Returning to the basement, the crew entered the door with King Boo's face plastered on it and came across a small, crooked hallway leading to a door covered in electric vines. Just by approaching them, the vines had disappeared, allowing Chopper to unlock the door. Before they entered, however, they hit the Save Block and Heart Block located near the door.
"All right... You ready, guys?" Chopper asked his friends.
Mario: We're definitely ready!
"OK, then..." Chopper grabbed the doorknob and slowly opened it. Through the door was King Boo's Secret Altar, which felt all too familiar to Chopper. To the others, this place was quite a site. It wasn't even dark either!
"Wow... What a room." Berry commented.
The heroes slowly approached King Boo and listened in to what he was saying.
"Ahh, I could just stare at my Bow painting for hours!" King Boo sighed wickedly, watching Bow knocking on the painting's walls. "It's definitely true of what they say about fine art…it takes utterly refined sensibilities to truly appreciate it! The way you plead for help, Bow… I find it so…satisfying. Perhaps it is because of how you and your disgrace of what you call your Boos never swore your loyalty to me. What a foolish mistake that was... And now you're here, stuck in this painting forever! Not even your little friends can do much to help you! You and all those you ever cared about will soon become history!"
"Oh, it's you who's going to be history soon, King Boo!" Chopper thought, clenching a fist.
"But, you know, now that I think about it..." King Boo started as he turned to face the heroes, letting out a cackle in the process. Bow took notice as well and smiled. "Having this Bow painting here on its own doesn't seem very fitting. I think I'd be interested in having a nice little painting of Chopper, Mario, and their pathetic little friends! Then my gallery will truly be complete! Bleah HA HA!"
Everyone got in a fighting stance, with Chopper aiming the Poltergust 3000 at him. His response was another cackle.
"Oh, you think I'm afraid of you now that you carry that infernal machine? Fool! That thing works just the same as it had before! I, however, have evolved far from a house-cleaning device!"
Aiming his crown, King Boo shot a bolt of energy at the Poltergust 3000, causing any use of sucking to not function. Chopper tried to turn it on, but it was no use.
"Poyo... (Uh oh...)" Kirby gulped.
"I must say…I despise the way you vacuumed all of my friends and Ghost Paintings!" King Boo growled, glaring at the vacuum. "Now that your vacuum won't be helping you, we can fight without any handicaps!"
"Bring it on!" Sonic challenged.
"Now! Join Bow…inside the painting!" King Boo made the room spin around, transforming the painting of Bow into a swirling vortex. King Boo flew into it, and soon it was starting to suck everyone in as well. Though they all tried to flee, the portal was too strong and pulled them in.
It didn't take long for everyone to enter the area the painting led them. They were surprised to find themselves up on the roof, but with a big difference: the sky was a fiery purple, and there appeared to be no bottom to this place.
"The roof?" Vivian gawked. "No... This doesn't seem right."
"Bleah ha ha!" King Boo cackled, descending in front of them. "How do you like my little arena? This is the perfect place for your grave!"
Chopper tried to turn the Poltergust 3000 on, but as usual, nothing was happening. King Boo laughed in response. "Face it, Chopper! You cannot win against me with that device! And now I shall dispose of you all!"
Groaning, Chopper put the vacuum aside and got in a fighting stance. "Fine! Guess it has to be done the old-fashioned way!"
Tattle: That's King Boo, the king and the ruler of Boos. Well, most of them, anyway... Even as the king, he's definitely the most powerful of the Boos, so he's no laughing matter! Max HP is 150, Attack is 11, and Defense is 1. Most of his attacks range from breathing fire, or shooting ghostly balls of energy. That crown of his seems to have the ability to paralyze or deal some serious damage to you. If the Ghost Star is really on his head, then try to be careful! Just win the day and save Bow! That's all that matters!"
Starting off the battle, Chopper ran up to King Boo and delivered a Jump attack, taking 4 out of him. Mario went next and attacked with a Super Jump instead, dealing 7 damage instead. However, that didn't seem to faze King Boo too much.
"Bleah ha ha ha ha! Oh, I'm just getting started!" King Boo opened his mouth and breathed blue fire upon Chopper and Mario, leaving them with a burn.
"Ow! That really hurt!" Chopper cried, trying to shake off the attack. Unfortunately, he knew he had to wait for it to wear off, so he attacked King Boo with a Spring Jump. Sonic followed up with a Homing Attack.
Grinning, King Boo began to spin around and fly over Chopper. He dropped down on him, leaving the boy flattened for a brief moment. When he stood up, he cringed from the burn and attacked King Boo with his hammer.
"Take this!" Bombette exclaimed, blowing up in front of the ghost and dealing 5 more damage and bringing him to 112 HP.
"Bleeeaahhh! I knew you all could put up a fight, but obviously I might've misjudged you!" King Boo raised his stubby arms so it could reach for his crown. "But my crown here will do all the work! Heh heh heh!"
His crown began to glow, and out came a bolt of purple energy that struck Bombette. What was worse was that she was also paralyzed for a couple of turns.
"Argh! I...can't...move...!" Bombette grunted.
"It feels so good to have a powerful crown!" King Boo cackled.
Chopper groaned and hurled a fireball at King Boo, scorching him and leaving a burn as well. Vivian had done the same thing, dealing 5 damage as well. King Boo, in retaliation, used his crown to make purple lightning strike both of them, dealing 11 damage.
"See? My crown can attack more than one person at a time! So much stronger than your little toy!" King Boo scoffed.
Chopper clenched a fist and hurled an ice ball at the king instead. Kirby attacked with a Cartwheel afterward, and during that time, the paralysis on the Poltergust 3000 seemed to wear off. Mario took notice of it first and informed Chopper of it.
"Wait... That stupid machine is active again?!" the king gaped, looking both angry and disappointed. "Then perhaps my crown cannot permanently disable it... It was supposed to give me greater power that that!"
"Well, looks like you were wrong!" Chopper smirked, aiming the Poltergust 3000 at him. "And that means you're history!"
He turned on the Poltergust 3000, causing it to suck in the air around him, specifically where King Boo was. He winced in pain from getting closer each second to the vacuum, but with his crown, he zapped it once again, disabling it temporarily.
"Bleah ha ha! Much better!" King Boo grinned.
"Crud... I was hoping that would've beat him."
"Well, then when the time comes, we get him again!" Sonic declared with a thumbs up.
"And then I will disable it again!" King Boo roared, charging straight into Sonic. He, however, was fully prepared for the attack and brought his arms up to guard it, taking only 10 damage. After taking 1 damage from being burned, King Boo was reduced to 90 HP. Chopper took action by hitting him with a Spin Jump, and then Berry used her Ruby Throw to deal 6 damage.
King Boo growled and shot a ghost ball from his mouth at Berry, who brought her hammer up to guard it. He took additional damage from the burn, but that was when the effect wore off. Chopper was about to use more fire attacks, but he decided to go for his normal hammer attack. Scrub used his Gulp to deal 6 damage and bring him to 66 HP. Not only that, but the Poltergust 3000 was now working again, so Chopper grabbed it and began to suck King Boo into it.
Regardless, the Poltergust 3000 did not manage to suck him in, but Chopper could tell he was getting close. King Boo used his crown and disabled the vacuum once again.
"Look, there's no use in escaping now. You're done for!" Chopper declared. "Just give us the Crystal Star and we'll be all set!"
"Done for? I wouldn't say that just yet!" King Boo shouted. "Do you remember all of those Shadow Boos lurking around the mansion?"
"We fought that Shadow Boolossus..." Vivian recalled.
"Wanna guess how they managed to get all that power?" the king pointed up at his crown. "You can thank this crown! And, thinking about it more, I was considering using it on myself to see what it can do!"
"Poyo... (Oh, no...)" Kirby gulped.
King Boo's crown began to glow, and a large amount of energy surged into him. His eyes and tongue remained the same, but his white body had changed to a freaky black.
"Whoa..." Scrub gaped.
"Bleah HA HA! Oh, are you guys afraid of me? Well good! With this power, you're all going to be paintings for all eternity!"
King Boo opened his mouth, and purple flames shot out rather than blue. Everyone got engulfed in the flames and lost 11 HP. For Chopper, things were not looking so good, so he ate a Jelly Ultra and recovered 50 HP and FP. Mario followed up by taking 5 HP out of King Boo with his trusty hammer.
"Taste my dark power!" King Boo cackled, shooting a shadow, ghostly ball from his mouth and letting it hit Mario for 11 damage. While he cackled, Shadower lowered his defense with a Shadow Punch, and then Chopper followed up by hitting him with a Spring Jump. Now he was left with 44 HP. "Ack! You were lucky there!"
"Or maybe we knew that we could attack," Shadower corrected, guarding King Boo's ground pound. Chopper attacked quickly by hitting him with a Spin Jump, and then Sonic attacked with a Spin Dash next. This left King Boo stunned, and it also made the Poltergust 3000 active. Chopper started sucking him into the vacuum, but, as usual, King Boo managed to disable it in time.
King Boo let his crown do the work by firing lightning bolts on all the heroes and dealing 11 damage. Chopper decided to equip his Ghost ability during this moment and delivered a Ghost Punch to King Boo. Vivian's Shade Fist left him with another burn.
"So, how does it feel to get hurt by a ghost?" Chopper asked, giving King Boo a smirk.
"It feels the same as a normal person. I wonder how it feels to get hurt by a ghost king?" King Boo grinned, shooting a ghostly ball at Chopper and knocking him back. He retaliated by firing a ghostly ball back at him, and once hit by Bombette's Bomb, he was down to 4 HP.
"4 HP already? I guess it's over for you, King Boo." Sonic stated with a grin.
"Argh... Not...yet..." King Boo raised his stubby arms and used his crown's power to strike them all with a lightning bolt. Chopper had lost his Ghost ability in the process, but he didn't care at the moment. Mario decided to step up and jump on King Boo, delivering the final blow.
"BLEAHHHH…" King Boo cried, dropping to the ground and awarding Chopper with 38 Star Points. He used the level up he gained to upgrade his FP to 70.
With King Boo dazed and stunned, the Poltergust 3000 started to activate. Everyone looked over at the stunned King Boo and back at the vacuum. With a smile, Chopper picked up the vacuum and began to suck King Boo into it.
"Urrgh... I... I can't escape!" King Boo yelled, his tail getting caught in the vacuum. "You may have won this fight, but I will come out of my painting and destroy you all! I'll be-"
He was unfortunately cut off when the rest of his body was sucked into the Poltergust 3000. The only thing that didn't get sucked in was the crown King Boo wore.
"We... We did it!" Chopper smiled, holding the crown up in victory.
Mario: Yippee!
Before their victory could be celebrated, they noticed everything disappear around them, and the surroundings then changed to the Secret Altar. Bow's painting was still on the wall, but she did not appear to be moving.
"That was one intense battle," Chopper sighed, wiping his forehead. Just as he finished, his Gameboy Horror SP went off.
"KRRZZZ…Chopper…" As usual, Chopper opened the device to find E. Gadd. "Chopper and Co., you've finally done it! That was remarkable! King Boo is finally back where he belongs! I know I never say this, but... I'm...sniff...so proud of you all."
"Yeah... It was a big fight, but we managed to win in the end." Chopper turned back to the painting. "But... Bow isn't moving. Do you think she...?"
"No, it's not likely, my boy! She was probably sleeping during the whole battle! Say… Why don't you come back to the lab and empty that Poltergust out. We can always turn it in reverse to free Bow! If there are more trapped in paintings, I'd recommend doing that as well!"
Chopper nodded and pried the painting off the wall. The others grabbed a couple of paintings of Boos that were imprisoned by King Boo as well. With satisfaction in their faces, they made their exit out of the mansion.
Professor E. Gadd's lab-
"You did a fantastic job, Chopper and Co.! You did all of that in a single night of Halloween!" E. Gadd congratulated. "Relax, everything's over. But for now, we oughta take care of those ghosts. Go ahead! Do the honors!"
"With pleasure!" Chopper put the Poltergust into the machine and emptied out all of the ghosts, including King Boo. Like the others, they were turned into paintings. The painting of King Boo was certainly the most beautiful of them all.
"Now that settles that!" E. Gadd declared. "And I hope King Boo is finally trapped for good! Perhaps I should sell this when I have a garage sale... It could get me some coins and also help get rid of this thing!"
Once the Portrait Ghosts were taken care of, E. Gadd put the thing in reverse and began to free all of the Boos trapped in paintings. As each Boo was free, they cheered.
"Freedom!"
"Boo haw haw!"
Bow's painting was the last to be put in reverse, and once the procedure was done, Bow came spitting out of the machine as her normal, ghostly self. The other Boos were shocked, but happy to see her return.
"Gwah hee ha! I'm finally back to my normal self!" Bow cackled.
"You might want these," Chopper pulled out the bow and fan and tossed them to her, along with the picture that belonged to her. After putting her bow on and putting her fan and picture away, she flew over to him and the others.
"So, is that tyrant finally gone?"
"Yup! He's in a painting!"
"Good. I hope he never returns to terrorize me and my Boos again. That would be awful... As for you, Chopper... I can't express my thanks to you and your friends for helping me."
"Well, we are friends, after all," Chopper smiled.
"Oh, you..." Bow pinched his cheek, causing him to wince in pain and rub his cheek.
"Ow! I don't like that!"
"You've still got those adorable cheeks I can't resist. Perhaps I should reward you all."
"We're fine with no reward," Berry assured suspiciously.
"Oh... Well that's too bad."
"Ahem..." the heroes and Bow turned to E. Gadd, who had just approached them. "Chopper, you've got the crown King Boo wore, did you not?"
"Right here!" Chopper smiled, giving him the crown.
"Ah, good! I can probably bring this back to its normal shape with my Originification machine!" the professor walked over to a silver container and dumped it inside. It shook for a couple of seconds, and it ended up coughing a pale red Crystal Star.
Mario: That's pretty cool!
"I don't know if Tails even has something like that," Sonic remarked.
"Hmmmm... Well, I guess this could count as an award." Bow decided, taking the Ghost Star from E. Gadd and handing it to the heroes. "Here you go, Chopper. You and your friends earned it!"
Chopper smiled, taking the Crystal Star from her. With one bright flash, it began to circle over his head. Being proud of this accomplishment, he held it over his head.
You got a Crystal Star! Your Star Power is now 13! And Chopper can use the special move Nightmare!
END OF CHAPTER
With King Boo finally defeated, Bow was finally free from his grasps, along with the other Boos trapped by him. Unfortunately, Chopper couldn't hold onto the Gameboy Horror SP and Poltergust 3000 any longer, as Professor E. Gadd needed them back. Bow was definitely excited to see Chopper again, with no king to step in the way. However, despite the accomplishments of getting the Ghost Star, there was still evil out there more evil than Bow. Where were these Crystal Stars coming from? And who was creating them? Things were starting to get much more complicated for Chopper and his friends.
This was definitely a longer chapter compared to Chapters 9, 10, and 11. But I think that's not a bad thing either... It was pretty fun to do, I'll admit, especially with the costumes. There's bound to be more interesting things like that later in the story. :P