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I'm writing in a different POV this time to start with. Just thought I'd warn you guys.
The mayor paced the floor in the Skellington's home. As soon as he heard about Jack going to the Human World he came to check on Sally and Sam.
This whole day just went from bad to worse. First the town fountain sprung a leak...then the botched Halloween...and now Jack was off in another dimension? No good at all in the mayor's mind.
'To think, if he was so worried, then Mrs. Skellington must be out of her mind.' thought the mayor.
"Don't worry Mrs. Skellington, I'm sure Jack will be fine." the mayor said feebly. Sally glanced up from ripping out her arm stitching.
"I know mayor..." she said, then sighed, biting her lip. The mayor returned to his pacing.
And what if Jack was late? If Jack was stuck in the Human World...well, HalloweenTown may cease to exist.' thought the mayor. Without Jack's guidence, he would have no idea what to do. The town would collapse itself..run amuck. This whole ordeal was no good.
The mayor didn't like surprises. He liked to know exactly what was happening, when, and where...but alas, Jack was very impromptu and loved surprises, new things. And couldn't the Pumpkin King have given him a little notice before going dimension-jumping?
The mayor continued pacing. This was not good at all.
Jake had almost reached the top of the building. He looked down to see Jamie and Spike still struggling up the steep side.
Jake almost laughed at the sheer insanity of the scene. A frenzied mob stretched out before him. And here he was climbinig a rickety old apartment building. And...he wasn't feeling very good. Now that he thought about it, he wasn't feeling very good at all. And then everything got real blurry...
Jack was forcing himself through the crowd to get to Jake.
"What is he thinking? He'll crack his skull!" muttered Jack. A human swung a fist at him. Jack dogded and hammered the human's face with his bony fist.
Jack returned his gaze to the building Jake was climbing. Jake had stopped climbing. He looked like he was about to throw up...what was wrong with him? Jake regained his composture and continued climbing. Then, he started getting dizzy. His foot slipped off the foothold and he was left hanging on the ledge of the top of the building by his feet.
Jack's sockets widened. Jake was going to fall! He quickened his pace.
"Oohhh..." Jack moaned. He felt like that mcmeal was about to come up. Still, he climbed on. He faintly heard Spike's voice saying, "You okay little dude?" but he could've imagined it.
Suddenly, his combat boot slipped off the foothold, leaving Jake dangling from the ledge of the building by his hands. His arm sockets were screaming in agony, but he held on...
But when did everything start spinning?