With the idea of going to Paris, LJ dreamed himself at the Eiffel Tower as he began to explore the beautiful country up close for himself with the puppy-cat known as Barry following him a bit.
"Boy, oh, boy, Barry, this place is so magnificent!" LJ exclaimed as he took a look out at the scenery. "The food is great, and the landscaping isn't too bad either!"
"Oui, oui, mon ami." Barry nodded as he walked along beside LJ.
"Though it'd be a little more fun if I had my two favorite girls with me," LJ remarked.
"Oh, LJ~!" called two familiar voices, making LJ turn to the direction of the sounds.
Before him stood a particularly busty-looking Kimberly and Chrissy, clad in lacy black French maid outfits.
LJ blinked in shock. "...And here I thought this dream couldn't get any better." he remarked.
"Are you old enough to have a dream like this?" Barry asked.
"I'm a teen." LJ reminded.
"Fair enough," Barry smirked. "I'd go for it."
"Then I will!" LJ whooped as he ran over to the two girls.
Barry smiled to him before chuckling darkly as he didn't seem to be who he appeared to be. Kimberly and Chrissy began to walk off as if to lure LJ somewhere.
"Hey, wait up, ladies!" LJ called. "Omelette Du Fromagé! Crepe Suzette! Um... Um... Les enfants!"
A random red balloon soon flew by as LJ began to chase after Kimberly and Chrissy. They soon came into the Eiffel Tower's doors and they shut behind them. LJ soon ran up towards the Eiffel Tower before opening the doors and ended up in the darkness, unable to see anything.
"Hello...?" LJ's voice called. "Girls?"
A glowing green light soon appeared behind him as Maleficent approached him with creepy and dark music playing in the background.
"Hello? Anybody here?" LJ asked before bumping into Maleficent. "Oh, sorry; I didn't see you there-GYAAAAH!"
"Why, hello there." Maleficent smirked.
"YOU!" LJ blushed. "What're you doing here? As if I needed to ask. W-Well, you can forget about it. I don't want to be evil."
"It's always about you, isn't it?" Despara asked as she soon appeared. "You're going to give in, and we're not going to let your freewill stand in our way."
"Sttaaaawwp!" LJ cried out.
"Also, a new friend of ours is itching to meet your friends." Maleficent then smirked.
"And just who would that be?" asked LJ, irritated.
"A magician doesn't tell her secrets, but you'll give in during your European Holiday," Despara smirked. "I'm sure you won't even see it coming unless you're willing to give in, and you can find out all the secrets you desire. Such as becoming a member of Mother's Villain League."
LJ glared. "Ugh. Just get moving. You're lucky I think you and your mother are attractive, and not just in your disguises." he replied.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Despara smirked. "You think my mother and I are what?"
LJ glared as his face went red. "...I think you and your mother are attractive, even without your disguises..." he repeated, embarrassed.
Despara giggled a little. "That's what I thought you said~"
"How charming..." Maleficent smirked. "I'm quite the catch myself in my little organization with the other Disney Villains."
LJ coughed. "...Interesting," he replied. "Well... It's a long flight, and I've got plenty of time to talk, I suppose."
Maleficent chuckled as she took his hand. LJ winced, but accepted her hand then as they walked along.
"Has your mother told you about the time at the House of Mouse when villains nearly took over and won against Mickey Mouse on Halloween night?" Maleficent smirked to LJ.
"Yeah, I heard about that," LJ shivered. "Pretty scary, if ya ask me."
A light soon turned on to have him taking a seat.
"I wish I could've seen it myself." Despara said.
"You're not the first goody good who was hesitant about turning evil... What about your Uncle Atticus?" Maleficent smirked to LJ.
"I remember," LJ replied. "His creepy Uncle Sombra was always trying to make him be evil, and also trying to murder my mom!"
"Murder is such an ugly word." Maleficent replied.
"You wanna try sugarcoating it?" LJ muttered.
"How do you even know you're meant to be good?" Maleficent asked. "Maybe you're meant to go down another path."
"I know I'm meant to be good cuz I saw what being evil did to my uncle," LJ replied. "Plus, being bad never ends well for anybody."
A green blast soon hit him.
"Wah!" LJ yelped before his eyes widened and he changed somehow.
"Now you'll have no choice," Maleficent smirked. "No one can stop you from turning back now."
"Whaddo you mean?!" asked LJ. "And what was that just now?!"
"You should've listened to me instead of being stubborn," Maleficent smirked. "I had to get a bit of help... It was a pain to revisit Hades, but it was worth it."
"What is happening?!" LJ yelled. "Would somebody please explain?!"
"You're now going to be Dark LJ whether you want it or not," Maleficent told him. "You'll learn that it's good to be bad."
LJ dropped to his knees. "...Fine... You win..." he sighed. 'Wait... Why am I saying that?!' he thought internally. "What can I do for the great, and beautiful Mistress of All Evil, and her daughter?"
"You shall join my side in revenge." Maleficent replied.
Mandy soon walked over. "Because I want some too." she then said.
"What?! Would... Would you get out of here?!" Maleficent complained. "And I thought Jar Jar Binks was annoying!"
"I'm just as evil as you are, Maleficent," Mandy glared. "You need me! I'm going to be an evil dictator in the future, and I plan on starting that right now so I can be unstoppable and rule the entire planet with an iron fist!"
"Well, good luck with that," remarked LJ, as he wound up his fist. "You couldn't even rule a colony of ants, let alone a planet! Shall I dispose of this pest, O Glorious One?" he asked Maleficent.
"By all means." Maleficent smirked.
"You can't beat me up, I'm a girl!" Mandy glared at LJ.
"...Ask me if I care," LJ replied as he began to spin around like a tornado, barreling into Mandy with a barrage of punches, sending her flying away. "...Was that to your liking, Lady Maleficent?"
Mandy yelled out as she was unfortunately sent away yet again.
"I strongly approve," Maleficent smirked. "Can't you see that this path is much more interesting and more fun than being a goody good?"
LJ smiled as he knelt before Maleficent and kissed her feet. "As a matter of fact... I can! If I was evil... Then I could be around you as much as I wanted!" he exclaimed, looking lovestruck.
"Excellent," Maleficent smirked. "I just hope that you and Despara will play nice together."
"Oh, we'll try!" LJ nodded. "But... What about the others?"
"You just lead and the others will slowly follow," Maleficent replied. "Such as those girls you call Kimberly and Chrissy you seem so attached to."
LJ nodded. "Yes, Maleficent! Of course!" he replied, like an obedient pet.
"That's a good boy," Maleficent replied. "Have a good time in France. I'm sure you'll find something fun to do there."
"Yes, I believe that's the home of that amusement park called EuroReptarLand." Despara then added.
"Yeah... I've heard about it, but I've never been." said LJ.
"Well, I suppose now could be your chance," Despara replied before muttering. "Unless they shut it down."
"Only one way to find out," Maleficent remarked. "Have fun, LJ. You'll learn that it's good to be bad."
Someone seemed to be watching the dream, but it was unknown who it was as it continued to play out until LJ would wake up as they neared Paris, France, passing by the famous Eiffel Tower.
LJ woke up with a yawn as he looked out the window. "Looks like we're here..." he yawned as he saw Genevieve giving a playful wave and blowing a kiss at him. "Paris... The City of Lights."
At the hotel there, a woman was grumbling to herself as she was dusting the furniture in the lobby she was in as she looked very annoyed and frustrated with her new job.
"Put your back into it now, think you have it rough? Try mine," A blonde maid said to her. "I was about to get married until a certain bunch of cats sent my fiancé in the brig. Who writes a will out to a bunch of cats anyway?!"
"Zank you for ze sympathy." The brunette woman grumbled to her as she continued to clean up as the manager was on the phone.
A young adult couple chuckled to each other as they soon came into the hotel together before smiling as their cats joined them by their feet.
"Miss LaBouche?" asked the manager. "We've got some customers coming, so you'd best be prepared."
"Fantastic..." The brunette maid muttered a bit as she soon finished dusting one section she was working in.
Eventually, the group walked into the EuroReptarLand Hotel.
"Man, this place is swank factor five!" remarked Phil. "Just like the last time we came here!"
Angelica snorted. "Are you kidding me?" she asked. "This is where I met that Cu-Cu lady and she tricked me to try and marry Finster's dad! I didn't even get my own float with the matching ponies, like she said I would!"
"Well, what'd you expect from teaming up with someone like her?" asked David.
The brunette maid woman soon looked over as Angelica seemed to trigger something in her mind.
"She really made me feel like a princess more than my parents did back then and they were putty in my hands." Angelica smirked.
"Mostly your dad, but sure." Tommy teased his cousin.
"Whatever," Angelica rolled her eyes. "At least she got in trouble and had to work at Ooey Gooey World!" she snickered. "That'll teach her to double-cross me!"
"Zat girl... I recognize her..." The brunette maid snarled.
"You mean she's one of those brats who ruined your reputation with Mr. Yamaguchi that ruined your chances of becoming President of EuroReptarLand?" The blonde maid asked.
"Precisely, Elvira," Coco narrowed her eyes. "I guess she is back to torment me even more."
"Could be." replied Elvira with a shrug.
"Guys... We have to do something," said LJ. "I'm gonna end up turning bad at any minute, so you have to take whatever precautions are necessary!"
"Turn bad?" Zofia asked. "You? No way."
"It happened to Uncle before, and it could happen to me!" LJ exclaimed. "Please, guys, if I do turn, find a way to talk me down. If I start acting out-of-character, that's your first clue bad shit is happening. Do what you can to get me back to myself. I, on the other hand, must go... So that I don't corrupt any of you."
The group looked to each other before looking back in determination.
"We'll find a way to help you out, buddy." Martin promised.
"Yeah, whatever it takes." Dib added.
LJ nodded. "...Thanks," he replied. "If it doesn't work... Tell Mom and Dad I think they're the best parents ever. Au revoir." he added as he took off into the city.
The others looked from that, looking concerned.
"Let nothing distract-" Kimberly said before looking down at the floor. "Kitties!"
"Way to stay on topic, Kim." Chrissy deadpanned.
Two cats who appeared to be white and orange looked up curiously to Kimberly as she cooed to them.
"Careful now, they're a bit delicate." The brown-haired young man smiled to them. He looked a lot like Atticus, but with green eyes which could only mean one thing.
"You must be so proud." Kimberly smiled back.
"Yep, as proud as can be." The man replied.
David squinted. "You look familiar..." he said.
Cherry soon came over and examined the young man. The young man grinned bashfully to her as he stood with his partner who was a redheaded young woman.
"Tell me three things about yourself and make one of them a lie." Cherry smirked.
"Oh! Uh... Okay..." The young man replied. "My middle name is Jeffry, I'm not sure where I was born, but I was in New York City for a big chunk of my life, and my artwork sucks."
"Oh, yeah," Cherry then said. "It's Vincent Fudo."
"Vince?" asked David in disbelief. "...Wow, it has been a long time..."
"Great to see you, cousins, uncle, aunty," Vincent replied as he hugged them. "And yet... I'm one cousin short. Where's LJ?"
The kids looked at each other, guilty expressions on their faces.
"Hmm... Where did LJ go?" Cherry pondered. "He was here a minute ago."
"Uh... Maybe he had to powder his nose." Zofia grinned sheepishly.
"...I'm sorry, I can't do this," said Kimberly. "LJ got scared he might turn evil, so he ran off to make sure none of us got hurt while we tried to find a way to stop it!"
Chrissy face-palmed while also fearing the wrath of LJ's mother.
"Turn evil..." Cherry replied. "LJ might be sneaky at times, but he'd never go evil. What gave him that idea?"
"Well, he kinda has spontaneous dreams like you do from what we've heard," Kimberly said. "Also, we all kinda... Disfigured a wall when we were in London. The three of us together. Me, LJ, and Chrissy."
"Mm... I see..." Cherry replied.
"But we were being controlled by something!" said Kimberly. "It was cuz of this Genevieve girl who looked like a second Maleficent... Also cuz of Maleficent."
"Maleficent..." Cherry narrowed her eyes. "And I thought she was done with for good. So much for a vacation, then again, in my line of work, I should've seen this coming."
"What should we do?" asked David. "Should we find Felicity?"
"Probably, just to make sure," Cherry said. "Uh, Vincent? Jenny? You wouldn't happen to have seen Felicity around here, would you?"
"I think she and Chip were having lunch at that new place, La Ratatouille," Jenny replied. "We just came from the park after having a stroll with Oliver and Snow White."
"Great," said Lionel. "Then afterwards we'll need to find LJ. Who knows what sort of danger he could find himself in?"
At that moment, LJ was scurrying through the streets of Paris, tailed closely by Despara and her pig-beast henchmen.
"Aren't those guys for sniffing truffles?" asked LJ as he dodged.
"I know you can find him," Despara told the henchmen. "Even if you're a bunch of 'Knuckleheads' as Mother calls you."
The henchmen snorted a bit from that.
LJ threw handfuls of pepper at the Knuckleheads, making them sneeze like crazy. "They can't sniff me out if their noses are all sneezy," he remarked. "Now to hide in the Eiffel Tower until I can truly control myself."
"Stop that!" Despara glared at the Knuckleheads.
"Miss, we're sorry, but we can't help it..." A Knucklehead spoke up anxiously.
"Excuses! Excuses!" Despara glared. "If you don't find him, you'll never work in this town again!"
"We don't work in this town," Another Knucklehead said, sounding like an idiot. "We work with your mother in a deserted place far away from here with the other Disney Villains."
Despara then clonked him on the head with a deep scowl.
"Owww!" That Knucklehead groaned, clutching his head.
Despara glanced at the Knuckleheads. "Anyone ELSE feeling explanatory today?"
The Knuckleheads all shook their heads "no", though one asked, "feeling what?"
"Good~" grinned Despara in a mock sweet voice. "Now find LJ and BRING HIM TO ME!"
The Knuckleheads nodded, and then quickly raced off on LJ's trail once again. Despara nodded firmly as she took a look around herself just to be on the safe side before going down the block she was on.
Meanwhile, LJ sighed in relief. "...Long as I'm up here, those pork faces can't get to me..." he smiled. "And now... To visit my subconscious and settle this once and for all." Taking a deep breath, he concentrated on traveling into his mind... And he fell unconscious.
LJ then woke up in the world of his imagination which was a bit crazy like his father's, though, probably not as excessive before he soon shouted. "DARK LJ! COME AND FACE ME! THIS TIME, WE SHALL SETTLE THIS BATTLE FOR DOMINANCE ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
ZOOM! something then shot past over his head. LJ nearly stumbled before glaring and looking around.
"Heheheh..." Dark LJ snickered mischievously like an annoying cartoon character before dashing around just to annoy him.
"Come out and face me like a man!" LJ shouted. "Unless you're just a great... Big... MANDY! BUCK-BUCK-BUCKAWW! BUCK-BUCK-BUCKAWW!" he began flapping his arms like a chicken and strutting around.
Dark LJ then zipped by again like Sonic the Hedgehog.
"Cut that out!" LJ cried out, nearly falling again.
"Why don't you chase me, nyah?" Dark LJ smirked while zipping around rapidly then and spinning around him in flashing circles.
"Alrighty then... You wanna play? Then we'll play!" LJ retorted, pulling out a giant mallet and running after his nutty evil counterpart.
Dark LJ blew a raspberry while making faces while running around like an insanely hyper version of Sonic the Hedgehog, laughing it up.
"GRRRRRRRGH...!" LJ growled and the floor suddenly became quicksand, trapping Dark LJ and leaving him stuck.
Dark LJ laughed until he yelped and got stuck.
"How do ya like me now, suckah?!" LJ glared. "Now you're stuck like my brain from a pop quiz session!"
"I don't get it... How could this be?!" asked Dark LJ.
"Rule 1: this is my brain," said LJ. "And if cartoons have taught me anything...it's that inside MY brain, I'm the one in control!" He swung his mallet and bashed Dark LJ in the head several times.
Dark LJ yelped out from the comical abuse.
"Get! Out of! My! Head!" LJ snapped while mashing him.
Eventually, Dark LJ was beaten, bruised, and flat as a pancake.
"Like they say... Evil never wins," LJ replied, peeling his duplicate off the ground and stuffing him into a cannon, which he lit and shot through a hole that was labeled "Bottomless Vortex". "...I feel... Like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders!" he exclaimed as he woke up, still inside the tower.
"Is someone zhere? I didn't think anyvun vas..." A light French accent said.
"Hm?" LJ blinked and looked around. "Who said that?"
"I could ask ze same question... Are you lost, leetle vun?" The accent replied before showing a young woman with red hair wearing a dark blue dress with a special golden necklace around her neck with white pearl earrings and black stilettos.
"No, not really," said LJ. "Just had to settle some unfinished business. And who might you be?"
"I am Madeline," The redheaded woman introduced herself as she came closer. "Madeline Fogg. Hmm... I am not sure vhat it ees, but you seem a little familiar to moi."
"My name's LJ Schwartz," replied LJ. "You wouldn't happen to know a Felicity, would you?"
"Hmm... I am not sure..." Madeline said before going to the door with him. "Perhaps we can 'elp each ozher?"
LJ smiled to her before they came out of the Eiffel Tower together, though he kept an eye out for anything or anyone suspicious.
"Paris is my 'ome, I love coming back every once in a while... Eet reminds me of childhood innocence," Madeline smiled to LJ. "I was born 'ere and went to school 'ere for a while, and eventually I met ze love of my life~... José Marco Filippo Juan Franloco Lopez de Vega Esteban Machado Jorge Santiago de la Rocha Gaspar Carlos de Fuentes Coruna Diego Rafaella Tequila y Sevilla."
"He must take a while to write his name on his underwear." LJ replied.
"But we all call 'im Pepito." Madeline then smiled.
"That does save time..." LJ replied with a chuckle. "...Honestly, with everything that's been happening to me lately, I haven't had a good laugh in what feels like forever."
"Well, I am not zat funny, but I can try," Madeline smiled. "Maybe I could 'elp find your family?"
"Sure," said LJ. "They're staying at the hotel near EuroReptarland."
Madeline soon walked with LJ to get him to the hotel by the famous Japanese themed amusement park.
"So, you were born here, huh?" LJ asked.
"Oui," Madeline smiled. "Especially vhen I vent to school here as Miss Clavel's student along wiz ze other leetle girls who vent to 'er school. Ve stood in two straight lines, and I vas the littlest. I've 'ad quite the adventures 'ere as a child, especially vhen I met and found my long-lost cousin who now goes by ze name of Darla Fudo."
"Darla? She's my aunt!" LJ exclaimed. "My sister and I visited her at work a few times!"
"You know Darla?" Madeline asked in surprise.
"Yeah!" LJ smiled. "Well, sure, she's Uncle Atticus's little sister, but she's still family!"
"Oh! Vhat a coincidence, no?" Madeline then smiled back.
"A lucky one, too!" LJ smiled.
Madeline giggled as they soon went to the hotel together to look out for LJ's family.
Despara heard a door shut before looking around to see no one, but she continued her search with a very aggressively determined look on her face that could nearly match her mother's hateful gaze. "Damn!" she growled. "Where is LJ? Those idiotic pigs should've found him by now!"
The Knuckleheads soon came over.
"Well?!" Despara glared with flashing green eyes.
"Um... Well... He seemed to get away?" A Knucklehead smiled nervously as he was shoved out front of the others.
"...You are WORTHLESS!" Despara yowled, blasting them with green flames of fury.
The Knuckleheads cried out in misfortune.
"Why does my mother put up with you idiots?" Despara rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Um, young master?" asked one singed Knucklehead. "We spotted the boy heading back to EuroReptarland."
"WHAT?!" Despara snapped. "You found him and you didn't even TELL ME?!"
"We tried to," said the Knucklehead. "But you were busy yelling at us."
"Arrghhh!" Despara yelled out.
The Knucklehead then shivered nervously.
"Thank you, you actually proved to be quite useful, you got lucky." Despara said, petting him on the head once, though she still growled in her frustration from the delayed response.
"So we should go after him?" asked another.
"In due time... I should probably tell my mother, then we can grab him when he least suspects it since he just came out of hiding from you imbeciles." Despara suggested as she tried to sound like her mother.
The Knuckleheads nodded in response as Despara went to tell Maleficent the news.
Maleficent took a power nap as she waited for Despara to come back.
"Mother!" Despara announced, waking up the evil fairy.
"Oh... I was having a terrible dream..." Maleficent said before smirking. "It was wonderful."
"I'm about to make it even better," Despara replied. "The boy has been spotted in the hotel near EuroReptarLand."
"Excellent," said Maleficent. "If he's by himself, then we'll be able to capture him and make sure that he's fully evil in mind and heart."
"Hopefully it'll be easier this time," Despara replied. "We were so close in London with the girlfriends."
"His spirit has been broken, darling," said Maleficent. "After our little trap inside his dream, we now know that we have a way to lure him in."
"Yes..." Despara replied. "You're right, Mother. You're always right."
Maleficent smirked. "And that's a fact." she replied as she tapped her staff, and she and Despara vanished to EuroReptarland.
Despara's voice chuckled on the way.
Coco and her new friend Elvira were soon still cleaning up around the lobby until more guests would show up.
"Ugh! Blasted cat hair!" Elvira glared. "I hate cats... Especially when they got poor Edgar arrested."
"What's with you two?" asked Mandy. "You look like you lost a bet..."
"Be off with you, little urchin," Coco spat at the girl. "I have a strict policy against working with children... Especially after last time."
"Either check-in or check out, just get out of our way!" Elvira added.
"Maybe I could help you get payback if you'd let me." Mandy narrowed her eyes dangerously.
"And what exactly could you do to help?" asked Coco.
"There's much more to me than being a mere little girl," Mandy replied. "Beneath me lies a very evil mind. I hunger for world domination and I don't let anything stand in my way, even if I'm stuck with a brainless monkey for a so-called best friend. I once knew the Grim Reaper, but he turned back time to make it so we never had met."
"If that's true, then how do you remember him?" Elvira asked.
"My mind is a steel trap," Mandy replied. "I'm sure we share more in common than you think. You said that your husband got arrested by cats or something, lady?"
"He was once the butler for the famed opera singer Madame Adelaide Bonfamille until she wrote out her will to give her fortune and riches to her cats rather than him for the both of us to share," Elvira clarified. "He's rotting in jail now since he tried to get rid of them."
"Right," nodded Mandy. "And you, lady; that Angelica kid got you in trouble?"
"I was going to be the CEO of EuroReptarland, until those little brats interfered," Coco scowled. "Especially that leetle twerp with the red hair and glasses!"
"And I have my own grudge against those friends of theirs, so whatya say we all help each other to get what we want?" Mandy then asked.
Coco shrugged. "...Very well then. What did you have in mind?" she asked.
"Revenge of course," Mandy replied. "I'll only help you out if you'll let me. No one seems to be taking me seriously anymore as an aspiring villain."
"Fine, we'll let you help," said Elvira. "Now what exactly is your plan for revenge?"
"I want revenge against those friends of Angelica and those other kids you talked about," Mandy said. "I wanna make 'em pay for humiliating me, so we'll have to find some way to destroy them and ruin their lives like I was once able to until that LJ brat made it so nobody's scared of me anymore or takes me seriously. My parents seemed to have grown spines since the last time I saw them."
"Hmm... Then we need a plan to do that." replied Elvira.
"Do you have one, hideous child?" Coco grumbled to Mandy.
"Making this trip hell for them," Mandy replied. "For starters, maybe run them out of this place to make them pay for their annoyance."
"Well... Should be fun." Elvira replied.
"Oh, I know what to do," Mandy replied. "I might not have Grim anymore, but I still have a raw nerve of steel that won't let me let people stand in my way."
"Well... Your resolve is admirable." Coco stated.
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing." Mandy replied.
"We shall see." said Coco as the trio began their plotting.
"Now, ladies, let's get to work," Mandy replied. "France doesn't stand a chance against us."
Elvira and Coco soon went to go with Mandy to get to work. The hotel manager glanced over before shrugging as he didn't sense any trouble.
Meanwhile, LJ and Madeline were walking around EuroReptarland as LJ's parents and friends were looking for him.
"So, zey didn't 'ave zis vhen I vas a leetle vun." Madeline pointed out to the amusement park.
"Not strange to you, is it?" LJ asked.
"Maybe a leetle, but I zink it's a beet interesting to see an amusement park based on a giant leezard munster." Madeline replied.
"Yeah," LJ nodded. "It's the kinda thing you'd expect to see in Japan."
Just then, in a burst of green flames, Maleficent and Despara appeared, with a group of knucklehead goons.
"You know how I was hiding in the Eiffel Tower?" asked LJ. "...These are what I was hiding from."
"Sacre bleu!" Madeline gasped a bit.
"Don't worry, Ms. Madeline, I've got your back," LJ replied, cracking his knuckles. "I'm about to take these little piggies to market."
"Oh... Vell... If you zink so." Madeline replied.
LJ clicked on his Loonatics bracelet and changed into QuadStar for the first time he'd done it in months. "Quad Power!" he exclaimed, conjuring fiery boulders and smashing the Knuckleheads with them.
Despara looked around rapidly.
"Zat sure is somezing." Madeline commented to herself.
LJ seemed to fade from sight... Until he smacked into Despara and Maleficent from all sides, unleashing a barrage of flaming boulders.
The two soon yelled out in both frustration and annoyance.
Mandy soon spied around with binoculars, spotting LJ. "So, you think you're better than me by not being scared of me?" she then huffed. "Hmph. Not for long, Mutant Freak."
"Are we going to enact our plan yet?" asked Elvira. "These pantyhose are riding up..."
"Just gotta wait for him to tucker himself out a bit," Mandy replied. "I don't know what makes this kid so special anyway."
"Apart from the powers, which you don't have?" asked Billy's disembodied ghost. "It could be his charisma, good nature, and fierce determination to fight for what he believes in... Or maybe he's just more likable."
"Did I ask you?!" Mandy deeply scowled with fiery red eyes.
"I doubt you would've bothered." Billy's ghost shrugged.
"BEAT IT!" Mandy snapped.
"Do you even have a plan, Mandy?" Billy's ghost smiled. "You always have a plan."
"Something about attacking when he's off guard." remarked Coco.
"Bonjour, Mandy! I can hear you, by the way!" LJ shouted.
"Gaugh!" Mandy yelped from that.
"Surprise!" LJ smirked.
"I'M GONNA KILL HIM!" Mandy snapped.
"Better people than you have tried," LJ remarked. "Go ahead and take your best shot."
Mandy soon lunged out at him.
"Okay, that's a good start." LJ smirked.
Mandy growled as she began to attempt to beat him up.
"Go, Mandy!" Billy's ghost cheered. "Maybe that'll show him!"
LJ yawned. "...You done yet?" he asked, mildly annoyed.
"I'm gonna tear you inside out!" Mandy threatened.
"Yeah... NO." LJ replied as he effortlessly smacked Mandy away.
Elvira and Coco soon wandered by. Madeline shook chills as she watched LJ, hoping he would be alright, though he seemed to be fine.
"I know, hitting girls isn't nice, but technically Mandy's not a girl." LJ then said.
"WHAT?!" Mandy glared.
"You heard me," LJ replied. "You're an inhuman monster without a single shred of basic decency."
"Oh, like you're one to call someone inhuman." Mandy huffed.
"I might not be normal, but I'm more human than you could ever be." LJ replied.
Mandy deeply growled. Eventually, Mandy ran off to leave with Coco and Elvira.
"Well, that was a fabulous plan," Coco deadpanned to Mandy. "Now what do you think we should do? Start a food fight in the Palm Court?"
"That was actually phase 1," Mandy replied. "It was all a diversion."
"A diversion? For what?" asked Elvira. "If anything, he seems more on-alert than ever."
"Make him paranoid about seeing us again and everyone thinks he's crazy," Mandy replied. "Then when his guard is down the most, we swoop in and snatch him and his friends."
"Hmm... The idea has merit," said Coco with a smirk. "Clearly you're more evil than I thought."
"That's what I keep saying." Mandy replied, a bit indifferently.
They soon left the theme park as LJ went to catch his breath as Madeline helped him go meet his friends and family after a pretty tough fight with Mandy, but nothing he couldn't handle.