TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ADVENTURES
A SPOOKY NIGHT IN DISNEY's HAUNTED MANSION
PART 5
As the villains enter the door, they find themselves inside the unfinished attic or storage area of the mansion where antiques of long neglect are scattered about the room, piled from floor to ceiling, ranging from trunks, chests, lamps, rugs, mirrors, tables, chairs, clothing, toys, etc. A loud thumping sound can be heard somewhere in this chamber.
SHREDDER
I wonder what is making that sound?
KRANG
That's what I want to know too.
BAXTER
Sounds like a beating heart but very loud.
BLACK TIGER
Good grief.
VALMONT
But where is it coming from?
As the Syndicate stare around them they are startled by boogymen phantoms that leap from hiding places among the antiques crying out familiar words of "I DO, I DO!" This makes the friends gasp, flinch, cringe in fear. Their Doombuggy continues moving through the attic until they notice something against one wall.
BLACK TIGER
Look, a broken down piano.
KRANG
I hear music coming from it as though someone is playing the keys.
BAXTER
Uh-oh, I think I see the composer. <He looks scared>
SHREDDER
Huh, where? <He turns to look>
BAXTER
There! <Points directly ahead>
A shadowy figure illuminated by candleholders atop the piano can be seen hitting the keys as he plays a somber version of the Wedding March. Then as the carriage rotates around in the opposite direction away from this scene, it is then that the source of the thumping sound is revealed!!!
VALMONT
Oh my god! <Horror streches his eyes>
EVERYBODY ELSE
HUUUUUUUH?!!
There, standing before them is a ghost dressed as a bride. She is strangely illuminated as her heart glows red with each heartbeat. Her eyes look straight ahead with a vacant stare, distant & sad, her mouth twisted up into a smile as she appears to be dreaming of walking down an imaginary aisle to the alter to meet her groom waiting for her. In one hand she clutches a bouquet of flowers, a candle in the other hand. The boogymen phantoms continue jumping up and down repeating the same "I DO, I DO" phrases over and over, taunting the ghost bride since she never got to say those words herself nor hear the music of the Wedding March either. As the Syndicate attempt to run back out the door in their DoomBuggy, another ghostly manifestation appears and blocks their way. He is a cloaked figure with an evil grinning face, a hatbox hanging from his hands. With each beat of his bride's heart his head disappears from his body and appears in the hatbox.
KRANG <Lost it>
We're trapped Saki! There's no way out.
SHREDDER
For once Krang, I agree!
BAXTER
Doomed forever to be trapped in this cursed nightmare with no escape.
BLACK TIGER
And we haven't found the exit yet. <To himself> It's the end for us all.
VALMONT
Not yet we're not. Hold the candles, I'll try to open this window.
Stepping out of the carriage, the crimeboss businessman walks to one of the dormer windows and after several attempts pushes it outwards, carefully leaning his head through the opening to peer outside. What he sees is a shocking sight before him! The storm has ended, leaving behind a clear sparkling night sky of twinkling stars & a full moon with no clouds. A gentle breeze blows his face, ruffling his white hair. Turning back he calls to his allies.
VALMONT
Come on, we're in luck! <They just stare at him>
KRANG
You've found something Valmont?
VALMONT
Yes I have lord Krang. <He gestures proudly> There's a balcony out here.
BAXTER
A balcony? <Surprised look> Outside?
VALMONT
Well, what did you expect? <Shrugs> I have found the escape route from this cursed nightmare. <Again he bows>
SHREDDER
Well it's about time. Let me out of this mansion!
Saki jumps from the DoomBuggy and hurries over to stare out the dormer window himself and sure enough spots the balcony just below the sill. An evil grin crosses his face behind his helmet-faceplate and he climbs through the window and onto the walkway. Valmont assists Stockman, Krang & Black Tiger through the window until they all stand on the balcony. For awhile they gaze at their surroundings...the Syndicate are standing on the mansion's roof and from there they see the entire grounds of the manor house in all directions.
VALMONT
Watch your steps. The rain made everything slippery.
BAXTER
Uh, the candles went out again. <He indicates the candleholder>
VALMONT
Just leave them we're outside now. Everything's going to be OK. <Then he sees something> Here's some steps down at the far end.
A fire escape extends from the roof's edge leading to the ground below.
BAXTER
But they lead to the cemetery! Do we have to go in there?
KRANG
I've got a bad feeling about this.
BLACK TIGER
Master, it appears that there are no other alternatives left open for us.
VALMONT
Correct my loyal bodyguard. In order for us to flee this nightmare alive we must continue on our journey through the cemetery, and with time & luck we will succeed in locating the back-gate & fence.
SHREDDER
You mean we gotta traverse through there? <Shocked, stunned>
KRANG
Well we can't go back in there. <He nods towards open window behind them> Or else we risk getting trapped & lost again inside the mansion's rooms & halls.
BAXTER
You're not talking me into going inside that place again, uh-uh, no way.
SHREDDER
Nobody asked you professor. <Glowers at him>
VALMONT
Oh come on, it's the only way home. Let's get going!
So the Syndicate descends the steps to the ground level and began their walk through the family burial grounds, trying to find their way out of this living nightmare. They pass the mansion's old caretaker holding a railroad lantern. He stands, too frightened to speak or move while his dog cowers-whimpers at his feet. Suddenly there is music all around them and the sky fills with flying spirits. Shredder, Krang, Valmont, Baxter & Black Tiger pass a group of musicians who pay no attention to their presence. One is playing a bagpipe, another a harp and another a trumpet. There is a hunchback playing a flute and a drummer pounding out the tempo on a gravestone. There is a king and queen balancing a teeter-totter on a gravestone while their daughter, a princess, swings in a swing pushed by her brother, the prince. Five marble busts on raised pedestals sing a barbershop quartet rendition of a familiar ghostly song that goes something like this...
GRIM GRINNING GHOSTS
When the cryptdoors creak and the tombstones quake.
Spooks come out for a swinging wake.
Happy haunts materialize.
And begin to vocalize.
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize!!!
Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide.
Or a silly spook may sit by your side.
Shrouded in a daft disguise.
They pretend to terrorize.
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize!!!
As the moon climbs high over dead oak trees.
Spooks arrive for the midnight spree.
Creepy creeps with eerie eyes.
Start to shriek and harmonize.
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize.
When you hear the nell of a funeral bell.
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell.
Restless bones etherize.
Rise as spooks of every size.
Hmhmmbwahahahahahaah!!!
The Syndicate sees a hearse stuck in the mud, the coachman talking with a duchess sitting atop the vehicle, sipping tea. The casket had slid out and their content, a shrouded corpse, also sips a cup of tea. Behind the hearse on a hill, a group of ghosts are enjoying a bicycle ride through the tombstones. Two ghosts dressed in Viking opera theater costumes with arms around each other wail to the sky as they sing along to the music with the marble busts. Also joining in the melody is a huge masked executioner singing a duet with a medireview decapitated knight who holds his singing head in his extended hand.
VALMONT
There's that crow again.
The black bird is following the friends, shadowing them in their wake.
SHREDDER
What does it want now? <Irritated>
BAXTER
I hope it does not intend to possess us master.
BLACK TIGER
Whoohooa, great Scott! <Panics>
KRANG
Perhaps it wants to tell us something before we leave.
That makes Valmont, Baxter, Shredder & Black Tiger stare at the alien warlord of Dimension X. What did he say??? It is then the crow speaks and what it has to say is shocking beyond belief!
CROW
Caw, caw! Beware my friends. Caw, caw! They may try to follow you home, caw, caw, caw! <Then it flies away with flapping wings>
Now the villains stare after the disappearing bird with wide eyes & open mouths as they contemplate its warning.
SYNDICATE <All together>
WHAT DID IT SAY? WHO DARES FOLLOW US HOME!
BAXTER
Valmont, a-are you sure we're going the right way?
VALMONT
Yes, there's only one path through this cemetery. But it looks like there's something up ahead.
Directly in their path, looming before them is a dark object of unknown origin, that is until Baxter recognizes what it is and tells the others.
BAXTER
That's the crypt!
SHREDDER
The what?!
BAXTER
Crypt, or vault where we place the deceased loved ones after they pass away who do not wish to be cremated into ashes. <Points out the crypt's features> And...that's the one by the fence, it's the way out!
KRANG
You mean, that's the exit? <Shocked>
BAXTER
I believe it is. <Grins triumphantly> And I found it.
VALMONT
Excellent! Well done Professor Stockman.
BAXTER
Thank you sir. <Blushes red> I think...
SHREDDER
Then what are we waiting for? C'mon, let's enter this vault and escape this nightmare once and for all!
KRANG
I'm right behind you Shredder.
BLACK TIGER
Wait for me! <He runs after them>
BAXTER
We're out of here! <Quotes Kidd Video's famous line>
VALMONT
Yeeehaaaw! <Shouts the Dukes of Hazzard yell> Finally, we're going home.
So the gang rushes into the crypt, whose door is open to permit their entrance into its dark interior far below-ground. As their footsteps echo hollowly on the stone steps descending down-down-down into blackness, the all-but-forgotten voice of the Ghost Host returns to bid them farewell.
GHOST HOST
Did you enjoy your visit?...<Sound of funeral bell tolling the hours> I told you that you would not be harmed...thank you for spending some time with us...Come again, bring your friends if they believe this story you tell...I have to go now it is midnight...Pleasant dreams...
Then he begins to giggle and the giggling turns into uncontrollable laughter!!!
GHOST HOST
Hmhm, hmhmhmmm...hmhmhahahahahaah!!!...
Then the voice fades away again as Shredder, Krang, Baxter, Valmont & Black Tiger emerge through another doorway at the other end of the crypt and find themselves passing through the back gate of the fence surrounding the property grounds. Stopping to catch their breath they turn to stare one last time at the mansion looming before them, then without hesitation or second glance they turn AND RUN!
SYNDICATE <Scream simultaneously>
AAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!! <All yell like Charlie Brown>
And they don't stop running until the mansion is far behind and out of sight and still they keep running until reaching the safety of HOME SWEET HOME.