Ow, my head, I groaned when I woke up. I rubbed my head and didnt open my eyes not wanting to kill them with the harsh light of my bedroom,. Ugh. Why am I in so much pain?
Good, youre awake, I heard a gravely but rather high male voice say.
My eyes shot open and I quickly realized I wasnt in my room any more. I quickly looked around. The room was made of stone and had various lab equipment in it. Then I saw a little bald man in a wheel chair at the doorway staring at me, I think. I couldnt really see his eyes, since they were behind tiny black glasses. Wh-Where am I? I asked the small man. Who are you? What is going on? Why am I here? Wh- I gasped. I couldnt even remember who I was. Who am I? I said in a soft, horrified whisper.
The man chuckled. Why was he chuckling? This isnt funny! I dont know anything except that I am somewhere where I shouldnt be. My dear, he said in his gravely, weird voice, you are in my lab, in Halloween Town. I-
Halloween Town? What?
Dont interrupt if you want the answers to your many questions, curious child.
Sorry, I said ashamed.
Ok, I am Dr. Finklestein. I just fixed your broken and damaged body that the monster who murdered you did. My mouth dropped open. I was murdered? And Im alive now?! How can that be? I see you still have many questions, but let me answer your last one before you ask anymore. You are Stephanie. You are sixteen and Jack brought you here when he found you at the cemetery. Now what are your other questions?
Im dead, but still talking and breathing and my heart, I put my hand over my heart. I couldnt feel any beats, but I did feel stitches and cloth. I looked down at my body for the first time and gasped. I was covered in pieces of cloth held onto my skin by stitches then I just had stitches that seemed to be holding gashes together. I was in a green tang top and black skinny jeans, both were torn in several places, but not revealing anything. I lifted my hand up to my heart again and felt it. The stitches made an x and I became angry. I looked at Dr. Finklestein with tears of rage in my eyes. You cut out my heart?! You killed me didnt you? Your trying to cover your tracks, arent you? Why me? Why did you kill me? How am I talking now when Im dead with no heart cloth for skin and stitches in me? How? How? my voice was angry and loud when I first started, but it was barely audible by the end.
Oh, you poor thing, I heard him come over to where I was collapsed on the ground and he put a hand on my shoulder. No, I did not kill you. Some man from the human world did. You still have your heart, but it no longer beats, for you are neither dead nor living. You are in between just like the rest who live here. I saved you from wandering this place with your guts falling out and your bones and muscles exposed. I had to chuckle at that thought, he seemed to brighten up a little bit when I did. The cloth serves as skin in the places that need it since I did not have any at the time. The stitches are keeping the gashes together. Does that explain a little bit? Jack can explain more if you need. Speak of the Devil. Jack, my boy! Shes awake. Come and talk to her. I looked up at the door way again expecting to see another man like the doctor, but instead it was an unusually tall skeleton wearing a black and white pin stripe suit with a bat bow tie. I shrieked and backed up to the wall looking for another exit to get out and away.
Oh my, the skeleton called Jack said. He looked at the doctor and raised a would be eye brow. You explained everything?
Well, no. I just told her why she was is how she is and that shes not really dead, then you showed up before I could explain much more, Dr. Finklestein told Jack.
The skeleton put a hand to his head and sighed. Ok. Guess it is my turn now. He walked over to where I was cowering and bent down from his seven foot tall self to my five ten self. Hello, Stephanie. My name is Jack, he greeted warmly and held out his hand.
There was something to his voice that calmed me down so that I was able to stand without my knees shaking and I was able to talk, H-h-hi. I shook his boney hand.
Thats better. I will explain to you where you are and what we do here. How does that sound? He looked into my eyes with his, except they were eye sockets and had no eyes. I nodded my head ok. Good. Do you want to take a walk around the town while we talk? I nodded my head again. He smiled and held out his hand, I took it in mine and we walked out of Dr. Finklesteins lab.