Note: This take place ten years later. OOC warning.
Halloween is the perfect time to dress up into whatever costume, obtain as much candy as you can possibly stomach, and get into some good ole mischief. That would be wonderful if you're a child, but there are times where a person has to grow up and take responsibility. T.K. is halfway on that scale since he really doesn't have much to do aside from skateboarding for large sums of cash. He actually missed being dressed in an epic costume, going around getting candy, and wreaking so much havoc under the scale of it being legal.
He and Lincoln sat on the couch in his condo, zipping through countless channels that were showing numerous of specials made for the spooky holiday. T.K. groaned before tossing the remote away. "Linc, lets do something for Halloween."
"Hm, what do you mean, T.K.?" Lincoln pried, sitting up.
"I mean lets go do something mad crazy for Halloween. You know, throw toilet paper on neighbors we hate, eat a shit ton of candy, and have a good time," T.K. elaborated.
Lincoln raised an eyebrow, "Huh, why? Aren't you too old to be going trick or treating?"
"Oh please, age is just a number to weigh us down. You telling me that you don't want to have any fun at all on the night which allows all of us to do so?" T.K. interrogated, crossing his arms.
"Well, think about it. Would it be weird for a twenty one year old man to be running around grabbing candy and such? Also, what do you mean by all of us?" Lincoln repeated.
"You know, you, me, and the girls. Come on, after a bit of coaxin' from yours truly, they'll be on board as well. Trust me," T.K. predicted confidently.
A half hour later…
"Operation: Hallow's what?" Lynn read the board in confusion. It took a bit for everyone to meet up to T.K.'s condo. Now, to explain to the girls about what is going to happen.
"Operation: Hallow's Jam, Lynn. First off, we get dressed in whatever costume that you can buy, second, get dressed and go out for some trick or treating, and finally, kick back at the Hallow's Bash down at the community center and park. Any questions, ladies?" T.K. asked with a smirk. Lori raised her hand. "Yes, Lori?"
"May I state that this is the most-"
"Awesome plan ever!" Lily squealed, running up to T.K. excitedly. "I have the perfect route to maximize our total candy load." She took out a homemade map and rolled it out.
"Oh come on, Lily, this 'operation' is literally for little kids like yourself. Finally, I don't think Mom and Dad would like you being out that late for a party," Lori argued.
Lisa looked up from her notepad, "If I may, Lori, the night of All Hallow's Eve is occurring on a Friday, which leaves the weekend the optimal time to extend our state of subconscious or layman terms, sleeping in."
"Yeah, dude, I've beens cravin' for some chocolate peanut butter cups," Luna piped.
Luan wagged her eyebrows coyly, "It's been awhile since I had a good CHOCO. Choco? Chuckle?" Everyone groaned as usual. "Now, I'm in because I've been DYING to try out some new Halloween pranks!"
"Although I'll be cheating my diet, but I would love to go out trick or treating for some candy," Lola said.
The girls continued to voiced their approval while T.K. looked towards Lori with a smirk. "Eleven to one, Lori. Your call." Everyone else looked towards the phoneaholic.
"Fine, I guess it would be nice to cut loose and get some candy. Where do we start, twerp?" Lori queried.
T.K. wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "Knew you come around, 'Ri. Now, we need costumes. There's the J-Mart store that has a sale on the costumes." Lucy stepped up from her seat.
"Sorry to stop you, T.K., but I have a better store in mind for our costumes. Those J-Mart hacks know nothing of preparing a proper Halloween costume. It just opened last week. I'll show you all the way," Lucy promised.
T.K. nodded, "Well, if say there a better store then I believe you. Lead the way, lil' lady." He stepped aside and waved his hand towards the door.
"Thank you, big brother," Lucy expressed, walking towards the door. T.K. and the others followed in suit.
Fifteen minutes later…
Everyone followed Lucy to the store that she recommended. In various cars, they pulled up to a decrepit, medium sized building. Windows had holes and cracks, bricks were falling out of place, and the place looked like it could fall over at any second. The surrounding woods and the hyper realistic Halloween decorations didn't help the surprisingly frightening atmosphere. The Louds got out of their vehicles and looked around the area.
"Uh, wow, Luce, you sure that this is the right place?" T.K. pried, shutting his door.
Lucy nodded, "Yes, the address is 6669 Darkwood Avenue. There's the number." She pointed to the wall besides the door that in fact that the address number is the same as she said it.
"Dude, I'm getting horror movie vibes from the scenery alone," Luna compared, looking around uneasily.
"Kinda spooky if you asked me," Lily commented in a scared tone, holding on to Luna.
"Alright, lets just get these costumes so that we can leave," Lincoln reminded, walking up to the porch. T.K. knocked on the door and they waited…and waited…waited.
"Some store, Lucy. They can't even bother to answer the-"
CREEEEEEEEAK!
The loud creaking stopped T.K.'s mini rant as the now opened doorway showed a small, elderly, humpback man. He squinted his eyes to everyone. "Yes? How may I help you?"
"My little sister said that you sell costumes here. Are you the owner?" Lori queried.
The old man nodded, "Yes, my costumes are one of a kind. REALLY one of a kind. Please, come in and peruse my fine establishment." Stepping aside, the Louds entered the dark, dank store. The inside wasn't any bigger that the outside: The floorboards creaked, water dripped from the leaky pipes, and lights flickered on and off. The costumes close by were causing a claustrophobic feel. Almost everyone was hesitant to look around except for Lana.
She broke away and quickly found a large bear pelt. "Aww, awesome! Are you selling this?"
"Why yes, and there may be some bear claws to complete that wild ensemble. Let me go find them," The old man instructed, walking off.
Lola squinted her eyes in disgust, "Ack, how can he live in this heap of a store?"
"He probably wasn't expecting customers, Lola. I guess I'll take a look around," Lynn said, walking towards a rack of costumes. She scrolled through the selection before she let out a huge gasp. "Holy crap, is this a luchadora costume?! This I gotta buy!" She pulled out a red, revealing luchadora costume and went to find the old man.
One by one, encouraged by Lynn and Lana's findings, they split up on their own to find costumes. Shortly, Lori founded a female general's dress, Leni founded a kunoichi costume, Luna founded a treasure hunting outfit, Luan founded a revealing clown costume, Lincoln founded a demon hunting outfit, T.K. founded a ninja costume with reptilian motifs, Lucy founded a succubus outfit, Lola founded a circus ringleader outfit with a hat that has stubby arms, Lisa founded a dragon costume, and Lily founded an Indian costume.
"Dude, check out this treasure hunting costume," Luna called out, holding her costume with pride.
T.K. nodded, "Yeah, this is some grade-A stuff. The scales on this ninja gear is so lifelike!" The old man popped outta nowhere, scaring the skater.
"I take that you all like your costumes?" The old man questioned with a smirk.
"Yes!" Everyone else answered happily.
"They're literally so wonderful!" Lori complimented with a smile.
Lola nodded, "Yeah, I'm surprised that your business isn't booming."
The old man bowed gratefully, "I happy to hear that, everyone. From the bottom of my heart, all of your purchases are fifty percent off! Come over to the cash register and I'll ring you up." He walked to the register as everyone else lined up to make their purchases.
Later that evening…
T.K. stepped out of his bathroom after a hot shower. He rubbed his hair vigorously to dry it off. The ninja costume was laid out on his bed neatly, ready to be wore for the night. Tossing the towel away, T.K. grabbed the hood and began to get dressed. Halfway through, he hear his phone's ringtone of a Celine Fierce song. He tightened the harnesses down and tied the knot to his pants before putting on his ninja slippers.
He grabbed his phone and looked on the screen. It was Lincoln who was calling him. He slid his finger across the screen and held to his ear, "Hello?" A tingling sensation surged through him.
"T.K.? Thank God, you answered! Look, man, something's wrong with the girls! Are you already dressed?" Lincoln asked with a scared tone.
T.K. dropped his relaxed demeanor, "Huh? Yeah, why? What's wrong with them?" The tingling sensation increased to a mild itch.
"They're acting strange! Like, when they put on the costumes, they are a whole new person! Lori is acting like a general from Hell, Lana is acting like a real bear, and Luan is pulling off even more bad jokes and very dangerous pranks!" Lincoln listed frantically.
"Lincoln, they probably just gettin' into character. Ain't nothin' wrong with finding your own spirit of Halloween," T.K. assured, scratching lightly across his body.
He heard Lincoln sighed, "That's the problem! They are getting WAY into their costumes. Look, just come over and see for yourself."
"Alright, I be there in a-AH!" T.K. screamed, feeling the now burning sensation. He dropped to his knees as he felt his body morphing: His skin hardened into thick scales, long, sharp claws protruded from the ends of his fingers and toes with an extra claw coming from the back of his foot, a long, slender tail extended from his butt, and his face turned into a snout filled with now sharpened teeth. The feeling faded away as T.K. looked over himself in shock, "HOLY SSSSSSSSSHIT!"
"T.K., T.K., are you ok?" Lincoln queried in worry. Looking down, T.K. shook the shock away and grabbed his phone.
"Yessssss, I'm ssssstill here. Give me a few to make it down there," T.K. ordered, hanging up the phone. He raced out of his room, hoping to end this just as it begun. Little did he know, he and everyone else would be in for a long night.
Ten minutes later…
KNOCK! KNOCK!
T.K. knocked desperately on the door. The overall nature of the situation was very reality breaking to say the least. Finally, Lincoln opened at last…and took a look to his…brother. "What the…"
T.K. held up his hand, "Don't assssssk. Let me in." Lincoln did as so, stepping aside. The dreadhead took a look around: the couch was flipped upside down, scrape marks decorated the walls and the floor, and there was fire extinguisher foam all over the love chair. "How tha hell? Who did thisssssss?"
"Lisa. It's hard to believe that costume of her breathe fire," Lincoln commented, scratching his head.
T.K. raised his eyebrow, "You sssssssay that now after witnessssssin' what jussssst happened to me! Where are the ressssst of the girlssssssss and where issss your cosssstume?"
"One, they raced out of the house and I tried to stop them but got trampled, and two, I was going to start to put it on when you came over here in yours, but seeing what happened to everyone, I threw it into the trash," Lincoln replied in sequence. The more Lincoln talked, the more T.K. felt…hungry. The fleshy skin reminded him of a raw chicken before its put into the fryer, or the snow white hair that could probably taste like whipped cream or a powdered donut. One thing mattered: T.K. must FEAST!
Lincoln noticed the weird look on T.K.'s face, "Uh, something on your mind, T.K.?" He slowly stepped back in hope that T.K. wouldn't noticed, but T.K. slowly followed him.
"Yesssss, you. I'll let ya in on ssssssomethin', Link. I've been fasssssstin' all day so that I can eat all the candy. Now, I think that I ssssssshould cut the chassssse and have ssssome hot linksssss," T.K. grinned evilly, dragging his claws along the couch. Lincoln's eyes widened in fear from the frightening wordplay.
"WHAT!?" Lincoln yelped, preparing to run. T.K. let out a fierce hiss before pouncing Lincoln. The transformed reptile snapped his jaws and chomped at Lincoln but he wildly dodged every attempt. Lincoln felt his way around before finding the fireplace shovel. He swung with all of his might.
CLANG!
T.K. tumbled over from the strike as Lincoln stood up and ran to the kitchen. Lincoln heard a guttural roar while he find something else heavier to defend. Forks, no. Spoons, what could a spoon do? Knifes, tempting but he just trying to stun T.K. Finally, he founded a cast iron skillet and prepared himself. T.K. leaped into the kitchen and quickly leaped towards Lincoln once again.
This time, Lincoln readied himself and swung with Lynn's batting practice in mind.
BONNNNK! CRASH!
Various objects flew from the crushed table after T.K.'s crash landing T.K.'s eyes whirled all over the place before focusing once again. These scales of his can really take some punishment. Standing up one more, T.K focused on the skillet and bumrushed Lincoln. Lincoln swung again but T.K. clamped his jaws down tightly. He increased his pressure before snapping the skillet in two.
The only thing that Lincoln could do was drop his jaw from the shocking amounts of power before looking to the reader. "Dang it!" T.K. grabbed Lincoln and slammed him to the ground. T.K. growled, showing his insane amounts of teeth. Lincoln scrambled his arms even more erratically to find something else. Sadly, the only thing he could find was an air horn. "Really!? Ugh, here goes." Plugging his ears, Lincoln pressed down the button.
BLURRRRRT!
T.K. let out a loud roar of distress and dropped to his knees. It was unsure if Lincoln should take a step closer to him or leave him and find the girls. "Ugh, my head. Thisssss ringin' won't go away," T.K. moaned, rubbing his forehead to sooth it. Lincoln looked to the air horn and back towards T.K.
"Bro, are you ok?" Lincoln asked nervously. He had to be sure if it was safe for obvious reasons. T.K. opened his eyes and looked towards Lincoln with a weary look.
"Assssside from the pounding headache, I'm fine. Why?" T.K. questioned.
Lincoln gasped, "The air horn! It snapped you out of your frenzy! Quick, pull it off!"
T.K. began to pull and pull furiously at his costume. The costume was magically attached to his skin, which caused excruciating pain to him. "UGH, I can't! It'sssss like another layer of ssssssskin. I'm worried about the girlssssss.
Lincoln stood up and pointed toward the front door. "Come on, T.K., we need to go after the girls and save them from themselves!" He sprinted to the door. T.K. quickly followed after Lincoln.
Seventeen minutes later…
The duo made their way to the town square, where numerous of people were fleeing in the direction that they came in. A woman stopped in front of them and clamped her hands onto Lincoln tightly. "Why are you still here!? RUN FOR YOUR LIFES! A GANG OF GIRLS IS REAKING HAVOC!" The woman warned madly, shaking Lincoln back and forth.
T.K. barged in on the conversation, "A gang of girlssssss!? Where are they?!" The woman took one good look at the monstrosity before her before dropping Lincoln on his butt, and ran away screaming. "Well, sssssorry! I'm not wrong for bein' concerned about my sssssssissssssterssssss' well beingsssss!" T.K. informed flatly.
"Come on, we can't waste anytime, T," Lincoln reminded, standing up. He looked in the distance and saw a blob rushing towards them. "What's that?"
It was Lily riding on Lana, and she was foaming madly at the mouth. On the other hand, Lily is wielding a tomahawk. She gritted her teeth as the two closed in on the boys, "Take this, land stealers!"
"Get outta the way!" T.K. yelled, leaping out of harm's way. Lincoln did the same as Lily swung with all her might, missing them completely.
"Lily Loud, put that tomahawk down before you kill someone!" Lincoln demanded angrily.
Lily pointed her tomahawk fiercely, "No, you come onto my land and trick us with your fancy foods and gadgets to only spread your filth and disease upon my people! No more! We are going to take back our land even if we have to go through those that oppose us!"
Lana snarled and growled, feeling Lily's anger channel through her.
"Reminder, Lincoln, that ain't Lily nor Lana. That'ssssss ssssssome malevolent force posssesssin' them," T.K. reinforced.
"Charge!" Lily screamed, raising her tomahawk high into the air. Lana roared and trotted quickly to the boys. They narrowly dodged her lethal swings as Lincoln figured something out. A black cable stretched to the speakers that played a variety of Halloween songs. Lincoln smirked before turning to T.K.
"T.K., go near that cable in front of you and be ready to pull on the count of three, ok?" Lincoln instructed.
T.K. nodded, "Got it!" Meanwhile, Lily and Lana was preparing for another charge. They zoomed towards the boys for the third time. Lincoln and T.K. leaped for the cable and grabbed it.
"One, two, three! PULL!" Lincoln shouted, pulling back on the cable. T.K. pulled back as well, causing the cable to shoot up as Lana crossed it. She tripped, causing her and Lily to fly towards the food table.
CRASH!
Various foods flew all over the place from the landing. The delusional girls were dazed; this was the boys' chance! "Lincoln, now!" T.K. urged.
Lincoln nodded and grabbed the air horn. He held to the girls and pressed down the button.
BLURRRRRT!
"AAAAAHHHHHH!" Lana and Lily shrieked, holding on to each other. They gave blank looks and looked to each other.
"Lincoln? T.K? Where are we?" Lana pried in confusion.
Lily gasped at the sight of T.K., "Kelli, what happened to you!?"
"We'll exxxxxxplain once we grabbed everyone. Do you know where the ressssst of your ssssissssters are?" T.K. interrogated.
Lily shooked her head, "Not all of them but I saw Leni and Luna head towards the spook house."
"Yeah, what she said," Lana added.
Lincoln nodded, "Alright, everyone, let's go!"
Ten minutes later…
Leni silently dashed through the hallways in search of anything evil to vanquish. On the other hand, Luna was scoping the living room out for any sacred treasure. "'Oy, what's a girl gotta do to find sum treasure around here?!" Luna asked, her accent dripping with British association. Sadly, she doesn't know that the spook isn't really equipped to carry anything of value. It only has cheap scares to offer but she won't have not of that.
"心配しないで、私の友人、私たちはあなたのためにいく. つかの宝を見つけるでしょう1," Leni assured determinedly, clutching Luna's shoulder.
Luna scratched her head in pure confusion from what Leni had said, "Yeeah, you've lost me, love; however, your tone empowers me to push on!" The girls' eyes widened as they heard the front door being kicked open. They turned their heads towards Lincoln, T.K., Lily and Lana.
"There they are!" Lincoln yelled, pointing to the brainwashed girls.
T.K. rolled his eyes, "Yeah, Lincoln, we were here the 'hole time." Lincoln glared in annoyance to T.K.'s sarcasm. After the shock, Leni grabbed her ninjato and glared at T.K.
"悪魔！降伏するか、あなたの血は私の鉄の渇きを消し去ります！2" Leni threatened, gripping her blade tightly.
The four gave dumbfounded looks to whatever Leni just said. "Ooooook, did anyone elsssssse get that?" T.K. questioned.
"No," Lincoln, Lana, and Lily responded with a shrug of their shoulders.
Leni hardened her glare, "まあ、ダイ!3" Leni leaped with a distance that will make the even most athletic long jumpers growl in envy. Kunoichis doesn't play around when it's about carrying out their job. Lincoln and T.K. grabbed Lana and Lily respectively and moved out of the way. They ran into the dining room and shoved them both underneath the table.
"Stay here!" Lincoln ordered with authority.
Lana and Lily pouted, "But we can help!"
"Girlsssss, it'ssssss for your own good. We'll let ya know when it'sssssss sssssssafe," T.K. promised. He and Lincoln dashed back to the living ro-.
BANG! BANG!
The resulting gunshots from Luna sent the boys back into the dining room. They hid on the wall that separated from the living room. "WHEN IN THE FLYIN' FUCK DID LUNA GET A GUN!?" T.K. whispered, petrified of the close call.
"I DON'T KNOW!" Lincoln replied with the same amount of fear.
Lana peeked from under the table nervously. "Is everything ok, guys?:
"Yeah, everything'ssssss o-"
RIP! SHING!
"AAHHHHHH!" Lincoln and T.K. shrieked. Leni's blade nearly went through Lincoln's head.
"やったよ！私は悪魔を手に入れました!4"Leni screamed with joy from the other room.
"Lincoln, try and sneak on Luna while I'll deal with Leni," T.K. planned.
Lincoln's eyes widened from the possibly bad plan, "What!? Are you crazy!?"
"A little bit but that'sssssss not the point. Look, Luna would be too focusessssed on sssssshootin' us down and there'ssssssss a doorway leading to the living room where sssssshe isssssss," T.K. explained, pointing towards the doorway at the end of the dining room.
"But what if she sees me before I see her?" Lincoln pried.
T.K. sighed, "Jusssssst take cover and wait. When ssssssshe getsssssss near, sssssssound the horn. Now, go!" He ran off to the nearest doorway. Lincoln gulped before quietly creeping to the other doorway. He gave a peek and saw Luna, who was firing after T.K. Lincoln kept going until he was right behind her. He heard T.K. struggled with Leni as he reached for the air horn. Gripping the canister, Lincoln pressed down on the button.
BLURRRRRT!
"YIKES!" Luna yelped, covering her ears. The evil force that held her mind was fading away quickly. Her eyes fluttered open and turned her head to Lincoln. "Bro, is that you? Where are we?"
Lincoln hugged her tighly, "I'll explain later. What matter now is that you're safe, Lu-Lu." The rock goddess smiled warmly and returned the hug.
"Ssssssorry to break up the moment but Lincoln usssse the horn on Leni would ya?!" T.K. demanded in irritation, holding Leni in a reverse bear hug. She struggled and cursed T.K. out in Japanese.
"Right, sorry," Lincoln apologized, taking out the air horn.
BLURRRRRT!
"EEP!" Leni squealed, gritting her teeth. Groaning, she looked back towards T.K. in confusion. "ティー・キー、私たちはどこにいますか？このキュートな衣装はどこにありましたか？5"
"Leni, sssssstop sssssspeakin' in Japanesssssse," T.K. ordered flatly.
Leni smiled brightly, "Ok!" T.K. dropped her down on her feet. That's four down, six more to go. Lana and Lily rushed into the living room.
"Are you two ok?" Lana queried worryingly.
Luna chuckled and rubbed Lana's head, "Yeah, dudette."
"Come on, everyone, lets go," Lincoln commanded, heading towards the front door. Everyone else followed.
Five minutes later…
Not even after they set one foot out of the spook house, the gang was bombarded with pie bombs from an unknown source in the sky. They returned to the porch to take cover. The bombs exploded violently everywhere. Luna scraped the residue off her face and tasted it. "Hmmm, coconut cream pie. That's only could be…"
"Luan!" T.K. growled, looking up in the sky. Lincoln and the girls followed his gaze towards Luan, who was riding on Lisa flying in the air. Lisa roared before puffing her cheeks out. A strong stream of fire blazed towards the porch. Everyone shrieked and leaped out of harm's way.
"Heehehehee, hush a PIE, babies! Now, you all are under the PIE of the storm!" Luan quipped joyfully.
The porch didn't stand a chance against the fierce flames nor the exploding pies. "Great, how are we gonna manage that?!" T.K. groaned.
Lincoln looked around and saw a empty bucket on the front yard. "T.K., can you get that bucket. We could use that to get Lisa out of the air!"
T.K. nodded, "Righto, boss." He hopped over the porch railing and dashed for the bucket.
"Be careful, Tee Kee!" Leni yelled fearfully. T.K. snatched up the bucket as fire and pie bombs chased after him.
"Good PIE and good riddance, palooka!" Luan shouted, throwing pie after pie after pie.
Sliding to a stop, T.K. heaved the bucket towards the porch, "Lana go fill that up with water!" The bucket sailed through the air before landing in Lana's arms. She gave a quick nod and ran into the house. The maelstrom of pie bombs and fires continued to plagued T.K. as he hid underneath a pickup truck. "Lana, please hurry up!" T.K. groaned.
His prayers were answered by the sight of Lana running back out of the house and on the open. Lisa snarled and turned towards her older sister. Soot blew out of her nostrils before puffing her cheeks out. Quickly, Lana gripped the handle and heaved the water right at the fearsome duo, "Take a chill pill, Lisa!"
"Ha, it's funny because she's dressed as a dragon and she breathed fir- Oh, dang it," Luan cursed flatly.
SPLOOSH!
The water drenched them both heavily; Lisa took the worst of it as she coughed and sputtered. On top of that, her wings were dampened, causing her and Luan to fall to the ground. Everyone quickly came out from their hiding place and surrounded them. Lincoln took out the air horn and pressed the down.
BLURRRRRT!
"Well, some Halloween this has been, huh?" Luan muttered, rubbing her head.
Lisa clamped her ears before opening one eye in annoyance. "Enough! Ugh, my eardrums can't take that kind of rubbish noise! What has transpired these past few hours?"
"The cosssstmesssss we brought made ussssss act like what ssssssssaid cossssstume isssssss. How many of usssssss are left?" T.K. asked, looking towards Lincoln.
Lincoln scratched his head, "Let's see: Lori, Lola, Lynn, and Lucy."
"Alright, dudes, we need to split up. T.K, Lana, Leni, we'll deal with Lori and Lola. Lincoln, take Lisa, Lily and Luan, and you all deal with Lynn and Lucy," Luna orchestrated.
Lincoln nodded, "Alright. Come on, girls!" They ran to confront the remaining sisters. Luna and her group sprinted to the other direction.
Forty five minutes later…
Luna, Leni, and T.K. finally found the two hot headed blondes in the parking lot of the community center. Lola was juggling cars with her hat, which was actually a sentient being that grew muscular arms whenever it was worn; furthermore, Lori was gazing the entire lot cautiously with a pair of binoculars. "It is now twenty hundred hours. No sight of the enemy," Lori informed, looking towards Lola.
"That's great. Now, I can practice my juggling in peace," Lola sighed in relief. Lori put a finger to her chin in thought before coming up with a idea.
"Say, cadet, how about you help me with a personal pest of mine?" Lori asked with a devious grin.
Lola mirrored her grin with her own, "What do you have in mind, ma'am?"
"The pest's name is Pingry, Carol Pingry," Lori responded darkly.
Lola rubbed her hands together evilly, "Ooooh, can we make her a personal servant of ours?"
"Why stop there? We can keep going and rule this miserable town! And then, the entire world!" Lori imagined with a power-hungry grin. The two shared a laugh as Luna and her gang closed in.
"There they are, dudes!" Luna shouted, sliding to a stop. Lori and Lola stopped abruptly and glared at the trio. How dare they interrupted their synchronized evil laugh!?
Leni gave a pleading look, "Guys, please! It's us, your sisters and, like, brother!"
"Yeah, just surrender and come quietly," T.K. advised worryingly.
Lori scoffed in irritation, "Surrender? Pure soldiers don't even consider the foul word a part of the English language. Cadet, take the two girls. The walking hand bag is mine!" She took out a large army knife and charged T.K. He stepped out of the way to avoid being stabbed.
"Sssssssshit, first guns! Now, knivesssssss! …Well, that'ssssss actually a sssssssstep down. Anywho, Lori, I don't want to hurt you," T.K. evaded every swipe, slash, and stab from Lori. After hearing what T.K. just said, it only made her even more determined to skewer him.
"Ooh, so you think that I'm just a woman that you don't want to fight me?! Cut the bullshit and take me on," Lori demanded angrily, increasing her speed.
T.K. looked towards his left. Luna and Leni were running from Lola, who was swinging her hat's fists to squash them both. The fire of determination grew in his stomach. As Lori made one more stab attempt, he grabbed her arm tightly. She dropped her weapon and yelped in pain. "Lori, last chancccccccce. SSSSSSSSSTOP!"
Strangely, she smirked, "Hmph, you don't have it in you. How pathetic. You're a disappointment like your mother and not as much of a man as your father."
Everything stopped as the last words left Lori's mouth. He knew that the real Lori would NEVER stoop that low to say something that cold hearted. This was the costume's work! All the poor guy wanted was to have a good Halloween with his family. Instead, his plan went all to hell and it's because of that shop keeper! The sound of Leni and Luna screaming brought him back. He looked towards them and saw that Lola was squeezing the life out of both of them.
"Perfect," He hear Lori purred devilishly. Turning his head, he saw her taking out another knife and swung it towards him. Gritting his teeth, he snapped his jaw right on the blade to clamp it still. Lori pulled and pulled, but the knife was stuck underneath T.K.'s jaws. He increased the pressure until…
CRACK!
Lori's jaw dropped from the bizarre display of strength. The broken blade dropped to the ground. "What the? How did you? WHAT?" T.K. took the moment of weakness to zip behind her with reptilian speed. He raised his hand and gave her a quick, firm chop to a pressure point on her neck to knock her out. T.K. grabbed her and held her in the bridal carry. Gently, he laid her down, "At least, I didn't ssssssnap and killed her."
"T.K.!" Leni shouted in vain. She tried her hardest to prevent Lola from crushing her.
Luna wasn't faring any better, "Dude, hurry! Save us and snap Lola outta of it!"
T.K. nodded and rushed Lola to stop her. "Hmm, maybe if I could…" He concentrated his mind before turning invisible. "HOLY-MMMMMPH!" He clamped his mouth shut to avoid giving himself away. Lola's pupils pinpricked, loosening her grip on her prisoners. Luna and Leni dropped to the ground roughly. Shaking the shock, Lola clamped her hands around what could be T.K.
Drawing the hands to her, Lola opened it slightly to peek inside. But she found nothing. What she expect? She fighting a invisible being for crying out loud. "Oh, that SO annoyi-" While she was looking for T.K., he capitalized the opportunity and chopped her in the neck as well.
WHAP!
"EEP! Ugh," Lola moaned weakly, dropping to her knees and then to ground. Her hat's arms shrunk back down as she went unconscious. T.K. reverted back to normal and checked on her. He saw her body raise up and down slowly. Luna and Leni ran up to him.
"Is she ok, Tee Kee?" Leni pried worryingly.
"Yeah, sssssssshe just knocked out for a ssssssspell," T.K. assured. Luna went to grab Lori, while Lincoln and his group sprinted up to Leni and T.K. They looked towards them and cringed. All of them sans Lynn looked like they had been through a vicious bar fight. "DAMN, what happened to y'all?"
"Lynn happened. Let's just say that she watches WAY too much lucha libre. That's coming from me," Lana moaned in pain, rubbing her arm soothingly.
Lincoln shuddered, "And that's not even close what Lucy almost did to ME!"
Lynn and Lucy pouted in response, "We said we're sorry!" Meanwhile, Luna came back with Lori with a fearful look on her face. She dropped Lori nearby.
"Lincoln, you still have that air horn? If so, use it bro because I hear the cops coming!" Luna warned, looking behind in the distance. Her assumptions were sadly true as sirens wailed in the air. Lincoln quickly took out the air horn and held towards the unconscious blondes.
BLURRRRRT!
"AHHHHHHH! WHAT'S THAT FOR?!" Lori and Lola screamed angrily.
"No time to exxxxxplain. Everyone, pair up with sssssomeone and ssssssneak your way back to that ssssssstore. Sssssstay outta of the ssssssstreets that are lit," T.K. ordered, running towards an alley. Lincoln followed while the girls went their own way with a partner.
Fifty minutes later…
Finally, everyone made their way back to the store painstakingly. They stopped to regained their breath. The store lights were off, indicating the store was closed for the night. Lola looked at the door and groaned in annoyance, "Man, the store closed! How are we gonna find him before the police find us?!"
"Wait, I sssssmell a faint, murky ssssssmell. It's coming from within the sssssstore," T.K. informed, sniffing the forest air.
Lana sniffed as well, "I smell it too, bro. You thinkin' what I'm thinking?"
"Yessssss letssssss make a house call," T.K. hissed darkly. The two nodded to each other before charging at the door.
CRASH!
The door fell to the ground as the two entered the store. The scent became stronger. The merchant has to be here somewhere. "Crude but effective nonetheless. Now, with your superior sense of smell, can you two hunt down the merchant and make him fix all of this?" Lisa asked flatly.
"Got it!" T.K. and Lana answered determinedly. Luna stood at the door and peeked outside.
"I'll keep an eye out for the fuzz," Luna said. T.K. and Lana quickly got to work sniffing out the store. The other grew anxious, hoping that either one would find the merchant. Their prayers were answered when Lana yelled, "I found him!" Everyone swarmed her as she pointed to the closet door with a glare.
T.K. grabbed the knob and slowly opened the door. The scent's strength increased tenfold, casuing everyone to wa as the merchant looked up from a sitting position. He gave a sheepish smile, "My favorite customers! Uh, are you interested in some more costumes?" He was answered by T.K. clutching his throat roughly.
"NO, your cossssstumesssss causssssed me and my ssssssiblings to fight each other and practically RUIN Halloween!" T.K. yelled, holding a single claw to the merchant's eye threateningly.
"Please, please! I don't want any trouble!" The merchant pleaded, thrashing about
Lori crossed her arms and glared, "Well, we literally wouldn't be here if you simply warned us about these costumes!"
"Yes, but money is very hard to come by in recent times. It sung its temptation out to me when you all entered my store and I couldn't say no," The merchant replied honestly.
"We get it: money is the root of all evil! Do you know how to get these costumes off of us? And choose your next words carefully," T.K. warned, tightening his grip.
The merchant gasped for air, "Yes, ACK, there's a b-book around this r-room It's small and black. *cough* There's a spell that only I-I could say. P-Please, I'll even help you look for it!" T.K. dropped him on the ground.
"Everyone, fan out and search the place for a small, black book," Lori demanded. The gang began their search, while Luna looked back towards the group with a nervous look.
"Also make it fast, dudes. Cause I see red and blue, and hear sirens," She informed with a scared look.
"That's more of a reassssson to find that damn book! Actually, barricade the door!" T.K. barked. Lynn and Luna placed tables, benches, and dressers in front of it. Everyone searched in vain as the siren's wail increased in volume. The red and blue strobe lights flashed across the windows. The messy costumes store became even more messy as the search came up short.
"Crap, we looked everywhere! There's no book!" Lynn groaned, tossing a mask away. The police crashed against the barricade with a battering ram. Lily saw a hidden door and pointed to it.
"Guys, look! A trap door!" Lily squeaked in urgency.
Lincoln crouched to the door and opened it up. "The basement! That where it is! Excuse me for a sec," The merchant said, climbing down the ladder. The bashing of the door became more and more frequent.
"Anytime now!" Lana groaned nervously. Finally, the merchant popped back up with the book in question.
"Ask and you'll shall receive," The merchant responded, opening the book and rifling through it.
The barricade finally came down and numerous officers brandished their weapons, "FREEZE!"
Everyone's eyes widened, while the merchant founded the spell, "!lamron ot kcab treveR!" A bright light enveloped the entire store, blinding everyone into unconsciousness.
Earlier that day…
"T.K.! T.K., wake up!" Lola proded, shaking him. They were sprawled out in front of the store. Well, the store in question wasn't there, leaving a huge open space. T.K. finally woke up and Lola helped him up. "Look, Tee Kee, the store's gone!" She pointed towards the vacant spot.
T.K. followed her finger, "Hmm, that merchant's spell actually worked." His eyes widened as came to a realization. "The hiss! It's gone! I'm back to normal!" He grabbed Lola in a tight hug and spun around. The others looked over themselves and cheered in pure relief. Lucy quietly walked up to T.K.
"T.K., I want to say…I'm sorry for ruining your Halloween. If I knew that this would happen, then I would just recommended an regular costume shop," Lucy apologized, looking down .
"Luce, we all have our plans blew up in our face. Believe me, just ask Lincoln," T.K. teased, causing Lincoln to glare. "Besides, there are numerous Halloweens down the line. This one in particular was just a crapfest. No one's at fault here," He reassured, clasping her shoulder.
Lucy smiled at the gesture. "Thanks for understanding, Terrence. Anyways, I have a slew of horror movies that WILL make your teeth chatter."
"I take you up on that challenge, dark maiden. After we get some candy," T.K. smirked. The two walked to their siblings to revamp the night's schedule.
A/N: I 'ppreciate anyone that sat through this entire story. Review and or critique please! Also, I like to announce that I'll be taking story requests again, but PLEASE don't get too crazy with them. Happy Halloween, stay safe, watch your candy, and have a good time out there.
I wonder what should I name my small following? The Spectlings? The Spook Group. …Eh, it'll come to me.