"Here we are." Red announced. "Welcome to Creepy Steeple."

"It's as repulsive as the stories tell!" Lady Bow affirmed.

"We have family living here, don't we, Swamp?" Sir Swoop asked.

"Don't call me that." Swampire corrected.

"Let's go in, maybe we'll find him." Vivian suggested. The group entered Creepy Steeple, and the Boos had still occupied the main room.

"BOOS!" Lady Bow realized.

"LADY BOW!" a Boo realized. "Everyone, our queen is here!" The Boos all bowed to Lady Bow. "What can we do for you, my lady?" the Boo asked.

"How do we get to the basement, friend?" Lady Bow asked.

"Easy, you go through that toilet outside!"


"This is the toilet." Red pointed.

"Who's going first?" Vivian asked.

"Not me!" Sir Swoop perched on the edge to look in. "It's dark!" Swampire pushed him down.

"Heh!" Swampire laughed. "Can't believe you fell for that!" He flew down.

"What the heck, we're all going down." Lady Bow floated down.

"Ladies first?" Red offered.

"Aww thanks!" Vivian giggled. She jumped, and Red followed.

"Gee, it is dark." Red agreed. "Let's go into this room here." They entered a room infested with Buzzy Beetles!

"EEK!" Lady Bow jumped.

"Let's take these guys down!" Sir Swoop took on a flying one, while the rest matched up.

"This is like Gusty Gulch!" Bow laughed.

"You and I remember Gusty Gulch very differently!" Red responded, after clobbering a Buzzy with a hammer, and swinging his spiky sphere at another. "Think that's all." Red wiped his brow.

"Here, Red. Got these from a Buzzy." Lady Bow handed him a Piercing Blow and a Tornado Jump badge.

"Think we have to go through that heavy, metal door there." Sir Swoop pointed.

"How are we supposed to do that?" Swampire asked.

"I know!" Red snapped his fingers with an idea. "I'll push the door to get it to the top, and we'll all shadow under." He pushed the door to the top, and it slid back to where it started, but this time, the Horror Scorers were on the other side of the door.

"Quick thinking there!" Sir Swoop complimented.

"Keep moving." Red and the Horror Scorers kept moving through the underground passage. They reached a room with a parrot. Red claimed a Power Plus badge, a Creepy Steeple Key and a letter "p."

"Why do need this?" Swampire asked.

"Let's hide, maybe we'll find out!" Vivian suggested. They snuck behind him and hid in the shadows.

"Skrawk? What happened to that group that was in here?" The parrot asked himself. "Whatever. It was almost nice to have some company. I mean, as long as no one important knows what his real name is. Locking me up here because I know it…and making me guard the name's stupid missing letter…No way to treat a parrot!' he rambled. "I REALLY want a cracker. Doopliss, when's feeding time?"


Red and the Horror Scorers emerged out side of the room. "DDOPLISS!" Sir Swoop yelled.

"DOOPLISS!" Swampire yelled louder. The two kept yelling "Doopliss" to see who was louder.

"Let's head back to town and crack that ass-of-the-world's head into the ground!" Red declared.

"You're sticking with that still?" Bow asked.

"Yeah, for now." Red laughed. "Let's get back to town. I really want to see that sucker's face once I yell his name to the moon!"

The Horror Scorers ran up to the Boo's large room. "Boos, do you know where an Inkling with Red hair is right now?" Bow asked.

"Yeah, Red? Top floor." the Boo answered.

"Awesome. Thanks." Lady Bow winked.

The Horror Scorers returned to the top tower, and were confronted by fake Red, as they entered. "Hey, Slick! Time's up, cause you're about to get erased!" He turned to Red's team. "He's back, everyone! The curser!"

"There he is!" Paul pointed.

"You'll pay!" Aimee threatened.

"Hah." Red snickered. He walked forward. "Amusing. You know, I really have to applaud you for this scheme. You know, getting the Crystal Stars from me, sending Octo Grubba to look for the fourth one when you know you held it. Brilliant!" Red applauded. "And now, I have to really thank you for amusing me. Well guess what? I got myself a new team." He turned to his friends. "That's right, Incinerators! You guys are old news! The Horror Scorers are in the house!" Red announced.

"WOOO!" Sir Swoop cheered.

"YEAH!" Swampire cheered.

"THAT'S RIGHT, BABY!" Red chanted. "But now that the fun's over, I'm gonna have to take m body back. Believe me, Octo Grubba was fun, but to be honest, he's actually suuuuuuuuper retarded. Anyway, where was I? Ah, yes. My body. I'd like that back now, 'cause the show's over."

"Really?" the fake Red approached him. "Well, last time I checked," he whispered, "You don't know my name!" He backed away, smiling smugly with Red's face.

"Oh, a name! Ass-of-the-world wants a name.' Red nodded.

"Red, if he calls you out again, I'll put him right on his ass!" Aimee told fake Red.

"Really, Aimee? You'd put your boyfriend on his ass?" Red repeated.

"SHUT UP!" Aimee took a shot at Red.

"Shield, small." Red called, activating a shield to block the shot. "Impressive. Aimee, like my new hammer? My friend Lady Bow over there made it up for me." Red pointed.

"I've never seen Red so mad before!" Sir Swoop remarked to his brother.

"Yeah, hope he's got a plan." Swampire agreed.

"What's he doing?" Vivian asked.

"Stalling." Lady Bow whispered. "He's spent this whole time charging up a powerful hammer blow. Look at that thing low red!"

"Where was I before my girlfriend interrupted me? Right, Red's name. Red's name. Well, I'm going to ask nicely once for my body back." Red approached fake Red. "Doopliss, can I have my body back? That was the nice version. Now the rough version. Doopliss, give me my body back, you damned demon!"

Doopliss stopped in his place. "You…know!"

"Don't listen to him, Fred!" Erick brushed it off. "Attack! So what if he's got a Shadow Siren to help him? He can't win!"

"…NO." Doopliss refused. "He got me. The Red Yoshi got me."

"RED!" Vivian realized. "You're the RED YOSHI!"

Red turned to Vivian. He said nothing. "Sister, it's time you visit the real world. I am the Red Yoshi."

"WOOO!" Sir Swoop cheered again.

"YEAH!" Swampire cheered again. "SICK 'EM!"

"You took down the freaking BOOHEMOTH, Red!" Lady Bow reminded. "Don't let this stop you from taking your body back!"

Red's hammer lost its charge. "I've been a loser, I've been a murderer, I've accepted bribes, but I will never lie to someone." Red fastened his hammer onto his belt. "Vivian. This is the truth."

Vivian was clearly starting to cry. "I feel so stupid. I am an idiot." She crouched in a corner.

Red felt a tear run down his face. "I'm sorry, Vivian." He turned to Doopliss. "TIME TO PAY!"

"No." Doopliss refused.

"Fred! Don't let this guy get to you!" Erick yelled, angrily. "GET HIM!"

"NO!" Doopliss refused. "I will not!"

"YOU"RE SO STUPID, RED!" Erick punched Doopliss right in the face, sending him flying into a wall. "We don't need you, Red. We never have. We could have all the Crystal Stars now if it wasn't for you! You're not a liar! HAH!" Erick laughed, facing the real Red. "You're nothing BUT A LIAR! AND A TERRIBLE LEADER! No one cares if you saved Inkopolis! NO ONE! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A PAIN-IN-THE-ASS-FAKE!"

"RED!" The Horror Scorers yelled. "Let's get him!"

"We can take this clown!" Sir Swoop yelled.

"HOW DARE YOU TALK TO RED LIKE THAT!" Swampire shrieked.

"This guy is nothing but a hero!" Bow proclaimed. "If Red won't defend himself, I will!" She turned to the Swoopers. "Let's get him!"

"YEAH!" The Swoopers yelled. "You can talk the talk, but you walk anything but sucker-punches!"

Red had literally turned red. Strangely, he had regained his real form in that time. "You know what, Erick? I never did like you. That's right, this is the real Red talking, not Fred. RED! RED FREAKING YOSHI!" Red's hammer regained its glow.

"That is Red!" Robbie realized.

"ERICK! HOW DARE YOU!" Aimee realized.

"Thanks, Erick. You've really showed your true colours here." Red grabbed his hammer. "Now I show you mine!" He wound up his hammer with his chain, and landed Erick right in the face with a high-power Piercing Blow. He landed right beside Doopliss. "Want to know why I did that, Erick?" Red ran over to Erick. He sprayed smoke on his face, revealing Doopliss' crooked face. "That's why. You weren't even Erick."

"You got me. Red is Erick." Doopliss pointed. "But I can still get you!" Doopliss grabbed Red's neck and began to suck his form out of him.

"GET HIM!" Red gasped to his friends. The Inklings ran to help, but Doopliss stuck them with a weird gas. They were under Doopliss' mind control now. Robbie let out a high-powered blaster shot to the drained Red. Then he unleashed a shot on each of the Horror Scorers.

"They're all yours Doopliss." The brainwashed Robbie declared, as Doopliss collapsed him and the rest of Red's friends.

"Thank you, slave." Doopliss threw Red into a corner. Red had still maintained his body threw the choking. He landed close to Vivian. "Now, where were we?" Doopliss asked. "Right, I was going to erase you!" He picked up Robbie's gun. "And this looks like the perfect tool to do so.

Red's back was to the wall. He could barely talk from Doopliss' life draining choke. "VIVIAN!" He squealed, before Doopliss pointed the blaster in Red's face.

"This is where it ends, Slick. You played, and you lost." He readied the blast for a killshot on Red.

Vivian got up to her feet. She jumped in front of Red as the shot was launched, taking it. "VIVIAN!" Red realized what had just happened. "You okay?" Doopliss just smirked.

"I'm sorry, sis…" Vivian mumbled. "Red is the only person that has ever been kind to me!" She rose from the ground. "C'mon, Red! Let's each this guy a lesson!"

"Don't forget us!" Sir Swoop and the Horror Scorers had joined Red to fight Doopliss.

"Eeeeeeeeh, Ma'an!" Robbie called. "And don't forget about us!" The Inklings rejoined Red and the Scorers.

Red turned to see the team he had ready to fight, Doopliss. "Whaddya say, Doop?" Red laughed. "Care to get while the getting's good?"

Doopliss counted the group Red had now assembled. "RATS!" Doopliss yelled, as he sprinted to the window. "You haven't seen the last of me, Red Yoshi! When I see you again, you will be the one outnumbered ten-to-one!" He leapt out the window.

"The Crystal Stars!" Red remembered.

"Right over here." Erick pulled them out.

"Erick!" Red took a good look at him. "But how?"

"Easy, Fred!" Erick explained. "When Doopliss swapped into my body, he forgot to ask me - who was at the time, you - for the Crystal Stars! I'd suspected something, so I didn't bother giving them back!"

"Erick, you life saver!" Red smiled. "We'd be back at square one if it wasn't for your quick thinking!"

"Tell you what? How about we save the party for when we get back to town?" Paul suggested. "Even after we won, this place still creeps me out!"

"Good idea, Paul." Red agreed. "Inklings, Horror Scorers, to Twilight Town!"


"Well, we'd better be heading back to Rogueport now." Red had packed all his things. "Since we have the Crystal Stars, there's no reason for us to stick around."

"Once again, thank you, Red." Mayor Dour thanked. "Without you confronting that monster Doopliss, we'd still be pigs."

"No problem, Mayor." Red nodded. He turned to the Inklings, who had descended into the pipe.

"Coming, Red?" Gyanna asked.

"In a minute, Gyanna." Red motioned. He turned to the Horror Scorers. "So, where do you guys go from here?"

"Well, Swamp and I are gonna head back to Boo's Mansion. We figure we'll stop in there for a while." Sir Swoop explained. "After that, I'm Glitzville bound again!"

"Well, thank you for all the help, Sir Swoop." Red mentioned. "Good luck in the Pit!" Sir Swoop nodded. "So, Swampire, where do you go after Boo's Mansion?"

"I'm headed to Glitzville, too!" Swampire explained. "Swoop says he'll hook me up with his new manager, Bones."

"Bones is a great guy!" Red agreed. "He helped us when we were there. Anyway, good luck in the Pit to you, too." Swampire nodded, as he flew to join Swoop.

"Red, thanks so much for all the help." Lady Bow began. "Without you, my people would still inside that mechanical monster."

"No problem, Bow!" Red nodded. "It was a fair trade for you helping me with my identity."

"It's no problem." Lady Bow gave him a hug. "The mansion is always open to you, Red. Feel free to stop by." She floated to join the Swoopers. The only one left was Vivian.

"Vivian!" Red smiled. "Girl, you saved me big-time. If it weren't for you, I'd be dead in a puddle of ink back there."

"Aw, Red!" Vivian blushed. "You would've done the same for me."

Red nodded. "So, where are you headed from here?"

"Well, Bow invited me to Boo's Mansion for a bit, and after that I'm gonna head out to find my hometown of Crystal Valley." Vivian explained.

"So, it this the last time we'll see each other?" Red asked.

"I hope not." Vivian admitted. "I'd better catch up to the group. Oh, that's right! I wanted you to take this." She hung a chain with a small crystal shaped like a Crystal Star. "This chain will allow you to warp from place to place undetected." Vivian explained. "Once again, Red, thank you so much for what you did."

"Don't mention it." Red nodded. Vivian embraced him and gave him a kiss. She waved as she caught up to the group, who waved to Red as they entered the forest again. "Goodbye!" Red called. "I'll miss you guys, and thanks for everything!"


Having recovered his identity, Red and the Horror Scorers travelled to Creepy Steeple to recover his team. Regaining their trust, they collect the coveted Ruby Star, fourth of the Crystal Stars. However, the masked monster known as Doopliss escaped without a trace. Where could he be headed next?