A/N: Okay, LISTEN FREAKIN' CAREFULLY! For Lent this year (I'm Catholic), I have decided to sacrifice using my computer for all 40 days. –sniffle- It'll be a challenge, but I survived sacrificing chocolate, didn't I?
So mark it on your calendars: APRIL 16! Yeah, I know, it's a while, but suck it up and read some other fics if you're bored. xP
Note: I won't return to writing immediately; Lent won't have a point that way. I'll draw it out, so just keep checking after Easter.
EDIT: Okay, I lied. My mom pointed out that it would be kind of pointless to give up the rights of using my computer entirely, seeing as I need it to type up reports and stuff. So I'm just giving up Neopets! YAY!
The Sneaks
"This is insane, but just follow me."
"What are we doing again?"
Holli turned around and put a finger to her lips. "We're going to see if we can take a peek at Oogie Boogie's place."
Victor tugged at his clothing, much different from what he was used to. He was wearing a form-fitting black T-shirt and black jeans that were slightly looser, to allow easier movement. He was also sporting black sneakers, and his hair had been combed out so that it was no longer slick and fancy, but rather scruffy and down-pat. Not surprisingly but surprisingly all the same, if you let it hang loose like a girl's, it would almost reach his shoulders; that's just how much was put up.
Holli was wearing a similar outfit, except that she put her hair in a ponytail and she had put some paler base on all visible parts of her skin so that her tan wouldn't stand out.
Moving away from descriptions, it was two days later from when construction on Jack's Christmas began. Lock, Shock, and Barrel had just managed to get Santa from his realm to Halloween Town, and had taken him to whereabouts unknown.
But, having been a fan of the movie herself, Holli knew better. It was around two a.m., not a very active time in Halloween Town (mostly activity ended at 1:30 am), so Holli and Victor had taken the liberty of sneaking out from Jack's place and going down the path that led to Oogie's Hollow.
Now the house loomed in front of the pair, its towers spiraling out into the moonlight and various, undistinguishable sounds coming from deep inside the ground.
"Why are the sounds coming from underground and not in the house?" Victor whispered, his thick English accent sounding funny from fear and mostly because his voice could barely be heard.
Holli looked around for some way of looking into the place. "I know for a fact that the torture chamber is downstairs, but I can't quite say why Oogie is never in the house itself. He might be too big."
"Just HOW big is he, exactly?"
Holli gave him a look that told him that he was lucky if they'd stay alive. Victor gulped.
"Don't stress, Victor. It's really easy to bypass the security and crap, and I've got a plan."
Victor gave her a disbelieving look, and Holli rolled her eyes.
"Look, let's just see what's going on," she told him, pointing to a thick cable leading into a deep chasm. A barred window was set into the wall about halfway down.
They climbed together, Victor staying close behind Holli so that Oogie didn't see him first and so that he could catch Holli if she slipped, and vice-versa. Someone might spot him, yeah, but the worst that could happen was Oogie finding them, and Holli had proof that he wasn't outside. He was never outside.
"Meepit?"
"Er…juice break?"
"Good boy." (the two devised a coded sound check so that they wouldn't lose each other)
Finally, they reached the window and peered inside.
