Black Ice
Chapter one: Making a Deal With The Devil
I was in the motion of sitting up but something tugged at my wrists preventing me from doing so. I looked at my wrists and despite the darkness I could see gold cuffs with gold chains attached to them. The cuffs had engrave designs that ran all the way around the cuffs. The center of both cuffs had small diamonds. After every third diamond there was a snowflake made out of rubies and due to the fact the cuffs were touching my bare skin, a thin layer of frost enhanced the delicate details.
I looked down at my ankles and saw that the cuffs had the same craftsmanship as the ones on my wrists.
My eyes darted around the room, searching for any means of getting out this situation but I saw nothing...nothing but darkness.
How did I get here? I thought as my mind tried to retrace everything that happened tonight. If it was still night that is.
The cuffs tugged at my wrists again, I desperately wanted to know where I was and that caused anxiety to build up inside of me. It started in my stomach and then crawled at my brain. My lungs burned with the need for oxygen as I hyperventilated.
I shook my head and closed my eyes to focus on calming down and steadying my breath. Panicking now wouldn't do me any good.
After a minute or so I opened my eyes again.
"How does it feel, Jack?"
My heart stopped upon hearing his voice. How could it be?
"A free spirit such as yourself must hate being confined to such limited movement like that."
"What do you want, Pitch?!", I growled.
The Nightmare King had a stupid smirk on his face. "You already know that answer, Jack."
"My answer is still no, Pitch! I'll never join you and especially not now!"
"Well, maybe this will change your mind."
Pitch snapped his fingers and a Nightmare stepped out of the darkness. It was holding Jamie by the collar of his shirt.
The condition that Jamie was in made my blood boil. Cuts, bruises, fresh scars, and burns were just some of the injuries I could see and that was just on his exposed upper body.
"Let him go Pitch!", I yelled while trying desperately to break the cuffs.
"Oh, I'll let him go if you join me."
I looked over at Jamie who was shaking his head.
"I'm not changing my answer."
"Okay then, have it your way." Pitch suddenly formed a dark arrow and then plunged it into Jamie's abdomen.
"NO! JAMIE!"
Pitch grinned evilly, "Don't worry Jack, that won't kill him but I can't promise the next blow won't."
"Stop it! Please. I'll do it, I'll join you. Just please don't kill Jamie."
I looked over at Jamie who was crying and shaking his head. "Jack please don't join him because of me. Forget about me, please Jack."
I shook my head, "I can't do that Jamie, you're little sister needs you."
I turned my attention to Pitch. "I'll do whatever you want Pitch. Just promise me you will let Jamie go unharmed."
Pitch smiled and then signaled the Nightmare to leave. "Alright, then we have a deal?"
I reluctantly nodded my head.
Pitch started to walk away. "Get some rest, Jack. You're gonna need it for tomorrow."
I shouted at Pitch to let me go up until I couldn't see him anymore.
I was alone in the darkness once more.