Holiday Spirits
Disclaimer: Black Lagoon and its characters © Rei Hiroe
OMAKE EXTRA III: HALLOWEEN WITH SAWYER AND PALS
The floorboards of the haunted mansion creaked as a force that could only be described as not human, perhaps even supernatural in a manner, made his way to the kitchen. He, or perhaps it, had been lurking within the structure for only a few moments, passing by old cobwebs and faceless mannequins dangling from meat hooks. With each step, the terrible persona had a better view of the creature that was standing in front of the kitchen counter. It was a petite female dressed in black and orange, reminiscent of a gothic lolita with the details of a rag doll. Her back was turned towards him.
Closer and closer, the seeming embodiment of evil came nearer and nearer to the undead girl cutting up a pumpkin and ripping out its entrails, the eerie tune of a piano playing in the background. A mutilated mask that had been spray painted white and had resembled the face of William Shatner at one point came into view. Once the figure was standing directly behind the living corpse, he raised his kitchen knife high into the air and light glinted off of the blade. The gothic zombie turned around and her eyes widened in shock.
"Oh! Hello Michael," Sawyer said, pleasantly surprised. "For a moment... I thought you weren't going... to come over tonight..." The masked figure lowered his blade and tilted his head to the side as Sawyer put her carving knife on the counter and handed him a pumpkin.
"You can sit... between Freddy and Jason... Hansel, Gretel... Stop playing around with Pinhead and Leatherface for a moment... and give Michael some snacks... while you guide him... to his seat." Suddenly, two Romanian children with platinum silver hair, twins no less, came up and flanked the masked mass murderer, giant grins adorning their faces. The boy was dressed like a miniature Dracula while the girl wore her usual funeral attire with an orange witch hat. They offered Halloween candies in the shape of dismembered limbs and severed heads while assisting Michael Myers to his place between Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger.
While Pinhead and Leatherface both sat crosslegged on the floor making decorative ornaments out of the bones of various animals and perhaps a human or two, Freddy, Jason and Michael all sat around a table, instinctively slashing and stabbing their pumpkins to bits rather than actually carving them. Halloween Spirit Sawyer put on some oven mitts and opened the door of her Sweeney Todd-esque oven, pulling out some pumpkin pies. Attracted by the scent of baked goods, Hansel and Gretel immediately ran over and licked their lips in anticipation as Sawyer set the pies down to cool.
Meanwhile, a festive red and gold clad Shenhua and a shirtless show bunny-like Rotton clung fearfully to each other in a corner, both trembling in upright fetal positions.
This was going to be a long night.
A/N: Sawyer the Cleaner is the only person who could possibly feel at ease being in the same room with Hansel and Gretel and a bunch of slasher-film serial killers.
Additional Disclaimers:
Michael Myers © John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Freddy Krueger © Wes Craven
Jason Voorhees © Victor Miller, Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini
Leatherface © Tobe Hooper
Pinhead © Clive Barker