The Most Mischievous Plan Yet…
Chapter 12
The events of that day brought great fear to everyone.
But there was one trio of kids who witnessed the whole thing, and they saw this event very differently.
“Man, that kids got an attitude.” Said Lock, gazing at what was left of the destruction.
“She’s turned meaner than you!” Said Barrel.
“Hey! No one’s meaner than me!” Lock argued back.
“Oh yeah? Well, I’ve never seen you do anything like that.”
“Hey, I’m no psychotic maniac! I’ve got better ideas than to go rampaging around the town.”
Shock listened to Lock and Barrel as they argued, but she was thinking about this past event, thinking of a way to use it to their advantage.
“You think you’ve got good ideas? Well, just you listen to THIS!”
Shock approached Lock and Barrel.
“You guys have seen what this kid can do. Look at the town! Not even Jack can stop this kid!” Shock began pacing up and down as she explained her brilliant plan. “When they made me put back that kids heart, that was an insult. A black mark on my bad record! I’d never done a good thing in my life until they made me put back that stupid heart! But now look at that kid, she’s badder than the three of us put together! She’s unstoppable, not even Jack can stop her.”
“Ok, already! So what’s your plan?” Lock asked.
Shock replied with enthusiasm.
“You guys thought I did a good thing, but NO! Putting that kid’s heart back was the badest thing I’ve ever done! But that wasn’t bad enough! To top it off, I have an idea that’ll put an end to Jack Skellington FOREVER!!!”
Shock yelled in Lock and Barrel’s faces. Lock stared intriguingly. Barrel shivered with fear.
“Were going to get that kid on our side…and then, she’ll destroy Jack once and for all. And Oogie Boogie will rule Halloween Town forever!”
Lock and Barrel looked at each other and blinked.
A few seconds of silence passed.
“Shock! That idea of yours is PERFECT!!!” Cried Lock.
“What are we waiting for! We’ve gotta tell Oogie Boogie!” Barrel jumped at the idea.
The three of them ran back to the tree house mansion where Oogie Boogie dwelled in his lair.
Shock’s plan was terrifying to both Lock and Barrel. But it seemed like it couldn’t fail.
But Shock’s plan wasn’t just about getting Oogie Boogie to rule the town again. Her plan was for her own selfish gain.
She was so furious from putting back Annie’s heart that she wanted to prove that there was nothing good about her. She wanted to prove once and for all that she was mean, mischievous and bad to the bone.
“HA HA, HA HA ha!” Oogie Boogie chuckled. “And not even Jack can stop her?”
“That’s right! She made mincemeat out of the town!” Shock eagerly spoke.
“Yeah, it’s a wreck!” Lock added.
“She blew it up!” Cried Barrel.
“Man, that kid sounds tough!” Oogie then pondered. “But answer this for me. If not even Jack can bring this kid down, then how are you three gonna drag her all the way back here and get her on our side? Hmm?”
“Hey, don’t insult us.” Said Lock.
“Yeah, where your best three little henchmen.” Said Barrel.
“Have we ever failed you?” Asked Shock.
“Hmm? Go get that kid!” Oogie cried. “Make sure to drag her back here in one piece! Ah ha!”
So, with that Lock, Shock and Barrel set off straight to the evil playroom to gather supplies and equipment to capture such a dangerous foe.
Battle axes, badger traps, ropes in a noose, baseball bats and the trick-or-treat bag to hold their kidnapped captive.
Meanwhile, still wandering in the wilderness, Anastasia Rose was tired and aching.
Her feet going numb with the cold. Her skin like ice. The damp in her hair and clothes had turned to frost.
Anastasia stumbled across the frozen grass. He legs turning numb.
She stumbled forward and had to hold onto something to keep her balance.
She leaned against a bare branched tree, gripping on with her hands, trying to feel the wood; her hands were so cold.
She gasped, tired and exhausted.
Her breath visible and white as it condensed in the air.
Anastasia closed her eyes and she rested.
But then, she heard something.
She stopped gasping and opened her eyes.
Anastasia slowly lifted her head and looked across the mist.
Three mysterious figures was just visible through the fog.
Knowing what she was no longer alone, Anastasias mood changed.
Her face slowly changed from calm and tired…to serious and angry. As if she was no longer exhausted and all her energy suddenly returned.
Anastasia then let out a bloodcurdling scream.
“AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!”
The three figures leaped out from the fog and surrounded Anastasia. The three mysterious figures were revealed to be Lock, Shock and Barrel.
The three of them had weapons on their hands, a toilet plunger, a broom stick and a baseball bat.
The enraged Anastasia growled and snarled towards them all.
“You sure we can do this?” Barrel asked nervously.
“Shut up, you coward!” Shock yelled across. “Let’s do it!!!”
Shock leaped up and swiped as fast and as hard as she could, but then…
Anastasia grabbed hold of the weapon and snatched it off her. She swung hard and…
#Smack!#
Anastasia whacked Shock straight in the face.
Shock fell to the ground, she was barely moving.
Lock and Barrel gasped and stared in astonishment.
Barrel saw Annie approaching again with the broomstick.
“Shock! Get up!” He called out.
Anastasia then glared towards the two boys.
Lock and Barrel held their weapons up in defence, but they were terrified.
Anastasia continued to snarl…and then…
“AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!” She screamed…
The following noised were sounds of battering objects and cries and yells of many voices…
…
It was late. The terrible trio were due to return to Oogie’s lair hours ago.
Oogie Boogie still waited for them to return. And they did, eventually.
Oogie was planning on away to get Jack to come to the lair when there came a noise from behind him.
Oogie turned round when he heard the sound of footsteps. Oogie assumed it to be Lock, Shock, and Barrel returning with their captive.
“You’re a little late, my little mischiefs…Huh!?!”
But when Oogie turned round, what he saw was shocking.
A little girl covered in cuts and bruises wandered slowly towards the roulette table in the middle of the room. But she was dragging something behind her in her hand.
He was dragging a rope with three nooses. And tied to these three nooses and being dragged by the neck were Lock, Shock and Barrel.
Anastasia picked them up off the floor and placed them on the roulette table. “These maggots belong to you?” She spoke.
Oogie was shocked and stunned.
Lock, Shock and Barrel had never failed their masters task before. This was a first. And not only had they failed, they were full of injuries.
Oogie marched up to Anastasia.
“What have you DONE!?!” He stormed.
“You threaten me?” Anastasia spoke. She spoke in not just her own, but in another, stranger, alien like voice. “I advise against it.” Anastasia referred to the suffering Lock, Shock and Barrel as an example.
“They are still dead.” Said Anastasia. “They are lucky they belong to this world.”
“Start talking sense!” Oogie commanded. “What do you want here?”
“A rather odd question. You sent your henchmen out to capture me.”
Anastasia paused.
“I hear you require my assistance…”
