“Find the fuckin’ exit!” Chance roared as his brothers turned to him.
“No way!” Bear grunted, hiding a laugh. He took another glance at Chance’s face, and his laughter escaped.
“I will kill all of you!” Chance warned.
“Fuck me!” Fanatic yelled as one appeared above his head. Fanatic flapped his arms like a lunatic as gremlins fell from the ceiling and started crawling out of the pool. His brothers weren’t giggling so much as they began searching. Chey screamed and booted one straight up the ass. Janey cackled as it flew and landed on Chance’s chest. Chance frantically patted himself down as Clio had a laughing meltdown. Thalia was holding Chance’s beloved wife up as she bent over, snickering. Chance scowled and started backing into a corner as the female gremlin headed toward him. This was his nightmare, right here. Every time he wanted to lose a boner, he thought of her. Sex was off the menu for the next two weeks, at least!
“Here!” Levi yelled, and Chance kicked the female and headed straight for him. A gremlin dropped in front of his face, and Chance shrieked. He reached out, grabbed a bat, and belted the creature across the room. Chance hit the stairs and gulped when he saw they rose upwards, and they spied an old woman sitting in a stairlift.
“Oh no!” Chance grunted as suddenly she shot off screaming and disappeared through a hole.
“Up or down, bro,” Bear said.
Chance took to his heels as a gremlin landed on his back. He barrelled up the steps like a bat out of hell and yelled as he dropped into a black hole. Gremlins appeared in the darkness and grabbed at him. The hole turned into a slide and spat Chance out at the bottom. Chance rolled several times before leaping to his feet. Behind him came clapping, and when he turned, he saw RCPD and Rage.
“I’m gonna fuckin’ kill your wife!” Chance bellowed at Drake, who was howling.
“Who do you think told her?” Drake retorted.
“You little prick, I’m going to…” Chance roared as Pyro took him out from under his feet, and they struggled against each other. Pyro landed a beautiful right hook on Chance’s jaw. Bear slammed on top of them, and Chance climbed out and glared at the laughing Rage and RCPD.
One by one, Hellfire appeared. Chatter sank to his knees and kissed the ground before heading to find something to burn down the evil dolls. Knowing his brother was likely to, Chance sent Bear after him.
“Phoe get you with the exorcist?” Chance asked Drake as he finally calmed down as Clio snuggled under his arm.
“Yup, don’t know who told her about that,” Drake snarled, and Chance grinned.
“You freaking bastard,” Drake growled as Chance chuckled.
A high-pitched scream came from Ramirez, Shotgun and Gunner as suddenly, out of nowhere, a mass of zombies appeared.
“Holy shit, I thought it was over!” Janey shouted as she flew past, heading for a haystack.
“Crap!” Diesel yelled as another side showed ghouls. Everyone broke ranks and ran.
To their horror, clowns appeared just to add to the chaos, and Chance shook his head as walls popped up from the ground, locking them all in.
“If fuckin’ dolls appear, someone take care of Chatter,” Chance bellowed, giving up. Chatter sent him a terrified glance before leaping up on a haystack next to Janey, who was screaming the place down as zombies reached for her leg. Chance stood there with Drake, hands on hips as their brothers and friends ran around like lunatics and then suddenly Hawthornes landed right in the middle of chaos. The first one out, Davies took one look at the turmoil, abandoned his colleagues, and headed for a watchtower frame. Dylan Hawthorne arrived next and took a horrified glance around.
“Pumpkin heads!” Max shrieked, shooting out of the slide, knocking Dylan down and taking to his heels. Chance reached over and hauled Dylan up as a fresh wave of actors appeared, dressed as pumpkins.
“Holy fuck!” Inglorious yelled, entering the chaos. Drake just snatched him as Mouse arrived. Mouse grinned hugely and went to join in the fun.
“You weren’t far behind us,” Chance noted.
“Those fuckers can run fast,” Inglorious said as Hawthornes and Unwanted Bastards flew from the slide.
“I bet,” Chance said dryly as more actors emerged. Ten minutes later, Fallen Warriors erupted from the slides and stared in horror. Lance was howling in laughter as his tough servicemen whitened and belted away.
“What the fuck are those?” Lance asked, pointing. Chance paled and took off, and Lance lifted an eyebrow.
“Ghoulies. Chance loathed Gremlins and Ghoulies,” Drake snickered.
“Yeah, Bat and Sniper shit themselves when we hit the gremlin maze,” Lance chuckled. Chance climbed an old RV, secured himself to the roof, and peered down at the gremlins and ghoulies dancing around it, chanting and singing. Next to him was Sniper, who was babbling on about his sniper rifle he’d left at home. From his viewpoint, Chance watched as Drake and Lance took off in different directions as creatures headed toward them. Dylan Hawthorne screamed as the girls from the Shining appeared.
Suddenly everything went dark, and Chance felt fear run down his spine. Ghosts emerged, luminous and glowing in the darkness, and chased everyone around. Chance bet Apache was pissing his pants right now. He collapsed on his back and took in several deep breaths. Then, after five minutes, everything blacked out again, and Chance warily raised his head. Lights came on, and the actors had disappeared. A shocked silence fell across the participants as they all swapped wary gazes. One wall dropped, and they saw Phoe and Marissa smiling serenely.
“Dinner is served!” Phoe called sweetly.