Jack sat next to Tsuki's head. He watched her as she slept peacefully. After they got back, Jack had laid her on the couch in front of the fire that Bunnymund started. Bunnymund helped get Tsuki comfortably on the bed and then left them alone. It had been a long time since Jack had last seen Tsuki. She was a sight for sore eyes.
His hand reached over and brushed her hair behind her ear. The slight touch of his cold hand woke Tsuki. Her eyes slowly opened and looked at Jack.
"Jack."
"Tsuki. It's been a long time..."
Tsuki smiled weakly as Jack smiled back as his throat got caught.
"Yeah," Her face turned to a questionable one. "Where are we?"
"We're at North's place. In one of the room's we stayed before..."
Tsuki relaxed and shut her eyes again. Jack ran his hand softly through her snow white hair.
"Jack."
"Hm?"
Tsuki opened her mouth to speak, when Jack heard shouting come from the other side of the door. He looked at the door with concern and then back at Tsuki.
"I'll be right back."
Tsuki tensed up as Jack left. Her stomach started to hurt as Jack got closer to the door. He opened it and stared at Bunnymund and Vallerie who were in each other's face. Jack stepped out with an irritated look and shut the door softly.
"What the hell's going on?"
"She wanted to go in and see you."
"He won't let me see you! I was so worried when you disappeared and they just told me you got back."
Jack looked at Vallerie her face held worry and distress. He looked away.
"I'm fine."
"I can see that now."
"What did you need me for?"
"I wanted to talk to you about the place you were at. I think Pitch is on the attack again..."
Jack gave Vallerie a stern look. If that was Pitch's doing, then why did he hear a girl's voice when he was pushed into the darkness?
"How do you know this?"
Vallerie looked down at the floor and then up at the ceiling.
"Well... You know..."
Bunnymund sighed and answered.
"She talked to Pitch."
"You what?" Jack took a step towards Vallerie. She took a step back and gave a scared look. "You talked to Pitch? How? Where did you see him at?"
Bunnymund stuck a paw out and held Jack back. He didn't realize it, but he had pushed Vallerie up against the wall and was leaning towards her in an angry fashion.
"I think we should let her," He nodded towards the closed doors. "Rest before we hear the whole story."
Jack looked up at Bunnymund with fierceness. Bunnymund gave him a look back and slowly lowered his paw as Jack backed off and headed back towards the doors.
"We'll be out in a few minutes. Meet us at the globe."
Bunnymund nodded and started to leave as Jack went back into the room. Vallerie peeked between the two doors and saw a flash of white hair. Her blood red lips curled into a smile as she skipped after Bunnymund.
"Tsuki?"
Jack turned around and looked around the room. Tsuki wasn't on the couch anymore and she didn't leave the room or else he would've noticed it.
"Tsuki, where'd you go?" He whispered in the empty room.
"I didn't go anywhere."
Jack spun around and was greeted with a hug from Tsuki. Jack hugged her back immediately.
"Don't do that ever again."
Tsuki pulled away and nodded as her cheeks were touched with pink. Jack looked her up and down. She wore the same outfit she did all those years ago. A lilac, strapless dress that went down to her knees with a small, baby blue ribbon wrapped around her waist. It matched her light purple swirled in dark blue eyes. The only thing that was missing was the necklace.
"What happened to your necklace?"
Tsuki looked away more. Her face turned sad melancholy. They were silent.
"What exactly happened to you?"
"I was ambushed."
"How?"
Tsuki grabbed her right arm with her left. She squeezed it tightly as her eyes filled with water.
"I was called down to a child. They needed help, so I went to help them. But then..."
Her voice started to waver. Jack took a step towards her. He remembered when he confessed to her.
"I love you."
"Then what?"
"The child disappeared and I was hit from the back. My eyes went dark and when I woke up, a girl was shooting needles at me."
"What did this girl look like?"
Tsuki shut her eyes. The memory coming back to her. It was dark and the only light was on her and the girl. She stood ten feet from her and shot three needles at a time. She was tied up and couldn't defend herself.
"She-"
"Jack!"
The door burst open and they both turned to look.
"Jack! We have a problem!"
Vallerie stood at the door panting hard. Tsuki looked at her and her eyes grew wide with fear.
"Yes, fear."
Her eyes glazed over as she fell to her knees. Jack turned and looked at Tsuki.
"Tsuki!"
"Jack, come on! The other Guardians need your help!"
Jack looked back at Vallerie. Her face was panicked. Jack turned back to the moon Guardian and helped her up and carried her army style towards the door. As he passed the couch, he grabbed his staff and moved quickly.
"What the hell?"
Vallerie stood next to Jack. They were looking at the other Guardians whom were on the ground; defeated. Jack hopped over to Bunnymund and slowly lowered down with a firm arm around Tsuki's waist.
"Bunnymund, what happened?"
Bunnymund blinked up at Jack.
"There was darkness everywhere... Then we were attacked by something powerful..."
Jack's eyebrows furrowed and his mouth was turned into a upside down sneer. He stood up and looked at Vallerie whom was checking on Tooth.
"Vallerie, what happened here?"
Vallerie hesitated before she looked at Jack. When she looked at him, her dark brown eyes flashed an innocent, but devilish look. Jack was mesmerized by them.
"We were attacked, but I just barely got away in time."
She walked like a cat watching it's prey toward him. Jack stood frozen. Her hand lightly traced his jaw bone down and rested on his cheek. Vallerie's face was so close to Jack's that it would look like they were kissing. Inside his head, he screamed to move, but his body wouldn't listen. Vallerie licked her lips and closed the very small gap between them.