Disclaimer: I do not own The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack finally learned how to put the phone on silent so he wouldn't have to hear that annoying ringing everytime the Mayor called. Ninety-five percent of all the calls Jack received were from the Mayor.
It was time for the citizens of Halloweentown to begin carrying out the plans. Jack was talking to the hanging tree and the witches when his phone rang.
"What does he want now?" Jack said to himself.
The Mayor complained about a few glitches in the plan that he was to afraid to fix himself.
"I'll be there in a minute," Jack said as he hung up.
Barrel, Shock, and Lock ran close to Jack with apples in their hands ready to throw at him.
Jack continued walking and dropped his cell phone.
Barrel dropped the apples and ran over to Jack's phone. He picked it up and yelled, "Jack, wait!"
Jack turned around as Lock got an idea and snatched the phone away from his brother.
"What is it, Barrel?" Jack asked.
"Nevermind, it's not important," Lock said. "You need to go help the Mayor."
Jack looked at them suspiciously, but went to where the Mayor was moaning.
"Why'd you take that?" Barrel asked. "You know how mad Jack will be when he finds out you stole his phone?"
"I'm not stealing it," Lock said.
Shock joined her brothers.
"Is that Jack's phone?" she asked.
"Yeah," Lock said with an evil smile. "Forget the apples, I have something better planned."
After fixing the simple problem that the Mayor could've easily handled on his own, Jack realized Sally hadn't called him yet.
He reached into his pocket and noticed his cell phone missing. He checked his other pocket and then searched his coat pocket. Jack began to panic. What was he going to do without his phone? Even though he lived without it for many years, now it seemed vital.
Jack began retracing his every step searching for his cellular. The Mayor ran up to him.
"Jack, there's another dilemma!" the Mayor cried timidly.
"Hold on, Mayor," Jack said. "I seemed to have misplaced my phone."
"What?" the Mayor screamed. "This is terrible. How will I keep in touch with you?"
Jack began thinking perhaps losing the phone wasn't all that bad.
The Mayor took out his megaphone and yelled, "Terrible news, everyone! The Pumpkin King lost his cell phone! Without being able to contact him we won't be able to stay on schedule!"
Everyone starred blankly at the Mayor.
Jack grabbed the Mayor's megaphone and said, "It's not that big of a deal, everyone. The Mayor is just stressed out. Ignore his last announcement."
Everyone did as Jack said and returned to their jobs.
"Jack, we need to find your phone!" the Mayor panicked.
"Mayor, we put on an innumerous amount of Halloween scares in the past when I didn't have that piece of junk," Jack said. "You can still reach me on my home phone and there's always telegrams or letters."
"But it's not as efficient," the Mayor complained.
"We'll survive," Jack said.
The Mayor continued to worry.
"If it makes you feel better, I'll continue to look for it," Jack said.
The Mayor's happy face turned around to the front as he clapped his hands.
Jack went on searching for his cell phone.
"Jack!" Barrel called.
"Not now," Jack said.
"But we found your cell," Shock said sweetly.
"You dropped it," Lock said handing Jack his phone.
"You three are heroes!" the Mayor cheered.
The trick-or-treaters stared at Jack with a confused expression on their faces. Jack shrugged and thanked them for finding his phone.
As Jack walked away the kids began to cackle menacingly. Jack knew nothing of what they had planned for him.