A Sandy Winter
Chapter 6: Bunny Reinforcements
"So tell me, mate, where's this little bundle of terror?" Bunny asked as he leaned nonchalantly against a wall, casually polishing his boomerangs.
North glared at his friend. "This is serious, Bunny. Jack Frost is a menace to society and especially to the Pole!"
Bunny sighed heavily and replaced the boomerang in his pack. "Look, North. Jack is just a kid. Granted he's also a hyperactive kid with the ability to control winter but he's still a kid! Just how much damage do you honestly think he can do?!"
As if on cue there were several loud crashes followed by Phil the yeti's curses. North sighed heavily and buried his face in his hands. "He was here for less than four hours, Bunny, yet he managed to single handedly set me back five months. Christmas will never arrive on time this year!" he moaned.
"Cheer up, mate," Bunny said. "I'll track down the little ankle biter and bring him back for an apology."
North immediately straightened, looking terrified. "No!" he protested. "Do not bring Jack here! The Pole cannot take it and neither can I."
Bunny gave him a look. "If you can't handle it, mate, what do you expect the rest of us to do? Besides, Sandy won't be happy when he gets back."
North groaned. "Fine, bring Jack back here. But try not to hurt him; I do not wish to have to explain it to Sandy."
"Can't make any promises, mate, but I'll do my best," Bunny said before hopping away. He had a wayward winter spirit to track down.
Three hours later Bunny was forced to admit defeat. This had never happened to him before. He was an excellent tracker and had never before lost his prey. Until now, that is. The first person to ever elude him just had to be that horrid Jack Frost kid. How had he done it though? That was what Bunny wanted to know. How had an Immortal, barely one hundred years old, managed to evade the Easter Bunny? He was so never going to live this down. If Sandy and the others found out they would never let him forget it, Sandy especially as he still seemed to be particularly vindictive over the whole Christmas dinner fiasco. Bunny really hoped he didn't have to explain to Sandy the fact that he had been tracking Jack just so they could drag him back to the Pole. He doubted that neither he nor North would survive that encounter. With a twitch of his ears he disappeared down a tunnel, heading back for the Pole.
"How could you not find him?" North demanded. "He is small boy; you are Easter Bunny. You have taken on Pitch Black single handedly…"
"And lost. Badly," Bunny interrupted. "Besides you said it yourself; he's a small kid. There are tons of hiding places all over the globe where he could hide and never be found."
At that North brightened. "The globe!" he explained. "We can use it to find Jack!"
"Uhh," Bunny began. "I'm not so sure that's such a good idea, mate. You know the globe records every time one of us uses it to track down a specific person and Sandy will be wondering why we were using the globe to find Jack when he was supposed to be within calling distance."
North stopped and frowned. "You are right," he sighed heavily. "But what do you propose? I do not feel comfortable leaving him on his own. The world is not safe."
Bunny groaned and rolled his eyes. "North," he said in exasperation. "Now you're just plain crazy. I'll admit; the kid's very annoying not to mention pretty good with that staff of his but I highly doubt he'll go bonkers and destroy the world before Sandy gets back."
It was then that the temperature dropped twenty degrees and the yetis began yelling.
"Of course I could be wrong," Bunny sighed as he and North headed to the entrance to see what was wrong.
Jack Frost hovered in the air just outside the front door, snow falling all around him. That in and of itself wasn't unusual but the fact that his cloak was missing was. That and all the blood that stained his tattered white shirt. "Hi," he said weakly. "Can I borrow some bandages?" then he fainted and fell right into North's arms who had caught him purely on reflex.
The big Guardian looked at Bunny and raised an eyebrow, a triumphant smile on his face.
"I was wrong," Bunny grumbled. "So sue me."
The two were interrupted by Phil who let out several garbled words, pointing at Jack and raising a large eyebrow.
"Right," North nodded, suddenly all business. "We must get him to infirmary. Then I gloat."
Bunny scowled at his retreating back as they headed towards the infirmary, muttering some choice words all the while.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Hope you guys like this chapter and let me know what you think! If you have any ideas that you want to see incorporated into one of my stories just let me know and I'll see what I can do. 10 reviews please! Merry Christmas!
