Chapter 3: Lord Raptor
In the Darkstalkers world, it was a bright morning.
In a small town, a blue man with a guitar case he was carrying over his back was heading down the street, in the direction of an auditorium.
A little chaos… maybe snack on some life energy… not too much, can't leave my adoring fans with nothing, after all… He thought.
As he walked down, a portal opened.
"What in the world?!"
He expected to see a terrible, demonic monster, instead, he saw a chubby, one legged red neck looking around the place before spotting.
"Hi… uh, you're Lord Raptor, right?" The chubby redneck asked.
"Yeah?"
"I'm Boomstick, from Death Battle."
Raptor blinked, remembering those words from a certain cat monster.
"Death… Battle? Ya mean that cat girl's weird dream was real?" He asked in disbelief.
"Yeah… and I kind of… made a mistake. I was drunk last night and accidentally teleported Jon Talbain, that werewolf guy, into another person's word. I kind of found out last night and I kind of… need help getting him back." Boomstick said, rubbing neck sheepishly.
Lord Raptor looked at him like he was an idiot. But then again, he can't blame him for getting drunk. As a former Rockstar back in his pre-zombie days, he would get hammered 24/7.
"Why ya askin' me?" Lord Raptor asked.
"Because you're not as well known to people who aren't as aware of Darkstalkers…" Boomstick muttered.
"What?" Raptor asked, not hearing that but sensing it was an insult.
"I mean… because you rock!" Boomstick said.
"That's right…" Lord Raptor said with a nod and a grin.
"So, can you do it?" Boomstick asked.
Lord Raptor thought about it. It could be fun, and maybe he can be a famous Rockstar in that new world. It'll be a nice, little vacation for him.
"What's in it for me?" Lord Raptor questioned.
"Uh… beer?" Boomstick asked.
This guy wanted him to go to a potentially dangerous world to find a guy he barely hung out with all for some beer?
After a pause, Raptor shrugged.
"Sure, okay." He responded.
"Awesome!" Boomstick cheered before opening a can of beer that came out of nowhere. Before he could take a sip, he saw Lord Raptor looking expectantly at him. "Oh. You get your share after you find him."
"Cheapskate." Lord Raptor said before following Boomstick through the portal.
Little did they know, someone was watching from behind a nearby building.
Someone young and with a very sinister grin.
"That werewolf is somewhere his kitty girlfriend can't help him? Perfect…"
Danny's World
In the Fenton Works Ops Center, their guest woke up.
He was not happy.
"WHERE THE BLOODY HELL AM I?!" He demanded an answer.
''Uh..." Danny stammered.
The Wolf man snarled.
"Are you Dark Hunters?!" He demanded.
"Whoa, Wolf Person, it's cool!" Danny said, holding his hands out.
Jon stared at Danny a moment longer before sniffing the air and looking confused.
"You… seem familiar."
Danny sighed.
"There's a reason for that."
Then, to the surprise and shock of the others, he morphed into Danny Phantom.
"Danny!" They all went.
''It's cool..." He said.
The others sent him an unsure look.
"Are you sure?" Jazz asked.
"Look, I'm trying to earn his trust here…" Danny said.
He then turned to the wolf man.
Jon just stared at them a bit before clutching his side and grunted.
"I'm still not healed from that metal man last night…"
"Metal man?" Tucker asked.
"He means Skulker." Danny explained.
''Oh..."
Jon then collapsed to the floor, passing out once more.
''Is he okay?.."Sam asked.
"I guess he's still out of it. He probably doesn't have a healing factor like I do." Danny said.
'The others looked uncomfortable at Jon's presence.
"So… you can send him home, right?" Sam asked.
Danny shook his head.
"It doesn't work like that, sadly. It's linked with Ben and Jake's gadgets. They only work for worlds we've been to or we have to know the coordinates. Wolf guy here didn't exactly strike me as the scientist type since he didn't even know he was in a different universe." Danny explained.
The others did not like hearing this.
"So… what now?" Sam asked.
Danny sighed.
"I'm gonna need help here getting him back on his feet." Danny explained. "I'm gonna need bandages, maybe some food for him and-"
Once Danny turned to look at his friends and sister, all of them were no longer present where they were.
He blinked in confusion.
Looking around, he saw the door was still wide opened.
Realizing they left the room, he frowned.
Back in the living room, everyone was heading to the door when Danny Phantom phased from the ceiling and hovered in front of them with arms crossed.
"Guys…" Danny said.
Sam held her hands up.
"Hey, people from another universe has been your thing lately, not ours." Sam said.
Danny looked upset at that and pressed on.
"Come on… at least help me get stuff I need." Danny insisted.
Jazz sighs and holds a hand up.
"Okay… fine… but ONLY if you introduce me to that Red Hood guy at some point." Jazz said. Everyone looked to her like she'd gone crazy and she smiled happily. "I know he's a gun-toting vigilante… but he's kind of a hottie…"
"Eww…" Danny went.
Sam and Tucker looked at each other, unsure.
They saw the pleading look from their friend and sighed.
"Okay… just for you, Dude…" Tucker said.
"Ugh, fine but I am not going near him." The goth said.
After Sam crosses her arms and looks away, Danny sighs in relief.
"Thanks…"
In the Darkstalkers' World
It was morning and Felicia, tired and disappointed, sat at a bench in a park and sighed sadly.
"Nothing…"
Morrigan landed nearby and sat next to her.
"Sorry, nothing…" She said. It was then she took a good look at Felicia's appearance, or rather her lack of clothes, and pointed at her. "Aren't ya cold from last night?"
"A little… but I can't deal with it while Jon's missing." Felicia said.
Morrigan nodded. She then pondered.
Let's see… maybe if we had extra help, it could work.
"I got an idea…" Morrigan said, getting up. "I've been trying this for a while now… I didn't do it last night because we were in a hurry. But, seeing as we got no clue where your canine companion is, we may need to try this."
"Try what?" Felicia said.
Morrigan then got on the ground, sitting in a cross-legged position.
"You'll see."
Danny's World
In the Fenton Works' Ops Center.
One person was on his mind. Someone he cared about and knew would be worried out of her mind about his disappearance.
A certain cat girl who he was close with.
Felicia… He thought in his sleeping mind.
He heard something hit the metal floor and he bolted up.
He saw it was Danny Phantom, placing a large, stainless steel pot on the floor.
"So… uh… hi, again."
Jon sat up, frowning.
"Where am I?" He questioned harshly.
"You're in my house, or at least the Ops Center on top of it. But… I'm gonna assume you're not just out of your neighborhood." Danny said.
"I don't live in a neighborhood." Jon said.
Danny then stood up and cleared his throat.
"Okay… let's try this from the start." He held his hand out. "I'm Danny Phantom."
Jon only stared at the hand before looking at Danny in the face.
"Who?"
Danny lowered his hand.
"Okay… that kind of answers that…"
"Answers what?" Jon questions.
The ghost boy had a feeling that he seriously still doesn't get it.
"Out of curiosity, do you know anyone named Ben 10? Or Kim Possible? Or All Might? Or Superman? Or Lord Beerus?" Danny asked.
"No… no, I do not." Jon said, curious what he's talking about..
Danny sighed.
"Great… so you're from a universe none of us are familiar with…"
That got Jon's attention.
"What…?"
"You're in another universe, not your own." Danny explained.
Jon stared at Danny blankly.
''Are you serious?" He asked.
"Yeah." Danny nodded.
"That look in your eyes tells me you're not mocking me…" Jon said. As Danny nodded, Jon began to pant heavily and got up. "I'm in- ACK!"
Jon got back on his knees, clutching his side.
"Whoa! Look, you're still not doing so well." Danny said as he pushed the pot closer to Jon. "Here, eat this while my sister and friends get some bandages for you."
Jon stared at the pot suspiciously.
"What is it? Poison?" Jon questioned.
"Only if you count meat sauce as poison, I know Sam does…" Danny joked. "It's some pasta my dad left for us to eat, forgetting we don't all share his appetite."
The werewolf said nothing at that.
Jon hesitantly pulled the pot closer to him, sniffing it.
At least it smells edible… He thought.
He decided to try it.
Dipping his head in, Jon took a bite. After a moment, Danny saw him eating with much gusto.
At least he's eating… He thought.
He kept eating and seemed calmer now.
"So... uh... Mr. Wolf Guy. Uh-"
"Jon." Jon said after pulling his head out of the pan.
"Huh?"
The werewolf sighed before repeating himself.
"My name is Jon Talbain."
"O... Kay. So, Jon? What were you doing before you ended up on my roof?"
The werewolf sighed before answering.
"There was another werewolf, massacring a village… I fought him to the bitter end when… I awoke here." Jon said.
"Was this a werewolf you saw before?" Danny asked.
"No. Somehow, I don't believe he was a Darkstalker…" Jon said.
Danny looked blank at that term he never heard before.
"Dark… stalker?" Danny asked.
"It's what they call monsters like werewolves, vampires and ghosts in my world, a sort of umbrella term."
"I… see…" Danny said. "Anyway… I guess somehow, a mistake was made and it sent you to my world…"
The Darkstalker groaned.
"I had thought Felicia had an odd dream but I guess it was true..."
"Who is that? Your girlfriend?"
That caused the werewolf to flinch.
"N-no..." Jon said. "She is... just a friend."
Sure, Felicia is beautiful but she is just a friend. Sure, she is lovely, a great fighter and has the biggest heart I know, but-
Jon snapped out of his thoughts when he noticed the amused smile on Danny's face.
"We're just friends!" He shouted with a flustered look.
"Sure, Dude…" Danny said with his arms crossed.
The Darkstalkers' World
It was 20 minutes and Morrigan still looked like she was stressing over something. She was sweating hard.
Felicia was watching, fearing for her friend doing something that hurt her.
"Morrigan? Whatever you're doing… it's clearly hurting you. Please stop!"
"I'm… almost… there…" Morrigan said.
After another hiss, Morrigan slumped forward.
Gasping, Felicia ran to her and helped her up.
"Morrigan?!" She asked.
After a gasp, something came out of Morrigan's mouth. It was a pinkish-purple mist that left and was forming something in front of them.
Felicia was startled at the sight of this mist.
Seconds later, the mist formed something physical. It looked like a smaller Morrigan in red and blue, with short violet hair.
Wait… isn't that…? Felicia thought.
The small figure looked around before turning her head.
This was someone Morrigan somewhat considers a little sister.
"Morrigan?" She asked.
Morrigan smiled at seeing her.
"Lilith… it worked…" She said with a heavy sigh.
Lilith blinked.
"Why am I out?" She asked.
"To help… with something…" Morrigan asked. "We need more help… finding Jon Talbain."
"Felicia's boyfriend?" Lilith asked.
"He's not my boyfriend!" Felicia snapped before pulling back. "Wait, how are you even out?"
"Something I've been working on… in case I need help…" Morrigan said as she took a breath and stood back up. She wobbled a bit, but stood straight, holding a hand out when Felicia tried to help. "I'm good now…"
"That weakened you, didn't it?" Felicia asked.
"I literally tore a piece of my own soul to let her out… of course it did…" Morrigan said.
"This is unnecessary… let me get Hsien-Ko to help me." Felicia asked.
"We don't have much time…" Morrigan said. She looked to her sort-of sister. "We will take the skies… surely someone had to have seen him."
Lilith, unsure due to Morrigan's current state, only nodded.
"Okay…"
In Danny's World
Once he was done eating, Jon Talbain was content, getting up.
"So, your parents' device made you half ghost?" Jon asked.
"Yeah." Danny said. "So… your dad was some werewolf lord descended from dragons?" Danny asked, still unsure what he's hearing.
It was pretty out there, even by his standards.
John nodded before looking around.
"So, how do I get home?" Jon asked.
"Good question, from what I got, your universe hasn't been involved with Death Battle since this Felicia girl. You were involved with two universes none of us have met before." Danny said.
Jon sighed.
"So… what now?" Jon asked.
Before Danny could answer, the sound of a loud guitar was heard, making the floor shake.
Both of them got up and were on alert.
"Is this normal?" Jon asked.
"Only if Ember McLain is involved!" Danny said as he flew towards the door and opened it.
As he flew out, he looked around.
Okay… where is she? He thought.
He heard the guitar striking again and followed the sound. To his shock, it isn't Ember McLain, but someone he never saw before.
A shirtless zombie looking guy.
"Oi! Where's the werewolf?! I'm 'ere to take 'em home! Not necessarily conscious!" He shouted.
Having heard those sounds as well, the rest of Team Phantom looked our the door.
"Who is that zombie reject?" Sam asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Aw, I was hoping for Ember..." Tucker groaned.
"Seriously?" Jazz said with a deadpan look.
"What? She's hot..." Tucker defended himself.
The girls rolled their eyes at him.
Meanwhile, as Danny was confused, Jon snarled.
"Raptor!?" Jon exclaimed. "How did you get here?"
"Friend of yours?" Danny asked.
Jon snarled in Lord Raptor's direction as he held onto his side.
"Lord Raptor is no friend to anyone… unless you were Hsien-Ko, who has made it clear she's not interested in him in any way…" Jon said. "I don't know how he found me, much less get here but-"
As he took a step, he hissed and clutched his side.
"Whoa!" Danny hovered closer. "Jon?"
I'm still hurt. He thought with a wince. Despite how scrawny he is, this kid can pack a punch.
"You're still sore… let me deal with this." Danny said.
"Be careful," Jon said. "Despite how ridiculous he looks-."
"Oi!"
"-he is still a formidable foe," Jon finished, ignoring the indignant shout from Raptor.
"Half of the ghosts I fight are like him." Danny said before he landed in front of Raptor.
"So, you're this superhero who lives in this universe?" Lord Raptor asked, not impressed.
"How'd you know Jon is here? How'd you even get here?" Danny asked.
"Oi! I ain't listening to some anklebiter! I'm Lord Raptor!" The zombie shouted.
"And…I should care because…?" Danny asked, waiting for the guy to finish his sentence.
"Because I'm the Undead Rockstar who's gonna shake the multiverse!" Lord Raptor declared, strumming his guitar. "And I'll start with this little wanker of a world."
Before he could say more, Danny was in front of him, fist raised.
"Yeah… I've dealt with an evil rockstar in my world." Danny said before punching Lord Raptor to the floor. "And she's way less ugly than you."
"Heheheh… that so? Well… I'll be sure to make a bigger impact here." Lord Raptor said, rubbing his head. "Legions of fans, and some life energy to drain, await me!"
He then charged at Danny, he's entire torso stretching due to the lack of skin and deteriorating muscles. Surprised, Danny quickly moved to the side, watching in revulsion as Raptor pulled himself back.
"Okay, that's just wrong..." he said, almost hurling. He can do that too, but it wasn't as gross as this.
"If you think that was cool, then get ready to see this!" Raptor exclaimed as he suddenly imploded, disappearing in front of Danny.
"What the spooks?" Danny questioned before he felt some movement behind him. Turning, he saw Raptor appear behind him and his ribcage started moving like a chainsaw. He quickly split in half, dodging Raptor's freaky attack.
"Hey! Don't copy me, brah!" Raptor exclaimed. "I'll sue ya!"
"You can't sue me for having better powers than you!" Danny exclaimed as he pulled himself back together.
"Oh! Ya think ya can outpower me?" Raptor exclaimed as he pulled out his guitar. "I'll show you! Time to rock n' roll!"
Lord Raptor started swinging his guitar to pummel Danny.
He grabbed the guitar and fired a blast of ecto-energy in the face, knocking Raptor down.
Danny tossed the guitar aside before Lord Raptor turned his arms into chainsaws and started swinging them.
Danny pulled away in time as Lord Raptor picked his guitar back up.
With a stroke of his instrument, he absorbed electricity from the powerlines to power himself up.
He then strikes a chord on his guitar and fires a blast of sound that knocks Danny several feet away.
Sliding on the ground, Danny got back up.
Looking to see Lord Raptor running towards him, Danny created a rectangular shield the zombie bounced off of.
Seeing the opportunity, Danny grabbed Raptor by the foot and slammed him into the concrete.
This shock, Danny looked down and saw Raptor's foot was in his hand, and detached from the rest of his body.
"Eww!" Danny went, letting go and pulling away.
Lord Raptor grabbed his foot and reattached it to himself.
"You have the honor of being the first to fall to Lord Raptor! Consider yourself lucky, little man!" Lord Raptor said as he got up.
"You know what, I don't get time for this." Danny said before he fired at Raptor, who was surprised by the sudden attack. When it hit him, it froze him to the neck up, trapping him.
"Oi! Not cool, brah!" Raptor exclaimed as he tried to break free.
"Actually, it's cold, get it, mate?" Danny said, ending it with a British accent.
"I'm Australian!" Lord Raptor shouted as he tried breaking free, but couldn't. "Oi! Get me outta 'ere!"
Danny sighed in relief that the fight was over and pondered.
"Okay… what do I do with you? I can't put you in the Fenton Thermos since you're not a ghost…"
That's when he smiled at an idea.
"Oi! Ya can't do this to me! I'm Lord Raptor!"
Danny then slammed the Fenton Stockade shut.
"Sorry, you're not much of a hit here…" He joked. "Glad these things finally have a use…"
Who knew Dad's crazy recreation of a medieval torture device would one day come in handy?
Anyway, Danny then pressed a button that caused the stockade to glow a slight green.
"Oi! What's goin' on 'ere?!" Raptor questioned.
"Even if you're not a ghost, the restraints should be strong enough in case you somehow break free of the ice or it melts…" Danny said.
''You lousy little party pooper! Let me out! I gotta fight for my right to party!" Raptor yelled but Danny tuned him out.
As he got up the stairs, ignoring Lord Raptor's shouting, Danny noticed his friends and sister there.
"So… how long are you gonna keep the zombie downstairs?" Sam asked.
"He's from Jon's world, so I'll send both of them back home." Danny said.
"Jon?" Tucker asked.
"That's the werewolf's name." Danny explained.
His friends and sister looked confused at that.
"Kinda thought a werewolf would have a more… I don't know… wolfy sort of name." Sam admitted.
''Wolfy?" Danny asked but he decided to focus on more important matters now. "Anyway… Raptor's gonna have to stay there for now."
"Any ideas on how to get him back?" Jazz asked.
"Well, I did get in touch with Jake and he's reaching out to some friend in Hawaii, but nothing yet to find out. I tried reaching Ben but he's taking Ami to visit another friend from another universe… so not yet. I did talk to his cousin."
"Which one? The hot redhead with powers or the shapeshifter mud thing that looks like a hot blonde?" Tucker asked with an interested grin, earning eyerolls from the girls.
"The first one… she tried reaching a friend, some British guy, who told her help was already on its way…" Danny said with a shrug. "I guess for now we sit tight…"
Like we have a choice... Sam thought in annoyance.
"So… where's the wo- I mean, Jon?" Jazz asked.
"Upstairs, still sore but I think he'll be fine." Danny said.
In the Darkstalkers' World
Boomstick was waiting in the same spot he met with Lord Raptor, tapping his foot, waiting for something.
"He should have been back by now…" He said. "I gotta assume he got his ass handed to him and isn't coming back right now… If Wiz finds out what happened to that werewolf… I'm screwed…" He muttered.
As he sipped his beer, he dreaded what would happen if he's caught.
I'm gonna lose all my beer privileges if I'm caught… He thought.
As he finished his beer, he heard someone approach him from behind.
"Hiya, Mister. Did I hear something about a werewolf?" A cutesy voice asked.
Turning around, Boomstick saw a 14 year old girl with short blonde hair and a red hood, carrying a basket.
Boomstick grinned as he knew who this was.
"You! You're perfect! That literal deadbeat didn't bring me that werewolf… so you're perfect to bring him back… alive!" Boomstick insisted.
The girl's cutesy smile faltered a bit.
"Oh… alive… okay then…" She said.
"Perfect…" Boomstick then pulled out a remote and pressed the button, creating a portal. "In ya go! I'll pay in… I don't know, chicken nuggets or whatever you eat..."
"Hmm… at least I can eat." The girl said. "Oh well… alive it is…" As she walked towards the portal, her back turned to Boomstick, she had an evil looking grin on her face. "But not necessarily intact…" She whispered to herself.
Special thanks to TheWhiteTitan and Flower princess11 for helping me on this.
Looks like more trouble is on its way for our heroes.
What's next? Find out!
TheWhiteTitan: Thanks again for the assist.
Invader Johnny: Next is Boomstick is desperate for nobody to find out he did that.
RonaldM40196867: Just thought it'd be fun to see how these worlds react to two idiots making various characters fight each other.
Jebest4781: More Darkstalkers on the way.
spider6as: Podría mostrarle a Danny algunas de sus artes marciales.
Jay the Average Fanboy: Might go a bit longer than last time. Also, not connected to any of her fics.
DB Fan: Nope, no breaks so far.