THE HAUNTED
MANSION "Part 4"
The humans and mutants are still looking for that EXIT to escape from this
living nightmare but so far have not found it yet...meanwhile the Ghost Host
continues showing them around his home.
GHOST HOST
WE ARE ABOUT TO PARTICIPATE IN A SEANCE...PERHAPS MADAME LEOTA CAN ESTABLISH
CONTACT...MADAME LEOTA IS ASSEMBLING ALL SPIRITS...SHE HAS A REMARKABLE HEAD
FOR MATERALIZING THE DISEMBODIED...THEY ARE JUST DYING TO MEET
YOU...HMHMMHMMMAHAHAHAAH...
SPLINTER
Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Ninjara, Turbo, Olympus,
Machine, Panther, Tiger Claw, Great Wolf, Tsunami, Ying-Yang Man, Red Dragon,
Star Warrior and Superstar went into another room dimly lit by flickering
candles and there an unusual séance was in session. There before them
stood a table and chair on a large rug, a tiffany lamp hung above the table
casting its light down upon it. The chair had its back turned to the
friends, as eerie chanting incantations seem to be coming from it. On the
table were scattered tarot cards and a small stand, upon which rested a crystal
ball.
APRIL
O'NEIL
However, though, the chair was empty. THERE WAS NOBODY SITTING IN
IT!!! Only the crow could be seen, cawing and beating its wings for
balance while perched atop the headrest. Inside the crystal ball was a
head & face of Madame Leota, the fortuneteller medium who apparently was
communicating with the spirit world, instructing the unseen entities to
reveal-show themselves. At the same time objects are seen hovering,
floating in midair awaiting the speaker's commands.
MADAME
LEOTA
Serpents and spiders, tail of a rat. Call in the spirits wherever they're
at! <Scary sounds echo in the air> Rap on a table, it's time to
respond. Send us a message from somewhere beyond. <Slow knocks on
hovering tables> Goblins and ghoulies of long ago Halloweens, awaken the
spirits with your tamborine! <Tamborine rattles and shakes> Creepies and
crawlies, toads in a pond. Let there be music from regions beyond.
<Instruments play a haunting melody> Wizards and witches wherever you
dwell. Give us a hint by ringing a bell! <Bell jingles and jangles>
CASEY JONES
The gang stood transfixed by this shocking sight...not daring to speak or
move. Just then from out of nowhere there appeared green glow-mists
forming in the air, shaping themselves into human forms that began hovering,
floating about eerily.
NINJARA
Say, something's moving there in the corner.
RICHARD
BRANDEN
It looks like smoke, here's another one.
DONATELLO
Those do look like real ghosts, you can see through them.
MICHAELANGELO
Yeah, just like movie magic special effects.
HOYUNG PAK
Oh, I'm sure they would be happy to hear you say that, the ultimate insult.
MICHAELANGELO
What? Wait, I was only joking.
HOSUNG PAK
Oh, ho-ho...sure you were.
RAPHAEL
Good grief.
NINJARA
What about those things in the air?
MIKE
BERNARDO
Probably used in séances to make contact with the spirit world.
NINJARA
Oh...of course.
GHOST HOST
COME NOW...WE MUST LEAVE THIS COZY LITTLE CIRCLE...FOR THE SPIRITS HAVE
RECEIVED YOUR SYMPATHETIC VIBRATIONS AND ARE BEGINNING TO MATERALIZE...
SPLINTER
The Ghost Host led my sons and companions through another doorway, up a
spiral staircase and onto a balcony overlooking the majestic grand ballroom.
TO BE CONTINUED...