Museibutsu Seifuku

Chapter 5 - Ghost Hunt

Pinky and the Brain were walking through a hallway of the abandoned mansion that Pinky mentioned from the end of the previous chapter. Brain had a remote from the lab that could signal paranormal activity.

"Uh, Brain?" Pinky tapped his fingers together and stopped walking.

"What." Brain turned around and stopped walking as well.

"I hear footsteps..."

Brain laughed at Pinky's response. "Seriously?! Footsteps in this abandoned mansion? Thats's preposterous!"

"Oh hey you two!"

Brain turned to see Lightbulb waving at the two mice, along with her was Paintbrush.

"Hey there, Lighty!" Pinky waved.

"So uh," Paintbrush walked up to the mice. "We're doing a contest here, they say that this place is haunted!"

Brain laughed at their response, then grabbed Pinky's hand. "Haunted?! Look, we gotta get back to Test Tube, we'll see you two tomorrow!" They walked away.

Meanwhile, a pink ghost was watching the two mice, laughing mischievously.

***

"I still don't get it," Test Tube told Fan in another part of the mansion. "What's with Paintbrush and Lightbulb fighting all the time?"

"Well, Lightbulb isn't the best leader, but her goofiness makes her popular." Fan responded. "And Paintbrush wants the best for the team, but they're acting like a big jerk."

"Hiya, Test Tube ~zort!" A tiny voice said from behind the two. They turned around to see Pinky and Brain walking up to them.

"There you two are!" Test Tube kneeled down. "I've been looking for you since elimination time!"

"Yeah, we get it, we didn't show up," Brain shrugged.

Suddenly, the remote that Brain was holding started beeping. "Paranormal activity?" He said to himself.

"Isn't that not part of science?" Fan asked him.

"I know, I know," Brain responded. "But it's so fascinating!"

Right after he said that, a table nearby started to float with a pink aura surrounding it.

"Ugh, please!" Fan shrugged it off. "That's probably some stage effect to scare us."

"Hah, child's play!" Test Tube added. "Gravity will never allow such a thing like that!"

The pink aura surrounding the table moved to a nearby chair, causing the table to fall to the ground.

The pink aura broke the chair., leaving Pinky shocked and Brain to walk towards the aura with the remote.

"Brain! No!" Test Tube warned Brain to not go near this mysterious doing.

"Don't worry, Test Tube," He reassured her, "It's probably nothing."

"Yeah, come on!" Fan replied. "The chair was probably alive and killed itself!"

"Seriously?" Test Tube raised an eyebrow. "There's obviously some gravity-bending black hole nearby!"

Suddenly, the pink aura rose up, forming a ribbon-shaped ghost. "Ugh!" It spoke it. "You two are such nerds!"

"Pinky!" Brain grabbed his partner's arm and ran to a hiding spot.

At the sight of the ghost, Fan screamed and jumped out a nearby window.

"Fascinating," Test Tube gasped. "A ghost! But wait..." She realized something. "If it was a ghost, that means... I was wrong. And if I'm wrong now then it's quite possible that everything I've ever studied has been false!"

She started freaking out. "I-I can't believe it! H-how?! But why? WHY?" She shattered, leaving Pinky and Brain who were currently hiding to be in shock.

"Pinky!" Brain told his friend. "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?"

"I think so, Brain," Pinky replied. "But if fluttering your arms mean you doesn't care, what's happens if you can't swim?"

"Wrong show, Pinky!" Brain grabbed him by the snout. "I mean, the ghost, Pinky" He let go of him.

"What about it?" Pinky shrugged.

Brain took out a paper and pencil and started drawing out his plan. "We can use them to communicate to other dead objects, and when we find their leader, we would be able to take over the underworld and then... THE WORLD!"

"Egad Brain, brilliant!" Pinky applauded. "Poit! But what if we can't communicate?"

"Then we'll try our best," Brain responded as he got out of the hiding spot. "Come on, Pinky, we have a ghost world to take over!"

***

"Yes!" Apple, possessed by the ghost, cheered. "I'm SO glad Marshmallow is gone! Now I can finally enjoy myself!"

"Apple?" Marshmallow peeked behind the wall.

"After all, I am just using her vote to get further in the game!"

Marshmallow gasped. "YOU BIG JERK!" She walked out from behind the wall. "I can't believe you've been using me!"

"But Marshmallow!" Apple proclaimed. "I was just kidding! It was a big joke, HA. HA."

"You were by yourself!" Marshmallow argued. "I can't believe I was ever friends with you! Bow, take care of her!"

Bow, who was actually the ghost, realized what Marshmallow was saying and threw Apple out the window.

"Serves her right!" Marshmallow said while dusting her hands off.

"So," Bow returned. "Who's left?"

"Me! Me!" Pinky ran up to where Marshmallow and Bow were and jumped up and down.

"Pinky, stop it!" Brain grabbed onto Pinky's arm. Marshmallow and Bow were staring right at them. "Uh... RUN!" Brain and Pinky ran out of the mansion by jumping out the window.

"But Brain!" Pinky said, dusting himself off. "We were about to discover their secrets!"

"That plan failed, Pinky." Brain replied while getting up. "For we must get back to the lab and make a plan for tomorrow night!"

"Why Brain?" Pinky shrugged. "What are we gonna do tomorrow night?"

"The same thing we do every night, Pinky; try to take over the world!"