Okay everyone! Sorry for the wait but things keep coming up and my concentration has been divided a bit while. Not to mention that it was hard considering that I'm going to be going to CSUN soon to start school life again next week.
Anyways, this chapter's filled with surprises from the game as well as a few twists as well. Not to mention a good running gag too. XDDD. Again, I only own the OC mentioned and another two OCs belong to NUTCASE1733. The rest of the characters along with creatures belong to their respective owners as mentioned in previous chapters. Thank you and enjoy.
A minute or so later, the group made their way to the third floor and found themselves outside on the balcony. As soon as they did, the Boo radar goes nuts.
"Mama-mia! This thing's going crazy!" Luigi said while moving the GBH around to find the cause.
"Guys...look..." Sam said in a scared tone as he pointed to a circle of Boos, fifteen of them, all joined in hands looking as if they were playing ring around the rosy.
"Well, I guess that this saves us the trouble of having to look for the little buggers," Knuckles said a bit frightened but readying for a fight.
"Got that right, Knux," Sonic said but he too felt a bit uneasy about the scene.
"Now question is how are we going to keep the little rolling turd balls still long enough for us to suck 'em up?" Miguel spoke up while thinking of a way to handle the situation.
Of course, before anyone could respond, they all heard the Boos giggling in a manner that frightened them out of their discussion.
"Hehehe. You really think we'll be that easy, kid?" one Boo said with an evil laugh as he turned to its kin. "Ok fellow Boos, it's time we assumed our true form."
The Boos all cackled wickedly as they turned toward the group. They suddenly vanished and reappeared around the group like they did before. And honestly speaking, the gang was all spooked by the action. Especially Luigi.
"GYYAAAAAAH!" screamed the green plumber.
"Get ready, guys! This looks like trouble!" Sam said as he continued to have his guard up while being ready for anything.
All the Boos suddenly flew around the group at high speeds and shot straight up in the air. The fact that the little ghosts were giggling and singing still gave the group a more reason to feel uneasy.
"Oh great! Here it comes!" the red echidna spoke with a moan as he got ready to attack.
All of a sudden, a flash of light blinds the group. When it faded away, the same electromagnetic field from the past boss fights appeared. Only this time, however, the balcony appeared to be separate from the mansion as the field surrounded it.
"Ok, where's all the Boos?" Tails asked in a frighten tone.
A very deep, menacing Boo cackle was heard overhead. The group looks up and saw a gargantuan Boo about 35 feet tall and measured forty feet long headed straight down toward them. This of course has the gang to be terrified at the sight.
"GUYS, SCATTER!" Clay shouted right as he and everyone shook at the sight.
"No need to tell us twice about it, man!" Sonic exclaimed as he sprinted around the area.
"Yeah! Let's..." was all that Miguel could say before he stopped himself in place and looked blankly at the huge ghost. "Wait a minute!" This action got everyone's attention, even the Big Boo's, as they all looked to the huge ghost while also looking pretty annoyed.
"What, Miguel? What's the hold up?" Knuckles asked looking to the young man pretty amazed.
"I'll tell ya what, Knux. This guy over here!" Miguel exclaimed as he pointed to the huge Boo. "I mean, he grow over 35 feet tall, but so what? He's still just big floating bag of hot air! I mean, look at him! He's big, but he's just like any other turd we've caught in this adventure! Bah! I would say more but then that'd be too easy for me to say about Big Boo-Boo here!"
"We're a joke to you, eh mortal? JOKE ABOUT A CRUSHED SPINE!" was what Boolossuss shouted right as he suddenly threw his weight down towards Miguel.
In one quick move, Sam ran up and pushed Miguel away before he could get hit. Boolossuss then crushed Sam like a pancake. When the Boo leapt away, Sam popped back up looking like an accordion. "OWWW..." was what the four eyed teen said while trying to get himself together.
"Miguel, this is really getting serious man! Stop yakking and start running!" Sonic shouted to the young man.
"That right, Blue?" the young man said as he looked to Boolossuss while still holding his ground. "So you're able to crush people flat. So what? You're still just a big, annoying, piece of hot air that just came out of the toilet after eating beans!"
"GRRR! You dare mock the great Boolossuss?" the Giant Boo shouted as he glared at the young man. "We shall take great pleasure in not just crushing you flat, but torturing you slowly before we present you to our king so he may add you to his art collection!
"Ohhh! I'm shaking! I'm shaking!" Miguel mocked as he got closer to a statue of a unicorn made of ice. "The big bad turd ball's gonna torture me into a pancake before presenting me to Boo-Boo! Think you could do that after finishing your lame ass bad guy speech?"
"GRRRR! DIE HUMAN!" shouted Boolossuss with an angry howl as he rushed Miguel.
"Miguel, watch out!" Knuckles shouted towards the boy to move.
Miguel could only smile as he looked to the huge ghost while imitating Curly from the Three Stooges. "Certainly doc! Nyuck! Nyuck!" was all that he said before he moved away from the ice sculpture just in time.
Before the big Boo could see it coming, he collided with the ice sculpture's horn and suddenly burst into tiny Boos. Needless to say that the little ghosts were horrified at what just happened.
"WHAT THE HECK!" one Boo shouted as another joined in anger at what just happened.
"He tricked us!"
Sam recovered from his cartoon experience as he spoke out, "Ok, so we split them apart, what now!"
"We freeze the little turdballs! That's what Sammy! Freeze Arrows!" Miguel shouted creating icy arrows of magic and fired his spell at the little ghosts.
With those words, seven of the Boos are frozen solid. Needless to say, the little ghosts were now getting afraid.
"He's onto us!"
"PANIC!" another Boo shouted wanting to flee.
"Hold your ground, we need to reform!" the third one, supposedly the leader, shouted as he tried to rally the troops.
"Not on your life! Now Luigi!" Clay shouted as he and Luigi began sucking up Boos.
"Oh yeah!" the older plumber said with a smile as he sucked up a few as well.
The Boos that didn't get frozen reformed into a now smaller Boolossuss. Of course, this caused Boolossuss to be now quicker than he was before. Of course, this gave Tails an idea as he turned to Sam.
"Sam, do any of those animal friends of yours make use of ice? We could use backup here!"
"I got just the one in mind for this fight!" Sam answered right as he takes out a pokeball and threw it out. "Go Jynx!"
Out of the ball came a human-like female pokemon wearing a red dress that had long platinum blond hair and purple skin which fitted its human features.
"Jynx, jynx!"
"What in the hell is that thing?" Knuckles asked confused at the sight.
"Another pokemon, one capable of psychic and ice attacks!" the four eyed teen answered.
"Better do something now! Boolossuss is on the offensive!" Toad shouted right as he saw the now faster big Boo running after and going towards Sam.
Sam did not to be told twice as he ordered to his pokemon, "Psychic, now!"
After hearing her master's commands, Jynx's eyes glowed as Boolossuss suddenly stopped in mid-flight caught in purplish psychic energy.
"W-We can't move!" was all Boolossuss shouted being paralyzed by the blanket of psychic power.
"Oh, no kidding. And you've just barely figured that out by yourself, Turdstein?" Miguel mocked the huge ghost.
"I know, seriously. Talk about lack of education, man," the blue hedgehog added with a smile towards the huge struggling Boo.
"RELEASE US NOW!" Boolossuss ordered as he struggled to get free.
The toony Sam could only smile as he spoke, "Okay, you asked for it. Jynx?"
Jynx nodded to her trainer and launched Boolossus at the spike on the icy unicorn statue, breaking him apart once again. Sam of course knew what to do as he ordered his pokemon's next powerful attack.
"OKAY NOW, BLIZZARD!"
Jynx took a deep breath and exhaled a tremendous gust of wind with snow and ice swirling about. To anyone present, it looked like a huge snow storm just struck at the top of the mansion. Moments later, all the remaining Boos are frozen instantly after the attack.
"Okay guys! Time to get with rounding these little bastards up!" Knuckles said to both Clay and Luigi as they armed their Poltergusts.
"With pleasure!" Clay smiled.
"Okay, here we go!" Luigi added while starting up his own Poltergust machine.
Within moments, all of the Boos are vacuumed up into the ghost catching machines. The electro magnetic field around them also returned to normal and the lights all turned on. This gave everyone in the group a huge sigh of relief.
"Thanks a lot, Jynx. That was a great show," Sam said to the human like pokemon with a smile.
"Jyn, Jynx," Jynx spoke with a nod of appreciation.
"Well, we took care of that bozo!" the small Toad man said sighing in relief.
It was then that the GB Horror started to sound off and E. Gadd's face appeared on screen right as he spoke up, "Very good work my boys! Are you okay out there?"
"Most of us are, sir. Of course, Sammy got flatten while I was trying to get the huge turd's attention," Miguel said as he turned to Sam. "Sorry about that, man."
The four eyed teen could only glare to his friend right as he spoke out, "Keep in mind that ghosts aren't really ones to mess with like that."
"Sorry, man, but I've sorta got the bit from Sonic while he's annoying Eggman as well as from the Tiny Toons. Works every time!" Miguel responded while holding his hands up in defense.
"Heheheheheh. Genius man!" Sonic remarked with a smile at the human teen.
"But Samuel has a point here, young man. Ghosts generally won't take insults like that lying down," E. Gadd pointed out through the GB Horror. "You should be lucky any of you are alive right now."
"Yeah, back home a lot of paranormal investigations rose in effort to try and document a ghost will usually try to provoke a ghost to manifest itself in the physical world," Sam said as he stretched and twisted his body to work the kinks out of his spine after being crushed. "The validity of the investigations may be suspect but there have been times I've seen that someone or something assaults one of the film crew of these paranormal shows directly. There were no serious injury mind you but trying to provoke a spirit is asking for trouble."
Miguel gulped, realizing just how stupid he was back there, "S-Sorry guys."
"Hey you didn't know. I honestly didn't know ghosts could take things that harshly anyway," Sonic said reassuring Miguel he didn't do anything wrong.
"How much time do we have left anyway?" Tails spoke out while trying to get to the matter at hand.
Sam looked at his watch and his eyes widened like dinner plates as he answered, "Fourty-five minutes!"
"What's the problem, boys?" E. Gadd asked growing concerned.
Luigi explained the matter to the old scientist about the situation. Afterwards, E. Gadd grew panicked at what he heard.
"Oh my! We can't afford to waste a single moment! Sonic, take the poltergusts and bring them here to be emptied! Once they are, get back up there where you are now!"
"You got it, doc! On my way!" Sonic said right as he took the Poltergusts and dashed away before re-appearing 60 seconds later. "There! Done and done!"
"Ok, let's get that key and move on!" Sam said as he found a blue diamond key on the floor and opened the door.
Before anyone could set foot through the door, a bolt of lightning struck the mansion and all of the lights went out. Needless to say, the darkness is not very welcomed for our heroes.
"The lights are out..." Clay said in a bland manner.
"Oh my! This is not good!" E. Gadd spoke in a panicked tone. "King Boo intends to slow you down by any means necessary! You need to get the power back on now to regain your advantage!"
"W-Where's the circuit breakers!" Luigi asked in a shaken tone.
"In the basement!" E. Gadd answered right as he turned to the blue hedgehog. "Sonic, you're the only one who can get there in time! As we speak the ghosts are homing in on your location!"
"Hmm...Is that right? Hehehehe. No problem!" Sonic said right as he rushed off right in a flash.
"Okay so what about the rest of us? What do we do?" Knuckles asked.
"That should be simple, genius! Just wait for Sonic to get back! We'd just slow him down!" Sam answered annoyed.
"We can't let Sonic go alone, it's probably what they want!" the young fox said while at the same time flying off to where Sonic ran off. "I'm coming with you, Sonic!"
"Looks like we're going to have to split up again," Miguel said with a sigh as he turned to Clay. "Clay, think you could go with them?"
"Well, probably a good idea. I'm not just fast but I also have a poltergust. See ya around!" the young plumber said right as he got himself ready to go after the two Mobians. After Clay, Sonic, and Tails left, the others found themselves getting swarmed like mad, as too many ghosts for them to handle began popping up.
"Th-This isn't good!" Luigi said as he continued to avoid being taken down by the ghosts as he sucked a few up.
"We're going to have to head for cover!" Sam said as he unlocked the door to the next area.
"Going inside with the power out?" Knuckles said in surprise. "ARE YOU OUTTA YOUR MIND!"
"It's either we risk getting' in and find a place to hide or get killed out here!" Toad yelled in response. "C'mon, let's go!" With that Toad ran through the door.
Miguel launched an Elmekia Lance at the ghosts, stunning them long enough to put up a magical barrier around them. "That should keep 'em at bay for now! Now move!" He said as he ran in with Knuckles, Sam, and Luigi.
In the dark hallway ahead of them, Luigi around as he said, "It's surprisingly quiet in here..."
"I know...and I don't like it," Knuckles said as they walked down the dark hall.
Suddenly they heard ringing; the sudden loud blaring of bells scared them out of their wits.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" Toad screamed in fright.
"Sounds like an old-fashioned telephone..." Luigi remarked with a shiver on his body. Following the sound into a nearby room, there sure enough was a phone ringing on a small table.
"Okay, why would a phone in a fake mansion ring?" Knuckles asked no one in particular.
Of course Luigi, being who he was, answered it. "H-Hello?" The plumber is suddenly sprayed in the face with a jet of water. Soaked to the bone, Luigi hung up the phone with an annoyed look on his face.
"It was the water company..." Luigi said in a flat tone.
The phone rang again. "Someone else answer it. I'm not in the mood," Luigi said as he looked for a towel to dry off.
"Alright, I got it," Sam said as he went to the phone. "There has to be a rational explanation for this..." the four eyed teen said just as he reached for the phone and answered it. "Hello?"
An explosion went off on the other end of the phone, and flames shot from the speakers as Sam screamed from the unpleasant shock. Sam was left trembling after he fell on his rear.
"Who the heck was that?" Toad asked in surprise.
"Th-The Atomic Energy Commission..." Sam said nervously shivering.
He then took a Geiger Counter to test for possible contamination, which he found he was safe despite what had just happened.
"If that phone rings one more time, I'll...!" Knuckles was cut off as the phone rang again. Growling and finally having enough, he answered the phone very angrily, "OK LISTEN UP! WHOEVER'S MAKING THESE PRANK CALLS BETTER STOP IT BEFORE I HUNT YOU DOWN AND RIP YOU LIMB FROM BLOODY LIMB! IF YOU GHOSTS ARE BEHIND THIS NONSENSE, I'LL MAKE YOU WISH YOU PASSED ON WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE!"
"Knuckles, why are you ever so upset? What's going on?" Professor E. Gadd said from the other end of the line.
"What the-PROFESSOR?" Knuckles said confused as to what was going on.
Taking the phone from Knuckles, Sam said, "Professor? Something's weird with these phones. How are you calling us anyway?"
"I'm transmitting through a special channel that gets into the phantom phone lines King Boo created in this mansion. I made it just in case I needed to try to make a call from the telephone room you are all now inside of," The nutty professor said. "Now listen, I forgot one thing to tell you before."
"What is it?" Sam asked curiously.
The professor took a deep breath and continued, "There is one ghost that I forgot to warn you about. His name is Uncle Grimmly. He likes to hide out in the darkest areas of the mansion, and he seems to like mirrors for some reason. Grimmly's a rather antisocial fellow so the family never really had a strong relationship with him. As soon as I had remembered this, I quickly hurried to the mansion and ran into Sonic, Clay, and Tails to inform them of this."
"Okay, so the power won't be back on immediately?" Sam asked.
"Yes, as such keep your wits about you," the small scientist said. His tone soon changed to one of urgency as beeping could be heard from the background. "UH OH! You'd better get ready! The ghosts have locked onto your position again! Good luck!"
As soon as the professor hung up, several large burly blue ghosts appeared and began to fly after the boys.
"Here we go again! Go Charmander! Flamethrower!" Sam ordered to the lizard pokemon.
"Charmander!" Charmander shouted right as it spewed a red-hot flamethrower at the ghosts, which in turn managed to get them to back off.
"Hehehehe. That's a good little fella to have in hand, Sam," Knuckles complimented right as he knocked the block of another ghost.
"Seriously got to really agree with Knux on that, Sammy," Miguel added as he dodged an attack from a bomb throwing ghost.
"Talk later, idiots!" Sam shouted in annoyance right as he turned to his pokemon. "Jynx, blow them back with Psychic!"
At those words, Jynx thrust her hands in front of her and used her psychic powers to push away many ghosts clearing a path. The four eyed looked to his two companions with seriousness as he spoke out to the two of them.
"Do you two want to end up in a frame!"
"You're right, Sammy. Sorry," Miguel said to his friend with a nod. "I was just caught up in the moment was all."
"Maybe now you won't get so sure of yourselves," Toad said in a disapproving tone.
"Let's just get going and end this fast, guys!" Knuckles said right the four continued on their path.
Meanwhile back in the lower foyer of the mansion, Sonic, tails, and Clay were fighting off ghosts so they could get to Uncle Grimmly before they could turn the lights back on.
"LOOK OUT!" Tails yelled as a purple spook raced toward Sonic at high speed.
"Another one of you, eh? Well try this; SONIC WIND!" With that command, the purple ghost was caught in a swirl of wind being torn up by the powerful attack. Clay captured it soon after.
"Good work, Sonic!" Tails cheered.
"That was nothing! Now let's go!" Sonic said in a cocky tone.
They continued on toward the wardrobe room which was the first room in the mansion that had a mirror, and would be a good place to start looking for Uncle Grimmly. Going into the wardrobe room, it seemed darker than the first time they had been there.
"Man, it seems much creepier now for some reason..." Tails said fearfully.
"GET OUT!" shouted an elderly voice. Looking around they saw a ghost of a man who looked like he was forty. He also looked rather grouchy.
"Get out I say! Can't a man have any peace!"
"Definitely Uncle Grimmly based on E. Gadd's word," Clay said in a wry tone.
"So that quack sent you in after me? Forget it! I'm not going back to that painting to be put on display with the rest of the annoying trifle in this place!" Grimmly said angrily.
"WHAT?" Sonic said, not believing what he heard. "Those people are your family!"
"I don't care! What have they ever done for me? Useless the whole lot of them."
At that, Clay captured the ghost without any given warning, "Gotcha, you antisocial bastard!"
Sonic smiled, saying, "Awesome! Now we can get to the breaker room easy! Now lets juice!"
With that, he took Tails and Clay by their arms and ran off at high speed to the basement. When they made it to the breaker room, they were assaulted by many ghosts, dead-set (Pardon the pun) on keeping the lights off.
"Sonic and I will keep 'em back! Go for the switch, Tails!" Clay shouted as he began attacking the ghosts with his Poltergust.
"Go for it, little buddy!" Sonic encouraged as he performed a few spins, knocking some ghosts away.
Tails scrambled for the switch flying at high speeds. When he grabbed onto it a ghost grabbed onto his twin tails and attempted to pull him away. "OH, NO YOU DON'T!" Tails growled as he fought back.
With all his might, he threw his weight down to shift the handle, and put the lever at the "ON" position. A rumble shook the house as the lights came back on and all the ghosts shrieked painfully before vanishing. Both Clay and Sonic rejoiced at the young fox's accomplishment.
"Awesome work, Tails!" Sonic cheered.
"Alright, everything's gonna be okay now!" Clay said enthusiastically. "Now let's get back to the attic, everyone's likely worried about us."
"Alright! We'll be off at Sonic Speed!"
With that said, Sonic shot off like a bolt of lightning with Clay and Tails following along behind to meet up with the others.
A/N: Well, that's that guys. Hoped all of you enjoyed this chapter. I especially liked the near end with the running gag that NUTCASE1733 and GANTZGUN got watching something from the Muppets Show. It's a really good scream. Laters and hope to hear from you guys.