Danny and Sam are glad their son is back but are worried about whatever happened to him.
"Jake, why is Plasmius here?" Danny asks, scared.
"I'm glad you made this question, Dad. You see? Grandpa and Grandma never actually trusted Shadow." Jake says, with anger. "They just pretended as part of a plan to capture him. What they and Abby didn't know was that the alleged GiW agent who gave them the plan was actually an innocent bystander overshadowed by Plasmius, who wanted to capture Shadow."
"What?" An angry Jack asks. "I'm quite angry!" He now simles. "But I must admit the plan was good. There must be something left of the V-man who used to be my college buddy. But why are your eyes red?"
"Oh, that? They sometimes become red ever since I tried to become a Phantom the same way Dad did." Jake explains, still angry but no longer worried that someone would find out the truth.
"Wait a minute, Jake. I've noticed the red eyes before I had the device that enables me to locate ghosts and if you had ghost powers my device would..." Tori says until Jake interrupt her.
"Have told you?" Jake asks, not seeming to have more emotions than Danny's evil future-self. "Yep, they did but you bought my excuse. No wonder you were stupid enough to prejudge Shadow."
"Don't insult my daughter, Jake." A now angry Val demands. "And how can you defend Shadow after what he did to you? And why didn't you tell us you had ghost powers?"
"He expected to become a Phantom and say he simply got his powers late but his ghost self wasn't Phantom-like so he decided to help without revealing his identity." Danny explains.
"You knew it?" Abby asks, shocked that her Dad knew about Jake's powers.
"I figured it out during that body swap incident." Danny explains.
"Wait a minute. If Jake became a half-ghost, how come we didn't get to see his ghost self in action?" Val asks, still not figuring it out.
"You did but you, Abby and Tori prejudged him to be evil." Matt answers.
"Do you mean..." Tori asks, finally seeming to understand.
Before she completes her deduction, Jake goes ghost, revealing himself as Shadow but this time without his bandana.
"What happened to your bandana? And why did you keep your identity a secret from us?" Tucker asks.
"I wore the bandana to keep myself from being recognized and kept it a secret because I feared I would still be hunted and hated on my real identity. I removed the bandana because I no longer care about the secrecy. All I care about is making my sister and my grandparents pay for tricking me." Shadow announces, still angry.
"Uh, sorry?" Jack patheticly asks.
"Have some cake, Jake." Jazz says, desperatly attempting to calm down her nephew. "What about giving up this revenge and solve it on a civilized way like a family?"
Jazz's attempts to calm down Jake fails and he starts blasting Abby away. The Huntresses go after them.
"Jake, please stop. I don't wanna hurt you." Tori pleads.
"You never cared about how hurt I got before, Victoria. Why should I believe you care now?" Shadow asks, still showing no more emotions than his Dad's evil future-self.
"Because at first we didn't know Shadow was a friend who got ghost powers." Tori explains. "You should have told us. AND DON'T CALL ME VICTORIA!" Tori angrily adds.
"You shouldn't have prejudged me. I was thinking about telling you before that. And after that trick Abby, Grandpa and Grandma pulled on me I won't trust anybody." Shadow angrily tells.
Shadow sends some sonic wave (not the Ghostly Wail) that knocks down his sister and the Huntresses. Shadow was about to hit Abby with a final blast when Danny and Dani blocked the way.
"Get out of the way! I must make them pay." Shadow says.
"No, Jake." Danny responds. "Your sister and your grandparents might have made a mistake but please don't get destructive or you'll really become evil. Is that what you want?"
Shadow thinks for a moment before answering. He then changes back to Jake.
"No, Dad. This is not what I want. I was jealous of my sister because she inherited your ghost powers and I didn't so I entered the ghost portal to become a Phantom but became a darker half-ghost instead. I still wanted to help you guys but I didn't want to be recognized so I got the bandana to protect my identity. Being prejudged only made more afraid of telling people my secret." Jake finally calms down.
"I understand you, Jake. I was so afraid of having my secret revealed until my parents discovered it during the Disasteroid thing. And now everyone knows about you, too." Danny says, surprising his son.
"What are you talking about, Dad?" A surprised Jake asks.
"Look around, Jake. Your tantrum attracted all the media." Danny explains, pointing at the cameras around.
Jake looks around and notices all the cameras that caught him changing back from his ghost form. He's shocked he didn't notice that before.
"Don't worry, Jake. I'll face the media for you." Danny says.
"Dad, I want to answer their questions. I just want somebody to give me support." Jake says, understanding he must explain things on his own since his secret is no longer a secret.
"You can count on me, Jake." Danny says.
"And on me." Matt adds.
"And on us!!" Dani, Jack, Maddie, Abby, Val, Tori and Jazz say in unison.
Moved by the support of friends and family, Jake is ready to answer any questions the reporters are going to make. Danny's speech was enough to make the town give Jake a chance. Principal Lancer (on my fic, Mr. Lancer would eventually move up) said Jake could attend Casper High one more day and based on his behavior during that day Jake would either be allowed to keep attending the school or be expelled.
Jake's alter ego is no longer a secret. How will his peers react to that? Find out in the next chapter. Please Read and review. Cookies for the first reviewer to point out where I got the idea of Jake having a probation day.