Post by Barrel on Feb 20, 2007 16:14:14 GMT -8
Chapter Twenty-Three
"Jack"
We giggled some more. Lock laughed loudly. "Hey guys, look! Oogie's dancing!" he grinned. Shock and I crowded behind Lock to peer through the pipe: Oogie was dancing with his shadow.
We collapsed into another fit of giggles as Sandy roared, "You... MONSTER!" Oogie only laughed harder.
"This isn't over! Not by a LONG shot! You... you wait until Jack finds out about this!" the ragdoll Sally shouted.
We went silent as the Mayor drove nearby. "The King of Halloween has been blown to smithereens..." he moaned. "Skeleton Jack is now a pile of dust..."
The three of us could hardly contain our excitement. "Pile of dust! Pile of dust! Skeleton Jack is a pile of dust!" we chanted happily, dancing in a circle. I sat down on the floor of the cage so I could peek into the pipe again. "Pile of dust!" I giggled, stealing some of Shock's popcorn.
"Hey!" she protested. "That's MINE!"
"Says who?" I asked sweetly, then stuck out my tongue.
"I say!" Shock growled, tackling me.
Now, I wouldn't say this to her face, but Shock's not thin. I mean, she's not exactly fat, just... not thin. Which explains why she knocked the breath out of me. "Oof!" I grunted, poking Shock. "Get offa me!" I whined. "Off! Off! OFF OFF OFF OFF!"
Shock snickered. "No way!" she grinned as we began to wrestle.
"You know, you're heavier than you look!" I accidentally blurted. Uh-oh.
Shock's eyes narrowed as she glared down at me. She raised her fists. "Did you call me fat!?" she snarled.
"No! No! Of course not!" I said quickly.
Shock was really angry. Her eyes flashing, she began pummeling me. "YOU (punch) JUST (kick) CALLED (punch, kick) ME (bite) FAT!" She emphasized the last word with a two-fisted face punch.
Lock was no help. "Nice knowing you, Barrel," he said, trying not to laugh.
Shock began attacking me again. "I'M (punch) NOT (punch) FAT (punch), YOU (punch) RE-TARD! (punch, punch)"
That did it. I squirmed out from under her and stood up, poking her in the chest as I glared. "No one- and I mean NO ONE- calls me a retard!" I raised my fists and was about to punch her when our elevator began shaking. "Very funny, Lock!" I hissed.
Lock turned. "It's not me!" he protested. Shock shook her head, a confused expression on her face.
I slowly tilted my head upwards, then gasped. Jack, who was supposed to be dead- well, double-dead anyways- was his normal, moving self. Not a pile of dust in sight. My eyes widened, and the three of us screamed, piling out of the elevator.
We ran up a ramp that led to our treehouse. "J-jack's supposed to be dead!" Lock whimpered.
"Hey, let's go tell the Mayor!" I said, an evil grin slowly forming on my face. "If we tell him, we'll be, like, heroes or something like that! And then, when nobody suspects anything, WHAM!" I smacked a fist into my other palm. "We do the bestest of the best pranks! It's foolproof!"
Shock nodded slowly. "It might work..." she admitted, obviously still mad about our earlier argument.
"LET'S GOOOO!" I yelled, racing out of the treehouse.
I reached town a few minutes later, panting because I had run as fast as I could. Lock and Shock arrived not much later, and we located the Mayor. "Mayor! Mayor!" Shock cried, running to him and tugging his sleeve.
"Huh? Oh... it's you three. Listen, I'm not really in the mood for your pranks right now..." he said sadly. "Jack's dead..."
"No he's not!" I interrupted. "He's alive! I swear!"
The Mayor watched us suspiciously. "Hands," he ordered. I held out my hands, after a slight hesitation. The Mayor smiled a little as he saw our uncrossed fingers, but he still didn't believe us. "Feet," he said to Lock and Shock, who bent down and pulled their shoes off. He glanced down at uncrossed toes. "Tail," he informed Lock, who sighed and showed his tail.
"Happy now?" Shock asked, a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Lead the way!" the Mayor said, his white face spinning around to show his smiling, happy face.
"Jack"
We giggled some more. Lock laughed loudly. "Hey guys, look! Oogie's dancing!" he grinned. Shock and I crowded behind Lock to peer through the pipe: Oogie was dancing with his shadow.
We collapsed into another fit of giggles as Sandy roared, "You... MONSTER!" Oogie only laughed harder.
"This isn't over! Not by a LONG shot! You... you wait until Jack finds out about this!" the ragdoll Sally shouted.
We went silent as the Mayor drove nearby. "The King of Halloween has been blown to smithereens..." he moaned. "Skeleton Jack is now a pile of dust..."
The three of us could hardly contain our excitement. "Pile of dust! Pile of dust! Skeleton Jack is a pile of dust!" we chanted happily, dancing in a circle. I sat down on the floor of the cage so I could peek into the pipe again. "Pile of dust!" I giggled, stealing some of Shock's popcorn.
"Hey!" she protested. "That's MINE!"
"Says who?" I asked sweetly, then stuck out my tongue.
"I say!" Shock growled, tackling me.
Now, I wouldn't say this to her face, but Shock's not thin. I mean, she's not exactly fat, just... not thin. Which explains why she knocked the breath out of me. "Oof!" I grunted, poking Shock. "Get offa me!" I whined. "Off! Off! OFF OFF OFF OFF!"
Shock snickered. "No way!" she grinned as we began to wrestle.
"You know, you're heavier than you look!" I accidentally blurted. Uh-oh.
Shock's eyes narrowed as she glared down at me. She raised her fists. "Did you call me fat!?" she snarled.
"No! No! Of course not!" I said quickly.
Shock was really angry. Her eyes flashing, she began pummeling me. "YOU (punch) JUST (kick) CALLED (punch, kick) ME (bite) FAT!" She emphasized the last word with a two-fisted face punch.
Lock was no help. "Nice knowing you, Barrel," he said, trying not to laugh.
Shock began attacking me again. "I'M (punch) NOT (punch) FAT (punch), YOU (punch) RE-TARD! (punch, punch)"
That did it. I squirmed out from under her and stood up, poking her in the chest as I glared. "No one- and I mean NO ONE- calls me a retard!" I raised my fists and was about to punch her when our elevator began shaking. "Very funny, Lock!" I hissed.
Lock turned. "It's not me!" he protested. Shock shook her head, a confused expression on her face.
I slowly tilted my head upwards, then gasped. Jack, who was supposed to be dead- well, double-dead anyways- was his normal, moving self. Not a pile of dust in sight. My eyes widened, and the three of us screamed, piling out of the elevator.
We ran up a ramp that led to our treehouse. "J-jack's supposed to be dead!" Lock whimpered.
"Hey, let's go tell the Mayor!" I said, an evil grin slowly forming on my face. "If we tell him, we'll be, like, heroes or something like that! And then, when nobody suspects anything, WHAM!" I smacked a fist into my other palm. "We do the bestest of the best pranks! It's foolproof!"
Shock nodded slowly. "It might work..." she admitted, obviously still mad about our earlier argument.
"LET'S GOOOO!" I yelled, racing out of the treehouse.
I reached town a few minutes later, panting because I had run as fast as I could. Lock and Shock arrived not much later, and we located the Mayor. "Mayor! Mayor!" Shock cried, running to him and tugging his sleeve.
"Huh? Oh... it's you three. Listen, I'm not really in the mood for your pranks right now..." he said sadly. "Jack's dead..."
"No he's not!" I interrupted. "He's alive! I swear!"
The Mayor watched us suspiciously. "Hands," he ordered. I held out my hands, after a slight hesitation. The Mayor smiled a little as he saw our uncrossed fingers, but he still didn't believe us. "Feet," he said to Lock and Shock, who bent down and pulled their shoes off. He glanced down at uncrossed toes. "Tail," he informed Lock, who sighed and showed his tail.
"Happy now?" Shock asked, a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Lead the way!" the Mayor said, his white face spinning around to show his smiling, happy face.