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The Blue Knight and The Dark Queen
The Shadow Busters
Jackie, Uncle, Caliburn and Team Sonic were riding on a swamp boat to the location of the next Oni mask.
"If the Hana Fuda cards are correct, then the next Oni mask…" Jackie said.
"Has got to be in that shack," Sonic pointed out as he interrupted the archeologist.
"Where is card indicating mask removal ingredient?" Uncle asked.
"Right here," Knuckles said, holding up the card, only to lose his grip on it as it flew towards the propeller blade, where it somehow managed to land on the water unharmed.
"Saved from the jaws of defeat," Knuckles said, only for an alligator to eat the card before anyone could get to it, soaking everyone onboard in the process.
"Knuckles, it appears that you have spoken too soon," Caliburn berated. "How do you expect us to find the ingredient now?"
"Well guys, I've got some good news and some bad news," Tails explained, "The good news is that I have the mask removal ingredient on my computer."
"So what's the bad news?" Sonic asked, hoping that the bad news wasn't too serious.
"The bad news is that the splash caused the laptop to fritz," Tails explained as he quickly started making some repairs, "It will take at least six hours to dry and another fourteen hours for me to start making repairs. The good news is that the files will back themselves up, but it will take a lot longer for the data transfer to be complete."
"So what do we do now?" Knuckles asked the heroes.
"No potion, no problem," Sonic replied as they walked down the dock after parking the swamp boat, "We just make mega sure that nobody wears the mask this time."
As the heroes walked in, Uncle gasped as he saw the interior of the shack.
"Dark magic is at work here," Uncle exclaimed, "We must find mask before it is worn."
"Wait, this isn't dark magic," Sonic said as he recognized the place, "I've been watching the television lately and this is Miss Kimber's Psychic Shack."
"Miss whose psychic what?" Jackie asked, confused.
"Miss Kimber," the hedgehog hero spoke again, "From the Psychic Hotline, duh."
"Pah, nobody can see future because all psychics are…" Uncle said, before being interrupted by a voice from the back room.
"Phonies," said a woman in a red and purple dress as she emerged from the back room, "I knew you were going to say that."
She held out five dolls, each of which depicted one of the heroes in good detail.
"She's good," Sonic said, already impressed.
"She is true to her word," Caliburn spoke up as he felt the magic from Miss Kimber, "She is a real psychic."
"How did you know that?" Knuckles asked, confused.
"Fortune teller lady saw us approach," Uncle commented, "But she is very skilled doll maker."
"I sense you are having problems within the family," Kimber continued as she observed the group, "One of your own has been turned to the dark side and is now acting in a manner causing you to fear for their safety."
"How did you know that?" Jackie asked, as the heroes hadn't told anybody else of Jade becoming the top exotic dancer in the club (though they didn't know of her other behaviors yet).
"Sounds like somebody's not too quick on the uptake, huh?" Tails spoke up.
"You are here for the mask," the psychic continued as she moved over to the mask.
"Then I guess you know we will be taking it," Jackie said as he closed his eyes and placed his hands on the mask.
"Uh, uh, the stars don't say you take it sugar," the psychic replied as she produced a doll of Hak Foo, "He does."
"Hak Foo?" the heroes all asked in question.
"Stars do not talk," Uncle said, only to hear a door open.
"So that is the mask," Hak Foo began as he entered the shack, "Destined for my face!"
"Jackie, take mask!" Uncle shouted as the archeologist took the mask and ran for it.
"I knew he was going to say that too," Miss Kimber spoke up.
Jackie found himself leaping over Hak foo and onto the back of an alligator. The archeologist leapt from gator to gator as he made his way to the boat and jumped in, while Hak Foo leapt into his own boat and raced after him. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles flew after him, with the fox flying as the hedgehog grabbed onto the fox's legs and the echidna holding on to the hedgehog.
"And just what do you think you're wiping up sugar?" Miss Kimber asked as Uncle was drying out Tails' laptop computer with a towel.
"If you can truly see future," the chi wizard responded, "You would know that Uncle is drying out magic waffle iron to find information on mask removal spell. But the process will take long time which is why Uncle is trying to accelerate the process."
"Wait I just had a vision," the psychic said, "The stars say you can have the information you seek for only 9.99 a minute."
"You are phony and money grubber!" Uncle shouted as he pointed as the psychic.
Back with Jackie and Team Sonic, the archeologist was trying to avoid and evade Hak foo when the Black Tiger leapt from his own boat onto Jackie's and began fighting him for the mask. Team Sonic landed on the speeding boat as Knuckles began steering while Sonic and Tails took flight once again. Jackie and Hak Foo were doing their best to try and grab the mask from each other, but it wasn't easy since they were on a speeding boat. A sharp turn made by Knuckles caused everyone to grab hold of something while the mask fell to the boat's floor. Once the boat settled, the battle continued, with Hak Foo delivering a painful kick to Jackie, causing him to land on the horn of the mask with his posterior. While he yelled in pain, Hak Foo took the opportunity to hold his head near the propeller.
"Uh, not too much off the top please?" Jackie asked as his head was close to the fan.
"Let him go right now," Knuckles snarled as he jumped on Hak Foo's back.
"Uh, Knuckles," Jackie asked nervously, "Who is steering?"
"Uh oh," Knuckles and Hak foo spoke in unison.
"And here is prediction for you," Uncle said to the psychic back at the shack, "I see piece of Uncle in your future!"
"Whenever you're done, hon," Miss Kimber advised the chi wizard, "You're gonna want to move a tad to the left."
Uncle thought she was kidding, but then he heard the sounds of a boat coming towards the shack, so he moved to the left just as the boat plowed through the shack. Uncle stared at the thought of being hit had he not moved to the left.
Back with Hak Foo, Jackie, and Team Sonic, the boat they were on was veering out of control as it raced up a patch of grass and right into a muddy clearing. Jackie and the others were safe, Tails flying behind while still carrying Sonic, but Hak Foo and the mask fell into the mud pile.
"Nice mudslide," Sonic commented, "I'd give that a 7.8 for performance, but an 8.1 for originality."
"Sonic this is no time to joke," Caliburn scolded.
"Caliburn's got a point," Tails spoke up, "We had better find the mask quickly."
The heroes were doing just that just as Hak Foo emerged from a mud pile. He wiped the mud off of his face, revealing that he had finally got to wear the mask of an Oni General.
"At last," the Black Tiger said as he turned to face the heroes.
"Well we found the mask," Sonic said nervously as he and the rest of the group turned to see Jade appear in her battle kimono from a shadow.
"Now Chan and company," Hak Foo spoke as his voice began to merge with that of the Oni in the mask, "Prepare to face the fiercest tribe of Shadowkhan yet – mine!"
"Show them what they're made of Hak Foo," Jade instructed as she began to summon six Shadowkhan from each of the six previous tribes, "I'm sure you need no guidance after witnessing this six times already."
"Indeed. Demon summons ninja army!" Hak Foo yelled as he closed his eyes and raised his arms to the sky.
Jackie and Team Sonic gasped as Hak Foo's Shadowkhan emerged from the mud pile… only they weren't as big as the others. Hak Foo was surprised to see that this tribe of Shadowkhan was so small.
"But they, they are, they are so..." the Black Tiger stuttered as he couldn't find the right words, only to be interrupted by Sonic.
"They are so cute and cuddly," Sonic spoke up, "In the words of Amy Rose, of course."
"Sonic, it has been said that big things come in small packages," Caliburn said as the group prepared for battle, "I have a terrible feeling that this saying may apply to this tribe of Shadowkhan."
"Let's deal with the other tribes of Shadowkhan first," Knuckles suggested as Hak Foo charged in for an attack.
"Demon compensates for inferior ninja army!" Hak Foo shouted as he grabbed Jackie and threw him into a lake where alligators swarmed to try and eat the archeologist.
"Hak Foo, perhaps you should take your Shadowkhan tribe and train them or something," Jade advised him, "I'll figure out what Ikazuki meant about this tribe and head back to the club."
"I will do as you ask, Mistress Jade," Hak Foo said as he looked at his tiny tribe, "Perhaps Master Tarakudo might have some explanations as to why this tribe is so pathetic."
Hak Foo left with his Shadowkhan following him, all except one, who for reasons unknown to anybody stayed put. Sonic and Knuckles were dealing with the Shadowkhan while Tails was fishing Jackie out of the water with the combined might of the Ox and Rooster Talismans. The poor fox was doing his best to fly as high as he could, which wasn't easy with a pack of gators snapping at him and a soaking wet archeologist holding on to his legs. Meanwhile, Uncle arrived on a wooden boat that he was rowing.
"Jackie, are you trying to find card with the mask removal ingredient?" the chi wizard asked as he was watching the scene unfold before him.
"No, I'm hanging on for dear life on Tails' legs as I'm trying not to become alligator bait!" Jackie yelled back.
"Then you must learn to multitask," Uncle said as Sonic and Knuckles had just returned after driving Jade off and defeating most of the Shadowkhan.
"How do you expect him to multitask with alligators trying to eat him?" Knuckles asked, "That sounds like a pretty tall order and besides, the card with the mask removal ingredient has probably digested by now."
"Way to go knucklehead," Sonic remarked, "If you hadn't lost the card with mask removal ingredient we wouldn't be in this mess."
"You're saying this is my fault, Sonic? !" the echidna yelled as he held Galatine threateningly, while the hedgehog prepared to fight back with Caliburn, only for Jackie to once again act as peacemaker.
"Sonic, Knuckles this is no time to be fighting," the archeologist said as he once again had to keep the two rivals from fighting each other, "We have a mask to remove from Hak Foo."
"Jackie is right. We must get back to shop and research mask removal…" Uncle began only to notice one of the tiny Shadowkhan present. Noticing the presence of the little Shadowkhan, he added, "Teeny tiny Shadowkhan."
Back at Uncle's Rare Finds, Tohru was just getting ready to eat some cookies and milk, wearing green and yellow polka dot pajamas which Tails had custom fitted to fit the sumo better. The sumo had already set his snack on the table and was about to eat when he heard Tails speak up.
"Tohru," the fox called, as the group entered the shop, "We're back and we need your help with research."
"I hope you do not mind if we roll out the futons," Jackie said as he was carrying Sonic and Knuckles on his shoulders.
"Good night," Sonic said tiredly as the echidna was already fast asleep.
"This is monumental. This is the first time we have captured," Uncle spoke as he removed the cloth covering the glass jar, which revealed the tiny Shadowkhan within, "A Shadowkhan."
"It is…" Tohru stated with excitement, "So cute."
"Do not be deceived by its appearance," Uncle advised, "I will get Japanese reference book so you and Tails may begin research."
"Uncle's right Tohru," Tails said as Uncle went to the back room to get the book, "Studying this Shadowkhan might tell us what we're dealing with."
Tails and Tohru went to start studying the Shadowkhan but the fox noticed it was getting restless.
"Maybe we should feed him," Tails suggested as he got a cookie and placed it in the jar holding the little Shadowkhan. The Shadowkhan took a bite from the cookie only to give a look of disgust.
"Strange, maybe it doesn't like cookies," the fox commented as Tohru placed another cookie in the jar. This time the Shadowkhan started to eat.
"Perhaps you just have to have the right touch," Tohru said as he took his hand back only to see his shadow had holes in it. Out of shock, the sumo yelled, "Tails, what happened to my shadow?"
"I don't know, but I think Uncle might know what's going on," Tails said as he ran to get the wizard. Tohru had gotten to his feet and turned around, not realizing that his shadow was in range of the Shadowkhan.
Noticing the opening, the little Shadowkhan started sucking on the shadow until it disappeared into its stomach as it grew. Tails had seen everything that had happened as he urgently knocked on the door leading to Uncle's library; but what he didn't know what that Jade had sent a Squid Shadowkhan to grab Jackie and take him to Hak Foo's flat to show the Black Tiger what his Shadowkhan could do. Sonic and Knuckles were worn out from the day's events so they slept through that scene pretty quickly.
Uncle was in his study getting the Japanese reference book just as Tails rushed in with a worried look on his face.
"There you are Tails," Uncle spoke up as he finally got the book and a blowfish, "Here's the Japanese reference book. By the way, where is Tohru?"
"That's what I've come to tell you about," Tails spoke quickly, "Remember the Shadowkhan you've captured? It ate Tohru's shadow, but it rejected my shadow."
On cue, a thud was heard as Uncle rushed out of the door with Tails following behind, blowfish at the ready. The fox had already dialed up a number and sent the Tornado to pick up some back up by remote with a message. By the time the duo reached the jar where the tiny Shadowkhan was, the little Shadowkhan wasn't so little anymore. The Shadowkhan had grown to the point where it broke the jar and was now revealed to have four legs and razor sharp teeth. Uncle instantly aimed the blowfish at the Shadowkhan, but was disarmed by it before he could fire. Sonic and Knuckles had rushed in from upstairs with Caliburn and Galatine in hand as they saw Uncle struggling to keep the Shadowkhan from attacking him.
"Sonic, Tails, Knuckles," Uncle yelled while keeping the Shadowkhan busy, "One of you fire blowfish!"
Knuckles went to get the blowfish and picked it up, aiming it at the Shadowkhan… only to realize that nothing happened.
"Uncle is waiting!" Uncle yelled again as the echidna tried to fire the blowfish, only for Sonic to jump in and fire the fish.
"I got it," the hedgehog hero said as he fired the fish at the fleeing Shadowkhan as it jumped through a shadow and disappeared.
"Fish and chips anyone?" Sonic asked as he blew the smoke off the fish.
"Tohru," Uncle said softly just as the sound of Tails' plane landing was heard.
"Looks like the backup I asked for has arrived," Tails said as he went to the door.
"Back up?" Uncle asked the fox suspiciously, "What back up?"
"Well, since we're dealing with a tribe that can swarm entire areas in a matter of minutes, I thought we might need some help with this tribe of Shadowkhan," Tails explained as he was leading four people into the shop.
Uncle, Sonic, Knuckles, and Caliburn stared at the newcomers with interest. They looked to be around their mid-twenties, wore black boots and each had on a different color jumpsuit, and were carrying a pack that had some sort of blaster or laser device attached to it.
"What is the meaning of having strangers in Uncle's shop?" Uncle yelled, causing the group to cover their ears.
"Uncle was it? We're the Ghostbusters," The man in the light blue jumpsuit spoke up, he had blonde hair and was wearing glasses, "I'm Egon Spengler and we were told that you were having some problems with what Tails refers to as Shadowkhan."
"How do you know of Shadowkhan?" Uncle asked the man known as Egon.
"The fox was kind enough to tell us what was going on," Said the brown haired man in the brown jumpsuit, "Ordinarily I wouldn't have believed that a fox could speak, but given our line of work nothing is impossible. By the way I'm Peter Venkman. You've met Egon Spengler and these are Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore."
"We're honored to meet you Mr. Uncle Chan," the black man in the dark blue jumpsuit known as Winston Zeddemore spoke up, "Tails has already sent for us via his Tornado Plane. Nice piece of technology for a young fox."
"It's very nice, but we're here about the situation involving the Shadowkhan," the guy in the gray jumpsuit, Ray Stantz, spoke up as he knew the seriousness of the situation, "If Tails had to invite us all the way from New York then the situation must be serious."
"Very well then, please follow me into the back room," Uncle directed as everyone went into Uncle's library, while Tails used the levitation Talisman to put Tohru in a folding bed. The Ghostbusters themselves had taken seats along with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Caliburn, as Uncle began to explain the situation.
"Tohru is in very deep sleep," the chi wizard began as he put his hand in front of a lamp, projecting his shadow onto a wall, "Shadows contain our Yin, one half of our chi."
"So what do shadows have to do with this tribe of Shadowkhan?" Peter asked, causing Uncle to hit him in the head with his patented Uncle Smack, "Ow! What was that for? What did I say?"
"Perhaps we better let Uncle explain the whole story," Winston advised, not wanting to get Uncle mad at the Ghostbusters.
"Mr. Zeddemore makes very good point. As I was saying, our shadows have half of our chi, clearly this Shadowkhan tribe grows stronger by feeding upon human shadows," Uncle continued as he placed Tohru's hand in front of the lamp which caused gasps to emerge from everyone as they saw that Tohru's shadow wasn't there, "Without this part of our life force we are doomed to a state of limbo."
"So how did Tails survive the effects of this Shadowkhan tribe?" Knuckles asked.
"Knuckles, he said that this Shadowkhan tribe only feed on human shadows," Egon theorized, "Creatures like Sonic, Tails, and yourself are animals, and as such are not affected by these Shadowkhan."
"That makes sense, but now for the twenty million dollar question," Peter asked, "How do we get Tohru's shadow back?"
"We must end Hak Foo's control over his Shadowkhan," Caliburn explained. The Ghostbusters were about to question the presence of a talking sword, but then thought better of it, "But this may be harder to do than the previous times."
"Caliburn is right. We cannot remove the mask from him without a mask removal potion," Uncle added, "Which we cannot create without the key ingredient. And without Tohru to translate Japanese, or Tails' magic waffle iron, learning spell ingredient will be difficult."
"Until you learn the spell ingredient, that shadow eater is still on the loose," Ray spoke up, "Who knows what it could do while we're here."
"Not to mention that Jade's probably told Hak Foo the secret of this Shadowkhan tribe by now," Sonic added, leading to questions from the Ghostbusters.
"Forgive me for asking this, but who is Jade and what does she have to do with any of this?" Egon asked.
"Jade is Jackie's tomboy niece who's been corrupted by Tarakudo and now she's become the Queen of the Shadowkhan," Sonic said casually.
"I think you'd best tell us what has happened so far," Winston advised, "We'll need all the information we can get."
So for the next hour and a half, Uncle, Caliburn, and Team Sonic explained everything that had happened from the fateful encounter on the runway to the transformation in Section 13 and the events surrounding the previous Oni masks. Needless to say the Ghostbusters were quite shocked and surprised at how Jade could have so much power at her age and know what to do with it.
"Sounds to me like Jade's become an evil drop dead beauty queen," Peter remarked, "Looks like she's been quite busy as of late at the dance club. OW!"
"This is not time for joking!" Uncle yelled after smacking Peter in the head, "We must come up with a plan to defeat this tribe of Shadowkhan!"
"By the way everyone," Tails advised, "If we're going to keep the shadow eaters from eating a shadow, the best way to do so is not to cast one."
Meanwhile, over in Hak Foo's flat, the Black Tiger was in the middle of training his Shadowkhan how to fight.
"Now exhale and attack!" Hak Foo shouted as he raised his left arm, signaling the group of tiny Shadowkhan to charge into the dummy of Jackie.
"Fight like warriors!" Hak Foo added as they leapt towards the dummy, only to fail miserably. Seeing this he knelt down and yelled, "Eye of the tiger! Eye of the tiger!"
Tarakudo, making his appearance from a mirror, saw the events that were unfolding and simply said, "How charming."
"Show Master Tarakudo your war faces!" Hak Foo spoke to his Shadowkhan, who looked at one another then displayed their best war faces at the King of all Shadowkhan.
"If I had a spine, it would be tingling," Tarakudo said in a deadpan, causing Hak Foo to growl. Jade entered the room dressed in only a bathrobe, and was using her new mental powers to levitate Jackie, who was also being restrained by two Squid Shadowkhan.
"Sounds like somebody's in a rough mood," Jade said as she observed the scene before her.
"Mistress Jade," Hak Foo said, "I didn't expect to see you back so soon after your day job."
"Well, the manager let me have the rest of the night off after the performance I put on," the Dark Queen said, "I'm sure you can figure out what it was by the bathrobe."
"Jade, how can you do something like this?" Jackie pleaded as he tried to get through to his niece, "Don't you even care about what people think of you?"
"At this point Jackie, all I've got to say is that I've got it, so why not flaunt it?" Jade fired back. "Besides, I wanted to try performing as a nude dancer for once and I loved every single minute of my performance."
"Jade, put some clothes on right now!" Jackie ordered while still struggling to get free, "This is not a game! You are going to have the reputation of a tramp at this rate!"
"Not happening this time Jackie. I like making my own decisions for once, and I'm not giving it up," Jade responded, and then turning to Hak Foo she added, "Looks like you're still having problems with your Shadowkhan."
"Indeed I am, Mistress Jade," Hak Foo replied, somehow managing to keep a straight face after hearing how Jade performed as a nude dancer at the club earlier, "These Shadowkhan are pathetic. I do not know what Tarakudo sees in them."
"Hak Foo, all Shadowkhan are deadly," Tarakudo explained as he moved closer to the mercenary, "You just need to be aware of their strengths."
"You call these strong?" Hak Foo pointed at his Shadowkhan.
"I see a demonstration is in order," the Lord of all Oni noted as Jade moved Jackie over to the Mini Khan.
"Indeed. Fellas, show Hak Foo what it is that you can do," Jade commanded and on cue a Shadowkhan moved towards Jackie's shadow and began to eat it. Once the shadow was devoured, the archeologist/martial artist fell into a state of limbo, leaving Hak Foo impressed at the power of this tribe. Noticing his expression, the queen asked, "Now do you see what Ikazuki meant when he said this tribe of Shadowkhan had the potential to rival his own?"
"She has a point Hak Foo," Tarakudo explained, "Growing boys need their nutrients."
"And an entire city of shadows awaits my army," the Black Tiger said with a smirk as his Shadowkhan left through the opening in his window and down to the city below.
"Ninja suction unit?" Uncle asked Team Sonic and the Ghostbusters. The Ghostbusters were equipped with vacuums to suck up the tiny Shadowkhan, while Team Sonic was acting as their protection.
"Check," Peter replied after testing the vacuum for any problems.
"Chi powered night vision goggles?" the chi wizard went on.
"Check," Ray answered as he placed the goggles on his head and over his eyes.
"PKE meter with dark chi detection upgrade compliments of Tails and Uncle?"
"Check," Egon replied, holding the upgraded PKE meter.
"Status of ninja containment unit in Ecto-1?"
"Check," Winston said, after placing a larger bag for the tiny Shadowkhan in the back of said hearse.
"Galatine with fire blade form ready?"
"Check," Knuckles said, as said sword was covered in flames.
"Caliburn's shielding power?"
"Check," Sonic and Caliburn said as they projected a shield around the group and their shadows with the power of the sacred sword.
"And in case backup is needed?" Uncle asked, holding a blowfish.
"Check," Tails spoke up as the fox took the fish while Uncle produced an incomplete mask removal potion.
"Base potion, in the event Uncle discovers missing ingredient for removal spell," Uncle spoke as he sighed, "Uncle will remain here armed with Japanese-to-Chinese dictionary and Tails' magic waffle iron drying."
"Let's bring Tohru back from Dreamland," Peter said.
The heroes were driving in Ecto-1, with Winston at the wheel while Egon was scanning for the shadow eaters with help from Tails. Peter and Ray were speaking with Sonic and Knuckles. Suddenly, the PKE meter started to activate.
"Guys, I think we found Tohru's shadow eater," Egon spoke up as Winston stopped the car.
"More like a new batch of shadow eaters," Peter commented as they saw a swarm of shadow eaters appear and headed towards a man who was standing in a streetlight that was casting his shadow. The Shadowkhan stopped before making their move.
"Run for it!" Egon yelled as the man noticed the Shadowkhan and ran as they all swarmed on the spot where his shadow was. Egon then noticed the PKE meter going off again.
"Guys, don't look now but there's another swarm of Shadowkhan behind you," Tails warned as several Ninja Khan appeared and began to attack, only to fall to the powers of Galatine and Caliburn.
"Thanks for the warning," Egon said, "And thanks for saving us back there."
"Thank us after we save Tohru and Jackie," Knuckles replied as he returned to the group while they sucked up the shadow eaters.
"This is only the first batch," Winston spoke up, "I'm sure that more of them will follow."
Back at Uncle's Rare Finds uncle was reading Japanese to Chinese dictionary while reading the Japanese reference book.
"Substitute mask removal ingredient is often shoelace of giraffe," Uncle wrote down as he was speaking. After reading his writing he tore the paper in half as he yelled, "Aiyaa, giraffes do not wear shoes!"
A tiny Shadowkhan was emerging from an alley only to be stepped on by Peter.
"Peter Venkman," Peter said, "Shadowkhan Buster."
On cue more of the tiny Shadowkhan raced towards the Ghostbusters but Sonic, Tails and Knuckles emerged to protect the shadows of the Ghostbusters, only to find themselves in the path of the Samurai Khan. Knuckles and Sonic took to slicing them down with Galatine and Caliburn respectively, while Tails flew back to deal with the Bat Shadowkhan that emerged to attack the Ghostbusters.
"Guys, any suggestions?" Ray asked as the group was in a lit alley.
"I have an idea," Peter spoke up, and he used his vacuum to disable the light in the alley, leaving no shadow for them to cast, which allowed the Ghostbusters to suck up all the Shadowkhan except for one that managed to evade the group. Egon tried to suck up the ninja only to see a red button flash on his vacuum.
"Guys my bag is full," Egon said as the teeny Shadowkhan escaped, "I'm going back to Ecto-1 to empty the bag in the containment unit."
"Go ahead Egon," Peter replied, "We've got everything under control over here."
"If I'm right, this Shadowkhan should lead us to the one that ate Tohru's shadow," Knuckles said as he followed the little Shadowkhan, only to run into a much larger Shadowkhan that was on four legs. The rest of the group followed as they saw the large Shadowkhan.
"Well Knuckles," Sonic commented to the echidna, "You found our culprit."
"And he has been snacking between meals," Hak Foo said as the heroes noticed he was standing on the ledge of a building.
"Enough talk Hak Foo," Knuckles demanded, "Where's Jackie?"
"Chan is, how you say, indisposed," Hak Foo replied as he revealed Jackie in a state of limbo right before them, "His shadow was the rarest of all delicacies for my Shadowkhan."
On cue, another of Hak Foo's Shadowkhan emerged from the shadows – and it was the same size as the one that ate Tohru's shadow. Team Sonic and the Ghostbusters were shocked at this turn of events.
"And that's not all they've been eating," said a voice, which turned out to be from a girl of about fifteen years of age who was emerging from a corridor of darkness.
The girl was wearing sandals custom fitted to her feet and a bathrobe that left most of her arms and legs uncovered and helped to show off some of her chest. The girl's nails were razor sharp and her eyes were a mix of honey brown with a red outline around them, while her bathrobe showed off her well-developed hourglass figure, causing the Ghostbusters to nearly drool at the sight of her.
"Sonic who's the gorgeous babe?" Peter asked, clearly infatuated by Jade's beauty, "I wonder if she's single?"
"Mr. Venkman, focus!" Caliburn practically shouted at the Ghostbusters, "This is Jade Chan. She's the sorry excuse of a proper young lady that Uncle told you about."
"You're saying that she's the evil drop dead beauty queen standing before us Caliburn?" Winston asked.
"Drop dead beauty queen in this case is only the tip of the iceberg, Winston," Egon commented as he managed to snap out of his stupor.
"Enough talk, let's get them," Ray spoke up and tried to suck up the Shadowkhan, only to realize a problem, "Guys this one's too big."
"Ray, you, Tails, and Winston go after Jade and the little Shadowkhan," Egon spoke up, "Sonic, Knuckles, Peter and I will deal with these Shadowkhan."
"You've got it Egon," Ray replied as he and his group went after the tiny Shadowkhan.
"And remember to stay out of the light," Peter reminded the group.
"Guys, that may be a problem," Tails spoke up as the sun started rising and stretching the shadows of Winston and Ray right underneath the Shadowkhan, who turned to start feeding.
"Good morning Ghostbusters and good night. Hak Foo, deal with the Ghostbusters, I'm getting breakfast," Jade said as she left with some of the tiny Shadowkhan.
"As Mistress Jade said, good night," Hak Foo added, as he lifted his arm and yelled while pointing to Winston and Ray's shadows, "Bear feeds on honey!"
Winston and Ray instantly left to catch the rest of the tiny Shadowkhan, while Sonic, Caliburn, Peter, and Egon were keeping the rest of the Shadowkhan busy… well, Sonic was anyway, considering their vacuums were no good to them as the Shadowkhan before them were too big. But they still provided a good defense against the razor sharp teeth.
"Isn't this the part where Uncle's supposed to have that mask removal potion ready?" Knuckles yelled as he was struggling to keep the two shadow eaters at bay with Galatine.
"Hopefully Knuckles yes!" Sonic yelled back then speaking to himself and Caliburn he added, "Where is Uncle with that mask removal spell?"
Back at Uncle's shop things, weren't going well for Uncle. He had found Jackie's body dumped in front of the door, and the archeologist was on another bed next to Tohru, as he too had lost his shadow.
"Japanese translation is not going well, Jackie and Tohru," the chi wizard said, more to himself than the unconscious ones, "Unless ingredient we seek is lobster wearing corduroy pants or big horn sheep wearing timberland boots. Aiyaa."
As Uncle fell forward onto the table, his hand flipped on the remote, turning on the television, where as fate would have it Miss Kimber's show was playing.
"You," Uncle gasped at the sight of the psychic on the television.
"Looks like you're in need of some good fortune, sugar," Miss Kimber spoke from the TV set.
"Who says Uncle needs fortune?" Uncle retorted.
"Phone me now, and we can fix whatever is ailing you together," Kimber responded.
"If Uncle wanted quack," the chi wizard commented, "He would phone take out for Peking duck."
"Only I have the answers you seek," Miss Kimber spoke mystically.
Sonic and Knuckles were having problems of their own, as they were doing their best to keep the two large shadow eaters from eating Egon and Peter's shadows. Said members of the Ghostbusters had gotten back from racing to Ecto-1 to empty their bags and place them into the large containment unit and return with their proton beams. The duo fired their proton beams – while being careful not to cross the streams of energy so as to avoid a disaster – but the beams were doing a good job of holding back the shadow eaters.
"Good thing we brought along our particle beams just in case something like this should happen," Egon said as they were doing their best to keep the shadow eaters from eating their shadows, but were having a very hard time.
"Imagine it Team Sonic and Ghostbusters," Hak Foo called as he was observing the scene from above, "An army of these creatures obeying my every command!"
Meanwhile, Winston, Tails, and Ray were looking for the tiny Shadowkhan.
"Come on tiny," Ray spoke up, "Don't you want to party with your pals?"
The mini Shadowkhan managed to trip both Ray and Winston, but Tails had managed to catch them by the legs before they fell. However, it gave the mini Shadowkhan the opening it was waiting for and it began to suck up both Winston and Ray's shadows, leaving them in a helpless state of limbo as it grew larger.
"Great, now the tiny Shadowkhan isn't so tiny anymore," the fox said to himself as he somehow managed to get Ray and Winston back to Ecto-1.
"And there's more where that came from," Jade said as she formed from the shadows still clad in the bathrobe, "This time, Tails, you're finished."
"I don't think so!" Tails yelled back as he blasted the Squid Shadowkhan Jade summoned via blowfish that he had gotten from Uncle, while some of the mini Shadowkhan headed for another part of town.
Uncle was staring at the telephone, about to do ask for help finding the mask removal ingredient. He could've continued trying to find it on his own, but he realized that given the situation he had no other choice.
"For you," Uncle sighed, as he turned to see his apprentice and his nephew still in limbo, "My nephew and my apprentice."
In Miss Kimber's Psychic Shack, the phone started ringing as said psychic picked up.
"Welcome to Miss Kimber's Psychic Hotline," Miss Kimber introduced to her caller, "Where I reveal what the stars tell."
"Uncle needs help finding mask removal ingredient and for you to never speak of this to anyone!" Uncle said quickly as the psychic was startled by the yell.
Meanwhile six of Hak Foo's Shadowkhan ended up in the subway as the early morning trains began to appear at the platforms and people started to get off. The Shadowkhan were ready to start enjoying their early morning breakfast.
"Yes, yes I see," Uncle said as he was still conversing with Miss Kimber.
"And it's high time you pursue your true passion," Miss Kimber advised.
"Oil painting?" the chi wizard asked.
"That's right," the Psychic replied, "Because the stars say, Uncle must take time out for Uncle."
"It is like you have window into Uncle's soul," Uncle said, amazed at how the psychic was reading him.
Meanwhile, Tails was now fending off dark magical blasts from Jade and the Bat Shadowkhan she had just summoned up, the fight having gone to the skies. The battle was about to continue, when they both saw a group of giant Shadowkhan emerge from the entrance of the subway.
"Oh boy," Tails thought as he flew back to the heroes with Jade and the Shadowkhan hot on his tail.
"Jackie Chan may have survived a gator, but can either of you survive a land shark?" Hak Foo asked as Egon and Peter were running from the Shadowkhan that was pursuing them via shadow.
"I've heard of swift sharks before," Peter commented as he and Egon kept running as fast as they could, "But this is ridiculous."
"For once Peter, I think you're making sense," Egon said to his colleague as they kept running and managed to hide their shadows in that of a phone booth while Sonic and Knuckles arrived to fight the Shadowkhan off.
"Enough with the shadow puppets," Hak Foo said as he leapt onto the booth and grabbed Peter and Egon in one hand for each of the two shadow eaters to snack on, "It's chow time."
Sonic and Knuckles prepared to fend them off only for everyone to hear giant footsteps in the area and feel the earth rumble before them. Looking up, they saw Tails flying towards them, being chased by Jade and several Bat Khan along with the shadow eaters. Sonic and Knuckles took this as their cue to stun Hak Foo enough to free Egon and Peter as they ran towards the aviation/technical genius.
"Guys, I think tiny and his pals had a big breakfast!" Tails explained as the large shadow eaters emerged in the area.
"Now those are what I call warriors," Hak Foo said, impressed at the sight of how big they were, "Ikazuki was right about this tribe being as powerful as his."
"That he was, Hak Foo," Jade spoke up as she landed next to the Black Tiger, "It would seem that you've learned that first appearances are deceiving."
The large Shadowkhan roared at the heroes just as Egon's phone rang.
"Hello, Egon Spengler here," Egon said, "How may I help you?"
"Dr. Spengler, if psychic speaks truth there is good chance that Uncle will be taking unexpected trip," Uncle said over the phone, "Oh, and by the way, Tails' magic waffle iron has dried and confirmed that the psychic was telling the truth. The mask removal ingredient is fish."
"Egon let me borrow this," Peter said as Egon handed him the phone, "We're about to be swallowed by a whale the size of a mountain! Where the hell are we supposed to find a fish at a time like this?"
"Hello?" Sonic spoke up, holding the blowfish that Tails had brought with him as he poured the base potion on it, "Hit it Uncle!"
"Nukeru He Men Jaaku!" Uncle chanted over the phone as the potion began to glow green and fired upon Peter's hands, causing them to glow green.
"Okay, so what's with the glowing hands?" Peter asked only to be whacked in the head via chi spell by Uncle.
"You want to defeat Hak Foo, yes?" Uncle said, "Then remove mask from Hak Foo's face now!"
Peter passed the phone back to Egon and jumped forward to grab the horn on Hak Foo's mask. Jade sent in the Shadowkhan to try and remove Peter from the Black Tiger, but Egon and Team Sonic kept them at bay using the powers of the proton pack, Caliburn, Galatine, and the blowfish. After much pulling on Peter's part, he managed to get the mask off of Hak Foo and throw him into the air, where Queen Jade caught him. Once the mask was removed, the shadow eaters started breaking up and the shadows they had eaten returned to their rightful places. The rest of the Shadowkhan were poised to attack the heroes as Winston and Ray joined the heroes with their proton packs, but the Queen's next actions surprised everyone.
"Well, looks like I'll have to chalk this one up to Team Sonic," Jade spoke up, "I never expected the Ghostbusters to interfere with my plans, but you won't be so lucky next time."
"Once again your plans have failed," Caliburn shouted up to the Shadowkhan Queen, "Surrender while you still can and I will show mercy."
"And ruin the fun of the adventure? Get real, Caliburn," Jade replied as she had two of the Bat Shadowkhan fly Hak Foo to a spa for a relaxing day after all that hard work, "You forget that Hak Foo was the most competent wielder of a Shadowkhan tribe and he was able to give you a hard time."
"You forget that we're tougher than we appear," Sonic shot back, "Next time, we'll get the mask before it ends up on somebody's face."
"So you think Sonic," Jade said as she flew to the club, "So you think."
Back at Uncle's shop, after Tohru and Jackie had regained their shadows, the Ghostbusters were speaking with Team Sonic and the Chan family, as Tails was getting ready to fly them back to New York.
"Ghostbusters, I would like to say thanks for all of your help today in stopping Hak Foo's Shadowkhan from devouring the shadows of all of San Francisco while I was unable to," Jackie said.
"We were only doing our job," Winston replied.
"By the way, Jade was cute for an evil beauty queen," Peter spoke up, only to get hit in the head by Uncle and a light glare from Jackie, "OW! What did I say?"
"Peter, you do realize that you're referring to my niece, right?" Jackie said seriously, as he could only take so much of guys hitting on his niece.
"Oh, right, my bad," Peter spoke up.
"Thank you for your time and effort Ghostbusters," Tohru bowed in respect towards them, "Is there anything else you require?"
"Yes there is," Peter said as he wrote in a black book, then tore a piece of paper out of it and handed it to Uncle, "Our bill."
Jackie, Tohru, and Uncle, upon looking at the parchment all reacted very differently. The archeologist was shocked, the sumo was stunned, and the Chi Wizard looked like he was ready to blow his top.
"AIYAAAAA!" Uncle yelled loud enough for the entire western hemisphere to hear him, "Ghostbusters charge too much for services! Uncle finds this highway robbery! Uncle has never been so insulted in his life!"
"Well, it looks like everything is back to normal," Sonic said as he, Caliburn, Tails, and Knuckles watched the arguing between Peter and Uncle.
"Hopefully the next tribe of Shadowkhan will be more charitable," Knuckles said
"Knuckles, every tribe of Shadowkhan we've met can be described by many things," Caliburn commented, "Charitable is not one of them."
"Caliburn has a point," Tails said, "At least we don't have to worry about the shadow eaters for a while."
"True, but now we have to drag an unconscious Venkman back to New York," Sonic said, pointing over to where Uncle had given Peter his patented nerve pinch move, causing the Ghostbuster to go limp.
"Who else wants a piece of Uncle?" Uncle challenged. However, the yelling match was quickly ended as Jackie noticed a Shadowkhan with a box in hand approach the door and fade back into shadow.
"I don't think we have to worry about their bill," Jackie spoke after retrieving the box, which was revealed to be filled with money and a note, "Seems that my niece seems to find you guys fascinating enough to cover your payment."
"Well, we'll just get Peter and the money and we'll be on our way," Winston spoke up as he drove Ecto-1 into the belly of Tails' Tornado plane as the rest of the Ghostbusters followed him into the plane.
Tails and the plane took off into the sky, heading east with his passengers, while the rest of the heroes awaited the events that would occur with the next Oni mask.
