Cobwebs Tend to Want Revenge on Halloween
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Chapter 29
"You jerk!"
Alucard whimpered and ducked as a chair flew passed his head; smashing against the wall. Nightshade bared her teeth in a scowl. She picked up another wooden chair. "You bloody jerk!"
"What?" Alucard shouted. "What did I do?"
"I saw the way you looked at her!" Nightshade replied.
"How would you- Wait. You were looking through my Witnessing Orb, weren't you! Oh, Nightshade, please, I wouldn't-"
Nightshade threw the chair at him. He moved to the side as the chair flew passed him. "And you hurt poor Maverick!"
"Oh, poor Maverick!" Alucard yelled sarcastically. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say Maverick's the one you want to be with!"
"Not my fault he's handsome…" Nightshade muttered, pouting.
"Whatever." Alucard said quickly. "Now, onto the next phase of the plan. To get the key."
"Key?"
"Yes, key. From Jack's little human friend."
"Who?"
Alucard grinned. "Jacqueline Anderson."
…
Cobweb watched his father as the older skeleton checked the blood supplies in the bags, which were connected to the tubes in Maverick's arms, legs and nose. "Maybe I should give him more blood…" Jack said thoughtfully; gently grasping one of the bags.
"I'm sure he's got enough, Dad." Cobweb spoke from where he sat.
Jack looked at his feet. "I suppose…"
"I wonder if Teacher will teach me how to transform like that."
Jack looked up at this. "What?"
"Don't you think?"
"I don't Maverick would want to teach that, to be honest."
Cobweb looked confused. "Why not? It could help in the fight against Alucard."
"Well, yes. But bear in mind, Cobweb, that Maverick is stronger and more experienced then you."
"That's only because Teacher's been using magic for over a hundred years!" Cobweb whined.
"Cobweb, please. I've had a bad week."
Cobweb's eye sockets narrowed and he stood up. "I know." He muttered darkly, exiting the lab.
"Cobweb? Come back!" Jack called.
As Sally entered the room, Cobweb stomped passed her, muttering: "Hi, Sally" as he went. Sally watched the prince thoughtfully. She stepped into the room where Maverick was resting, seeing Mr. Skellington staring at the bag of blood connected to his grandfather thoughtfully. "Mr. Skellington…?"
Jack's head snapped up as he was pulled back to reality. "Hm? What?"
"I…I think you should go and talk to Cobweb." Sally advised.
Jack nodded. "Yes. I probably should." The Pumpkin King walked over to the door, pulling it open and walking out. Jack found his son sitting against a wall, knees pulled to his chest; his folded arms resting on top and his chin on top of them. "Son?" Jack asked. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Dad." Cobweb replied, looking the other way as Jack approached.
"You don't sound like it." Jack noted, sitting next to his son; who edged away from his father. Jack tilted his head. If Cobweb were younger and smaller, he would've climbed onto his father's lap and hugged the older skeleton tightly. "Cobweb? What's wrong? Come on, you can tell me anything, you know that."
Silence fell upon them. Finally, Cobweb spoke again: "Dad, can I ask you something?"
"Of course." Jack smiled. "Anything you'd like."
"…Do you love Maverick more then me…?"
Jack paused. The skeleton blinked as his son stared at him, waiting for the answer. "Why would you ask such a thing?"
"All you've talked about lately is how much you want to kill Alucard. But it's because he hurt Maverick. I was just wondering if I mattered anymore…"
Jack's eye sockets widened. "Oh, Cobweb," He began, placing a hand on his son's shoulder. "I'm so sorry I made you feel that way. Cobweb, I love you and Maverick both equally. The only reason I've been more protective of him lately is because Alucard is targeting him more then you."
"You mean…" Cobweb lifted his head up. "You don't hate me…?"
"No, of course not!" Jack smiled softly. "Cobweb, you're my boy. My son. The heir to the throne."
"But…I'm not you're real son-"
"Don't say that. You're more my son then anyone else's. Yes, Oogie created you, but I'm the one who's treated you like a person."
Cobweb pondered this. Without Jack, Cobweb would've probably still sat in the graveyard, all alone; unknowingly having Maverick by his side. Cobweb smiled and moved closer to his dad; hugging his parent tightly. Jack embraced his son.
…
Maverick opened his eyes. Tubes filled with black blood were connected to him. Maverick stared into the light above him. Then, a figure blocked the light.
"You idiotic fool." Montarg sneered, crossing his arms and staring at the wounded sorcerer with disgust.
"M-Montarg?"
"He's my son?" A woman's voice asked.
Maverick turned his head. "Mum?"
Amanda stood on the other side of his bed. "He's not my boy!"
"Too true, woman." Montarg agreed. "He's pathetic."
"No…" Maverick muttered.
"I say we just kill him."
Maverick raised his head the best he could.
Arachnid Skellington stood at the foot of his bed, arms crossed. "Why do we keep him around? Just kill him."
"What? No…" Maverick murmured.
"He's not the man I married…"
Maverick turned. "E…Ellie?"
Maverick's wife stood beside her father.
"Kill Daddy!" Edwin, who stood next to his mother, chanted. "Kill Daddy!"
"No!" Maverick said as loudly as he could.
Montarg cupped his hands, a ball of lava developing in them. "Goodbye," He grinned. "Small child."
"No!" Maverick shouted as his world turned black.
…
Maverick shot up, the tubes falling from his arms; making blood drip to the floor. Sally jumped and watched as her 'uncle' seized his breath. Maverick suddenly growled and ripped the tubes from his legs and nose.
"Uncle!" Sally exclaimed. "You aren't fully healed!" She added as Maverick climbed off of the bed.
"Where's Dr. Finkelstein?" Maverick asked, ignoring her cries for him to stop.
"In the next room…"
"Go and get him."
Sally watched him silently.
Maverick lost his patience and turned to her. "I said go and get him!"
Sally jumped and nodded, quickly making her way into the next room.
Maverick knew he was being incredibly rude, but he didn't care. Jack and Cobweb entered the room. Jack's eye socket elongated. "Grandfather? What're you doing up? You're not fully-"
Maverick grabbed the back of Cobweb's collar and hoisted the teenager up; placing him on his bed. The sorcerer said nothing as he pushed Jack out of the way and went over to a set of draws.
"Grandfather!" Jack exclaimed. "That hurt! Why're you-"
Maverick pulled something from the draw and turned. He pushed down on the pump of the syringe; clear liquid squirting out. "This won't hurt a bit…"
Cobweb panicked. "Teacher! Have you turned into a psycho?"
Sally and Dr. Finkelstein entered the room. "Sorcerer?" Dr. Finkelstein began. "What're you doing? You're not-"
"You're going to swap our arms around." Maverick demanded, pointing at him. "He'll have my arm and I'll have that heap of junk." Maverick nodded at Cobweb's metal arm. "He'll be able to use magic again. And I'm going to take him for a few days and train him so that he can transform just like I did."
Cobweb wasn't sure whether he should be happy or scared. He was excited for one thing. He'd finally be able to learn the technique! On the other hand, his teacher was scaring him right now.
"But, Grandfather, Cobweb is a child!" Jack exclaimed. "He can't-"
"Shut it." Maverick snapped. Jack winced. "The boy will learn even if I have to shove the transformation down his throat!" The sorcerer sat on the bed. "Now, get the godforsaken operation over with!"
Dr. Finkelstein glanced at Jack, who gulped and nodded.
Jack was afraid of Maverick, even though, this time, he wasn't being controlled by Alucard.
…
Shadow opened her eyes. The cell was cramped and hot. "Hello?" She called.
"Shadow!"
Shadow looked around. Corpse Kid stumbled over to her. "Corpse Kid?" She clicked her fingers, creating a light. Now she knew why it was so cramped. About a dozen Halloween Town citizens surrounded her, all glancing at her warily. "What…What happened?"
"Alucard's shadows took us!" Mummy cried.
"We didn't stand a chance!" The youngest Vampire Brother exclaimed.
"No. And your useless babbling isn't helping."
Everyone went silent, though Shadow couldn't stop her eyes from widening. She'd recognize that voice anywhere. "Kranium!"
The citizens parted as the sorceress ran forward. Her dear skeleton was still chained the wall. "Ah, Shadow. Do you know what the time is? I'm afraid I may have missed supper."
Shadow ignored the question. She knelt between his legs and threw her arms around his neck, resting her head on his shoulder. "Kranium, is it you? The real you?"
"Last time I checked, yes." Kranium responded. He held his real cane tightly in his right hand.
"I was so worried about you…" Shadow mumbled.
"Ah…" Kranium muttered, not really knowing how to respond.
A few citizens muttered and whispered to each other. Shadow stayed sitting against Kranium, cuddling him.
…
Maverick sat up, flexing his new, metal wrist. The operation had been a success. Cobweb smiled. "Ah," He moved his arm. "It's nice to have this arm back!"
"Come on." Maverick muttered.
"Huh?"
"We're leaving." The sorcerer made his way over to the door, but Jack blocked his way.
"Wait, Maverick!" The skeleton exclaimed. "Please, think about this! Where will you go? Alucard's got his shadows all over the area!"
Maverick sighed irritably. "I'm sorry about this."
"What?"
Maverick didn't respond, only punched Jack in the ribcage. If the punch were any harder, Maverick's fist would've gone through him. Jack gagged and fell to his knees. Maverick kept looking straight ahead; barely acknowledging his grandson's pain.
"Daddy!" Cobweb yelled and ran over. He looked up, only to see Maverick glaring at him. Cobweb looked back at Jack. "Dad…?"
"Go with Maverick, son…" Jack muttered. "Make sure you two are safe…"
"Train yourself, Jack." Maverick said. "Until you're quick enough to dodge that."
Jack looked up at him, but Maverick only frowned at and him left. Jack wasn't sure if it was accidental or not, but Maverick's tail had flicked him in the face.
Cobweb glanced at his dad before standing and running after Maverick.
"Well," The doctor said. "He isn't in a good mood.
Jack groaned.
…
"Teacher, where're we going?"
No reply.
"Teacher?"
"Shut up."
Cobweb winced. His teacher was acting so nasty and Cobweb didn't like it. He had purposely hurt Jack, for God's sake!
Maverick grabbed Cobweb by the back of his collar again and hoisted him up. Maverick jumped down a low hill, landing in front of a large hole in the wall. "Still here…"
"What is?"
Maverick threw Cobweb inside then followed him. Cobweb looked around. The cavern was large and abandoned. "What is this…?"
"The old cavern Montarg used to live in." Maverick replied. "You and I are going to train here for the next few days."
"But you already train me, Teacher."
"Yes," Maverick nodded. "But you've never trained while fighting against me, have you?"
"What?"
Maverick lunged at him.
…
Author's note:
You hate me now, don't you? Leaving you all like that…
If you're unaware who Jacqueline Anderson is, read my stories 'Am I Really The Best?', 'Jack's St Patrick's Day' and 'Shopping With Jacqueline' (In that order) to understand. In short, she's a human girl Jack promised to visit on Halloween. Hey, I did say she would be in one of these stories!
Aw, Kradow moment…
Mav is a little out of character in this chapter. Then again, he just found out who killed his wife and child. You wouldn't exactly be happy-go-lucky, would ya?
So, Cob's terrified, Mav's furious and Jack's injured (by his own grandfather, no less)! Will Cob win the fight? Will he learn how to transform? And will Mav go back to normal soon? Find out next time…
