Author's Note: Chapters 1-10 have been revised and updated. This necessitated me deleting several chapters (since the beginning of this ordeal I've recently only had to delete one chapter at a time). You may have to go back a bit to return to where you left off. Sorry for the inconvenience. It might be easiest to make note of the title of the chapter you're on in the future.
Ralph's group carefully moseyed towards the cabin, watching the ground for pit traps. They could hear a shotgun being fired repeatedly inside the cabin as they approached it.
"That normal?" Ralph asked with more than a hint of concern. Not so sure I should let the girls anywhere near that..
"He's shooting at a book in the basement," the first zombie said casually and shook his head, "Nothing to worry about."
"So what's your name?" Ralph asked curiously. I'm sure it's probably not Zombie.. But really.. Nothing to worry about?
"Well, I made it up myself, but you can call me Harold," he answered.
Ralph nodded and then cautiously knocked on the door of the cabin. Well, here goes..
"Scotty?" Ash asked from inside the cabin, "That you?"
"It's Harold," he said, "We have visitors.." Put your pants on..
"Visitors?!" Ash asked surprisedly, "Groovy." There were crashing sounds and rustling of clothes. "One moment.." They couldn't help but laugh quietly. He opened the door with a smile on his face. "Come on in." He had short, messy dark brown hair that stopped just above his eyes. He wore a dirty long sleeved blue denim shirt with one of the sleeves ripped off at the shoulder and dusty brown pants. His shotgun was now holstered on his back.
"Nice place you have here," Ralph said looking around the run-down cabin's interior. The room was lit by a few lamps sitting on end tables. There was a deer head mounted on one of the crumbling walls. There was a trail of blood on the floor leading to a basement trapdoor which was chained up. The wood floor itself, much like everything else in the room, was old and decrepit.
"Yes," Ash said with a smile, "I've been redecorating recently."
"This place is awesome!" Vanellope said excitedly, glitching out of Ralph's arm, "Hey is this real blood? What's in the basement? Why's it chained up? Woah, a deer head!" This place is super creepy. Taffyta would have passed out, haha.
"Woah there, kid," Ash said with a laugh, "One question at a time.."
"Hmm.." Vanellope said, "Biggest question is 'What's in the basement?', yeah.."
"Ever hear of something called the Necronomicon?" Ash asked in a creepy tone with a smile, "It's the book of the dead.. Legend says that it was written by the Dark Ones themselves.. Bound in human flesh, inked in blood.. It contains prophecies, funerary incantations, and demon resurrection passages.."
"Cool," Vanellope said with a smile, "So have you read it?" Well that's where the undead apocalypse stems from, I would suspect..
"Hmm. So that's where Sarge ran off to so suddenly when the arcade first closed.." Garret said, "We were wondering about that." Guess she figured she didn't need our help.. Guess it doesn't really hurt anything if he got the 'Jet treatment'.
"So you're taking care of Charley then?" Minty asked. So you're like a dad now or something? Or maybe a big brother..
"Yeah, pretty much," Jet said with a smile. I may as well give him some semblance of a normal life.
"It's nice to meet you, Miss," Charley said with a smile. I could get used to being surrounded by all these pretty ladies.
Minty laughed and said, "Oh you can call me Minty." Must resist urge to hug. Now's not a good time..
"So you plan to run an ice cream shop," Leon said, "Have you put any thought into what kind of flavors you'll offer? I've always been partial to Rocky Road.." May as well have a normal conversation. No need to dredge up the past, even if it was just a couple of hours ago.
"Well it wouldn't be an ice cream shop without Rocky Road, would it?" Charley beamed.
"I'll have to come by when it's open then," Leon said with a smile.
"You'll have cherry flavor too, won't you, Charley?" Jubileena asked sweetly, "Oh, my name is Jubileena." Well the problem is resolved apparently. Not so sure how Jet can feel safe being with the person who tried to kill him just a couple of hours ago.. Though I guess if King Candy fixed him then there's nothing to worry about, just like it was in Jet's case..
"You betcha," Charley said with a smile. I'll have to keep that one in mind.
"And mint chocolate chip," Minty beamed. The best flavor on the planet.
"Of course," Charley said happily.
"How about vanilla with peanut butter and chocolate chunks?" Garret asked, "What? It's a good flavor!" He smiled confidently. If only they had it, they would know.
"That's quite specific, Mister," Charley said with a smile, "Sounds good though!"
"You can call me Garret," he said with a smile.
"What about you, Crumbelina?" Charley asked. Probably cookies n' cream.
"Cookies n' cream," Crumbelina said with a laugh, "I'm sure at least some of you guessed that already."
"Yep.." Jet said with a smile, "I'm boring and like chocolate.. You two have been quiet for a while, how about you?"
Rancis cleared his throat softly and said, "I actually prefer chocolate too."
"Strawberry, of course," Taffyta said with a smile. I was dedicated to disliking the kid but it's kind of hard now..
It was finally Luke's turn to be separated back into two characters. As the 'inner Luke', was released tension filled the air as they stared each other down.
"Now take it easy, kids," Han said smugly. Are they seriously about to fight?
"Wouldn't be the first time a fight broke out here, man.." Bobby said casually. I expected it to happen once they separated..
"Don't beat yourself up over it," Obi-Wan said jokingly as he sipped his drink.
"How are we going to settle this?" Luke asked, "By the way, I call dibs on the name Luke."
"Urgh.. I should have thought of that," 'not Luke' said.
"I believe there is room for compromise here," Anakin said with a mischievous smile.
"I agree," Ani said with a mischievous smile.
"Interesting proposition," Ben said, "But how do you suggest we go about it?" This is getting confusing..
"That's a good question," Obi-Wan said, "How about both of their names change?"
"What? No way!" both Lukes said.
"How about we just extend the name for one of you?" Han Solo asked, "One of you could be Luuke." I'll just go by my first and last name.. Rolls off the tongue.
"Well that's not as bad.." Luuke said with a sigh.
"Good, because I already called dibs," Luke said with a smile. There's still the matter of Emi to resolve.. He can forget about having her.
Author's Note: Ash is of course directly based off of the character from Evil Dead. Just as the description of the game is. Except for the addition of glowsticks, mind you. I just wanted the kids to have some light in the dark forest so they didn't get lost ;).
The Star Wars characters can be a bit confusing, lol.. Here's something you may not know. There was actually a clone of Luke named Luuke. Just not in the movies.
Scotty is the second zombie. The one escorting little Taffyta, Rancis, and Crumbelina.