Chapter 6: Rescue
When Danny got up there, Valerie was leaning over the edge looking for Danny's body.
"Could you get her?" Danny whispered to Sam. "I REALLY don't want to scare her into falling over."
"Must you ALWAYS be the good guy Danny?" She asked
"After seeing me as a bad guy, yes" Danny said catching Valerie's attention
"I thought you were under the weather" Valerie said
Danny pointed to the Plasmius Maximus
"You mean you're…Danny?"
"Yes" Danny confirmed "And I know you're the Red Huntress. I've known since Day 1"
"And the dog?"
"Not mine. I was trying to stop it"
"The Mayor?"
"He was overshadowed"
"And the Christmas Presents?"
"Ghost writer had powers that what he writes happens."
"The robberies?"
"I was being controlled by Freakshow"
"Telling my Dad?"
"The ecto-suit would have killed you. You were already hurt, and I didn't want to see anyone else killed"
"Though it nearly did Danny in" Sam added with a pointed look at the ghost boy
"My first suit?" Valerie asked
"I knew it wasn't you"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because you'd 'shoot first and ask questions never'"
"Well, I feel stupid" Valerie sighed as the pieces of the puzzle fell into place as he answered each question, honesty shining in his green eyes. "You've been trying to tell me you were innocent this whole time"
"It's not like I ever told you Fenton was Phantom. We were worried you'd shoot first and ask questions never" Danny told her with a shrug
"Not after the incident with your cousin" Valerie said with a smile
"Friends?" Danny asked offering his hand
"Friends and nothing more or less" Valerie said as halfa and ghost hunter shook hands
"But Tucker and I will still be watching you" Sam warned Valerie
"Where IS Tucker?" Danny asked
The girls looked at each other with horrified looked and slapped their foreheads
Danny rolled his eyes and phased back into the hospital
He found Tucker sitting on the roof of the elevator rocking back and forth in a fetal position
"Nightmare 35 has come true. Trapped alone in an abandoned haunted hospital" Tucker whimpered
Danny couldn't help it. He HAD to do this. He went invisible and snuck up behind Tucker
"Boo" Danny said quietly
"AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!" Tucker screamed a little too high pitched.
Danny materialized and laughed as Vlad had no doubt heard that and was thinking that one of the more malevolent ghosts was still out and about. Maybe one that ACTUALLY haunted the hospital
"DANNY!" Tucker exclaimed with a foot stomp
Of course, that caused a cable to snap. Luckily, Danny had been 6 inches from Tucker so he had been able to catch him before Tucker noticed that the elevator was going down.
"No need to commit suicide over it" Danny teased as he flew himself and his male best friend out
"You changed in front of Valerie didn't you?" Tucker asked
"Sort of. She DOES know that Fenton is Phantom if that's what you're asking" Danny said as they landed on good ol' terra firma.
"FREEDOM!" Tucker shouted.
Danny flew up and flew the girls down. Once they were safe, he transformed into his human self.
"What time is it?" Valerie asked
Danny checked his watch and winced
"Eleven"
As if on cue, The Fenton R.V., the Foley's SUV, the Manson's Mercedes, and a taxi pulled up shining their headlights on the kids.
"DANNY/SAM/TUCKER/VALERIE!" the Parents exclaimed as they ran to their kids and hugged their respected child
"Human contact…crushing…goth indifference" Sam choked
"How'd you know where to find us?" Tucker asked
"When I tried calling Danny and the cell phone was out of service, I figured something was wrong" Jazz Fenton explained "I figured that since you four tend to attract ghosts, if we found a ghost, we'd find out"
"So, we tweeked the Fenton Finder, called the other parents, and came looking" Jack said pulling out the Finder
"You would have to be a complete moron not to see the ghost directly ahead" the gadget said
The adults looked at where it was pointing
Right at Danny
"Must not be as fixed as you thought" Valerie said
"What happened?" Mr. Foley asked
"Dad! It was horrible!" Tucker said panicky. "We were trapped in the hospital."
"By that evil Wisconsin Ghost. He tried to kill us!" Sam added
"Luckily Danny Phantom saved us" Valerie added giving her father a look that said 'He wouldn't have HAD to had you not taken away my weapons'
"He did?" the adults asked stunned
"Yeah" Danny said. "Showed up and beat the Wisconsin Ghost to a pulp. Said he would have gotten here sooner, but he's recovering from the Ghostly Flu"
"Well, as long as you three are safe" Mrs. Foley said hugging her son
"Just to let you know," Mr. Grey said. "You would be grounded if this wasn't beyond your control"
"Right" the others agreed
Danny turned to Valerie and mouthed a thanks. She smiled to return a 'you're welcome'
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