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When Chris and Jack reached the tree house, they went through the secret compartment on the side and fell into Oogie's lair. It was dark and quiet.
"Where is Oogie?" Jack asked. Suddenly all the lights from around went on. There was Oogie standing on a platform.
"Wow! Two Skellingtons, in one day. This really is my lucky day. Jack how have you been, and how has Sally been." Oogie said with a chuckle. Jack ignored his comment.
"Where is your helper?" Chris asked in an angry voice, remembering Maria.
"Maria? Oh she's not much use to me any more, so I'm getting rid of her. Would you like to see her?" Chris was now confused. Why would he get rid of Maria if she had lured him into the trap?
Then Oogie pressed another button on his remote, and a smaller platform began to rise. On it sat a rag doll with a collar on her neck. Wires were connected to the collar. Her head was hanging so you couldn't see it.
"Whach this!" Oogie said laughing. Oogie pressed another button on the remote. Suddenly an electric shock went through Maria's body. She screamed in pain. Finally it stopped and her head dropped down. She wanted to collapse to the floor but the collar was holding her up.
Oogie laughed hysterically. "Chris, you sure know how to pick a girl!" Oogie said. Chris was now officially confused. What is he talking about? Chris thought. "Not only did she not tell me anything about your family, but she also set you free. And she did it all out of 'love'." Oogie said.
"What?" Chris said. "That's impossible. My dad set me free."
"No I didn't Chris." Jack said. He was also very confused.
"But you came in and…" Suddenly it donned on Chris. Maria could look like almost anything. He suddenly realized what she had done for him, and what he had said to her.
"Don't worry." Oogie said. "You'll all be joining her soon." He then pushed another button on his remote. Ten card men surrounded Chris and Jack. How many buttons does he have on there? Chris thought. Oogie jumped down from the platform making the ground shake.
"Let the games begin!" Oogie shouted. Soon the card men were holding swords out, and were beginning to spin around Chris and Jack.
"You get Maria!" Jack shouted to Chris. "I'll take care of them."
Chris quickly jumped over the card men trying hard not to get shredded. Without Oogie noticing, he climbed of the ladder to the platform. He quickly ran over to Maria then knelt down, so he was at the same eye level as she was. Now that he could see her body more closely, he realized how badly it was burned. That had not been the first time he had electrocuted her. It looked as if she had been electrocuted six other times.
"Oh Maria." He whispered. He quickly unhooked the wires. When there was nothing left to hold her up she quickly fell to the ground. Luckily before she hit it, a pair of arms caught her. Chris quickly picked her up and put her in an area where she wouldn't get hurt.
"Wait here." He said. "I'll be right back." She just barley nodded her head. When Chris went to go help his father there was only one more card man left. Jack jumped over him, but the card man cut through his suit.
"Hey, your shoe's untied." Jack said. The card man looked down and Jack gave him the hardest punch he could. He flew into the air, hit the wall, and then hit the ground.
"Nice punch dad." Jack smiled but as soon as he turned around, a huge crane came and hit him the back. He flew into a corner and didn't move.
"Dad!" Chris quickly ran over to his dad, not realizing that there was a 1000 pound boulder right over their heads.
"Nighty night." Said Oogie. But just as he was about to press a button on his remote a metal pipe flew down and knocked it right out of his hands.
"What the?" Oogie turned around to see and angry rag doll.
Wow! This chapter was long. It's my way of saying sorry for not updating sooner. Any way hope you enjoyed it, and I'll try to update more often.