Personally, I'd hate to write this because... IT'S ALMOST OVER!!!
Then again, I'd hate to leave a story hanging, so... here it goes!
Disclaimer: You know how it goes...
Chapter Eighteen
Taking Down The Guy Who Started All This
"Fangface! What the heck...?!" Biff cried out.
"How could you?!" Kim gasped.
"Uh... I got hungry?" Fangface guessed with his mouth full, shrugging.
"Help! Get me outta here!" Puggsy cried from inside Fangface's mouth, his voice muffled.
"Puggsy's still in his mouth, we've got to get him out." Biff said.
"Fangface, let Puggsy out this instant!" Kim snapped.
Fangface shook his head. "Uh, uh! Uh uh! Uuuuuuuuuh UH!" he said, stubbornly.
"Let me outta here or I'll rip out that dangling thing in the back of your throat!" Puggsy yelled, thrashing around inside the werewolf's mouth.
Biff and Kim looked at each other. It was obvious Fangface wouldn't let Puggsy out of his mouth... on his own, at least. Biff whispered into Kim's ear, and she nodded, and they began to innocently walk toward the werewolf, acting casual as they both stood next to him from different sides---
"Now!" Biff yelled, and they jumped Fangface.
"Hey!" The werewolf snarled as Kim held him down and Biff grabbed his legs, bending them upward and hanging on to them. "Let go!"
"Not until you let Puggsy go!" Kim said, sternly.
"Not gonna happen, sister! (grr)"
"Looks like he needs a little more persuasion." Biff said. He began to tickle Fangface's foot, rubbing the sole of it as he did so.
"Ah... heh heh!" Fangface chuckled and sighed, and opened his mouth wide, making Puggsy fly out like a human torpedo, covered in drool.
"Let me at him!" Puggsy yelled, balling his fists. "I'm going to turn him into a rug!"
"Sheesh, Puggsy, where's your sense of humor?" A voice said behind them. They looked over and saw a gang member, Ferris, with a black eye. With him was several other gang members, including Snake.
"You were right, Ferris." Snake said, grinning. "Hypnotism can be fun."
"Yeah? Now de-hypnotize him!" Puggsy snapped.
"(snarl) De-hypnotize who?" Fangface asked, standing up as Biff and Kim got off him.
Oh, yeah, he only hypnotized Fangs. Puggsy remembered. It must have had an unconscious side-effect on Fangface, then.
"De-hypnotize him? And ruin all the fun?!" Snake scoffed, grinning. "No way, Puggsy. ...Though, we'll have to re-hypnotize him, since Ferris didn't give him the right command." he turned to Ferris. "I told you to make that werewolf tear him to shreds, you idiot!"
"You said to make him eat him!" Ferris hissed back.
"Whatever, we'll do it right this time."
"Oh, no you won't!" Puggsy snapped. "If you want me dead so bad, Snake, then fight me yourself!"
Snake rolled his eyes. "You know you can't beat us, Puggsy."
"All of you, no. ...But just you, yes." Snake sneered at him. "C'mon, what's the matter, Snake? Chicken?"
"Chicken??" Fangface repeated, licking his lips.
"Ah, crud."
Fangface ran toward Puggsy, but Biff tackled him and began rubbing his foot. "Apparently, this calms him down." he said.
Everyone in Snake's gang glared at Ferris. "Okay, so they found a solution! So what?" he scoffed. "They still can't fix it."
"So, what's it going to be, Snake?" Puggsy asked, turning back to the gang leader. "Are you going to fight your own fight, or wuss out?"
Snake chuckled, though it was more angry than happy. "You really have a mouth for trouble, don't you, Puggsy?" he scoffed. "Fine. Right here. Right now." he took off his jacket, tossing it to a gang member.
"And lose the gun and knife." Puggsy clenched his fists. "Fists only."
Snake glowered, but handed his gun and knife to another gang member. "I don't need any weapons to beat you, anyway."
They approached each other. Puggsy swung first before Snake could even twitch his fingers, getting the gang leader in the jaw. Snake shook his head, then swung, aiming for Puggsy's stomach, but the teenager dodged his blow, knocking him in the side of the face again.
"I can't watch." Kim said, covering her eyes.
"Go, Pugs! GO!" Fangface cheered, suddenly wearing a drink-hat, foam finger, and waving a little red flag with Puggsy's name on it.
Snake fell on the ground. Opening his eyes, he saw a short, rusty lead pipe in front of him... "Had enough, Snake?" Puggsy asked rhetorically.
In a blink of an eye, Snake grabbed the lead pipe and hit Puggsy in the face with it. "Heck with 'fists only'!" he yelled, hitting Puggsy on the head with the pipe and making him fall on the ground. "I'm going to pulverize you my way!" He raised the pipe again, ready to smack Puggsy again, swung it down---
And Fangface stepped in and grabbed it before it could make contact with his friend's head. "(grr) Leave. My friend. Alone." he said, coldly. He twisted the lead pipe around Snakes neck.
Snake looked back over at his gang members. "Don't just stand there!" he shouted. "Throw me my gun!"
"Don't even think about it!" A voice called. They all looked over and saw the rest of Snake's gang members... or, should I say, ex-gang members. Brenda stood among them, arms crossed and glowering at Snake. "Do what the werewolf said, Snake and leave. Him. Alone."
"What the heck are you guys doing?! Where have you been?!"
"Sorry, Snake, but we got a little preoccupied." Jonny said. "We had to help the cops find a few goons."
"...Then lead 'em back here." Craig added. "They should be here any minute."
"WHAT?!?!" Snake and his still-gang members shouted in disbelief.
"Why the heck did you guys to that?!" Snake demanded.
"Because we're tired of listening to you!" Jonny snapped. "We're always out, risking our lives running errands for ya, while you kick-back and relax! And what do we ever get in return? Nothing!"
The other ex-gang members jeered in agreement. "You never really cared about us, Snake." Craig said. "You promised anyone who joined the gang would have protection, but all they ended up doing was protecting you."
Behind him, some of Snake's still-gang members murmured in agreement. "SHUT UP!" he yelled at them, then turned to his ex-gang members. "What jughead put that sort of idea in your head?!"
"We realized it for ourselves... of course, Puggsy helped." Jonny clapped his hand over Craig's mouth, but it was too late.
Snake glowered at Puggsy. "I knew it. I knew you had something to do with this!" he snatched his gun out of one of his still-gang members' hands and aimed it at Puggsy. "You're going down, and that dumb werewolf is going with you!"
*BANG!*
"AUGH!" Snake shook his hand wildly as his gun flew out of it, knocked out by a bullet.
"This is the police! Drop all your weapons, and put your hands on top of your heads!" A cop ordered through a megaphone.
"About time they got here." Jonny scoffed. "That's the problem with the cops these days- they're slowing down their efforts."
Squads of police cars surrounded the area, and Snake and his still-gang members were cuffed and arrested. The chief of police- aka Puggsy's dad- walked up to his son. "You okay, son?" he asked.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." Puggsy replied. "Man, it's a good thing you showed up. Nice timing."
His dad shrugged. "Ah, it was nothing."
"Hey! (grr) You never told me your dad was the chief of police!" Fangface exclaimed in awe. "That's awesome! (grr) Awesome!"
"He's also the first officer we've met who hasn't gotten all giddy about meeting a werewolf." Biff said to Kim, who giggled.
"It sure is." Puggsy said, smiling up at his dad.
His father cleared his throat, getting back to other matters. "Now, where's this Ed guy?" he asked. "We caught a few of his lackies, but he wasn't with them."
"Some of his men are still in the building." Kim said.
"And they're either running for their lives, looking for us, or unconscious and trapped in a room or closet." Biff added.
"There could be a chance that Ed is still in there, too." Puggsy added.
"Alright, then." Puggsy's dad said, then whistled to a group of officers. "C'mon, men! Scour the building, we're not done yet." he turned back to the teenagers. "And I suggest you kids get home. And thanks again."
They obeyed his order and climbed into their convertible. "Yikes, that's an ugly car." Jonny commented when he saw the car.
"You should drive it then. It matches your face." Puggsy retorted.
"Yeah! A perfect match! (snort)" Fangface added, snickering and climbing in... sitting on Puggsy's shoulders.
"What the...?! Fangface! Get off of me!"
"What're you talking about, Puggsy? It's a good look for ya!" Jonny joked, laughing and walking away.
"Get. Off."
"Aw, c'mon! (grr) This seat has a great view!" Fangface whined.
"Get off, Fangface. My shoulders ache."
"Fine... (grr)" Fangface climbed off of Puggsy's shoulders and sat in the car seat, pouting. They began to drive away.
"Thanks again for... you know, saving me from being murdified."
Fangface grinned and wrapped his arm around Puggsy, pulling into a small hug. "Hey, no one messes with my best-buddy. (snarl) No one."
"Alright, I get it." Puggsy pushed Fangface away. "Just don't kiss me again."
"What?" Kim asked, chuckling.
"Please. Don't. Ask."
They drove down the block, the flashing lights of the squad cars disappearing. It was almost five in the morning, but the sky was still dark. That's when everything took a wrong turn.
A lone, dark figure jumped right out and onto the hood of the car, causing all the teenagers (and werewolf) to scream. Biff slammed on the brakes and the car swerved a little, but the figure remained on the hood, and the others stared in fright at it.
It had pure-white skin, large red eyes, long claws and fangs, pointed ears, no hair, and wore nothing but a pair of black pants and a pin-striped jacket. "Vampire!" Kim screamed.
Fangface snarled. "I'll get it!" he yelled. "(grr) I'll get the vampire! Aroo!" He jumped out of the car and ran toward the vampire, who hissed at him in reply.
They snarled and swiped at each other, not dropping eye contact. "Careful, Fangsy..." Kim whispered.
Biff kept his eyes on the vampire, then looked at Fangface. He was a couple feet away from the car, and the vampire was still on the hood...
Shifting into reverse, Biff slammed on the gas and began driving straight backwards, then slammed on the breaks. The vampire, a bit shocked, had loosened up a bit, and Biff put it back into reverse and sped forward, passed Fangface, then slammed on the breaks.
The vampire flew off... and Kim and Puggsy clung on to their seats, trapped in shock. Fangface ran up to the car, then looked inside to make sure his friends were alright.
"You know what I just noticed?" Fangface said. "This car doesn't have any seat-belts! (snarl)"
"Thanks for the heads up," Puggsy said, sarcastically. He turned to Biff. "What the heck were you thinking?!"
"I decided to help out Fangface a little." Biff replied with a shrug. "At least that vampire will be easy to beat."
"How do we know it's a bad vampire?" Kim asked. "How do we know it isn't like Fangface and it's good?"
Biff pointed at the vampire. "See it's jacket? There was only one person I've seen all night with a jacket like that..."
"Ed!" The others exclaimed, then turned back to the vampire, who stood up and glowered at the teens, angry now.
"Wait, you mean ol' bat-breath is Ed?" Puggsy asked. The vampire screeched madly.
"Um, Pugs? I'd lighten up on the insults (grr)." Fangface said.
"That's why Ed's guys were too afraid to say anything." Biff realized. "Before they could be found, Ed turned into a vampire and scared them half to death, so they'd be too shocked to rat him out."
The vampire, Ed, lunged and grabbed Biff by the shirt, yanking him out of the car and throwing him against a tree. "Biff!" Kim shrieked, running over to her friend, but Ed pounced in front of her, hissing.
"Hey! Get away from her!" Puggsy yelled, running toward Ed, making the vampire take his eyes off of Kim long enough for her to get to Biff. The vampire grabbed him by the throat. "Gack! ...Wait! (gasp) C-can't we talk about this?"
In reply, Ed gripped the teenager's throat, choking him and making his face turn blue. This, of course, didn't make Fangface very happy. "Hey! (grr) Get your crummy hands off of my friend, you Dracula impersonator! (snarl!)" he shouted, then lunged at the vampire, stomping on his foot and making him release Puggsy, whom he picked up and set aside, then took a baseball bat out of his cap and smacked Ed high up and into a tree branch. "Alright, home run!"
Puggsy rubbed his throat, sucking in breaths of air."(gasp) Fangface?"
Fangface rushed to his friend. "You okay, Pugs?"
He nodded. "Yeah... now pummel him for me, would you?"
Fangface nodded eagerly. "Yeah! I'll pummel him! (snarl) Teach him to mess with my friends. (grr!)" He ran over to the tree as Ed fell down, then picked up the vampire, ready to punch him until... "Huh? Ooh! Ooh! The sun's coming out!"
The sun rose over the horizon, and Ed screeched as the light hit him. Fangface had let go, turning back into Fangs. "Huh? What's going on?" Fangs asked, looking around and seeing Ed, collapsed on the ground, remains of his vampire skin (now ashes) around him. "Yikes! It's that Ed guy! Save me, Pugs! Save me!"
"Ugh, what happened?" Biff asked, regaining consciousness.
"The sun came out and changed Fangface back to Fangs," Kim replied, then looked down at Ed. "And it looks like it destroyed Ed's vampire self."
"I guess, unlike werewolves, vampires can't handle the sunlight too well."
"Nope. Ed won't be turning into a vampire and scaring anyone for a long time, now."
"Thank. God." Puggsy gasped, massaging his throat.
"Wait, Ed was a vampire?!" Fangs yelped, ducking behind Puggsy for protection. "D-Don't let him bite me! He'll turn me into a vampire! He'll suck my blood! He'll--"
"Ah, shut up!"
A/N: YAY! Ed is defeated! ...But now it's time for the last chapter. :(