Author's note: well, here's another combined chapter, and I'm answering any reviews.

On with the chapter!

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"Man, those spooks did a number on this place, didn't they? This sort of reminds me of the time Jude jimmy and I tried to scare Ron the rent a cop back at the mall." Said jonesy.

"Oh yeah dude that was cool!" said Jude.

"Oh that was funny uh huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh." Said jimmy.

"Um… jonesy if you don't mind me asking who is this Ron rent a cop guy?" asked jack.

"Oh some stupid security guard back at the mall." Said jonesy.

The team was looking at the area around the big pumpkin head. There were even more smashed pumpkins here than there were in the maze.

Sam looked up at the big pumpkin head and saw ghosts swirling around it.

"They're attacking from within!" Sam exclaimed.

Jack noticed a piece of root jutting out from the pumpkin head. "We'd better climb up and have a look," he said.

Jack lashed out the soul robber and grabbed the root, pulling himself up. The gang followed suit with jonesy's yo-yo mace.

"What next?" jonesy asked when all of them were on the top of the massive pumpkin.

"There," said jimmy, pointing to a hole that led inside.

"This must be where all the chaos is brewing," said jack. "Let's go!"

And with that, jack jumped into the hole.

Sam peered in. "but it looks so unsanitary…" he said.

"Yeah, what else is new?" asked jonesy.

"Come on, Sam," said jimmy, picking up Sam and jumping in, followed by the others.

Once inside, even nikki had to admit that the inside was a little gross.

"This looks just like the pumpkins back home before we lobotomize them," she joked.

"And we don't even use anesthesia!" said jimmy.

"Ha ha ha," said Sam, using all his strength to keep from gagging. "Can we please move on? Where's the troublemaker?"

"Right over there," said jack, pointing.

Sure enough, on the other side of the room was barrel, chowing down on a small pumpkin, along with a few skeletons.

Suddenly, barrel heard a noise behind him. He turned around…and saw twelve very familiar pairs of eyes glaring down at him.

"What?" barrel asked in disbelief. "You made it through my maze?"

"Now, barrel," said jack. "It's time we taught you a lesson."

"And get rice and chicken back!" jonesy declared.

The others looked at their friend.

"What?" asked jonesy. "I mean, besides the whole "teaching him a lesson" thing…"

But before jonesy could finish, the whole room became infested with more skeletons. Barrel started hopping around the room, too.

Jonesy groaned.

"GET THE KIDNAPPER OF SANTA!" jimmy yelled, charging.

"Jimmy…" Sam groaned. "Curse his spontaneous acts…"

It took longer for the gang and jack to rid the room of skeletons, just because there were so many. And the fact that barrel was hopping around and showering the group with pellets from his slingshot wasn't helping, either. But of course, that didn't stop jimmy. He just kept on charging, letting the pellets bounce off his bony helmet.

Then, before anyone knew what was happening, jimmy charged straight into barrel and rammed him into the wall. The skeletons disappeared.

"JAMES!" jen scolded.

Jimmy stood up. "Yes, mommy?" he asked.

"You were supposed to teach the kid a lesson," said jonesy. "That doesn't mean drive him into the wall!"

"It wasn't me, jonesy!" said jimmy. "Honest and for truly!"

"Ah well, it can't be helped," said jonesy, shrugging. "Start looking for my orange chicken and white rice!"

"Oh, jonesy…" jen mumbled.

Jimmy had only taken a few steps away from a dazed barrel when he had found something. "Ooh! Ooh!" he said, picking the object up.

"You find it, jimmy?" jonesy asked excitedly.

But instead of jonesy's cup of chicken and rice, jimmy was holding up a door in the shape of a turkey.

"Oh," said jonesy, disappointed. "It's just the turkey day door."

Then jimmy saw something else on the floor. It was a small key, lying right next to barrel. Jimmy picked that up, too.

Then jack walked over to barrel and kneeled down to his level. "Barrel," he said calmly. "Pranks are one thing, but real danger is not a good idea."

Barrel stood up, an ashamed look on his face. "I'm sorry, jack…" he said sweetly.

"Now, no serving Oogie," jack said as the gang walked over with the thanksgiving door and the key.

"Okay, jack," said barrel.

Then, without another word, jack walked over to the big pumpkin head's main exit, which had been unblocked when the skeletons attacked.

The gang followed the pumpkin king out, but as jimmy and Caitlin walked, they turned around just in time to see barrel put his arm behind his back…

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"So, what have we got so far?" jack asked as they reentered Halloween town from the pumpkin patch.

"Well, the pumpkin patch is okay now," said Sam. "And we've found four holiday doors, counting the thanksgiving door we've just acquired…"

"So, where to next?" asked jonesy.

"We should probably go and make sure the residential area is okay," said jack. "The gate that leads to it is behind the town hall."

Jack led the gang to the gate, but when he tried to open it, it wouldn't budge.

"Darn!" said jack. "Locked!"

"Big surprise…" said jonesy.

"I suppose we'll have to find another key," said Sam.

"Yeah," said jimmy. "Like this one I found back in the big pumpkin." He held the key up for the others to see.

Jonesy smiled. "That'll do," he said, snatching the key from jimmy. He tried the lock. Luckily, it worked.

"Well, that was easier than imagined," said Sam.

"You know we could have got our pistols out and shot the lock." Said Fred.

"Oh…right duh." Said Samantha.

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As the team entered the residential area, they looked around. There didn't seem to be much damage.

"Well, everything seems okay so far…" jack began.

"NO BRAKES!"

Somebody was shouting in the middle of the area. The team ran toward the screaming, and found clown, riding around on his unicycle. Only, it didn't seem like clown was controlling it…

"SOMEBODY STOP ME!" he begged as he swerved around town.

Sam looked over and saw that the tall witch was watching all the commotion as well.

"What on earth happened?" asked Sam.

"I was on my way home to get more supplies," the tall witch explained. "But then I heard screaming and found clown riding around. It seems those Oogies baddies inserted a motor in his unicycle and he can't stop it."

"Our turns!" yelled jimmy and Caitlin, running toward clown.

"Well, how the hell do we stop them?" asked jonesy.

"It seems the only way to stop it is to remove the motor, and even my spells can't do that," said the tall witch. "Maybe jack has something in his back of tricks?"

"Perhaps a good shock would stop the unicycle," suggested Sam.

"It's worth a try," said jack, putting on his sandy costume.

He threw some scare the devices out in front of clown. Sam was right; the unicycle did stop, but only for a split second. It would just start right back up again.

Jonesy watched as jack tried this tactic a few more times. "Well," he said after a while. "It's obvious that that's not working."

"hmm…" said the tall witch. "I guess the only way to stop clown is to use a tool to remove the motor by hand. I wonder where one could find such a tool?"

Sam's face lit up. "I know!" he said. "Follow me, gentlemen! I think I know just the person."

"Why does that not surprise me?" asked jonesy. "Jimmy Caitlin! Come on!"

Jimmy and Caitlin were still chasing clown around. They skidded to a stop. "Aww…"

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"Why are we back at the doc's house?" asked jonesy.

"Well, if he's a scientist, he's sure to have something that will help us, right?" asked Sam.

"He's got a point," said jack. "I have a good feeling about this too."

"I don't have any feeling at all," said jimmy.

It took a while, but the team made it back up to the top of the doctor's lab.

"If this guy's so smart…" jonesy panted. "…Why the hell doesn't he have…an elevator?"

"I've learned that it's best not to ask him things like that," said jack. "the doctor's a nice guy, but he can be on the stingy side sometimes."

"Sometimes?" asked jonesy.

Dr. finkelstein turned around when he heard the gang entering. "Oh, is that you, jack?" he asked.

Sam stepped forward. "Doctor…" he said. "We require the assistance of one of your contrivances."

The gang and jack looked confused, while jonesy sighed.

"You really scare me when you talk like that, you know?" he asked Sam.

The doctor stared for a second, then he acted like he understood. "Oh, you need a tool?" he asked. "Well, help yourself. They're right over there." He pointed to a tool box sitting on one of his desks.

Sam smiled. "Thank you, doctor." He walked over to the box, followed by the others.

"By the way, guys…" the doctor said as Sam rooted through the box, looking for the right tool. "Have you seen sally? That woman is always sneaking out without permission."

"God, I wonder why?" asked jonesy.

"jonesy…" said Sam. "We'll say something to her the next time we see her." At the moment, he pulled out an oddly-shaped tool. "Found it!" he exclaimed. "This should help me remove that motor."

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Jack and the gang slowly walked back to where clown was.

"So, what's the plan?" asked jonesy.

"Jack shocks the unicycle and I remove the motor," said Sam. "Plain and simple."

"Okay…" said jack.

Jack put on his sandy costume on again and threw another scare device. Clown's unicycle stopped right in front of it. Sam then lunged in with the tool and worked on the motor.

"Hmm…this should work," he said. Then, just like that, the motor fell out. "Yes!" Sam said triumphantly.

Clown panted. "at last…" he said. "I've finally stopped! Whoa…my eyes are spinning… ugh!"

The gang had to look away as clowned gagged, but jimmy, for some strange reason, didn't.

"Are you all right, clown?" asked jack.

"Yeah," said clown. "Thanks to you guys. But I hope those vampire brothers up the street are okay. I saw some of Oogie's monsters headed that way when my cycle went psycho."

"Vampire brothers?" asked Sam.

"Hey, didn't those brats say something about the mayor's house?" asked jonesy.

"I hope they're okay, too," said jack. "But that gate over there looks locked, so we can't go through."

"No problem!" said clown. There's a secret button on the top of my house. "I'll open the gate for you, and their houses are on the other side."

"Not much of a secret anymore," said jonesy as clown wheeled away on his unicycle.

"Jonesy, forget that!" said Sam. He glanced worriedly up the street. "I fear that we much more serious things to worry about…"

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ike1992: okay readers this is my 13th chapter and I'm getting started on my chapter 14 right now