Waluigi, Goombette and Wendy arrived in Forest Haunts after a day's travel. It was definitely creepy, all the dead trees and poison shrooms everywhere gave the place enough of a setting, but the fact that it was night time and so cloudy that the moon wasn't visible just topped it off. "You know, I like this place." Waluigi said, looking at some wild piranha plants and thinking of his 'babies' back home. "I know, right? This place is actually pretty cool." Goombette said, really digging the creepy atmosphere.
"This place is SO scary! I just want to get out of here as soon as possible!" Wendy said, wildly looking in all directions in an attempt to catch anyone or anything that might sneak up on her. Suddenly a frog croaked behind her. Her first thought was to stomp it but she figured that playing the damsel in distress might get Waluigi's attention; after all she is the Koopa Princess and the other princesses get their men by being kidnapped and all helpless all the time. "Eek! Waluigi help me!" She squealed, latching onto Waluigi who just glanced at the frog. "Get off!" He snapped, shrugging her off. "Let's get this straight... DON'T TOUCH ME!" Wendy backed away. "You're so rude, you're supposed to squash the frog and protect your princess." Waluigi just walked away muttering under his breath. "You're no princess, and definitely NOT mine."
When they arrived in Spook Town they were met with the un-welcoming committee, a group of three Boos. "Hey, you guys can't just walk around here like you own the place." The leader of the group said. He was wearing a fedora with a red band. "Yeah, you outsiders better have a real good reason for being here." The second said. He wore a fedora with a grey band. The third Boo was wearing a fedora with a blue band and seemed a little nervous. "Y-yeah, you guys are...uh, stepping on our turf...I guess." "Oh yeah?" Waluigi sneered. The Boo with the grey fedora scowled and got in his face. "Yeah, this is Al CaBoo's town and if you know what's good for you you'll leave quickly." The Boo with the red fedora grinned smugly. "Exactly; this is my town and you can't be here unless you can pay the tax."
"I highly doubt you're anything more than a group of thugs." Goombette said, glaring at the trio of Boos. "Brooser, show this little shroom what happens when you don't pay." Al CaBoo said. The grey fedora wearing Boo then leapt forward at Goombette, pulled a scary Boo face, then punched her; sending her flying. "Aaahhh!" she cried as she flew into some nearby trees. "Wah! Alright, now you're gonna get it!" Waluigi threw out some of his insta-grow piranha plant seeds and within seconds three piranha plants sprouted and snapped at the three Boos. Waluigi had actually gotten somewhat attached to his little Goomba companion and didn't like these would-be gangster Boos picking on her.
"Eeep!" The blue fedora wearing Boo screeched as he jumped to the side. "Come on Boomer! Don't just float there, do something!" Al CaBoo snapped. Boomer looked around nervously and tried his best to scare the piranha plants with a scary Boo giggle that sounded like a baby rattle. The piranha plants just laughed at him. Goombette came running up from the trees to rejoin her group and as she did whipped out her hammer and flattened Al CaBoo with it. "Uh-oh... now you did it..." Boomer said quietly.
After he recovered, Al CaBoo growled and huffed and puffed till he turned red before suddenly shrieking for the rest of his gang of Boos. Almost immediately there were dozens of Boos everywhere! All of them using scary Boo faces, shrieks, and giggles at all of them. Some even pretended to be mushrooms and bushes so as to scare Waluigi's little group. All except for Boomer, who was actually kind of afraid himself. "What's wrong with you?" Brooser snapped. "I-I'm doing my best okay!" Boomer snapped back, trying to calm himself and join the rest of the Boos.
"Uh, what are we gonna do? We're SURROUNDED!" Wendy cried as the little threesome found themselves back to back to back, surrounded by Boos. "You should hide in your shell Wendy; you'll be safer that way." Goombette said, looking around at the Boos, a plan formulating in her mind. "I am NOT taking orders from you!" Wendy snapped, glaring at Goombette. Waluigi could see Goombette had a plan so he shot Wendy a look. "Shuddap and do it!" He barked. Wendy cowered a little as Waluigi glared at her. "Anything you say..." She said slowly as she slid into her shell. "What're you gonna do?" Waluigi asked Goombette as the Boos closed in. "You'll need your hammer, remember how useful her shell is? Well let's see how much more useful it is with this!" Goombette pulled out an invicibility star. "Where'd you get that?!" He asked, looking at the flashing, sparkling star. "I've just been saving this for an emergency and this, Waluigi, is an emergency. Now get ready to play some Pin-Boo!" She said as she tossed the star toward Wendy.
As soon as the star touched Wendy she started to flash and sparkle just like the star. "What the-" Before she could say anything else Waluigi swung his hammer and launched her at the Boos. Her spiky shell bounced and ricocheted off the group of Boos, knocking them out left and right. Waluigi threw some of his mini bob-ombs and Goombette whacked a few Boos with her hammer, he punched a few and she stomped others. Pretty soon they had finished off all the Boos except Al CaBoo and Brooser. They floated their ground as Waluigi and Goombette stood with their hammers at the ready. "Any last words boys?" Goombette asked smugly. Waluigi grinned evilly; he was really enjoying getting to pummel these stupid Boos and show off his skills. Al CaBoo gritted his teeth. He looked around him, lots of unconscious Boos, Brooser, and no Boomer. "Boomer where are you? Get your tail out here!"
Boomer came out from behind the trees and nervously joined his group. "Do you guys really think this is a smart idea? Maybe we should just leave them alone..." He said timidly. Al CaBoo shot him a look. "They've insulted me and that is unacceptable." "I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that you would suggest running away, you're the only Boo I know who's afraid of his own shadow!" Brooser added. "I am NOT afraid of my own-" Al CaBoo cut him off. "Both of you just shut up and get ready to launch our Boo trio attack." Al CaBoo and Brooser readied themselves for their attack. "Bring it on!" Goombette challenged. Waluigi tightened his grip on his hammer and prepared to either defend or counter the Boos attack. "No." Al CaBoo and Brooser looked at Boomer. "What did you just say?" Al CaBoo shot Boomer a look. "I'm done letting you jerks boss me around and treat like me dirt." Boomer said, sounding more confident than he actually was. "Oh really? You're actually trying to turn on me? Fine then; I'll scare you off too!" Al CaBoo charged at Boomer with Brooser right behind him.
Boomer took a deep breath and then pulled the scariest Boo face a Boo ever pulled, shrieking at Al CaBoo and Brooser just before he stomped them flat. Al CaBoo and Brooser fled as quickly as they could, looking like a pair of Frisbees flying into the forest. "Wow." Goombette said as she and Waluigi watched the two Boos flee with the rest quickly following. "That was pretty good!" Waluigi laughed watching the Boos flee. Boomer sighed in relief knowing Al CaBoo and Brooser were gone, then he looked at Waluigi fearfully. "I-I don't want to fight you guys, you can just go and do what you want." "Actually, I think you should join our team. We could use a good Boo like you." Goombette said. "Yeah, that's a good idea. He may be more useful than her." Waluigi said, motioning over his shoulder at Wendy who was lying on the ground somewhere between consciousness and dizziness.
"Y-You really want me to join you?" Boomer asked. "Sure!" Goombette smiled. "O-Okay. Well let's meet properly, I'm Boomer." Boomer took of his hat and bowed politely. "I'm Goombette and the KO'd Koopa back there is Wendy." Goombette said. "And I'm Waluigi, the leader of this... team. You do as I say and we'll get along great." Boomer smiled. "Sure thing New Boss! So, what are doing first?" "Going to talk to King Boo." Goombette replied. Suddenly Boomer wasn't so sure joining Waluigi was a good idea.
After the battle with the Boos (and Wendy finally recovered from being used as a weapon) Waluigi's little rag-tag group continued onward to find King Boo. As they traveled towards King Boo's Mansion they learned that Boomer liked to talk; he told them a bit about Forest Haunts. "So, we should be getting closer to King Boo's mansion, I'm pretty sure it's this way I just don't know for sure how far but it's really big and scary-looking so it'll be hard to miss and-" Wendy cut him off. "Will you SHUT UP!?" She was getting tired of listening to the rambling Boo so she snapped at him and got up in his face. "You talk WAY too much and it's so annoying!" She barked as Boomer cowered and shrunk away. Goombette whacked her with her hammer. "Leave him alone you spoiled eggshell!" Wendy rubbed her new goose egg and shot Goombette a look. Goombette ignored her and turned to Boomer.
"It's okay; she's just a brat so ignore her. We're all friends here." "R-really? It's nice to have friends for once." Boomer said, little tears of happiness welling up in his eyes. Waluigi said nothing but listened to the conversation and couldn't help being a little bit touched, Goombette said they were friends, someone actually considered him a friend. "Yeah, isn't that right Waluigi?" Goombette asked, looking at Waluigi. He looked at the Goomba girl and the Boo thoughtfully for a moment before answering. "Uh... yeah, yeah we're friends." He said, finding himself making a tiny smile. Wendy shuddered. "That was creepy; you should stick to your normal, broody, mean expressions." She said as she batted her eyelashes. It was now Waluigi's turn to shudder. "Let's just go now."
Eventually they arrived at King Boo's mansion. It was foreboding, dark, and just all around creepy. From a distance the front door and the two windows above it looked like a creepy face. Waluigi opened the door and they stepped inside. "Hello? HELLO!" Waluigi called only to receive no response. Boomer turned back to the door. "Well, I guess no one's home so let's go-" "That's a red flag! If the place is empty then that means King Boo is up to something, he could be the culprit!" Goombette said. Waluigi nodded. "Yeah, so we're going to look around; there may be a clue or a trace of Daisy here!" Wendy's expression got even more annoyed at the mention of Princess Daisy because Waluigi clearly got a bit dreamy and she didn't like that. "Yeah, maybe you'll get a big reward for saving their hides, then we can go on a romantic cruise or something~!" She said dreamily, trying to pull Waluigi away from the subject of Daisy. "A cruise with Daisy would be nice..." He said dreamily. Wendy glared at him before smacking him. "I meant with me not her!" Goombette just laughed. "Oh, give it up Wendy." Wendy then glared at Goombette and smacked her. At that point they were fighting each other, until Waluigi yelled at them. "Knock it OFF!" He barked and they froze in place, Goombette with her hammer in mid swing and Wendy with her fist just inches away from Goombette's face. "Let's go." He said, walking down the hall with Boomer silently following him.
They made their way down the winding hallways for a long time, each hallway identical to the last, until finally Wendy had had enough. "All these halls look the same! I can't stand it! We're never gonna find our way outta this place!" she snapped. "You know; she might actually have a good point this time…" They stood in a four-way intersection of hallways hoping they weren't as lost as they felt and Goombette looked around at the maze-like halls as she pondered the possible truth in Wendy's words. Waluigi nodded and looked around trying to figure out how they could try to find their way around this place. If he'd have thought to bring an extra-long rope then he could tie it to a door knob and use it to figure out where they've been and find their way if they needed to back track.
"I-It's not hard at all actually." Boomer said. "Whaddya mean?" Waluigi asked. "Well its simple; look at the floor. "Huh?" Wendy and Goombette looked at the floor. "I don't see-" "It's the carpet right?" Goombette cut Wendy off, looking at the red runner carpet on the floor along one of the halls. "Exactly; the main hall has a long red carpet running down it. In fact if we go left down the main hall and take the first left off of it followed by two rights we'll be back at the front door." Boomer explained, making motions with his hands as he gave the directions. "Wait a minute; you know your way around here?" Waluigi asked surprised at Boomer's knowledge of the house. "Y-Yeah… I've been the only one that could remember the way through this place when I came through with Al CaBoo and his gang when Al CaBoo was called to see King Boo." "You don't say… Well, then lead the way Boomer!" Goombette said, motioning for him to float ahead. "I'm not following this 'fraidy-Boo!" Wendy snapped, turning her nose up. "Okay well we're gonna go with Boomer and you can do what you want." Waluigi said, walking past Wendy and tired of yelling at her by this point. "Wh-what?! You're not just gonna leave me here all alone are you!?" she cried in alarm. "If you're not coming; then yeah, we are." Goombette replied as the three started down the red carpeted hall. "NO! Don't leave me alone in this creepy place!" Wendy cried, running after the group.
Meanwhile, back in town… Toad was looking after Waluigi's piranha plants and they were having a grand 'ol time harassing him! They nipped at his vest and hissed in his ears every time he got too close and snickered when he jumped and squeaked with fear. "I don't know how much longer I can take this!" He cried, nearly at his wits end. (Poor little Toad!) Sitting back in the living room of Waluigi's house he was about to say 'To shroom with this!' when he heard a knock at the front door. Toad crept cautiously to the door and called out as he peeked through the peep hole to see who was out there. "W-who's th-th-there?" Much to Toad's great relief he was greeted with a familiar green sight and the sound of Yoshi's attempts to communicate with him. "Yoshi!" Toad cried with tears of joy as he flung open the door. Yoshi came in and licked Toad then gave a look of concern. Toad explained everything to Yoshi.
"You were looking for everybody too; weren't you Yoshi?" Toad asked. Yoshi nodded. "Well don't worry; Waluigi is out trying to find and rescue them!" Toad said, hoping he sounded more confident than he felt. Yoshi just shook his head and made a small noise as if to say "Shroom help us all." "Hey, it's okay." Toad said, putting a hand on Yoshi's head in a gesture of comfort. "Now that you're here I feel better because I'm not alone in this creepy place." Yoshi nodded and licked him again. Toad giggled and hugged Yoshi. "And" He started, looking at Yoshi seriously now. "You can help me in my mission Waluigi assigned me." Yoshi looked at him curiously. "You can help me watch his piranha plants!" Yoshi shook his head and sighed.
Back at King Boo's haunted house the little foursome finally made their way to the big ornate door that led to King Boo's chamber. "I-I-I'm g-gonna just w-wait out here." Boomer stammered as he slowly floated backwards away from the door. "You coward!" Wendy screeched and Boomer cowered as she yelled at him. Goombette smacked her with her hammer again. "Stop bulling him you brat!" She snapped. "You wanna stay out here? Fine. Better than you getting in the way." Waluigi said as he grabbed the door knob. "See? It's okay. You can wait out here. I don't blame you either; King boo is the scariest Boo there ever was and even I'm a little nervous about seeing him." Goombette said reassuringly. "Gee, you're nicer than my old boss, New Boss." Boomer said. "Yeah, yeah. I just wanna get this over with so I can get home to my piranha plants." Waluigi muttered as he, Goombette, and Wendy entered King Boo's chamber.
"HOW DARE YOU BARGE INTO MY CHAMBER!" King Boo boomed as they entered. "Alright enough hot air you giant marshmallow!" Waluigi barked back. "What'd you do with the Stuper Marios, the princesses and Fat-Head?" "Yeah! We know you kidnapped them all so tell us where they are and maybe we'll go easy on you!" Goombette added. "I don't know about them but I'll make you pay for this intrusion!" King Boo roared. Wendy peeked out from behind Waluigi. "Hey now! I'm Bowser's daughter and he wouldn't like it if I was hurt or upset so you might wanna think twice about doing anything to us unless you wanna face daddy's wrath!" She snapped. King Boo laughed. "I'm not scared of Bowser and I'm most definitely not scared of YOU!" He boomed and pulled a massive scary boo face sending Wendy fleeing from the room. "WAHHHH!" She screamed as she ran and crashed smack into Boomer.
Boomer was frightened by Wendy crashing into him and it caused him to scream which frightened Wendy even more, making her continue to scream. They screamed in unison for a moment and from inside the room King Boo could hear and see the whole display and laughed. While he was laughing at Wendy and Boomer Waluigi saw his opportunity. "Hey, Goombette, gimme one of those chain chomp orbs." He whispered, leaning down as she handed him an orb. Waluigi straightened up and threw an orb. Goombette threw one too for good measure and as they landed near King Boo they popped open and out of them popped two chain chomps!
The chain chomps chomped at King Boo who tried to run away from them. "Get away from me you menaces!" He bellowed as he flew about the room in every which direction trying to avoid the chain chomps. "Tell us where they are and we'll get rid of the chain chomps!" Goombette demanded. "Yeah! Unless you wanna be chain chomp food!" Waluigi added. "I don't know! I don't know where they are! Now get these things away from me!" King Boo adamantly denied any knowledge or involvement in the disappearance of the Mushroom Kingdom's most famous residents. "What do you think Waluigi?" Goombette asked, looking up at the tall mechanic. He pinched one side of his mustache and slowly ran his fingers down it thoughtfully, like an atypical mustachioed villain, for a moment before answering. He was amused watching King Boo but knew there a was a problem; once those chain chomps finished with King Boo they wouldn't just obediently get back into the orbs (The orbs were one use only anyway, they were completely useless now.) and they certainly wouldn't obey commands; obedient is the one thing chain chomps are not. Waluigi was trying to figure out how they would deal with the chain chomps. "Waluigi? DO you think he's lying or what?" Goombette asked, raising her voice a bit to get his attention. Waluigi looked down at Goombette. "Whether or not he's lying is beside the point… do YOU know how we're gonna deal with those things?"
Goombette looked at the chain chomps chasing King Boo. "I said: GET THESE THINGS AWAY FROM ME!" He bellowed again. "You know, come to think of it… I don't actually know how to get rid of them either." She said. "Well then I guess you're gonna be chain chomp food anyway." Waluigi said to King Boo with a shrug. "What do you mean you can't get rid of them? You said-" "I lied." Waluigi cut off the large boo and laughed. King Boo growled and darted past the chain chomps at Waluigi and Goombette. "I'm gonna scare you so good!" He yelled as he charged them. The two pulled out their hammers and struck him together at the same time. He flattened for a moment and one of the chain chomps took the opportunity and bit his tail causing him to yelp and fly out the door as quickly as he could before the other chain chomp could sink its teeth into him. "Well, it looks like we struck out again. Now where should we look?" Goombette asked. Waluigi shrugged. "I dunno but we better scram outta here before he comes back or WE'RE gonna be chain chomp food!"
King Boo came flying out of his chamber with the two chain chomps behind him, whizzing right past Boomer, who the chain chomps noticed. "Uh-oh… nice little chain chomps…" He said slowly as he backed away from the chain chomps. They kept snapping and chomping at him until his back was against the wall. "Oh boy…" He whimpered as he felt the wooden wall against his back. He shook and shivered for a moment before thinking to call for help. "N-new B-boss…New B-boss…" He whimpered, almost not even making a sound. A chain chomp almost chomped his hand, as he jerked his hand away he then bellowed at the top of his lungs. "W-WALUIGI!" as he bellowed he made his scary boo face and frightened the chain chomps so good they crashed into each other several times as they fled the mansion, whimpering and crying the whole way. Boomer stared after them for a minute until he saw Waluigi and Goombette in the hallway. "Nice going Boomer!" Goombette cheered. "At least I don't have to worry about those chain chomps now." Waluigi said. "Uh, you're welcome New Boss! Happy to be of help!" "Hey, where's Wendy?" Goombette looked around but saw no sign of the Koopaling. "I don't know… she ran off screaming." Boomer answered. "Well let's get outta here before she or that big ball of hot air finds us!" Waluigi said, heading quickly toward the exit with Goombette and Boomer close behind.
"Well I give up. I don't know how we're gonna get out of here." Mario said, dropping to his tush in his cage. "Don't give up Mario! There's always a way-" "Aw shaddup you creampuff!" Wario cut off Peach and grunted irritably. "Hey! Don't talk to peach that way you jerk!" Luigi defended the princess. "Oh, and just what are you gonna do you green chicken!" "Calm down you! All of this attitude and fighting isn't gonna get us anywhere!" Daisy said. "She's right! Stop being such a grouch." Mario agreed. "Nothin's getting us outta here so what does it even matter! The only good thing about this is that that stupid bean pole isn't here!" Wario fumed, flopping down on his fat tush and rubbing his rumbling gut.
"Hey, I've got an idea!" Luigi said, jumping up. "Oh yeah and what's your idea smart guy?" Wario grumbled. Luigi ignored him and turned his attention to the Koopa guard at the door. "Hey! Uh, excuse me… Mr. Guard?" The guard looked up at him. "Could you hand me the key? Pretty please?" "Well… since you asked so nicely I suppose I could." He said and took the key from the hook by the door and handed it to Luigi. "Thanks!" The others watched incredulously as the exchange happened. "You've gotta be kidding me… all you had to do was ask nicely?" Mario said in total disbelief. "Hey, sometimes that's all it takes." Luigi said cheerfully as he placed the key in the lock. Luigi slid the key in the lock then turned it and…ZAP! He was shocked by the booby trap in the lock and the Koopa guard laughed hysterically until Luigi finally managed to pull the key out and chucked at him, effectively knocking him out cold. "S-Shut up, y-you s-shell-head!" He snapped as his body twitched for a few seconds after the electrifying experience. Wario laughed as their captor walked in. "Did you really think it would be that easy you simpleton?" He taunted. "W-when I get outta here…" Luigi fumed, still twitching a bit.
Their captor laughed. "Right, right; I'm about as afraid of you as I am of the moron who thinks he's gonna find you all." "Wait, someone's looking for us?" Mario exclaimed. "Oh, poor little Toad; at least he's trying to help us." Peach said. "It's not the worthless fungus; it's that useless filler-character mechanic." "Mechanic? What mechanic?" Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Peach all shared confused looks. "I think he means Waluigi. Even you didn't know that Wario, he's your brother for shroom's sake!" Daisy snapped. "That brainless twig ain't no brother of mine!" Wario snapped. "But uh, now that ya mention it he IS a mechanic, fixes my car up well enough." Mario looked at their captor. "So you mean Waluigi is looking for us?" He just looked at all them in disbelief for a moment before answering. "That's what my sources tell me… this is just pathetic; you people didn't even know who I was talking about!" He left the room chuckling. Luigi sighed. "Well…Its official guys…" "What's official bro?" "We're in serious trouble here!"
