A/N: I don't own any Puppet Master characters, they belong to Full Moon Features and Charles Band. I do however own Archer, Elizabeth and Wildcard, Lucy and Mystic and as normal when the puppets speak it will be in italics.

Also thank you Cryptic for letting me use Jinkx and Irya in this story.


A few months had passed and things were finally starting to go right.

Firstly Elizabeth with a lot of help from Decapitron and Irya had been able to contact her grandfather who was able to instruct them on how to create a new elixir from Toulon blood.

The new elixir worked far better than anyone could have expected, the puppets now active for a longer period of time, though there was still reluctance to wake Blade up until Jinkx, Jester and Archer had returned.

Mystic had officially recognised Elizabeth as her master and it was clear the two shared a close bond as time passed.

From their temporary home Jester was looking at a computer screen almost longingly.

He and Archer had received their own dose of the elixir shortly after it was made thanks to Irya.

"I'm looking forward to going back home to see the others." Archer said looking up from her meditation.

"You just want to challenge Shooter to a challenge involving the dart board." Jester said with a shrug.

"Maybe...what's up with you anyway? You're hardly off that thing when Jinkx leaves." Archer asked getting to her feet.

"Guess I'm homesick." Jester replied watching Archer climb up.

"Bodaga Bay Inn?.. isn't that from the movie The Birds?" She asked.

Jester shook his head.

"Nein this was our home for decades before your grandfather gained possession of us...I'd love to go back even if it was for a few hours." He replied reminiscing.

"Is it close?" Archer asked.

Jester sighed.

"Seven hours away. There's no way she'd take us there."

"It never hurts to ask unless you ask for hurt." Archer said before hearing Jinkx return.

"Well at least it appears you remember me now Archer." Jinkx smiled sitting down gently.

"You should have been there when she was a kid Jester, she was nice but at times she could be a nightmare to control." She said picking up Archer.

"All the embarrassing stories I could tell about you." she chuckled.

Archer only nodded in agreement.

Jinkx looked over seeing what Jester had been looking at on the computer.

"Ah yes, from my research that's what you consider your original home isn't it?"

Jester nodded.

"And you want to go back there before we return to Romania." Jinkx guessed.

Once more Jester nodded, this time a bit sheepishly.

She picks up Jester and hugs him.

"I can add that to the plans, we go there tomorrow and then a couple days before we leave we are going to Disneyland Resort."

"Hell yes!"

Jester's soul almost jumped out of his body hearing Archer shout excited.

"What? When I was human Jinkx promised to take me to Disneyland." She said holding her hands up.

A few days later

Jester looked up in awe at the aging hotel, once more abandoned.

"Feels good to be home."

Archer however didn't seem impressed.

"Looks like a dump to me."

Jester ignored the comment approaching the building.

"Before we go in..there's something we should do." He said solemnly.

He lead the two around the back to the graveyard.

"Why does a hotel need a graveyard?" Archer asked.

"Best not to question it." Jester replied before stopping by a grave.

There was a pause for a few minutes.

"His spirit may be with us, but it's still respectful to visit his grave once more." Jester finally spoke not taking his gaze from Toulon's grave.

"You had a close bond with him huh?" Archer asked.

Jester nodded.

Archer soon found herself walking back to the hotel giving Jester time to himself.

Something about the building didn't sit right with her.

It felt like something was watching her.

"Hey."

Jester's voice broke her from her thoughts.

"Want to go inside? I know a few shortcuts." He asked.

"You go ahead.. This place gives me the creeps." Archer replied.

"Suit yourself." Jester shrugged before going through a hidden entrance just big enough for the puppets to walk through.

Jinkx let out a sigh trying the doors.

"I should have known he'd find a way in."

Strangely only a few minutes later Jester emerged out of the building.

Though when they saw why Archer couldn't help but chuckled.

"Cobweb head." She laughed as Jester tried to get the spider webs off him.

Jinkx shook her head amused.

"Ok let's get you cleaned up and we'll be on our way."

"Gladly." Archer muttered hurrying back to the car.

A short time after they left a strange glow illuminated the windows from the inside, an inhumane growl omitting from deep within the walls.

If only they realised the dangers they had just awoken, or the reason they had been removed and taken to England all those years ago.

To be continued in Shadows of the Past