"What? How was that possible? Chopper has already gotten the key to enter the first floor hallway?!" King Boo growled, not happy to hear the news. "I guess I didn't do a good job of hiding that key. He's lucky he has that vacuum in his hands!"
"Vacuum?" Bow gawked. "What are you talking about?"
"The Poltergust 3000," King Boo said angrily, turning to Bow. "It's a vacuum designed by that dumb scientist to catch ghosts. It's one of the only things I fear. That is, if I find a way to counter that thing's power!"
A smirk had formed on Bow's face. "If Chopper has that, then I suppose your nights of turning people into painting are over."
"Oh, not quite. Catching me won't be as easy as before! He'll come to realize that once he tries to use it on me."
"Doubt it," Bow replied. "You're not exactly the freakiest thing out there..."
"Oh, so you want me to permanently turn you into a painting?" King Boo grinned. "I can arrange that just for you. That way, you'll be trapped forever and unable to move!"
"Excussse me, Your Majesssty… What about Chopper?" a Shadow Boo asked, interrupting the king. "How can we take on him when he holds that vacuum?"
"I'll take care of him!" a dark ghost with orange eyes, disembodied hands and a scary grin exclaimed, materializing into the room. "I happen to know a good way of stopping that boy! I've made some pretty good plans to take him down! I was thinking about a little prank. You know what I'm saying?"
"A prank? Let me get a glimpse of it," King Boo suggested, taking the plans from the ghost. After looking at it for a couple of seconds, he grinned. "Hee hee! This just might be something I want to see!"
"We can have everyone join in the fun too!" the ghost cackled. Bow, meanwhile, looked uncertain.
"This doesn't sound good… Whatever plan that ghost has, it doesn't sound good! I need to find a way to get a message to Chopper. …I think I might be able to get SOME things out of here…" Bow took out a letter and wrote in it. She also got her fan, a picture of her and Chopper and took one bow off her. "I hope this works…"
After writing the letter, she managed to throw it out of the painting. "I guess this painting was only made to prevent me from escaping and not anything else I hold..."
Mansion entrance-
"I wonder what kind of ghosts we'll run into after that baby?" Chopper wondered, entering the foyer with his friends. Since he was too uncomfortable with the Boss Ghost Key, he thought Berry wouldn't mind holding it, so he gave it to her.
"All right, let's see where this key goes," Berry declared, approaching the door in front of them. They noticed the heart shape depicted on it. "I guess it goes here, but how will these electric vines come off?"
While she pondered, the key began to glow, along with the door. It shot a beam at the vines that destroyed it. Everyone was left in surprise.
"Whoa... That was cool." Sonic commented.
After unlocking the door, the nine entered a dark hallway with a red rugged path leading to their left and to the right. There was another hallway up north near the right as well. Chopper checked his Gameboy Horror SP and saw that one of the doors north and to the left were not locked.
"OK, let's stay close, and if you get lost, try to see if you can find flashlight around," Chopper suggested, turning his flashlight on and heading up the hallway and to the unlocked door, which was near another door with an electric barrier.
"This take us to…a bathroom?" Scrub looked disappointed when they entered a bathroom. The shower curtain was even up but no one was using it at the moment. Thankfully, it was nice and clean.
"The bathroom is actually very nice..." Vivian commented. "Though, if only it wasn't so dark..."
She suddenly felt something grab her behind. Everyone had notice a lavender ghost that did not float upright. Vivian managed to break out of the Grabbing Ghost's hold and managed to leave a burn on it thanks to her Shade Fist. Chopper then sucked it into the Poltergust 3000.
"Poyo? (What were those ghosts?)" Kirby asked.
"I don't know, but they sure are a big fan of grabbing people," Chopper replied, catching another Grabbing Ghost. The lights turned on in the bathroom and a shadow of what appeared to be a key appeared behind the curtains. Scrub opened them and took the Mansion Key.
"Let's take this to wherever we need to bring it," Scrub suggested. Chopper took the key and walked back into the hallway. Looking in his Gameboy Horror SP, the door was by a hallway they had walked to get here. They stopped at the end of the hallway near the one with the door with the heart depiction. Chopper got the key out and unlocked it.
What they found in the room was a ball room. There were some circular sections on the floor in black and white checkered, and there were some red chairs by some red curtains as well. Some Shy Guy Ghosts in orange, white, red and green were dancing around, swinging their spears at each other and missing.
"Wait... Didn't we see these guys back in the forest?" Sonic asked. "Though these look more like ghosts..."
"Yeah, but since they're distracted, let's take care of 'em!" Chopper smiled, shining his flashlight on the ghosts. Sadly, it didn't reveal their hearts. "Nothing?"
"Maybe you just need to get their masks off," Shadower informed.
Kirby approached them and used his inhaling to suck the masks off them, allowing Chopper to trap them in the Poltergust 3000. There were four more left, so he used the vacuum to suck their masks off and catch them in the vacuum as well.
"They hardly put up a fight!" Chopper complained. "Oh well..."
After he got rid of them, they all noticed the checkered sections slowly rotating, and two ghosts had appeared in the room as well, dancing. The man wore a red suit and had orange hair, and the lady had blonde hair and a green dress. After Chopper investigated them with the Gameboy Horror SP, they were revealed to be the Floating Whirlindas.
Oh, and there was some small music playing.
"This sounds like dancing music," Berry listened, turning to Chopper with a smile. "Maybe we can dance together!"
"What's dancing?" Chopper asked.
"Maybe I can show you," she replied, only to freeze briefly. "...Wait, I never danced either. Never mind that."
When Chopper looked at the Floating Whirlindas through the Gameboy Horror SP, he noticed they were minding their own business with their dancing. "Gee... Sometimes I wonder why we're doing this when these ghosts aren't hurting us."
"Well because they're dangerous," Sonic replied. "And 'dangerous' is nothing good. It also means we get to have a little fun!"
"Oh... All right, then!" Chopper noticed the male ghost bow to the lady, causing his heart to be revealed. He jumped over to them and shined his flashlight on them. His vacuum did the job and managed to suck them in, causing the lights to turn on and reveal a chest.
"Those two hardly put up a fight!" Scrub complained. "Where's the challenge in that?!"
"Well, at least they're dancing peacefully in the vacuum..." Vivian noted, while Shadower opened the chest to find a key.
"Let's just see where the key takes us to," Shadower gave the key to Chopper, who had checked his Gameboy Horror SP for its location. The key led to a room to a door at the left corner in the first hallway. They all knew what to do and made their way to that location, only to notice something strange.
"Hey, look at that!" Bombette saw a floating candelabra to the north right by a door where the sounds of a piano could be heard. The candelabra didn't appear to be lit up, so Chopper decided to be nice and light them up himself.
Of course, that was not what the ghost holding the candelabra wanted.
Revealed to be holding the candelabra was a ghost at the age of seventy-two with purple hair and a tuxedo. His name was Shivers, and he was a butler.
"Ahhhhh! Fire! Fire! Fire! Run away! Run awaaaay!" Shivers cried, flying through the hallways while flailing around.
"Poyo! (Look at his arms shake!)" Kirby smiled.
"Well I guess that reveals one ghost," Bombette said. "Let's follow him!"
Everyone followed him to where the locked door was in the left corner of the hallway. Chopper unlocked it and headed into a laundry room, but they followed Shivers to the door south and into the butler's room, which contained small, wooden tables, teapots, and a shelf with a couple of wrenches.
"Whew… I thought I was going to be a goner for a second…" Shivers sat down on the stool, the fire on his candelabra now gone. He decided to take a rest as well. Big mistake.
With his heart revealed, Chopper caught him in his flashlight and sucked him into the Poltergust 3000, lighting the room up and revealing another chest. Inside was a key that Chopper happily took.
They went back into the laundry room afterward that had many different types of soap for laundry and some towels. Two Purple Punchers and a red and lavender Grabbing Ghost were in this room. The Purple Punchers were simple to take care of, while the grabbers tried grabbing Shadower and Mario. Thankfully, Chopper caught them both in the flashlight and sucked them in the vacuum, turning the lights on. Sadly, there was no chest in sight.
"Hey... Is that washing machine shaking?" Vivian noticed, pointing at the washing machine to the left corner. Chopper decided to inspect by opening it. Inside was a familiar red bow.
"This is Bow's bow! But… How did it even get here?" Chopper asked.
Mario: This is strange...
They left that room and headed to the other side of the hallway. There was a door standing right in front of them, and there was another to their right. They chose to enter the right door and were led into a room with a tent in the center and four unlit candles on each corner. Chopper simply lit the candles with some fireballs, making a key drop from the top of the tent. Unfortunately, that did not light the room up.
"Wait... So how does this room light up then?" Bombette asked.
"There should be something here..." Chopper trailed. When he got a glimpse of a crystal ball on the table, his antennae sprung up in shock. "Oh! Look, guys!"
When they got a glimpse of the crystal ball, Chopper's flashlight had made it glimmer. When it was bright enough, a ghost lady with long, purple hair, ring-shaped earrings, a red robe, and a purple mask with an eye depicted on it that hid the lower portion of her face.
"It's a fortune teller..." Vivian gasped.
Everyone was left in shock. Not just because of the ghost in the room, but because this Portrait Ghost was not afraid to show herself. Unfortunately, no heart was exposed for Chopper to catch.
"Greetings, mortals," the ghost greeted. "I see you carry the Poltergust 3000, the 'Vacuum That Sucks Up Ghosts,' am I correct?"
"Who the heck are you?" Chopper asked, aiming his vacuum at her.
"Relax… I am not like those other ghosts. I am Madame Clairvoya, seer of dropped items. Possessions of other people awaken vibrations in my spirit… If you find someone's dropped items, you should bring them to me. I will show you the extent of my vision…"
"Dropped items? Huh..." Chopper trailed, remembering the bow he had found. He had taken it out to show her, and she was certainly surprised.
"Wh-What is this?! Bow's bow! The one she always wore on her hat! It's so clean, as if... SOMEONE JUST WASHED IT!"
Everyone else: ?
"...My apologies. Sometimes I like to add a little drama, you know. Hold on... Did I just say Bow? Could it really be THAT Bow?"
"Yeah," Chopper nodded.
"Ah. I see now. Ahhhh, I see everything. Well, technically, I saw it before, but now I REALLY see it. So you are all friends to this Bow, and you have come to find him?"
Everyone nodded in response.
"HACK ka ha harf!" Clairvoya laughed, only to be interrupted by her coughs. "...Excuse me, I don't laugh much."
"Oh... OK."
"Oh-ohh! They come! Now the spirits come!" the room began to slightly shake for a brief moment. "Come, spirits of power, come spirits of sight! Show to me the awful things occurring here tonight!"
Purple fire emerged from Clairvoya's hands as she slowly moved her arms. "Crystal orb, symbol of my clan, use your darkling power to show us all you could! I mean CAN! Show us all you can! Show us this…Bow! The light of the spirits come! Show us what we seek!"
Everyone took a glimpse of the crystal ball while a slight tremor occurred in the room. Unfortunately, they had not gotten sight of Bow. The only thing they saw was swirling magic.
"Ohhhh… Harummm… I see that your Bow lives..."
"Really? Well that's a relief!" Chopper smiled.
"Well, she is not in the spirit world…but one cannot say she alive…haaackth ha ha hork! (Excuse me, sorry.) Where is she? Where is she now?" Clairvoya looked deeply into the crystal ball, but her image had faded away. "…Ah, the spirits fall silent! Uuuh…This is all I can tell you for now! Bring to me another clue, and I will show your friend to you. This clue no longer speaks to us…"
"All right, I guess that sounds like a plan," Sonic replied, walking out of the room with the others. Some of them, however, felt uncertain.
"You think we can trust her?" Bombette asked.
"Well... She's a fortune teller, and they, y'know, tell the future!" Chopper answered. "It makes perfect sense!"
"But she's also a Portrait Ghost..." Vivian trailed. "On the other hands, she's actually helping us..."
Mario: We should just show her more items and see what happens.
"I guess I'd have to agree with Mario on this one," Berry complied. "Anyway, where does that key go to, Choppy?"
Chopper checked his Gameboy Horror SP and went through the hallway to explore. Unfortunately, they had run into a yellow ghost that resembled a Gold Ghost called a Bowling Ghost. It took out a purple, explosive bowling ball and rolled it toward the heroes. It exploded, covering everyone in soot. The Bowling Ghost disappeared after giggling.
"Well... That was one heck of a surprise." Sonic commented, shaking the soot off him.
"We'll get it next time!" Scrub declared.
The key was revealed to open the door right where Shivers was flying around. They entered the room and found many musical instruments in the dark room. There was a saxophone, a harp, a bass (the orchestra kind), three drums and a xylophone.
"A music room? Interesting..." Shadower commented.
Just by touching the instruments, they began to play on their own. It was discovered that the song playing was the Super Mario Bros. theme, something very familiar to most of them.
Mario: Ah, the memories.
"I don't know what this song is, but it ain't half bad!" Sonic smiled, tapping his foot.
"It is certainly magnificent!"
Everyone looked over at the piano and saw a lady with light blonde hair, a hot pink dress, and yellow eyes playing it. They looked over at the instruments and noticed a Gold Ghost, a Purple Puncher, a Garbage Can Ghost, and a Shy Guy Ghost playing them.
"Who are you?" Chopper asked.
"My name is Melody. People call me the spectral beauty of the ivory keys!" Melody answered. "What a stirring performance you got there! I haven't been so charmed by a piece like that for a long time! You all must have a delicate ear for music. Would you like to listen to my piano sonata?"
"Sure, go right ahead," Shadower answered.
She giggled and began to play one of the Overworld themes from Super Mario Bros. 3.
"This song reminds me of this one game I played," Berry recalled.
"Me too!" Chopper agreed.
After Melody finished playing, she turned to the heroes. "By the way…that song was featured in a famous game. Do you know which game?"
"It was from Super Mario Bros. 2!" Chopper answered proudly.
"No, no, NO! That's all wrong!" Melody yelled, banging her hands on the piano. "I put my heart and soul into that piece, only to be insulted? How could you, you awful boy!"
"What? But isn't that where it's from?"
"No, it's Super Mario Bros. 3..." Berry sighed.
"...Exactly right!" Melody laughed. "You got it! Very impressive! It's nice to know that there's someone who has some brains! I guess I needn't hold back with you! Would you all care to do battle with my lovely Music Sheets?"
"Battle with your Music Sheets? What are you talking about?" Chopper asked.
Melody began to play the piano like a master and a bunch of music sheets flew in their direction. Kirby jumped in and inhaled the sheets to get rid of them.
"Poyo! (That handles that!)" Kirby smiled.
With her weak spot exposed, Chopper shined the flashlight on Melody and began to suck her into the vacuum. Though she struggled, she ended up getting captured, turning the lights on and making a chest appear. Another Mansion Key was inside.
"Whew! I thought we were going to get paper cuts for a second!" Scrub sighed.
"Looks like the key leads to the door across from that ball room," Chopper noted, checking his Gameboy Horror SP. "Let's go!"
They exited the music room and headed down to the hallway where there were two doors facing each other. They unlocked the door to their left and entered what appeared to be a dining room. There was a long, rectangular table, and some lit up coal on some tall pedestals. There were also two candles that were only lit purple, while the four others were not.
One thing for sure was that both Chopper and Kirby loved this room.
"Poyo! (Food!)" Kirby cheered.
"Yeah! A dining room!" Chopper cheered as well, only to be interrupted by the sound of chomping. He was left suspicious, so he lit up the candles and saw a sight that nearly disturbed him. "What IS that thing?!"
Standing in front of them was a purple, obese ghost wearing a napkin around his neck, a red shirt and blue hair. He had ghostly food on his plate that he was chomping down, and it never seemed to go away. His name was revealed to be Mr. Luggs.
"Yeesh... Looks like someone's been overeating." Sonic commented.
"But there's always an easy way to stop them!" Chopper smiled, walking over to Mr. Luggs. "You just take their food away!"
He grabbed the plate (which was not ghostly) and pulled it away. He smiled proudly at his victory, only to hear a roar from the obese ghost.
"YOU! You…got rid of my precious food! You will pay!" Mr. Luggs exclaimed, shooting fireballs at Chopper.
"Looks like someone's got a little heartburn," Sonic said.
They all dodged Mr. Luggs's fireballs, but eventually Scrub inhaled one and spat it back in his direction, knocking him off his chair and was now left in a daze. This exposed his weak point as well.
"Get 'em, Contadre!" Scrub shouted.
Chopper immediately shined his flashlight on Mr. Luggs and got him into the vacuum, turning the lights on in the process. No chest appeared, sadly, but they could still progress into the next room. To Chopper and Kirby, it was better than the dining room.
There was a refrigeration, a stove, and even a cabinet filled with many dishes. The door leading outside, however, was covered in fire. Some frying pans were flying in their direction, but they easily dodged them.
"Poyo! (There's bound to be food in the kitchen!)" Kirby cried.
"I'll get the food!" Chopper declared, opening the refrigerator door. What he found, however, was a light blue Purple Puncher with what appeared to be ice protecting its heart. It was revealed to be a Flash, a subspecies of the Purple Puncher.
Chopper tried shining his flashlight on it, but it didn't appear to be effective, allowing the Flash to land a punch and send him flying to the wall. Its ice heart, however, got melted away when Vivian struck it with her Fiery Jinx, leaving its heart exposed.
"So fire can help damage these ghosts," Vivian noticed. "I guess we can do much more to help than I thought!"
With that, Chopper sucked the Flash into the Poltergust 3000, turning the lights on. Afterward, he equipped his Water ability and took out the fire in their way.
"Well that was pretty easy," Shadower remarked. "Let's go outside!"
They walked outside to find a small little garden with a large amount of soil to their right and a doghouse. A ghost dog named Spooky with a spiked collar was sleeping in the doghouse. Chopper got a closer look at the doghouse and ended up squirting water in front of the doghouse. Spooky ended up showing himself, and he started barking at them.
"That dog doesn't look so happy... Let's run." Chopper gulped, running from the dog. They all started avoiding the angry dog until a Skeleton Ghost had appeared from out of the soil. This one, in particular, was named Mr. Bones.
"Fer the luvva dirt, make that yappy dog be QUIET! I'm tryin' ta get some sleep 'ere!"
Seeing the Skeleton Ghost, Chopper shined his flashlight on it and sucked it into the vacuum. One bone had gotten sent flying over by the doghouse. This caught Spooky's attention, who ran over to the bone and began licking it.
"Ah-HA!" Chopper took out the Poltergust 3000 out and he began to suck Spooky into it. He easily succeeded, making the area turn light. After removing his Water ability, he decided to inspect the doghouse. What he didn't expect, however, was the doghouse to suck him in. "Eep!"
Mario: Where did Chopper go?!
"He must've went into the doghouse," Berry answered, running into the doghouse as well. The rest followed and were led into a graveyard filled with a couple of gravestones and one large gravestone at the top of a small hill ahead.
Chopper first saved his game thanks to the Save Block before approaching the large gravestone. He also noticed a rope hanging from a tree branch that was labeled "Pull".
"What's this?" Bombette asked.
"Hey, this reminds me of the pranks Ghoster would pull. ...And that Hauntost person!" Chopper recalled, grabbing the rope and pulling it. "You just pull it, and something would happen!"
"Wow... You seriously pulled it that easily? Well... That makes it convenient for me! Ha ha ha ha!"
Appearing before them was a dark ghost with orange eyes and disembodied hands. The inside of his mouth was also orange when he opened it.
"I finally get to meet you face-to-face, Chopper! It's something I've been waiting for a long time..."
"Who the heck are you?" Chopper asked in confusion.
"I'm the cousin of someone that you've met before! They call me Nightrogin! I'm that cousin of Hauntost that was supposedly destroyed thanks to you!"
"Wait... I don't remember doing that. I think it was Ghoster..."
"Ghoster? You mean my other cousin? Very interesting... I never heard THAT tale before." Nightrogin commented. "But you were still part of eliminating him, and for that, you must pay!"
"So you're asking me for a fight?" Chopper got in a fighting stance. "Maybe you know a little more about where King Boo is! We'll let you go if you listen to us!"
"Nope! I think I got a better arrangement for you all!" Nightrogen's eyes began to glow and everything went blank around them.
"What the heck?" Scrub gawked. "Oh, no... Don't tell me we're shrinking again!"
They found themselves standing in an arena with a pointy fence surrounding them, with a couple of trees behind.
"Welcome to my playground! Heh heh heh heh heh!" Nightrogin cackled, making his appearance through a lightning strike. "So... Like my little arena? I was lucky to get it from the ghost that used to be at that graveyard... Pity he hadn't escaped from his painting... Anyway, I want to see what you're capable of!"
"Bring it!" Chopper shouted back.
Tattle: That's Nightrogin. He's one of King Boo's stronger minions of the army. He's also quite the prankster, which I can't stand... Max HP is 120, Attack is 10, and Defense is 0. Most of his attacks have to do with pranks, sort of like this Hauntost guy that he might've mentioned... Perhaps you've run into him before, if I'm correct? Just be on your guard when he tries to pull out something funny...
Chopper started off the battle by jumping on him, followed by Vivian's Shade Fist, leaving a burn on Nightrogin.
"Oof! Man, when I thought about putting up a fight, I didn't know it would turn out like this… Well, whatever!" Nightrogin made a box materialize in his hand, and he dropped it in front of Chopper. Out came a boxing glove that pushed Chopper backwards.
"Oof... I wasn't expecting that." Chopper groaned, running back to the fight and chucking an ice ball at Nightrogin. Scrub fluttered over him next and landed a Ground Pound that dealt 6 damage. Groaning, Nightrogin pulled a rope and made an anvil fall on Scrub.
"Ooh! Now THAT was a nice prank! Heh heh heh heh- OOF!" Nightrogin felt himself get bonked in the head by Berry's hammer, leaving him in a daze. Chopper smiled and attacked Nightrogin with his Spin Jump, leaving him with 79 HP. That's when his heart was revealed.
Chopper did the usual job and used the Poltergust 3000 in an attempt to suck him in. The ghost screamed in fear and tried to flee, dragging Chopper along the arena.
"No! Get off of me right NOW!" Nightrogin took out a flower and it squirted water in Chopper's face, stopping him from sucking him into the vacuum. He turned back to Chopper and landed a punch that knocked him back toward his friends.
However, once Nightrogin got hit by a hammer attack and a Super Jump, he let his tongue hang out. He flew over to Chopper and tried poisoning him with it, but he guarded it and only took 9 damage instead. This left him wide open for Chopper to jump on him and Bombette to hit him with her Bomb. Now he was reduced to 51 HP.
Two black lasers had shot from Nightrogin's eyes and hit Bombette, dealing 10 damage to her. Unfortunately, that only got worse for him when Chopper struck him with a Spring Jump, and then Kirby attacked with his Stone ability.
"I don't understand! How are you guys wearing me down like this?!" Nightrogin exclaimed.
"Well, maybe it's 'cause you're just not as good as us," Sonic smirked, waggling his finger.
"Then allow me to prove that then!" Nightrogin's eyes flashed, and suddenly his body became transparent. "Now you can't hurt me like this unless you were a ghost. But good luck trying to become one of them!"
When Chopper Superguarded Nightrogin's lasers, he smiled at the ghost. "Well thanks for telling me that!"
"Wait... What?"
Chopper became Ghost Chopper and landed a punch straight on Nightrogin's face, leaving him vulnerable once again. Sonic ran up and struck him with his Homing Attack.
"You just proved that we're better than you," Sonic noted.
"Argh! Shut up shut up shut uuuuuuup!" Nightrogin shouted, making an anvil fall on Sonic. Chopper responded to this by firing a ghost ball from his mouth and dealing 8 damage to Nightrogin. Vivian struck him with her Shade Fist, and he was down to 1 HP. "No no no! This is NOT how it will end!"
Nightrogin punched at Chopper, but it wasn't enough to help him, as the burn left by Vivian had dealt 1 damage, bringing his HP to 0. Chopper took off his Ghost ability and got to work with the Poltergust 3000. Nightrogin hardly had a chance of escaping.
"This isn't how it was supposed to end!" Nightrogin cried. "You... I swear when I get out of this vacuum, you'll be in a world of hurt!"
When Chopper had sucked him into the vacuum, he replied, "Not likely."
He had gotten 21 Star Points for his victory, and because Nightrogin was now gone, they found themselves back in the graveyard with a large chest. It resembled the chest back in Chauncey's room. Asking no questions, Chopper opened the chest and found a green key with a club symbol on it.
"So we had a key resembling a heart, and now one with a club..." Bombette noted. "Interesting..."
"KRZZZ…Ch…o…p…p…e…r…KRZZZ!" Hearing this,Chopper pulled out the Gameboy Horror SP and found E. Gadd contacting him. "…Chopper, can you hear me?"
"Yup! I can hear you! Loud and clear!" Chopper replied.
"Oh, good. I'm glad you're OK! I lost your signal for a moment. Hmmm. That sure was some battle you had against that ghost. You should come back to the lab."
Chopper looked at the Poltergust 3000. "I guess this thing might be a little full... Hopefully that ghost didn't do much damage to it."
"Don't worry about any ghostly powers attacking it. It wouldn't even leave a scratch on it! Heh heh!"
"Oh, well that's cool! Anyway, we'll meet you back at the lab!"
Professor E. Gadd's Lab-
"Good job, Chopper and Co.! You've managed to get back here in one piece!" E. Gadd congratulated.
Mario: Well it's hard to stop us!
"Right-o! Now, what do you say we put those ghosts in the good ol' Ghost Portrificationizer!"
"Good idea!" Chopper walked over to the machine and ejected all the ghosts into it, and thus repeating the process of before. The painting of Nightrogin looked pretty cool, having a shadowy sort of look. "Well, there goes Hauntost's cousin. Though, I wonder what happens to ghosts when they... Well, you guys have any idea?"
"Beats me," Shadower shrugged.
E. Gadd sighed in relief as the last ghost turned into a painting. "Whew! Well, you finally got those ghosts out of the way! However… I never expected that dark ghost to make an attack on you. He even tried pulling a little prank on me! But, all of that is over with. It's time you all went back into the mansion. There's still more ghosts to find…"
"Great idea. So… I think we should head there now!"
Mario: Back to the mansion!
Eager to catch some more ghosts, the heroes made their way out of the lab and back to the mansion.
Nightrogin... Get it? Nitrogen? Originally Bogmire was going to be here, but I didn't want this place to be exactly like Luigi's Mansion, so I mixed it up a bit.
Next chapter, however, is definitely one of my favorites of Chapter 12. :D