Afterimage

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**"Afterimage"** Is The 9th Episode Of The Inaugural MMC X HTF Horrorfest Spooktacular.

## Plot

### Part 1: Flashes Of The Flames

The Episode Starts With A Card Fading Up And An Announcer Saying "Stay Tuned! The Story Behind The Relationship Between A Maverick Hunter And The Girl Of Nature Will All Be Revealed In.. Kross Rhodes: A Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends Story! Coming September 9th 2022. And Now, On With Are Featured Presentation.. Of Afterimage. The Episode Opens Up With A Black Background With The Words After Followed By Image Flashing In And Glowing For A Few Seconds Before The Title Card Gets Destroyed By Fire, As We Transition Into A Forest On Fire, As Shadows Run Across Screen, Followed By Shadows Who Seem To Be Carrying Weapons. Shooting Sounds And Some Trees Chopped Down, Make The Situation Worse. Many Animals Trying To Escape But Shot Down By Hunters. Poachy Appears And Reveals As He Is The One Who Leads The Chaos Inside The Forest, By Saying "There's Only One Survivor Left. Find Her, AND KILL HER!. All Hunters Say "YES SIR!" As We Fade To A Female Running, Who Is Revealed To Be Aiysa, The Nature Loving Okapi. She Is Trying To Run But Seems Weakened Because Of The Fire. She Sees The Forest Burning, Animals Being Shot And Trees Chopped Down, Which Causing Her Burst Into Tears Before The Big Branch Falls Onto Her. She Somehow Still Survived And Sees Poachy In Her Blurred Vision. He Says "Well, I Guess I Can Say That Takes Care Of That..." She Begin To Became Angry And Says "Damn It... You Just Couldn't Keep You Grubby Little Hands Off Of Hunting Us... When I Comeback One Day... I Swear To God... You And Everyone Else... Will Become... The Hunted" Before Passing Out And Burning To Death As Poachy Says "Well, Can't Blame Me For Trying. A Title Card Saying "6 Months Later Appears And Fades Into A Road And A RV Traveling Down It. Inside The RV, Lumpy The Newscaster Reports Of A Serious Incident That Happen In A Local Camp Ground 3 Weeks Ago... He Says "Two Families Of Three Were Camping But Were Mysteriously Murdered With No Trace Of Evidence Or How They Died." Brandon Is The Seen Sipping Treetown Coffee Before Saying "Man, Giggles Sure Does Make The Best Coffee!" Cheyenne Miller Is Worried And Says "I Think We Shouldn't Go There, Our Friends In The Carlson's And Dolbear's Were Killed A While Ago." Cheyenne's Boyfriend Xavier (Odd For Me To Say That) Says "Don't Worry, I'm Sure Everything Will Be Fine." Dylan Chimes In And Says "Yeah, Why Do You Have To Be A Cowardly Bitch!" Brandon Gibb Slaps Dylan And Says "Hey, Don't Talk Shit About Xavier's Girlfriend, She Just Has Pantaphobia, That's All!, And Besides, This Campground Is Probably The Only One Within Close Proximity Of HTF Town." Dylan Puts On A Frustrated Face And Scowls. The Gang Soon Arrive At The Camp Site And They Get Set Up. Skaggles And Winter Is Fixing The Tent, All While Skaggles Tries To Set It Up But With Some Epic Failure. He Then Kicks It And It Automatically Becomes An Assembled Tent. Skaggles Cries "Finally!" Before It All Falls Flat Again. Skaggles Then Says "ARE YOU KIDDING ME, I DID ALL THAT WORK AND IT WAS FOR NOTHING!!!" Followed By Him Swearing And Mumbling Angerly, As Winter Facepalms And Says "Does That Guy Ever Get A Brake!" Day Turns Into Night As Cheyenne Miller Is Awakened By Seeing Something Staring At Her Inside The Forest, Which Cause Her To Go Inside The Forest And Find What It Is. The Next Morning, Xavier Mumbles In His Sleep "I Want More Loving Baby!" Only Realizing Cheyenne Was Not There. Xavier Started To Panic As He Woke Everyone Up By Screaming "GUYS!! CHEYENNE IS GONE!!!" Brandon Was The First To Be Awaken And Freaked Out Like He Was In The Military And The Wake Up Horn Was Playing At A Loud Tone. "JESUS H CHRIST XAVIER!" Brandon Said "Why Did You Have To Scream Like That!" Xavier Then Says "I HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE CHEYENNE MILLER IS FUCKING GONE!!!" Brandon Says "Oh My God! GUYS!! WAKE UP!!! ONE OF OUR CAMPERS IS MISSING!!!! YOU GUYS GO LOOK FOR HER, WHILE I STAY HERE AND PROTECT THE GROUNDS JUST IN CASE SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE OUR STUFF!!!!!" All Said "YES SIR!!" As They Rushed Off To Find The Missing Person Before Brandon Goes Back To The Tent, He Is Hit In The Face With A Segment Of The HTF Newspaper, Brandon Reads It And It Was About The Forest Fire That Happened 6 Months Ago, And Also Had A Picture Of A Girl Okapi Figure, Which Brandon Immediately Recognized As His Former Girlfriend Aiysa From The Time He Was Stuck On An Island. "What?! She Died?! That's Terrible!! I Don't Think I Will Ever See Her Again!!" Brandon Hugs The Paper And Starts Crying, All While A Mysterious Figure Was Watching From A Bush. She Says "He Still Remembers Me?! I Think I Might Need To Talk With Him Later..."

### Part 2: Spirits Reawaken

The Group Yells Cheyenne M's Name Inside The Forest To Find Her But No Response. Brandon Keeps Walking Deep Into The Forest And Also Brings His Coors Light. Ryan Zerbinos Anyway Keep Takes Some Pictures With His Camera And Decided To Checks The Picture. The Pictures That He Taken Inside The Forest Are Transparent Animals With Glowy Eyes, Which Confuses Him As He Says "What The Hell, Am I Drunk?!" Brandon Then Says "Guys, I Think You Should Take A Break, Like What Wii Sports Tells You To Do Nonstop." Xavier Says "I Will Not Rest Until Cheyenne Miller Is Found, DEAD OR ALIVE!!! Brandon Says "Whatever, It's Your Loss If You Get Killed" Brandon Takes One Last Drink From His Coors Before He Falls To Sleep Under The Tree. "GAAAAAWD! DAMN IT!!! THAT'S IT!! I'M GOING SOLO!!!" Dylan Tries To Stop Him By Saying "WAIT! YOU MIGHT GET HURT OR YOU MIGHT DIE!!!" Xavier Then Says "AT THIS POINT, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!!!" The Scene Fades Into Later In The Day, Brandon Later Woke Up And Sees The Sky Somehow Dark. He Says "Huh? That's Weird (He Sees His Watch, Which Actually Still At 3PM) It's Dark And My Watch Is Broken?! Am I Drunk Again?!" He Then Hears Leaves Ruffling. "Huh? What That?" Brandon Questioned As The Sound Happened Again. Brandon Started Feeling Scared And Pulls Out His Buster And Says "A-A-A-Alr-r-right... W-w-w-w-who E-e-e-ever You Are... I Will Let You Know I Have A Gun, AND I'M NOT AFRIAD TO USE IT!!" Then, Familiar A Voice Spoke Up "Put That Weapon Down.. I Just Want To Talk.." Brandon Immediately Recognizes The Voice. "That Voice! It Can't Be!!! Aiysa?!" The Spirit Of Aiysa Appears In Front Of Him. "Listen, I Don't Want To Hurt You, But I Need To Tell You This, I Only Came Back For Revenge On A Certain Hunter Who Killed Me 6 Months Ago In A Fire That You Know All To Well." Brandon Says "Yeah, I Was There Investigating The Damages And I Saw You Charred Corpse And I Couldn't Help But Cry. The Person I Had Loved So Much, Gone Within A Flash... How Can I Live Knowing I Could Have Been There To Save You? I Have So Many Problems, And It's All Too Much. (Starts To Cry)" Aiysa Show Some Remorse Saying "Hey, Don't Be Sad, There's Nothing We Could Had Done... If You Tried To Save Me, You Too Would Had Died... So, I Think You Made The Best Decision In The End..." Brandon Says "Well, Thanks For Being There For..." But Before He Could Finish His Sentence. A Gun Fires And A Bullet Hits Brandon's Leg. "Gwaaa!! My Leg!" Aiysa Was So Shocked She Disappeared. "Wait! Aiysa! COME BACK!!!" Brandon Clutches On To His Bullet Wounded Leg. "GAH! I Got To Alert The Others!!! Before It's To Late!!!" Brandon Tries To Run With His Broken Leg Like The Trooper He Is And Later Meets Winter & Skaggles. "Guys! Thank The Heaven You To Are Ok?" Brandon Cried. Skaggles Then Sees Brandon's Wound And Says "How Did You Get Shot In The Leg?" Brandon Says "I'll Tell You Later, Right Now We Need To Find Everybody And Get Out Of Here!!! Something Bad Is Going To Happen And I Can Feel It!!!" Winter Then Sees Something And Says "Hey, I Think I See Two Of Our Members Over There!" Skaggles And Winter Carry Brandon As He Can't Run Much. They See Pitch And Dylan, Somehow Still Survived Hanging On The Tree While Being Attacked By Ghost Monkeys. Dylan Says "Oh Thank God It's You Bro!" As Pitch Follows Up By Saying "Yeah, Now Get Us Out Of Here!" Brandon Decided To Pulls Them Away From The Monkeys But Only Pulled Off Their Heads. "Wha?! Uh-Oh!" Brandon Says As The Ghost Monkeys Play With Their Heads While Brandon, Skaggles & Winter Speechless As They Only Pulls Their Bodies. Aiysa Nettelmann|Aiysa Reappears And Orders The Monkeys To Chase Them, Also Summoned The Dead Deers From The Ground To Charge Them. Brandon, Sees A Skeleton Horse, Says "What The?! You Don't See Those Everyday..." And Decides To Ride On It Along With Skaggles And Winter.

### Part 3: The Final Confrontation

Brandon Says "We Must Find The Other Living Members And Then Escape From This Haunted Forest." In Other Area, Snowers And Culu Are Seen Being Chased By A Ghost Bear And Quickly Hide From It. They Later Meet Wyatt Who Tries To Ask "Hey Guys, I'm Lost. Do You Know Where I Can... WAIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!" But The Trio Throw Him To The Ghost Bear, Causing Him To Get Mauled By The Bear. Brandon Then Says "That Will Keep It Distracted!" Ryan Z Is Seen Trying To Avoid The Ghost Birds Quickly Also Some Trees Smashing Into The Ground With The Branches. Ryan Z Succeed Avoid One But Ended Up Smashing Xeba Into A Tree. Shocked Ryan Z Ended Up Being Ripped Apart By The Ghost Birds. Xavier Got Back To The Camping Area And Is Out Of Breath And Traumatized. "Holy Shit! When Will This End?! God, I Need Help Badly!!" Someone Approaches Him With A Gun And He Asks "Hey, Do You Need Any Help?", This Someone Is Revealed To Be Poachy. "Don't Worry, I Can Help You With The Situation Your In..." The Skeleton Horse That Ride By Brandon, Skaggles And Winter Collapsed At The Middle Of The Forest. "Well That Sucks!" Brandon Said As They Later Heard A Gunshot Nearby. "That Sound... That Was The Same Sound I Heard Before Something Hit My Leg And Injure Me!" This Was Revealed To Be Poachy Followed By Xavier B. "Hey Guys, I Think Poachy Here Can Get Us Out Of This Situation!" Xavier Said As Brandon Said "I Don't Know... I Don't Seem Safe With Him..." They Later Heard Aiysa's Scream Along With Other Animals' Sound. Snowers And Culu Later Appear And Join The Group Again. The Group Follows Poachy While Brandon Just Stayed Behind. He Later Decided To Wondering Around And Keep Himself Safe From The Spirits. "That Guy Doesn't Seem To Be Trustworthy... In Fact I Think I Saw Him Somewhere Before..." A Flash Back Accrued Around The Time The Forest Was On Fire. News Reporter Lumpy Reports That A Group Of Hunters Led By A Brown Coyote With The Grey Fur Pelt Of A Grey Canine-Like Animal Over His Head. Another Flash Back Sees Brandon Rushing To The Scene Of The Fire. Brandon Says "Are There Any Casualties?" As A Firefighter Lead Him To The Charred Body Of Aiysa He Mentioned Earlier. Everything The Comes And Goes In A Flash As Brandon Figures Out What Is Happening As He Says "OH MY GOD!!! EVERYTHINGS SO CLEAR NOW!!! I KNEW I HAD A GRUDGE WITH THAT GUY!!! AND NOW IT HAS COME TO ME!!! IT ALL FITS TOGETHER NOW!!! I NEED TO FIND AISYA AND WARN HER ABOUT A RETURNING FOE!!!" Poachy Shows Off His Skill That He Can Kills The Animal Ghosts With His Gun, As He Later "Killed" 2 Charging Ghost Deers With It. Skaggles & Winter Feel Hungry And Later Sees Something Near To The Lake, Revealed To Be Their Foods. They Separate From The Group And Approached The Lake, They End Up Being Pulled By Something And Are Brutally Mauled By Piranhas Underwater. Xavier Later Sees A Silhouette That Resembles Cheyenne, He Yells "Cheyenne!" As He Chases Her But Later Get Pulled Up By The Living Vines, Strangle Him. Poachy Decided To Shoot The Vines Off. As He Distracted By The Vines, Snowers And Culu Quickly Get Dragged By The Same Ghost Bear. "Gah!" Poachy Growned "You Stupid Idiots Are... Going... To... Face.... My... Wrath... Again!" He Decides To Burns It Again With His Match Until Brandon Reappears And Punches Him In The Face. Brandon Angerly Walks Towards Him By Saying "I Really Have A Grudge To Settle With You! Ever Since You Came Back Here, I Was Becoming Untrustworthy With You, But Now, I See The Truth!" He Pulls Out Newspaper He Brought "YOU SEE THIS! THIS WAS THE STORY ABOUT THAT FOREST FIRE THAN HAPPEN 6 MONTHS AGO!! AND YOU KNOW WHATELSE I FOUND?!!!" As He Shows A Page With Poachy's Face As He Appears As A Poacher. THIS IS YOU, ISN'T IT?" With No Reply, He Screamed Louder "ANSWER ME GOD DAMN IT! IS THIS YOU!!!" Poachy Sacredly Says Yes, As Brandon Continued His Hardcore Style Interrogation By Saying "AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU DID?" Poachy Said What As He Points Toward His Trucks With Full Of Animals That He Caught. "YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR YOUR OWN SELFISH NEEDS! AND I WILL NOT LET YOU GET AWAY WITH PULLING THE SAME JACKASS STUNT AGAIN!!!" Poachy Tries To Free Himself And Grabs His Gun, Decided To Beats Brandon Up And Shoots His Wounded Leg. "Gah, Not Again!" Brandon Cried As Poachy Was Free "Finally!" He Screamed "Now I Can Have Aiysa All To My Self!" Aiysa's Spirit Sees Poachy Approaches Her Shile Shoot Some Ghost Animals, Angered And Turns Herself Into Giant Ghost Ram. Poachy Smirks And Says "Lets See You're Pity Little Ram Get Through This!" He Fires, Only For Nothing To Happen, He Continually Kept Pulling The Trigger But With No Effect. "Why Is This Stupid Thing Not Working." He Then Punched It So Hard That His Ammo Storage Fell Off, Revealing He Ran Out Of Ammo. As The Gun Mechanically Said So. "Uh... Mercy?" Poachy Pleaded Before Sprinting Off. Panicked Poachy Decided To Run Away From Aiysa's Wrath. She Attacks Poachy With Animal Claws While Charging Towards Him Through Whole Forest, Also Destroys Some Trees. Meanwhile, Howdy Tries To Walk With His Wounded Leg Aware Of The Chasing Scene. Many Trees Fall Down And Thrown Away. He Sees A Lonely Fawn That Might Get Harmed. "Huh?! Nooooooooooo!!!" He Quickly Tries To Save It From Being Crushed By Trees. Aiysa Finally Hit Poachy And Throws Him Into The Tree. "Now, Vengeance For The Creatures You Killed Will Be... Huh?!" She Returns Into Her Normal Form As She Sees Injured Brandon Saved The Fawn And Says "If There's Any Reason Why I'm A Hero! This Is One Of Them! I Put My Own Life On The Line To Save Others!", She Begin To Cry As She Might Harmed The Living Animals And Forest. "What Am I Doing? I Could Have Seriously Hurt Someone! Why Am I Like This!" As She Break Down In Tears. Brandon Doubled Back With The Fawn Still In His Hands And Walked Up To Her And Said "Hey, Do Look Down On You Self Like That... Like You Said... You Did The Right Thing... You Saying That You Were The Cause Of This Violence? Well, I Think That You Only Did That To Protect Us... And I Say... Thank You... Brandon Kissed Her One Last Time Before She Fades Away. Poachy Sees A Spare Bullet And Tries To Grabs His Gun Back. He Sees His Chance To Shoot Brandon By Saying "Damn You!! I Wish You Would Burn In Hell!" Brandon Quickly Sees This And Throws A Stone Into His Gun. Poachy Misses And Hit The Lock Of His Animal Cage At His Truck, Freeing All Animals That Caught By Him. Poachy Shocked By This And Tries To Run But Being Brutally Trampled By The Animals. Brandon Sees The Scene And Chuckles While Saying "Well, His Loss! He Actually Deserved For What He Did!". Brandon Satisfied What He Did And The Sky Turns Normal Again. Brandon Sees Aiysa's Skull Under The Tree And Decided To Leave On His Own Like The Badass He Is. The Episode Ends When The Hewspaper Flies Into The Screen With Cryptic Message.

### Moral

**Dzzmf Qdxiop'h Tpdep Xm Vzmf Gqxm Umi**

Which Then Decodes To The Actual Moral

**Allow Nature's Peace To Flow Into You**

### Post Credits Scene

Cheyenne Later Appears To Have Survived And Walks Out Of The Forest With A Cat She Found Inside The Forest. She Shocked And Confused As She Sees No One At The Camping Area.

## Deaths

1. Bongo Is Being Shot By The Hunters.
2. Many Animals Were Killed By The Hunters And Lumberjacks.
3. Nightwing Is Burned To Death.
4. Aiysa Burned To Death And Later Appears As A Spirit.
5. The Dolbear & Carlson Families Were Killed By Unknown Cause (Offscreen)
6. Pitch & Dylan's Head Pulled Off By The Ghost Monkeys.
7. Wyatt Was Mauled By The Ghost Bear.
8. Xeba Is Being Smashed By A Tree.
9. Ryan Zerbinos Is Ripped Apart By The Ghost Birds.
10. Skaggles & Winter Are Mauled By Piranhas Underwater.
11. Xavier Is Strangled To Death By The Living Vines.
12. Snowers And Culu Are Eaten By The Ghost Bear. (offscreen)
13. Poachy Is Trampled To Death By Various Animals.

## Injuries

1. Aiysa Is Hit By A Big Tree Branch And Passed Out Before Burning To Death.
2. Brandon Shot In The Leg And Was Beaten By Poachy, Who Is Later Shot In His Leg Again.
3. Poachy Is Beaten By Brandon And Later Get Slammed Into The Tree By Aiysa.

## Survival rate

* Amount of total main characters: **40**
* Amount of surviving main characters: **13**
* Amount of dead main characters: **17**
* Total rate: **33%**

## Trivia

* This Episode, Along With Kross Rhodes: A Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends Story Are Considered Non-Canon, But Having Brandon In His Current New Era Form. Cheyenne Miller Instead Has Xavier Barrington As A Boyfriend (Megaman X <3 Aila Again...)
* This Is Nightwing's Only Appearance In The Entire MMC X HTF Series, The Reason He's Only In This Episode Is Because The Owner Of The Character Died, And This Was Done Out Of Respect.
* Olivia, Medveka, Winston, Ayna, Jason, And Mark D1 (Technically Mark, Marcia & Mark D1) Make There First MMC X HTF Appearance, They Will Appear In Future Episodes Along With Magnolia, Mai, Buckley, Lumber, Bongo, Poachy & Aiysa.
* The Title Could Reference The Term Used When An Image Continues To Appear In The Eyes After A Period Of Exposure To The Original Image, Or The Rush Song Of The Same Name Released In 1984 (Theme For MMC: Afterimage BTW)
* Skaggles Having Problems Setting Up The Tent Is A Reference To The Spongebob Episode "The Camping Episode"
* Cheyenne's Silhouette That Was Seen By Xavier Is Actually Cheyenne Herself. (I Don't Know How You Could Miss That)
* The Ghost Bear Appeared In This Episode Is The Same Bear From "Take a Hike".
* It's Unknown Who Pulled Skaggles & Winter Into The Lake That Caused Both Of Them To Get Mauled By Piranhas.
* The Gun That Carried By Poachy Have The Dr Dygert's Emblem On It, Believed He Killed Him And Stole It, Using It To Take Down The Ghost Animals With A Gun.
* Aiysa Is Responsible For Deaths By Ghost Animals And Trees As She Is The One Who Controls Them.
* This Is One Of The Rare Cases With The Exception Of You're Driving Me Crazy, Where He Was Seen With Snowers And Nicky Before They Got Their Head Sliced In Half By Splendid Eye Beams, That Xeba Was In His Non-Zalgo Infected Form. He Was Only Included To Promote The Upcoming Amnesia 6 Coming In November.
* This Is One Of The Few Times Snowers Isn't With Giggles.
* Wyatt Returns From Feral Moon
* The Pose Brandon Is In After Saving The Fawn Is A Reference To Megaman 8's Ending, Where Megaman Gets Up From Rubble After Grabbing A Processing Chip Of Some Sort As One Of Megaman's Good Deeds From A Image Real.