-1Three little monsters trampled the soil in Halloween town as they scurried towards wooden rotten doors to get their sweets. They laughed and giggled with their pale faces nearly illuminating the path in front of them.
"Now the fun shall begin" One hissed.
"How do we do it? A knife? Some fresh rope?" The other chirped. It picked up the objects and lied them before the two, their heads cocked in a way they all thought was odd.
Licks and slurps floated over the misty air and echoed in the overhearing. Then they trotted down into the woods and over dead leaves into the dusty area of darkness. A cage hovered in the air attached to a thick piece of rope, clinging to a leaning tower of black wood and spider webs.
"Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws?" The three whispered together.
"I wanna do it!"
"Let's draw straws."
"Jack said we should work together."
"Three of a kind?"
"Birds of a feather!"
"Now and forever!"
"WEEEEEEEEE!"
The three grabbed the cage handles and suddenly flew up the rope. Spinning in violent circles. Booming sounds flushed over the air as their voices crackled in the dark. A bonny slim figure was emerging from underneath the shadows; it's eyes were empty holes of black glaring at the three with its devilish eyes.
"Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws lock him up real tight, throw away the key and then turn off all the lights. First were going to set some bait inside this nasty trap and wait, when he comes a sniffing we will snap the trap and close the gate!"
"Wait I've got a better plan to catch this big red lobster man let's pop him in a boiling pot and when he's done we'll butter him up! Kidnap the Sandy Claws put him in a box, bury him for 90 years then see if he talks!"
The figure slid into the cracks of the ceiling like a spider. Watching the small children sing and dance. Then a thundering roar bellowed from a small tube sticking out from the walls in the dusty room.
"Come my Trick or Treaters! Lock! Shock! And Barrel! I need you to fetch me a little something, something bonny and skinny, black and white. And a dear friend of Sally's." You could tell he was giving and evil grin even if you hadn't seen him. For the tone in his voice was frightening. A long garden weed would be crawling around his cheekbones right now.
Lock, Shock and Barrel scuttled over to the tube and simply said: "Yes Mr. Oogie Boogie." And they all gave quick-witted smirks.
"Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws see what we will see, Lock him in a cage and then throw away the key!"
They were rushing through the dirt in the boots and made odd sounds as it hit the earth. They snickered and it chimed through the mist of Halloween Town.
"Where does Jack live?" Lock asked in a raspy voice.
"Up there, in the tallest tower of that black house." Shock pointed to a large blackish gray hut that stood high above in the air at the end of a corner, next to the fountain that held a giant serpent like creature.
"Well let's pay the pumpkin king a visit, maybe his pumpkin princess, Sally, will join the party too." Lock said.
"Here put this on the door." Barrel handed Shock a giant dice shaped plate that hooked onto the door, he pressed a few buttons and the dice ticked with charm. In a matter of minutes the door opened silently and the three stepped in with a creek in the floor.
"Maybe the king would be sitting on his throne? Which should be on the top floor." Lock was handed a fairly large snake like object that could reach far distances. When the team reached the door they jabbed at it and turned the knob. Then stormed in and searched the room where books on Santa and reindeer lay open wide on seat pillows. Barrel picked a lollypop from his jacket and licked it, making it turn his tongue a dirty black color.
"He's not here." Lock groaned.
"Then where is he?"
A sudden shudder was sent down each of their spines as they snapped their heads to look at the door, but it was shut. And locked. The last thing they saw was a dark blob as dark as an oil spill reaching for the door and closing it behind them.
"What in Dracula's ghost was that?" Lock shivers as he spoke.
A buzzer signals inside Barrel's pocket of his costume. He grabs it; it's shaped like a bat holding two black and green dice.
"Yes boss?" He answers.
"Jack is on the move, I want you to trap him in the special netting I gave you, then bring him to me. ALIVE! My sense's tell me he's on his way to the graveyard to meet Sally." Oogies voice was a croak, and with a click the phone shut off.
"What did the boss say?"
"Kidnap Jack, and bring him back."
"HEY THAT RHYMED!"
"I wish my cohorts weren't so dumb" "I'm not the dumb one!" "Your no fun!" "Shut up!" "Make me!"
The three tried to scurry out of the room, and after using their toys to break it down they succeeded. Then trampled there way down the stairs in a spiral pattern. Swinging open the doors and slamming them shut. The pale darkness glowed over them. They made their way to the graveyard in minutes or so, lurking over the headstones to peer with their large eyes and find jack.
"There he is!" Shock pointed in the direction of the hilltop.
"There's Sally." Lock pointed in the opposite matter of the hill.
"There's a cloud." Barrel licked his lollypop.
The two looked at him in confusion.
"That's zero, Jack's dog Barrel." Shock rolled her green eyes that looked as if they were about to fall out of her head.
The little monsters sunk their way into the bottom of the hilltop and gazed up as the king and queen talked amongst themselves.
"Sally, I have to tell you something."
"Yes Jack?"
"Well I've been having these weird symptoms lately. Like another side has been coming out of me. Only yesterday I was standing next to a small wolf child, the second after I touched him he fell to the ground bleeding. And today I locked three children in a room, I don't know if they're still alive. I know it sounds terrible, but you must believe me."
"So it was him! Lock cried "He was the bloody shadow we saw in his room!"
"Yes indeed." Barrel nodded.
"I see Jack, it's ok, maybe you just caught a Halloween cold." Sally grabbed a needle behind her ear and started to sew up her leg, it was spewing leaves again all over the black hilltop.
"Maybe I should keep myself still for awhile, you know, stay home and don't go out till I know for sure I'm ok."
"Ok, if your sure. I don't want anything to happen to you Jack."
"Now is our time to trap him guys." Shock grinned
"Hand me the tarp and we'll set the trap." Lock cooed.
They set out a black blanket under a hole covered over by leaves and twigs and some dead roses found near an open grave. It was right after you walked past the gate that you should fall to your doom, then the three would wait till they were asleep in the pit, then trap them in a sack.
"And now my friends. We wait." And they grinned their evil grins.