The Warners Invade Hollow Bastion
Chapter 2: Laughter and Merriment

Pinky and the Brain navigated the gloomy, silent corridors of the castle, their footsteps echoing off the dust-ridden walls.

"So what exactly do you have planned, Brain?" Pinky asked.

"Have you ever heard of Xenahort, Pinky?" Brain asked.

"Yes!" Pinky replied. He then stopped and thought for a second, "Uh, actually, No!"

"He was the prized pupil of Ansem the Wise, the proprietor of this castle." Brain replied, "When Ansem gave up his study of the darkness inside people's heart, Xenahort and his fellow accomplices continued what was started. They worked day and night studying the effects of the darkness. Then one day, they made the most interesting find!"

"The flavor of Dr. Pepper?" Pinky answered.

"The Heartless!" Brain said, "Creatures without hearts, formed from the darkness in people's hearts. Cold, emotionless, unintelligent beings that only strive for one purpose: to claim the light in the hearts of others!"

"So they're like IRS workers?" Pinky asked.

"More vicious then that, Pinky!" Brains added, "These creatures seek and hunt out any living thing capable of feeling. They operate on mere, primal instinct. But, they can be controlled by one whose heart is devoid of light, fueled by the darkness in his heart. That is why we're here!"

"But that doesn't explain why Invader Zim was canceled!" Pinky added.

"This has nothing to do with that!" Brain retorted.

"I know!" Pinky replied, "That's what makes it annoying, Zoink!"

Brain just sighed.

Yakko, Wakko, Dot, and Leon walked down the alley towards Merlin's house.

"So we didn't get your name back there, stanger!" Yakko said to Leon.

"The name's Leon" Leon replied.

Wakko scratched his chin, looking up at Leon in wonder.

"You look more like a Squall to me!" he said.

Leon glanced down at Wakko for a second, and then looked straight again.

"The name's Leon" he said cooly, "Got it!"

"Wakko has a point!" Dot said, "You look like a Squall whose hometown was destroyed ten years ago, and because he wasn't able to save it changed his name to Leon in a feeling of shame!"

Leon looked down at Dot inquisitively.

"Wild guess!" Dot said, shrugging her shoulders.

"Right!" Leon replied.

The four walked up to the door of Merlin's house.

"This is it!" Leon said, "The meeting place of the Restoration Committee."

Leon opened the door and stepped in. Before the Warners could enter, they saw Yuna, Rikku, and Paine come around the corner of the alley.

"Looks like this place has a major bug infestation!" Yakko said.

Wakko took his gag bag and reached into it. He pulled out a bug zapper and hung it near the door.

"That should do the trick!" Wakko said.

The three then entered and shut the door. The Gullwings flew towards the door and stopped.

"Looks like this is Merlin's place!" Paine said.

"The Restoration Committee must be inside!" Yuna replied, "Hope they don't mind us being late"

All the while Rikku stared at the bug zapper, mesmerized.

"Ooh! Pretty light!" she cooed, flying slowly towards the zapper.

"Rikku!" Yuna exclaimed, "Get away from there! It's unsafe!"

"Don't look at the light!" Paine called.

"I can't help it!" Rikku said, hypnotized, "It's so beautiful!"

Rikku neared the zapper. Yuna and Paine rushed towards her, each taking an arm. But before they could pull her away, Rikku was electrocuted by the zapper. Yuna and Paine, holding onto her, were zapped as well. They all screamed in pain and fell to the ground, charred and dizzy eyed.

"Th-th-that f-f-felt t-t-tingly!" Rikku stuttered, shock pulsating through her.

"M-M-Moron" Paine replied.

The three passed out.

In Merlin's house, Cid was busy typing away at the computer while Yuffie and Aerith watched. Leon and the three Warners stepped into the room. Yuffie heard the footsteps and turned around.

"Hey everyone!" Yuffie cheered, "Leon's back!"

Cid stopped typing and turned around with Aerith.

"Everyone," Leon announced, motioning to the Warner siblings, "These are…"

Yakko stepped before Leon, holding up his hand.

"We can handle the introduction!" Yakko interrupted.

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot posed in front of Leon and before the others.

"We're the Warner Borthers!" Yakko and Wakko announced.

"And the Warner Sister!" Dot announced.

"Yakko!" Yakko exclaimed.

"Wakko!" Wakko exclaimed.

"Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fana Bo Besca the Third!" Dot exclaimed, "But you can call me Dot!"

Cid raised an eyebrow and looked at Leon.

"What are yah doing bringing along a bunch of whipper-snappers with yah?" Cid asked.

"These three are our new volunteers." Leon replied, "The Gullwings sent them!"

"You gotta be kidding me!" Cid said, "They ain't nothing but a bunch of little kids!"

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot stepped before Cid angrily with hands on hips.

"We object to you calling us little kids!" Dot scorned, pointing a finger at Cid.

"We prefer to be called vertically-challenged individuals!" Yakko added.

"Well, it's nice to meet you three whoever-you-want-to-be-called" Yuffie said, "I'm Yuffie!"

"My name's Aerith!" Aerith added.

In a heartbeat, Yakko jumped into Aerith's arms while Wakko jumped into Yuffie's. Both girls are startled by this.

"HELLLOOOO NURSE!" they exclaimed. They then each give a long kiss to the girl they are with on the cheek and jump off. Yuffie and Aerith were really disturbed by this.

"And I'm Cid!" Cid said.

Yakko jumped on his head.

"Well sheee-ooot!" Yakko called out in a hillbilly accent, "Aren't you just a backwood country yolkel!"

Cid scowled and threw Yakko off.

"Off of me, yah varmit!" Cid exclaimed, "Leon, are yah sure you picked the right kids?"

"I highly doubt it" Leon responded, "But we haven't heard anything from the Gullwings; so they're going to have to do!"

"Who knows!" Aerith added, "They may prove to be very helpful."

Dot walked over to her.

"Well, aren't you just the prettiest little dead girl!" Dot said.

Aerith raised an eyebrow. She then laughed nervously at Dot.

"Oh now isn't that cute," she said, "But I'm not dead, little girl!"

"Actually, now that I look at you, you do seem like the living dead!" Yakko said.

"Like a spooky corpse from a horror movie!" Wakko added.

Aerith just shook her head, weirded out.

"Look!" she said calmly, "I'm not dead! I'm alive like the rest of you!"

She then reached her arm out.

"I do have a pulse!" she said.

"We're going to need a medical opinion on that!" Yakko said.

Yakko and Dot pushed Aerith into a chair. Dot pulls a hospital curtain behind her. The three Warners then changed into Doctor's uniforms. Aerith is both confused and nervous.

"Now we shall check the patient's reflexes!" Dot announced.

Dot pulls out a huge mallet from behind her back. Aerith is scared slightly. Dot swung the mallet back and hit Wakko in the knee. Aertih's leg jerked.

"Ouch!" she squealed, holding her knee.

Yakko jumped on her lap and jerked her head around. He pulled out an Otoscope (what doctors use to check the ears) and stuck it in her right ear.

"Let's see what's in here!" Yakko said.

Yakko was able to see out through Aerith's left ear, where Wakko was standing.

"Oliee, Oliee, Oxenfree!" Yakko called from the other side.

The two brothers then stepped down. Dot then strapped the cuff of a Sphygmomanometer (the device doctors use to measure blood pressure) onto Aerith's arm.

"Time to check you blood pressure!" Dot said.

Dot then began to pump air into the cuff. The cuff became bigger and bigger. It got to the point where it was so big it exploded, startling Aerith.

Wakko then took a large, rubber stamp and smacked it on Aeith's forehead. The word deceased is printed on her forehead in red ink.

Aerith, while not mad, was pretty upset. She rubbed the marking off her head and walked over to Leon.

"Then again," she said silently to him, "They may be annoying!"

Pinky and the Brain were now in Ansem's study. Pinky sat on the edge of Ansem's desk while Brain stood atop an old journal, reading it. He would occasionally use his feet to turn the pages.

"According to the eighth Ansem report," Brain said focusing on the journal, "Xenahort created a machine that was able to artificially produce heartless. The machine was a success. With the machine, Xenahort could create Heartless seamlessly identical to natural-born heartless. Of course, what Xenahort created for research, the witch Maleficent used for her plan of inter-worldly domination. Of course, her plan was flaunted."

Brain then stepped off the journal.

"But such a plan is still feasible!" he said, closing the journal, "If we can find Xenahort's machine, we would be able to create an unstoppable army of heartless. Such simple, mindless beings are uncomplicated to command. And with the machine, we can create vast multitudes. We can easily replace felled heartless. Today, Hollow Bastion; Tomorrow, this world; Next week, all worlds!"

Brain raised a fist in the air.

"Venni, Viddi, Vicci!" He exclaimed.

Pinky, facing Brain, mindlessly applauded.

"Egad Brain!" Pinky cheered, "That is a brilliant plan, Zoint!"

Pinky then abruptly stopped, confusion across his face.

"Oh wait!" he said, "Where exactly would we find this machine Brain?"

"Why do you think I dragged you out to this castle?" Brain asked.

"Sight Seeing?" Pinky answered stupidly.

Brain jumped above Pinky and bopped him on the head.

"Why do I even bother asking!" he exclaimed. He then calmed down slightly, "Xenahort's machine is somewhere in this castle, and we need to find it!"

"Oh, come now Brain!" Pinky said, leaping onto the floor below, "It's not like you can just mozy on over to any given wall and just press against it, expecting to find a secret passage!"

While talking, Pinky did just that. To both Pinky and the Brain's surprise, a secret passage did open, the passage that lead to Ansem's computer.

"Narf!" Pinky exclaimed, "Speak of the red guy!"

Brain lept off the desk and walked towards the secret passage.

"Pinky, I believe your ignorance just discovered our bounty!" he said as he walked through, "Come!"

Pinky then followed the Brain.

Here's the second chapter! I hope you all like it! Things are really heating up in this chapter: what with the Warners meeting (and annoying) the restoration commitee, and Pinky and the Brain geeting near the start of their plan. Things will all begin to climax in the next chapter.

Also, in the next chapter, I'll be adding a third plot to the story, a second side-story. Who will it be about? Find out next time!

Until then, review!