Author's note: I couldn't wait to post this chapter, so as a special treat to all you fans, I'm posting it now enjoy! - Ike1992

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Jack and the gang had just reached the roof of the mayor's house. But they hadn't taken two steps onto the roof when they saw the three certain somebodies were waiting for them. Can you guess who they were?

"Well, well," said jack, clutching his skull. "If it isn't the three little pranksters again."

"Figures…" grumbled Joe.

"At least jonesy can get his rice and chicken back now," said jimmy.

Lock, shock, and barrel, who were on the other side of the roof in their walking bathtub, snickered.

"You're still working for Oogie, are you?" asked jack.

"Dude, do you really have to ask?" asked Jude.

"We're not working," said lock. "We're playing."

"And winning," added shock.

"Another round, guys?" asked barrel.

"As if you had a choice!" all three brats said together.

Jack stood his ground. He was not amused. "It's time you three learned all games must come to an end," he said.

Jonesy looked at jack. For some reason, jack was covering his face. "Huh?" he asked.

Suddenly, jack popped his head up. And his face wasn't so innocent-looking anymore.

"HAAAAAAAAAH!"

Of course, the gang jumped, but the three brats in a tub didn't seem that intimidated. They began to taunt gang.

"Over here!" "This way!" "Ha!"

jonesy growled. "I have had it with the mouths on those brats!" he said, pure annoyance in his voice. "I say we take 'em down!" he took out his yo-yo mace and walked the dog.

"For once, I'm in complete agreement with you, jonesy," said Sam, readying his death rattle.

"HIT 'EM HARD!" jimmy yelled, bending over, ready to charge.

Jack didn't say anything. He simply readied his soul robber.

The others just readied their guns.

Then the battle began. The walking bathtub began to run across the roof. And the three brats in the tub began to sing.

Lock, shock, barrel: laa, la, la, la, la, la, laa!

La, la, la, la, la, la, laa! La, la, la, la, laa! Hail to mister Oogie! Jack will never when! When you find our booby traps

They will do you in!

Shock: first we brought the master back

To take this town away from jack! We knew he'd fight to set things right So we got bad guys who attack!

Jimmy and Caitlin: stop! We've had enough of you!

Your punishment is overdue! You've instigated chaos here And turned this town onto its ear!

Lock, shock, barrel: hail to mister Oogie!

Put jack to the test! Keep him guessing all the time Never let him rest!

Barrel: then mister Oogie boogie man

Shock: can take the whole town over then!

Lock: he'll be so pleased, I do declare!

Lock, shock, barrel: the whole world should beware! Wheee!

"We'll get you this time!" said shock.

"You're in big, big trouble!" said jack.

"This calls for extreme measures," said Sam.

Lock: now that Oogie is the king

We get away with everything!

You cannot scold us for our pranks!

The new king Oogie, let's give thanks!

Sam: don't be follish! Think now

All this danger isn't fun and games!

When this town is back to normal

Do you really want the blame?

Lock, shock, barrel: hail to mister Oogie!

This is so much fun!

We make mischief day and night

Our work is never done!

Jack, jonesy: if we told you once, we told you twice

To straighten out your act!

You'll never get away with this

And that, you brats, is fact!

Jack: I've had enough of this disgrace!

So take me to the hidden place!

Where my friends sit locked in a cage!

Or you will face my rage!

Lock, shock, barrel: wheee! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha…

"You can't win this time, jack!" said barrel.

"You kids are in big trouble," said jack.

"Give me my rice and chicken!" said jonesy.

Lock, shock, barrel: laa, la, la, la, la, la, laa!

La, la, la, la, la, laa!

Laa, la, la, la, la, la, laa!

La, la, la, la, la, laa!

Hail to mister Oogie!

Jack will never win!

When you find our booby traps

They will do you in!

Shock: first we brought the master back

To take this town away from jack!

We knew he'd fight to set things right

So we got bad guys who attack!

Jimmy and Caitlin: stop! We've had enough of you!

Your punishment is overdue!

You've instigated chaos here

And turned this town onto its ear!

Lock, shock, barrel: hail to mister Oogie!

Put jack to the test!

Keep him guessing all the time

Never let him rest!

Barrel: then mister Oogie boogie man

Shock: can take the whole town over then!

Lock: he'll be so pleased, I do declare!

Lock, shock, barrel: the whole world should beware! Wheeee

"Oogie will not be defeated!" said lock.

"Jimmy will defeat the deframed creature from the netherworld!" said jimmy.

"Oddly, I couldn't have said that better myself, jimmy," said jack.

Lock: now that Oogie is the king

We get away with everything!

You cannot scold us for our pranks!

The new king Oogie, let's give thanks!

Sam: don't be foolish! Think now

All this danger isn't fun and games!

When this town is back to normal

Do you really want the blame?

Lock, shock, barrel: hail to mister Oogie!

This is so much fun!

We make mischief day and night

Our work is never done!

Jack, jonesy: if we told you once, we told you twice

To straighten out your act!

You'll never get away with this

And that, you brats, is fact!

Jack: trusting him is a big mistake!

One that you don't want to make!

He might reward you, this is true!

By cooking you into a stew!

BOOM!

Jack, fittingly, delivered the finishing blow.

The walking bathtub was sent flying, but the three little brats weren't the only things that flew out of it.

Jonesy gave a big grin as the Independence Day door and his cup of rice and chicken landed at his feet.

"Yes!" said jonesy, picking up his chicken and rice. "Come to papa!"

Jimmy took the Independence Day door.

Jonesy was busy staring wide-eyed at his prize.

Jack, however, was focused on something else. He glared at the three dazed brats sitting in front of him. "Now it's time to really teach you three a lesson," he growled.

Lock, shock, and barrel snapped out their daze just in time to see jack slowly walk toward them, his face growing more and more demonic with each step. They began to quietly whimper and back away.

The gang, on the other hand, were loving this.

"Oh, this is gonna be sweet!" said jonesy, grabbing his spoon and scooping rice and chicken. He was so excited, he almost swallowed the chicken he was chewing.

Jimmy's face suddenly developed a wicked grin, and even Sam's adrenaline was pumping a little and even Nikki had her same grin on her face.

"Who's first?" jack asked, his voice matching his face: terrifying beyond rational thought.

All of a sudden, lock, shock, and barrel didn't look so scared. " Jack…" they suddenly said. "TRICK OR TREAT!"

"Huh?" jonesy asked. His jaw dropped, so the rice and chicken he was chewing almost fell out.

The three brats stood up and started to run away, to a secret button on the other side of the roof. However, barrel tripped, so lock and shock were the only ones to jump up and press the button.

"What the?" asked jonesy, confused. "What'd that do?"

Just then, jack and the gang felt like they were levitating. They looked down. There was a good reason that they felt like they were levitating. There was no longer any solid ground below their feet! The gang and jack gave a yelp as they disappeared down a hole.

Lock, shock, and barrel laughed. "Looks like they really fell for that one!" all three of them said together.

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Meanwhile, jack and the gang were falling down into total darkness. Of course, all twelve of them were yelling.

Just then, jack saw a piece of rock jutting down from who-knows where. But at the time, he didn't care. Just as long as he could stop falling!

"Soul robber!" jack shouted. The soul robber lashed up and grabbed the piece of rock.

The others were falling just above jack, so they were able to grab onto his legs Joe Fred and Sam grabbed on to Caitlin's cat tail and they all stopped falling. They all gasped for breath.

"Phew," said jack as they dangled there. "What a day this has been." Then he noticed something. He looked down at the ten teenagers holding onto his legs and the three boys holding onto Caitlin's tail" "One…two…three…four…five…six…seven…eight…nine…ten" the pumpkin king began to panic. Someone was missing! "Oh no where's jonesy?" he asked urgently.

Then jonesy's yelling came within hearing distance. Jack looked up and saw him whizzing down, one hand clutching his precious cup of rice and chicken. With his free hand, jack reached out to grab his friend… but to his horror, he missed.

"Grab him!" jack yelled, the panic now visible in his voice.

Jen tried to grab her stepbrother as he fell, but she missed too. Jimmy tried to clamp down on jonesy's shirt with his teeth, but, to their dismay, he missed as well.

"AWWWWWWWWW! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" jonesy's voice echoed as he kept falling.

And all jack and the others could do was watch as their friend disappeared into the darkness, his voice growing fainter and fainter until it could no longer be heard.