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Winner of the Halloween Writing Contest part 2

Here is the other story by one of the two winners from the Halloween writing Contest. We had a lot of amazing stories! Special thanks and congratulations to StupidHappyLoser our second winner!

Enjoy!!

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      Roommates Tomb Mates  

“What is That?” Bulkhead gawked, blue orbs locked on the orange fruit which was proudly displayed on the children's makeshift table.

Miko laughed, “Uh this? It’s called a knife.” She grinned while twirling the silver appliance around in her hand, yelping when it fell from her grip and clattered on the concrete floor of the base.

Jack jumped at the sound, turning around from where he was situated by the railing. “Alright that's it, who gave her a knife?” He looked to Raf, who simply gave him a shrug from over the arm of the couch.

“I got it from my host parents' genius, not that they know- they don’t need to know anything,” Her fingers curled around the handle of the blade as she picked it up, skipping over to Bulkhead with a sigh. “I get that blades are more Jakies thing and all, but shouldn't you know what a knife is?”

Bulkhead frowned and pointed at the round fruit, “I know what a knife is Miko, but what is that?” He tilted his helm to the side in thought, “Is it edible? It doesn’t look like food.”

“Ohhh this! That’s right, I forgot to tell you!” Miko practically leaped back to the table. She flicked her wrist again, sending the knife into a stylish twirl. Raf flinched away from her, squinting his eyes shut and awaiting the sound of the tool crashing to the ground again. Instead of meeting the floor though, the knife was plunged into the top side of the large fruit with more force than what was probably necessary.

“It’s only the best tradition in existence! A scary, fun, terrifying, sometimes delicious-”

“It’s a pumpkin,” Jack cut her off mid ramble, eyeing the knife like it would come alive at any moment.

“-And I’m gonna make it into a Jack O'Lantern, Jack!” Her eyes lit up with realisation, “Then they're ‘il be three Jacks! How cool is that?” 

Bulkhead continued to squint at the pumpkin, still confused. “What’s a Jackson Lantern?”

“A Jack O’Lantern,” Miko corrected, putting extra emphasis on the ‘O’, “It’s what you call it when you scoop out all the organs of old Jack here and carve out his face!”

Jack cringed, “Do you have to name it after me?”

“Sorry Jack Rabbit, it's already been decided. Say, what are you naming yours Raf?”

Raf had chosen to carve a smaller pumpkin over the regular sized one. His mama said they were meant for baking but he really didn't care, he just found them cute. “I don’t know Miko, I’ve never really named one before.”

Bumblebee leaned over and looked at the concept drawings his charge had come up with before buzzing out a name idea.

“Jazz?” Raf looked up at the yellow scout in curiosity, “Why Jazz?” He waited a moment for Bumblebee to respond before answering back for the sake of the others, “An old friend of yours huh? Yeah, that could work. Jazz is a fun name.”

Bee smiled, buzzing in agreement.

Bulkhead laughed, “I remember Jazzy, wonder how he’s doing now. I’m sure he’d love this holiday,” Bulkhead squinted his optics, “what is this holiday exactly? I know about the disguises and the uh, Jack Faces, but what else do you do? It sounds fun!”