GW: Since I'm only a few chapters away from finishing this story, I'm going to do a 4 Pete update of 'NBC' and finish the story as soon as possible! Enjoy!

The Father Man

Back at Halloween Town, Allen was observing the Wakey Claws garb which he had on that Lenalee made for him. She was still sewing the red pockets on his left pant leg. Lenalee and Allen's friends were watching nearby. "Man, this is whacked-up," Bug sighed as he massaged his head. "You got that right," Georgie agreed, trying not to notice the fact that she was near her crush.

"You don't look like yourself, Allen," Lenalee frowned. "Not at all…"

"Got that right," Komui grumbled.

"I know…" Allen said slowly before shouting happily, "Isn't that great?! It couldn't get any greater!"

"Nutjob," Naruto joked, making Misaki giggle a bit. "Naruto-kun, that's not very nice."

Lenalee turned away for a second as she took out the picture of Allen in the Claws outfit and flipped it over to reveal the original picture. "But you're the Exorcist King!"

"Not anymore!" Allen took the picture from her and broke it in half by smashing it over his knee, throwing the pieces away. "And I feel so much better than before!"

"Allen, I know you think something's missing," Lenalee said, continuing with her sewing, "but…"

"Ow!" She had accidentally pricked Allen's leg with the needle.

"Sorry," she apologized.

"You know what? You're right…" Allen agreed with her. "Something is missing…but what? I got the shirt, the shoes, the pants…" Allen's friends sighed again. "Mr. Allen doesn't get it," Cream sighed as Cheese agreed with her.

"Allen! This time we bagged him!" eight voices exclaimed.

"This time we really did!" Malice added. "What a relief! I was just about to collapse from all this hard work!" Lie sighed.

"What are you talking about, Lie!?" Revenge snarled. "We were the ones who had to fight off his Familiar, his siblings, and their Familiars! You barely did anything but stand their with him in the bag!"

"…And your point is?" she replied dully.

"Never mind…" Hypocrisy groaned.

"This dude sure was tough to capture, Allen!" Chaos said.

"And he's heavy!" Spite complained. "He's gotta at least weigh 200 pounds!"

"Lemme out!" a voice from a large black trick-or-treat bag screamed. "And I'm not fat! I'm big-boned…" Wakey Claws/Wake and Ao finally squeezed their heads out of the bag's opening and moaned miserably.

"Wakey Claws in person!" Allen smiled gleefully, walking over to the Minor Sins as with everyone else in the vicinity. "It's a pleasure to meet you!" Allen took Wake's hand, shaking it. "And you have……hands! You don't have claws at all!"

"Where are we?" Ao demanded, her eyes frantically shifting back and forth through the crowd to see all the monsters and creatures of Halloween Town.

"Oh, good; it's just monsters," Wake sighed in relief. "For a second there, I thought my evil twin kidnapped me."

"Surprised, aren't you?" Allen said, totally oblivious to Wake and Ao's distressed look. "I knew you would be! You don't need to have another worry about Christmas this year…"

"Say what?" Wake blinked.

"Consider this a vacation, Wakey, a reward," Allen continued. "It's your turn to take it easy for year…"

"You gotta be kidding me!" Wake shouted.

"Yeah…I don't think he is," chowder shook his head uneasily.

"See that he's comfortable," Allen said to the Sins, who saluted. They were about to drag Wake's bag off, but Allen stopped them. "Just a second, guys!" The exorcist yanked Wake's necklace off and placed it over his neck. head. "Of course, that's what I was missing!"

"But…" Wake was interrupted.

"Thanks!"

"You can't just…" Masochism shoved Wake's head back into the bag and the bathtub started to carry him off.

"Don't feed him to Gluttony!" Bug shouted to the Sins as they left the gates.

"We won't," Sadism called back, but he secretly smiled evilly as he whispered, "But you didn't say anything about giving him to Father."

"BTW, nice look, brother," Masochism deadpanned at her brother's new look: his filthy hair was pulled in a short pony and he wore a dirty brown coat over a black collared shirt that has seen its life, torn dark pants, and boots.

"Thanks, the authoress seems to like it as well," Sadism replied dryly.

"Where are we going!? I don't want to go to an underground torture chamber!" Wake cried comically.

Allen, meanwhile, was practicing his Wakey Claws laugh. "Ho, ho, ho…no, no, that's not deep enough…"

"This is worse than I thought," Lenalee murmured to herself and her friends. "Much worse…" Lenalee then suddenly got idea! "I know how to stop this!"

"That's my baby sister," Komui said proudly as the group ran off, lead by Lenalee.

"Me? On vacation on Christmas Eve?!" Wake shouted from inside the bag. "I can't! I'd like to, but I can't!"

"Where are we taking him?" Hypocrisy asked her friends.

"To Father, of course!" Malice answered simply. "There isn't anywhere in the whole world more comfortable than that, and Allen did said to make him comfortable. Didn't he?"

"Yeah, he did," Chaos smirked as they all grinned evilly.

"Haven't you heard of peace on earth and good will toward men?" Ao asked.

"NO!!!" the sins shouted back, cackling insanely as they headed home.

Lenalee, Misaki, Cream, Cheese, Georgie, and Komui were back at Eggman's laboratory as Lenalee removed a tile, revealing a hidden hiding spot, and pulled out a glass jug. On its label read 'FOG JUICE.' "This oughta stop Allen…"

She and her friends headed out quietly as Eggman was working on his newest robot to replace Lenalee. "To think of all we'll have in common!" Eggman smirked, pulling open his hinged head and taking out half his brain to stuff in the robot's new head. "We'll have conversations worth having…"

Meanwhile, the Sins were cracking up as they were attempting to shove Wakey Claws and Ao down their chute to Father's part of the tree house. "Don't do this!" Wake's voice echoing from the chute. "Naughty children never get any presents!"

"I think he might be too big," Masochism groaned, using a plunger to shove Wake and Ao further in.

"He's not that big," Chaos said, taking several steps back. "If he can go down a chimney, he can fit down…HERE!" Chaos then kicked Wake and Ao's back end very hard, enabling the two to be shot straight down the chute.

Wake and Ao groaned in pain as they landed on top of a spinning roulette table in a dark room, their wrists and ankles/paws bound together with ropes. To their horror, as they looked at the room, all the objects – even the bats in the room – had skeletons revealed inside them. Wake struggled to get free, but then some music started playing. He looked to his left as twin doors swung open and a pair of dice came rolling towards him, landing in front of him.

"Well, well, well…what have we here?" a shadowy being walked toward Wake. He walked into the light, revealing himself to be a man clothed all in shadow as a faint glow wreathed him. He was Father, the most evil, vilest villain of Halloween Town. "Wakey Claws, huh? Oh, I'm really scared! So you're the one everybody's talkin' about? Ha, ha!"

You're jokin', you're jokin'…
I can't believe my eyes!
You're jokin' me, you gotta be!
This can't be the right guy!
He's stupid-looking, he's ugly…
"Hey!" Wake protested.

I don't know which is worse!
I might just split a seam now
If I don't die laughing first!

Father cackled, spinning Wakey Claws and Ao around on the roulette wheel.

Mr. Father says,
There's trouble close at hand.
You'd better pay attention now,
'Cause I'm the Father Man

He picked Wake and his Familiar up and began dancing a mock-tango with them.

And if you aren't shakin',
There's something very wrong
'Cause this may be the last time
You hear the Collector Song

Ohhh…

Three skeletons in chains came to life. "Ohhh…"

"Ohhh…" Father spun a vice used to crush two skeletons.

"Ohhh…" they hummed.

"Ohhh…" Father pulled down chains with bats upon them.

"Ohhh…" they sang.

All/Father: Oh, he's/I'm the Father Man

Wake and Ao were laid before three robots with pistols pointed towards them as they slowly rolled their way.

Wake: Release me now

Or you must face the dire consequences!

The children are expecting me

So please, come to your senses!

Before the last second as the robots were about to fire, Father pulled the two prisoners out of the path of the bullets and laughed hysterically.

Father: You're jokin,' you're jokin'!
I can't believe my ears!
Would someone shut this fella up?!
I'm drownin' in my tears!
It's funny, I'm laughing!
You really are too much
And now, with your permission,
I'm going to do my stuff…

"What are you going to do?" Ao asked nervously.

"I'm gonna do the best I can, puppy," he answered simply. "OOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!" The room began rotating around, revealing itself to be large roulette wheel.

The sound of rollin' dice,
To me is music in the air
'Cause I'm a gamblin' Father Man,
Although I don't play fair!

Father threw another pair of dice at Wake as they bounced of his head.

It's much more fun, I must confess,
With lives on the line!
Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy,
Now that'd be just fine!

Wake: Release me fast or you will have to answer for this heinous act!

Ao growled. Father responded by using a crane to lift Wakey Claws and Ao into the air by their bound paws/hands.

Father: Oh, brother; you're something!
You put me in a spin!
You aren't comprehending,
The position that you're in!
It's hopeless, you're finished,
You haven't got a prayer!
'Cause I'm Mr. Father
And you ain't going nowhere…

Father stood next to the nervous Wake and Ao, chuckling sinisterly with flames shooting around him. Hearing that through the chute, the Minor Sins crackled with him.

Wake: Ao and I are screwed, aren't we?

GW: Don't be so negative! Onto the next chapter!