Marinette was gasping almost uncontrollably.

"Tikki, who or what was that? No way that was an akumatized victim." Marinette asked, slightly out of breath as Tikki came out of her purse.

"Marinette, that was Hotep-Ra. He was a servant to the Pharoah Duulaman, and he tried and failed to rule Egypt by controlling the Pharoah. However, the previous Ladybug stopped him, and then he was charged by the pharaoh to mummify him for his treason."

"What should we do, Tikki?" Marinette asked her Kwamii.

"Since he knows you're Ladybug, then I think that you shouldn't transform unless Phantom can't handle him. This is his town and his field of expertise, after all." Tikki told her.

Marinette nodded and decided to find Danny Fenton even though Phantom said he was okay. She wanted to make sure that he was okay.

Danny and Hotep-Ra continued their battle. As this went on, Danny wondered why Hotep-Ra was after Marinette.

Was she a descendent or something of someone he knew? Danny thought.

"Hotep Ra! Why are you going after Marinette?" Danny asked him.

"She holds a power that defeated me 5000 years ago, and I want my vengeance on her for her power!" The mummy ghost explains.

"What are you talking about?" Danny asked him.

"She contains the power of creation, a power that thwarted me a long time ago." The mummy ghost said.

"What do you mean, power of creation?" Danny asked.

"A person that possesses the power of creation was the power that stopped me from ruling Egypt 5000 years ago and left me in that sarcophagus until the day the Pharaoh's reflection set me free," Hotep-Ra told him.

"That sounds familiar, but why?" Danny thought for a second before getting hit by Hotep-Ra's extended arms.

Narrowly avoiding both arms, Danny flew up and fired from both of his hands.

Thinking fast, Hotep Ra turned into a sandy tornado to avoid harm. As that tornado came closer, Danny phased into the floor to avoid it. Once Danny was gone, Hotep Ra returned to humanoid form and stood where Danny once was.

Danny phased up behind the mummy, hovering off the floor before roundhouse kicking Hotep Ra in the head. Then, before Hotep Ra could do anything else, Danny punched him in the chest, then kneed him in the chin.

Hotep Ra's fist grew five times its size, popped off his arm, attached to it with three bandages, and punched Danny, sending him into a wall.

As Danny pushed himself off the wall, he glared at Hotep Ra.

"Look... don't you have like some ex-girlfriend to bring back or a hot librarian to hit on or reject a terrible remake loosely based on you being made or whatever?" Danny asks.

Hotep Ra responds with his fist coming at Danny again. This time, Danny flew out of its way, the fist making a sizable hole in the wall. His fist then returned to him, returning to its normal size.

"Once I am finished with you, that girl and Duulaman's current incarnation will suffer!" Hotep Ra declared.

With Marinette and Tikki

Marinette searched for Danny Fenton even though Phantom said he was safe. She wanted to know for sure if he was okay.

"Marinette, you should be out of here, not looking for Danny," Tikki said from her purse.

"I just wanna know for sure, Tikki," Marinette said.

"Let's just hope he doesn't become another Adrien..." Tikki muttered to herself.

As Marinette searches for Danny, she bumps into Paulina Sanchez.

"Oh, sorry," Marinette said.

"Watch where you're going, French girl. I have a look to maintain!" Paulina said scornfully.

Oh right, the other Chloe... Marinette thought but chose not to say.

"I'm sorry for bumping into you, but what are you doing here?" Marinette asked the popular girl.

"I'm here to see the ghost boy and ask him to be my date for the springtime dance this Friday, and we can finally start our relationship," Paulina answered with a smile before looking at Marinette with a mocking look in her eye. "So anyway, you might be going with that loser Fenton."

"Danny isn't a loser!" Marinette defended.

"See? You two are married already..." Paulina said with a haughty laugh.

As Paulina left, Marinette growled at her for thinking she and Danny were a couple even though they were friends.

"I swear, she's just as bad as Chloe, maybe even worse. Even though Danny is funny and sweet, you can get lost in his blue eyes. Danny is a great guy, but not as great as Adrian. Or maybe he is? I'm not so sure at the moment." Marinette said.

"Are you speaking to yourself or me?" Tikki asks.

"Uh... no... one..." Marinette answered sheepishly.

"Marinette. You should stop Paulina, or she might get hurt by Hotep-Ra. No matter how obnoxious she can be, she doesn't deserve that." Tikki told her.

"You're right, Tikki. We better go," Marinette said and went after the rude, popular girl.

With Danny

Danny was about to trap Hotep-Ra in the Fenton Thermos before hearing a familiar yell.

"Yoo-hoo, ghost boy! Over here, it's your soulmate!" A familiar voice called out.

Danny turned his head and saw Paulina waving at him.

"Paulina?"

"You remember me!" Paulina went with a big grin as she swooned for him, leaning on the doorframe.

"What are you doing here? You have to get out of here now before you'll get hurt!" Danny told the lovestruck teen.

"I don't care about that, ghost boy. Instead, I want to ask you if you want to go to the Casper High Spring dance with me this Friday and finally start our relationship!" Paulina told him.

Before Danny could respond to her, Marinette showed up, fists at her hips.

"What are you doing?!" She questioned as she glared at the Latina girl for doing something dangerous with the ghost boy for a date.

"Busy telling the story. I'll tell our kids how their Papa and I started dating," Paulina stated.

"Seriously?!" Marinette and Danny snapped in unison.

Hotep-Ra took advantage of the situation and used his bandages to grab Marinette.

"I have you now!" He explained as he lifted her into the air.

"Let her go, you mummified creep!" Danny demanded.

"Put the pretty French girl down before I give you a reason to add more bandages!" Danny shouted.

"Pretty?!" Paulina questioned in shock.

"Not until I get my vengeance on her, I won't!" Hotep-Ra declared.

"I won't let you!" Danny shouted.

"I'm prettier!" Paulina shouted.

Marinette blushed a little from Danny's comment about calling her pretty. She also hoped that Phantom wouldn't flirt with her like Cat Noir does when she's Ladybug.

Danny fired a ghost ray at the bandages that held Marinette in the air. After the ray hits its target and causes Marinette to fall, Danny catches her bridely style and lets her down gently.

"Are you okay, Ma-miss?" Danny asked her, quickly saving himself.

"Yeah, thanks." She said to him with a shy smile at being held by him briefly.

"No problem, it's my job-saving people, after all, especially the pretty ones. Now, I recommend stepping aside." Danny said and went back to the fight.

"You have interfered with my plans too much, boy! I'll make sure you regret crossing me!" Hotep-Ra stated.

"Well, it's my job to beat creeps like you, picking on innocent young women!" Danny said.

Danny created a giant snowball in his hands and threw it at the mummy ghost. Unfortunately, when the snowball hits Hotep-Ra, he is now trapped in a block of ice. Because of the ice, he could not fly and crashed down onto the ground. Danny then pulled out his Fenton Themos and sucked the mummy ghost into it. There was some resisting, not wanting to be sucked into the Themos, but he was too tired to fight back from the suction. Finally, Danny closed the cap of the Themos so he wouldn't escape.

'That reminds me of how I catch Akumas as Ladybug, and only my method doesn't look like I turn them into soup.' Marinette thought.

"Uh, Mr. Phantom, thanks for saving me. I want to ask you if I can take a picture of you for my friend Alya. She runs a superhero blog known as the Ladyblog, and she wants to add you to her blog for the American Superheroes since you're the best-known one in our age range." Marinette asked.

"Uh, I never asked for my picture like that before. So why does your friend want to add me to her blog? Isn't Ladybug cooler than me?" Danny asked her.

"Well, she heard about you, and she wants your side of the story about the things you did that weren't so heroic, so she wants to be fair," Marinette answered.

"Wow, someone finally asked me about my side of the story about those events. I was mind-controlled by this evil ring leader, and on Christmas, I was trapped in a ghostwriter's story for destroying his script. I don't want to talk about the Christmas one, just that I should probably not be such a jerk on the holidays." Danny told her.

"Okay, I understand that you don't want to talk about that. So can I take a picture of you, Phantom?" Marinette asked him.

"Well, in that case, snap away," Danny said to her as she took a picture of him.

"Thanks, Phantom, I'll send these to Alya now, and she will flip," Marinette sends the picture to her best friend.

"No problem, miss," Danny said.

"Call me Marinette, Phantom," Marinette told her.

Danny nodded and left the two girls.

Paulina was angry that the French girl was trying to steal her ghost boy away from her. So much so that she shoved her.

"Hey!" Marionette went.

"Stay away from my ghost boy!" Paulina demanded.

Marinette glared at her before Paulina left to go with the rest of her class. After she left, Danny Fenton came up to his guest.

"Marinette, are you okay?" Danny asked her.

"I'm okay. I'm just dealing with another Chole, but maybe even ruder than her." Marionette said, glaring in Paulina's direction.

"Yeah, she's always been this rude. I can't believe I used to have a crush on her. Big mistake." Danny said.

"I can't believe you used to have a crush on her," Marinette pointed at the walking Paulina. She stared in disbelief as Danny shrugged nonchalantly.

"A lot of guys did…and still do. Last year, I saw her as too much after some events." Danny turned to the French girl, and he had a small blush as he spoke his next words. "Besides…I kinda like nice girls better."

Marinette wondered if Danny meant nice girls like her.

One of Vlad's cameras flies was watching the two teenagers. Vlad smirked and thought of giving his little badger and his French girlfriend a visit.

Oh no, it seems that Vlad will cause more problems with our favorite ghost boy. Anyway, let's get back to Sam and Adrien to see what they are up to.