Operation: SCARY, Part 7

Chapter 7: Oogie's Fantastical Dungeon of Death

Nightmare Land

Nolan York, as Batman, and Darkrai II were now tied up in ectoplasmic chains, hanging from a chain as they were lowered into a giant glass container, looking angrily as Jack O'Lantern held an evil smirk. "Ah, what more perfect way to end the two blackest blacks of the night, than drowning them in gallons of white?"

"What the heck?" Nolan questioned that phrase.

"In only a moment, this entire container will be flooded in fresh, warm milk." At this, the two captives looked at the large tanker of milk, hooked up to a machine that had a large pipe, leading into their prison. "The all-powerful Nightmare King will be submerged in the biggest poison to Nightmares, and Batman will drown along with him. Then, no one can intervene between the wedding of Count Dracula and Danika Anderson."

"Your moment under the moon will not last, O'Lantern." Darkrai assured him. "The Nightmares are loyal to only one King."

"Also, there's no way Danika would marry a freak like Dracula." Nolan said.

"I beg to differ. It sounds fitting." Jack smirked. "Count Dracula, Countess Danika… has a nice ring to it, wouldn't ya say? Nevertheless, it doesn't matter. Even if she does refuse at first, Dracula has quite the… eye when it comes to the ladies, wouldn't ya say? Anyhoo, farewell, Darky! And you, too, Batty. Start the machine, Lawrence!" Jack instructed to a skeleton, who stood atop a platform. The skeleton, Lawrence, gave a thumbs-up and pressed a few buttons on the control panel. In a moment, the container began filling with gallons of milk, which were slowly rising higher to flood and drown the two inside.

Jack happily twirled his scythe and walked out of there as he sang to himself, "Ohh, wetty ghosts, kings roasts, Batman jam, soggy suits, milk boots, Batman jam…"

"Well, ain't this a fun way to go out?" Nolan asked sarcastically. "Caught in a cheesy Batman deathtrap with King Can't-Even-Defeat-A-Simple-Vampire-And-Now-About-To-Die-In-Milk."

"DON'T pin this whole thing on me!" Darkrai yelled furiously. "I'm not the most powerful being in the cosmos. Instead of arguing, why don't we try to find a way out of this mess?"

"Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhh…" they heard a high-pitch voice crying from down the halls, "-AAAAAHHHHHHH!" Jar Jar Blinks dashed in face-flat against the glass container.

"Jar Jar!" Darkrai exclaimed.

The Gungan pushed himself off the glass and said, "Da'ky! Me-sa no Nightmare, so I-sha no hafta listen to Dwacy-wacky! He-sa taken over deh whole bombad town! WAIIIII!" he frantically shook around.

"JAR JAR! Just save our arses, you stupid arse!"

"Oook-sie-DOKSY!" The crazy Gungan shook around as he scampered up the stairs to the controls.

The skeleton guard turned and noticed him and said, "Hey, you're not allowed up here!"

"Supah Gungy Rappy KICK! AI-YE-YE-YE-YE-YE-YE-YE!" Jar Jar leapt in midair and laid a series of quick kicks upon the skeleton. When he finished, the skeleton continued to stand in place, seconds before he cracked into a million pieces and fell apart. With him gone, the Gungan approached his control station, looking confusedly around all the strange contraptions. "Uhh… lessee: ummmm…"

Darkrai and Nolan's eyes widened as the milk was reaching their heads. "Hurry UP, you stupid donkey-fish thing!" Darkrai demanded.

"Mmmph! Bop!" He pushed a button, dunking the two into the milk, and pulling them back out. "Aaaahhm…" He pushed another button, making a metal device come down beside the two, and a punching glove began popping out and beating them repeatedly. Jar Jar then started pushing all of the buttons he could aimlessly, and Nolan and Darkrai were swinging back and forth, bashing against the glass, had their "hair" cut up by scissors, had their "teeth" brushed, water shoved down their mouths and forced to gargle and spit, and were powdered with makeup.

"Will you STOP messing around, JAR JAR!" Darkrai boomed.

"HMPH! I-sa gots BETTER plan. HMMMMMMM…" Jar Jar zipped down the stairs and zoomed far away down the hallway, his body shrinking in the distance. Suddenly, the Gungan was dashing straight back, going faster and faster. "WAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIII!!" The two men/spirit shut their eyes tight, and with his full force, Jar Jar's head collided powerfully with the container, his open mouth pressed against the glass. The collision was able to crack the glass a bit, leaving a hole where his mouth is now. The level of the milk was getting lower, as the white, liquid substance was flowing straight into Jar Jar's mouth.

The Gungan's body grew larger and fatter, and once all of the milk was drained, Jar Jar was a massive, round ball, half as big as the container. The Gungan shook around a bit, some slight milk drooling from his mouth. In an instant, Jar Jar was flying around the room, his body shrinking as milk spewed out everywhere. Soon, he was flat as paper, and slowly drifted down into the container beside the two. "I-sa OKAY!" he exclaimed, jumping to his feet in his 3-D form.

"Great…" Darkrai said, both he and Nolan disbelieved, "Cut us down."

"Okay." Jar Jar pulled out a glowing green ectoplasmic knife and cut them free.

"Oooogg…" When they fell to the ground, Darkrai struggled to hold himself up.

"Ooh, Da'ky…" Jar Jar put his boss's arm around his head and helped him up. "You-sa all baddy-beddy…"

"Yes… I am sick. Even the slightest touch of milk on a Nightmare's skin can make them weary. Jar Jar… take me to the storage so I may drink some Fear Energy. Nolan… you'll have to go without me. You must save our sons. And I fear… your wife may be in danger, too."

"You got it." Nolan nodded.

"Ah-ah!" The Gungan hauled the fallen Nightmare over his head. "Time-sa for a glass of warm fear and beddy-bye. WEEEEEEEEEEE…" Nolan watched as the Gungan bolted down the hall with his master.

The Batman-clothed man chuckled and shook his head. The man turned to a nearby vent and walked over to pull the duct open. "Well… doesn't get any creepier than this." He said as he stared into the darkness. (Play the "Magma Maze" Theme from The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge.)

Stage 6: Dungeon of Horrors

Mission: Save Dillon and his friends, and find a way out of the dungeon!

Act 1

Nolan dropped straight into the vent and landed inside of a dangerous dungeon of dozens of traps and flowing magma. The Batman sidled along a small ledge over the river as fireballs shot up. Several round buzz-saws moved up and down along the ledge, so Nolan carefully moved through to avoid them. He reached a narrow pathway and progressed over the magma, reaching a platform shaped like a skull. Nolan rode the platform up to a higher point, where he had to quickly jump across other platforms before they fell into the magma. He then jumped onto a large skeleton hand sticking from the wall, which moved and allowed him onto a pathway.

"Good evening, citizens of Nightmare Land!" Jack O'Lantern's voice announced over the intercom. "This is Jack O'Lantern reporting for the 11:00 news, reminding you all not to miss the wedding of our new, glorious dictator with his new bride, tonight at Gallagher Elementary!" Nolan looked up to a large screen by the ceiling, which showed the image of Danika chained to some wheel. Nolan gasped at the sight of his wife. "That's right! Tonight, Count Dracula crowns his queen! And afterwards, watch the grand execution of Nolan York and his meddling lackeys! Our bold hero appears to be scuttling about the dungeons right now. Let's only help he doesn't meet his end before we have the chance to trap him, he-he-he."

Nolan gritted his teeth in anger, glaring at the screen. The man hurried across the pathway, jumping over buzz-saws that swung back and forth over the path, and were littered with blood and skeletons. On the other side of the path, he had to climb a ladder of bones, dodging either left or right to avoid descending balls of ooze. At the top, he jumped onto a small platform and saw several branches sticking out from the wall before him. He pulled out his grappling hook and used it to swing across the branches. He was about to swing off onto the ledge ahead, but a giant, blood-covered knife stabbed down in front of him, startling the man and causing him to plummet below.

He landed on a ledge that was just inches from the magma. He quickly recovered and ran onto a higher point as the magma rose a little. A gang of Heat Skeletons were gathered by a small magma fall, and the monsters spotted Nolan and hissed at him. The skeletons launched flaming boomerangs, but Nolan evaded and shot his grappling hook to slice one's head off. The head bounced its way toward him, but he simply kicked it at another one, causing both to fall in the magma. Two other skeletons ran to grab his arms, but he shook them off and stomped one's head. The other one grabbed his leg and tried to burn him with the boomerang, but Nolan kicked it in the face. The last skeleton ran to strike him, but he punched it into the magma as well.

A tall chunk of the wall was broken, making it barely climbable. Nolan used it to climb back to the ledge where he fell from. Once up top, there laid another pathway, seemingly clear. But when Nolan stepped forward, a spiked fence shot up inches from his face, giving him a good view of the bloody skull attached to it. After taking a moment to catch his breath, having nearly been scared to death, he cautiously trekked through a maze of spike traps. Beside him, dangling over the chasm, were skeletons hanging from rotten nooses. Spikes seemed to pop up every which way, but Nolan still made it to the other side.

Nolan's next route seemed to be a giant scorched plate, which was lifted up by a skeleton arm. It was lifted to another arm, which dealt several jabs into it with a giant knife. When another plate came, Nolan was hesitant to get on it. When it lifted him up, he quickly jumped onto a platform to avoid the knife, and when it finished slashing, Nolan got back on the plate and continued upward. He was taken to a straight hallway that seemed clear of any pitfalls or traps. However, as he passed forward- "AAAAAAAAIIIIII!" a demon puppet popped out of a cell on the wall, startling Nolan with a high-pitched scream. When the puppet went back in, Nolan continued, and- "KILL MEEEEEEEE!" The living, rotting corpse of a man popped out and surprised Nolan again. The man cautiously stepped forward, and flinched when another cell flung open. However, nothing came out.

Nolan then looked as a simple ghost was hurrying in from the other end of the hall. "Sorry I'm late, I- D'aw, dammit, did I miss it again?"

Nolan sighed in disbelief and continued onward. When he reached the end of the hallway, he overlooked another dastardly chamber of the dungeon, where flames jumped from the boiling magma river, and scorched skeletons hung from nooses. Nolan proceeded along the ledge on his left and carefully balanced his way across a rusted pipe with nails sticking out. He stopped for a second and glanced to his right, seeing the hanging skeletons. Weren't they just… a little farther back? He shook this off and continued across the pipe. Steam was blowing out of other pipes, so Nolan had to wait for them to die out before he could move across. As he was nearing the end of the metal pipe, the tiny path suddenly collapsed to his weight, but he immediately grabbed hold of the bottom of the pipe as he dangled just inches away from the lava.

He watched as a giant skull drifted along the magma river and dropped onto it. The skull slowly sank beneath the flames, but Nolan jumped to a small platform in the lava. He then continued across a series of bone bridges. He stopped and looked to his left, seeing those same hanged skeletons floating in midair. Were they… following him? He shook this off once more and continued. There was no path over the flaming river ahead except for a few giant skulls that were dropping from the ceiling. Nolan hopped across these skulls, avoiding leaping fireballs before reaching another rocky wall for him to climb. He climbed to a higher ledge and found a series of branches go across the magma river. He shot his grappling hook and swung across each branch until he reached a platform.

Before he could go on, the hanged skeletons decided to fly and attack him. The Hanged Men slapped and kicked him across the face several times, but he grabbed one by the legs and threw it against two more. They stayed airborne and grabbed Nolan by the neck, attempting to choke him, but the Batman was able to shake away and pull out his grappling hook, tossing it to chop the heads off the skeletons, watching their bodies drop to the ground while the heads remained airborne.

He decided to leave them be and keep going as he shot his grappling hook to reach another high ledge. From there, a series of skeleton hands were holding platforms, but only for a little while before retracting back into the wall. Nolan had to quickly jump his way across the platforms, and also use his grappling hook to swing to some of them. Finally, he reached a ledge at the end of the hall, where a bunch of Heat Skeletons, Blue Skeletons, and Orc Skeletons stepped out of prison cells. The Heat Skeletons launched flaming boomerangs, which Nolan evaded before running to punch them, only to be tackled by the Blue Skeletons. He grabbed and tossed each of them at the Orc Skeletons, who in turn turned angry and started spinning and swinging their clubs wildly.

Nolan was bashed against the wall, but jumped away before a Heat Skeleton burned him. When the Orc Skeletons became dizzy from the spinning, Nolan grabbed one by the legs and swung it around to knock all of the others over the edge. When they were gone, some Halloween and King Ghosts came out. Nolan tried to punch the Halloween Ghosts, but they only phased through him and grabbed his neck from behind. A King Ghost smacked him with its large hand, but Nolan pulled out some flash-bombs and tossed them at the ground, making the ghosts dizzy. As a result, he was able to punch and kick them and knock them into the magma down below. The last King Ghost attempted to punch him, but he grabbed its fist and pushed him downward, afterwards stomping its ghostly face.

The ghosts were then followed by a swarm of Baby Spiders. Nolan hurriedly stomped them as they crawled over, but some were able to crawl up his body. He shook them off and jumped away quickly, tossing a bomb to blow them all away in an instant. Finally, two Troll Skeletons came out, along with a King Skeleton. Nolan rolled away before a troll could smash him with its club, rolling behind the skeleton and stabbing his grappling hook in its back. It spun around and knocked the man into the wall, but he dodged before the King Skeleton sliced him with its ax.

Nolan tossed his grappling hook to swipe one of the troll's clubs. He then swung it around and bashed the troll's head several times before it was defeated. Nolan dropped the club and jumped on the other troll's club when it tried to smash him, then stabbed it several times in the face. He swiped the club and knocked the troll out, then started swinging against the King Skeleton. After a few strikes, the monster was able to swat the club out of Nolan's hands, roaring in anger. However, Nolan took this time to toss a bomb into the monster's mouth and blow its head up, the body falling dead.

Nolan then watched as the middle cell opened, and a skeleton in a top-hat stepped out. "Man, Darkrai really needs to clean up around here." Nolan raised his grappling hook and prepared to slice it, but-

"NO, NO NO, no, my good man, I'm on YOUR side!"

"What? …Oh, wait, you're that skeleton that was in the hologram."

"Exactly. Mr. Pettibone is the name. But call me Skully. And my, aren't you a hunksicle?" he said, observing Nolan's muscular body. "Crystal sure is wise in her choice in boyfriends."

"What?! I'm Crystal's friend! Not to mention I'm already married."

"Mm-hm, keep telling yourself that now. Anyway, Crystal and the others are here, they're saving your son."

"Good. They can catch up. Let's hurry and find Dracula!" With that, the two hurried out of the dungeon. (End song.)

Oogie's Dungeon

Dillon York and Jack Skellington were currently tied to a chain and dangling over a giant pot of stew in the horror-filled dungeon of Oogie Boogie. "Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust... eh, Jack?" the Boogie Man chuckled, rolling two dice. They totaled up to "4", so Oogie pulled the lever four times, lowering the duo closer to the pot. "'til now, I've only dreamed of adding YOU to my snake-and-spider stew. And ya know the one thing that'd make it oh-so nice? A superhero wannabe boy to add a little spice."

Oogie pulled the lever once more, moving them an inch closer. On the other side of the chamber, Sally was tied and hanging from the ceiling by some spider-web rope. "Jack! I'm sorry I let this happen…"

"Don't be, Sally. It's not your fault. We'll find a way out of here."

Oogie Boogie grinned and snickered. "You won't be dupin' me now, Dollface. 'Cause this sandy man's gonna get fat on-" Oogie silenced himself, hearing a painfully loud scratching sound. The bag of bugs turned and took notice of some kind of ragdoll leg sticking from a crack in the wall. "Eh… huh?" He glanced back at Sally, who was still tied up, but still in one piece. He turned back to the other leg and asked, "What, have, we, here?" The Boogie Man stepped over to the leg and began examining it.

During his distraction, a pair of doll hands slid down the chain holding Dillon and Jack. A Minish-size Michelle was shown to be riding the hands, and the little girl crept into the lock on the chains. Meanwhile, Crystal Wickens hid behind the entrance to the torture chamber. The witch mumbled a spell and twirled her wand, launching a ray of magic at the pot of stew.

By this time, Oogie had pulled the severed doll leg from the wall, and became angered. "YOU TRIED TO MAKE A DUPE OUT OF MEE?" He turned towards Jack and Dillon again as the doll hands immediately scampered up the chain. "Well, ENJOY your DIP!" Without rolling the dice, Oogie decided to kick the lever, sending the two dropping all the way into the boiling pot. Oogie only snickered evilly, while Sally gave a horrified gasp.

"HAHAA!" Suddenly, Dillon and Jack popped out of the pot, free of their loosened chains as they were floating in heated water.

"WHAT?!?" Oogie screamed.

The two jumped out of the pot and readied for battle. "You've lost again, Oogie." Jack stated.

"Hnn, think again." Oogie jumped, grabbed Sally, and pulled her from the ceiling, then proceeded to carry the webbed ragdoll into a minecart, which instantly sped down the track.

"Jack!"

"Sally!"

When Oogie was gone, Crystal entered the room and yelled, "Reducto!", blowing open the cage that imprisoned Mason, Haruka, Lee, and Leanne. Fybi Fulbright, the little bat girl, then flapped in and allowed the tiny Michelle onto her back.

"Ms. Wickens!" Dillon exclaimed.

"Dillon, we have to go after Oogie!" Jack told him.

"Dillon, where's your father?" Crystal asked.

"They took him and Darkrai somewhere else. You guys can go save them! Me and Jack'll go after Oogie."

"Good luck, Dillon." Leanne told him before the five ran off.

"Let's get after him, quick!" Jack yelled once more. He and Dillon hopped into a long, flat skeleton train, then sped after Oogie along the parallel track. (Play the "Demon Resident Mine Cart" from Donkey Kong 64.)

Dungeon of Horrors, Act 2

The torch-lit hallways whipped by the two as they chased at high speeds after the bag of bugs, who stood in his minecart with Sally in his arm. "Ooh, still giving me the chase, eh, Jack? Well, let's see if you can get through this." They watched as Oogie's cart took a turn down another hall, while they kept going straight. Dillon and Jack gasped as flames spewed out from the walls ahead, forcing the two to duck or jump. When the flames were passed, they looked back and saw a group of fiery spirits fly their way. The ghosts coughed flames, but the two jumped as Dillon tossed mini bombs and Jack whipped them with the Soul Robber. They chased the ghosts off, but the coaster was suddenly going up and down several slopes. They held on tight as it did so, and also went up several loop-di-loops. At the end of that segment, the momentum sent them flying in the air, but they landed safely on the coaster.

They took this time to catch their breaths (assuming Jack had some), but gaped in fright when the head of a giant skeleton ghost, and its arms, glared at them with fiery eyes. The flames blared larger as the beast cackled, raising its hand to crush them. The two flipped backward to avoid it, and Dillon attempted to chuck flash-bombs at it. It seemed unphased as it tried to smash them again, but they rolled forward. Jack readied his Soul Robber and prepared to whip the beast, but it flew away as the coaster sped into another tunnel. They made several twists and turns around the halls, and Dillon became dizzied, but the hall thankfully became straight. They came to an open area of the hall, where Dillon became nearly white at the sight of a gigantic psychotic demon with a bloody knife. "I'M GONNA STAB YOU TO DEATH!!" Jack grabbed Dillon and jumped to the front of the coaster just before the demon sliced a huge chunk of the coaster off, leaving only a small portion near the head.

The track went around a few turns before it was speeding over another chasm of total oblivion. Scary scenery continued to whip by as they were passing by another track that was a few feet above. A ghost train sped along the track, which came down and started moving ahead of the coaster on its track. Oogie Boogie stood on the edge of the back of the train. "Nice view from over here…" His voice echoed. The Boogie Man grabbed spiked mines off his train and tossed two at a time, parallel to each other as they connected via electric beams. The beams rested along the track, so Dillon and Jack had to jump them. This pattern repeated itself several times before Oogie stopped, and Dill and Jack's coaster sped closer. Oogie whimpered in fright before turning his train down another pathway, and the two heroes kept straight.

They swerved left to enter a tunnel and did another series of turns. They sped straight down a hallway where gravestones stood in their path. They stared in fright for a bit, but Jack noticed the levers along the side. He swung his Soul Robber to flip the levers, causing the gravestones to open. Dillon also noticed levers on his side, so he extended his shadow, Mario to flip them. They sped outside again, where the colossal skeleton phantom appeared in their way again, cackling maniacally. The beast unleashed five Fire Phantoms from its mouth, which flew behind the coaster and charged to burn the two. Jack transformed into his Pumpkin King outfit, and as the demons came at them, he used his powers to absorb the flames into his form. When they were vanquished, he reverted to normal as they faced the demon. The monster growled in anger before going away, and the two sped into another hall.

Another series of twists and turns lay in their way, and the duo was back in the black expanse as other bone coaster pieces entered from other pathways, connecting to form the long coaster once again to allow them more room. The two looked above to see another track, which the Oogie Train was using to zoom above them. "That's right, away you go!" Within his train, Oogie began stomping on switches, which extended electric beams down below onto the bone coaster. Jack Skellington swiftly dodged around the beams while Dillon became a shadow to let them slide over. They eventually got far enough for the beams to be ineffective, to which Oogie only 'huffed' in frustration. His train sped down another route, while the heroes went an alternate path. They remained in the dark expanse and gasped in horror as a tremendous spider-web stood in their way.

Jack grabbed Dillon's wrist and yelled, "Soul Robber!" as he quickly tossed his flubber at branch dangling from a rock pillar. He used the Soul Robber to swing them across other branches before landing them on a platform. They watched the bone coaster go under the spider-web, then begin speeding around a series of loops, where the track would then come to pass by another platform. The two jumped across the towering pillars as bats swooped down. Jack used his flubber to swat the bats away as the two made it to that platform. They got ready to jump, and as the speeding coaster passed by, they jumped and got successfully back on track.

They turned into another hall and made more turns before going straight. A series of gravestones and fires emerged from the sides, but the two ducked and jumped each one before they were over the chasm again. The road ahead appeared pretty linear, however, their attention was directed to the massive wall on the side. Dillon screeched at the sight of a penguin having its head exploded. The next image was of a vampire squirrel eating the eye out of a zombie janitor. There was then a vision of a rat with a large brain, and a more dimwitted rat. "G'day, mate! Whut you wanna do today?" the dumb rat asked. There was then a vision of a blue blob dressed like a robot. "You will bring me presents, beep-bop-boop!" Finally, it revealed an image of the Legend of Korra logo.

At that moment, the skeleton phantom returned. The beast raised both of its fists and tried to crush them, but it missed. It tried to clap the two in its hands, but missed, tried again, but missed again. Finally, it decided to reach out and clutch the two tight in its palms. Jack and Dillon tried to shake away, but it was too strong. The demon held its mouth wide open, exposing its flaming insides and sharp teeth dripping with green ooze as it slowly prepared to snack on Dillon. However, Jack broke free and stood on its hand, calling, "Merry Christmas!" as he dressed in his Sandy Claws form. The Pumpkin King launched a colorful present into the mouth, and the beast's eyes widened as its mouth snapped shut.

It munched on the gift as candy canes and snowflakes burst from his form, eventually coughing it all out as Dillon and Jack were dropped on the coaster. A Santa hat appeared on the monster's head, and a candy cane in its left hand, as it sighed in relief before soaring away. The bone coaster sped into a hall and made a few more twists and turns before coming outside. The Oogie Train sped overhead as the bag of bugs stood atop the ledge.

"Let's craze things up!" he yelled before tossing big, exploding dice onto the track. The two did their best to successfully avoid the dice. Oogie's train was then on the same track as theirs, but still ahead, as the Boogie Man sent ghosts over to their train. Dillon jumped a ghost's swipes, still trying to stay on the coaster, as he sent Mario up to lay some punches on the ghost. Jack simply whipped a ghost with his Soul Robber, causing it to blow away due to the momentum. Two more ghosts prepared to grab Dillon, but the Robin-dressed boy tossed some flash-bombs and blinded their vision, allowing him to jump and kick them in the face, blowing them back. Oogie Boogie only moaned in dismay as the bone coaster got closer enough to his train, and the two leapt onto his cart. (End song.)

"Give up, now, Oogie, and return Sally!" Jack demanded.

"Oh, Jack? But you supposed to be dead by now. I guess I'll have ta make you… DOUBLE DEAD!" The bag of bugs stomped on a spider-shaped switch, causing a series of walls with spinning knives to emerged along the side of the train carts. Oogie hurried to the front, leaving the two to try and catch him.

Boss fight: Oogie Boogie

Dillon and Jack jumped the train carts in pursuit of Oogie, evading the spinning knives. Walls popped up everywhere in their way, but Dillon could easily slide past with shadowbending. Oogie kept jumping train carts, but the bag of bags looked back to see Dill and Jack catching up. "Oooh-hoo-hoo-hoo." Oogie laughed cockily as he stomped a switch, and as Dillon and Jack were about to jump to his cart, they skidded to a halt when they suddenly split from the rest of the train. "BOOM VOYAGE!" At this, the duo turned and saw that the carts behind them were exploding. They looked to a lower track and found a bone coaster about to speed by, so they immediately jumped down to it before their train cart exploded.

The bone coaster went up a loop and across a twisted track, turning them right-side-up as the coaster chased Oogie's train from a higher track. Oogie looked back and saw the smoke emitting from where the carts exploded, smirking in victory. "Oooh-ooh!" He flinched when he saw Dillon and Jack catching up to him from the coaster above. The two jumped down to him, but Oogie stomped a switch before jumping off to another coaster. "FIRE!" A bunch of turrets popped up on the cart and unleashed bullets upon the two, but they jumped across the turrets and caused them to shoot each other.

Oogie Boogie glared at the duo from his coaster, then faced ahead and jumped in fright. The coaster was driving into a flaming wall, so the bag of bugs ran as fast as he could the opposite way. Above, he saw a minecart passing by with a hook dangling down, so he jumped and grabbed hold of the hook, safely avoiding the flames. Jack watched as Oogie passed over them, but saw another minecart with a hook overhead, so he tossed his Soul Robber and gripped the hook. Oogie and Jack glared at each other as Jack's cart chased Oogie's, and the bag of bugs was quickly losing his grip. When they saw another coaster passing down below, they both released and landed on it. Jack tried to run after Oogie, but he jumped to another coaster. Jack jumped to a parallel coaster, then jumped to Oogie's when they passed by, and Jack continued to chase him across various coasters.

At this time, Dillon hurried to the front of the Oogie Train and used his grappling hook to cut Sally free from her webs. With Jack and Oogie, the two were high above the Oogie Train and riding on parallel coasters. However, Oogie's coaster went up a higher route, successfully evading Jack. "You've been Oogie to a side no one else has, Jack. Now I'll see that your girlfriend will Boogie no more. Euh!" Jack watched as the Boogie Man leapt off his coaster, dropping the very long drop to his train. However, the Pumpkin King took notice of a long string dangling from his stubby arm, so when Oogie dropped, Jack immediately ran to grab the string.

Oogie Boogie smirked as he fell closer to Dillon and Sally, who were staring at something with interest. Oogie raised a brow, wondering what they were staring at. But to his surprise, his seams were quickly unraveling, for Jack was holding tight to his string as he fell. By the time Oogie landed on his train before Sally and Dillon, his bag was gone, revealing his million bugs.

"D'AW, look what you've done! Ooh, not again. My bugs… MY bugs…"

"My bugs… my bugs… my bugs.. my bugs.. my bugs!"

As the tiny creatures cried, they were blowing off of the speeding train. Soon, all that remained was a simple little cricket. The cricket tried to scurry away, but Dillon stomped the bug with great force. The shadowbender kept stomping and jumping on the bug until it was flat, gooey splat. "Phew!"

With the battle finished, Jack dropped down to join the others. "Jack!" Sally exclaimed, running to her prince.

"Sally! He didn't hurt you too much, did he?"

"No. I'm just fine."

Eventually, the train came to a complete stop by a small stairway. They went up and entered a door into a prison chamber. "Ooh! Prince Jack!" The three stopped and found Customer Service trapped in a cell. "Thank goodness you're safe!"

"Customer Service?" Sally questioned.

"Did Dracula throw you in here? Why did he?" Dillon asked.

"Hm… it's because I wouldn't follow him. Lots of other Nightmares were brainwashed into following Drac… but me: I'm loyal to only Darkrai."

"So are we!" In the next-door cell, Mack, Bowyer, and Yaridovich were trapped. "Follow Count Drac, we didn't, nah-ya! Trapped us in here he did!" Bowyer said.

"Heh… guess Dracula ain't so great, after all." Dillon smirked.

"Sally, can you get them out of here?" Jack asked. "We need to stop Dracula."

"Of course." Sally nodded.

"All right! Let's go!" Dillon cheered. Leaving Sally to her mission, the two hurried out of the cellar.

Fear Storage

Jar Jar had carried Darkrai up to the storage chamber and set the king onto a chair. The Gungan grabbed a glass of the red liquid and cupped a suction cap over it. "Dere, dere, Da'ky." The Gungan said, patting Darkrai's back as he shoved the bottle into his nonexistent mouth. "You-sa gwow up big and strong if you dwink the baby botty-wotty- EH!" Darkrai angrily punched the Gungan across the room. He took the bottle and ripped the suction cap off, proceeding to pour the drink down his head, afterwards sighing in relief.

At the same time, Dillon and Jack were passing through the same hall. "With Oogie out of the way, I hope we still have enough time to stop Dracula." Jack said.

"I hope my dad is okay. This is the one Halloween he decided to spend time with me, and Dracula had to ruin it!" Dillon whined.

They flinched when a snarling sound caught their attention, turning to see a Troll Skeleton standing in their way, holding its club ready. "Reducto!" a high-pitched voice called, and the monster exploded in an instant. When the smoke cleared, Jack and Dillon found Scary Godmother, who blew out her wand, with Nolan, Crystal, and the broommates and operatives standing behind it.

"Dad!" Dillon exclaimed, running to his father.

"Mr. Pettibone found him in the cellar," Godmother explained, "but no sign of Darkrai."

"Wa-saaay!" Jar Jar suddenly jumped out of the door to the storage room, holding the Nightmare King above him. "Me-so right here! Uuf!" Darkrai punched his head, escaping Jar Jar's grasp.

"So, I see everyone's OK?" he asked.

"Yes, Father." Jack nodded. "We've all escaped. And Sally's downstairs helping the rest of your loyal Nightmares."

"Now let's go and kick some Dracula butt!" Orson exclaimed.

"Yes!" Count Max exclaimed. "Kicking his heinie vould be a… groovy idea?"

Haruka and Mason snickered while Orson blushed. "'Groovy'?" Haruka questioned.

"Ugh, they're so embarrassing, I could just live!"

"Jack O'Lantern's earlier broadcast came from the control center. We must get up there." Darkrai stated.

"Then let's go!" Nolan announced.

Jar Jar Blinks zipped through the doors to the control center and went headfirst into the wall. When the others followed in after him, they looked around to see it deserted. "There's nobody in here." Lee stated.

"Oookay." Jar Jar stood up, wobbling with a bucket over his head. "If anybody mines tellin' me why we in dis bucket, I be happy to listen… WAAH!" he tripped and fell over.

Darkrai then flew over beside the monitors. "They've taken the transporter down to Gallagher Elementary. It seems Dracula plans to marry Danika there."

"Hmph. I had a feeling she wouldn't stay interested in you, Nolan." Crystal remarked. This earned her a punch in the arm from Nolan.

"If Dracula thinks she'll fall for him, he's gonna hafta keep dreaming. Let's get down there and stop him. This curse is going on long enough."

"I'm setting the transporter to take you to Cleveland." Darkrai said as he typed a code in, causing the transporter to alight. "From there, it's up to you. Beware Dracula's powers. His diamond skin and enhanced senses are a true force."

"Yeah, yeah, bad guys are tough." Dillon said. "Let's take him down!" Everyone jumped into the transporter and warped, with Jack being the last to follow.

Chariton Household

Meanwhile, things weren't looking up for Sunni Chariton. She, in her Lucario form, and the real Lucario were still at it. The real aura fox grabbed the back of the fake's head and proceeded to smash her face against the sidewalk. "Err… Darcy… help…" she grunted.

A few feet away, Darcy Chariton, in her Mew form, just stared curiously at the real Mew, who stared back. Both Pokémon just cheered, "Mew-Mew-Mew!", and flew around in the air, mimicking the other's movements.

Frantic Household

Elijah Frantic was backed against the corner of the kitchen, totally freaked out and speechless as his wife, turned into Rayman, rapidly beat away all of the invading monsters. However, one sneaky Nightmare smacked her from behind, and she suddenly puffed up into a balloon. "Marine!" Elijah exclaimed as his wife floated out the window. Elijah followed her outside, desperately jumping up to grab her as she floated higher, and puffed larger.

Junkyard

Rupert Dickson was caught in a corner of a pile of trash. The tiny kitten quivered with fear as the monstrous dogs, Lilac and Berry, snarled viciously.

EiznekCm Household

Lehcar, the furious woman, was still desperate to kill the beetle that had intruded her home. Her eyes filled with lust and hatred, she ran around and swung her sword every which way, hoping to end the beetle's life, unknown that it was her own son. The beetle took land on Yllaw's nose, the goatee man rolling his eyes together to see it. "AAH!" He ducked before Lehcar stabbed her sword at him, and the Nerehc beetle flew for the lower part of a shelf. Lehcar immediately swung, but he dodged, causing the woman to cut part of the shelf. This, in turn, caused the shelf to topple over and crush her.

Nerehc hurriedly flew back to the kitchen and landed on Arorua's shoulder. "Arorua, help!" Not hearing him, the sister smacked the beetle away, so he flew near Sirhc's head. "Sirhc, it's me!"

"AAH, BEETLE!" Sirhc yelped, hastily smacking the insect away.

Nerehc decided to land on the kitchen counter to catch his breath. When he felt a shadow loom over him, he gasped when he saw his mother wielding a kitchen knife, zipping away before she could bring it down on him. "DIE, YOU STUPID BUG! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE!" she yelled, chasing her beetle son around the house and swinging her knife aimlessly.

Cleveland Park

Cheren Uno, as Link, was struggling to stand his ground against Nebula in Emperor Palpatine's form. He gasped for breath as his sword clashed with her lightsaber, and was finally pushed to the ground. He looked in horror as Nebula was prepared to stab him, but Lin Beifong used her Goron form to roll over the crazy Sith Fake. Lin hopped off of Nebula when she was down, and Panini proceeded to keep her down by bouncing on Nebula in her pink bunny form. Nebula smacked the rabbit away and hovered to her feet, and quickly defended as Cheren came and swung his blade. Soon, the two were at the sword fight again, with the two girls watching from behind.

Teddy Moses Island

"COME ON, LET'S GO!" At Sheila/Conker's cry, the tank blew open the massive steel doors. The squirrel/raccoon drove the tank inside and proceeded to climb out, alongside her military partner, Rodent.

"Hey, Conker! I think we're gettin' close to da enemy's base!"

The two ran into the center of a massive arena, where a football-headed infant sat in some kind of hole in the center, his head turned away. The baby twisted its head to face them, glaring at the two with a devious expression. "Well, well, Conker and Rodent. I applaud your work at infiltrating my facility, but I'm afraid your valiant efforts were futile."

"Stewart Griffin." Conker stated with a fierce look, aiming his gun. "20 years, and you're still that whiny baby who always tried to kill his mother."

"Indeed. And tonight, victory shall be mine. You see, I've taken my own advantage of this Halloween curse, too. And now, to unleash true Hell. Oh, Rupert?" A circular hatch open beneath the baby, and the two gaped in shock when a giant, robotic teddy bear monster emerged from the floor, with Stewie Griffin attached to his right arm like a puppet.

Conker and Rodent stood their ground and readied to battle the abomination. In just a second, bullets were flying everywhere.