"Zero, we're home!" The ghost dog awoke to find his master climb up the stairs, with Molly followed with a concern face. Her cat tried to greet her but, she was not in the mood.
"Why don't we work up here instead of the mini lab downstairs. Now, can you hand me the bag?" She had a hard time letting go, as he tried to tug it away. She eventually let go.
"Sorry, a bit nervous."
"There's no need to be. Lets get started. Here, pluck that berry on the leaf over there with this while I go set things up." He hand over a pair of tweezers. She walked up to a lone mistletoe. She tried to pluck one of the holy berry. Having a hard time removing one, grinding her teeth as she pulled. When she did pluck it, it flew in the air and clash down.
"Oops." She blush. He walked to her.
"Molly, pluck it gently! Like so!" Jack pluck the extra berry effortlessly. Dang it! Molly thought.
"Now, watch as I analyze this through the microscope. What secret does this berry has!" She climbed up the chair to watch Jack slip the berry under the scope. She is reminded when Albert did the same over a year ago with a cloth, the same cloth that was part of a suit that skeleton wore years ago. Falling into a daze, Jack called for her, making her jumped.
"Is something a matter?"
"Nothing, I doze off."
"Then, please pay attention!" She bit her lips. Looking through the microscope, he tried to examine the berry. Only to get too close and clush the berry and slightly broke the scope!
"And you bother me for breaking the first one! I had a feeling that berry was too round and fragil to look under! If it was real, you would of gotten berry juice all over!"
"My dear, there's no need for a smart mouth! We all make mistakes. There is other things to do! So, lets get to it!" Lets not let your big mistake happen again! She sigh.
Jack uses electricity wires attached to a boiling beaker from a small mechine. Looking for a candycane to dip in. After a quick search, he founded Molly muching and licking one under the table. He stared with amusement.
"Molly, those were suppose to be tested, not for eating!" She ate the last bit of candy.
"I didn't know! I hadn't ate candycanes before. The box was just lying there!"
"Where is the box now?"
"Um, I think they're over there!" But, her cat gave a big giveaway when she pick one with her mouth from the box behind her master.
Jack gave her a curious eye.
"Okay, sorry! I wanted to eat more!"
"There's no need to hog them all! I just needed a few. Come up and watch carefully!" He picked up the bright green box, as Molly crawls out from under the table. Standing on his chair, she watches him dip a candycane in the beaker with tweezers. Pulling it out, he was met with a disappointed result.
"Now, look what you did! All of the peppermints are gone and it's all slimy! I bet it taste nasty!"
"Then, why don't you test taste it!" He unnoticely placed it in her mouth. After a quick slurp, she was delighted.
"You know, not bad! It's more easy to eat too! I'll make another!" She pick one from the box and dip it. Unnotice to hear Jack's warning, she accidentally burned her hand and yelp in pain!
"MOLLY!!!!" He had a panicky face!
Now sitting on the table, she weeps as Jack spray medicine on her wounded hand, then bandage it.
"When handling hot or other hazardous experiments, prepare yourself! Use gloves, tweezers or even your wand's powers!" He sigh. "The wound isn't too deep. Still, best not to use this hand for the rest of the night. Again, be careful next time!" Such a foolish thing to do. She shamefully sigh.
"Arts and crafts are more your thing! So, this should be fun to you! We're going to make paper snowflakes! I'll demonstrate first!" She watched him try to craft one by following directions from a book. Clipping with big scissors, he shown his result to her. To be in shock.
"I guess that what you call a 'Spiderflake!"
"A sense of humor, I hear. Well, now. Lets see if you can do any better!" He gave her smaller scissors. She try her hands on a paper snowflake, only for her result to be paper witches lined up in a row. Embarrassed, she hid them behind her back and akwardly smiled.
"You were saying, my dear?"
"Nobody's perfect?"
Jack goes off to begin his next experiment but, can't find the object he was suppose to examine. Molly, peeking through her room, slowly hid the object in her magic bag, a small teddy bear. Mittens the second looked up curiosity, as Molly explained.
"Not only I did this for obvious reason, but to save this poor teddy's life! I hate the cruelty of using harmless animals for dissection! Like that one boy who set the frog free in that one movie, I feel like doing the same! Sure, the toy isn't alive but, it'll be like giving up Mittens for dissection!
"So, as long as Mr. Teddy is safe in my bag, everything will work fine." She took a notice of something.
"Hey, where did Jack go?" She had a nervous feeling. She turned and gasps. "Oh, I hate when you do that!"
"My dear, have you seen the toy?"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" He sigh. Molly Yelp to find one of his skeleton hand pop out of her bag with the teddy bear in hand. "Hey, I thought I can only reach in my bag!"
"Since I gave you the magic bag, I can also reach inside as well." He reattacted his hand.
"I'm sorry. I heard you wanted to dissect Mr. Teddy!"
"Molly, sometimes you have to make sacrifice. To learn what makes them tick. Perhaps you should join in this one to get a better understanding."
Molly, shaking on the chair, with a small surgical blade in hand. Jack held the bear in place with one hand. She sweat.
"I can't do this!" She panic.
"It's not even a living thing! Just stroke the blade through its stomach."
"I know what to do! I don't have the will to!"
"I taught you confidence."
"It's not about that! I remember a sickening story from a kid at my old school about some aliens dissecting a man in a U.F.O and I spented almost an hour vomiting in the bathroom's sink!"
"It's certainly been awhile that I heard your silly imaginations. I'll give you a hand!"
He placed his hand on to hers and lower her hand to cut the stomach. She clutter her teeth, tighten her free fist and closed her eyes.
"Molly, you have to see what you're doing!" Seeing the bear, she panicked! She dropped her blade and accidentally cuts her finger! Jack panicks once again!
"Please stop hurting yourself! It's aches my heart when you do!" He bandaged her pointer finger. "No more hazardous experiments for you for a while! Now, I'll go examine the subject!" He looked through the cotton of the bear, as Molly sadly watches.
"It's just originally cotton! Nothing special about it!"
"I guess you cut the belly for no reason."
"At least it was some learning experiences. Shall I do one of your animal plushes next or your cat doll?"
"NO!!!!" Molly screamed. Jack chucked.
"Joking. For trying, I'll stitch the toy up to add to your collections. Feeling better?" Better than nothing.
"Just one more experiment for the night!" Jack announced a few nights later. "Can you get me one of those small sphere from the small tree?" Molly went to receive a red one, and founded a sad face zero on his bed. She expressed her feelings to him, as she pet his head. She handed it to Jack, as she watches him clush it to dust with just his bony hands The dust fell in the beaker. Strong hands for a bony guy! Molly thought. The beaker's reaction caused the room to flash slowly with different colors.
"Interesting reaction but, what does it means?!" He wondered in frustration.
"It's like neon lights at a dance club!"
"No jokes, my dear. We been experimenting for nights after nights and still no answers on what makes Christmas tick!"
"Maybe I can explain the origin of Christmas!"
"Tell me, then."
"Um, many, many years ago. There was this baby, who was born and he was born with a speical gift and a sign, which is_"
"Molly, I'm aware of that origin but I'm talking about this Christmas magic! Why the festivity, who is Sandy Claws? What's so special about his presents?!" Seeing him frustrated can't help make her wonder how something so cheerful can turned to be such a headache! She suddenly yawn, as he took notice.
"Oh, it is your bedtime. You work hard so, lets get you to sleep. After a bath.
"WHAT?! Um, what about your experiments?!"
"I can't forget such responsibility and nether shall you! We'll do it at the downstairs library since it's too clutter up here! Lets do it quick so you can rest up and help with more experiments tomorrow!" Jack began to carry her downstairs. She wonders. This is not going so well as I planed. I got to reunite with Spook and Mum soon and plan something else! We got to stop him somehow!
