Jonesy groaned. He was now lying face-first on the ground in some barren area away from Halloween town and Christmas town.
"Whose idea was it to jump off the sleigh while it was still in the air again?" jonesy asked as he slowly got up.
The others lied on the ground next to him. Like jonesy, the gang was clutching their heads while jimmy and Caitlin were giggling like crazy, lying on his back.
"If I recall correctly…" said Sam, "Jimmy and Caitlin's."
"Are Caitlin and me smart or what?" asked jimmy.
"NO!" the others said.
"Well, it seems we've reached our destination, nevertheless," said Sam.
"Which is…?" asked jonesy.
The gang stood up and looked around. It certainly wasn't Christmas town, but it didn't feel like Halloween town either. There was one thing abundant in the area: all around the gang was piles and piles of garbage, not just from Halloween or Christmas, but from the other holidays as well.
"It's the holiday junkyard!" said jimmy.
"That's actually a good explanation," said Sam.
"You think Oogie's somewhere around here?" asked jonesy.
"Well, we don't even have an attack plan, jonesy," said Sam. "Remember, jack doesn't know we're here."
"Oh…yeah," said jimmy. "So what do we do?"
"Trash Oogie in the trash heaps!" said jimmy.
"Yes, I suppose that's the general plan," said Sam.
"Yeah, but we need to be quick and tough about it," said jonesy. "So here's what we'll do…" but jonesy stopped short when he saw the sudden looks of terror on all his friends faces. "What?"
"Jonesy?" Sam squeaked, pointing behind jonesy. "Look."
"Epp!" Caitlin squeaked.
Jonesy turned around…and saw just why his friends were so scared. About ten feet away, behind a huge pile of holiday garbage, a huge mass of the junk was rising out of the ground. And for some reason, it looked vaguely familiar…
Then the gang realized just why the living pile of trash seemed so familiar. It wasn't just a pile of moving trash; it was Oogie somehow, Oogie was attracting the garbage to his body, making him grow bigger and bigger and BIGGER!
"JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!" the now monstrous Oogie suddenly bellowed. He was not pleased.
The gang clamped their hands over their ears, and jimmy was almost knocked over by the sudden force.
"OOGIE MUTATED!" jimmy yelled after the bellowing had died down.
"I believe you're right, jimmy," said Sam, staring in disbelief.
"Now do you see why we had to come along?" asked jonesy. "We gotta hurry and take this creep out before he does anymore damage!"
"Jonesy, can I ask you something?" asked jonesy.
"Uh…sure," said jonesy.
"Why are you so insistent that we help jack?" asked Sam. "He was doing what was probably best for us…"
"Because we owe jack!" said jonesy.
Sam stared at his friend, unsure how to respond. "We…owe jack, jonesy?"
"Yes!" said jonesy. "Jack has saved all of us on multiple occasions! Now we're gonna return the favor."
"I guess you're right…" said Sam, reflecting on their past experiences. "He did help save me when dr. finkelstein went psycho…"
"And he saved me when me and Caitlin fell asleep!" said jimmy.
"And he saved me when I konked my head," said jonesy. "And let's not forget last year!"
Sam's eyes widened in remembrance. "Oh, yes…" said Sam. "I'd almost forgotten. He saved me and the others from falling into that lava…"
"And it wasn't just that!" said jonesy. "Remember how I snuck into jack's sleigh last year, looking for my present?" the others nodded. "Well, jack knew I was there the whole time, and I ended up sitting next to him in the sleigh. And you know what we found out?" jonesy then took out the magic map to Halloween town and showed it to his friends. "It turns out that one of jack's old friends is the original owner of this map!"
It took Sam a few seconds to realize what jonesy meant. He gasped. "Your…brother, jonesy?" he asked quietly.
By this point, jonesy looked like he was about to burst into tears. He slowly put the map back in his pocket.
"Oh, jonesy…" said Sam. "I had no idea…"
"Come here, brave soldier," said jimmy, walking over and giving jonesy a hug.
"And that's not all," jonesy managed to wheeze out. "When the military shot us down…jack…he…he threw himself on top of me so I wouldn't get hurt. I could've died that night, guys. Jack saved my life…"
"Oh, jonesy…" said Sam, joining in on the hug the others joined in the hug too. "If that's the case, you had every right to come here and help out."
"Do not worry, jonesy!" said jimmy. "We shall stand together till the end."
Jonesy looked at his friends. "Really?" asked jonesy.
"Of course, jonesy!" said Sam. "It's like you said, we're nothing without each other!"
jonesy grinned. He was now confident that they could do it together. "Well then, what are we waiting for?" he asked. "Let's get that creep!"
Now with a new burst of confidence, the gang began walking toward Oogie, ready for the final showdown. However…
"Ho ho ho."
The gang froze dead in their tracks. They slowly turned around.
As they turned, a certain skeleton came out from his hiding place. "It's your last Christmas," he said, walking toward the gang.
"Uh…hi Jackie-boy," jonesy stammered. "What's shakin'?"
"I surrender!" cried jimmy.
Jack didn't say anything. He just stood in front of the gang, glaring at them. Then, suddenly, his face softened. He started walking toward Oogie. "Come on," he said. "We have a seven holidays king to dethrone."
The gang's faces lit up.
"Thank you, jack!" said Sam.
"How much did you hear?" asked jonesy.
"All of it," said jack. "You don't need to repeat yourselves."
"Geez, we can't keep anything from you, can we, big guy?" asked jonesy.
"Nope," said jack. "Now let's go show Oogie who the real king around here is."
"YEAH!" said the gang all together.
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This time, jack and the gang ran without hesitation to the place where they had seen Oogie. However, when they reached the area, there was nothing there.
"What the?" asked jonesy.
"You think Oogie swallowed himself?" said Sam.
"That's not a bad assumption…" said jack. "But I don't think so."
"OH, JACK…"
The team froze, then turned around. There, now looking more like a skyscraper made of trash, was Oogie.
"I'M JUST GETTING STARTED!"
"What now?" asked jonesy.
"We fight," said jack, taking out his soul robber. "Just like what we've been doing."
"Works for me," said jonesy, readying the yo-yo mace.
Sam took out his death rattle, while jimmy got ready to do some ramming with his bony helmet the others just got out their guns loaded them and cocked them.
The colossal Oogie smirked at jack and the gang standing below him. "IT'S PAYBACK TIME!" he drawled.
"Is that all you've got to say?" jack asked angrily.
Apparently, it wasn't.
Ike1992: ok the song I put that the jack Oogie and the gang are going to sing is dmx ruff riders anthem remix enjoy!
Jack the gang and Oogie: this thing right here… (Yeah yeah)
Is for my peoples in the streets…(ha hah) swizz beats (uh-huh)
And this thing right here…(ruff riders)
Will get your ass off your feet (remix! .. c'mon)
They call me drag-on, when it's time to bombI burn em all, till they all say turn em off
Cause these chips, I'm a run em all chickenheads, know I, be the colonel cause
I burn eternal, mixed wit the inferno so be careful, 'fore I burn you
You better learn dude, yeah I heard you
But I'ma hurt you, but you don't know?
My versatile, is a vessatile ruff riders be the team, which means a lot of ice cream, lot of schemes
Lots of beams to make your stock drop, right on the seams
Nigga here is too hot and too much for you to touch
Better tell your man cause I'm too tough
Indubitably, too dust
Do you bust? Cause we do
You need to ask people, but quietly
But they don't believe until they leave violently
Is you buying this?
Cause niggaz that purchased is under the dirt kid they call me drag-on; I'm the youngest but get bonkers collabo' wit my dogs from Yonkers
But this Bronx bomber's spittin flame so you better wear your armor
Flame on!
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"Halloween town is mine!" said jack.
"You tell him, jack!" said jonesy.
"Well, aren't we confident?" asked Oogie.
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jack the gang and Oogie: my dogs gon' stop, your dogs gon' drop
And then we gon' shut em down, open up shop first we had em like ohhh, now they like nooo
What baby!! That's how ruff riders roll
When I pop, I lock shop up, pull the drop upPark a block up, hit the alarm, put the top up stash the 'dro in my sock then pull my sock up
And keep the burner but if it's hot put my glock up
You know what I'm about, sliden off get my cock sucked or writin rhymes watching scarface in the hot tub
Whatchu wanna bet, when I pull it out
If you don't shout that every bullet'll go in and out who you know besides 'kiss take the piss in the bottle of crist'
And then give it to a modelin bitch
And you like your wacth plain, I'ma flood mine alligator bloodline trained to find coke and bit one time
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"This ends here!" said jack.
"I'm laughin' to death!" said Oogie.
"Seems appropriate," said Sam.
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Jack Oogie and the gang: y'all niggaz ain't hearin me out, till I pop up
Appear in your house, clearing it out, holiday style
Everybody actin violent and wild
Snatch the wife silence the child, that's how you lose I ruff ryde, I
Don't like to slide felt that I slipped
Then the gun's only helping the clip and like who the fuck is helping my hand
When I cock back and hop out the van
Double r, get a job, play the shit in the car
Hit a party start a fight at the bar, and snatch your r sell you shit for some coke and get the fuck out of dodge
Guess you figured that my niggaz, flippers, pullin triggers
News team crowd around, tryin to flick a picture
Get witcha, this bitch from illadelph marches quicker
Nigga not makin sense better stay up off liquor
Blonde bombshell, car-a-mel, heavy spender
Groups be sayin I'm they sister, hush ya mouth 'fore I hit ya sticken
In wiseguys, fake thugs, and bullshitters
Take you for a ride, cover up your eye, then I get ya
Used to be shy-er, now I'm a ruff Ryder
Big niggaz play me close, when they used to ride by her
Snatchin up your figures, frontin, know you dig us
Haters, scremin, and qout; who that bitch? And quot; (uhh, uhh,) mind your business nigga
Uhh, uhh, uhh…The x is gonna hit y'all niggaz hard, leave y'all niggaz scarred
Fuckin with the dog when you fuckin with the god
Rip y'all niggaz off, faggot niggaz soft
Remember me from up north, I had you scared to cough
My name is ringin bells, in penitentiary cells I'm making thugs rebel, ain't hard to tell
"I'm the seven holidays king!" proclaimed Oogie.
"You're king of nothing!" jack shot back.
"DEATH TO OOGIE BOOGIE!" yelled jimmy.
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Jack Oogie and the gang: you never really wanted it, so the mic you jumped in front of it
Outta sixteen shot I'm a hit, which one of you niggaz am I gonna getThought you knew what I was gonna spit, this time with this rhyme
But by the end of it, y'all niggaz is gon' be like, and quot; yo x ripped it! And quot; did my thing as usual it's never gon' stop them cats can't be for real, I got this shit locked!
Is that a game or a joke? Say the name or get smoked
Simple as that, simple as black, to the throat
Hit em all up to the coat, now you losin your life (grrrrrrrrr) a dog is a dog for life!
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The final direct hit on Oogie echoed throughout the empty wasteland of trash jack and the gang backed off, panting. Had they done enough?
"Oh my…" mumbled Sam.
Oogie groaned loudly. "NOT AGAIN!" he bellowed as a waterfall of bugs poured out of his mouth. And as they did, his body seemed to deflate, as if he was a giant thanksgiving balloon. "MY PRECIOUS BUGS!" Oogie yelled, and as he repeated this statement, he started to sound like a dying stereo as his body went flatter and flatter. "MY PRECIOUS BUGS…MY…precious…buuuuuuuuuuugs…"
When Oogie's voice finally faded into nothing, all that was left was a deflated Oogie body crawling with insects.
All jack and the gang could do was stare at the sight.
"I don't care how many times I see that," said jonesy. "That's still disgusting."
"Yeah," said jimmy and Caitlin said together.
Then, jack and the gang freely fell to the floor, onto their backs. They were clearly exhausted. But they couldn't help but start laughing.
"Well, we did it again, guys," said jonesy.
"I'm quite proud of ourselves," said Sam.
"I'm stuffed," said jimmy.
"Guys?" asked jack.
"Yeah?" the gang asked all together.
Jack's next statement was so quiet, the gang almost didn't catch it.
"Thank you."