Say hello to my new hunting buddy
Silverwing013
Summary:
Short. Sweet. Stupid.
Skulker has a new partner. A sort of continuation off of His cat was the best cat. You don't need to read it first.

For glitterbrain.

"Ah, but you see, Ghost Child, I have a new partner."

"Yeah?" Danny snapped back. He darted up, easily dodging Skulker's blast at him. A laugh bubbled up through Danny. "Let me guess. You and Technus have started becoming close these days?"

Skulker's head drew back. "What? No."

"Not yet," Danny snickered to himself. "Actually, hopefully not this time because that was kind of unsettling."

"Technus? What on earth would give you that idea?"

Skulker blasted off another shot. Danny dipped under easy. Twisting about and enjoying himself. Going up against old familiar foes felt more so these days. The pattern was well tread and going through the motions of these fights was more like playing. Free.

"Ghost Child. I have studied you. Am well aware of your preference to keep fights at bay of civilians. Know your pattern."

"Same to you Skulky! Just a couple blasts away from thermos ti-"

Wheezing, darkness on the edge of his vision cleared. To see black. Shiny metallic black tinged with electric blue.

Blinking, Danny could see a couple of larger slits. Eyes. Electric blue too. More of a mesh? A screen mesh? He shook his head. That was weird to look at.

"Say hello to my new hunting buddy."

"Okay. Ow." He wiggled his hands free and grab the large hand pinning him down. Wait. Paw? With claws? "Panther partner met."

Growling echoed through the metal, claws digging into his upper arms.

"Bad kitty. Let go. Or I'll toss you."

Digging his heels into the ground, Danny lifted the paw off.

Or tried.

Fine.

He tried going intangible instead. The claws tightened on and around him. Danny could hear Skulker being far too gleeful. Praising his own work for the suit and new hunting buddy.

"Wait. What did you just call this overgrown cat?!"

Skulker patted the top of the black metallic head. The cat's ears flickered. Annoyed.

"This here is Maddie. She's a great hunter. Started off a little on the wrong foot, but after spending time together as I created her suit, that changed. We work well together. Don't you think?"

Danny stared. Eyes wide. "What? What the... Is this Vlad's cat that he named after my mom!?"

Skulker tilted his head at Danny. "I found it fitting. Your mother is a decent hunter herself in her aim. I can admire that."

"Oh. My. God."

Thank some god out there as Sam blew the whistle for Cujo and Tucker hacked Skulker's suit.

"Dude. What is wrong with you?"

Danny slowly turned his head to Tucker and Sam, neck creaking, eyes wide.

"That panther suit thing."

"Yeah. Kind of sweet. But I bet some comic book nerds will bring up Black Panther."

"It's not a tiny ghost inside."

"Okay. Programed?" Tucker asked hopefully. "Please don't tell me some person is trapped in-"

"It's Vlad's pet cat."

Tucker and Sam stared.

"Huh." Sam said. "So that's what happened to it."

At the eyes going to her, Sam shrugged a little defensively. "What? I went in to find her. No animal deserves to starve to death because of their owner."

Tucker snorted. "I don't think we need to worry about that. Skulker's a hunter. Even if he's yet to manage or ever will catch Danny. The cat will have plenty of meat to eat. Uh. Maybe? He does live in the Ghost Zone."

Head snapping, Sam pinned Danny down with a look. "We are adding a bag of cat food to your belt."

Sighing, Danny flew over to the occupant of the new hole in the park. Unclipping a couple things off his belt. And tossed one onto the defeated ghost.

"Here."

Skulker stared at the lump on his battered body and then up at Danny. "What's this welp?"

"Cat food. For-" Danny's face twisted. "-Maddie. Sam insisted."

Then he lifted the other thing that'd been clipped to his belt.

"Thermos time."

Skulker and the bag of cat food all sucked up, Danny shivered.

"Why is the damn fruitloop still grossing me out when he's not even here?!"

Prompt:
After the end of Phantom Planet (sorry), with Vlad stranded in space, what happens to Maddie the cat?

Author's Notes:
Uh. Yeah. Okay. -laughs at myself- A short little silly thing. And sort of continuation.