Astra paced back and forth across the room. "She should be back by now." Her steps increased speed. Jack stood infront of her to stop her pacing. "I'll find her, if you want me to." Astra put her hands on her hips. "Nice try, I'm coming too." Sally silently got up and went to her clostes and pulled out a long black cloak. "Wear this, to conceal yourself." But Astra waved her hands. "No, it doesn't matter."
"How can Oogie be alive? Lock, Shock and Barrel can't carry on with this!" Jack was getting annoyed, but luckily no fire sparked. "How can Oogie live, he's only a bag of bugs." Jack nodded "Yes, but he needs some sort of form to give him life. Like before he had a single bug, it was like his heart. But bugs are coming short." Astra was racking her brain, even though she had only been in Halloween Town for an hour, she felt like she'd been her for a year. She mumbled to herself. "If Lock, Shock and Barrel are causing trouble then - Oogie has to be - Then Pheobe - he's waiting for- but why would he?
Of course!" Astra's sudden outburst made Jack jump. "Where does Oogie live? You
have to take me there!" "He lives over there. But what are you talking about." Astra shook her head. "That doesn't matter. Come on!" But Jack looked behind his shoulder, turned around and stood dead still. "Jack, what's wrong." He didn't move. Astra turned to see what Jack was looking at. Two blue skeletons burst up from the ground and growled. Jack was broken out of his trance. "Run, Astra!"
Astra didn't need telling twice, she turned on her heels and ran. She weaved around building and into a residential area. She splashed through puddles, she didn't know where she was going. Then she stopped as she heard a yell. She turned and ran back the way she came. Jack was in trouble. It was true. The number of skeletons doubled and Jack couldn't fight them. "Jack!" he turned ever so slightly, but that moment was fatal. Jack recieved a blow to the hea and fell to the ground. "No!" The skeletons evaporated. Astra bent down to Jack. "Are you Ok?" His eyes flickered. "Y-yeah." He raised his arm, one of the skeletons ripped his sleeve clean of from the shoulder. Astra gasped as she saw one of the forearm bones was broken off. "Um, your arm." Jack glanced over. "That's fine."
"Are you sure?" he nodded. He got up slowly. "Oogie's minions. I defeated them before. It's another sign that he's alive. Astra took of her chocker and wrapped it around Jack's arm, like a bandage. He smiled at her in thanks and they continued on they way. "We will find her, don't worry."
-I'm back on track now, that was full of action wasn't it? If you didn't like it, sue me! (That was a joke, please don't)
