Venom: Since Wanderer is being a bit of a tool today…Welcome back to the show!
Danny Phantom: Which show?
Venom: Silent Shout: Echoes of a Changeling's Heart
Danny Phantom: Oh! Okay…So question, Ron-pool mentioned we might be crossing into this universe at some point?
Venom: God I hope not. Wanderer needs an attitude adjustment before that can happen. Also we already have a ton of issues with the Infinity Stones. Multiverse stuff is a whole different arc.
Ron-Pool: SPOILERS!
Venom: Awww hell.
Danny Phantom: Well gang! Enjoy this chapter of Silent Shout: Echoes of a Changeling's Heart!
Silent Shout: Echoes of a Changeling's Heart
Chapter Three: Triple Threat Match
Cloak flowing through the wind, Wanderer walked down the streets of Jump City, ignoring the curious or fearful glances that the civilians were giving him. He had seen this look plenty of times during his trek around the world.
They would remain fearful of him until he proved his heroics and before they could start thinking of him as a hero, he would skip town to continue his quest in becoming stronger.
It was better that way.
Without warning, a large explosion shook the area, causing alarmed screams everywhere. Wanderer paused, able to keep himself against the ground to avoid the shaking sensation before the bank comically large bank vault-like door to the "Jump City National Bank" exploded across the street and crashed right in front of him.
"Okay…" Wanderer said as he turned his head to look towards the bank, where he saw three figures standing in the doorway.
The first form was that of a teenage girl with striking red hair and brown/red eyes and freckles that lined beneath her cheeks.
She wore a two-toned (navy blue and black) skintight suit a gold corset-style leather breastplate, shoulder and knee pads with spikes mixed with boots that sport metal heels and toes and gold gauntlets.
The second form was that of a teenage male with wavy black hair and amber gold eyes and a mischievous smirk.
The male wore a Victorian era button down black shirt with a gold vest that sat beneath a black coat and matching trousers and a top hat and in his hand was a simple black cane with the golden head of an eagle on top of it.
The third figure was that of a teenage male as well but his entire body from head to toe was in a skintight black body suit with golden lining on the sides of his torso and a gold utility belt, gloves and boots.
His masked face also had golden lenses where the eyes would be and from the top of his head, short blond hair swayed in the wind.
He knew these three well.
Titaness: Daughter of well-known enemy of Wonder Woman, Giganta. Shares her mother's abilities in super growth with a strength modifier the bigger she got.
Shade: The seemingly immortal teenager from the Victorian Era. Able to control the shadows along with teleportation and can create shadow constructs.
Jericho: Son of the Infamous Deathstroke the Terminator. Can control anyone through looking into their eyes. Proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can store his soul into another's body and can control it if the person was weaker than him.
He had fought these three during his first year after…The Loss.
Jericho was the first opponent worth mentioning after "The Loss" and was by far the toughest at the time. His ability to soul-surf through anyone's bodies made fighting him brutal but he finally managed by finding his real body and nearly killing it to get him to surrender.
Shade was his second opponent worth mentioning. His ability to use the shadows as both an attack and his escape plan made him a tricky thief but in the end, he was finally able to capture him by morphing into a million fireflies and thanks to a previous battle with Doctor Light, he was able to brighten the bioluminescence that fireflies had to make small enough shadows to keep him from escaping.
The last and most recent opponents was the muscular but very attractive Titaness and she was the one that challenged his morphing abilities to their absolute limit at the time. Each time the battled, he would be on the receiving end of an ass kicking but at his absolute breaking point, he morphed into one of his trump card.
A large, fire breathing Dragon.
It was a close battle but he had won…And it helped unlock several new abilities regarding his morphing abilities.
"Titaness…Shade…Jericho…" Wanderer said with a small grin. "A pleasure to see all of you again…So tell me, why are you here?"
"We were paid handsomely to fight you guv," Shade said, his Yorkshire accent thick in his voice.
"And we accepted. Even got these nifty matching outfits," Titaness said as she crossed her arms, her muscles flexing from the action.
"Very well," Wanderer said. "I've grown stronger since we've met. Beating me will be all the more difficult.
"We'll take that challenge," Titaness said before she rushed forward while Shade fell backwards into his shadow, causing him to vanish. Titaness threw a right punch but Wanderer caught it with his left hand before he twisted his body and tossed her over his shoulder through the window of a Jamaican restaurant.
Catching the scent of ice, Wanderer then turned around to see Shade jump out from the shadow of the light post beside him and watched as he swung his cane.
Wanderer leaned back to avoid the cane but then wisps of shadows formed around the cane to create a black sword, which he barely avoided. He kicked Shade in the stomach only to hear the shocked gasp of a citizen behind him.
He turned around and blocked the deceptively hard right hook from a twenty-five year old woman and smirked. "Should have known you would jump in Jericho…" Wanderer said.
"Well…I couldn't resist fighting you again," The woman said with a soft voice before her right leg snapped up in an attempt to hit his face.
He leaned back to avoid the kick but Titaness' large fist exploded from the restaurant and nailed Wanderer in the side, which sent him soaring towards the back but he landed on the ground, only for Jericho's body to spring up beside him and attempt to land a roundhouse kick to the face.
Wanderer caught the leg and twisted his body to launch him towards Titaness but then the scent of cold air filled his nose and he quickly morphed into a hawk and flew into the air to avoid the shadow, made spikes that were sprung beneath him.
He morphed the body back to his human form as the wings grew to accommodate the size of his body and spun his body rapidly, causing razor sharp feathers to fly towards Shade and Jericho. Shade grabbed Jericho and the two fell into the Shade's shadow just as the feathers pierced the ground where they were.
A large explosion was heard behind the floating Wanderer and when he turned around, a Giant sized Titaness exploded through a building with her enlarged arm swinging towards him.
Wanderer quickly changed into a swarm of butterflies to avoid the large haymaker then regrouped back into his form and with a shout, he swung his body as his right arm changed into the large tail of a T-rex and collided with Titaness' large face, which sent her crashing to the building before he morphed his right leg into the large leg of a T-rex and kicked her through the building.
He quickly returned his limbs to their normal state when he saw Shade standing beside a shadow made cannon. With a shout, Shade pulled a wisp of shadow which caused a large, shadow made cannonball to fly towards him.
Wanderer combined his arms and morphed them into a lion's head and began to gather fire within its opened mouth and launched a fireball back at Shade, who quickly changed the cannon into a portal where the flame went through.
A shadow portal then appeared right beneath Wanderer's flying body and the fireball came out of it, heading straight towards him. Unable to move away fast enough, he morphed into a Pompeii Worm and took the hit. The smoke died away and a green gorilla flew from the smoke elbow first towards Shade.
Shade formed a disk made of the cold shadows and launched it towards Wanderer's body but upon impact, Wanderer exploded into fireflies before reforming back into the gorilla, who slammed into Shade's body.
Shade slammed to the ground and Wanderer morphed back into himself only to be faced to face with Jericho but Wanderer quickly morphed his eyes away, becoming blind to the world around him. Allowing his other senses to lead him, he ducked the roundhouse kick of Jericho before easily swaying from left to right to avoid the quick jabs of his opponent before he back flipped away to avoid a shadow spike from Shade.
Wanderer continued to back flip to gain distance before leapt into the air and landed in a crouch as Shade rose to his feet with the help of Jericho while Titaness began to move from the wrecked building behind him.
His eyes returned to his face as he said "One on one, I can defeat you all and you three are making me realize that three on one is looking to hold the same result."
"You weren't this powerful before," Shade said. "How?"
Wanderer chuckled at the question and answered with "When you fight villains and beasts from all over the universe that holds interesting abilities. And as someone that can morph into any animal, both of this world and out of it as well as use their attributes any way you see fit, you're bound to become stronger."
Wanderer pointed to himself with his right thumb and said "And unfortunately…You three can't keep up."
"Your arrogance is showing," Titaness' booming voice said with an insulted tone.
"It's not arrogance…its simple fact. I've met those that challenged me in the past and now I'm barely breaking a sweat," Wanderer said softly. "All I want is a challenge to make me even stronger…and so far, nothing can match it."
Wanderer then straightened up and let out a disappointed sigh. "And if you three are no match then these Titans won't be either…It's disappointing."
It was then Wanderer noticed Shade tilt his head and a grin appear on his face. Shade motioned to Titaness and Jericho to stand down as a grin appeared on his face.
"Well then, I suppose we shouldn't keep you then guv," Shade said as he lifted his hand, forming his cane from the shadows. He and Jericho fell through the shadows then appeared beside the still large Titaness, who shrunk to her normal size.
Shade offered a wave before he pointed his cane at Wanderer and said "Best of luck to ya." Shade tapped his cane against the ground, where the three fell through it, leaving Wanderer standing in the middle of the street.
It was then he heard "There he is!"
Wanderer turned around only to see the enraged faces of four teens.
And they were coming straight at him.
Rain: So it seems something is afoot with this situation. The next chapter will show us what happened at the mall and the end result of this bout. Also, all the characters shown are not OCs. They are all DC characters that I'm borrowing for this fic. ;) See you all later!
Wanderer: Hmph…