Before anyone asks, yes, I have heard of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Netflix series, and no, I haven't seen it yet. I'll definitely check it out though since it looks interesting. I really don't mind the dark and gritty tone they're going for since the source material they're pulling from (of which I haven't read but I've heard a lot of good things about it) is also dark and gritty, which is more than I can say about its sister series Riverdale, which just feels like a typical CW show with Archie characters (seriously, they have Mark Waid's Archie run, which had just ended and is amazing, literally in their back pocket. How hard was it to use THAT as a basis?). But hey, people dig that show so they must be doing SOMETHING right.

Anyway, getting a little sidetracked here. So people asked for another chapter of this story, and they shall receive. This is going to be a somewhat unique take on the episode Doctor's Disorders. Hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 6: A Ghostly Plague: Part 1

Danny, in Phantom form, phases out of Casper High with a giant ghost mosquito over his head. He then proceeds to throw the creature into the ground. The last couple of days following the whole ordeal with Vlad was just business as usual for the halfa. Sure, there are the occasional ghost attacks such as the one he's dealing with right now, but everything is back to normal for the most part. The ghost mosquito opens its four eyes and begins to shoot four red lasers out of them. Danny swiftly dodges them and fires a green ecto-blast of his own. The ghostly insect then fires some green ectoplasm from its snout, which forms a net that traps the halfa, making him fall to the ground. Danny was about to break free from his gooey prison when suddenly, the ecto-net disappears out of thin air. As he gets up, he looks to the corner of his eye and sees his new half-witch friend hiding behind a tree, wand in hand. Sabrina gives a smile and a thumbs up to which Danny silently smiles back as a show of thanks. He then takes off to continue the fight with the mosquito. He fires more green energy, scoring a direct hit to the insect, but the creature wasn't done yet. It circles back around in an attempt to impale the young halfa with its snout. However, Danny was anticipating the attack.

"Bug," he says as he moves out of the way, and the mosquito flies into some electrical wires, getting zapped in the process. "Zapper," Danny finishes with a smile.

The creature then explodes where it begins to take the form of smaller mosquitos. The small insects then begin to fly back inside the school.

Sabrina saw this and says to herself, "Well that's ominous…"

The two teens make their way inside the building as well and they begin to converse with each other.

"So…shouldn't we be worried about our little bug problem," Sabrina asks.

"Well they don't seem to be causing any trouble right now," says Danny. "But I do have the thermos on standby in case they decide to show themselves." He then smiles. "Thanks for having my back by the way."

Sabrina smiles back and shrugs, "Eh, I'm pretty sure you had that fight in the bag."

"Yeah, but it's nice to know I have witches who are willing to get my fat out of the fire on a whim. You know, like conjuring a fake news report that lifts the bounty Vlad placed on me and getting the ghost hunters off my back. Your Aunt Zelda rocks by the way."

Sabrina giggles, "She and Aunt Hilda have grown quite fond of you after your unexpected visit a couple days ago."

"Still, the fact that there are other supernatural beings besides ghosts out there…I'm still trying process all of it. Although, if your talking cat's real identity is any indication, I take it there are some bad witches out there just like how there are some bad ghosts."

"There are unfortunately, but you don't have to worry about them. There are witches and warlocks that are assigned by the council to counter such threats."

"Have they ever had to deal with any ghosts?"

The half-witch chuckles, "Since ghosts wouldn't even dare to touch witches with a ten foot pole, they're hardly ever an issue. Well…there was ONE ghost that was a serious nuisance, but that was centuries ago."

But before Danny could ask what kind of ghost would be powerful enough to give even witches a run for their money, he begins to smells something horrible.

Unfortunately, Sabrina smells it too, "Ugh, what is that smell? It smells like gym socks that haven't been washed for over 50 years."

"I smell spoiled raw meat mixed with five day old limburger cheese."

The two eventually figure out where the smell is coming from. Tucker is seen spraying his body with a small can of…something. When they walk up to their friend,

Danny asks while covering his nose, "What IS that you're spraying yourself with."

"It's an all-body spray that I invented myself," the tech geek answers. "Foley, by Tucker Foley. It combines my natural scent with a much, more manlier one that smells different with whoever takes a whiff of it. With this, the ladies will be swarming all over me."

"Yeah, well, I think you should go back to the drawing board," Sabrina says while she is holding her nose.

Suddenly, a small swarm of ghost mosquitoes fly past the teens, and while Danny couldn't spot them right away, he could detect them with his ghost sense. One of the insects separates itself from the group and lands on an unsuspecting Paulina's hand, to which it proceeds to phase into her skin.

"Ow," she yelps.

Meanwhile Danny, Sabrina and Tucker meet up with Sam and they all walk past the door to the nurse's office.

Tucker sees the door and freezes in place, "Uhhhh."

This catches Sabrina's attention. She waves her hand in front of his face, "Tucker? Dude, are you okay."

Sam also looks at the door, groans and facepalms, "Oh no."

Danny finally explains, "He gets like this whenever he sees the nurse's office."

Sam then takes out a paper bag, "In situations like this it's best for him not to see." She then puts the bag over Tucker's head, "Come on Tuck, find a happy place."

As the teens walk by, Tucker says, "Right, I'm not passing the nurse's office, I'm passing…a modeling agency."

After successfully bypassing the door, Sam removes the bag.

That was when Sabrina asks, "You're afraid of the nurse's office?"

"YES," Tucker exclaims. "Nurse's offices, Doctor's offices, hospitals. Anything with sharp pointy things and the smell of sick people."

Sam begins the smell something, "Ugh, speaking of smells what IS that? Decomposing raw fish?"

"Foley, by Tucker Foley," Danny, Tucker and Sabrina all answer in unison.

"It's his new cologne," the halfa explains.

"More like a repellent," Sabrina comments.

Then Danny's ghost sense starts to kick in again. He looks over to Paulina who looks worse for wear. However, there's something about her that is out of the ordinary.

"Uh, is Paulina glowing?" Danny asks.

"I know she's supposed to have "flawless skin", but this is ridiculous," Sam comments.

Sabrina narrows her eyes at the situation, "No, something's not right here."

Paulina groans, "I feel terrible and disfigured. Stupid bug bite."

"Bug bite?" Danny and Sabrina both question.

Then they see a small ghost mosquito fly by and begin to look horrified. Jazz is seen walking down the hall and the mosquito phases into her as well. Several other students follow the same fate and soon more mosquitos begin to swarm around the entire school, causing a widespread panic.

"Yep, totally called it," says Sabrina.

"Cover me guys," says Danny. "I'm going ghost."

The halfa rushes to the janitor's closet while Sam, Tucker and Sabrina block the door. In a flash of light, Danny Phantom phases out of the closet, Fenton Thermos in hand.

Meanwhile, Sabrina conjures up her wand and she rushes out to help her friend. While Danny is sucking up the insects with his Thermos, Sabrina is using a teleportation spell that sends any mosquito she sees back to the Ghost Zone.

Moments after combing over the entire school hunting for pesky ghost insects, the two teens regroup with Sam and Tucker. Danny reverts back to his human form.

"Well, I think that's all of them," the halfa says with pride.

Turns out he was wrong, as one more mosquito appears and phases into Sam's arm.

"Ow," the Goth exclaims as she smacks the arm where she was bitten.

"Except for one," Sabrina sighs.

Suddenly more ghost mosquitos are seen flying around the school, with a small group of them chasing Dash into the men's restroom. But before he could go through the door, the insects catch up to him and the jock begins to trip and phase through the door.

"I got this," Danny says as he heads towards the bathroom. "Hey Dash," he says as he opens the door. "Not that I care but…are you okay?"

Inside one of the stalls Dash answers, "Ooh, I don't feel so good."

"Yeah, that's what usually happens on goulash day."

Suddenly ectoplasm begins to shoot out of the stall, forcing the halfa to evade them.

"Although I don't think goulash does that."

Dash finally emerges from the stall looking radically different. He now has green skin, with glowing red eyes and razor sharp teeth.

"GET AWAY!" he yells as he picks up Danny and throws him into another stall.

Danny transforms once again and reappears behind Dash. He pushes the jock against the wall and grabs him by his jacket.

"I wish I could say I didn't want to do this but…" However, before the halfa could deal the final blow, Dash returns to normal and loses consciousness. With that Danny sighs in disappointment, "And just one cheap shot away from a semester full of payback."

Unfortunately, the two young halfas were unable to put a stop to the infestation, and soon almost every student and teacher inside the school were bitten. Moments later, Casper High was put under quarantine. Parents of the infected students show up demanding to see their kids, but Mr. Palooka, one of the teachers lucky enough not to get infected, refuses to let them in for safety reasons.

"I understand your concern folks, but I've been ordered not to disseminate any information at this time," Mr. Palooka explains.

"But you're a teacher," says Maddie. "It's your job to disseminate information."

Meanwhile Jack is sobbing, "Poor Jazz, she had a bright future ahead of her too." He then takes out a handkerchief and uses it to blow his nose.

Danny rolls his eyes at his overdramatic father.

Jack then takes the handkerchief and gives it to his son, "Here Danny, don't lose this. It was your grandfather's."

Danny cringes in disgust.

He then hears Sabrina calling for him, "Danny."

Danny walks towards his friend where they begin to discuss the situation.

"I guess your "heritage" is what's making you immune to the virus," the halfa guesses.

The half-witch nods, "Just like how your ghost powers are making you immune. It sucks that Sam wasn't so lucky. I hope she's okay."

Danny puts a hand on Sabrina's shoulder in reassurance, "Sam's a tough girl. It's gonna take more than a ghost flu to bring her down."

Sabrina nods but then realizes something, "Wait, where's Tucker?"

"Psst, Danny, Sabrina."

The two teens look to where the voice is coming from and they see Tucker, who is somehow not infected. He appears to be holding something.

"I got another one."

Danny and Sabrina look down to see him holding one of the ghost mosquitos and begin to have a look of dread.

"Are you out of your mind? Get rid of it," Sabrina whispers with urgency.

"No, it's okay," Tucker reassures. "It's not biting me or phasing into my skin or anything."

"That's weird," says Danny. "I know my ghost powers and Sabrina's magic is what's protecting us but…what's protecting you?"

Then it dawns on him. Soon he, Tucker and Sabrina look at each other with smiles on their faces as they confirm why the tech geek isn't sick, "Foley, by Tucker Foley."

"Wow, so it IS a repellant," Sabrina comments.

Then the door to the gymnasium opens and a strange, pale skinned doctor walks out to confront the parents.

"Hi everybody, I'm Dr. Bert Rand."

"Are you from the government's disease control center," asks Maddie.

"Sure, let's go with that," Dr. Rand answers. "I can assure you your children will be in good hands and will be transferred to an abandoned hospital on the edge of town."

"Under quarantine?" Maddie now asks.

"Sure let's go with that too."

Then Jack steps in, "And how do we know we can trust you."

"Because I work with the government and we can audit your taxes if we don't."

"…We trust you." Jack then backs away.

Danny, Sabrina and Tucker all regroup at the Spellman household, where they have a meeting in a small room the witches use to study their magic. Tucker looks around at the various spellbooks and potions that were lying around, as well as a big black cauldron sitting in a corner. Danny couldn't help but smile in amusement at this. Normally for a guy like Tucker, who is all about science and technology, magic is something that either he doesn't believe in, or is beyond his comprehension. And yet here it is, right in his face.

"Careful kid, you can catch flies with your mouth open like that," says a random voice.

Tucker looks down and sees Salem looking back at him.

"And you REALLY need to take a bath too. You smell like wet dog."

The tech geek's eyes widened, "Uh, am I crazy or is that cat actually talking?"

"Maybe you are. In that case you should go to the hospital with the other kids," Salem says with a mischievous grin.

"Salem," Sabrina sternly says.

Meanwhile Zelda continues to raid her bookshelf, "Now where did I put that…ah, here we are." She then puts the book on the table, opens it and finds the page she was looking for.

The three teens walk to the older witch where she points at an old picture.

"Was this the creature that attacked your school?" she then asks.

Danny takes a good look at it and was surprised, "Uh, yeah, that's it."

"These types of mosquitos are very common in the Ghost Zone. They carry a virus known as Ghost Fever, which grants any human being ghost powers on top of a common cold."

"Can this virus be cured?"

"Oh, of course. This can be treated like any type of flu or cold." Zelda then points to some text below the picture. "Down here are the ingredients to a potion that can help combat the virus and cure those poor kids. Think of it as a vaccine."

"How long will it take for you to make this vaccine?" asks Danny.

"Roughly 24 hours. Thankfully this isn't anything serious or fatal, so we have plenty of time."

With that Danny breathes a sigh of relief, "You know, between lifting the bounty that helped get rid of the ghost hunters, healing me after my beatdown from Vlad and now this, I can't thank you enough for how much of a big help you've been. I owe you big time."

Zelda smiles, "Don't worry about it Danny, anything for a friend of my niece."

The three teens and Salem decide to leave Sabrina's aunt to her own devices. Back in the living room, Sabrina notices Danny contemplating.

She walks over to him, "Hey, you did the best you could. Once Aunt Zelda whips up that vaccine, everything will be back to normal."

Danny shakes his head, "It's not that. It's just that doctor back at school. There's something about that guy that seems…off."

Sabrina begins to have a look of thought as well, "Now that you mention it, you're right."

"I don't like the fact that Sam and Jazz are in the hands of this "Dr. Rand." We got to get to that hospital and see what's really going down in there."

"Right, you guys do that," Tucker says as he begins to walk out the door.

"Tucker, I said "we" meaning you too," says Danny.

"You also said hospital," Tucker argues.

"Geez, somebody give this kid a Scooby Snack," Salem says as he rolls his eyes.

"Tuck, come on," Danny continues. "I can turn invisible, I can go ghost, I'll be in and out in no time."

"I'm with Danny," the half-witch interjects. "If something does go wrong, we can handle it no problem. So I say we go check out the creepy hospital."

Just outside of Amity Park is North Mercy Hospital, a place that has long since abandoned. How no one ever bothered to tear the building down is a mystery that has yet to be solved. Danny flies towards the hospital, only to get electrified once he was in the building's vicinity. He then falls to the ground…hard.

"DANNY," Sabrina yells as she runs to his aid. She kneels down next to him and asks with concern, "Are you alright?"

The halfa sits up and rubs the back of his head, "I'm okay, I've kinda gotten used to stuff like this happening to me."

Sabrina then looks at the hospital with narrowed eyes and she takes out her wand.

Hidden object well concealed/Show yourself and be revealed

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a giant green barrier surrounds the hospital. Unbeknownst to the teens, a shadowy figure watches from the window at the half-witch's display of magic, clearly impressed by what it saw.

Danny sees the barrier and sighs, "A ghost shield, of course."

"Oh well, guess we'll have to come back when it's visiting hours," says Tucker. "Or…you know…never."

Salem begins to cluck like a chicken.

Tucker scowls at the cat, "You know, there's a river not too far from here. You could use a good swim."

"Stop it you two," Sabrina commands.

"We can't turn back now Tucker," Danny says as he gets up. "Now that we know there's a ghost shield surrounding the place."

"So what do you want to do?" asks Sabrina.

"Well since I can't go in as a ghost…" Danny reverts back to his human form.

"I'll just have to go in as a kid."

The half witch nods, "Okay, but I'm still coming in with you."

The halfa also nods, then turns to Tucker, "You and Salem can stay out here. You still got my mom's Fenton utility weapon just in case?"

The tech geek then pulls a small capsule from out of his pocket and smiles, "It's a lipstick and an ecto-blaster…because I'm worth it."

Sabrina giggles while Danny and Salem roll their eyes.

"Alright Sabrina, let's go," the halfa then says.

Before leaving Sabrina says to Salem, "Behave yourself okay?"

"Not making any promises," the cat says with a proud smile.

With that, the two supernatural teens walks towards the hospital.

Danny puts an arm over Sabrina to play out that fact that he's sick and unable to stand on his own two feet. They come across two burly guards in hazmat suits who are blocking the main entrance.

"This is a restricted area, no admittance," says one of the guards.

"Please you have to help my friend here," Sabrina pleads. "He's really sick."

"It's alright boys, stand down," Dr. Rand says as he emerges from the entrance. He then looks at the two teens. "Has your friend here been exhibiting any ghost-like symptoms?"

Danny opens his eye for a brief moment, "Well, here goes." He then begins to turn transparent.

Dr. Rand gasps, "Oh no, you poor, sick, human child. It's worse than I thought. Step right on in."

"Um, is it okay if I come in with him?" Sabrina asks. "I just want to make sure he's okay."

Dr. Rand then looks up at the window where the shadowy figure is standing and it gives him a thumbs up. He then turns to Sabrina with a creepy grin, "Okay, but try not to interact with the other patients."

Sabrina then smiles, "Hook, line and sinker."

They made it inside the hospital, with Dr. Rand carting Danny in a wheelchair with Sabrina in tow. Along the way, she sees all of her classmates looking green and struggling with their newfound ghost powers. Teens are either trying to keep themselves tangible or keeping themselves from hovering off the ground.

The half witch looks on in sympathy, "Hang tight guys, you'll all be cured in no time."

Dr. Rand spots a kid from the school's marching band running down the halls.

"Now now kiddo, you gotta learn how to control your powers."

Then the creepy doctor leaves to tend to the fleeing kid.

As soon as they were out of sight, Sabrina whispers to Danny, "Okay, the coast is clear."

The halfa opens his eyes and gets up from the wheelchair.

The two teens face each other and the half witch says, "I think our best bet is to split up. That way we'll be able to find Sam and your sister much faster."

Danny thought about it for a moment, "Alright…I just don't like the fact that I'm leaving you alone in this place."

Sabrina gives a warm smile, "Danny, I'll be fine. I've got witch magic on my side. What's the worst that can happen?"

Danny also smiles and chuckles, "Just be careful alright?"

"Same to you."

The halfa nods and he leaves to begin his search.

As the half-witch looks on, she couldn't help but give a look of admiration. Never in her life had she met a guy as selfless and kind-hearted as Danny Fenton. If he isn't helping girls in burger costumes pick up coupons they have dropped, he is out risking his neck for this town day in and day out. The fact that he cares so much about his friends and family, that he feels the need to just check on them, just shows how much compassion he has. It's kind of inspiring.

Sabrina lowers her head and sighs, "As much as I hate to admit it but…maybe Salem's ri…"

But before she could finish her thought she heard a scream from down the hall. Sabrina makes a mad dash to where the scream was coming from. When she finally arrives she finds Paulina lounging on a hospital bed reading a magazine, her ghost sense frequently going off.

She glances over at Sabrina who is standing near the doorway, "Aren't you that new girl who rejected Dash and hangs out with those losers?"

The half-witch leans against the doorway and crosses her arms, "Sorry to ruin your "you-time", but I heard someone scream."

Then the curtains next to the popular girl opens revealing Sam with a scowl on her face, "Yeah, that was me."

Sabrina's face went bright, "SAM." She then runs towards her Goth friend and gives her a massive hug.

Sam's face begins to soften and she chuckles, "Alright, alright, it's good to see you too Brina."

Sabrina releases Sam and asks, "Are you okay?"

Sam crosses her arms as she begins to float towards the ceiling, "Does it look like I'm okay? I'm having a tough time controlling my ghost flight, and I'm trapped in this room…" She points at Paulina. "With her."

"That DOES sound like torture," Sabrina says with a smile.

"Uh, hello, I'm right here," Paulina cuts in. "And FYI, I don't like being in this room with you either."

Sam rolls her eyes and looks back down at her friend, "Is Danny and Tucker with you?"

"Tucker's outside with my cat," Sabrina explains. "He didn't want to come in for…obvious reasons. Danny's here looking for both you and Jazz. He wanted to make sure you two were okay…I think it's really sweet that he cares so much about you. You must feel lucky to have a friend like him."

Sam's scowl turns into a small smile, "Yeah, but sometimes I feel he can be a little TOO nice."

"I think he just wants to see the best in people, and it's clear he has a strong desire to help others. If only there are more guys out there who are like him."

"That I can agree on."

"So other than the doctors torturing you by making Ms. Popular your roommate, how have they been treating you?"

"To be honest, like crap. I don't know what they're doing here. Nobody's talking to us, nobody's helping us."

Sabrina nods in understanding, "We gotta find Danny."

But before the conversation could continue, Dr. Rand appears with a facemask and gas tank.

"Aw, poor little teens, you're tired aren't you?" the doctor says as he releases some green gas from the tank.

Sabrina, Sam and Paulina all begin to feel drowsy.

As the Goth and the popular girl lose consciousness, Sabrina just falls to her knees and asks, "What…what are you doing?"

"Oh come now my dear, did you really think I was actually helping these kids?"

The doctor then begins to morph into a short man with grey hair, green eyes and a grey mustache. His attire is a dark suit with a black bow tie.

Upon seeing his true form, Sabrina says, "Danny was right, there WAS something…shady…about you."

And just like that, the half-witch finally loses consciousness.

The petite man takes off his facemask, "You can come in now."

And not a second too soon, Penelope Spectra, in her shadow form, enters the room, "Excellent work Bertrand." She takes a good look at the unconscious Sabrina and caresses her cheek, "She's even more beautiful in person. Sleep well my little witch, pretty soon your youth and your magic will be all mine, and there's nothing your little boyfriend can do to stop me this time."

Looks like Spectra's plan to use our favorite little witch for a new body is going full steam ahead. Will she succeed? Will Danny be able to save her in time? Find out in the next chapter.

Before I go, I like to take a moment of silence. By the time this is published we had just lost the legendary Stan "The Man" Lee. This has been a rough year indeed, because not too long ago we had just lost Steve Ditko. As a Spider-Man fan, you can imagine how heartbroken I am. It was like being punched in the gut twice with the second gut punch being harder than the last. I was one of the unlucky ones who had never met Stan, but I can't thank him enough for giving us such compelling and iconic characters. Characters that made Marvel Comics the juggernaut that it is today. Not only that, he also taught each and every one of us that with great power, there must also come great responsibility. In a way, he's not truly gone. He will live on forever in his many cameos and narrations. At least he got to see phase three of the MCU come to fruition, and maybe he can finally reunite with his wife as well as reconcile with Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. RIP Mr. Lee. We will never forget you.

Be sure to leave a comment on your thoughts on the story so far, or how much Stan Lee meant to you. Until next time...