Drake gets out of his car that he parked about three feet from the nearest gate. He walks out, puts his sword on his back, and walks into town.
Drake looks around, watching the people that are going by. He notices some old faces on his last visit, but doesn't want to interfere with the mission.
He searches the bodies and finds Jack Skellington standing amongst them like a huge oak over nothing but saplings. Drake walks over to Jack and looks him in the eyes. Drake and Jack are almost close in height, but Drake is about a foot shorter than him.
Jack turns from the group and sees Drake striding up to him. "Ahh, Drake. I knew you would return! Come for a little more drinks, I suppose?" asks Jack in a cheery mood.
"I'm afraid not. I'm here to find Sumi Arana. She was stationed out here with Sachiel last time I checked and they haven't been seen for a month. Do you know where they are?" replies Drake, returning a question.
"Oh dear. I have seen Sachiel a few times last week, but Sumi, I don't know. They were stationed out by Oogie Boogie's mansion, right? Go check by there," replies Jack, putting one of his skeletal hands on his head in worry.
"Thanks, Jack. Maybe when I have time we'll have a couple drinks...of soda. You know I can't drink right now. I have a baby coming soon," explains Drake. He turns from Jack, waving a hand in goodbye, and heads for the mansion. He swiftly moves from the graveyard to the hill, quietly goes over the river, and heads towards the mansion.
Drake walks to the empty area where the mansion was and takes a sniff. His nostrils fill up with the smell of death, the same smell as always. He heads towards the station and sees two people there. He walks up carefully, moving his sword back onto his back, and walks on.
Drake gets about thirty feet from it and notices something. Sumi and Sachiel are still there, but they haven't moved for a few minutes. He slowly walks closer and notices that spider web is all over the station and Sumi and Sachiel are caught in it. Drake shudders and runs for them.
"Sumi! Sachiel! Are you guys ok?" yells Drake as he runs. The two mumble something, but Drake can't hear it due to the web covering their mouth. He walks up and rips it off Sumi's motuh, then Sachiel's.
"That bastard little brat! I'm gonna get him when he returns with that web gun of his!" yells Sachiel in anger.
"Call down, Sachiel. Drake, can you, uh, cut us out of this? It's nasty!" asks Sumi, struggling at the web. Drake steps back, grabs for his sword, and cuts all the webbing off. Sumi and Sachiel land and regain their feet. Sumi, without thinking, reaches for her radio to call in and say that her and Sachiel are ok. When she reaches for it, it is not there.
"Those damn kids must've stolen it!" screams Sumi, stomping on the little spiderlings by her feet.
"I'll take care of the three little troublemakers. You guys head back to town," explains Drake.
Sachiel looks at him and shakes his head. "What's the use? I want a piece of the action anyways," replies Sachiel, not moving until Drake agrees to it.
Without saying anything, Drake and Sachiel take off after the three brats. Sachiel finds his radio and calls in. Drake heads down the tunnel they find first, sword drawn with a flashlight pointing the way. He gets to a fork where it goes two ways. They split up and head down the tunnels to find the three.
Drake walks a little further and falls through the tunnel floor, same for Sachiel. They land in a huge, open room. Drake holds his sword ready, while Sachiel clenches his fist, standing ready to fight.
The dark room then bursts with light as the three kids of Halloween Town appear. Lock, Shock, and Barrel are all riding on spiders, which makes Drake flinch.
"What's the matter? Hate spiders?" asks Shock.
"No. It's just you three that disgust me," replies Drake, now holding his sword in a postion ready to stab. Lock runs in first and aims to fire his web gun, but Sachiel creeps up behind him and steals it.
"Hey! Give it back!" screams Lock, jumping up for it.
"Well, come on, then. Jump for it!" replies Sachiel, laughing at Lock trying to jump up and fail to grab his gun. Sachiel then punts Lock in the stomach into the wall and fires web at Lock, sticking him to the wall.
"Not fair! Attack!"screams Barrel, charging at Sachiel. Drake interferes and sweeps off all of the spider's legs, making it unable to stand. It flops around for a bit before laying still. Barrel got launched next to Lock, and again, gets caught in the web of the web gun.
"You two are really getting under my hair!" screams Shock, charging after Drake. Sachiel raises a leg and round houses Shock off the spider. He laughs as he stick Shock to wall right underneath the other two.
"Well, let's go, Sachiel. We might as well let them hang out for a bit," Drake says, looking at Sachiel who is playing with the dead spider. Sachiel looks up from it and begins to take off after Drake, who is taking off into the tunnel the three made.
They appear outside of Dr. Finklestein's house. They walk outside and notice Sumi talking to Jack.
"Did you guys find the three?" asks Sumi, running up and looking at the two in confusion.
The two look at each other and nod. Sachiel takes Sumi to Jack and asks Jack something. Jack nods and points towards the mayor. Sumi returns, grabs Drake, and take him to the mayor, who is standing up on his car.
"So you and Sachiel saved Halloween Town from Lock, Shock, and Barrel? Wonderful!" explains the mayor as he shakes both Drake and Sachiel's hand. Drake just whispers something into the mayor's ear, then takes off for his room he reserved for the month. He looks at the calendar. It's December 22nd. He looks up into the ceiling from his bed and realizes that he comes home in 5 days and that Haley will be getting out of the hospital as well.
Drake awakes to his cell phone ringing. He answers the phone startled, scrambling to get a hold of it.
"Yes, hello? This is Drakengard Lionheart, part of the Heartless Defense, how may I serve you?" answers Drake, like always.
"Yes, Drake, it's Brandon. I see you found everyone safe and sound, yes?" asks Brandon.
"Actually, I have. Have they all reported in and why they haven't been able to?" replies Drake, still waking up.
"Yes. Nekomi called from North Corel saying that the marketplace was full of heartless while she helped someone get something. Destiny called from Traverse Town saying that Sora came after you and finished what you started. I'm impressed that no one was hurt," explains Brandon in a near laughing voice.
"This is nothing to joke about. Am I done or do I stay here the last 4 days?" asks Drake, his tone getting mad.
"No, you don't. You may leave and head home when you want to. After that, you will take your holiday leave, am I understood?" questions Brandon.
"I will. Don't worry. I'll take that full month holiday to my advantage," answers Drake, sounding all cocky. The both of them hang up.
Drake grabs all his stuff, thanks Jack and the people of Halloween Town for the joyous hospitality they gave him. He puts his stuff in his car when Jack calls him back.
"Drake. I heard that you have a little child coming on the way, your girlfriend or fiance has no weapon, and you were looking for some new stuff, am I correct?" asks Jack.
"That's correct, why?" replies Drake.
"Well, here," says Jack, handing him a piece of cloth. It was heavy and it had something metal in it. "It's my Christmas gifts to the new family."
"Hopefully nothing will scare us when we open them?" asks Drake, looking back up.
"No no no. I promise that will not happen," Jack promises as he reaches a hand out to shake Drake's. They both shake hands, Drake thanks him for the gifts, and walks to his car. His house was only a 12 hour drive from here. He might as well stop other places to grab a few things.