Disclaimer: I do not own any Danny Phantom or Warhammer 40k works, this is strictly a Fan Fiction I was asked to do by a few of my friends, and something I really wanted to do. So! All product belong to their respected owners :D though… One would say I technically own Xeron, but not the Night Lord version. Just the name and character type! Well, enjoy my friends I HOPE you guys like it… Granted, I'm not too savvy with ALL of Warhammer 40k, just go what I needed to make this work.
Chapter 2: Who Is This guy?
Now… Back to where our story is supposed to take place. The date is February 10th, 2010. Two years after Danny Phantom saved the world from the Phantom Planet, and gained his ghost powers from an accident in the lab of his parents, in his home town of Amity Park. Though, things aren't so quiet in the small town. A local Pop Rock Diva, by the name of Ember McLain, was having a concert. Despite having a being a known ghost, that causes constant trouble for the teenage hero… The Ghost Boy Superhero was NOT the one that crashed said concert.
No, it was the Diva's, now, ex-boyfriend! The renowned "Best Hunter in the Ghostzone", Skulker. Danny was attending the concert, as his human half, Danny Fenton, when Skulker crashed the party. Even though Ember was one of his enemies, Danny couldn't stand watching Ember get the beat down of her after life, by the Ghost Tech Hunter.
Their battle lead the three to the streets of Amity Park. While Danny and Ember were formidable together, Skulker had made a few upgrades to his suit, predicting that the host Boy would have shown up to help his prey in the hunt.
This left Danny trapped in an electro net, and Ember having her throat crushed by Skulker himself, her guitar in his free hand. "Ha-ha! Something about feeling your prey's end, within your grasp, is always enjoyable!" The Hunter gloated, Ember struggling to get free of his metal grasp. "Any last words for the wench, Ghost Child?" He looked towards the trapped Danny.
"Skulker! Leave her alone, damnit! I thought it was MY hide you wanted!" Danny yelled, hoping to use the Hunter's large ego against him.
"Oh, your turn will come, Ghost Child…. But, I wish to end her existence first!" Skulker responded, Danny's attempt failing.
"Leave her alone!" Danny struggled to get free, but the net kept shocking him, with each attempt to get free. He watched in horror, as Ember grew weaker by the second, completely helpless. This may be the end of the Pop Rock Diva….
To their surprise, this was not the case for them. Within the moment, that would have been Ember's last, a flash of green light explodes! Sending Skulker flying into a wall, and Ember to the ground, gasping for air. When the flash dimmed down, the next sight shocked everyone there. "What in the name of…" All three said, seeing the new contender.
Kneeling on the cracked asphalt, was a massive metal juggernaut of a man! He was wearing midnight blue armor, lighting bolts and bones painted on his armor, with gold trims decorating his armor. His shoulder plates had large skulls on them, bat wings on his helmet and shoulder skulls. His hands were large claws, and what seemed like a twin barrel gun on the back of his right hand.
He slowly stood up, revealing the new contender stood around eight feet tall! He reached up to his head, like he was dizzy. "Oh, my head. Where am I? Where that is blasted Sorcerer, and that-" He looked at Skulker, his red eyes suddenly flashing. "Necron!" He quickly charged the Hunter, slamming into him, and breaking the two through the wall.
"Who… Was that?" Danny asked, looking to Ember.
"I…*cough cough* don't know, dipstick...' She rubbed her throat, trying to breathe easier, "but he's showing that jerk wad a thing or two about fighting!" Ember pointed to the building, just as the two launched up, crashing through the building's ceiling!
To Danny's surprise, the Newcomer had Skulker impaled on his claws, with one arm and leg ripped off! Before they knew it, the he ripped Skulker's robotic body in half, sending his torso in front of Danny and Ember. "S-Someone, stop this guy! H-He's crazy, I tell you! CRAZY!" Skulker wailed, he was actually terrified to the point Danny thought he was going to wet his armor.
Just then, the Newcomer slammed in front of them, his talon clawed feet ripping into Skulker's torso, giving a mad chuckle. "Funny… I thought Necrons didn't feel emotions, especially fear." He said, crushing Skulker's ectogun in his hand.
"This guy… Is awesome!" Danny thought, smirking, "but… What is a Necron?" He added.
While Ember? She had only one thought about this guy….. "What. A. Hunk."
Before anything else was said, a voice suddenly shouted. "Time. Out!" A large clock appeared, as time was frozen in place, and the Master of Time stepped out, eyeing the group… Especially the newcomer. He flew over to Danny, placing his trademark medallion around the boy's neck, as he turned from his elderly form, to his child form. "Daniel… We must speak."
Danny shook his head, coming out of his frozen state. "Clockwork? What's going on?" He asked, standing up and looking at the Time Ghost.
The Master of Time motions to the newcomer. "Him… He's from a completely different time, universe even…" He explained, turning into his adult form. "While I know of him, he still worries me."
"Why is that?" Danny asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, for one, the group he's from are considered some of the most dangerous of their time… They kill with no remorse, some were even known to go into a frenzy." Clockwork explained, eyeing the Newcomer more, "but this one… Is different, somehow. While others went into insanity. He kept most of his sanity, intact."
"Let me guess… Find a way to beat him? Learn about him? Try to send him back?" Danny asked, noticing Clockwork's classic cryptic talk.
"You are wise, my apprentice… But no. He is needed in our time, and universe, to combat a future threat." He looked at Danny, a serious look on his face. "But you are not the one who'll enlist his aid, or maybe cause him to turn to the other side." Before Danny could ask who was, Clockwork turned into his adult form and simply pointed to Ember. "Easy, Apprentice, Ms. McLain is the one who'll determine that."
"But… Why Ember?" Danny asked, confused by his answer.
"That, Daniel, is the biggest question." Clockwork stated, before raising his staff into the air. "Time. In!" Quick, as that, the Master of Time was gone, and everything started to move once more.
When time started to move again, the Newcomer's talons started to crush Skulker's armor even more, the Hunter rendered helpless. "For a Necron, you are rather weak… And strange, giving the limited knowledge on them. Though, there is always one way to kill a Necron."
"What in the name of the Ghostzone is a Nec-" Skulker couldn't finish his sentence, because the head of his suit was ripped off!
Danny was shocked at how merciless this guy was, Clockwork wasn't kidding, as for Ember? She thought the new guy was nothing like Danny, and enchanted by his sheer strength. The Newcomer lifted the metal head up, like a trophy. When Skulker's suit was deactivated, the electro net went with it, and allowed Danny to get free. "Whoa, big guy! Put Skulker's head down!" Danny said, flying over and sort of surprising the metal giant.
"Wha-… Huh? What are you? Who are you?" He asked, eyeing how the boy's lower body had changed into a tail like form! His claws grasped the metal head, lowering it down.
"What? OH! Yeah, intros…. Hey, I'm Danny Phantom, local half ghost hero! I defend Amity Park from Ghost that escape the Ghostzone." Danny said, holding his hand out to the giant.
The Newcomer eyed Danny's hand, "Xeron…" But he didn't shake the boy's hand. "What is this Ghostzone?" He had to figure out where he is, and what exactly is going on. After all, an expert warrior doesn't go blazing around on an unknown world.
"Seriously? It's like… A massive space filled with Ghostly Creatures, and their realms. Think of it as another galaxy." Danny answered, trying to explain it the best he possibly can.
Xeron tilted his head, eyeing Danny. Was he talking about the Eye of Terror? "Hm… It sounds familiar to me, are the Ghostly creatures like Daemons of sorts?" He simply asked, to try and confirm his thoughts.
"What? Oh, no, no, no. Nowhere near that. They are just spirits of people who have died is all." He points at Ember, who was still just staring at Xeron. "Like her, that's Ember McLain, the Rock Diva Ghost."
Xeron's gaze went to Ember, seeing how her hair was a blue flame, her pale skin, and strange make-up, and her emerald eyes. "Hm… Interesting." He had a hard time believing what he was hearing… Closest thing he thought of, that could explain this, were the Eldar's Soul stones. But they were Humans, clearly not the Eldar.
The moment she noticed that he was looking at her, Ember snapped out of her trance, and flew over to the juggernaut, rubbing her arm. "Um… H-Hi. Thanks for saving me from Jerk wad, there." She pointed at Skulker's head, nothing really happening.
Xeron eyed the head, noticing how strange it looks now. "Hm, saving? So this guy was attacking-" He was caught off by a knocking noise coming from the head, almost like someone was banging on the bulkhead of a metal door.
When he moved the claws away from the Head's face, a small door opened up and revealed a little green man! This actually shocked Xeron, it was nowhere NEAR an Ork Grekken! "How dare you treat the Ghostzone's greatest Hunter this way! I'll-" When Skulker noticed he was still in the grasped of the one that ripped his suit apart, he actually screamed! Leaping from the head, and to the ground… Trying to run away.
Xeron just watched him run away, still dumbfounded by what he is seeing. Danny, on the other hand, pulled out the Fenton Thermos and sucked Skulker into it, who didn't mind it… He's getting away from that madman. "What… Was that thing?" Xeron asked, shaking his head.
"That was the real Skulker… He uses that suit to help him hunt." Danny answered, as Ember continued to admire the metal giant. "Are you… Like that?" Danny just looked at him, tilting his head.
Xeron looked at Danny, "what? No. I'm around the same size of my armor…" He stated, as Ember was shocked, and looked him over, getting an even bigger smile.
"So….What brings you to Amity Park, um… 'Xeron'?" Danny asked, tilting his head.
Xeron tried to recall, lifting a clawed hand up to hold his head. "Last I remember… I was on a mission, by that blasted Thousand Sons Sorcerer... My team got wiped out by a Necron Lord, and his bodyguard, then I was blasted by both the Necron Lord's Artifact, and the Sorcerer's own magic." He recalled, some areas being blank for some reason.
"These Thousand Son guys don't seem too friendly, to betray their friends..." Danny thought, before looking back at Xeron. "Any chance you know how to get back?"
Xeron shook his head, "unfortunately, no..." He looked around, before he was suddenly blasted from behind! The metal giant turned around, and saw none other than Danny's parents! Pointing their weapons at him.
"Get away from our son, you ghost freak!" Maddie yelled, as Xeron held both arms out and the claws spread out.
"You dare strike me!? You whelps will be ripped apart!" Xeron yelled, the blast nearly hit a rather bad spot on his jetpack, which would have caused it to explode. Then there was the fact they actually attacked him!
"Oh no! Ember, get him out of here, quickly! I'll deal with my parents!" Danny yelled, Ember giving a REALY big smile at Danny's suggestion.
"Oh, no problem with that plan, dipstick!" Ember yelled, flying over to Xeron, and grabbing hold of him. Before he could say anything, the two of them disappeared in a whirlwind of flames…. Disappearing from the area.
Maddie and Jack ran up to Danny, to see if their son was alright and unharmed. "Danny! Are you alright? Did that guy hurt you?" Maddie asked, frantic for her son's health.
"If he harmed you, I'll rip him apart, molecule by molecule!" Jack yelled, worried of his son was harmed, as well.
"Whoa! Wait! He didn't harm me, in fact… He saved both Ember and me from Skulker! The guy ripped through him, like he was paper, you guys are lucky Ember was able to teleport him away." Danny said, his parents looking around to see pieces of Skulker's suit laying around. "I guess I'll have to fill you guys in on this…" Danny sighed, not liking having to do this.