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AN: Garg. Sorry for the long-ish wait. I have good excuses, though! One, I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. Two, my phone line was being bizarre for awhile, so I wasn't able to go online anywhere but the library. Didn't have time to get the story typed and uploaded and all that. Three, I've been having a case of an extreme opposite of writer's block, which somehow turned INTO writer's block because I have too many ideas for other fics and I can't keep my mind straight. It's weird. But hey! Third chapter! Little or no angst here! And--gasp!--it's gonna have a plot! That's odd. Oh yeah, and I'm gonna keep it in the NMBC category at least until it's finished. I'll see what happens. Oke, enjoy.
~Chapter 3~
A day passed in Halloweentown. Sally sat once again on her bed, thinking of a way to sneak out of the house. The window was an option, but it seemed kinda...not safe. There had to be a way to get out the door without Dr. Finkelstein noticing. With him reading in the front room, that would be a difficult task. On the way up to her room, she had noticed he was reading an instructional book on his newest project/experiment -- creating a new breed of bloodthirsty demon. It sounded interesting. The doctor had been working on his beloved project for days, and always seemed reluctant to take a break from it.
Sally's eyes lit up with inspiration as an eviiil grin crossed her face. Slowly she got up from her bed, and quickly stuffed a few of the necessities in a large bag, making sure to leave plenty of room in it. She then proceeded quietly downstairs to the doctor's lab.
When she walked in the room, her attention was immediately directed towards a small table in the middle of her room. On it sat a flower pot holding...well, the creation, obviously, but it didn't look at all like what Sally expected it to. She expected a more vicious, freaky looking thing. This looked more like a synthetic vine-octopus hybrid. More plant-like, she decided. [AN: The idea of it being a plant is sort of a joke. If you haven't figured it out yet, I won't spoil it for you by explaining it.] Nonetheless, she carefully placed it in her bag and ran upstairs to put the bag away for the time being.
~*~
Sally gasped. "Doctor!"
"What is it, Sally?" Finkelstein replied calmly.
"That project of yours. Please tell me you moved it."
The doctor paused. "Isn't it still in the lab?"
"There's no trace of it!" Sally exclaimed, doing a good job at covering up the fact that she was the one who moved it.
"No trace of it?!" the doctor repeated, panicking. "It shouldn't have been strong enough to move by its own yet! At the rate it's going, who knows what damage it may cause!" He looked around in desperation. "Sally, as much as I hate to leave you alone, I must go out to look for it. You stay here, just in case it comes back on its own somehow." And with that, Dr. Finkelstein went out the door as fast as his wheelchair motor would allow.
Sally grinned again, and ran upstairs to get the bag with the plant still in place. On the way out the door, she quickly grabbed the book her "master" had been reading: How To Create and Care For You Own Bloodthirsty Demon.
AN: Garg. Sorry for the long-ish wait. I have good excuses, though! One, I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. Two, my phone line was being bizarre for awhile, so I wasn't able to go online anywhere but the library. Didn't have time to get the story typed and uploaded and all that. Three, I've been having a case of an extreme opposite of writer's block, which somehow turned INTO writer's block because I have too many ideas for other fics and I can't keep my mind straight. It's weird. But hey! Third chapter! Little or no angst here! And--gasp!--it's gonna have a plot! That's odd. Oh yeah, and I'm gonna keep it in the NMBC category at least until it's finished. I'll see what happens. Oke, enjoy.
~Chapter 3~
A day passed in Halloweentown. Sally sat once again on her bed, thinking of a way to sneak out of the house. The window was an option, but it seemed kinda...not safe. There had to be a way to get out the door without Dr. Finkelstein noticing. With him reading in the front room, that would be a difficult task. On the way up to her room, she had noticed he was reading an instructional book on his newest project/experiment -- creating a new breed of bloodthirsty demon. It sounded interesting. The doctor had been working on his beloved project for days, and always seemed reluctant to take a break from it.
Sally's eyes lit up with inspiration as an eviiil grin crossed her face. Slowly she got up from her bed, and quickly stuffed a few of the necessities in a large bag, making sure to leave plenty of room in it. She then proceeded quietly downstairs to the doctor's lab.
When she walked in the room, her attention was immediately directed towards a small table in the middle of her room. On it sat a flower pot holding...well, the creation, obviously, but it didn't look at all like what Sally expected it to. She expected a more vicious, freaky looking thing. This looked more like a synthetic vine-octopus hybrid. More plant-like, she decided. [AN: The idea of it being a plant is sort of a joke. If you haven't figured it out yet, I won't spoil it for you by explaining it.] Nonetheless, she carefully placed it in her bag and ran upstairs to put the bag away for the time being.
~*~
Sally gasped. "Doctor!"
"What is it, Sally?" Finkelstein replied calmly.
"That project of yours. Please tell me you moved it."
The doctor paused. "Isn't it still in the lab?"
"There's no trace of it!" Sally exclaimed, doing a good job at covering up the fact that she was the one who moved it.
"No trace of it?!" the doctor repeated, panicking. "It shouldn't have been strong enough to move by its own yet! At the rate it's going, who knows what damage it may cause!" He looked around in desperation. "Sally, as much as I hate to leave you alone, I must go out to look for it. You stay here, just in case it comes back on its own somehow." And with that, Dr. Finkelstein went out the door as fast as his wheelchair motor would allow.
Sally grinned again, and ran upstairs to get the bag with the plant still in place. On the way out the door, she quickly grabbed the book her "master" had been reading: How To Create and Care For You Own Bloodthirsty Demon.