Chapter 5: Goodbye Skulker and 'Welcome to the Jungle'
Ok guys, final chapter. I'm glad that you guys have stuck with me for this long. I have, however, hit a wall. I'm not sure what more I can write involving Danny and Ember, or for Danny Phantom. I will definitely finish up my DannyxDesiree story, 'Luck Be a Lady', but after that I am uncertain. I now ask you the readers what you would like me to write. I appreciate any advice or story ideas as I am quickly running out of them. I thoroughly enjoy writing and I don't want to give up. So please, give me your ideas. Tell me what you think I should write. Other than that, I do not own Danny Phantom or the song 'Welcome to the Jungle' by Guns n' Roses. R&R and Enjoy.
"Damn it!" Skulker yelled, firing off a missile in his realm. "How the fuck did those four save the brats? My plan was perfect!"
Skulker was extremely pissed at how the events unfolded. As soon as he had sent the messages to the two and his traps were set in motion, he flew off towards the their respective locations to see them meet their doom. He was surprised to find no trace of either the his would be victims or the undead raptors he set upon the girls. The only sign they had even been there was a destroyed hut. Flying toward were the whelp was to meet his doom, he was pleased to not only find the boulder had deployed but also one of his pit traps had been tripped. Skulker first sauntered over to the trap, hoping to find the corpse of the tech friend. While he did find a pool of blood, the human was nowhere to be found. Skulker quickly flew towards the boulder and blasted it apart. To his dismay, he saw no trace of the ghost child.
Skulker quickly traveled back to his realm to check his cameras. When he saw that both the ghost child and his ex had managed to recover their powers just in time, Skulker lost it. He began destroying his everything he saw, weapons, trophies, and gear. By the time he calmed down, his ammunition was used up and his realm was trashed.
"Fine." Skulker panted. "He may have won this round but next time I will come out on top."
All of a sudden, he heard static coming from the remains of his flat screen monitor. Walking closer to investigate, Skulker saw the screen suddenly change to the music video for 'Welcome to the Jungle'.
"Who's doing this?" Skulker yelled, extending blades from his arms. As if to answer his question, a whirlwind of flames erupted in front of him. As they died down, he saw the thorns in his side, the whelp and his whore.
"Oh shit." Skulker said before Ember's fist connected with his face.
Welcome to the jungle, we got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want, honey we know the names
We are the people that you find, whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey we got your disease
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your kn-kn-knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed
Just as Skulker recovered from the initial punch, Danny followed up by freezing his right arm and shattering it off.
"That was for kidnapping the twins, you sick son of a bitch!" he said, venom dripping from his words.
"Fuck!" Skulker cried. Even though his true form had not been harmed, it had now become more difficult to defend himself.
Welcome to the jungle we take it day by day
If you want it you're gonna bleed but it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl whose very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights but you won't get them for free
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear you scream
Ember was quick to follow up with a power chord, tearing off his left leg.
"That was for breaking into our house and beating Dani and Youngblood!"
"Stop this now!" Skulker said, now desperate to escape after loosing two limbs.
Danny and Ember simply gave him twisted and malicious grins.
"But we're not finished yet." Danny replied.
"Call this payback for all the misery you've caused us." Ember added.
Welcome to the jungle it gets worse here everyday
You learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see, you'll take it eventually
You can have anything you want but you better not take it from me
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your kn-kn-knees, knees
I'm gonna watch you bleed
Desperately, Skulker attempted to hop away from the two only to be hit in the back by Danny's ghostly wail. It was strong enough to destroy his remaining limbs, leaving only his upper torso and head.
"That was for Tucker's leg and the men you ruthlessly killed." Danny said, slowly walking towards Skulker with Ember right behind him
"Enough! I promise not to attack you or your family ever again!" Skulker pleaded.
"Should have thought of that before you decided to fuck with us for the last time." Ember answered, tearing off his head.
"What will you do to me? Cage me? Mount me on your wall?"
"No." Danny replied, grinning like a cheshire cat. "That would be too easy and too merciful for the likes of you."
From a pocket, Danny withdrew the Infinity Map and opened a portal to what appeared to be a jungle.
"Lets see how you like being the one hunted!" Ember said before chucking Skulker's head through the portal.
As the portal closed, Ember turned towards Danny.
"You think he can come back after this?" she asked.
"No." Danny said, wrapping his arms around her and resting his forehead on hers. "He's about to become prey to the ultimate hunter."
With that, Danny brought Ember's lips to his and gave her a passionate kiss before the two teleported out of Skulker's realm in a whirlwind of flames.
***Deep in uncharted jungles***
Skulker's head landed with a thud, rolling around on the ground before finally resting upright.
"Well this is great. Thanks to the whelp, I'm now stuck in this God forsaken jungle. When I get my hands on that maggot and his whore, I will tear him a new one!"
Suddenly, a loud thud came from behind the head of Skulker.
"Whose there? Show yourself!" Skulker demanded.
He felt himself being picked up and turned around but could not see who currently held his head. Suddenly, yellow eyes seemed to flash out of nowhere, giving him a piercing and menacing gaze. Before Skulker could react, what appeared to be an electronic cloaking field disengaged, revealing a large, masked, humanoid creature. Skulker's eyes darted across the creature. He appeared to be other worldly by the small cannon attached to his shoulder, the gauntlets on both the creature's wrists, and the menacing claw that was currently holding his head. His face was hidden by a mask made of some strange metal.
"What the hell are you!" Skulker asked.
The hunter did not reply. Instead, his shoulder cannon readjusted and a triangular laser sight was slowly creeping towards the command center that housed Skulker's true form. Faster than Skulker could react, the cannon fired and obliterated Skulker, spattering the nearby trees with ectoplasm. The hunter carefully examined the now empty head before adding it to his growing collection of human skulls. Reactivating his cloaking device, the Predator made his way towards his next would-be prey.