Casper the Evil Ghost?
By Maricruz
With help by LenoreFan
Disclaimer: Casper and the Ghostly Trio is the © property of Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo and ® of Harvey Comics and Harvey Toons and Noveltoon and a trademark of Paramount Studios. Casper Scare School is the © property of YTV and Classic Media and Moonscoop. Natellie and Amanda are the © properties of me.
Chapter 11: Unexpected Help
"So why are you going to help us?" Stretch asked as Graham stepped carefully into the manor.
"My wife convinced me to do so and I can't let that ghost destroy my city." Said Graham.
Kibosh observed Graham carefully. "Are you sure those are your only reasons?"
Graham looked straight into Kibosh without a trace of fear in him. "Yes."
"Excuse while we discuss about this." Said Stinky as he and the rest of the ghost got into a huddle.
"What do you guys think? Should we let him help us?" Fatso asked in a whisper.
"I don't know. This guy always spends his time trying to catch us." Stretch wasn't sure about this.
"Yeah but what else can we do? We got no other choice. We tried everything else. Plus we did sort of asked him before." Stinky remind him.
"Stinky is right. This could be our only chance to save Casper." said Natellie.
"But can he be trusted? You know how Fleshies are." Kibosh still has doubts.
"Now listen here Kibosh. I know how you feel about humans now, but weren't like this way before you became king. You used to love humans. Remember we used to have those two human friends when we were young? Think about them." Natellie made Kibosh to think back about the days when was a friendly ghost himself.
Natellie made Kibosh to think back about the days when was a friendly ghost himself. His human friends would often help Kibosh with his scaring assignments since he refused scare humans no matter what and Kibosh would often defend his friends from bullies and, if they made Kibosh angry enough, he would assist his friends on playing a (harmless) pranks on the bullies.
What he missed the most was having real friends instead of just servants and subjets who feared and/or loathed him, he wanted someone that he could talk to, someone he could love. "Yes, I remember that. But still most fleshies cannot be trusted, especially one that is always trying to kill us, even after the children saved the city and made it clear that the creatures won't kill or harm them."
Natellie sighed. A part of her knew he was right but she still had faith in humans. "Look," She said, "If any humans try to attack us, we can escape in Cappy's ship."
Kibosh have an exasperated sigh.
"Fine."
Natellie smiled, although Kibosh ignored that and turned to Graham, who was standing close to the door, avoiding visual contact with the other creatures.
"Very well, you can help us." Kibosh extended his hand.
"Thank you, your Majesty." Graham gave a respectable bow and shook the big green ghost's hand.
Kibosh was rather pleased to see someone gave him some respect without him having to resort to using fear. Even if it is a fleshie. "No no, thank you. This is most meaningful to me."
Graham finished his handshake with Kibosh and spots Thatch over by the stairs. Remembering what he did, he decided to go see him.
Thatch sees Graham coming his way but pretends not to noticed him. He is still feeling uneasy around humans, especially the one who makes a living catching creatures like him.
"I remember you. I saw what you did back there." Graham spoke to Thatch.
"Yeah, what about it?" Thatch still had his back turned on Graham.
"You saved my niece and wife from being killed." Graham reminded Thatch.
"Oh that. Look, it just a coincidence. I just didn't want to be out ranked by that giant ghost boy back then." That was Thatch's story anyway.
"Yes, well be as it may, I just wanted to say thank you." Graham smiled at the young vampire man.
Thatch just looked at Graham over his shoulder. "Well, don't get used to it. I'm a creature and creatures don't go around saving fleshie."
"Sure, I'll remember that. Well see ya." Graham made his peace went back to Kibosh and the ghosts.
Thatch looked back at Graham and his expression went from non-caring to contempt. It was the first time that someone actually talked to him like a real person and not just a bully. This made him feel something that he never felt before, like feeling good, and the weird part is, he kind of likes it.
Meanwhile, Cecilia, Catcher, Hot Rod Ramses and the back-up team were still trying to capture Casper, although it had been as effective as it was with just the twins alone as the ghost managed to dodge every single attack, weasle out of every net and hands and injure some agents and humans with lighting bolts, occasionally hiding to rest and watch the agents fearfully await for his return, and laughing when some of the most scared, clumsy or not-so-bright agents accidentally captured their ghost teammates or breeze with their nets.
"If this the best your organization has to offer, then I have nothing to worry about!" Evil Casper mocked.
Casper's comment went unnoticed by everyone except Cecilia, who was standing close to where Casper was hiding. "If you think so then come out and fight, you little coward!" She cried, then she noticed that her co-workers were staring at her. "He's close, I can hear him."
"So what's the plan to bring him out?" Catcher hope that his sister will have a good idea.
Cecilia thought for a moment. "We could say something to provoke him, and then capture him when he tries to attack us." She suggested.
Catcher just gave a wide grin. "Leave it up to me. Provoking is my specialty."
"Tell me about it." His twin smirked.
The male vampire gets ready to do his part. "What's the matter Casper? Too much of a baby to come out and play?"
Casper glared at Catcher and shoot a lightning bolt at him. Catcher barely managed to dodge it.
"Phfft! Pathetic. I guess it's no wonder why your own mother up and left you!"
"Don't you think he's laying it on thick?" Hot Rod Ramses was actually worried that Catcher might get killed.
"Yes, but this is his way of drawing Casper out." Cecilia knows that there is no other option.
As on cue, Catcher let out a blood-curling screaming and his hands flew to his face. He started walking backwards until he fell on his back.
"Catcher! What's wrong?!" Cried Cecilia. She ran to her brother and tried to pry his hands off his face to let her see. When she did, she nearly fell backwards from her shock. Catcher's entire face was bleeding and had several scratch marks that matched that of a tiger or an adult werewolf.
"Why That Little Punk! He's Going To Pay For What He Did To My Beautiful Face!" Catcher seethed through is pain.
"Settle down, Catcher, you're making it worse!" Cecilia advised.
But that last remark seemed to have worked as Evil Casper is now out of hiding. "You Are Dead!" Said Casper in a clear, deep, menacing voice as he showed off his claws, which were covered in Catcher's blood. All hints of amusement erased from his face and voice.
"FIRE!" Hot Rod Ramses commanded just as Evil Casper was about to attack.
The agents shoot nets and ghost-proof bullets at Casper but he just went invisible again and flew to the middle of the group, scratching and stabbing them with his claws. The injured agents cried and screamed while those who weren't injured looked everywhere for him but couldn't do anything else as they didn't wanting to risk hurting or killing their colleagues.
Hot Rod Ramses growled before he heard Cecilia scream in pain, he turned to her and saw that her side now had scratch marks and was starting to bleed, although her injury wasn't as bad as Catcher's, at least not yet.
With that, the still invisible Casper stopped floated above them to admire his work. He looked at Cecilia, who looked like she was about to fall and then Hot Rod Ramses, who seemed ready to catch her in his arms.
Cecilia maybe injured but she is still resourceful as she pulls out another trick from her sleeve, or in this case, a small dagger from her left pant leg.
Evil Casper just laughed. "Well what do we have here? A brave and gallant hero about to save the damsel in distress. How deliciously cliched."
While Casper is being distracted, Cecilia use this opportunity to stabbed him in the side that she was being held next to. Not only this caused ghost severe pain, but it also cancels out his invisibility ability. The pain made him dropped Cecilia and Hot Rod Ramses was just in time to catch her.
"Cecilia, Baby, are you alright?" Ramses hold her carefully for not making her injury any worse.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Cecilia tried her best to withstand the pain.
Hot Rod Ramses' eyes went to his injured colleagues, who were all clutching their wounded areas and leaning on others for support as they tried to prevent each other from passing out due to the blood loss.
The mummy realized that it was time to retreat to get the agents medical attention. He looked around for Casper but he was nowhere to be found.
"Retreat!." The mummy commanded.
"But what about the ghost?!" The agents asked/shouted in disbelief.
"None of you are in conditions to fight!" Their commander firmly said, "Besides, I don't think he will get too far with the wound Cecilia gave him,"
"Where shall we go?" Asked an agent.
The mummy thought for a moment. Natellie's brothers' manor wasn't an option as they wouldn't risk Casper following them and hurting anymore creatures.
"Deedstown's hospital," He finally said, "Move!"
With that, the agents headed for the hospital while praying that the humans wouldn't chase them away and most importantly that Casper hasn't destroyed it yet.
"I can still walk, you know." Cecilia said as Hot Rod Ramses started carrying her bridal style.
The mummy grinned at her. "I just want to make sure you don't hurt yourself more." He replied, trying to sound innocent.
Cecilia just smiled and rested her head against his shoulder. This both delighted her and made her feel slightly embarrassed.
"Keep your hands where I can see them." The couple looked behind them to see Catcher walking right behind them, smiling like a Cheshire cat despite his injuries.
"You can play the overprotective brother after we capture Casper." Cecilia just smirked at her brother as the three of them left the theater.
Back at the Manor, Graham and the adult creatures do so last minute check before they can find the help they'll need. "I will ask my co-workers for this sciensts' address." Said Graham.
"We thank you for doing this so." Natellie politely bowed to the human.
"Er, you are welcome." Said Graham, still taken aback at the fact that a creature would be so polite.
"Okay, did we get everything ready?" Stretch and his brothres are doing some last minute checking of their own.
"Let see here, some first aid supplies, canteens, flashlights, cell phones, extra batteries, a small radio, some petty cash..." Stinky checked off.
"And this sandwhich." Fatso pulled out a 24ft. Long submarine sandwhich. "Sorry, I only made just one."
"Kibosh was giving faculty some last minute instrusctions. "Now make sure that these children are safe and don't let anyone else enter this house, unless it us or one of the agents."
"Yes, sir." Said the faculty.
The gargoyles guarded the house and, as soon as Kibosh left, the teachers went back to praying, talking among themselves and sometimes bark an order to the students while Cappy and Beaky had a conversation with the remaining members of Casper's gang. The students looked around for a place to hide and some who were brave enough looked out the windows before getting yelled at by the teachers for doing so.
Every single creature in the house made a point on pretending Alder and Dash didn't even exists as they were still mad at the headmasters and feared what Kibosh would do to them if they were nice to the aformentioned.
"So what do you think we should do now?" Ra asked. Still feels like they should do something.
"Wait, there's nothing we can do for now." Cappy said solemny.
"Anything has to be better than doing nothing." Mantha debated.
"But what can we do?." Asked Wolfie
"Nothing." Cappy said firmly but gently. "Mantha and Ra, you two already did a lot for Casper but now we must leave this to those agents and Kibosh."
"I just wanted our friend back." Mantha shedded a small tear. Everyone else have sorry looks on their faces.
Back at the Bradley House, Jimmy checked out through his window to see if everyone in the Manor is alright. "Mom, do you think that Dad will be okay out there?"
"Of course, Sweetie." Said Rebecca. Like her son, she believed Graham to be a great Creature Catcher and tried to justify her husband's failure to capture Casper by bringing up that Casper was a very powerful ghost unlike the wimpy creatures that Graham usually captured (while not mentioning the fact that the creatures always managed to escape him).
"Glad you think so. I just hope he can help find a way to turn Casper back the way he was." Jimmy confided.
"Oh I'm sure he will." Rebecca did her best to console her son.
"But Aunt Rebecca, what about Thatch and all those other monster kids? Would they be safe in that house across the street?" Amanda couldn't hide her feelings about the little vampire boy.
"They'll be alright, dear. They too have powers." Rebecca tried to reassure her niece, although she honestly wouldn't care any less about the creatures, she wanted them out of her city.
"Yeah, but Mom, they have standard creature powers. Casper now has super evil powers." Jimmy told her.
"He's right, and lets not forget that Thatch was the one who saved us." Amanda reminded her aunt.
Rebecca sighed heavily.
"Look, your father said he knew who had the antidote for the ghost. Everything is going to be alright." She said, ignoring Amanda's statement. Rebecca did what she she always did when the kids defended those horrible monsters: ignore them. She hoped that one day they would wake up and see the truth about the creatures.
"Okay Mom, if you say so." Jimmy had to take her word for it. Both he and Amanda hope that one day Graham and Rebecca will see that not all creatures are bad. Rebecca merely patted her son's head, grateful that he wasn't going to start another pointless argument over the creatures.
Over at Deedstown Hospital, the C.H.A.O.S agents were having a bit difficulty trying to get in. "Please you got to help us, our troops are in serious need of medical attention." Cecilia pleaded to one of the human doctors.
"I'm terribly sorry, but we're pretty much full up as it is. Besides, we don't specialize in creatures." The doctor tried not to offend the agents.
"Well if that's how want to play it." Catcher turned to the soldiers. "Ecardson."
One of the agents that Catcher called limped towards to the entrance and removed the mask to revealed a young male human in his late teens with chestnut brown hair. "My name is Tod Ecardson and I am a human, but I'm also one of the agents of this organization, and we are in desperate need of your help. Sure most of us here are creatures, but to me, they are my colleagues and friends. If you don't let us in and help us, then you are no better than the one who is destroying your town."
The doctors looked at each other, trying to make sense of it all. "Very well, you can come in."
Although the both creatures and humans were allowed in the bulding, the staff made it very clear that the monsters were not welcome and most of the non-human agents ended up having to help themselves since the doctors and nurses refused to even approach them and while they wasted no time in helping the human agents.
Of course the human agents, after being treated, are now tending their creature partners. One little boy patient even want to help out by offering some band-aids. However, the mother didn't want him to do so. "No, Billy, they're creatures!"
"But Mom, they need our help." Billy pleaded.
Tod decided to step in. "With all do respect Ma'am. Your son is more grown-up than everyone else in this hospital."
"And just what do you Beany by that?" The mother was a bit irritated.
"We came here seeking aide, and while my human friends were getting the treatment they needed, my non-human companions were being ignore, forceing them to fix their wounds themselves. All of because of one ghost kid, who is under the influence of some potion. You and every other human think that all creatures are evil, but where I come from, we treat each other with kindness and respect. I grew up with creatures, we go to the same school, live in the same neighborhood, go to the same places, and we work together for sake of community. I am proud for who we are and won't trade it for anything." Tod made his point.
Some humans had thoughtful expressions, as if they were thinking on what Tod just said. However, most of them remained unfazed by the boy's outburst.
"Well, that great but before this ghost, every single creature in Deedstown does nothing but scare us." Said a middle-aged man as he stood in front of Tod.
"But dad, you always tell me not to judge others by their appearance." Said a tween boy who was standing next to the man.
"Quiet." His father growled.
"And what about the Leprechaun?." Cried another man.
"And the vampire and ghost that tried to hurt helpless kids on Halloween?." Said a woman whose Halloween party Thatch had attended, where he tried to scare the children and ended up eating all the candy.
"That's not what we heard!" It was Catcher's turn to speak. "As what we were told, those two weren't going to hurt those kids. The ghost kid was trying to get the vampire kid out of that party. Then those kids were beating the crap out of the vampire kid if the boy ghost didn't stepped in and save him!"
"Well that's not what the children said," Said the woman, "The vampire also tried to bite a little boy and you really expect me to believe that a few tiny, defenseless children would beat up two bigger and powerful creatures."
The humans that weren't agents laughed. Cecilia is now getting irritated. "Quiet! What do you know? It wasn't their fault! Biting is part of a vampire's nature! Just like eating and breathing and of course, surviving! As for the ghost, he was originally friendly! But what does it matter to you. When humans sees a ghost, they just scream and run away, even if the ghost didn't want to do any harm. But humans never realized that they hurt that ghost's feelings. Of course that's how humans are brought up. Humans good creatures bad. Isn't that how the real world works? What about Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Hussain, Bin Ladin, Kim Jo Young? They were human! Were any of them good? Sure that are creatures that hurt humans, but there are humans that hurt other humans! So why not ask yourselves? Are you good because you are human, or are you human because you are good?"
Her words however fell on deaf ears as the stubborn humans kept laughing at Cecilia and making rude commentaries, some of the youngest humans took Cecilia's words seriously but they kept quiet as they knew that their opinion was worth as much as the creatures'.
Yet by a stroke of luck, a young female doctor decided to take a stand. "I'll help your creature friends."Catcher kept silent, unsure if the doctor was being serious.
"Thank you so much." Said Hot Rod Ramses.
"It would be an honor." The lady doctor saluted. She went on to tend to the creatures' injuries, ignoring the whispers and bizarre looks she got from the patients and fellow doctors.
"Nice to know that there at least one person contributing to our cause." Catcher praised to the doctor's willingness to help.
That one act of chivalry inspired many of the younger patrions of the hospital and decided to help out, including that one little boy who to help in the first place. Cecilia and Catcher and Hot Rod Ramses were surprised and grateful that these humans are actually helping their fellow soldiers.
Meanwhile, Graham, Kibosh and Casper's family were half way to the Creature Catcher central. Kibosh and Natellie kept their distance and avoided visual contact. Natellie chatted with her brothers while Kibosh kept silent and looked through the windows.
"Well here we are." Graham announced as he and the ghost made it to their destination.
Every ghost except Fatso turned invisible before exiting the van. The thick ghost was half way out of the van when his eldest brother stopped him.
"Turn invisible, you idiot!." Stretch growled.
"Why?." Asked Fatso.
"There are Creature Catchers in here." Stretch nearly yelled.
"Well if they are like Jimmy's father then-." Fasto's brothers and sister cut him off by covering his mouth while Kibosh and Graham shot him a glare. Graham for being offended, Kibosh because he was starting to lose his patience with the Trio. "Fine." Fatso realized that they were right and turned invisibile.
Graham peeked inside to see if anyone is around. "All clear." He signaled the invisible ghosts and they all went in. The creature catcher and the ghosts soon discovered that the building is empty. "I wonder were everybody went?" Fatso asked, still invisibile.
"They all must have went to Deeds Town." Graham answered but soon regretted when he figured why they left.
"It's alright, we understand." Natellie reassured Graham.
The fact that the building was seemingly deserted and in complete silence disturbed the ghosts as they advanced through the hallways. They looked around them to make sure there weren't any Creature Catchers hiding somewhere, waiting for them to capture them but to their relief there weren`t.
"Do you think Razznik might be here?" Fatso wondered.
The ghosts tensed up. Graham had a blank expression on his face as he only knew Razznik as The Leprechaun and honestly couldn't care any less about his or any creatures' names.
"Quiet! We are on a mission" Kibosh reminded the trio.
The Trio made no sound for the rest of the trip. Natellie only spoke if necessary as didn't want to provoke him either.
"Found what we were looking for." Graham announced as they came across a door that saids Records Department.
"Isn't this the wrong time to be listening to some music?" Everyone just looked at Fatso funny when he asked that question.
"No, this is where we keep the information on every creature catcher, creature, and all of Deeds Town." Graham corrected the husky ghost brother as he unlocked the door.
The ghosts floated into the room carefully, still half expecting some Creature Catcher or trap. There wasn't any.
Graham checked every single archive until he found the one with the scientist's name. "Found it it!"
The ghosts gathered around Graham to get a good look at the folder. "Is that it?" Fatso leaned over. "Let me see!" Stinky tried to sneak a peak. "Quit your shoving!" Stretch was pushing his brothers off Graham.
"Boys! That's Enough! Give Mr. Bradley some room." Natellie scold at her brothers for crowding around Graham.
"Thank you Ms. Natellie." Graham was gratefull that Casper's mother was able to get her brothers some space so that he can read the records. "Ah here it is. Dr. Lance Barstrom. A scientist who in the field of psychology and medicine. According to this, he was one of the scientists who was on the verge of finding the cure for that potion you and the others were talking about."
"Yes yes but where does it say about where he lives." Kibosh was grateful that Graham had found some information about the scientist, but he was anxious about trying to find him.
"Hang on, I'm getting to that. After many attempts, the scientist almost found the cure, but unfortunately, they ran out of funds to continue the research, and the company that they worked for, went bankrupt. So they had no choice but to postpone their project and went off their seperate ways."
"So wait a minute. You mean they had a chance to finish the cure." This what got Stinky's interest.
"That's what the record saids. Apperntly they went off to look for other jobs so that they raise enough money to finish their work." Graham continue reading. "Well what do you know, According to this, Dr. Brarstrom used to live in Deedstown with his wife and their two sons and he used to teach at Deedstown High School." Then he had an epithany. "Wait a minute! I was a student at Deedstown High, and he was my science teacher, only we used call him Mr. Brainstorm!"
"That's great, then you know where he is!" Stretch hope that they had found their answer.
However, Graham went from optimistic to sullen. "Uh-oh."
"Uh-oh? Uh-oh is not good" Fatso was about to have a panic attack and he didn't brought something to eat with him.
"Well what seems to be the problem." Kibosh wants to know.
"You see, he past away about 3 weeks after Rebecca and I gotten married." Graham answered dejectedly.
All the ghost groaned in defeat. It seems that they had lost one chance of getting Casper back, until Natellie realized something. "Wait, what about his family? Surely they might have known something."
"Wish I know, his wife moved to Friendship, Maine after he died, so that she can be with her two sons, who are now both married have families and are running a pharmicsuital company. So there is a chance they might be finishing what Dr. Branstrom had started." Graham gets an idea. "That's it! Kibosh, do you think that Dr. Branstrom might be at the Underworld, since you know, after his passing?"
"It's possible he might be. The Underworld also has ghost and creatures that used be human." Kibosh sees where this is going.
"Alright then. As for the rest of you, do you think your pirate friend can get the everyone to Friendship, Maine, including my family?" Graham asked the Ghostly Trio and Nateillie.
"I think so, if we can make enough room." Natellie likes what she is hearing.
"Then that's settles it. Tonight we're going to Friendship, Maine!" Graham declared.
A/N: Well it looks like the students and staff of Scare School will be going on a little field trip to Friendship, Maine along with the Bradleys. Will they find Dr. Branstrom's family over there? Will his sons be able to help find a cure for the Jekyl 'n' Hyde Potion? Will the Bradleys and the creatures be able to get along? What about the wounded agents of C.H.A.O.S? Would they be able to fight off Casper while they are gone? What about the rest of Deeds Town? Will Casper try to attack again? Find out next time on Casper The Evil Ghost.
