Fear by Flying Zamboni 2 *********************************************************************** "Mom, I'm gonna go meet up with my friends in Threed!"said Ness, ready for trick-or-treating. "Allright honey, but don't you think you should change out of your jammies first?" "Mom, for the hundredth time, these are not my pajamas, this is a ninja outfit!" "Okay okay, just be back before midnight." "Ok mom." replied Ness as he left and teleported for Threed. The others were waiting for Ness in front of the Hotel when he finished teleporting. Paula was dressed as a Mr. Saturn, Jeff was dressed as a zombie, and Poo was a Starman. "Um Ness, why are you in your pajamas?" "Jeff this is a ninja costume!" "Why must you Westerners always patronize my culture?" "Sorry Poo, I didn't think about it." "Um, lets just start trick-or-treating, okay?" interupted Paula. About two hours later the four had finished and each one had a huge sack of candy. "Boy, the people here are so generouse; they just took one look at me and tossed the whole bucket of candy at us!" said Jeff, as he adjusted his zombie costume's fake teeth. The friends were just about to leave Threed when they saw a boy ,about their age, with two taller and older looking boys smileing evily down at him. "Give us your candy you little runt!"said the taller of the two. "You want my candy? Ok, here!"said the smaller boy, as he proceded to whack the taller boy in the head with his bag of candy. The taler boy then lost his balance and hit the side of a nearby building, knocking himself out. The small boy began running away in the direction of the graveyard, with the remaining bully in pursuit. It looked as though the small boy was going to outrun the bully, until he tripped.The bully quickly caught up. "I'm going to pound your face in you little-OGH!" the bully's insult was cut short as he fell to the ground with a bat-shaped dent in his head. "Whew! Thanks a lot. I'm Billy, and you are?" "I'm Ness, and thats Paula, Jeff, and Poo." "Wow! Your those guys that saved the world! You guys rock!" The five children sat down and talked for a little while, when the ground suddenly began to shake violently. "What's going on!" yelled Jeff, as the ground began cracking and a hideous roar was heard resounding in the caverns below the graveyard. "Let's get out of here!" yelled Billy. But no sooner had he said that two rotting hands burst from the ground and dragged him down into the caverns below. "Let's go down there after him!" said Poo. When the four were just about to descend below, a horde of zombies burst from the ground and began to crawl twords them. The four tried hitting the zombies with everything they had, but nothing appeared to have any affect on the decaying monsters. "What are they invincible? Ness, I tink we should retreat!" "Just what I was thinking Poo! Everyone, let's retreat to that abandoned house over there! PSI Flash Omega!" The flash blinded the zombies long enough for the four to get into the house. Once they were inside, they saw that the house was not abandoned after all. In the corner at the far end of the house lay an old man, sleeping on a small cot. The four ignored him and sat in silence for what had seemed like an eternaty. Ness was the first to speak,"I just don't get it. The zombies were never this strong before!" he said in a low wisper. "We have to go rescue that kid!" whispered Jeff. "I know, I know, but how? Hey! What if Poo mirrored one of the zombies and-" "HEY!!!" Ness' plan was cut short as the old man, now awake and startled by their appearance, began shouting at them. "Hey! This is my house. This is my house! Won't you please get out of my house? It's not your house! AH! Don't stab me!" "Wha? Oh, please forgive me for frightening you with my sword, but we beg for you to be quite. There are zombies chaseing us, and-" "Zombies? Zombies. ZOMBIES! AHHHH! ZOMBIES! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE AND GET OUR BRAINS EATEN WITH PINTO BEANS ON THE SIDE! AHHHHHH!" "Shut-up, shut-up!" said Jeff as the old man contiued his histerics. Just then, a zombies' hand crashed through the door. The four were forced to leave the house and run far into the woods. Ness kept running and running until he could run no more. He heard the creatures circleing in around him...closer...closer...and closer still, until, all at once, the noises stopped. Ness sighed in releif. He began to observe his surroundings, only to realize that he was hopelessly lost, and seperated from the others. Ness began to search for them, but the second he took a step, the ground crumbled beneath his feet, sending him plummiting into the abyss below. Jeff groaned as he stood up. The last thing that he remembered was falling into the hole beneath him. He couldn't see a thing. Jeff could only assume that he was in the dark caverns below the cemetary. Suddenly, he heard an odd song being played, faintly, but still audible. He pulled out his Gaia beam and began following the song deep into the caverns. Poo had been walking for what seemed like hours. Wherever the music was coming from it sounded as though it was being played on a piano. Poo had never felt so afraid. He had always been able to block his emotions before, but this place, this darkness there was something unsettling and evil about it. In the darkness he could see nothing. His lack of sight caused him to hear everything around him. He would hear rocks cracking and a continual dripping noise. The more and more that Poo heard the dripping, the more afraid he became, the faster he walked, until he was sprinting in the direction of the music. The faster he ran, the faster the music. Faster, faster, and faster, until he couldn't take it anymore! He screamed out in terror. He kept screaming until he hit something. "A dead end!" exclaimed Paula."It sounds like the music is coming from the other side. I'll just have to blast the wall down! PSI Freeze Omega!" The wall proceeded to freeze over. When it was completly frozen, Paula hit it with her frying pan, shattering it. Paula stepped into a room lit with torches. She gasped in shock at what she saw, Billy sitting at the piano playing. Almost at once, three other sections of the walls burst orpen. Out of them stepped Ness, Jeff, and Poo. Instantly, the piano stopped. "Glad to see that your all here." said Billy as he stood up. "Billy? What is going on?" asked Paula. "There is no Billy only Mani Mani! After you defeated my body, my spirit still remained. I could no longer influence the mind of living creatures. I needed a way to restore my power, and a place well secluded to restore it. So, I came here. After the zombie incident, it seemed that no one wanted to come here. I found that I could harness the emotion of fear in humans to use as power. I managed to use what little power I had left to posses a corpse and create the illusion that it was a little boy. I wandered the town, entering peoples dreams, giveing them nightmares. The fear I harnessed from these people was enough for me to gain enough power to control tremors, and create solid illusions. The zombies that you saw were only solid illusions. HA HA HA HA HA! I have waited for this day, the day I will make you all feel the wrath of my revenge!" with that Billy raised his hands and began to glow gold. In a quick flash the glow left him and formed into a light that began to take the shape of a man. In a few moments, a larege golden man with horns stood before them. In his hands he held a large golden sword. "With the amount of fear you four have displayed tonight, my power has doubled! Now die!" Mani Mani fired a huge beam of PSI directly at Ness, but Paula stopped it with a shield. The four countered using their best attacks, but Mani Mani stopped all four of the attackes. Then he jumped high into the air and landed hard, creating a shockwave. The Chosen Four were thrown back against the wall. Mani Mani walked over to Ness,"Your the reason! Your the reason that I'm in this cavern! Your the reason that Master Giygas does not control this world! It's all your doing!" Mani Mani the kicked Ness in the stomach, raised his sword high into the air, and brought it down. Mani Mani stood in shock as he saw Ness holding Mani's sword blade in his hands."No. No more being afraid! Our fear is the only reason that you are winning. Without our fear to dwell on, you are nothing!" as Ness said this the sword began to rust. Ness then broke the blade in half. The other three stood up."No! S-Stay back!" The closer the four got to Mani Mani, the more he began to rust, until he was nothing but a statue. With a terrible roar, the statue shattered and was gone forever. "It's finnaly over," sighed Jeff,"but how do we get out of here?" "I've noticed that there is a large hole in the ceiling. If we use Teleport Beta, and jump at just the right time we should make it up." said Poo. The four tried it and got out or the caverns. The hole led to the middle of the graveyard. The friends said good-bye and went home, they'd had enough trick-or-treating for one night. THE END Happy Halloween!