Jack's imaginary heart thumped against his rib cage as he walked silently through the town in the increasing rain.
"I should have been more careful with her...that way, none of this would have happened..." he breathed, tears falling down his cheeks that he regreted falling down his cheeks.
The rain was soaking his suit, but he didn't care.
"ARGH!" he screamed, slamming his fist against a nearby wall. He'd hurt himself, but he didn't care about that either.
"Calm down King!" cackled a voice from behind him.
Jack turned around to see two eluminous yellow eyes staring at him through the dark. He'd seen them before, but
where ?
"What's wrong?" boomed the voice. "You're child not bein' nice to ya?"
Suddenly Jack recognised the voice but before he could do anything he was lept upon by Lock, Shock and Barrel
The shadow stepped into the light to reveal the one monster he dreaded to see.
"Oogie" hissed Jack under his breath.
"Miss me?" laughed Oogie.
"Quite frankly, I didn't"
"Typical, never liked me, did ya?"
"You murdured my parents!"
"And YOU KILLED MY FATHER!" screamed Oogie, his eyes slanting.
"I NEVER DID SUCH A THING! YOU'RE FATHER MURDURED HIMSELF! YOU'RE JUST TOO ASHAMED TO SHOW IT!"
"SHUT UP!"
"MAKE ME! I'VE KEPT QUIET FOR TOO LONG! WHY ARE YOU HERE?"
"If you must know, I was brought back by these three to murduer your daughter nine years ago. But Lock let 'er go, being the idiot boy he is..."
"So it was
you who turned her this way!"
"And they say you're supposed to be smart!" chuckled Oogie.
"But don't worry" he continued, holding out the necklace.
"I managed to do it myself..."
Jack's gaze fixed upon the bloodstained necklace as it rocked about in Oogie's hand.
"No..." he thought. "No...he didn't..."
"Ha ha ha!" he laughed, kissing the necklace and throwing it on the ground in front of Jack, he felt it in his bony fingers before Shock twisted his arm behind his back and tied his hands together.
"You lose, king" laughed Oogie, walking into the Town Hall, where the Mayor was waiting for Jack to begin the Town meeting.
***
The Mayor tapped his fingers on the spotlight.
Where was Jack?
His head twisted from 'Happy' to 'Stressed' over and over again. He was worried about his nephew nearly every day.
***
(Yes, the Mayor is Jack's uncle, it's a long story)
***
He did the most ridiculous things and he didn't want the Jack to be hurt. He was like a son to him; although Jack didn't seem to realise that.
Suddenly, the doors burst open below and everyone gasped.
Sally arose from her seat, her hand clasped over her mouth.
There, in the doorway was Oogie Boogie. Holding Jack in his grotesque hands.
He threw Jack to the floor. He landed with a THUMP.
Everyone looked at Jack's body, tied up on the floor, a hankerchief around his mouth.
"Good evening my dearly abored citizens of Halloween Town." cackled Oogie.
No one said a word. "
You missed me right?"
"No" shouted Sally from the back.
Sally had grown alot stronger over the years, she was extremely noble and didn't care about danger anymore.
"Oh, hello dollface"
"Hello bugface"
"Aww! You remembered me" he flirted, putting his hands on her chin.
If he could, Jack would have slapped him, but he couldn't, so Sally did it instead.
"Take your hands off me!" she screamed, whaking him around his face.
"Now now! I just came to tell you some midly interesting news..."
Jack already knew what he was talking about and dreaded to hear those vile words again.
Oogie held out the bloodstained necklace again and Sally suddenly felt extremely weak.
"It appears that your own husband has killed your daughter"
Sally's eyes began to fill with tears. "Y-You're lying!"
"Really? Well..."
Oogie reached into Jack's pocket and pulled out a knife.
"What do you make of this?"
Everyone gasped and Sally shook her head and walked away from Oogie and Jack.
Jack's eyes slanted outwards and he shook his head, tears swelling up in his eyes.
"How...could you?" she breathed.
Jack lowered his head in shame.
"You see! You're king is nothing but a murderer!" boomed Oogie. "He killed his daughter just like he killed his parents!"
Jack's head shot up, his eyes slanted and his fists clenched beneath his bonds.
"
Liar!" he thought. "
Liar! Liar! LIAR!"
"This is the reason I keep returning! To free you from this monster!"
Jack put his head down again. Perhaps he
was a monster. Mind you, technically, everyone in Halloween Town was!
"I believe I should be in charge!" cackled Oogie. "And my first order is for you guys..."
Oogie waved his hand and whords of skeletons and ghosts appeared. "To obey me"
The skeletons leapt upon the townsfolk, clawing at their skin and ripping their clothes.
The Mayor watched in utter discomfort as Jack was thrown into a cage, or rather, a mislaid stage prop.
What can we do now?
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Oh no! What do we do now? X_X
