A/N:Wow, a little over a year since the last update. Thank you to all those who talked me into continuing; I've been busy with work and school and I thought no one really cared whether this old thing was continued. There'll probably be one or two more chapters at the most before I wrap this up.

CHAPTER 5

Don't say it…

Don't say it…

"BEWARE!"

Danny gritted his teeth in annoyance as the Box Ghost dodged his ecto-blasts, flying in-between the park trees while sending another volley of boxes hurdling towards him.

"You know that catchphrase is getting reallllly annoying and I- " Slam! A picnic basket hit him square in the face sending him careening through a crowd of roller bladders before finally landing in a pile of thorny bushes.

'I can't believe I'm getting my butt handed to me by the box ghost' Danny thought to himself as he emerged from the bushes.

"Gee mister, you're not very good at this" A voice said.

Danny turned and saw what could only be the ugliest kid he'd ever seen. He was pale with yellow teeth, wiry blonde hair, and pale skin, he couldn't have been more then 8 years old but looked… odd for his age.

"Uh, I'd like to see you do better" Danny said angrily before quickly shielding himself from an oncoming mail-box. He hated being mean to kids, but sometimes they should learn when to keep their little traps shu-

"HEY UGLY!!" Danny heard the hideous child next to him scream. The Box Ghost turned his attention to the kid.

"You mind not touching my package!" The kid made a rude gesture with his crotch before pointing at the package the Box Ghost had been preparing to throw at Danny.

The box exploded in his arms and dozens of bats flew out, swarming around the Box Ghost who gave a girlish scream of terror before flying into the vary thorn-bush Danny had just gotten out of. The bats continued circling the bush; upon closer inspection Danny could see their heads were identical to the ugly kids. Acting on the opportunity Danny pulled out his thermos and sucked both the bats and the Box Ghost into it.

"Why did the bats get sucked up too? Unless they were..." Danny turned back around to the kid.

Standing in the kids place was a bizarre man wearing a striped suit, his face similar to both the kids and the bats; his body gave off the trademark glow of a ghost, something Danny had failed to notice earlier.

"You're not a kid! You're a ghost!" Danny yelled, glaring at the man who seemed unperturbed by Danny's stare.

"And that's not a thermos, but you don't see me gettin' all pissy about it!"

Danny gritted his teeth and turned to fire the thermos at him, only to find it gone. The man flew up towards Danny and held it in front of his face, pulling it away every time he went for it.

"Hey give that back!" The moment Danny yelled, the man just smiled and crushed it to pieces in his hand. This caused all the spectral energy to be released, including – much to Danny's dismay – the Box Ghost who flew-off quickly into the night. "You're playing with one of the big boys' kid; if you wanna "help" the living I ain't got any problems with that, but stay away from Lydia."

"Lydia? What do you want with her?!" He felt both added anger and confusion at the mention of her name.

"Oh what, you want to keep ALL the great lady's to yourself. I've already seen you getting cozy with that other chick, Lydia's mine! We've got history!"

Before Danny even had the chance to charge an ecto-blast, the man disappeared in a sudden bang.

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Sam's battle wasn't going any better. It didn't involve ghosts; instead it was a battle between whether to finally tell Danny she liked him, or keep her feelings to herself till the right time came. After spending an entire day keeping Danny away from yet another potential crush, she realized it was time to make up her mind once and for all. She paced back in forth for some time weighing her options before she suddenly felt her body stop and go rigid.

"I'll tell him." She said abruptly. She traced her lips with her fingers, in shock that the words had come out of her mouth before a clapping sound broke the silence of her room. Spinning around she saw the ghostly figure of a man standing in the corner, his hands slapping together one last time before he began approaching her.

"Don't think I could'a said it better myself" He blew his nose into a hanky that appeared out of thin air.

"Who are you?!" She would have preferred to say something a little more threatening, but without any Fenton weapons nearby it was best to just keep him talking.

"There's no way I'm telling you my name" the ghost said matter-of-factly. "If I tell you, you'll tell your friends and next thing you know I gotta make appearances at every wannabe-Wiccan girl's slumber party" His tone suddenly changed. "There's only one girl for the B-man, Lydia."

"Lydia?" Sam was genuinely perplexed, what does Lydia have to do with this guy?

"Lydia and I go way back" He recalled dreamily. "After I got back on her good side for terrorizing her family she and I became close friends, and not long after that we became even closer." His look changed to one of frustration. "...and then her parents dragged her out to this dump where Mister I'm-half-ghost starts putting the moves on her from day one!"

"Danny! You're talking about Danny!" Before the ghost could reply, Sam recalled how she'd suddenly stated she'd tell Danny her feelings for him; realization dawned on her. "You want me to tell Danny how I'd feel because you love Lydia"

"Ka-Ching! We have an accomplice!"

"Hey! I didn't say I was going to go along with it!" She yelled.

"Why not?" The ghost whined.

"You're a ghost, you're Evil!"

"Hey, Come on! Do I look evil?" He moved closer to Sam and smiled innocently, baring his yellowish teeth. Sam grimaced upon getting a closer look at the ghosts face. "Evil's...not exactly the word I would use."

Beetlejuice glared at Sam, "Look, if you don't tell him I'll tell the world who he is."

Sam looked unimpressed, "Almost all the ghost's in the Ghost Zone know Danny's real identity; but they know if they made it public the ghost zone would be under threat from ghost hunters."

Beetlejuice sneered "The Ghost Zone is for the crazies; I'm from the Neitherworld, that's where normal people go when they die but can't cross over yet."

Sam was beginning to feel out of her league; this ghost not only acted different, but seemed to know allot more than she or the Fenton's knew about the afterlife. The more she thought about his offer the more it seemed reasonable. But Sam wasn't a total angst ridden goth girl and wasn't about to take the easy way out. She knew there was another way.

She looked at the ghost with her strongest attempt at sincerity, "I guess it's the only way. I get Danny and you get the girl of your dreams, sounds fair."

"Yeesss! And they say kids these days are completely stupid, you're alright in my book. Now go tell that superhero crush of yours to give up on the new creepy girl and settle on the old creepy you."

Sam's eye twitched at the remark slightly but she kept on with the performance, "Alright; I'll let him know, you make your move on Lydia just after." The ghost nodded in acknowledgement before disappearing in a flash.

Sam sighed, now to get Danny and Tucker

Short chapter, I know. I've finally got an ending in mind though and I'm working on finishing the rest in a chapter or two.

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