Jake and Matt were walking down the streets of Amity Park.

"Have you heard from Tori at all? I haven't seen her since Friday," asked Jake.

"No. She said that she was training with her Mom. Remember?" Matt replied.

"Well, I didn't think it'd take the whole weekend," Jake retaliated. "I think that she should know what happened."

"Plus that way she won't kick your butt if she finds you," added Matt, earning a glare from Jake, his eyes glowing red.

"Okay, okay! Ease up on the red eyes will ya? It's kinda creepy," Matt admitted. It was true. The glowing red eyes gave him an evil, inhuman appearance.

"Sorry," Jake muttered as his eyes turned back to their normal shade of violet.

"Haven't got the hang of your new powers yet?" Matt inquired.

"Why would you say that?" asked a confused Jake.

"Because you're falling through the sidewalk," answered Matt in a half-bored tone. The other half wanted to burst out laughing at his unfortunate friend.

"Ahhh!" Jake screamed as he looked down at his body disappearing into the pavement.

Matt sighed as he pulled Jake out of the sidewalk.

"So I'm not an expert yet, but give me a break. I just got them yesterday," Jake answered irritably to Matt's previous question.

"Maybe we should lay low for a while so no one sees you when you have your…awkward moments," Matt was ready to burst out laughing at his friend's embarrassing stage.

Jake was ready to reply when his newly acquired ghost sense was triggered. "Meet me at the movies. I'll be there in a minute," Jake ordered, annoyed.

His friend just sighed and wandered off. Jake ran behind a shop and made sure no one was around. He summoned the two black rings. They started at his waist, then split and moved vertically in opposite directions. When they reached the limits of his body, they vanished. In their wake was Shadow. He had a dark figure. His costume was composed of a red and black jumpsuit along with a cape and bandanas that covered his lower face, revealing only his red eyes, and one covering his flaming black hair. He made a clumsy attempt to fly; starting slowly and wobbly at first, but gaining speed and stability. He hovered in the air for a few moments, searching for the ghost. Something suddenly grabbed the back of his collar and lifted him, nearly choking him in the process. Then came a blast of painful shocks. Shadow hung there limply, not having much strength left. He managed to turn his body enough to see his attacker. It was his own sister, Abby.

"Hey Shadow, didn't I tell you to leave? We already have enough ghost problems around here and we don't need another one," she said scornfully. "Figures that as soon as I finish stuffing one ghost into the Fenton Thermos, another one shows up."

"I told you I'm not trouble," the darkly dressed half-ghost defended.

"Then what, may I ask, were you doing?" she demanded. His sister could be so stubborn, just like her Dad.

"I…I was…" he stuttered. How was he supposed to tell her that he was sensed a ghost was around and was trying to fight it off?

"See? No response," she stated matter-of-factly.

"Fine. I didn't want to be your enemy, but if you insist…" he made a sharp kick in the air, making her loose her grip on his collar.

Abby retaliated by shooting a ghost ray at him. He dodged it, but was hit in the back by a blue beam. He screamed and turned around. There were two figures on hover-boards. One was a tall woman in a red and black high-tech suit. The shorter appeared to be a girl around his age with a suit that looked exactly like the older one's, but blue replaced red. A major wave of shock hit him as he realized who they were. He could see through the tinted face-masks. It was Tori and her Mom!

"Good job. Keep this up and you'll be able to go on solo missions soon," Tori's Mom, Valerie, complemented while patting her daughter on the shoulder.

"Mind if we take over?" Tori asked Abby.

"Go right ahead," Abby answered before she flew home to relax.

Both of the armored figures smirked at Shadow. All he could do was stare wide-eyed. His best-friend was about to kill him!

"This one doesn't look too hard. Just remember; aim first, then shoot," Valerie advised.

Tori nodded before aiming the charging gun at the jumpsuit clad ghost. The gun went off and a blue blast of energy was hurdling toward Shadow. He was too stunned to move. The blast hit him in the chest and knocked him backward, doing flips as he went. He finally regained his senses and turned himself invisible.

"Where are you, ghost?" Tori spat, she was beginning to seem like Valerie when she used to fight Danny.

Losing control of his powers, Shadow became visible. "Oh, darn it!" he murmured to himself.

"There you are," Tori said. It was two minutes into the fight and she already had him marked down as her arch-enemy.

She fired blast after blast; most missing him, but a few hit him. He decided that now would be a good time to leave. He couldn't hurt Tori, at least; he didn't want to, but she had no problem with hurting him. He flew off as fast as possible, ducking behind the movie theater and changing back to his human self. He hid in a dark corner as he watched both huntresses speed by, not noticing the spiky, black-haired, violet-eyed teen that had been their target a few moments ago. Jake sighed and walked around front to the movie theatre entrance.

He walked into the lobby that was decorated with movie posters and cut-outs. Matt was standing by the ticket counter, waiting. Jake made his way through the crowd to him.

"Hey, what took so long?" Matt asked concerned. His friend looked a little tired and worn.

"First, I had to deal with Abby who was trying to kill me, then she handed the fight over to…you'll never guess who," he started irritably.

"Your Dad?" he guessed.

"No," Jake replied slowly.

"Who?" he couldn't think of anyone else Jake's sister would give a fight to. She always wanted to do things herself.

"Tori…and her Mom," Jake answered.

"No way! Tori? You fought Tori?" Matt exclaimed.

"Not exactly. I mean; I did at first, but I ran-uh, flew-before anyone got hurt," Jake explained, trying his hardest to not make it sound like he was beat by a girl, let alone his best friend.

"So…Are you gonna tell her?" Matt asked his friend curiously.

"Are you kidding? After becoming her arch-enemy? I don't think so," the half-ghost responded.

"What are you going to do next time she comes and tries to kick your butt? One of you is gonna get hurt. Either her trying to beat you, or you trying to defend yourself."

Jake was puzzled by the question and decided to hold it off until later. He really didn't know what he was going to do.

"I'll think about it later. Right now, let's just watch a mind-numbing movie," Jake answered.