A/N- I have pics of everyone's costumes I found so you all can see what they actually look like instead of trying to picture them from the descriptions. {www26 . brinkster . com/ mvisions/ stories/ costumes . html}. Be sure to remove the spaces when you go to view the page (this is the only way I could get the link to show up)

The drink mentioned in this chapter later on does exist, I didn't make it up, it's an actual drink you can get in a bar.

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Several weeks before the annual station Halloween party, Joey's friend Michael invited him over for the evening. He hated missing the party with his parents but opted to spend the day with Michael and his other friends. The night of the party, Kim's mom watched Keira and after their shift everyone from the firehouse and the station headed to the location the party was being held at.

Jimmy showed up dressed as a pimp wearing a purple velvet jacket and pants with leopard print trim, velvet hat with feathers and leopard print shoes. D.K showed up as the Phantom of the Opera and started to tease Jimmy about his choice of attire.

"Jimmy, I never thought I'd see you dressing like that in my life." D.K said, unable to hold back laughter any longer.

"At least I'm not dressed like half man half ghost." Jimmy smirked, slapping D.K on the back.

The two men heard someone enter through the door and saw Walsh come in dressed as Austin Powers and both broke out in fits of laughter.

"Man, had I have known we were going back to the flower power days I would have dressed as a hippie!" D.K said laughing.

"Au contraire baby, you can't resist me." Walsh said jokingly with a fake British accent causing Jimmy and D.K to crack up laughing.

Lombardo walked in dressed as the Crocodile Hunter and Walsh said comically, "Hey Steve, watch out for that bloat!"

"At least I've been to the dentist recently," Lombardo replied snidely with a fake Australian accent.

Doc was the next to come through the door. They couldn't tell what he was supposed to be by the outfit he had on. He was wearing a black dress shirt and pair of pants, purple vest, black cape, black gloves, and a hat with skeleton headband and skull brooch.

"What are you supposed to be?" Walsh asked.

"I am the Soultaker." Doc replied.

"Who you here for tonight?" Jimmy asked laughing.

"Man what a collection of people we have here; a pimp, a phantom, a British spy and a croc hunter." Doc replied laughing.

Carlos was the next to enter dressed as Ringwaith from Lord of the Rings. He was wearing a hood with attached mesh drape, robe with belt and a special mesh face mask that let him see out, but others can't see in to identify who was behind the costume.

The group of five men tried to figure out who was behind the outfit but in the end gave up. Carlos came over and said, "You mean to tell me you all have no clue who's behind this outfit?"

"Carlos? Is that you?" Jimmy asked shocked.

"Who else would it be Mac Daddy?" Carlos said, holding back from laughing.

All the guys stood around talking when Alex walked in dressed as a wicked witch. She had on a shiny black vinyl dress with vinyl gloves, a witch hat, and choker.

"Alex, nice outfit," Jimmy said smirking, putting on the pimp action to go along with what he was wearing.

"Jimmy darling, that outfit you're wearing is not so becoming of you," she said innocently, trying not to laugh.

Faith and Bosco were the next two to come in. Faith was dressed as Cleopatra while Bosco was dressed as the Minister of Death.

"Well if two opposites don't attract then I don't know what does." Carlos said with a laugh.

"Man Bosco, you picked the perfect outfit. It really suits you." Jimmy said grinning.

"Thanks Doherty, I see you're right at home in yours too." Bosco said with a laugh.

Jimmy glared at Bosco for a minute and then backed off and headed back to where D.K, Walsh and Lombardo were.

Bobby sat in the living room of their apartment, waiting on Kim to hurry up and change into her outfit so they could go. He was already wearing his black jumpsuit with chest piece with waist sash. The headpiece and chest piece had a design in yellow painted on them and was wearing a black face scarf. He looked down at his watch and back down the hall towards their room and wondered what on earth was taking so long.

Luckily she'd already gotten her hair braided so that was one less thing that needed to be done but he pondered what was taking her so long to get ready for a simple party. She'd already slipped into the faux gold metal bikini top as well as the bikini bottom with a long silk skirt in the front and back. What was taking so long was getting jewelry on that came with the outfit. She'd just put on a coiled faux gold metal upper arm bracelet, which wrapped around her arm three times, with decorative curls at ends and a carved antique looking gold collar type necklace. When she'd fixed her hair the final two pieces had already been put in which were two decorative faux gold metal hair ornaments with hair combs that were on both sides of her head. She knew Mel would be arriving any minute to see how the outfit looked.

Mel arrived shortly and knocked on the door to her sister's apartment. Bobby got up and answered the door and was surprised to see Melanie on the other side.

"How does the outfit look?" Mel asked.

"Dunno she hasn't come out yet," Bobby replied, taking a seat back on the couch.

"I'll go see what's taking so long." Mel said, heading down the hall.

She knocked lightly on the door and said quietly, "Kimmy it's me, need any help."

Kim cracked the door and let her sister in the room and shut the door and went back to putting some light makeup on. As Mel looked at the outfit her sister had on she knew why Jimmy had protested every time she tried to wear this. Jimmy had never seen her in the outfit when she wanted to wear it before; he'd just heard about it and begged her not to wear it.

"What do you think?" Kim asked.

"I see why Jimmy never wanted you to wear that. It's a safe bet jaws will be on the floor that's for sure." Mel said smiling.

"That's the reaction I was going for anyway," she replied smiling, grabbing the cloak the outfit came with to use as a cover up till they got to the party.

"Ready to surprise Bobby?" Mel asked, heading for the door.

"Yep," she replied following her sister out of the room.

Bobby heard the door open and said silently, "It's about time."

"Did you have to make the costume before you put it on?" he joked, as Mel and Kim entered the living room.

"Very funny Bobby." Kim chuckled, taking in his reaction to her outfit.

He was absolutely dumbfounded at her choice of costumes. For a few seconds he couldn't say anything because he honestly didn't know what to say. The outfit was a bit revealing but she looked striking in it regardless.

"So this is the mystery costume eh?" he asked, still unable to take his eyes off the outfit.

"The one and only," she replied smiling; "Shall we go and surprise our colleagues?"

"I think you are gonna floor them showing up in that but it will definitely be worth their reactions that's for sure," he said grinning, standing up.

She slipped the cloak over her shoulders and they headed out to the car to leave, Mel following them out to her car so she could go visit her mother and niece for the evening.

"You two have a good time." Mel called before she got in her car.

As they drove to where the party was being held Bobby asked, "Is this the outfit Jimmy would never let you wear?"

"Yep, this is it," She replied.

"What exactly are you supposed to be in that?" he asked.

"Princess Leia from Star Wars." She replied.

Back at the party, Ty had just arrived dressed as Morpheus from the Matrix.

Alex looked over and saw Ty coming in and said to the group she was with and said giggling, "It looks like the Matrix has revisited us."

"Looking for 'The One' eh Morpheus?" Jimmy asked.

"What's the matter Doherty? The ladies not come with you tonight?" Ty smirked at Jimmy's outfit.

Alex cracked up laughing at Ty's joke and Jimmy said, "One of them showed up,", looking over at Alex. Ty rolled his eyes and said jokingly "Nice try Jimmy, I don't exactly think a witch will be a very good business partner."

"As anyone seen Kim or Bobby yet?" Alex asked.

"Nope, not yet." Jimmy replied.

"Does anyone know what they are coming as?" Alex asked curiously.

"I heard talk that Bobby would be a ninja but Kim never said a word about her outfit so I dunno about hers." Carlos said through the mesh of his facemask.

Alex looked towards the door and said, "Well speak of the devil there they are."

Bobby and Kim walked in shortly seeing the group from the station all standing around talking. Kim slipped the cloak off and hung it up on a rack for coats and Bobby slipped his arm around her waist as they headed towards the colleagues.

Carlos looked over at Kim and Bobby headed in their direction and said, "Oh my god, look at what she's wearing!"

"Whoa, that is one awesome outfit," Ty replied.

Jimmy turned around and couldn't believe what she was wearing.

"Just what exactly are you supposed to be?" Jimmy asked curiously.

"Princess Leia." She replied smirking.

"I thought she wore that white dress like robe and wore her hair in buns on the side of her head." Jimmy said confused.

"She did, but wore this before the whole robe thing." Kim replied trying not to laugh.

"So every time you wanted to do that theme at these parties you'd planned on wearing that and not the white outfit?" Jimmy asked.

"Do you really think I'd put my hair in buns on the side of my head. I thought you knew me better than that Jimmy." Kim said laughing.

"Has anyone seen Sully yet? He's the only one missing." Ty said.

"No not yet. He's still got ten minutes to get here though." Bosco replied.

Sully had been tempted not to go to the Halloween party, but relented after Ty talked him into it, and knew he would probably be the last one to come in. He climbed out of his car and put his hat on and grabbed the fake tommy gun to go with his outfit since he was going as a mobster. He walked in and saw the costumes of his coworkers and couldn't help but laugh at some of them. Ty turned around and said, "You finally made it eh Sully?"

"Finally," he replied seeing the good time his friends were having.

"So, which mobster are you supposed to be?" Bosco asked.

"Dunno take your pick. New York has had enough of them," Sully replied.

Everyone grabbed some punch and Jimmy suggested that they get started with games.

"What should be the first one we play?" he asked.

"Let's play what if." Alex replied.

Everyone agreed and Alex went over the instructions and passed out paper to everyone. The group wrote down two questions that could be halloween related or be general questions and waited till everyone was finished.

"Ok, now everyone pass your sheet of paper to the person on your right and write down an answer to the questions." She said as everyone swapped papers and began writing.

After about ten minutes Alex drew a name from a bowl to see who would start first.

"Jimmy, you're first." Alex said.

"Bobby asked, What if you could have any alcoholic drink, what would it be." Jimmy said; "My answer would be a shot of sexual ecstasy."

Everyone in the group groaned at his answer and Kim asked humorously, "Is that you answering for yourself or the pimp in you answering for you?"

The group cracked up laughing at her question and Jimmy replied grinning, "That's both of us answering."

Ok, D.K Your turn." Alex said once everyone settled down.

"Jimmy's question was What if you could name your own Broadway production what would it be." D.K said; "My answer would be Distressing Vision."

"D.K asked, What if you could be the happiest person on earth what would it take." Walsh said; "For me to be the happiest person on earth I'd want a gorgeous wife, a lot of money."

"Walsh asked, What if you were being bugged by an annoying pain in the ass." Lombardo said; "I'd take care of the root of the problem early on so it wouldn't grow to be an even bigger pain."

"Lombardo asked, What if you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be." Doc said; " I'd go to the Mediterranean and live on the oceanfront."

"Doc asked, What if could dance to any song (fast or slow) what would it be." Carlos stated; "I'd pick Flight 643 by DJ Tiesto."

"Carlos asked, What if someone out of the blue gave you a new car." Faith said; "I'd say thank you now get out of my way and drive off."

"Faith asked, What if the chances of meeting a member of the undead were greater than being struck by lightning." Bosco said; "I'd say welcome to New York and stay out of trouble."

"Bosco asked, What if you could change the future what would you change." Sully said; "I wouldn't know what to change in the future since it hasn't gotten here yet."

"Sully asked, What if you could meet famous person who would it be." Ty said; "I'd want to meet Kobe Bryant."

"Ty asked, What if you were doing a striptease for someone who would it be for." Kim said, slightly blushing; "If I were doing that the answer is for me to know and for you all to find out."

"Kim asked, What if you could have any car you wanted what would it be." Bobby said; "If I could have any car I wanted it would definitely be a carbon metallic colored 03 GMC Yukon XL Denali with stone gray interior."

Alex drew a name out of the bowl to see who would pick the next activity.

"Ok Kim, your turn to pick an activity." Alex said.

"We're going to play the Halloween version of the acronym game." Kim said, trying to avoid laughing; "The object of the game is to create on the fly acronym definitions for various halloween words."

Once everyone understood the concept of the game, Kim drew to see who would go first.

"Ok, Sully, your word is treat." She said, as the group focused on Sully.

He thought for a bit and replied, "The real eye ate time."

"D.K your word is devil." Kim stated.

"Does every vixen improvise lifestyles." He replied, causing the group to laugh.

"Terror goes to Bosco."

"To everyone real reaks one roach." He replied.

"Lombardo, you've got ghost." She said.

"Go have one shot too." He replied, causing everyone to laugh.

"Bobby, your word is corpse." Kim said, glancing over at him.

He thought for a bit and replied, "Come on real people see everything."

"Howl goes to Doc." Kim said, flipping an index card to the back of the ones she held.

"Have one weak link." Doc replied.

"Carlos your word is skull." She said.

"Society kills us lingering loudly."

"Walsh you've got fright." Kim stated.

"Flea rite in goo hold tight." He replied, getting a bunch of strange looks from the group.

"Witch goes to Alex." She said.

"Why is this chick hot." She replied, getting some interesting looks from everyone.

"Faith gets spook."

"Sorry paper overtures over kill." She replied.

"Ty your word is vault." Kim said.

"Vroom a utopia light tonight." Ty said.

"Jimmy your word is crypt." She said.

"Can't rats yell peace too." He asked.

The party lasted for another hour and a half and more games were played and memories made that could and would be used to torment their fellow colleagues with. Everyone had a good time, talking, laughing and being able to have fun on one of the most interesting holidays of the year. Little did they know the terror that would come later on. Not from a Halloween prank but from a group of individuals on a mission to make there lives miserable.