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SNORING We have to. We don't, though.

What else are we supposed to do? Keep the Spookies here forever?

I understand your urgency, Billie, but removing the portal's camouflage

to attract Big Bad earthside? It's far too risky.

So do we just wait around for the Big Bad to find the portal?

I say bring it on!

We don't know for sure that there's a Big Bad coming.

Chaos thinks there is.

So let's deal with it before I turn 13 and can't see Spookies any more.

What about Xena's Spooky vision goggles?

Still a work in progress.

All those in favour of removing the portal camouflage?

I, too, am in favour.

You don't get to vote, Phil.

All against?

I'm not being the decider.

Whatever we choose, we all have to agree.

BEEPING

Let's side bar this discussion to a more appropriate time.

Oh, yeah, swimming carn time! Woohoo! Woo!

Maybe I should skip swimming carnival today to be on watch

for Big Bad? D-train, peeps still need their sports cap.

I'll keep watch. Me and swimming are a no-go.

Putting your head underwater where anything could be swimming

around with you?

Yeah, no, thanks!

Fun fact - in hibernation, turtles breathe through their butts.

I am totally trying that today!

Phil? Yes, Xena?

We need you on higher than usual alert today.

There is some chance of a very fearsome Spooky coming

through the portal. It's one tiny portal in an infinite dimension,

but OK. High alert.

You cannot sneak past me, fearsome Spooky.

Spooky. Spoo-spoo-ky-ky.

BIKE BELL

Hot day. Small thirsty people.

Ice cold slushies.

This may be your crunkest idea yet, John.

Thanks, Jon, I appreciate that.

Yep, this might just be the thing that keeps Bowl-a-rama 5,000's

pulse pumping.

Woo!

Let's go. Yeah!

Whoa!

CHEERING

Still flying that no sport flag, huh?

Still flying, no swimming. Are you sure?

Because it is your last swimming carnival as sports captain.

If I wanted to swim I'd swim, but I don't.

So... Maybe Red House finally has a chance of beating

you this year. No way.

Blue House for the w-w-w-win!

We'll see.

Bleachers now.

Calamity! What's up, Xen?

Forget your carrots? No, I brought these.

And? Alas, they are not my regular swimming goggles.

They're the latest prototype of the Spooky goggles.

No way! Do they work?

I haven't had a chance to try them out yet,

but, yes, I believe so.

Shabooley!

Shh!

I did not mean to bring them to such a crowded event.

My well-meaning mother must have added them in my absence.

No biggie. Just wrap them in a towel.

That's what I do with my undies.

Listen up, champs. Time to get damp!

First race in two minutes.

KLAXON

KLAXON

On your marks!

RUMBLING

Get set.

Emergency! A new Spooky appeared approximately one hour ago.

An hour?

Why did it take so long for you to tell us? The Spooky froze

my circuits. I have only just managed to reboot.

Less manic!

Quit the panic.

Something touched my foot.

Same. Like seaweed or something!

Don't be a fool.

There's no seaweed in the pool.

What's going on?

GASPING

I think we may need to gather the troops...

..in private.

Creepy.

I like it!

OK, so why are we in here?

Clearly, there's some sort of Spooky in the pool,

and it has already bested Phil.

You think this is Big Bad?

I think we shouldn't take any chances.

OK, so what do we know?

It has touchy-feely tentacles.

But no-one can see it when it's in the water?

Well, then we have to get it out.

But how?

Oh, oh, oh! I know, I could pee in the pool.

Ew! Yuck!

How would that help? It'd make me want to get out.

See?

And if the water was cold, you can warm yourself up by weeing

in the pool.

Ah, actually, no.

The dye would give me away.

What dye? The dye that changes colour when you pee in the pool.

Dude, wee dye is not real.

Really?

Actually, Bert might be onto something.

Tentacles suggest that this Spooky is a cephalopod.

Or at least cephalopod adjacent.

Like an octopus? Exactly.

Such creatures are very sensitive to temperature.

So if we turn the temperature up...? The Spooky will vacate.

Wait, but how do we catch it without everyone seeing it?

Wait here. Come on.

I can't believe wee dye is not real.

I'm devo.

This is grim. They're refusing to swim.

Contagious hysteria. That's Gen Alpha for reals, Miss.

We need to get everyone away from the pool.

What's up, Bluey? What's up, Bluey?

So, what flavours do you have?

All the colours of the rainbow.

Except orange or purple. Or yellow.

But we do have enough syrup to make 200 of these bad boys.

So guess what? We're going to be rich.

Oh, yeah! We just need that first sucker.

I mean, customer. And then the floodgates will open.

Then, John...?

THEY HOWL

It's a wolf.

A Money Wolf. It's a Sunny Valley animal. It's a thing.

Go with it.

It sounds great. One blue slushy, please!

Blue house, represent!

Oh, John, we've got company.

Yeah, in your face, Red House. Blue slushies rock!

Uh, actually, Red House rocks.

Blue House! Yeah, OK. Blue House is awesome!

Here we go, Blue House.

Here we go. Bring it on.

OK. House spirit is the name of the game.

One slushy each.

Then back in your lane.

CHEERING

Yeah! I'll keep them busy here.

Tell the others it's go time.

Here we go. Let's go, kid.

Oh, hey, please.

Anyone teach you guys to say thank you? Take, take, take.

Come on, everyone, get your slushy,

support your houses! Red, green and blue.

Take, take, take. All right. Here you go.

The coast is clear. Pump the temp.

You, you, you!

Hey, you take two of these. Take two.

Get out of here, kid. Get out of here, kid.

Uh, Jon, Jon.

Did you, uh, take any money?

Oh!

How can we be Money Wolves if we don't have any money?

Well, we're not. We're No Money Wolves.

And that's the worst type of wolf.

It's got to be in the pool.

Keep a look out.

SPLASHING

It's working!

It's certainly big.

And looks pretty bad.

SPOOKY SNARLS

Retreat!

JESS SCREAMS

Keep the slushies coming.

We're out of syrup.

What? Doughnuts.

That's imposs.

How much syrup did you put in each slushy?

Exactly what the label said.

Five parts syrup, one part ice.

John, it's supposed to be five parts ice to one part syrup!

Well, anyone could make that mistake.

They should have made it clearer.

Sorry, kiddlywinks.

Small technical hitch.

Can I interest any of you in a no-flavoured slushy?

Cups in the bin, it's time to swim.

But what about the thing in the pool?

What thing? Seriously? There's nothing there.

Come on, I'll show you.

No! Wait.

Mr Norris, these kids have had way too much sugar.

Shouldn't we check they're OK before anyone gets back in the pool?

Thanks, Billie. Point made.

Let's get you lot to first aid.

Hey, kid, do you want a slushy?

Here we go, slushy.

Try it now before they run out.

Take one. Only 10.99.

Take one, kid!

Quick, hide!

This is one big, bad Spooky.

Yeah, and it's coming straight for us.

What do we do?

Stay still.

Shh!

By Poseidon's Trident!

No wonder the Spookies are afraid.

BERT TOOTS

Soz, guys.

SQUEAKING

SCREAMING

Where'd it go?

What nefarious intentions does it have?

Red House, Blue House, Green House.

50m relay - no more delay!

What happened?

It's back in the pool, and invisible again.

And the pool temp?

We turned it up.

The Spooky turned it back down again.

Odd move for the baddest of bad Spookies.

Those slushies have made your brains mushy.

There's nothing in the pool except water.

I'll get in to prove it.

And then you, order.

I'll need a towel.

THEY GASP

The Spooky Goggles!

She'll see the Spooky!

Sweet like candy, these look handy.

No!

No!

No!

YELLING

Medic! Someone call triple zero!

I told you to go easy on the no-flavoured slushies, John.

I told you!

Slushy brain freeze!

JOHN & JON WHINE Owieeeeee!

Oh, it's gone.

Oh, cool. All right. Get back to work. Yeah, sure.

Brain freeze?

That's it.

Right. Here's the plan.

We put a decoy in the water.

Backpack Jess is on lookout.

She gives the signal,

we turn up the pump to the max,

suck the Spooky through the filter, into the pump house.

We put it on ice and take it back to HQ.

How's that for a slice of fried gold?

Yeah.

Psst, Jon. Customer.

Hey. What's up?

Here to get on the no-flavoured slushy bandwagon?

It's only 15.99 a... Cup. ..kilo.

Sorry.

20 bucks a cup.

Mm. Big day, huh?

You must be so tired.

No. No.

LULLABY PLAYS

Not tired.

YAWNING DROWNS OUT SPEECH

What if we take all that ice off your hands?

It'll save you lugging it back to Bowl-A-Rama.

THEY GASP

Ooh! Eee!

Huzzah!

Have fun packing up, kid.

To the Jonmobile.

JON HOWLS

Enjoy the... JOHN GRUNTS

JON HOWLS Jon!

Grab that tub.

SHE GRUNTS

Quick! Over here, guys.

Under the filter.

If our Spooky pal doesn't like the water,

even a couple of degrees warmer,

I'm assuming it'll appreciate a nice ice bath.

You reckon giant squid thingy will fit through this teeny tiny filter?

Fun fact - cephalopods are known for their ability

to fit through the smallest of spaces.

They're nature's greatest escape artists.

But what if Octoface won't go where it's meant to?

Oh, it will.

We've got the best decoy in the business.

Everything OK, Miss?

No.

Swimmykhana's a failure.

I'm going to get Bob the busman to come and get us early.

Why aren't you rhyming?

I'm defeated, Derek.

Rhyming requires effort.

It's not over yet, Miss.

Never quit.

Who wants to see me break the school freestyle record?

Yeah... MISS NORRIS GROANS

I said, who wants to see me break the school freestyle record?

CHEERING Yeah!

CHEERING CONTINUES

Whoo!

Come on, Derek!

WHISTLE BLOWS

HE EXHALES

KNUCKLES CRACK

No, no, no, no, no!

That's too small, it won't make it!

Take your marks. I need to move the grate.

BEEPING

CHEERING

Backpack Jess, what are you doing?

Oh, I dropped my hair clip, Miss N.

Derek's in the pool. Hurry, hurry!

CHEERING

Derek!

No! It's getting closer.

BURBLING

CHEERING

You can do this, Backpack Jess.

CHEERING CONTINUES

KLAXON BLARES

That's the signal!

SHE SQUEALS

GURGLING

PIPES THUNKING

Whoa!

Ugh!

Whoa.

There, there, Mr Spooky.

It's all right.

We should chuck on some slushies.

Here you go.

There, there.

SOFT SHUSHING

Oh! It's working.

His temperature is dropping. Yeah.

Chill out, Spooky dude.

CHEERING

So that's a new Sunny Valley record for 50m Freestyle.

Let's hear it for Derek.

That was epic, D-Train.

Pretty epic yourself, BPJ,

facing your fear and all.

RAUCOUS CHEERING

Hey, guys, if you're good here,

Bert signed us up for the novelty relay.

Yep. Totes.

Novelty relay, all the way.

Mind if we go?

Of course. We got this.

Go, Green House!

Whoo!

Today was actually pretty fun.

Have I been too strict about this sporting ban?

A little.

OK. A lot.

It's OK to play sport for the love, Derek.

Not just cos you're the best at it.

Wait, you think I'm the best?

Should I even ask what's going on?

Hey, Beens. Sorry I left you hanging.

School Cap, Sports Cap-wise.

Don't worry about it.

Red House rules.

Hey, what you did for Mr Norris and those kids today?

That was really cool.

It was nothing.

No, it really was something.

Robina?

If you have a moment, would you be so kind as to do us a favour?

Always here for you Spooky cats.

Would you be so kind as to put these on and tell us what you see?

I don't see anything.

XENA SIGHS

Just a crazy pool toy

that looks like a giant squid.

Nice one, Xene.

Archimedes' bathwater, they worked!

SPOOKY BURBLES

I think it likes me.

SPOOKY BURBLES

THEY LAUGH

Or you just got weed on.

Well, is anyone else NOT getting big bad vibes here?

If that's Big Bad, then my name is Lord Wally McPoople.

Gross. But, yeah, have to agree.

So if this isn't Big Bad...

That means it's still out there.

Look, guys, we can't just keep waiting for more and more Spookies

to turn up until the Big Bad actually comes.

We have to do something.

Maybe you're right.

The anticipation is unbearable.

We can deal with whatever comes through.

We always have.

And we can protect the Spookies.

So it's unanimous, then?

We remove the portal's camouflage?

CHAOS TRILLS SOFTLY

FAINT GROWLING

UNKNOWN SPOOKY HISSES