Randy ran from building to building jumping like his life depended on it. There was a big chance that it could be the case. If Randy didn't get to Al's Dinner in time his mother could interrogate Gothetta into telling her her deepest darkest secrets.
Very few people knew that Elizabeth Cunningham was a master detective or at least when it came to getting information out of someone. She had this strange skill that helped her sniff out the the secrets out. That was one of the ways that she was so good at her job and managed to seal several deals alone. The only person that knew just how to get her to drop a topic or not to push for answers was Randy and he rarely managed to succeed.
So one could understand why Randy was rushing to save Gothetta from telling his mother that he was dating a vampire.
Right before Randy was Al's Dinner down on the street. The restaurant was an old fashion burger dinner with booths and tables, some pictures on the walls, and clear floors. In other words, the place was just nice enough to get someone in a false sense of security.
As Randy was about to jump down to the street, he turned when he heard a panting Howard dragging himself to the edge of the building.
"Could you *pant* have at least *pant* warned us *pant* about taking the *pant* roof rout?" asked Howard as Phantasma floated down to where he was.
"Oh come on, it wasn't so bad." said Phanty
"You flew here." snapped Howard as Randy rolled his eyes.
"Guys, my mom is about to go all lie detector on Gothetta and if I don't stop her she might learn all the stuff we don't want to get out. So forgive me if I'm more concerned on getting down there." said Randy as he jumped down to the street.
As soon as Randy hit the ground of the nearby alley he took off his mask and then rushed to the dinner.
Back on top of the building Howard and Phanty saw Randy's actions.
"Show off!" called out Howard
Randy crossed the street and slid over a car hood before running in through the door of the restaurant. Randy went past the hostess and spotted his mom and Gothetta sitting in a booth. They were laughing a little which made Randy sigh in slight relief as he made his way to the booth.
"Hey, there you two are. Am I late for the joke?" asked Randy as he sat down on the booth.
"Oh, Randy, so good of you to join us. Gothetta was just telling me how you two met back in Transylvania." said Elizabeth as Randy got next to his girlfriend.
A little bit of panic began to enter Randy as he looked towards Gothetta.
"Really? Well, I can safely say that it was quite normal." said Randy with an awkward smile.
"Accidentally bumping into her in the middle of the street while bending over to pick something up is normal?" asked Elizabeth raising an eyebrow.
Randy dropped his head in shame.
"I tried to make it sound more romantic, but I did tell her that it was a light bump." said Gothetta stroking Randy's head.
Elizabeth laughed a little at seeing her son being slightly embarrassed. She remembered how she went through the same thing when she was in his place.
"It's alright honey, people have met in all sorts of ways." said Elizabeth cheering Randy up.
"That's a relief. So, what else have you been talking about?" asked Randy
"Well, I was just telling your mom about why I'm here." said Gothetta
"Please don't leave me in suspense." said Elizabeth.
Outside the dinner both Howard and Phanty watched the scene passing on before them.
"Oh come on, we raced here for this?" asked Howard completely ticked off.
"Aww, they look so sweet and they're making me hungry." said Phanty
"I thought Cunningham would be twisting in embarrassment, and all he's doing is making me hungry too." said Howard kicking the dirty on the ground.
Back inside Gothetta and Elizabeth were having a very good conversation that made Randy feel like he got worried over nothing, but then he remembered this was his mom. There was a pretty good chance that she would say something that would make people lose their train of thought and say one of darkest secrets. After living with her for his whole life, Randy knew that his mom could be quite evil when she wanted. Fair but evil.
"So my teacher is all like, 'be sure to stick together we still have two hours' and then the sun starts to come up." told Gothetta before laughing
"Oh my gosh, she completely forgot about the time change?" asked Elizabeth as she laughed.
"Yeah, we were unable to finish the experiment and we had to wait a whole day to do it again." said Gothetta
"But, why did you wait until night to pull off that science experiment?" asked Elizabeth
"Oh because the experiment was a miniature firework and doing it inside of the school would've set off the alarms and burnt it." said Gothetta
"What was the name of your school again?" asked Elizabeth.
Gothetta was at a loss for words. Her school was known as Vampir Academy for the young vampires.
"The school's name is...Hammer High school." said Randy.
"Hammer High school? Is it focused on work tools?" asked Elizabeth with curiosity.
"Oh no it is like any other high school. It was just named after its founder, Joseph Vladimir Hammer." said Randy hopping it would work.
"He sounds like an interesting man. Would you excuse me, I'll be right back." said Elizabeth as he phone started ringing.
Elizabeth took out her phone and walked away as she answered the call. As soon as she was out of ears reach Gothetta almost fell down on the table. She began taking in several deep breaths as she tried to get calmed.
"You alright?" asked Randy rubbing Gothetta's back.
"Your mom can be vicious. I almost slipped a few times." said Gothetta
"Yeah, well my mom is going to be the least of our problems." said Randy showing Gothetta the Necronomicon.
"You got it. That's great." said Gothetta
"Not so much, we need to get it translated to solve something that may have gone south." said Randy as he put the cursed book away and his mom arrived.
"Just in time for the food to arrive. So, what did I miss?" asked Elizabeth as the waiter placed down their plates.
In front of Elizabeth was a Cesar salad with chicken strips. Gothetta had ordered a bloody hamburger with french fries. And since they knew Randy was going to show up they had ordered him a burger as well.
Back outside the dinner both Howard and Phanty were looking around for things to catch their eyes.
"And now they're having dinner, this is all sorts of wrong. Usually by now the universe has thrown a mess on our laps." said Howard
Right before Phanty could retort to Howard's complaint something caught her eye.
"I think the universe heard you." pointed Phanty as her eyes grew wide.
"What are you talking about?" asked Howard
Howard turned to where she was looking at and then his jaw hit the asphalt.
Far down the street, a large dark cloud began to engulf the city. Underneath the cloud were countless of bone warriors carrying swords and spears and wearing makeshift armors marched towards the city. All of that under the rhythm of a skeleton playing a marching war bone flute.
Back with Howard and Phanty they were starting to freak out.
"I hope that food can be to go." said Phanty before Howard ran to the entrance of the restaurant.
Phanty phased through the mirror and flew directly to the booth.
Back with Randy, Gothetta and his mother, they were enjoying their meal when Phanty appeared behind Elizabeth. Both Randy and Gothetta almost choked on their burgers when they saw her.
"Are you two alright? You look like you've seen a ghost." said Elizabeth as she put down her fork.
"What? No we're fine." said Gothetta wiping her mouth with her napkin.
"Some of the burger just went the wrong way." said Randy shifting his eyes to another place.
As Elizabeth was trying to figure out what was going on, Phanty began to point frantically to the window and then started acting like a marching soldier. Randy and Gothetta couldn't figure out what was going on since they were more focused on making sure that Elizabeth wouldn't find them out.
"Well um, changing the subject, Gothetta I noticed that you look very pale." said Elizabeth
"Oh, that um, well, you see I have a very frail skin so I don't go out as much. And when I do I use a lot of sunscreen." said Gothetta as Phanty began to act more frantic.
Just then Howard ran up to them.
"Cunningham, we've got a problem." said Howard before grabbing a handful of french fries.
"Howard, what are you doing here and what is that on your back?" asked Elizabeth
Right before anyone could answer Elizabeth's question, Phanty went into her body making chills run down her spine. Elizabeth's face contorted and blinked several times, and then stopped.
"Mom?" asked Randy
"Not at the moment." said Phanty through Elizabeth.
"What the heck are you guys doing? Why are you possessing Mrs. Cunningham?" asked Gothetta
"Because we didn't have time to keep you guessing. Look!" said Phanty pointing out the window.
Both Randy and Gothetta looked out the window and saw the army of skeletons.
"What is that?" asked Gothetta in disbelief.
"A crap ton of skeletons outside and they're angrily dooting on bone flutes!" said Howard as he prepared to fire his weapon.
"We need to get out of here." said Randy as he paid the food and everyone got up.
"Good, because this is one tough lady. It's kinda hard to keep her under control." said Phanty as she struggled with moving Elizabeth's body.
"You have no idea." said Gothetta as she helped her towards the back door.
Outside the city, the army of skeletons awaited the orders of their commander. All the way at the back Deadite Nomi-Randy rode on an undead black stallion with red glowing eyes. The Deadite now wore a black tattered samurai armor with some yellow stitching and a golden skull on the top of its helmet.
As he passed through, the skeletons hissed and snarled in anticipation.
"Listen up you useless piles of bones! The time of the living is up! Now find my book!" called out Deadite Nomi-Randy loudly.
The army of skeletons cheered as they raised their weapons up in the air.
Deadite Nomi-Randy pulled out an old orochi sword and pointed it at the city.
"ATTACK!" screamed Deadite Nomi-Randy.
The army of darkness defended upon Norrisville tearing apart anyone foolish enough to get in their way. Cars were turned, businesses were ransacked and children's balloons were popped.
In McFist industries, McFist and Viceroy, who has woken up and was nursing a killer headache, were seeing the chaos that was spreading throughout the city.
"Oh my God! This is a disaster!" said McFist reacting to the images on the screen.
"I warned you that something like this would happen, thankfully the building's defenses will be able to hold the skeletons and their ancient weapons." said Viceroy as he placed a bag of ice on his head.
"Find that rat McFist!" screamed one of the skeletons on the screen.
"Yeah, and the scientist too!" screamed another skeleton as it kicked one of the dumpsters.
Both the evil business man and the scientist looked at the screen as more and more skeletons called them out.
"We need to stop those bags of bones, or else they could expose us and I'll be ruined!" said McFist falling to his knees in worry.
Viceroy pressed a button on his watch.
"To all available units; FIND THE NINJA, if he has the Necronomicon we need them both to stop this for good." ordered Viceroy as a small squad of robo-apes went out.
Viceroy could only now stare at the screen as the scene continued to play before him.
"Damn it." said Viceroy.
Randy and the rest of the group had managed to make it to the Mansion without dealing with the army of skeletons.
Lady Kryptina opened the door right on time for Phanty to be expelled from Elizabeth's body. Phanty hid behind Howard to avoid being spotted.
"Wow, what was in that salad?" asked Elizabeth feeling a little woozy.
Randy quickly helped her sit down on a nearby chair.
"Just sit down for a little while." said Randy
"Excuse me, but may I know who you are ma'm?" asked Lady Kryptina
"I was about to ask you that very question." said Elizabeth looking at Lady Kryptina
"Mrs. Cunningham, this is Lady Kryptina, the teacher I told you about. You are currently in the home my class and I are staying." said Gothetta covering one of the mirrors.
"Oh, you're Mrs. Cunningham. I've been looking forward to meeting you. Your son is a very kind young man." said Lady Kryptina greeting Elizabeth
"Thank you? Randy how did we get here?" asked Elizabeth
"We walked." said Randy as he looked at his friends for help.
Lady Kryptina walked up to Elizabeth and began to hypnotize her with ease. A minute in and Elizabeth fell down like a ton of bricks on the chair.
"That should give us some time and now what is going on?" asked Lady Kryptina looking at the teens.
Randy pulled out the Necronomicon.
"We managed to get the book that started all this back from the cemetery. But whatever the book brought now wants the book. We need an incantation from it to stop the army of darkness." explained Randy as he gave Lady Kryptina the book.
"Sooner rather than later would be best." said Howard as he went to close the door.
Just then the door was kicked open by Heidi wearing her slayer suit.
"Ok, now! What's the deal with the army of skeletons tearing apart the city?!" demanded Heidi
"Someone give her the abridged version, explaining things over and over is annoying." said Phanty
After a brief explanation, Heidi grumbled in irritation. All the while Lady Kryptina was looking through the Necronomicon.
"Alright, so what do we need for the spell, or whatever?" asked Heidi
"I fear that we have another problem. I cannot comprehend this ancient language. Without a translation this book won't do us any good." said Lady Kryptina
Just then the Ninjanomicon began to glow. Randy pulled out the ancient book of ninja knowledge.
"I think I know someone who might be able to translate." said Randy
