80. Creep ~Hash-Slinging Slasher~

Josuke tries to chase a cricket in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

"DAMN IT!!!" shouted Josuke. "I never catch those darn crickets!!!"

"Kid," sighed Miguel. "Try creeping up behind the insect to catch it."

"Huh?" asked Josuke.

"Press and hold A on your Nintendo Switch then sneak behind the insect. Afterward, catch it by releasing A," said Miguel.

Josuke does so and catches one. "Oh, my, God... Mr. Reaper, you friggin' genius."

Anne opens a portal and walks into the mansion with the help of Kariel, who carries the kids and walks the dog there.

Anne is carrying someone by the neck with her Sticky Fingers.

"Oh. Hey, honey," said Miguel, as he turns to her by turning his wheelchair.

"Hey," said Anne, as she viciously strangled the man.

"Another hitman?" asked Miguel.

"Yep," said Anne.

"Elvis, Farmland Hitman, or Presidential Assassination?" asked Miguel.

"No," said Anne. "This is a fan who didn't like your last book. He tried stabbing Gabrielle, so I zipped his face in half."

"Oh! That's new!" smiled Miguel, as he turned his wheelchair to the television and continued watching.

"Yeah. I'm going to zip his genitals out and send him to jail," said Anne, walking away. "Then I'll ground it into a paste. Josuke, don't go in the kitchen."

"Kay, kay," said Josuke.

"Hey!" shouted Finn, walking in with The Fusion.

"Waddup?" asked Josuke.

"Y'know how Spongebob is the Chief of Staff of Krusty Krab Industries?" asked Bodyguard Jedan, who is with The Fusion.

"Yeah?" asked Josuke.

"We, as The Jazz Fusion..." said Gumball. "...decided to eat there and try the world-famous...Krabby Patty!"

"Like in the cartoon?" asked Josuke.

"Yeah!" smiled Bodyguard Jedan. "We should try it! Krusty Krab 1567 just opened downstairs!"

"Look, Bodyguard Jed..." said Josuke.

"Never agreed to that name, but sure!" smiled Bodyguard Jedan.

"...Something tells me that something's going to go wrong if we go there tonight," said Josuke. "Something... evil..." said Josuke in a darker expression."We should go! I wanna see what happens!" he immediately smiled.

"YEAH!!!" shouted The Jazz Fusion, all jumping up.

"I'll take care of the restaurant tonight! Alright? Alright!" smiled Spongebob, patting Larry on the back. "Bye, Larry!"

Larry smiles and nods. "Thank you for giving me a restaurant off for tonight, Mr. Squarepants!"

Larry then walks away and drives away.

Jerry, a human, walks in.

"Hey, Jerry!" smiled Spongebob. "He's our night janitor!" smiled Spongebob to the others.

"Hey, Spongebob," waved Jerry, as he walked inside the kitchen.

The night was rather misty, and it was oddly quiet. There were no crickets tonight, nor any sounds of wildlife.

The Fusion all ate in the Krusty Krab a bunch of Krabby Patties, which were made in the size for human beings to eat the meal. They were all served Krabby Patty Deluxes with soda and Kelp Fries.

"This tastes really fishy," said Gumball. "I kinda like it."

"I'm just glad that a pair of fellow sea creatures and I could enjoy food that belongs to the sea!" smiled Darwin.

"But, aren't you a freshwater creature?" asked Bodyguard Jedan.

"So?" asked Darwin.

"Yeah... you don't belong in the oceans, like us sea creatures, Darwin the GOLDFISH," said Patrick, rather mockingly.

"Psh," said Darwin, as he dug into the Krabby Patty. "Whatever, Starfish."

*woo*

The wind blew outside, shaking some trees, but then, everything stopped. The fog covered the whole town and the night was dead-silent. The wind was so powerful that the glass doors blew open, and Spongebob was forced to lock them.

Krusty Krab looked like every Krusty Krab restaurant. There's the dining area, the cashier's area where it's a boat with a cash registrar, a kitchen behind the cashier area, and the manager's office at the right room from the kitchen. Also, at the left of the kitchen, is a pirate-themed bathroom.

The woods creaked, however. There was rummaging in the bathroom, but the Fusion didn't think much of it. They were just having fun talking to each other about gaming and their lives, trying to get to know each other. They were both talking and having fun until suddenly, they hear this weird noise coming from the kitchen. It sounded like a grunting sound of some sort of a weird zombie-like moan. Again, they didn't think much of it.

Then, they began to hear scratching.

"What's this?" asked Gumball. "Hash-Slinging Slasher?" asked Gumball, reading an article.

"Oh! That!" laughed Spongebob. "That's just a local urban legend my friend Squidward told us about. You guys should really get to know him! Nice guy, if you ask me!It starts with the lights flickering on and off... Then a phone calls and no one is there... Then around 3 AM a bus will appear and drop the Hash-Slinging Slasher!He changed his spatula into a hand after chopping his hand off in the ghost story and haunted Krusty Krab for years... but Squidward just made it all up!"

The Fusion continued to eat. They didn't think much of it, again. Then, they heard this weird grunting sound again. The Fusion begins to get mildly perturbed by this. So, they asked Finn to go check.

"Finn," said Josuke. "Could you check the kitchen?"

So, Finn went everywhere in the kitchen, the bathrooms, and even the manager's office, but no one was there.

"That was weird," said Spongebob. "Bahahahahah..." he laughed nervously. "It sounds like... something's in here."

After they finish their meals... something weird happens.

*zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz*

The lights begin to flicker on and off. The smell of rotting flesh could be smelled from somewhere, they just don't know where.

"Guys... I couldn't find Jerry anywhere... by the way..." said Finn, beginning to tremble.

"Uh... Finn?" Jake shook out of fear. "What's happening?"

The phone calls.

"That must be Mr. Krabs or Larry... or Jerry!" smiled Spongebob, as he ran to the phone and took the call. "Hello? This is Krusty Krab 1567. How may I be of service? Hello? Hello?"

N o o n e I s t h e r e.

"Uh..." trembled Spongebob. "No one's there..."

"Okay!" shouted Gumball. "Where are the cameras? Which one of you are pranking us?"

"What?" asked Spongebob.

"This is exactly like the article I've read," said Gumball. "Who did it?"

"Maybe you did?" asked Patrick, raising his eyebrow. "You're the only one who read this article..."

Everyone else turns to Gumball.

"Spongebob knew about the local legend... So..." said Gumball.

Everyone else turns to Spongebob.

"Patrick suggested it was Gumball! Pretty suspicious, huh?" asked Spongebob.

Everyone else turns to Patrick.

"This is Darwin's fault!" shouted Patrick.

"Why?" asked everyone else.

"Darwin got mad at me because I called him a freshwater creature!" shouted Patrick. "He planned this from the start!"

"You just rejected our brotherhood five minutes ago!" shouted Darwin.

"That's what they all say..." said Patrick.

Everyone begins arguing while the phone continues to ring.

*beep beep beep beep beep*

"It's 3 AM," said Spongebob.

*creak*

A bus drove in very slowly from the right, and it took probably a whole minute for the bus to stop before them.

"Oh! A customer!" smiled Spongebob.

The Hash-Slinging Slasher then appeared behind the bus as the bus left.

"Huh! He's much bigger than in the local legend!" pointed Spongebob.

All the lights immediately turn off.

"Good one! Good one! Where's the camera crew?" asked Gumball. Gumball then looked into the cup and spoke into it. "I know you're out there, Conan! Good one, Gaten Matarazzo! You can all come out now!Ow!"

Gumball feels something painful on his right hand. It was really painful, like a sharp pain from boiling water falling on his right hand.

Gumball slowly turns his hand over to the back. There, he saw slimy red maggots with red eyes, having holes all over its body. It has black round eyes all over its body with an ant-like green head. It has slug-like eyes on its antennae. It wriggles into Gumball's right hand, burying itself into it as blood gushes out from the hole. The worm vomits out acid onto Gumball's hand, as it wriggles out from the palm's hand. The maggot moans as Gumball screams at the top of his lungs.

"OH MY GOD!!!" shouted Gumball, as Darwin slaps the worm away.

"Guys..." said Finn. "This is the work of an enemy Stand..."

Everyone brings out their Stand and prepares to fight. The Hash-Slinging Slasher opens the glass doors as Finn uses Time Adventure to punch The Hash-Slinging Slasher, but the urban legend melts Finn's fist and stabs him with a spatula, which replaced his left hand.

He has red angry eyes and a slouched back with a spatula for a right hand.

"That's just Bob!" smiled Spongebob. "He's our other night janitor from Bikini Bottom."

Josuke shined a light onto its face, revealing a cannibal's mask over his red glowing eyes and a hood. The mask looks like it's been made from human flesh.

The creature hisses out of pain as steam came from its face.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-!!!" yelled everyone in a high-pitched voice.

"RAUGH!!!" shouted Jake, punching the Hash-Slinging Slasher, only for his hand to melt as maggots immediately appeared and burrowed into Jake's fist. The smell of rotting flesh could be smelled and the scent was awful that Finn and Josuke nearly vomited. Josuke was forced to woge and use Prince to heal Gumball and Jake.

Bodyguard Jedan used his mold to fight against the maggots, but the maggots simply ate the mold.

"Ugh!" yelled Bodyguard Jedan in disgust.

The Jazz Fusion is forced to run outside of the restaurant out of fear toward the back. They rush out of the door, heavily breathing as fog even comes out from their mouths. They look beside them to see the dumpster behind the restaurant that is to their left, and in front of the dumpster is, unfortunately, Jerry's dead body with these bizarre maggots eating his face and throat.

"Oh, my, God..." whispered Gumball.

"Jerry!" whispered Spongebob.

Hash-Slinging Slasher then barged out of the backdoor as the Fusion backed away.

Josuke brought out a coin and flipped it toward Hash-Slinging Slasher. Killer Queen then emerged from Josuke. Just as the coin touched Hash-Slinging Slasher's face, Josuke flexes his thumb.

*click*

Nothing happens.

"Huh?" asked Josuke, as he kept on flexing his thumb.

*click click click click*

Josuke looks down and realizes that the coin passed through Hash-Slinging Slasher, and is on the ground. Since the coin didn't touch anything, it bombed nothing. Josuke sighs and disables Killer Queen's primary bomb.

"Uh-Oh..." said Josuke.

Josuke woges out of fear once more.

Jake then grabs the rest of the Jazz Fusion and stretched his legs into springs as he leaped up the building. When they reach the top of the Krusty Krab, they once again meet the urban legend, who swings his spatula and swings some rotten hash toward them.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" yelled Spongebob, covered in rotten flesh.

Spongebob wishes for The Reaper's Ghost-Capturer 9000, which is in the form of a camera.

"Mr. Reaper's Ghost Trapper?" asked Finn.

*click*

"Did it work?" asked Spongebob, wiping his eyes.

They see that the creature is still here.

"Not a ghost," said everyone else.

Everyone grunts in pain to see that the maggots are digging into their limbs and slowly wriggle up to their shoulders and thighs.

"So... we can't touch it... Our Stands can't touch it... The maggots have a long-range attack and are currently eating out flesh..." said Darwin. "We're about to die... aren't we?"

"Wait..." said Josuke.

(theme begins...)

Josuke turns on his light and shines his light all over the maggots and heals his friends. Injured, Josuke bleeds all over.

Josuke points his phone's light to the creature holding it sideways and poses, curving his body to the right as he puts his other hand on his pocket. "Everyone bring out your phones and shine a light at Hash-Slinging Slasher!"

(theme begins at 1:13)

Everyone else poses. Finn puts his left hand over his right temple putting his arm over his head while using his right hand to flash his light on the Hash-Sling Slasher. Jake raises his head and covers his face with an open curved hand while his chest is out with the other hand shining the light. Spongebob and Patrick both curve their bodies forward with their chests out and raise their phones toward Hash-Slinging Slasher. Gumball and Darwin do the same as Spongebob and Patrick. Bodyguard Jedan crosses his arms above his head as he curved his body forward and he shows his crotch while his mold turns into a hand that holds the phone, shining the light at Hash-Slinging Slasher.

They all shine a light at the Hash-Slinging Slasher.

"I now know your weakness, Hash-Slinging Slasher!" yelled Josuke. Josuke shone the light at the creature as the creature howled in pain. "Astig Talaga..."

The Hash-Slinging Slasher howled in pain and backed away from the light. He teleports behind them as the Jazz Fusion changed into a circle position with Spongebob and Patrick shining at the center while everyone else shines outward.

"MEN!!! And Spongebob and Patrick... HOLD YOUR POSITIONS!!!" yelled Josuke.

"Shut up, Josuke," said Jedan.

"Witch, shut up!" shouted Josuke. "AIM YOUR STANDS..."

Josuke's Prince, Bodyguard Jedan's Green Day, Finn's Time Adventure, Jake's blade fist, Patrick's Goofy Goober Rock, and Gumball's Weird Like U.N. Me emerge.

"FIYA!!!"

"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA-!!!" shouted Prince, punching Hash.

The mold slowly infests Hash-Slinging Slasher's feet.

"MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA-!!!" shouted Time Adventure, punching Hash.

"RAUGH!!!" yelled Jake, stabbing Hash.

"GUBI GUBA GUBI GUBA-!!!" shouted Goofy Goober Rock, punching Hash.

"UWA UWA UWA UWA UWA-!!!" shouted Weird, punching Hash.

*BOOM*

"WHOA!!!" yelled everyone, as Hash-Slinging Slasher dusted to pieces.

"Let's bail," said Josuke, as Jake turned big and walked them out of the restaurant.

(theme ends)

Later...

"Wow... Miss America won in Miss Universe. Great. Victory for America! Hooray! Rounds of cheeseburgers for everyone!" he sarcastically said.

The eight all flop to the ground from the window down to the living room.

"Oh," said Miguel. "Hey, kids."

"Hash-Slinging Slasher... *gasp*... is real..." said Josuke.

"Oh," said Miguel. "Probably an Urban Legend."

"A what?" asked Josuke.

"An urban legend," said Anne, who drinks some tea. "They usually exist after a certain number of people believe in them. They usually exist in certain areas in a town with spiritual value or franchised buildings they haunt or more specifically, are attributed to. There's a whole Grimm article about them. They each have weaknesses, though."

"Oh..." said Josuke. "Thanks, Erina-... Anne."

Everyone turns to Josuke and shakes their head.

"Cheque, please," said Gumball, as everyone in the room laughed.

Meanwhile...

Damaso vomits blood while chained in a chair. Eradicator stood before him.

"Tell me, Damaso..." said Eradicator, leaning before Damaso. "Where is Rick Sanchez?"

"Go to hell," said Damaso.

"I'd rather go there than this world... where your people stay dominant rule," said Eradicator. "Yes... I'll buy a ticket to ride there and enjoy a cup of coffee on the bus going there. When I reach there, I will bathe on your brethren who perished in the hands of rightfully... my kind. Rationality over faith."