For a moment, they stood there, just staring at eachother.
Then Oogie broke the silence.
"You survived, how?" he hissed, yanking the arrow out of his hand.
"Haven't you learnt?" asked Amy. "You can't kill something that's already dead."
Oogie snarled and looked at Tim. "And you?" he barked.
"Who are you supposed to be?"
"I'm me" answered Tim.
"Don't play stupid with me, boy, who are you?"
"As I said, I'm me. Nothing much more to say"
Oogie grinned wickedly and with only the lift of a hand, he lifted the right side of Tim's hair.
Tim cried out in pain and clutched his right side, dropping his sword in the process.
Amy gasped. Tim had no right eye.
"Hmph" huffed Oogie, lowering his hand.
"How'd you do that!" barked Tim, still clutching his eye.
"I learnt some new tricks." "And if I know my facts. Your the last of the Cyclopies"
"So what if I am?" snapped Tim.
"Your kind were most ugly creatures, never liked them, and neither did Halloween Town, did they?"
"SHUT UP!" screamed Tim, lunging at Oogie, but Oogie simply moved out of the way.
"They killed off your kind, didn't they?" jeered Oogie.
"SHUT UP!"
"And Amy. Has Jack told you the truth about the photos?"
Amy looked at Jack. Jack looked at Amy.
"The ones of his parents?"
Jack's eyes widened. "DON'T YOU DARE!" barked Jack.
"Jack's parents were decintigrated when he was seven, and do you want to know who's fault it was?"
Amy looked at Oogie, her eyes slanted, her hands trembling in her bow.
"It was me" breathed Oogie.
Jack's eyes slanted and he kicked at the bars.
"Then you shall die" breathed Amy, firing at Oogie, but Oogie tore Tim off his chest and blocked the arrow with Tim's chest.
It hit him, square in the chest, he gasped and shouted.
Amy gasped and cried out his name.
Oogie dropped him and ran out of the room.
Amy rushed to Tim's side, her heart pounding in her ribcage.
"Tim!" she gasped, holding his head in her arms.
Tim looked at her and smiled. "Amy..." he whispered.
"Thank you...for being such a great friend..."
"Don't talk like that, you're going to be fine, you'll see..." breathed Amy, tears congregating in her eyes.
In his cage, Jack was burning through his bonds and kicking the bars to try and escape and help them.
"I'm sorry" cried Amy. "I-I was aiming for Oogie..."
"I know...I know..."
Amy nodded, tears falling down her cheeks.
"C'mon Tim, we're gonna be late to find Angie..."
Tim smiled for a second longer and then his head drooped, his eyes closed and his heart stopped beating.
"No..." thought Amy. "NO!"
"TIM!" she screamed, pulling the arrow from his chest and breathing into his mouth. She pounded on his chest and breathed in his mouth again.
Then she felt a boney hand touch her shoulder.
She stopped trying to help him and began to cry heavy, salty tears.
Jack knelt down to her level and hugged her. Amy cried into his suit, making it even wetter than it already was.
"I'll kill him..." she whispered, pulling away.
She reached for her bow, got up and shouted.
"I'LL KILL HIM!" before exiting the stage.
"AMY!" shouted Jack, running after her.
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TIM! NO! NO! NO! STUPID OOGIE!!!!!!
