"I bet sally's gonna be happy to see you, jack!" said jonesy.
"And I'll be glad to see her too," said jack. "I really missed her while I was gone."
"Ooh!" said jimmy, skipping to a stop. "What's that I see?"
By this time, the team was right in front of the bridge that led to the other part of the graveyard. Jimmy ran up and picked something up off the ground. He ran back to jen.
"Read to me what is on miss sally's paper plane, jen," said jimmy.
"Another one?" asked jonesy.
"Well, at least this one actually has something written on it," said jen. She unfolded the paper and began to read.
"Jack, hurry up and come back to town! Lock, shock, and barrel brought Oogie back to life, and he's taken over Halloween town! The skeletons that are probably attacking you now were made by dr. finkelstein and are being controlled by Oogie. These skeletons were specifically designed to stop you at all costs, and they will stop at nothing to track you down!"
"Jack's eyes widened. Jen's jaw dropped when she stopped reading. The others didn't seem to know what to do. Jonesy broke the silence.
"I always knew that doc was a prick," said jonesy.
"Jonesy, the doctor doesn't look anything like a brick wall," said jack.
"No," said jonesy. "Prick means… ah, forget it."
"Well, that explains why these skeletons are so bent on getting rid of us," said Sam.
"We'd better hurry and find sally," said jack.
"Right!" said the gang.
The team quickly crossed the bridge to the other side. But just as the underground burial chamber was in their sights…
"Why do you always have to spoil our fun?"
The team stopped. They definitely knew that voice.
"This is the last time you'll get in our way!" lock yelled, jumping out from behind a tombstone.
"What, again?" jonesy asked as another metal fence surrounded them.
"Hey, this time lock's inside the fence with us," Sam noticed.
"ATTACK THE KIDNAPPER OF SANTA!" jimmy yelled, charging.
"Jimmy, no, wait!" yelled jen.
But it was too late. Jimmy was flailing all over the place, while the others had to deal with the skeletons lock had summoned. Just as the last skeleton was destroyed, jimmy's head connected with lock. Both boys toppled to the ground, incredibly dizzy.
"Cool!" jimmy yelled as the metal fence sunk back into the ground. "Let's do it again."
"NOT again!" said jonesy.
Clunk.
"Hey, did something just unlock in that building?" Sam asked, pointing to the burial chamber.
Jack kneeled down in front of lock.
"You win this time, jack," said lock.
"There won't be a next time," said jack.
"Of course not, jack," said lock, putting his arm behind his back. "Whatever you say." Then he ran off again. Jimmy flipped off lock while lock wasn't looking and Caitlin stuck her tongue out at lock while he wasn't looking.
"I think we can go in there now!" said Sam, pointing to the burial chamber.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?" asked jonesy. "Let's go in there and get sally!"
---
When the team entered the first part of the chamber, they learned that the hanging tree was right about the spiders and cobwebs. They were all over the place. It took all of jonesy's strength to keep from gagging as they made their way through the mess.
They finally made it to the door on the other side of the room, jack went in first, with the gang slamming the door shut behind them.
"Man, I hate spiders," said jonesy, shuddering.
"They're actually quite fascinating when you get used to them," said Sam.
"Yeah, to you," said jonesy. "But they bug me."
Jack meanwhile took a few steps forward, then he stopped. He grinned.
"Sally!"
"Jack!"
The gang turned around just in time to see jack and sally running toward each other. They were overjoyed!
"Yes!" Fred, giving Sam a high-five.
Jack and sally met in the middle of the room. Jack reached for her hands. "Sally…"
"Jack…"
"Jimmy!" said jimmy.
"Caitlin!" said Caitlin.
This caused jonesy to smack jimmy and Caitlin on the back of the head, and Sam to shush him. As Sam turned back to the heartwarming scene before him, he happened to glance upward. Then he froze.
"GYYYAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Sam's sudden shriek caught the attention of everyone else. They looked up and saw that Sam had a good reason to scream. The biggest spider that any of them had ever seen was sitting on the ceiling, just above jack and sally!
Suddenly, sally was jerked upwards. "AAAH!" she gasped.
"What's this?" asked jack. He could just make out that something that looked like spider silk had been wrapped around sally's body.
Then the spider jumped down with a THUD. Then it roared in jack's face.
"Aw, shit!" groaned jonesy. "That's exactly what we need right now."
Caitlin was so scared she sprouted her cat ears and her cat tail and meowed like a real cat.
"SMASH THE SPIDER!" yelled jimmy.
Sam looked worriedly up at sally. "Patience, sally!" he called. "We'll free you!"
As jack and the gang readied their weapons, sally began to sing. And the gang couldn't help but join in.
Sally: we should have known not to believe and things would not have turned so bad
Jack: it's true his plan was to deceive but that should not make you so sad
Sally: but danger waits at every turn
The gang: and we are ready to set things right here
Sally: how can you say that you will be okay? And come back another day?
---
"Sally, I'm here," said jack. "You're safe now."
"Jack!" said sally.
---
Sally: what will become of our dear town? Now what we've let our leader down
Jonesy: what?
Jack: you know, dear sally, that's not true we can take this town back, me and you
Sally: there's so much danger yet to face
The gang: but we're not worried
Jack: back home I hurried
Jack, sally, and the gang: now we must stop that evil Oogie's scheme and save our Halloween
---
By this time, the spider was about half its original size. But it still standing.
"This is tougher than I thought…" said jack.
"Tired…" said Sam. "So tired…"
"You can do it, jack!" said sally.
"I'm helping too, miss sally!" said jimmy. "Cause I have a bony helmet!"
---
Sally: we should have known not to believe and things would not have turned so bad
Jack: it's true his plan was to deceive but that should not make you so sad
Sally: but danger waits every turn
The gang: and we are ready to set things right here
Sally: how can you say that you will be okay? and come back another day?
"You're really making me angry…" jack growled at the spider.
"The only good spider is a squashed spider!" declared jonesy.
"Jack, watch out!" said sally.
---
Sally: what will become of our dear town? Now that we've let our leader down
Jonesy: what?
Jack: you know, dear sally, that's not true we can take this town back, me and you
Sally: there's so much danger yet to face
The gang: but we're not worried
Jack: back home I hurried
Jack, sally, and the gang: if we work hard we'll overcome our shame and beat him at his game
Now the giant spider was about the size of a regular spider, due to the jack and the gang smacking and shooting it around so much.
"One more good hit ought to do it!" said Sam.
"Hold on, sally!" said jack. Then the soul robber began to glow bright green.
"JACK!" yelled sally.
"Soul robber!" said jack, whipping it out and grabbing the spider. Then he began to swing the soul robber in a circle, picking up speed with each spin. "I am the pumpkin king! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" then, when he was at top speed, jack flung the spider at the wall.
BOOM!
"HA!" said jonesy, running over to the spider, followed by the others. "How do you like that, you nasty spider? That's what you get for fucking with me and my friends!" jonesy turned around chuckling, but then his face turned to pure horrer. The rope holding sally was just about to snap! "JACK!" yelled jonesy, pointing.
"SALLY!" jack yelled. He ran as fast as he could to catch her. Just then, the rope snapped.
"I can't look!" said the gang except jimmy, covering their eyes.
Jimmy, on the other hand, watched as jack made it just in time. Sally landed safely in his outstretched arms.
"Miss sally's fine," said jimmy. The gang peeked through their fingers.
"Jack…" said sally.
The gang let out big sighs of relief.
"Geez, give us heart attacks, why don't you?" asked jonesy, shifting his weight so he could lean on the wall. However, he wasn't quite close enough, so he landed on the ground. But as he did, something fell out from behind one of the tombstones in the room.
"OH!" said Sam, picking it up. Then the gang had smug little grins on their faces.
"What?" asked jack.
"If this isn't irony, I don't know what is," said jonesy.
Then they held up their prize for jack and sally to see. Jack gasped.
The gang were proudly displaying the valentines day holiday door.
---
Later, jack, sally, and the gang were back at the giant tree in the center of the graveyard, along with the hanging tree and zero.
"Are you all right, sally?" asked jack.
"Oh, jack," said sally. "You came back!"
"Well, duh," said jonesy. "He got your note!"
Sally took something out of her pocket. "You have to rescue dr. finkelstein!" she said to jack and the gang. "This key opens the gate to his manor."
Sam took the key.
"Thanks, sally," said jack. "…I'm glad you're safe," he added shyly.
"We're all safe," said sally. "Now that our pumpkin king has returned."
The gang nodded in agreement.
"Pumpkin king?" asked jack. "Sally that's it!"
"What's it?" asked sally.
"Yes, please enlighten us, jack," said Sam.
"I am the pumpkin king!" said jack. "And I can use my pumpkin fire to fight Oogie and his army good thinking, sally!"
"Thank you, jack," said sally.
"No," said jack. "Thank you, sally."
The gang couldn't take it anymore. They burst into laughter.
"I'm sorry…" Sam gasped.
"You two are so cute together!" said Caitlin.
"Jack and miss sally sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-NG!" jimmy sang.