Chapter 5 Royal Woods Boo Haw Haw
It's the last day of October in Royal Woods, which means today is Halloween. At the McBride residence, Clyde has finished raking the leaves into a big pile. As he turned around to get a bag, Rusty and Zach jumped into his pile of leaves. Clyde turned back around.
"You guys! I just raked those! Do you know how annoying that is?" Clyde said in frustration.
"Sorry man. We couldn't resist." Zach said.
"But come on, it's Halloween." Rusty said. "We were all gonna meet at Lincoln's house.
"Oh yeah. You said you had something planned for this year. What was it?" Clyde said.
"I'll show you when we get to Lincoln's place."
Soon, Rusty, Clyde, and Zach all rushed off to Lincoln's place.
The three boys finally arrived at the Loud House which was all Halloween themed. Rusty knocked and Rita answered. She was dressed as a fox.
"Oh, hey boys. Here to see Lincoln?"
"Yep."
"Nice costume, Mrs. Loud." Clyde complimented.
"Thank you. Come on in." Rita went into the kitchen.
"She's one foxy lady." Rusty punned once Rita was out of sight. Zach rolled his eyes at that. Lincoln was in the living room watching tv.
"Hey Lincoln, check out what I've got." Rusty said, holding out a folded up paper in front of Lincoln. Then Rusty got a good look at Lincoln. He looked like he was being hypnotized as he kept his eyes on the screen. He appeared to be watching a horror movie.
"Uh Lincoln?"
No response.
"Yo Linc. Snap out of it. You're scaring me." Rusty snapped his fingers at him.
Zach and Clyde noticed Lincoln's expression too. Clyde then noticed a bunch of movie tapes next to Lincoln. (not as much as Ed watched) He looked through them.
"What's with this guy?" Rusty wondered, still trying to get Lincoln's attention.
"He's been watching horror movies." Clyde stated. "Sitting in front of the television for excessive periods of time can induce a trance-like state and even rewire a susceptible brain."
"I got this." Zach said.
He reached for the tv plug and unplugged it. Lincoln snapped out of his trance as his eyes went static for a moment.
"Hey guys, it's Halloween!" Lincoln said.
"You know it man." Rusty said. He unfolded his paper. "I've got a map right here to the secret location in town. It's called Spookyville! I got it from my dad. People give out buckets of candy there."
"Sweet! That sounds too good to be true." Lincoln said.
"May I?" Clyde took the map from Rusty. "Thank you."
Clyde studied the map. He saw the directions leading from Rusty's home to Spookyville. "I highly doubt you'll find anything with this, Rusty. Let alone a "Spookyville"."
"What are you trying to do? Ruin our Halloween?" Rusty questioned.
"Clyde may have a point though." Lincoln said. "What if this Spookyville doesn't really exist?"
"And if it does exist, I don't want to miss out on getting bucketloads of candy."
"Well, I guess we could give this a try." Clyde said.
"Shouldn't we invite Liam to tag along with us?" Zach asked.
"He said he had other plans." Rusty said.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get ready!" Lincoln said excitedly.
Soon at Rusty's place, Rusty, Lincoln, and Zach came out dressed in their costumes.
"Come on boys! It's trick or treating time!" Rusty said excitedly as he was dressed as Zombie Michael Jackson. (he's wearing Michael Jackson's outfit from Thriller)
"Wait up, Zombie Jackson!" Lincoln said, dressed as Ace Savvy. "Ace Savvy and One Eyed Jack are here!"
Zach came out as One Eyed Jack. "Time to deal out crime!"
"Wait, I thought Clyde was gonna be One Eyed Jack." Rusty said.
"Clyde wanted to be...something else." Lincoln told him. Then Lincoln's eyes went static for a moment again. He shook his head and went back to normal.
"Hey guys, aren't I frightening?" Clyde came out with his costume and he appeared to be some kind of infection. He made a weak growl.
"What the heck are you supposed to be?" Rusty asked.
"Guess. I'm less than five micrometers tall yet I pack a truly terrifying punch." Clyde explained.
The other boys looked confused.
"Don't get too close to me or I may infect you."
The boys were still confused.
"In the Dark Ages, I caused millions of deaths."
Still confused.
"The bubonic plague! I'm the bubonic plague!" Clyde yelled.
"Oh. Like on your teeth?" Zach asked, pointing at his teeth.
"Not plaque! Plague!"
"Ah, I think Lisa discussed those things." Lincoln said.
"Alright, let's get going! Spookyville, here we come!" Rusty said as he and the boys ran off.
Lincoln then heard the voices of his older sisters. He followed the sounds and looked over a fence and saw his older sisters setting up a corn maze. Lynn was dressed as a werewolf. Luan was a scarecrow while Mr. Coconuts had a pumpkin head. Luna was wearing her skeleton costume and Lori and Leni were dressed as witches.
"Dudes, Lucy's corn maze idea is really paying off." Luna said as she set down a pumpkin.
"It literally will when we make some cash." Lori said.
Lincoln's eyes went static and he saw the teens as real monsters. Lynn was now a real werewolf, Luan was a real scarecrow, Luna was a real skeleton, and Leni and Lori were real witches.
In Lincoln's fantasy, he is all buff like Ace Savvy. The witches were cutting open a pumpkin. Inside the pumpkin there was some kind of liquid.
"The potion's ready!" The short blonde haired witch said. "Let's start the jinx!"
The others gathered around the witches.
"Monsters of the night, beasts from below. Rise up and get our errant foes." The short blonde haired witch chanted.
"Make them scream, make them sweat." The long blonde haired witch chanted.
"Let's give em' the Halloween they'll never forget!" Both witches chanted together.
Steam shot up from the potion, making the sky all foggy and cloudy. Ace Savvy watched in fear as smokey hands crawled towards him. Ace tried to run away but the hands grabbed him. He managed to escape and ran off screaming.
We go back to reality. Lori is taking out pumpkin seeds, then she looks around.
"Did you guys hear something?"
"Other than my killer toots." Lynn said.
"Eww." Leni said in disgust.
Meanwhile, the other kids were on their mission to find Spookyville. Clyde was examining the map. "So I see the first clue to look for is a dented stop sign."
Then they heard Lincoln. He was running towards. "Run for your lives!" He ran past them.
"Lincoln! Wait up!" Zach called.
The boys ran after him. Lincoln hid behind a tree. The boys caught up to him.
"What's wrong, man?" Clyde asked.
"I saw witches and some other monsters!" Lincoln stated. "The witches put a jinx on us to send monsters after us!"
"Monsters? Sure. I bet they'll eat us alive!" Rusty said sarcastically. "We'll have our brains sucked out of our skulls! It's up to you and One Eyed Jack-" Rusty pointed at Zach. "-to protect us, Lincoln!"
"What?! I don't want to be a part of this!" Zach said.
Rusty continued. "Okay, it's up to Ace Savvy to protect us! So me, the germ, and One Eyed Jack can find the clues and escape to Spookyville."
"Germ. Right." Clyde said unamused.
"I'm on it!" Lincoln said. He made a heroic pose. "For I am Ace Savvy, the world's savviest crime fighter! And justice for all!"
"Yeah, great." Rusty said. "Now where were we?"
"Shh!" Lincoln shushed. "Someone's coming."
Across the street, at a nearby house, Lana, dressed as a bug creature, had trick or treated there. "Happy Halloween!" Lana walked off with her bag of candy in one hand and a flashlight in the other.
"I bet I got more candy than Lola." She said to herself. Lincoln looked from behind a bush and saw his little sis. But then once again, his eyes went static and he saw her as an alien creature. Her flashlight was replaced with a ray gun.
Back in reality, Lincoln was sneaking over to her. The other boys noticed this from behind the tree.
"What is Lincoln doing?" Zach asked.
"Being a dork as usual." Rusty said.
Lincoln appeared behind Lana. "Stop right there evil alien from the planet of putridity!
The alien aimed its ray gun at Ace. It was speaking gibberish.
Lana looked at her brother shining her flashlight at him. "Lincoln? Dressed as Ace Savvy again, I see."
"A ray gun!" Lincoln ran off and tried to pick up a stop sign. He pulled it up.
In reality, Lincoln picked up a tree branch. "Go back from where you came!" Lincoln ran up to Lana.
"Um Linc-"
Lincoln whacked her with the branch. Clyde and Zach were shocked.
"Oh my gosh!" Clyde exclaimed.
"That's harsh." Zach commented.
Rusty, however, burst out laughing. Clyde and Zach glared at him. Rusty stopped and smiled nervously.
"Look what I got guys! The alien's proton pulverizer!" Lincoln came back holding Lana's flashlight. He also had a bag of Lana's treats. He tossed it on the ground. "Save yourselves from the jinx!"
Rusty looked in the bag. "Nice haul you've got here.
Zach saw too. "Oh yeah. This is really nice."
"Don't mention it guys." Lincoln said proudly.
Lola walks down the sidewalk with her bag of candy. She is dressed as a "devil princess". Then she trips over something.
"Ow! Of all the stupid-" She is shocked when she sees her twin sister lying on the ground with a black eye. She gasps and shakes her awake. "Lana?! What happened?"
Lana regains consciousness. "Lincoln attacked me! He was dressed as Ace Savvy!"
Lola gritted her teeth in anger. The boys now found a stop sign but it wasn't dented.
"Lincoln, I can't believe you did that! That was not an alien! That was your sister Lana and you stole her candy!" Clyde scolded.
"That's not funny Clyde. I would never do that to Lana." Lincoln said, unaware of what he really did.
"Guys, look! It's the stop sign!" Rusty pointed out. He put some of Lana's candy in his pocket.
"Yeah, but it's not dented." Clyde said.
He felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned around to see Lola smiling at him, seeming calm.
"Hey, guys?" Her calmness turned to anger. "WHERE'S LANA'S CANDY?!"
Clyde backed away nervously. Lola glared at Rusty when he had a familiar looking bag in his hand.
"Here! Take it!" Rusty said scared and he threw the bag. Lincoln's eyes go static and he is seen in his own fantasy again. "You won't feast on our blood tonight, She-devil vampire!"
Lola is seen as half demon half vampire. There is a fiery background behind her. She leapt at Ace, pinning him to the ground.
In reality, Lola was attacking her white haired brother. "This is for attacking Lana!"
Lincoln was fighting back. He then kicked her off.
Lincoln gets back up and pulls out a steak from his outfit. "A steak will defeat you!" He shoved the steak onto the devil vampire. She gives him a confused look. He picks her up and tosses her in a grave. "You've been grounded!"
Back in reality, Lincoln has buried his sister. "The vampire has been vanquished! To Spookyville!"
Lincoln runs off. Rusty looks concerned but then runs after Lincoln. "Hey Lincoln, where'd you get that steak?"
Clyde and Zach are more concerned. Clyde goes over to where Lola is buried. He grabs a shovel and digs her out.
"Um, my apologies Lola. Happy Halloween?" Clyde said awkwardly before running after Lincoln.
"Yeah. Happy Halloween." Zach said before running off.
Lola just looks stunned. Lincoln and Rusty are far ahead. Clyde and Zach try to keep up.
"Wait up fellows!" Clyde called.
Clyde and Zach suddenly bump into someone dressed as a queen mummy. It was Girl Jordan.
"Was that, like a trick or a treat?" Jordan asked. Her mouth and eyes were exposed. "Happy Halloween, guys!"
She helps the boys up.
"And a good Hallows Eve to you, Jordan." Clyde replied.
"Kudos on your mummy costume." Zach complimented. "And judging by your crown, you must be the queen."
"That's right. Hey, you guys want some Melonheads?" Girl Jordan held out her candy bag.
"Melonheads?" Clyde said, unfamiliar with the type of candy.
"They're a type of hard rock candy." Zach explained. "I'll take some." Zach helped himself to some of her candy.
"Oh come on guys, let's go check out the next house!" Girl Jordan suggested.
"Well, actually, we're expected to be somewhere." Clyde mentioned as the boys started to follow her but Jordan was more focused on getting candy.
"Don't worry, we'll just go to one house with Jordan and then catch up with Lincoln and Rusty." Zach suggested to Clyde. "...Wherever they are."
Lincoln and Rusty were running down the sidewalk.
"So what's the next direction on the map?" Lincoln asked.
"The map?" Rusty stops running as he realizes Clyde and Zach are not with them. "Clyde has the map!"
Lincoln stops too. "Well, where is he and Zach? Let's go find them!"
They run back. Clyde, Zach and Girl Jordan are seen at someone's house waiting for someone to answer the door.
"I'm guessing they're not home." Clyde said after waiting a bit.
"It's Halloween, dude." Zach said.
Lincoln and Rusty caught up to them.
"What are they doing with Girl Jordan?" Rusty asked. "Did they just ditch us?"
Lincoln's eyes went static and he saw Jordan as a demonic mummy.
"Release them!" Lincoln shouted and charged. The person who owned the house had finally given Jordan, Clyde, and Zach some candy.
"Thanks." She said as held up her bag. "This stuff's gonna go right to my thighs."
She was then tackled by Lincoln.
Ace Savvy had pinned the mummy to the ground. The mummy covers and wraps his body with its paper. Ace tried to escape. "Oh no! I'm being mummified!" Now his whole body is covered and he is stuck in place.
In reality, Lincoln remains still and Girl Jordan looks at him with confusion.
However, Ace used all his strength to break free. He pulled on the mummy's wrappings, untangling her until her true form was revealed to be a short monster. She was spun into a pit where she vanished.
"Looks like Ace Savvy has this situation all wrapped up! Or should I say unwrapped up." Lincoln stated proudly.
The boys were left speechless at what Lincoln had just done to Girl Jordan. In reality, he sent Girl Jordan into a nearby garbage bin.
Clyde then spoke. "Lincoln! What has gotten into you?!"
"Yeah man! You've lost it!" Zach added.
"What are you talking about? I just saved you guys." Lincoln said.
"Hey guys, I found a wagon!" Rusty stated. He dragged over a wagon big enough to fit all of the boys in.
"Great. We can pretend this is our convertible." Lincoln said. "To Spookyville!"
Rusty and Lincoln got in. Zach got in too. Clyde was still stunned about what Lincoln just did.
"Come on Clyde." Lincoln dragged Clyde inside and they rode off.
Girl Jordan popped her head out of the trash. She was revealed to be wearing a shirt. She yelled at them. "You guys are totally in for it! That was so uncool!" She threw a banana peel out of her hair.
The guys were riding down the sidewalk in the wagon.
"Uh, how do we stop this thing?" Zach asked.
The guys headed off the road and crashed inside an old car. Lincoln popped his head out of the glove compartment.
"They should put brakes on that vehicle." Lincoln said.
Clyde crawled out of the front seat. "Lincoln, this has gone too far!"
Lincoln shushed him. "Quiet Clyde! There could be monsters around."
Lincoln came out of the car and went to search for monsters. Zach came up from the back seat looking dazed and Rusty climbed out of the passenger's seat.
"Guys, I'm really concerned about Lincoln and his behavior." Clyde rambled. "It's those horror movies. They must have affected him and now he's acting all crazy!"
Zach and Rusty looked concerned.
"I think you're right Clyde." Zach responded.
"That explains so much." Rusty said but then changed the subject. "So what's the next clue?"
Clyde glared at Rusty. "Don't change the subject."
"What's the next clue?" Rusty repeated.
Clyde sighed and came out of the car. He looked at the map. "It says here the next clue to look for is an abandoned hearse. Seriously? Where are we gonna find-"
Clyde realized something and looked back at the car the gang crashed into. It was an abandoned hearse. Zach and Rusty realized too.
"That's it!" Rusty said. "You found a clue!"
"Just as the map indicated." Zach said.
"Hearse, Check. So what's next?" Rusty said anxiously. "Read it!"
Clyde was about to read the next clue but suddenly got hit with an egg, which was thrown by Chandler. He was not wearing a costume but he had on a jacket. He was riding his bike, wearing his backpack and having carton of eggs with him.
"One down. Three dorks to go." Chandler laughed. "Man, I love Halloween."
"Hey Ace, where are you?" Rusty called. Lincoln popped his body out of the bushes. Then Rusty and Zach got hit with an egg.
"One more to go." Chandler said.
Lincoln's eyes went static and he saw a headless horseman riding on a demonic horse. He had a flaming pumpkin in one hand and Chandler's head in the other.
"It's the Headless Horseman from Cirrhosis of the Liverpool!" Ace Savvy exclaimed. Chandler's head laughed evilly.
"Take the ladies to safety!" Lincoln said running up in front of his friends.
The horseman threw a flaming pumpkin at Ace.
Lincoln got hit in the face with an egg. He stopped in his tracks.
The horseman ran towards him with another pumpkin in his hand.
"Is it me or does raw egg smell like a wet dog?" Rusty asked.
"Retreat! The horseman is too strong!" Lincoln warned his friends and ran away. His friends looked at each other. An egg was thrown in front of them and they ran off with Lincoln. Lincoln led them to the edge of a cliff.
"You guys, down there!" Lincoln said.
"Wait, what?" Clyde questioned.
Lincoln pushed all three of them down the cliff. They screamed as they fell. Lincoln looked back at the approaching horseman and he had nowhere else to go.
"Adios loser!" Chandler's head laughed evilly. He threw another flaming pumpkin at Ace Savvy. Ace flew up in the air and dodged the attack. Ace summoned a giant toy jack he borrowed from One Eyed Jack. (let's just say this is one of Ace Savvy's new powers) He aimed and fired it at the headless horseman and horse.
"Uh oh." Chandler's head said. The horseman and horse were crushed. Chandler's head went flying.
In reality, Lincoln had thrown normal sized toy jacks at Chandler's bike. They caused his front tire to go flat.
"My bike!" Chandler exclaimed.
"Tell the witches that their jinx is for naught!" Lincoln said. He picked up his jacks
Meanwhile, down below the cliff, the other boys landed safely on an abandoned couch. They were still a little dazed too. Lincoln is seen swinging down the cliff with a long rope and he swung off, landing next to the boys. Rusty angrily glared at him.
"Hey Super Doofus, you messed up my hair!" Rusty combed his hair.
"I think I bruised my coccyx!" Clyde said.
"Lincoln, you had a rope with you the whole time?!" Zach yelled.
"Yeah. I just hooked it onto a branch." Lincoln said. "I forget this was part of my Ace Savvy costume. But no thanks are necessary."
Rusty and Zach growled at him.
"Guys, Lincoln needs some serious help." Clyde suggested. "We should turn back."
"Yeah, I'm with Clyde here." Zach agreed.
"Back nothing!" Rusty said. "We already came all the way here so it's Spookyville or bust! Got it, Spore boy and One Eyed Dork? Next clue."
"Spore Boy. Clever. Very clever." Clyde said and looked at the map. "Unless I'm mistaken it reads "At the bottom of the embankment, you will find a tall oak tree."
They looked at the forest.
"There's like a million stupid trees!" Rusty shouted.
Lincoln ran forward. "My superhero senses will guide us to the right tree." Lincoln went ahead.
"Come on guys. He's onto something!" Rusty said and followed Lincoln. Clyde and Zach looked at each other and shrugged before following them into the forest. Lincoln stopped at a tree. His eyes went static again. The others stopped behind him.
"Don't be afraid." Lincoln said. This time he saw his sister Lucy as a bat-like monster.
"The bat creature is a horrific and sadly misunderstood monster who longs for companionship and poetry." Ace stated.
Lucy slides down a rope, dressed as a bat.
"We come in peace." Lincoln said and bowed down.
"Wicked costumes, guys." Lucy complimented. "What's Clyde supposed to be? Barf?"
"Yes, well, a happy Hallow's-" Lincoln put a hand over Clyde's mouth.
"One wrong word and we're goners." Lincoln warned.
"Oh great spider creature." Ace Savvy chose the words carefully so he wouldn't anger the bat creature.
"We seek the path to Spookyville!" Lincoln saw Rusty holding some of Lana's candy he took. He took them from him.
"Hey!" Rusty said.
"Help us as we bring you offerings." Ace held the candy out in front of the bat.
Clyde spoke. "I might caution that you have any and all Halloween candy carefully inspected by your parents as a-"
Lincoln covered Clyde's mouth again. "Shut up! Don't insight it's wrath!"
"Do the offerings please you?" Ace Savvy asked the bat creature who was eating the candy.
"Yeah, sure. This stuff's pretty good." Lucy said. "If it's a path you're looking for, maybe that's the way."
Lucy pointed to the path on her left. "But even I've never been to a place called Spookyville."
"Ok, thanks for the directions." Lincoln said. He and his friends walk down the path.
"If you see Rocky, tell him to come over by the cliff! I'm tired of waiting for him!" Lucy said.
The boys continue to walk down the path.
"Oh man, I hope we're almost there!" Rusty said.
Lincoln led the group through a swamp, a rock, and a deep gorge.
"We gotta be getting closer." Rusty said. "What's the next clue?"
Clyde got up and saw something that made his eyes widen. "Uh, guys?"
The guys turned to what Clyde was looking at and their eyes widened. They saw two giant shadows.
"Ahh!" Zach and Rusty screamed.
"Don't move!" Lincoln ordered.
"What could that be?" Clyde wondered.
"Look at the map." Rusty said. "Maybe it's a clue."
"Ace Savvy doesn't need a dang map." Lincoln charged towards the shadow.
"Lincoln! Wait!" Zach said.
"I think Ace Savvy might need a dang brain." Rusty said.
The boys went after Lincoln. Lincoln stopped behind a tree. The other boys followed. They peeked from behind the tree and saw Liam and his pig. They were in a pumpkin patch. Liam was not wearing a costume but had a jacket on.
"It's Liam!" Clyde said.
Liam saw them. "Howdy fellers."
Lincoln's eyes went static and flickered again.
Liam held out a bowl of food. "Me and Frankie here (the pig) are here for our pumpkin planting tradition. Would you guys like some pumpkin shaped hush puppies?"
"Sure." Clyde, Zach, and Rusty went to take one but Lincoln went in front of them.
"Don't taste them!" Lincoln said and knocked the bowl of Liam's hands. Liam was confused. Lincoln saw Liam as a cyclops and his pig as a mutant pig creature.
The cyclops roared at Ace Savvy. He tried to lasso the hero but he flew away. Ace Savvy led the cyclops and pig to a tree but he got his cape stuck on a branch.
In reality, Lincoln did get his cape stuck on a tree branch. He was trying to pull it out. Liam and his pig walked up to him.
"Lincoln, I like you but tell me why I shouldn't hit you with a stick right now." Liam said.
Ace Savvy pulled his cape as hard as he could as the cyclops and pig ran towards him. He finally got his cape out just in time and punched the cyclops right in the eye. The cyclops held his eye in pain.
"My eye!" Liam cried, holding his eye as he stumbled backwards. "Somebody get me a bandage! I require a-" Liam fell in a stream nearby. The other boys stared.
"He'll be ok." Rusty assured them. "But can we please get to Spookyville before next Halloween?"
Lincoln ran ahead. "Yeah, let's go!" The other boys followed. Lincoln ran into Rocky who was dressed as a stone.
"Oh, hey Lucy's brother." Rocky greeted. "Have you seen your sister Lucy?"
Lincoln saw Rocky as a rock monster.
"It's the Rockman!" Ace Savvy yelled. The Rockman was huge and towered over Ace. Ace backed up a bit. He tripped behind a log. He got back up and picked up the log. He charged at the Rockman, repeatedly hitting him with the log.
"Take this, and that!"
In reality, Lincoln was hitting Rocky with a twig. Rocky was cowering.
"Ow! Hey! Stop, man!"
The other boys ran over to them.
"Oh no! Not again!" Clyde cried.
"Hey! Quit hitting my little bro!" Rusty said.
"The monster is defeated!" Lincoln said proudly and he continued walking. Rusty helped his brother up.
"What was that all about?" Rocky asked.
"Sorry about that, Rocky. Lincoln has been watching too many horror movies." Clyde said.
"Yeah. He's a real psycho now." Zach said.
"Now we've gotta get to Spookyville. See ya later, bro." Rusty ran off with the map. Zach followed him. Clyde looked back at Rocky.
"By the way, Lucy is waiting for you." Clyde said. "Are you guys on a date?"
"No. We're just hanging out." Rocky said. "She's cute though."
"Yeah...well, I gotta go." Clyde said and he ran off.
Rocky was trying to read the map. "I can't read this stupid thing!"
Lincoln swiped the map from him. "I'll read it. Ace Savvy knows all!" He looked at the map. "At the end of the path, look for a big rock!"
Lincoln ran into a big rock.
"That's a rock!" Rusty said, getting excited.
"Behind the rock, touch the shovel!" Lincoln read.
Rusty saw a shovel and ran to it. "Touched it!"
"Under the hose we must go!" Lincoln read. He, Rusty, and Zach ran under a hose. Clyde caught up and noticed the shovel sticking in the dirt. "Who would leave a shovel in the middle of-"
"Get over here!" Rusty dragged Clyde under the hose.
"Now close your eyes and take ten steps backwards." Lincoln read.
Rusty took ten steps backwards as he closed his eyes and counted. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ten!"
He turned around to see a neighborhood. "IT'S SPOOKYVILLE!"
Rusty jumped with joy. The other boys caught up. "Is my dad the man or what?"
Zach and Clyde looked around at the place.
"This is Spookyville?" Zach questioned.
"Yeah, something's not right here Rusty." Clyde noted.
"Get a big bag! It's trick or treating time!" Rusty said excitedly.
"Stop!" Lincoln shouted. Everyone froze. "Do you hear? The monsters have joined forces to destroy us! Leave it to Ace Savvy to save the day!" The white haired boy ran off.
"Ugh, whatever. Forget him." Rusty said. He turned to the others. "Come on you two! Let's hit that house!"
Rusty pointed to a house and ran over to it. Zach and Clyde looked around but followed Rusty. Rusty ringed on the doorbell and held out his bag. Clyde and Zach realized something.
"Uh, Rusty?" Clyde said.
Rusty rang the doorbell again. "What's with these people?"
"Rusty, look. Don't you notice anything familiar about this house?" Zach asked.
"I bet they're faking not being at home." Rusty said, looking through a window.
"Oh, for heaven's sake man, this is your house!" Clyde pointed out.
"What? Did I win the lottery or something?" Rusty wondered.
Zach and Clyde facepalmed.
"No. It's really your house!" Clyde explained. "We've gone in a complete circle! We're back in your neighborhood."
Rusty then realized. "This is my house."
"Seems like your dad tricked rather than treated you this Halloween, Rusty." Clyde said, holding the map.
Rusty got mad. "Man, my dad is a jerk."
Lincoln returned and bumped into his friends.
"Guys, act natural. They're coming!"
The citizens that Lincoln attacked earlier are now making their way towards him angrily.
"Lincoln! Wait till I get my hands on you!" Lola (the demon vampire) yelled.
"You candy stealer!" Lana (the alien) yelled.
"You have made a mockery of my tradition!" Liam (the cyclops) yelled.
"Rocky's pressing charges, you bully!" Lucy (the bat) said angrily. Rocky (the Rockman) followed her.
"Who's coughing up to fix my bike?" Chandler (the headless horseman) said angrily.
The monsters cornered the white haired superhero.
"Your mama wears combat boots!"
"What now?" Rusty said.
Lincoln pushed his friends as he ran down the road.
Ace Savvy's enemies chased after him.
They managed to hide in a bush and lose the kids.
"We should be safe in here." Lincoln said.
"Man, this has been the worst Halloween ever." Rusty frowned.
"Yeah." Zach agreed.
"Well, look at the bright side, guys. No cavities this Halloween." Clyde said, trying to lighten their moods.
"Ace Savvy will be on the lookout for more monsters." Lincoln said.
"No! That's enough!" Rusty said. He picked up a rock and hit Lincoln in the head with it, causing Lincoln to fall to the ground and become unconscious.
"Rusty! Why'd you do that?!" Clyde said, shocked.
"I'm sorry but Lincoln needs to snap out of it. Hopefully when he wakes up, he'll go back to his old self." Rusty said.
Clyde checked on Lincoln. "Lincoln, wake up, buddy!"
"This is bad!" Zach said. "What if those guys find us?"
"We can go to my place until they've cooled off." Clyde suggested.
"No way! We should spend what's left of our Halloween trick or treating." Rusty suggested.
"Hey! There they are!" Chandler's voice is heard.
"Ah see them!" Liam yelled.
"Oh no, they found us!" Zach panicked. "Lincoln, wake up!"
The crowd advanced towards them.
"Lincoln, if you're having one of your horror-induced delusions, now is the time!" Clyde panicked, shaking his white haired friend.
"Wake up, Ace Savvy! Wake up!" Rusty desperately shook Lincoln. However, the kids got close to them and Rusty, Clyde, and Zach had to run for it. The mob ran past the unconscious Loud kid. Lincoln finally woke up, rubbing his head and his eyes fizz with static again. What he sees is not horrible monsters, but instead, he sees his friends trick or treating happily as flowers rain down.
"Aww. Isn't Halloween so sweet?" Lincoln said and headed back home, but in reality, the angry mob chased after his friends and pelted them for the rest of Halloween.