Author's Note: Chapter 4: The Final Chapter. Enjoy!

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At the Werites Beacon inn, Jay was napping on one side of the full size bed in his room. Currently, he was laying on his side facing the edge, where he began to lose his comfort. He began to stir, then turned to lay on his other side, where he sensed a disturbing presence. He opened his eyes to see the face of a certain red-haired bandit laying in the bed, facing him.

Moses grinned. "Boo."

"Ahh!" Jay cried out as he rolled off his side of the bed.

Startled by Jay's reaction, Moses also screamed and rolled off the bed at the same time.

"Damn it, don't ever do that!" Moses growled. "You almost scared me to death, you little..."

Jay picked himself up after the shock. "You're scared to death? How do you think I feel? Can you imagine how frightening it was to wake up and find a stupid bandit in the bed with me?"

"Hey, calm down, Jay."

"Calm down? How am I supposed to do that? I will not be caught dead in the same bed as you!"

"Jay, relax! You'll tire yourself out before the festival starts!"

Jay paused. "Festival?"

"That's right! The festival is gonna start soon. I'll bet that Senel and the others are already at the plaza." Moses straightened himself. "Well, I guess I'll round up the boys and head there myself. See you later, Jay."

Jay only stared as Moses left the room. The three Oresoren joined him.

"Jay! Are you all right?" Quppo asked.

"I...I..." Jay stammered.

"We've never seen you get scared like that, Jay," Poppo added.

"Should we get going to the fountain plaza?" Pippo asked.

Jay let out an exasperated sigh. "After a stunt like that, I'll probably never sleep again..."

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"Are you ready to go, Harriet?" Senel asked.

"Yeah..." Harriet replied with a sigh.

"You don't sound too happy."

"Well...I'm kinda wishing that Dad would come to the festival, too. But instead he's studying in his stupid laboratory."

"I'm sure he has his reasons. Who knows, maybe he'll show up after all."

Harriet looked up at him. "You really think so?"

Senel shrugged. "I can't guarantee anything, but if it were me, I wouldn't be able to stay in a laboratory all day while there's a festival going on."

"Well, let's hope he does show up," Harriet said. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

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The fountain plaza looked much different now. When the sun had set, the plaza was illuminated with orange lights. There were also many fake spiders in the fake spider webs hanging all over the plaza.

When Senel and Harriet arrived, they found Moses and his bandit gang already waiting there.

"Hey, what's up, Senel?" Moses asked.

"Nothing much," Senel said. "You're here awfully early, Moses."

"Yeah, the party's about to start soon, and I don't wanna miss a minute of it. Me 'n' the boys are tryin' to come up with some entertainment."

"Really? What did you have in mind?"

"I'm thinkin' I'll start jugglin' fire."

Senel's eyes widened. "That sounds pretty dangerous."

Jay and the Oresoren were the next ones to arrive at the plaza

"Jay, you made it!" Harriet said. "And the Oresoren, too!"

"It's good to see you, Harriet," Pippo said.

"Thank you for inviting us!" Poppo added.

"By the way," Moses said, "I scared the crap out of Jay. Ha ha, you should've seen the look on his face!"

Jay glared at him. "And you should have seen the look on Moses' face when he was frightened by my own reaction."

Moses gulped. "Now wait just a minute! That was..."

"I know what it was. You told me yourself that you were almost scared to death."

"Uh..."

"Moses, I don't know what you did, but it sounds like he already got you back for it," Senel said.

"Now that you mention it, I suppose you're right," Jay said. He addressed Moses now. "Very well, I'll forget about that little stunt...but just this once. Another stunt like that, and I just might rearrange your face again."

"Hey, come on!" Moses protested. "That ain't no way to be!"

Just then, the girls arrived at the plaza in their costumes.

"Oh no!" Norma cried. "The boys beat us here!"

"Senel, I thought you were going to wear a costume," Shirley said.

Senel's eyes widened. "Me? I never said anything about wearing a costume."

"Duh!" Norma said. "It's Halloween! You're supposed to wear a costume!"

"I think the Alliance Marine costume suits him just fine," Jay said.

"Ain't that the truth," Moses added. "The Alliance Marine uniform ain't somethin' that normal people wear."

"Senel is an Alliance Marine!" Grune cheered. "Just in time for Halloween!"

"Well, now that the whole gang is here, I wanna show y'all my new trick!" Moses said.

"Hello!" Norma called. "The whole gang is not here! We're still missing Teach!"

"Raynard said he wasn't coming, remember?" Chloe reminded her.

"Oh yeah...oops..."

"Anyway, as I was sayin', I was gonna juggle some fire," Moses said.

Jay rolled his eyes. "And we all know where that's going to lead."

"Csaba, hand me the sticks!"

"Right away!" The green-haired bandit Csaba lit up three torches and handed them to Moses.

"All right, Jay, watch and learn," Moses said.

Jay narrowed his eyes now. "There's nothing to learn from a stupid bandit."

"Just shut up and watch, boy!"

Moses tossed the torches into the air and began juggling them.

"Yahoo, not to shabby, eh? Check me out!" he called.

"Sandor, you should concentrate on what you're doing," Chloe said.

"Don't worry about me; I'm fine!"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Moses failed to catch the torches, and they bounced away from him. Two of the torches hit the ground, and Senel's group quickly stomped on them to put out the fire. The third torch hit Jay's chest, setting his clothes on fire.

"Ahh!" Jay gasped as he quickly ran to the fountain and dove in face-first. "Oh, blessed relief! You stupid bandit!"

"Hey, at least you learned to stay away from me when I'm jugglin' fire," Moses responded. "But jumpin' in that fountain sure looked like fun. I think I'll join you."

Jay stepped out of the fountain, trying to shake the excess water from his shoes. Moses ran to the fountain and tackled Jay back into the water. Jay pushed the bandit aside and tried to climb out once more, but Moses got up and grabbed him by wrapping an arm around his chest.

"Argh! Unhand me, you beast!" Jay cried.

"Hold up! I ain't no beast!" Moses responded.

As they continued their struggling in the water, Curtis and Isabella entered the plaza along with the backup Bouncers and a few random citizens.

"Hey, the BB's are here," Norma said.

"How many times do we have to tell you?" Curtis shouted. "No abbreviations!"

"Whatever! Just do something about those two, will you?"

Curtis glanced over at Jay and Moses. "Oooh, look at them frolic! Those two are bound together by the shackles of love! Aren't they, Isabella?"

"Yes, Curtis," Isabella responded.

"It's dunkin' time!" Moses grabbed Jay's head and dunked his face into the water. Jay retaliated by thrusting his elbow back into Moses' crotch, effectively breaking his hold.

"Arrgh! Don't hit me there!" Moses screamed as he fell backwards. Jay pulled his head out with a splash, spitting out a mouthful of water.

"Dammit, Jay!" Moses cried. "You're gonna make me lose my nuts!"

"That would definitely be a sight to see," Jay said.

"But I can't afford to lose my nuts! That's the essence of my manhood right there! Not that a little wimp like you would understand..."

"How manly of you, Moses, to worry about something as trivial as your nuts."

"Ah hah hah!" Curtis burst out laughing. "A classic exchange of dialogue! You two should have your very own theme song!"

Jay gave him a look. "Us?"

"That's right! In fact, I hear a song about you right now! Do you hear it, Isabella?"

"Yes, Curtis," Isabella said.

"Then let us sing!"

Both Curtis and Isabella struck a graceful pose and began to sing their song.

"They're Moses and Jay, Moses and Jay, one is a genius, the other's insane. Jay's an info dealer, while Moses is a stealer. They're Moses, they're Moses and Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay..."

"Jay! Jay! Jay!" the Oresoren cheered. "Ors, ors!"

Everyone only stared at the Bouncers in complete shock. Curtis seemed not to notice.

"All right! Now that everyone's here, let us officially begin the Halloween festival! Shall we, Isabella?"

Isabella nodded. "Yes, Curtis."

The sound of jazzy dance music began to fill the room. Curtis stepped into the center of the plaza, extending his hand. Isabella took his hand, and they began to dance to the music, while everyone else clapped their hands to the rhythm. When they finished their routine, Curtis made the announcement.

"Come on, everyone! Eat! Dance! Make merry! Happy Halloween!"

"Yahoo! It's party time!" Moses yelled.

"Hurrah!" shouted the citizens.

Everyone began to dance to the music in a casual manner. Eventually they began to partner up with someone. Senel, Chloe, and Shirley were still standing by the food table.

"This festival is amazing," Shirley said. "I've never had this much fun."

"Yeah, me neither," Chloe agreed.

Just then, a muscular man in a vampire costume emerged from behind the table. "I want to suck your blood!" he said in a Transylvanian accent.

Senel looked back at him. "Uh...we'll take a pass, Will."

Will gave him an odd look. "How did you know it was me?"

Senel shrugged.

Chloe turned to him as well. "Raynard? What are you doing here?"

"I couldn't stay cooped up in the lab while there was a festival going on," Will said. "If the citizens depend on me to do work, they would depend on me to attend these public events as well."

"Dad!" Harriet ran over and embraced Will. "You made it!"

Will smiled. "I came here for you, Harriet."

"All right! Let's dance!"

"Hmm...I've never been good at dancing," Will said.

"That's fine," Jay told him. "You'll never be as bad as Moses."

The group glanced at Moses, who was swinging his arms in every conceivable direction while stomping his feet on the floor.

"Moses' Happy Dance! Yeehaw!" Moses shouted.

"Hey JJ, why don't you show off your stuff?" Norma asked.

Jay threw her a look. "Me?"

"That's right! Hit it, JJ!"

"Oh...very well."

Jay stepped onto the floor with his hands in his pockets, then began dancing in a hip hop style. Everyone watched him an applauded.

"Way to go, Jay!" Curtis said. "I never knew you were so talented! How would you like to become an official member of the Bantam Bouncers?"

"Uh...I'll pass, thanks," Jay said.

Shirley decided to join the dancing crowd on the floor. Senel joined her, and the pair danced together.

Chloe looked away from them. "Oh Coolidge..." she sighed.

Jay continued his hip hop dancing. Then he began to roll around on the floor in a breakdancing style. The citizens applauded yet again. As Jay tried to spring to his feet, Moses caught him in his arms.

"Aaah! What the hell are you doing?" Jay protested.

Moses stumbled around the plaza, trying to maintain balance while the citizens gasped and roared in riotous laughter. Moses set Jay down on his feet, but still held onto him as he danced some more. Moses then swung Jay around and released him, causing him to stumble across the room, crashing onto an empty table. Jay rolled onto his back on the tabletop, then caught a glimpse of Moses dashing towards him. Jay gasped a flew off the table just in time to dodge the bandit as he stomped on the table, then hopped down to the floor. The festival roared with applause and laughter once again.

When the applause stopped, Senel extended his hand to Chloe. She took it with a smile, and they began to dance. The rest of the citizens continued to clap in rhythm as they danced the night away.

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The next morning, Norma went to visit Will's house. She found Harriet cooking in the kitchen, and she could hear the shower running in the bathroom.

"Hi, Hattie," Norma said. "What's happening?"

"I'm making omelets," Harriet replied. "You'd better be hungry."

"Yes, very." Norma stared in the direction of the bathroom. "Hey Hattie...who's in the shower?"

"Hmm? I don't know."

"Could it be JJ? I think it was around this time when C caught him the other day."

"It could be."

"Hmm..." Norma began to ponder. This could be my chance to see JJ naked!

She crept into the hallway, then carefully opened the door to the bathroom. Then she snuck up to the shower curtain and ripped it open.

Moses grinned. "Hey, what's up, Bubbles?"

Norma's bottom jaw dropped, and her eyes looked as though they would pop out of their sockets. She closed the curtain, then left the bathroom, closing the door. She walked right through the living room and stepped outside, closing that door behind her as well. Her face was still frozen in the same expression, but now she was shaking. Norma slowly clenched her fists tight and inhaled a deep breath...

Then she let out a scream that would rock the entire town of Werites Beacon.

The End