"Hello Lock, Shock, Barrel."
They all looked up at him.
"Are you three sorry?"
Shock and Barrel nodded sincerely. They truly were sorry this time.
"Lock?"
"No!" he snapped. "And your not the boss of me so you can't punish me!"
Jack sighed. "Shock, Barrel, you two can go downstairs. Do not leave the living room."
"Why Jack? I thought you were done punishing us." Shock said fearfully.
"I'm not sure yet!" he snapped, causing the two to dart down the stairs.
"Lock. I am an adult and you are a child. Which means I CAN punish you. AND I am the Pumpkin King."
Lock gulped and dashed for the door but Jack grabbed his tail and pulled him back. Jack sat on the bed and held the fighting boy in his hands, about a foot off the ground. Lock stopped struggling and glared up at Jack.
"Put. Me. Down." he demanded. Jack shook his head and sighed, gently putting the boy over his lap…again. Before Jack did anything Lock started kicking and throwing his fists into the air.
"No! No! Let me go! Lemme go!" he whined. Jack looked down at the struggling boy. He was tempted to ask again if Lock was sorry, but he knew Lock would say yes just to avoid punishment. He brought his hand down firmly, but making sure not to injure the boy. He repeated this action multiple times before the begging began.
"I'm sorry Jack! Just please, stop! Stooooooooop!"
"Lock, I know you're lying and just saying that to get out of this position." he said sternly increasing his strength and speed for about five smacks.
"You smack knew what smack you were doing smack and knew what would happen." he brought his hand down a few more times then stopped with the sobbing boy over his lap. "Yet you did it anyway. And then refused to apologize." he lifted Lock up and set him on the ground. He grabbed Lock's hand and walked down stairs to the living room. Much to Jack's surprise, Shock and Barrel were standing in the living room.
"Sit down on the couch." he told the kids. None of them did.
"Couch, now." he demanded and all three jumped onto the couch as quick as they could.
Jack walked out of the house for a second to call Sally over. He shut the door while talking to Sally, but the trio could hear what they were saying. They were whispering about what else he should do. Sally was horrified when he told her that he spanked them.
"We have to go back to our tree house." Lock whispered.
"No way!" Shock whispered menacingly, venom dripping from her tone. "Do you want to get spanked again?" she demanded.
He shook his head no. "My butt STILL hurts."
"So does mine." Barrel complained.
"Me too." Shock sighed. Jack came back in.
"Go back to your tree house." he decided and all three took the opportunity to dash out the door. Jack smiled.