Sam

Jack and Daniel told us that both Yugi and Ryou were back to normal and were resting from the process. Their friends were relieved to hear the good news. Joey and Tristan took over Ryou's room for the night to let the two teens get their rest. I decided to head to my lab to catch up on some work, but my plans were interrupted when a figure shot through the hallway, only to stop and turn around. It dropped two bound teens on the ground.

"Sam, Tucker! Release them Skulker. "

I stood there as another figure shot through a wall.

The first figure smirked, "I'm going to have your pelt on my bed, whelp."

"Uh, eww. Why don't you just give up, Skulker? Especially since I've beat you the last 6-700 times you came after me."

The kid defeated the…ghost? There was no other explanation for his being able to come through a solid concrete wall almost thirty levels below ground. While I was trying to figure all this out, the boy defeated his would be hunter. He had turned around and saw me standing in the hall staring at him, "I'm busted huh?"

"Darn right you are, young man," Jack said aiming a Zat at the boy. "This is a military facility and you and your friends have trespassed."

"You might want to know that that gun won't hit me unless I want it to," the boy smirked.

"Wanna bet," Jack retorted.

The boy shook his head, "Nope. Just let Sam and Tucker go, and I swear that I won't put up a fight."

"No can do kid," Jack stated. "Now if you'll be so kind to follow my friend with the symbol on his head, you'll see your friends."

Jack

One of the teens that I had found in the hall after someone said that there was an intruder in the bas was strange-looking. He had white hair and green eyes. He was also wearing a black and white hazmat suit. We led them to a vacant room where we unbound the other two teens. We left and headed to the observation room to observe the teens without their knowing it.

"Sam, Tucker. Are you guys alright," he asked them.

The girl answered, "We're fine, Danny. What about you?"

"Aside from being blasted by Skulker, being busted by this guy, and being locked up, yeah, I'm fine," the kid told her. "Are you and Tuck ok after being dragged into my fight?"

"Yeah, I think so, Danny," the gothic girl answered.

"Speak for yourself, Sam," the nerdy-looking boy shot back. "I just lost another PDA and it had one payment left. Why, why, why did you have to go before you were paid off Lexi?"

Yup, definitely a nerd. The strange boy smacked his face, "Tell me, why is it that I have the powers and he's the strange one, Sam."

"Because you don't freak out over technology that tends to get fried when you fight, Danny," she answered. "Nope, you freak out when your parents shoot at you."

I looked at Sam, "So the girl's name is Sam and the kid, Danny's, parent shoot at him? What kind of parents shoot at their kid?"

"No idea sir," Sam replied.

We turned back to the window. "Well, I'm tired of this and until someone comes to question us, I'm changing back," Danny stated.

Changing back? What's that supposed to mean?

My thoughts were answered shortly after when the boy was encircled by a bright ring. When the light vanished, a boy with black hair, blue eyes, wearing a red and white shirt and a pair of blue jeans was in his place. "That's better, now I can rest and regain my strength in case I need to phase us out of here."

General Hammond saw the whole thing since he walked into the room to see what the commotion was about. "Open the intercom so that I can speak with those teens."

Sam hit the button. "Who are you three," he asked. "And you'd better be honest."

"Umm, Danny," the strange boy said.

The Goth girl crossed her arms, "Sam."

"Tucker," the nerdy boy said.

"Last names, if you please."

"Fenton."

"Manson."

"Foley."

"And just how did you get into this facility undetected?"

Danny sighed, "I blame the ghost."

"Same here."

"Yup."

"Then explain why we just saw you, young man, change appearance in seconds."

The boy paled, "Um, you were imagining it?"

"Nice try kid," I said. "Everyone in here saw you so that excuse won't work. And even if you lie again we've got the means to figure it out."

I wasn't lying about this. In fact, Sam was doing a search on Danny, Fenton, and ghosts. She caught my eye and pointed to the screen. There were several images. One of them was on a ghost called Danny Phantom, who looked much like the boy did moments ago. "Listen to this sir; this boy is the son of Jack and Madeline Fenton, self-proclaimed ghost hunters. Supposedly they had built a working ghost portal while in college and another a few years back."

"Please don't tell my parents anything about my secret," Danny cried out. "If they find out, I'm dead-er. They'll rip me apart molecule by molecule and study the remains."

"What do you mean, young man," General Hammond asked, concerned for the boy.

"Mr. and Mrs. Fenton are ghost hunters and, you see," Tucker started to say.

"I'm half ghost and they've already vowed to catch me and end my ghostly existence," Danny said falling against a wall.

"That doesn't explain why these two are with you."

"We're Danny's best friends," Samantha shot back. "It wasn't Danny's fault that we were caught by some lame ghost after him for some stupid collection."

"Take it easy Sam," Danny said reaching up to her.

"That's easy for you to say, Danny," she said, obviously in panic mode, "We just got busted in some underground military facility and we're likely going to spend the rest of our lives in prison or in some lab."

"Calm down, young lady," General Hammond stated, "Neither of you kids are going to prison or some lab. And in your case, Daniel Fenton, your need to keep your secret from your parents is understandable. Your condition is safe with my staff and myself. We cannot expose you without exposing ourselves in turn. I will come up with a way for you to stay if you so desire, as we may have need for your special talents."

Danny

"Umm, thank you. But its Danny, not Daniel or Dan," I said looking at the window.

The door was opened minutes later and we were allowed to call our parents to let them know we were ok. We told them that we were accepted into a special program and would be staying there for a while. They made us promise to keep in touch.

"Great cover story, young man," Hammond told me after Sam and Tucker used the same excuse to stay with me. "Now to introduce you to our other members who are about your ages."

We followed him to a room where there were six teenagers watching a movie. "I would like you kids to meet Danny, Sam, and Tucker," he said after the smallest of the group looked at us.

"Hi, I'm Yugi. These are my friends: Joey, Tristan, Tea, Ryou, and Malik," the strange boy said.

We said hi and were invited to watch the movie that they had just started. "Awesome," Tucker cried out, "Dead Teacher: Zombie's Reign! I've wanted to see this forever."

He sat down next to the boy with white hair to watch the movie. I couldn't pay attention due to a strange feeling I got moments later.

Bakura

I was sick of cleaning by the time I finished the restrooms. I was planning on using my Shadow Magic to fulfill my punishment, but the stupid Pharaoh followed me the whole time. "You missed a spot,"

I turned to shoot a snide remark at him, but stopped when I noticed that he was going over the spot on the mirror with a rag. Apparently, he had been following behind me going over every spot that I missed. I swallowed my pride, "Thanks."

The Pharaoh didn't reply with much more than a simple nod. We put the cleaning supplies away and headed to where our lights were. The group had grown by three more, and they were watching a movie. I noticed that the new boy wearing a red and white shirt started to fidget when we entered. Ryou turned to look at me, "I see you finished with the restrooms. I apologize for making you do that, but you pushed the wrong button when you picked on Yugi on his birthday."

"Whatever, I'm going to take a nap," I said.

Ryou shook his head.

{If you want to take a nap in your soul-room, you're going to have to go out into the hall and go from there.}

[What for? If you want to impress your new friends with how normal you are, then you're far too late.}

{What do you mean by that?}

[If you haven't quite figured it out yet, you're beyond hopeless. Your new friends have you beat in the pretending to be normal department.]

{What do you mean by that?}

[The boy in the white shirt has the air of one who has been in many battles, yet he pretends to be afraid of anyone tougher-looking than himself. The girl is the complete opposite of Tea, yet she's the one that seems like the type that would stand up for her friends if the situation calls for it. And the last boy next to you looks like a total nerd, yet I get the feeling that he's seen battles like the other two.]

{Oh, go take your nap.}

[I think I will.]

I went out into the hall and slipped into the ring in spirit form to avoid raising suspicions with the newest teens in the group.

Sam M.

It felt strange to be suddenly accepted into a group of peers our own age so easily. Back home, we were the outcasts; those deemed too low on the social radar to be noticed, yet just enough of a blip to be bullied or sneered at when we were actually noticed. Yet when we walked into this place, we were greeted by smiles and treated as equals.

Danny looked over at Yugi, "Aren't you the top Duelist in Japan?"

"Yeah," Yugi replied.

"Then, why come here? I mean Duel Monsters isn't widely known here yet, so there's no tournaments or anything," Tucker pointed out.

Yugi answered, "My grandpa came here to help translate some ancient language and my friends and I got special permission mostly because I can read the same text. I was brought in as an assistant. My friends were invited because I wouldn't leave without them and plus Ryou can read the same text as well."

The blonde, Joey, looked at us, "So how did you guys get in?"

Danny rubbed the back of his neck, Tucker pulled out his PDA, and I looked at Danny. He looked at the ground, "I guess you could say we sort of slipped through the front door."

"Uh, ok," Joey said, looking like he had more questions for us. "I heard that there was a fight earlier in the hall outside of Sam's office. Where you guys able to see what happened?"

Danny sighed, "Yeah. We were there for part of it."

"What happened," Tristan asked us.

We turned away from the group and whispered.

"Danny, do you think we should let them in on our secret," I asked.

"Don't do it dude," Tucker insisted. "It's bad enough that we were found out by the military."

"I know, but if it comes down to it, we'll have to let them in on it," Danny sighed. "If something comes up, I'll tell them."

We turned back to the others. "We just got there as it was being broke up," I said.