Amity Park Ghost Watch

Videos of Danny Phantom's fights were not an unusual thing to see on Amity Park news channels, so no one thought anything of it as they settled down to watch the newest battle. Even other people out of Amity Park would sometimes watch them, curious to what was going on in the tight-knit community full of the supernatural.

The clip started off facing a blond-haired news reporter, distant screams and explosions echoed in the background, the man did not seem fazed by this at all. "Lance Thunder, reporting live from downtown Amity Park, where Phantom is currently fighting a new ghost. This is not much of an abnormal occurrence, though we haven't had quite as many public ghosts fights lately. This new ghost seems quite powerful-" his report was cut off by an explosion a few feet beside him.

The camera panned to the side, where it showed Phantom, dazed, having created a large crater in the road. He struggled to stand, spitting ectoplasm out of his mouth, before flying back off into battle. Following Phantom as he returned to the sky, he hovered across from a ghost wearing a dark trench coat, glaring red eyes staring at his opponent. The unknown ghost dodged one of the ectoblasts being shot at him but was hit in the chest by another. They retreated, throwing a slightly electric charged blast back at the superhero, clipping him in the shoulder. Phantom dropped a few feet as the electricity flowed through him, gritting his teeth, before following the other ghost towards the town square.

Jumping into their van, the news crew followed the flying spectres through the streets, zooming down roads at something that certainly wasn't the speed limit. It showed out the van's window, where overtop of the buildings flashes of green and red lit up the sky, like massive fireworks. As the van rounded the corner it revealed Phantom and the other ghost streaming large amounts of energy from their hands, the streams clashed violently in the middle.

They seemed to be equally matched in that aspect, devoting all concentration into continuing their blasts, no longer noticing the people observing the fight. With a final push of power, Phantom's green overtook the other's red, hitting the ghost head-on. Knocking him out of the air, sending him careening to the ground in a blur. The ghost hit the street hard, sending up a cloud of dust. As is cleared Phantom once again became visible, panting slightly, ectoplasm dripping from nasty looking cuts, and a small bit dribbling out from his mouth. Gritting his teeth, Phantom lowered himself closer to the ground and took out his thermos, sucking the ghost inside from where it lay dazed on the street.

Everyone stood in silence for a moment, even if ghost fights were a common occurrence this one had been particularly dangerous. People seemed to snap out of their trances when Phantom reclipped the thermos to his belt, hovering slightly higher and gripping a particularly large gash on his arm. Most ghost hunters claimed ghosts couldn't feel pain, but it seemed that Phantom could definitely feel something throughout that fight.

Some people on the streets who'd been watching the fight started clapping and cheering, in response Phantom gave a small smile. He looked to be about to leave, until he was shot. A few startled screams rippled through the audio as the ghost superhero crashed into the ground, steaming from the shot that had hit him in the chest. Phantom lifted himself up from the ground, making it into a sitting position with shaky arms, hovering slightly. Everyone was looking around for the new enemy, before anyone could identify any, Phantom was shot again. He managed to dodge slightly, the blast hitting his shoulder instead of his chest, but it still sent him blasting into the side of a brick building.

The ghost seemed to be completely drained of energy, grimacing in pain, his small form sliding down the wall until collapsing to the ground. To everyone's astonishment a white halo of light appeared around his waist, it split, going up his head and feet before disappearing, leaving a raven-haired teenager behind. Basically everyone gasped in shock, even people who had been watching the news stopped anything else they'd been doing. His white t-shirt quickly began staining red, with some remaining green glow in it, his blood. This turned shock to horror, this was a human, a child, and this child had been hurt protecting them.

The cameraman was equally shocked as the rest of them but continued doing their job, and the camera focused in on what used to be Phantom's face cringe in pain. He squinted his eyes back open, light blue eyes viewed the world around them, a big difference from Phantom's neon green. The teenager looked down at himself, then back up to the people watching him, a hint of complete terror took form on his face. That in particular was like a slap in the face for some people, because their hero, was getting just as scared as they were.

Sounds of cars rushing around in the distance didn't faze anyone there, but what did was the sound of helicopter blades approaching and loud shouts coming from just around the corner of a building. The camera swung towards the area just as a leading agent crisply walked onto the scene, followed by a dozen other GIW agents wearing white suits, a great contrast to the rubble around them. The leading agent was later identified as Agent L, a higher up member of the government organization. The now human Phantom tried standing up, but only managed to shuffle slightly more away from the approaching group.

Many Amity Park citizens watching the live stream, started yelling at their screens like it was a sports game. Telling Phantom to run, or for someone to intervene, though their shouts did nothing to affect the situation. Agent L stepped closer to the fallen teen, hands behind his back, with a large air of arrogance around him. "Danny Phantom aka Daniel Fenton. You are under arrest for defying the anti-ecto movement, and for your many crimes committed as Phantom. You will be taken into government custody for study, seeing as that is our rights for ghosts and that you are a new species."

Danny flinched, he wasn't the only one, most got a pit in their stomach thinking of what they'd do to him, especially with the GIW's extreme hatred for ghosts. He slowly stood up, gripping some of his many dripping wounds. All the agent's weapons followed his movement, ready to shoot at any moment. "Come willingly without struggle, or we will use force."

A laugh tore itself from Danny's throat, quickly turning into a horrendous cough, spraying droplets of blood onto the ground in front of him. "You should know by now, agent. I won't be coming quietly." A green sphere of ectoplasmic energy condensed briefly around him, before expanding, blasting out into the GIW agents and knocking them down.

Stray blasts from their weapons hit the surrounding rubble but didn't hit their intended target seeing as they only had a seconds warning before the attack. With what seemed to be great effort in his state, Danny turned himself intangible and sprinted through the wall immediately behind him.

The camera returned to focus to the GIW agents who were getting off the ground and storming angrily in different directions to search for their prey. Agent L's loud demands surfaced over the scuffle "I want it captured now! It's evaded us long enough, it's top priority!" All agents except Agent L scurried off the screen, once they'd all disappeared Agent L started walking back towards an alleyway that went through the buildings.

Lance Thunder stepped back into the screen. "Agent L, will the Guys In White continue hunting Phantom now that he's been discovered to be a human of sorts?"

The man didn't falter in his walk, only stating to the news reporter behind him. "Phantom is a level eight entity and will be detained." With that he melted into the shadows in the alley, leaving an ominous silence behind him.

Lance Thunder turned back to the camera, face lined with confusion and overall worry. "This revelation may rock the nation, and some will not agree with the governments way of handling things." He took a sharp breath, still very unsure about what he'd just witnessed. "Lance Thunder downtown Amity Park, now back to the studio."

Just like that the world stirred in bitter confusion, everyone left waiting for an explanation.

Edited 05/08/2020