Chapter Nine: If truth to be told…

The place was big enough to hold a couple of hundreds of people, but it was really suffocating, and he was completely sure if it wasn't for Spec he would have been a pool of water by now.

He was placing his gloves over his fingers and oh god he was enthusiastic besides the head ache and the heat; this was one of the last Spring tournaments he would be able to fight in, the price was some juicy big load of money and it was increasing as his and Spec fight approached. This year everyone was thinking they could catch them and win over them, too bad that they had been practicing in the girl's free time.

The ring of the last round was heard and the crowd went crazy.

Just as he was adjusting his fighting pants over his non existing hips the brown haired girl that had grown on him appeared in the small room.

"Ugh, we have to wait another half hour for our fight dude" she said, sitting over a small chair "like, a guy from the crowd just told me they were going to try to change the brats that were meant to fight against us for one that had been smashed with anabolics"

He rolled his eyes and took sit next to her.

"Calm down, you know they will try everything to win this time"

"But they are slowing us!" she exclaimed exasperated "You were meant to be over North's place by now and I was supposed to chat with my Moi-bro like an hour ago"

Jack sighed; North was going to give him a really long lecture not to mention the Tantrum Tooth might have started by now. It had taken more time that it was planned; several illegal sponsors trying to bought them or threaten them to lose the fight so they could have some money from it.

"Too much wasted time" murmured the girl and sighed, letting her head knock the wall.

The crowd yelled again and they knew that the confrontation had ended…meaning that was only one more fight to wait for and their own would start.

"Want to fish some cops?" she asked, turning to him

"Yeah"


Michael Walker was in a mission. He had spent weeks trying to locate the persons that visited frequently to the Spring underground League or SUL for shorties. It had been really difficult to track, almost taking a month to know where it even was going to be that year; hopefully, as he slid with the other groups that came here to see blood and adrenaline and drink some beers over others bodies he caught with his camera some faces without being noticed…until he reached the main entrance.

Two bodyguards loaded with guns and a couple of knives watched and checked everyone that would want to enter, no video cameras, no phones (they took the batteries) and definitively no hats. He was now in trouble; if he backed up they might saw him discovering the façade, if he continued he was going to be in hell of a trouble.

Was right there, in the middle of a small panic attack that he saw them, a brown haired girl and a white haired boy, glaring him and motioning him to come over their side; not wanting to be caught by the gorillas he slid between the persons waiting to be checked out to enter jumped over a small box with help of the strangers.

It was dark in that part of the small alley and he soon was afraid, not like he showed it, because he was a full and completely cop, no need to shut or scream like a lady even if he kind of wanted to, because, hell, the girl's eyes were fricking glowing a little In the dark and a really mischievous smile was covering the boy's face.

"Hello, there" said the girl "I hope that Marcus and Anthony were not a trouble over there"

"W-who?" he asked trying to see better their faces.

"The bodyguards, dude" said the boy "You should have prevent that this could happen, I mean, being a cop and all…"

And suddenly Michael was frozen to the cold and harsh ground, watching the not even adults oh god I bet they are seventeen or something.

The girls giggled and covered her mouth with her hand and Michael could not help but think Are those fangs?

"Aww, don't be scared little Michael" said the girl, brown eyes glued to his face "I'm completely sure you will do a good job when we get you in"

"What?" he asked completely astonished "How do you know my name?"

"No worries" purred the boy "We will help you in this so important job of yours, the only thing you have to do is trust us"

Michael was so damn scared he thought he was becoming crazy, there was something completely not human in this two persons if front of him, the girl seemed more like a shadow and his fricking eyes were so glued on him that he felt like his mind was being read; and the boy, ugh, he seemed like a ghost, white hair and incredibly electric blue eyes.

"Ok" he resolved "get me in, but what do you want in exchange?"

"Just you to trap a really bad bug that has been bothering us lately" the girl said, rolling her eyes and making a disgusted face.

"We want you to catch him and to make an investigation about him" the boy completed, scratching his chin "his business are quite dangerous for our taste and involves kids, which we are so not gonna tolerate".

"Just don't question us" added quickly the girl, a small smile creeping from the scowl.

"Or mention us"

"Or you will be in big trouble there, little dear"

And as silent as ghost the both strangers opened a small door next to him and disappeared in it; Michael entered the place carefully and was surprised he was in a small platform over the bathroom section, so he jumped when nobody was looking and pretend he was coming out from the bathroom towards the crowd that was already yelling towards the couples that were going to fight the tittle.

As he sat next to an old lady with a huge t-shirt that said buck you on it he waited to the sponsors to appear and started videotaping. He caught the whole pack, from the newbies to the big fishes and saved the tape and memory inside a small compartment over his jacket pocket. Putting a new memory in the slot he started videotaping the fight, not noticing until it was aired on the news days later, that the winner couple, that he had to admit was pretty bad-ass, were the young and creepy guys that had helped him to get inside the place.

As his beer crashed against the floor and start dripping its contents over the carpet he thought to himself Time for vacations and changed the channel.


When Sandy took a hold of the video his expression was a puzzled one and quickly turned towards Bunny.

"It's true, Sandy, it appeared in the news"

He glared a little more the cellphone and sent a wave of dream sand quickly towards the window.

"You vant to find Jack?" asked North glancing him a hopeful glare.

As Andy nodded the yellow golden stream started moving out of the building and into the night.


Jack Frost was now sliding to his bedroom in Santauf Clausen ready for bed. He could always tell North that he was fine in the morning, or so he thought, because just in the second he was closing his eyes his door opened with a loud BAM and everyone stepped inside the room, turning the lights on and making Jack squint his eyes and again, snap his head against the wall.

"What is wrong with you?" yelled Jack towards the fluttered guardians "every time I'm in this room someone just burst inside it like nothing! Do you even now the meaning of privacy?"

Tooth flew towards him, forced his mouth open and checked if his teeth were fine just as Bunny and North walked towards him, annoyed faces on.

"Mind ta tell us what were ya doing in an illegal fight Frost?"

"What are you talking ab-"

"Vhy vhere you in news Jack? Are you turning illegal?"

Jack dismissed the tempting opportunity to say Are you turning Turbo? But quickly dismissed it, seeing that all of them were really angry by the moment.

"Hey guys, I don't know what are you talking about" he said.

"I fricking videotaped the news this mornin' and you were on it, did ya really fight in illegal underground rings?" asked the Pooka.

"Yeah, why?"

And a dead silence appeared in the room, the fairy, Cossack and pooka glaring him like they were looking at an alien. Then Sandy entered the room with a cup of eggnog in his left hand and started to shake his head and fingers towards him in a really disapproving manner and Jack grew confused each minute than went by.

"What's the problem with it?" he asked, just to break the awkwardness he was feeling.

"Vhats the problem?" asked North like it was thinking about it before shouting and lifting his hands in the air desperately "Are you playing FOOL? You could have been hurt, smashed against vall like worm, being squashed like ant! Vhere you OUT of mind?!"

"'nd what 'bout the girl? How could ya be seen in the first place? How did ya even fought, ya are just an ant compared to that anabolic fellas!"

"Why do you take so many risks Jack? What were you trying to do give us a heart attack? North told me you promised to keep in contact with him every night or something like that, you told me that too, you shouldn't be selfish like that, you made us worry for you!"

"Vhat could have possibly been good excuse for this? Nothing, completely nothing-"

"And 'bout the hell you are seen, Are you trading with the devil kid? 'cuz even I expected something better coming from-"

"Because you dare to do that again I swore you are going to be watched day and night, minute by minute y my fairies because I'm so not-"

And they just started shouting, his headache growing exponentially as they turned louder and louder, and his eyes began to flicker with dark dots and Sandy kept shaking his hands disapprovingly and the wind started to whistle outside the window, ugh the noise. He grabbed his head with both hands, trying to isolate his ears but was no help as North, still lecturing him with fierce energy slapped his hand to his sides and pressed up his finger under his chin to make him look at him, and Spec started trying to contact him and it was too much for his head and in a moment, everything turned silent, his eyes closed and he collapsed over the bed after an incredibly strong sting of pain shot towards his brain.