"You escaped, didn't you?" Finkelstein sneered at Sally as she prepared his soup. Sighing, she reached for the worm's wort, her mind too preoccupied to answer him. She couldn't stop thinking about Jack, those eyes had haunted her dreams that night, and had not left her thoughts since. She sighed again, stirring the soup slowly, when she felt Finkelstein grabbed her wrist roughly, dragging her down until her eyes were level with his. He glared coldly at her.
"I am your master, I created you." He glanced at her room and she gulped, knowing what he had in mind. "You dared to disobey my orders, so now you must face the consequences." He pushed her towards her room roughly. "I'll finish the soup. You stay there until you've learnt your lesson." He shoved her inside the room, when someone knocked on the door. Frowning, he glanced towards the door, before looking back up at Sally.
"Well? Go answer the door!" He ordered, and Sally nodded quickly, before rushing down the ramp and jogging to the door. She opened it, then froze. Jack stood mere feet away from her, and from the way he looked at her she could tell that he recognised her. "Who is it?" Finkelstein snapped, pushing Sally out of the way quickly. He beamed up at Jack, who smiled back at him. "Ah, Jack. Do come in." Jack stepped inside, casting a quick glance at Sally as he followed doctor Finkelstein. She averted her gaze quickly, feeling suddenly ashamed. Why had she froze like that? Maybe it was that "love" thing again.
"So...this the creation you've been telling me about?" Sally looked up, hearing Jack speak, her eyes widening slightly as she saw him indicate towards her. Doctor Finkelstein smiled and beckoned Sally to come closer.
"Yes, this is the one." Sally sensed that he had been hoping that Jack wouldn't notice her, but Jack was obviously oblivious to this. "She's quite a nuisance," Finkelstein sneered, "but she does the job well enough, at least most of the time." He snorted, looking up at her. "At least she hasn't tried to poison me yet. Anyway, how can I help you?" He beamed up at Jack, and it made Sally uncomfortable to see him like this. She had never seen him be polite and friendly before, and although it was a welcome change, she knew that he would be back to his normal self the moment Jack left. She glanced over at Jack, who smiled at her. Her heart hammered quicker inside her chest, and she smiled back timidly, then quickly dropped her gaze.
"Actually," replied Jack, turning back towards the doctor, "I just came by to meet her." Sally froze at these words, and looked slowly back up at Jack. He was looking at her the same way he had looked at her in the cemetery, and she felt shivers run down her spine just holding that gaze. He turned back towards doctor Finkelstein, and as he did so, Sally could've sworn she saw him edge towards her slightly.
"Look, it's been 6 months now since you created her," Jack began, watching the doctor carefully for any reaction. This had to work, and that meant keeping the doctor happy. "I think it's time she met the rest of the town, and I'd be more than happy to give her a guided tour if you want." Doctor Finkelstein frowned slightly, considering this, and Jack watched him intently. He glanced over his shoulder at Sally, wondering how anyone could keep such a beautiful creature as this locked away. It was no wonder she ran away...
"Alright, fine." Finkelstein spoke up suddenly, causing Sally to jump. "But don't let her out of your sight, I worked hard on her, and I don't want her getting lost. The last thing I need is having to spend ages making another one. And just so you know, her name is-"
"What's your name?" Jack asked her quickly, cutting Finkelstein off. Sally smiled, silently thanking him for offering to take her away from the lab.
"I'm Sally." Jack smiled back at her and gently took her hand, before looking back at doctor Finkelstein.
"Okay, we'll see you later then," he called back to Finkelstein, who glanced up at both of them suddenly.
"Wait..but..you can't just -" He sighed, groaning with frustration as they walked out of the door quickly. Jack looked behind him once the door had shut, then back at Sally.
"Oh, the next time you want to escape," he said, glancing around to make sure that no one overheard him, "use this." Grinning, he pulled a small sprig out of his pocket and handed it to her. "Deadly Nightshade. Use this, and he'll be out cold in no time." Sally stifled a laugh, and looked around then back at Jack, who grinned again. "Welcome to Halloween Town."
"I am your master, I created you." He glanced at her room and she gulped, knowing what he had in mind. "You dared to disobey my orders, so now you must face the consequences." He pushed her towards her room roughly. "I'll finish the soup. You stay there until you've learnt your lesson." He shoved her inside the room, when someone knocked on the door. Frowning, he glanced towards the door, before looking back up at Sally.
"Well? Go answer the door!" He ordered, and Sally nodded quickly, before rushing down the ramp and jogging to the door. She opened it, then froze. Jack stood mere feet away from her, and from the way he looked at her she could tell that he recognised her. "Who is it?" Finkelstein snapped, pushing Sally out of the way quickly. He beamed up at Jack, who smiled back at him. "Ah, Jack. Do come in." Jack stepped inside, casting a quick glance at Sally as he followed doctor Finkelstein. She averted her gaze quickly, feeling suddenly ashamed. Why had she froze like that? Maybe it was that "love" thing again.
"So...this the creation you've been telling me about?" Sally looked up, hearing Jack speak, her eyes widening slightly as she saw him indicate towards her. Doctor Finkelstein smiled and beckoned Sally to come closer.
"Yes, this is the one." Sally sensed that he had been hoping that Jack wouldn't notice her, but Jack was obviously oblivious to this. "She's quite a nuisance," Finkelstein sneered, "but she does the job well enough, at least most of the time." He snorted, looking up at her. "At least she hasn't tried to poison me yet. Anyway, how can I help you?" He beamed up at Jack, and it made Sally uncomfortable to see him like this. She had never seen him be polite and friendly before, and although it was a welcome change, she knew that he would be back to his normal self the moment Jack left. She glanced over at Jack, who smiled at her. Her heart hammered quicker inside her chest, and she smiled back timidly, then quickly dropped her gaze.
"Actually," replied Jack, turning back towards the doctor, "I just came by to meet her." Sally froze at these words, and looked slowly back up at Jack. He was looking at her the same way he had looked at her in the cemetery, and she felt shivers run down her spine just holding that gaze. He turned back towards doctor Finkelstein, and as he did so, Sally could've sworn she saw him edge towards her slightly.
"Look, it's been 6 months now since you created her," Jack began, watching the doctor carefully for any reaction. This had to work, and that meant keeping the doctor happy. "I think it's time she met the rest of the town, and I'd be more than happy to give her a guided tour if you want." Doctor Finkelstein frowned slightly, considering this, and Jack watched him intently. He glanced over his shoulder at Sally, wondering how anyone could keep such a beautiful creature as this locked away. It was no wonder she ran away...
"Alright, fine." Finkelstein spoke up suddenly, causing Sally to jump. "But don't let her out of your sight, I worked hard on her, and I don't want her getting lost. The last thing I need is having to spend ages making another one. And just so you know, her name is-"
"What's your name?" Jack asked her quickly, cutting Finkelstein off. Sally smiled, silently thanking him for offering to take her away from the lab.
"I'm Sally." Jack smiled back at her and gently took her hand, before looking back at doctor Finkelstein.
"Okay, we'll see you later then," he called back to Finkelstein, who glanced up at both of them suddenly.
"Wait..but..you can't just -" He sighed, groaning with frustration as they walked out of the door quickly. Jack looked behind him once the door had shut, then back at Sally.
"Oh, the next time you want to escape," he said, glancing around to make sure that no one overheard him, "use this." Grinning, he pulled a small sprig out of his pocket and handed it to her. "Deadly Nightshade. Use this, and he'll be out cold in no time." Sally stifled a laugh, and looked around then back at Jack, who grinned again. "Welcome to Halloween Town."