It was nightfall as Kitty walked out of a small grocery store with a large bag in her arms. "How can that girl eat this stuff?" Sam had requested pickles and peanut butter.

"Hey Kitten!" A familiar voice sounded behind her.

"Johnny?" Kitty turned around and saw a human leaning against a lamppost. She recognized him as Dash from Amity Park. "Your not Johnny!"

The human smiled and an energy ring turned him into a ghost. He was the spitting image of Johnny. "I'm here for you."

"I'm not coming with you."

"Hey!" He held his hands up, "While I will admit I am a bit different than before. But you got this thing all wrong." He walked to her, "This body I am in now is mine. The human that did own it, is gone. Lord Malice has given me power and the opportunity to ascend beyond a common biker. And I want you to come with me." Kitty gulped as she tried to make sense of what she was being told. Johnny stepped back, "Take your time. I've managed to keep this area clear of halfas and ghosts. But I can't keep them away for too long." He gave her a small kiss, "I'll be near!" He walked away leaving a very confused Kitty in his shadow.

Amity Park

Tucker and Technus snuck into The Fenton Lab and began making the modifications they needed to do to The Ghost Portal. The ghost of technology floated back from the portal. "It is done."

"So what now?"

"We pray it doesn't scatter our atoms across the city." The alarms went off.

"Sounds like the halfas are acting up again."

"Then lets us not waste anymore time." Both walked into the portal. Tucker muttered a prayer as Technus threw a switch. In a flash of green light, they were gone.

Hour later

The halfa known as Liu Ren was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the park. His eyes were closed and his breaths short. The shorter half ghost was watching him. "Can't we go and find more halfas to fight? Or how about some ghosts?"

"There is no need! I will wait until only the strongest of the halfas are remaining." A blue steam blew out of his mouth. "Or they will come to me." He stood up as Tucker walked into view.

The smaller ghost grabbed his mic. "You better run human. The great Liu Ren doesn't care if humans are killed in the fight."

"I'm not a human!" A blue ring formed around him and changed him. His skin changed to blue and he wore light blue tech armor. "Name is Tucker Tech! Now are you going to leave, or do I have to make you leave."

The short ghost laughed. "You dare threaten my master. You are nothing compared to Liu Ren. My master will destroy you."

Liu Ren stepped past the short ghost. "So this is the best the humans can come up with?" He shrugged, "Better than nothing I guess." A slammed his palms together and a blue fireball formed in them. "Shall we?" He threw the fireball at Tech!

Tech waved his hand and a shield blocked the attack. "You can't match the power of my superior technology." He held his right arm out and a twin pair of blaster bolts fired from his wrist.

Liu Ren jumped over the beams and rammed his foot into Tech's face. Tech hit the ground and rolled clear as the halfa tried to stomp on his chest. "Come on!" He lashed out with a series of kicks. Tech raised his force shield. The kicks slammed into the shield and it shattered under the force. Tech's chest armor glowed with blue light and a blue ball of energy shot from it. The ball exploded in front of Liu Ren and forced him back.

"That was close. Need to keep him at a distance." He flipped open the armor on his left wrist gauntlet. It reviled a small keypad. Tech pressed several buttons. "Try these on for size!" Six silver orbs floated down and surrounded his opponent.

"And these do what?"

"This" Tech pressed a button and the orbs exploded. Tech flew up as smoke and gravel was kicked up. "How did you like that?"

"Annoying!" Liu Ren shot out of the smoke cloud an grabbed Tech by his chest armor. "Do you bounce?" He flung Tech around and flung him towards the city. Tech managed to go intangible before crashing into a building. He fell through it and landed on the street behind it. A ring formed around him and he transformed back into Tucker.

"Need a new plan!" He took off before the halfa could find him.

Ravenburg

Kitty phased through the front door and set the bag of groceries down. "What took you so long?" Ember walked from out of the small kitchen. "Sam got tired and went to bed."

"Sorry! Line!"

Ember looked at her with a suspicious look. "At nine pm?" Kitty slowly nodded her head. Ember frowned, "You ran into him. Whatever form he put Johnny in."

"No! Of course not!"

Ember could tell she was lying. "Did you tell him where we were?"

"I didn't tell him anything.!" Kitty gulped as Ember's eyes narrowed at her. She had just admitted to seeing Johnny.

"He is no longer your boyfriend! Whatever Malice is did to him changed him for good. Give him up!" She walked past her and sat down on the couch. "I'm not handing Malice what he wants just because his new toy is plucking at your heart strings."

Kitty stood silent for a moment. "I wasn't tricked by him. I know how important this all is." She picked up the bag and went to put it away.

There was a knock at the front door. Kitty froze as Ember stood up and walked to it. "Who is it?"

"UPS! I have a package for Sam Manson. It is marked argent." Ember grabbed her guitar form the wall and held it ready. She signaled to Kitty and the ghost flew to the door. Ember nodded and Kitty opened the door. A man in a brown uniform was standing with a square package in his hand. An electronic clipboard was in the other. He looked at Ember. "I don't take tunes as a tip." He held out the package. "Do you want this?"

Kitty reach around and took the package. Ember tapped her guitar, "Get lost!"

"You can sign later, Ember!" He walked away as the door slammed shut.

Ember froze, "He knew my name!"

"What is going on?" Sam walked out of the bedroom and yawned.

Kitty looked over the package. "We think someone sent us a trap."

"We should toss that out the window!" Ember reached for it.

"Hold it!" Sam took it. "Might as well open it." She cut the tap with a small knife and opened the box. She pulled out large book with a black metal cover. "What is this?" A piece of paper was tapped to the cover. "Sam, I thought this might help you. Be careful!" A DP symbol was stamped at the bottom of the paper. "It is from Danny."

"Why would he send you a book? Couldn't he just bring it to you himself." Kitty looked at the note.

"It might not have been from him." Ember grabbed the note. "This screams set up."

Sam nodded, "Right now we don't have a choice. But there is one thing we can be sure of." The two ghosts nodded. "We need to move!"