Chapter 4: "The Poltergeist 3000"
Deep inside the dark bowels of the mansion, a round white creature floated before a mirror. The creature gazed at himself and grinned. Very soon now, he thought. Soon I will have my revenge. This caused him to break into ghoulish laughter. The sound echoed through the old house like a wind, blowing out candles and brushing past the fire spirits that kept them alight.
He once again gazed upon himself. He had to look good before he told his subjects the good news. He placed his red ruby crown upon his head and contemplated his image. He was truly a handsome Boo, if said so himself.
He caught the reflection of one of his subjects, an orange ghost, gliding through the wall into his chamber. "Well?" he said, impatient for the good news.
The ghost's voice seemed shaky. "S-Sir...er...There was a...little problem."
He slowly turned round to face the orange ghost. He locked his cold, blue eyes on his nervous minion. "What sort of 'little problem'?
The nervous phantom tried not to take his gaze away from the cold stare, lest it offend the king. "W-well...um...L-Luigi. Yeah...Luigi...Well, I had h-him right there and-"
"Just get to the point." The leader ghost said calmly and slowly, yet he still had a hint of rage in his eye.
"Luigi escaped!" the other ghost blurted out, shrinking backward and bring his hands up in front of his face to shield himself from whatever blow the king was going to give him.
The king stared at his cowering cohort. Then he cackled. The orange ghost looked up nervously, surprised he hadn't been blasted through the wall. "Don't worry!" the king said. "Luigi will be back to look for his brother. Then I'll have him right where I want him! BWA HA HA HA HA HA!"
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What smelled like burning rubber entered Luigi's nostrils as he climbed down the ladder that lead underground. The room he entered was filled with stacks of
paper, books, tools and other odds and ends. The walls were basically a rock face with bits of piping sticking out in odd places. A lot of strange contraptions were scattered about, most of them making odd whirring, beeping soundsand containing flashing lights. The little fellow with Luigi didn't seem to mind all the noise and strange smell. "Have a seat, my boy." he said, showing him to a wooden stool sitting in the middle of the room.
"What sort of place is this?" Luigi said to no one in particular, gazing around the room.
"Oh, it's not much." Luigi heard the old man say from another room. "Now, where did I put tha- Ow!" Luigi heard a muffled crash. "Confounded...Ah! Here it is!" The little guy waddled back into the room holding a mug of coffee.
"Um...Pardon me for asking," Luigi said. "But who are you?"
"Huh? Oh! I'm sorry. I haven't introduced myself yet." The man took a sip of his coffee before continuing. "My name is Professor Elvin Gadd, though everyone calls me E. Gadd." Luigi had to hide a snicker. "What about you, young feller?"
"Me? My name's Luigi." Luigi looked around again. "What is this place?"
"This is where I do my research." The professor said, sitting down on a stack of piled books. "You see, I study the paranormal. You know, unnatural phenomena…"
"You mean ghosts?" Luigi said.
"Exactly!" E. Gadd chuckled. "I'm an old man now, but I'm not giving up my life's work anytime soon! I built my lab here because this here Forever Forest is the most haunted spot in the Mushroom Kingdom. However, the mystery of this mansion puzzles me."
"How so?" Luigi said.
E. Gadd sighed. "Well, when I first came here, this spot was just the site of a burned down mansion and an old graveyard. Nothing to strange. But then, three nights ago, it suddenly rebuilt itself. Just like that!"
"By the way," he continued. "What where you doing in such a spooky place?"
Luigi told the professor about the sweepstakes and about how he found the place.
"My older brother was supposed to meet me there," Luigi said. "But now, I don't know what's happened to him."
E. Gadd scratched his chin. "Hmm...Come to think of it, I did see this guy who kinda looked like you walking up to the mansion. Red outfit. Big nose. Funny accent."
Luigi jumped up. "That's him! That's Mario! Do you know what happened?"
"Sorry, Luigi." the professor said. "If I would have known that he was THE Mario, I would have made tracks like lightning. But I had to fix my Poltergeist 3000…"
"That vacuum cleaner?" Luigi asked.
"Yes. Well anyway, I went up there and entered the room where I heard someone yelling. I saw you lying on the floor and that ghost towering over you."
Luigi suddenly looked determined. "Mario's stuck in there! I gotta help him!" "I'm sure you do," E. Gadd said. "but you shouldn't just run in there to save him! Ghosts can't be harmed by physical means. That's why I invented the Poltergeist 3000. It can suck up ghosts to be deposited into my Ghost Proto...Ah! The name's to long! The Ghost Portrait Machine."
"Why a portrait machine?" Luigi asked.
"I can tell you later when you have time, but right now, we gotta save your brother! Follow me!" E. Gadd leapt up and opened a door on the wall that Luigi hadn't noticed before. He lead him into a empty room that had several panels on the floor.
"Now Luigi," E. Gadd said as he strapped the vacuum to Luigi's back. "listen up! You're taking on the responsibility of being a ghost hunter, so I declare you my assistant!"
"Wow! Er...Thanks, I guess." Luigi said, not to sure he really wanted to be a ghost hunter.
"Now. To turn it on as a vacuum, press that switch there." the professor said.
"This one?"
Voosh. "YAHAWOO!!"
"Yes, that one." the professor said, trying to dislodge his head from the vacuums nozzle.
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The training was fairly simple. Luigi stood in the middle of the room holding the flash light that was attached to the Poltergeist 3000 while holographic ghosts came out of the panels in the room. Luigi would shine his flashlight at them to stun them (ghosts hate light) and then he'd suck them up. All the while, Professor Gadd cheered him on.
At first, Luigi was scared. But now he felt more confident that he could overcome his fears. He thanked the professor and was about to leave when…
"Hold up, Luigi!" E. Gadd ran up to Luigi. "I need to give you this." he handed him a Game Boy Color.
"Wow! Thanks!" Luigi studied the Game Boy. "Does it have Pokemon?"
"No, Luigi. It's a Game Boy HORROR!" E. Gadd said. "I made it so I could talk to you through it. Now remember, don't be scared your brother is counting on you!"
Luigi wanted to ask him more about the ghosts and the Portrait Machine, but the professor shoved Luigi outside and closed the door. Luigi began to trudge back toward the mansion through the rain, hoping that Mario was okay.
Okay. I just want to say a couple things. Legal Stuff: Luigi and all the characters belong to Nintendo. So does the baisic plot. They're not mine!
Also, I'd like to thank Gamecubegirl for her nice reveiw! :) Thanks a bunch! Stay tuned! Chapter 5 will be up soon!
Deep inside the dark bowels of the mansion, a round white creature floated before a mirror. The creature gazed at himself and grinned. Very soon now, he thought. Soon I will have my revenge. This caused him to break into ghoulish laughter. The sound echoed through the old house like a wind, blowing out candles and brushing past the fire spirits that kept them alight.
He once again gazed upon himself. He had to look good before he told his subjects the good news. He placed his red ruby crown upon his head and contemplated his image. He was truly a handsome Boo, if said so himself.
He caught the reflection of one of his subjects, an orange ghost, gliding through the wall into his chamber. "Well?" he said, impatient for the good news.
The ghost's voice seemed shaky. "S-Sir...er...There was a...little problem."
He slowly turned round to face the orange ghost. He locked his cold, blue eyes on his nervous minion. "What sort of 'little problem'?
The nervous phantom tried not to take his gaze away from the cold stare, lest it offend the king. "W-well...um...L-Luigi. Yeah...Luigi...Well, I had h-him right there and-"
"Just get to the point." The leader ghost said calmly and slowly, yet he still had a hint of rage in his eye.
"Luigi escaped!" the other ghost blurted out, shrinking backward and bring his hands up in front of his face to shield himself from whatever blow the king was going to give him.
The king stared at his cowering cohort. Then he cackled. The orange ghost looked up nervously, surprised he hadn't been blasted through the wall. "Don't worry!" the king said. "Luigi will be back to look for his brother. Then I'll have him right where I want him! BWA HA HA HA HA HA!"
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What smelled like burning rubber entered Luigi's nostrils as he climbed down the ladder that lead underground. The room he entered was filled with stacks of
paper, books, tools and other odds and ends. The walls were basically a rock face with bits of piping sticking out in odd places. A lot of strange contraptions were scattered about, most of them making odd whirring, beeping soundsand containing flashing lights. The little fellow with Luigi didn't seem to mind all the noise and strange smell. "Have a seat, my boy." he said, showing him to a wooden stool sitting in the middle of the room.
"What sort of place is this?" Luigi said to no one in particular, gazing around the room.
"Oh, it's not much." Luigi heard the old man say from another room. "Now, where did I put tha- Ow!" Luigi heard a muffled crash. "Confounded...Ah! Here it is!" The little guy waddled back into the room holding a mug of coffee.
"Um...Pardon me for asking," Luigi said. "But who are you?"
"Huh? Oh! I'm sorry. I haven't introduced myself yet." The man took a sip of his coffee before continuing. "My name is Professor Elvin Gadd, though everyone calls me E. Gadd." Luigi had to hide a snicker. "What about you, young feller?"
"Me? My name's Luigi." Luigi looked around again. "What is this place?"
"This is where I do my research." The professor said, sitting down on a stack of piled books. "You see, I study the paranormal. You know, unnatural phenomena…"
"You mean ghosts?" Luigi said.
"Exactly!" E. Gadd chuckled. "I'm an old man now, but I'm not giving up my life's work anytime soon! I built my lab here because this here Forever Forest is the most haunted spot in the Mushroom Kingdom. However, the mystery of this mansion puzzles me."
"How so?" Luigi said.
E. Gadd sighed. "Well, when I first came here, this spot was just the site of a burned down mansion and an old graveyard. Nothing to strange. But then, three nights ago, it suddenly rebuilt itself. Just like that!"
"By the way," he continued. "What where you doing in such a spooky place?"
Luigi told the professor about the sweepstakes and about how he found the place.
"My older brother was supposed to meet me there," Luigi said. "But now, I don't know what's happened to him."
E. Gadd scratched his chin. "Hmm...Come to think of it, I did see this guy who kinda looked like you walking up to the mansion. Red outfit. Big nose. Funny accent."
Luigi jumped up. "That's him! That's Mario! Do you know what happened?"
"Sorry, Luigi." the professor said. "If I would have known that he was THE Mario, I would have made tracks like lightning. But I had to fix my Poltergeist 3000…"
"That vacuum cleaner?" Luigi asked.
"Yes. Well anyway, I went up there and entered the room where I heard someone yelling. I saw you lying on the floor and that ghost towering over you."
Luigi suddenly looked determined. "Mario's stuck in there! I gotta help him!" "I'm sure you do," E. Gadd said. "but you shouldn't just run in there to save him! Ghosts can't be harmed by physical means. That's why I invented the Poltergeist 3000. It can suck up ghosts to be deposited into my Ghost Proto...Ah! The name's to long! The Ghost Portrait Machine."
"Why a portrait machine?" Luigi asked.
"I can tell you later when you have time, but right now, we gotta save your brother! Follow me!" E. Gadd leapt up and opened a door on the wall that Luigi hadn't noticed before. He lead him into a empty room that had several panels on the floor.
"Now Luigi," E. Gadd said as he strapped the vacuum to Luigi's back. "listen up! You're taking on the responsibility of being a ghost hunter, so I declare you my assistant!"
"Wow! Er...Thanks, I guess." Luigi said, not to sure he really wanted to be a ghost hunter.
"Now. To turn it on as a vacuum, press that switch there." the professor said.
"This one?"
Voosh. "YAHAWOO!!"
"Yes, that one." the professor said, trying to dislodge his head from the vacuums nozzle.
*************************************************************
The training was fairly simple. Luigi stood in the middle of the room holding the flash light that was attached to the Poltergeist 3000 while holographic ghosts came out of the panels in the room. Luigi would shine his flashlight at them to stun them (ghosts hate light) and then he'd suck them up. All the while, Professor Gadd cheered him on.
At first, Luigi was scared. But now he felt more confident that he could overcome his fears. He thanked the professor and was about to leave when…
"Hold up, Luigi!" E. Gadd ran up to Luigi. "I need to give you this." he handed him a Game Boy Color.
"Wow! Thanks!" Luigi studied the Game Boy. "Does it have Pokemon?"
"No, Luigi. It's a Game Boy HORROR!" E. Gadd said. "I made it so I could talk to you through it. Now remember, don't be scared your brother is counting on you!"
Luigi wanted to ask him more about the ghosts and the Portrait Machine, but the professor shoved Luigi outside and closed the door. Luigi began to trudge back toward the mansion through the rain, hoping that Mario was okay.
Okay. I just want to say a couple things. Legal Stuff: Luigi and all the characters belong to Nintendo. So does the baisic plot. They're not mine!
Also, I'd like to thank Gamecubegirl for her nice reveiw! :) Thanks a bunch! Stay tuned! Chapter 5 will be up soon!