CHAPTER 10

(By Kar-zid)

Jack went back to his room. He saw John standing in the doorway, and paused watching him. He stood completely motionless as John disappeared from sight. Jack then slowly walked inside behind him. Jack quietly followed him inside without attracting his attention, and watched John.

John walked around to the desk with the typewriter and a pile of papers beside it. He picked up the top piece of paper and scanned it quickly. Then he pulled each page off quickly staring in increasing horror at the papers. The papers that only repeated the same 10 words, 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.'

"So, how'd you like it?" Jack said from near the door.

John spun around and stared at him and responded ", huh."

Jack went on with an evil grin spread across his face. "Come here John, you need to be taught a lesson," Jack muttered and pulled out the knife from his pocket.

John backed up a little while Jack advanced upon him. John looked around for some possible escape route but there was none. Jack never stopped the advance. Suddenly Jack leaped forward with a snarl and John spun around to avoid him. He punched Jack as hard as he could in the face and he dropped to the floor. Jack fell unconscious with the single punch.

John quickly grabbed Jack and dragged him out of the room and into the elevator. When he reached the kitchen he placed Jack into the giant pantry and locked it securely. John ran back up to Danny's room to warn her about Jack Tarrass.

He burst open the door and ran over towards Danny. Danny awoke abruptly. She stared at John intently.

"Get your things; we have to get out of here!" John yelled at her.

Meanwhile Jack was just coming back into consciousness inside the pantry. He pulled himself onto his knees and crawled over to the door. He felt the slight pain and grogginess in his body. He knew why John did this to him. He knew why John had locked him in the pantry. John was after Danny. He was going to take her away from him.

Once he reached the door he leaned his back up against the cold steel. He blinked his eyes a few times. He saw an image of Danny for a brief second. He needed her; he needed to feel her warmth. He needed her to admit that she needed him.

Jack smiled to himself. He wanted to feel her blood flow under his fingertips. He wanted to taste the blood, her blood. She needed to be punished for tempting him. She needed to know what pain felt like, true pain. He knew how he was going to do it; he began planning it out in his mind. The plan continued to rewind, and rewind just like a movie.

"Jack," came the familiar sound of Jack Torrance's taunting voice, "Jack, oh Jacky boy."

Jack Tarrass didn't respond, he just sat motionless waiting for something to happen. He wanted to get to her, and to him. However, he had no way of getting anywhere near either one of them.

"Jack, Jacky boy, you didn't teach them a lesson! Maybe it's because you can't," Jack Torrance's voice rising. When Jack Tarrass didn't respond Jack Torrance continued. Well, if you can't even handle this one thing then there is no way you can handle a woman like Danny."

"Shut up," Jack Tarrass shouted at Jack Torrance.

"Oh, now we're getting somewhere," Jack Torrance scoffed. "Aw, poor baby Jack. You can't handle the truth?"

"I can handle it," Jack Tarrass responded bitterly. "It's just how am I supposed to do anything while I'm locked in here?"

"Well," Jack Torrance began with a slight chuckle "there is a way to get out of here."

"How's that?"

"I could let you out," Jack Torrance said.

Jack Tarrass thought about it for a minute. "If you can really get me out of here, then do it. Stop playing games and just get it over with."

"First you have to promise me that you'll take care of that little problem you have," Jack Torrance responded still ridiculing him.

"I can," Jack Tarrass said with cruel certainty ", just give me another chance, I'll teach them a lesson."

"Alright, I'll let you out," Jack Torrance said.

Suddenly the door slowly swung out. Jack managed to keep his back straight. He carefully lifted his body. He ran out of the pantry and immediately went to find John. John would be the first to kill. He needed revenge and just as much as he needed to keep him and Danny apart.