Chapter 4

They all turned around to look at Blue, who had a worried expression on his face.

"Hmm… That definitely is a peculiar situation, isn't it?" E. Gadd stated as he gave a look of confusion.

"Yes, it is," Green said.

"But how?" asked Pink very puzzled.

"Yeah, why Blue?!" Orange interrogated. Blue, who was still very frightened, just continued to stare.

"Well, we have no time to ponder on the idea! We still have to find the rest of the Dark Moon pieces!" E. Gadd hollered.

"Oh! That's right!" Green exclaimed. "So, where do we need to go next, Professor?"

"Um, Leader, shouldn't we just rest for the rest of the day?" Orange said with disbelief.

"Oh! Um… yeah!" Green said.

"Ugh! Just like Leader to jump into his research!" Orange said as he rolled his eyes.

"Will you just!" Green started to scold.

"GET A HOLD OF YOURSELVES!" the professor shouted. Blue then silently tiptoed out of the grapple, trying to avoid getting into it.

"CAN WE ALL JUST SHUT UP ALREADY?!" Pink screamed.

"YOU SHUT UP!" Orange yelled back.

"BOTH OF YOU!" Green shouted. E. Gadd face palmed as the trio continued to quarrel.

"Why don't you all just go and yell at each other somewhere else?" E. Gadd suggested, now starting to get very irritated.

"If you need me, I'll be in my living quarters," Orange said as he stormed off for the bedroom.

"I'll be staying here, ignoring you all," Pink said as he walked over to the other side of the room.

"And I guess I'll go outside," Green said as he started to walk out of the dome shaped building's door.

"Ugh, foggy and dark as usual," he said to himself as he stared off into the sky. Sadly, every day was as dark as night in Evershade Valley, and the purple fog never seemed to lift unless the team collected a Dark Moon piece.

I wonder where he went off to, he thought as he searched around for Blue. I bet I know where!

He started to walk down a dirt road path that took him somewhere not far out of town. He kicked a pebble as he strolled down the lonely road, and, within a few minutes of walking, the road slowly came to an end. Up ahead, there was a grassy cliff with a large, beautiful tree near its edge. There, a solitary figure was standing towards the tip of the cliff. He seemed to be staring off into space.

"Heya, Blue. Watcha doing?" Green suddenly asked, causing Blue to turn around in surprise. He gave Green a look that meant "Nothing much. Just looking at the view. What are you doing here?" (though Blue once again didn't speak a word.) This was Blue's usual lookout spot that he would go to so he could get some quiet.

"Sorry for bothering you, but I just want to let you know that the arguing has finally stopped. So, it's safe to come back. I don't know if you want to leave here or not, but if you do, you know where to find us!" Green said as he walked away. Blue then turned around to continue looking at the vast land of trees and mountains in front of him.

"Okay, everyone! Let's continue looking for the Dark Moon pieces! I know that we will at least get closer to finding it!" Green proclaimed as he cued the Professor to start up the Pixelator.

"Yeah, we may get closer, but that doesn't mean that we will find it today!" Orange grumbled as they were once again turned into pixels.

"Oof!" they exclaimed as they all fell to the ground.

"Okay, I guess we'll start from square one again," Green said as he started to walk towards the doors that lead to the underground.

"Not THAT place again!" Orange complained as the group followed their leader down to the underground.

"Okay," Green started once they got back to the fork in the road, "here's what we will be a-doing. I will take the first path, Orange and Pink will be taking the second one, and-"

"I OBJECT!" Orange hollered (thus causing Pink to glare at him.)

"Why are you making us go together, Leader?" Pink asked (refusing to admit that he agrees with Orange.)

"Because, I need you two to learn to get along!" Green replied. "Now, where was I? Oh, yes! Blue, you will be taking the third path."

"Oh, no no no no no!" Blue said as he furiously shook his head.

"Oh, yes you are!" Orange shouted as he shoved Blue into the third tunnel.

"Wah!" Blue shrieked as he stumbled into the cave and fell down with a thud.

"Okay, you two, head down that one and shout if you find anything," Green said.

"No way! I'm NOT going!" Orange argued.

"What? Are you scared?" Pink teased.

"No! I just don't want to go in there! It looks boring!"

"Bok bok bok!" Pink clucked.

"I'M NOT A CHICKEN!" Orange shouted.

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I'm not!"

Green rolled his eyes as they continued to argue, and then started to walk down the cave he assigned himself to.

"Looks pretty unpromising to me, but I better press on…" he said to himself. Then, out of nowhere a scream reverberated throughout the entire cave.

That can't be good! Green thought as he dashed out of the cave as quickly as possible.

"GUYS? WHAS THAT YOU?!" Green shouted to Orange and Pink (who sadly never set foot in the cave, for Orange refused to move; so Pink had to attempt to push Orange forward, and the attempt miserably failed.)

"No…" Pink said wearily. "Was that you?"

"No," Green replied. "I bet it's Blue! Come on!" Green said as the threesome rushed towards the third cave. (Well, I wouldn't say all three of them. Orange was lagging behind, not seeming to care…)

"Blue! We're coming!" Pink shouted before he whacked into Green's arm.

"Be careful! You would have run right into an open trap door!" he said as they both peered down.

"Oh, just great! Blue fell down a trap door, and that may not even be the correct way! Just like blue to mess things up!" Orange complained.

"Well, he's right on the 'Blue fell in' part…" Green said as he saw poor Blue sitting there, as dizzy as ever.

"But, he found the right way! I can tell! Let's a-drop down one at a time," Green said as he jumped down into the underground, landing on Blue. Next came Pink, then the slow Orange, who both landed on top of each other as well.

"Ugh…" Blue moaned.

"Sorry, Blue! I didn't think about that factor…" Green apologized.

"Great job! You deserve a metal for your advanced thinking!" Orange said very sarcastically.

"Shut up Orange," Green said as they walked through the strange little room.

"OH MY GOSH THERE'S A FLOATING ROCK!" Orange screamed.

"That's just a Greenie holding one, stupid!" Pink said.

"I know that! I was just trying to make things more interesting! Thanks for killing the mood!" Orange said.

"You're welcome!" Pink said.

"Okay, you two, let's take care of this Greenie!" Green said as he used his Poltergust to try to remove the rock from the ghost's hands. "Help me out here!" The three started to suck the rock out of the little green ghost's hands, and in no time, it was removed, and the ghost was left defenseless.

"I think we should let Blue handle this one!" Green said as he turned around and smiled at his cowering brother (who perked up when he mentioned his name.)

"Why? So he can get us all killed?!" Orange screamed. "He couldn't even catch one in the Gloomy Manor! What makes you think he can catch one here!?"

Blue's eager expression quickly faded away, and he then backed into his corner again and sat down.

"Great! Now you just got him upset!" Green scolded.

"Well, I'm not surprised! He always gets upset over every little thing!"

"Well, maybe he wouldn't get upset if you would just SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"

"Well, maybe if he wasn't such a coward, he would stop getting upset all of the time!"

"And if you stop putting him down, he would eventually GET OVER THAT!"

"Well, mayb-"

"SHUT UUUUUUUUUUP!" Pink screamed. Silence.

"How come we always argue at least once a day? A good team rarely or never argues! And I'm surprised that you aren't the one saying this, Leader! I'm so sick of this! From now on, we need to stop the arguing, and all work together as a team, no matter how unskilled we are, and no matter how much we hate each other! Oh and just saying, Blue is trying to capture that Greenie," Pink said. They all turned around to see Blue literally getting dragged be the Greenie, who was flying around like crazy.

"Come on, Blue! You can do it!" Green cheered as Blue was still getting dragged. Then, without any warning, the Greenie was sucked right into the blue vacuum, and Blue face planted on the ground (for the Greenie that was holding him up was now inside the Poltergust.)

"ALL RIGHT BLUE!" Green and Pink shouted as they ran over to Blue. Orange just stood there and rolled his eyes. Blue sat up, and then started to look into the nozzle of his Poltergust, and if he was trying to see the ghost inside.

"Blue, there's no way to see the ghost in there," Pink laughed.

"That was awesome Blue!" Green said. "You finally caught your first ghost!" Blue just smiled as he continued to look into the nozzle.

"You call that awesome? He didn't even stand up! All he did was let the ghost drag him until it ran out of energy! He didn't even attempt to put any effort into catching it!" Orange criticized.

Blue then stopped smiling turned around, and stared right at Orange.

"Okay dude, seriously. You're creeping me out…" Orange said, only for Blue to turn around and look under the bed that was right next to him.

"Oh!" he said as he saw a Greenie hiding under it.

"YAAAAAAAAAH!" it screamed as it flew right from under the bed.

"WAH!" Blue yelled.

"Alright, team, let's a-do this thing!" Green said as they all flashed their Strobulbs (their flashlights) at the Greenie, stunning the slimy green ghoul. Then Green, Orange and Pink started to suck the ghost in (while Blue just watched.) This process was quick, and the ghost was sucked right into Orange's Poltergust.

"OH! IN YOUR FACES!" Orange boasted as the strange power blocking the exit lifted.

"Oh, man! It's got a gate blocking the door!" Pink complained.

"Oh, well! Let's just get out of here, then!" Orange said.

"Seriously, Orange! You have to stop doing that!" Green said.

"Oh, come on, Blue! I know you are proud with the capture and all, but you know that you can't suck in a rock, right!?" Orange said as Blue started to carry around a rock that was sucked onto the nozzle of his ghost catching vacuum. He then walked over to a wooden platform that had some sort of platform attached to a pulley. He then put the rock down, and the gate started to slowly lift up.

"All right! Great thinking, Blue!" Green said as he hurried over to the door. The other three followed, and they all ended up in a large, rocky hall. Small spiders were hanging out on the wall, thus making Blue freak out a little. They then turned down to another part of the hall, where up ahead, there were large crates that had been opened. However, a large pile of garbage and debris was blocking their way.

"Great, now what do we do?" Pink said.

"Hey! What does this red thing do?" Orange said as he prepared to flash his flashlight at the strange looking device.

"DON'T TOUCH THAT! IT EXPLODES!" Green shouted. However, he was too late. Orange flashed his flashlight at it, and it started to blink green.

"Get out of its way!" Green shouted as everyone (except Blue) ran out of its way.

"Why isn't he moving?" Pink whispered.

"He's sunk…" Orange said.

"WAH!" Blue shouted as it exploded, throwing him onto the wall. "Ow!"

"Are you okay?!" Green asked as he ran over to Blue.

"M-hm…" Blue replied, a little worn out from hitting the wall.

"Well, we know not to mess with those again!" Green said.

"But look! It cleared some of the rubble!" Pink said with joy.

"But not enough to clear it all…" Orange said disappointed.

"Hey! I think I see something!" Green said as he stared at a strange looking spot in the wall. It looked like something was covering an opening in it. He used his Poltergust to vacuum up the cover, and, just like he thought, there was another passageway.

"Okay, team. Follow me," he said as the others followed him. In that newly discovered area, there were two very large gaps parallel to each other. There were broken bridges at all four ends of solid land. Dangling above them was a red ball on a chain that was attached to a very sturdy rope. There was another one of these on the opposite end on the other side.

"Great. There's only one of these per side! How are we going to get across now?" Pink said.

"I know how. Only one of us will go across. They will ride on that chain like a zip line. He will continue to go around without us until we figure out how to get the rest of us to cross, and will contact us with his Dual Scream if necessary," Green explained.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?! THAT PLAN IS JUST PERFECT FOR ONE OF US TO GET KILLED!" Orange screamed.

"He's right! Who in their right mind would go with that plan?!" Pink said.

"Well, we have no other choice…" Green said. "So, who will go across?"

"Not me! I'm too awesome to die!" Orange said.

"Who said anything about dying?!" Green said with disbelief.

"What if we fall off of that thing?!" Orange yelled.

"Fall off!? Then count me OUT!" Pink screamed.

"Well, I would rather watch you two so you stay out of trouble so…" Green said. Then the three turned around and looked at Blue, who was frozen with fear.

"No…!" Blue said. Pink gently nudged him forward, and he looked down to see a long drop. He closed his eyes, gulped, and then grabbed onto the dangling ball with his Poltergust. He slowly started to glide across. He was very tense, and he shivered and shook like crazy.

"Um, Blue? You're across…" Pink said. Blue then opened his eyes, and found that he was hanging right above solid ground at a safe distance. He let go of the chain, walked forward, and grabbed onto the other chain (with a little more confidence.) However, while in the middle of travelling, the rope broke a tiny bit, making him jerk downwards a bit. He squeaked with fear, still hanging onto the zip line. He finally traveled to the other end, and, without any hesitation, he let go and ran out of there as fast as he could. He walked down the part of the hall that was blocked off, and noticed a spider hanging out in one of the crates. He flashed his flashlight at it, but it didn't get affected by it somehow. Blue tiptoed closer to get a better look at the crate; and he jumped with surprise when he saw his reflection. There was a mirror on that crate! He continued to walk down the hall, when he thought he saw something. He slowly turned around and went to the crate with the mirror on it, and noticed that there was another crate that was shaking. Blue gulped as he slowly turned towards the shaking crate. With a shaky hand he slowly reached it out to touch it, when all of a sudden. It stopped. The crate then opened. Blue peeked in to see that there was nothing in it. Then, a light purple ghost jumped out and roared at him.

"WAAAAH!" he screamed.

(Back at the other room…)

"Did you hear that?" Pink squeaked.

"Yup. That sounded like Blue screaming…" Orange said.

"Let's just hope that he doesn't get hurt..." Green said. "HANG ON! WE'RE A-COMING!"

They then tried harder than ever to get the chain to come to them.

Meanwhile, Blue was running away from the ghost. He tried to flee to the door, but it was blocked by that strange ghostly power. He turned around to see that the strange looking ghost was still following him. He had nowhere to go. So, without even thinking, he flashed his flashlight at the ghoul, stunning it. Then he began to vacuum it up. However, he was once again dragged on his feet, and every time he tried to catch it, he was slammed onto the ground. However, he was more than determined to defeat this nasty creature. Then, the ghost started to speak. However, it seemed as if it was speaking gibberish.

"Kar, te misha te kia vach se? Tal, misha icho!" ("So, you think you can catch me? Well, think again!") The ghost thought that he would only confuse the blue Luigi brother, but the ghost only got him angrier. Blue continued to capture the ghost, which continued to taunt. Finally, the ghost had gone way too far with his insults. Blue, now infuriated, stood up on his feet and pulled the nozzle back. He then sent a blast of power, thus weakening the ghoul. Finally, with all the strength he had, Blue finally defeated the tricky purple ghost. Blue fell down, and then scrambled to get up when he heard footsteps in the distance.

"Blue!" Green shouted as he, Pink, and Orange rushed in. "What happened?! Are you okay?!"

"M-hm!" Blue said as he shoved his Poltergust's nozzle in their faces.

"Y-you caught the ghost?" Green asked.

"M-hm!"

"AWESOME! Alright, team, let's continue on," Green said as he motioned the group to follow him.

Green, Orange and Pink had no idea what went on in there.

I am happy to say that this chapter is the one in which the Paranormal Language made its debut! As you may already know, the speech in parenthesis was a translation of what the ghost said. (All of these words have been completely made up by me. So, you could say that it actually is gibberish. Well, not in the story, but in real life, that is! J)