Woot, finally another chapter… A short chapter… But a chapter. Sorry for the shortness of it, but I wanted to end it where I did before the next chapter.
Review time:
Jack and Sally Forever =YIPE! YOU ATE MY KOOKIES!
And they were quite delicious too =D
CareBear1 = This is a really good story!
Why thank you n_n
Lil JL = Man oh man. This is getting interesting. If you don't finish, I may just have to go and release the... um... children. Yes, that's right. The children... OF DOOM!
Dear God, the children of doom. I will finish o.o
Thanks again for the reviews everyone n_n Sorry this short chapter took so long to get out, I was busy all weekend and had to break my every-other-day-updating-so-Lil JL-won't-sick-children-of-doom-on-me schedule. ='(
Well anyway, here it is, the next update for The Pumpkin King.
Ta-da!
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"Get down here you three." Jack called out in annoyance, he knew he should punish them for not coming on his call, but he didn't have the time, or patience, to do anything. He just wanted answers.
There was a silent moment of hesitation, almost like they believed that if they remained quiet enough, the pumpkin king would actually think he imagined their voices. Soon, however, coming to their senses, the trick-or-treaters came down the barred elevator to face the skeleton.
"Oh Jack, it's you!" Lock exclaims in false surprise, an attempt to play innocent.
"I told you I thought I heard someone calling us." Shock adds.
"What can we-"
"Cut with the act you three." Jack interupts Barrel in mid sentence, realizing he saw through their lies, the three quieted town. "I'm here on serious business," he adds, "As you may, or may not, know, there has been a series of dissapearences in town."
"You mean the wolfman and the zombie?" Barrel asks, "We haven't heard anything of that, right guys?" He was answered by Lock and Shock shaking their head at his stupidity.
"I heard you three were at the zombie's home yesterday."
Shock blinked in surprise, "You can't think we had anything to do with it do you?!"
Jack looked at her silently, he couldn't read the expression on her face due to her mask. "That is what I've been lead to believe."
Lock shook his head, "No! We were just there taking the garbage out for them. That's all."
"Hm... Do you know anything about the dissapearances?" Jack inquired. "Such as, where they went?"
The three just shook their heads.
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As Jack walked away from the tree house, he thought of what Barrel, Lock, and Shock (A/N: Hah! I didn't list it as "Lock, Shock, and Barrel.") had told him. Were they innocent? Or was it more lies? He would keep his eyes (eye sockets rather..) on them, but in the mean time he would try to find other clues to the wolfman and the zombie's whereabouts.
"Jack!" The call from the town square fountain ahead drew his attention to see the search parties gathered together just as had been planned.
"Did anyone find anything?" Jack asked inquistively walking towards them. They shook their heads, "We were hoping you found something." Mr. Hyde stated.
The skeleton's skull lowered and shook, then he noticed something, "Where is the Mayor?"
Everyone looked around not seeing a single sign of the stout little man. Jack let out a sigh, "Who was in his search party?" The thin vampire and devil stepped forward, "We last saw him near the cemetery..." The devil states. "We believed it would be much easier to search the whole cemetery by splitting up." The vampire adds. Then the two glanced at each other and back to Jack, "We haven't seen him since..."
