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**(Note: - Equals Either A Split In The Intro Graphics Or A Graphic That Takes Two Lines To Show [EX. Maverick Hunter City,  New York])**

**(A.D. 23XX)**

### Part 1: Flashes Of The Flames

**V.O. (Likely Mark Hamill):** 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 Our 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)

**Poachy:** There's Only One Survivor Left. Find Her, AND KILL HER!

**All Hunters:** 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)

**Aiysa:** No... The Land That I Loved... Now It's Gone... Those Hunters Will Pay For This!

(Tree Breaking)

**Aiysa:** Huh?! (Big Branch Hits Her) GWAAAAAAA!

**Aiysa:** Ugh! I'm... Not... Gonna... Make It...

(Poachy Walks Over To A Fallen Pray)

**Poachy:** Well, I Guess I Can Say That Takes Care Of That...

**Aiysa:** 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!

(Goes Limp And Dies)

**Poachy:** Well, Can't Blame Me For Trying. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (As Flames Engulf The Entire Screen Before Fading To Black)

**GRAPHIC:** 6 Months Later

(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)

**Lumpy:** And In Other Related And Yet Tragic News, Two Families Of Three Were Camping But Were Mysteriously Murdered With No Trace Of Evidence Or How They Died. (News Cast Continues As We Pan To Brandon Seen Sipping Treetown Coffee)

**Brandon G:** Ahh! Man, Giggles Sure Does Make The Best Coffee!

**Cheyenne M:** I Think We Shouldn't Go There, Our Friends In The Carlson's And Dolbear's Were Killed A While Ago

**Xavier B:** Don't Worry, I'm Sure Everything Will Be Fine.

**Dylan G:** Yeah, Why Do You Have To Be A Cowardly Bitch!

(Gibb Slap)

**Brandon G:** 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)

**Skaggles:** Here We Are, My Remote-Controlled, Self-Assembling Tent. Watch And Learn.

(Snowers Takes Out Binoculars, Xeba A Notepad And A Pair Of Half-Moon Glasses; Skaggles Tosses Pouch Into The Air And Presses The Remote, But The Power Fizzles And The Tent Appears, Unassembled In A Pile On The Ground)

**Snowers:** That Was Great, Skaggles, But How Do You Get Inside?

**Xeba:** Yeah, It Looks All Crushy-Looking.

**Skaggles:** It Isn't Put Up Yet, You Idiots. (Grumbles, Picking Up The Tent And Fiddling Around With It And Accidentally Rips It) Huh?

**Snowers:** (Still Acting Like He And Patrick Are Taking Notes) Is That Customization I See?!

**Xeba:** What A Genius Idea!

**Skaggles:** (Skaggles Beats On The Tent With A Wooden Stick) WHY! DON'T! YOU! WORK!

**Snowers:** He's Tenderizing The Ground!

**Xeba:** Of Course!

(Skaggles Is Still Struggling With The Tent)

**Snowers:** Write That Down!! Write That Down!!

**Xeba:** God... Damn... It... I... Need... This... (Xeba Still Appears To Be Taking Notes, But There Is Just A Tic-Tac-Toe Game In Progress On His Notepad)

**Skaggles:** (Gives The Pile A Huge Kick; It Automatically Becomes An Assembled Tent) Huh? Finally! (The Perfect Tent Collapses To Pile Form Again) ARE YOU KIDDING ME, I DID ALL THAT WORK AND IT WAS FOR NOTHING!!! (Mumbles) Damn Piece Of Shit Stupid Bitch Asshole Piece Of Garbage Tent Ain't Worth Shit! (Grumbles) That's... That's Just Unacceptable! Bdeuh Bde Bde!

**Winter:** (Face Palms) 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)

**Cheyenne M:** (Half Tired) Who Are You?

(The Thing Runs Away)

**Cheyenne M:** Hey! Come Back! I Didn't Mean To Scare You!

(Later Next Morning)

**Xavier B:** (Mumbling In Sleep) I Want More Loving Baby! (Feels No Body) Huh? Cheyenne? (Wakes Up To See Her Not There) Oh My God! Oh My GoD!! OH MY GOD!!! GUYS!! CHEYENNE IS GONE!!!

**Brandon G:** (Pop's Scream From Every Litter Bit Hurts) JESUS H CHRIST XAVIER! Why Did You Have To Scream Like That!

**Xavier B:** I HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE CHEYENNE MILLER IS FUCKING GONE!!!

**Brandon G:** 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!!!!!

**Pitch, Snowers, Skaggles, Winter, Xavier B, Dylan G, Ryan Z, & Xeba:** YES SIR!!

**Brandon G:** I'll Join Up With You Guys In A Second, I Need To Get A Beer And Then I'll Be There!

(They Rushed Off To Find The Missing Person)

**Brandon G:** Thanks A Lot Metal Head! Now I Can't... (Hit In The Face With A Segment Of The HTF Newspaper) Gah! I Can't See! (Gets The Paper Of His Face) Huh?! This Is About The Fire That Took Place Here 6 Months Ago... And... Is That... No... No! NO!! 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.)

**??? (Possibly Aiysa's Spirit):** He Still Remembers Me?! I Think I Might Need To Talk With Him Later...

{End Of Part 1}

### Part 2: Spirits Reawaken

**Xavier B:** Cheyenne?! Baby Where Are You!?

**Dylan G:** Cheyenne?! We Need You!

**Ryan Z:** You Barely Know Her!

**Dylan G:** Whatever

**Xeba:** (Talking To Some Viscous Plants) Hey Cheyenne?!

(The Plant Instantly Hiss At Him And Bite Him Repeatedly As He Is Running Around Screaming)

**Xeba:** GAH!!! At Least I Still Have My Personality! Help Me!!!

(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)

**Ryan Z:** What The Hell, Am I Drunk?!

(Circlewipe)

**Brandon G:** Guys, I Think You Should Take A Break, Like What Wii Sports Tells You To Do Nonstop.

**Xavier B:** I Will Not Rest Until Cheyenne Miller Is Found, DEAD OR ALIVE!!!

**Brandon G:** 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.)

**Xavier B:** GAAAAAWD! DAMN IT!!! THAT'S IT!! I'M GOING SOLO!!!

**Dylan G:** WAIT! YOU MIGHT GET HURT OR YOU MIGHT DIE!!!

**Xavier B:** 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)

**Brandon G:** 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)

**Brandon G:** Huh? What That?

(He Then Hears Leaves Ruffling Again)

**Brandon G:** Ok... This Is Starting To Get Creepy...

(He Then Hears Leaves Ruffling Again As It Was Louder And He Jumped Back In Fear And Pulls Out His Buster)

**Brandon G:** 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)

**Brandon G:** That Voice! It Can't Be!!! Aiysa?!

(The Spirit Of Aiysa Appears In Front Of Him.)

**Aiysa:** 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 G:** Yeah, I Was There Investigating The Damages And I Saw You Chard 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:** 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 G:** 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:** !!! (Aiysa Was So Shocked She Disappeared.)

**Brandon G:** 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 Wounded Leg Like The Trooper He Is And Later Meets Winter & Skaggles.)

**Brandon G:** Guys! Thank The Heaven You Two Are Ok!

(Skaggles Sees Brandon's Wound)

**Skaggles:** How Did You Get Shot In The Leg?

**Brandon G:** 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:** 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 G:** Oh Thank God It's You Bro!

**Pitch:** Yeah, Now Get Us Out Of Here!

(Brandon Decided To Pulls Them Away From The Monkeys But Only Pulled Off Their Heads.)

**Brandon G:** 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 Reappears)

**Aiysa:** Sacrilege! I Want Them All Down!! After Them!!!

(She Also Summoned The Dead Deers From The Ground To Charge Them. Brandon, Sees A Skeleton Horse)

**Brandon G:** What The?! You Don't See Those Everyday...

(They Decided To Ride On It Along With Skaggles And Winter.)

{End Of Part 2}

### Part 3: The Final Confrontation

(Brandon Rides The The Horse As He Tells Skaggles And Winter The Deal)

**Brandon G:** 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)

**Wyatt:** Hey Guys, I'm Lost. Do You Know Where I Can... WAIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! GWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

(The Trio Throw Him To The Ghost Bear, Causing Him To Get Mauled By The Bear.)

**Brandon G:** 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:** Man, I Saw The Birds From Alffred Hitchcock, But This Is Ridiculous!

(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)

**Xavier B:** Holy Shit! When Will This End?! God, I Need Help Badly!!

(Someone Approaches Him With A Gun)

**???:** Hey, Do You Need Any Help?

**Xavier B:** Huh? Who Are You?!

(This Someone Is Revealed To Be Poachy.)

**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.)

**Brandon G:** Well That Sucks!

(Gunshot)

**Brandon G:** That Sound... That Was The Same Sound I Heard Before Something Hit My Leg And Injure Me!

(They Run Off And Find Poachy & Xavier)

**Xavier B:** Hey Guys, I Think Poachy Here Can Get Us Out Of This Situation!

**Brandon G:** 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.)

**Brandon G:** That Guy Doesn't Seem To Be Trustworthy... In Fact I Think I Saw Him Somewhere Before...

(Flashback 1)

**Lumpy:** We Have Breaking News! A Forest Was Set On Fire By A Group Of Hunters. Many Sources Say The Leader Of This Group Is A Brown Coyote With The Grey Fur Pelt Of A Grey Canine-Like Animal Over His Head. Anyone Who See Him Please Contact Your Local Authorities!

(Flashback 2)

(Brandon Rushing To The Scene Of The Fire)

**Brandon G:** Sergeant! I Need An Update! Are There Any Casualties?

**Cuddles:** Yes, There Are. Follow Me.

(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)

**Brandon G:** OH MY GOD!!! EVERYTHING IS 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!!!

(Meanwhile)

**Poachy:** Hey Guys, Watch This!

(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:** Hey Guys, We're Getting Hungry.

**Poachy:** Ok, Catch You Two Later.

(They See 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)

**Xavier B:** CHEYENNE! HOLD ON MY LOVE! HUBBY'S COMING!

(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.)

**Poachy:** Gah! 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.)

**Poachy:** Wha?! What Are You Doing Here?!

**Brandon G:** 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:** Wha?! YES!!!

**Brandon G:** AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU DID?

**Poachy:** What?!

(He Points Toward His Trucks With Full Of Animals That He Caught.)

**Brandon G:** 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.)

**Brandon G:** Gah, Not Again!

**Poachy:** Finally! 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)

**Poachy:** Lets See You're Pity Little Ram Get Through This!

(He Fires, Only For Nothing To Happen)

**Poachy:** Huh?!

(He Continually Kept Pulling The Trigger But With No Effect.)

**Poachy:** 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)

**Gun:** Ammo Empty

**Poachy:** 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, Brandon 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.)

**Brandon G:** Huh?! Nooooooooooo!!!

(He Quickly Tries To Save It From Being Crushed By Trees. Aiysa Finally Hit Poachy And Throws Him Into The Tree.)

**Aiysa:** Now, Vengeance For The Creatures You Killed Will Be... Huh?!

(She Returns Into Her Normal Form As She Sees Injured Brandon Saved The Fawn)

**Brandon G:** 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!

**Aiysa:** (Starts To Cry) What Am I Doing? I Could Have Seriously Hurt Someone! Why Am I Like This!

(Brandon Doubled Back With The Fawn Still In His Hands And Walked Up To Her)

**Brandon G:** 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.)

**Brandon G:** May You Soul Forever Rest In Peace.

(Poachy Sees A Spare Bullet And Tries To Grabs His Gun Back. He Sees His Chance To Shoot Brandon)

**Poachy:** 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)

**Brandon G:** 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.)

**Brandon G: (VO)** Well, I Think I've Proven Myself To Be Impossible To Break, And You May Be Asking, Where Am I Going Next? Well, I'm Going Wherever My Fate Leads Me To.... Because... I Am A True Hunter... And A True Hunter... Never Leaves A Soul... Unrested...

### Post Credits Scenes

(Cheyenne Later Appears To Have Survived And Walks Out Of The Forest With A Cat She Found Inside The Forest.)

**Cheyenne M:** Huh? Hello? Is Anyone Here? Hello?!

--End Script--