Disclaimer- How many times do I need to state that I don't Own The Nightmare before Christmas? Even though it'll rock if I did!
Chapter 4 My Announcement
Sure enough, Barrel and Carol were sitting on the couch, watching some old movie on TV. Nothing much, just there was a freshly popped bowl of popflies (the Halloween version of popcorn) on the coffee table.
"Hi, Lock!" Barrel said. "How was your trip?"
"Guys," I stated. "I have an announcement."
Carol just took the remote and pressed the pause button. After Oogie Boogie died, I did major renovations, like I even had satellite TV installed, plus DVR. "So, what do you have to tell us?" Carol said.
"Barrel, Carol, I found out where Shock is at!" I said. "She's behind the door that looks like a blazer. I might let you two come along as well. I bet Shock would be pleased to see you."
"Pleased to see me?" Barrel said. "She threatened to beat me up in a couple of occasions!"
"What if she misses you?" Carol said. "You guys were friends back in the day!"
"That was then, this is now, Carol!" Barrel sighed. "When we were growing up, we worked for some monster named Oogie Boogie! We collected bugs for him! It was horrible! The worst part about it was not Oogie, but Lock and Shock! They used to pick on me, give me wedgies, and do all sorts of mean stuff! I was the runt of the litter. The one everyone picked on!"
"We've grown up, Barrel!" I explained. "Things are different now!"
"I don't really feel that way!" Barrel sighed. "Maybe things are, maybe they're not."
After that conversation, Barrel, Carol and I started packing like our lives depended on it.
Next chapter? What is Shock doing when all of this is going on?