Chapter 10
"STOP IT!"
Allie's screech echoed throughout the room. Everybody stared at her in shock. Rage was bubbling up inside of her, and she felt that if she didn't release it soon…,"Leave him alone!"
Quickly taking advantage of everybody's shock, she ran around North, pushed through Jack and Bunny, then kneeled next to Pitch helping him into a sitting position. Once she made sure he could sit up on his own, she turned to glare at the other Guardians.
"Allie? Vhat are you doing?" asked North as he was the first to recover from his shock.
"Yeah! He's the bad guy here!" argued Jack as he took a step closer causing Pitch to flinch backwards.
"Only because you portray his acts as evil, but have you ever looked at them from his point of view?" countered Allie.
"He dragged you down here and left a bloody scratch on ya cheek!" yelled Bunny as his grip tightened on his boomerangs.
"I did not intend to injure the gi-" Pitch was silenced by the piercing glare Bunny was sending him.
"So?" was all Allie had to say about her injury. In fact, she could care less about it. Right now she was focused on defending Pitch.
"So why don't ya beat the livin' daylights out of him!?" Bunny growled. Any further comments were cut off by Allie drawing a knife and throwing it a few inches from Bunny's feet. With a small yelp of surprise, both him and Jack stumbled back a few feet.
"What are you doing? Do you want to make them even more mad?" Pitch questioned her as he stood up with a hand to his shoulder. It wasn't bleeding as much as it was a few minutes ago, so that was good. Some blood did trickle off and land noisily on the floor. This caught Tooth's and Sandy's attention, for they were watching the King of Nightmares very closely.
"Are you bloody insane?!"
snarled Bunny, barley being held back by Jack's grip on his arm.
"No! I care about him!" Allie yelled for the umpthteenth time that night. Pitch's eyes went wide and a flicker of emotion flashed through them. Sandy saw this and silently gasped. Pitch felt loved. Even if he showed it for a brief second, he saw it.
As the Pooka and girl continued to argue, Sandy nudged North's leg grabbing his attention.
"Vhat is it Sandy? Kinda busy right now." North questioned as he watched Allie reach for the second knife. Sandy made several images above his head that included a heart, Pitch's shadow, Allie's shadow, a knife, an Easter egg, and the rest of the images were to fast to make out. North, surprisingly, understood what the small man was trying to say. "Ve are leaving!"
"What?" everybody but Sandy asked. Many protests were made by Bunny and Jack, but North managed to make them exit the room.
"Allie, vhen you come back out, ve vill have talk about this." North stated as he left through the tunnel, only turning to catch Allie's small nod.

"North, I don't understand. Why did you just leave her there with Pitch?" questioned Jack. North was about to answer when he was cut off by Bunny.
"If the crazy shelia wants ta get herself killed its her own damn fault!" he growled.
"Bunny! Watch your language!" Tooth warned as she crossed her arms.
"Don't vorry. Sandy has a feeling nothing bad vill happen to her. Ve vill vait for her to come out." North somewhat explained as he sat down and leaned up against a tree. Sandy followed a similar approach only instead of a tree, he made a small recliner out of sand. Tooth kneeled on the ground, resting her wings for the time being. Bunny, grouchily, sat down and started to paint an egg.
"I sure hope you know what your doing North." Jack sighed as he sat in a tree, staff propped up against his knee. (That rhymed! XD)

After the Guardians left and the tunnel closed, Allie let out a long sigh. Turning to face Pitch, she realized he was still in a bit of shock.
"Hehe, told you I would still care about you." Allie joked. It was more of a whisper though. All the yelling she had done took its tole on her voice. Allie's whisper seemed to float through the air, leaving Pitch with a warm feeling. "Now sit down so I can see your arm."
"My arm can heal without any assistance." reasoned Pitch.
"I don't give a flying fuck. Now sit down." she ordered in a firmer tone.
"No." he protested. They had a small staring contest before Pitch reluctantly sat down with a sigh.
"Good boy." was all Allie said as she examined his shoulder. Her fingers ghosting over the wound, Pitch hissed as she pressed down a bit on the flesh. Putting two forefingers on either side of the wound, she slowly opened it. Pitch grunted in pain and bit his lip. "It doesn't look like any pieces of the bullet got in there. It's not to deep so you don't need stitches. All we need to do is wrap it up."
"Why are you whispering?" questioned Pitch.
"My throat hurts from yelling." she answered while holding a hand to her throat. "Do you have anything to wrap it with?"
"No."
"Fudge."
Pitch chuckled at her language. It seemed that the youth of today had many different speech patterns or slang. He's heard them say many words that make no sense at all. A few came to mind before a sudden tearing noise snapped Pitch out of his thoughts. Allie was tearing the fabric of her leggings off.
"What are you doing?" questioned Pitch. Allie ignored him as she tore the fabric into a strip. She balled up some of the fabric and carefully placed it on the wound. Holding it in place, she got another strip of fabric and tied it tightly.
"There. That should work until I find you some real bandages." Allie proclaimed as she stood up. Her leggings now only reached just below her knees.
"Thank you…I believe the Guardians have summoned you for when you finish up here." Pitch said as he stood up. "I suppose you must leave now."
"Tell you what, you hold onto this," Allie said as she handed him one of her knives,"and I'll have another excuse to come back here. Plus, it will give you strength."
"Strength for what?" he asked as the blade glowed in his hands.
"The strength to not try a repeat of earlier." she stated seriously. Pitch got the message and nodded his head. "Um, can you show me out of here?"
"Sure, just give me a second." Pitch said as he snapped his fingers. Allie just looked around expectantly, but nothing happened. About to say something, a black horse came from one of the cages hanging from above. Landing on the platform, it came charging towards them.
"Crap."