Santa's Workshop, Jack's Room, March 6th, 9:09 am

Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock . . . . . .

Both Jack and Mikka glanced at the clock. 9:09 am. It seemed that they had been in that position for moments, though it felt like an eternity. Mikka was getting redder, though from where Jack was sitting, he wouldn't know. Almost as if in mental agreement, as they looked at the clock, they decided in anticipation that when that one minute past, whatever happened would be final.

Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock . . . . . . .

9:10 am

Jack exhaled deeply and closed his eyes, This means, she's mine, she's really . . . .mine. Slowly, he pulled his arms away until they rested on the bed either side of her. "J-Jack . . .please wait here.",Mikka stammered as she shot to her feet and ran down the hall. Jack tried to reach out his hand to stop her, but she was already gone. Jack frowned, What the . . . did I hurt her in someway? Just as he finished that thought did Mikka come sailing through the door with a book in her hand. She ran so fast that she didn't have time to stop herself before she tripped over the bed frame . . . . .right into Jack's chest. Jack had caught her around the waist just in time, grinning as he saw how red her face had gotten. Jack chuckled, "Who knew you would've looked so cute when you blush." Mikka blinked, then looked down as she flipped the pages of a book she was holding. She thrust the open book at Jack's face so he could see what was written.

Dear diary,

I realized something important today. I felt something I have never felt so strongly in my life. Why is it that Jack Frost, who thought I was a boy, makes me feel so warm? Whenever I look, for some reason, he's always there, always by my side. As I think more on this, my heart feels like it's going to break too. These feelings that burn will never leave, I'm sure, but it just seems wrong. It's feels very selfish, there is no rule saying we can't love, but I feel like I just don't deserve to. At any rate, he only sees me as something to constantly worry about and watch over. I am content with just being there.

From, Mikka

Jack gaped at the words, then his lips sagged into a frown, "Mikka . . .What are you trying to say? Have you been trying to hold in your own feelings?!" She wouldn't lift her eyes up to look at him. Jack sighed and cupped Mikka's face in his hands, "You know, that's usually what the guy would do. For you to like something . . someone, Mikka that's not selfish of you. If anything, you at least deserve the right to do that. And to have someone feel the same about you, which would be me and only me." Jack pressed forehead against Mikka's forehead, softly kissing her nose.

A smile tugged at the corners of Mikka's mouth, "Jack, I-"

Suddenly a voice that could only belong to the Easter Bunny echoed throughout the entire building, "I'M BAAAAAAAAACK!"

Few days later, Puerto Rico, Hotel Caribe San Juan

North panted, he was sweating buckets, "Okay everyone, you know the plan. We need to infiltrate the convention held here. We will meet in the lobby again in two hours."

The Tooth Fairy turned to Mikka, her wings had been concealed under large baggy shirt, "Oh Mikka! I can't wait to get settle. Just girls! It's so nice not being the only girl anymore!" Mikka needed to put a hand on the Tooth Fairy's shoulder to prevent her from fluttering about in front of thousands of people from around the world.

A tall tanned man with brown eyes and chiseled features, wearing a light green button-up shirt with khakis, "Welcome ladies, to the re-known Caribe San Juan. May I get someone to take your bags?"

Rm. 101

Jack chucked his bags onto the bags, "So . . .just us guys huh?" The Easter Bunny, now the size of a baby rabbit (due to some Fairy magic) hollered, "Yeah! We can go wild! Guys strolling the town! A manliness that knows no bounds!"

"Um . . .Bunny, we are here to stop Pitch. And what manliness are you talking about? You are adorable little bunny rabbit, we can't talk you seriously",North said, scratching his great white beard.

Rm. 102

Mikka opened the door and walked out of the bathroom, "Tooth, do you know where we're scouting first? Tooth?" Suddenly, the Tooth Fairy literally exploded out of a large duffle bag, soaring into the high arched ceiling, "This is perrrrrrfect!"

Mikka stared blankly at her, "Erm . . .what is?" "Oh, it's just great! Since we're going to begin scouting at the gorgeous beach, I picked out the perfect outfit for you! Just because you need to dress man-ish at work doesn't mean you have to do that everywhere else! You need to show your . . . .womanly-ness."

"My, what?"

"This is what you'll wear. Ta-da!"

Hotel Lobby, 2 hours later . . . .

Jack paced in the lobby, wearing a thin white undershirt and blue swim-shorts, "What could be taking them so long?" Despite Jack being ice, he can survive easily in hot climates because he doesn't need to hold back on how cold he can to the Tooth Fairy's magic, Jack can be seen by anyone, but the spell needs to be administered daily in order to continue the affect. "It's only be 3 minutes Jack, they're fine!",North replied in an easy tone, he was wearing one of those full body swimsuits with the red and white stripes on them. The Easter Bunny was lazing about in an animal carrier carried by Sandy, who wore the same suit as Santa, except in gold.

"Oh dear, I hope we didn't keep you boys waiting too long! Let's get going!", the Tooth Fairy called out cheerily, wearing a loose tie-dye rainbow dress with flip-flops. Mikka followed, slightly less enthusiastic, behind her wearing an enormous white sweater that went to her thighs, ballets shoes, and that was all. North asked quizzically, "My dear, we are going to beach, are you sure you will be comfortable in that." Although she was already starting to sweat, Mikka replied, "Y-yes, I prefer this anyways."

Once they had arrived at the beach by dunebuggy, which Sandy nearly crashed twice because the Easter Bunny kept attacking, yelling, "Lemme' drive the god damn buggy!" , North pulled out a huge red beach umbrella and drove it into the sand. Jack folded out the beach chairs as the two female Guardians brought in the cooler. Sandy started making signs with his sand, Mikka said, "Sandy's right, we need to start, What's the game plan?" Sandman blinked in surprise, making a face that said She understood that?

North rubbed his hands together, "Alright here's what I purpose, let's not enjoy ourselves now as we search for any clues about the 'Dark Followers' convention." Sandy winked at everyone.

The 'Dark Followers' are known as a group of obsessive, masochistically creepy cult of people, who beneath the surface, are humans that have accumulated to follow and worship Pitch as their 'godly' being.

The Easter Bunny called out from his cage, "Awright, so the usual pairings. Sandy with North, Tooth with me, and Mikka with snow-for-brains." "Love you too, bunny wunny.",Jack replied sarcastically. Mikka continued to look uncomfortable as she followed Jack into the direction of a sprawl of closely-knitted palm trees.

Jack sensed this, "Mikka, if you really don't want to-" "No, I'll be fine, it's just that those boys with the surfboards keep following us. Did we do something?" Jack looked back, and there they were, typically toned guys with surfboards staring at Mikka, Damn she's wearing a sweater for crying out loud! He only smirked, "I'll take care of that." And without warning, Jack snaked his arm around her waist and under her knees, scooping her up and laughing as he ran to the palm trees. Mikka's laughs rang like bells to the very end, where Jack set her down gently. "That was fun, Ja-",Mikka said, before she passed out. Jack caught her, but he was panicking, Mikka's skin was on fire. She may be a Guardian, but she can't put herself through this . . ., Jack thought as he set her down on a pile of large green palm leaves in the shade of the trees. He knelt down, Mikka looked as if she had been running a marathon. Jack nodded, "First thing's first, time to get this sweater off." Before his hands touched the material, he stopped, Wait, there must be a reason she didn't want to take it off. Hmm. . . no matter, she's probably wearing a one-piece under anyways.

Carefully, he peeled of the sweater and lifted it over her head.

After he did that, he had stop himself from nearly getting a nosebleed.

All she was wearing was one of those triangle bikinis in a gradient of green and pink. This has Tooth written all over it, Jack thought trying to look at Mikka and not look at Mikka at the same time. Feeling the sudden coolness, Mikka's eyes slowly cracked open, "Jack what . . . . AAAHHH!" She turned her back from Jack as she tried to cover herself with her arms. "M-Mikka! Hold on, y-you don't look bad. Actually, it's nice, not in that way, unless you're okay with that, no, I, um, you passed out, and I just wanted to- I DID NOTHING!",Jack exclaimed as he frantically tried to come up with an explanation.

Mikka blushed, "You-you think I look nice?"

"W-well yeah."

"Are we alone?"

"Yes . . ."

"Then it's okay, if it's you, t-then we can just stay here for a bit." Mikka smiled at him locking her finger together behind her back. Jack was trying so hard not to blush too, Was she always this sexy? What, no, that's a weird thought . . .Get a grip man!

For a few minutes they sat like that under a palm tree, Mikka sprawled against the tree, Jack's body wound tight. Out of the blue, Mikka's eyes snapped open, and scrambled on fours to the edge of a bush. Jack pinched his nose for a few seconds, then let go, "What is it, did you find something?"

Mikka's face looked shocked, she was staring at a couple climbing out of a van. Jack whispered, "What's wrong?"

"T-t-t-those people, t-they're my parents!"