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6. I Hate Meetings

"I know you can pull off this paper," Sam soothed the now-fuming Danny as they walked home from school. "You've just got to put your mind to it. Trust me- look, I don't even know what the heck I'm doing for my paper. I've been so busy helping you with your paper. But tonight I've got to go home and think about my own last project." She embraced him slightly. "I know you can do it!"

Danny snorted slightly. "I hope you're right. You'd think I can ask my parents about a city of phantoms and they'd know something about it. But honestly, I'm not sure if they really have anything on it. I mean, look at he way they study ghosts through other books. If they find out something about a ghost, then they go on a berserk rampage in order to catch that ghost and figure out what makes them special. It's kind of the same issue with me- I'm special. They want to catch me. They're doing almost everything they can now to get my ghost half."

The Goth raised an eyebrow. "It can't be as bad as one would think it is. Right?"

When they rounded the corner, Sam's jaw dropped. The FentonWorks building was now surrounded by a large ghost shield, the one that had been apparently used during the raid of Pariah Dark. Danny laughed grimly. "Isn't it great? I can't even get inside my own house now by turning intangible. Nope, I gotta walk into the shield with a weird sensation running through my body and the thought that I may actually get harmed trying to get in." He hitched up his backpack slightly and sighed. "I'll call you tomorrow or something, okay?"

Sam smiled slightly, rubbing Danny's back a little. "You'll be fine. Nothing bad's going to happen. Just ask your parents about the subject, and I'm pretty sure you could fill up thirty pages about it. Trust me- I'll bet you will have that paper done by the time the weekend is over." Giving him one last smile, Sam walked down towards her house, leaving Danny to face the shield.

Sighing and shaking his head, Danny walked up to the green glowing device that surrounded his house and placed one hand through, squeezing his eyes shut. The hand went through the shield, and nothing happened. Sighing with relief, Danny walked inside the shield and felt the familiar tingling sensation of the ghost shield seeming to scan his body. He hated that feeling- it was always like someone was invading his privacy.

As he opened the door and looked inside the house, he suddenly spotted a figure in the room that seemed to love to invade his privacy almost every day. Danny's face morphed into an unpleasant expression. "Oh. Hello, Vlad."

Vlad Masters sat on the couch in the living room, his hand pointing to something on a sheet of paper. His eyes drifted up to the teenager standing on the mat inside the home, narrowing with apparent dislike. Maddie Fenton looked over and smiled at her son. "Hi there, Danny. How was school today?"

"Same old," he replied as nonchalantly as he could, putting his backpack at the edge of the stairs. "What's Vlad doing here, Mom?"

She sighed and tried to sound as casual as possible as well. "He wanted to get our opinions about a bill that could possibly be changed into a law about the harboring of ghosts in residential housing. If the people in the house don't know about the ghost inhabiting that location, then the Guys In White don't have any right to barge into that location unless they have a warrant." Maddie took out another piece of fudge and pointed to the kitchen. "Your father's out there right now. I think he'd enjoy some company."

Danny forced a small smile. He knew Jack would probably go on for hours about how he would support Vlad and his causes no matter how crazy they were. So it came as no surprise to Danny when he walked inside the kitchen that Jack was eagerly signing papers that would help Vlad in getting publicity about his new bill-into-law sort of thing. Jack beamed and gestured to Danny to take a seat. "Danny! Here to help me do Vlad's publicity for fudge?"

The boy couldn't help but laugh a little. "I guess. Do I get fudge in return, too?"

"Sure! I'll see if Vlad has any more left for you!" Jack got up from the table and grinned. "All you gotta do is lick these envelopes right here, and I'll go grab more fudge for us!"

The teenager's head landed on the table moments later, a groan escaping his lips. Vlad was here, he was about to be licking envelopes… that is, until Maddie called out from the living room, "Danny! Do you want to come out here for a moment and help Vlad and I with these papers really fast?"

Suddenly, licking envelopes didn't seem like such a bad idea.

"Daniel? It won't be that long," Vlad's sickeningly sweet voice called from the living room.

Growling and murmuring a mild swear under his breath, Danny got up from the table and walked back out into the living room. Maddie gave him a soft smile before turning to Vlad and replying to his question in a serious voice, "I don't know how well this will go over with the whole city. You know the Red Huntress isn't going to be the slightest…"

The mayor waved a hand. "Nonsense. I'll see to it that she will adjust." He cast a vicious grin in Danny's direction. "Right, Daniel?"

Danny gritted his teeth. 'Fruit loop,' he thought.

Maddie blinked at the tension between the two and sighed. "Honestly, can't you two be in the same room and not try to look like you're going to murder each other?"

"No," the males replied in unison, casting glares at each other.

She shook her head. "Well, I'm going downstairs for a bit. I haven't been in the lab since Vlad got here a few hours ago. I need some time to myself to think about all of this." As she began her descent towards the stairs, she cast a glance at both of them. "I hope this place is in one piece when I come back up."

Once she left and was out of ear reach, Danny's eyes flared green. "You haven't made any advances on her, have you?"

"How am I supposed to with your father around?" Vlad retaliated bitterly, not even bothering to stop his eyes from flashing blood red. "And you should realize by now that I've given up on that notion. I don't expect her love and affection anymore, Daniel. It's damn near hopeless to even try and win her over now."

Danny smirked. "So you're not in love with her anymore?"

Vlad crossed his arms. "I think about her every now and again. I even wonder what the future would have been like if I had married her and not your bumbling father. But no- lucky for you, I don't love her."

"Keep it that way," the teen growled angrily.

The billionaire merely smirked at this threat now. "I intend to… and I hope, for your sake, this bill will be passed. Otherwise, I might have to use you as something much more than the town's new symbol for evil ghosts."

Danny clenched up. "Watch it, Vlad."

"Must all guys that guard doors be really large and muscular?" Indy muttered, nodding a thanks to the man as he opened the doors to the conference room.

Operative Alpha sat there, gesturing to the professor to sit down. "Coffee? Tea?"

The archaeologist shook his head. "Thank you, though."

Beta walked up and shook Indiana's hand as he sat down as well. "We don't want to waste your time, Dr. Jones. So we'll get right down to business. We need your help in finding a key to a possible door to the City of Phantoms."

Indy leaned back in his seat, raising an eyebrow. "So, wait a second. You guys want my help in finding a door that might not even exist? And the possibility of there being a real City of Phantoms?"

"You have taught that subject, have you not?" Alpha inquired

He shrugged. "Sure, I've taught it. But it doesn't mean I necessarily believe in it. I only teach the facts. And there really aren't that many facts about the city right now. Unless you guys have some more info I can get about this subject so I won't put half my class to sleep next term." He leaned forward slightly. "And personally, I'd really enjoy that right now."

Beta gave a quiet laugh. "Dr. Jones, you never cease to amaze us, even if we haven't met in a good few years. Indeed, we do have some new information regarding the city, and we might have to take a little more time in figuring out where exactly the door to the city is placed. You might have heard about the ghost probe we sent out perhaps yesterday. It's going to help us gain some new information about the door itself."

Indiana fingered his fedora and gave both agents a questioning look. "So, you don't even have any idea where this door could be? Great, I'm looking for a missing key to a door that doesn't even exist." His brow furrowed for a moment. "Then again, I searched for an ark believed to go missing for centuries, a cup of Christ gone for 500 years…" He smirked. "It'll be just like old times."

"So you'll do it?"

He shrugged. "Why not? Do I get a semi-decent reward for this?"

Alpha nodded. "Substantial reward, Dr. Jones. Will you be ready by tomorrow?"

"Yeah. Gimmie some time to fly back home to New York, grab some stuff, and I can be here in the morning." Indy stood up. "Is there going to be anyone helping me out with this, or am I going solo again?"

Alpha winced at the forced tone. "Beta will be going with you."

His companion spun around in disbelief. "Excuse me?! Don't I get a say in the manner?!"

The leader threw Beta an exasperated look. "You know the most out of everyone in this facility. And I know how much you love to help other people." He laughed a little. "And you know how much I've been trying to push for you to get some field work done. So I don't think going on this little excursion is actually going to kill you."

"But Alpha… what if I dirty my suit on the job?"

Alpha sighed. "Call in an emergency code 319."

Beta bit his lip. "I'll start packing right away, sir."

Once Beta had left the room, Indy gave Alpha a curious look. "Is he always this worried?"

"About his clothing, yes," Alpha chuckled. "His job? No. He has a fiery spirit, Dr. Jones. You will definitely grow to enjoy his company. Beta will be of vast help to you, I can assure you that. But, on this little journey of yours, I must ask you to call him something else, so not to attract attention to possible spies and such."

The professor shrugged. "Sure. Okay."

The leader sighed. "Call him by his real name- Eric 'Blaze' Barnes. Please. I don't want to lose another man in the field."

Indiana nodded. "You've got my word, sir."

Oh, man. I'm worried about all this now. -shrinks- Am I still doing good? Reviews are nice. Thanks for reading!