Disclaimer- See Chapter 1. In addition, I don't own Danny Elfman's "Come Along"
Chapter 3 All together now
Japan
Lindsay Mora straightened her T-shirt and walked out of the hotel room. "You coming, Shedmaka? We got serious butt to kick!"
"Not now, Lindsay," the nightmare mamodo said. "I've asked my new friends to assemble near our present location. You don't want them to run off!" Shedmaka followed his book owner.
Now Lindsay Mora wasn't the kind of girl that parents wanted their teen sons hanging around. She was a tall, slender brunette girl with beige skin. She wore a red T-shirt with the words "BOY STEALER" in black lettering, blue jeans and sandals. "Let's go, Shedmaka," she said.
"I'm going with you!" Shedmaka said. "After all, if I didn't know you I wouldn't have a book owner!" Shedmaka followed Lindsay out the door.
"Remind me why I'm here!" Emily growled.
"Master Shedmaka summoned you!" Zylfia said.
"He assembled the entire team!" A Latino boy named Enrique said.
Shedmaka walked toward the crowd. "I'm glad you all could make it! Now I got special assignments for all of you! Fonce, you take care of Ms. Beadlestein and Mr. Wong!"
"Oh, yes, we will!" Fonce said. She and Ken walked away.
"Reishade, do you have a brother?" Shedmaka asked.
"Yes, his name is Razshine!" the dark haired girl said. "His partner is my partner's sister!"
"Well, he's your target!" Shedmaka replied.
"Well, what about you?" Devila Laski shouted. "Who's the one you're gonna fight?"
"I already know," Shedmaka said, smiling evilly. "Now, Sukoro, you remember Diablo?" Sukoro nodded. "Destroy him."
"Masumura, my dear new friend!" Shedmaka said. "Keep Miasma Dahegan busy and make sure she doesn't get a clue to my whereabouts!" He turned to face his other henchman. "Zylfia, your target is Grim Z. He's a skeleton in a cloak wielding a scythe! You can't miss him!"
Shedmaka then passed out assignments to the other teams. Rakurai and Rikka were assigned to torment Morpheus and Naoko. Devila and Kelsey to Ember and Chelsea. Shedmaka then looked at the list. "It's just you and me, Blumaka! Hehehehe!" He turned around and left.
A few days later, in Shelby, Ohio
"Ember, I hafta go to school!" Chelsea said. "See ya when I get home!"
"But I wanna come with you!" Ember wailed. She grabbed onto Chelsea's leg.
"I wonder how my friends would react to a little girl clinging to my leg!" Chelsea sighed. She limped to school; Ember still hanging on tight.
Chelsea finally made it to school.
Meanwhile on the roof of the school, Zylfia stood waiting. Enrique stood safely behind her, with earplugs in his ears. She looked down. A massive crowd gathered on the ground. Perfect. Then she began singing.
Come Along, Come along, Come along, Come along!
Come Along, Come along, Come along, Come along!
(Whole bunch of La's here)
Wouldn't you
like to see what really happens backstage?
Come Along, Come along,
Come along, Come along!
It's really quite intriguing and you don't hafta pay.
Come along, Come along, Come along, Come along!
Wouldn't you like to see our hiding places?
Here in our happy world of laughing faces?
Every now and then some fortunate child that we befriend
Can come along and join in. Won't you come into our magic wagon?
If you promise not to tell, we'll take you to a secret place!
Come Along, Come along, Come along, Come along!
Though we're not supposed to, it'll be okay!
Come Along, Come along, Come along, Come along!
Every now and then some special child
Enters our little world just for a while.
Every now and then we're lucky to make a special friend
To join us in all our fun. Won't you come and see our magic wagon?
Come Along, Come along, Come along, Come along!
Come Along, Come along, Come along, Come along!
Come Along, Come along, Come along, Come along!
Come along now and join us! Come along now and have some fun and leave all your cares behind. Won't you come into our magic wagon?
Come Along, Come along, Come along, Come along! Come Along, Come along! Wheeeee!
"That song!" Chelsea gasped. "Is creepy!" Suddenly, the crowd of students, everyone besides Chelsea and Kelsey, turned on Chelsea. What was once a crowd of students had become a horde of zombies.
"CHELSEA!" Ember screamed. "THEY'RE SCARING ME!"
"I have no choice!" Chelsea said. "I gotta read the book!" She took out a blackish-red book and flipped through the pages. "SLA SHIELD!" A giant fire shield appeared in front of Ember. The attacking zombie-students were blocked.
"What the heck?" Zylfia gasped. "That girl's a book owner! Devila! Your rival's here!"
"Oh, yes! Now it's payback time!" Devila said.