"Okay... let me see if I got everything, Bunny will distract Pitch and keep him from returning to the base. Baby Tooth will be nearby, hiding so as to warn as the moment he is about to return. I am going to break in and do as I said before with North who will fight of any nightmares. And Tooth will wait just outside just in case?" Jack asked.
"Yep, you got it mate" Bunny replied.
"Sounds pretty simple, only flaw is, can Baby Tooth get to us before Pitch?"
Baby Tooth chirped as if offended.
"She thinks she can" Tooth said "my fairies are pretty fast!"
"When flying."
Tooth sighed, looking at her now fragile and still wrings.
"Sorry Tooth, but it is true, would it not be better if Baby Tooth caused the distraction while Bunny went to get us?"
Tooth was about to refuse when Baby Tooth gave out a determined chirp, she liked this idea.
"Sorry, Tooth" Jack said picking up Baby Tooth of his shoulder "but she will be okay, right Baby Tooth?" he asked giving her a grin.
Baby Tooth nodded and smiled back up at Jack.
Tooth sighed "well if she wants to and nobody else has any complaints."
Jack grinned and as the wind ruffled his hair he held up Baby Tooth "wind will look after her" he said, more to the wind then to Tooth.
"The wind...?" Tooth looked confused.
"Yeah, with winds help Baby Tooth may not be able to fly but she can stay air born and that will be enough to escape if needed."
Tooth doubted the wind would be much help but as she saw Jack's expressions she just nodded, the boy probably knew what he was talking about.
Jack was hidden close to the old bed. He was hidden behind a tree, outside of the shadows. North was waiting a little further away along with Tooth. Jack listened carefully, soon he heard footsteps but soon realize they where not Pitched but the nightmares.
"The smell of fear, it is strong in that lovely little town, Jack would be so proud" he heard Pitch say, riding on one of his nightmares.
Jack clenched his fists when hearing Pitch mention him. Better angry then scared do.
"Tell me, my darling nightmares... how are the guardians?" he asked.
The sound of neighing and hooves.
"Typical."
The sound of hooves sounded getting further away. Jack waited a bit longer before coming out "come on!" he called and without moving he slipped under the bed and though the whole. He took a few steps forwards and waited for his eyes to get used t the darkness before running forwards towards the cages.
Jack had already opened up two of them when North got in "Jack!" he called.
"Here!" Jack replied "I'm getting the fairies out."
The fairies chirped. Jack grinned opening up another cage.
North walked over and looked up at Jack. North could barely stand without the support of his swords yet Jack was jumping around cages, forcing them open and carrying fairies to safety.
"Jack... how many left?"
"Not much, five cages" he said jumping up and emptying another.
"You are... amazing."
Jack blinked confused as he emptied another "pardon?"
"You can do all this, without your powers even... every other child has lost hope and you... you seem the same as always!"
"Well... for me... having Baby Tooth, the last twenty years have been better then the three hundred before hand" Jack pointed out, emptying yet another cage.
"Which is bad, Jack... very bad."
Jack just shrugged "it's not like I ever felt lonely" he says emptying yet another "I just got used to it, the knowledge that there where other people like me was enough to keep me going."
"You are strong Jack... I will find you trophy when this finished!"
Jack laughed emptying the last cage "trophy?" he said carefully putting the fairies down on the floor "that will be a fun to carry around, wind will love you for sure."
North looked confused, this just made Jack laugh more "that's all the fairies... you should get them out, I will be right back."
"Where you going?"
"I want my staff back."
"Jack..."
"Just get the fairies out, I will catch up, don't worry about me" he said with a smile before running of deeper into the base. He followed his instinct trusting that he could find it.
Jack laughed when he spotted his staff. He ran as fast as he could then grabbed it holding it tightly in his hands, at first he was happy and began to run back then he stopped, he looked at it. Didn't Pitch break his staff? He should have been looking for two halved not this...
At closer inspection he noted that frost did not form around the staff. His eyes widened as black sand suddenly grabbed his hands he tried to throw the staff to the ground but it was too later. The sand clung to him climbing up his arms and towards his throat. He screamed but the sand covered his face, not letting him breath.
North turned at the sound of the short cut of scream, his eyes widened and taking in a deep breath he used all the energy he had to run towards the sound. His eyes widened when he spotted Jack, he stopped right in front of him.
Jack stared up at him with desperate eyes. North hesitated, would touching the sand cause it to simply spread to him? He tried to cut it away with his sword but it didn't work it just reformed. Jack's eyes filled with tears and North realized the kid couldn't breath.
"Pitch!" North shouted, he knew this would probably get them both caught, but better then both killed, obviously.
Pitch was trying to swat Baby Tooth away when he heard the shouting echoing though the shadows. His eyes widened, he looked at Baby Tooth for only a second before vanishing into the shadows. He reappeared just out of sight in his base, he stared down at the sigh for a second.
He watched for a few minutes as North shouted desperately before he let Jack breath "hello... long time no see" he said finally stepping into view, North looked up, standing in front of Jack defensively.