[A/N: Nathan and Dick are both fifteen, and Cisco is fourteen in this episode]

Fade in on Thomas McKnight. A brilliant bioengineering scientist from Star Labs.

Thomas: So, Nathan. You and your friends have your own different goals.

Zoom out to Thomas standing in front of three teenagers in chairs. On the far left is his son, Nathan McKnight, and sitting next to him is a black-haired boy named Dick Grayson and a Puerto Rican boy named Cisco Ramon.

Nathan: Yeah, dad. I want to be an astronaut.

Dick: I want to be in the circus or maybe be a detective of Gotham Police Department.

Cisco: And I want to be a mechanical engineering scientist. What are those?

Thomas: (Turns to a table with laboratory equipment and beakers.) Ah, it's just some old ghost hunting equipment.

A blue mist suddenly escapes Nathan's mouth.

Nathan: Oh no.

Cut to the portal door opening.

Nathan: (Off-screen) This isn't good.

Two ectopuses escape from the portal, growling.

The ghosts grab Dick and Cisco around their mouths and lift them up out of their chairs.

Thomas: It's has been a long time since I saw a ghost, but when I do, I'll be prepared.

Nathan looks alarmed. The ectopuses are floating above the floor, Dick and Cisco still in their grasp. Nathan gets a determined look on his face.

Thomas is still messing with the various items on the lab table while Nathan jumps off-screen, a white light appearing and disappearing before various fighting noises are heard.

Thomas: (Obliviously) It all starts with this equipment.

As he says this, he holds up a rectangle metal box.

Behind him, an ectopus goes flying past. Dick and Cisco are flung back into their chairs. Thomas goes over to them.

Thomas: Boys, this is the Ghost Trap.

Thomas hands the thermos to Dick, and both Dick and Cisco look at it. Thomas turns back around to the lab table.

Thomas: It's supposed to trap ghosts (behind Thomas, another ectopus goes flying past. He doesn't notice.) but since it doesn't work yet, it's just a metal box.

The ectopuses look defeated and dizzy and fly back into the portal. Another white light flashes off-screen, and then Nathan is shown standing where the light came from. The portal suddenly closes, and Nathan jumps off-screen. Thomas points at the now-closed portal.

Thomas: And that? That is the Ghost Portal. It releases ghosts into our world whether I want it to or not. And someday, I'll figure out how that (Taps the door) works too. (Turns around and walks towards a trembling Dick and Cisco, towering over them.) Now, any more questions?

Cut to Dick and Cisco trembling and Nathan panting and putting a hand on the back of Cisco chair.

Thomas: You kids OK?

Nathan: [panting] We're... fine... dad.
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Intro:

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Fade in on a street and pan to Nathan's house. Zoom out to reveal the eccentric-looking rooftop of the house, complete with various satellite dishes and tracking equipment.

[Pretend that there's satellite dishes on the roof]

Cut to Nathan's mother, Marianne, in the kitchen. She puts on the hood of her blue lab coat and begins putting some final touches using a blowtorch on a new invention.

Nathan's twin sister, Roxy, glances up from a book to look at her mom with annoyance before going back to reading.

[A/N: This is Nathan's sister]

Nathan is busy eating cereal when his hand suddenly disappears. His spoon drops through his intangible hand as he attempts to take a bite of cereal. He gasps before looking down at his missing hand. Upon realizing his hand is invisible, Nathan freaks out and quickly hides his hand under the table.

Marianne: Okay, two more weeks, and it's done!

She turns off the torch, and Thomas appears behind her.

Thomas: What's done? (Grabs the invention) Hey, the Ecto Finder. This baby uses satellites to lead you right to the ghosts.

Nathan: It uses what to track what?

Ecto Finder: (Beeping. In a woman's voice) Welcome to the Ecto Finder. A ghost is near. Walk forward.

Nathan walks away from the invention while his parents move closer towards him, the invention beeping louder and faster the closer they get. Nathan is backed into a wall as Marianne and a confused Thomas holding the Ecto Finder stand in front of him.

Ecto Finder: Ghost located. Thank you for using the Fenton Finder.

Nathan gives them a weak smile.

Thomas: What? Oh, that can't be right.

Nathan's whole body suddenly turns invisible.

He looks down at himself, terrified, and quickly manages to return to normal. He then gives a look of defeat.

Nathan: Actually... I need to tell you guys something.

Roxy: That's not all you need, Nathan. (Walks over to where her parents and Nathan are standing.) You need guidance and parents who can provide it.

Marianne: Sweetie, I know what we do doesn't make sense sometimes, but you're only

Roxy: Almost sixteen. Biologically! (Nathan backs out of the shot) But psychologically, I'm an adult! And I'm glad that you didn't allow your insane obsession with ghosts (Pulls Nathan back into the shot, holding him close to her) to pollute the mind of this impressionable little child! (Looks down at Nathan, who seems a little weirded out by this conversation.) Come, you abused, unwanted wretch. I'll drive you to school. (Glares at her parents before walking off, arms still around Nathan.)

Marianne: Huh. That's weird. Roxanne never offers to drive Nathan to school.

Thomas: That can only mean one thing. Our little girl's all grown up. (Suddenly runs off-screen.) Kids, wait, you forgot your lunches! (Marianne follows after him)
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[Timeskip]

Fade to the outside of Metropolis High School, then to a hallway full of students. Nathan, Dick, and Cisco walk through the hallway before going up a flight of stairs.

Nathan: I think I should tell them.

Dick: Yeah, that's a bad idea.

Cisco: I agree, I don't think your parents are ready to know the truth yet.

Nathan: It's been two months since the accident, and I still have barely any control! If somebody catches me (starts sinking into the floor while Dick and Cisco watch), I go from geek to freak around here!

Cisco: (Raising an eyebrow) Kinda like what you're doing right now?

Nathan suddenly realizes his lower half becomes intangible, causing him to sink and yelps before Dick and Cisco help him out. His feet and lower half return to normal.

Nathan: Gah, darn it! If my dad can invent something that accidentally made me half-ghost, why can't he invent something that turns me back to normal?

Nathan begins walking off-screen, Dick and Cisco follow him up the rest of the stairs. Nathan becomes intangible and walks through a snack machine without paying any attention.

Dick: Nathan, your powers make you unique. Unique is good! Like those teens who are ultra recyclo-vegetarians.

Cisco: Which means what?

Nathan: They don't eat anything with a face on it.

Cisco: Oh, who cares about that stuff? Nathan, two words: meat connoisseur. (Sniffs the air around Nathan) Last night, you had Sloppy Joes.

Nathan: Impressive.

Dick: Yeah, Cisco, about that, the school board finally agreed to try a new cafeteria menu that the vegans made.

Cisco: Wait... What did they do?

Cut to the Casper High cafeteria. Sam and the school board's changes to the menu can be seen; a big banner states that this week is "Ultra Recyclo-Vegetarian" week. The lunch lady gives what looks like grass on bread to a student, and then one to Nathan.

Nathan: What is this? Grass on a bun?

Cisco: (Dramatically to Dick:) ¡¿QUÉ HAN HECHO?!

Dick: (Holds up the "grass on a bun" in her hand). This is disgusting.
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[Back at Nathan's house]

Cut to Nathan's house and fade to the ghost portal with the door open. An elderly female ghost dressed as a lunch lady garb walks out of the portal.

Lunch Lady: Ooh. Somebody changed the menu.

The Lunch Lady phases out through the basement's ceiling while Marianne and Thomas are working on their bioengineering research, failing to notice the ghost at all.
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[Back to Metropolis High School]

Cut back to the Metropolis High School cafeteria. Nathan has some of the "grass on a bun" on his spoon and seems to be debating whether to eat it or not.

Nathan: Who's idea was this?

The trio sees a smiling teenage Latina girl, who looks like the same age as Cisco, with a voluptuous built. She has light brown skin with a rosy tint on her cheeks, olive brown eyes, pale reddish pink lips, and long, wavy, brown hair with olive brown highlights.

She wears a green beanie on her head, a green off the shoulder crop top, a light green tank top, pale green hoop earrings, a long green skirt with the Green Lantern logo print around it, and green flats. She also wears her a strange ring on her finger in her right hand.

Jessica: Hey guys.

Nathan, Dick, and Cisco: Hey, Jess/Hola.

Then someone puts a hand on her shoulder, revealing an overweight middle-aged man with a white shirt, black tie, and brown pants, clearly the principal.

Mr. Chapin: Ah, Miss Cruz. The school board wanted me to personally thank you for ushering in this welcome experiment to our cafeteria.

Jessica: It was nothing.

Cisco: (Sniffs the air frantically) Meat. Near.

Cisco looks up at Mr. Chapin sniffs the air around him. Cisco glares at him while the man backs away.

Mr. Chapin: No, no. The rumors about the new all-steak buffet in the teacher's lounge are completely untrue. (Pulls out a toothpick and uses it, then puts a hand on Jessica's shoulder again.) Thanks again. (Leaves.)

Cisco: Yeah, thanks again for making us eat garbage, Jess.

Jessica: It's not garbage. (Holds up the "grass on a bun.") It's recyclable organic matter.

Nathan, Dick, and Cisco: It's garbage.

Cut to the lunch lady behind the counter. She gives a shifty-eyed glance around before pulling a hamburger out of her pocket and sneaking away in order to eat it. The Lunch Lady Ghost phases through the ceiling and looks at the "Ultra Recyclo Veggie Lunch Menu." She glares at it. Cut to Nathan still holding the spoonful of "grass on a bun." He gasps as his ghost sense goes off.

Nathan: Uh, guys? I've got a problem. (A handful of mud suddenly lands on his head.) UGH!

???: MCKNIGHT!

Nathan: (turns around and grimaces) "Make that two problems."

A football jock named Dash Baxter storms over to Nathan, a plate of mud in his hands.

Dash: (Angrily:) I ordered three mud pies. Do you know what they gave me? Three mud pies. With mud. From the ground! All because of your loser friend's girlfriend!

Cisco: She's not my girlfriend!

Jessica: I'm not his girlfriend!

Dash grabs Nathan by his shirt and lifts him a few inches off the ground.

Dash: These are the best years of my life! After high school, it's all downhill for me! How am I supposed to enjoy my glory days eating mud?!

Dick: Actually, it's topsoil.

Dash tosses Nathan atcthe table.

Dash: Whatever!

Nathan lands on the bench. Dash walks over and shoves the plate of mud towards Nathan's face.

Dash: Eat it. All of it.

Nathan seems to be about to go through with eating the topsoil, but his ghost sense goes off again, and he sees the Lunch Lady floating behind the lunch counter.

Nathan: [whispers to Dick] Emergency escape plan number 39.

Dick nodded and glanced down at the plate, and picked it up, preparing to toss it.

Dick: GARBAGE FIGHT!

He tosses the plate and hits Dash in the face. The other students begin throwing food as well, and chaos ensues. Jessica peeks out from behind a table.

Jessica: It's not garbage! It's-
Nathan's hand suddenly grabs Jessica and pulls her back down towards the floor.

Nathan: Sorry, Jess. Just stay down.

The trio begins crawling away from the cafeteria. While crawling, Nathan turns and looks behind him. Dash seems angry while the garbage fight continues behind him.

Dash: You're gonna pay for this, McKnight!

Dash is hit on the head again (twice) with mud.

Nathan: Great. I'm still his favorite.

The trio manages to crawl out the cafeteria door, and Nathan and Cisco peek their heads around it to see the Lunch Lady Ghost.

Cisco: Huh. Shouldn't be so bad. She looks a little like my grandmother.

Nathan and Cisco are now standing in the room, and Dick peeked out from behind the door. Unaware, Jessica sneakily followed them, trying to see what's going on.

Dick: Shouldn't she be haunting a bingo hall?

Off-screen, Jessica closes the door behind them. The ghost turns around at the sound, and the boys turn around at Jessica.

Jessica: What is that?

Nathan: Jessica, what are you doing here?

Lunch Lady: Hello, children. Can you help me? Today's lunch is meatloaf, but I don't see the meatloaf. Did someone change the menu?

Cisco: Yeah. (Points his thumb at Jessica) She did.

Dick: [facepalms] Oh no.

Lunch Lady: (Becomes extremely angry, with her hair flaming on end and eyes flashing red.) YOU CHANGED THE MENU?!

The four of them gasps

Lady Lady: THE MENU HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR FIFTY YEARS!

She yells as green flames surround her and appear circling above her head.

Jessica fainted to the floor.

Cisco: Uh, hero time?

Dick and Nathan: Yep.

Nathan: I'm going ghost!

[A/N: Start at 0:05]

Nathan transforms into the Phantom.

[A/N: Remove the face mask]

After transforming, he leaps off-screen as Dick suits up as Nightwing and Cisco suits up as Vibe as they guard the unconscious Jessica.

Phantom floats up towards the enraged Lunch Lady.

Phantom: (Seeming a little unsure of himself) I command you to...go away!

The Lunch Lady causes many piles of dishes surrounding a sink to begin to glow and float around before shooting them at Phantom. He turns intangible, causing the dishes to pass right through him before hitting the wall behind him. He returns to normal and smiles at his accomplishment of not being hit.

Cut to Vibe. A bunch of dishes are heading right for him, which Vibe sees and teleported to the counter in neat stacks. The Lunch Lady uses her powers to send even more dishes flying towards Nightwing. He catches these dishes in stacks with his Escrima Sticks, as well as a few in his mouth. He put the dishes back on the counter, leaving a few dishes still in his mouth. He removes these dishes and stares at his reflection in them.

Nightwing: Well, if this superhero thing doesn't work out, I can have an exciting career as a busboy.

While looking at his reflection in the plates, Nightwing notices the stoves behind him, beginning to move around. He frowns.

Lunch Lady: I control lunch! Lunch is sacred! Lunch has rules! (Suddenly changes back to being calm.) Anybody want cake?

Nightwing and Vibe nod their heads in shock.

Lunch Lady: Too bad! Children who change my menu do not get dessert!

The Lunch Lady phases up out through the ceiling while the three stoves begin to emit green flames. The green flames fire out of the ovens towards the heroes who dodge out of the way. Vibe picks up the Jessica, who's still unconscious.

Phantom dodges a blast of flames as well. The three stoves look angry and fly at Nightwing and Vibe, who flinch. Phantom flies up behind them, grabs their shoulders, and makes the entire group intangible. He quickly flies them through the wall out of the kitchen.

The stoves hit and crack the wall where the four of them just flew through. The four of them turn tangible again and roll out into the middle of a hallway. They look behind them in shock.

Phantom: (Looks down at his hands in amazement) Hey! It worked!

Jessica: [regained consciousness] What happened?

A loud crash is suddenly heard, and Vibe, Nightwing, and Phantom turn to look for the cause. The hallway begins shaking violently, and the lights go out.

Phantom looks worried and then looks at the row of lockers closest to him. Two of the lockers open, and a bunch of school supplies come flying out. Jessica looks on in surprise. Suddenly, a locker next to her does the same thing, and now many lockers are doing the same.

The supplies fly to the Lunch Lady, swirling through her and then behind her. The trio and Jessica look shocked. Vibe's eyes suddenly widen, and he sniffs the air.

Vibe: (While various meat products fly past him.) Steak...! Rib-eye...! No, porterhouse! Medium-rare!

The meat products begin attaching themselves to the Lunch Lady'S body until she is completely covered, and only her mean green eyes are showing.

Vibe: But where did it come from? (Glares and turns to look behind him.) Chapin!

A piece of paper hits Vibe in the face. The scene switches to outside Metropolis High School's Teacher's Lounge.

Mr. Chapin: (Speaking to several teachers and staff members) Esteemed Metropolis High School faculty, I present your all-steak buffet.

Chapin pulls off a tablecloth covering the supposed buffet, but the meat is missing. Some eager staff members with forks and knives gasped at the sight. Chapin realizes something's wrong and looks down at the table in shock. All that's left is a rattling bone. Chapin slams his hands on the table.

Mr. Chapin: PARADISE LOST!

Cut back to the hallway. The meat-covered Lunch Lady towers over the trio and Jessica.

Lunch Lady: Prepare to learn why meat is the most powerful of the five food groups!

The ghost suddenly loses her rage and goes back to "innocent lunch lady mode," holding up a cookie.

Lunch Lady: (Politely:) Cookie?

Jessica shakes her head. "No." The ghost seems surprised she was turned down for a split second before reverting back to 'evil lunch lady mode."

Lunch Lady: (Raises a clawed hand to attack Jessica.) Then perish!

Phantom slides backward towards Jessica to protect her.

Phantom: Forget it! The only thing that has an expiration date here is you!

Phantom points at the Lunch Lady. He accidentally reverts to his human self.

Nathan: Whoops! I didn't mean to do that.[Nathan looks at Jessica, who's a shocked expression of her face]. Uh, I can explain.

The Lunch Lady roars and grabs Nathan before sending him flying into Vibe and the others. The four of them hit the lockers behind them, and a pile of papers covers them up, Jessica was out cold. The Lunch Lady grabs Jessica off the ground and flies off down the hallway, taking Jessica with her.

Nightwing and Vibe change back into their civilian clothes.

Cisco: Come on! Change back! We gotta go!

Two hands suddenly grab the boys by their collars.

Mr. Chapin: You three aren't going (pulls the boys up off the ground) anywhere.

Dash, still covered in mud, is standing behind Mr. Chapin, smirking in victory.

Dash: Told ya you'd pay McKnight.
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[At Chapin's office]

Fade into Chapin's office where Dash, Dick, Nathan, Cisco, and Mr. Chapin is gathered. Chapin is sorting through files in a file cabinet while the trio is sitting in chairs in front of his desk. Dash is leaning against the wall, looking pleased.

Mr. Chapin: (pulls out a file and reads it) Cisco Ramon. Chronic tardiness, talking in class, repeated loitering by the girl's locker room.

Cisco smiles slyly.

Mr. Chapin: Dick Grayson. Perfect attendance record, pro gymnastics, and mathlete honoree.

Chapin looks at Nathan.

Mr. Chapin: Nathan McKnight. Honor roll, science fair champion, but no severe mischief before today. So, gentlemen, tell me... (Slams file on desk. Angrily yells:) WHY DID THE THREE OF YOU CONSPIRE TO DESTROY THE SCHOOL'S CAFETERIA?!

Nathan: (Defensively) Dash started it! He threw-

Mr. Chapin: (Off-screen, while Dash is shown looking smug) Four touchdown passes in the last game are there by exempt from scorn. You three, however, are not. I'll map out your punishment when I return. (Stands in office doorway.) Mr. Baxter, watch the door.

Chapin leaves, and Dash smirks before closing the door. The trio stand up from their seats.

Cisco: We gotta find Jessica. For some reason, I feel like I got her kidnapped.

Dick: Uh, maybe because you told the ghost she changed the menu? How about that?

Cisco: (Suddenly sniffs the air) That steak is still in the building. 200 yards, tops.

Nathan glances over at a wall of TVs, showing different security camera views of the school. Several cameras show a storage room filled with boxes of meat. The last one shows a trail of meat juice in front of the boxes leading off-screen.

Nathan: Check it out. (Points at the screen) Meat trail.

Nathan goes ghost and grabs Cisco and Dick's arms, then turns three of them into intangible and phases them down through the floor.

Cisco: Whoa!

The office door opens, and Chapin enters carrying a broom, Dash right behind him.

Mr. Chapin: Gentlemen, your punishment will be-- (Realizes the boys are gone from the room. Angrily:) --WORSE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE!

Cut to the trio entering the meat storage room from the security footage. Vibe looks elated from all the meat.

Vibe: ¡Dulce madre de cordero! (Hugs the boxes of meat) I'd dreamed of it, but...I never thought I'd live to see it!

Phantom: How is it that I have the ghost powers, and you're the weird kid?

Their eyes widen as they hear cackling nearby. They peer around the corner of a stack of boxes and see the Lunch Lady, who is floating in front of Jessica, who is trapped neck-deep in a large pile of meat.

Lunch Lady: My dear child...meat is good for kids! It helps them grow and makes them smile! Why won't you eat it? (Offers Jessica a chicken leg.)

Jessica: We don't need meat. That's a fact!

The Lunch Lady suddenly reverts back to her evil lunch lady form, with wind blowing around her.

Lunch Lady: SILENCE! (Points at Jessica) You need discipline, manners, respect! Do you know where that comes from? MEAT! (The wind stops suddenly, and the Lunch Lady reverts back again. Politely:) Chicken? Or fish?
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Cut to the trio

Phantom: I'll take care of the ghost. You two just find a way to get Jessica out of that pile of meat!

Nightwing: On it. [Left to save Jessica]

Vibe: (Holds up a fork and knife) Waaaay ahead of you.

Phantom flies off to punch the Lunch Lady, who turns around surprised but notices Phantom too late. She is sent flying and crashes into a nearby wall before collapsing to the ground. Phantom lands in front of her, and she glares at him.

Cut to Jessica. She stops looking in Phantom's direction and then looks at Nightwing, who is throwing the meat away with a shovel. Vibe comes in, cutting away pieces of the meat with his knife.

Vibe: (Enthusiastically:) We'll have you free in no time, young citizen!

Nightwing and Jessica: (Frowns in disbelief.) You've gotta be kidding me.

Cut to Phantom crouched on the ground. He jumps up and somersaults in the air before preparing to kick the ghost. The Lunch Lady catches his foot in her hand right before he hits her, then dangles a surprised Phantom upside-down by his foot.

Lunch Lady: Don't you see? This is why you need meat! You're skin and (Tosses Phantom off-screen) bones!

As Phantom is sent flying through the air, he turns intangible, phasing halfway through a nearby wall up to his waist before falling to the ground.

Cut to the Lunch Lady as she summons shish-kebabs from a box, their pointed ends heading straight for Phantom. Phantom, who is now out of the wall, sees this and splits his body in two. The meat passes through the stretched intangible area of his body he created. He smiles at the new power, but the smile quickly fades as he sees what the ghost is up to now.

The Lunch Lady yells and summons meat out of all of the boxes onscreen. Phantom pieces himself together again and watches the meat go flying towards the ghost.

Meanwhile, Nightwing is still getting Jessica out of the meat and Vibe is about to take a bite of meat, but the piece as well as the meat pile that was covering Jessica goes flying off towards the ghost, Nightwing got Jessica out to the exit. The meat soars around and attaches to the Lunch Lady to form the meat monster she was earlier. She fires a meat fist at Phantom, capturing him in her grasp.

Vibe: (Strikes a determined pose, fork, and knife handy) Help's on the way, buddy!

Nightwing: [irritated] Dude, that's not going to work!

The Lunch Lady sends Phantom flying off-screen. He yells and turns intangible, passing through a wall. The Lunch Lady looms over Nightwing and Vibe and growls at them loudly. Nightwing and Vibe look scared.

Vibe: Run?

Nightwing: Run.

Nightwing and Vibe yell as they head for the door, but the ghost sends a pile of meat that blocks their exit, knocking them both off-screen. Phantom holds the back of his head as he phases partly back into the room. He sees Nightwing and Vibe yelling as they run past him, and he determinedly goes flying after them.

The Lunch Lady makes fists with her hands and prepares to slam down on Nightwing and Vibe, but Phantom quickly flies down and grabs them in his arms before turning all of them intangible and flying through a wall. The Lunch Lady is surprised and can't stop herself in time before the meat splatters all against the wall.

Cut to the trio phasing through the wall outside and floating, turning tangible again. Phantom looks tired.

Nightwing: Gee, Nathan. Fighting meat monsters, flying through walls... You must be exhausted.

Phantom: (Defensively) What? Of course not! What would give you that idea? (Trails off.)

The trio falls to the ground as Phantom passes out from exhaustion. He returns back to his human self, and Nightwing and Vibe look at each other.
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[Timeskip/At Nathan's house]

Cut to Nathan's house, where Roxy is opening the front door.

Thomas: Hey, sweetheart. How's school?

Roxy: It's fine, dad. Honestly.

Marianne: And where's your brother, is with you?

The front door opens to reveal Dick and Cisco carrying the still-unconscious Nathan.

Cisco: Hey, Mr. and Mrs. McKnight! What a school day! Poor Nathan nodded off. We figured we'd just carry him all the way home and tuck him into bed (They start carrying Nathan upstairs) without any parental interaction whatsoever.

Dick: Don't get up! We know where to go. Bye!

Thomas: (Looks up at the ceiling in thought). Hmm... okay?

Fade to Nathan sleeping on top of his bed. He suddenly wakes up with a yelp.

Nathan: (Confused) Ah! Aah! Wha? What's going on?

Dick and Cisco are looking down at him.

Cisco: You passed out. We took you home. You've been asleep for four days!

Nathan: (Sits up quickly. Alarmed:) Four days?!

Cisco: (Chuckling.) Nah. It's only been a couple of hours.

Nathan lays back down, still a little shaken. Dick grew irritated.

Dick: Knock it off, Cisco. This is the second time today your carelessness almost got us killed.

Cisco: Me? I almost got us killed? The only reason this happened is because Jessica had to be unique. She had to take the meat away! (He storms off) And I'm going to get it back!

Dick: I don't think Jessica would like that.(Leaves the bedroom)

Nathan: Oh well. I'm sure everything will be back to normal by tomorrow.
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[Timeskip]

Fade to outside Metropolis High School, where a few students are looking at something. Dick and Nathan walk up, a look of disbelief on their faces.

Dick and Nathan: Or not. Maybe it'll be worse.

Pan over a bunch of meat lovers decked out in meat merchandise. On a stage, some girls are dancing in hot dog outfits. The girls dance offstage, and Cisco appears carrying a microphone in his hand.

Cisco: (Shouting into the mic) What do we want?!

Meat Lovers: MEAT!

Cisco: When do we want it?!

Meat Lovers: NOW!

Dick and Nathan look over at the other side of the protest. Pan over the vegetarian equivalent of the meat-protest side full of hippies, laid-back people, and goths. Jessica is standing on top of a school bus yelling into a microphone while carrying a sign that reads, "NOW!"

Jessica and Veggie Lovers: (Chanting:) VEGGIES NOW! VEGGIES FOREVER! VEGGIES NOW! VEGGIES FOREVER!

Cisco and Jessica come to stand on opposite sides of Dick and Nathan, glaring at each other.

Dick: (disbelief) You guys put together two protests in one night?

Cisco: Meat-eaters, Dick. Always ready to fight. Our high-protein diets give us the energy we need to do it quickly.

Jessica: Ultra recyclo-vegetarians are always ready to protest. And because we don't have to waste time cooking our food, we can move even faster.

Nathan: Don't you guys think this is a little extreme?

Cisco: (Continuing to glare) No choice, buddy. You two are either with me!

Jessica: (Glaring) Or you're against him!

Cisco and Jessica lean over Dick and Nathan, and they duck a little.

Cisco and Jessica: So whose side are you on?

A wind suddenly starts blowing, and the sky turns gray. Dick, Jessica, and Cisco's eyes widen. Cackling is heard, and Nathan's ghost sense goes off. The crowd looks bewildered and confused. A voice yells angrily as the contents of a meat truck fly out in various directions. The meat swirls around and eventually forms a gigantic version of the meat monster the Lunch Lady Ghost was the previous day.

Lunch Lady: It's lunchtime!

Both groups of protesters run away while screaming in terror.

Cisco: ¡Carne! ¡¿Por qué me has traicionado?![Sees the Lunch Lady throw a truck at Jessica]. Jessica, look out![Saves her from getting crushed]

Jessica: [Surprised and smiled] You saved me.

Cisco stares at her beautiful olive brown eyes. His face was bright red and felt warm inside.

Cisco: [Blushing/smile nervously] Y- Y- Y- Yeah, I sure did.[ Dick grabbed Cisco's by the collar]

Dick: Let's go, Romeo![Dragged Cisco]

The trio hid behind the tree. Nathan transforms into the Phantom, as Dick and Cisco suits up their super suits. They fly/run off-screen.

Cut to Roxy talking with a goth sitting at a picnic table away from all of the chaos.

Roxy: Spike, you have to open up to your parents! Be true to yourself and them.

Pan over to Spike, who is wearing all black, has a mohawk, and is covered in piercings and tattoos.

Roxy: Tell them how you feel! I mean, it's not like they're gonna attack you or anything.

Then, Thomas and Marianne show up in their SUV.

Thomas: (Worried) Roxy, are you okay? Where's your brother?

Roxy: What are you two talking about?(She heard a noise and turned around) Whoa. Didn't see that coming.

Cut to the trio looking alarmed in front of the meat-covered Lunch Lady. The ghost yells ferociously before attempting to punch Phantom, who flies out of the way. The ghost then tries slapping him with the other hand, but he dodges again. She then tries an uppercut, which he also dodges. Phantom then kicks the ghost hard and knocks her over.

Nightwing throws explosive discs at the Lunch Lady and dentinated them. Vibe blasted Lunch Lady with Vibrational Blasts, tossing her over.

Vibe: That was easy.

Phantom looks down and smiles, then frowns as he turns back to the ghost. The ghost punches him, and he goes sailing off-screen. Nightwing runs forward as he watches.

Nightwing: I sure hope he can take a punch!

Cut to a jet airplane flying overhead. Phantom is sent flying upward toward it. Inside the plane, a businessman and a flight attendant are shown.

Flight Attendant: There's your water, sir!

Their eyes widen as Phantom suddenly phases through and up out of the ceiling. He then phases back down through the floor again, grabbing the businessman's water cup out of his hand.

Phantom: (While phasing through.) Thanks!

Phantom flies back towards the ghost, splashing the cup of water on his face before throwing the cup aside.

Cut to Thomas and his family trying to find Nathan while getting past through the scared crowd.

Thomas: Nathan! Where are you?! Son! (Cut to Phantom flying toward the school.)

Phantom slams into the ghost, sending meat flying everywhere. The meat explosion lets off orange smoke in the distance behind the McKnight family. Phantom weakly pulls himself out of a crater the explosion created.

Lunch Lady: (Standing before Phantom) Oh, dear! What a mess! Are you okay?

Phantom finally pulls himself out of the crater and rubs his left arm a bit.

Phantom: Yeah. I think so.

The ghost has a small smile on her face but suddenly reverts back to evil lunch lady mode.

Lunch Lady: TOUGH! BECAUSE YOU BEING OKAY IS NOT PART OF MY BALANCED DIET OF DOOM!

Meat suddenly pours out of the crater, forming five small piles in front of Phantom, which turn into little meat monsters. Phantom flies off-screen, with the meat monsters jumping after him. He does a flying kick that slices through all of the monsters before landing back on the ground. He looks up only to see the meat monsters form themselves again.

Phantom: I wasn't expecting that.

He suddenly turns human again.

Nathan: Or that.

The meat monsters grab Nathan. He tries fighting them off, but they keep their hold and fly up with him. Two of the monsters let go of him while three dangled him upside down by his legs. Nathan yells. Nightwing and Vibe were about to help their friend, but the Lunch Lady summons more meat monsters to attack the duo.

Cut to the McKnight family. They're still looking for Nathan.

Marianne: Thomas, where is he?

Thomas: Just keep looking. He's gotta be here, somewhere.

The still-dangling Nathan looks at the Ghost Trap.

Nathan: The Ghost Trap! But how am I going to get it to work?

The three meat monsters dangling Nathan suddenly let go of him and tossed him toward the ground. Nathan yells as he plummets toward the ground.

Nathan: Change back! CHANGE BACK! (A light flashes, and he turns into a ghost again.)

The meat monsters look surprised, then become furious before chasing after him. Phantom falls and phases through the ground between Roxy and their parents after he snatches the trap off his father's hands.

Phantom: (While phasing through) Thanks for the trap!

Thomas: What the

Before Thomas could finish his sentence, a large amount of meat lands on top of them.
Cut to the Lunch Lady. Phantom phases out from the ground, the Ghost Trap in his hand.

Lunch Lady: (Angrily) NO! Soup's not on today's menu!

Phantom: I'm changing the menu permanently! (Press the button. Small voice:) Please work.

He twisted the handle to open the trap.

Phantom: I hope I'm right!
A blue aura surrounds Phantom and then the Ghost Trap, which powers up before releasing a stream of energy. The energy forms a net that surrounds the surprised Lunch Lady and traps her.

Lunch Lady: (Struggling) NOOOO!

The energy swirls and sucks the Lunch Lady into the trap, and Phantom (who has turned human again) He smiles and looks up, then goes over to Dick and Cisco, who were trapped under one of the protest balloons. Nathan helps his friends.

Dick: What happened? Where's the ghost?

Nathan: (Smiles down at the trap.) My parents have their moments.

Nathan suddenly hears his family coming, and he hides the trap behind him. The meat-covered Thomas and Marianne walk up to the trio.

Thomas: [worried] Nathan, you alright?

Nathan: I'm okay, Mom and Dad, really I am.

Marianne: Oh goodness, we heard the news that some giant meat monster is attacking the school. But it looks like everything is under control. See you at home.

Thomas and Marianne walk to their car with a meat-covered Roxy following them.

Roxy: Ugh, I need a shower.

Cisco: So, you're not gonna tell 'em?

Nathan: Nah. I think I might've finally figured out what these powers are for. They make me -

A hand suddenly grabs Nathan by the shoulder. His eyes widen, and he glances upward at Mr. Chapin, who looks furious.

Mr. Chapin: In a world of trouble.
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Fade to outside Metropolis High School at nighttime. Mr. Chapin appears with a megaphone in his hand.

Mr. Chapin: Cruz! (Cut to Nathan, Jessica, Dick, and Cisco, who are cleaning up the mess from the protests and ghost fight.) Pick up that T-bone!

Jessica: (Disgusted) With my hands?

Mr. Chapin: Ramon! Pick up that Turfwich!

Cisco: (Equally disgusted) With my hands? (Holds the Turfwich by its corner)

Mr. Chapin seems pleased and takes a bite out of a turkey leg before turning around and walking away.

Cut to Nathan sweeping up some meat. Dash is watching him sweep, looking pleased while leaning on the dumpster where the meat is being collected. He laughs.

Nathan looks over at Dash and then goes to the side of the dumpster. He grabs it, turning it intangible. The dumpster's contents phase out and fall on Dash, who gets trapped under a huge pile of meat.

Dash: (Pokes head out from meat pile) MCKNIGHT! A little help?

Nathan: (Looking pleased.) Whatever you say, Dash. (Looks at camera.) Whatever you say.

Nathan's eyes glow neon green as he smirked.

The End/Outro