G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Ghoul School

Colonel Calloway's Visit/Game Prep and Midnight Spies

Back on the other side of the hedge, the Calloway cadets were in their volleyball uniforms, practicing their passes and plays for their annual volleyball match.

At one point, Baxter hopped up on Grunt's shoulders and slapped the ball over the net, making it bypass Jamal altogether. "Nice spike, Baxter!" Tug applauded. "That's the kind of teamwork we need for Calloway Military to stay on top!"

"Affirmative," Jamal said, bouncing the ball around. "They don't stand a chance against my behind-the-back pass attack!"

"All the way with Calloway!" Miguel cheered. "That's the spirit, men!" the colonel said, and the boys saluted, causing Baxter to fall into Tug's arms, and Tug to bounce the ball to Jamal with his head, which of course missed. "No fair, Tug! That's a carry!"

"Keep using your head, Roper," the colonel said proudly. "I'm going to Miss Grimwood's to arrange our game."

XXXXXXX

When the colonel arrived at Miss Grimwood's school, he tried his best not to shudder at the creepy appearance and rang the doorbell.

Upstairs, Miss Grimwood was fixing Tanis' wraps after they came a little loose during their last exercise. "All that exercise really loosened you up, Tanis," she told the mummy with a smile "A little too much."

"Miss Grimwood?" the colonel called as he knocked on the door. "It's me! Colonel Calloway!"

"Will you get the door for me, Sibella?" Miss Grimwood asked. "You bat I will!" Sibella shifted to bat form and flew off. The next thing the colonel knew, he saw the door creaking open, so he decided to peer inside. "Miss Grimwood? Anybody home?"

But what the colonel didn't expect was to face a giant purple bat, screeching at him as he came inside. "Stay back!" he demanded. "That's a direct order!"

"Anything you say... Colonel Calloway," said a chillingly calm voice, and Colonel Calloway turned to see Sibella standing right where the bat had been. "Where did you come from, young lady?" he asked. "Up there," Sibella gestured to the upper floors as she guided the colonel into another room. "Miss Grimwood said to make yourself comfortable. She'll be down as soon as she wraps things up."

"Affirmative. Thank you, young..." Colonel Calloway turned to thank her, but all he was met with was the same purple bat from earlier. "This school must have bats in its belfry..."

That's when he found an antique chair in the next room he could wait in, but the minute he sat down, cuffs binded his arms and legs to it. "Ahh, Colonel Calloway," Miss Grimwood smiled as she came into the room. "How nice of you to pay us a visit."

"Miss Grimwood!" the colonel began to struggle. "This chair, it's--"

"Yes, it's a collector's item: Early Inquisition," Miss Grimwood snapped her fingers, allowing the chair to let the colonel go. "But not very comfortable, I'm afraid. Would you prefer a softer chair?"

"Uh, thank you," the colonel said politely before checking another chair, making sure it was safer before he sat down. "Now, how about some tea and sweets?" Miss Grimwood asked. "Negative, Miss Grimwood," the colonel declined. "I'm on a strict military diet."

"Nonsense, colonel," said Miss Grimwood. "You must taste my fudge."

She then rang a gong, summoning her octopus butler that brought out the tea and the fudge. "I made it this morning."

"Well, if you insist. Thank you," the colonel said, taking a piece of fudge and a cup of tea, while Miss Grimwood chowed down. "Delicious, if I do say so myself," she said, but as the colonel ate his, he couldn't help but feel something was off about the texture and flavor. "Doesn't it taste a little... moldy?"