It just had to be monsters.
Chapter One
Finn was confused. No, scratch that. He was beyond confused.
Disney World comes to life at night? He could handle that; He'd only been dealing with it for years.
Disney villians try to take over the world? Been there, done that.
Girlfriend and sister have awkward magic abilities? Not too bad.
But monsters? Now that, was friggin' ridiculous.
It began in the middle of a slower season for Disney parks; The recent arrival of the Disney Cruises had people lining up to take to the high seas. The self-proclaimed "Kingdom Keepers" had decided to keep themselves grounded rather than take to the oceans in case of Overtaker activity. First, Philby received a message from Wayne over their server simply, "Be wary in the parks" and "Be careful of the monsters". Two days later, a couple of guys came to the parks dressed rather much for seventy degree weather. And just the day after that, the Dinosaur attraction was wrecked, the Yeti on Expedition Everest busted loose, and the two guys were decked out in suits and official documents. Strange things were going on in the parks, and Finn had the sinking feeling that something bigger was going on.
The Kingdom Keepers all met in Main Street Plaza in Magic Kingdom, ready in proper investigating gear and bedecked all new DHI 2.0 technology. This time, their three new recruits joined them: Courtney, who was in training to be a Cinderella face character and finishing her high school career pleasantly due to Disney's generosity, Brigid, who was working towards being Elsa in the new Frozen play, and had a penchant for being a rather giddy Minnie Mouse, and lastly, her Girlfriend Josie, who was up for being Merida in the new extension in Adventureland. The three of them were new to the whole 'holograms at night' and as such ended up in front of the castle singing and dancing a tune from the variety of Disney animated movies. It felt rather good for all of them to have some more Cast Members on their side.
"Well you three sure are perky for what…? One in the morning?" Charlene sighed, rubbing at her eyes. They all just shrugged.
"Meh. Ya just get used to it, I guess. Always been nocturnal really." Courtney muttered. Finn sighed.
"So let's get to it. What's tonight's mission Finn?" Amanda states quietly.
"Okay...well, we need to look at the attractions to do with monsters. Wayne said something about fearing them so...why not. We should be real careful with the ones that are having problems right now so we have the Fantasmics show, the two rides at Animal Kingdom, and…"
"The Haunted Mansion!" The girls interrupted.
"And The Haunted Mansion ride. Be careful everyone." Finn then sent them all off on their respective missions.
The three girls were assigned to search out the two rides at Animal Kingdom. Since Dinosaur was an indoor ride, the girls took the lesser of two evils and set out for Expedition Everest first. Together, they climbed over the ropes closing the ride off, while Josie helped Brigid and Courtney over the guardrails. They took out their flashlights to help investigate the chamber where the Yeti animatronic was held. Courtney held her flashlight up to where the Yeti should be.
"Well, It looks like our friend the Yeti has seen better days." she said. Suddenly, they heard the sounds of heavy footsteps and quickly extinguished their lights and hid behind a large support beam. Two men appeared from the corridor the three girls had just come from.
"Those must be the two guys Finn was talkin' 'bout." Josie whispered. She looked down at the other two girls to see their mouths agape and staring at the boys.
"Sweet Baby Jesus that has to be the finest man I have ever seen." the two muttered.
"Can I keep him?" Courtney sighed.
"Only if I get a piece of that tall one…" Brigid commented. Josie grumbled and face slammed against the rail. She pulled the two girls out a back way with Courtney muttering something along the lines of "dear god please bend over" and a string of unrepeatable obscenities as she dragged them away.
Finn took Amanda and Jess to investigate the Fantasmics arena. He decided it was probably best to let Philby and his technical prowess to cover the indoor rides. They walked up the winding walkway and ducked under the turnstiles into the arena. Even from across the lake, they could tell that something crazy was going down.
Flames erupted from the peak of the mountain across the way. Black figures swarmed around its peak and a heavy fog- or was it smoke, Finn couldn't tell- curled and billowed on the lake's surface. A bright light appeared out of nowhere, and the three of them had to shield their eyes from its intensity. As the light disappeared, so did all the fire and smoke surrounding the area. Finn and Amanda stared wide eyed in shock at what had just occurred before them. Jess dropped to her knees in defeat and uttered a simple phrase.
"Holy Shit Batman."
It was then that Finn knew that something big was coming to the parks. Something bigger than the Kingdom Keepers. Something possibly even bigger than the Overtakers. Something monumental. It had to do with with those two overdressed guys, and monsters.
It just had to be monsters, didn't it?