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Jack was running as fast as he could. He was in a dark street not from Halloween Town. He was running from a very large figure with a pale face. He could not see who it was. All he knew is that the person was trying to catch him. The figure was mumbling something but Jack didn't want to hear. The figure was not running, he seemed only to float. Jack was looking desperately for a safe spot. He was also looking for his family, who was nowhere to be found. The figure began to laugh. It started to pick up speed and with two massive hand, it picked up Jack as he was running. The figure opened it's mouth and was swallowing Jack…

"AAAHHH!" Jack awoke with a start. Sally turned quickly.

"Jack, what's wrong?" asked Sally.

"Just another dream." answered Jack with a great sigh of relief.

"You okay? You need anything?"

"No, I'm fine. What time is it?"

"It's 2:00 A.M. You sure you don't need anything?"

"No, I'm okay."

"Just go back to sleep, you'll be fine."

"Okay, but-"

"Goodnight."

Jack sighed, "Goodnight."

Jack couldn't fall back asleep. He went to go check up on Julius. He was sound asleep. Jack went outside for a walk. As he walked, he saw Zero. Jack called for Zero, but the ghost did not come. It seemed he was fallowing something. He ran after the dog. Once he was next to the dog, he saw a small, round figure.

"Barrel?" whispered Jack.

The figure was near a house stuffing his pockets. It turned to see Jack. It was Barrel, except that his eyes were glowing a blood red and he disappeared.

Oh, come on. I'm tired of confusion. Why do things have to disappear in front of me? Jack thought. I'm just tired. I need some rest.

Jack headed home. On the way, he saw Lock and Shock. He asked the kids what they were doing at this hour of the night. They just ran away. Jack gave up. Jack felt very tired.

"JACK! ARE YOU OKAY! JACK!" yelled the Mayor. He was standing over Jack.

"What's going on. Where am I?" Jack asked. He looked around him. He was lying down on the sidewalk.

"Jack, your wife called the police because she couldn't find you."

"I'm sorry, I haven't been sleeping right. I came out last night for a walk and-Ow! My head- and I must have just fallen asleep.

"Jack, you have been acting very strange lately. Also, we found Dr. Finklestein's watch in your pocket. We also found Zero's leash, and My Hat! How do you explain that?"

"What? I didn't do it. It must have been Lock, Shock and Barrel. I saw them here last night before I fell asleep."

"You better be telling the truth. You have been the cause of many unfortunate things in the past two years. I don't want to find out that our Great Pumpkin King is a great theft. We'll be keeping a close eye on you. Oh Jack, one more thing. My election is coming up and I am running up against Ima Deadman. She is very well qualified, and quite frankly, she's more qualified than me. And you promised to help me with the next campaign."

"Huh…yeah, sure, whatever."

Then Jack fainted. He was rushed to the hospital. The mayor accompanied him to the hospital and called Sally. Sally and Julius came over quickly. Mayor told them, "Sally, we got a problem. Come over to the hospital. It seems that our great Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington, maybe dying.

Yes, cliffhanger! What's wrong with Jack? Well keep reading to find out. I need reviews. If I don't get any reviews, I wont update. Thank you.