Chapter 4: Insane
"You don't know what dimension we're from?"
"I'm afraid your dimensional energy signatures don't match any we have on record. We can send some little robots we developed recently through the dimensions to try and find yours, but it could take a long time. I'm afraid you're all stuck here for the time being."
"But-but what about our families? Our friends? Our fans?" Phil said.
"I'm sorry, they'll just have to manage without you."
"Fans? Are you guys celebrities?!" Spooker asked excitedly.
"We're YouTubers. You guys have YouTube here, right?"
"Yeah. But that's irrelevant. Until we find your home dimension you guys will have to stay here. Toast will set up some rooms for you guys. Spooker and Colon will show you around town. I'm going to send out the bots," Ghost said. He shooed everyone out of the room. Toast went upstairs to prepare the rooms and order beds. Spooker and Colon turned to the YouTubers and smiled.
"Well, guess we gotta show you around town! Come with us and try not to wander off. There are some people you don't want to run into," Spooker said, smiling like a child (or idiot) the whole time.
"What does that mean?" Phil asked nervously. The others looked equally disturbed by that comment.
"Oh, nothing. Some people are kinda mean, that's all!"
"Oh..."
"Anyway, come on! As you can see, this is P.I.E. HQ! Colon and I are interns here. Ghost and Toast are the bosses! Ghost is the main boss, even though Toast owns the company."
"What does P.I.E. stand for? You guys aren't bakers," Mark commented. Colon smiled.
"Paranormal Investigator Extraordinaires! We hunt ghosts and deal with dimensional stuff."
"Ghosts? But ghosts aren't real."
"Maybe not in your dimension, but they are here."
"Yeah, my dad's a ghost! I also have this ghosty kitty I carry around!" Spooker exclaimed. He reached into one of the large pockets on his pants (he had several) and pulled out a small stuffed cat. It was completely black and had visible stitches all over it. It's soulless eyes stared directly at the YouTubers and made them shiver. It grinned at them with an embroidered smile that made it look like it was ready to kill them. Spooker hugged it close to his chest. "Ghost says it's the most powerful demon he's ever seen and really dangerous, but Kitty's nice!"
Dan had paled considerably. "Ghost are, are real here? L-like, they can attack you and haunt you and kill you?" he stammered. Phil patted him on the back and tried to calm him down.
"Dan's afraid of ghosts," he explained to Spooker and Colon, who were very confused.
"Oh. Well, they're not all bad! My dad is nice! He's a chef! Chakalotta Soup, a famous cereal maker! And there's this french girl, Amiee. She's not so bad! Ghost is scared of her though because she has a crush on him and stalks him and stuff. Don't worry, we can protect you!"
"O-okay," Dan said, feeling a little better. They moved on with the tour. Spooker and Colon pointed out the different shops and the parks and such. However, they paid special attention to certain places.
"This is Papa Acachalla's seven eleven. He found all his kids here after they got left behind by their parents. Except Sue, but that's a bit of a long story we'll save for later."
"Over here is Creaky Manor. It was abandoned years ago. Apparently a kid got trapped there by a ghost made out of boxes. Nobody goes in there, not even Ghost and Toast. Stay away from it."
"Here we have the hospital where Billy and Maddie Friend work, They're the best medics in town! Be careful though. Sometimes weird thing happen here. Once Maddie tried to clone Billy but the clones all ended up as fox-people. That was before they fixed it up."
"This here is Ghost's McDonald's. He owns the place but nobody really comes in. He can be really moody when he's here, so be careful."
"This is the police station. The police here are Officer Maloney, Higgily Diggily Hoogan and his clones, Princeton Quagmire, and sometimes Jenny Toast when she visits from England. That's pretty rare though."
"This is the high school. They've had lots of different students. The Mario Bros, the Creepypastas, Godzilla, you name it! Uh, are you guys okay? Oh, don't worry! The Creepypastas aren't that bad! Rake is married to Sally Betty Jessica and has a daughter, Jeff doesn't really interact with anyone, and Slender is dating Sally."
"This is Freddy Fazbear's! It's the best pizza place in town. Ghost and Toast have come here on a lot of investigations. It's where I found Kitty! Stay away from the nightguard, Light Zeron. He's creepy."
"Okay, this place is definitely my least favorite place. It's another school, but this one is abandoned. It has been since my first case with P.I.E., after I drove Ghost here while I was an Uber driver. The Ratman of Washington stole my butt that time. I got it back, though."
"This is the Acachalla family household! We come here a lot. They're always being haunted or messing with dimensions and stuff. Keep clear of their pet dinosaur, Freddie. If he doesn't get enough attention he gets mad. Also, if you seen a Mexican guy wearing a cowboy outfit, stay away from him. That's Maxwell Acachalla and he's really dangerous. The Toilet Toucher is too. He's an old balding man in a white lab coat thing."
By the time the tour was over the four YouTubers were in shock. They had a million questions and were a little frightened. They started piling on the questions as soon as the tour was over and they were back at P.I.E. HQ.
"How can the Acachalla's have a pet dinosaur?"
"What the heck is dangerous about the Toilet Toucher?"
"What the whole story behind Creaky Manor?"
"What the hecky-heck is the Ratman of Washington?"
"What makes Light Zeron so creepy?"
"Why are the Creepypastas here?"
"How can Godzilla go to highschool?"
Spooker and Colon cowered under the shower of inquires. "Uh, uh, uh... Just ask Ghost and Toast!" Colon shouted before he dashed inside. Spooker followed close behind, gripping his creepy stuffed cat like his life depended on it. Mark ran his hand through his hair in confusion. Jack had his hands up in the air in a 'what the heck is going on?!' kinda way. Dan and Phil had pretty much matching gobsmacked expressions. They had no idea what to think.
They were shaken out of their confusion by a man running past them, tripping, and then getting shot. They screamed. The man was the ski masked one they had seen when they woke up, Sue. He had been shot in the back and was holding container full of Mac & Cheese. A police officer ran up to him, or at least they assumed he was a police officer. He had a badge on his shirt, but he didn't look like law enforcement. He was wearing a greenish-brownish jacket and some tan cargo pants. He had on combat boots and a pair of sunglasses. His hair was buzzed in an almost military fashion. He had an earpiece and was wielding a revolver. Gertrude ran up behind him and frowned when she saw Sue's body.
"What did you shoot him for?!" she demanded, sounding more angry and annoyed than sad or scared.
"He had macaroni! It's illegal!"
"Actually, consuming macaroni is illegal! He can carry it around just fine! I swear, you Higgily Diggily Hoogans are as dumb as bricks!"
Higgily Diggily Hoogan(this was clone number 435) was very annoyed. "Darn loopholes," he muttered. Gertrude pulled a crowbar out of thin air and waved it in his face. He walked away, muttering to himself under his breath about loopholes. Gertrude turned to the YouTubers, who were frozen in horror.
"Are you okay, huns? Y'all are looking a little pale."
"We just saw a guy get shot! We aren't okay!" Jack burst out. Gertrude looked at them curiously.
"He'll be fine in a moment." Sure enough, Sue's body disappeared. He reappeared a couple of feet away and ran over to the group.
"Sorry Mama! I let him catch me. I suck at my job," Sue said sadly. Gertrude put her arm around Sue's shoulders.
"It's okay hun. Head home without me, I'm gonna talk to these four real quick."
"Okay Mama!"
Sue ran away and Gertrude turned her attention back to the four horrified, utterly baffled, and very confused men. "Why did you guys freak out? He was only dead."
"Well, where we're from people don't come back from the dead!" Dan exclaimed. In the distance they heard someone singing faintly about coming back from the dead. Gertrude was shocked.
"What? Then what do you do when someone gets shot? Or nukes everything? When dinosaurs attack?"
"If someone gets shot they die, forever," Mark said.
"People don't just go around nuking everything either. But when someone does drop a nuke, people die and places are destroyed. Radiation can last for years before it's safe for humans to go near a nuke site again," Jack said.
"And dinosaurs don't attack. They're extinct," Phil finished. Gertrude was both fascinated and in disbelief.
"Wow. You're dimension sounds terrible! Nobody comes back from the dead? That's...insane! Well, I should head home. I need to make sure Sue gets the macaroni there safely."
"Hey, what did the officer mean by macaroni is illegal?" Dan asked.
"It's a drug. Very illegal. Do you not have it in your dimension?"
"We do, but it's just food. It's not a drug!"
"Really? How strange! Well, see you around!" Gertrude said. She ran off after Sue, leaving the four YouTubers with more questions, more confusion, and more fear. They all came to the same conclusion. Their stay in Little Butts would be the most insane time of their lives. They were just about to walk into HQ when Toast, Spooker, and Colon came rushing out, terrified.
"Have you seen sir?!" Toast questioned them frantically.
"No."
"Sorry."
"Afraid not.
"Nope."
"Oh no oh no oh no. I thought he was in the portal room but he's not. This could be bad."
"He's a grown man. I'm sure he's fine," Mark said. Toast shook his head.
"I found a small puddle of blood on the floor next to the desk. He must have cut himself on something. This is very, very bad. All of you, get inside now. Spooker, Colon, initiate lockdown mode. I heard what you said about not being able to come back from the dead in your dimension. Billy might be able to bring you back but I don't want to risk it. Get inside now!"
The six went inside while Toast started running through town and calling Ghost's name. Colon ran to the front desk and pulled out one of the drawers. He hit the hidden button in it and a bluish glow surrounded the building. The four YouTubers were even more shaken up now, to the point they were all literally shaking slightly.
"What was Toast so freaked out about?" Phil whispered. Spooker was biting his fingernails. He stopped for a moment to answer.
"Bad things happen when Ghost bleeds or sees blood. He gets really scary and...uh..."
"Murdery," Colon said. Spooker nodded.
"Once I met him in a pocket dimension and he wasn't at all happy to see me. He shot me right in the face. I ended up back here again, but it was so scary! His eyes went all red and...and..." Spooker shivered. "The force field is to make sure he can't get in. I hope Toast finds him. Last time this happened half the town ended up dead within a few hours. Billy and Maddie were exhausted with all the medical work they had to do. Somehow it hurts a lot more when he stabs you than any other way of dying."
Dan whimpered a little. Phil was shaking even more. Mark had sat down and was running his hands through his hair, trying to stay calm. Jack kept looking around him like he expected a monster to pop out.
Smash!
The lights went out. The force field went down. Everyone in the room screamed. They heard someone in the shadows laugh. The laughter was insane and murderous, filled with evil and death. A voice of equal insanity and terror spoke, it's voice high-pitched and terrifying.
"Do you want to know my secret?"
Okay, extra long chapter! I hope I got you guys excited! Also, do you remember my first authors note in chapter one? My hint at future events? Here's another one. The story of Creaky Manor is going to play a big part in it. See you, Fanfares!
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