Meanwhile, Aggie was banging her head against a bedpost.
"Blew it blew it blew it!" She scolded herself.
She then heard cackling coming from outside...
"Uh-oh, they're back." She said panically, having forgotten about her uncles.
Outside, three small tornados blew up to the house.
"Man oh man them ponies run faster when we go down to Belmont." Stretch (Hopkins) remarked, holding a racing form.
"Here Flicka." Fatso (Prenderghast) whistled before making a scary face.
The three of them laughed. Aggie then suddenly flew outside.
"Hi guys, have fun?" She smiled innocently.
"Oh look it's Aggie." Stretch (Hopkins) said.
"Yeah on a scale of one to ten, ten being fun and one being you, yeah we had fun." Stinkie (Hardwick) remarked, tossing the winner's wreath that he had been carrying over Aggie's head.
"Say Freak-Eyes why aren't you inside doing your chores?" Stretch (Hopkins) asked.
"Yeah where's dinner I'm starving look at me I'm wasting away." Fatso (Prenderghast) teased.
The three of them laughed again.
"I know, how about you guys relax out here and tonight we'll eat al fresco." Aggie suggested, taking the winner's wreath off.
"Hey sounds great...who's that?" Fatso (Prenderghast) asked.
"Say Short-Sheet you wouldn't be trying to keep us out of the house now would ya?" Stretch (Hopkins) demanded.
"No!" Aggie said a little too quickly. "No."
"I can see right through that little head of yours." Stretch (Hopkins) put his arm through Aggie's head and scratched it.
"It's just a lovely night, I thought we'd have fun eating underneath the Harvest Moon." Aggie explained.
"Oh..." The Ghostly Trio said
Stretch (Hopkins) suddenly grabbed Aggie and started playing her like a accordion.
"Shine on, shine on Harvest Moon...up in the sky!" They sang mockingly before Stretch (Hopkins) sent Aggie rocketing towards the moon. "Bye-bye!"
They then went inside cackling...but then Stretch (Hopkins) stopped.
"Hey hold it..." He said before sniffing the air. "Hey Fatso you smell something?"
"Yeah..." Fatso (Prenderghast) glared at Stinkie (Harwick).
Stinkie (Harwick) shrugged sheepishly.
"No besides him." Stretch (Hopkins) said.
"Hello?" Dr. Babcock's voice called from upstairs.
The Ghostly Trio grinned mischievously.
"Hello? Hello? No need to be afraid." Dr. Babcock said with a flashlight in his hands, sounding as if he was trying to convince himself more than the ghosts. "The idea, 'don't be afraid'." He then muttered before going back to talking to the ghosts. "I'd like to make contact with you but just one little thing, please: don't pop out from under a rug or through a keyhole. No spooking, let's get beyond that. I would like to approach you. Now, I'm coming in the room now. I'm in-in the room. Can ya deal with that?"
"Can you?" The Ghostly Trio asked from behind him.
Dr. Babcock turned around and they made a scary face at him. He fainted and the Ghostly Trio cackled.
"Dive!" Stretch (Hopkins) said as he dove into Dr. Babcock's body.
"Dive!" Stinkie (Hardwick) said as he dove into Dr. Babcock's body.
"Dive!" Fatso (Prenderghast) said as he dove into Dr. Babcock's body (though he had a little trouble).
Dr. Babcock then woke up with his mouth feeling weird, and went into the bathroom to rinse it out.
Meanwhile, Norman had enough of the closet and was trying to leave...but Dr. Babcock had accidentally locked the door on them.
"Dad?" Norman pounded on the door. "Dad let us out!"
Dr. Babcock was much too far away to hear him. And even if he wasn't it isn't always easy hearing other people when there's running water near your ear. Feeling a little better, Dr. Babcock grabbed a nearby towel and dried himself off...and saw his face change into Clint Eastwood.
"I'm going to kill you, your mama, and all her bridge playing friends." He automatically said before his face changed into Rodney Dangerfield. "You think you got it tough? I got a facelift; there was one just like it underneath!" He then said before his face changed into Mel Gibson...and then into the Crypt Keeper; he screamed in terror even after his face turned back to normal.
He then stumbled into a mop bucket and tried to keep his balance by grabbing the shower curtain...only to see Fatso (Prenderghast) taking a shower. Fatso (Prenderghast) screamed, causing Dr. Babcock to turn to a door...only for a roar to come from behind it. Dr. Babcock rushed out of the bathroom and into the hall.
Nearby, Norman finally managed to force the door open. Turned out it was stuck instead of locked.
"Dad-" Norman asked only to be pushed back inside by Fatso (Prenderghast).
"Hey boys we got a closet case here!" He joked.
"Watch it with those kind of jokes will ya?" Norman called from behind the door.
Fatso (Prenderghast) just stared at the door, not used to the living talking back like that.
Meanwhile, Dr. Babcock was still running only to stop upon seeing a lump in the hallway rug coming towards them. He also could've sworn that he heard a train at the same time, but rather than try to figure it out he decided to just try to escape the lump. He did manage to leave the rug, but not the lump who turned out to be Stinkie (Hardwick).
"Smell-O-Gram!" He said before blowing his stinky breath in Dr. Babcock's face.
Dr. Babcock staggered backwards, tripped over the vacuum, fell down, and grabbed the staircase carpet in an attempt to stop himself from tumbling downstairs. He caused himself to get wrapped up in the carpet instead.
"Sushi anyone?" Stinkie (Hardwick) joked. "California roll coming up!"
Fortunately, Dr. Babcock unrolled once he hit the main floor so he was able to get up easily...unfortunately in front of the Trio.
"All for one and one for all!" They said, brandishing swords.
"Catch your pants before they fall!" Stretch (Hopkins) added, using his sword to make Dr. Babcock's pants fall down.
Dr. Babcock rushed as fast as he could into the main floor's closet.
"On the runway now we have this young fleshie wearing smashing underwear." Fatso (Prenderghast) said.
"Marky Mark he's not." Stretch (Hopkins) added.
They then attempted to get Dr. Babcock with their swords, but he shut the door on them in time. Even so they low-fived each other.
"You are good." Stinkie (Hardwick) said to Stretch (Hopkins).
"Oh stop, it's you." Stretch (Hopkins) said humbly.
"Are we scary or what?" Fatso (Prenderghast) grinned.
Dr, Babcock then came out with a plunger.
"Oh! And it looks as if we're gonna go into sudden death overtime!" Stretch (Hopkins) pretended to be an announcer.
The three of them grabbed umbrellas and they started sparring with Dr. Babcock.
"Anyone for a little Sish-Ka-Doc?" Fatso (Prenderghast) joked.
They continued sparring until Dr. Babcock used his plunger to stretch Stretch (Hopkins) and send him flying. Now there was just Stinkie (Hardwick) and Fatso (Prenderghast), and Fatso (Prenderghast) flew to behind Dr. Babcock to tickle him. Dr, Babcok then ducked as Stinkie (Hardwick) tried jabbing him, causing him to stick his umbrella into Fatso's (Prenderghast) mouth instead. The umbrella opened and sent Fatso (Prenderghast) flying, and then Dr. Babcock sent Stinkie (Hardwick) flying. Stretch (Hopkins) then came back.
"Who do you think you are defiling our domicile?" He demanded.
"Dr. Perry. Babcock." Dr. Babcock introduced as he kept blocking Stretch's (Hopkins) attacks. "Your. Therapist."
Meanwhile, Norman was still trying to break free because this time the closet door really had locked on him. And by this point Courtney had enough too.
"Dad?" They both pounded on the door.
Aggie, by this point, had come back and heard them. So she let them out just as they were going to try to bust the door open. Instead they fell on her.
"Are you both okay?" She asked.
Courtney quickly got up but this time didn't scream.
"Yeah." Norman smiled as he got up too. "I'm okay."
The three of them then ran down the other staircase to the main floor and saw Dr. Babcock still fighting the Ghostly Trio.
"Dad?" Courtney said with surprise.
Dr. Babcock then sent Stretch (Hopkins) flying again. Stinkie (Hardwick) turned out to be there and he sheepishly blew his breath in Dr. Babcock's face again. Dr. Babcock staggered and fell to the floor...right in front of his vacuum.
"Oo and he's down for the count!" Stinkie (Hardwick) said triumphantly. "The winner, by a clean stink-out!"
Dr. Babcock got back up brandishing the vacuum as if it were a weapon. Stretch (Hopkins) and Fatso (Prenderghast) had returned by this point.
"Get back!" Dr. Babcock ordered.
"What the hell is that thing?" Stretch (Hopkins) asked.
Dr. Babcock turned the vacuum on and started sucking the Ghostly Trio up.
"Not the nose!" Stretch (Hopkins) cried as he got sucked in.
"I'm being hosed!" Stinkie (Hardwick) cried as he got sucked in.
Fatso (Prenderghast) tried to fly away but too late.
"No no no no no no!" Fatso (Prenderghast) cried as he started to get sucked in. "This sucks!" He cried as he got sucked in fully.
Dr. Babcok panted with relief and blew the top of the vacuum hose triumphantly.
"Dad!" Courtney and Norman ran up to him.
"Are you okay?" Courtney asked.
The three of them suddenly hugged. Dr. Babcock was actually a bit woozy from the battle, so Courtney decided to take him to a safer part of the house to recover.
"Are you coming Norman?" Courtney asked, noticing that Norman wasn't following.
"Nah, you two go on ahead." Norman said. "I'll be okay."
Courtney shrugged and continued leading Dr. Babcock away.
Norman heard the Ghostly Trio struggling from inside the vacuum bag, and took off the bag to let them out. They stared at him confusedly.
"Now why would a fleshie set us free?" Stretch (Hopkins) asked.
"Because this particular 'fleshie' happens to be a Medium." Norman smirked.
The Ghostly Trio instantly was disappointed. Real Mediums were among the few kinds of fleshies that ghosts could never scare.
"Well, I guess better a real one than one of those fakes." Fatso (Prenderghast) remarked. "I hate those guys, they're all show and no talk."
"Yeah, although we never did meet a real Medium before." Stinkie (Hardwick) admitted.
"Most ghosts don't since Mediums are actually very rare." Norman shrugged. "So, what's your unfinished business?"
The Ghostly Trio winced.
"Eh, well truthfully it was originally to look after Aggie." Stretch (Hopkins) shrugged. "Her dad, and our brother's, request. But we ended up finding scaring so much fun that we decided to stay behind even after she crosses over, if she ever does."
"Ah. What about you?" Norman then asked Aggie.
"Um...finding a friend." She admitted.
"Well, you've already got one in me." Norman smiled.
Aggie smiled back but she didn't crossover. This wasn't surprising, after all it was obvious that she wanted to stay with her first ever friend.
"Okay, I'll make a deal with you three." Norman then turned back to the Ghostly Trio. "If you go easier on my family, I won't help my dad try to make you crossover. And he can't make you crossover on his own anyway since your unfinished business is permanent."
"Fine, but only if we can have fun with him during the therapy sessions." Stretch (Hopkins) said.
"Okay, as long as you don't cause any permanent damage. And I mean of any kind: physically, mentally, and emotionally."
"All right." The Ghostly Trio agreed.
"Wait a minute, why do you want to stay if you're not gonna make us crossover?" Stinkie (Hardwick) then asked.
"Well for one thing: I'm staying for a friend." Norman smiled. "Plus I like it here...I think I'd even like to live here."
Aggie of course couldn't blush, but even so the Ghostly Trio could read her joy in her face.
"I'll see you guys in the morning, I'm gonna check on my dad and sister." Norman then left.
The Ghostly Trio waited until he was out of earshot.
"You invited him over here didn't ya?" Stretch (Hopkins) frowned.
"No...Ms. Crittenden did." Aggie said truthfully.
"But you gave her the idea right?" Stretch (Hopkins) said knowingly.
"I...might have showed her a report about Dr. Babcock on her TV..." Aggie said sheepishly, hanging her head. "I...I just wanted friends so badly that..."
The Ghostly Trio softened and decided not to punish her for 'inviting' the living over without their permission. Just because they treated her like a slave didn't mean that they didn't care about her...she was their niece after all. They just weren't good at being nice to others, even Aggie. Besides, since they scared away many past potential friends Aggie could've made they, in a way, brought this upon themselves anyway.