Chapter 4- The plan
Jack stood still and waited for the conversation to begin. He was excited to see how things worked between the Guardians and MiM, also he felt nervous since he could never actually communicate with him.
"Manny, what is the news?" North asked. A giant shadow appeared on the floor. Jack watched it carefully as it took the shape of the Boogeyman. "Looks like Jack was right. Pitch's back."
"But how can that be?!" Bunny called. "It's the second time he comes back! How do you destroy that b***?!"
"You don't." Jack said and drew the attention to him "He told us himself, 'there will always be fear'. The only thing we can do is to stop him every time he tries to pull something."
"So, he's back again. Thank you for informing us, old friend." North said and the shadow disappeared. "We'll have to confront him again."
"So we're going to search for him now, or we'll wait for him to show himself?" Tooth asked.
"I think we should search for him. He had already attacked Jack. We need to strike him before he strikes us!" Bunnymund called.
"I think we shouldn't. I mean, he might have planned this. He did not attack Jack for nothing. It's probably a trap." Tooth said and her fairies agreed with her.
"The guy obviously wants revenge on Jack. Without him, he could've won. This is why Jack was attacked. Not because of a trap." Bunny claimed.
"I don't think they tried to kill me." Jack said "There were only two horses. Don't you think it's weird? If he tried to kill me he could've sent more of these horses."
"But what if he's weak?" North asked. "Maybe he could only send two of them?"
"Please, if he was weak he would be trying to hide until he gained the power to seriously attack. He sent the horses 'cause he wanted to draw our attention to him." Jack said. Sandy agreed.
"Okay, so he wants attention. What are we going to do about it?" Bunny asked. "You're right, when you look at it that way it does seem like a trap."
"We should ignore him." Tooth said "Guys, if he was trying to draw our attention, we shouldn't react right?"
"You know what I think? I think we should keep an eye on him and continue with our life. I mean, if he's trying to draw our attention to him, he probably wants to draw it from something else. I'll be watching him, I spend most of the time around the world anyway." Jack said and smiled his crooked smile once again. Sandy agreed once again and so did tooth and the fairies.
"Well okay, we got our decision." North said.
"But, if he wants do draw his attention to him, what is he trying to draw our attention from...?" Bunny asked. Tooth's eyes widened.
"The Tooth Palace!" She called and her fairies flew off immediately.
"The Warren!"
"Wait!" North called. "This is for you so we can talk to each other. We can't come here and use the northern lights every time we need to say something." He said and gave every guardian a small box.
"What's that?" Tooth asked and North smiled.
"Open it!" He called. Tooth opened her box to find a purple smart phone. "A cell-phone? Wow! That's cool! Thanks North!"
"I made these in my toy factory. It's only for our communication." North said, smiling proudly. Bunny opened his to find a green phone. Sandy got a yellow one, Jack got a blue one and North made himself a red one.
"Cool gift, North!" Jack called "Wait a second, did you just give me a gift? Weren't I on naughty list?" He teased.
"I can take it back if you want..."
"Wow! Don't you know there's no taking back a gift?" He said.
"I really have to go. Jack we're trusting you to put an eye on Pitch!" The Tooth Fairy called and flew off. Bunnymund waved goodbye and jumped into the hole in the floor, which closed after him. Sandy waved goodbye as well and went out of the workshop with Jack. The two spirits headed to different directions.
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Jack came back to Burgess after that meeting. He sat on one of the roofs of the city and watched as the night sky filled with golden sand. He watched as the lights from the house's windows were turned off, leaving the city in silence.
When he noticed that everything was peaceful, he moved towards Asia to spread the winter in there. Since he noticed nothing strange or different, he just did his job- spread the winter over the countries.
Jack loved attention. The Guardians gave him the responsibility to watch after Pitch, and they counted on him to do it. This really motivated the winter spirit, since he wanted to prove them that he could be responsible and trusted.
Jack decided to go back to Burgess again. He stood on one of the taller buildings of the town he was currently in, and called out "Wind! Take me home!"
When the sun started to rise, Jack was already in Burgess. He sure was spending more time than usual in this town in the last few days. Was that because Laura was there? Something about her felt different to him. She was somehow related to something, deep in the back of his mind. He couldn't put a finger on it, though.