"Man, I'm confused," said jonesy as the group exited the town hall. What exactly is going on?"

"Well, the most obvious thing is that it's very, very bad," said sam.

Jack looked over at his house. "Well, it doesn't look like they touched my house," he said. "We might as well go there so we can straighten all this out."

"If you say so…" said jonesy. He then decided to have some more orange chicken and white rice. But when he reached for the cup in his bag – like pouch on the left side of his belt, he didn't feel anything. Confused, jonesy began to pat his pouch bag and his pockets, but he didn't feel anything. "Where'd my chicken and rice go?" He frantically asked.

" You must have dropped it back at that fight with the skeletons," concluded jen.

"Oh no!" Said jonesy. He ran over near the fountain and began to crawl around on the ground, searching for his cup.

"Where'd it go?" jonesy said

"Here ya go, jonesy!" said jimmy

jonesy looked at jimmy . But what he was holding wasn't exactly what jonesy had in mind. "That's jack's bag dumbass!" He said. "Hey, why didn't they take jack's stuff? Why does everyone have to fuck with me?"

"Oh come now, jonesy," said jen. " Jimmy, you might as well put the Halloween holiday door in there we're going to need it."

"Can do, jen!" said jimmy. He took the Halloween holiday door he had been holding and stuck it in the bag. Then he slung the bag over his back.

"Hey, what's this?" Asked jack.

Jimmy and jen looked over at the pumpkin king. He was going to unlock his gate, when he had noticed a letter stuck to the gate.

Jimmy walked over and took the letter off. "Read to me what is on the pretty envelope, jen," he said handing the letter to jen.

"Forget the stupid envelope!" said jonesy, who had gone back to searching. "Help me find my stupid orange chicken and white rice cup!"

jen opened the letter and began to read out aloud. "Dear jack," she read. "Soon after you left, I held an assembly, and we began preparations for the most horrible Halloween yet! Chances are, once you return, the most terrifying and horrific Halloween this town has seen! Don't worry about a thing, jack Next year's Halloween is sure to not disappoint you. November 15, the mayor." Jen stared at the mayor's handwriting. "Well jack, it sure seems like the townspeople were doing their very best to please you."

"I know," said jack. "That's why I'm beginning to feel bad about leaving…"

"Well, my chicken and rice are gone," said jonesy, finally walking over. "Man, when I catch the motherfucker who took it…"

"Can we worry about that later, jonesy?" asked jen "we need to figure this out."

"Right," said jack "follow me, guys."

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Jimmy and Caitlin were the first ones into jack's room on the top floor. It was safe to say that they were excited to actually be in the pumpkin king's house. They excitedly looked around at all the cool stuff.

"Jack, you gotta love your room," said jonesy who had already been in jack's house once before.

Jen, on the other hand, was appalled at how horribly cluttered the room was. "Messy, messy, messy…" she muttered

"It's almost a mess than your room fred." Said sam

This caused fred to punch sam in the arm

"ow" muttered sam

"Asshole" fred muttered

"I know," jack said sheepishly. "I'm a pack rat. I admit it." He made his way through the mess and sat down in his rocking chair. "So, let's review. What do we know so far?"

"Well, we know that oogie is back," said fred

"And we know that the town's been overrun by his lackeys," said jen.

"Jack your room is so cool!" jimmy awed as he proceeded to touch everything within his grasp.

"Uh… thank you, jimmy," said jack.

"Jimmy, don't touch!" said jen.

"Oh, it's all right," said jack. "You guys can make yourselves at home. Just ignore the mess."

"Sweet!" said jonesy, sitting down in a nearby chair.

Jack looked expectantly at jen, who had not moved from her spot.

"I'll stand," jen said shyly.

"Okay," said jack. "And what don't we know?"

"Well, I don't know where my rice and chicken is…" jonesy began.

"Besides that!" said jen.

"Oh," said jonesy. "we also know what the Halloween holiday door was doing in the town hall, if that's where jimmy and Caitlin really found it."

"Sure did, chief!" said jimmy.

"Quite a mystery, indeed…" said jack.

"Well, it doesn't seem to matter," said jen. "As long as those monsters are around, we don't have much of a chance. I mean we have weapons but I don't think it will be enough to kill all those monsters we need more weapons and that's a problem."

Jack suddenly sat up. "Maybe not…" he said. He stood up and began rummaging through his clutter.

"You guys are in luck," he said as he searched. "Somewhere in this mess are some old Christmas presents from last year I made. Perhaps they can be of use to us and you guys can use them as spare weapons for when your guns run out of ammo."

"No fooling?" asked jonsey.

"That is lucky!" said jimmy.

"Yeah," said jack. "Just start rooting around, guys. They're in this mess somewhere."

Jonesy decided to start by searching between the cushions of a recliner. When he pulled his hand back out, a black object rested in it.

"Hey, a yo-yo!" said jonesy, getting up. "I'm a whiz at these things. wanna see me walk the dog?" jonesy got the yo-yo ready and let it drop. But then he got a surprise. When the yo-yo hit the ground, spikes popped out of it! "WHOA!" jonesy jumped, causing the yo-yo to collapse. The spikes popped back into the yo-yo.

"Oh, jonesy!" said jack. "You found one of the toys! I call that one the yo-yo mace."

"Yeah?" asked jonesy. "Well, I'd prefer to have a toy that won't turn my hand into a fucking pincushion!"

"Oh, it won't hurt you," said jack. "The spikes pop out when the yo-yo comes in contact with another solid object, but not your hand! Genius, huh?"

"If you say so," said jonesy, winding the yo-yo mace up and starting again.

"I don't know, jack," said Sam as he sorted through the mess. "I question the structural integrity of that thing…oh, what's this?" Sam pulled a gray rattle out of the mess.

"Oh, I bet I know what that does!" said jimmy. "It turns you into a pirate!"

Sam looked at the rattle. "I guess that's one way to interpret the skull and crossbones…" he said, looking at the design. He

Gently shook the rattle. His face went pale when a ring of spikes popped out of it.

"There's another one," said jack.

"And what's this one called?" Sam asked while his free hand clutched his chest.

"The Death rattle," said jack.

Sam rolled his eyes when he realized the pun. "Death Rattle…" he mumbled. "Right-o. And you were seriously going to give this to a kid?" he asked jack on a more serious note. "Have you no moral fiber?"

"I found a bone!" jimmy said suddenly. The gang turned to look jimmy was wearing a helmet on his head that looked like it had been carved out of bone. "Cool huh?"

"Wow, you guys are good at this," said jack. "That's the last toy. It's called the bony helmet."

"Ooh, how creative," nikki said sarcastically

"The yo-yo mace, the Death rattle, and the bony helmet," said Sam. "you seriously think these things will withstand those monsters, jack?"

"Those monsters aren't that tough," said jack. "I mean, you saw how they crumbled when I hit them with my soul robber. I guarantee the success of those toys…and your guns as well,"

"Isn't that great?" asked jonesy. "We finally have more weapons, and they're toys."

"It's better than guns, isn't it?" jack asked as jimmy put away the bony helmet away in his bag-like pouch on the left side of his belt

"Hey, anything that will get my chicken and rice back works for me, pal," said jonesy.

"Well, now that we're prepared, I say we start searching the town for extra clues," said Sam.

"My thoughts exactly," said jack. He started toward the stairs "Lets go, guys. We're gonna get to the bottom of this. I'm sure of it."