Henry Stickmin: The Tale Of Charles's Afterlife

Halloween Special- Have You Seen The Triple Threat?

All year round, rumors speculate of an abandoned house at the end of the town of Dogobogo. This house has been left inhabited for at least 30 years ever since the Toppat Clan died in there because of a horrible incident with the government. Well, at that time they only cared that the Toppat Clan was dead.

Henry heard a knock at his door, so he opened it and there was his two best friends shouting "Trick and treat!" Henry stared at their costumes for top to bottom and he felt proud of them, they clearly put in a lot of effort during the past few weeks.

Charles was dressed as a helicopter pilot, for that was his aspiration when he grew up. Ellie, on the other hand, was dressed as some kind of street kid, that was her kind of style and personality. Henry was dressed as a young wizard in training from his favourite role playing game, Dungeons And Dragons. It was a game he used to play with his old friends before he moved in last year.

"You guys aren't getting any candy from my house. It's for the other children." Henry then turned to his mom and yelled, "Mom! I'm going out with Ellie and Charles now! I'll be home by 10pm."

"The Toppat Clan has been completely eliminated with poison gas under the orders of General Hubert Galeforce. Before the attack, the general evacuated the whole town as soon as possible. He ensured that the gas would be cleaned up afterwards." the news anchor announced. 18 October 1990, said the top of the screen.

The streets were filled with kids in Halloween costumes while some are being supervised by an adult. This year, the Triple Threat gang is old enough to go on their own.

30 minutes later, the trio have already hit at least a quarter of the town's houses and have already each gathered quite a haul, probably enough to last them until December. But to them, this isn't enough. It was indeed fun for them. They laughed and sang ridiculous songs. Afterwards, they still have plans to return to Henry's house to do their annual candy trade. Once they made sure they have hit every house as they possibly could before 9.45pm, Henry suggested that they go home. Since it was a Friday night, the parents of Ellie and Charles have said that it is okay for their kids to spend the night at Henry's house.

"No Henry, that is a horrible idea. We'll get caught immediately. Let's just head on to your house." Ellie intervened.

"Out of all your plans, this is the craziest one yet." Charles added.

"Crazier than the time we built traps in your house to chase out the thieves." Ellie continued.

"Come on guys! No one's even out here anymore. We'll just go in, take a look, then get out." Henry insisted further.

Charles and Ellie knew that there was no way to talk Henry out of doing this,  so they thought that they might as well go in with him. Plus, they really wanted to see what its interior looked like.

Removing the board, the three friends helped each other through the window of the house. They landed in the living room, and proceeded from there. The only source of light was the moon beam shining through the window they used to climb in. The living room had everything a living room should have. A sofa, broken TV for the 80s, and other stuff. The lights were busted too. The three split up to different rooms of the two leveled house.

After the elimination of the Toppat Clan, everyone wondered how the Toppat Clan managed to fit their entire population into such a small house. And where do they keep all their stolen treasures?

"Why are there three candlesticks on the kitchen wall? Plus, they are so close to each other. It just doesn't make any sense." Ellie said. Charles and Henry joined her to see what she was being puzzled over.

Upon closer inspection, Henry discovered some tiny hinges on the candlesticks. So, he told Ellie and Charles to pull all three sticks on the count of three. The wall flipped around, and a foul smell immediately drifted out.

Charles drenched some towels in water from his bottle and tossed them to Ellie and Henry. Henry insisted that they move on.

So this is where the clan has been hiding themselves and all their treasures! A secret headquarters.

"The foul stench seemed to be coming from the remains of the Toppat bodies    that have never been discovered and cleaned up!" Ellie said in between breaths.

"I can't take it anymore, let's get out of here." Henry said.

"I don't think so." Said a voice coming from the body of Reginald Copperbottom.

Two months later...

"Mrs Stickmin, up until this point, we still have no leads on your son and his friends. We deeply apologize." The police chief informed.

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Happy Halloween everyone! Stay safe at home although we can't go trick or treating.