Everyone - Shadows
As the two men searched high and low amongst the bizarre and scary world they came across a clear opening with nothing but a large tree in the middle. However like the rest of the world it was twisted and bare the limbs stretched out towards the night sky like claw like hands. All except for the make shift housing and bridges attached to it gave the tree and feel of life. "If I were leader of the unbirth, that's definitely a hideout I would pick." Faylin said with a smirked as they marveled at the colossal structure from the bridge that connected the mainland to the ominous tree house . "Yeah no kiddin…hey whats up there?" Salem pointed with his werewolf hand to the top of the tree were they could see the kids from earlier going inside. "How did they get here?" Salem continued once he realized who it was. "I haven't the slightest clue, but something seems fishy about it. Come on lets go." He said and started down the bridge. However he saw a flash of yellow zoom past him as Salem with his new werewolf speed sprinted up the tree with alarming speeds and in seconds ended up on the roof of the entire structure. The blonde spread a goofy grin on his face and his fangs showed playfully. Faylin could see Salem mouth the words "To slow old man" from where he stood which in turn made him sighed and shake his head with a smile. "Kids these days, they get a boost of power and it's like they rule the world." He said as he flashed beside the blonde. Salem jumped at the man's sudden appearance but Faylin swiftly placed a hand on the boy's mouth before he made any startled sound. He then put one finger over his lips to signal Salem to be quiet, and the two eased to an opening in the cracked roof.
They looked inside to see the three kids dancing around scattered pieces of clutter. "This is sure to bring Boogie Oogie back!" The devil said as he pulled out tiny doors from the tub. Each door was in a certain shape. One was shaped as a heart, turkey, Christmas tree. It was then that Faylin noticed it was a door for each holiday and there were a total of 7 in the children's possession. "Lock hand it here and ill start the experiment!" the witch said as she spoke to the devil boy. "Barrel, where is that lab report we stole from that stupid doctor?" she continued. "Right here Shock! I kept it right inside my bag of beetles that way I knew I wouldn't lose it." The skeleton boy said as he opened his small sack and a horde of beetles climbed out and trailed down the small boys body to escape in crevices and holes in the floors and walls of the room. It didn't bother the children at all however and Shock pulled the piece of paper from Barrels sack with ease. "Oh goody this is the best scheme we've had yet!" Shock cheered as she collected the boy's supplies. She looked over the doctor's reports and said "Based on what that old coot said here, the power from the magic doors will give us the power we need to make this work." "But just how ARE we going to make this work?" Barrel spoke up. "You dummy we've already told you like a hundred times, we use the darkness to help make it work!" Shock scolded. "Yeah but…how do we do that?" Lock asked, now equally puzzled. The witch thought deeply about this but then her ugly face soon brightened with the answer. "Well darkness is the scariest thing out there right? So all we have to do is think of the scariest things in the world and that will bring the darkness here!" she announced. Faylin didn't think that was actually how it worked but he watched attentively regardless. The children placed the seven doors around them in a circle, and a light shown in each one. "Just like that crumby paper said!" Shock cheered. "Now think hard you guys!" the three cringed their faces in hard concentration. Whether it was the help of the light that brought forth the darkness or Shock's plan of thinking about the darkness that made it come. But sure enough in the middle of the doors and the three children brought forth a dark circle before them. Then like magic the seven doors of holidays picked themselves off of the dusty wooden floor and levitated themselves into the dark hole. The darkness sizzled and deep within it sounded as if thunder crackled inside. "Hurry we need to put parts of Boogie in before it's too late!" Lock shouted and he threw a pair of red dice into the dark vortex. Shock threw in a sack and Barrel threw in even more bugs than he had before. The hole simmered slightly, and the three children sunk their heads in disappoint at what seemed to be a failed experiment. However a loud boom cracked through the darkness and the floor below them shook and cracked. It was then from the dark hole a black creature morphed out. His skin was totally black and his eyes and mouth shined neon green. "BOOGIE!" The children shouted in merriment. However, the being never responded to them or even acted like it was aware of anything at all. "Why isn't he talking?" Lock asked as he crossed his arms in irritation. "Why does he look like that?" Barrel asked as he circled the black being. Shock snatched the paper and scrolled down it quickly as she searched for the answer. "BARREL YOU DOOFUS! You grabbed a FAILED experiment! This Boogie isn't the real one it's just a dark shadow of him!" she screeched in anger and hit the skeleton boy with the paper. "I'm sorry I'm sorry, it was hard to be able to read which is which when you have that crazy blind doctor swatting away at your head cause you just broke his crumby glasses." Barrel whimpered as he took Shocks beating. "Well, maybe we can still use him?" Lock spoke up and eyed the Boogie shadow mischievously. Shock and Barrel immediately stopped what they were doing at the thought of the idea. "What did you say?" Shock said in surprise. "I don't know about you guys, but I can think of a few pranks and tricks we can pull with a shadow Boogie to do our bidding." "ohhh I like that idea." Barrel said with a toothy grin. Shock laughed manically like a true witch at the thought. "That sounds like good rotten fun! Let's go to Halloween town and break of few things with him! That's sure to cause a mess." She smirked a devious grin.
Underneath the weight of the two men and the addition of stress from Lock Shock and Barrel's evil birth of Shadow Boogie, the roof began to buckle and eventually. Both heartless and keyblade wielder broke through the weak ceiling and crashed right in front of the group they were once spying on. They both landed with a loud thud and the three trouble makers shrieked in surprise. "What on earth!" Shock cries as the smoke begins to clear. "Looks like intruders to me!" Barrel snickered from underneath his mask. Lock shot up taking a leader type role now "Yeah, we don't take trespassers to kindly around here. GET EM OOGIE!" The little devil commanded and the shadow responded promptly. The dark Boogie lashed out at the two and went straight for Faylin's head. Thankfully however Salem was quick to recover and blocked the shadow's attack with his keyblade. The being hissed in pain and backed off immediately before attempting to make another strike against the two. "You okay?" Salem struggled to say as he continued to block the shadow from hurting his friend who still lay on the floor groaning. As they plummeted to the ground Faylin head was rudely smacked by a piece of debris and he was now suffering from a terrible headache. "Ugh..yeah." Faylin responded as he stood up holding his head. His vision trying to get back into focus as opposed to the blur he was now seeing. Eventually however the shadows and shapes aligned into place and Faylin could see Salem fighting off the shadow Boogie. His keyblade sizzled on the Shadow's dark body, but the monster attacked regardless like a mindless zombie. Faylin pulled out his sword from its sheath and prepared to assist the blonde in his effort but was soon distracted. To the back of the room the three hoodlums were scampering inside their tub and began to throw three tiny bombs at the blonde. Salem tried to dodge as many as he could but by the time the third one was about to reach him the shadow went to swing at him once again. So the blonde had to take the blow from the bomb while protecting himself from the powerful swing of the dark beast. He winced in pain but pulled through regardless; the three trouble makers were already at it again and were preparing to fire three more bombs at Salem. He can't dodge all of that on his own Faylin thought to himself and instinctively as the three bombs went flying towards the blonde yet again. He used his sword to bounce them back in the tub with the three ghouls. "Do you smell something burning?" Barrel asked as he looked around unaware of the danger that was put back in the porcelain tub along with them. Shock pin pointed the source of the burning smell instantly and shrieked in terror. Before any of them could evacuate the tiny bombs exploded in the tub with them. The three groaned in pain but it wasn't anything to severe. Just enough to prevent any mischief coming from the bunch. "There's a dose of your own medicine." Faylin smirked at the defeated trio but then resumed his attention back to Salem. Aside with the slight limp in his left leg from the bomb he was holding his own against the shadow to his surprise. He fought more like a man and less like a boy. "Salem! Move!" Faylin commanded and on instinct the blonde responded. The shadow hissed at the two once again but this time went for Faylin. Just further proving that this Boogie shadow had no reasoning whatsoever because Faylin lifted his sword and using his darkness to boost his strength sliced right through the shadow. It shrieked and cried in pain, but the darkness that made it slowly melted away and out popped one of the doors from before. The heart one to be precise, Salem went to pick it up but 6 globs of darkness spewed out and left the building like a mouse about to be discovered. "What the hell was that?" Salem asked as he eyed the room wearily, fearful that another shadow might pop out at any second. Faylin lifted the heart door and a spark flew out of it, almost to reassure the man that the door was still alive with its magic. "I'm not sure, but I have a feeling they know…" he said as he eyed the now conscious trio. They stared back in fear and shook in fear at his heartless glare. "Please don't hurt us!" Barrel cried "We'll be good we promise!" Shock whimpered as well. "You better, because if you so much as THINK of causing any more problems you're going to regret it." He said coldly to further frighten the three, which worked because they began to tell them everything and anything about the magic doors and the shadows like water flowing from a faucet.
"What on earth is that?" Blare shouted as they looked out to see 6 black and purple globs erupt from atop a tree fortress and scoot swiftly down and around the three. The girls both looked at Jack hoping perhaps this was normal for the area but he seemed just as troubled as they were. "I haven't the slightest clue but it doesn't look very promising." He said as his bony face carried deep concern. Akira looked back at the creepy tree house and atop of the construction something caught her eye. "Is that the boys?" almost as if he had heard her voice from so far away, the pirate flashed in front of her and gave her a hug. "You're okay!" he said with a goofy grin. "To answer your question? Yes, yes it is." Blare laughed at the boys reaction and Akira's face blushed slightly by the man's embrace. "Yeah I'm fine." She said trying to get the attention off of her "But what about you and Salem? What were those things that shot out of the room you were in?" she asked curiously. "Gee thanks for waiting man." Salem said panting. While Faylin used his darkness to teleport down to the girls Salem had to run the whole way. Faylin ignored the blonde however and answered Akira instead. "Lock Shock and Barrel used some type of spell to make 7 shadows Boogie man's out of these magic holiday doors they found. There is no telling what they could do to the town, me and Salem managed to take out one and get a door." He said as he revealed the Valentine's Day door to the group. "But there are still 6 out their roaming free!" he said. "Did you say Lock Shock and Barrel did this? Those three are always causing mischief. This time I will personally make sure that trio is properly punished." Jack said with rage in his voice. Faylin and Salem looked over at the walking skeleton and eyed him with confusion. "Oh this is Jack Skellington. Jack this is Salem and Faylin. Our friends." Blare introduced. Jack's temper soon simmered down and he grinned happily at the two. "What fine young lads, it's a pleasure to meet you and thank you for your contribution in defeating this abomination." He said respectfully and shook both their hands. The two were obviously a bit weirded out but thus far everyone was starting to get used to the strange things this world had to offer. Faylin looked around carefully throughout the group obviously looking for something. "Where is Gail?" he asked, his body growing tense for fear of bad news. "Bad ol Jack here kinda scared the pure shit out of her so she is at the doctors resting. No biggie." Blare said with a smile. Her manner and posture showing that she hadn't the slightest worry in the situation. Akira however stood a bit uncomfortable at the mention of what happened. And refused to look at Faylin. "Terribly sorry about that. It was all in good fun I promise you." Jack said innocently, but Faylin ignored him "You guys left her alone?" His tone a bit more harsh now. There it was, what Akira was worried about, Faylin was upset with them. Thankfully Blare covered for her loss of words and said "It's cool its cool, she is safe dude. The doctor is watching after her so don't worry." She said with a smile. Faylin didn't seem convinced but dropped the conversation regardless. "Come now you guys! We have some Boogie's to exterminate!" Jack announced and began to lead the way with his long legs. The group soon followed but Akira stayed still and grabbed Faylin's arm to keep him at bay with her. "I'm sorry Faylin." She looked up with sadness in her eyes. Leaving Gail behind although she had not said anything had been bothering her the whole time, along with the thought of letting her older brother down. His heart would have broken if he had one, she looked so pitiful. "Don't be, I'm not mad at you or anyone else. It's fine." He said to try to comfort her. It was true, he wasn't mad at anyone. Just a worried older brother who was concerned for a non-present little sister. She smiled gently and the two soon followed the rest of the group.