While everyone was relieved to be out of the woods, that was just the start of the creepiness. There was a large fence in the way of the mansion, and on the pathway was a gate in between two blue torches. Past a gate was a black mansion up on a hill with three floors and only two lights on. Where they were lit up, it almost looked like they were the mansion's eyes, and they were curved as if it had angry eyes. On the roof was a chimney that resembled a large crown with a gem on top, kind of like King Boo's crown. A strange, ghostly aura surrounded the mansion and gave the heroes the idea that this was no ordinary mansion.
Not only that, but the environment had drastically changed as well. The landscape was filled with no trees, with the exception of two near the gate, and the dark blue dirt floor had changed to a dark green. The only thing that was not creepy was the strange, out of place building beside the gate. It was a bright yellow with E. Gadd's glasses on it as a symbol.
"Wow... Talk about freaky." Sonic commented. "Of course, I'm not too scared!"
"Do you all see it up there on that hill?" E. Gadd asked, pointing up at the mansion. "That is King Boo's Mansion! Believe it or not, this mansion had ended up appearing here after Luigi defeated King Boo. Even I was surprised by it. It looked like the real deal! That's one of the reasons why I had to come here!"
"Did you go inside?" Bombette asked.
"I explore a bit of it, but not all of it. But from what I can gather, the rooms are pretty similar."
Mario: This brings back some bad memories...
"Geez... Seeing that angry look on the mansion kinda creeps me out." Scrub shuddered. Chopper had gotten a glimpse of it too and shook a little.
"What's wrong, Choppy? Are you scared?" Berry asked, inching close to him. "I'm always here for you if you want."
"Uhhhh... No thanks!" Chopper replied, stepping away from the girl. "I'll be perfectly fine!"
"Ho ho ho!" E. Gadd chuckled. "I never knew you two were in a relationship!"
"But we're not!"
"I'm just teasing you, Chopper! Anyway, just follow me up to the mansion door. We'll get ourselves started then."
Agreeing, the nine began to follow the professor. They had gotten a glimpse of a few ravens staring down at them as they passed by the gate. Just going closer to the mansion made the environment a little creepier. The sky itself was slowly turning to a ghostly, light blue as well.
"Poyo... (This is a lot creepier than I thought...)" Kirby trailed.
When they had reached the entrance, they noticed the door had a depiction of King Boo sticking his tongue out. While they didn't find it creepy, it was definitely not a nice welcome.
"Chopper, I must warn you. It is dark in that mansion." E. Gadd informed. "Luckily, not only can the Poltergust 3000 be used as a vacuum, but it can also be used as a flashlight! So, if you're ever in a dark place, then turn it on. But beware... When it's dark, ghosts will be lurking around..."
"Dark places? I guess we'll be on the lookout..." Vivian replied. "Are you ready, Chopper?"
"Ready as I'll ever be!" Chopper declared, approaching the front door.
"Here, take this, Chopper," E. Gadd took out a white Gameboy Advance SP, but it was labeled "Horror" instead. "This…is the Gameboy Horror SP! I've tweaked it a little so it would work better!"
"A Gameboy Horror SP? What does this thing do?" Chopper asked.
"Hmmmm..." Berry got a closer look at it. "Maybe it's a gaming device... Or maybe it can help you get in contact with someone, such as a certain girl standing near you?"
"Huh? I don't get it..."
"Oh ho ho ho! I believe you're talking about the Gameboy Love! Now that's a whole different story, but you are on the right track. Not only can it allow you to get in contact with me, but it can be used as a map to guide your way through the mansion, along with giving you information on any Portrait Ghosts that you've caught."
"Portrait Ghosts?" Shadower gawked. "What are those supposed to be?"
"They're the ghosts that escaped from my paintings that I put up in the gallery in my lab! Thanks to King Boo, they're finally free! You don't know the kind of mischief they'll cause around the woods. However, I do believe by capturing these Portrait Ghosts, you can move further into the mansion. Anyway, I don't want to babble on. You've got some ghost busting to do!"
"OK!" Chopper was just about ready to open the door...
"Oh, and another thing..."
Everyone nearly fell over by the door in annoyance. When they got up, they turned to E. Gadd.
"Huff… Huff… I forgot to tell you something! That Poltergust 3000 is going to get full if you ever face a Boss Ghost." E. Gadd informed. "Boss Ghosts are ghosts that are much stronger than a normal Portrait Ghost and requires you to deal a little bit of damage on them. Once you defeat one, you can come back to the lab so we can empty that vacuum. And with that, good luck!"
E. Gadd turned away from them and began to jog back to his lab.
"Well, you heard him! Let's get a move on!" Sonic suggested.
Agreeing, Chopper turned to the door and gave it a good push. Taking a step in, he had turned his flashlight on to get a glimpse of the room.
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
"Ah! Here it is! Boo's Mansion! Just as I suspected it to be like! Excellent…" Dusty looked at the map he had and then at the evil mansion. His glowing blue eyes scanned the area for anything nearby. After all, this was a place filled with ghosts. "Hmmm… Good, I should be fine around here. I hope…"
Dusty walked toward the mansion, but then he stopped when he heard cackling around him. The words, "I have fury" echoed around him.
"OK, you can shut up now and reveal yourself, high-pitched weirdo," Dusty suggested, reaching for his Blooper gun. "I'm not going to hurt you..."
"Nyeah heh heh heh heh! So you have the seeing of Fawful! I have revealing!" Fawful had jumped out from one of the bushes with his own blaster out.
"What the heck? Who are you supposed to be? A bean that has gone bad? Get out of here!" Dusty aimed his Blooper Gun at him and shot poisonous ink at him. However, Fawful had fired a shot and managed to block the ink.
"Fawful laughs at your shooting! Only I have fawsomeness! Fawsomeness that can only be the achieving of salad dressing that shall soon be dressing onto you!"
Dusty looked confused. "What on earth are you saying? Are you…a guy that makes no sense whatsoever?"
"Fawful has reasoning for being here! The Green Antennae! He has had the defeating of Cackletta!"
"Ummm… OK, cool story, bro. I'll be going now… Weirdo…" Dusty ran off toward the mansion, while Fawful put on his Headgear and flew over to the mansion.
Elsewhere in King Boo's Mansion-
"Mwa ha ha ha! This is art at its finest!" King Boo was in the mansion's basement including golden walls and two dragon statues. The dragon statue to the left had its mouth opened up a little.
"Get me out of here this instant!" Bow demanded, trying to break through the painting with her fan.
"Try all you want, but these paintings were designed to keep ghosts from escaping," King Boo grinned. "That means you're trapped in there, just like I once was!"
Bow groaned, but she thought of something. Sure, she was a pretty Boo, but she was also very scary. Even Bootler did not like her scary face. A smirk had appeared before she covered her face. Her mouth was wide open, revealing her two fangs.
Unfortunately, the response she got was a cackle.
"What? You thought I'd be scared of you?" King Boo approached the painting, his glowing eyes staring into her. "Honestly, your look only makes me laugh! I've scared countless amounts of Boos and ghosts! In fact, I believe I've scared many of your Boos into paintings when they got a glimpse of me!"
"Drats..." Bow mumbled.
"Your Majesssty! I come with sssome bad newsss!" a black Boo with yellow eyes called a Shadow Boo exclaimed, flying into the room."You sssee… That boy named Chopper that you sssaid that would be coming hasss jussst arrived!"
"Chopper is already here? Oh, that's great."
"Is that so?" King Boo turned to his minion. "Well, let's have some fun with him, shall we? He's in for quite a scare..."
"I'm sure Chopper and his friends will defeat you," Bow declared. "Trust me, you're in for something interesting."
"Defeat me? HA!" the king whirled back to Bow. "If he came all this way to my mansion already, then he's a lot dumber than I thought! ...Now if you'll excuse me, I have some guests to scare!"
King Boo flew out of the room while cackling. Bow, meanwhile, was forced to wait patiently.
"I hope you come soon, Chopper..."
Mansion entrance-
"Augh! It's too dark in here!" Scrub complained. "Contadre, turn on that flashlight of yours, OK?"
Chopper turned on his flashlight and saw two staircases going up to a door on the second floor and also a door in front of them covered in electric vines. There was a chandelier up on the ceiling, and the floor appeared to be nice and shiny, with King Boo's face plastered on it. Not too surprising...
They decided to explore upstairs, considering that they could not go through the door ahead. Everyone stayed close to Chopper as he shined his flashlight up to a door on the second floor. There was also another door to their left, except it was much smaller. A small table with a red vase was there as well. The first thing Chopper did, however, was open to the door.
Unfortunately, nothing.
"Dang it... It won't open!" Chopper groaned.
Before anyone could speak up, they heard a strange, ghostly giggle echo through the room.
"Wh-What was that?" Bombette gawked, slightly shuddering.
"Weird... The Bombette I remembered would be a bit fearless..." Chopper recalled.
"Don't push it..."
Mario: I heard it coming from downstairs...
"OK, let's check it out then," Chopper walked down the stairs, and they all saw an orange, ghostly ball floating around with a key. Once it noticed Chopper, it dropped the key and flew away into the locked room they were just at.
"Perhaps this key will let us through that door?" Sonic wondered.
Chopper picked the key up, causing the room to lighten. everyone was slightly caught off guard, but they all felt relieved now that there was at least some light in the mansion. They went back upstairs and unlocked the door with the key. Entering, they found a room with portraits on the wall and six purple candles by the portrait in front of them. Unfortunately, there was no ghost in sight.
"Hey... Where'd that thing go?" Scrub asked.
"Poyo... (It's probably hiding...)" Kirby trailed, getting ready for anything.
"Maybe it was scared of us," Chopper answered, turning to his friends. However, little did he know that behind him was the king of Boos, along with two Shadow Boos. His friends' eyes widened in shock upon noticing King Boo. "...Hey, what's with you guys, huh?"
"B-Behind you..." Vivian stammered.
Chopper turned around, causing the ghosts to disappear. He looked confused and turned back to his friends, causing the ghosts to reappear. "There's nothing there!"
"Gh-Ghosts, Contadre..." Scrub gulped.
"Ghosts? Why should we be scared of them when we have THIS in our hands?" the antennae hero questioned, holding up the Poltergust 3000 proudly. The expressions of King Boo and the Shadow Boos changed into fear upon seeing the vacuum, and they immediately flew out of the room. Now his friends were gawking.
"Whoa... He just flew away like that from seeing that vacuum..." Sonic muttered. "Maybe we can beat him!"
"Hey, did I hear something behind me?" Chopper whirled around, spotting two orange ghosts with long arms, yellow eyes called Gold Ghosts. He shined his flashlight on them, causing them to disappear. "Wait... How do we beat these guys anyway? The professor never mentioned that..."
Conveniently, his Gameboy Horror SP went off, so he pulled it out to find E. Gadd calling him.
"Chopper! There's something I forgot to mention…" E. Gadd started. "If you see a ghost, shine your flashlight on them, and BEFORE they disappear, use the Poltergust 3000 to suck 'em all up into the vacuum! It may be hard at first, but you'll get it."
"Umm… OK!" Chopper saw the three Gold Ghosts appear in front of him, and he shined his flashlight on them. He got the Poltergust 3000 out and then sucked them into the vacuum, making the lights turn on in the room.
"Well that ended pretty quickly..." Vivian commented.
A chest had materialized in the room, and inside was a Mansion Key Chopper claimed. It happened to unlock the locked door that was just up ahead.
Through the door, they saw the room had a green floor and some small tables where vases were resting on. However, when the door closed shut behind them, electric vines had covered the door and the other one to their left.
A Gold Ghost had appeared in the room and tried punching Chopper, but he managed to catch it in his flashlight and suck it into the vacuum. "Man, this is pretty easy!"
A pink ghost with yellow eyes and a thinner, taller head called a Purple Puncher appeared and tapped Scrub on the shoulder. "Hey, would you quit it already, Sonic? You don't have to tap me on the shoulder-AAAAAAAH!" Scrub let out a yelp as he got knocked back by the Purple Puncher, who had let out a giggle.
It wasn't very short lived when it ended up getting sucked into the Poltergust 3000. Two other Purple Punchers joined it when they tried to go after Mario and Sonic.
Mario: I don't know how we can take these things...
After defeating them, the lights turned on, and a chest appeared in the center. Like before, a key was inside leading to the next door. The electric vines had also vanished, allowing the heroes to progress into the next dark one appeared to be a wardrobe room, having three closets, a mirror, and a hanger with a couple of clothes hung up.
"Hey, this place looks interesting," Berry remarked, noticing some different costumes in the closet, despite it being dark. She then noticed a green ghost with yellow eyes resembling a trash can appear. It was holding some bananas and was eating a few. "Hey... I never thought there were ghosts eating bananas."
"Bananas?! Oh, boy!" Chopper smiled, shining the flashlight on the Garbage Can Ghost and started to suck it into the vacuum. Compared to the Gold Ghost and Purple Puncher, this one took a little more effort to catch, as it was dropping banana peels everywhere. Thankfully, he had managed to get it, along with another Garbage Can Ghost and a Gold Ghost.
They noticed no other ghosts made an appearance in the room, even when it was dark. When Chopper shined his flashlight on one of the closed closets, Kirby walked over to it and leaned on it. A Gold Ghost had come out from hiding.
"Poyo! (Heads up, Chopper! There's a ghost right here!)" Kirby shouted. Chopper nodded and caught the ghost in his flashlight and sucked it into the vacuum, turning the lights on and making a key appear on top of the closet. Kirby put his inhaling to use and moved it onto the ground, allowing him to catch it.
"So, where do you think this key goes to?" Shadower asked.
"How about here?" Chopper suggested, going to the door straight ahead. However, it was unlocked, and it only led outside to a small balcony. He returned to the other in disappointment, muttering, "Nothing..."
Mario: We should check back at the main entrance!
"We might as well," Berry shrugged. "There was another door over there, right?"
"Hey, you're right! Let's go!" Chopper declared, making his way back to the foyer. Upon reaching the door, he heard his Gameboy Horror SP going off.
"Chopper! Chopper! Come in, Chopper! It's me, Professor E. Gadd!"
Chopper took his Gameboy Horror SP out and saw the professor's image on the screen. "Oh, hey, professor! What is it?"
"Chopper, listen very carefully! Beyond that door is a hallway with doors leading to stronger ghosts. I'm getting readings that there are Portrait Ghosts in there!"
"Ghost Portraits? You mean the ones you mentioned?"
"Yes. I didn't mention this before, but they're much different than normal ghosts. Unlike normal ghosts, though, they're not going to make it easy for you to catch them. They won't show their hearts so easily, unfortunately. BUT… If you use the Gameboy Horror SP, you can get some information on them and how to beat it! Sometimes you can learn the best way to surprise 'em, too!"
"Oh... Well that's interesting!"
"Well, Chopper, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you."
"All right, thanks for the info, Professor! And we'll make sure we get those ghosts, right Chopper?" Sonic asked. He gave Sonic a nod and E. Gadd chuckled. With that, Chopper turned off the device and unlocked the door leading into a small, dark hallway. They found out that all of the doors were locked except for the one that was the closest to them. One of the doors, however, was fake, and it ended up flattening Chopper in the process.
When they walked into the closest door, they found a small room with fireplace, a book shelf with books and a rocking chair that was rocking back and forth. Bombette took notice of the rocking chair and raised and eyebrow.
"That chair is moving on its own..." Bombette muttered.
"Well, the professor mentioned something about using that Gameboy Horror SP to find anything, so I better use it!" Chopper pulled out his Gameboy Horror SP and saw a light blue man with orange hair and mustache, green eyes and a purple robe rocking back and forth on it. He appeared to have a book in his hand.
"Ah, this Paper Chopper book is very interesting!" the ghost named Neville remarked.
"Heads up, Contadre! Book dead ahead!" Scrub warned. Chopper turned and saw a book coming toward him. Instead of punching it, he sucked it into the vacuum, which ended up taking care of it.
"Hey, ghost person!" Chopper shouted, turning to the rocking chair. Sadly, Neville did not appear to show himself. "Yeah, I'm talking to you! We know you're there and we're going to get you! So… Show yourself!"
Neville did not respond.
"Well that didn't work…" he trailed, turning to his friends. That was when Neville had appeared, and he was apparently stretching his arms and letting out a yawn. Everyone else could see something exposed in his chest.
"Chopper! His heart's exposed!" Shadower shouted. "Get him!"
Chopper turned around and his flashlight was shining on Neville's heart. He smirked as he began to suck Neville into the vacuum. But just as E. Gadd had told him, the Portrait Ghost was doing a much better job at trying to escape from the vacuum.
"Gah! You'll never get me into that machine!" Neville grabbed onto the rocking chair, but, being a ghost, his hand only phased through it. Eventually he got sucked into the vacuum, turning the lights on and revealing a chest.
"Poyo! (Yup! It's a key!)" announced Kirby, who tossed it to Chopper. He took out his Gameboy Horror SP to see where the key would lead them.
"Follow me," Chopper called out to his friends, walking out of the room and heading to the locked door at the end of the hallway. The door led them into a bedroom with a pink carpet, along with some curtains. Over by the corner was a mirror and stool.
"That bed looks very comfortable," Berry remarked.
"Well, I don't think we're not alone in here..." Chopper trailed, using the Gameboy Horror SP to see a ghost lady with blonde hair in a pink robe sitting on the stool, combing her hair. The sound of the thunder and lightning made the room flash for a brief moment, making everyone startled.
"Yikes! I didn't know there was a storm here!" Sonic winced.
When Chopper had calmed down, he noticed one of the curtains seemed to be blowing back compared to the others. Looking behind, the window appeared to have a broken hole.
"Hmmm… I think I have an idea!" Chopper opened the curtains and the wind began to blow into the room. Vivian and Shadower held onto their hats, while Neville's wife, Lydia, had taken notice of the wind blowing into the room.
"Oh, dear… What a nasty draft!" This ended up revealing her heart, allowing Chopper to catch her in his flashlight and suck her into the Poltergust 3000. Though she struggled a bit more than Neville, he managed to successfully get her caught, making the lights turn on and reveal a chest. Sonic opened it to find another Mansion Key.
"Piece of cake!" Sonic smiled, tossing the key to Chopper. "So, where to next?"
"Let's see..." Chopper exited the room and checked his Gameboy Horror SP. As he was checking, though, the heroes heard the sound of crying coming from a door nearby. "Please don't tell me that was a baby ghost in there..."
"Seriously? It'll be easy to catch!" Scrub assured. "I mean, I doubt the baby will even care!"
"Well, looks like we found out where we need to go next… So… Are you guys ready?"
Mario: Oh, yes!
Chopper turned to the door and unlocked it with the key. The room appeared to be a nursery, with pink walls, a small drawer with a golden lamp, a pink table with hot pink heart-shaped chairs, a shelf containing baby pictures and building blocks. There was also a crib, some teddy bears on a shelf, a ball and a rocking horse.
"It's a baby's room..." Shadower trailed.
Taking out his Gameboy Horror SP, Chopper saw a baby fast asleep wearing yellow pajamas and had a pacifier in his mouth. However, the only problem was trying to find its weak spot. On the other hand... It was a baby.
"I don't really like this..." Chopper trailed.
Kirby looked at the ball and suggested, "Poyo? (Why don't we play some ball! It will be fun!)"
"Wait... Are you sure? I mean, there's a baby in here..."
"Poyo... (He won't hear it, though...)"
"I call soccer!" Sonic declared, kicking the ball toward Chopper, who kicked it back. He, Kirby, Mario and Sonic were kicking the ball around the room, while the others watched it bounce around. When it had hit the rocking horse, the baby let out a cry.
"Uh… I don't think this is a good idea, Chopper…" Vivian trailed.
The ball had hit the wall over by the crib. Since Chopper was closest to it, he decided to get it. Coincidentally, the ball was handed to him and he said, "Thank you!" before turning around. ...But he froze for a moment and slowly turned around to see a baby ghost.
"Hi there? Whatcha playing?" the baby named Chauncey asked.
Chopper could only stare at the baby in horror.
"Well I wanna play, too!" Chauncey declared, taking out his pink rattle and shaking it. The door was barricaded by electric vines, preventing them from escaping. Soon teddy bears were flying their way, and they jumped out of the way.
"Hey, that's not the way to play!"
"We gotta teach this baby a lesson!" Scrub declared. "C'mon, guys! Let's beat this thing!"
Scrub charged at the baby, but he only phased through it, making Chauncey giggle. Scrub only crashed into the wall, leaving him flattened for a brief moment. Everyone else face palmed while dodging a teddy bear.
"Maybe we need to throw a ball at him," Berry suggested. "But only when he doesn't see it coming."
"You mean something like this?" Chopper asked, giving the ball a quick kick. Unfortunately, it had missed Chauncey, but it had luckily bounced off the wall and hit him, causing him to be thrown toward them.
"Ow! That hurt! Why did you meanies have to give me an owie?!" Chauncey whined. "All I wanted to do is play… But you just had to be mean! I HATE older people! You always have to be bigger than meeee!"
"Well you asked for it!" Scrub retorted.
"You know what? I'm going to make you all feel how it's like to be smaller than meeee! …Small… Now grow smaller! Small! Itsy! Tiny! Little! Wee! Ga ga goo goo GA!"
Everyone gawked as everything around them started to disappear, along with Chauncey.
Mansion entrance-
"Hmmm? I thought this place would be a lot smaller than I thought it would be…" Dusty trailed as he entered the mansion, noticing the electric door in front of him. "Great… There's no way I'm getting through here… I better check upstairs."
He walked upstairs and decided to head for the big door that was in front of him. "Strange... This place was supposed to be dark, but I don't see any darkness in this room! Unless... If someone else is after that star, then there could be a problem..."
Dusty held his Blooper gun near him and scanned the room. Nothing but some shelves and some nice portraits. He decided to move on through the next door, now on the alert.
"I swear if I fail to get that star, I could be getting a demotion instead!"
"Oooog… What just happened?" Chopper slowly got up and rubbed his head. He saw the sky had changed to a strange, distorted color, ranging from black, green, blue, purple, and red. "Oh, nothing too special! We're just standing on a giant crib! ...Wait, a giant crib?!"
When everyone else had gotten up, they too were shocked by their location.
"Where did the mansion go?" Vivian gasped.
"Where we are is the bigger question!" Bombette exclaimed.
Their answers were interrupted by the sound of a baby cry. Unlike last time, however, it was echoing through the sky. A bunch of rocking horses flew around them, and floating in front of the giant crib was Chauncey.
Except he was much bigger...
"Oh, boy... I don't like this one bit..." Scrub gulped, biting his lip.
"Hee hee hee hee! Now we can play forever and ever and EVER!" Chauncey yelled.
"Yeesh... This baby's insane." Sonic sweat dropped, only to grin afterward. "But then again, I think we can entertain this little baby a little bit!"
"Entertain? But how?" Chopper asked.
"Maybe some good butt-kicking will take him down!"
"Hey... Yeah! I bet this is a Boss Ghost, and like all bosses, we gotta take him down!" Chopper smirked, hurling a fireball at Chauncey. Unfortunately, it missed. "Whoops! I think I missed... Thinking about it more, I wonder if I can get an ability from those horses?"
Chopper inhaled one of the rocking horses, which transformed into a glowing green ghost with white eyes and a white mouth. Unfortunately, he had lost his legs, but that didn't matter. He was Ghost Chopper!
"OK, you ghost baby! We're going to put an end to your playing, and then you're going into the Poltergust 3000!"
Tattle: That's Chauncey. Despite looking so cute, he's the spoiled baby of both Neville and Lydia. Max HP is 100, Attack is 10, and Defense is 0. That rattle of his has the ability to summon rocking horses, balls, and even teddy bears. If you can weaken him enough, his heart will be revealed, and you can use the Poltergust 3000 to catch him! I'd recommend doing that once he's stunned! ...Strange, it says that a ghost can only hurt a ghost during a Boss Ghost. How strange is that?
Chopper floated up to Chauncey and delivered a Ghost Punch, causing him to let out a cry when getting knocked back.
"Wah! WAAAAAAAAH! That hurts!" Chauncey cried.
"Geez! How loud can that get!" Berry complained.
Vivian sank into the shadows and struck Chauncey with a Shade Fist. This only made things worse, unfortunately.
"I'm going to make you pay for hitting meeee! Come out, horseys!" Chauncey shook his rattle and rocking horses flew down onto Chopper and Vivian, dealing 10 damage to them both.
Chopper attacked Chauncey with his Ghost Punch, and then Shadower followed up with his Shadow Punch, despite it not lowering his defense. Chauncey shook his rattle and summoned a couple of balls to fall from the sky. Two had hit Chopper, but three more remained in front of Chauncey. One of them looked different, however...
"That one looks real," Scrub noticed. "How about I spit it at him?"
"Go for it!" Chopper smiled, flying up to Chauncey and hitting him with another Ghost Punch. Scrub approached the real ball next and took it in his mouth, followed by spitting it out at Chauncey. Everyone was smiling when his heart was revealed. "Ha HAAA!"
Chopper started to suck Chauncey into the vacuum, but as usual, the ghost was struggling to break free.
"NOOOOOOOOO! Somebody help me! Mommy! Daddy! Help meeeeeee!"
"Sorry, but you gotta get in the vacuum!" Chopper declared, being dragged around the large crib.
"NO!" Chauncey spun around and broke free from the vacuum, causing Chopper to tumble back. To get back at him, Chauncey flew above him and landed on top of him, flattening him and making him lose his Ghost ability.
"Aw, man! That's not fair!"
"Who cares about that? Let's just get him another time!" Sonic smirked, hitting Chauncey with a Homing Attack. Chopper shrugged and leaped in the air to hit the baby with a Jump. Retaliating, Chauncey summoned teddy bears to rain down on the heroes. They luckily guarded the attack and took only 6 damage.
"Hey, spoiled baby! Wanna see who the real baby is? Well, he's right here!" Scrub declared, pointing at himself.
"Scrub... I don't think you want to be the 'baby'..." Shadower trailed.
"Really? But being a cool baby like myself rocks!"
"Just hit him..."
Scrub listened and fluttered above Chauncey and hit him with a Ground Pound. Chopper tossed an ice ball at him next, which managed to leave him stunned once again. Getting the vacuum out, he began to suck Chauncey into it once again. While he was being dragged around, he noticed Chauncey was starting to get weaker, making it harder for him to break free.
But to his luck, he did have enough energy to break free and threw Chopper off, making hm tumble back to his friends.
"We've almost got him..." Chopper moaned.
"Even when you're small you guys give me owies!" Chauncey cried. "Grow! Bigger! Stronger! Ga ga goo goo GA!"
"Hey, he's going to turn us back to normal! Maybe he's not so bad as I thought!"
Mario: I don't think he's making us bigger...
Everyone gawked as Chauncey grew much bigger in size, his shadow now towering over them.
"So... Anyone have any ideas on how to beat this big baby now?" Bombette asked, turning to her friends. "Because I don't..."
"Hey! He is a big baby!" Scrub realized. "Hey, big baby! You're go-"
"I may be big, but now you're going to be squishy now that you're smaller!" Chauncey bellowed.
The first thing he did was try to flatten the heroes. With his size, he was able to hit everyone. However, they managed to guard the attack, preventing Chopper from being unable to use his jump, hammer or even hand ability.
"Even at a bigger size, you've become a bigger target!" Chopper smirked, hitting Chauncey with a Spin Jump. Kirby hit him with his Stone attack, reducing him to 19 HP. "I think we got this!"
Chauncey took out his rattle and, rather than shaking it, he swung it down on the crib, creating an earthquake that had dealt 12 damage to them all. Well, except for Vivian and Shadower.
"Wait... At a bigger size, he's much closer to the ground!" Bombette realized. "Stand aside, people, and see how a Bob-omb gets the job done!"
Bombette attacked Chauncey with her Bomb, and when Chopper jumped on him, he summoned more balls to attack the heroes. They knew what to do, so Chopper hit him with another jump, and then Scrub spat the real ball straight at Chauncey.
"His HP's down to 0!" Berry cheered. "...But he's still up."
"Guess we gotta get him in the vacuum," Chopper shrugged, pulling out his vacuum with a smirk. "Playtime's over, ya big baby!"
"No! It will never beeee!" Chauncey whined, only to get caught in the vacuum's suction. Despite his struggling, he was too weak to break off, allowing Chopper to successfully catch him inside the vacuum.
"Woo hoo! We did it!" Sonic cheered, giving a thumbs up in a victory.
Before they could celebrate, everything around them went blank.
Nursery-
"...Huh? We're back in the baby's room!" Chopper noticed, looking at his arms and feet, along with the surroundings. "And it's light in here! ...But it's all pink."
"I don't mind," Berry shrugged.
"But that ghost was a boy, right? Then why would he want a stinky room like this?" Scrub wondered.
While he pondered, Chopper opened up the large, golden chest that had appeared in the room. Inside was a pink Boss Ghost Key in the shape of a heart. He held it up in victory, despite it not being the color he liked.
"KRZZZ…Ch…o…p…p…e…r…KRZZZ."
Hearing that, Chopper pulled out his Gameboy Horror SP and found the professor contacting him.
"Oh, thank goodness! I lost contact with you all of the sudden… I was a tad worried." E. Gadd let out a sigh in relief.
"Well, we had a little fight with some baby ghost or something... He certainly put up more of a fight than the other two ghosts!"
"I suppose it was a Boss Ghost that you were against. I believe I've explained that to you before, yes?"
"Yeah... But we're all good now." Chopper assured, letting out a relieved sigh.
"Hmmm. You seem to be a bit tuckered out after that long battle you had, don't you? Why don't you come on back to the lab? That Poltergust 3000 tends to get a little full when you fight against a Boss Ghost."
"We sure showed it who's boss!"
"Ho ho ho! Right you are, Chopper! Now, come to my lab so we can empty it out."
Professor E. Gadd's lab-
Outside the mansion, the heroes had entered the small, wooden shack that was beside the gate. Little did they know that there was a secret lab underneath it. There were many sorts of machines used for ghosts in the lab such as a tank and a small conveyer belt beside it. There was another machine with an opening around the size of the Poltergust 3000's vacuum opening with pipes connected to the tank.
Overall, it was pretty cool.
"Good job, Chopper and Co.! You've managed to come back here in one piece!" E. Gadd congratulated.
"Well it wasn't too difficult," Chopper assured.
"We've been through worse," Scrub mentioned.
"Take a look at this machine," E. Gadd. noted, looking over at the machines beside them. "This fine piece of work took nearly twenty years to develop! I call it the Ghost Portrificationizer! I once used this when Luigi had caught all of those nasty ghosts. This wonderful machine allows us to turn those ghosts you caught into paintings. Not only that, but it also works in reverse, too! Just ask your friend Mario! He's been through that! Oh ho ho ho!"
Mario: It sure was an interesting ride.
"Wow... This thing is pretty cool!" Chopper smiled, staring at the machine. "...But how do I use it?"
"It's fairly simple! Just plug that Poltergust 3000 into that slot and enjoy the ride, Chopper!"
"Oh... That sounds easy..." Chopper took out the vacuum and placed it in the opening of the machine. He put it on reverse and released all of the ghosts, mainly the Portrait Ghosts, into the machine. They went into the tank, causing them to shake around the spinning liquid. They were then taken out of the machine and onto moving panels on the conveyer belt. Other machines helped flatten them to prevent them from moving, zapped to turn them visible, and then pounded into a portrait.
"The ghosts are invisible…so we need to press 'em into visible forms!" E. Gadd explained through the process. "…And presto! Turn 'em into beautiful ghost portraits!"
"Enjoy your painting, Chauncey!" Chopper exclaimed, waving to the painting of Chauncey.
"Hmmm… Well, we managed to turn those ghosts back into paintings. Thank you for your help, Chopper and Co.! I suggest you go back into King Boo's mansion and find King Boo and those other Portrait Ghosts!"
"Will do! See ya, Professor!"
Waving goodbye, Chopper and his friends took the ladder out of the lab and back outside. Though they had taken care of a few Portrait Ghosts, they knew much more was to come.
Personally, I like this part better than the other. This is basically what the rest of this chapter will be kind of like, and it's definitely much longer than the previous three chapters.