It was quiet on the way back to the cell. Raven still felt guilty for what she had done and Gabriel was still confused about why he was here. As they came in the dungeon, Gwen and Alyss got to their feet, wondering who this new boy was. As they got into the cage, they ran up to Raven to see if she was ok. She didn't say anything; she just stared at her feet.

"Raven's had a long day, she doesn't want to talk about it."

"Bozo the clown, I was asking my friend." Gabriel was appalled, she was being so rude and all he wanted to do was help.

"Look, we've both had a long day and we would rather not talk about it."

"Shut up, clown, no one cares."

"Well excuse me, loba, but I'm just trying to help."

"I said shut up."

"Gwen, shut up… he's right, I'd rather not talk about it." she shrugged off Gabriel and went to the solitaire confident room.

"What's your problem?'

"MY PROBLEM? I just lose my freewill today, what's your excuse?"

"Wait a minute, that shot was for you?"

"Si"

"Oh my god, I'm sorry. I didn't know you where injected with liquid control."

"Liquid control?"
"Yeah, if you're injected with it, you loss control of yourself, so I'm guessing Oogie Boogie controls you now right?"

"Oogie Boogie? That's the name of that sack of bugs…Hahahahahahaha! You've got to be kidding!"

"Shut up! If he hears you, he'll try to kill you."

"He already did. That's probably why Raven doesn't want to talk."

"But the person that wants to control the person can't give the shot, so that means… Raven? I can't believe she was such a coward-" Gabriel then slapped her in the face, something he had never done, but this was different. Gwen looked at him in shock, not because it hurt, but because no one besides Oogie had ever slapped her

"DON'T YOU DARE CALL HER A COWARD! SHE IS THE SINGLE BRAVEST AND KINDESS GIRL I'VE EVER MEET. I TOLD HER TO DO IT ALL RIGHT! I…I told her to do it, I just couldn't stand seeing her get hurt because of me." he turned away from her in disgust. He didn't like being unkind to people, but Raven was willing to sacrifice her own life to save his freedom, no coward would do that. Gwen was surprised to see this man defend Raven, even though they just meet. When he turned around, she noticed the whip wounds on his back.

"Did Oogie do that to you?"

"What?"

"This." she explained as she walked over and run her fingers up and down his back.

"Oh, that, that was my boss's work."

"Boss?"
"Yeah, I work at the circus and my boss believes in physical punishment."

"How often does he do it?"

"A lot because I'm so clumsy."

"So what did you do?"

"Well I tripped the trapeze artists during the act and that's worth 20 lashes."

"Here, let me take a look at that." she insisted and lifted up the back of his shirt. The lashes were long and deep in the skin. Some of them were still bleeding. She also found some bruises from other beatings.

"Oh, you poor thing. Let me patch that up." and she licked her hands and rubbed it on his back. The wounds and the bruises began to heal up instantly.

"Ohhh, gracias, nina blando. What is that?"

"My spit."

"Ummmmm,"

"I'm a vampire and I have healing spit."

"You know 30 minutes ago if you told me that, I would tell you that you were crazy. But now I'll believe anything."

When Gwen was finished, there wasn't a single bruise or wound on his back. His back hadn't felt this good in years. He stretched in satisfaction and gratitude.

"Oh Dios. My back hasn't felt this good in so long."

"Glad I could help."

"Listen, I owe you an apology for snapping at you earlier and for slapping you."

"It's ok, I kind of deserved it for acting like such a bitch."

"Todo esta perdonado, now I have to go see Raven."

"Kid, you really have to start speaking in English."

"I make no promises." and he walked to the wall, tapped the bricks and went to the Solitaire Confinement room. When he entered the room, he found Raven asleep in the corner. He walked over to her quietly and sat next to her. He looked over at her and saw that she was shivering in the cold and who could blame her, she was wearing shorts and a short-sleeve shirt. Upon seeing this, he took off his shirt and placed it on Raven to keep her warm. He then leaned against the wall and went to sleep. An hour passed before Raven woke up realizing that she was warm. She looked to see that Gabriel's shirt was on her. She looked up and saw Gabriel sitting against the wall sleeping. She moved next to him and draped half of his shirt over him so that they were sharing his shirt. She then laid up against his side and went back to sleep. Meanwhile, Gwen and Alyss had been talking about the possibility of Raven being Jack's daughter.

"Are you sure about this? She doesn't look anything like them."

"Yes, but in Halloween, sometimes family members don't look like their parents and that may be Raven's case."

"I'm still not sure."

"Wait a minute, I know how we can check!"

"How?"

"According to legend, every true Skellington family member has a skull-shape birthmark on the back of their neck. If Raven has one, we'll know."

"And you just remembered this?"

"I have a bad memory, ok? Now let's look. Raven's in the Solitaire Confinement Room, come on."

"We seriously need to think of a better name for that room." Alyss joked as she followed Gwen to the Solitaire Confinement Room.

"Hey Raven, can we-"

"What is it?"

"Shhh!"

"What?"

"Look."

Alyss peeked in to the room to find Gabriel and Raven huddled up against each other.
"Ahhh, that's so sweet."

"This can wait, right Alyss?"

"Right." and they both left the room quietly to leave them to sleep.

It was around 11:30pm when Raven woke up. She turned to Gabriel to see that he was fast asleep. She got up and stretched, trying not to wake up Gabriel. She walked to the other side of the room and sat down. She stared at him with curiosity. She had so many questions; why was he being so kind to her after she had given away his freewill? Why was he here? She suddenly heard a moaning coming from Gabriel. Gabriel stretched on the floor.

"So you're finally up." said Raven. Gabriel turned to face her and smiled.

"Thanks for the blanket."

"Your welcome."

"And … I'm… I'm sorry about what happened back there."

" Hey, I told you it's fine. It's like home only I don't get wiped because I disobey." he laughed half-heartedly. He knew that he wasn't helping, but he had to try. He got up and walked over to her. He sat down beside her and patted her on the shoulder.

"Hey, if it was anyone, I'm glad it was you."

"Yeah right."

"I would have done it even if you did ask me." Raven turned to face him.

"What do you mean?"

"You just have that charismic ability. I bet you could make any man do anything."

And then it hit her. Of course, it was so obvious. Why hadn't she thought of it before? She jumped to her feet.

"Gabriel, you're a genius!" she began to pace the room.

"Yes, yes, of course, Gabriel, all I have to do is-" but when she turned to face Gabriel, he was clutching his head in anger and frustration. She knelt to his side.

"Gabriel, are you ok?"

"Get out," he ordered in deep and threatening voice that was nothing like his own.

"Why, what's wrong?"

"I SAID GET OUT!"

Raven ran for the door, but when she pulled the handle, it wouldn't budge. She suddenly heard high-pitched laughing coming from behind the door.
"We hop it's cozy in there." laughed Lock.

"We hope you like your new friend during the full moon." cackled Shock.

"You little brats are going to pay for this!" Raven screamed.

She turned around to see that Gabriel's transformation had already begun. His hands were turning into paws, he began to grow fur all over his body, his ears became pointed, his nose turned into a snout and his teeth began to grow to enormous lengths. He looked up to face her. Although he still had the same eyes, he wasn't himself. She walked to the other side of the room, seeing as the door was of no use. His eyes followed her intensely as she crossed the room. He growled at her and she pushed herself against the wall. Her crawled to the middle of the room and faced her. She stared at him, breathing heavily. She crumpled down onto the floor, hands still against the wall. He kept growling at her, staring at her like prey. All of a sudden he bounded towards her. She shielded her face with her arms and screamed. But when nothing happened, she removed her arms and was shocked. There stood Oogie, holding Gabriel back by his neck. He threw him against the opposite wall. Gabriel fell to the floor in a furry heap, knocked out by the impact. He was still a wolf, just unconscious. Oogie turned to Raven, who was still sitting there, staring at him in blind shock. He turned and walked out the door, closing it behind him. Raven ran to Gabriel to see if he was all right. He was ok, besides some light bruising. She sat beside him and fell asleep. Gabriel, who was continuing to shake her by her shoulders, waked her up the next morning. She pushed his hands away from her in annoyance.

"What the hell do you want?"
"Raven, I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry, I should have told you about me being a werewolf, it's just that- "He was interrupted when Raven gave him a hug

"Don't be." she reassured.

"You just help set my plan in motion." Gabriel was in too much shock to respond.

"Thank you." she whispered and walked out the door. Gabriel just sat there with a look of ecstasy on his face. Alyss just then walked through the door and looked at Gabriel.

"Hey, what's up with you?" she asked. She looked out the door and then back at him.

"Oh my God, you like her, don't you?"

"Shhhhhhh!"

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." she reassured with a smile and walked out the door.

Gabriel still just sat there thinking,

'I wonder what Raven's plan is?'