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Thanks to all you nice reviewers. After this chapter it may take a bit more time to update owing to the fact that now I have the DVD I need to go through and be sure I'm perfectly accurate. I'm weird that way. I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP!

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Somewhere along the way Reign hit her head hard on a rock and passed out. When she awoke she was still in the bag, but her hands were bound behind her back. What a great day she was having. Where was Jack? Surely he would be out looking, right?

It seemed that a fourth person had joined the trick-or-treaters. The person was talking much to low for Reign to hear, but she could hear every word the trio was saying. She didn't move. She didn't want them to know she was awake.

"It was really easy," Shock was saying.

"I feel awful," muttered Barrel. He was always the most sensitive of the three. The fourth person muttered something, and the three were silent, and the air had a tang of fear in it. Not just the Trick-or-Treater's fear, but Reign's terror as well. And yet she could not think badly of them. They hadn't wanted to capture her. They were three of her best friends. Someone must have threatened them. What she was scared of was Oogie. Jack had often told her chilling tales of before he had destroyed him. Where was Jack?

More importantly, where was Reyana? Did Oogie already have her? Reign was now terrified for her sister's safety, as well as her own. Was that why no one had been able to find her? Reign needed a hero, and no one even knew she was in danger. Jack's house had not been ransacked in any way. By the time Jack found out she needed help in a few days or so, it would be too late. It seemed she was in this one on her own.

"Is she still out?" asked Lock.

"How should I know?" snapped Shock bad temperedly. There was a rustling and the bag opened as the three kids looked inside. She looked at them pleadingly, and they looked helpless. They closed the bag.

"She's awake," said Lock to the mysterious fourth person. The person muttered something in reply, and she could almost see Lock, Shock, and Barrel shivering. Reign just no noticed she couldn't say anything. Her mouth was gagged. This made things even worse. Tied up and unable to make a sound. Brilliant.

Well, since they knew she was awake, may as well make an effort, right? Reign was not going without a fight. She began to thrash strongly. She felt the bag slip free of the kids' grip. It began to roll, but it didn't go far, because the Trick-or-Treaters caught up with it.

"That was close! She nearly fell in the pit!" She heard Shock say. Crap. She was out of chances. No way out. Game over.

Now let me tell you that Reign wasn't one to cry. She was a very tough girl. She was a Skellington after all. But in the face of this inescapable predicament, and in the grip of her terror, she began to cry, first a single tear, then many. She wasn't going to escape. Dad wasn't here to save her. No one knew where Reyana was. And all Reign could do was cry. Empty tears.

Matters where made worse when she was dumped into a metal shoot. Before she slid down she swore she heard Lock, Shock, and Barrel mutter one final "Sorry."

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Okay guys, we're getting close to the good part, also known as my fave chapter. Yep, another cliffhanger! I love those things! I know I didn't get any reviews for chappy 5 before this, but I felt I owed you guys for the slow update.I update for reviews and personal guilt only! Submit your review today! It only takes about ten seconds to press the button and type 'post more'. I know you can do it!