Luigi brought out the Poltergust 3000's flashlight & walked down the hall, humming the Luigi's Mansion theme. He walked past the grandfather clock & continued down the hall, still humming the Luigi's Mansion theme music. He turned the corner & walked down the hall to the door next to the stairs leading down into the cemetery. He placed his hand on the door, breaking Atticus' spiritual seal. He opened the door & looked through it. He shined his light inside, & saw a flight of carpeted stair going upward. He walked inside & closed the door behind him. He shined his light up the stairs to see what awaited him up there. Just then, Madame Leota spoke up.
"Okay, Luigi." Leota said. "I think it's time you knew who you were dealing with." Luigi looked down at her.
"I already-a know who we are-a dealing with." He said.
"Well, here's some more info about him." Leota said. "Our enemy is none other than the Grand Master of the Order Of Shadows, Atticus Thorn. He's lived centuries beyond his natural life… by… gasp devouring the souls of those who followed him." Luigi jumped at this.
"D-devoured them?" he asked, sounding frightened.
"Yes." Leota said. "He seeks to rule over all planes of existence. Life, afterlife, afterdeath, & replace it all with death. Zeke defeated him last time, but Atticus didn't stay down. He snatched Zeke from his home & imprisoned him in another dimension, 1 where time can never pass. It's all up to you now, Luigi. You have to free all 999 souls & put Atticus in his place… for good." Luigi looked on ahead, dwelling on what Leota just said.
"Woooooooow." He said to himself. "The fate of all planes of existence rest on-a my shoulders." He sagged his shoulders. "So I'd better not-a mess up, or all planes of-a existence are doomed to be under Atticus'-a rule." He brought his shoulders back up. "Well." He said. "Better get-a started. I don't want-a my home ruled by Bowser, let alone-a this Atticus Thorn guy." He walked up the steps, humming the Luigi's Mansion Theme. He reached the halfway point & turned right. He then found himself in a long hallway with a candelabra going up & down it. Luigi looked at the candelabra & gave a small smirk.
"Kinda reminds me of-a Shivers, the cold butler." He thought to himself.
"Yeah." Madame Leota said, reading Luigi's mind. "Only Shivers appeared AFTER you lit the candelabra." Luigi looked at Leota.
"Too true." Luigi replied. He walked through the doorless entrance. He looked ahead & saw a barred off door. He looked to his right & saw a hallway. "Hmm." Luigi said. "I'll find out what's behind-a this door another time." He went right &, after a series of barred off doors, he came to a door with a spiritual barrier on it on his right. He walked up to it & destroyed the barrier. He then opened the door & went inside. He found himself in a long room with a fireplace at the end, with a fire inside it. He pulled out Leota & looked at her. "So, Leota." He said. "What's this room's-a clue?"
"The fiery hearth has deadly aim, but torches cannot dodge its flame." Leota said. Luigi put Leota in his pocket, with a look of confusion on his face.
"I don't-a get it." Luigi said. He walked towards the fireplace, humming the Luigi's Mansion Theme. Then, while he was walking, 3 shields floated in front of him. "What the?" Luigi said. He then felt heat coming from the shields. He peaked his head over the shields & saw the fireplace shooting fireballs right at him. "YIPE!" He shouted, narrowly dodging another fireball. "Whew. That was-a too close." Luigi looked around, looking for something. "What do I-a do?" Luigi asked. He looked around & walked over to 1 of the shields & they all moved into a different place. Luigi stared at this, amazed, & it came to him. "Wow." Luigi said. "The shields move. I can-a use that." Luigi then started to move around, using the shields to protect himself. A couple of time, he got up against the wall, where he found a couple of bravery tonics. He grabbed the tonics & drunk their contents, making him feel braver. "Just what I needed." Luigi said to himself. He moved forward further, making the shields move after him. As he continued further, he heard the unmistakable moan of evil spirits. His eyes widened & his pupils shrunk in fear of this realization.
"Oh no." He said meekly. He saw them coming at him from the corners near the fireplace. He then got an idea. "Hmmmm." He said. "Maybe." He shut the flashlight & waited for the evil spirits to get close. When they got close to him & shined his light on them. They all froze in their place. Luigi smirked at this. "Ha ha!" He said. He then activated the Poltergust 3000, causing all the ghosts to start slipping into the device. They drug Luigi all around, trying to get him in front of the flame. The shields protected him from the oncoming fireballs, & Luigi captured all the ghosts. Once he got close enough to the 4 tall candelabras, he saw the fireballs hit 1 of them & light it up. He then finally got the last part of the clue. "Doy, I gotta light-a all those candles with the flames." He said while slapping his forehead. He then saw that the fireballs couldn't reach the candelabras that were the closest to it. "Oh boy." Luigi said. He then got an idea. He leapt out from behind the shields as a fireball came out of the fireplace. It got the candelabra close to it & lit it. Luigi dove behind the shields just as the fireball got real close, & it just hit the shield. "Ha ha!" Luigi said in victory. He moved to the candelabras on the right, the shields following him the whole way through. 1 of the fireballs managed to get the candelabra close to Luigi, but Luigi knew he had to move out from behind the shields to get the candelabra closer to the fireplace. He took a deep breath & leapt out from behind the shields. The fireball flew directly at Luigi, but stopped upon hitting the candelabra, lighting up the room.
"Ha ha!" Luigi said in triumph. He placed the hose part of the Poltergust 3000 on his back. "Now for-a the spirits." He then looked at the fireplace & saw that there was a fortune card right next to the fireplace. He walked up to it & picked it up. "Ah ha." Luigi said. He pocketed it & turned his attention to the Game Boy Horror. He followed it to the wall on the left side of the fireplace, whistling the Luigi's Mansion theme while doing so, causing it to go off, signaling that he found some shriveled souls. He looked up at the lion's head on the wall & brought out the Poltergust 3000's vacuum function. He used it to shake the lion's head, thus releasing 5 shriveled souls into the room.
"Run away!" 1 of them shouted.
"Oh no you-a don't." Luigi said. He switched to the Beacon Of Souls & begun to give chase. He managed to catch 2 souls before he saw a banshee approach him.
"Oh no." Luigi said.
"Don't worry, Luigi." Leota said. "Now that she's in the light, the ghosts are vulnerable to the beacon, which explains how you beat those banshees in the ballroom. So fire at her."
"Uh, okay." Luigi said, not sounding too sure. He begun firing at the banshee, but the beacon's beams only succeeded in stunning the banshee & making it freeze in place. "WHAT THE?" Luigi asked in shock.
"Uh oh." Leota said. "Atticus must've realized how powerful you are & made his spirits stronger. But the Poltergust ought to finish them off."
"Uh, okay." Luigi said. He switched to the Poltergust 3000 & begun pulling the banshee in. After a little struggling, Luigi pulled the banshee into the Poltergust 3000. "Ha ha!" He said in triumph, a bone then flew right in front of his face, frightening him. "Oh no." He said. He turned to the direction of the bone's source & saw a skeleton holding a coffin lid in his hand. "Aw great." He said. He ran towards the skeleton, but it put up the coffin lid as a shield from the beacon. After a while of waiting, and dodging the other skeleton's bones, the first skeleton dropped the shield and threw bones at Luigi, who dodges them easily. He then hit the skeleton with light from the beacon, freezing it. He then switched to the Poltergust & began sucking it. It tried to escape, but eventually went into the Poltergust. Luigi then focused all his attention on the other skeleton. He switched to the beacon & ran towards it, picking up 2 shriveled souls along the way. He saw the skeleton put up its shield, so he waited where he was for it to drop the shield. When it did, he dodged the thrown bones, hit it with some light, stunned it, & sucked it into the Poltergust 3000. He walked over to the right corner of the room next to the fireplace & captured the last to shriveled souls with the beacon of souls. The Game Boy Horror started to beep again, & Luigi followed it across the windows on the wall to a spider web-covered table. He shook it, releasing 5 shriveled souls.
"You can't catch me!" 1 of them shouted. Luigi smirked at this.
"We'll-a see about that." He said. He switched to the beacon of souls & started chasing. He went to the corner that held the first 5 souls & captured 1. He ran along the windows to the other room & captured yet another soul. He walked to the other side of the room, snagging a shriveled soul in the process. He snagged a shriveled soul in the process, & walked a short distance to the other, which was next to the window, & snagged that too. He then walked back to the part of the room where the lion head was & followed the Game Boy Horror past the window to a pulsating vase. He shook the vase, releasing 10 shriveled souls.
"Free! Free!" 1 of them shouted.
"Not for-a long, ghosties." Luigi said. He ran to the middle of the room, only to have 4 giant spiders surround him. Luigi froze in place. "Why me?" He asked. He was then ensnared by all 4 spiders. "Tonight's not-a my night." He muttered.
"Quick, Luigi!" Leota shouted. "The beacon."
"I know." Luigi said. He fired the beacon repeatedly at 1 of the spiders & killed it. He did the same to the spider opposite the spider he just killed. He did the same to a third spider after killing the first. He fired at the 4th spider, but the spider then bit him. "Ooh!" Luigi shouted. The spider ensnared him again & begun pulling him in. Luigi fired at the spider over & over again until he killed the spider. "Whew, for a while I thought-a he had me." A shriveled soul past his head. Luigi looked over his shoulder at it & smirked. He ran after the soul & sucked it into the beacon. He ran towards the top-left corner of the room & captured 3 more souls. He then ran in front of the fireplace, capturing 2 more souls. He went to the top-right corner of the room, capturing 3 more shriveled souls. He ran past the window to the last shriveled soul. It soared over his head, trying to escape, but he chased it to the center of the 4 candelabras when he finally caught it. "Heh heh." Luigi said. He saw something float right to his feet. He picked it up & saw it was a piece of a death certificate. "Hey." Luigi said. "It's another-a death certificate piece." He said.
"That's right, Luigi." Leota said. "& with that piece, you finished the Opera Singer's death certificate."
Luigi smiled & pocketed the piece. He looked around the part of the room to the large hallway part he came from. "Hmm." Luigi said, scratching his chin. "Maybe there's-a more shriveled souls down there." He said. He walked down the hallway until he walked passed a suit of armor holding a large axe. Shortly after walking passed the suit of armor, it started to move on its own accord. It clutched the axe in both its hands & started charging directly at Luigi. Luigi heard the armor's feet hitting the floor as it was charging at him, & turned his head in the noise's direction. "YYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Luigi shrieked.
"Quick, Luigi." Leota shouted. "Use the beacon on the suit of armor!" Luigi looked at Leota, then at the suit of armor. He charged the beacon & fired at the charging suit of armor. He saw the suit of armor stumble back a bit, & continue to charge at Luigi.
"Oh boy." Luigi said nervously. He charged up the beacon again & fired at the armor again.
"Aah!" The armor groaned. It then kneeled & made a pose that looked like something was trying to burst from his chest. "AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!" The armor roared before collapsing to the ground.
"Oh." Luigi sighed, placing his hand on his chest & breathing a sigh of relief. "Whew." Luigi said, wiping sweat off of his forehead. He then noticed his Game Boy Horror beeping. He followed it to where the suit of armor was standing, then looked to his left. He saw a vase next to some cobwebs. He walked to it, causing his Game Boy Horror to go haywire. "Ah ha!" Luigi shouted. He shook the urn, revealing 5 shriveled souls.
"Free! Free!" 1 of them shouted. Luigi ran to the other wall & caught a shriveled soul. He ran to his left down the hall a little bit & caught another soul in the beacon. He ran left, up the hall to the fireplace area & caught a shriveled soul in the middle. He then ran to the windows on the left & snagged a shriveled soul in the middle of the windows. He then turned right & ran to the right side of the windows, where he snagged the final shriveled soul. Luigi swung the beacon around & put it right on his back. Luigi looked around & saw a ghost near the fireplace that looked exactly like William Shakespear. "Huh?" Luigi asked. "Is that-a Shakespear?"
"Only 1 way to find out." Leota said. Luigi looked at her, then at the ghost. He walked up to the ghost & looked at him.
"Meeee. Me me me me meeeeee. It's all about-a me!" The ghost sung. "& I-a REFUSE to sing until somebody-a powders my nose." Luigi looked at him, kinda puzzled.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrmmmmmmm… right." Luigi said. He slowly shifted his eyes left & right. He then slowly walked backwards, then turned & ran down the hall, back through the door. "Boy, that is 1 weird ghost." Luigi said.
"Tell me about it." Leota commented. Just then, the ghost pointed right at Luigi."
"You!" He shouted, causing Luigi to jump.
"Who me?" He asked.
"Yes, you!" The ghost replied. "Get away from meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee." He sung the last word. Luigi took this offensively.
"What?" He asked. "Why?" The ghost pointed at Luigi again.
"Judging by you're clothing, you-a probably carry 1 or more diseases." He judged. "I cannot afford to be-a ill for my next performance. Leave-a now, & don't-a touch-a anything!" The ghost said, pointing at the door at the other end of the room. Luigi just looked at him angrily.
"Hmmph!" Luigi harrumphed. "Fine by-a me.!" He said. He turned around & started for the door. "What a rude-a ghost." He said.
"Yeah." Leota said. "Sometimes I wonder why I even let him live & die here in the mansion." Luigi just put the Beacon on his back & started walking towards the doorway while whistling the Luigi's Mansion theme to calm himself down after being insulted by a ghost. He walked past a suit of armour with an axe on his right, & it started moving shortly after. It clutched the handle of the axe in both hands & looked at Luigi. It then proceeded to charge in his direction, most likely intent on slicing him. Luigi heard the armour's feet planging against the floor as it ran at him, & noticed it was getting louder every time. His eyes widened, his pupils shrunk, & his body started to quiver in fear. He slowly turned around & saw the armour charging right at him.
"YAAAH!" Luigi cried. "LIVING SUIT OF ARMOUR COMING-A AT US!
"Quick, use the beacon!" Leota shouted. "Charge it to the orange gem & fire it at the suit of armour!"
"Yes, yes!" Luigi said. He took the beacon off his beck & pointed it at the armour charging at him. He charged up the beacon to the orange gem & fired at the suit of armour. The large orange hexagonal prism of energy hit the armour, causing it to stumble. However, the armour managed to maintain its balance & continued to charge at Luigi. "Oh no." Luigi said.
"Keep doing it, Luigi!" Leota shouted. Luigi charged up another shot to the orange gem & fired at the armour. It hit the armour, causing it to stumble again, but it managed to get its balance back, thus charging once again. "1 more time, Luigi!" Leota shouted. Luigi nodded & pointed the beacon at the charging suit of armour. He charged up the beacon of souls to the orange gem & fired it, hitting the suit of armour 1 last time.
"Aah!" The suit of armour shouted in pain. It then dropped to its knees & started clutching its torso. It then leaned back & opened it arms. "Aaaaaaaaahh!" It shouted, then collapsed into a large pile of metal. Luigi watched the suit of armour collapse to the ground. He watched for a bit, then smiled slightly. He then made a fist & brought his elbow down in a victory move.
"Oh yeah!" He said. "I am-a so cool!" He put the beacon on his back & walked to the door, out the room, whisteling the Luigi's Mansion Theme. In the hallway, he took the beacon off his back & made a left down the hall, humming the Luigi's Mansion theme the whole way down. At the end of the hallway, he went through the door on his left, through the door in front of that, made a right up the hall, & stopped at the first door on his left.