Episode 7: Phantom Phenomenon P1

It was the following Tuesday afternoon after school. Hotaru as Sylveon was hard at work facing off against a new Shadow Pokemon Cipher had sent onto the public. This new Shadow Pokemon looked like a pitch black dragon with three heads a Hydrigeon. Multiple explosions were erupting from the battlefield mostly these were attacks coming from Hydrigeon itself as it tried to combat it's opponent. It saw her coming back at it and prepared to unleash a Flash Cannon attack. It spots Hotaru about to leap at it and grab onto a crane and use it to propel herself into the air to prepare a Moonblast attack. Before she could even unleash her attack first a long snake tail appeared out of nowhere forcing Hotaru to use all her ribbons to block the long tail. Luckily for her it worked and Hotaru would be gritting her teeth as she made out Queen Venomica whom had just arrived to aide the Shadow Pokemon then she saw Hydreigon unleash it's Flash Cannon attack at her. The attack hit Hotaru square in her exposed chest at the same time she had repelled Queen Venomica's tail.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Hotaru screamed in pain as the attack was Super-Effective on her causing her to go plowing onto the ground and she nearly hit her back as she was flung onto the ground but she managed to land on all fours panting and easily coughing up blood.

Ashley was now hiding behind Darnel whom were watching the fight "Oh-no! Queen Venomica's here too!"

"The same Succubus Naga Queen you and Hotaru told me about at lunch earlier?" Darnel asked her.

Ashley nodded "Yep and she's bad news...If Hotaru isn't careful she could be eaten again!"

Darnel watches as Hotaru managed to climb onto her two feet still in major pain "Hotaru has the advantage against the Shadow Pokemon...But having to take on Queen Venomica as well might be a problem...Plus that Flash Cannon attack just delivered heavy damage to her."

Hotaru watches the situation unfold not liking the odds herself a massive sweatdrop was hiding behind her head as she thought I can easily defeat Shadow Hydregion...One hit from Moonblast is all it is going to take...But it's going to be a lot harder with HER aiding it.

"Misssed me Hotarumon 14?" Queen Venomica asked "I told you I'd be back...And here I am!"

"Nope, I didn't miss you one bit" Hotaru told her she used her ribbons to block another Flash Cannon attack which was directed at her head deflecting it to the side harmlessly "And I'm not going to be eaten again!"

"Then let'sss ssseee how you do againssst the two of usss!"

"Would be glad too!" Hotaru shouted.

Hotaru coughs up some more blood but prepared herself to tackle her two foes head on. Queen Venominca swung her tail at Hotaru whom dodged her attack then deflected a third Flash Cannon attack with her ribbons "Sorry, that attack won't get through again!"

At the same time she heard the THUD sound as Queen Venomica buried under ground. At the same time Hydriegon unleashed a Dark Pulse attack at her. She let the attack hit her while flattening herself towards the ground to wait for Queen Venomica to come up from underneath her. The Dark Pulse didn't do much to her in fact she resisted it just like she had resisted Terrakion's Secret Sword attack. Then she heard Queen Venomica approaching from below with the ground bursting underneath her. Hotaru leaps to avoid the attack and manages to do so but on the approach downward she found her feet literally touching the Succubus Naga Queen's mouth in fact they barely were touching the fangs Queen Venomica smirks thinking she'd just chomp down onto Hotaru and would swallow her in one go. She tries to with Hotaru using her hands to prevent her opponent's mouth from chomping down from her while using her two feet to try to get some grip to get away. At least she wasn't bitten. She focuses trying to get away.

Ashley watches gulping "Hotaru...How did you get into her mouth again."

"Wasn't trying too!" Hotaru told her friend "But somehow I wound up in her mouth again!"

Queen Venomica tried to bite down on her harder increasing her jaw strength. Even though Hotaru had super strength but with just her arms alone was losing the battle. She heard Shadow Hydregion approaching with Queen Venomica acknowledging it "Now shoot her with that Flash Cannon now!"

Hotaru had to think fast or take the force of the Flash Cannon attack which would indeed cause her to fall completely into the mouth and be swallowed. She had an idea to get away and actually turn the tables. She had to time everything right while pretending to struggle from being swallowed. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Shadow Hydregion preparing a Flash Cannon by gathering in white metallic light in it's mouth. The Shadow Pokemon unleashed the would be finishing attack. Hotaru put her plan into action. She managed to wrap all of her ribbons around Queen Venomica's head and purposely lost her footing appearing to have slipped but really quickly before the Succubus Naga Queen could slam her jaws down, Hotaru used her ribbons that were wrapped around Queen Venomica's head to propel herself out of the mouth just in time for the Flash Cannon to strike Queen Venomica right in her neck blowing a hole in it and for the Succubus Naga Queen to fall to the ground surprise. Hotaru would then turn towards Shadow Hydreigon taking it's confusion and unleashed her Moonblast. The three headed Dark Dragon Pokemon had no defense against the sudden surprise attack and just as Hotaru predicted once the single Fairy Type Move connected caused it to fall to the ground fainted. Hotaru lands on the ground on both feet which were bleeding slightly as Venomica's fangs did cut them as she made her attempt to escape.

"Those fangs of hers are sharp" Hotaru muttered then she returned her gaze to the Hydregion "Shadow Pokemon purified. Awaiting purification!"

"Count on it!" The Rototrix stated.

Hotaru raised it and it began purifying the Shadow Pokemon and soon announces "Shadow Pokemon Purified."

Hotaru turned her gaze to Queen Venomica whom hissed "Ssso muccch for a quick afternoon sssnack...You live to see another day"

Then the Succubus Naga Queen disappears.

"You did it Hotaru!" Ashley shouted.

Hotaru grunts turning back to normal glad to not really take that damage "Even though she didn't bite me fully, I still wound up in her mouth...But that was odd."

The three friends leave unaware that a robotic probe had been watching the entire fight.

Intro- Latias's voice- Three years ago, my brother Latios and I made our escape from Cipher taking the Rototrix with us. For three years we had avoided being captured and turned into Shadow Pokemon as well as keeping the Rototrix safe from Cipher whom were making plans to use it for their own evil needs. Three years later, Cipher has remerged selling Shadow Pokemon to Earth in a bid to take over the universe. Luckily my brother and I managed to save a girl in need and gave her the Rototrix a device that transforms the wielder into a Pokegirl or Pokeboy of 14 different types of Pokemon. Now she has the difficult task in not defeating Cipher but purifying all of the Shadow Pokemon. Hotaru certainly has a difficult task to do but she's the only chance two worlds have and I have a feeling, Hotarumon 14 is going to stop Cipher's plans once and for all.

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In another part of the US, specifically Danvile. A white haired phantom was in a heated battle himself against Vlad. For years the famous Danny Phantom and Vlad Masters were in a heated battle. Danny ducks an attack that Vlad had sent at him from afar. This made an explosion. Vlad watches Danny "This is the last time you interfere with my plans Phantom!"

"You make it all too easy Vlad!" Danny shot back.

Danny come at Vlad with a punch but Vlad caught his fist and tossed him aside "I won't be easy to take down this time!"

"Yeah, but it'll always end the same!"

Danny would then unleash his Ghostly Wail causing Vlad to cover his ears then take a punch to his face sending him flying. Danny had managed to win once again then began going back to his home. When it was safe enough, Vlad had returned to his mansion. He would have to admit to himself that his plans were rapidly failing with Danny Phantom always interfering. He was tired of it and sets foot in his chair and saw the probe return.

"Tell me you found something useful."

The probe responded with what it had seen this very afternoon in Manassas VA. On the recording he could clearly see a thirteen year old girl on her way home with two of her friends when the Shadow Hydreigon would emerge. He saw how the brown haired girl's watch device picked up the approaching threat much like how his own nemesis Danny Phantom would detect ghost however unlike Danny's it didn't exactly tell it's owner where the approaching threat was coming from. Regardless he would watch as the brown haired girl would activate her Rototrix turning into a completely naked white and pink cat like girl which he heard the name was Sylveon. He would watch as the fight would begin with the girl dodging attacks right and left, up to the point where things would get really heated up with Queen Venomica approaching to aide the Shadow Pokemon. Once the strange girl was in the mouth of Queen Venomica Vlad thought that Shadow Pokemon and the Succbus naga Queen had won. Only to be mistaken as it would end with the girl escaping using the Hyrgeion's Flash Cannon attack to hit Queen Venomica then using Moonblast to end the fight. He would also watch how the girl's weapon seemed to restore the Shadow Pokemon.

Vlad stroked his chin now understanding that the girl in the video was the heroine just like Danny Phantom was to him. Then an evil plan would form in his brain. He had a feeling whoever sent the Shadow Pokemon out must've had hundreds of them...With a ghost army and, a Succubus Queen's army, both Manassas and Danvile Wisconsin would be ripe for the taking and Danny had no experience in dealing with Demons.

"Phantom" Vlad muttered evilly then he smirked "You might've won today but you'll never win against my next plan...Time to meet up with Queen Venomica and whoever she was helping."

With that he disappears to begin his mission.

At Cipher's base. Erdos was furious at yet another loss of a Shadow Pokemon but he wasn't too furious. It was all a scheme for him to figure out Sylveon's weakness. He already had known Hydreigon was the worse possible choice to combat Sylyveon and the chances of it returning victorious was slim but he had purposely gave it Flash Cannon for a specific reason for research on finding out Sylveon's weakness. He turned to Queen Venomica whom was still bothered that Hotaru had the guts to use Hydreigon's Flash Cannon against her "Don't worry Queen Venomica...All is going to plan."

"FOR THY'SSS SSSAKE IT HAD BETTER BE GOING TO PLAN!" the Succubus Naga Queen hissed angrily "ALL THAT FIGHT GAVE ME WASSS A HOLE THROUGH THE THROAT! EVEN WHEN I REGENERATE THAT DAMAGE, THAT STILL HURT!"

"What was the plan though?" Loveria asked "Cause Hotaru could've dusted it much earlier if Queen Venomica wasn't there to try to aide it."

Erdos explained "That new form of Hotaru's is her favorite form to use. A form that at the moment prior to this latest attack we had no idea what her weaknesses were. So I sent it sadly on a sucide mission already knowing what we know about her in that form easily able to beat Dragon, Dark, and Fighting Types with ease, but it had one attack that I had suspected could harm her badly..."

"Which would've been Ffflasssh Cccannon" Queen Venomica correctly guessed.

"Exactly" Erdos admitted he turned to Queen Venomica "And I believe it was the answer."

"Oh it was" Queen Venomica admitted "Hotaru took heavy damage from that attack alone."

"So Steel Types are one weakness" Miror B acknowledged "Which is a bad thing considering out of all our Shadow Pokemon very few of them are Steel types."

"There is another type it is weak to" Erdos said "But that type is still being researched upon "Any suggestions on her weaknesses Queen Venomica?"

"Asss that white and pink furred catgirl transformation?...I'm at a large but I'm going to heavily guessss it isss Poissson types."

"We won't know unless we try a Poison type Shadow Pokemon on her" Loveria told Erdos.

Erods nodded "And we shouldn't waste Shadow Pokemon ether just to explore her weaknesses today was an exception as we now know she can't handle Steel Types real we in that form...Trick would be to get in that hit though, her ribbons deflected two Flash Cannons with no injury."

"Ssshe usssed them like how Wonder Woman does in the DCCC cccomicccsss" Queen Venomica said.

"Hello there!" a new voice announced causing everyone's heads to pop up to see a ghostly vampire like figure floating down towards them.

"Who is this?" Erdos asked Queen Venomica.

"I wasss going to asssk you the same quessstion Erdosss" Queen Venomica said "Being imprisssoned by a priessst doesn't help you learn other types of villiansss."

Vlad Masters answers "Sorry, allow me to introduce myself I'm Vlad Masters. I'm a secret Mayor in Danvile USA and have been watching your latest defeat."

"We've secretly had a secret Mayor acting as our boss in the Ore Region six years ago when we had Cipher branch there..." Miror B muttered "Until Wes and Rui teamed up to take it down."

Erdos agreed with Miror B on that one, but from his knowledge from what Ardos had gathered for him, Mayors in the US were elected by the people in that area."

"You got your cccity" Venomica told Vlad "What more could you want?"

"Why try the entire world or at least state!" Vlad said "But like you I too have someone that resists me."

"Oh yeah and who would that be?" Loveria asked.

"A fourteen year old boy Danny Fenton" Vlad said showing him a picture of the boy that was his foe untransformed.

"SSSeriously?" Queen Venomica asked "Firssst a thirteen year old girl opposes Cipher and myssself and now sssingle boy ssstopsss you" she sighs angrily "Heroes seem to come in their younger teenage yearsss and not older years like in their twenties anymore."

"Careful of how you judge Mr. Fenton here" Vlad warned her he then revealed another picture of Danny Fenton but this time as a white haired ghost boy with green eyes "For Danny Fenton here can become Danny Phantom! And he's been doing quite a job on me defeating my attempts to take the world with an army of ghosts. Ghost after ghost he's beaten and imprisoned except for me. Sound familiar?"

"SSSoundsss like our cccurent cccondition with Hotarumon 14" Queen Venomica hissed.

"Exactly my Succubus Naga Queen" Vlad told her in a flirty tone already attracted to the Succbuss Queen's human like features especially her huge breasts which seemed to beg for his attention.

Queen Venomica smirks liking Vlad, he was daring, really daring around her but she warns him "Cccareful Vlad, very few men have touched a Sssuccccubusss and live to tell the tail about it. I myself have killed fifty men for getting too lustful with me." She eyes Erdos "And over one hundred if they don't complete their end of the deal."

Erdos sweats nervously but acknowledged her "You'll get your deal when we eliminate Hotaru for good and conquer the Earth."

Vlad took Queen Venomica's warning seriously as he was about to touch her there but returns his hands to his side not wanting to possibly be the fifty first male she killed for being too lustful. Even though it was a Sin and Demons loved that, it still made them able to kill those that did so. In fact there have been tales of Succubus usually targeting males because of their lust issues. He looked at Erdos, and Queen Venomica "We have common ground then. We both have heroes that interfere in our plans daily. Why I have a delightful plan that can get us both the things we want most, the destruction of our heroes."

"We'll here you out Vlad" Erdos told him eager to listen to Vlad's plans a real elected mayor might be the keys in understanding how to take out their heroes.

"But be warned like I was two nightsss ago" Queen Venomica warned "Hotarumon 14 is very resourceful might be more resourceful than Danny Phantom as her Rototrix has answers to must status conditions."

Vlad took this into consideration as he had to admit in the video his probe shown him, Hotaru did seem more resourceful with her Rototrix and he feared there was more than meets the eye when it came down to the Rototrix, he suspected it had some other powers that weren't scene yet "I'll keep that in mind, but first how about we do a swap?"

"Swap?!" Loveria asked "As in hero swap?"

"Indeed" Vlad said "That way we both have some experience in dealing with each others heroes, like for example, I myself and another ghost shall take on Hotaru while you Erdos and the sexy Succubus Naga Queen can take on Danny Phantom."

Erdos was about to agree but Queen Venomica raised a hand about to object but Vlad whispers to her ears "Danny Phantom has a tasty sister and friend that are girls...And his friend that's a girl dresses like a goth."

That did it Queen Venomica turned her attention towards Vlad "You wouldn't lie about that would you?"

Vlad shook his head "Trust me, I know well enough not to lie to a Demon. Danny Phantom has an older sister named Jazz, and the girl that he's friends with is named Sam."

Queen Venomica now agreed "Okay, then, I'm in."

Erdos muttered lowly that the Succubus Queen didn't hear him and neither did Vlad "She was about to object but the moment he mentions possible meals for her she jumps right in."

Now that the three were on board with this Vlad explains his plan "Mr. Erdos, please give me a Shadow Pokemon of yours so I can send out at her to distract. Something that would be quick and easy for her to defeat as a Sylveon."

"She doesn't always choose that one" Erdos warned him "She has thirteen other types"

"Including an electric mouse" Queen Venomica muttered dryly clearly not letting herself forget how Hotaru escaped her two nights ago.

Vlad smiled "Thanks for letting me know that, but it appears her device is only able to detect Shadow Pokemon and no real ghosts like myself and the other I'm bringing. So in reality I only need a Shadow Pokemon so that it can lure her out. One she can easily beat and one that you might not care too much of."

"I'd say give him a Poison Type" Queen Venomica said "Might be a weakness Sssylveon hasss and it won't be easily beaten."

Erdos agreed "You're right Venomica, I do see his plan wanting us to throw away a Shadow Pokemon we have that she can beat, however Vlad perhaps we should send out something like a Poison Type that way we can confirm Queen Venomica's guess that that form she choose to defeat Shadow Hydreigon with is weak to Steel and Poison, and you and your ghost ally can deal with her, three against one."

"I'll allow it" Vlad said seeing the point "It is best to know the weakness of the form you don't know about."

Erdos and Venomica nod at each other. Vlad now explained there part "On your part Erdos and Queen Venomica, I need you two to face off against Danny Phantom. Now all we have to do is do a bit of smashing them, maybe not exactly defeating them or nearly defeating them, then we shall retreat."

"What for?" Loveria asked.

Vlad answered "Why we'll be making a massive invasive army that those two won't be able to withstand on their own. Together we will send the armies onto both Manassas and Danvile U.S.A and the heroes shall be overwhelmed with sheer enemy numbers!"

Queen Venomica actually liked the plan "Even if they are hero and heroine in Hotarumon 14's place even they would be overwhelmed by the sssheer numbersss." she then had a thought "Unlesssss..."

"Unless what?" Vlad asked shocked the Succbus Naga Queen would say those words to his flawless plan.

Queen Venomica answered "Unless both team up as heroes are known to do."

Vlad swatted that possibly away "Even if both team up to defeat our combine forces they still will be overwhelmed I mean it'll be litterally two to two hundred or so! Victory will be in our hands...Especially when the true Shadow Pokemon comes out."

Erdos grinned fetching a Pokeball as he figured it out "I was hoping to use this Shadow Pokemon for a real tough battle against Hotarumon 14...But this Shadow Pokemon...Is known to cause panic and is quite a deadly ghost and Dark Type."

Loveria was lost "I don't know Mr. Erdos...If we're talking about Shadow Sabeye, that may not be enough. It's not really intimating except for when it has the Prankster ability."

Erdos looks at Loveria "Venomica...I changed my mind if you want you can have Loveria for a quick lunch."

"WHAT?!" Loveria gasped as Venomica nearly lunged at her coiling her up "Please Erdos sir no! If so what for?!"

Erdos answered "You're supposed to have more brains than anyone in Cipher Loveria. Shadow Sabeye wasn't the Shadow Pokemon I was thinking of, there's a different Dark/Ghost Type out there that's more frightening."

Loveria shivered with fright as she felt Venomica's coils tighten and release a small acid to remove her clothing "It?" she then got it "Please Erdos! Please don't have her kill me and eat me! I won't question you again!"

Erdos watches Queen Venomica squeeze the now completely naked Loveria in her coils with Loveria begging him crying even while Queen Venomica was squeezing the very life out of her. Her face was turning blue from the lack of oxygen due to the squeezing coils. Queen Venomica sensed that Erdos didn't want Loveria killed or eaten just yet. This was merely Loveria's punishment for thinking stupid. The Succubus Queen taunted Loveria whom was finding it difficult to even muster out a low sob "Shouldn't have acted stupid."

Erdos calmly waits till he thought Loveria had learned her lesson "Thank you Queen Venomica...But sadly, release her. She's still expendable."

"Asss you wisssh!" Queen Venomica replied releasing the nearly dead Loveria to the ground.

For a while Loveria lays on the ground completely naked fighting for her life, tears in her eyes at what Erdos had ordered upon her. Eventually she began to breathe normally eying Erdos whom replied to her "On your knees Loveria."

Loveria sobbed obeying forced to at her near death experience knowing that Erdos wasn't in the mood for stupidity from her, she was way smarter than most Cipher Pions maybe the smartest Admin but no where near as smart as Erdos, Ardos or even Master Greevil. Erdos looks at her explaining himself while touching he chin forcing her to make eye contact with him "Did you learn your lesson?"

"I-I-I-I so have" Loveria sobbed "I learned not to act stupid or say stupid things like I did. Forgive me Master Erdos, I got confused on what Ghost/Dark Type you were suggesting...It won't happen again!"

Erdos nodded petting her as if she were a dog "Good girl." he then warned her "Next time you act like this, or fail me once, you will be one dead girl and in Queen Venomica's stomach. You got that?!"

"Y-y-y-yes sir" Loveria sobbed pitifully never seeing this side of Erdos before, must've just happened due to the losses of four Shadow Pokemon.

Erdos put a collar around Loveria neck turning to Queen Venomica giving her the leash "Queen Venomica."

"Yesss?" the Succubus Naga Queen asked.

"As part of Loveria's punishment for being stupid around me, I'm giving you her to do as you please with, except for eating her or killing her. You may bite her, taste her, or whatever you want with her, but don't eat or kill her. She's to be your pet or slave for the rest of the week."

Loveria gulps as he looks at her "After all with what just happened she may decide to run away and warn Hotaru about the plan"

Vlad agreed sadly "Personally that is the case with minions that just dodged death. Best to make her realize the penalty of her actions and even more make her realize she's not going to warn anyone."

Indeed in Loveria's mind, the moment Erdos would have his back turn she'd run and totally want to change sides for good at the moment. Queen Venomica smirked accepting the leash and she looked at Loveria "Good idea Erdosss...I'll keep Loveria asss a pet and more."

She nods and two other Succubus Nagas appeared grabbing onto her "Queen Venomica?" she asked nervously.

Queen Venomica addresses her sensing her thoughts of running away "You aren't running away from your fate thisss morning. Not when I'm your mistresss for the ressst of the week." she addressed her subjects "Take Loveria to my chambers and make her my ssslave. Ssset her to work ssscrubbing the floors, vacuuming, and-" she giggled evilly "Serving the males of our kind with anything they desire except for being meat."

Loveria gulps crying at this cruelty she was treated harshly just for being stupid in Erdos's eyes. She had even temporally lost her rights as a Cipher admin once in Venomica's hands and was nothing more but a mere slave to her now. The two Succubus Naga subjects bow before their queen and take the leash from her forcing Loveria to walk on all fours as they made their way to a hellish like portal. There was a glare from Venomica as she gave out one last command to her subjects "And if ssshe resssissstsss anything or triesss to run away...Beat her to ether ether she falls unconsciousss or death, and guard her well...Ssshe'sss not allowed to run away."

The two subjects salute her and drag Loveria through the hellish portal with Loveria screaming "EERRDDOOSSS SIR! PLEASE SO RECONSIDER!"

Then the portal closed and no sound of of Loveria was heard.

"Hopefully that teaches her not to be stupid" Erdos sighed.

"One week with being my ssslave and she'll regret the thing ssshe hasss done" Queen Venomica said "Very few human girls ever sssurvive being my ssslave for long. If ssshe sssurivesss the rest of the week, she'll have the record of being my ssslave the longessst."

"Which depending how you look at it" Vlad muttered "Is ether going to be a good thing for her or not be good thing for her."

After a good while Vlad turned to Erdos and Queen Venomica "So are we ready to go with the plan?"

"We are" Erdos said giving Vlad a Pokeball and once he did Vlad reeled in disgust "OH GROSS WHAT IS THAT SMELL?!"

Queen Venomica giggled smirking "Shadow Muk's. A Poison Type if I recall correctly."

"IT STINKS! WORSE THAN A SKUNK!" Vlad shouted holding his nose.

Queen Venomica giggled loving his reaction to the stink of Muk coming from the Pokeball "Just think on how Hotarumon's nose will feel at the stink when you release it upon her."

"It better make her faint immediately!" Vlad shouted.

Erdos and Queen Venomica begin to leave to Danvile with Vlad seeing this "Can't you give me some other Poison type? Something that doesn't stink like this?!"

"Sorry, Vlad" Erdos told the ghost man "No redos! You take what we give you."

Before Vlad could curse out at Erdos and Queen Venomica for the smelly gift they left him. The man was left reeling in disgust of the smell then he sighed "You get what you get I suppose. But couldn't they give me something else? Doesn't matter for Danny Phantom is in for a treat. For I know Queen Venomica's bite is so venomous and powerful she can even bite ghosts if she wanted too. Nothing is safe from her poison not even Danny's intangibility can save him from her bite.

He gets up and prepares himself for the fight ahead grinning readying himself to fight Hotaru. She might be a nice change of pace...Too bad the smell of Shadow Muk's Pokeball was getting to him "I wonder if Lady Ember would be interested in helping me take Hotaru down a notch."

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The next day in School. Ashley, Darnel and Hotaru were surprised to not see Loveria in school. Hotaru had a feeling that ether, Cipher was up to something or Loveria had gotten sick. She suspected it was the first option more. After their school activities the trio met up together once again at Ashley's house. At the Crime scene lab with Ashley having two doll like figures that she purposely dressed up in what she thought was their clothing.

"These dolls represent my mother and father" Ashley explained to her friends and putting them in the area of the crime scene where her parents were murdered "So that we can figure out whom killed them."

Hotaru studied the scene trying to let her detective skills from her father's side show. From the looks of it whoever killed Ashley's parents had taken it upon themselves to take them by surprise and saw footprint pictures that Ashley told her and Darnel that the police gave her.

Hotaru saw that half of the foot prints were at the front of where the killers were and the other half was at the back implying that Ashley's parents were indeed ambushed.

"Well one thing I see in this is that whoever murdered your parents knew whom they were looking for, otherwise they wouldn't be trying to ambush them."

"It was an ambush?" Darnel asked Hotaru.

Hotaru nodded "Yes, from what I could see from the pictures of the footprints the police gave to Ashley, that appears to be the case. Let me explain."

Ashley nodded glad to have Hotaru around, with her father being an NCIS agent perhaps the three of them could solve the eleven year old cold case.

Hotaru pointed to the footprints in the front "Ashley you told us yesterday that these foot prints were from the front right?"

"That's what the police told me, so yes" Ashley admitted.

Hotaru pointed at the footprints in the back "And these ones were at the back."

Ashley nodded "Correct again."

Darnel now saw what Hotaru saw "Now that she's explained it, I'm seeing it. Whoever killed your parents Ashley knew who they were and even knew where they'd be at. Implying that whoever killed them-"

"Was an organized crime" Hotaru kindly interrupted Darnel "From what my dad has told me on some of his cases, majority of them are organized just by one person or in some cases terrorist groups."

"Are you saying my parents were murdered by terrorists?" Ashley inquired.

"Yes, and no" Hotaru answered "That all depends on your definition of terrorist and what type of terrorism it could be. It may not be the work of a terrorist organization but it certainly is looking like a organized crime by an organization. Ashley, think carefully did your father and mother have any enemies?"

Ashley scratched her head "Not that I can think of or remember. Although I am remember mom telling me during the day that she and my father would be murdered later on that day, that she felt as if they were being followed or spied on."

"Hotaru" Darnel told his friend "What other organization does the US know about?"

"I only know about the many world wide Terrorist groups like Alquita, or ISIS for example...Now one could say that it technically could be the work of ISIS as they seem to take favorable stances like that in the crime scene but...Let's be real eleven years ago they didn't exist. Plus Darnel...Who said it had to be terrorists? Ashley told us the first night she revealed this crime scene to us that the attackers were all wearing white. A terrorist group doesn't wear those colors."

"That's right" Darnel said.

"So are you saying this still could be Cipher?" Ashley inquired.

"It's becoming to look like it to me, day-by-day" Hotaru said "They wear white and we've already seen them lay attacks upon Mananas similar to how many other world wide Terrorist groups will do just to spread fear."

"Plus" Darnel said starting to get where Hotaru was getting at "The police didn't find any weapons in the area-"

"Correct" Ashley agreed.

Hotaru studied more footprints "Plus...There are some footprints that are not human."

Ashley gasped "Not human?!"

Hotaru nodded pointing to one that seemed like four hoof marks belonging to a horse, another seemed to be some kind of large dragon.

"Monster footprints!" Darnel said looking at the footprints.

"Try Pokemon, footprints" Hotaru said she turned to her Rototrix "Rototrix...Analyze footprint and match them to possible matches."

"Right on!" The Rototrix said scanning the footprints.

It scanned the hoof marks first "The first four footprints are ether Pontya's or Rapidash's. Both fire horse Pokemon."

It even showed Hotaru the images of the two Pokemon. Ashley and Hotaru found themselves giggling at the images of the fire horses finding it impossible for these Pokemon to kill people...Unless of course when they thought about if they were Shadow Pokemon. Now that frightened the two girls now fully seeing how far this Shadow process of making Shadow Pokemon gone through.

It scanned the last one and seemed to gasp with freight "No doubt about it, these two are from Garchomp! A Ground and Dragon Type Pokemon! The Land Shark Pokemon itself!"

It then gave the group the image of Garchomp and the trio literally wet themselves at the image, Garchomp certainly looked fierce in the picture so they could totally see why even if it wasn't a Shadow Pokemon how it would kill people but again they reasoned it could've been a Shadow Garchomp.

"So the attackers attacked with Pokemon?" Ashley asked.

"Seems to be that way" Hotaru admitted.

"And would be why no weapons were found on your parent's bodies" Darnel told her he looked closer at more foot prints "And there appears to be more Pokemon footprints."

"After looking at Garchomp's picture I don't feel like I should ask the Rototrix to analyze more. Who else knows what other fierce some Shadow Pokemon Cipher might have. At least we know two Shadow Pokemon are ether Shadow Pontya or Shadow Rapidash, or-" Hotaru shivered "Or heaven forbid me for saying it but Shadow Garchomp."

Before any of them could think next, they heard someone singing.

"You girls are hearing this right?" Darnel asked the two girls.

"Yes" Hotaru said.

"But whoever heard of a song called remembering?" Ashley inquired.

Hotaru gets up "Well let's go see where it's coming from."

"Let's" was the response.

The trio left Ashley's house with Ashley locking the door and taking the keys and followed the sound. They wouldn't have to get very far for standing at the edge of the woods was a girl with blue hair. Almost all at once the trio's cellphones died out.

"That's funny" Hotaru muttered seeing her cellphone dead "My phone was fully charged."

"Mine was too" Ashley admitted.

"Girls" Darnel told them "Remember what Mr. Ardos told us about ghosts...They say ghosts seem to eat up electricity from devices."

"If that girl is a ghost" Ashley told Darnel "Then you have got to be kidding me! Ghosts don't have a full human like body."

The ghost girl now sighted Hotaru and her friends "Ah, a new audience…Did you come to hear my song?"

"Please tell me we aren't dreaming" Darnel told Hotaru.

Hotaru sweat drops "If we are all having the same dream yes..."

She then smelled something awful "Oh yuk!"

"Did someone hit a skunk?" Ashley complained.

Vlad had been secretly watching from the stage he had set up with Ember. He through up a Pokeball over to the left side of the heroes and it bursts open letting out the Shadow Pokemon. This made Ashley, Darnel, and Hotaru drop to their knees instantly gagging. Hotaru's Rototrix picked up the Shadow Pokemon now "Shadow Pokemon!"

Hotaru turned her head slowly seeing the purple sludge Pokemon coming towards "You...Have...Got...To be kidding...me..."

"I wish I was Hotaru!" the Rototrix replied to her "But it's Muk! The Sludge Pokemon, the evolved form of Grimer! Stepping into one of it's toxic footprints after it leaves the prints causes plants and anything to die from it."

"AND THE SMELL...JUST...GOT WORSE" Ashley muttered in between breathes.

Vlad makes his way towards them with Ember at his side "Hello Hotaru!"

"Another ghost?!" Ashley asked.

Hotaru lifted her head so that one eye got a good look at the two ghosts. Vlad waved cheerfully at her "Pleased to meet you Hotaru, I'm Vlad Masters, and this is Ember! Have you seen our pet that Cipher lent us?"

Hotaru glared at him "Funny, I was going to ask if you two ghosts were working for Cipher."

"Not really" Ember said "But we also despise heroes! So prepare to get wiped out by us!"

Vlad ordered Muk "Shadow Muk...Sludge Wave!"

Hotaru watches as Shadow Muk built up a huge purple wave and ordered her friends "BACK AWAY!"

The three were able to avoid the wave watching it wash over where the three had been standing. Hotaru grunts "Okay then..." holds her nose "I'll have to fight them off! Here goes nothing..."

She turned her Rototrix to Sylveon and was about to choose it when something inside herself told her to choose Lucario. Ember and Vlad watch Hotaru closely hoping she'd pick Sylveon and to them it looked like she was but Hotaru slaps it down after quickly turning it without them knowing them slapped it down. White light filled the air and Hotaru lost her hair and clothes. Her head turns blue and black, gains red eyes, blue dog like ears, her torso becomes cream colored fur, blue fur on her legs with a bit of black in between the torso and legs, her arms also come blue but her hands become black as well as her feet, then lastly gains three spikes, one on her chest, and one each on each of her upper hands, when the transformation ended she was "LUCARIO!"

Vlad blinks "Lucario? That wasn't the one we were hoping you to turn into!"

Hotaru's eyes now made out the ghost actually able to see their aura and she saw Shadow Muk's. She then informs her friends "Guys...Bad news...Ember and Vlad...They are real ghosts! And they are so real."

"Enough of this!" Vlad roared "Shadow Muk...Land a Gunk Shot on her!"

Hotaru heard the command and turned just in time for Shadow Muk to send a pile of poisonous gunk at her. She doesn't dodge the attack instead she pulls out her bone staff and uses it to bat the poisonous gunk at the two ghosts.

"INCOMING!" Vlad shouts as he and Ember turn intangible the pile of gunk misses them thanks to thank.

When two returned to normal they saw that Hotaru wasn't even harmed by the gunk as some of it had dropped onto her without injury "Impossible!" Vlad shouted "That did nothing?"

Darnel smirks seeing the surprised ghost "I guess whoever you are helping didn't tell you but didn't you know Poison Type Moves have no effect on a Steel Type like Hotaru is in now?"

Ember smirked "She's a Steel Type hugh? Good to know...Shadow Muk...Flamethrower!"

Hotaru heard this "That thing can breathe fire?!"

She turned to see Muk opening it's mouth and breathing fire upon her. Hotaru uses her gymnastic skills to avoid the flames doing a triple flip in mid air. She uses her bone staff using Bone Rush on the Muk. Her Bone Rush connected a total of Five times. Even though she could see that the blows were indeed Super-Effective on the Shadow Muk, it appeared as if it didn't do anything "Oh great...This thing doesn't even stink, but it's sludge is thick!

Ember began singing and her guitar sent out an electrical beam at Hotaru with Vlad sending a purple energy blast at her. The two blasts hit Hotaru in her back with the Muk looking at her and without being ordered to breathed out another Flamethrower which scorched Hotaru. Hotaru screams as she is flung backwards hitting a store and slumps down groaning "So it's three against one hugh? I can handle that! The ghosts didn't do much damage to me compared to that Flamethrower."

She gets up addressing the ghosts "I'm about to turn things around. This Shadow Pokemon is about to be defeated and when it does I'm coming after you two!"

She prepares to fight the three ghosts unaware that in Danvile U.S.A. Erdos and Queen Venomica arrived with Venomica's snake like tongue flicking out detecting Jazz Fenton and Sam. In fact she had found the two and was about to feast when Danny Fenton stepped in thinking that Venomica was a ghost of some kind boy was he about to have a wake up call. The Succubus Naga Queen turned her attention to Danny Fenton whom spoke "Back away from my friends or I'll imprison you just like I did to the other ghosts!

"Thy are Danny Phantom" Queen Venomica hissed addressing him "Thy'sss threatsss mean nothing to me...I'm Queen Venomica, Succubus Naga Queen."

Danny Fenton looks at her not taking Queen Venomica seriously as he should be "Oh yeah, well I'm the king of England! If you aren't going to move from my sister and friend then I'm gonna have to force you...Prepare yourself, for I'm going ghost!"

Within seconds Danny Fenton soon transformed into Danny Phantom then he charged Queen Venomica. Queen Venomica spat out her venom at him. Danny saw the strange venom and turned intagible...Too bad his venom hit his other friend Tucker, but luckily Tucker was wearing his glasses but some of the venom did spill over his glasses and into his eyes "AHHHHH! DANNY! That's venom!"

Danny charges Venomica still going intangible but the Succubus Naga Queen lifts up her coils and slaps him down onto the ground while he was still tangible. Danny grunts hitting the ground on his back "She can harm me when I'm intangible? What sort of ghost is she?"

Tucker managed to get some water and clean his eyes out of the venom and looked it up and froze "Uh, Danny...She called herself Queen Venomica right?"

"That's correct why?"

"Well, it says here she is a Succubus Naga Queen!"

"HOLY COW! So..."

"Yep, you are fighting your first ever Demonness...Good luck man. Says here she as a Succubus Naga Queen can harm ghosts.

Suddenly Danny truly detected a Ghost, and turned "Where is the ghost?"

He turned to see Shadow Cofigries hovering over him "And where did this thing come from?"

"Did you think I'd come here alone Danny Phantom?" Queen Venomica asked the ghost boy "I have back up in the name of Cccipher!"

Before Danny could react the Shadow Cofigries unleashed a Shadow Ball attack at Danny. Danny took the ghostly attack and was flung towards Venomica. This time he dodged her tail swing and floats upward thinking of the situation this wasn't the ideal situation for him to be in, the Ghost he reasoned with himself he could take but against Queen Venomica for the first time in his life he'd need to think fast. She wasn't a ghost he could simply beat down still the ghost boy gets up looking at his foes not realizing that at the very same time, Hotaru in Manassas Virgina was taking on a Shadow Muk, Ember and Vlad in Vlad's scheme to take over the world. As the episode is ending we can see both Hotaru and Danny side-by-side in their current situation in glaring at each others villains both not fully realizing that they'd meet up with each other soon.

Too be continued

End of Part one of Phantom Phenomenon! Looks like Danny and Hotarumon 14 are in a bit of a jam! Can the two battle against this weird setup their foes have set up on them and what's to become of poor Loveria? Yeah this is possibly the longest episode of this series but I didn't want to let it end with Vlad discussing his plan to the villains. Next episode is Episode 8: Phantom Phenomenon P2: Chaos unfolds when Queen Venomica uses a mirror to transport Danny Phantom to Hotaru's home town forcing a minor clash between the two heroes due to mistaken identity.