Don Patch: "TETRAMAND SMACKDOWN!"
Saito: "You're not far from the truth, Don. Princess Looma is heading for Earth, and has already heard about what happened to Ben! She is no doubt PISSED!"
Zatch: "Well, it's official… They're dead!"
Brook: "No they're not, Zatch."
Usopp: *Building a bunch of coffins* "They're not?"
Brook: "Nope! Since Gwen has her Demonatrix, she can now go alien, and fight on even grounds with princess Looma! Ah, but that reminds me, the poll for the Mamodo Spells is as of now closed! Which ones are the winners? Let's find out!"
Mamodo Spells:
Ben = Zatch's lightning spells, and some of Zeno's white lightning spells.
Lilo = Kido's mecha spells.
Gwen = Ponygon's armor spells.
Zatch: "SaurusRock625 still doesn't own any of this! Enjoy!"
"Normal Speech"
"Kaminatrix A.I./Mind Link"
'Thoughts'
Songs
"Yelling"
Alien Index
"Shen Gong Wu/Experiment Description"
Kidnap The Sandy Claws! Rise of Appoplexian Pain!
"Patience everyone!~ Jack has a special job for each of us!" called the Mayor into his megaphone.
Everyone in Halloween Town was lined up to receive an assignment from Jack. They were going to attempt to bring Christmas, and Halloween together. The mayor looked at his list, and called the next person for their job.
"Dr. Finkelstein!~" called the mayor. "Your Christmas time is reckoning!"
When Sally heard the name of who was being called next, and she hid behind a wall. The good doctor meanwhile stopped midway to the Town Hall. He was looking for Sally intent on giving her a good talking to. He was broken from his thoughts when the mayor called for him again.
"Dr. Finkelstein~, to the front of the line!" called the mayor.
growled a bit before moving to the Town Hall. He decided to look for Sally later. Meanwhile, one of the vampire brothers was holding a baby doll in one of his hands. He tilted it back which made it let out a baby noise. The vampires were appalled by such a sound.
"What kind of noise is THAT for a BABY to make?!" asked the eldest vampire.
"Perhaps it can be improved?" suggested Jack.
"No problem!" replied the short vampire.
"I KNEW IT!" said an excited Jack. That's when wheeled up. "Doctor, thank you for coming!" Jack then took out a book, and opened it to show the doctor his assignment. "We need some of these."
It was a picture of Santa's sleigh being pulled through the sky by three of his magical flying reindeer. leaned in for a closer look at the deer.
"Hmmm…" pondered the doctor as he examined the deer. "Their construction should be exceedingly simple, I think."
"How horrible our Christmas will be!" said the mayor.
"No," corrected Jack. "How jolly!"
"Oh… How JOLLY our Christmas will be. OOF! OW! OH! Grrrrrr!" yelped the mayor as he was hit by a tennis ball, a bone, and a candy corn. He looked down, and recoiled in fear. "What are YOU doing here?!" he asked in fear.
"Jack sent for us!" "Specifically!" "By name!" said three children who were dressed as a devil, a witch, and a skeleton in that order. They each took off their mask, and introduced themselves in the same order that they arrived.
"Lock!" "Shock!" "Barrel!" Barrel licked a black and orange lollipop after his introduction.
"Jack! JACK! It's Boogie's boys!" said the mayor in fear.
"Ahhh, Halloween's finest Trick-or-Treaters!" said Jack as he knelt down to the kids level. "The job I have for you is top secret! It requires craft! Cunning! Mischief!"
"And we thought you didn't like us, Jack." said Shock in an innocent voice before she and the two boys began to cackle evilly.
"Absolutely no one is to know about this. Not! A! Soul! Now…" said Jack before bringing the kids into a group huddle.
The mayor tried using his megaphone as a hearing aid so he could listen in on their conversation, but for some odd reason, he couldn't hear a word that was being spoken. He slapped the entrance of the megaphone a few times, then looked inside. He stuck his arm into the device to try and find the problem.
"Ow!" yelped the mayor as he pulled out his spider tie.
So THAT'S where it went! The mayor put the tie back where it belonged, and slapped it to keep it in place. That's when Jack ended the conversation.
"Oh, and one more thing," said Jack as he dragged Lock back to the group by his costume's tail. "Leave that no account Oogie Boogie OUT OF IT!"
"Whatever you say, Jack!" said Barrel"
"Of course, Jack." followed Shock.
Wouldn't DREAM of it Jack!" finished Lock
The three stooges began to cackle evilly, and crossed their fingers behind their backs. Jack, being none the wiser, sent them on their way. As the three kids traveled to the outskirts of Halloween Town, music began to play once again. They soon came upon a tree house, got inside the cage elevator, and began to sing about their devious plan.
Lock, Shock, and Barrel: Kidnap mister Sandy Claws?!
Lock: I wanna do it!
Barrel: Let's draw straws!
Shock: Jack said we should work together.
Barrel: Three of a kind!
Lock: Birds of a feather!
All three: Now and forever! Wheee!
La-la-la-la-la-la~
lalalalala!~
La-la-la-la-la-la~
lalalalala!~
Kidnap the Sandy Claws, lock him up real tight!~ Throw away the key and then turn off all the lights!
Shock: First we're going to set some bait inside a nasty trap and wait!
When he comes a sniffing, we will snap the trap and close the gate!
Lock: Wait! I've got a better plan to catch this big red lobster man!
Let's pop him in a boiling pot, and when he's done we'll butter him up!
All Three:Kidnap the Sandy Claws, throw him in a box!~ Bury him for ninety years, then see if he talks!
As the three stooges were singing, they baited a cage with a piece of candy. An unsuspecting cockroach walked into the trap in order to get the candy, but he ended up getting caught. It was then boiled alive in a cauldron filled with a poison of some sort, and when it was pulled out, it was surprisingly still alive! But, now it looked like a stick thingy with eyeballs. Shock took the cage from Lock and took it to a strange altar which Lock, and Barrel were bowing to.
Shock: Then mister Oogie Boogie man…
Shock and Lock:Can take the whole thing over then!
Lock and Barrel: He'll be so pleased I do declare…
All Three: That he will cook him rare! Wheee!
Lock threw the cage down the tube of the altar which led the bug into a room that looked a lot like a casino room. It wasn't alone, however, as a creepy shadow was moving about the walls. It appeared in front of the cage, and literally inhaled the roach, swallowing the poor bug whole! Meanwhile, upstairs, Lock and the others continued the song.
Lock: I say that we take a cannon, aim it at his door and then knock three times, and when he answers, Sandy Claws will be no more!
Shock: You're so stupid, think now! If we blow him up to smithereens we may lose some pieces,
Shock and Lock: And then Jack will beat us black and green!
All Three: Kidnap the Sandy Claws, tie him in a bag!~ Throw him in the ocean then see if he is sad!~
Because mister Oogie Boogie is the meanest guy around, if I were on his boogie list I'd get out of town!~
As they sang, the kids got into a bathtub. Barrel turned a faucet handle, and the thing sprang to life! It started walking to an armory of sorts, and Lock, Shock, and Barrel started gathering various weapons to use for 'trapping' Sandy Claws. But these things were for anything BUT trapping.
Barrel: He'll be so pleased by our success, that he'll reward us too I bet!
All Three: Perhaps he'll make his special brew
Of snake and spider stew! Mmmm!
We're his little henchmen, and we take our job with pride! We do our best to please him, and stay on his good side!
Shock: I wish my cohorts weren't so dumb!
Barrel:I'm not the dumb one!
Lock:You're no fun!
Shock: Shut up!
Lock: Make me!
Shock: I've got something! Listen now! This one is real good, you'll see! We'll send a present to his door, upon there'll be a note to read!
Now in the box, we'll wait and hide until his curiosity…
All Three: Entices him to look inside, and then we'll have him! One! Two! THREE!
Kidnap the Sandy Claws, beat him with a stick!~ Lock him up for ninety years, see what makes him tick!~
Kidnap the Sandy Claws, chop him into bits!~ Mister Oogie Boogie is sure to get his kicks!~
Kidnap the Sandy Claws, see what we will see!~ Lock him in a cage and then throw! Away! The! Keeeeeeeeeeyy!
(Evil cackles)
While the three stooges rode off in their walking bathtub to the Hinterlands, the now named Oogie Boogie was pondering what his three little henchmen had sang about.
"Sandy Claws, huh?" Oogie said to himself.
He gave an evil chuckle as he rolled a pair of dice which landed on snake eyes. Two small snakes slithered through the holes of the dice while hissing menacingly.
***Meanwhile, Back In Bellwood***
Gwen had woken up some time ago, and explained everything to the other's. To say Verdona was shocked would be the understatement of the year.
"I am so STUPID! I should've known that the reason Ben couldn't access his Anodite form was because of his DNA being unstable!" said Verdona as she facepalmed from her own stupidity.
"Come on, grandma, you had no way of knowing. None of us did." said Gwen as she looked through her aliens. These ones were entirely knew to her, except for one.
She would've kept checking out her aliens, but there was an explosion nearby. From her own distraction, Gwen accidentally activated the Demonatrix, and transformed for the first time.
Her body started to become more muscular, but it retained its feminine form. Her body grew fur, and seemed to take on the appearance of a humanoid tiger. A single claw was jutting out of each wrist. Her fur was primarily black with gold colored stripes, and she still had her original hair style, and her eyes were completely blue. She clenched her fists, and shouted out only one word as the transformation was complete.
"PAIN!" yelled the Appoplexian female.
Alien Index Entry! Species; Appoplexian
Appoplexians are a species of aliens that resemble humanoid tigers. They are known for their high levels of aggression, and prefer to solve their problems using their fists. They are incredibly athletic, and have a single retractable claw on each wrist. Despite their power, however, Appoplexians do have their fair share of weaknesses. While they are incredibly strong, they aren't exactly the smartest of any of the aliens. In fact, they prefer to charge in head first when fighting rather than think things through. While this may look good on paper, it doesn't always get the job done.
When angered enough to fight, Appoplexians have a tendency to say "Let me tell you somethin'!" followed by the full name, or title of whoever it is they're fighting. They also tend to refer to themselves in the third person.
Gwen, who right now is known as Pain, looked around and saw the others. Then she looked down, and saw that the had no clothes on. Unlike Rath who would pay this little fact no mind, Pain screamed and covered her private regions, even though she's covered in fur, and technically not naked.
"HEY! Let me tell you somethin' family and friends of Pain! You turn around so Pain can get some clothes on, or Pain is gonna smash you!" threatened Pain.
Not wanting to get beat up, they did as instructed.
"So, tell me… What exactly is the life expectancy of a female Appoplexian?" asked Kevin.
"She'll outlive us all." Informed Verdona. "It's always the spiteful ones that live the longest."
Don Patch: "Well, I'd say that we've got a major cat fight on our hands next chapter!"
Zatch: "I hope they don't destroy Bellwood!"
Saito: "Me too!"
Brook: "No bones about that."
Usopp: "See you all next chapter!"