Third person POV
GIW headquarters

William Lockwood was not pleased. Not in the slightest. Their plan for getting ectoplasm failed. They lost their best hunters and top researchers. What is strange, that others returned. Ghosts didn't do anything to them, they just let people go! Head of GIW department was currently sitting in his chair with bottle of brandy in his hands and thinking about what to do.

Things didn't go to their favor. GIW were getting out of ectoplasm, ghosts were slipping through their hands, and this pissed him off. It was very suspicious. Ghosts weren't so well organized before. They attacked with excellent organization and unity. It is not possible to achieve it without leadership, but who is it? Humans know only about Pariah, Ghost King, but he is locked inside some sarcophagus. Leadership is gained by power in the Ghost Zone, so whoever new leader is, he must be very powerful.

His train of thoughts was interrupted by one of the agents, running into his office. William got annoyed look on his face.

"What's the meaning of this?!"

"I-I'm sorry, sir, we have an emergency! Agents O and K are seriously injured!"

"What, they can't even arrest human?"

"You might want to ask them"

GIW Head went straight to the infirmary, going through sickeningly white corridors. There he saw two agents laying on the beds, fully covered in gyps, with only their faces shown. Somehow, Lockwood doubted that Ms.Gray has done that.

"Would you kindly to explain me, what the hell happened with you two?"

"We...were attacked by...ghost" K managed to say. That spiked William's interest.

"It threw us...through the window"

"How did it look like?" Lockwood asked.

"We...couldn't see it's face...it wore cloak" said O.

"We only saw fangs" finished K.

"Sir!" Everyone turned to the rookie, who ran inside the infirmary.

"What do you need?" Shouted William, annoyed. Rookie started to shake in fear.

"W-we m-managed to read this g-ghost's ecto-level. It's 9th level ghost!" Declared newbie. Everyone's eyes widened at this information. Whoever this ghost is, it's a very bad news. So far, GIW have encountered only one ghost more powerful than that. And that was Pariah Dark.

Possibly, that was mysterious kingpin, but it's hard to say for sure. Situation becomes worse and worse. Now they have 9th level ghost roaming around. And the most disturbing part - he can hide. Detection systems didn't pick him up, which should be impossible! The only reason they could find his level, is the fact that detector was pointed right at him. Just add the fact that their weapons can harm maximum 4th level and you get very big problem.

GIW needs to catch more ghosts. But here, it's impossible. Then maybe they should try to find them somewhere else, besides their home world...Smirk grew on the GIW leader's face. Yes, that can work.

Ghost Zone

Phantom wasn't lying when he said luxury apartment. It's not everyday, when you have a chance to live in such conditions for free. There were two bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room and even kitchen. That's not mentioning the balcony with the magnificent view on the capital. Grays were currently eating, since their dinner was rudely interrupted. Awkward silence was between them. The eldest member still was freaking out about being in another world.

Then they heard phone ringing. Damon walked to the coffee table and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Oh, good evening Mr. Gray, may I talk with Valerie for a minute?" Phantom said from the other side of the line. Dark skinned man called for his daughter and passed her the phone.

"Yeah?"

"Hey, Val, I need to talk with you about something. Can you meet with me sometime later?"

"What is this about?"

"Well, Jazz told me something. And...you want to meet Danny, right?" Valerie just stood there. It was quiet for some time, before she finally found some words.

"Y-yes, I do"

"Great, see you at the park near your apartment, I will be waiting" with that call was ended.

Valerie felt a little guilty. In all this rush she had completely forgotten about Danny. Former huntress wanted to see her friend. She really cared about him. When Valerie and her father lost all their money, blue eyed boy was the one who was with her, after she was abandoned by her 'friends'. He helped her to understand the true friendship. She may have crush on him, but then Danny just disappeared.

Valerie devoured her food very fast and ran out of the hotel in a blink of an eye.

Park nearby wasn't the biggest one in the city. It was pretty peaceful though. Straight paths, going beside carefully shaved trees, flowerbeds literally shining with different colors. Valerie walked there for some time, until she came to the lake with rocky shore. She watched this scene in front of her, until she heard voice behind her.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Said Phantom, coming from behind.

"Yes, it is," Valerie answered, still fascinated by view. He chuckled.

"It's my favorite. And Ellie loves this place too. We often come here"

"How old is she?"

"Physically or in fact?" Valerie was confused, but asked to tell everything.

"Physically - four. In fact, she is eight months old"

"Wh-what?" That wasn't answer she was expecting. How could Ellie be so young? She must be an infant! Seeing Valerie's confusion, Phantom continued.

"My Dad already mentioned that this is very complicated. As example, she doesn't have mother. At all. Ellie is my not-so-exact clone," huntress' eyes widened, "I prefer to avoid this topic in her presence. I don't want her to feel like she is some kind of mistake. I don't her to feel like me, when I was young. Ellie IS my child, she has my blood and ectoplasm pumping through her veins and that's all that matters," after that silence settled between former enemies. Then Ghost Boy continued.

"Sorry, got carried by the side. You came here to search for someone, didn't you?" Valerie nodded.

"Well, where should I start? I'm half ghost," huntress lifted her eyebrow in confusion, "Let me explain. It has something to do with how I died. I lost half of my life, when I was electrocuted inside Ghost Portal. It's...unusual, I agree, I don't understand this fully myself"

"And what's the difference between you and other ghosts?"

"Strangely enough, halfas, the name of my kind, are more powerful than full ghosts. Also, there is another important thing, I have human form. Unlike simple disguise, I become different on the anatomy level. My ectoplasm turns into blood, my heart beats again, just a bit slower. I also look different"

"How different?"

"Valerie, what's my first name?" He asked with oddly familiar smile. Former huntress furrowed her eyebrows in thought. She always called him Phantom, but looks like it's his last name. Valerie recalled the moment when he flew to fight against Pariah, he called himself...her eyes widened and jaw dropped in utter shock.

"D-danny?" She managed to say. His answer was appearance of pearl white ring around him. It split in two and traveled up and down. On the place of Ghost King stood black haired and blue eyed boy Valerie knows so well.

"Before you say something, Val, I don't have anything against you. You did what you thought was right, most importantly, without becoming something like my former friends and 'family'"

"Thank you," she said as Danny changed back.

"Do you have any questions?"

"How about million?"

One million questions and answers later

"Wow"

"Yeah, remember kids, don't put plants in cold," Danny chuckled, "Oh, crap. Looks like it's time for me to go," he said as he looked on his watch.

After quick goodbyes Phantom flew back to his palace. It was pretty exhausting day, but now he is free to do what he wants. Yes, Danny was planning war, but everyone should have rest. The biggest problem was, that his daughter's room was just above him. And her buddy Youngblood decided to visit, so, the roof of the living room was shaking. Nothing can stand wrath of little kids, even well built buildings. But despite that fact, young king turned on the TV.

After a few minutes of fruitless searching for something interesting, Danny stopped, when he saw familiar face.

"Good evening, dear citizens, Harriet Chin is reporting..."

Chin, huh? He remembers her. Danny met Harriet three years ago. It was during his former parents' college reunion. It was also the day, when he learned about Vlad The Fruitloop himself. Plasmius had big plans on this party, and even if Phantom was weaker than his godfather at the moment, he still managed to defeat him with powerful weapon - blackmail. Harriet Chin has seen the whole ordeal and, being the reporter she is, reported her sightings to her boss. She was fired, since nobody believed in ghosts yet. Looks like Chin got her work back.

"...we got reports, that Head of GIW department plans to have a speech in UN comitee..."

Danny choked his drink after hearing this news. Why would Lockwood make a speech? And as if on cue...

"...and I give a word to William Lockwood"

"Thank you, Harriet. The reason for this meeting is very important, we have noticed that ghosts started appearing all around the world, so GIW wants to offer our services to other suffering countries as well..."

Phantom wasn't listening what one of his most despised enemies said after that. His ectoplasm was ready to boil already from this bastard's lies. And this word 'suffering', what does HE know about SUFFERING?!

Then evil smirk appeared on Danny's face. Oh, this moron has just dug himself one very deep grave. It's time to show humans, what King Phantom is like.