(A/N - I'm sorry that it's taking me so long to Update but I've been up to
my ass in homework. I guess that's what to expect from my last year in high
school lol)
Jack, Sally, Lock and Barrel waited uncomfortably in front of the tree house. Shock had insisted that she needed to go in alone and would be right back. Finally after about 10 minutes of arguing, Lock let her go and watched her disappear up the elevator. He paced the bridge and kept his eyes on the darkness below, his tail curling and uncurling as he walked.
"She's been in there too long! I'm going after her!" Lock grabbed the rope and pulled himself up a few feet. Jack was on him in an instant, pulling the significantly shorter boy off the rope and onto the bridge.
"Shock is fine, Lock. Just give her a few more minutes, ok?" Lock didn't reply but fixed his eyes on the cage. The Pumpkin King rested his slender hand of Lock's shoulder and shook his head. "Who would have thought?" He mumbled before joining the others. Just then, the elevator moved and Shock began to descend. She exited the cage and regarded the group with an evil gleam in her eyes. She was dressed in a tight, black and red, one-piece leather corset style cat-suit and thick black combat boots. He hair was hanging loosely around her shoulders and two thick silver chains cris- crossed her waist.
"Shock?!" Lock took a step towards her and tried not to stare. Jack gave a small laugh and gestured at the teen.
"What's all this for?"
"Effect. I'm going after that bastard down there." She cast a glance at the pit below the bridge. "I'm going to end this right now - before anyone else gets hurt." Sally shook her head violently.
"No Shock - it's far too dangerous! You can't do this on your own!"
"Who said she was doing it on her own?" Barrel asked standing next to his friend.
"Yeah. We're three of a kind." Lock added swinging his arm around his friends.
"Birds of a feather!" Shock added.
"Now and forever." They said all together. Jack shook his head.
"Not this time. Sally's right - there's no way I'm letting you three go down there to face that..that thing by yourselves! If anything happened, I would never be able to forgive myself."
"Tsk - tsk, Jack. Always thinking about yourself." Shock said sarcastically, shaking a slender finger at him. The skeleton frowned.
"I'm not joking."
"What are you going to do to stop us? Lock us up?" Lock asked mockingly waving his tail in front of the king. "Just try - I'll have us out in no time flat."
"You know - you three can be a real pain in the ass when you want to, not to mention stubborn, demanding, and completely uncompromising-"
"Thank you." Barrel cut him off and then snickered. Jack continued.
"I guess you're right. There isn't anything I could do or think of to say that would keep you three out there and leave whatever is hunting Shock to myself. You really are quite the bunch of little brats."
"Does this mean you're letting us go?" Shock asked quietly, slightly confused at the Kings sudden new outlook at them.
"Yes - I'm letting you go." Sally gasped.
"Jack - are you crazy? They're going to get themselves killed! You can't let them go!"
"Don't you see? This is their battle. Mind you, they won't be completely alone, I'm going with them." Lack looked thoughtful for a moment. "Though we still don't know what we're going to be up against." He paused for a long moment. "I think..I think we should go see someone of a higher power." Jack looked towards the horizon. "I think we should go see Death."
Jack, Sally, Lock and Barrel waited uncomfortably in front of the tree house. Shock had insisted that she needed to go in alone and would be right back. Finally after about 10 minutes of arguing, Lock let her go and watched her disappear up the elevator. He paced the bridge and kept his eyes on the darkness below, his tail curling and uncurling as he walked.
"She's been in there too long! I'm going after her!" Lock grabbed the rope and pulled himself up a few feet. Jack was on him in an instant, pulling the significantly shorter boy off the rope and onto the bridge.
"Shock is fine, Lock. Just give her a few more minutes, ok?" Lock didn't reply but fixed his eyes on the cage. The Pumpkin King rested his slender hand of Lock's shoulder and shook his head. "Who would have thought?" He mumbled before joining the others. Just then, the elevator moved and Shock began to descend. She exited the cage and regarded the group with an evil gleam in her eyes. She was dressed in a tight, black and red, one-piece leather corset style cat-suit and thick black combat boots. He hair was hanging loosely around her shoulders and two thick silver chains cris- crossed her waist.
"Shock?!" Lock took a step towards her and tried not to stare. Jack gave a small laugh and gestured at the teen.
"What's all this for?"
"Effect. I'm going after that bastard down there." She cast a glance at the pit below the bridge. "I'm going to end this right now - before anyone else gets hurt." Sally shook her head violently.
"No Shock - it's far too dangerous! You can't do this on your own!"
"Who said she was doing it on her own?" Barrel asked standing next to his friend.
"Yeah. We're three of a kind." Lock added swinging his arm around his friends.
"Birds of a feather!" Shock added.
"Now and forever." They said all together. Jack shook his head.
"Not this time. Sally's right - there's no way I'm letting you three go down there to face that..that thing by yourselves! If anything happened, I would never be able to forgive myself."
"Tsk - tsk, Jack. Always thinking about yourself." Shock said sarcastically, shaking a slender finger at him. The skeleton frowned.
"I'm not joking."
"What are you going to do to stop us? Lock us up?" Lock asked mockingly waving his tail in front of the king. "Just try - I'll have us out in no time flat."
"You know - you three can be a real pain in the ass when you want to, not to mention stubborn, demanding, and completely uncompromising-"
"Thank you." Barrel cut him off and then snickered. Jack continued.
"I guess you're right. There isn't anything I could do or think of to say that would keep you three out there and leave whatever is hunting Shock to myself. You really are quite the bunch of little brats."
"Does this mean you're letting us go?" Shock asked quietly, slightly confused at the Kings sudden new outlook at them.
"Yes - I'm letting you go." Sally gasped.
"Jack - are you crazy? They're going to get themselves killed! You can't let them go!"
"Don't you see? This is their battle. Mind you, they won't be completely alone, I'm going with them." Lack looked thoughtful for a moment. "Though we still don't know what we're going to be up against." He paused for a long moment. "I think..I think we should go see someone of a higher power." Jack looked towards the horizon. "I think we should go see Death."