Baaaah... loo skadoo, chapter TWO! :3
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"Ah~" The girls said from their beds. They finished unpacking their items. Now, there walls were adorned with game posters (mostly Luna's), various Disney posters (mostly Charlotte's "Beauty and the Beast"), and some pictures of their friends and whatnot.
"Okay, we're done. Let's ske-daddle."
"Yep."
After they came back downstairs, Benson went to introduce them to the other employees. Wanting everyone in the same place, he called a staff meeting. He stood in front of the porch steps, Luna and Charlotte standing awkwardly by him trying to start up a conversation. After their third failed attempt, they gave up and turned to the porch.
The first to arrive was a chubby green-skinned man and a floating transparent ghost with a hand coming out of his head. They walked to the steps and took open spots near Pops, Mordecai, and Rigby.
"Who're the chicks, man?" Whispered Muscle Man in his gravelly voice.
"New employees, dude." Mordecai answered in a bored tone. Rigby had already fallen 2asleep on his step.
Any further conversation that would've happened was halted by the arrival of a large white Yeti with a killer walk. Skipping to the others, he eyed the girls curiously before shrugging and sitting.
"Alright, since everyone's here... I'd like you to meet your new coworkers." He motioned to the girls. "Introduce yourselves, girls."
Charlotte curtsied clumsily, causing a chuckle to pass through the small sitting crowd. "I'm Charlotte Delaris, I love coffee and Beauty and the Beast." She grinned, cheeks colouring slightly.
Luna waved sweetly, defying her normal character. "I'm Luna Chavez. I like gory video games and chocolate."
Skips, Muscle Man, and High-Five Ghost introduced themselves to the girls. Luna and Charlotte outwardly fawned over the adorable floating ghost, deciding (not out loud, of course. Otherwise they'd be accused of picking favourites.) that he was almost as cute as Pops.
They reluctantly pulled themselves away from the cutie and turned their attention to Skips and Muscle Man. They were genuinely impresses with the awesomness of the yeti; his formidable size and his swagger. Charlotte leaned down to Luna and cracked a joke (highly glad no one heard the inappropriate words), making them both giggle.
Saying goodbye to Skips, since he was bust fixing a car, Charlotte and Luna cast suspicious glances towards the green man. Huddling up and whispering, they decided he was "a'aight" and moved back to Benson to find out what they'd be doing.
"Skips is working on the car... Muscle Man and High-Five, you guys rake the leaves today. Mordecai and Rigby, I want you to clean the attic-" Mordecai groaned loudly, only to be hushed by an angry look from the manager. "And Charlotte and Luna, weed Mr. Maellard's garden out back."
Everyone set out to work. Mordecai punched Rigby awake and they headed into the house as the girls followed Benson into the garage for their supplies, then to their destination. As soon as he left, they divided the areas and weeded as if their lives depended on it.
"Dude, Mordecai!" Rigby called from behind a dusty table. He popped up, coughing and holding a deep, rose-red, velvet box with a crystal lined edge. "I found this nifty box."
"Oh, lemme see!" Mordecai snatched it and, holding the annoyed Rigby back with his foot, inspected it. "Seems in great condition. You think Margaret would like it?"
"No, its mine! I found it!"
"Nuh-uh, dude. Possesion is nine-tenths of the law. I posses it, and my nine beat your one, so now it's mine."
Mordecai grinned and opened the box. Its interior was reminiscent of a normal jewelry box; it had a mirror on the top and spaces for rings, earrings, and necklaces. Rigby stood on the table and bunched his legs together to jump. Mordecai wiped some dust off the mirror and winked at his reflection. Rigby jumped.
"GIMMEEEEE!" He shot himself into Mordecai and the box fell out of his wings.
A loud crash paired with a chilling laugh stilled both of them.
Purple smoke billowed out of the shattered mirror. A spectral being flew out, chuckling darkly. "I'm free! I'm free! Beware... BEWARE!"
It flew out the wall, leaving only two spooked (pun intended) dudes and a broken mirror.
"Clean up and pretend it never happened?"
"Yeah bro."
Charlotte pulled up a peice of paper with a list of "things" on it. "Coffee, definatly. Milk, bread, PB&J... blah blah blah." She tapped her Sharpie-Pen on her chin, thinking of something else. She was still thinking when Benson walked in.
"Hey Benny!" She said brightly.
"Don't call me Benny." He snapped.
"Don't be such a sourpuss." She made a fishface at him. "I only wanted to know if there was something you wanted from the store."
Raising a brow at her, he questioned her motives. "What do you want? A raise? No way."
"Dude, relax. I'm just being... er, nice, I guess. I asked evreyone else too, so you're not getting a bribe or something."
Benson rolled his eyes and eyed the coffee machine. "Is coff-"
"Coffee is already there, specific kind, Folgers dark. Okay, I'm gone." She picked up her list and exited the room.
"Okay, I'm off to the store! I'm gonna stop by and say hi to Margaret too, Luna, you sure you don't wanna come?"
"You're going to the coffee shop? Mind if I tag along? I, I like coffee." Mordecai rubbed the back of his head. Honestly, he just wanted to see Margaret, but why tell anyoine that
Charlotte smirked at him. "Come along young one, you may "tag along" as you say." He followed Charlotte out.
Rigby waited until Mordecai had left before scampering down the stairs. With his best friend gone, though, he could practice their game without him! That meant he was free to start from level one and work his way up. He had set up "Ultimate Pong 4" and started playing, when he was interrupted by a voice.
"Hey-lo."
"Hey." Ribgy answered quickly. He passed level two, almost "close to the nearby almost" of Mordecai's high score. The game was pretty intense.
"Ooh, whatcha playin'?" She peeked over the couch and his shoulder. He lost concentration and died, becoming frustrated. Jumping up and turning the game off, then back on, Rigby glared at her.
"Why do you care?" Asked Rigby haughtily. He lifted his nose and continued in a condescending tone. "You're a girl, you don't play video games!"
"I play video games all the time! Both me and Charlotte do!" She put her hands on her hips.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"Oh YEAH?"
"Yes."
"Prove it!" He picked up Mordecai's controller and threw it on the couch in front of her. She smiled as she picked it up.
"I'm so gonna win." She giggled.
"STOP TALKING!"
Luna laughed again, making Rigby smile. He shook his head and hit "2-player" on the screen.
Thirty seconds and scores of -3 and 6, the female raccoon was jumping on her cushion. "I win, I win, oh yeah, oh yeah!" Her dance of victory was cut short by a power outage. The lights flickered once before dying.
A ghostly wail was heard and a random wind went through the house ruffling the raccoons's fur. "I'm baaaaack..." The windows shook and Benson ran out of the kitchen.
"What did you guys do?" He yelled, head turning red. He looked around, anger and the begginings of worry on his face. "Where's Pops?"
"Charlotte, Mordecai, hello!" Pops called cheerily. The two called greeting as the jolly man rushed over. "Where are you fine gentlman and lady going today?"
"Grocery shopping. I'm going to have Mordecai here head to the coffee shop to pick up a cake and drinks. Want some coffee? Cocoa?"
"That'd be every so delightful! Cocoa, yes please." He clapped merrily. After she asked him if he wanted to come with her to the store, he heartily agreed.
Before they could leave, though, an eerie moan was heard from the house. "I'm baaaaack..." The light, playful breeze turned into a raging wind storm. Pops covered his head and whimpered, trying to hide behind them.
"Let's go back inside!" Mordecai called over the roar of the wind. Thw frightened Pops flung himself to Charlotte, crushing her in a hug. She pulled him with her up the porch steps, stumbling a lot in the fierce gusts. Mordecai had just opened the door, revealing Benson, Luna, and Rigby.
Cackling laughter, then a purple blob shot out the door at Pops, picking him up (and Charlotte. He's still holding onto her, mind you). The ghost laughed again as it floated gleefully off, leaving everyone shocked and worried for the safety of their friends.
"Guys!" Skips called from a cart outside the house. "Hurry we'll lose 'em."
Everyone hopped in, Benson in the front, the rest in the back. Skips revved up the engine and sped after the abducted employees. "How did the ghost get out?" The living gumball machine screamed.
"The box must have been opened and the mirror must have been shattered."
"I put it in a JEWELRY box! What kind of guy touches a jewelry box?" Benson roared, swinging his skinny arms around angrily. The ghost followed them still, leaving a trail of violet ectoplasm in its wake. "About two years ago, a lollipop ghost became obsessed with Pops. The only way to trap him was to cast a spell and put him in a box. I found one quickly, and had Skips do the chant. I figured 'Hey! No one here would touch such a girly box!' But I was WRONG! I should've know better than to send you two IDIOTS into the attic!"
Everyone in the vehicle sent glares to Rigby and Mordecai. Skips was the only one not looking, since he was driving, but his eyes did narrow irritably.
"There they are!" Luna pointed towards the purple mass, carrying two people. The ghost was twisting around, looking like he was trying to get something off... "He's shaking her off! Lottie!"
Skips came up with a plan immidiatly. "I'll drive underneath them, Mordecai and Benson, climb on top and catch." They quickly did as instructed.
Charlotte held tightly to Pops as the ghoul shook itself. Looking down, she saw a cart headed towards them, two of her coworkers on the roof of it. The phantom held fast to the lollipop man as it tried to twist her away from him, but no no avail, as Pops refused to let go.
"Begone, the lollipop is mine!" The ghost wailed, pulling her off of itself. He dropped her, turning and continueing on, not noticing she had Pops.
The two screamed as they plummeted down... just barely caught by Benson and Mordecai on the top of the vehicle. They lowered Pops into the seats as a precaution. Skips turned the cart around and floored it to the house, glad the ectoplasmic numbskull hadn't realized it didn't have Pops.
"Here's the plan, so listen up!" Benson caught everyone's attention quickly. "Luna and Rigby are the fastest and smallest, so they'll jump out and head to the garage to find a box, any box. Skips will follow them and start on the spell when they get the box. The rest of us will drive around and distract the ghost until they are ready, the lead it to them. Let's go now!"
Rigby and Luna rolled off the cart and scurried to the garage, quickly looking around for a box. Skips called Mordecai down to take the wheel and once it was in the birds posession, he slid out and skipped over to the raccoons. Mordecai drove them off in the ghoul's direction, and in a matter of moments, they were right behind him
"Now we have to get its atten-" Benson turned to see Charlotte hucking her shoe at the violet blob. It phased right through it, but it did the job; the black slits on its front were turned in their direction. The hole underneath the "eyes" turned upwards as it lifted up what was probably a hand.
A surprised look passed its features as it realized that Pops was no longer in it. Shrieking madly, he spotted Pops in the cart and swooped down.
"Floor it!" Shouted the two on the roof. The blue jay slammed his foot on the gas and the vehicle shot forward, being followed by the enraged spirit. They stopped in front of the three they left behind.
Skips started chanting strange words as Luna and Rigby held up a popcorn tin box they found. The words definatly had an effect on the phantom; it was being pulled towards the box.
The wind whipped harder and the windows of the house shattered as the yeti spoke louder. The spectral being bawled loudly, trying to float away to no avail. It grabbed at Pops as it went by, nearly dragging him off if not for Charlotte and Benson holding his arms.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO..." the creepy voice trailed off as it was sucked into the tin can. Skips quickly shoved the lid on it and duct taped it shut. The storm stopped, stillness falling over the park grounds.
"Thank goodness that's over." Mordecai breathed as je slumped in the driver's seat.
Charlotte jumped down from the top and ran over to Luna. The two grinned like loons and spoke simultaniously.
"Coolest. Job. EVER!"
So. GHOST! OH YEAH! :D
I made a list of prompts. This was number three on the previously stated list. It looked like this - 3)Mordie&Rigby accidentally free an evil ghost that wants to capture Pops.
Actually, the capture Pops wasn't in there until I edited my prompts, but then I didn't have enough room for it in the title of it on my phone... okay, I'll hush ha ha no one cares :P
This is a very dramatic and adventurous chapter I believe. I honestly love my ending :3
Any awesomness? Any mistakes? Any retardedness? Any... psh, I'm done. Any (...yikes) questions, feel free to pm or email or skywrite me :) I shall ansah asap!
Thanks, don't forget to R&R! :)
This is Miss Awesome, signing off~