Ghost Squad Page #2

still have the hots

for the girl

in your Chemistry Lab, do you?

I'm serious, Todd.

I've got a better idea.

Why don't you come over here

and make me zip it?

Hey!

He threw his peas at me!

And they say you can't

train a baby.

Charlie, Todd, stop it.

Just eat.

I got you some almond milk. They say

it's better for your digestive tract.

Yeah, Charles, or how about

some of Noah's baby formula?

I'm warning you, Todd.

Warning me how?

Sit down and be quiet, Todd,

or I'm going to let Charlie have five

minutes alone with you off the leash.

Not cool, Russ!

Hey, guys?

You might want to come over here

and read this.

"During the 1950s,

"the Sullivan Gang was rumored

to be responsible

"for over 30 bank robberies

in California alone.

"They were finally killed

in a shootout

"right here in Elk Falls

at their hide-out,

"the old Sullivan place.

Cops said it was

a total bloodbath."

Like, body parts everywhere!

It also says the place is supposed

to be haunted by the gang

and their vicious old dog

Salty.

Haunted by a dog?

Let me see that.

"Over the years,

many citizens of Elk Falls

"have reported hearing

strange noises

"coming from the house,

"which to this day

remains abandoned

"due to an ongoing dispute

over ownership

"and the city's inability

to find a buyer

willing to take on

the troubled property."

Dude! Look at these guys!

They look like total psychos!

Hey, this one looks

just like you, goggles.

Haunted by a dog?

What a bunch of baloney!

The place is just old.

We're doing this.

End of story.

Yeah, we kind of have to.

We chicken out now,

our lives at Joe Dante

middle school are gonna suck.

- Probably high school too.

- It already sucks.

Yeah, but we're talking about it

going to an entirely new level.

How are we going

to get our parents

to let us stay the night

in that old house?

It's simple.

We tell our parents

that we're staying over

at each other's houses,

and by morning,

we're heroes.

Jake and those other lug nuts

won't be able

- to push us around anymore.

- I gotta go home.

My mom's making something

that vaguely resembles meatloaf.

If I don't get there soon, my sister

will gives hers to the dog before I can.

Remember, we meet behind the

school tomorrow at 6:00.

Does this mean

no trick-or-treating?

What do you think?

This will be better.

Trust me.

Oh, okay, Charlie.

- See you tomorrow night, Charlie.

- No you won't.

Got your new wrestling coach coming

over tomorrow night, remember?

- Charlie doesn't wrestle.

- I hate wrestling, dad.

Well, that's why

you're going to take lessons.

That doesn't make any sense.

You need to do something

more physical, okay?

You're wasting too much time

at your computers.

What kind of wrestling coach

comes over on Halloween, anyway?

Bye, boys.

But dad, we have

a big geometry test coming up.

We're in a study group together.

I can't let my friends down.

What about

letting your dad down?

Day after tomorrow,

I promise.

I expect to see an "A"

on that test.

Geometry test, huh?

I know what you guys

are doing.

- You don't know anything.

- Really?

Maybe we should have a talk

with mom and dad then.

I'll do your homework

for a week.

You're not getting my bank.

I already looked in there.

There's not enough.

25 bucks, that's the price

for my silence.

I'll kill him for free.

Deal.

Not a word.

And you're doing my homework.

I'm impressed.

Didn't think

you guys would show.

This is a piece of cake.

If you're doing this

for my sister, forget about it.

- You got no shot with her.

- I'm doing this

because I'm tired of you guys

always giving us a hard time.

We do this,

you guys back off.

Deal?

Deal, but I won't

hold my breath.

Ha!

You clowns ready?

Born ready.

Yeah? Well, talk is cheap,

professor.

Smart money says

you won't make it 'til dark.

I bet they don't

even go inside.

Let's just do this.

Are you sure about this,

Charlie? You don't have to.

Sure he is! The dare is you

stay the entire night.

Of course if you decide

to split early,

youtube and the whole rest

of the world will be watching.

You guys will be

on hidden cameras all night.

Uh, bye, boys.

Can we go now, please?

What are you doing? We didn't

even get to the house yet.

My dad! We're supposed to

be studying for a math test

at your house, remember?

Come on, let's go.

Are we almost there yet,

Charlie?

Almost.

Hey, did you read the new

"zombie invasion" comic?

Yes, it's awesome!

Dude, it was awesome. I like

"the zombie warrior" better.

Well, yeah,

because that was the first one.

I mean, it's expected.

What now?

How are we

getting in this place?

Okay, come on.

There, that's our entrance.

We pry that wood off

and slip inside.

Let's see here.

We're sure we really

want to do this?

Don't chicken out now, Nick.

They could be watching us

on those cameras.

No turning back now.

This is way too easy.

This is going

to be an awesome night.

Meet up at my place in an hour,

make sure everything's ready.

- I got this.

- Tonight,

those dipsticks are going

to get a double dose of ghost.

- Do you guys really have cameras in there?

- Jake's dad works security.

He gave me a few toys. Heighten

the experience a little.

Plus we got to make sure

your friends don't wuss out.

Don't you think

that's kind of mean, Jake?

Absolutely!

Oh, my face.

Would you get off me, please?

I'm trying!

Man, it's higher

than I thought.

I don't think we could get back out

that way even if we wanted to.

Great!

So we're trapped

in here?

We shouldn't even be here,

Charlie.

This is all your fault.

Yeah, I had my grimm reaper

super-hero costume

all ready to go for tonight.

But no, I'm trapped here

in this stupid old

haunted house with you guys!

Would you guys calm down? You

whine worse than my baby brother.

So you're calling us babies?

Yeah, snot-nosed

little diaper-wearing babies.

Okay, that's it.

I'm done.

Party's over.

Give me a boost, Nick.

No way,

you give me a boost.

Guys, you really

want to leave?

Aren't you tired of those jerks

always getting the best of us?

This is our chance to show

everyone what we're made of.

We go back out that window now,

we can never show our faces

in the school again.

We can do this,

you know we can.

Unless you really think we're the

gutless losers they say we are.

We're not losers.

So prove it.

Come on, guys.

Forget those guys,

right?

I guess.

Let's take inventory.

Supply check.

I brought the entertainment.

Ipad, video game, dvd,

D.S., and G.P.S.,

just in case.

Oh, and this.

Nice touch.

Thought you'd appreciate

the irony.

I brought the food.

Chips, salsa-not too spicy-

drinks,

chocolate-covered debby cakes,

and my personal favorite,

hungry boy

fried chicken dinners.

These are frozen dinners.

They'll thaw out

by the time we eat them.

All right, so I brought

the batteries, matches,

non-drip candles.

No one will ever know

that we were here.

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