Ch 2: A Warm Welcome

Two years later...

Jack Skellington (duh) and his four-year –old son, James, strolled through Halloween Town. The Sun had just risen an hour ago, and all of the shops were just opening. Jack and James were greeted with smiles and "hellos". James even got a small train from Dr. Finklestein.
All of a sudden, James ran ahead, as if intend on seeing something important.
"James! Stop!" Jack caught up to him in a few strides, but his son had already stopped, mouth gaping at something an alley. "What is...." When Jack saw what James was looking at, he started gaping too.
"What is it?" James walked slowly up to the chobit, lying in the street, her sundress torn in some places.
"It looks like a girl, but...she doesn't have ears?" Jack held the chobit's face in his hands and looked her over. He noticed her connection terminals, and looked surprised. "Wait a second, James! I remember a friend in the living world tell me he was creating, a sort of personal computer that could show emotions, a ch...chobit I think he called it...he said he made two, and was working on a third...this might be one of them!"
"Oh yeah! You told me about him! He was the guy who looked like you...only...alive!"
"Yup, we should take he home and see if we can start her up!"
"YAY!!!" James jumped up and down with glee.

After many hours of the day had passed, Jack finally managed to get the chobit to his home.
"MAMA! MAMA! Lookit what we found! It's a...a...a chibit!"
"Sally, what he means is, (huff) a chobit..." Jack smiled wearily.
"Yeah! That's what I said!
"She isn't on?" Sally looked at her husband. He always brought random do-dads home. She wanted to say no, but when Sally saw how tired Jack was, and how excited James was, she just couldn't. Sally looked at the Chobit, the end of her long, white-blonde hair was so dirty, it looked like it was dyed brown. "We should at least wash her hair," Sally also noticed her dress was dirty as well. "And we should ask someone if they can lend her another outfit, we need to wash hers." She looked disdainfully at the dried mud caked on the sundress. Jack was resting in an armchair, trying to remember all that her could about what his friend had told him about his chobits. He stared at the one laying on the floor in front of him, puzzled even more about her than he was on the matter of Christmas.
"She looks like she was laying there for at least a year, or more...and the last time I saw my old friend was two years ago...but why he left her there I will never know..." James popped up in his father's lap.
"So...are you going to turn her on or not?" He smiled his little kid smile. James was excited about his find, and very proud of it too.
"Yes, if I can remember where he said he built the on switch." Sally rolled her eyes, two years wasn't that long ago.
"He said he put it inside her connection terminals." She pointed to where the chobit's pigtails were held.
"Ahh yes! Thank you, dear." Jack hugged his wife and then knelt down near the chobit. Carefully opening the connection terminals, he reached in. Soon he heard a 'click'.
The wrappings that the chobit was in fell off. She opened her eyes slowly, her eyes were silver, like the moon. She started at Jack, a blank expression on her face, then a smile. She moved her mouth as if to speak, but no sound came out.
James noticed a folded piece of paper on the ground. He picked it up and handed it to Jack.
"What's this?"
Jack took the piece of paper in his hands. "It looks like a note." He unfolded it, and read it. Then Jack placed it inside of his jacket.
"What did it say?" James inquired
"Nothing important." Jack rubbed James' head playfully, then turned to face the chobit. "What did you say?" Zero had floated into the room at the time, and started barking.
"Zero says she said 'hello'" James' smiled "Hello to you to! Do you have a name?"
The chobit sat there, as if in a daze, then nodded no. Jack looked at his son, amazed.
"How did you know what she said?"
"Zero told me...I don't know how he knew, though."

After Sally was done washing the chobits hair, she combed it out and braided it.
"I think we should take her to see Dr. Finklestein, he would know how to get her to talk." Jack smiled at the chobit, and she smiled back. "He could probably tell me how to take care of her."
Sally agreed. "If James wants to go, you'll have to wait until tomorrow, but until then, how about you take her shopping for some new clothes, she seems to like you, and I can get a chance to was this dress."
"Good idea, then she can get used to where she is." Jack watched as Sally stood up. "Look!" he pointed to the chobit. She was trying to stand up, just as Sally had, but just as she had stood up, she lost her balance and fell. Jack walked over and helped her to stand, and walk to the door. Sally giggled as the chobit staggered, despite Jack's support.
"It's like having a daughter. We have to teach her how to walk, and talk." She said to her self as the pair walked out the door.

Yay! Shopping next!!!