*jumps out of nowhere* HI! AND WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER ENDITION OF... DESTINY'S DARKNESS!!
Purple: Whooot! I'm replacing Sora!!
Ky: Ain't we lucky...
Pur: *wraps arm around Ky's neck* Ky and I are gonna sing now!!
Ky: Wow... Am I really this annoying?
Zim: Yes.
Ky: SILENCE!!!
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Jer looked back at Ky, she seemed to be deep in thought and was staring at the night sky. He shook her knee and said her name. She looked at him and shrugged. "Something wrong?"
"I don't know..." she said, shaking her head and looked back at the sky. Jer turned back to the controls, a nagging feeling at the back of his mind. Ky closed her eyes and leaned back on the seat. "I just feel like there is something wrong with daddy and mom..."
"That's understandable; they are in the clutches of Oogie."
Ky punched his arm and smiled. Jer laughed and tilted the craft out of a tree's reach. "I hate you," she said, with a smile on her face.
"I hate you, too. Now we're even!"
"Ooh? Are we?"
"I think so, I rescued your life several times, and you hit me in the head with a metal bar..."
"Okay! I get it!" Ky laughed. "I'm sorry!" She folded her arms across the back of his shoulders and looked around. "What do you think he's doing to them all?"
"With Oogie, it's hard to tell." His shoulders slumped down, not because of the weight of Ky's arms, but something was wrong. Ky tilted her head at him.
"Jer?"
"I don't know why... but... Oogie just makes me feel really depressed..."
"He makes everyone feel that wa-"
"No... not like that. The way you feel when you find out your dog just died. Or-"
"Dogs... Dogs..." Ky whimpered and buried her face into Jer's back. Jer looked at her, her arms wrapped around his middle as she hid her face in his back. "Y-you had you use d-d-dogs?"
"Sorry... What's the matter with dogs?"
"S-someone stole my puppy and Z-zero was taken w-w-with Oogie..." Ky said. Jer looked at her.
"You lost your dogs?"
"All with in the time I lost daddy, and..."
"Who?"
Ky thought for a minute. Who else did she lose? Barrel? No... he was there when the town disappeared. Who was it? She knew there was someone... "I... I don't remember..."
"You'll remember later," Jer said.
"Y-yeah..." Ky said. Who was it? Who was HE? And why did he seem so important to her?
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Marcus pulled Nick's head up to face Oogie. His auburn eyes were narrowed and his chest was pounding. "You hurt either of them-"
"Believe me, Nick. I wouldn't hurt either of them."
"Then what do you want?!"
Oogie leaned in towards his face, a malicious look plaster on it. "The boy needs it back." Nick was shocked.
"How do you know about that?" Nick hissed.
"When Ky Jane Skellington died, he agreed to share it to keep you alive to help the current princess. I need the rest of it to make the plan work."
"IT'S HIS! NOT YOURS!" he shouted at him. "I WON'T GIVE IT TO YOU!"
"Oh, you will, Nick. You will. Or both of them will suffer a fate worse that what I have planned for them." Nick was horrified and tried to wrestle his way out of Marcus's grip.
"So... what will it be?"
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Ky tapped on Jer's shoulder and pointed at the ground; a train ran under them. "That's the Hinterland Express. It's run by ghosts and it is running twenty-four-seven." Jer raised his goggles to see the silver train run under them.
"I've never seen it before."
"I thought you lived here!"
"I do, just not in this area."
"Mhm..."
"Hey, Ky?"
"Yeah?"
"How did you die?" he asked. Ky was taken aback at this question.
"I'll tell you if you tell me afterwards."
"Sounds fair enough."
"Well... I remember that I was sad, something had happened at school that day. I was crying on my bed when an eerie glow emitted from my back yard. When I went out to investigate, I discovered a green mist and several fireflies." She fell silent. "Something happened; my soul was sucked out of my human form and sent to my true form."
"Really?! That's sort of like what happened to me! Only... I think it was yellow... not green..."
Ky giggled and folded her hands behind her head. "Do you ever feel like you could just disappear into the sky?" she asked. Jer tilted his head and the ship as another puff of smoke shot up. "That was a bit random, wasn't it?"
"Yes, Ky. It was."
"I'm restraining myself from hitting you again." Jer laughed and pulled the HC above the clouds. As they came through the cloud, Jer looked back at the rag doll; her long hair was damp and stuck to her face. Her eyes narrowed at him as he laughed hysterically. A snow ball hit him in the face. Now it was Ky's turn to laugh. Jer wiped the snow off his face and glared at her.
She hugged him as she laughed. "S-sorry, the tempt to do so was to strong." He shrugged, it was better than getting hit in the arm again. And at least she was smiling again.
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Nick's back... 0.o... I wasn't planning on having him come back until later... Whatever.
Purple: Can we sing now?!
Ky: *points at door* Go to the nearest karaoke machine!
Purple: WHOO!! WAHAH!!! *runs out screaming like a maniac*
Red: *looks down at Ky* You gave him caffeine, didn't you?
Ky: *falls back on floor in giggles, glasses dangling off one ear* Oh, it was too good of an opportunity!!
