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A shout filled the dark cave as the white cloaked woman landed and threw the blade in a random direction. Her fierce movement caused the hood to fall from her head and revealed light pink skin framed by wavy light green hair. Her pale eyes were narrowed in anger as she raged. Than a deep chuckle sounded from her left and she turned to glare at the cloaked man in the cage.
"Be quiet!" She growled at him but it only made him chuckle even more.
"You failed at killing one of my Angels, didn't you Aileen." Death chuckled, his red eyes gleaming from beneath the shadow of his hood.
"As if you have anything to say." The woman hissed. "You're trapped in a cage and it won't be long before I figure out how to kill you."
Death just grinned at her making her snarl in return. With a huff, she turned around and grabbed the blade she had flung from across the cave and began moving deeper inside of it. As she got deeper, the air grew colder and colder, just as cold as it was outside where this place was hidden. She shivered a little but didn't back off as she continued to travel deeper until she finally entered a room filled with ice. It was small in size but looking up it could go for miles. The room glowed an icy-blue all around and in the very center there was a small pool of water. This pool was of the melted ice she had been using to enchant the blade with the magic stored in the liquid.
She approached the pool and knelt beside it. She did not know who had lived here long ago but whoever did had granted her a great gift. The ice, she found, gave off a dark power that she found if she mixed it with a weapon, it could kill a spirit. She knew that it was bad to meddle with this, but she needed to use whoever's dark magic this was to take care of those retched servants of Death. Sadly, she found that without the producer of the ice, it seemed that the magic was not powerful enough to kill Death himself. Oh the day she could meet the creator of this ice would be a great day, should she not get killed herself.
She placed the blade in the pool and began chanting, hoping to make the magic stronger in it.
Meanwhile, Death let his gaze drift up towards the high rocks where he could sense two of his Angels hiding.
"You should not be here." He muttered, knowing it was loud enough that they could hear him. He almost chuckled at his Angels when he heard a quiet 'eep' and a shush that followed. "Do what you need to, but get out of here as soon as you can." Death ordered before falling silent.
Up in the shadows of the cave, Alissa and Mary were hiding up there. Mary hadn't expected Death to call them out like he had and Alissa only rolled her eyes at her friend's behavior. Gripping the other's wrist, the two slowly and quietly flew down to the cage that held Death. Death seemed to focus on the blood that stained their clothes and skin before watching them as they studied the cage.
"Do not bother." Death spoke up. "The metal is enchanted with the magic she has found. It will do you no good to try and break it yourselves."
Mary hummed for a second before reaching forward and wrapped her hand around one of the bars, only to instantly yank it back with a hiss. Her hand was cut on the cold and sharp metal, causing even more blood to stain her skin.
"Do you know what magic this is?" Alissa asked their leader as she continued to study the cage.
"Yes," Death admitted. "I'm just surprised someone was able to harness it. I had believed that only the source, the spirit whose magic this was would be able to wield it. I was wrong."
"Was?"
"The wielder is long gone and should hopefully never return." Death said, but there was something in his voice that said there was something deeper to that statement.
Alissa gave the other a look before looking in the direction Mary had been, only to see she wasn't there. A spike of fear shot through her but she didn't let it show.
"Mary?" She quietly hissed. A soft shush came from her right and she turned to see Mary standing near the passage that led deeper into the cave. She motioned for the Valkyrie to join her and waved her hand, obviously putting something on the two of them. They began to walk deeper into the cold cave until they finally found the sprite. They watched as she performed whatever spell she was casting before she lifted the blade out of the water. The blade seemed to gleam an icy-silver, lighter than before.
They two looked at each other before silently leaving the area. When they came back to Death, he was giving them a look, silently telling them to get out of there.
"We'll be back." Mary said before the two spread their wings and left the cave. As they flew away, they each shivered as the cold air of the snowy Tundra. Now they just needed to make it to the other side of the world. Mary put her hand to her chest, feeling the crusted blood there before turning to look at Alissa. Her own wounds showed themselves clearly in the day light and it was obvious to Mary that flying strained the wound on her back.
She opened her mouth to say something to the other girl, but held back. She know that Alissa would just refuse any help offered, being the prideful person she was. So, Mary just focused on getting to the North Pole as quickly as possible and without any delays.
The Guardians sat a few feet away from Jack, Camellia, and Ian, who had taken up residence on the couch near the window. They each talked quietly to each other and occasionally glanced out the window, eyes filled with worry. But that was understandable. It had been a day and a half since Alissa had vanished and Mary flew off after her and since then there had been no sign of either girl. It was obvious they wanted to go out and look for them, but they were hesitant to do so, especially with Yuki-onna still out. Jack had asked the wind to find the two but he hasn't gotten any word of them yet.
Yuki-onna had, in fact, woken up but she could supply no more information than what she had given already. It upset the others but they didn't hold it against her. Though, Ian would deny that there were suddenly fist like holes in one of the walls because he lost it.
As for the Guardians, they had done what they could for the group while still upholding their jobs. Both Sandy and Tooth were upset that they too found no sign of the two girls, and the four did what they could to comfort and help the group. They looked up any spirits they knew but they still had no idea what spirit, or sprite as Yuki-onna had supplied, was doing all of this.
Suddenly, the window blew open and Jack and Ian both looked up at the wind's arrival. It swirled and whistled loudly before two figures flew in behind it-Mary and Alissa.
Everyone was shocked at the sight of blood on the two and instantly raced to them as they fell to the floor.
"What happened!?" Camellia cried as she knelt beside the two.
"I was attacked by the sprite." Alissa growled out.
"I helped keep her from dying!" Mary chirped in her two cents.
Jack couldn't help but snort at Mary's remark as she said it just so carelessly like it had really been nothing. At his snort, the others turned to him and glared, except for Mary that is.
"What?" He asked innocently. "It's kinda funny."
"No it isn't." Alissa snapped. "And she did not save me, she only go caught up in the battle."
"And saved you." Mary chirped again.
"No you didn't."
"Yes I did!"
"No, you didn't."
"Did to!"
"Oh would you two stop it!" Bunny growled at the two making them shut their mouths. "Now is not the time for you two to be bickering!"
Everyone just stared in shock before Jack started laughing once again.
"What is it now?!" Bunny growled at the winter spirit.
"Haha-i-its just tha-that…hah!...usually we-" Jack couldn't voice anything more as he continued to laugh. However it seemed like the other Guardians understood and tried to hold back their own laughs.
"What?!" Bunny glowered at the others.
"It is just that you and Jack usually fight at bad times." North got out. "It is funny you stop others from doing same thing."
Bunny blinked for a few seconds before grumbling and crossing his arms with a humph.
Meanwhile the Angel's just look on in confusion. They had no idea what this talk was about but those that knew Bunny could figure it out to an extent because they also knew Jack. So once the fact clicked in their minds, Camellia and Ian began laughing as well. Alissa just rolled her eyes sighed while Mary felt completely left out.
With a huff, she got up and began searching the area for help. When she came across a yeti, she asked if he could get them some supplies to help their wounds. She really didn't know if the yeti understood or not, but she had no doubt that her wound on her chest got the idea across. She watched the yeti rush off before turning back to the room.
When she reentered she got questioning gazes.
"And where were you?" Alissa asked.
"Getting stuff to help us." She replied. "You know, since they were all busy laughing their heads off."
"Oh right!" Camellia exclaimed. "I am so sorry you two. Now we need to get you patched up and rested an-"
"Wait we can't rest!" Alissa shouted just as the yetis came back in with the medical supplies.
"Yeah! We promised Death we would be back for him!" Mary's words made everyone freeze.
"You…saw Death?" Camellia breathed her accent thick with emotion.
"In the…er…cloak." Mary replied before yelping as the yetis got to work patching up her wound.
"We know where he is, where the sprite that is doing all of this is." Alissa said as she scowled at the yetis. "Plus, we know her name too. Aileen, if I remember correctly." She looked to Mary in confrontation but she just shrugged.
"Don't look at me I'm terrible at names. Looks on the other hand I can say. Not that that is important." Mary laughed nervously.
"Do you know what type of weapon she used?" Ian asked.
"Oh yeah it was a blade with a silver color and a cold feeling to it." Mary replied. "From what we saw, she was using some weird magic on the things she had."
"What type of magic?" Jack questioned but there was something else in his voice.
"It was odd." Alissa said. "It had a dark feeling around it and it was from the ice she had at her place. Somehow, that ice could kill spirits." Her words made Jack give a quiet gasp. He knew what type of ice she was talking about but the thought that its remains had been brought up without his involvement was horrifying.
"Do you know anything about that kind of ice Jack?" Tooth asked.
Jack bit his lip. He could always just admit the truth right here but the thought of the Guardians and even the other Angel's learning more about this held him back. "Not really." He lied.
They each seemed skeptical of his answer but let it slide.
"I don't know about the rest of you but I'm ready to make that sprite pay." Ian growled.
"We will go in a few moments." North said. "Let us prepare for battle and them you two will lead the way." He nodded over at Mary and Alissa who gave their own nods back.
It wasn't long before each spirit was ready and they were piling into North's sleigh once more. With a shout from North they took off into the sky. Mary and Alissa sat up near the front by North and were quick to guide him toward the South Pole.
"Antarctica!" Bunny exclaimed. "Of all the places to be for a sprite of life she had to choose Antarctica!"
"You're complaining?!" Ian growled. "How do you think I feel? Also, how have you never seen this place, Frosty!? This is your domain!" He got a shrug from the winter spirit in reply.
From there they just continued south until the sleigh was told to land. Once they landed, they found the cave opening from directions from Mary and Alissa.
"Careful." Alissa said. "It's a far drop." They each looked over the edge and found that it was a far jump to the ground below. So, they Angels, Tooth, and Sandy all flew down while North and Bunny hitched a ride with Sandy.
As soon as they landed, Mary and Alissa rushed off to the area they knew Death was but they didn't get far before a bright flash of light kept them from moving any further.
"Well, now, what do we have here?"
So that was that. Now to all of you who thought Elsa, you were wrong. Sorry but its true.
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