Meanwhile, back in Halloween town, a crowd had gathered. The hanging tree, the witches, behemoth, corpse kid, clown, and even dr. finkelstein were in the town square, hanging around the fountain. Just then, they sensed that something was about to happen. They all gathered closer to the fountain and cautiously peeked over the edge.
Sure enough, something did happen. In a display similar to that on Halloween night, somebody began to rise from the fountain. And that somebody was none other than jack skellington! The hole he and the gang had jumped into had led right to the Halloween town fountain! Everyone standing around the fountain began to cheer and applause. However, jack wasn't alone…
A few seconds after jack appeared, all eleven teenagers burst out of the fountain at once, gasping for air and spitting out the fountain water. A few of the citizens reached in to help them out.
"Could you warn a person?" Nikki asked as she let water come out of her cargo pants.
"It'll take weeks to disinfect these clothes," groaned Sam. "And probably even longer to get this taste out of my mouth…"
"Well, you weren't supposed to swallow it," said jack. "Besides, I thought the fountain water's healing properties would be good for jonesy…"
That's when jonesy noticed something. "Hey, my headache's gone!" he said.
"Thought so," said jack.
"So now what?" asked Jen.
"We have to go after Oogie!" said jack.
"But we don't even know which way he went!" said Fred.
"And we still need to tend to the holiday leaders…" said Sam.
"Oh yeah…" said jack. He thought for a minute. "Okay!" he said finally. "You guys find someone to help the other holiday leaders, while I ask around to find out which way Oogie went."
"I guess we can do that," said Jen.
"You can count on us, jack," said Samantha.
"Good," said jack. "I'll meet you guys back here." And with that, he walked off to talk to clown.
"Okay, let's get this over with," said jonesy. "Jimmy Caitlin can you both…jimmy Caitlin?"
The others looked around. Jimmy and Caitlin weren't there.
"Not again!" groaned Jen.
Then the sound of someone clearing their throat met the gang's ears. They turned around. Dr. finkelstein and behemoth were looking at the fountain.
"Did you lose two of your friends?" asked doctor. He pointed up to where he and behemoth were staring.
The gang looked, and immediately saw that they had every right to stare. There, standing next to the monster statue that the water shot out of, were jimmy and Caitlin. Jimmy was in a pose similar to the statue, also squirting the fountain water out of his mouth. Caitlin was not in the same pose as jimmy she was in a sexy pose and she was just wearing her pink bra and pink panties and also squirting the fountain water out of her mouth.
"It seems those two have finally found their calling in life!" laughed dr. finkelstien.
"That reminds me…" behemoth said slowly. "I'd better water my pumpkins…"
The gang groaned. "Jimmy Caitlin, you maniacs!" said jonesy. "Get down from there!"
"And don't put that water in your mouths, guys!" said Jen. "You don't know where it's been and for god's sake Caitlin put your shirt and skirt back on!"
Jimmy and Caitlin spat the last of the water out of their mouths. "Oh, it was right there, Jen," said jimmy, pointing to the water in the fountain as he and Caitlin got down Caitlin put on her pink shirt and blue skirt back on.
"Enough of that, guys!" said jonesy. "We still gotta find someone to save the other holiday leaders!"
Sam thought for a second. Then his face lit up. "I know!" he said. Then he began to run toward the town hall.
"Gezz, more running…" jonesy grumbled as he and the others followed Sam.
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The mayor was standing up on the stage in the town hall, and was surprised to see the gang walking in. "Oh, guys!" he exclaimed. "You're back!"
"Mayor, we have a favor to ask," said Sam. "It seems that Oogie's lair is underneath this town, and five holiday leaders are being held prisoner there!"
"What?" asked the mayor.
"That's what jack said," said jimmy.
"We need to go with jack and follow Oogie," said Sam. "While we're gone, we would like you to release them from that dungeon, and kindly escort them to somewhere safe until we can fix this mess. Then you can return each of them to their own world."
"You want me to rescue the holiday leaders?" asked the mayor.
"It would help us out a lot," said Sam.
The mayor grinned. "You can count on me, guys!" he said. " I won't let you or jack down!"
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"Wow," that was easy," said jonesy as he and the others exited the town hall.
"You see how much easier things are when you ask for them, jonesy?" asked Sam.
"I suppose…" said jonesy.
Jack was waiting foe the gang when they got back to the fountain.
"Did you find out where Oogie was?" asked jonesy.
"Yes!" said jack. "According to the hanging tree, he was headed for spiral hill."
"Excellent!" said Sam. "And since the mayor's going to take care of the holiday leaders, we're free to go after him!"
"However…" said jack. "Remember those tombstones in the cemetery that we propped back up?"
"The ones that nearly broke my back?" asked jonesy. "What about them?"
"Well, somebody knocked them over again, so the graveyard is infested with monsters again."
"Well, that shouldn't be much of a problem, right" asked Sam. "We'll just fight our way through it until we get to spiral hill."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple," said jack. "The gate that leads to spiral hill is locked, and we need a key to get in. and it's hidden somewhere in the cemetery."
Jonesy groaned. "When will it end?" he asked.
"Why don't we use zero's nose again?" asked jimmy.
"Why, that's a good idea, jimmy!" said Sam. "While zero sniffs out the key, we can fend of the monsters!"
"Well, what are we waiting for?" asked jonesy. "Let's get this guy and save Santa!"
And with that, the team headed out of Halloween town and back into the graveyard.
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As they expected, this wasn't going to be easy. All of the tombstones had been knocked down, so Oogie's monsters once again had free reign of the cemetery.
"First thing's first," said Sam. "We need zero!"
Jack walked over to zero's grave and patted his lap two times. This time, the little ghost dog popped out without any hesitation.
"There you are, zero!" said jack. "We need your help to find the spiral hill gate key."
Zero barked happily. Then he was off like one of jimmy's Nissan skyline Gtr r34 models
"We'll hold the fort up over here," jonesy said to jack. "You follow zero and get that key!"
Jack nodded, then quickly ran after his dog.
It was either coincidence or just bad luck; but either way, as soon as jack left, an endless sea of Oogie's monsters and skeletons surrounded the gang. They really had to work overtime on this one. And they all had their own tactics: jonesy just stood there, letting the yo-yo mace zoom around and slam into its targets, sam closed his eyes and swung his death rattle around in front of him, and jimmy slammed into all of the monsters head-first, not caring where he ended up.
After what seemed like an eternity of doing the same old tactics, jack came to the rescue with the soul robber, getting rid of the remainder of the ghosts.
"Did you get the key?" jonesy panted.
"I sure did!" said jack, triumphantly holding up his prize. He looked at his little dog. "Thank you, zero." Zero gave another happy bark, then flew back to his grave.
"So where's the gate that leads to spiral hill?" asked Sam.
"In the second half of the graveyard," said jack. "we have to hurry!"
"What a surprise…" mumbled jonesy.
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It was the same story for the second half of the graveyard, which seemed to have twice as many monsters than the first half. Luckily, since jack was now there, it was a little easier to get through. Before they knew it, the team reached the locked gate that led to the famed spiral hill. Jack took no hesitation in unlocking it.
To the team's surprise, the area around spiral hill was almost eerily calm. There wasn't a monster in sight. So they just walked up to the hill, but not before noticing a strange statue next to it.
"What's that for?' asked jonesy.
"Oogie must have installed it so nobody could enter the hinterlands from this way," said jack.
"Look at those smaller statues," said Sam. "I think they mean something."
In front of the big statue, which was shaped like a small creature with a violin, there were four other statues. And they all had a familiar indent in each one of them. There was one shaped like a turkey, one pumpkin, one like a heart, and another like an Easter egg.
"What do we do?" asked jonesy.
Jimmy's face lit up. He ripped up a piece of the ground and held it over his head. "Boing!" he said to the others. "It's a light bulb! Boing!"
"Another idea, jimmy?" asked Nikki. "I think the last thing we need right now is another stupid curse…"
"I'm in the zone, Nikki," said jimmy. He then took the thanksgiving holiday door out of jack's sack and placed it in the turkey-shaped indent. It was a perfect fit.
Sam stared for a second. "By Jove, he's got it!" he exclaimed.
"That's it!" said jack. "We have to place the holiday doors in the statues for spiral hill to uncurl!"
"But if we have to leave the doors here, how are we gonna put them back in the hinterlands?" asked jonesy.
The others stopped. They hadn't thought of that.
"For once, you have a point, jonesy…" said Sam.
"We'll have to burn that bridge when we come to it," said jack. "For now, we'll just have to put the remaining two doors back."
And with that, jack took out the Halloween holiday door and put it in the jack o' lantern-shaped indent. Sam did the same with the same with the Valentines Day door, and jonesy with the Easter door.
With all four doors in place, the statue of the creature with the violin came to life. It began to play a soft, sad tune that sounded like something from a music box, yet it seemed vaguely familiar…
"So, that's it?" asked jonesy.
"We should be able to head on through now," said jack. "Come on!"
But as they began to climb up the hill, they discovered that someone was waiting for them…
"Hi, miss sally!" Said jimmy.
"Sally?" asked the gang all together.
And sure enough, there, standing at the top of spiral hill, was sally.
"Sally," said jack. "You shouldn't be here. It's dangerous!"
Sally looked worried. "I had to warn you," she said. "Oogie's headed for the hinterlands." She looked forlornly down spiral hill. "I have a bad feeling more trouble is waiting for you down this path…"
"Sally…" Sam began, taking a step forward.
Just then, jonesy stuck his arms out, preventing the gang from getting closer.
"Jonesy?" asked Jen.
Jonesy just smiled. Jack began to walk up the hill.
Jack: you give me strength to show you care I cannot fail with you so near I know I'd be lost without you
Jack and sally: we'll stand together, now and forever And I tell you, this very troubled night That we will set things right
All eleven teenagers were watery-eyed. The scene unfolding before them felt exactly like what had happened at this same exact spot last year on Christmas.
"It's okay, sally,' jack said softly. "Nothing's going to stop us from returning Halloween town to how it was before."
And with that, jack began to run down spiral hill as it uncoiled.
"That goes for us too, sally," said jonesy as he and the others followed jack.
"You have nothing to worry about," said Sam.
"We'll hit him once for you!" said jimmy.
Sally couldn't help but slightly smile as she watched jack and the gang disappear into the hinterlands.