"14 years and there is no trace of him?!" A voice full of rage shouted. "I need that boy! That boy is the key to everything! With his power I can rule world forever but just when I was on the verge of a triumph, he along with his older sister disappear without a trace! Keep looking for him! Check every town, city for any ecto signatures or powers of any kind! Just find me that boy!"

The shadowy figure floated down the stairs to a basement, a flash of light went by and then he opened the door to reveal a large cell at the end of the lab where a man and a woman was sitting inside.

"Are you going to tell me where you hid him?" The figure asked bitterly.

The woman spat at him, "Like we'd ever let you near any of our children and I will never let you get your hands on our son"

"Keep on asking but we won't tell you" Her husband then said with defiance.

The figure scoffed and said, "Loyal to your children and agency as ever. Suit yourselves. Oh and just as punishment, there will be no breakfast or lunch for either of you two"

He then left them alone in their cell and left the basement. He then went upstairs to another lab where there was something floating in a tank filled with liquid. He gently touched the glass while saying, "I will find him and his power will be mine"

NEW YORK CITY

Daniel Thompson or Danny as he liked to be called woke up to the sound of his alarm going off at 6:45 am, he groaned as he slammed it off and then got out of bed and headed for the bathroom to take a shower. Twenty minutes later he was dressed, his school bag packed and he headed downstairs to have breakfast with his older sister Jasmine or Jazz as she liked to be called along with their father Mathew Thompson.

Mathew was a thirty seven year old man with dark brown hair, blue eyes and wore denim jeans with black shoes, a dark blue work shirt with a black work jacket. He worked for the New York Times as a reporter and a photographer and was one of their best who worked there.

Mathew smiled as he cooked breakfast at the sight of Danny and said, "Good morning son. Happy birthday"

"Thanks dad" Danny said as he sat down. Jazz got up and hugged her brother as she said, "Oh my little brother is finally fourteen"

"Jazz cut it out" Danny said with a slight chuckle.

"Where do you wanna go out tonight?" Mathew asked as placed plates with bacon and eggs with toast in front of them.

"PF Changs" Danny answered and then asked, "Is it okay if Sam comes as well?"

Mathew nodded and said, "Let her know is she wants to ride with us she can and then I'll drop her off after dinner"

"Cool. Jazz you ready?" Danny asked.

"Head down to my car and I'll meet you there" Jazz said.

Danny nodded and headed out the front door, as soon as the door shut Jazz asked Mathew, "When are we gonna tell him?"

Mathew answered, "Let him enjoy his birthday and then we'll tell him the truth about everything"

"Okay well I better get us to school" Jazz said as she grabbed her bag and headed for the door. But before leaving she said, "You know no matter what happens, you really are a good dad"

"Thanks Jazz. I appreciate it" Mathew said with a warm smile and then she left for her car where Danny was sitting in the front passenger seat waiting for her.

During the drive she noticed him a bit down and asked, "Are you okay little brother?"

He sighed and answered, "I'm fine. I just still wish that Tucker didn't have to move to Amity Park"

"At least you still talk to him Danny and hey like I said before, no matter what happens you both will still remain best friends right?" Jazz said.

Danny smiled at his older sister and said, "Thanks Jazz, you really are a cool sister"

Jazz smiled at what he said and then they finally arrived at Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Danny smiled as he saw his other best friend Sam Manson waiting at the front doors. Sam was a Goth and an Ultra-Recyclo Vegetarian, they both met each other along with Tucker in kindergarten and had been best friends ever since.

Whenever Danny had a problem, he could always tell Sam or Tucker about it and Sam had been there for him when they found out Tucker and his family were moving to Amity Park, what they both didn't realise was they both had major crushes on each other but whenever someone in the school called them lovebirds, they both denied it.

"Hey Sam" Danny greeted.

"Hey Danny" Sam replied. "Happy birthday by the way"

"Thanks and we're going to PF Changs tonight if you want to come" Danny said. "Dad said he can drive you home after"

"Cool. So we'll head straight for your place then after school" Sam said which Danny nodded to as they headed inside the school.

As they put their bags away in their lockers, they both heard a noise and turned to see a jock slammed a geek into the lockers and then shoved him inside one, luckily a teacher saw and stopped him before the jock had a chance to lock the door.

"The bullying here is a joke. It's like high school without the musical" Danny said. Sam nodded in agreement and then said, "At least the teachers here do something about it. Remember two months ago when we spoke to Tucker, apparently the bullying's pretty bad at his school Casper High and the teachers don't do anything about it"

"Yeah I remember" Danny said as he grabbed his books. "The jocks are the superstars of the school and the teacher's won't do anything if it means they lose their star football players"

He sighed as he closed his locker and asked, "Hey Sam do you think I fit in?"

"Why do ask that?" She asked curiously. He shrugged and answered, "I'm not sure. Sometimes I feel like sometimes I don't fit in or belong here. Like I'm supposed to be something else or something more than what I am"

"Danny everyone is unique in their own way and unique is good" Sam said. "You just have to find something that makes you unique and then just embrace it. It's just like I'm an Ultra-Recyclo vegetarian and my…"

"Individuality or intelligence?" Danny suggested.

Sam blushed and said, "I was gonna say utter dismay for anything popular but okay. Do you really think I'm smart?"

Danny also blushed at what he said. Sam then finished, "And who cares if you don't exactly fit in. You fit in with your friends, your sister and your dad. What makes you unique will come soon, you just have to be patient"

Danny smiled and said, "Thanks Sam"

"What are friends for?" Sam said.

The bell rang and then the two best friends were off to English. Meanwhile at the New York Times, he heard his watch beeping as he was typing at his computer and then he immediately stood up and headed to the corridor making it look like he was heading for the bathroom but then quickly went inside the janitors closet and locked the door from the inside, he then tapped his watch three times and a small blue holographic screen appeared and he pressed the green button to answer the oncoming phone call.

"Mathew anything to report?" A voice asked.

"Nothing. There still has been any indications of him finding the children, especially Danny" He answered. "The leather wrist band is still doing its job and tomorrow is the day I'm telling him the truth"

"Good. We still haven't found where he's hiding Maddie or Jack, his efforts to find you have doubled but so far no results have come" The voice said.

"When are we expected back at HQ?" Mathew asked.

"Next week but if anything changes we'll let you know" The voice answered. "You've done a really good job taking care of their children"

"Thank you" Mathew said and with that he hung up and headed back to his desk.

He was unaware that someone invisible had been watching him invisibly, it flew out of the office and then landed on the roof of a building. It turned visible revealing a ghost with a flaming Mohawk and wearing a high tech battle suit.

He turned on his communicator and said, "This is Skulker reporting in. I may have found something suspicious in New York and I think I found what we've been looking for"

"This is most interesting" A voice replied. "Monitor further and then give me a full report on Wednesday"

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