Opening File: Skulker

Skulker is a Ghost who prides himself as the greatest Hunter in the Ghost Zone, hunting rare and unique creatures that catch his eye. He originally originated from Dimension N-004 until he was pulled from his reality by Van Kleiss using his device to pull several individuals from their realities. A rather confident yet callous ghost, Skulker is persistent and determined in his quest to hunt down rare ghosts for his growing collection, Danny Phantom included.

Because of that, Skulker has become one of Danny's frequent enemies. A murderous, sadistic, greedy, and ruthless hunter to the very core, Skulker enjoys a good hunt with good prey as a prize, so much that he would often offer his targets a beginning 'headstart' just so he could relish the hunt even longer. He is a predator who hunts down rare and unique creatures and is actually a small ghost blob wearing a big battlesuit. He was last seen confronting the Hurricane Sisters and Dracon Matthews, better known as the Dragon of Denver and he managed to possess Dracon's body but was ambushed by General Skarr and Katz.

He vanished during the battle and all attempts to locate him have failed.

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Skulker had returned to his lair following the end of the Disasteroid incident, determined more than ever to defeat the Ghost Boy and hang his pelt on wall of trophies, even if the Ghost Boy had saved the Ghost Zone and all of them in the process.

He was still Skulker's most persistent enemy and he would not give up hunting him no matter what.

A flash of light appeared in front of him, blinding him for a second just before a golden hand shot out and grabbed him.

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Wilds
Nowhere

"Impossible! My blade could slay even the strongest monster ghost!" Skulker grunted as he struggled to stand up.

The avian monster screeched as it flew down, aiming to finish Skulker off but he turned intangible and phased into the ground. The monster slammed into the ground, kicking up dust and causing an earth shattering quake that shook for miles. The creature groaned as it sat up, slightly dazed from slamming into the ground and looked around, seeing its prey had vanished again. Skulker phased out of the and plunged his blade straight into the creature's belly, earning a screech in pain.

"I see someone has a soft underbelly." Skulker grinned as he pushed the blade deeper into the creature. "Now I have you. Take comfort in the fact that Skulker, the greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone will hang your pelt on his wall!"

The monster screeched again as it flew up, lashing out with its talons but this time Skulker dodged, jumping away and landing on the ground.

"It just refuses to die. This prey is more durable than any ghost I have ever hunted." Skulker grunted, annoyed by the stubbornness of this creature. "Why won't it just die?"

He couldn't keep this fight up for much longer.

His jet pack had been damaged so he couldn't fly unless he used his real form and the rest of his body couldn't hold out much longer. Most of his weapons had been damaged or destroyed, what remaining weapons he had would not likely work on this best.

Perhaps it was best to retreat and plan to fight another day.

Just as the monster flew down towards him again he turned intangible and phased back into ground just as the Nevermore slammed into the ground again, creating another earthquake and giant crater in the middle of Nowhere.

The first encounter between the Hunter of the Ghost Zone and one of the strongest types of Grimm had ended.

But it would only be the first of many.

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"You are a Hunter?" The rocket girl asked as Skulker unsheathed a glowing ecto-blade from both wrists. "You sure don't act like one!"

Skulker roared and changed forward, his mechanical legs allowing him to run faster than a normal human and he was quickly upon the woman who had just seemingly insulted his skills as a hunter. The rocket woman held up her rocket that seemingly transformed into a large club which she used to block Skulker's blades.

"Wha-?!" Skulker was surprised by the weapon's sudden transformation and left himself open.

The woman parried his blades and swung her club at his face, breaking a few metal teeth in the process. Skulker roared and tried to stab her but the toga woman jumped over her twin and kicked his arm blades away. Rocket girl then swung her club again, shattering the arm blades while Skulker was disorientated. Both woman followed up with a kick to the chest, knocking Skulker back again.

Skulker was now livid.

First he woke up in a lab, fought some human freak followed by a giant monster and then a robot and now two humans were making fools out of him.

Enough was enough!

Skulker lunged at the rocket girl, abandoning weapons for hand-to-hand combat fueled by his rage. The rocket girl hastily blocked his first few punches with her club but Skulker eventually overpowered her and punched in the stomach, sending her flying back and skidding across the ground. He turned to the toga woman next as she quickly tried to kick him back. Though her kicks were stronger than they should have been Skulker still smacked her away.

"You think you can hurt me?! Do you know who I am?! I am Skulker, the Greatest Hunter in the Ghost Zone! No Human, Ghost-boy or not can defeat me!" Skulker shouted, approaching the toga girl and raised his foot to crush her head. "Not even a pair of females with a death wish! The only consolation I give you is that your heads will adorn my trophy wall."

The woman narrowed her eyes as she glared up at him. Skulker noticed her eyes flashing, momentarily halting his foot. "What is this?"

Suddenly a huge shadow spread over him and the woman and he looked up, seeing a dark cloud that grew in size and from came great winds that were so powerful it pushed him away from the woman. The cloud expanded and formed into what appeared to be a hurricane that sucked the surprised Skulker into it before he could even comprehend what was happening. He was spun around in the cloud for a moment before he finally turned intangible and broke free of the cloud.

He fell out of the cloud, becoming tangible as he slammed into the ground with a loud thud and he felt his body slowly coming apart. He looked up and saw the toga wearing woman glaring down at him with the storm cloud circling above her, wondering if he was simply hallucinating. However the glare she was giving him was enough to make him know he was not hallucinating.

No hallucination was enough to make him feel afraid.

"You want my head, creature. Let's see your hunting skills match the power of a storm!" The toga girl exclaimed, raising her hands above her head.

The cloud started to circle around her arms she brought them down, surrounding her fists with wind and lightning. She punched both hands forward, unleashing bolts of lightning that hit Skulker head on, electrocuting his mechanical suit and short circuiting it from the inside out. She then gathered wind around her arm, spinning at very high velocity before mimicking a sword slash as she swung her arm at Skulker, releasing a concentrated blast of wind in the form of a crescent shaped blade that cut through Skulker's right mechanical arm.

Skulker screamed as he staggered back, staring at the discarded limb and back at the girl. "What are you?!"

"I am Ashley Monroe, Huntress and one of the Hurricane Sisters." The woman answered, taking a step forward. "You have come here, hoping to bully the people of this town but we stand united against the Grimm and against you."

Skulker stepped back, realizing he could not hope to win this fight and he needed to retreat.

Too bad he had forgotten about his other opponent.

"Special delivery!" The rocket girl said as she landed on Skulker's shoulders and shoved something into his mouth.

She jumped off as Skulker hastily tried to get whatever she had shoved down his throat out. Five seconds later however he was too late and his mechanical body exploded from the inside out.

"Nancy!" Ashley called out as her sister landed in front of her and quickly hugged her. "Are you all right?"

"I'm okay. Thanks to you for distracting that creep." Her twin answered and looked back at the remains.

Skulker's head fell to the ground a second later and opened up, revealing a small green glowing creature that fell out of the head.

"What in the Glob?" Both girls stared at the creatures,

"Curse you humans!" It shouted in a squeaky voice, shaking its fist up at them. "How dare you do this to me?! I am Skulker, the greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone!"

"You were some small freak inside a robot?" Nancy could only stare in disbelief. "Okay, on a list of weird things I have seen this was not one of them."

"You will pay for this! I will-AAH!" Skulker was cut off as Ashley summoned a bolt of lightning from her storm cloud and zapped him, knocking the little ghost out.

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"The so-called Dragon of Denver." Katz remarked, stepping forward. "It has been a while, hasn't it? Well, don't worry. This will be the last time."

Skulker grunted, taking back control and stood up, pointing Dracon's magnum at the two. "I don't know who you are but I am done with-"

Katz's eyes flashed and Skulker stiffened, feeling himself being pulled under. He looked down and gasped when he saw the body he was in literally melting. "Wh-WHAT?! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Skulker phased out of the Gundam's body, falling onto the ground while Joseph collapsed.

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The desert land of Nowhere was long and vast and with very little hope of anyone surviving underneath the harsh and hot temperatures without proper care.

And yet for a ghost it seemed all more torturous.

Skulker, the great hunter in the Ghost Zone crawled and whined his way across the desert, too weak to fly or even speak. He had been subject to the most terrible of conditions these last few weeks and every day he seemed to feel even more miserable.

First he woke up in a strange lab.

Then he was he attacked by some red eyed monster posing as human.

Then when he escaped he endured nothing but trouble from everyone he came in contact with until finally his robot suit was destroyed, leaving him in his true form until he found a way home.

And worst of all the last pair to attack him, a walking talking cat and a single red eyed general did something that made him feel very sick. He barely managed to escape and since then he had been wandering across the desert, feeling himself growing weaker. If something was not done he would soon lose the will to hold himself together and his body would melt back into the ectoplasm he was made from.

'This can't be how it ends! I am Skulker!' The tiny blob thought desperately. 'I can't end like this! I have yet to finally hang the ghost child's pelt on my wall!'

If anything that kept him going it was his will to survive and his will to exact vengeance on all who had done him wrong.

No one hunts Skulker.

Skulker is the one true hunter!

There was a loud crashing sound up ahead, halting his inner raging and Skulker looked up from where he was lying to see two red sickles stabbed into the ground. Skulker should be wondering what those sickles were and why they landed in front of him... but all he could really think about at the moment was how the blades seemed to be... calling out to him.

Skulker….Come to us.

Skulker continued to stare at the two strange harvesting tools as he felt like the sickles were calling his name out, promising him a chance at glory, power, and revenge if he takes the harvesting tools. Skulker crawled his way over to the two harvesting tools. He managed to crawl over to the sickles and finally got a hold of them. As he came in physical contact with them, he felt a strange surge of energy race through his tiny body.

He suddenly felt his sickness vanish as he floated in the air with the two sickles in each hand, with each sickle emitting a blood red energy around it. As Skulker continued to hold those sickles, he could feel that his tiny body seemed to grow in size as it became encased in a suit of blood red armor that was around the same size as his robot body covered in hundreds of spines in varying sizes. Finally Skulker's newly enlarged head was encased inside a blood red spiny helmet that covered everything including the eyes but excluded his mouth.

As the armor transformation was complete, all Skulker's mouth could do was smile as he spoke in a new malevolent voice."Hail Crom ... Airson mi fhìn is e Harvester of Blood a th 'ann(Translation: Hail Crom... For I am the Harvester of Blood!)"