Back at Grimwood School, Miss Grimwood was walking over to her cauldron.
"Is my cauldron bubbling yet, Matches?" She asked. She reached her cauldron & took out her spoon, which was leaning on the side of the cauldron, the scooping part submerged in the white liquid in the elixir, meaning that the spoon was full of it when she took it out. She took a sip of the stuff, but was taken by unpleasant surprise. "Why, my scorpion stew is ice cold." She said, looking at her spoon in a disappointed way. She then turned around & called. "Matches!" She called. "Here, boy! Light the fire!" However, Matches didn't show up. Miss Grimwood looked around, wondering why this was so. "Now, where has that dragon gotten to?" She asked herself. Matches meanwhile, was following the footprints of the group in Barren Bog. Booigi, wondering where Matches was going, followed him close behind.
"Uh, Luigi?" Toad's voice came, getting Matches & Booigi's attention. They both look up & to their left & see Mario, Luigi, Professor E. Gadd, & Toad were nearby, hopping along what looked like green rocks. "If you don't mind me asking, what exactly compelled you to go on this field trip?"
"I'm wondering that myself." Professor E. Gadd said. "It seems kind of out of the blue that you'd do this."
"I'll-a say." Mario said. "I-a don't even think you planned this-a field trip out." Luigi, after pondering it for a while, finally spoke up.
"Actually." He said. "I sort of thought of it during a dream." The others stared at him, eyes wide with disbelief, moths slightly agape.
"A dream?" They all said simultaneously. Luigi's face became sheepish, his eyes looking back at his friends as best that he could.
"Uh, yeah." He said, leaping onto another rock, which became submerged when he came down on it. This caught him by surprise. He looked down at it, confused & surprised. It didn't last long, as almost immediately after, the rock then reemerged quickly, causing Luigi to jump off it, & into Mario's arms, causing him to miss his jump as Toad & Professor E. Gadd landed on the rock, making all of them share it. They looked at the rock, which turned out to be an alligator. They then, immediately frightened, noticed something around them. Looking, they saw that they were surrounded by alligators.
"Uh oh." Toad said. "Looks like Luigi's dream just became a nightmare." The alligators began closing in on the hapless quartet. Luigi looked at the professor.
"Say, Professor." Luigi said, pulling the hose of the Poltergust 3000 out. "The Poltergust-a 3000 wouldn't happen to have a feature that-a deals with alligators, would it, by any chance?" He asked. The Professor, still looking at the alligators, managed to answer his question.
"I'm afraid not, Luigi." The Professor nervously replied. "I had never anticipated a predicament like this."
"Aw, great." Toad said. "I never thought we'd go out like this."
"Yeah." Mario said. "Where's-a a miracle when you need it? If only there were some-a vines nearby that we-a could swing across." However, while Mario was talking, nobody noticed Sybella, still in bat form, flying up nearby them, hearing what he said.
"Try swinging with me." She called down to the group, then diving for them. She grabbed Luigi by his nose, &, since Mario was holding onto Luigi, lifted them up. Toad & the Professor noticed this &, at the last second, grabbed onto Mario's legs, being lifted off the ground just as the alligators leapt up to try to eat them. They all ended up piling up on top of each other on the rock they stranded the group on earlier. Sybella carried the group to the edge of the water & dropped them off, turning into a human right next to them. The group turned to Sybella gratefully.
"Wow, what a rescue." Luigi said. "Thank-a you, Sybella."
"Yeah." Toad said. "We really appreciate your help like you wouldn't believe."
"I'm the one who needs help." Sybella commented. "Winnie must be playing Hide & Shriek, I can't find her anywhere." The guys looked at her for a while, then turned their attention to the bog all around them.
"I'm-a betting this bog's why, Sybella." Luigi replied. The Professor turned his head, looking at her.
"Don't worry, Sybella." He said assuredly. "I'm sure we'll find her."
"Yeah." Mario said. "We'll search every inch of this bog."
"& I'll search by air." Sybella replied, turning into a bat & flying off. Meanwhile, the Calloway Cadets were still walking through the swamp. Grunt noticed something above them, causing him to stop, making all the cadets stop right into him.
"Hey, what's that up there?" He asked, pointing upward, seeing Sybella fly by. "This bog's got bats."
"Better look down here." Miguelle said, directing their gazes to the ground, seeing they were sinking into wet ground. "We're back in the mud again."
"Negative." Jamal replied. "I think this is…"
"Quicksand!" Tuck shouted in realization. Grunt turned his head to Tuck.
"W-What do we do now, Tuck?" He asked.
"We use our basic survival skills." Tuck replied. "Like yelling for help!"
"Affirmative." Jamal said, then turned his head up to the bog. "Help!"
"Help!" The Calloway cadets called. Just then, Elsa & Tanice were walking by & noticed the cadets.
"Sounds like those smart-aleck Calloway Cadets." Commented Elsa.
"Maybe they're playing in the bog too." Suggested Tanice, pointing to the cadets. She & Elsa then started to walk over to them.
"Someone's coming!" Tuck said, noticing the approaching girls.
"Affirmative." Jamal confirmed. Tanice & Ilsa then came into view of the cadets. "It's those Grimwood Girls." He then said.
"Quick!" Help us out!" Miguelle shouted.
"But Why?" Tanice asked. "Swimming in quicksand is fun."
"Fun!?" Jamal asked, not believing what Tanice just said. "That's a negative!"
"On the double!" Miguelle said.
"If not sooner!" Grunt said, sounding desperate. Elsa & Tanice looked at each other.
"Well, Tanice." Elsa said, shrugging & reaching down. "If they insist." She finished, picking up a log.
"What a bunch of spoilsports!" Tanice said, looking back at the cadets, not pleased by this. Elsa dipped the end of the log into the quicksand, near the Calloway cadets. They slowly reached over & grabbed the log, being careful not to sink further. Once they all had their hands on the log, Elsa lifted the log up. She lifted it up so hard, she launched the Calloway Cadets through the air.
"WOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!" The cadets all cried as they flew through the air. They all landed on the ground not too far from the girls. They stood up dusting themselves off, looking at Elsa & Tanice gratefully.
"Whew, thanks for getting us out, girls." Miguelle said.
"Affirmative." Jamal replied.
"Now we better find your way out of this bog." Tuck replied. He then pointed off to his right. "Forward, cadets!" He said. However, before he could start the march, he noticed something coming for them. He looked down & saw a pair of very familiar figures. They saw Matches walking towards them, sniffing the ground, searching for the Grimwood Girls, with Booigi following, his eyes glued to Matches. Matches stopped right at Tuck's foot, & growled at it. Booigi noticed this & looked up at the Calloway Cadets. Before either of them could do anything though, Tuck immediately spoke up.
"Retreat!" He shouted, turning & running in the opposite direction.
"Affirmative!" Jamal repeated, following closely behind Tuck. "Advance to the rear!" Meanwhile, in another part of the bog, Phantasma was running.
"Bogs never bother me." She said. "Of course my phantom feet never get tired. Wheeee hee hee hee!" As she laughed, Phantasma ran past the cabin Winnie was possessed in. The door opened, & Winnie walked out, seeing Phantasma.
"Oh, Phanty!" Winnie called, still sounding possessed, though Phantasma didn't notice this. She noticed Winnie though.
"Ahh ha ha ha ha. Hoo hoo hoo hoo. Hee hee hee hee." Phantasma cackled. "Whatcha doin' in there, Winnie?" She asked.
"Hiding." Winnie replied. "Come see." She then walked back into the cabin, with Phanty close behind.
"Uh hoo, huh huh huh." Phanty giggled, walking into the cabin. "I just love hide & shriek." However, as soon as she entered the cabin, the spider bats grabbed her & weaved Revolta's mind-control spider web headphones onto her head, putting her under Revolta's spell. Phantasma came out of the cabin with a pair of spider web earmuffs on her head, with her eyes looking entranced.
"Yes, Revolta." Phantasma said, possessed. "I will obey." Meanwhile, in another part of the bog, Mario, Luigi, Toad, & Professor E. Gadd were looking around for the girls.
"Any sign of the girls yet?" Toad asked.
"No, none." Luigi said. He put his left hand on his hip in a fist, & placed his right undex finger under his lip. "Oh boy." He said nervously. "Something tells-a me we shouldn't have-a come here after all." Prof. E. Gadd looked up, & noticed Sybella, pointing up to her.
"Wait, boys." He said. "Perhaps Sybella hear has found out something about where the girls have gotten to." Sybella flew down to the Professor & began to squeak to him. The Prof. Didn't know what he said, but he assumed it had to do with the other girls.
"Does that mean you've found the other girls?" He asked. Sybella squeaked in response, nodding her head, & flew off. Professor E. Gadd turned to the others.
"I think she wants us to follow her." He said, getting their attention. Prof. E. Gadd turned & ran after Sybella. Mario, Luigi, & Toad looked at the Professor running after Sybella for a few seconds before they decided to follow his lead. As they ran after the Professor, Mario stepped on something, but kept running along. What he didn't notice was, though, that he accidentally stepped on Matches. Not noticing, he simply continued on. Matches however, stood up & growled at Mario, turning red. Mario, however, hear the growl & turned his head back to see what it was. When he saw Matches, his eyes widened a bit in fear.
"Mamma Mia." He muttered to himself. Matches breathed in, getting ready to breathe fire on Mario. "YIPE!" He shouted. He then jumped & started running, narrowly missing Matches' breath. Mario ran past Luigi & the professor, with Matches close behind them. Luigi & the Prof. looked at Matches chasing Mario around. Toad & Booigi came up to Luigi & the Prof. as Luigi turned to the Prof.
"Boy." Luigi commented. "Mario has gotta learn to-a stop playing with Matches." The Prof. nodded at Luigi's statement.
"Indeed, Luigi." He said. Meanwhile, Sybella was flying around looking for the other girls when she saw something that made her let out a bat shriek. She saw Winnie & Phantasma standing outside the cabin the spider bats possessed them in. Winnie & Phantasma waved at her.
"Yes, Sybella, we're here." Winnie said, sounding possessed. "Come down."
"We want to show you something." Phantasma said. Sybella flew down to the 2 girls.
"Get her!" Winnie shouted into the shed, pointing at Sybella. Sybella immediately shrieked in fright & was chased off into the sky by the spider bats. The Creeper walked out of the cabin & looked up at the spider bats.
"Don't let her escape!" He shouted to them, shaking his arm vines. The bats proceeded to chase Sybella around in circles. Below, the Calloway Cadets were watching through a pair of binoculars.
"Wow, look up there!" Miguelle said, watching what was happening. Grunt took the binoculars off Miguelle & looked through them up at the bats.
"What a dogfight!" Miguelle stated.
"Looks more like a bat fight to me." Grunt commented. Tuck then took the binoculars off of Grunt & looked up at the fight through the binoculars.
"Affirmative." Tuck said. "That's what I call a bat-tle." Sybella then noticed she was in between the assaulting bats, so she simply stayed put & let them charge in her direction. Once they were both close enough, Sybella flew up out of their way, causing them to collide with each other. Meanwhile, back at the cabin, Mario ran by. He then turned to his left & dove into the door, slamming it shut behind him. Matches, not knowing where Mario went, ran past the cabin. Mario opened the door a bit & peeked out to see if the coast was clear. Looking to his right slowly, then his left, Mario scanned the area for Matches. After seeing the coast was clear, he let out a sigh of relief.
"Whew." He said, smiling. "That was-a close." Then, a clawed brown-furred hand poked Mario on the shoulder from behind. Mario was surprised by this & looked up. Then he turned his head around & looked down, seeing Winnie standing behind him. He smiled a bit with his mouth open at having found Winnie. "Winnie." He said. "There-a you are. Why are-a you here?" Winnie, however, didn't listen, & simply looked up at him with that possessed looked that Revolta gave her.
"Revolta doesn't want you." Winnie said. "Get out." Mario was surprised & taken aback by this. He continued looking at the werewolf.
"Winnie?" He asked. "Are-a you alright?" Winnie however, pushed her face into Mario's, looking him in the eye.
"Revolta said get out!" Winnie shouted. Mario backed out of the cabin nervously, not taking his eyes off of Winnie. Phantasma floated over next to Winnie.
"The Grim Creeper will take care of him." Phantasma said in her possessed tone. As Mario backed out of the cabin, he failed to notice the vine reaching for him. At that moment, the vine in question wrapped around Mario & ensnared him. Mario was turned around in the ensnarement & found himself face-to-face with the Creeper.
"Gotcha!" The Creeper said.
"Uh oh." Mario said.
"Revolta does not like meddlers." The Creeper said. Mario however, wasn't phased. He simply stared defiantly at the Creeper & reached for the nozzle of the Poltergust 3000.
"Oh yeah?" He asked. He then pointed the Poltergust 3000 at The Creeper's face. "Does she like this?" He asked. At that, he sprayed fire out of the nozzle, right in the Creeper's face. The Creeper was surprised by this, causing him to let go of Mario, who immediately ran off. The Creeper wiped his vine arms against his eye, trying to soothe the pain of the fire. Then, he was hit in the back with a large burst of fire.
"RRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!" He shouted. He then started to run off, with more fire coming after him. He jumped into a swampy pond & turned back to see Mario & Matches shaking hands, Mario with the nozzle of the Poltergust 3000 smoking, indicating that he used it.
"Good-a work, Matches." Mario said. The Creeper became annoyed by this.
"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghh." He growled. "You 2 will pay for this!!" He shouted, shaking a vine at them. They just looked coyly at him, then walked off. The Creeper begun climbing out of the pond. "No one escapes the Grim Creeper." He said. Meanwhile, Sybella was still being chased by the spider bats. She ducked into a black cloud, hoping to lose them, but they followed her in. Then, they came out of the top and began looking around, showing that they lost her. Meanwhile, Tanice & Elsa had just found Winnie and Phanty standing outside the shack.
"Well, it's about time." Tanice said as she & Elsa walked up to them.
"Where have you Grimwood Girls been?" Elsa asked.
"Waiting for you." Phanty replied.
"Come inside." Winnie said. Sybella noticed this & immediately swooped down to Elsa & Tanice, who noticed her & looked up to see her.
"It's Sybella." Elsa said.
"Something's wrong." Tanice said. At that, Winnie & Phanty both grabbed them.
"But it's too late for you!" Winnie shouted as she & Phanty pulled them both into the shack & slammed the door. Revolta watched this through a computer monitor.
"Much too late." She replied, laughing as she raised her wand & waved it around, making it glow. Back in the bog, the shack sprouted broomsticks from the back, which sprouted fire like rocket boosters. "Come to me, my Grimwood Girls." Came Revolta's voice, causing the shack to propel forward & up like a rocket, just narrowly missing Sybella, who ducked out of the way just in the nick of time. She attempted to go after them, but turned & squeaked in fright when she saw the spider bats coming right for her. They caught up with her & held her there while one of them pulled out some freshly-made spider bat web earmuffs & placed them on Sybella's head. Sybella began squeaking & thrashing around in the spider bats' grasp, trying to resist Revolta's hypnotic commands.