Beyond Grim And Evil Installment 1: So It Begins
(A/N: There will be multiple chapters put up today. I'm not sure how many. Please, feel free to give me opinions and feedback. Thank you to my one reviewer for your reviews. Some darker chapters will be coming up, but as I stated in the author's note near the beginning, this story won't be one of the darker ones. I'm trying to keep it in Billy and Mandy style as much as possible and adding darker parts where darkness is appropriate.)
Duel On Styx (Twilight)
Time to take Billy and Nergal down to the river.
Boogey stared at the two stowaways, mouth dropped so wide he wondered that he hadn't defied the laws of physics. He couldn't believe this! He was back again! Twice within a day! How, why, what did he do to deserve this? Billy!
Boogey had left Creeper's house to deal with his other minions. He'd seen them lazing around, and he'd been furious. Boogey had faded into the ground, then come up on the ship right in the midst of them with an unearthly roar, making himself as frighteningly hideous as possible! They had screamed in terror and scattered, cowering and shivering against the railings. He'd gone back to normal then said, "I'm back." They had gaped in awe.
Billy and Nergal's mouths had dropped at the Boogeyman's entrance. Nergal had felt a shiver go up his spine. He knew this creature all too well. The boogeyman! Billy had said, "Um, Uncle Nergal, I don't know why, but I think I had an accident. The boogeyman isn't scary at all though." Nergal looked over at his nephew, who had indeed had an accident. Nergal could have burst into hysterical laughter right then and there. He'd heard of the incident with horror, yes, but apparently something had turned him back to normal after all, just as he'd suspected from the report. He knew he should have investigated! No reason to get that package now, he supposed. He still fought against the urge to laugh. The boogeyman not scary? Heck, even when Boogey was a coward, it just seemed hilarious to claim that the boogeyman had never been scary. How naïve was the boy? Then again, Billy hadn't lived thousands of years. Nergal snapped his fingers, cleaning his nephew without having to touch him.
Within seconds Boogey had whipped the crew into shape. Moments later they were already heading down the river. Boogey had sighed in contentment, then walked up towards the helm whistling. "You're sure the boogeyman likes you?" Nergal had asked his nephew. Even before Billy answered, Nergal had known what the verdict would be. As it turned out, Billy hadn't had time to answer.
Boogey had gasped in horror, instantly spotting them, and cried, "Oh sweet mother of horror! Creeper, help!"
Now here Boogey found himself, staring at Nergal and Billy in disbelief, denying truth. All at once Creeper appeared, saying, "I'm here sir, what's wrong?"
"That!" Boogey veritably screamed, facing Creeper to Billy and Nergal.
Creeper's mouth dropped on seeing the duo. Nergal and Billy exchanged glances, then grinned innocently. "Oh, hello there Boogey. Long-time no see. How's life been since high school? Um, I was wondering, could you perhaps do me a favor and take me to Anubis' domain. I have a package I need to pick up there," Nergal said, trying to defuse the situation.
"Nergal," Boogey greeted, then promptly insulted, "Me? Help the lonely loser? Not on your life!" Turning on Billy and pointing at the boy, Boogey exclaimed, "You! Why won't you ever leave!"
"I wanted to help Uncle Nergal get a ride to pick up his package, and since I thought this boat was the coolest one down here, I brought him," Billy said innocently.
"Nergal! Wait, uncle?" Creeper exclaimed, looking at the immortal in horror.
"We know who they are! We want them gone!" Boogey yelled. He ran to the deck and called to his crew, "Release the kraken!" They were confused, but their bosses tone warned them not to try with questions. Instantly they scrambled to obey. Billy and Nergal gasped. Racing back to them, Boogey said, "Oh you're going to regret this. Allow me to take this opportunity to scare you to pieces!"
"The Creeper's coming to get you," Creeper stated, grinning maliciously.
"We'll have so much friendly fun," Nergal said.
"Breakin' stuff makes me feel so alive!" Billy exclaimed. Then came the fight.
Creeper dashed at Billy and attacked, instantly sending him flying. Billy cried out in pain. Nergal dashed at Boogey and attacked furiously. Boogey, though, kept up, livid. Soon enough he'd tossed Nergal against the steering wheel hard. He ran for Billy. Creeper turned attention to Nergal as Boogey set his sights on Billy. Creeper instantly attacked. Nergal fought desperately back. All at once he managed to dart away, feeling himself losing his timing. He turned, ready to face Creeper. He laughed as Creeper ran at him, but all at once a tentacle smashed down on Nergal!
Lifting off, Nergal groaned in pain, wavering dizzily. "What, your son's not creepy enough?" Creeper taunted.
"Hey, it's the kraken! Hi kraken!" Billy called. Boogey grabbed Billy, lifting him off the ground and preparing to throw him overboard. "The kraken's my friend," he declared, clueless to the peril he was in.
"We'll see about that," Boogey replied, tossing him overboard.
Nergal gasped and lunged for the edge as Billy fell. "Billy!" he exclaimed. Boogey got in the way, though, before Nergal could send down a tentacle to save Billy. Nergal cried out in pain as Boogey attacked.
Just then Billy appeared, laughing. The kraken placed him down safely on deck. Boogey, Creeper, and Nergal gasped in shock. "Told ya!" Billy boasted. He then ran at Boogey, attacking him.
Creeper focused on Nergal, rushing the enemy. Nergal cried out in pain. Quickly, though, Nergal turned the tables, leaping into the air and coming down hard on Creeper. Creeper flew into the railing and cried out in pain. This wasn't the welcome he'd hoped to receive after leaving Eleanor behind and coming back to the ship. "That's it?" Nergal questioned Creeper, unimpressed. Quickly he turned attention to Boogey and leapt to help his nephew. Boogey cried out in pain as Nergal attacked him hard. As he lashed out, Nergal taunted, "You're not so scary when you're losing, are you?"
"Oh yeah Uncle Nergal!" Billy exclaimed, high fiving Nergal.
That didn't last long. All at once Creeper attacked Billy, driving him into the helm. Billy cried out in pain. "Scaredy-o, scaredy-o, you're scared and very so," Creeper sang.
Nergal pounced Creeper viciously. Boogey, though, had come back, and the two ganged up on Nergal. "No stowaways you high school reject!" Boogey exclaimed. Boogey leapt into the air determinedly, attacking. Nergal fell back in alarm, trying to get away from the team up. "You're uglier than your son, and that's saying something," Boogey cruelly bit.
"You think we'll win this Boogey?" Creeper worriedly asked.
Boogey answered, "You doubt it?"
Just then, however, Nergal and Billy recovered, scowling at them. The four faced off and ran at each other, but just then they heard a roar and froze. Slowly they looked ahead and gaped. "Oh poo," Creeper muttered.
"Brace for impact!" Boogey screamed to the crew.
"That's a big waterfall," Nergal squeaked. He glanced at Billy, who looked excited, then grabbed his nephew with a tentacle, plunging the other three into the ship, insuring he and his relative wouldn't fall. The ship hit a rock. It shuddered violently then split apart, falling down the drop. Everyone on board cried out in horror.
Next thing Creeper, Boogey, Nergal, and Billy knew, they rose from the ground and looked around. They were on the back of the ship. Like, the back. And they were the only ones there. "Great, there goes another pay check," Boogey complained, watching the rest of the crew dangling from the cliff, having saved themselves.
The four looked at each other, then scowled and attacked. Viciously they fought as they fell. All at once, however, Boogey kicked Nergal violently off the edge! Nergal cried out in terror as he disappeared. For the first time, Billy looked concerned. He gasped and cried, "Uncle Nergal!"
Boogey laughed cruelly. Suddenly he was hit from behind by a tentacle and slid almost over the edge! Luckily he grabbed on and was able to hold tightly, gaping at the attacker. "What the… how!" Boogey demanded on seeing Nergal.
"Don't test me you jerk! Incidentally, does this waterfall have a bottom?" Nergal asked.
"Eventually," Boogey replied, grunting as he scrambled back up.
"Hey, we're heading for Pinface's place," Creeper declared, grinning on recognizing the plain they were falling into.
"Oh no," Boogey groaned.
"What's the matter, the bully become the bullied?" Nergal taunted.
"Shut up! For your information he had a tendency to ride on my coattails all through school, and yes, he did get lippy!" Boogey shot, attacking. Nergal flew back with a cry of pain.
Billy ran at Boogey, leaping onto him. Boogey fell, but managed to roll away. Billy tried to attack him with a heavy jump attack, but Boogey quickly countered with a heavy one, sending Billy over the edge! "Billy!" Nergal cried, instantly sending down a tentacle and seizing the boy who was crying out in terror. He brought him back up, but together Boogey and Creeper attacked. The uncle nephew duo went flying. This time, though, they didn't get up fast enough.
"All together now," Creeper said. Boogey grinned. The two ran at the pair and delivered the final blows. Billy and Nergal cried out in pain, collapsing. This time they were passed the point of no return, unconscious and completely at the mercy of Boogey and Creeper!
"You can't stop me! I'm like a ninja," Boogey boasted.
"Ever feel like you're being stalked? Look behind you, that's me," Creeper stated.
"If I recall I was the one who taught you that. You just perfected it," Boogey stated, unimpressed. Creeper grinned nervously. Just then the ship hit the bottom of the falls.
Creeper and Boogey blinked, once they recovered from the impact, then looked to their fallen victims as the remains lazily floated down the river. "There's Pinface's house!" Creeper exclaimed, pointing.
Sighing, Boogey said, "Fine, let's stop in for a visit. Besides, maybe they can help us get rid of the lonely loser and the snot nosed brat. But if he insults me I'm taking him out."
"Yeah, right," Creeper said, laughing. Boogey twitched. Creeper leapt off the wreckage and went to the house as Boogey secured the wreckage and waited.