OOGIE'S LAIR

Riks landed on something coarse and squishy. She bounced off it onto hard dirt, and lay still for a while.

Oogie Boogie woke up abruptly, feeling his stomach where Riks had landed seconds before.

Riks groaned and quickly got up. Trying to steady herself, she looked around and realized with a shock where she was. She was in Oogie's Lair. The walls were dark, and a weak light shone through a rather tiny hole in the high ceiling. Oogie Boogie noticed her.

"Well, well, well. What have we here?" He crowed moving towards her. "Come here shadow; let me see your face!"

He grabbed a lever and pulled it. The room was lit by bright lights all around, and for a moment Riks was blinded. She saw Oogie running at her.

Riks turned and ran, grabbing her umbrella out of her backpack. She reached the boiler, and darted around it. Oogie tried moving to one side, but Riks moved to the other. He chased her around it and leapt for her feet. But Riks was quick. Jumping out of reach, she dodged his grabbing hands and sprinted away from him. Spotting a large green door, she headed towards it, her heart pumping wildly. But out of the shadows on the wall came bugs and bats, their high pitched voices filling her ears.

Swatting them away with her umbrella, she looked around aimlessly, trying to find some way of escape. There! She ran to the pipe that Oogie's boys threw food down for their master. She climbed the cages and boxes piled under it and just gripped the edge of the pipe when a sudden drag on her leg made her lose her grasp. She cried out as Oogie pulled her leg, laughing manically. Riks tried to kick him, but he only grabbed her other leg as well. Remembering the bulge in her pocket, she quickly withdrew a water balloon and threw it straight at his face.

"Aagh!" Oogie Boogie yelled in pain as the chilli sauce that she had secretly added seeped into his empty eyes. Out of shock he let go, and Riks started to scramble into the pipe. But she was suddenly attack by the bats, their claws scratching into her skin and clothes. They kept coming as she swung her umbrella at them. Over the scream of bats Riks could hear distant voices and screeching noises coming down from the pipe.

Something rough seized Riks' leg- Oogie had got her again. The bats still clawed at her head, and now stronger than before, Oogie Boogie dragged her down towards him.

"Come here!" He barked and he pulled on her leg.

Riks could hear movement in the pipe. Something was coming down, and Riks was at the end. She swung her umbrella at the bats and kicked Oogie. The thing was coming closer. She could hear it grinding on the sides of the pipe, the noise making her ears hurt. It was gaining speed. Any second now something was going to pop down the pipe and smash in Riks' head. She was now clinging by fingers, Oogie still laughing at Riks' feeble attempt to escape. Riks could hold on no longer.

She let go...

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a bit short. Thankx for the reviews everyone! valary, riks, siana lee and annabelle are mine! mwahahaha