A Daemon's Second Chance (Tales of Berseria x Kingdom Hearts)

Chapter 31: An Oogie Boogie Beatdown

The six heroes walked along the path to the graveyard gates. When they got there, they saw Sally rushing towards them, with a worried look on her face. 

"What's wrong, Sally?" Jack asked as she got near them. 

"Jack! Oogie's kidnapped Santa Claus!" Sally warned them. Everyone was startled at the news.

"Oh, no!" Jack cried. 

"And he's headed for Christmas Town!" Sally added. 

"I bet he's trying to destroy Christmas!" Laphicet gasped. 

"C'mon, Jack, let's hurry!" Sora declared.

The group charged through the graveyard and through the woods. They found the door to Christmas Town, and they all leapt into it, one after another. They arrived out the other end, Sora, Velvet and the gang now having their Christmas costumes. The group gathered together, with Sally bringing up the rear, to see smoke coming from one of the buildings in Christmas Town.

"That's Santa's house!" Donald squawked.

"Come on, everyone!" Velvet declared, and she led the group down to Santa's workshop. 

The group dashed through the town, passing by several Heartless, then into Santa's house, through the living room and into the workshop. The gang all produced their weapons and looked around. The place changed since they last saw it. The delivering machine had been redecorated, made to be more ominous and still stylish, with a black, red, purple and yellow combo to it. It wasn't a Christmas look, but more a Halloween look.

The group paused for a second, then they heard a maniacal laugh and they all turned to look up and see, to Velvet and Laphicet's point of view, a fat, walking, human-like bag, complete with head, feet and arms. Velvet didn't know whether to fear it or just plain laugh at the stupidity of the figure. She turned to Laphicet, and saw that he wasn't afraid of it in the least.

The moving bag hopped off to their level just as Sally came walking in, and elbowed her off to the ground floor as he jumped up onto a part of the machine away from them, and turned his head to the group. 

"Jack Skellington!" he addressed Jack. 

"Oogie!" growled Jack, prepared for fighting. 

"That's Oogie?" Velvet asked, "You think he would be more of a threat." 

"Don't underestimate him." Sora warned him as Oogie started to laugh.

"You and I have a score to settle, Jack!" Oogie told the Pumpkin King, "Same goes for your little sidekicks!" Laphicet looked down below to see Sally leaning against one of the machines, hopping on one leg, for the other one broke off. 

"What are you planning to do to Sandy Claws?" Jack asked him in a demanding tone.

"Who? Sandy Claws?" questioned Oogie, looking somewhat confused, "I don't know what you're talking about!" He hopped off the machine and onto the conveyor belt, revealing Santa Claus tied up onto his back, struggling to break free. "And why is this roly-poly red guy here?" Oogie asked, "Time to go, grandpa!"

'Not the sharpest bag in the shed, is he?' Velvet thought.

Oogie hoisted Santa to his feet, and was about to throw him into the machine. Sally threw her leg out in front of him, attempting to distract Oogie. It worked, for as he reached down to pick it up, Santa hopped off the belt and ran towards Sally, who was waving him in. Oogie was angry for getting tricked, and tried to pursue them. However, he was stopped by the six heroes, all raising their weapons. 

"Why, you..." Oogie sneered. He turned around and went along the central conveyor belt. He ran through the hole on the other end of the conveyor belt and disappeared. Next second, a glass platform lowered itself from the ceiling, with him at the controls.