"Right, uhh, well... Hmmm... Tea? Anyone?" Jack asked, without anyone replying, he dashed out of he living room. Sally stared at Jackie, looking for signs of lying.
"Are you telling to truth?" Sally asked. Jackie sharply turned her head to Sally, her eyes peircing at her,
"Why would I lie about this?" she asked.
A few hours passed. Jack and Sally offered Jackie to stay the night.
The next morning Jackie woke up and snook out while Jack and Sally were sleeping, 'why would they care?' she thought? She walked along Halloweentown, looking at the buildings and noticing the little details in things that she hadnt before. It was quiet, it was almost... peaceful. Almost, peaceful, almost.
Jackie was dragged along by couple of hands, her mouth was covered so she couldnt scream. After a few, painful mintutes she was slammed against a wall. She rubbed her head and looked up,
"Hello, dear." a sinister voice said. Peering through the darkness, Lock's head appeared. "I'm kind of glad your alright.." he said, he knelt down, his hand gently stroking her cut face, "but then, no I'm not." Shock and Barrell burst out laughing, knives in their hands. Jackie's eyes widened, she didn't know what they were going to do. Lock made her lie on the floor, him sitting ontop of her, holding her down. Barrell and Shock started cutting her legs, blood seeping out. They were enjoying it. Jackie couldn't scream, Lock made sure of it. Instead, tears poured from her eyes. She closed her eyes everythime they cut into her legs, she felt the freezing cold blade touch her skin, then suddenly dig in. They made their way up until they got to her throat, they stopped their blades under her kneck. Lock turned around and lay ontop of her. His eyes looking into hers.
"I'm so sorry, babe." he said, "but you brought this upon you." Lock was going to cut her, until he was dragged from her. Shock and Barrell got up to help him. Jackie heard shouting, pounding, the sound of slaps.
BANG.
Jackie looked down, her stomach was bleeding, she thought, at first, it was from the cuts, but then she saw a little black pellet dug tightly in her flesh.
She was shot. Jackie saw a very blurry version of Moogie infront of her.
Jackie woke up to a white room, she didn't know what happened. She felt very numb, she tried to get up, but then a flood of pain overwhelmed her, so she stayed down. She felt two strong, warm hands help her up, she turned to her side and saw Moogie smiling at her. "Hey, been in the wars haven't you?" she said. She managed a smile, but it quickly turned into clenched lips as she felt all of her wounds.
"What happened?" she asked him.
"It doesn't matter now, as longs as your safe--" Moogie was stopped as he saw Jackie's concerned expression. He took a deep breath and held her hands. "Lock, Shock and Barrell have been arrested. They were caught a very streets away after doing a runner-"
"Why are they arrested?" she asked. Jackie couldn't remember one thing about the whole thing. All she knows is she's cut.
"They attacked you. Lock shot you.. to get back at me. Jackie I'm so sorry," Jackie raised her eyebrow.
Jack and Sally burst into the room, they started crying as they saw her. They explained that they believe her, and they want to get things back to normal.
How?
Continued!!
