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"We are definately lost," Areo sighed, picking up a twig and lighting it on fire. "Jynx, can't you catch their scent or something?"
"I wish," Jynx grumbled, "There's too many different scents out here, I'm getting a headache."
"The smells here can't be that strong," Bann said skeptically, "If they were wouldn't we be able to smell them."
"No." she snapped, her headache begining to get to her. "Now shut up, so I can concentrate." She stood totally still, trying to shift throught the overwhelming smells, so she could find the annoying little thirteen year olds and haul them back to Halloween. Suddenly, she caught an all to familar scent. "OH NO." she moaned, "Looks like we've been followed...."
"WHO?" they both yelped in unison.
Jynx smiled in a tired way and said, "You guys gonna come out or am I going to have to drag you out myself?"
"I think you should try to drag us out," a familar voice laughed, "I think it'd be pretty funny......"
"Fine then." she grumbled, walking towards a bush and jumping in.
"Uhhhhh...Jynx...." Bann began, but was cut short by a loud cry that emmited from the bushes Jynx had just dissapeared into.
"Ahhhh, c'mon sis I didn't say anything!"
Then, three figures fell into the clearing, followed by a smirking Jynx.
"Oh," Areo laughed, "It's just you guys."
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"Who are you?" Sandy bellowed angrily at the strange man who had taken his daughter.
"That is unimportant," the dark man sneered, "All you need to know is that I'm in control now."
The sixteen year old that he held let out a whimper, looking around with her coal black eyes full of fear, her red hair blowing wildly in the wind. She reminded Jack of Jenna so much, he couldn't look at her fear any longer.
"That's enough!" Jack yelled, loosing it. "Why are you here, are these your monsters?"
"The metal ones are," the man laughed evily, gripping the girls arm tighter, "And as for why I'm here, well, I'm here for you bone man."
"What?" Jack and Sandy yelped in unison.
"That's right, out of all the creatures I've hunted, you've had to have been the most illusive yet," he cackled, "I fact, I would have never had thought to come here if it weren't for a new aquatince of mine...."
"And who would that be?" Jack growled meancingly.
"Well let's just say he supplied all the monsters without gears," he laughed, "Now what to do with this little elf...." The black haired man suddenly produced a strange looking gun from somewhere inside long, oversized coat, and held it to the girl's head.
"Now, what do you say boys, cooperate," he chuckled, "Or will you see how well a plasma gun works on, Cara was it?"
"Carabell." the girl sneered, suddenly finding her courage, "You cannot call me Cara, ever!"
Jack and Santa chose this time to attack.
"You will do no such thing!" Jack bellowed, swinging his soul robber.
"Release my daughter now," Sandy screamed, running as fast as his legs could carry him.
Caught off gaurd by their sudden attack, the man released her, only to recieve a very close look at Jack's Soul Robber. He howled in pain as Carabell ran towards her father, and Jack stood between the two and the now furious man.
"You'll pay for that skeleton." the man growled, pulling another odd weapon and readied to fire it.
"Run!" Jack cried to the other two, "I'll cover you."
"Bu-" Carabell began, but her father pulled her away with him.
"Just trust him," he said, running with her towards the woods.
Jack blocked a couple of attacks, but then turned to run, he had to make sure nothing attacked the Clawses while they were defenseless.
Suddenly he felt something wrap around his waist. He looked down to see strange, red, glowing rope like extensions wraped around him, then, there was nothing but pain. No one could say who's screams were louder, Carabell's screams of shock and horror, or Jack's cries of pain.
She tried to stop her father, she had never seen anything like that before, pain, cruelty, it scared her to her very core. But he wouldn't stop, he just keep going, resisting the urge to turn around and help his friend.
It took about five minutes, but Jack finally went down and the dark haired man went to make sure he didn't finish the Pumpkin King off just yet. Unaware that the entire scene that had just been played out was witnessed by three, now horrified thirteen year olds.
"What now?" Shock squeaked in a weak voice.
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