Chapter 3: Michael the Boogeyman & Party Planner
Dracula was now holding a lit torch, while guiding Michael through some dark secret passage ways, in an attempt to get rid of Michael, without Mavis seeing the real him, or even the Michael that not even Dracula himself knew about… as they continued walking on, Michael remained silent… yet although Dracula found it easy to concentrate, he found his silent behaviour annoying still…
"As much as I can concentrate on what's going on, I find your silence pretty irritating…" Dracula said unamused.
"Well what do you want me to say then? This is not exactly a situation for talking really…" Michael replied unamused himself, as they came to a junction of tunnels…
They then tried several of them, only for them to be blocked off, pulling torch handles that were running into other quests rooms…
*Female skeleton screams while in the shower*
"I'm so sorry!" Dracula gasped, while Michael remained silent, but with slight shock underneath his mask…
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!" The male skeleton shouted, as he burst through the door, before throwing a bone into Dracula's face.
Walking through smaller and narrower tunnels, and nearly falling down unfinished staircases, before they finally found another torch handle, before Dracula pulled it, hoping a third time lucky… he then opened the wall, only to see his friends: Wayne the werewolf, Frank the Frankenstein monster & Murray the Mummy, along with Griffin the invisible man, attacking 3 Zombies…
"Drac…" Frank called, as he noticed Dracula, before Dracula hid Michael behind the wall.
"Yes, Franky?" Dracula asked, putting on his assured attitude.
"Hey Buddy, what you been doing?" Frank asked in curiosity.
"Don't move…" Dracula whispered to Michael, before turning his attention to Frank and the others… "Never mind that, what you been doing?"
"We wanted to practice our big number for Mavis's party, and then these losers wouldn't get off the band stage…" Wayne replied, with one of the zombies in his mouth…
"Ok, put down Zombie Mozart, Bach & Beethoven this instant…" Dracula demanded, Wayne, Frank and Murray threw them over to Dracula. "Did you get to rehearse at all, Zombie Beethoven?"
*Zombie Beethoven groans in a 5th Symphony tune*
"Listen Drac, we wanted to play something, just like old times, we even thought maybe you'd sing with us." Wayne said sympathetically.
"Come fellas, you know I haven't sang in public since… Martha…" Dracula replied with slight humour.
"Yeah, but we just through, you know, how much Mavis would love it…" Frank said sympathetically also.
"I SAID NO! *ROARS* DON'T ASK ME AGAIN!" Dracula roared, shocking and scaring, Wayne, Frank, Murray & Griffin. "Ok, now let's hug the Zombies, let's all make up…"
"Wow, he really scared you…" Wayne said to Frank.
"I wasn't scared, I was being polite…" Frank replied.
Michael watched everything from within the wall door opening, while tilting his head again in curiosity…
"Hey, what are you doing? I thought you were planning…" Mavis said, as he appeared in front of Michael, while hanging upside down from the ceiling.
"I, uh… I never caught your name." Michael replied, as Mavis got down from the ceiling.
"My name's Mavis." Mavis replied back.
"Mavis, that's a pretty nice name…" Michael said with awe in his tone, unaware of what was fully happening to him.
"Yeah, my mom picked it. So, are you gonna tell me your name?" Mavis asked, returning the question, while smiling at Michael.
"Me? Oh, I'm Michael, Michael the Boogeyman." Michael replied, while keeping the rest of his name secret, unsure if anyone in the hotel, had ever heard of him, especially from the 1978 Halloween massacre in his hometown: Haddonfield, Illinois.
But why was Michael nervous? What had he got to be nervous about? Why or how was he even feeling any emotion? Especially around this girl, who seemed to like him… she was definitely nothing like either of the two teenage girls he'd killed in 1978, or even his very first victim in 1963, his older sister: Judith Myers…
"Michael? That's a pretty unusual name for the Boogeyman." Mavis said with a curious chuckle.
"Hey Mavis…" a girl spider said, as they looked, causing Michael to slightly flinch, before losing his balance and crash on to a table, breaking it completely, causing everyone else to notice him...
Frank then came stomping angrily over to Michael, as he slowly sat up, as Dracula got in between them…
"Who, is that?!" Frank said, pointing at Michael with anger.
"I think your friends are about to try and kill me… not that it's going to work…" Michael whispered to Dracula.
"As long as they think you're a monster, you should be fine…" Dracula replied.
"Well that's me sorted, I'm kind of a monsters to other humans, not to mention that's technically racist…" Michael whispered sarcastically.
"We'll talk later…" Dracula said, as he and Michael stood up, before Michael turned from behind Dracula, revealing himself, but still keeping his physical humanity hidden…
"Well? Drac, who is this guy?" Frank asked again.
"He's Michael, the Boogeyman." Mavis replied, as she sat down on the stage behind Dracula.
"Yes Yes, Michael here, is the Boogeyman." Dracula said reassuringly.
"Hmm… bit unusual for the Boogeyman, but still, pretty cool, well, great to meet you, Michael." Frank said, as he shook Michael's left hand with both his own hands, causing Michael to bounce up and down, while shaking hands, causing Mavis to give a small giggle like laugh.
"So what brings you here, Michael?" Griffin asked in curiosity.
"Who said that?" Michael asked, unable to see Griffin.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I should really clear my throat when I'm about to speak, as I was saying, why are you here, Michael?" Griffin asked again.
"I was recruited by Dracula, as a party planner." Michael replied.
"Yes, I recruited Mr Boogeyman here, to help plan for Mavis's party." Dracula added in.
"Wait, you asked someone to help, you?" Murray asked all confused.
"Captain control Freak?" Wayne added sarcastically.
"It's count, and yes, I thought, that having a Mavis Contemporary, would be useful." Dracula explained.
"Yes, exactly, as it's Mavis's 118th birthday, I think it could need a new fresher perspective." Michael explained, causing Dracula to give him another angry look, while Wayne, Frank and Murray beamed with excitement.
"Ok Michael, Mr Tight Coffin over here, was planning to have these three lamos play at the party…" Wayne explained back, causing the zombies to groan in disappointment.
"So, we thought we'd liven things up a bit." Frank added, while holding Wayne and Murray with big smiles.
"Well, if you all can play, then Yes, I think that'll work, let's see and hear what you can do…" Michael replied, before thinking to himself… *"I can't believe I'm actually doing all this, what's happening to me?"*
Wayne, Frank, Griffin & Murray, all showed Michael, how they played music, they had made a song for Mavis, called: Where did the Time go, girl. The lyrics were good, but the music was out of tune, no one really approved, except Dracula, but even Mavis didn't find the tune good at all.
"What do you think, Michael?" Wayne asked, as Frank, Griffin & Murray also gave nervous and curious looks.
"The Lyrics are good, I like the lyrics, but I think you need to step up the tune more…" Michael replied, as he made his way up to the stage, before borrowing Murray's guitar. "Let me show you all, how I hear good music, Wayne, give me a kick-start…"
Frank then gave Michael a slight kick up the backside…
"Not that kind of kick-start, Frank!" Michael said, causing Mavis give another slight giggle of humour.
Wayne then pressed a few keys on his piano all at the same time, before Michael began playing a combination of Rock & Metal music, on Murray's guitar, while rocking and shaking his head heavily but carefully, making sure his mask didn't come flying off…
This caused nearly everyone with the room, to come running in, to hear this new found music to them, as they all cheered for Michael, even Mavis was smiling and gasping with surprise to what this unknown Boogeyman character could do… only Dracula was giving a not so happy/surprised look…
"Now that's what I call Music…" Michael said with humour, before questioning himself inside his mind again… *"Seriously Michael, What is happening to you?!"*
"I am so, Blown away right now… You are a madman, Michael." Mavis said with surprise & excitement.
"I think the Boogeyman here, is gonna make this the. Best. Party. EVER!" Frank said, as he picked and called, right in Michael's face.
"Yeah…" Murray added, as he and everyone started charting around Michael with excitement.
"Not doing any of that! We've got to stay on schedule, Alright?" Dracula said with negativity and reassurance, as he hovered above everyone.
"Aright Dad, alright… Michael, you're coming too, aren't you?" Mavis asked Michael with excitement still.
"I Dunno…" Michael said, only to be cut off by more chatter of excitement from everyone, except Dracula, who gave another dark angered look at Michael…
To be continued…