The maniacal laughter rang everywhere. The people were desperate to hide, to get away from it before the owner could destroy them once again. Sally and Dr. Finklestein were the first to leave, with Sally doing everything she could to keep the doctor safe from his wrath this time.
Jack and Thorn managed to return to the town square as the ground began to tremble a bit.
"Papa!" Thorn cried out, reaching out her hand to her father.
"I know!" Jack responded, taking his daughter's hand in an effort to steady her. "I know you're afraid! But I know you're strong enough to fight though this. We fight together this time, Thorn. I won't let you face him alone."
Thorn's face changed then, from fear to determined anger and resolution. She nodded, and once the ground steadied, they faced Town Hall with horrible glares.
"It's time for his final curtain call."
"And this time, he won't ever come back."
Thorn smirked at her father. "Two Skellingtons facing the greatest monster Halloween Town has ever harbored. The current and former holiday royalty. I don't think he could come back from the beating he's due."
Jack's face lit up with pride, and with a fire in his smile, he pulled up his sleeve, revealing a green slime wrapped around his bony wrist. "I never thought I'd have to truly use the Soul Robber again, but desperate times call for desperate measures."
Thorn's hands resonated with black energy, and her grin rivaled her own father's. "Then I suppose it's time we take on this overgrown pest together, and hold nothing back."
With a nod in agreement and an evil grin on father and daughter, they approached Town Hall in unison to finally rid the world of the greatest monster in history.
