OHHHHH LOOK WHAT I FOUND IN MY DOC MANAGER

A COMPLETELY FINISHED CHAPTER OF A STORY I HAVE NOT EVEN GLANCED AT IN FOUR MONTHS.

WHAT THE HECK. I'LL PUT IT HERE.

Disclaimer: NO.

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The Nasty Burger was perfect to have a conversation that you didn't want anyone to overhear. Why? Because the Nasty Burger was a popular place among teenagers, the place was always crowded, and noisy. Kids talking and laughing, the machines that cooked the food going off every five seconds, and the hit music station playing overhead. It was so loud, no one would overhear two fourteen year olds talking in almost-whispers in the corner.

Danny slurped on his medium hot fudge shake as Valerie carefully placed French fries in her mouth. They've been like this for ten minutes now, in silence, Danny slurping loudly and Valerie eating her Nasty Burger, than her fries after the burger was gone.

'Dang, how much milkshake is in that thing? It's only a medium!' Valerie thought to herself as she watched Danny drink his milkshake.

"So," She began. "What are you? A ghost? Or a human with ghost powers?"

She saw Danny visibly wince. "Sorry! I didn't mean that in a offending way!" She quick apologized.

"No no, it's just... Someone once said something similar to me. It's fine, don't worry!" He quickly explained, seeing the look on Valerie's face.

"Well," he began. "You know about the ghost portal my parents have in the basement? When we first turned it on, it didn't work. They got all depressed, even stopped ghost hunting for a while. I tried to cheer them up by fixing it, which didn't work either. Than, me, Sam, and Tucker were hanging out in the basement and Sam convinced me to go into it. I tripped, and you'll never believe it." He paused, sending Valerie a grin.

"My parents put the on button on the inside! I accidentally hit the button, and the portal turned on, while I was in it." He leaned back in his chair. "When I came out, I had snow white hair, and glowing green eyes. I could walk through walls, disappear and fly." He smiled. "I just made that up on the spot. Cool!"

"We think that the portal turned me into a half ghost. That's why I can turn into one if I want to." He added as an afterthought.

"Dang."

"I know, right?"

"So all this time you were trying to protect us? Why? I know for a fact I was a jerk to you and your friends, and you could've gone ghost on us. You could ectoblast Dash in the face every time he tried to push you in a locker." She asked, curious.

"I don't know. At first, I wanted to keep it a secret because I didn't want to be labeled as a freak. But after awhile, I just wanted to protect people, and keeping my identity a secret was the key. Sam calls it my "Hero complex," and Tucker just calls me paranoid." He said with a laugh.

"I guess that makes since. If I had ghost powers, I would want to keep it a secret too."

They sat in silence. Well, almost silence, Danny was still slurping his milkshake loudly. Dang, did that cup refill itself or something? Or was he just making that annoying noise on purpose?

Than, a wisp of blue smoke escaped from Danny's mouth. He shivered, and glanced nervously around.

What was that? Valerie was fairly positive that it had something to do with his ghost powers and his alter ego, but she wasn't sure what blue smoke could do. "Danny, what was that?"

"My ghost sense. It goes off whenever a ghost is around."

"Oh... Are you going to do something?"

"Yeah, but I bet I could use some help," Danny grinned.

Same old Danny. "Sure. Let's go get 'em."

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Not as long as the first chappie, but I kinda wanted to surprise you guys who are still reading this old crap... I think I might do a revamp of some of my old stories.