Chapter 2: Ghostly Training

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Once they had escaped the mansion, they went to the professor's lab that was located outside somewhere. Brad explained everything to the bat girl and told her why he was there in the first place!

"So your name's Brad?" The professor questioned for confirmation, which the bunny boy nodded in approval.

"I think our paths were destined to cross. Well met, Brad." Nikki muttered in a pondering tone.

"Uh, if you don't mind me asking, where are we right now?" Brad wanted to know, surveying his new surroundings with his black dot eyes.

"Hmm? Where's this, you ask?" Professor Nicole answered his question with a question.

Brad nodded. "Yeah!"

"Why, these cozy quarters are where I do my ghost-studying." The Professor Nicole gal revealed, gesturing around the place with her hands.

"Which is quite interesting, I must say! One of my friends would definitely like you." Brad put in, looking around at all of the technology in great interest, wondering what every little contraption did.

Nikki grinned. "Thank you, sonny boy! Professor Nicole's Ghost research laboratory! The Lab, if you wanna put it in simpler terms."

"Cool," Brad yawned. "Now then, to answer your question from the last chapter,I won this mansion in a contest I don't even remember entering…"

Professor Nicole gave the rabbit a look. "You won this mansion in a contest you didn't even enter?"

"Kind of…" Brad trailed, sweat-dropping.

"Sounds pretty fishy to me." Professor Nicole said, tapping her pointer finger on her right cheek. "Didn't you think that sounded a little bit suspicious?"

"Not at the time. I was too excited over winning that mansion." Brad explained.

So you believe the mansion actually exists, then…Strange," Nikki remarked thoughtfully. "I've been living here for 3 years or so, and I'll tell you: that mansion appeared just a few days ago!"

Brad was shocked out of his minds at the startling information that he just received from the professor.

"WHAT?!"

"The spirits have fooled you!" The professor told Brad.

"That's just crazy!" He exclaimed, eyes wide.

"I don't know if it's a dream, an illusion, or what-all, but I surely wouldn't be too happy winning a haunted house!" Professor Nicole informed the fellow Toon, waving her hands around wildly.

"Neither would I!" Brad agreed.

Professor Nicole suddenly examined Brad closely as if remembering something. "Now that I get a look at you, I just recalled…A group of Toons went up to the mansion without even stopping to chat…and they never returned. But I did hear them talking about you.Were they a dream, too?"

"What? No!" Brad quickly exclaimed in horror. "Those guys you're talking about are my friends and siblings!"

The bat girl gasped loudly. "Oh no! That's horrible!"

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