Hey, I'm sorry for the delay. Things happen. Anyway, here's the next chapter.

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Back in the day, there was a mercenary that specialized in stalking his targets, and killing them when their pants were down. For this, he was codenamed "Skulker" by law enforcement. Like a lot of contract killers, he died on the job, but even in death he lived up to his name. For instance, he frequently fought with the young ghost vigilante who called himself Danny Phantom. At one point, he had tracked him down to Fenton Works, which doubled as the owners' home. Turns out, he was their younger son! To think, the ghost boy wasn't even a ghost, he was a lab rat! And the irony, the ghost hunters' child having the powers of a ghost.

Oh well. After the fight at the museum, he had followed the ghost/human hybrid to his home, where he secretly placed a bomb on one of his dreaded Fenton Thermos. Now on to the next stage of the plan.

The Rock of Eternity…Now

When he was sure that he was at the Rock, he detonated the bomb from the comfort of his prison. He got free. He gathered his surroundings. Danny "Phantom" and the infamous John Constantine were pushed back in the blast. Constantine appeared to be very upset, thinking that Danny was the one who blew it up

"Bastard!" shouted Constantine.

"It wasn't me! It was…That guy."

He adopted a fighting stance.

The ghost boy put his palms out. "Before we do this, I just wanna know: how?!"

"Let's just say that for future reference, don't rely on your precious ghost sense as much."

Danny shot him with a ghost ray. Skulker stopped the blast with a well-timed shot from an ecto-blaster. Skulker shot a cable towards Danny, who let it pass through him. That's it. No more fooling around. This isn't ending like the scuffle with Black Adam.

Skulker lunged towards Danny Phantom. The ghost boy met him with an ecto-charged punch. Sending Skulker back, Deathstroke joined in the fight, taking shots with an ecto-pistol. He drew the ecto-sword from before and charged towards the assassin. Skulker rolled away from a blow, and swept Deathstroke off his feet. Oh so NOW he puts up a fight. He had planned a temporary defeat to stake claim at a larger accomplishment. So that's what that felt like.

Skulker's boot came down on Slade's face, but he moved before it could make an impact. He jumped up and hit him with the butt of his sword. As he stumbled back, Danny let out his powerful ghostly wail, a technique he learned on an adventure in the future. The ghostly wail was one of his most powerful powers, and Skulker felt the strength of it as he was pushed far away.

He had to think of something fast. He eyed John Constantine. John was a powerful sorcerer, even though he didn't like using his powers. But he was very, very powerful. He snickered.

John caught his stare, and heard his laughter. "Nothing's funny undead freak."

"Yes, yes there is. Because the joke's on you."

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

Skulker jumped inside John's body as he overshadowed him. Within two seconds of being inside of his body and mind, Skulker screamed like hell, and leapt out. He was sitting on the ground rocking himself, singing Veggietales to calm himself down.

Constantine stood over him laughing. "Like what you saw there mate? I told you, and you did it anyway. You get what you deserve."

Skulker slowly got back up. His breaths were short and heavy. It was obvious he was at the end of his rope and was looking for a Hail Mary. He attacked Valerie, who was quick to fend him off. However, he found a hole in her defense. This was his chance.

What happened next, no one saw coming. Yes, no one expected him to blow up the Fenton Thermos, but that was planned. Skulker hadn't plotted this; it popped in his head at the last minute and he said "chances are it's not gonna work, but what the hell let's give it a wirl". It was an act of dumb luck, no more, no less.

He overshadowed Valerie, split to where Shazam was standing, jumped from her to him, and touchdown.

Shazam fought against possession. Although Billy and Shazam are one-and-the same, one can get strength from the other. In this case, the drive inside of Batson's golden heart was determined to dominate. "Oh no you don't." He lifted his head to the sky. "Mazahs!" Saying his magic word backwards, lightning erupted from him, expelling Skulker from his body.

Skulker might not have won over the will of the world's mightiest mortal, but he got the information he needed. But before he could retrieve his target. He was picked up by Shazam and lifted in the air.

"Shazam!"

Lightning fell down, electrocuting the ghost.

"Shazam!"

Lightning struck once more.

'What am I doing?' Skulker thought.

"Shazam!"

For the third time, lightning came down. But this time, Skulker turned intangible, so instead of him, the lightning hit Shazam.

Danny was about to restrain Skulker, until he came over a sight he almost couldn't comprehend. Right were Shazam was, there was a boy. The boy from the museum; Billy Batson! He looked over to Sam, who had a similar look of shock and disbelief written all over her face. Then it all made sense.

"Oooohh."

Billy got to his feet. "Shaz..."

"Shut up!" Skulker shot some sort of ectoplasmic goo over his mouth. He flew to the throne, opened up a console on the right arm rest, and pulled out he wanted.

"The Ruby of Kahndaq! He's got the Ruby of Kahndaq!"

Pandora threw her spear in his direction, which he grabbed in mid-air, and threw it at The Phantom Stranger. Clockwork stopped time around the mercenary, but he pulled out one of Clockwork's own time medallions and went on his way. He flew out of the Rock of Eternity.

Billy tore the goo off his mouth. "Shazam!" He transformed into Shazam. "This changes things. Holey-moley this changes everything. New plan: follow Skulker!"

He, Danny Phantom, Raven, Valerie Gray, The Phantom Stranger, Pandora, and Clockwork flew out of the Rock. Deathstroke, Constantine, Sam, and Tucker were left there.

John turned to those still there. "I like how they forget about everyone who can't fly."

A bell sounded three times. They turned to Youngblood's ship.

"All aboard!" He shouted.

"That's for trains."

"It can be for ships too."

"Yeah, Youngblood's got this one right."

"Thank you my good assistant. Now for the rest of you get on the ship."

They piled on, and followed after the rest. They circled the Rock of Eternity, teleporting to Skulker's location. This is it. This is war.

OK, so we're nearing the end here, so as you can see Shazam was right when he said "this changes everything". Be back soon to see how it changes.