Cosmic Collision Chapter 3

Cosmic Collision

Chapter Three- Conflict


Amity Park


Danny Phantom and the Silver Surfer crashed to the street, their impact tearing the tar and concrete enforced material of the road apart until they came to a stop. Danny became the aggressor, striking the Surfer with his fists as he pinned him to the ground. Despite lashing out with all of his fury, Danny soon realized that his blows were causing no damage whatsoever to the Sentinel of the Spaceways. If anything, his blows hurt his fists more than the Surfer, whose silver flesh could easily protect him from the blistering fires within the heart of a star or endure a barrage of meteors without so much as a scratch.

Before Danny could continue his assualt, his eyes widened in surprise as the Surfer's board soared at him with speed equal to that of a shooting star. The silver board slammed into Danny's sternum, carrying him all the way down the street before he was smashed through a building. Rising slowly, Danny clutched at his ribs as his eyes searched for the board, only to notice that it had returned to the Silver Surfer, who now had risen from the concrete and stood to his tallest stature utterly unscathed.

"Okay, I don't know who you are, dude, but you're so goin' down!", Danny shouted as his clenched fists glowed with green ecto-energy, his tone over-confident and slightly arrogant.

"I do not wish to fight you.", Silver Surfer stated calmly, his features remaining emotionless as he looked at the young hero.

"Sorry, but you don't get a say in the matter!", Danny retorted, unleashing the full force of his ecto-blast from his hands.

In an instand, the Silver Surfer raised his right hand, summoning the power cosmic and unleashing it. The azure energies of the power cosmic slammed into Danny's ecto-blasts, halting their progress as the two streams of energy began fighting for dominance. It was quite clear that, even while greatly holding back his power, the Surfer's blast of the power cosmic was overpowering Danny's stream of ecto-energy, despite Danny trying with all of his might to somehow overcome the energies bestowed upon the Sentinel of the Spaceways by none other than Galactus himself. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, both the Silver Surfer and Danny Phantom ceased their respective energy blasts.

"Please, I beg of you, human, stop this senseless violence now!", The Silver Surfer pleaded, hoping to end this confrontation before anyone could be harmed.

"The name's Danny Phantom... and I don't take orders from you!", Danny responded, flying full speed at the Sentinel of the Spaceways, slamming into him and carrying the Surfer off once again.

Smashing through wall after wall, Danny finally releases his grip, sending the Silver Surfer's form smashing into the pavement, his impact tearing up the street. Attempting to take advantage of the situation, Danny powers up his hands with ecto-energy before blasting the Silver Surfer, fully unleashing the formidable energies upon the being who was once Norrin Radd. However, much to Danny's utter disbelief and complete shock, the Silver Surfer waded through the powerful blast, each step bring the Sentinel of the Spaceways closer to the young hero. Then, without warning, the Surfer lashed out with a punch so powerful that it sends soaring down the street!

Danny came to a crashing halt, his impact shattering a steel and concrete enforced wall. Slowly, Danny got to his feet, his mind unable to remember any of his enemies being capable of hitting as hard as the Silver Surfer. When Danny looked down the street, he noticed that the Surfer was merely standing still and watching him, his silver eyes glowing with the power cosmic. Despite himself, Danny couldn't understand why the Silver Surfer didn't continue his attack. Could it be that the Sentinel of the Spaceways didn't see him as a threat, or was it that he didn't want to fight?

"This is your final warning, Phantom! Stop now... or I will be forced to release the full fury of my power... and strike you down in self defense!", The Silver Surfer warned, his tone deadly serious as he narrowed his silver eyes at the hero.

"Hmm... let me think about it.", Danny quiped, becoming invisible, thus disappearing from sight.

The Silver Surfer looked around the surroundings, unable to see Danny Phantom, yet he was still easily capable of sensing his presence. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, Danny becomes visible once more and strikes the Surfer with all his strength, his combined fists striking directly against Norrin Radd's skull. The force of the blow, combined with its unexpectedness, sends the Silver Surfer crashing back and smashing through a wall. Not relenting in his attack, Danny drives the Surfer through the concrete before proceeding to lash out with a barrage of blows, each one more aggressive and stronger than the last.

"I'm gonna... teach you... an important lesson, silver alien dude! Never... ever... threaten... Danny Phantom!", Danny yelled, delivering a barrage of blows at each pause, not relenting against the silver being that he believed was at his mercy.

Oh, how wrong you are, Danny Phantom, to truly believe that you are capable of conquering a herald of Galactus! Suddenly, Danny's right fist is caught by the silver left hand of the Silver Surfer, who begins to apply enough pressure to nearly break Danny's hand, nearly causing the young hero to release a cry of pain. The Silver Surfer rises to his feet, towering over Danny Phantom, clenching his silver right hand into a fist as it began to glow with the silver-azure energies of the power cosmic.

"You dare attack the Silver Surfer, herald of Galactus?", The Silver Surfer almost snarled, his silver eyes glowing bright with the power bestowed upon him by the Devourer of Worlds.

"What can I say? I don't back down to anybody!", Danny shouted, blasting the Silver Surfer directly in the face with his ice beam, temporarily blinding the Surfer and forcing him to release his grip on the young hero.

"It's time for you to cool off, Surfer!", Danny quiped as he unleashed an ice beam from both of his hands, freezing the Silver Surfer completely in ice.

"Well, that worked...", Danny began, until the massive block of ice began to crack and shatter until it exploded, revealing a very enraged Silver Surfer.

"Okay... not exactly!", Danny muttered to himself, his confidence fading.

Thinking fast, Danny decides that if he's to have any chance of defeating an opponent, he'll have to use smart tactics, especially against a being as powerful as the Silver Surfer. Without so much as a second thought, Danny takes off, flying full speed away from the Surfer, who calls his cosmic board before going on to persue the hero who's incurred his wrath. Using his knowledge of the surroundings to his advantage, Danny manages to outmaneuver and outpace the Surfer, which is exactly what Danny wanted! He was going to use a tactic, one that he rarely used on any of his foes, and that weapon was his ability to overshadow and possess another being. Luring the Surfer high above the streets below, Danny once again made himself invisible, knowing that the element of surprise was essential to his plan of attack.

Then, once the Silver Surfer was out in the open and right where he needed to be for the attack, Danny went in for the kill as he entered the Surfer's silver body in an attempt to possess the powerful herald of Galactus. The overshadowing sneak-attack caught Norrin Radd off-guard, but only for a few brief moments as he instantly fought against Danny's attempt to possess him. Try as he might, Danny couldn't fully possess and control the Silver Surfer, realizing that he might have made a grave mistake. Unleashing a scream of primal rage, the Silver Surfer's body began to course with the power cosmic, which had the immediate and painful affect of expelling Danny Phantom from his body. Danny barely avoided crashing to the street below, managing to right himself in mid-air as he soared off into the distance with the Surfer in hot pursuit!

"You cannot escape from me, Phantom! By the end of this day, you will face the wrath of the Silver Surfer!", Silver Surfer proclaimed, firing blasts of the power cosmic at the seemingly fleeing ghost-boy, who managed to barely dodge the blasts.

"Don't bet on it, Surfer!", Danny shouted back, dodging blasts of power cosmic while sending bolts of his own ecto-energy at the Sentinel of the Spaceways.

"Okay, I've got to finish this soon. He's too fast and too strong to go against head-on. I've got one last trick up my sleeve, and if that doesn't do it, nothing will!", Danny told himself, knowing that he had to use his most powerful attack on his foe if he was going to have any chance of surviving this confrontation.

Thousands of feet above Amity, the battle between Danny Phantom and the Silver Surfer continued, their individual blasts of energy lighting up the darkened skies as thunder rumbled in the distance. On the streets below, the people watched in awe, each one wondering if their hometown hero had finally met his match. They weren't too far off on that assumption, for Danny Phantom was in the fight of his life against the Silver Surfer. His most powerful ecto-blasts merely staggered the Surfer, not leaving so much as a scratch on his silver metal-like flesh as each bolt impacted against the Sentinel of the Spaceways.

"Stop this madness, Phantom, before I am forced to harm you! You cannot win this battle, yet you still seek to engage yourself further into it! Why endanger yourself along with the lives of others? Please, for your sake and theirs, stop!", The Silver Surfer offered one final time, hoping that the young hero would listen to reason and set aside his arrogant pride.

"You know, instead of worrying about me... you should really be worrying about yourself!", Danny Phantom yelled, preparing to unleash his most powerful attack.

Before the Surfer could utter a response, Danny unleashes the full fury of his Ghostly Wail unlike he has ever done! The sonic screams of the attack send the Silver Surfer soaring back, yet like all of Danny's other attacks, it does not harm the Surfer. In fact, it only served to fuel the Silver Surfer's growing rage and vanishing patience with the young hero, his entire body now glowing with the power cosmic. If Danny Phantom only understood violence and power, then the Surfer would show him the meaning of power, such power that was capable of annihilating a planet if fully unleashed!

"Enough!", The Silver Surfer shouted, unleashing a powerful release of his power cosmic energy, similar to that of a exploding star, from his entire body.

The silver-azure energies brighten the entire sky like that of the sun itself, unleashing destructive and concussive shockwaves of cosmic energy! At the last moment, Danny summoned a protective shield around himself, but it only lasts for a few moments as the intense energies overwhelm the shield, annihilating it completely. He was fortunate that it lasted that long, for if he would not have summoned the protective barrier around himself at that very moment, Danny Phantom would have been disintegrated by the cosmic energies that were released by the Silver Surfer! Unable to protect himself, Danny unleashes a horrific scream of pure agony, the cosmic energies tearing at his flesh as he began to plummet to the Earth far below.

Smashing to the earth like a falling star, Danny Phantom's impact creates a giant crater at the very heart of Amity Park. Once the dust clears, Danny is discovered to be alive, but only just barely as he somehow manages to rest himself on his hands and knees. Never has Danny Phantom felt such pain, never before has he been so terribly wounded, never before has he been so utterly pulverized by an enemy. Green ecto-plasmic blood seeped from his wounds and numerous burns, his entire outfit was torn to shreds, and his vision was so blurred that he could barely make out his surroundings. Suddenly, a silver hand grasped his neck, lifting him off the ground, his ecto-green eyes now looking into the silver glowing eyes of the Silver Surfer.

There was nothing more that he could do, for he was at the mercy of a being whose power greatly exceeded his own. If this was going to be his end, Danny Phantom would bravely embrace his fate, choosing to remain defiant until the very end. His vision cleared enough for him to focus his eyes into glaring defiantly at the Silver Surfer, the one being who proved far too powerful for him to conquer, the very being whose left hand glowed with the power cosmic and was now raised to strike the final blow. It would seem that this was the end... or was it?

To be continued...