Chapter 6: Dining to Die For

(2nd floor of the hotel lobby)

The elevator arrived as Luigi, Diddy Kong, Bandana Dee, Tails, and Rottytops exited the elevator.

Rottytops- Say, didn't we already do this floor of the hotel?

Luigi- We were here before, I will admit to that. This was where we found Professor E. Gadd's portrait after we got out of the basement.

Diddy Kong- Then why are we here again? Returning to an area we've already been to just seems like backtracking.

Polterpup- (Bark) (Bark)

Then Luigi and the other looked over to where the Polterpup's barking was coming from and saw the Polterpup standing next to a door with a "Do not enter" sign on it.

Bandana Dee- What's that?

Tails- I believe that's the Last Resort's dining hall.

Luigi- Is there something there, boy?

Polterpup- (Bark)

Then the Polterpup jumped through the wall and onto the other side.

Luigi- I guess we better go after that Polterpup.

(In the dining hall)

Luigi, Diddy Kong, Bandana Dee, Tails, and Rottytops walked into this huge dining room. There were several delicious looking food placed on the bouffe table. The Polterpup even took a baguette from the table.

Bandana Dee- You know, that does look pretty good…

Tails- I wouldn't mind a quick snack after all this ghost hunting…

Luigi- Hold up you guys…

Bandana Dee- What for?

Luigi points at the table at the end of the room and they saw four ghosts fighting over baguette.

Rottytops- Funny how that they don't need to eat, yet they still fight over food. As a zombie myself, I do enjoy the taste of brains, but we don't really need to eat to survive.

Luigi- Maybe it's for the same reason you eat brains. But anyway, the last thing we want is to get their attention.

Then they saw the Polterpup jump through the wall and into the kitchen on the other side of the dining hall.

Luigi- Looks like we gotta sneak past these guys. Try to be careful and not make a sound.

Luigi, Diddy Kong, Bandana Dee, Tails, and Rottytops turned off their flashlights, placed their backs to the table, and attempted to scooch to the other side. But when they were halfway across, Luigi accidentally bumped into a bottle of wine and it began to tumble over.

Luigi- No! No! No! No!

But then the wine bottle fell off the table and hit the floor. This caused the four ghosts to turn towards the bouffe table and notice them.

Ghost- It's Luigi and company!

Second Ghost- (Whistles for other ghosts)

Bandana Dee- Good going, Luigi…

Then several ghosts came out of the kitchen and one of them grabbed a pastry from the bouffe table and it Luigi in the face with it.

Luigi- …well…at least I do enjoy lemon meringue…

Some more ghosts tried to grab some food from the table, but Tails and Rottytops managed to stun them with the flashlight and begin sucking them with their Poltergusts. One of the ghosts tried to attack Tails and Rottytops while they were distracted with sucking up the ghosts they already had in their suction, but a plunger was shot at the ghost by Diddy Kong's Poltergust.

Diddy Kong- Funny how our usual physical attacks and weapons goes through these ghosts, but not these plungers with ropes tied to them.

Luigi- Maybe Professor E. Gadd did something with those plungers. Maybe we can ask him about it later.

Then Bandana Dee sucked up the rope the plunger was attached to and slammed the ghosts the plunger was covering the face of. Eventually, they managed to suck up all the ghost in the dining hall and proceed to the kitchen. However, Diddy Kong found a banana dropped on the floor. He peeled the banana and was about to take a bite.

Tails- Diddy, stop! You don't want to do that!

Diddy Kong- What fo…

Then Diddy Kong looked at the banana and saw it was covered in maggots and rotting. Diddy Kong immediately threw the banana to the ground and shivered.

Diddy Kong- Yuck! You know, I think I just lost my appetite!

(In the hotel kitchen)

As soon as Luigi and the others entered the kitchen, the whole place was covered in a thick layer of smoke.

Luigi- (Cough)…what the hell…(cough)…where'd all this come from…(cough)

Tails- And what is that smell?! It smells like the grease fire Knuckles starting in our kitchen when he was trying to make pancakes for breakfast that one morning!

Luigi- We better get rid of all this smoke before we choke to death!

Then Luigi, Diddy Kong, Bandana Dee, Tails, and Rottytops used their Poltergusts to suck up all the smoke covering the kitchen. But once all the smoke was gone, there was this chef ghost who had a mustache similar to Doctor Eggman. He was using a frying pan to cook a fish. However, it didn't take long after the smoke was vacuumed for this ghost chef to notice them.

Chef Soufflé- Huh…?

Diddy Kong- Is that the hotel chef?

Tails- He looks a bit like Eggman.

Bandana Dee- Wonder if he made that maggot infested banana Diddy almost ate?

But then the fish he was cooking slipped off Chef Soufflé's frying pan and landed on the floor.

Chef Soufflé- You just ruined my latest dish! For that, I'm going to cook you all for dessert!

Chef Soufflé swung his frying pan, but Luigi and the others dodged it. Rottytops tried to stun Chef Soufflé with her flashlight, but he used his frying pan to block it.

Rottytops- It didn't work?

Chef Soufflé- Of course not. My frying pan is large enough to block your flashes.

Then Chef Soufflé spun with this frying pan the same way Link spins with his sword spin attack. Luckily, Rottytops avoided it by making her head pop off her shoulders before the frying pan could hit. On the other side of the kitchen, Diddy Kong sucked up one of the fishes Chef Soufflé was using as ingrediencies and aimed at Chef Soufflé.

Diddy Kong- And this is for that rotten banana I almost ate in the dining hall!

Then Diddy Kong launched the fish at Chef Soufflé and knocked away his frying pan.

Chef Soufflé- My pan!

Before he could do anything, Luigi and Bandana Dee stunned him with the flashlight while Tails got behind him and sucked him up with his Poltergust. After Tails sucked up Chef Soufflé, a bunch of fish was spat out of the Poltergust as well as an elevator button.

Tails- I wonder what Eggman would say if he ever saw this chef ghost with the same mustache as him?

Luigi- Well, we got another elevator button. This one leads to the 4th floor.