After the gang finally stopped laughing, they, along with jack, began to make their way to the doctor's lab.
But as they were about to leave, sally remembered something. "Just before you go inside the doctor's lab, could you come back here?" she asked the gang. "Something concerns me…"
The gang promised that they would.
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"I don't get it," jack said as they made their way back to the center of Halloween town. "Sure, the doctor is difficult sometimes, but he would never want to hurt anybody."
"Ah, chances are that Oogie probably did something to him, too," said jonesy.
"That's actually a strong possibility," said Sam. "Who knows what else Oogie might have done."
"He put monsters in the pumpkins!" exclaimed jimmy.
"Yeah!" said Caitlin.
"What?" asked jonesy.
"Before me and Caitlin went into the big building, we went over there, in the field with a bunch of pumpkins," said jimmy, pointing to another gate which led to the pumpkin patch. "But then a bunch of ghosts popped out of them, and we couldn't go through. They are bad."
"Then I guess we'll have to go there after we deal with the doctor," said jack.
"And figure out a way to get rid of those possessed pumpkins," said Sam.
"There's the gate that leads to the doctor's lab," said jack, pointing to another gate. "We need the key to open it."
"Way ahead of you," said Sam, taking out the key. He ran over to the gate and unlocked it. "Oh, I do hope the doctor listens to reason."
"Well, the way things are now, something tells me that's not going to happen," said jack, walking through the gate.
"Oh dear…" mumbled Sam, as he adjusted his glasses.
"Ah, this'll be a piece of cake," said jonesy, following jack. "And we might even find my chicken and rice!"
"Chicken and rice, guys!" said jimmy, pulling the others in behind him.
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"I hope the doctor's okay…" jack said as they entered the area around the lab.
"I think he was expecting us," said Sam.
Sam thought right. A fence made of electricity was guarding the entryway that led up to the doctor's laboratory.
"How the hell do we get through that?" asked jonesy.
"Ohh! Ohh! I saw this in a movie once!" said jimmy. "Somewhere around here is a lever to turn the power off!"
"Then we'll all have to split up and look for it," said jack. "It has to be around here somewhere. Just be careful, guys. There's bound to be other surprises lurking around here."
"Normally, I wouldn't find it wise to go along with jimmy's ideas…" said Sam. "But since this is a desperate time, it seems we have no choice."
"Then let's find this lever or whatever so we can go up there and knock some sense into the doc!" said jonesy.
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While jack, jimmy jonesy Fred Joe and Samantha stuck around the gate, jen Wyatt Sam nikki Caitlin and Jude found themselves traveling north, where a big metal structure stood. When they got to the base of it, they were surprised to find stairs that led up.
"Maybe we'll find something up there…" Sam thought out loud. But just then, more skeletons popped up from the ground, much to Sam's horror. The doctor wasn't taking any chances!
So Sam did exactly what he did before: readied his death rattle, covered his eyes, and charged forward right into the army and up the stairs. When he reached the top, he looked behind him. Then he grinned. There wasn't a skeleton left.
"My battle strategy seems to be working quite well," Sam said in satisfaction. He looked around the upper level. "Hello?" there was a part of the structure that seemed to be boarded off.
"That's strange…" said Sam, walking over to the boarded-off wall. He made a quick calculation, then readied the death rattle again. "I have to hit it in just the right spot…" Sam mumbled then, with all his might (and that wasn't a lot), he slammed the death rattle into the boards. Bulls eye.
The boarded wall instantly broke, revealing what was on the other side. Sam's eyes widened. It was a lever! "Well, at least jimmy's smart about something…" said Sam. Then, without hesitation (which was very unlike him), he walked up and pulled on the lever.
Sam heard the sound of something turning off behind him. He turned around and saw the electricity fences shutting off. He gave a triumphant grin.
So then why did it feel like him and the others were floating?
They all looked down at their feet. The their surprise, there was no longer any floor underneath their feet!
Oh dear…" Sam mumbled again. Then Caitlin fell through the hole first, screaming the whole time. Then the others fell in the hole screaming as well.
They didn't have no idea what was happening. They seemed to be falling through a tube that was leading them somewhere. But where?
Just then, they found themselves being shot up straight up, and when they landed, there was a solid ground once again under them. But they couldn't tell exactly where they were. They were to dizzy. But they saw Caitlin she seemed to be sitting down in a big bird cage she wasn't scared she was sitting down with that smile on her face and wiggling her cat ears and wagging her tail.
Sam let out a daze mumble because he and the others were still dizzy. "Oh dear…look at the time…gotta go…ta-ta."
"Ahem."
The gang immediately went into focus and shot up straight up when they heard the new voice. They knew where they had heard it before…
"Doctor!" Sam exclaimed. He took a quick look around. He and the others seemed to be in the doctor's laboratory! "Oh doctor, thank goodness! It's me, Sam, Caitlin jen nikki, Wyatt and Jude remember?"
"All too well…" said the doctor.
Nikki jen wyatt jude and sam looked at the doctor. His back was turned to the two girls and three boys. "Yes…well…" Sam tried again. "Listen, doctor, jack and my four friends jimmy jonesy Joe Fred and my sister Samantha, are here too. We're worried about you, and we demand to know why you've created these monstrosities to run amok in Halloween town!"
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that right now…" said the doctor. He then wheeled himself around so he was facing the gang.
The doctor's stare frightened the gang. Then they got even more freaked out when they realized that the doctor was slowly wheeling himself closer to where the gang were standing!
"Uh…doctor…t think at this time I would like to point out that we have limits to personal space…." Sam stammered, slowly beginning to back away. "A penny for your thoughts?" that's when Sam's back met the wall. He couldn't take care his stare off the doctor. He was reaching for something. What was it?
Sam's eye's widened when he realized just what the doctor was reaching for. He held the death rattle in his shaky hands.
"Now, doctor…let's not do anything hasty. I wouldn't want to have to use this…don't make me want to use this, doctor! Listen, can't we talk about this? Oh dear. Oh…NO, NOT THAT! MOMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"Guys!" jonesy called his friends. Where the fuck are you guys at?"
"Guys!" called jack.
Back down below, the five boys and Samantha definitely noticed when the electricity fences seemed to shut off by themselves. But then they also noticed that the others were missing! Now they were frantically looking for him. Jonesy jack Joe Fred and Samantha once again stayed by the entrance, while jimmy journeyed up the trail that led to the doctor's house.
"Found Jude!" jimmy suddenly called.
Jonesy Fred Joe and Samantha followed their friend's voice up the path to the doctor's house. But what they saw wasn't exactly what they had expected.
The man next to jimmy was definitely not Jude. He was just an ugly little humpbacked man and was short with only one eye open. He was dressed in a laboratory garb as well.
"You idiot!" jonesy barked at jimmy. "Does that look like Jude to you?" he asked, pointing to the humpbacked man.
Jimmy looked at the humpbacked man carefully and thought for a second. "Maybe with a hat?" he asked.
Jonesy groaned.
That's when jack ran up. He knew who the humpbacked man was.
"Igor!" he said to the humpbacked man. "Where's dr. finkelstein?"
"Sorry, Igor under strict orders," said Igor. "Not let anyone pass."
"But we're here to rescue the doctor from Oogie!" protested jack.
"Sorry," said Igor. "But master said if Igor let anyone pass, no biscuit!" then he groaned in pain. "Ohh…Igor starving!"
"Oh, brother…" jonesy groaned.
"Th-the witch shop…" said Igor. "You bring Igor biscuit, huh?"
"Okay, Igor," said jack. "If we bring you a biscuit, you'll let us pass?"
"Yes! Igor do for jack and jack's friends!" said Igor. "Hurry! Igor starving!"
"What about the others?" asked jonesy.
"We have other things to worry about right now," said jack, heading back toward the gate.
"Man… first my chicken and rice, now the others?" asked jonesy. "What next?"
"Your bathing suit model magazines?" asked jimmy. "Oh… I guess you already lost those."
"Don't remind me…" said jonesy.
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"Back at the witch shop," said jimmy.
"This better be worth it," said jonesy.
"It will," said jack.
CLANG!
"Now what?" jonesy asked, turning around. The gate leading back into the center of Halloween town had closed behind them!
"Hey, jack!"
jonesy winced at the voice.
"I don't think you'll find me as forgiving as lock!"
Shock jumped out behind the wall, followed by lock and barrel.
"I let you win before!" said lock.
"Quiet, you!" said barrel, hitting his cohort.
"Time for some help!" said shock as lock and barrel ducked back behind the wall. She put on her mask back on. This time, instead of skeletons, ghosts began popping up from the ground. "GET EM!"
"Aw, man…" grumbled jonesy.
"Don't worry, jonesy!" said jimmy. "I can take em, cause I got a bony helmet!" he charged into the ghost army.
"Yeah," said jack, readying his soul robber. "This won't take long."
"Whatever…" said jonesy, swinging his yo-yo mace.
Thanks mostly to jimmy's charge tactics, soon enough, all the ghosts were gone.
Shock took her mask off. There weren't any ghosts to be seen. "Huh? Where'd they all go?" jimmy, jonesy, Fred, Joe, Samantha and jack glared at her. "TIME TO SCRAM!" shock suddenly shouted, diving behind the wall.
"Hey, hold on!" said jonesy, running over to the wall. "GIVE ME MY RICE AND CHICKRN BACK!"
"That girl reminds me of my older sister," said jimmy.
"Yes, well, I think we have more important things to worry about," said jack, entering the witch shop.
But before jimmy, jonesy, Joe, Fred and Samantha could enter, jack was back outside.
"That was quick," said jonesy.
"They don't have anymore," said jack.
"What?" asked jonesy.
"But they said corpse kid has some," said jack. "Let's go ask him for some."
"Way ahead of you!" said jonesy, running off.
"Wait up, jonesy!" called jimmy. He Joe Fred Samantha and jack ran after their friend.
Jonesy got to corpse kid first. "Hey, kid!" he said. "Hand over the biscuits!"
"Jonesy, don't be rude," jack said as he caught up.
"What?" asked corpse kid. "You want my biscuit? No way! These are mine!"
"Okay!" said jimmy. He began to walk away.
Jonesy stopped jimmy then went back to rubbing his temples. When would this end?
"My fine boy," jack said calmly. "I need that biscuit to save the doctor from Oogie boogie's clutches!"
"And get my chicken and rice back!" added jonesy.
"And the others, too!" added jimmy.
"Oh…" said corpse kid. "But this biscuit's mine! Well… I guess you guys need it more than me…I know! I'll give you guys need it more than me…I know! I'll give you guys my biscuit if you can pass my quiz! It's about Halloween town, so it should be easy for you, pumpkin king!"
"Yeah, for him," said jonesy.
"Aw, come on, jonesy!" said jimmy. "Quizzes are fun!"
"Yeah, for you," said jonesy.
"Question one," said corpse kid. "What day is Halloween?"
"October 31," said jack.
"That's right!" said corpse kid. "Question two: how many hanging men does the hanging tree have?"
"Five!" said jimmy. "I know that cause me and Caitlin counted them!"
"That's right! question three: what color is the water in the Halloween town fountain?"
Fred looked at the fountain. "I'm gonna give a wild guess," he said. "Green?"
"That's right question four: what is the main ingredient used for Halloween?"
"Thrills and chills," said jack.
"That's right! Question five: what is the name of the town jack lives in?"
"Halloween town," they said together.
"That's right! question six: how many fingers does jack have on one hand?"
jonesy looked at jack's hands. "Four?"
"That's right! question seven: what is jack's last name?"
"Skellington!" said jimmy. "Jack skellington's the pumpkin king!"
"That's right! question eight: St. Patrick's Day, Independence Day, and New Year's Day. Which one doesn't have it's own holiday door?"
"New year's day," said Samantha.
"That's right! Question nine: what color is sally's hair?"
Jack smiled. "Red," he said.
"That's right! Question ten: how many bolts are on doctor finkelstein's head?"
jonesy Joe Fred and Samantha's eyes widened how were they supposed to know that? Even jack was a little perplexed on this one. Who would know…
"Eight!" jimmy suddenly blurted out.
Jonesy Fred Joe Samantha and jack looked at their friend.
"That's right!" said corpse kid.
Jonesy Fred Joe Samantha and jack's jaws dropped.
"Jimmy, I don't even want to know how you knew that," said jack.
"Show-off," jonesy grumbled.
"Let's see what you know," said corpse kid. "Unreal! A perfect score! Way to go, guys! A deal's a deal. Here's my biscuit!"
"About time," jonesy said as jack took the biscuits.
"Come on! Said jack. "We need to take these to igor!"
"And get my chicken and rice back!" said jonesy.
Jimmy Joe Fred Samantha and jack glared at their friend.
"…And save the doctor and find the others," jonesy quickly added. "Sheesh…"