CHAPTER 16

House of Horror

Colin to much as his efforts had failed his mission. To capture Princess Sally and bring her back with him. A hoverpod craft picked him up and was flown back to HQ. Beyond a wall of ice mountains that reached as high as Mt. Everest was the nightmarish city of Robotropolis. Colin never was one to admire the genious Robotnik had put into building the city up and up and up all these years. The city stretched across the horizon like a disease infesting the planet consuming everything inside and out until theirs nothing left and then will build ontop of itself to try and reach heaven but inevitability just like Babylon will fall into self destruction. The pod landed with a hiss of steam spraying out from the sides. A goulish SWaT Bot greeted him.

" Welcome home, sir " it said.

" Out of my way, tin can" he said bitterly as he shoved his way past it.

He went into the elevator and took it down to the bottom floor. As it descended he began to wonder just how much longer am I to play the puppet for him? How many more times is he going to torture me and poke me with needles and pins to find out why I have remained young while he has not. I guess thats why he hates me.

When Colin approached entered past the steel doors that had Robotniks head logo on it he was forced to give the bad news that he fucked up to him. He walked down the red carpet line and greeted him. Sitting in a gigantic machine strapped to him about two stories high was the evil Dr Robotnik. Only his head was left, after having his body endlessly replaced with mechanical parts to extend his longevity. There were three large floating TV screens around him focused on his face. His mustache had now grown exponentially and sagged down past his fat chin and was grey. He was aged filled with wrinkles all over his face.

His left eye was gone with a cable reaching deep inside his empty socket. On top of his cone head were four clamps wrapped around his skull that resembled a claw almost. Behind his head were three giant jars of a green liquidy life support fluid constantly pumpee in and out of him. In fact, Robotnik was very old and very sickly but thanks to his technology he had eluded death just recently hitting the age of 1200. Around him was great red draping cape hung around the front of the machine. Armed with a shield barrier to flip up and hidden defenses if his citadel was ever breached. Behind Robotnik were great fat tubes attatched to his machine, feeding an extra supply of battery energy. He was truly a mechanical nightmare to behold.

" Hello Colin... " Robotnik said with his deep dark metallic voice echoing throughout the room.

Colin muttered under his breath. " Mother's little bitch. "

Colin recieved a sharp jolt of pain going throughout his body.

"Care to say that again? " said Robotnik.

" Heheh...gladly. You will always be second best compared to me, Julian! That is why you desperately cling to life to your pathetic machines. Nothing but a parasite now. "

" You insolent shit! "

Another jolt of mental pain shot through Colin. He grabbed his skull and collapsed moaning in pain. Robotnik has a special little ace he keeps under his sleeve to keep Colin his slave. Every time Colin gets out of line all Robotnik has to do is just think it and a transmission is automatically sent to one of his satellites which hones in on who he wants to which sends a frequency command of pure pain on his or hers cerebral system making him to be like a god. The only problem with this is that it can only work on one person at a time and not a group and that after awhile if given enough time the victim can emotionally and mentally overcome this pain. This is why Colin always lipped off Robotnik .He was a bit of a sadomasochist and waited patiently until his brain would become fully adapteded to Robotnik's device but for now he remained his loyal servent.

" Had enough? " Robotnik said.

" Unnh...yes " he said getting to his feet still clutching his pounding head.

" You failed to bring me the Princess...didnt, you? " he said hastily.

" Yes... "

" You know the price for failing me. "

Robotnik hit him again with a mind stabbing wave. A metallic tentacle slithered out and grabbed onto Colin's throat and dragged him to meet him eye to eye.

" I...I'm sorry. "

" Oh yes you are sorry arent you? If you were not my blood relation I would have ground you into soup long ago. You are my second in command. That means I trust you above all else to get the job done. Snively botched his job and who do I ask for help my most trusted servent...WHICH YOU MESSED UP!"

" Unh...what is so important about this Princess Sally? There are no more thriving kingdoms under the Mobians. "

" That is none of your business " said Robotnik throwing Colin away from like a piece of garbage.

"W hen I ask you to do something you damn well do it! "

" Yes...sir. "

" Now get out. "

Colin picked himself up and walked out about to hit the asprin and painkillers. As Robotnik stared off into a blank lazy trance he began to look back on his achievements wondering the evil things he could have accomplished so much more on. Kind of depressing. He was about to nod off to sleep when he heard the gates from the edge of his hallways open and the sound of little footsteps approaching. He looked down from his great machine he was strapped into and saw huddled together a group of small children. They were no older than 4 or 5 years. They were in chairs and were very scared.

" Greeting little ones " he said in a joyous tone.

They perked up and looked at his face in the monitors.

" Who are you? " one asked.

" Me? Why I'm Santy Clause and you are in my workshop of toys !"

" I'm scared " another tiny voice said.

" I wanna go home " said another voice.

" Well now I would be only too happy too send you cute little adorable children on your way home. You have my word that nothing bad will happen to you " Robotnik said forming a sadistic grin.

Then suddenly a trap door underneath them opened up beneath them. The small children tumbled into a great vat of a bubbling yellow liquid, hot enough to melt the flesh off anything that came in contact. They screamed and shouted as they descended into the soup until they melted away. A great surge of energy blasted through the wires connected to the vat and the energy went into the veins of his machinery. They were put through a mixer where the soul energies was extracted from the body and broken down into raw energy to power his city and the body was melted down and used for various other things. He had been doing this for hundreds of years wiping out most of the populace on Mobius. He gave an orgasmic shudder.

" Ooooh..I just love hearing little children in agony. It such a sweet song. "

Some speakers came out of the wall and played the sounds of them dying over and over to him as it lullibied him to sleep.

Meanwhile Sally and her friends were still walking. The ground was flat and rocky as usual. No tree's or animals or villages. A barren wasteland. They sparingly survived on what they still had from the village Sally had visited awhile back and some extra supplies Lupe scrounged up. They had managed to hold their food supplies longer since Bunnie never had an appetite or got thirsty. Tired, sleepy, but never thirsty. The next day they came to a strange was a brick wall that seemed to just stretch on forever on both horizons. They looked up and they could not even see the top. There was nothing strange about the bricks but when Bunnie tryed punching them down nothing happened.

" This is all mighty suspicious " said Bunnie.

" I sense something...strange from behind this wall " said Lupe.

" Strange? As in dangerous? " asked Sally.

" Not sure...its a feeling that makes my heart jump and my stomach sink. "

As they were now stumped on how to get past the wall they heard the footsteps of someone approaching them. It was like he had just apeared out of nowhere. He was rather tall and wore a black and white suit pressed to his skinny frail body. In alot of ways his physique was like Mr Snively but this was not eyes were squinted like a kitsune and had long curly eyebrows. He had large sharp cheekbones pointing out of a fixed smile on his face showing off his great fat black fish lips. His ears were small and pointy. He whistled a song in his head as he came over and approached them.

" Why hullo there, chaps " he said politely.

They all glared at him.

" Who are you? " Lupe asked with hostility in her voice. Her tail shook.

" Why, my name is Mista Jives although you can just call me Jives, popsicles. "

" Popsicle...? "

He smiled greater which emitted a strange pedo creepyness off him. He looked like some kind of weird horny mime.

" I see you are having trouble getting past this wall I take it " he said. " It's not a natural wall as you can see. It appears and dissapears to different places, never in the same spot. I'd say your lucky you found it. "

"Yes, but what is on the other side? " asked Sally.

" Oh my dear! It is the most WONDERFUL place in all of Mobius. A real slice of heaven! "

Bunnie didnt trust his words. He just had the look of a liar.

" Dont trust this yankee! " said Bunnie raising her fist at him.

Shocked, he stepped back and put up his hands. " Oh no no no! I am telling the truth! All you have to do is look for yourself. "

" How? This wall has no door " said Sally.

"Doesn't it? Just keep walking! " he said with glee twiddling his fingers.

He turned and casually walked through the wall like it was just air. One by one Sally and the others slowly walked through the brick wall. On the other side everything was different. The sky was clear. It was actually sunny and blue. The grass was green. There WAS grass at all. Jives smiled.

"Go to that house up on the hill. Its yours to stay in. "

"Wait, why are you being so friendly?" asked Bunnie.

" Because seeing your faces light up will bring joy to my heart! " he said.

Bunnie frowned. That sounded like a lie but he just trotted off whistling that song again. As they made their way up to the house they noticed how big it was. It was around four stories that seemed to stretch wide behind disguising how big it was. It was old as well. Cracked wood, rusted old chains jingling and old paint peeling away. Then there was this other feeling they felt. An ominous prescence that seemed to be coming from the place. As they entered the house it seemed nice and inviting. The interior was kept clean, fresh logs put in the fireplace.

" Hello? " Sally called out.

There was no answer. As Sally and the others slowly explored the rooms waiting for someone inhabiting the home to spot them but still no avail until they came to the conclusion that this house was either Mr Jives or was anybodys. Sally sat down and made herself comfy. Finally, for once she was able to just relax and lie back and not worry about something coming to kill her. Same with Lupe and Bunnie.

Perhaps this Mr Jives wasnt as shifty as they had thought him to be. After Sally had drifted off to a nice deep sleep she was awoken by the sound of a bell chiming. She followed the noise and strange enough their was a dinner table that was set for an army. Bunnie and Lupe showed up showed up sure enough. After some wondering they cast aside their speculations and ate finding the food to be the most delicious thing they had ever had.

Afterwards Sally and the others wandered about the big house searching the upper floors and eventually all passed out from exhaustion. It was like this for days. They would get up and food would be set for them and their would always be something for them to look around and explore in the place. For once Sally was actually starting to have some fun. But they never did see that Mr Jives character. On the 7th night things were different though; And it happend to fall on a full moon when Bunnie was normal again.

Mr Jives lay ontop of the roof in deep thought. But then he had a unexpected visitor come to see him.

" Wake up! " the voice snapped.

He awoke and gazed at the tall maniacal Mr Snively glaring at him with his arms crossed. " Just what do you think you are doing, Jives! "

" What do you mean? "

" Why are you allowing them to..to... " he stammered unable to spit the word out.

" Have fun? " he said finishing his speech in a lovey duvvy tone.

" Ergh. Yes...I fail to see your logic in this. Why dont you just kill them now and get it over with. "

" Ah, but you see dear brother...the wait is the fun part. Once you kill 'em thats it. No more fun. But if you wait for a bit eventually something REALLY interesting will spring to mind on a means to end them. "

" Oh really? "

" Yes! I'll even tell you only because I love you! "

" I'll rip those lips off if you say that again " he snarled not appreciating his joke.

" Alright, alright...crank. Well, heres the plan " he said as he whispered it into his ear. Mr Snively looked at him raising his eyebrows.

" Your kidding right? "

"No no its good isnt it! My best plan yet."

"Do what you hands off the 's mine!"

"Oooooh! Brother Snivvy's got a girlfriend! Brother Snivvy's got a girlfriend! Brother Snivvy's got a girlfriend!"

" Keep this professional Jives. You remember what Robotnik did the last time you messed things up. "

With that Mr Snively had vanished as quickly as he had came. He had slinked around the house tiptoeing making sure to not make a sound. He checked up on everyone and found them to be asleep.

" Muhahaha...exellent! "

Some time had passed and Sally woke up with the urge to go to the bathroom. When she walked out into the hallway she heard a creak in the floorboards. She turned and faced the darkness.

" Um, hello? " she called out. No answer. Hesitantly, she resumed walking but this time she had heard another noise. It was the sound of heavy breathing.

" Lupe? "

She stayed still and listened.T hen a face materialized out from the darkness. It was in the shape of a man. He wore a pair of blue coveralls with a white emotionless mask over his face with a big kitchen knife in his hand. She looked at him and he looked at her back. There was a pause, until he leapt forward at her swinging his knife. She ducked under and delivered a swift kick to the side sending him falling off the side of the railing crashing down below. When she slowly looked over the railing to check to see if whatever that was was dead or not the figure was gone. This being was known as Michael Myers, a fictional icon from human entertainment. Before she could say anything she turned around and was greeted by a new enemy.

It was another man, but much larger and broader. Standing seven feet tall, his clothes beaten and burned. Traces of slow decomposition was evident on his exposed skin. His face was covered in a hockey mask, yellowed from age. Two red chevrons under the eye holes, with numerous cracks and signs of wear riddled the mask. In his hand he clutched a large rusty machete. He swung his blade at Sally which she barely missed, which knocked over a vase ornament and cut into the wall. She turned and ran off to get help with the hockey mask man in hot pursuit. This was another fictional character ripped from human movies named Jason Voorhees.

Lupe heard the commotion and sprang to her feet grabbing her hammer. She went towards the door when it slammed shut. She grabbed the doorknob but it was locked somehow. She took her hammer ready to smash the door down when a pair of hooked chains wrapped around her weapon and snatched it from her hand. She turned around and was greeted by a ghoulish man in a black leather dress. He was completely bald, with completely white skin. A grid pattern had been carved into his head where long nails jutted out. Just looking at this thing was enough to make Lupe tremble. This creature's alias was Pinhead, another one of Mr Jives characters from human fiction.

" I have such sights to show you. So much flesh and fur to discard " it said, coldly.

Lupe leaped for her hammer that layed at his feet. With a flick of his hands, long chains with hooks sprayed out of the walls for her. She barely had managed to dodge them when she didnt realize he had gotten too close. He grabbed her by her throat and held her up above his shoulders.

" Stop struggling. The animal must know its master. "

" Master this, demon! "

She sacked him hard, his grip loosening with his eyes bulging. She then did a side kick knocking him out of the window. She grabbed her weapon and broke down the door and raced towards Sally's calls. Bunnie was awake now as well but she had her own enemy to deal with. He wore a glove with metal claws attached to the ends. He was wearing a frightening red and green striped sweater, his flesh was severely burnt, barely clinging to his cheek bones. He was taking mad swipes at Bunnie disappearing and re-appearing whenever she tryed to tag him. He was quicker than the other monsters that had been summoned, but also much shorter. His name was Freddy Krueger.

" Over here! Missed me! C'mon, bitch! Hahahahaha sucker! "

Annoyed with his taunts, Bunnie summoned her trusty but disgruntled demon sword, Harvy. With one clean slice she cut him in half. His bloody torso fell to the ground, with a look of surprise. This was not enough to fell a creature like him. The two halves of him came back together, and surprised Bunnie once she had her back to him. He pinned her against the wall, wrestling the sword out of her hand. His fierce eyes looked deep into hers, flashing a row of yellowed teeth.

" I always liked hunting little rabbits in my youth. Oh how they would run. Nowhere to run now! "

If Bunnie had been in her regular machine body this creature wouldn't have had a prayer. But tonight was the only night of the month where she got to have a normal body. She continued to struggle against his grip, feeling his blades rub against her wrists. " Unh, keep away! Ya'll's nastier than a one eyed snake! "

She brough her knee up striking Freddy in his gut, and then brought her foot down hard on his knee. His grip fumbled, and she was able to push him off her. She tried to get some distance between the maniac but she could hear his laughs and taunts following. " Run little rabbit, run! Hahahaha! "

Now as Sally was running not only was there a hockey masked psycho hot on her tail that kept somehow apearing right in front of her whenever she seemingly outran him but now their was another masked horror joining the pursuit. This ones name was Leatherface. A portly muscular man, wearing a leather apron covered in blood swinging a very large chainsaw. His face was hidden behind a gruesome mask of dried skin stitched hastily together to give a coherent face of some sorts. Sally had found Lupe who ahd already found Bunnie and were chased into the main lobby and surrounded them. Chainsaws, razor blades, knives, hooked chains, and machetes all circled around them. Freddy snickered while Jason beside him just heaved his shoulders.

" This is the end for you all " declared Pinhead.

Lupe smiled. " Don't think so. You have your toys and we have ours. "

Bunnie smiled raising up her sword and Lupe swinging her sent her hammer spinning, cracking into the head Pinhead's face before he could shoot his magic chains trick at her. " Hammer in some of those nails " Lupe remarked.

As Pinhead fell back, she grabbed the hammer again and threw it at Leatherface, striking him in the stomach. He gave a loud shriek, dropping the chainsaw. Bunnie swung her sword about and hacked off Jason and Freddy's arms when they tried to jump her. Sally was busy herself using her kicks to drive back Micahel and managed to take away his knife and stuck him in the eye with it. She pried Jason's machete off his decapitated limb and stabbed him pinning him to the wall. Jives' cold white face was now purple in fury.

" No no no no no! This isnt how its supposed to work out. You are all supposed to die! Not win. If Snively and Robotnik find out I messed up, it'll be the end of me. "

Jives was sweating, trying to think of something new to work his magic. " Think Jives, think..think... " Then a glorious idea came to him. A trump card that could turn the tide. All of his ideas were centered around undead humans with enhanced abilities. What if it took something more extraterrestrial?

Just as Sally and the others were begining to best the horror icons the door was blown down in front of them and their standing was their latest opponent. It was a large alien creature, dressed in tribal gear. It was fully armored, with trophy skulls of previous kills it claimed. It had a very large muscular build, armed with many weapons ranging from plasma cannons to spears and blades. It's face was hidden by a space helmet, with long dreadlocks hanging down around its shoulders. This creatures name was rather apt. The Predator, a hunter from space that would seek out worthy prey to hunt.

Jives grinned devilishly bouncing up and down. The Predator stood there like a statue and surveyed the scene, watching the other monsters that were attacking the three girls. It's fist tightened and it pulled out a bladed disc and threw it. The weapon circled around like a boomerang, taking the heads of Michael and Leatherface as their bodies fell motionless to the floor. They all stopped and gazed at him.

" Wh-whats he doing? " asked Sally.

Lupe looked on at the Predator and felt something of an understanding in this one. Sharp blades unsheathed around its wrist and charged into the fray taking mad stabs at the monsters. The Predator moved for Jason as the two fought. Both were enormously strong, trying to overpower one another. With his missing arm, it proved hard for Jason to grab a hold of his opponent. The Predator fired a razor sharp net from one of his gadgets, pinning Jason to the wall. Pinhead got the surprise attack on him stabbing him in the back with a knife he had hidden on him.

This merely angered the Predator, turning its attention towards him. It aimed its shoulder cannon, firing off a energy blast making a large hole in the side of his chest. Pinhead recoiled, collapsing to his knees as the hunter advanced on him. A wall of chains came between them, desperately trying to keep him away for himself but the Predator kept firing away on his cannon blowing Pinhead farther and farther back till he had busted up all his Predator gave a snarl, aiming its cannon before firing a clean shot through the chains taking Pinhead's head clean off his body. Finishing what it started on Voorhees, it picked up his machete and hurled it at him striking the hockey masked goalie directly between the eyes. Looking around at the piles of dead bodies and decapitated heads, it was satisfied. It turned to leave but Lupe stepped in front of it. It looked down at her, three dots scanning her over.

" Wait! You saved us. I...I think I know why. Your a warrior like myself aren't you? You didn't attack us, because you have a code of honor don't you? "

It turned and nodded in understoodment. A touching moment between two very different creatures that seemed to share something in common. Jives screamed announcing his presence.

" That does it! I will not let you humiliate me any longer! "

He snapped his fingers and the Predator had vanished and so did all the other bodies. He floated down Marry Poppins style on a umbrella.

" You...it was you who did this! " Sally said angrily.

" You are absolutely positvely kee-recto-mundo! You just won the grand prize and that is DEATH! "

His long arms shot out snatching up Lupe and Bunnie's weapons and threw them behind him and then moved like a elastic band around the room, sending kicks and knuckle slaps, and punches to everyone. Everytime Sally would try to land a blow on him his whole body would seemingly bend like an elastic curving away from her hits. He then childishly egged them on by sticking out his tongue at them. While he did that Lupe grabbed a vase and chucked it at his face hitting knocking to the ground.

" Oh your gonna pay for that " he said. " That was ming! "

His body seemingly warped across the room and wrapped around Lupe like a snake and tightened around her squeezing the air out of her. " Heehee...you silly little girls think you can defeat me! Not a chance. "

Lupe bit down on his pointy nose as he yelped in pain and released her. He stumbled over and was met with Sally with the coat hanger she had grabbed and whacked him hard across the grunted and grabbed her hammer and went straight for his poor crotch area. His body flinched, bending around where he would have been struck. He twisted around the hammers handle tip and delivered a flurry of punches to Lupe. Not finished with his assault, he grabbed her by her leg and swung her about and threw her into Bunnie who was going to jump him. He stood triumphant over all of them who layed beaten up on the ground.

" Fwahhahahahaha! Why didnt I do this before? This is soooo much more fun! "

He picked up Sally and brought her to his face. " Big brother wanted me to save you for him but finders keepers I guess. " He snickered, flashing his rows of yellow spikey teeth. His mouth opened up wide to swallow Sally whole. Sally felt around for a weapon or something to beat him off with and her hands had found Bunnie's sword. In the panic of the moment she forgot that only Bunnie was able to use that sword for a reason. As she gripped the sword, the evil spirit jumped inside of her body posessing her as a new vessel. Sally smiled darkly, a darkness in her eyes now. Still clutching the blade, she sliced off Jives left arm. He screamed like an absolute woman as he clutched his bleeding stump of an arm. The posessed Sally grinned wider licking the blood off the blade.

" Oh no! Sally grabbed Harvy! " Bunnie cried.

" What? The demon sword? "

From out of Mr Jives wound poured big black cockroaches. They swarmed all over Sally munching away tearing at her flesh but she only grinned deeper.

" Uh...oh dear " Mr Jives said, growing rather afraid. " That's not right. "

Sally was becoming more and more maniacal and now he was begining to regret this whole ordeal. He turned around to run but she brought the sword down on his back slicing it open. He gasped and fell to the ground. She stood over him as he was shaking in fear.

" P-please..someone else had put me up to this...it was Robotnik I swear to you! He...he.. "

Sally didn't let him finish and sliced open his stomach letting his guts spill out. She delightfully stomped on while hacking and slashing him to a bloody pulp till their was not much of him left. Just a gory mess on the floor. Bunnie was now angry.

" Harvy, ya'll done it this time! Get out of mah friends body and back inside the sword now! "

She smiled. " Oh really? I dont think your in any position to be giving me any orders now are you. I like this body and I aim to keep it! "

Lupe snuck up behind her and planted a sealing paper on the sword and slapped one ontop of her forehead as well, transferring the demons soul back into the blade. " Exorcisms are one of my many specialties. This paper is specially made for purification. "

The wicked spirit felt itself going back inside the sword. " No I was so close! You damn witch. "

" Harvy. Begone" said Bunnie and the sword just popped away. The sun was coming up and her body went back to its old robotic self. " Thank gawd. Ah never thought I'd be so glad to be back to mah metal self. "

" It's time to go " said Lupe picking up Sally who had fallen unconcious. The entire ordeal of the night, including the transfer spell had sapped alot from her. It would take some time for her to regain her strength. They walked out into the morning sun, a new dawn awaiting.