Chapter 12- Escape
Though it felt like ages, Sophie has been in Pitch's cave for only about 35 hours. She was hurt, and the more she was hurt the more she became weak and hungry. She didn't bother to fight the chains anymore since it was totally useless. She tried to draw the Guardians' attention but it didn't seem to work.
The girl started to lose hope. She didn't want to hurt anyone but her hunger got control over her and she drank a person Pitch got her once. She really felt like dying physically and emotionally.
Meanwhile, Jack was at the North Pole. After he had called North he got there in order to decide what they should do. "I know what I heard. I'm sure she's related to this." The boy claimed, sitting on the couch. North was going back and forth while thinking.
"Jack, it means we'll have to attack him first. It might be a part of his trap. We don't know how strong he is."
"North she's missing for two days. Her mother is freaking out and Jamie doesn't sleep at night. I'm sure this is related to her." The man hesitated.
"Okay, we'll call for a meeting and decide what to do." The boy groaned.
"She would be dead by the time they arrive!"
"Jack we mustn't act impulsively. Please be patient." North said and the boy sighed.
"Fine..." He mumbled and North pushed the handle that activates the northern lights.
-O-O-O-
Sophie was still chained to the wall, unable to move. She didn't even have the strength to try. She was wilted, and this fact made Pitch satisfied.
"Good morning, sunshine." Dan called, making himself a cup of coffee. The girl didn't answer him. "It's rude to ignore me like that."
"I'm done talking to you." She mumbled.
"Well, I'm not." he said and sat in front of her.
"Go ahead. You may do whatever you'd like to. It's not like I can stop you or something." She mumbled and he smiled deviously at her.
"True. Wow, you lost your hope so fast?"
"Hope gets me nowhere. Hey, why do you bug me so much? Are you in love with me or something?" She teased.
"I don't know, it's just fun bugging you. And hurting you. You're so funny when you're suffering."
"That's only because you're psycho."
"Maybe, maybe... Well, I'm starting to be bored. Entertain me."
"Sorry, can't dance, tied up."
"But you can tell jokes, right? So if you don't wanna be 'sliced' up, you'd better tell me something funny." He said and leaned back on the chair, putting his legs on the table.
"F*** this, I'm not a clown." She mumbled and he looked at her with a lifted eyebrow. "Fine... Why does six afraid of seven?" She asked and he stared blankly at her. "Because seven ate nine!" She called as he continued to stare. "Got it? Because seven eight nine?" She asked as he continued to stare. "Okay, moving on... Umm..."
"That was stupid"
"I know I know, wait a second I have another one. Why did the chicken cross the road?"
"To get to the other side?" He asked and she remained silent.
"Okay, listen, I'm not the funny type okay?" She asked and he smiled deviously.
"Oh, that's okay." He said and got closer to her. "You're going to be killed in an hour anyway." He mumbled and got out of the room with a smirk as she watched him with wide eyes.
"Jack, where are you?"
-O-O-O-
An hour had almost passed. Sophie was counting the minutes and using them for singing. She sang songs for herself in order to calm herself down and pass the time. She looked pretty bad- there were injury marks on her body and blood on her clothes, skin and hair. This was not how she planned to die.
Suddenly the door opened quietly and two eyes stared at her. Sophie stared at the eyes for a long time, hoping it was one of the Guardians, but it wasn't. The eyes continued to stare at her as if thinking what to do. That's it. This is the end for her.
The eyes continued to stare until Sophie dared to speak "What? Never saw a girl tied up to the wall and waiting for her death?" The eyes blinked, and then there was a face. "Uh, Sarah?" She asked the woman who started to get close to her.
"You really are going to die, aren't you?" She asked the girl. Sophie felt her eyes becoming wet- it was hard to hear this from another person. Sarah sighed heavily and got to the counter. She grabbed a kitchen knife made of nightmare sand and began to approach the girl.
"Wh... What are you doing?!"
"Be quiet!" Sarah called at her and started hitting one of the chains that held Sophie's hand with the knife until it crumbled into nightmare sand that fell to the ground.
"You... You're helping me? But why?" Sophie whispered silently as the woman started breaking the chain that held her other hand. When she released her both hands she hit the chains that held her legs until they crumbled too.
"I don't want you to die just because you have a different opinion."
"Thanks Sarah, I owe you my life..." She mumbled and hugged her tight.
"I know, now go away."
"Join me."
"No. I want to help Pitch. I just don't want you to die because you don't. Now go away or we both will get killed."
"W... Where do I go?"
"Just run straight until you see light from the ceiling. Fast!" She called and Sophie ran to the left. There was a long hallway, luckily she could run very fast. A few minutes later she found the entrance and jumped upwards.
Sophie managed to get out of Pitch's lair, but when she thought she was safe once again she discovered she was wrong. "Well hello there... Where do you think you're going?"
"Dan..." She mumbled and hissed at him.
"Don't you even think about running."
"Why not? You're going to kill me anyway, what do I have to lose?" She asked and he laughed.
"You're weak. And injured. And hungry."
"And still, I can do the thing girls do the best."
"Oh yeah? And what's that?" He asked and smiled deviously.
"Jack!" She called loudly and stood in a defensive pose. Dan just stood there and laughed.
"Nobody will save you this time Sophie. I don't know who let you go, but you're not going anywhere this time." He mumbled and jumped on her. He caught her and she tried to kick him, but with no luck. He put his arms around her neck and sank his teeth into her shoulder. She screamed in pain and hit the boy with all her strength. She managed to kick him in between the legs, and he immediately let her go and fell to the ground screaming. "F***!" He called and she ran away. "You b***!"
There was nobody who could hear his screams anymore, he was alone.
-O-O-O-
Sophie ran for her life and got to Chicago by the time it was dark. She knew she was now safe, but she didn't know what she should do next. Well, until it began to snow.
She was in a small park when she noticed the snowflakes. Not only that, she also noticed the boy who was flying in the air. "Jack!" She called and he turned to face her. A spark of recognition shone in his blue eyes and he immediately flew towards her.
"Sophie Bennett! What are you doing here?! Your mother is freaking out and Jamie... Hey, what happened to you? You look horrible."
"I was kidnapped, tortured. And almost killed. WHERE WERE YOU?!"
"Whoa... Okay, C'mon let's go to the North Pole. You can explain everything on the way." He said and grabbed her from beneath her arms and lifted her. "Okay, you're a lot heavier than you look... Let's go." He said and called the wind once again. "Hey wind! Take us to the North Pole!"
