Danny Phantom? No, Spectre.

Interrupted Confessions

I was working up the nerve to tell them others the secret M'egan discovered when a deep voice bellowed over the loudspeakers that I was to report to the mission room. "What does he want with just me?" I wonder as I pull M'egan's second favorite apron off over my head. I stalk over to the mission area with an odd feeling like I just know M'egan is going to burn the cookies. 

I walk in to find none other than Vlad Masters standing next to Batman with a smug look on his face. Instincts kick in and I fire off three ecto-blasts at him. He transforms in his ghost form and blocks them with ease. Batman doesn't even seem fazed he merely states, "He's your legal guardian now. Here's the paperwork to prove it. Don't break anything." He drops the manilla file on table and casually walks out as if he hasn't left me alone with my nemesis. 

"What the fuck Vlad!!!" I yell, "What, you think that everything will be fine? Things will go back to normal? New flash! Everyone's fucking dead." He winces, but then he looks up with the eyes of a beaten puppy, a look I only saw when he explained Dan's origins. 

He mutters, "I found Jazz... drinking herself sick in your room. She thought you were dead Daniel. That everyone who cared about her was gone." I pale, "No..." I whimper. "You have to take me to her!!!" He doesn't move. "Now Frootloop!!!" I shake him. His eyes flick up to me as he snaps out of his reverie, "Sure Badger." He says cooly, picking up his old demeanor as a mask. I dash out to go find Batman, but he finds me first. He answers a question I've yet to ask, "I've arranged for you to take a personal day. Go."

Hours of flying later we finally reach Vlad's Mansion and we phase through the door. Vlad switches back to his human form and reminds, "Now Daniel, I believe you've forgotten our little agreement. No ghosting in the house." "As long as you don't pull some evil bullshit, I remember. Unfortunately, that's not exactly an option for me anymore." I quip quickly before thinking about what I'm actually saying. He looks shocked, "Badger... You mean you're..." He stopped, at a loss for words. "Yeah Frootloop. I kicked the bucket for real this time; not a halfa anymore. You're one of a kind again." I growl. He reaches out as if to offer some sort of affection, but I turn intangible and wander off to find Jazz. 

I walk into a room upstairs to find Jazz reading a book on an alarmingly pink bed that was surrounded by moving boxes. I didn't know what to say, Hey there Jazz! I'm dead and it might be my fault that our parents, Sam and Tucker are!!! Ugh... "Hey Jazz... Whatcha reading?" I ask trying to keep it simple. "Not much. Just-" She froze mid-sentence. "Danny. That's it... I'm fuckin losing it." She says darkly to herself. "Wow" I tease,"Nice to see you too!" "You're dead. I'm nuts. Leave me alone." She growls. "I'm really here. Look! New costume! Why would you imagine that?" I reason. I grab her arm and hug her tightly. "Jazz, I need you. Everyone else is dead. Please don't ignore me." Her cold glare finally falters and she hugs me with all her might, "I missed you too little bro."

Eventually, after a lot of catching up, Vlad calls dinner. I grab Jazz's hand and phase us through the wall into the enormous dining hall. "Badger, please keep to using the doors. You don't know if I've got guests." Vlad sighed. We sit down at the take out Chinese food spread and he pressingly asks, "Are you going to tell your side of the story Daniel?" I freeze and whimper, "He killed them. He killed me... I ran as far as I could. I didn't know what to do then and I still don't." "Who the hell is responsible." He growls in a manner that almost rivals Batman. "Skulker." I hiss, "He got the drop on us. I couldn't save..." I trail off. Vlad got up dramatically and shifted into his ghost form, "I'm gonna put his fucking pelt on my wall." He swears. He storms off leaving me and Jazz alone. 

"You're dead?!" She squeaks in shock. "Yeah. I've got a new costume and name now." Looks up from the chow mein she'd been picking at with interest. "I'm Spectre now. I joined a team of other teenaged heroes and they're pretty cool." I explain. "You mean those sidekicks that made up a Junior Justice League a few months back?" She questions curiously. 

"The same!" I reply. "Their leader is really nice and remember that tuxedo wearing ghost guy I tracked to Gotham?" She nods "Well the hero I met there is on the team! There is even someone with a sonic screech like mine." I excitedly tell her, glad to have my sister back. "I've got the day off today, but I've got to be back tomorrow during the day." I mumble. "Aww..." she groans. "Don't worry! It's basically school hours. Now that I'm dead I don't have to go!" I joke quickly. She laughs halfheartedly. "Heh. Spectre: Full time Hero." She jokes back.