Author's notes- So... I know that a lot of you probably want to kill me for last chapter. But don't worry! Revenge is going to be sweet lol.
WARNING: Mention of rape in this chapter. But it didn't actually happen.
Chapter Twelve:
What Once Was Mine
Insid hadn't known what had hit him. One minute he was punching Jack as punishment for, once again, refusing his marriage proposal, and the next thing he knew he was being kicked in the face by a huge rabbit foot. He tumbled onto the floor clutching his now broken nose as a yelp of pain escaped him. He whimpered as he was yanked up by the hair and met the gaze of a very pissed off Easter Bunny.
"Not so fun bein' on the receivin' end of beatin's, huh mate?" he hissed, his voice dangerously calm. He delivered a knee to Insid's stomach, which caused the blonde to spit up black blood, then knocked him back down to the floor where he sent a powerful punch to Insid's jaw.
"Get him... GET THE RABBIT!" the blonde shrieked despite the bodily damage he was receiving. Nightmare creatures and armored guards surrounded the pooka in a matter of minutes. Bunny smiled to himself and took out both of his boomerangs.
"Outnumbered, huh? Pfft, such a coward move..." with the strength and swiftness that only a pooka could be born with, Bunnymund leapt around the cave, easily defeating every single fearling until they were nothing but piles of black sand. He rose to his feet as his eyes darted over to Insid. The blonde who had been so full of himself and self-righteous earlier was now on the floor backing away from the giant rabbit and toward his throne. Bunny walked menacingly toward him.
"Please... I'm sorry. Don't kill me, I'll do anything," Insid begged. Bunny studied the man in front of him. The blood coming from his nose and mouth had dripped down his front and was now staining his robes. The emotion in his eyes resembled what had been in Jack's eyes a few minutes ago; a terrified animal who was cornered and was most likely staring death in the face.
"I don't kill people," Bunny started. He grabbed the front of Insid's robes and pulled him so close that their noses were an inch apart. "But, if you ever come near any of the Guardians, or if you even think about hurtin' Jack again, so help me God I will make an exception especially for you." With that he slammed his forehead into Insid's nose, knocking the blonde out cold.
"Ello? Anyone here?" Bunny called as he stepped into North's globe room. Jack was in his arms fully conscious but looking around the room with a nervous look on her face.
"Jack!" the room suddenly seemed to explode with noise and commotion. North, Tooth, and Sandy came out of nowhere and crowded around the two youngest guardians.
"Jack, are you alright?!"
"Oh sweetie, how badly did they hurt you!"
"Rimski korsakouf! We need to bring her to ze infirmary fast!"
Even Sandy was conjuring up frantic questions with dreamsand.
Jack's eyes grew large and she shrank against Bunny's chest whimpering. The pooka stroked her hair and whispered gentle words until her shaking ceased. Turning back to the confused guardians, Bunny quickly whispered what had happened in North's ear. With a nod of understanding, the toymaker turned to Tooth.
"Toothy, would you please be a dear and take Jack to ze baths?"
The fairy seemed to snap out of her haze of confusion. "Y-Yes, of course!"
As Bunny started handing Jack over to Tooth, the snow spirit held tightly to the pooka and shook her head, not looking the older guardian in the eye.
"Snowflake, it's ok," He told her gently. When she finally raised her head, Bunny smiled warmly. "Tooth is just goin' to get ya cleaned up. I'll still be here when you're done, alright?" With a hesitant nod from Jack, Toothiana took her into her arms and flew down the baths.
The fairy queen turned the knob stopping the flow of water into the tub. She turned her head toward Jack, who was still standing in the filthy dress that Insid had kept her in.
"Do you want to wash yourself, or do you need me to help?" Tooth asked. After receiving a quiet "Please stay", The fairy turned around so she could give the snow spirit a little privacy. Once she heard Jack get into the tub, she turned back around. Jack sat in the bubble bath with the pink bubbles up to her neck. Tooth went straight to work with washing the snow spirit's hair while being careful of all the knots. Jack sat still for the mostly, only moving to hand Tooth something.
As Tooth scrubbed, she began to feel slightly unnerved. The horrible things that must have happened to her to reduce her to such a scared and childish manner. Tooth didn't want to ask Jack what happened, mostly so she wouldn't have to relive her ordeal, but even more so because Tooth couldn't deal with it if she found out.
After about an hour of washing, brushing, and hair drying, Jack was finally clean. Tooth's eyes bulged when the snow spirit's signature blue hoodie practically fell off of her right when she put it on. Violet eyes suddenly realized how much skinnier Jack had gotten since she last saw her three months ago.
"You poor thing! You must be starving! Let's go get you some food and then we'll go find the others, ok?"
Meanwhile, the three male guardians of the group were in one of North's many living rooms. North sat in his large crimson armchair near the fire while Bunny and Sandy sat on the long couch across from him. There was a plate of cookies and other sweets on the coffee table between them. None was touched, no man had the strength of stomach to eat.
The pooka's ears shot up as the door opened. Tooth fluttered in with Jack in tow. The visibly skinnier snow spirit was busy gobbling down a plate of chicken, vegetables, and mashed potatoes. When she saw Bunny she immediately found a spot on the couch next to him and leaned into his side. The pooka smiled and gently patted her head surprised at the softness running under his pads.
North cleared his throat to get the others attention. "Ve're all relived that you're back, Jack. If iz not too much to ask, can you tell us who exactly kidnapped you?"
The snow spirit was quiet for a few minutes trying to find her voice. "Well... it turns out that... Pitch has a younger brother."
The room fell silent almost on cue.
"How... how is that possible?" Tooth squeaked from her seat.
"Zer have been no records of Pitch ever having a brother. Are you sure zat's who he was?" North asked gently.
Jack's expression suddenly turned annoyed, but it quickly turned back to normal after taking a breath. "Yes. It's not every day that you meet a blonde twin of the Nightmare King."
Luckily letting the winter spirit's sarcastic tone slide, North stood up and started pacing in front of the fireplace with a pondering expression on his face. Not liking the awkward silence that followed, Jack reached forward to take a cookie from the plate on the coffee table. Her head suddenly felt fuzzy and her vision started swimming turning to black seconds later. Opening her eyes she was surprised to find herself once again in Bunny's arms. A small blush came to her cheeks when she noticed everyone was staring at her. "W-what happened?"
"You...passed out," North explained quietly an expression of worry on his face. "Maybe you should go get some rest."
"Yeah...that seems like a good idea."
Tears streamed down her face as she once again attempted to break free of the chains binding her to the wall. The room she was in was so dark she couldn't even look down and see her feet. He had locked her in here three hours ago and hadn't come back. Why did he insist on keeping her here? Was it for revenge for Pitch? Or was it something more?
She snapped out of her thoughts as the door to the room opened nearly blinding her with the light. She had only closed her eyes for a second before a cold bony hand grabbed her chin and forced her head up. She opened her eyes knowing that she couldn't hide from his unrelenting gaze.
Insid smirked down at her showing off every one of his pointed teeth. "You've been a very bad girl again, Jacqueline."
"What did I do this time?" she replied sarcastically. A stinging slap was delivered to her cheek and she whimpered pathetically.
"DON'T TALK BACK TO ME YOU DISRESPECTFUL BITCH!" his demeanor quickly turned calm again and he smiled pleasantly. "Now, what shall your punishment be my little Snowflake?" when he didn't get an answer his smile grew bigger. "You want me to decide? Oh Jack, you're so kind. But what shall I do?" as he finished his sentence he ran his fingers down the winter spirit's side.
Jack immediately started to panic. "What is he doing? He promised he wouldn't do this! Someone, help me!"
Insid forced Jack's head up again and pressed his lips to hers hungrily. The winter spirit thrashed against him trying to break away, but the blonde kicked her in the stomach forcing her to be still. She could do nothing but hang there while he had his way with her, thrusting deep inside of her and breaking the little amount of hope she had left.
"SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
Jack's eyes flew open and she gasped for air tears falling down her face. Bunny was above her with his paws on her shoulders and a look of worry on his face. "Jack! Are you ok?!"
All Jack could do was stare at the pooka with wide eyes. "B-Bunny..." her voice then dissolved into little whimpers.
The pooka gathered the winter spirit in his arms holding her close as she broke down gripping the fur on his chest. The bedroom door opened slightly and a sleepy looking Tooth poked her head in with a worried expression.
"Go back to sleep Tooth," he whispered loud enough for her to hear. "I've got this." the fairy queen nodded and closed the door.
Bunny rubbed Jack's back and whispered gentle words until her sobs ceased to quiet hiccups. "Did you have a nightmare?"
The winter spirit nodded.
"You wanna talk about it?"
She started to shake her head, but she must have considered it for a moment because she was silent before she managed to choke out "I-Insid."
Bunny's arms tightened protectively at the mention of the blonde's name, but he willed himself to relax. Jack was already freaked out, he didn't need to make her more upset. "He won't hurt ya ever again, mate. I'll make sure of that."
They sat there in silence for a few more minutes before Jack's eyes started to droop.
"Do ya want me to stay?"
The winter spirit was grateful for the darkness because her face immediately turned bright red, though she didn't know why. "Y-yeah, sure."
Smiling softly, the pooka untangled his arms from Jack and pulled the blankets back so she could lay down again. He crawled in next to her and stiffened slightly as she curled up against his chest.
"Bunny?"
"Mm?"
"Can... Can you... what I mean is... can you... sing?"
The pooka raised his eyebrow in surprise. "Sing?"
Jack blushed lightly and looked down twiddling her thumbs. "Well... apparently when I was a human... my mother always sang to me whenever I had a nightmare... it always calmed me down and helped me get back to sleep..." she waited for the pooka to say no. It was stupid to ask something like that.
"Sure, Snowflake."
Jack looked at her friend for a moment in shock. But something in his eyes told her that he was totally ok with this. She settled down against his chest again, her eyes drooping but trying to stay awake.
Bunny had to think for a moment of what song to sing. It had been a very long time since someone had sung his a lullaby, and he wasn't sure if he could remember any good ones. Then, the light bulb went off. Not too long ago, Sophie Bennet had gotten Jack obsessed with a new Disney movie called Tangled, which was a new twist on the tale of Rapunzel. The winter spirit loved all the songs and practically knew all of them by heart. With this in mind, the pooka held her close and started singing:
Flower, gleam and glow.
Let your power shine.
Make the clock reverse.
Bring back what once was mine...
Heal what has been hurt.
Change the fate's design.
Save what has been lost.
Bring back what once was mine.
What once was mine...
Bunny ended the lullaby and looked down at the dead asleep Jack Frost in his arms. She was snoring softly with her long bangs falling over her eyes making her look extremely cute.
"Wait, why in the blood hell am I thinking that?" the pooka questioned himself. Dismissing the thought for now, Bunny pulled the covers over them making sure Jack was comfortable.
"'Night, Jack. Sleep well." he whispered to her before drifting off to sleep.
Post notes- HOLY SHIT I'M SO SORRY! I'VE BEEN TOUTURING YOU GUYS FOR SO LONG WAITING FOR THIS CHAPTER! But, I hope you liked it! It's 10:39 at night right now and I'm getting pretty tired to I'm gonna go. Don't forget to review!
Next Chapter: Jack's nightmares and fear of Insid get worse and Bunny in confused of his now growing feelings for his best friend.
