WARNING: Contains spanking. Either this chapter or the next.
Jack forced lock, Shock, and Barrel to stay in a spare room upstairs. He needed to think. Those kids needed to know that they must behave. They had to be punished. But Jack didn't know a thing about disciplining children. He couldn't remember how he would get punished as a kid. And he obviously couldn't lock them up in jail. They were just kids! He sighed and went over to Sally.
"Hello my dear." she said smiling.
"Hello Sally. What am to do with those three?"
"I don't know." she sighed.
"They have to be punished. But I don't know what to do!" he sat down and held his skull in his hands. "What do you think Oogie did to them?"
"Probably yell at them. He'd probably scare them into behaving."
"Yeah, your probably right."
Jack decided to go outside and get a brath of air.
"Jack! Jack!" he spun around to see the mayor.
"Yes Mayor?"
"You must do something about those three brats!"
"Lock, Shock, and Barrel?"
"Yes. I thought you said you'd take care of them!"
"I left them in a room. They escaped?"
"Well I guess because they are out causing trouble again."
"Don't worry Mayor. They WILL be punished!"
The mayor's head turned to the happy side again. "Thank you Jack. Of course you will!"
Jack walked over to the children and scooped all three up in his arms, dragging them back to his house. He walked upstairs and brought them into a random room. He sat them down a bed and stood in front of them, glaring sternly into their eyes.
"Why did you three sneak out?"
"We were scared." Lock said.
"Why did you three disobey me?"
"It was Lock's idea!" Shock said suddenly.
"I don't care who's idea it was, you three disobeyed me."
Lock decided to be the brave one to stand against Jack.
"Yes! Because you aren't the boss of us!"
Shock stared at him with wide eyes. Jack closed his eye sockets and took a deep breath to calm down.
A/N I thought up the idea of Shock blaming Lock for bringing Santa to Oogie. Then I remembered that it actually was!