Danny looked out the window of Sam's room.
"There's a chance the ghost followed us out." He muttered. Danny gasped.
"Cossack! He must have followed us out! There's a chance he could still be in Amity."
"Let's go look for him, then. You coming, Sam?"
"Definitely. I'll need another bat though."
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Danny took Sam and Alex back to his house to get the Fenton Anti-Creep Stick. It was just a bat with the word Fenton on it, which made it awesome by Jack Fenton's standards.
"So," Sam asked Alex as Danny searched around the lab, "Anything we should know about this ghost?" Alex laughed humorlessly.
"Other than the fact that he was one of the best assassins in the world when he was alive? Not really."
"Oh. That's pleasant." Sam said with mock enthusiasm.
They left Fenton Works quickly, heading for the park. Sam offered to call Tucker along the way so Danny wouldn't have to carry three people.
Danny had the search already planned out:
Go to the park, which seemed like an obvious place to start; if Yassen wasn't there, head to either the high school or the Nasty Burger. Throughout the entire ordeal, he planned to scan the streets. He'd have to rely on his ghost sense, because Yassen would most likely choose to remain invisible.
Seems easy enough.
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Tucker beat them to the park, which was devoid of people, on his moped. Danny hadn't been too rushed as he scanned the streets, but he hadn't been slow either. He landed and let Sam and Alex go.
"Way to freak us out, guys," Tucker greeted "You nearly gave Sam and I a heart attack. Next time you leave the hospital, use the front door." He smiled, showing that he was joking. Danny rolled his eyes.
"Tuck, did you see anything strange on your way here?"
"Other than Paulina flirting with some random guy, no."
"Who was it?"
"Beats me, man. I only saw them for a second when I turned a corner."
"It could be Yassen." Alex offered.
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Paulina couldn't believe her luck. Some hot Russian was, like, talking to her. Of course he would though, she was beautiful!
"It must be my flawless skin, or my eyes, that got his attention!" she couldn't help but think.
He only seemed in talking about Danny Phantom though. She had no trouble gushing out everything she knew about the ghost boy, as long as the Russian would continue talking to her.
"Danny Phantom is the best! He flies around and saves people, and has a great smile, and he's saved me before, and he's really cute, and, oh!" Paulina shut herself up. If she kept blabbering about the ghost boy, this hunk could loose interest and walk away! She couldn't allow that.
He only smiled.
"I take it that you're a fan of his?" he asked, still smiling. His teeth were perfect! Paulina couldn't help but blush.
"Yeah, a little. He saved the town too, a while back."
"Oh?"
"He fought this evil ghost using a battle suit that he stole from the creepy Fenton's."
"He must care for this place very much."
"I guess. He never really goes anywhere else."
Behind his "borrowed" sunglasses, Yassen couldn't help but roll his eyes. He only walked up to this girl to ask a few questions, and she was basically drooling all over him. He could keep this act up, but he really didn't want to.
"I am so sorry, miss, but I have to go now. I was due to meet my sister twenty minutes ago. Perhaps we'll see each other again soon?" he said softly, brushing a stray hair from the girl's face. She blushed once more and almost fainted on the spot.
Yassen didn't stop to hear her say goodbye.
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Before leaving the vacant park, Alex came up with a plan. He offered to split the group up, to cover more ground.
Sam immediately said that she was going with Danny.
Tucker smirked, watching the blush creep up on Sam and Danny's faces. Sam pulled a Fenton Phone out of her ear, and handed it to Alex. She had completely forgotten she had the small pieces of Fenton gear on. Alex rubbed it off on his shirt before pushing it into his ear.
"I'll be able to talk to you through this." She explained, even though she knew that she didn't need to.
Tucker hopped back on his moped, leaving the second seat behind him for Alex. Seconds later, Tucker tore off down the street. Danny picked Sam up bridal style and took to the sky.
"Alex, what's so important about this ghost?" Sam asked through the earpiece.
"When he was alive, he was an assassin."
"Oh. Great."
"I don't think he'll go on a killing spree or anything unless someone pays him. It's not like he can waltz back to his job or anything."
"Who did he work for?"
"I have no idea."
Alex glossed over the lie easily. He wasn't really even listening to Sam. His attention was focused on the streets.
"There's Paulina," Tucker said over his shoulder to the Hispanic girl. She was sitting on a bench.
"She looks upset."
"I'll bet the guy she was chatting too walked away."
"Hm. Sam, how are things up there?"
"We haven't seen him yet."
"Ok."
The only time Yassen would allow us to see him so easily would be when he would want us to find him.
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Yassen quickly left the girl alone, walking instead to a restaurant.
The Nasty Burger.
Who could have thought of a more negative title for a fast food restaurant? Despite the strange name, the Nasty Burger was full of people, mainly teenagers. He chose to walk on by.
He hadn't been this carefree in months, even years. Walking the streets was fine for him.
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Vlad Masters awoke floating in a green abyss. The children had gotten away. With a growl of fury, he transformed into Plasmius.
"So, Daniel thinks he can get away from fate that easily?" he cackled softly.
"This realm will soon have a new arrival."
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Danny decided to fly lower, under a blanket of invisibility.
"You think someone would have found this guy already…" he muttered. Sam blurted out the little fact that Yassen had been a pro killer when he was alive. Danny sighed.
"Well, isn't this just perfect? How did Alex even know him?"
"It's weird, isn't it? Hey Alex, how did you meet Yassen in the first place?"
Alex bit his lip. He had been completely shell shocked when he had first seen Yassen; he had come close to blurting out the little fact that he was a spy.
"He used to work with my dad."
"Does that mean that your dad used to be a-"
"We found him! He's at Casper High's football field." Alex cut her off as Tucker pointed off to the field.
Danny immediately took off for the school at Sam's command. At their speed, they'd be there in under a minute.
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Tucker parked his ride, jumping off after Alex and taking off for the field. Alex was already running across the turf to the thirty yard line. Yassen simply stood there, staring. Alex stopped ten feet away, gasping slightly and cradling his broken hand, which had begun to throb slightly. Yassen didn't bother closing the space. He turned his gaze to Tucker, and then to the sky. Danny was visible, landing and releasing Sam in seconds. She blew some hair out of her eyes before looking at Yassen. He had gotten a new outfit, and was wearing sunglasses. He looked like an extremely pale human. If one hadn't known who he really was, like Paulina, they'd think he was still alive.
"Hey!" Danny cried out, pointing at Yassen's clothes. "That's my suit!"
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