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(At the Bennett house)

"So then Patrick rushed out of the room leaving me grappling with the Aswang." The others listened as the Nightmare King told the story as they all sat in the living room eating supper.

"My goodness Pritchard," Rashana was horrified, "Aswangs are dangerous creatures!"

Pitch grinned, "Yes, but even they can't survive an explosion."

Jack laughed, "Let me guess, Patrick."

"Man in Green try kill Man in White?" Cazador asked with wide eyes

Pitch laughed, "Not on purpose, he was under the false assumption that I was completely made of shadows and therefore tons of falling rock would not be a problem."

An image of Pitch being flattened by a rock appeared over Sandy's head.

"Almost," he laughed, "I managed to escape into a shadow seconds before my 'friend' brought the entire cavern down on me."

The winter spirit laughed, "With a friend like Patrick, you don't need enemies."

Pitch nodded, "Tell me about it."

Cazador suddenly sat up straight, "Long Ear coming."

Jake watched as Bunnymund jumped up from the floor, "Hey Bunny what's up?"

"We've got a problem." the pooka's fur was disheveled, "An Orthus has somehow gotten into a city."

Pitch was on his feet immediately, "Where?"

"A small town in Rome." Bunny spoke quickly, "Look, North is fighting it right now and it is proving to be a bit of a handful."

"How big are we talking?" Pitch asked as Bunny stomped the floor

"Not sure mate, the thing is crafty and we haven't even gotten a glimpse of it." he grimaced, "But it has managed to burn down three houses and has singed North's beard." the pooka smirked as he jumped into the tunnel.

"Can I come?" Jack asked excited

Pitch raised an eyebrow, "Not a chance." he glanced at Sandy, "Samuel do you mind staying here and making sure that Jack doesn't try anything stupid."

A pair of eyes appeared over his head as he grinned at Jack.

"Ha, very funny." the winter spirit rolled his eyes

Pitch shook his head, "I'll be back in a little bit." he then followed quickly behind Bunny into the tunnel.

Jack crossed his arms, "No fair, I never get to have any fun."

Rashana laughed, "Come now Jackson, you'll be up to trouble in no time."

"Besides Jack, you're a winter spirit. An Orthus can breathe fire." Jamie spoke as he took the last bite of his hamburger.

"So, I could handle it." the winter spirit grinned

Rashana laughed, "I'm sure you could Jackson, but for now you need to heal." she glanced at Jamie, "And you mister need to go to bed, you have all of your tests tomorrow."

Hazel eyes rolled, "Why do they always have the tests on Friday! It's like they asked themselves 'how could we possibly ruin kid's Fridays?"

"Quit being dramatic," she laughed, "Go."

"Cazador go hunt now?" the boy glanced at Rashana, "Please."

"Of course Cazador," she smiled, "Just be home by morning."

"Thank Night's Sun's Mate." the boy raced outside

Jack raised an eyebrow as a howl echoed outside as the wolf began his hunt, "Does he ever…you know…bring home anything?"

Rashana laughed, "He's brought home squirrels, raccoons, and once… the neighbor's cat."

"A cat?" Jack waited for her to say she was kidding

"We had a talk after that," she sighed, "He is only allowed to bring home things that he finds in the woods, and I had to specify 'animals' just in case he came across campers."

"You think Cazador would kill someone?" blue eyes widened

Rashana smiled, "No honey, but I told him just in case."

"Yeah, always better to be on the safe side." Jack grinned

"Goodnight, sweetie." she leaned over and kissed his forehead, "If you need anything just call."

"Goodnight," Jack sighed as he laid his head back, "I bet Pitch is having fun…"

(With Pitch)

"Rabbit look out!" Pitch shouted as a fireball zoomed toward the unsuspecting pooka

"Thanks mate," Bunny back flipped over the flaming projectile

"Has anyone seen which way the beast went?" North asked as he raced up to them, "It has set fire to another home." the spirit shook his head, "I almost did not get them all out, Tooth had to fly one of the children to the hospital."

Golden eyes narrowed, "We have got to stop it before it kills someone." Pitch watched as another fire truck zoomed down the street, "This thing is completely decimating this town."

"What I don't get is way it came here?" North shook his head as they took off after the truck, "These creatures avoid humans at all costs."

"We'll ask it later." Bunny growled as he caught the silhouette of the canine through thick smoke, "There!" he flung his boomerang, he was satisfied by a yelp. "Bulls eye!" he rushed forward.

"Careful my friend!" North called as he and Pitch followed the pooka into the smoke

"Do you see the bloody dingo?" Bunny asked as he tried to see in the thick smog

"No," Pitch growled as he glanced around, "The smoke is to thick, and the fact that its night really isn't helping."

The sound of sizzling filled the air as an orb of fire shot inches from North's head.

"Ok that was to close." the Spirit of Wonder shook his head at the near miss

"Shit!" Pitch shouted as a figure jumped at him from the smoke curtain, he quickly swung his scythe. The air echoed with the sound of an animal scream and the sound of flesh tearing.

"I think you got em." Bunny sighed as the smoke began to dissipate, he frowned at the large pool of blood staining the concrete, "Where'd it go?"

"I'm not leaving it to suffer." Pitch spoke as he caught sight of the trail of blood, "I would have rather not have had to hurt it…"

Bunny nodded, "I know mate, but you had no choice." he picked up his boomerang, "Come on, let's find it."

"I will go get Tooth." North spoke as they walked down the street, panicked people passing through them as they raced to control the fires.

"All right mate." Bunny nodded as he and Pitch continued following the trail. Both spirits had been walking for a couple of minutes when the village ended and opened up into a forest.

Pitch glanced around the forest that they walked into it, "Maybe it lives here and became angry at the village?"

Bunny shook his head, "Doubt it mate, Orthus tend to live near volcanoes." he stopped as Pitch cried out, "What is it Pitch?"

The Nightmare King didn't answer as he fell to one knee.

"Pitch…Bloody hell!" the pooka shouted as he caught sight of the arrow embedded in the man's leg. The pooka jumped forward, "Where did that come from!" he scanned the trees for the attacker.

"Damn that…hurts" Pitch grimaced

"I still don't see anyone…"

"Well they're not shooting at me again at least…" Pitch hissed as he tried to pull the arrow out

"Pitch you idiot don't pull it out." Bunnymund rolled his eyes

"It hurts Rabbit," Pitch growled as Bunny pushed his hand away from the arrow again

"Bunny did you two find…What happened?" North's eyes widened as he and Tooth came up

"The usual, someone's trying to kill me." Pitch gritted his teeth as North knelt to inspect his leg.

"This was shot from crossbow," the spirit spoke as he lightly tugged on the quiver, "It has gone into bone…"

"I could have told you that." Pitch spoke through clenched teeth

"Well it looks like the Orthus managed to get to the shadows." the pooka spoke as he caught sight of the trail of blood ending abruptly at a patch of shadows.

"We'll need to go to the Pole and help Pitch."Tooth spoke up as North helped Pitch to his feet

Pitch sighed as North helped him as he limped toward the portal, "This sucks…"

As the forest went silent Jaeger stepped from his hiding place, he grinned, "I'm so good at my job that I scare myself sometimes." he laughed as he pulled a phone from his pocket, "Hey Admiration just checking in…yeah everything went according to plan…naw it ran off somewhere, it was wounded so it'll die anyway. Was a great way to get the Guardians attention though…it'll take my tracker a month or two gather the data I need to find Pitch again…..Don't get your panties in a bunch, I told you it'd take awhile…..Look, you hired me for this so just sit back on your padded ass and let me do my job." Jaeger laughed as Admiration's curses could be heard as he hung up the phone, "And now I believe I'll get some drinks."

(At the Pole)

"Ok, hold still Pitch." North spoke as he gripped the arrow

"I swear Pitch you can't go anywhere without getting hurt." Patrick shook his head as he came in

"Look, it's not like I asked to be shot by a damn crossbow." Pitch growled

Patrick rubbed his chin, "Who do we know that wants to kill you?"

Pitch raised an eyebrow, "Seriously?"

"Ok, rephrase. Who do we know that wants to kill you and uses a crossbow?"

"That narrows it down…" Pitch rolled his eyes. He cried out as pain blossomed in his leg, "Shit North! You think you could warn me?"

North shrugged, "Sorry my friend." he frowned as he looked at the arrow, "Part of the point didn't come out."

"Well it can stay, I'm done here." Pitch spoke as he wrapped gauze around the wound

Patrick smirked, "I'll put in a few calls and see if I can't figure out who wants your head this time."

"You do that. North, I'm going to go stay with Jack." Pitch grimaced as he got to his feet

North nodded, "Tell him I am bringing cookies tomorrow."

"That's just what he needs." Pitch shook his head

"How is the kid?" Patrick laughed as he followed

"He's recovering, but his feet are still bad." Pitch spoke as they left the room, "Jack's about to go nuts being cooped up."

"You know, I bet Greed would know how to help…" the Leprechaun sighed, "I guess I could go ask him."

Pitch grinned, "That's actually a good idea. Come to Jamie's when you find something out." he then disappeared into the shadows

"He'll hold this over my head for eternity…" the Leprechaun sighed as he was enveloped by his rainbow

(With Darkness)

"You know when you jumped, you messed up my chance to kill Pitch" silver eyes glanced into the opening at the bottom of the trunk of the tree, "But then again you did take the blade meant for me when you did."

A growl echoed from the hole, two sets of crimson eyes stared at the man

"Just leave the little mutt."

"Shut up Devlon." Darkness sighed, "Come on little one, I know you're hurt and scared." he spoke calmly as he reached into the hole

"It's going to bite you."

Silver eyes grimaced as two sets of teeth latched onto his arm

"Told you."

"I swear Devlon I will find a way to remove you." Darkness growled as he pulled out a canine about the size of a young German Sheppard out of its hiding place. Darkness cradled the struggling creature to his chest, "Calm down little one, I won't hurt you." He spoke gently to the creature that still had both sets of its teeth attached to his arm

Four red eyes glanced up at him, the creature whimpered slightly. Slowly both heads released their grip on the man's arm.

Darkness couldn't help the smile that came as two rough tongues swiped over the tiny lines of crimson that its teeth had created, "It's all right, I understand you're frightened. Come, let's get you fixed up." he spoke as his body burst into shadows as he disappeared

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