A Misfit Halloween
To the pilot of eva unit 04: Hey there Eva! No the ghost on horseback is not Xena. However, I did like the little encounter between a ghost Xena and a very drunk Senator Kelly. Poor Kelly. Everybody beats him up or giant mutant animals have their way with him, and no one believes him when he tries to tell the cops. It's like a Halloween fic I did before, where Kelly was nearly mauled by a prom queen zombie. Enjoy the new chapter!
To mattb3671: Hey there matt! Yes, it is weirdness. Is it a red plane with black Iron Crosses. Sorry, matt. It's not. The red pane with the black Iron Crosses was a Fokker Triplane, and it was the plane of the legendary Red Baron, a real-life German WWI pilot who became a legend for his ability to win aerial dogfights. The Red baron was a real pilot, not just WWI pilot Snoopy's imaginary enemy. In the original GI Joe episode I'm basing this fic on, the plane was American. The ghost plane in this fic is American, so it'll have American markings. You're very welcome, and enjoy the new chapter!
To Red Witch: Hey there Red Witch! Yeah, I think Shipwreck should remember that the joes have had to deal with something like that before. The line by Shipwreck was meant to be this big tribute to 'The Phantom Brigade', the original GI Joe episode that inspired this story and what this story is based on. I thought it'd be a bit funny for Shipwreck to put out the line. Here's more insanity for you! Anyway, enjoy the new chapter!
Author's Note: Hey there folks! L1701E here! Sorry I haven't updated in so long. I just got writers' block when it came to this story and I couldn't figure out a way to finish it. Not to mention I had other fics to do. I hope you enjoy this long-awaited new chapter, and I hope you had a great New Year!
Disclaimer: "I demand that you shoot me now!" - Daffy Duck
Chapter 8: Wanda Figures It Out!
A road outside Joe's Pool Hall
"Where in the name of God are those guys?!" Lance growled as he fiddled with his Joe-Com watch behind a jeep. "I can't raise anybody! This thing can't be broken! Trinity just checked them all yesterday!"
"What's going on, mate?!" John screamed as he tried to blast the Mongolian Warrior ghost with several jets of flame.
"Forget it John! Our flames are only making her laugh!" Jake told him.
"I can't raise the Joes, John!" Lance exclaimed. "I think something's going on down at the Pit! It would explain why we can't reach them!"
"Maybe the watches are broken." Fred blinked. Lance shook his head.
"No, Trinity checked them yesterday." Lance reminded. Fred nodded when the memory of it came back.
"Your attacks have great power." The lady Mongul laughed. Fred ripped a chunk of road out of the ground.
"So does this!" Fred snapped. With great strength and perfect aim, Fred threw the chunk of hard asphalt at the Mongul. That attack had the same effect on her as Jake and John's flames and Lance's tremors did: It harmlessly passed through her and her horse, only to impact the ground nearby. The woman laughed.
"As I said, your attacks have great power, but they cannot hurt me. However…" The woman produced a bow. She held it in an aiming position. She pulled back on the string, and an arrow made from white fire appeared from nowhere on the bow. "My attacks can hurt you!" She fired the arrow at Jake.
"Jake!" Lance, Fred, and John exclaimed. Jake's eyes narrowed as the arrow sped towards him. The dragon-powered mutant quickly moved to the side. The Boston native smirked.
"Unlike you three stooges, I don't spend 100 percent of the Blind Master's training sessions goofing around, eating, or pining."
"Oh shut up." Lance grumbled. I get no respect. After all this, I'm asking for a #&#&#& vacation!
The Pit
"Shut up!" Althea snapped at her Joe-Com watch. It had been beeping the entire battle, and it would not stop. She finally got tired of trying to ignore it. "WHAT?!"
"Althea! About time!" Lance's voice came from the watch. "Where the heck have you been? We've been trying to call you, but you never answered! No one did!"
"Sorry Lance, we've just been busy! This is not the time for a social call! We're kind of under attack here!"
"So are we, Althea! John, Fred, Jake and I encountered this woman…"
"Lance, I said this is not the time." Althea warned.
"Wait! Let me finish! The guys and I met this woman on a horse. She looked like one of those ancient Mongol troopers under Genghis Khan. She and the horse were translucent, like they were ghosts or something. She's firing a bow with fire arrows at us! Nothing we do against her works!" Lance exclaimed. "Send some help down here or at least send someone to pick us up!" Lance exclaimed. Althea nodded.
"I'm on it." Althea nodded. She whistled at Pietro. "Pietro! Lance called! The guys need a pick-up! Use your Joe-Com's tracking device to find them!" The speedster nodded and raced off. Althea turned around and saw Wanda. She was holding a book. "Wanda! What's with the book?"
"I did some reading up, Althea." Wanda said. "The Pit's defenses or our powers won't work on these things."
"We figured that, Wanda." Althea rolled her eyes. "But why?"
"They're ghosts, Althea." Wanda explained. "Our powers work on a different plane than they do. They exist in a different plane than we do."
"So, how do we stop them?"
"The only way to stop a ghost is to help it rest." Wanda responded. Althea blinked.
"Rest?"
"Yeah." Wanda nodded. "You see, spirits are often walking among the living because they are not at peace. They usually are after an object that's important to them in life."
"But why are they acting like this?!" Althea exclaimed.
"Those ghosts kept mentioning a master. My guess is, they're being enslaved." Wanda surmised. "You see, it's possible to enslave ghosts. All you have to do his hold something that the ghost needs to be at peace and then chant a spell."
"So, someone is sending out these ghosts to attack us?" Althea deduced. Wanda nodded.
"That's correct."
"I got a sinking feeling that a certain group of snakes are behind this." Althea scowled.
"You got that right." A familiar voice cackled.
Well, well, well! Look like they may have figured it out! What insanity will happen next? Can the Joes use this info? Who was the one talking to Althea and Wanda! Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed really badly!