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Jack was looking death in the eyes. Only, it wasn’t death. It was Oogie Boogie, or rather Inferno Boogie as he called himself. Oogie has absorbed the fire of a massive dirigible explosion, transforming him into a half bug-filled sack, half incinerator, all evil weapon of mass destruction.
Oogie had pinned Jack to the ground, and the heat radiating from his body was burning through the wooden pier. Before long, Jack would have fallen into the murky waters, and would easily drown. The pier began to burn hard. Jack felt nothing beneath him as he slowly began to fall into the sea.
As he saw Oogie’s blazing head, an idea formed. Just as he was about to be submerged, he flipped around, causing Oogie to lose his footing, and HE fell into the water. Steam began to emit from the water, releasing a cloud of water vapor. Obviously, Oogie was gone.
As Jack turned to try and return to his Halloween Town, the water began to bubble. A flaming arm reached up onto the pier. Oogie Boogie was still blazing, much to Jack’s horror. “Don’t be surprised Jack!” Oogie chuckled. “I’m already too hot to be dowsed by the sea itself! I wonder how well you’ll fare in the water.” Oogie tore open a barrel of gasoline, stuck his arm in, and the barrel went up in flames. Suddenly, the barrel was being emptied. Oogie was absorbing the gasoline, and was increasing his power.
Aiming his arm at Jack, he launched a tentacle of lava, which tried to grab him. Jack was quick, but another tentacle appeared, and lunged at him. This time, they went for more gasoline barrels, which were immediately drained of their fluids. Jack understood what Oogie was doing: he was being driven by a mad hunger for power, and that’s why he kept draining the barrels! The power-mad Boogie man had nearly forgotten about Jack, and sent a wave of fire at him, threatening to cremate him.
Seeing what he had to do, Jack decided to do the inevitable: Fight fire with fire. Using the power that he always had during the adventure, but dared not to use, Jack Skellington was transformed into the one and only PUMPKIN KING. Using his fire powers, he tried to make Oogie back off. But Oogie just stood firm as the blasts were absorbed by him. “You’re really THAT desperate?” he laughed. “My power is fifteen times yours! Just how do you think you can beat me?”
Summoning up a fraction of power, he created a huge cage of fire, which kept Jack from escaping. “I control fire, Pumpkin King.” Oogie taunted. “I can easily make a white-hot cage to hold you, to bar you, to kill you,” he grinned as he made another show of his power. “And also, to CRUSH YOU!” Jack looked up, and gasped at seeing the cage, with its razor-thin bars, shrinking.
In a few seconds, the cage had shrunk to half its original size. Jack could see a fire hose not too far away. He tried to reach for it, but a blast of fire from Oogie scorched his hand. He reached again, he felt immense pain. He tried again. And again. And again. The more he tried, the more pain he felt. And also, he could feel the cage bearing down on him. There wasn’t much time. And there was even less time to stop Oogie. As Jack felt the burn of the fire cage on his back, Oogie loomed over him, like a dark shadow.
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