible, Maddie!" Giovanni said firmly, "GHS would never allow it,"

"That only if the Ghost Hunter Society knows they're regrouping!" Maddie pointed out, "Which they don't!"

"Then we'll tell them what you heard and leave the rest to them," Giovanni said, "There's not much else we can do besides that,"

"But we can't know if they'll do anything," Maddie pointed out, "I'm not going to trust the lives of my children on that kind of chance, Giovanni,"

"I don't know what else to tell you, Maddie," Giovanni said with a frown, "We can't trust the words of ghosts, and if a group of ghost hunters as powerful as the Haunters was regrouping…"

"Ghost hunters…?" Danny repeated softly, not bothering to mask his surprise. Was that what everyone was making such a big deal about? A bunch of ghost hunters? He'd beaten ghost hunters before, what was so different about these Haunter guys?

"Besides, Dr. Pratt is dead now, remember? Who would lead them with him gone?"

"Maybe…" Maddie said doubtfully, "I just… I don't want to risk it…"

Having heard enough, Danny slipped silently back out of the wall and flew back to where his sister was waiting, turning human again and stepping out from behind the tree, not even noticing Jazz's impatient frown.

"What took you so long?" Jazz demanded irritably. Seeing Danny's expression, her face melted into concern, "Danny? You okay?"

"I think we have a problem…" Danny sighed heavily.

'A really big problem, too,'

WoM- I'll end it there for now! Stay tuned for the next installment!

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