Flying through the air on her hover board, the Red Huntress AKA Valerie Gray was on her way to Fenton Works. The reason being is that she was not in a good mood right now. For the past few days she's had to deal with ghosts attacking the town and during that time she had not seen Danny even once. Just because it was summer vacation doesn't mean he could slack off!

"He's lucky that I've forgiven him," growled out the girl. "He also better have a good reason for not protecting the town."

She landed in the backyard, the one place the vultures were not allowed to go on the Fenton property, and deactivated her suit. She then walked up to the backdoor and knocked. When the door opened, she wasn't surprised to see Tucker here.

"Valerie? What are you doing here?" asked the young mayor, surprised to see her.

She gave him a narrowed look as she crossed her arms. "I'm here to talk to Danny."

Tucker broke out into a sweat. It was clear to Valerie that he was nervous about something. Before she could call him out on it, the voice of Mrs. Fenton was heard.

"Tucker, who's at the door?"

"Uh, it's Valerie, Mrs. Fenton," replied the tech geek, happy that someone else could deal with this.

"Oh! Well invite her in! Lunch is almost done and she's welcome to join us!"

Valerie raised an eyebrow at this, but came inside anyway when Tucker stepped aside. Once inside she found Maddie at the counter making sandwiches and sitting at the table were Jack (waiting for the sandwiches), Jazz (reading a book), and Sam…and that was it.

"Where's Danny?"

"He's on vacation, dear," said Maddie, not taking her eyes off her work.

Valerie had a blank look on her face. "What?"

"If it makes you feel better, he didn't tell us either," said Sam, pointing to herself and Tucker.

Jazz was the one to explain to Valerie why Danny was on vacation. When she was done, the huntress was annoyed.

"He's going to get it when he gets back," stated Valerie with a slight growl.

"Oh I already planned on having a talk with him about not telling his friends where he's going," said the Goth girl, still annoyed by Danny forgetting to tell her.

"To Danny. May he at some point in his life get out of the doghouse," said Tucker, raising his can of soda. This earned him glares from Sam and Valerie.

"Why is Danny in the doghouse?" asked a female voice.

Everyone turned to see Kitty and Johnny coming up from the floor. Upon seeing the ghosts, Valerie quickly went to grab one of her pistols, but Tucker and Sam held her down.

"Valerie! Stop!" exclaimed Tucker.

"Are you crazy?! Why are there ghosts here?!" demanded Valerie, glaring at the two ghosts, making Kitty pout.

"Hello, Kitty, Johnny. You're just in time for lunch!" said Maddie with a smile as she placed the plate of sandwiches on the table. Luckily she made more than enough, given her husband's appetite.

"Thanks, Mrs. Fenton!" chirped Kitty as she made her way to the table.

Valerie had a blank look on her face as she watched the ghosts sit down and grab some sandwiches. "What the hell?"

"Kitty and Johnny are friends of Danny's," explained Tucker. "And as you can see, Mrs. Fenton has taken a liking to them…well Kitty, anyway."

Johnny grimaced at that.

"…Did I step into the Twilight Zone or something?" questioned Valerie.

"I asked myself that same question when this started," replied Jazz in a deadpan tone.

"You'd be surprised by how many of Danny's friends are actually ghosts," stated Sam.

The young huntress rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. "It's official, Danny is REALLY going to get it when he gets home."

"To Phantom. He lived a good life," said Johnny, raising his can of soda. It was his turn to be glared at by Sam and Valerie. Kitty just rolled her eyes at her boyfriend.

The telltale sound of Tucker's phone caught everyone's attention.

"Time to see where Danny-Boy's been to this time!" exclaimed Jack with a grin.

"This time?" questioned Valerie.

"Danny's been to New York City, Tokyo, and Paris so far," explained Jazz. "We've been trying to guess where he might go next."

Tucker opened up the message for all to see.

Another batch of photos coming your way, Tuck. And let me just say, I had a jolly good time here.

Greeting them were photos of the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Leadenhall Market, the Tower of London, and Big Ben & the Palace of Westminster.

"Ha! I knew he'd go to London next!" exclaimed Kitty. She then turned to Jazz with a smug grin. "Pay up."

The eldest Fenton child grumbled out how Kitty just got lucky before she took out some bills and handed them over to the biker chick.

"Why couldn't Danny have gone to Rome? He likes those gladiator movies for Pete's sake!" moaned out Jazz as Kitty counted her winnings.

Off to the side, Valerie was still trying to make sense of all of this. Danny better have answers for her when he returned!

INTERLUDE END

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Valerie's up next to join and much like Sam, she is not pleased that she was left in the dark about Danny's vacation. Not only that, but now she has to interact with ghosts on friendly terms.