Anna and Beetlejuice had walked around the town seeing everything
from the Claims Offices to the Tar Pits, which they were currently at. Anna
was leaning against the ledge and Beetlejuice was sitting on it. "I thought
only California had Tar Pits?" Anna asked, "Shows how much you know!"
Beetlejuice grinned. Anna punched his arm. "I just got here, so shut up!"
She warned, turning and folding her arms. "I was just playing with ya,
sheesh!" Beetlejuice pouted, rubbing his arm. Anna looked down at her shoes
and sighed deeply. "Bj, do have any idea as of ho---" She looked up but
found Beetlejuice was gone. She looked around. She couldn't find him. She
began to walk to the other side of the bridge when she felt something tug
on her pant leg. She looked down to see a small black and white stripped
caterpillar with wild green hair looking up at her. "Bj?" She asked,
leaning down to him. "Why do you look like that?" She asked, grinning, "No
time to explain, put me on your shoulder!" Anna blinked and then picked up
the odd caterpillar and placed him on her shoulder, "Happy?" Beetlejuice
sighed, "You see those guys behind you?" Anna turned around and saw three
men in black with spears about 100 feet away walking in their direction.
"Yeah what about them?" Anna asked, "Just start walking forward then turn
left once you get to the end of the bridge." Beetlejuice asked, Anna
shrugged and walked off the bridge and turned left and the two were walking
in what appeared to be a huge dead forest.
"Bj, what was the point of that? Those guys aren't even walking
towards us! They went to the right once they got off the bridge!" Anna
frowned, Beetlejuice turned back into his normal self, "Your right that was
pretty stupid." He said, pausing for a moment. Suddenly, he grabbed Anna
from behind and picked her up. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Anna
screamed, and then they disappeared. Once they reappeared, they were in
Beetlejuice's house. He put Anna down and grinned. Anna then whipped around
and punched him in the face. "What were you thinking?!" She yelled,
Beetlejuice feel to the floor. "I don't know but it didn't involve getting
the shit beat out of me!" He cried. Anna looked at him for a moment as he
got up and held his nose. "Your lucky I'm a gentleman, otherwise I'd punch
you back." He stated, Anna crossed her arms, "Oh yeah, you're a gentleman,
you practically groped me when you did that little move of yours!" She
shouted back. Beetlejuice sighed, "Look. I'm sorry, if you want." He then
turned into a black and white stripped donkey, "You can kick my ass all you
want." A giant black and white shoe then appeared and kicked the donkey.
Anna laughed softly. Beetlejuice then returned to normal. "I wasn't trying
to be perverted or anything like that, but I was being serious about those
guys back there. They really after me." He sighed, sitting on the couch.
"What for?" Anna asked, Beetlejuice got a little uncomfortable, "Well, I
kind of owe their boss---a little money and I really don't have it right
now." He sighed.
Anna looked at him for a moment before walking over to the couch and
sitting next to him. "How much do you have?" Beetlejuice looked up at her,
"Well. I have a lot, but I'm like a few hundred short." He said, rubbing
his arm. "Oh. well why not give them half and then give them give them the
other half when you get the rest? Just a suggestion." She said, smiling
slightly. "Yeah that might work." Beetlejuice said, blushing a little. Anna
rubbed her arm. "Uhm, sorry about. punching you like that. I just don't
really like being picked up all that much." Anna looked down at the floor.
Beetlejuice smiled "Don't worry about it. A lot of people would love to do
that to me. So it's not big deal." He said, looking over at her. Anna
looked back up and smiled. "Well, I should probably go get a room or
something at the Netherworld Inn." She got up and started walking to the
door. Beetlejuice got up off the couch and walked towards her "If you want,
and you don't have to if you don't want to. Would you want to maybe stay
here the night or something?" He asked. Anna thought for a second, "Are you
sure?" She asked, Beetlejuice nodded, "Yeah I have an extra room if you do
decide to stay." Anna smiled "That would be great. thanks." Beetlejuice
smiled, "Great! It's in here!" He said, grabbing her hand and pulling her
along behind him. Anna ran with him but stopped soon after. Beetlejuice was
jerked when she stopped and he turned around. Anna looked down at his pale
hand in hers and shivered, Beetlejuice blushed and let go of her hand. "Oh.
sorry about that." He blushed. Anna held the hand Beetlejuice had held onto
in her other one. "Your. Your hands." Anna started, "They're so cold."
Beetlejuice blushed, "I guess I never really noticed." Anna grabbed
his hand and held it for a moment. "It feels like it's frozen." She
whispered sadly. She then let his hand go and placed her other hand to his
face. She shivered more at this than his hand. "It's so sad." She said
softly. Beetlejuice placed his hand on hers. "Well if it makes you feel
better, your hands are still warm." Beetlejuice said. Anna laughed softly
at that while she removed her hand from his face. The two then stood in
silence for a moment. Beetlejuice placed his hand on her face. She jumped
slightly at this, but then placed her hand on his. "Bj." She started, both
their heads slowly leaning closer to each other, "You can call me---"
"BEETLEJUICE!" Someone shouted from the front door that had just been
broken down. A tall man was in the doorway with a long red robe thing on.
His blonde spiky hair was illuminated in the light. Three guards ran over
and separated Beetlejuice and Anna. "Hey! Let me go!" Anna screamed,
slamming her boot onto the guard's foot. "Ow!" He yelled as Anna tried to
run past the figure in the doorway. He grabbed her. "Well what have we
here?" He smiled evilly. Anna was caught in a trance, she couldn't move.
"Guards, take the Beetlebeast to the dungeon, we won't be needing him any
longer." He said while picking up Anna and flying off with her. "Anna!"
Beetlejuice cried out while he tried to escape, but a guard then knocked
him out.
