Joe looked in the back seat to see Jack completely still, probably frightened into shock. Joe had closed the door as Jack began to look around the cabin in shock. He let Jack wander around for a couple of minutes and get comfortable, taking pictures and jotting down notes and Joe tried to get his supplies out of his backpack. Jack had wandered into the second room of the two-room cabin, so Joe took the opportunity to pull out some rope.

As soon as Jack came back in, Joe had tackled the small teen to the ground. Jack fought back, of course, but it didn't do much damage. His hands were soon tied behind his back and his ankles were tied together. Joe then reached into his backpack and pulled out some cloth and a blindfold. He covered Jack's eyes and put the cloth in Jack's mouth to keep him quiet. The entire time, Jack continued to fight back.

It took Joe a couple of minutes to get the struggling, bound teen into his pickup. But after that was accomplished, Jack seemed to realize his fight was useless and just sat quietly in his seat, waiting to see what was going to happen. The drive lasted for about an hour before Joe finally pulled up to the warehouse. He jumped out and opened the back door, beginning to untie Jack's ankles.

"Don't try anything funny, Frost," he warned, yanking the cloth from Jack's mouth. "Ya here?"

"Yes," Jack replied softly.

"Be quiet."

Joe pulled Jack from the truck, who winced when his feet roughly hit the ground, almost sending him to his knees. But Joe roughly pulled him up and began dragging him towards the entrance. Jack struggled to keep up comfortably.

"Joe, boss man wants to see -" Matt stopped in shock seeing Jack. "Man, you're going to make his day! You got the kid!"

Joe felt Jack cringe at that statement. He only smiled to Matt.

"I know man," Joe pulled Jack into the building while Matt held the door open. "Boss in his office?"

"Yep," Matt replied. "And he's very impatient, so you better get the kid there quick."

Jack felt Joe push him onto a chair and readjusted his bound hands so they were bound securely to the chair sides. He felt feet shuffling and heard an amused hum.

"Told you, boss," Joe said, almost sounding as if he was fullfilling the promise. "I told you it would work."

"Smart thinking on your part, Joe," a dark, sinister voice spoke. It made chills run up Jack's spine. This man definitely didn't want to be Jack's friend.

I'm in some deep shit, he thought.

"You wanna tell me your name, boy?"

Jack remained silent. Bony, long fingers suddenly grabbed his jaw roughly. "I want your name!"

"Jack Frost!" Jack quickly gasped. The fingers released him and the hand pushed him back against the chair before releasing him completely. Foot steps began pacing throughout the room.

"Do you know your father's name?"

Jack froze. What this about his father!? No wonder his mom and Jeremiah were too scared to stay in New York after his father died.

"What. Is. His. Name?"

"Joshua," Jack quickly answered. "Joshua Frost." Everything went quiet for a moment. "Can you please take this blindfold off?"

Joe pulled the blindfold from Jack's eyes, and he saw his captor.

A boy not much older than Jack stood before him in a sharp, black suit. His skin was very pale and his hair was midnight black. His smile scared Jack to the core.

"Might as well do introductions," he spoke. "You obviously know my second-hand man, Joe." Jack glared at Joe before quickly turning back to the man in charge. "As for me, I'm Pitch Black, the leader of this drug gang. Your father used to work for my father."

He got right up in Jack's face. "Thanks to your father, mine is dead, and I had to take over and hide. I also have to find a way to get back the money that your father was trying to escape paying. So guess where you come in with that?"

Jack tried to get words to form, but he felt nothing in his throat but the tightness from how nervous and scared he was at the moment. Pitch only smiled and backed away.

"You get to pay for your father's mistakes, Jack," Pitch explained. "And as long as you do everything I want you to do, I won't hurt your friends or family."

Jack's mind instantly went to his mother and siblings. He had to do everything in his power to protect them. Tooth and Sandy could be protected by North and Bunny, but he didn't want those four getting hurt either. He felt like he really had no choice but to give in.

"Do we have a deal, Jack?"

The room was silent for a moment.

...

"Yes."