Ghostly Clues

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Danny sighed as he capped the thermos. "Who was that Tuck?"

There was a yawning sound from the Fenton Phones. "Sorry man… I think they called themselves Crag the Insatiable. Is it me or are these ghost's names getting weirder and weirder?"

"It's no worse than The Box Ghost." Sam's voice came over the line. "Ghost Tracker is all clear for now- wait…"

Danny shuttered. "It's 1 AM Sam… please tell me it's just an echopuss and we'll leave it to the Guys in White or something."

"I guess it was," Sam said. "The single was really faint and now it's gone."

"Good." Tucker said. "Tomorrow's going to suck."

"You only have to sit in class." Danny said. "I have a much harder job to do."

"You're skipping?"

"It's just Friday." Danny said. "I think finding this killer ghost is more important."

"Just Friday." Sam scoffed. "You know Mr. Lancer always has a pop quiz on Fridays."

Tucker snickered. "Rather just dodge the bullet than take the quiz and fail it anyway, hu?"

"We all know I haven't had time to study. I was in the Ghost Zone all day after school today! Didn't get back till 10. Plus with the increase in ghostly activity. They should be happy I'm showing up to school at all."

"You don't want to fail Danny." Sam said concern in her voice.

"No." Danny sighed. "No I don't but like I said, this is important. I'm going to see if I can't get some advice from Skulker in the morning."

"Skulker?"

"He is the so-called Ghost Zones greatest hunter. If we're going to hunt down this ghost we have to start somewhere. Who better to ask?"

"Uh, anyone?" Tucker said. "He isn't going to help you, dude."

"We'll see." Danny said. "I've reasoned with him before."

"Yeah, when his hide was on the line." Sam scoffed.

Danny bit his lip. They were most likely right but… "Come on. He's mostly in it for the hunt. I'm sure I can strike some kind of deal with him."

Sam sighed. "Well… good luck."

"You're going to need it." Tucker said.

"Damn it, Skulker!" Danny dodged as a blast flew at him. "I only wanted to make a deal!"

"Hear's a deal for you! Stay still so I can finally mount your head on my wall!"

"Don't you ever get tired of making the same old threats?" Danny rolled his eyes.

Suddenly Skulker was in his face and his mechanical suit grinned in the creepy way only ghost tech can do. "Not at all." He said darkly blasting Danny point blank in the gut. Danny barely managed to form a shield. The green energy shattered instantly and the force of the blast sent him reeling. The world rushed by him and before he knew it he was feeling metal crunch beneath him. Grunting he stood shaking the ringing from his ears. As he heard the ghost jet engines approach he glared up at the ghost. Danny was really starting to wonder if it was too much to ask for a little cooperation.

"I have you now ghost boy!" Skulker gloated.

Danny registered voices to his left but didn't have time to think about it as Skulker put him in his sights. Without hesitation Danny shot into the air to the right, trying to distance himself from the civilians. As he got some air he couldn't help but chuckle. "Wow. You brought me to my next stop! Right where I wanted to be, thank you Skulky!"

Danny's jeering stopped as he saw the two figures near the now flaming box of metal he'd landed in. "Try not to burn the place down while we're here." Danny half-heartedly requested.

"How about you resign to your fate!?" Skulker countered a rectangular box popping out of his shoulder.

"Would you?" Danny snapped sending a few ghost rays at the hunter. The sun was a third of the way through its jaunt across the sky and Danny knew it was about lunchtime. 'Don't think about food right now.' He thought.

"That doesn't look good." Danny said noticing Skulker had fired his new weapon. Quickly he dove out of the way of what looked to be tiny missiles. The projectiles twisted in the air following his rout. As they got close to him they exploded. Danny screamed falling into a high barbed wire fence. The pole he collided with bent over him and he heard the sound of something plastic hitting the ground next to him. He looked to see a camera lens facing him only to watch it crack under Skulkers metallic boots.

"Look, I know you took offense with me hunting you down like that-

"I think you're mistaken. I am the hunter I do the hunting. I merely drew you out."

"Look at it however you want!" Danny cried throwing his hands out. "I need your help-

"The only thing I'll help you do is end your miserable half life! Welp!" A glowing blade slid from his wrist as he stepped forward.

Danny sighed. "I guess negotiations have broken down… what a shame."

Skulker grinned. "You're cornered, ghost child."

Danny gave the ghost a bored look. "We both know I've been in tighter situations than this with you. I'll be fine. Now if you'd consider listening to me- whoa!" Danny ducked out of the way of the glowing blade and rolled underneath Skulkers bulk spinning to face the ghosts back. "Showing your enemies your back? Are we getting rusty Skulker?"

The ghost growled spinning shooting a ghost ray at Danny who laughed as he took off. He barely got a few feet before he felt a blast hit him in the small of his back. "Oof!" Danny fell onto a pile of random tarp and wood. Looking up he gasped shooting forward as quickly as possible feeling the heat of one of Skulkers rockets on his back. He heard someone whine. "That's my house!" Danny cringed.

"Okay, this is getting way out of hand." With focused determination, Danny took off only to find the small rockets exploding quickly just behind him once again. "I really need to learn to stop poking fun at his pride." Danny mumbled as he twisted in the air. A few quick shots had Skulker steaming and Danny took that moment to pull out the Fenton Thermos.

Skulker barely had time to slow his jets before the beam took hold of him. Danny let out a sigh. "There's got to be a better way to talk to this guy…"

He looked over the yard and winced. The aftermath of the battle was not pretty. "Better get out of here before the GIW get wind of this." He glanced at the office as two men walked out.

Danny recognized them as the NCIS agents. Seems they wanted to see what happened with the truck too.

Danny nodded. Remembering that he was going to do some snooping. He looked over the shipping crates and trucks and took a shuttering breath. "All well and good Fenton, but do you even know what you're looking for?"

Authors Notes:

Sorry for that ending... I know it's kind of abrupt and this chapter is only a rehash from another character's point of view... still I hope you like it... Next chapter hopefully will be a bit more mixed. I feel like the story's just bearly begun. lol

Thanks a billion for reading!