Down in his lair, Oogie Boogie waited eagerly for the return of his henchman. He'd sent them out on a very important mission and it was vital that it went without a hitch. Oogie wandered over to the table in the middle of the floor and picked up his lucky dice. Grinning manically, he threw them towards the skeleton in the corner. With perfected aim they went sailing through the eyes of the skull and rattled down to the table below. Oogie's grinned widened further. "Double six!"
Sally opened her eyes as the early morning sun shone weakly into her room. With great effort, she swung her legs out of the bed and staggered over to her washbasin. The water was icy to touch and made Sally shiver as she splashed her face. Feeling cold, but refreshed, she picked up her comb from where is sat on the sewing table and wandered over to the window. She gazed out at the town and spotted the Mayor trotting over to his hearse.
"Town meeting! Town meeting! Town meeting tonight!" The Mayor's cheery voice echoed out of his speaker as he trundled past the laboratory.
Sally put down the brush and ran over to her table. On top was her scroll where she scribbled down any important events the Doctor had planned and when she was needed to cook for guests. Nothing was noted down for the day. She rolled up the scroll, a determined look upon her face.
More than anything, Sally had always longed to attend town meetings, and apart from the time she'd snuck out of the laboratory to attend the one about Christmas, she'd never been. The Doctor wouldn't allow it. Said she wasn't ready. But now he had his creation, he hardly bothered with Sally, leaving her to come and go as she pleased, providing she was back to cook the evening meal of course.
As Sally made her bed, she heard voices down stairs. Four of them. She recognised the Doctors immediately, but the other three she couldn't make out. She crept over to the large steel door and placed her ear against it. The Doctor's voice was right outside her door.
"It shall be ready soon! I cannot work faster than what I am doing!"
"But he's very impatient! He wants it today!" the other voices were downstairs, standing in the kitchen where Sally cooked the Doctors meals.
"He'll have to wait. I need more parts."
"He doesn't wait for anyone." A girls voice echoed through the lab. "He's not best pleased with you right now...he"
A young boys voice cut across the girl's. "You don't want to make him angry!"
"Best to stay on his good side!" Another boys voice entered the conversation.
"You'll never know what he might do!" The girl threatened. With that, Sally heard the front door open and three chilling cackles were cut short by it slamming.
Slowly, Sally backed away from the door and sat on her bed, resting her chin on her hands.
"That sounded like Oogie's boys...but what could they want with the Doctor? And what is it that Oogie's so impatient for?" looking down at the floor, Sally noticed one of knees had come unstitched again during the night. Absorbed in her thoughts, she paid no attention to her stitching.
"I must find Jack. He'll know what to do." As she tried to stand up, Sally felt a tug at the hem of her skirt. Glancing down, she noticed she'd stitched it to her knee by mistake. Sighing heavily, she sat down and began to unstitch it.
a/n: sorry this has taken so long guys and aplogies again for the shortness of the chapter, ive started back at college and this past month has been rather hetic and ive been overloaded with a lotof work to do! i will expand on this at a later date most probably so please please bear with em and i apologise that i am neglecting "halloweens finest trick or treaters?" but i have writers block on that one. i will get to it eventually...im just waiting for inspiration to hit me! well, please read and review this! go on...you know you want to!