Hey, so here's the next chapter finally. Just one thing before we start; if or when you leave a review, can u please please keep it pertaining to this story? It's a little disheartening to get excited at seeing a new review, and it turns out to be about an entirely different story that's in no way connected to it.

So please keep the reviews related to THIS story. Alright, on with the story! Whats Paddywhack's sick game this time, or does Quacky have a game plan of his own?

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Quackerjack was fiddling with one of the bells on his hat, though the jingle seemed fainter than usual. His hands and neck still hurt.

"There's confusion in youur mind...as tasty aaas it iiis, what aaare you pondering?"

"...How come you didn't make me wear a business suit? I-I'm not complaining but..."

"Well, you were expecting it, weren't you? Where's the fuuun if you're expecting it?"

It made sense, Quackerjack had to give him that. One of the things the toy maker prided himself in was his own unpredictability. Not that it helped now, he didn't have anything to work with in this space...but...if he was in that open area from before...

"I wanna go outside..." He mumbled. The atmosphere grew dangerously tense, and he quickly backpedaled.

"N-Not outside the box! I mean...wherever we were the last time..."

Paddywhack was silent, and Quackerjack assumed he was thinking it over.

"What exactly do you think I can do? I don't have anything to work with."

The silence went on, before Paddywhack finally responded.

"Very weeell...but should you try anythiiing, you WILL regreeet it..."

The light went out for a brief second, before coming back, and the whole area lit up, revealing the confusing and abstract world he remembered. Okay, this he could work with...

Paddywhack didn't seem to be around; he couldn't sense him anyway. Quackerjack glanced around at the landscape, eyes falling on a giant pair of scissors, and a large elastic band which was attached to a boulder, all perched precariously on a cliff.

'Hmm, potential...now it's REALLY playtime...'

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He wasn't sure how much time had passed, he really had no way to keep track of it, but he must have spent the majority of his limit scaling the cliff, because he could feel Paddywhack's presence approaching. Cautiously peering over the edge of the cliff, he spotted the strange form of the duck manifesting from the shadow cast by the cliff.

"Alriiight little clown, time's up; where aaaarre you?"

Swallowing down his fear, Quackerjack moved to the large scissors, and pulled on the end that was in the air. After a bit of resistance, they gave, and the elastic band holding the rock was cut. The boulder rumbled, before rolling off the cliff. There was a shout, before it was cut off by the crash of the rock, and silence followed. He peered over the cliff again, and saw the rock, resting on the cracked ground below, and there was no sign of Paddywhack.

"...It worked? It actually worked! I did it, ha ha, I did it!" Quackerjack cheered happily.

His joy was interrupted by a rumble, and a large shadow soon enveloped him, and he slowly turned around. He immediately wished he hadn't; a large and furious Paddywhack loomed over him, red eyes glowing with pure anger, and sharp teeth bared in a furious snarl.

'Oh I reeaally did it…' the toymaker thought with a gulp.

Everything suddenly vanished in a flash of light, and he was back in the spotlight surrounded by darkness. Things were dangerously silent as he looked around, until he heard a soft growl. Something lunged out of the shadows in front of him, and he fell back with a yelp. He got a better look, and realized it was a large hand…with needle like claws digging into the ground. It slid back into the darkness, leaving thin grooves in their stead and a terrified Quackerjack trembling on the floor. As he stared, he noticed the circle of light he was in was getting smaller and smaller, forcing him to draw his legs in as he curled into a ball.

"Please don't hurt me, please…" he whimpered, face buried in his multicolored sleeves. There was no reply of any kind as the light grew smaller, and soon everything went dark. Silence followed for several seconds, before it was shattered by screaming.

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