1Danny walked into the office, where the incident started, and grabbed a spray can, spraying the office with some sort of spray, then his eyes closed really hard, then he flung open his eyes, glowing completely green as he looked around, noticing some footsteps from the table. Curious, he raises an eyebrow as he kneels and looks under the table, only to see a tape recorder.
Curious, he grabs it, and plays a recording of the whole incident of the Ghost striking.
He places the recorder in his pocket and looks around, and sees test tubes shattered all over the table, something must've happened involving the chemicals in this room. He takes a closer look, and sees a piece drop of Ectoplasm, using an eyedrop, he uses the tool to suck up the spot for evidence. Something involving ghosts happened, but what?
Suddenly, something ruined the moment, a bright spotlight shining in the room. Soon enough, he sees that police officers have the Cowan Pharmaceuticals swarming with cops on the outside. One van was full of Strike Force members who all have stern faces because they're about to try to apprehend the ghost child. Alarmed, the teen runs off.
"All right, you jokers, pipe down! He's in there! I want him by any means necessary!-" Fred said, cutting off the chattering cops. Then, he sees the Commissioner arriving in a cop car as he got out, with a look of fury on his face, "Commissioner, you're just in time to see us hang this brat upside down!"
"There's no way in hell he's in there!" Don said, rolling his eyes.
"The chopper pilots just spotted him on the fourth floor." Fred said, smugly.
"Well, unless he can split himself in two, there's no way he's the prime suspect. Another pharmaceutical factory was robbed just across the town!" Don said, annoyed.
"WHAT?!" Fred yelled, annoyed.
In the halls, Danny tried to run and fly into the Elevator Shaft, but the Strike Force members beat him to it, prompting him to turn invisible, simultaneously throwing some smoke pellets to distract and mix up the Strike Force members as the fog came on, making the cops cough as Danny made another run for it, only to bump into more SWAT team members, who shot at him, which was ineffective, as Danny turned intangible.
Outside, Fred smugly said, "Well, someone's out there!"
"Call 'em off Flintstone, or I will!" Don said, sternly.
"Go spit in a Packer flag, Longhorn!" Fred scoffs.
Eventually, a strike force group corners Danny in a dark room. One, big, dark room.
"The Ghost Boy should be in there, sir. What now?" A Strike Force Member asks.
One of them takes a tear gas grenade as he said, "Smoke 'em out with tear gas! Ready with your mask!"
Inside, a Strike Force Member aimed his gun, searching for the Ghost Boy, until Danny comes out and grabs the gun and the Strike Force Member by the mouth, shoving him to the wall as he shushes him. The Strike Force guy was scared so he did as he was told. By sheer coincidence, the grenade lands near flamable cans and causes a giant explosion. Danny, alarmed, grabs the guard and leaps out of the exploding building and landing safe near the police cars. Danny leaves behind a shaking guard as he flies off into the night. Don and Fred walk up to the guard, only to see him over dramatically faint.
The fallowing morning, at the Chicago Zoo, several people were entering and going about their business.
The female announcer said, "The Chicago Zoo Train departs in 5 minutes. An entrance in Chiroptera, on the bat exhibit will begin in 30 minutes."
Danny Phantom was in there, but as his human alter ego, Danny Fenton. He wore a black suit with a red tie and brown formal shoes. He had combed raven black hair and normal blue eyes.
Danny walks up to the Bat Exhibit, where a man in his 40s stood there. He had grey hair. He had a blue suit and a orange tie and formal black shoes. He was Seymour Skinner.
"Skinner?" Danny asks.
"AH!" Seymour said, alarmed. "Superintendent Chalmers!" He turned to see Danny as he said, "Oh, I thought it was Chalmers. He runs the whole zoo. And you are..."
"Danny Fenton. I've an appointment. I called about a supernatural problem?" Danny said, shrugging. Danny sounds more like a casual teenager, compared to his slightly deep and intimidating voice.
"What do you think we are, pest control?" Skinner said, joked as the two walked to a building.
"Well I just need..." Danny said.
"Yes, yes come in." Skinner said as he opened the doors.
"Why, thank you, doc." Danny replied as they entered the building, which was the home of a laboratory.
"You donate a few million and you think you own the place. I understand I'm to analyze something for you." Skinner said, shrugging.
"Yeah, doc. See, I keep hearing strange and unusual noises in my house, and I found these in my empty fireplace." Danny said, showing the eyedrop full of ectoplasm to Seymour. "They look like ectoplasm. I thought maybe you could tell me if I have a ghost problem."
Seymour scoffs, "And what if they are Ghosts, Mr. Fenton? What then? Destroy them like insects? We won't survive the next evolutionary cataclysm, but Ghosts will! They're survivors, Mr. Fenton, not pests! Even Howard Stark should understand that!"
(And yes, this Fic series takes place a few years before Captain America: The First Avenger! And Tony Stark will be mentioned in "Phantom Beyond"!)
"SKINNER!" A voice shouted, coming from a well built mid-aged balding man in a blue suit and red tie. He was Gary Chalmers.
"AH!" Seymour said, alarmed. "Superintendent Chalmers!" He turned to see Chalmers and Francine Dawson, a beautiful blonde Lab assistant. She wore a pink dress and a lab coat. This caught Danny's eyes like Cupid's arrow.
"I hope Mr. Fenton understands you mean no disrespect." Gary said, walking over to Skinner and threateningly poking him.
"Sorry about Gary." Francine said. "He isn't in good vibes with Seymour."
"No worries, Miss..." Danny said, curious.
"Actually, I'm Stan Smith's fiancee." Francine replied, letting down Danny gently. "And you're way too young. I think you spoke with my supervisor on the phone?"
"Yes." Danny said.
"Oh, Mr. Fenton, I'm sorry I'm late. I'm Gary Chalmers. Did you bring the sample?" Gary said, shaking hands with the Boy Billionaire.
"I did." Danny said, handing him the eyedrop. "But I gave it to Skinner."
Skinner left the room, leaving the two alone.
"Eh," Chalmers said. "Probably to get started on the analysis. If it's a ghost problem, he'll know by tonight; and I hope he didn't get carried away. He's a little-uh-protective of all these. I think he likes Ghosts better than people."
Rolling his eyes as he chuckles, "I can imagine. I brought you this too. It's a recording I made of the noise on my chimney."
Danny plays the tape he found at the building last night. This confuses Francine.
"That doesn't sound like any ghost I've ever heard, Mr. Fenton." Francine said.
"The animal behaviour people have a sound library. Maybe Skinner can identify it. We'll let you know." Gary said, confidently. "But it'll have to wait after Seymour's dinner at his house."
"What is he having?" Danny said, chuckling.
"A roast." Gary said.
Later that night, Danny Phantom was examining the tape through his supercomputer in the ghost cave.
"I didn't realize you've taken up to listening to rock'n'roll, sir." Avery joked.
"You know; I actually did checked this against any musical sound. Computer still can't come close to pinpoint it..." Danny said, annoyed.
Suddenly, the phone rings, and Avery answers it, "Hello? Dr. Skinner?"
Danny presses the speaker and talks in his Fenton voice, "What's up, Doc?"
"You have ghosts, Mr. Fenton. Common bio exorcists. They shouldn't pose a problem. As the weather gets colder, they'll move on." Skinner replied.
"And the sounds on the tape?" Danny asks.
"It's actually two sounds, Mice and Ghosts; probably fighting over a nest on your chimney."
"Appreciate the help doc. I'll return the favor next time you're raising funds." Danny replies, hanging up. He then goes back to his Danny Phantom voice, "This computer checked that liquid against every animals species known to man. I went to them because I thought they might know something we didn't. That ectoplasm wasn't a bio-exorcist." Then he spoke to the computer, "Computer; check against combined sounds; Mice and ghosts."
After scanning and some flashing, the computer responds, "Negative. Sounds not originated by either species."
Avery said, curiously, "So we have an incongruity?
"No, I'll do you one better." Danny said, sternly. "He's lying, and I think I might know why..."
