Marco was amazed by Jackie's reaction to this world but after stepping out of the portal he could somewhat understand it.
They were on top of an enormous plateau, they were surrounded by a big patch of ruins consisting of houses that had already fallen down and a bit further was a very beat down looking mansion but that one was still standing, the structure was surrounded by a graveyard filled with dead greenery, and to top it all off the sky was black as a thunderstorm raged around the group.
"Really, Officer Thomas? THIS!? Ahahahaha." Brittney could not hold her mocking laughter at seeing what had the woman that caused her so much grief trembling like a little scared kid.
"I agree, you stood up to that centipede in a heartbeat, how can this make you shake like a leaf?" Higgs asked outraged.
*Muffled screaming* Jackie screamed to Marco's chest while still clinging tightly to him.
"I think she told you to shut up." Marco said protectively holding the terrified woman.
"This actually surprises me, haven't you've been friends with Janna since kindergarten? You should have had contact with this kind of stuff since early childhood." Chantelle said pondering the reason for Jackie's fear, but the officer jumped out of Marco's embrace to look at the hippy woman with red, unfocused eyes.
"Why do you think I'm afraid of this stuff in the first place?" She screamed out while pointing at the bored witch behind her.
"I don't know what you are afraid of right now, this has nothing on our little venture back in second grade." Janna gave a light chuckle but a shiver visibly crawled down Jackie's spine just at the thought of the event her oldest friend conjured in her mind, making her to hurriedly cling to Marco's chest once again.
"Why am I not surprised?" Marco gave Janna a look of pure disappointment but the witch just gave him an innocent smile and a shrug.
"Didn't you two said you used to break into abandoned buildings to smoke weed? What's the difference between those buildings and...well this?" Sabrina said with a mystified look while examining her surroundings.
"Are you kidding me?! You aren't afraid of this, doc? You are afraid of literally everything else!" Was Jackie's distraught scream.
"Believe me, Sab, it was a great big headache to find a 'not-haunted-looking' abandoned building, but if I remember that 50 feet long list correctly just the graveyard makes it a good ol' nope." Janna said massaging the sides of her head.
"OHHH! NO! You don't! You didn't laugh at all those times I almost pissed myself because of you to act annoyed now!" *CRACK* "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jackie tried to reprimand Janna but a sudden noise made her cling harder to Marco she was now trembling and sobbing.
"I don't like it here, I hate it here" Jackie managed to squeak out between sobs with a shaky voice, Marco held her protectively once again and turned to the rest of the group with pleading eyes.
"I guess that taking refuge in the mansion is not an option, huh?" Hekapoo said arms crossed and expression compassionate towards the sobbing blonde.
"How about taking refuge on Kelly's ha-" Sabrina began to say her idea but before finishing Jackie had already jumped off of Marco and made a beeline straight to Kelly's hair quickly disappearing into it.
"Horrible idea to let Jackie into Kelly's hair." Janna said matter of fact, making Mime approach her with a confused look.
"She is already freaking out, and now she is alone, meaning if anything so much as goes Thud she wil-" Janna was cut off by a loud screech coming from Kelly's hair, the hair in question violently wiggled around before Jackie busted out of there riding Nachos but the dragon made a sudden stop, launching the officer off of her back.
"WHAT THE HE-?!" Jackie said livid but as she was getting up the blonde saw the dragon cowering.
"Oh no, nonononono, sorry, I'm so sorry, girl." Jackie said in a panic as she approached Nachos to try and comfort her, Marco and Kelly followed suit.
"Yeah, I know it's kind of obvious by now but Nachos...not the biggest fan of lightning." Marco sounded hesitant.
"I'm so sorry, I almost put you in harm's way just because I'm too chicken to face my fears" Jackie took a deep breath and stood up with a resolute look on her face.
"Ok guys, climbing down is a no go with this storm and we need shelter, that mansion is our safest bet, so let's go." Jackie said her voice firm and eyes focused, Mime gave her an enthusiastic round of applause and the rest gave a nod of approval...except.
"That would have been way more convincing without the shaky knees." Brittney said with a hearty laugh.
"Baby steps, you cunty chink!" Jackie screamed at the heiress's face.
"Uhh, racial slurs, someone doesn't know what else to say." Brittney said with a cocky smile.
The group approached the mansion at a slow pace since Jackie had to cower and hide after every little sound but she also had to be the one at the lead. Mime and Marco were right behind her giving the blonde support the former with pats on the back and the latter with encouraging words, the rest were playing a constant game of stop and go with differing levels of patience but Brittney was the only one downright annoyed.
"And after a hundred years we finally arrive at our destination!" Brittney said kicking down the front door to everyone's annoyance.
The place was dusty, musty and filled with cobwebs but then again just like the building itself, the insides were still standing and looked very usable after some elbow grease that is.
"Isn't it great? I just saved us a few hours by not letting the little yellow officer muster the courage to open the door" Brittney haughtily said as she plopped down on a chair causing a dust cloud to fly all over her.
"ARE YOU CALLING ME YELLOW?!" The anger seemed to evaporate all of Jackie's fear in one fell swoop.
"Are we going back to the racial slurs, officer? I'm gonna love reporting that when we get back home" Brittney's face sported a smug smile.
"How about I ju-" *CRACK* "EEEEEEEEEEEEPPPP!" Jackie shot up and jumped into Brittney's arms and there they stood with the heiress carrying the scared officer bridal style.
"We are never talking about this again." Said the annoyed Asian.
"You are the one that caught me." Said the embarrassed officer, both girls were glaring at each other now, making the rest of the group to keep quiet.
"Alright let's calm down, ok?" Marco tried to defuse the situation and approached the two slowly, Mime accompanied him with a disarming smile and showing her palms. All of them were so focused on the situation at hand that they didn't notice the slight cracking sounds beneath them.
"How about fuck all of you?" Brittney still with her cocky smile and retrieved her arms from below Jackie.
"Oh, you bitch!" Jackie said as she approached the floor at a rapid rate but to everyone's surprise, her decent didn't stop at the floor as the old rotten wood planks gave away to a deep and wide hole that was able to swallow Brittney, Marco, and Mime as well.
All of them fell through a dark tunnel finally falling into a minecart that was sitting on top of a steep slope.
"Wow...thank goodness that the cart had the breaks on." Marco said with an immeasurable relief. And with that, the cart creaked and began to go down the slope.
"YOU HAD TO OPEN YOUR MOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Brittney and Jackie screamed as they went further and further into the dark mine.
"HOLY SHIT! WE HAVE TO GO AFTER THEM!" Kelly, Sabrina, and Janna all said in unison.
"Deary me! I knew that the old floor was about to cave in" a new voice came from behind the group that was still in the mansion.
*IN THE MINE*
"AAAAAAAHHHH!" The four people (Three screamed and one pantomimed actually) on the car cried as they all clung tightly to each other until the cart came to a sudden stop, the group panted a bit and examined the darkness for a bit, not knowing what to do.
"...I have a flashlight" Marco said regaining his breath through his sore throat.
"Gimme that!" Brittney wheezed out as she patted around until she found the flashlight that the Latino had.
With the tool finally on her hand, Brittney flashed it around finding that behind them was a brittle old rail over an extremely dark drop which the Asian tested by kicking a rock off the edge and after a few seconds, there was no sound.
"Ok assholes, there is one way to go and is going deeper into this tunnel… Why are you not following?" Brittney asked exasperatedly.
"Just give her a few minutes, ok?" Marco said with great concern while holding Jackie who was now shivering, and openly sobbing, Mime for her part was patting the officer in the back while glaring at the heiress.
"Denied, Barfo, we need to get moving." Brittney said while impatiently pointing at their only route available.
"OK, ok, ok...Just let me do something" Marco took a torn sleeve from his hoodie pocket and blindfolded the shivering blonde.
"You kept those?" Jackie asked finally regaining some composure.
"Hehe, well, I'm holding on to the hope of fixing it up, but anyways this should help, ignore everything else, I'm here to protect you...No matter what, ok?" Marco said, his supportive hands never leaving Jackie's shoulders, the officer reached her shaky hand and grabbed the knight's.
"...O-ok, it's ok" Jackie despite her breaky voice, relaxed and felt herself being lifted up by Marco.
"Done cuddling the dead weight?" Brittney said dismissively and started walking forward without even bothering to wait for the rest to stand up.
"Would you quit it?" Marco said clenching his jaw but felt Jackie hugging him tighter.
"You are protecting me… she is no menace, just a big, fat, ugly bitch" Jackie whispered as she clung tighter.
"Understood" Marco's eyes became focused and began to wordlessly follow Brittney.
"Only one of those insults is true." Brittney retorted and they swore they could hear her eyes rolling in her voice.
Mime stood forward and wildly gestured towards the flashlight and herself.
"Forget it frenchie! Since apparently I'm the only one that wants to get out of here, I'm manning the lights" Brittney said putting the tool as far from Mime's reach as she could, the performer kept her gaze on the heiress eyes with a frown and an arched brow.
Mime's frown quickly gave way to an innocent smile and a shrug, then the performer right in front of the Asian woman regurgitated a second flashlight without even making the smallest effort to hide it from Brittney.
"Oh god *Hurk* What the fuck is wrong with you?" Brittney said turning green. Mime for her part put her arm around the other girl's shoulder and wiggled her eyebrows before going to the back alongside Marco and Jackie to reassuringly pat the back of the latter.
"Ehehehe, Merci beaucoup." Jackie said now actually calm and relaxed.
The group kept walking aimlessly for a while and Jackie finally raised her voice.
"Hey, Wong, what are we actually doing?" Jackie asked.
"Getting out! What do you think we are doing!?" This question drove Brittney up the wall.
"If we get out and we are on the side of the plateau we are going to have to climb or go back in to find a path upwards, the same if we end up at the foot of it, have we been going down or up? Or heck, we might be able to climb it if the thunderstorm has stopped" Jackie said.
"It won't stop...it said so in the diary, this thunderstorm had been going for centuries before the diary was written and when we reached this place it was still going...god damn it, why didn't I think of that?" Brittney was annoyed with herself for a change.
"Think of what?" Marco finally paid attention to something besides 'keeping Jackie safe'.
"I haven't given a thought to where we were going...god damn it, I think we might have been going down." Brittney face palmed and turned on her heel to go back.
"Wait...let's not go back." Jackie said nervous once again.
"What!? Why!? This was your fucking idea!" Brittney screamed.
"It's just...that I got a chill...I think we were on the right track" Jackie said trembling.
"BITCH! You are blindfolded, what do you even know!?" Brittney said turning a corner, to then go back running back to the path they were using.
"BATS THE SIZE OF ROTTWEILERS!" Screamed Brittney before throwing herself to the ground covering her head protectively. Marco and Mime ducked as well to give as much space to the gigantic, flying rodents as they could.
"Is it over?" Brittney asked her voice shaky and her eyes leaking lightly.
"Yes, I think it's ove- JACKIE!? JACKIE!" Marco tried to reassure the heiress but soon noticed that the police officer was missing but the panic was short lived.
"Hehehehehe, you are so soft and fluffy" Jackie was laying on the floor with a bat on top of her but the woman was gently scratching and patting it. Everyone stared slack jawed at the sight of the woman that not five seconds was on the edge of having a breakdown now petting a beast with just the purest of joys.
"Let's see...awwwwww!" Jackie removed the blind fold and saw a pair of big, bulging, beady eyes along with a long snout and very expressive ears.
"Aren't you a handsome fella?" Jackie giggled and continued her pampering of the humungus animal.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" Brittney screamed so loud that it scared the bat off.
"Hey, I was about to name it Dracula" Jackie said with disappointment.
"PUT ON THE STUPID BLINDFOLD AGAIN AND GET A MOVE ON!" Brittney screamed directly at Jackie's confused face.
"Ok, ok...What crawled up your ass?" Jackie compiled but she was not very pleased to do so. Mime and Marco stood up and the latter once again gave the officer a piggyback ride.
"Giddy up… So about that chill, are you alright now?" Marco said to Jackie.
"Yeah… I think we are on the right path now" Jackie said nervously.
"You are blindfolded for god sakes! What do you kno-Ahhh" Brittney said but tripped with something.
"HOLY SHIT!" Brittney saw what looked like a line of marching piles of flesh.
"Huh?! They look like naked mole rats but they don't have the long teeth, that's curious" Marco looked intently at the spectacle and Mime got on all fours to see them closely.
"Really? Are they cute?" Jackie said.
"They look like pink cucumbers with feet" Marco said stopping to think out every word.
"What is wrong with you Thomas? Shouldn't you be shivering, or atleast try to eat these fucking rats!" Brittney screamed.
"Nah, animals are either cute, tasty or both, but I already ate so they are just cute" Jackie turned her head to where she heard the Asian's voice.
"Yeah, real cute, they look like walking ball sacks!" Brittney said lightly kicking a small group of the critters out of the way making them screech in a horrendous way.
"Shut the fuck up!" Brittney screamed at the little mound of critters that was screeching but the mound started to melt and with that the rest of the critters jumped into the melty mound making it grow exponentially.
The mound reaformed itself into a gigantic critter head that could barely fit in the tunnel, it looked exactly like the head of the small ones with one difference.
"Oh, there are the teeth." Marco said looking at the creature's teeth that were as of now the same size as he.
They all ran through the tunnels screaming trying to flee the enraged rat pacman head that was after them.
"Go right!" Jackie screamed still being carried by Marco and everyone followed the order.
"Next two tunnels go left!" Jackie screamed again.
"Why are you screaming orders? You can't see." Brittney screamed but following the order anyways.
"I don't know, it's that weird chill again, ANOTHER LEFT!" Everyone followed the command.
"Forgive me if I'm not comfortable being guided by a blind bitch!" Brittney screamed.
"It's work-" "RIGHT!" "-ing isn't it?" Marco answered the heiress.
"That thing is still following us so is not, I'm going the opposite direction the next order she barks!"
"Can you cooperate for one sec-" "LEFT!" Marco tried to reprimand Brittney but like clockwork Jackie said another order and true to her word Brittney went to the right. Marco could barely turn to follow her but Mime with a surprising burst of speed got ahead of Brittney to try and stop her but the mime slipped down a slope.
"What the aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Brittney couldn't stop herself and ended up falling down the slope too, with Marco following closely behind.
"I told you it was working!" Marco threw all his frustration at Brittney.
"Ohnoohnoohnothisisbadthisisbadpleasenopleasenopleaseno!" Jackie chanted a mile a minute almost choking him by clinging on to him too tightly.
Marco and Brittney landed feet first on a small pool of mud that reached their waists.
"It's ok, it's ok, there is nothing wrong" Marco reassured Jackie who was in the same state as she was on the mine cart some hours ago.
"We were doing great before your thick head ruined everything!" Marco turned to Brittney with a scowl.
"That thing isn't following us anymore, is it? I just saved our asses… And where is frenchie anyways?" Brittney said with her arms closed but the group's ears perked up because of a sound coming from the mud they were in.
From under them they felt things brushing on their legs.
"Guys… What's going on?" Jackie asked with a weary voice.
"We are on a pool of mud...that apparently is populated." Marco said with his eyes wide and his voice a bit panic-y.
"Oh." As soon as Jackie answered a figure dripping mud from top to bottom in such a big amount that even its shape was impossible to decipher, Marco quickly threw Jackie to Brittney and tackled the living pile of mud.
"Take Jackie and GO!" Marco screamed as he wrestled with the mud monster and Brittney complied without a sound.
"Wait, Wong! We have to help Marco." Jackie squirmed as she was being dragged by Brittney.
"Like fuck we are! He said to take you and run! SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING!" Jackie was able to pull herself loose off of Brittney's grasp making the heiress drop the flashlight she was holding.
"Since when do you obey anyone?" Jackie screamed and took off the blind fold to look for the torch.
"Seriously, it feels you are getting wor-" Jackie turned the flashlight towards the Asian woman and she was trembling on the floor fighting to get up, soft sobs coming from her.
"Wong?... Are you?" Jackie gingerly approached the sobbing woman and the Asian jerked her head up showing her smearing mascara, along with bloodshot eyes to go along with her shivering form.
"OF COURSE I AM AFRAID YOU DUMB TWAAAAAATTTTTT!" Brittney screamed furiously.
"I'm trapped in a dark cave filled to the brim with dirty beasts, I wanna go home! That's all I want god damn it! And I'm gonna do whatever I have to do to get back!" Brittney with tears streaming down her eyes tried her damndest to stand up despite her trembling limbs something that proved too much for her as she barely got on her feet for her legs to give in.
"Shhhhh" Jackie caught her before she hit the ground and tried to comfort the panicked heiress.
"We will go back, I promise, I swear." Jackie carefully put on the blindfold on Brittney and carried her piggy back.
"And all of us are going back." Jackie felt the Asian woman tense.
"You are also afraid you bitch! Let's just get out of here!" Brittney protested and thrashed on top of the blonde.
"Yep, I am very afraid but whatever attacked Marco and Mime is not what I'm afraid of." Jackie said with confidence and Brittney felt the officer accelerate more and more as she said that.
"No, wait, I think I'm in more danger with you, you crazy whore!" Brittney screamed.
"Heh, sounds probable, wanna see if it's true?" Jackie said and the heiress felt a sudden jolt that was immediately followed by the floaty sensation of falling.
"What are you even thinking about!?" Brittney screamed clinging to the blonde as tightly as she could, to then splash into a pool of mud.
"Marco, Mime, Where are you?! Answers please!" Jackie looked around desperately pointing the flashlight everywhere to find them calmly sitting at the edge of the mud pool.
"What?" Jackie was very confused.
"Sorry, Mime is just applying her makeup, she fell face first into the mud and ruined it, we were planning on going after you guys… What happened to Brittney?" Marco said.
"None'ya Barfo!" Brittney screamed dismissively.
"Ok, at least we can let Jackie lead without you running off your own way… or making animals angry." Marco said annoyed, with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.
"Cut her some slack dude, she was just as if not more scared than me." Jackie said enthusiastically making both Marco and Mime to turn with apparent confusion in their faces.
"Shut up" Brittney said embarrassed.
"Ohhhh… I see, I'm sorry Brittney, I didn't notice" Marco said with genuine remorse and Mime quickly went to pat Brittney's back on a reassuring mannes just like she did for Jackie when they fell into the mine.
"Yeah, yeah, everyone loves me… can we get out of here now" Brittney said more exhausted than annoyed.
"Right away… Hemm… Jackie? Do you want me to carry you too? I have the other sleeve for a blindfold and I think Mime can carry Brittney." Marco shyly offered.
"No thanks." Jackie answered with a smile and a sing song voice.
"So you are not scared anymore?" Marco said with pride and Mime looked at her with expectant eyes but Jackie just chuckled.
"Fat chance! But Wong over here took getting lost on a dark mine, two chases by animals and a surprise attack by something on a pool of mud before collapsing, I look like a total wuss in front of that and I don't want her thinking she is better than me or anything." Jackie offered a little grin to the blindfolded Asian.
"Too late blondie." Brittney said calmly.
"...But… I'm still afraid… Do you two mind-" Before Jackie could finish her question both Marco and Mime got to each side of her, Mime playfully rubbed her cheek on Jackie's and Marco put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Any day, whenever you need it, I promise" Marco said reassuringly.
"Ok, now that the party is nice and united… are we just gonna follow blondie's creepy chill as a guide again" Brittney said with dread.
"Looks like it" Marco answered her and Brittney once again felt Mime's hand patting her back.
"Ugh, I can tell this is gonna be great" Brittney said as she grab on to Jackie tightly.
*A FEW HOURS LATER*
"Annnnnd we are out!" Jackie exclaimed making Brittney to get down from the blonde's back to take off the blindfold.
"HOLY SHIT!" Brittney's eyes were wide and her jaw went slack as she saw the mansion they fell into the mine through on the distance.
"That chill was spot on." Brittney said in disbelief.
"Yeah… I'm scared too." Marco said.
"Who cares! We are back!" Jackie screamed with joy.
"Brittney, I'm really sorry for only concentrating on Jackie and even getting annoyed at you, I'm gonna be more mindful of you in the future." Marco said.
"Ehhh shut up… But yeah… I think I might need to play nice with this new team...HEY!" Brittney suddenly screamed making everyone to give her all their attention.
"Is that flying lizard also afraid of closed spaces?" Brittney said outraged, making Jackie to scowl at her.
"Nachos, whatever!" Brittney dismissed.
"No, she is pretty good with them" Marco answered confused.
"Then couldn't they just let her in to take us out!" Brittney screamed and everyone's eyes widened.
"Shit, they might be inside looking for us!" Marco screamed worried.
"Let's check the mansion before going in again!" Jackie ordered already having a head start.
The team busted the door open to find the rest of the group sitting at the table sipping tea, and the four people that just escaped the mine were baffled, disappointed and pissed.
"YOU DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO LOOK FOR US!" Jackie, Brittney and Marco screamed while Mime angrily gestured.
"We did send a guide" Chantelle answered dispassionately and Marco went from anger to worry in a millisecond.
"Oh no! Nachos! Daddy is coming to save you little one!" Marco ran off the mansion with his arms flailing wildly and everyone looked at the scene with a face of bewilderment.
"Aren't you gonna go with him?" Brittney asked Jackie.
"Oh...no… He can handle that… hehe" Jackie said with a big blush and bashful body language.
"Ok, spill." Brittney said decisively.
"You called a bat the size of a large dog cute and went running back to fight a mud monster, What are you actually afraid of? What turned you into useless deadweight? I need a fucking answer for the future, I don't want to be on a situation where we need you and you are crying on a fetal position over I don't know what!" Brittney said with authority and Jackie whispered something.
"Ghosts."
"What?" Brittney said confused.
"Ghosts." Jackie said a bit louder this time.
"No, I heard you, but I can't believe you! All that fucking drama! All that sissy crying and shaking over something that doesn't exist!" Brittney was about to choke the officer but noticed the blonde's dead stare into the distance.
"What are you looking at you fucking wu- AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaHHH!" Brittney turned around to see a group of people all of them dressed in Victorian era clothing… also they were floating and translucent.
"I say, losing your patience is one thing but what you do, little missy, is another thing entirely." One of those people, a rotund one dressed like an aristocrat, approached Brittney to look at her closely making the woman jump back and hug Jackie for protection, the police officer though had gone completely catatonic with her eyes wide and her mouth agape.
"You should find a way to control that temper, it might bring you problems in the future." The man said politely.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Brittney though just screamed any and all air her lungs had in them before going limp and falling unconscious into the floor alongside Jackie.
"And now that is just rude." The ghost said offended.
"Why didn't you guys told us that you sent a ghost guide?" Marco said entering the mansion accompanied by a ghost dressed as an old timey explorer from england and the rest of the group just pointed at Jackie and Brittney passed out on the floor.
"Ooohhh… That's a good reason." Marco said.
"I say my boy, I was told not to aid directly if possible and thankfully that little blonde missy appears to be very attuned with spirits, I could guide you all the way by being just a chill." The ghost gave a hearty laugh.
"Wait? Really? Ohhh yeah the ritual worked!" Janna raised her fist in the air with joy.
"What ritual?" Everyone asked.
"In second grade, me and her made a ritual to see spirits, I had to make a circle of human bones put her inside it then bathe her in fresh chicken blood also I had…" Janna gave all the nitty gritty details of what went on at that time, everyone just listened horryfied.
"Where did you even got human bones?" Kelly asked afraid of the answer.
"Duh, I only mentioned the graveyard like six times." Janna rolled her eyes.
"You were the one defyling the graves all those years back?" Marco said surprised.
"I'm not actually surprised." Chantelle said with a shrug.
"Ehhh" Janna made a 'mistake buzzer' sound "Jackie accompanied me through the whole thing." She said with pride.
"I think that poor girl should reconsider her friendships." The explorer ghost whispered to Marco horrified at the story.
"We should, we all should." Marco said in a similar state as the ghost.
"I'm sorry, Jackie, I'm so sorry for thinking your fears were childish!" Sabrina was openly crying, kneeling beside the still unconscious Jackie and tightly gripping the unconscious girl's hand to her chest.
Mime and Hekapoo were right behind the crying sabrina with their heads down giving their condolences.
"Guys, I'm waiting outside." Higgs gagged out with a green face before running outside.
*Ehem* The aristocratic ghost got everyone's attention.
"We are already aware of your situation, weary travelers, please stay here, I believe that when our friends regain consciousness you would be in shape to leave." He said.
"Also I would offer some clothing for your travels but I'm sorry to say the moths got to them way before any of you could." The ghost said eyeing Chantelle and Brittney.
"No worries, sir." Said chantelle with a small smile.
"I… I will wait outside too." Marco said stepping outside.
Outside Marco found Higgs hurling the insides of her stomach a few feet away from the mansion.
"You seem to do that a lot." Marco said with a chuckle.
"Fuck off! That Janna girl… She is disturbing… Way more than what I'm used to and you've been to the neverzone you know what I'm talking about." Higgs said defensively.
"Yeah, I think the reason I could handle the neverzone the way I did was in part because I'm used to her." Marco said embarrassed and sat at a safe distance from the vomit that was being absorbed by the ground.
"Turns out we were just unlucky with the landing." Higgs cleaned her mouth with her forearm and sat beside Marco.
"Huh?"
"The ghosts told us that they used to live here but then the living people discovered that being on a lower altitude helps with the "not getting struck by lightning" thing so they put a village at the foot of the plateau." Higgs explained and Marco tried to say something but the redhead's scowl cut him off.
"Have we ended up there I would be in shape for a duel, so keep this in mind fake knight, I am not your friend even after what happened in that underwater cave and I'm going to make you bleed one way or another." Higgs said as menacing as she could.
"PFFFFFTTTT… Not with that queasy stomach you won't!" Greedy Heart appeared in Marco's chest with a loud laugh.
"Yeah! Keep thinking that, it'll make it easier." Higgs said and unceremoniously left.
"And what's with you? You've been awfully quiet today." Marco asked his chest.
"Nah, kiddo, you were doing great today, protecting Jackie is priority number one." Greedy Heart with pride.
"I thought protecting Janna was priority number one." Marco said with a relaxed smile.
"That too is priority number one." Greedy Heart said matter of fact, both it and Marco relaxed and watched the thunderstorm for a few hours.
"Marco! We are going now!" Janna screamed from the mansion's door.
"Coming!" Marco said and entered to see both Jackie and Brittney groggy and barely standing.
"Hey guys...did...did we saw…" Jackie began.
"Nope." Sabrina.
"Nothing." Higgs.
"Not a thing." Kelly.
"Nothing at all." Hekapoo.
"Really? I'm pretty sure I…" Brittney started to think straight.
"No, no, no, boss, you saw nothing, believe me." Chantelle told Brittney with a serious face and Brittney caved with a confused "oooookkkk?".
"Ok, all ready, let's go!" Janna said with enthusiasm as she stepped into the portal.
"Yeah, let's go." Marco said as he gently lead Jackie into the portal.
"Come on, boss, things to do, stuff to see." Chantelle deadpanned as she did the same with Brittney.
And behind them the portal closed, leaving the ghosts behind.
"PHEW! Thank the lord that they are finally gone!" The aristocratic ghost said with relief.
"That Janna was the most horrifying thing I've ever encountered!" A ghost screamed and a second ghost fainted floating like a dead body in the air.
"I know, sorry to leave you all alone with her… but I had to escape somewhere!" The explorer ghost said with regret.
"Let's just forget this ever happened, and be grateful that Janna didn't...some of her more… extreme… stuff with us." When the aristocratic ghost said that another ghost in the room started to cry.
AAAAAAAAAAANDDDDD that's all folks!
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, I have in mind some other chapters now so hopefully the next one is not 3 months from here.
Also if you could leave me a review of your opinions or correcting my mistakes (grammar and spelling also if you could :P ) I will be eternally grateful.