"The Final Countdown"
The anchor was laid on the island of Bald Mountain at the exact moment another quake occurred. The tremor resonated through the large, heavy chain connected to the anchor and caused the entire pirate ship to shake violently. One of the pirates lost his balance and fell overboard, dropping down to the endless cloudy abyss below.
After watching the pirate fall, Barbossa grew heavily nervous and made a proposal. "Methinks it would be wise for us to remain here where it's nice and stable. I feel that our place in this battle is from this here ship."
Kimberly showed off a phony smile in response to Barbossa's proposal. "Aww, how thoughtful of you," she sarcastically remarked – although Barbossa mistaken it for an actual compliment.
"Well, we ain't gonna stay here and miss out on all the action!" Todd exclaimed. "Right, Riley?"
"Right, Todd." Riley agreed, before she boldly added, "We're gonna stay right here on the ship where it's safe."
Todd nodded in agreement with his sister, despite not realizing what she actually just said. "Yeah, we're gonna stay right here where it's…" Once it did hit him, he turned to her and frowned. "WHAT?!"
J.B. shook his head and smiled at the Daring siblings. "I think I'll stay and watch over them, in case Todd 'attempts' leave the ship."
Diana then glanced at Louise, John, and Pete. "What about you three? Still think you'll be lucky enough to survive this?"
"Whaddya mean 'you three'?!" Pete yelled. "I still don't believe in any dis hocus pocus junk! I'm probably sittin' on my couch at home right now, havin' a sody pop and watchin' the Lakers kick da Magic's butts!"
Venkman raised an eyebrow at this statement from the new agent from the Environmental Protection Agency. "Oh, really? Well, here's a wake-up call for you, Kobe…your son, Pete Jr., is one of the recruits for my 'Junior Ghostbusters' program. What do ya think of those apples?"
Pete's face became redder than a cherry at this news; he was so upset that he could barely talk. "My son…P.J.…He's…AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!"
To the surprise of everyone on the ship, Pete brashly jumped over the rail and soared across the air, falling ten feet towards the rock-hard terrain of the island. His body hit it with a sickening thud, making some of the people on the ship cringe.
"That cat sure as heck didn't land on his feet." Diana uttered.
"That is why dogs are the superior animals." Allha stated, before she morphed out of Meagan Tully's form and into a Terror Dog, using that form to leap remarkably off the ship and down on the island, landing perfectly near the moaning Pete.
Hardemeyer shook his head over Pete's idiotic way of getting on the island, as well as Allha's harsh way of doing it, and said in response to Zeddemore's earlier question, "Okay, if we're going, we're not gonna go like they just did."
"I heartily agree." Louise said.
Kimberly glanced at the dignified way Peck made that statement. "Does it ever occur to you how much you exactly sound like C-3PO?"
The Junior Ghostbusters ran far enough from the cavern to consider slowing down for a moment to catch their breath. None of them could figure out why an old woman like Madam Mim would be chosen to be guard over any prisoner to this particular island. They didn't bother pondering over much longer, as they had the problem of getting off the island to worry about.
"Can't you wizard freaks just poof us out of here?!" Candace rudely inquired.
"Excuse me? Did you just call us 'freaks'?!" Alex retorted.
"No, I said 'wizard freaks' – there's a difference!"
A furious look came across Alex's face, as she began advancing towards Candace, whom was practically gesturing for her to 'bring it on'. And it certainly would have been brought, if Justin hadn't held back Alex and Phineas & Ferb hadn't stood in front of Candace.
"C'mon! Let's not lose our heads, alright?" Mickey suggested. "I'm sure there's another way we can…"
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAACCCCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!
A horrid squawking noise that sounded like a cross between a lion and an eagle made the recruits cover their ears, due to the extreme pitch of it. They looked up and saw a gigantic gargoyle beast soaring directly over the island and perching its colossal form right beside the top of the mountain.
"What the heck is that thing?" Rizzo asked, before he was shushed by the others in fears of the stone monster hearing them.
However, it seemed much too busy with whatever it was doing near the mountaintop. It lifted its enormous arms and spread them apart wide, before speaking in a voice that echoed the heavens. "MY LORD! I COME TO THEE FOR POWER…ONLY ENOUGH TO GRANT YOUR GREATEST WISHES! HEAR ME, MY LORD!"
There came another quake that was so powerful than the ones before that section of the rocky island began to break apart, unleashing geysers of boiling hot lava. The recruits ducked, dodged, and ran from any that came their way. In the meantime, the mountaintop cracked open, breaking apart to reveal its true form – a deadly volcano!
Frollo, the stone beast sturdily perched beside the volcano, closed his glowing eyes and absorbed the immense heat of the volcano. It reminded him of the nights he spent by the fireplace, dreaming of dancing with Esmeralda. Yet it also reminded him of how he died into the very flames that he attempted to burn the gypsy into. Ironically, the cause of his death was the very source of his growing power. And he felt himself becoming more powerful, as the heat consumed his massive, stone-made body.
Down below, the Junior Ghostbusters continued running from the geysers of lava, its fiery particles coming just an inch of them. Goofy was unfortunate at one point to have one particle strike him from the seat of his pants, causing that area to go up in flames.
"WAHAHAHA! I'M ON FIRE! I'M ON FIRE!!!" He cried, catching the attention of the other recruits, especially his son, as they tried their best to fan out the flames.
"Stop, drop, and roll, Mr. G! Stop, drop, and roll!!!" P.J. frantically and repeatedly said.
Goofy did as P.J. suggested and dropped to the ground, rolling around as fast as he could. The process worked, as the flames on Goofy's backside were extinguished, even though he continued to roll around. He eventually stopped, when his body hit something that felt long, hairy, and skinny.
He then heard Max shout to him in horror. "DAD! GET UP AND RUN!"
Getting to his feet, Goofy glanced to his left to see what it was he had bumped into – a nine-foot tall, twenty-inch wide purple and pink tarantula with the head of the same old woman that guarded them in the cavern! He screamed in terror upon the disturbing sight and ran with the others. However, they were not running long, as wall of lava shot up and blocked their path.
Having no where else to go, the Junior Ghostbusters turned and faced the monster that slowly and sinisterly advanced on them. "I told you mortals that I'd show you not to mess with the Marvelously Marvelous Mad Madame…"
BRRRRAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
Out of nowhere came Allha, pouncing right onto Mim's tarantula form and taking a massive bite out of her neck area. Mim let out a weak howl of agony, as she shook the Terror Dog off from her body. Unfortunately for her, the onslaught didn't stop when five particle streams struck the side of her body, generating more pain that made her cry out.
The Junior Ghostbusters looked across from Mim and were met with the welcoming sight of the real Ghostbusters, firing their modified neutrona wands at the shape-shifting witch. Behind them was the Ecto-1, its headlights shining bright over their shoulders and giving them quite a heroic look. It wasn't long before Diana (whom the recruits were surprised in seeing how much she looked like Esmeralda) threw in the Ghost Trap and made it stop directly below Mim.
Diana's bare foot hit the pedal connected to the Ghost Trap, opening it to cause Mim's tarantula form to bend and contort as it was sucked directly into the Ghost Trap, never to bother anyone ever again. After the witch had been defeated, the recruits let out a collective sigh of relief. However, that sigh was soon retracted by P.J., as soon as he heard a familiar, unsettling voice.
"P.J.!!!!!!!!"
"Oh, man. Please don't let that be who I think it is."
Out from the Ecto-1 came Pete, stomping his bulbous feet towards P.J., whom was practically hiding behind Goofy. Seeing how scared P.J. was compared to how terrified he was earlier, Goofy felt the need as a father to reach out to Pete and try to calm him. "Now, Petey, go easy on the poor kid. He's been through quite a bit over…"
"Outta my way, Goof! Dis here's father and son business!"
"Business that has to wait, in case you don't see the gigantic monster perched near the large, shooting volcano up above!" Venkman told Pete, who noticed the thing that she indicated and grew speechless.
J.G. turned to Spengler and asked, "What's the plan?"
"We have to get the Ecto-1 into that volcano." Sean stated.
"What's the Ecto-1 going to do, other than just melt?" Diana inquired, not seeming to understand Spengler's plan of action.
Sean looked towards Phineas and Ferb and grinned. "You boys told me that you found a way to open gateways to parallel dimensions with the Ghost Traps, correct?" Phineas and Ferb nodded, just as Spengler pointed to the rooftop of the Ecto-1, particularly to a gray, metallic, cylinder mechanism that was mounted high over the others. "That device that I recently installed is a super version of a Ghost Trap, carrying enough power to suck every single atom around into it. If you can reprogram the force field, it could be enough power to shut down the energy flowing from that volcano and return us home."
Phineas and Ferb smiled brightly over the action that Spengler wanted them to perform. "It won't take us any more than a millisecond, Dr. Spengler!" Phineas acknowledged, before he and his stepbrother got right to work on it.
While Phineas and Ferb went to work on the rooftop of the Ecto-1, Phil and Keely stepped out from the vehicle. They both volunteered their services to the Ghostbusters, once Phil had revealed the secrets behind his Wizard device to a very fascinated Spengler. It was that one device that played an important role in "part two" of Spengler's plan.
"Frollo will clearly detect the Ecto-1's presence, so we'll need to distract him long enough for it to fall into the volcano and counteract the volcano's psycho-kinetic energy." Spengler continued. "Five Proton Packs won't be enough to fend him off…" He then gestured to Phil and his futuristic device, adding, "We are going to use the duplicating function of Phil Diffy's 'Wizard' to create enough Proton Packs for everyone to fire at Frollo with. He won't be able to counter all of our defenses at the same time."
Max Goof and P.J. both reacted giddily over this special offer. "You mean we get to use Proton Packs?" Max inquired.
"On our first day?!" P.J. added.
The two boys then wildly exclaimed together, "AWESOME!!!"
"No!" Pete screamed in anger. "No way is my boy gonna use your nuclear death machines!"
"But, Dad…!"
"No buts about it, P.J. I'm not gonna stand here and let you…"
BONK!
The rock that hit Pete's head practically knocked him senseless before it rendered him unconscious. A long, nasty bump formed over his head, as he quickly hit the rocky ground that he was all too acquainted with. Everyone watched his blubbering form fall in surprise, wondering who threw the rock at his head. All eyes went to Venkman, whom just sheepishly pointed to Peck, whom pointed to Hardemeyer.
"Yeah…it was me," he freely admitted with a grin.
Up to twenty-six duplicates of the Ghostbusters' Proton Packs were created for the Junior Ghostbusters, fitted with a safety function that prevented it from getting too hot or too out of control. One was even given to Kuzco by Kimberly, who boldly stated upon doing so, "If I ever hear that you've been anywhere near my jumpsuit again, I'll make sure this is the last time you carry this thing."
"It might as well be the last time, considering what I do the last one." Kuzco uttered, right before Venkman got up to his face and glared him into acknowledging in terror, "Alright, alright! I promise, I promise!"
Kimberly smiled in satisfaction. "Good boy," she said, giving him a gentle slap on the face and rejoining her teammates.
"Okay, so Phineas and Ferb have reprogrammed the 'Super Trap' and we suited everyone with Packs." J.G. made a mental checklist, before coming to the final thing on it. "Now there's just the issue of who's going to drive the Ecto-1 into the volcano."
From nearby the vehicle stood Quasimodo, who accompanied his friends on their mission for the purpose in seeing Frollo destroyed once and for all. He heard the Ghostbusters engage in their discussion, listening to them make the hardest decision of their lives.
"The volcano carries too much energy and heat for any human being to handle, and it'd be too dangerous to leap out of the vehicle before it drops, with Frollo standing there close to the opening." Spengler deduced. "Whoever does this will surely have to make the ultimate sacrifice."
Quasimodo was appalled to hear what they were attempting and was even more so when he heard Alexis volunteer. "I'll do it. I'm the only one here who's indestructible, remember?"
"But the psycho-kinetic energy would shut down whatever paranormal aura is surrounding you." Stantz told her, even though he wasn't quite certain of it – he was mostly trying to prevent himself from losing her again.
Venkman rolled her eyes as she sheepishly suggested, "Why not send Meagan…I mean, Allha in to do it?"
"That's not funny, Kim." Diana sternly said.
"Who's joking? That girl's got the demon in her…literally!" Venkman pointed out. "Maybe she'd survive this better than any of us would."
"Look, I'm the one who's going and that's it." Alexis demanded.
"No!" Stantz snapped.
"Why not, Jay?"
"Because I love you!!!"
She stared at him in surprise, as did Kimberly, Sean, and Diana.
They soon snapped out from the surprising moment, when the roar of the Ecto-1's engines caught their attention. Turning toward it just in time, they realized that Quasimodo was at the wheel, driving straight to Frollo and the volcano. It was clear that he heard every word they said and refused to let his new friends sacrifice their souls over something that didn't have one.
Realizing it was too late in stopping him, the Ghostbusters commenced with the plan. They detached their neutrona wands from their Packs, ordering the Junior Ghostbusters to do likewise. On Venkman's command, all of them aimed their wands at Frollo and opened fire.
The barrage of particle streams connected with Frollo's stone back so fiercely that he screamed in pain. The energy he had been absorbing from the volcano began to exit from his body, rendering him powerless. Amidst the hail of electrons striking his body, he turned and faced the ones unleashing them. But his eyes soon met the one thing that proved to be conspicuously dangerous – Quasimodo driving the infernal machine of the Ghostbusters.
"QUASI…"
BOOM!!!
Frollo's left stone wing exploded into bits of rubble that had fallen into the volcano afterwards. The attack didn't come from the Ghostbusters, but instead from the pirate ship hovering within the outer boundaries of the island, as Hook and Barbossa ordered their men to fire all the cannonballs they had equipped.
On the deck of the pirate ship, Todd was thrilled by all the action taking place, jumping up and down at the rail and shouting, "Aw, man! Am I glad that I didn't leave the ship!!!" This was before he was yanked away from there by Riley and J.B.
More cannons fired at Frollo, shattering his stone form, while Quasimodo grew closer to the opening of the volcano. The bell-ringer amazed himself in the fact that he was capable of operating the machine that was clearly ahead of his time. Of course, spending lost of time riding it in with the Ghostbusters helped as well, watching how J.G. Stantz perfectly handled it.
As Quasimodo came within only a few feet from the edge of the volcano, he looked up to see Frollo, his former master, fall to pieces – defeated by mortals and Underworlders. He remembered what he last said to him, before he died that night at Notre Dame.
"All my life you have told me the world is a dark, cruel place. But now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!"
He said those words with such hatred and hostility that he scared even himself to tears. But what he was doing there and then was done with not hatred or hostility…but of pity.
"Goodbye, master." He softly said, before he drove himself and the Ecto-1 into the volcano, with the last remains of Claude Frollo soon following.
The Ghostbusters and the pirates ceased firing and waited.
A few seconds passed and the greatest quake to ever hit the island occurred, while a swirling helix of orange and black colors shot from the volcano and into the dark sky above. The two opposing forces of psycho-kinetic energy connected, creating a massive rift in the space-time continuum.
Each of the islands floating around in the Seventh Circle – included that which contained the Statue of Liberty – began disappearing. The dark grey clouds that made up the realm dispersed, letting in flashes of white light. It was so bright that it forced everyone to shield their eyes from its immense brightness.
For a second, all that remained was just whiteness…
…and then the next, only the familiar atmosphere of the firehouse headquarters basement surrounded them.
It took a moment for the group's eyes to adjust to what they were seeing. No longer were there any pirates, volcanoes, floating islands, or clouds of paranormal energy. All that they had seen were just the Ghostbusters' equipment, including the Ecto-Containment Unit, which was not obscured by a demonic door anymore.
Phineas smiled at the success of not only their mission, but the experiment they had done with the Ecto-1 as well. "It worked, Dr. Spengler! It worked!"
"Yes," said a dark voice, which they all quickly realized came from Allha, still possessing Meagan's body. "You have done well in stopping the forces of the Seventh Circle, mortals. They will no longer be able to cross into your realm now that their only access point has been destroyed."
Venkman put her hands on her hips and grinned victoriously. "Well, now…that's some good news I love hearing."
"But one enforcer from the Circle still remains." Allha added. "And he'll see to it that your world gets destroyed from the inside – that is, if he can prevent the Underworld forces from stopping him…which includes you, Caretaker."
Alexis bit her lip on this sentiment, already exhausted from the previous battle she was just recently involved in. The last thing she needed were warnings of another one approaching at some unspecified time. And even if she wanted to inquire as to when it might've been coming, she would not have wanted to risk stressing herself out on preparing for it. Needless to say, however, she was already becoming stressed out as it was on this.
Allha then began backing away from the group, standing in the nearest, darkest corner as she added, "Make no mistake, mortals. Even if you are able to stop both sides in their upcoming war, there will still be one other who desires vengeance upon you all. Trust me, she is none too happy with the notion of a mortal taking the place of a god for one realm."
These last words brought out a great deal of curiosity in Spengler, who tried get more out from the possessive demon before she disappeared. "Wait! Are you referring to Goz…?"
But it was too late. Allha left Meagan's body at the moment her mouth and eyes opened, glowing red and seeping out a haze of smoke that vanished when it the ceiling. Meagan, regaining control of her body again, stumbled into the light with a bewildered look on her face. She gazed upon the startled faces that were gawking back at her and ignorantly said, "What did I miss?"