(A/N: Curse you, writer's block! This chapter was inspired by the Zoey 101 special episode "Curse of PCA." Enjoy!)


We Meet Again

Ch. 14


On Halloween Day, the group of friends were hanging out at the food court in the mall, clad in their costumes from the party for the holiday. After some convincing from Shenzi, Fridge became a recurring, yet permanent member of their little clique. Chuckie felt weird around him, about the dancing at the party, but he always shook it off. Again, he and Shenzi weren't dating, so he wasn't going to keep her from making guy friends.

"So, have you guys heard of the legend of Thomas Samson?" Frankie asked them.

"No..." Lil shook her head, "I'm afraid to ask this, but who's Thomas Samson?"

"He's this student who went to our school years and years ago." Frankie began to explain, "And there was this insanely hard science test, and he went bananas from the difficulty."

"Bananas?" Tommy smirked.

"Yep, bananas," Frankie nodded, "Anywho, he fled to that gulch in the wilderness by the school, and no one's seen him since."

"Whoa, that's creepy," Kimi's eyes widened.

"That's not true," Shenzi scoffed.

"What're you pre-teens talking about?" Angelica asked them, clad in her genie costume.

"Fridge is your age, Angelica," Shenzi reminded her.

"Whatever; Now what're you talking about?"

"The legend of Thomas Samson," Frankie shortly explained.

"Oh, I've heard of him," The blonde told them, "That guy ran up to Black Rock Gulch after he had a crazy science test. Like what you pre-teens need to be studying for. It's this Monday. AKA, tomorrow."

"Ohh." Shenzi groaned and slammed her face on the table.

"Don't worry, you'll get it," Fridge laid a hand on her tiny shoulder; She rolled her head to face him with one eye. "I took that test last year, and it wasn't that tough."

"Oh come on, Cominskey, she needs to know the truth," Angelica insisted, "Your whole life practically depends on this test, Tuck." Shenzi simply rolled her head, so her face was fully concealed again. She let out a muffled groan, then said what sounded like "Thanks a lot", although it was unclear on who she was talking to.

"Why don't we investigate tonight?" Frankie suggested to change the subject, "Trick-or-treating is old school anyway. This'll be much more exciting."

"Investigating a possibly haunted gulch?" Shenzi's head shot up, "What about that test? And more importantly, our parents wouldn't let us do that."

"We can tell them that we're having a sleepover at one of our houses," Frankie shrugged.

"We're sneaking out again?" Shenzi's eyes widened, "Need I remind you of the time we ditched school for Slosh Mountain? We were grounded for a week!"

"But this time, there's no one to bust us," Frankie pointed out, "We're going to have a "sleepover" at one of our houses, so they won't suspect a thing."

"I say we go for it," Kimi chimed in, "It sounds exciting! I've always wanted to search for ghosts!"

"I had a feeling that introducing you to The Othersiders was a bad idea," Chuckie remarked.

"Well, I think I'm going to skip out on this one," Roxy decided, "I'm scared of ghosts."

"Me too," Bobby agreed, "I'm out."

"I'm scared too, but... I'm trying to conquer my fears," Chuckie shrugged, "And since I want to protect Kimi, I'm in."

"I'm in too." Shenzi hugged Chuckie from the side, before she turned to Fridge. "How 'bout you?"

He had to think about it for a second or two; He wasn't that keen on ghosts, but at the same time, he had grown fond of the emo girl, despite her perkiness. She was adorable, like a little sister to him. He then made his decision. "Alright, I'll go."

"Yay!" She cheered, trying to keep her voice down, "This is going to be great!"

"Yeah," Chuckie smiled nervously, "It'll be a jam."


"So, we'll be at Chuckie and Kimi's house," Frankie told their parents as she and Shenzi headed for the front door.

"We'll see you tomorrow! Chaz and Kira will drive us to school!" Shenzi waved to them, and after they waved back, she and her sister walked outside. To lessen any suspicion, they stashed pajamas and blankets in their backpacks. They hid their sleeping bags in their closets, where only they could find them. They also walked in the Finster house to make them believe their story too.

"You guys ready?" Frankie whispered to Chuckie and Kimi in the kitchen.

"Yep," Kimi nodded. "This is so exciting! I can't believe we're going to find an actual ghost!"

"I just hope we don't get caught again," Chuckie chimed in, "Kimi and I were grounded for a week after we ditched school for Slosh Mountain."

"It's too bad we have to keep this a secret from our parents," Kimi remarked, "They'd be so fascinated."

"Or furious," Chuckie muttered, "Hopefully we won't turn into ghosts ourselves... for real."

"Don't worry Chuck, we'll be fine," Shenzi kissed his cheek.

"Ohh!" Kimi gushed, "Those little moments between you guys just make me want to melt!" She then squealed like there was a basket of kittens in front of her.

"Okay Kimi, we're two friends, not a litter of puppies," Chuckie reminded her. "Now, let's get everyone else."

After they gathered their friends that agreed to come, they headed for the school on their bikes. Shenzi's had a faulty tire, so she carefully rode on Chuckie's with him, holding onto his waist and backpack. They all prayed that their parents wouldn't notice that their bikes, sans Shenzi's, and all their helmets were missing. Soon, they gathered at the front entrance of the building; The group consisted of Shenzi, Chuckie, Kimi, Frankie, Fridge, Susie, and to their slight dismay, Angelica. They reluctantly let her come, since she seemed to know more about the legend than they did. Plus, she threatened to tell on them if they didn't let her come.

They were all appropriately dressed for the investigation. The guys were in jeans and hoodies, Chuckie's being green floral, and black/grey color block respectively, while the girls had Juicy Couture hoodies and sweatpants. Chuckie also had a green Recycle logo t-shirt and brown/beige checkerboard Vans.

Shenzi, Frankie, and Kimi had short-sleeved hoodies and matching sweatpants, Shenzi's being black, Frankie's being plum purple, and Kimi's blue, with tank tops and sneakers. Shenzi's tank was black with dark purple and turquoise flowers and white skulls, her sneakers were classic Converse high-tops, and she also had black bow earrings, and a turquoise extension. Frankie's tank top had a Gothic Alice design on the front, her sneakers had a matching design, a black flower ponytail band, a chocolate doughnut necklace, and matching dangle earrings. Kimi had a red-ish orange ruffled crop camisole, black Converse high-tops with pink and light blue studs, two ponytail bands, and orange skeleton hands stud earrings.

Susie was wearing a JC vivid plum tracksuit, a black and grey floral cropped t-shirt, classic Converse high-tops, openwork floral stud earrings, a blue bandana, and a turquoise flower ponytail band. Angelica was in a JC pink tracksuit, a multi-colored leopard thermal henley, purple and cream colored sneakers, silver cubic hoop earrings, blue-green eye shadow, and a red dahlia hair clip.

"Okay guys, let's make sure we have everything," Chuckie pulled a list and a pencil out of his pocket, "We got walkie-talkies, in case one of us gets lost?" They all each held one up. "Alright." Chuckie drew a check mark in the appropriate box. "Um, we have water? Okay, check. Little snacks in case we get hungry? Check. Sunblock? Check-a-mundo. Did I really say that? Anyway, I think that's everything."

"Let's do this!" Kimi exclaimed. And with that, they headed for their destination, with Susie leading.

"I'm excited," Shenzi smiled at Chuckie, "But nervous at the same time."

"Don't worry," Chuckie kissed her cheek, making a blush appear on her face, "We'll be alright. I hope... but I'll protect you."

"Thanks Chuck," She laid on his shoulder for a second.

Fridge turned to Susie. "You sure they're not dating?" He asked her.

"Positive," She giggled, "Even though they're very cuddly and cozy, they're just good friends... for now."

"They are the cutest couple in the whole world!" Kimi gushed, "Shen would be the best sister-in-law ever!"

"Okay Kimi," Frankie said, "They aren't a basket of kittens, they're people. But you're right; They're so adorable!"

Shenzi rolled her eyes at them, although only Chuckie saw her. He simply nodded in agreement as they followed their friends, hand-in-hand. She knew that it only fueled their friends' theory engines, but she liked being close to Chuckie, what with the cuddling, casual kisses, the hand-holding, and such. She felt safer around him, even though he wasn't exactly a big, brave dog all the time. Then again, she wasn't either; They were scaredy-cats, but... they were scaredy-cats together. She wondered if Chuckie felt the same way...

"Hmm," Susie's voice snapped Shenzi out of her thoughts, "Maybe Black Rock Gulch is higher up. Fridge, let me up on your shoulders; I need a better view." After she took binoculars out of her backpack, Fridge complied; The others weren't surprised that he stood straight up with ease as the black girl sat on his shoulders.

"I hope we find it fast," Frankie remarked as Susie searched the mountain, "We still have to study for that test."

"I'm so nervous for that," Shenzi laid her face on Chuckie's shoulder.

"We'll be fine, Shen," Chuckie held her closer by her shoulders.

"Yeah," Angelica nodded, "It's not like your whole future depends on this test. Oh wait; It does."

"Hey, she's already nervous enough!" Frankie exclaimed at the other blonde.

"Yeah, why are you...?" Chuckie was cut off.

"I see it!" Susie yelled out in excitement, making everyone look up at her. "I see Black Rock Gulch!"

"Yay!" Shenzi cheered, startling Chuckie a bit. He'll never get used to her mood swings. "Let's get up there! I want me a ghost! Or at least, a picture of one." Chuckie smiled to himself; She truly was special.

"Shen, we're not taking pictures," Frankie told her, "That would mean a higher chance of us getting busted."

"Ohhh yeah, good point. But let's get up there!" And with that, after Susie was back on the ground, the group headed upward. Chuckie's amused smile grew as Shenzi swung her hand and his back and forth with excitement as they walked, or hiked. He didn't think that she was this fascinated by the supernatural; Even though she dressed darkly, she didn't have the personality that you would expect to have an admiration for the unknown among the kindess, smarts, and quirkiness. She was one of a kind.

"Fi-finally," Susie puffed out when they made it. "Phew! I need to join a gym."

"Okay guys, let's find evidence that Thomas Samson was here," Kimi suggested, so the group started searching. The two guys looked around a very small sack, while the girls looked in the sand. Susie was using a portable metal detector to aid them. Shenzi was crawling on her hands and knees, quickly getting her sweatpants dirty. However, she paid no mind to it; It would wash off anyway, and the investigation was more important.

"Hey!" Susie caught their attention, "I think I found something!" Everyone rushed over as she stood up from kneeling.

"What is it?" Kimi wondered aloud.

"It looks like an old dog tag necklace," Frankie told them, "I think there's a name on it. Here, let me see it." After Susie gave it to her, the younger blonde started attempting to clean it with her water. "It's getting more clear. Hmm... I think I can see it clearly now."

"What's the name?" Shenzi asked her.

"Umm..." Frankie looked more closely, "Thomas... A... Samson!"

"Yes!" Kimi cheered, "We have proof!"

"I knew it was true!" Shenzi exclaimed.

"Actually Shen, you didn't believe it," Frankie reminded her.

"Oh yeah, that's right," The emo giggled sheepishly. "So, what now? We found proof that Thomas Samson was here, so what'll we do now?"

"What'll we do?" Angelica looked shocked, "We show the necklace to people at school for proof! We'll be famous! I call the movie rights."

Frankie rolled her eyes. "No, we're leaving it here. We're going to one of our houses to have an actual sleepover."

"But...!"

"We leave it where we found it," Susie said firmly.

"Fine," Angelica huffed; After snatching the necklace away from Susie, she went to bury it back in the ground where they found it.

"Oh, can you bring me my backpack?" Shenzi requested; It was left by the shack.

"Alright," Angelica replied. She then got an idea in her head; When no one was watching, she sneakily stashed the necklace in one of the backpack's pockets. After making sure it was completely concealed, she walked up to the group.

"Thanks." Shenzi slung the bag on her back. "Okay, let's get to one of our houses."

"Which one?" Chuckie wondered aloud, "Which one of us has the biggest house?"

Everyone looked at Angelica. "Alright," She sighed, "We can have it at my house." And with that, they started going downward to the school. But then, thunder clapped in the sky. "Was that thunder?"

"Yep," Kimi nodded.

"Oh boy," Shenzi came closer to Chuckie.

"We're alright," Chuckie assured her. But the storm came in very, unnaturally fast. Lightning starting flashing in tune with the thunder. The group ran as fast as they could to avoid getting hit full-on by the storm. They all, except Fridge, started screaming when it started getting worse and worse by the second.

"I've never seen a storm come in this fast!" Susie yelled, "It's so unnatur...!" She was cut off by more thunder and lightning.

Angelica and Kimi jumped back when a sudden bolt crashed right in front of them! "That lightning almost hit me!" Angelica screamed in fear.

"Me too!" Kimi chimed in with equal fear, "I don't like lightning! Not one bit!"

"It's just weather!" Shenzi yelled.

Everyone looked up when Angelica was pointing at the sky with a terrified look; There was a green cloud, associated with a ghostly moan, headed right for them!

"What's that?! GREEN WEATHER?!" Kimi screamed. Lightning started flashing in the cloud as it came closer and closer.

"What is that?!" Chuckie screamed.

"I-I don't know!" Shenzi exclaimed in fear. "Run!" When lightning struck the ground again, the group made a run for it again. Somehow, in the midst of the terror, Shenzi separated from the group!

"Shenzi!" Chuckie screamed. "Shenzi!"

"Shenzi! Where'd you go?!" Fridge screamed.

"We've gotta find her!" The redhead exclaimed.

"I'll find her! You go back to school!" The jock told him.

"Okay! Take care of her! And stay alive!" Chuckie complied to the command, and ran off.

"Shenzi!" Fridge screamed as he ran around the area, "Shenzi!"

"Chuckie!" Shenzi screamed, running around the area, "Fridge! Chuckie!" She didn't see that she was on a hill, so she tripped and fell, her walkie-talkie flying away from her. "Chuckie!" She tried to stand up, but stopped when a sharp pain shot in her knee. "Ow!" She held her knee with her hands, as she shivered from the cold wind. "Chuckie! Fridge! Anyone!" Just as she lost hope, she heard running footsteps coming towards her.

To her relief, it was Fridge. "Come on! Come on, let's go!"

"I can't! I hurt my knee!" She exclaimed. Fridge saw that the cloud was coming closer, so after grabbing her walkie-talkie, he quickly lifted her up bridal style. "Ow!" He started running as fast as he could back to the school, as she held onto his jersey tightly.

Meanwhile, the kids came dashing into the main hallway, and into the cafeteria, where they all sat on the tables out of breath. They were surprised that the door was unlocked. "Whoa! That was creepy!" Kimi exclaimed, "And not the kind of creepy that I like!"

Soon, Chuckie came speeding in. "What?! Was that?!" He screamed.

"Where are Sh-Shenzi and Fridge?" Frankie puffed out.

Meanwhile, the jock stopped running, feeling out of breath and sat next to Shenzi after he gently set her on the ground. "I think we're safe."

"What happened out there?" Shenzi wondered aloud.


"Tornado?" Angelica suggested.

"Oh sure, just your average, GREEN TORNADO!" Susie exclaimed angrily.

"Okay, let's all just stop pretending to not know what it was, because we know exactly what it was!" Kimi exclaimed.

"It was a...!"

"Don't say it!" Angelica yelled in fear.

"Ghost!" Kimi finished.

"Ack!" Angelica covered her ears with her hands, "Lalalalalalala!"

"It was the ghost of Thomas Samson!" Kimi yelled over the teen's screaming.

"Lalalalalalalalala!"

"Knock it off, Angelica! Stop it!" Frankie made the older blonde cease her denial.


"Do you really think it was a ghost?" Shenzi asked Fridge, who was pacing back and forth.

"I dunno," He shrugged, "I never believed in that stuff, but... I don't know. What else would it be?"

"Some vicious prank?" She hoped not; The last time she and her friends were involved in a prank, against their will, they were expelled from their first school. She really didn't want that to happen again.

"I don't think so. Even Angelica or Savannah with their money couldn't make a cloud like that. Not even with all their money put together. Plus, it looked too real to be from a projector."

"True."

"Anyway, it's over now. We're safe."

"Yep," Shenzi nodded, before she cringed. "Ow," She hissed in pain, with her hands on her leg again over her dirty sweatpants.

"I should get you into the nurse's office," Fridge remarked, "And get that knee looked at. Hopefully the nurse will come, if she isn't still there." He knelt down to her level. "Come on." After she wrapped her arms around his neck, he lifted her up again, resulting in her squeaking from the pain, and continued walking towards the school. He prayed that the nurse was still in her office; He was no doctor, and he didn't want to make Shenzi's knee worse.

They arrived at the office, having to use a different door from the others, and to Fridge's surprise and relief, the nurse was indeed in there. "Hey," He got her attention, "I've got a girl with a bad knee here."

"Aww," The nurse frowned sympathetically, "You just lay her on that bed there, young man."

"Alright," Fridge walked up to the bed closer to him, and carefully laid the emo girl on it. She winced when pain shot through her leg.

"Don't touch it," She said in a bit of a panicky tone when Fridge reached for her bad knee.

"I'm stupid," He raised his hands in defense, before he turned to the nurse. "Can I use the phone?"

"Yes you can," The nurse nodded, so he went to use it.

Meanwhile in the cafeteria, Chuckie jumped up when the phone in the room rang. He hastily ran to it, and answered. "He-hello? Oh Fridge, I'm glad you're alright. How's Shenzi?" He waited as he answered his question. "What?! Is she okay?!" Frankie hastily stood up. "O-okay, I'll be right there." He then hung up.

"Where are they?" Kimi asked him.

"The nurse's office," Chuckie answered, fear and worry in his voice, "He-he thinks Shenzi twisted her knee or something." Frankie's eyes widened.

Fridge sat to Shenzi's right after he hung up. The right leg on her pants was rolled up, revealing her bruised up knee. A tray was set in front of her, with a bowl of soup on it. "Okay I'll be right back; I have a taco on the microwave. You just rest up, sweetie." The nurse left the office, and headed for the teachers' lounge.

"So, this was a... pretty weird night," Fridge remarked.

"It couldn't have been a ghost," Shenzi said, "Right?"

"I dunno, but if it was, it was definitely an angry ghost."

"But... why?"

"... Maybe Samson didn't like us intruding in his resting place," Fridge theorized, "Y'know, the place where he... passed on."

"Or... maybe it was some kind of freaky weather," Shenzi shrugged, "I've seen the sky turn green after a storm, but... not like that, though."

"Yeah, let's go with that," Fridge decided, "Why don't you eat your soup before it gets cold?"

"Okay," She nodded with a timid smile; She grabbed the spoon, but dropped it when all of a sudden, there was blood in the soup's place! "Fridge!" She exclaimed with terror.

"What?" He hastily stood up, "What's wrong?"

"Look in the bowl!"

He looked, and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "Wow; You must not like tomato soup."

"Tomato sou...?!" Shenzi looked again, and was confused when the blood was gone, and the soup from before was back in its place.

"You okay?"

"Y-yeah," She nodded, "I guess I'm just... tired."

"Maybe you need some sleep," Fridge laid a hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah." She then realized something. "Wait! I have to study for my science test tomorrow! I can't sleep!"

Outside the building, the green cloud came back, and trailed in the nurse's office by the girl's backpack. Soon, a blustering wind was in the room, blowing papers all over the place.

"What's going on in here?!" Shenzi exclaimed as her tray and soup flew away.

"I don't know!"

The door closed by itself, and the two friends were oblivious to it locking itself. The clock hands were spinning at a very quick pace. "Who opened a window?!" Shenzi exclaimed in fear. A big, silver bucket floated in the air, and suddenly landed on Shenzi's head! "Ack!" She yelled in shock.

"Shenzi!" Fridge ran over, and tried to pull the bucket off, but oddly, he wasn't able to.

"Get this bucket off my head!" Upon hearing a ghostly moan, Fridge looked to the window, and his eyes widened when he saw the green cloud. He tried even harder to free Shenzi's head, but the bucket was stuck tight.

Outside, the others were rushing to the nurse's office. "Would you guys slow down?" Angelica puffed out, "It's just an injury. No big deal."

"Be quiet!" Chuckie snapped, effectively surprising her.

"What'd Fridge say?" Susie asked him.

"That Shenzi twisted her knee."

"How?" Kimi's eyes widened.

"I don't know," Chuckie shrugged, "Oh man, I hope she's alright."

They all stopped when they saw the green cloud at the nurse's office. "Okay... that's not normal," Angelica remarked fearfully.

"Nope," Frankie shook her head, now terrified for her baby sister.

Not knowing what to do, they all screamed in terror, but Angelica covered her ears in denial again. "LALALALALALALALALALALA!"

In the office, Shenzi's head was still encased, so she was practically deprived of hearing what was going on. "Will somebody get this freakish bucket off my head?!" She pleaded in fear.

Fridge was trying to get the door open, but he didn't see that it was locked. "Why won't this door open?!"

Outside, to the others' horror, a face appeared in the cloud, laughing evilly! "It's the ghost of Thomas Samson!" Chuckie screamed in terror.

"No it's not!" Angelica protested fearfully. She then turned to Kimi. "Tell your brother there's no such thing as ghosts!"

"Fine, I'll tell him! You tell that ghost!"

"You guys! Shenzi and Fridge are in there!" Frankie yelled in terror.

Chuckie ran up ahead of them, putting his fear behind him. "We've gotta help them!"

"... You help them!" Angelica exclaimed.

"What?! You guys are just going to let me go in there alone?!" When they agreed to his statement, a baffled Chuckie ran in the building, filled with terror. After hearing the commotion, he ran to the room, and pounded on the door.

"Fridge!" Shenzi yelled fearfully in the room.

"Why won't this stupid door open?!" The jock exclaimed again.

"Shenzi! Fridge! You guys in there?!" Chuckie yelled.

"Chuckie?! Is that you?!"

"Yeah! Something really freaky is going on in there!"

"You think?!"

"Who're you talking to?!" Shenzi yelled.

"Chuckie!" Fridge yelled back, but she couldn't hear him. "Chuckie, you have to get this door open!"

Chuckie struggled to open it, before he got an idea. "Stay back! I'll break it down!" He wasn't very strong, but it was worth a try.

"Okay!" Fridge stood away from the door.

Chuckie started running, but didn't realize that the door unlocked and opened on its own, so he ran in the room and with a yelp, he crashed into the wall by the bed. He stood up, and glared at Fridge with his hands out. "Why'd you open the door?!" He exclaimed.

"It opened by itself!"

"Who are you talking to?!" Shenzi yelled again.

"Shenzi!" Chuckie exclaimed, before he turned to Fridge, "Why does she have a bucket on her head?!"

"I don't know!"

"We've gotta get out of here!" Chuckie yelled.

"Shenzi can't walk!" Fridge reminded him.

"I saw a gurney outside the room!"

"Okay! You get her! I'll get the gurney!" The jock grabbed her backpack, as Chuckie hastily lifted her up bridal style. He wasn't strong like Fridge, so he was struggling.

"Ow!" As the lights flickered, the two boys found the gurney in the hallway. "Someone get this bucket off my head!" Shenzi exclaimed in fear after Chuckie set her on the gurney.

The redhead tried to pull it off, but it stayed put. "I can't! It's stuck! Just hang on!"

"Go! Go! Go!" Fridge shouted when the green cloud started coming out of the room. He and Chuckie hastily pushed the gurney away from the room, and outside the building.

"What's happening?!" Shenzi exclaimed.

"What happened in there?!" Frankie asked them.

"I... we... we think that..." Fridge panted, "That that's the ghost of Thomas Samson in there!" Meanwhile, Shenzi started rolling away on the gurney.

"What'll we do?!" Chuckie exclaimed.

Fridge's eyes widened when he saw the gurney rolling away from them. "Uh, Chuckie? I think you should go get Shenzi!"

Chuckie looked, and saw the gurney. "What is happening?!" Shenzi exclaimed. "Am I rolling?!"

"Hold on!" Chuckie exclaimed, before he hastily turned to the others. "I'll be back! You guys find a way to get rid of that ghost!" He then ran after the gurney as fast as he could.

"Fridge!" Shenzi yelled, not noticing that it was the redhead going after her.

"There's no such thing as ghosts!" Angelica screamed to him.

But just seconds after, the doors burst open, and the green cloud burst out! The kids screamed and backed away in terror. "Okay, either that was a ghost, or the nurse's office just sneezed!" Fridge exclaimed.

"I know what to do!" Susie piped up, "Come on!" She led the group to the science classroom.

"Shenzi!" Chuckie screamed to his best friend, "Slow down!"

"What?!" She still couldn't hear him.

His eyes widened when he saw what was ahead. "Stairs!"

"What?!"

"STAIRS!" Chuckie screamed.

"What stairs?!" Shenzi finally yanked the bucket off her head, inhaling deeply like she was deprived of breath before, and her eyes widened.

"Jump! NOW!" At Chuckie's fear-filled command, she forced herself to jump on the ground, yelping at the sharp pain in her knee. Chuckie caught up to her as she sat in the grass. "Y-you okay, Shen?"

"I've been better," She panted, before hugging him tightly. "That was so scary," She mumbled in his chest, "And... why didn't you or Fridge get that bucket off my head?"

"It was stuck," He told her, "Not even Fridge could get it off."

"O-oh."

"Come on!" Chuckie lifted her up again, "Let's get out of here!"

When they were outside the main building, where most of the classrooms were at, the others caught up with them. "Are you guys okay?" Frankie hastily asked them.

"I've, I've been better," Shenzi replied.

"Susie has something from the science room that will help us," Kimi told them.

"I found these orbs made and left by Mrs. Guppie before she retired last Friday," Susie explained, "If we throw them at the ghost, they'll make it go away."

"Come on, let's just do it!" Angelica exclaimed.

"How do we attract the ghost?" Frankie wondered aloud.

Kimi looked behind them, and her eyes widened. "That won't be too hard!" They looked behind their backs, and saw the ghost coming.

"And... here it comes," Fridge remarked.

"Should we throw these now?" Frankie held up the orb.

"No!" Susie protested, "It has to be in a sealed environment!"

"Like in a room?" Shenzi asked her.

"Uh huh!"

"Come on, guys!" Chuckie lifted Shenzi up again and ran with the group to the science classroom. His arms were getting tired, but he beared through it; She was more important anyway.

"Everybody against the wall." Susie told them all, and they gathered at the wall opposite of the door by the windows.

"Now what?" Fridge turned to the black girl, with one of the orbs in his hand.

"When it comes in through the door, I'll give a signal, and we'll throw the orbs at the ghost's center," Susie quietly explained.

"We're gonna die, we're gonna die!" Chuckie exclaimed fearfully.

"Shh!" Angelica shushed him. "Just watch the door, Finster."

Fridge looked towards the windows behind them, and to his horror, the ghost was coming in behind them! "Uh, uh...! I don't think it's coming in through the door!"

"Get away from the windows!" Susie commanded, as the group headed to the opposite wall, Chuckie carrying Shenzi again. When they stopped, he set her on her feet, and let her lean on his shoulder for support.

"Susie, will you give the signal already?!" Kimi begged.

"Hang on! It has to be right in the center, and we only have one shot! You ready, Fridge?" The jock however, was paralyzed with fear. "Ready?!"

"Gimme that!" Frankie snatched the orb out of his hand.

"Okay... NOW!" And with that, Susie and Frankie threw the orbs at the center of the growing cloud. As the cloud let out bursts of electricity, the group screamed in terror, Shenzi burying her face in Chuckie's neck as they knelt on the floor. Soon, the cloud had completely vanished.

"It... I think it worked," Susie panted.

"Yeah," Frankie nodded, "It's gone."

Chuckie nodded in agreement, but his eyes widened when the cloud appeared yet again in front of them. "Well... hello again."

"Now what?" Kimi asked Susie.

"Well, speaking scientifically... RUN!" Susie screamed, and after Shenzi was picked up again, the group ran out of the room. They stopped and sat at the basketball court outside, as Shenzi was set in Chuckie and Fridge's lap. "Why does Samson's ghost hate us?!"

"I guess it's because we disturbed his resting place," Kimi remarked.

"Well, we left it how we found it," Shenzi reminded them, "We put the necklace back and everything." She then noticed that Angelica suddenly looked incredibly guilty. "You put the necklace back." The older blonde stayed silent. "Didn't you?"

"Didn't you?!" Susie exclaimed.

Angelica stayed silent, before holding her hand out. "Shenzi, give me your backpack." The emo girl did just that, and to everyone's terror, if not more chagrin, Angelica took out the necklace! Everyone chastised her as she held it up, with incredible guilt in her expression. Shenzi laid her face on Chuckie'd shoulder in exasperation.

"I can't believe you!" Susie shouted angrily.

"We've gotta put the necklace back!" Chuckie said.

"I say we should beat the snot out of Angelica first!" Susie shouted.

"No!" Shenzi exclaimed.

"No?!" Susie was baffled.

"We put the necklace back, THEN WE BEAT THE SNOT OUT OF ANGELICA!" A huge argument broke out when the blonde tried to protest. As they fought, they headed for Black Rock Gulch.

At daybreak, they arrived at the shack after a long, exhausting hike. Susie and Kimi buried the necklace while Frankie and Fridge watched Angelica. Shenzi had fallen asleep in Chuckie's arms during the hike, so he was being more careful. "Should we um... say some words?" Frankie asked them.

"Y-yeah," Kimi nodded, "Um... T-Thomas, we're sorry we disturbed you."

"And we're sorry we took your necklace," Susie chimed in, "But it's back now. So, please stop... terrifying us."

"Amen," They all, except Shenzi, finished. And with a strong gust of wind, the green cloud shot down to where the necklace was buried, and disappeared in the ground.

"Well... this was a pretty interesting Halloween," Frankie remarked.

"Yep," Kimi nodded, before she realized something. "Our test!" She gasped, "We'll get a 0 if we're late!"

"What?!" Shenzi snapped awake, startling Chuckie as he set her on her feet, to avoid further injury.

"We've gotta run!" Frankie exclaimed.

"I can't! My knee!" The emo girl reminded them.

Fridge hastily ran up to her, and turned his back to her. "Jump on, Tuck!" She then jumped on him carefully, and he held onto her legs. "I'll take you there!" With that, the group ran as fast as they could to the school.

Soon, they arrived in the science classroom, where their new teacher, Mr. Beaker, looked shocked at the mess in the room. "Oh my; What happened in here?" His voice sounded droll and monotonous.

"It, it was kind of us," Kimi confessed.

"Well, more like the... ghost of... Thomas Samson," Frankie hesitantly explained.

"Kids, there's no such thing as ghosts," Mr. Beaker calmly told them. The students helped with repairing the classroom, and since the class was almost over when they were done, the test was rescheduled on the following Monday, to the group's relief.

Shenzi was excused back to the nurse's office for her knee to heal up. Chuckie took her over there himself, and they saw that the office was still a mess. "There you go, Shen," Chuckie laid her on the bed, and set her backpack on the floor next to her. "You just rest up; Frankie and I will get you after school to take you home."

"Okay," She nodded as he rolled her pants leg back up.

"Man, that looks bad. It'll heal up, though."

"Yep," She agreed.

"You can tell your parents that you had an accident in gym class." Chuckie timidly stroked her hair; It just felt right. "I... I was so worried about you. When we were first running from the ghost on the mountain, getting separated from you was more terrifying than the ghost himself." Shenzi shyly blushed when his fingers brushed her cheek under her long bangs. "I'm just glad you're safe."

"I... I'm glad you're safe too," She smiled up at him.

They stayed quiet for a few seconds, before Chuckie broke the silence. "I uh, I need to get to class." He gently kissed her right cheek, with his hands on her shoulders. "You um, heal up."

"I will," She timidly said.

"Bye," He slowly walked out of the room, and down the hallway to the science room. "Um, sh-she's with the nurse now," He told Mr. Beaker.

"Thank you, Mr. Finster," Mr. Beaker nodded as Chuckie took a seat next to Kimi.

As the lecture drolled on, Chuckie thought about Shenzi; He hoped she was okay. He wished that he paid closer attention on the mountain that night. If he did, then she wouldn't have gotten hurt.


(A/N: Sorry for the lame ending. You know the disclaimer. This is my longest chapter to date. O,O)


Trivia (I ran out of interesting facts about myself):

The soon-to-be trilogy contains some of my best stories so far.

At first, I only made a parody of Rugrats/All Grown Up, but recently, I decided to have the parody set in the same universe, so they all could interact.