Operation: SCARY, Part 6

Chapter 6: Wolf and Monkey

Nightmare Land

Already, Nightmare citizens were setting up massive posters of Count Dracula all around the buildings. The vampire lord himself stood within the Fear Factory's throne room, smirking as he overlooked the city which had fallen to his control. "Oooh, hoo hoo, we did it, Dracy!" Jack O'Lantern exclaimed. "The Nightmare King has fallen! The Realm of Nightmares belongs to US, now!"

"Us?" Jack looked with fright as the vampire suddenly got in his face with a terrifying glare.

"I-I mean, you, Count Dracula."

"But I should hope you haven't forgotten OUR parts of the bargain." Both villains turned to Harry the Werewolf and Oogie Boogie.

"After all… you wouldn't have gotten that sword if it hadn't been for Yours Truly." Oogie told him.

"Argh… very well. Let's discuss this." Dracula decided. "Since I have drank the blood of the Nightmare King, the throne of Nightmare Land belongs to me. Jack O'Lantern vill be the new Pumpkin King," Jack smirked and nodded at this, "and rule the Town of Halloween. Oogie Boogie vill be in charge of all Nightmare Production." The Boogie Man chuckled evilly and rubbed his stubby hands together. "And Harry-"

The werewolf stuck his tongue out like the excited dog he was.

"…will control the Fright Side and have all the candy he desires." Dracula said with an annoyed look.

"Hooray! Oh, most joyous of occasions!" Harry exclaimed.

"Now GET back to your posts!" Dracula demanded, making the two wince. "I vill have nobody ruining this night. The night… of my wedding."

"OOH, a wedding!" Harry exclaimed. "Will there be cake? Blood-red punch? Just so you know, I can't eat with anything silver."

"There vill be many treats, and much more." Dracula claimed as he raised the Nightmare Sword up high. "Vhen Danika and I are wedded, I vill take her blood and lay it on the sword. Her blood soaked on my sword vill symbolize our equal reign as King and Queen of Nightmare Land. Of course, I will have the most power." He whispered to Jack, who snickered. "But first, I must end the marriage she is currently entitled to. It is… until death, do us part. My sword shall end the life of Nolan York… Vonce he is gone, there will be no one to take Danika away from me."

"Erm, are you quite sure that's sanitary?" Harry asked.

"Just make sure the prisoners remain at bay. It will not be long before Jack's curse becomes permanent. With all mortals transformed into monsters, whilst the remaining ones become my Children, I vill be the King of Nightmare Land and the Earth. And there will be no one to stop me…"

Ashland Park

"YAAAAHH! WAHOOOO!" Aranea cheered, the angel child excitedly soaring across the skies.

"Aranea, wait!" Sally yelled, the Sector W crew trying to give chase. "Slow down!"

"Yeeaahh!" Aranea soared higher into the sky, going above the clouds.

Meanwhile, the angelic hero, Pit Icarus was in his room in Skypia, playing his Nintendo 3DS. The angel heard some cheering outside his window and looked outside, seeing the Aranea angel flying around his room in joy with her angel wings. Pit put on an annoyed expression and mumbled, "Pfft. Showoff."

Aranea spread her arms and legs out and closed her eyes in peace as the wind brushed against her face. When she opened her eyes, "Waaah!", she screamed once again as she nearly came in contact with a blue ghost cat, skidding to a halt in the air just as the two phased through each other. Aranea turned and looked curiously at the cat.

"Huh? What is it?" Sally asked as Aranea floated down with the cat.

"I found this cat up there." Aranea said. "I'm not sure what it's doing here."

The cat proceeded to open its mouth, exposing the holographic image of the Fright Side broommates trapped in the torture chamber. The crew took particular notice of the two witches hanging over the pot of water. "Hey, doesn't that look like that Ms. Wickens lady?" Harvey asked, looking behind his sunglasses.

"Whoever they are, they look like they're in trouble." Makava observed.

"Then we have to help them somehow." Arianna said.

"Oh, Kitty? Can you take us to wherever they are?" Sally asked politely.

The cat opened his mouth even wider, and the kids stared mysteriously into a green, haunting portal.

Fright Side; Scary Godmother's dungeon

The chain holding Scary Godmother and Wiccan swung back and forth as Crystal looked worriedly down at the water. "Don't worry, Crystal. The most important thing in a situation like this is not to panic."

"Says a full supporter of Halloween? And what happened to human lives being always spared?"

"Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust, Scary Godmother." Harry spoke as he paced back and forth in the dungeon. "And to think this all started with a few simple pizzas." The werewolf popped out a piece of candy from a pack and flipped it into his mouth, chewing away.

"You won't get away with this for long, Harry." Scary said sternly.

"We shall soon see. After I take over the Fright Side, I'll be dining on candy like never before. I… ooh?" The werewolf took notice of a tasty-looking piece on the ground just then. "Speak of the delicacy! Come to me, my tasty treat…" He slowly reached down and approached the candy. "Oh?" But to his surprise, the tiny piece hopped its way to the stairs. "Come, now, don't be shy!" Harry continued to approach the candy as it hopped up the stairs.

"Don't go, my little gumdrop." Harry said as he chased it across the living room. "I only wish to dine on your delicate sweetness." The candy hopped its way to the door and slipped its way through the gap. Harry tried to open the door, but realized it was locked tight. He tried to open the windows, but remembered their rubbery substance. So instead, he backed up a few feet, and charged right through the door, falling face-first to the ground outside. He saw the candy still hopping away from his reach and quickly stood to give chase. "Wait! Come back, my tasty treat!"

Once the werewolf was gone, Aranea took careful aim from inside an air vent with her bow and arrow. Her sights focused on the pot of water, waiting until all the skeleton guards were turned away. Once they were, she let loose the arrow, striking the pot and successfully piercing a hole, in which all of the water slowly began to pour. The surrounding guards approached the pot to study the hole. As they were distracted, Tronta Dunfree, as Tron, slipped down the stairs in his agile virtual body, quietly flipping his way to the glass case which held Skully's severed parts. Tronta stood straight and quiet, backing up against the case as the Minish-sized Michelle ran along his shoulder. She slipped inside the tiny lock and looked around the many mechanisms that made up the inside. Using powerful earthbending, the teeny girl was able to break the lock's interior to pieces, and the glass case slowly opened as Skully's parts hopped out.

The skeletons continued to observe the hole, picking up and studying the arrow as Tronta backed up towards Bug-a-boo's electric cage, followed by Skully's bouncing parts. When they reached the cage, some of Skully's parts formed into a skeleton key. The key inserted itself into the cage's lock, and the electricity died down as the cage opened. "RAAAHH!" The skeletons jumped around to see Bug-a-boo escaped, too late to defend as the monster charged straight through and pummeled them all. Bug-a-boo then went over to the vampires and proceeded to destroy the crosses, and eat the garlic that trapped them. The vampire family stood up, more non-alive than ever as Orson hovered over to the witches, using his fangs to pick and bite the shackles which binded their arms. Afterwards, Max grabbed Godmother, and Ruby held onto Crystal as they were set free. After Fybi the Bat helped get the gooey gunk off Godmother's wings, by gnawing it with her bat fangs, the witch flapped her wings and hovered on her own, sighing with relief.

"No! Please come back, my sweet!" Harry pleaded as he chased the candy further down the road. "Just imagine, the TASTINESS you would have on my tongue! You'll like my stomach, you know. It has a hot tub and everything! And you take a slide to get there! And when I swallow you, I shall nominate you for the reward of 'Tastiest candy in the world'! Now that sounds good, right? Oh, please come back. PLEASE! I'm begging you, I…"

The candy kept trying to get away, but was unfortunately stuck between a crack it had jumped into. Harry smiled with glee, licking around his lips as he ran and finally snatched the candy, holding it up in the air. "Finally! Now, into my…" His mouth was wide open, ready to swallow it in one bite. "HEY!" To his bad luck, a white-feathered bird with a black ponytail and purple dress swooped down and snatched the candy in its talons. "Come back!"

Makava looked down and smirked as the werewolf was chasing her, flying back the other way. "Come back here, you stupid bird! I'll-" Harry was silenced when he tripped over the extended vine from a purple and green flower. Arianna lightly giggled to herself and stayed still.

Back in the dungeon, Scary Godmother had conjured a magic mop and bucket which she used to mop all of the water up, making the floor nice and dry for her and Wiccan to stand on. "Perfect." she grinned.

"Thanks for the save." Crystal smiled at the Sector W team and aliens.

"Happy to help." Sally nodded.

"Thank you, too, Boozle." Godmother said to her cat. "Told you he was a smart one."

"Well, I'd certainly prefer him over dogs, in more ways than one." Skully remarked.

"But what about the Nightmare King?" Orson asked. "We've got to save him from Count Dracula."

"Yes! Dracula is a disgrace to our family!" Max declared.

"He's right. We've gotta get to Nightmare Land and do something." Godmother announced.

"Let's go grab the others and get going." Tronta declared, and the lot of them hurried up and out of the basement.

But with a start, they immediately stopped in their tracks when they reached the living room, barely dodging fire from a Red Skeleton Soldier. "Ah-ha!" They turned their attention to Harry, standing in the doorway. "I should've known, you can never trust delicious candy."

Before the flaming skeleton could strike again, Harvey the polar bear was able to grab it from behind and chomp its head under his teeth as he dragged it out of the house, and Harry winced with fright. "That's the end of the line, Harry." Scary Godmother told him, looking fiercely at him, as did everyone else. "You're back to helping me sow cobwebs, and we're going to Nightmare Land to help put an end to this nonsense."

"I see. But you should know, Scary Godmother, I have a few tricks of my own." (Play "Majestic Wings" from Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance!) Harry got down on all fours, and everyone watched with curiosity as the werewolf began trembling. Slowly, the werewolf started to expand in size, his blue pajamas ripping apart as his white fur became much more wild and disheveled. His fangs grew, drooling with hunger, and his eyes looked bloodthirsty. Harry completed his transformation into a far more vicious werewolf, howling into the heavens as everyone looked in fear.

"Um… when did he learn how to do that?" Skully asked.

Harry snarled with anger, grabbing Crystal Wickens and tossing her straight out into the front yard. Scary Godmother quickly flew to her side as Crystal stood up, and both of them faced the werewolf as he crawled toward them, still snarling. Scary and Wiccan readied themselves and prepared to battle.

Boss fight: Harry

Crystal and Godmother kept their guard up as the werewolf snarled. He ran at Crystal and smacked her to the side with his claws. Scary tried to zap magic at him, but Harry defended and swatted her away as well. He turned his attention back to Crystal as the witch stood up, quickly shooting flames at Harry's face as she backed away. Harry took the hits as he crawled closer to Crystal, gnashing his fangs at her. His teeth grasped onto Crystal's staff, and Crystal held onto it as Harry swung her around and sent her flying several feet.

"Fighting big dogs isn't as easy as they make it look." Crystal said, recovering once again. "How do you kill a werewolf, anyhow?"

"Hmm…" Godmother tapped her chin in thought before a moment of realization occurred. "Oh, I remember! You're supposed to use a silver-"

"-bullet?" Crystal asked.

"Spoon, fork, coins, anything silver will do. Bullets are just more efficient."

"Agh." Crystal grunted as Harry pounced in front of her again, raising her staff in defense. "Better get some out here, then." She said, trying to beat Harry with her staff.

"Skully! We need silver!" Godmother called.

"Coming right up!" Mr. Pettibone yelled, zipping into the house.

Crystal rapidly dodged around as Harry kept trying to scratch her. "Lumos Herem!" she called, unleashing a ray of sunlight from her staff, which made Harry shield his eyes. Squinting his eyes slightly, Harry faced the witch and tackled her to the ground, cancelling the spell as he pinned Crystal down, snarling over her face.

Skully ran out just then and yelled, "Here!", tossing some silver spoons to Scary Godmother.

The witch caught them and flew over to aid Crystal. "Har-RYYY!" The sound of the clattering spoons caught his attention. Harry turned and whimpered in fright at the sight of the spoons. He backed away, and Crystal was able to stand up. Godmother tossed her the spoons, which Crystal swung towards the werewolf, making him wince every time. Harry was stunned when the witch tossed the spoons right at him, allowing Wiccan to lay several blows against his face. Eventually, Harry recovered and jumped away from the silver spoons. Crystal aimed her staff and shot more fires, jumping back when Harry scratched at her. She noticed the pumpkins around the yard and aimed her staff at one of them. "Wingardium Leviosa!" At this, the pumpkin levitated, and Crystal sent it flying at Harry's face, engulfing his whole head before he could gnash at her.

At this time, Skully was hurrying out of the house again, loads of silver kitchen utensils in his arms. "Scary Godmother, I've got the- WHOOA!" Sadly, the skeleton tripped over the stairs and sent the items flying up in the air. Harry ripped the pumpkin off his head to see the fallen skeleton, growling at the tasty-looking bone man. Skully stood up and looked in fear as Harry glared at him. "Uhh… nice doggy- AHHH!" Skully ran as Harry gave chase.

Crystal hurried after the werewolf and leapt, grabbing hold of the branch of a tree close by and spinning around, launching herself toward the wolf and landing on its back. She sat tight and gripped his fur, trying to control him as he still chased after Skully. Skully was now heading for the pile of silver, leaping over it, and Harry was about to leap as well, but Crystal forced him to skid to a halt, ramming Harry through the silverware and into the tree, knocking him in a daze. During this daze, Crystal took this time to beat him with her staff, and Harry shook back to normal after a few moments.

The werewolf howled into the heavens before glaring back at Crystal. Harry rapidly began swinging his claws at the witch too fast for her to counter, jumping all around the field and slashing her from all directions. After a while, Harry had her knocked onto the ground, and proceeded to pin her down and snarl in her face. Harry was zapped by a magic blast by Scary Godmother, and was forced to back away as the witch kept firing. Crystal was able to stand up and grab her staff. She took aim at the werewolf and focused as she called, "Expecto, Patronum!" But to no avail. "Expecto, Patronum!" she called again, but nothing happened. "AAH!" Harry was about to gnash at her, but Orson flew by and grabbed her, setting her a few feet away.

"Maybe a little more training before we get to the big stuff." Godmother suggested before refocusing her glare on Harry. The evil werewolf snarled at his taskmaster and was ready to charge at her. But right then, Scary Godmother smiled as she pulled out two crackers with some kind of reddish-orange substance sandwiched between them. Harry suddenly smiled at the tasty treat, panting and wagging his tail as he awaited the godmother to toss it to him. The witch did so and tossed the cracker above Harry, the werewolf jumping and snatching it in his mouth. He licked the substance clean off his lips as he was suddenly shrunk down back to his regular size and form. (End song.)

"Uuh! You call that a Blood Cracker? I've heard of zombies who make tastier treats than you." Harry complained. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm locking you back in your-"

"Harry?"

"Yeees?" Harry turned to face an angry Count Max.

"Look deeply into my eyes." He instructed as his eyes began swirling with red.

"Okay! Looking!"

"Now, cease your chattering… and sleep."

"Sleep? But I haven't even got my candy, yet! I-" But with that, the spell clicked, and Harry was fast asleep.

"Scary Godmother's very own Monster Tamer Cracker." Bug-a-boo smiled. "Calms your average angry, candy-crazed werewolf right down and puts them to sleep."

"Of course, you had a little help vith that last part…" Max reminded.

At this time, Makava took land in the front yard, holding the candy Vweeb between her feet and the potted Arianna plant in her arms. "Is everyone alright?"

"I would hope so." Godmother replied. "Count Max, Ruby, lock up and watch after Harry. Crystal, let's go check up on the town."

Boozle once again opened his mouth wide and created a portal to Virginia. The lot of them stepped inside and swirled away into the greenness.

Cleveland, Virginia; in front of Gallagher Elementary

Everywhere you look, zombies and other monstrified creatures continued to roam the streets, bringing terror and fear to the hearts of almost every other regular human. "Guess the situation is just as bad here." Godmother observed.

"It's just like Bug-a-boo said!" Orson noticed.

"And if it ain't fixed fast, I'll be outta business." Bug-a-boo said.

"Looks like Darkrai and Crystal's friend are long gone." Godmother figured. "They must be trapped in Nightmare Land by now. Boozle: take us to-" But before the witch gave her command, the ghost cat was suddenly trapped inside some kind of spherical barrier.

"NNOPE! That's as far as you go." Called some female, echoing, childish voice. The lot of them looked around for the source, and suddenly found their selves surrounded by Forces of Nature troops. They looked into the heavens as the apparition of the goddess herself was seen.

"Viridi!" Sector W and the aliens exclaimed.

"This curse is unnatural as unnatural gets." The giantess spoke. "But it does provide the benefit to my side. Because of this curse, I can ultimately put an END to the plague of humanity, and replace them all with sweet wildlife. As long as a single human remains in this world, this curse shall live on! I plan to put a stop to it afterwards, and also exterminate any Nightmare creatures still hanging around. And once it's finished, the Earth will finally be MINE again to dominate, not those wretched humans. So I have to do everything I can to stop you FREAKS from ruining it. That's why I'm keeping your little ghostie cat." The two gangs then noticed that Boozle was trapped in the barrier of a Mahva.

"Oooh. I've heard of you, Viridi." Scary Godmother started angrily. "You're that no-good goddess that used to cause trouble during the Old Demon Wars. Now you're doing the same thing as before. You'd think Palutena woulda taught you by now."

"Lady Palutena is blind by her own light. She refuses to see what filthy creatures the humans are. She refuses to see the selfishness in their hearts. AND she has the gall to call ME AS SELFISH AS THEY ARE! That's why I have to exterminate them for GOOD, and show her how much more pleasant the Earth is without them."

"Of course! Wanting to kill an entire race for the sake of repopulating your own race doesn't sound the LEAST bit of selfish!" Crystal exclaimed with sarcasm.

"ARE YOU trying to IMPLY something?!"

"Look, Viridi, you DO have a point, and I can understand your hatred." Crystal told her. "But there are better ways."

"Perhaps you should spend less time trying to exterminate humans, and more time thinking about why this 'Palutena' had you locked away in the first place." Arianna suggested.

"Better ways, my foot. I believe I've let you monsters live long enough. FORCES OF NATURE, PLUCK those freaks from the earth, and SEVER THEIR-"

"REDUCTO!" The Forces of Nature had no time to attack as a series of magic blasts shot over and disintegrated some of them. One of the Royal Guards looked around frantically before he was suddenly tackled by a lion, Chris, who gnawed away at his face. The guard pushed the lion off of him, but Maddy ran from behind and burned the guard's rear with her dragon breath, making the guard run around crazily.

"Dismantlo!" Facilier called, shooting a spell that disabled the Mahva's barrier, releasing Boozle. Zach the tiger then proceeded to tackle the Mahva and bite away at it.

"Is that even a real spell?" Maddy asked the Shadow Man.

"Girl, I don't have time ta look up what the real spells are, so I'm just sayin' whatever *** works."

"Grrr! I should've brought more soldiers. More COMPETENT ones!"

"We're comin' at you next, Viridi!" Chris yelled up at her.

Viridi's Lair

"Those darn operatives. They always have to ruin everything." The Nature Goddess complained.

"If it were up to me, I'd have them burned to soot in no time flat." Phosphora said. "But… you know…" she sighed, looking at her powerless hands.

"I have to keep them busy until the curse is permanent." Viridi stated. "But who to use? Ooh, I know! Oh, Spidermankeyyy!"

At her call, a very tiny, spider-sized ape with eight arms and five eyes crawled out from a tiny hole in her ceiling, dropping down and beginning to crawl all around Viridi's face.

"Aw, who's a cute wittle Spidermankey?" Viridi cooed as she made all sorts of 'cute' sounds, catching the animal on her fingers as it crawled around some more. Viridi then held the animal up above her crystal ball, allowing it to drop inside.

Back in front of Gallagher

"OOO-AAAAHHHHH!" The gigantic Spidermankey dropped onto the field, landing with a thud with its many fists.

"THIS is my Spidermankey." Viridi introduced as the mutant ape glared with its five green eyes. "What's a cuddly little bug to ME, is ten times the brawn of an average gorilla to YOU."

"Would that not be 'eight' times the brawn, Mistress Viridi?" Arlon asked.

"Ohh, whatever, Arlon. Spidermankey, just attack them."

"Man, we so don't have time for this." Tronta complained.

"Y'all kids do whatcha gotta do. We'll handle this ape." Facilier told them.

The broommates and operatives nodded as Boozle opened his mouth to a portal to Nightmare Land. The monsters stepped into the portal and vanished, and Facilier, Chris, Zach, and Maddy were left to deal with Viridi's monster.

"Aww, it breaks my heart to have to bring pain to a bunch of poor, defenseless animals. But it won't be long until you're all a part of the natural food chain, anyway. So… SPIDERMANKEY, MINCE THEM!" The eight-armed ape roared and charged at the four.

Boss fight: Spidermankey

The Spidermankey leapt and slammed its fists down at them, but the four jumped out of the way as Chris leapt to bite on its head. Spidermankey grabbed the lion and bashed him against the ground before Maddy ran up and blew fire on its tail. The monkey leapt and yelped before batting Maddy away with Chris, then was forced to release Chris when Zach bit his arm. As they fought, several Forces of Nature troops came out and cheered for Spidermankey. Spidermankey grabbed a chunk of the earth in his arms and hurled it at Facilier, who quickly fired a spell and blew it to rubble. Spidermankey jumped through the debris and tried to punch him, but the agile witch-doctor jumped around and avoided.

Zach ran up to bite Spidermankey's tail, but as his teeth held onto the tail, the monstrous ape swung him around and sent him flying at Chris, who leapt overhead and landed beside the monkey's leg, swinging a scratch with his lion claws and leaving a scar. The Spidermankey roared in pain and punched the lion away. The ape then ran for Facilier again and swung a punch at him, but Shadow Facilier pulled his master into the ground and slid over to a garbage can. Facilier then used a levitating spell to pick it up, and stuff it over the Spidermankey's head.

The monkey pulled off the garbage can as Chris and Zach pounced on his head and began to bite at him. Spidermankey shook them off, but couldn't defend when Maddy leapt up and blew fire in his face. Spidermankey twirled its many fists around before leaping in the air and laying a powerful punch onto the ground, causing the land to shake and create a shockwave that blew the four heroes away.

The Spidermankey tried to crush Zach with its fist, but Maddy flew by and grabbed him out of the way, distracting the monster as Chris leapt and chomped its head from behind. It grabbed Chris and threw him off, but the monster was suddenly being punched by an invisible force, which happened to be Shadow Facilier punching at his shadow. The Spidermankey took hold of Zach and sank its fangs into his back, but Maddy burned his butt from behind again. Zach scampered away as Chris ran and bit the ape's other leg.

The Spidermankey grabbed Facilier by the leg and rapidly swung him against the ground. Zach pounced and bit the ape's arm, and Facilier was released. The witch-doctor quickly grabbed his cane and yelled, "REDUCTO!" causing the ape to explode into pieces.

"NOOOO!!" Viridi screamed.

"Hah! Strength of ten gorillas?" Zach taunted. "That Phosphora chick was a MILLION times stronger than THAT lug, and we still took her out!"

"Aww, I have my own fan club." Phosphora remarked.

Viridi's teeth were grinded in anger. "Grrrr! The night still isn't over, yet! Enjoy your victory now, 'cause soon, you'll all be part of the animal kingdom!" With this last note, the apparition faded away.

"Um, Facilier? Why didn't you just do that at the start of the fight?" Maddy asked.

"Ah was goin' to, but then she started to sing, and I wanted to see how long it would go."

"Well, here lies another one of her favorite pets." Chris said, approaching the scattered dust of the Spidermankey. The lion bent down and took a whiff of the dust, putting on a curious look. "Yo, Doc… this stuff smell familiar to you?"

The witch-doctor approached the dust and scooped some up in his fingers, taking a whiff. "Yeah… it does…"