HEY EVERYONE! I have decided to do something different. From now on I am naming my chapters! WOO HOO! HOPE YOU LIKE MY CHAPTER!
Sally looked at herself in the mirror to make sure she looked nice. She wore a long black skirt, and a blood red top. She tied her hair up into a ponytail.
"Perfect." She said. Suddenly Sally heard her father call her.
"SALLY!" He said.
"COMING!" She answered. She went down the stairs to find her father putting his jacket on.
"Sally I'm going to go out for a while, will you pleases feed the cat?"
"Of coarse daddy." She said planting a kiss on his forehead.
"My don't you look nice tonight. Are you going out with Jet tonight?"
"Uh….yeah. I'll be out for a while."
"Okay well have fun, and don't stay out to late."
"Okay dad." Sally opened the door for her father, and he left. She walked over to the pantry. She pulled out a bag titled "Kitty Yummies". Just the sound of the bag made the cat pop out of know where. It was a black cat with sparkling blue eyes.
"You lazy cat." Sally said. It came up and rubbed its head against her arm. Sally chuckled at the cat's effort to get food.
"Alright, alright, here." Sally said as she poured a big helping into the cat's bowl. Sally began to stroke the cats back as she thought about tonight. She wondered what would happen.
Back at the castle…
Jack was straightening the suit Sally had given him in the mirror. He wanted to make sure he looked nice as well.
"Perfect." He said. He then heard the door begin to creek open. He walked over and opened it fully. "Sally!" He said. He was happy, and a little bit surprised that she had actually come.
"Hello Jack." She said. She walked into the big castle. Jack couldn't help but smile. Sally was the first human who had come up there in a while.
"Follow me." Jack said to Sally. He led her to a large dining room. There was a giant old dusty chandelier, and a long table. Jack pulled out her chair first.
"Oh thank you Jack." Sally said as she sat down. Jack then walked over to the other side of the table and sat down.
"The server's will be here in a second." Jack said.
"Servers?" Sally questioned. Suddenly three little robots appeared, and Sally jumped.
"Hi." They all said at the same time.
"I'm Lock," said the boy.
"Shock," said the witch.
"And I'm Barrel," said the littlest boy.
"Oh hello." Sally said.
"You're pretty." Shock said. Sally blushed at the comment.
"Guy's leave her alone." Jack said.
"Okay Jack." They all said.
"Well here's your soup." Shock said as she handed Jack and Sally a bowl of soup.
"Thank you Shock." Jack said.
"You're welcome Jack." And with that the three children left. There was silence between the two for a while, until Jack finally spoke.
"So Sally, do you live on Elm Street?" Jack asked. He asked it because it was the street closest to the hill.
"Why yes I do." Sally said wondering how he had guessed that.
"And do you live in a mansion?"
"Yes…." Sally said still wondering.
"And are you rich?" Jack asked. Sally was surprised by the question.
"I wouldn't say I'm rich, but I am well-off. My father's an inventor, but how did you know all those things?"
"Well that big ring, on your finger, and that gold necklace sort of gave it away."
"Oh these?" Sally said pointing to her items. "They were gifts. The ring is from my boyfriend Jet."
"What's your boyfriend like?"
"He's tall, blonde hair and blue eyed. He's a lot of fun to be around. But he always calls me 'baby'." Sally said chuckling. "It gets kind of irritating but he means well."
"And who gave you that gift?" Pointing to Sally necklace. The necklace was in the shape of a heart. It was made of gold, and was bordered with diamonds.
"Oh this was from my mother." Sally said.
"What's your mother like?" Sally paused for a moment before she answered this.
"She's dead." She finally said. Jack just sat there for a moment.
"Sally, I-I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to…"
"It's alright Jack." The two just sat there in silence for a few minutes. It was sort of weird for Sally to tell a skeleton her mother was dead. Finally Jack spoke.
"Sally may I ask you know how she…"
"Oh….yes. Well it happened five years ago, when I was 13 years old. My parents were driving home from my dad's invention convention. It was raining really hard…"
Into the past…
"Oh honey I'm so proud of you! You've taken first prize at the convention five year's in a row!" She said to her beloved husband.
"Well I couldn't have done it without the support of my beautiful wife, and daughter." He said. "Just wait till we tell Sally." His wife kissed him on the cheek. Suddenly, through the heavy rain, they saw a bright light.
"That's odd." Sally's mom said. "Why would somebody have their brights on so high?" Suddenly the bright light began to swerve, and the two knew something was wrong.
"OMIGOSH!" He screamed. He tried to turn the car to avoid the out of control car, but it was too late. They collided, and their car went flying through the air. It rolled over at least five times, before it finally hit a tree and stopped. Sally's father managed to prop himself up despite the incredible amount of pain in his legs. He looked at his wife who had a small line of blood running down her head.
"Honey?" He said. She didn't respond.
"Honey?" He said again this time gently tapping her. She still didn't respond.
"HONEY!" He finally screamed, and was now shaking his wife, but it was too late. She was dead.
Back to present…
"The hospital called me about one hour later, and told me what had happened. Apparently the driver was drunk." Sally told Jack. "My father survived the crash, but remained crippled, but my mother well…you know." There was a short pause between the two before Sally spoke again. "The chain is getting old, and I was going to get a new one." But even saying this didn't seem to stop the tension. Jack looked at Sally with his big eye sockets. He understood what it was like to loose someone you loved. Sally tried to change the subject of her mother, so she asked Jack a question.
"How about you Jack, do you have parents?" Jack just looked down at his soup and didn't reply.
"Oh Jack, I…" Sally couldn't find the words.
"It's alright Sally. No I've never had parents, but I did have…He was sort of…I mean…follow me." He finally managed to stutter out, as he stood up from his chair. "It will be better if I show you."
Jack took Sally up a long winding staircase, until they finally reached the top of the tower. He opened the two large doors, and they both walked in. Sally couldn't believe it. It was a giant workshop, much like her fathers, except the equipment looked much older, and was covered with cobwebs. Jack walked over to a small desk. He opened a drawer and pulled out a photo.
"This was my dad…if that's what you want to call him. But he was really my creator." Sally starred at the picture with wide eyes. He was an old man with very few thin gray hairs, blue eyes, and wore small glasses.
"Wait a minute, your telling me that this man created you."
"That's right. But I wasn't his first creation. He started long before he had created me…"
Into the past…
(Authors note: Jack is going to be narrating the story of the inventor and him, so Jack is going to describe it, so try to picture it in your head.)
He was very young when he inherited this castle. When his parents died he shut himself away from the world, but after many decades of being alone he became lonely. He longed for companionship. He began to plan ideas out for little machines. Soon those ideas turned into parts, and soon those parts turned into Lock Shock and Barrel. He chose to make them children because he had never had any children of his own. They were very helpful, and kept him company, but he wanted to talk with someone more mature. So he began to create me. He began to piece me together with bones. He then brought me to life with 6000 volts of electricity. He didn't have all the right "equipment" to finish me yet, so he left me like this until he could find parts. In the time I had with him he taught me many things. He taught me how to play chess, play the piano, and have table manners, and by the time he had taught me all of these things he was very old. The last time we were ever together was Christmas...
"I have a surprise for you Jack." He said. "It's the designs for your human body." He opened up the scroll to show Jack. He handed it to him. Jack starred at it with wide eyes. He looked back at the inventor who was smiling. Suddenly his face turned a pale white, and his smile slowly began to fade. His eyes rolled into his head, and he fell over. Jack caught him, and turned him over so he could see his face.
"No." Jack said just barley above a whisper. "NO!" He screamed.
Back to the future…
"He died in my arms that day, 20 years ago, and never got to finish me. After that I was left alone with Lock, Shock, and Barrel. They are the only companionship I have ever known. The only humans I have ever seen are the ones who have come up to this house to get scared…and you of course." He said as he looked out the only window in the room. Sally looked at him for a moment not believing his story.
"So you've been alone up here with no human contact for 20 years?" Jack nodded his head to her question. "I'm…I'm so sorry."
"It's not your fault is it?" Jack said turning his head toward her. Sally suddenly looked at her watch realizing how late it was. Her father would start to worry about her.
"Jack I-I really have to go. I'm sorry, but id' like to come over again." She said. He didn't answer for a moment.
"Sally you don't have to keep coming back because you feel sorry for me." He said.
"Jack, I don't pity you." She said "I like coming up here. You're a very nice…person to talk too. Were friends." She said. Jack still looking out the window widened his eye sockets in surprise.
"Were f-friends?" He asked turning to face her.
"Of course." She said. "I have to go Jack, but I'll see you later." She said. She then ran down the stair case and out of the giant castle.
"Yeah…see you later." Jack said as if she were still there. Friends. He couldn't believe it. She wanted to be friends with him. The thought was so strange to him.
"You so like her." Shock said appearing from behind a door.
"Of course I like her; s-she's a nice person."
"I mean you like her like her." Shocks said with a grin. Jack suddenly got an angry look on his face.
"NO WAY!" He said going down to Shocks eye level pointing a finger at her. "This is my first friendship ever. I'm not going to screw it up with emotions." He said angrily, and with that he stormed out of the room.
I hope you liked this chapter! Sorry it took so long to post. Been really busy. OH and in case any one was confused. Jack is about 21 because his creators been dead for 20 years. R&R!