12- Energy Boost (Percy)

"Farewell, repair shop! I shall miss you!" Percy shouted, even though there was only two appliances in the room (himself and Cooke)

The workmen carried him off the shelf and put him on the table. Rodrigo took the screwdriver and removed Percy's fork arms.

"Who'd put forks on a percolator?" Rodrigo asked himself before picking up the soldering iron. "Oh, yeah. St. Peters."

It didn't take much to cover the holes in Percy's sides.

Then came the testing phase. Rodrigo brought out a box of tea bags and filled Percy with water. In a few minutes, he heated up the water.

Rodrigo tilted Percy towards a cup and put the tea bags in. The perfect cup of tea.

After drying out Percy's insides, Rodrigo asked his employees to take the appliance to the shelf.

Percy sat on the shelf. A bleary-eyed college student trudged over. He noticed the sign above the shelf. "Might Be Going Out of Business. All Sales Final."

He picked up Percy and took him to the counter. Once paid for, Percy found himself stuffed in a backpack.

Along his journey, Percy struggled to not get crushed by textbooks.

The backpack was lifted up and carried out of the car. He found himself in a dorm room.

The tall lamp took one look at him. "So, you're the one that's going to keep Max up all night."

"Madam," Percy began. "I have just arrived."

The lamp snorted. "Anyway... Max tends to study long into the night. His last coffee maker couldn't handle the pressure." She pointed her plug at where the last coffee pot stood. "I'll miss him." She turned to Percy. "You are?"

"Percy," Percy replied.

Rob and Chris arrived at Rodrigo's shop. "Dad, we want to help you."

"Chris, I don't think I can find an exorcist for miles," Rodrigo sighed. The phone rang. Rodrigo picked it up. "Hello, Rodrigo's Repairs, how can I... Oh, Mr. St. Peters." A pause. "Your ghost is possessing an old lamp? It moves by itself? And speaks?"

Rodrigo heard Elmo press a play button and a brief recording could be heard.

"Don't worry, this will all be over soon." A creepy voice said. Sinister laughing.

Rodrigo wrinkled his brow. "Are you sure you didn't record this from an old movie?" After a few more words, Rodrigo hung up the phone.

"Chris, I need your help," Rodrigo finally admitted. "Can you help get rid of a ghost?"

"I'll do my best." The two left the shop.

Once Rob and Chris were in the car, Rob got an idea.

"There's a girl in my Psychology class that might help."

Chris thought. "The Goth girl? Isn't it a little stereotypical?"

Rob shrugged. "I'll talk to Hope tomorrow and maybe she'll help us."

Lampy, Radio and Toaster ran into Fantine at the next appliance meeting.

"I'm sorry to reopen old wounds, but we need your help."

"With what?" Fantine asked.

Cassius hopped over.

"The humans were talking about conducting an exorcism." Toaster explained.

"What's an exorcism?" Lampy asked.

"I Command you to leave this place in the name of the..." Radio announced, gesturing wildly with his antenna.

"They think the shop you left is haunted. Something about a possessed lamp."

Cassius and Fantine exchanged glances. "Igor." They uttered in unison.

After a brief huddle, the two finally answered. "We'll return to the shop, but we need to find out how to get there."