Chapter 26

"Okay, I think this will be big enough."

Allie was holding up a large mug with plastic over the top. Malinda had woken up and was currently glaring at the occupants of the room. The other Guardians were coming up with an back up plan while Bunny, Allie, and Pitch stayed with the snake."Now we need her to bite it."

"If you think that I will willing ssink my fangss in plasstic, your dead wrong." hissed the bitter snake.

"How do you suppose we do that Sheila?" questioned Aster. Allie handed the cup to him before pushing him towards the snake and taking a step back.

"I was thinking you could do it, since you have faster…um…reflexes than me." Allie stated with a sheepish smile. Bunny simply rolled his eyes and took a hesitant step towards the snake.

"What's the matter rabbit?Afraid of a sna-" Pitch's teasing was cut off by the Pooka.

"No I am not afraid of some bloody snake!" he yelled ears lowered. "And just be glad we don't let this snake on you ya drongo."

"Oh I know your not afraid of snakes. Your afraid of something much bigger at the moment." Pitch started as he began to walk towards the cage. "Your afraid of not getting the antidote. Your afraid of not being able to save your dear little friends. Your afraid of failure."

Bunny started to fidget a bit as Pitch's words sunk in. Eyes widening a bit as his breath hitched. Allie was starting to panic a bit to but retained her cool.

"Your afraid of not fulfilling your duty. Your afraid that your friends will die in your hands." Pitch stated with a smirk. Bunny quickly shook his head and glared at the King of Nightmares.

"No I'm not." he growled.

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not!"

Before Bunny could tackle him, Pitch crushed the snakes tail with a large hammer he made of sand. The effect was instantaneous. Malinda hissed in pain before striking towards Bunny, fangs barred.

"Crikey!" he yelled before he held the cup out in front of him. Her fangs sunk into the plastic, venom oozing out of them.

"Quick hold her head in place!" commanded Allie as she ran over to help. Aster held her head down over the plastic until the the venom stopped dripping. Releasing her head and stepping away quickly, Malinda glared at them through the bars. Pitch walked over to the two with a smirk on his face.

"Why in the bloody hell did ya do that for?!" yelled Bunnymund as he handed the cup to Allie.

"I simply helped you retrieve enough venom to create the antidote." he stated in defense.

"Hey, quit arguing and let's get this to the others. North can probably help Snow and Jack with this." Allie said cheerfully as she darted out of the room. Pitch and Aster glared at each other one more time before exiting the room as well.

"Probably have to wait a while before more venom formsss. That really hurt my tail. The basstard." Malinda grumbled as she licked at her fangs. "Now how do I get out of here?"

Suddenly, she heard a small tapping noise coming from the window. She saw a black raven. It cocked its head at her before flying back into the air. It flew up higher into the air, before spiraling towards the window.

"This vill vork perfectly for antidote. Great job!" North said cheerfully as he raised the mug. "I vill take this to my private vorkroom and be back as soon as I can."

Everyone, but Pitch, let out a breath of relief as North exited the room.

"They're going to be alright, thank goodness." Tooth said as she sat down on one of the beds. "Now all we have to do is figure out what to do with that sn-"

CRASH!

A loud sound came from the room Malinda was in. Quickly running into the room, there were broken shards of glass scattered across the floor. The small raven was currently picking the lock of Malinda's cage open. Slithering out if her imprisonment, she whipped her tail at the the immortals.

Everybody but Toothiana managed to avoid the blow. She was sent flying backwards into the previous room and hit the wall hard.

"Tooth!" Bunny yelled as he quickly made his way over to her. She was gasping for breath, and her back hurt like Hell! She struggled to sit up and yelped when she felt a sharp pain. Aster was by her side in a few seconds. "Are you ok?"

"I'm *ow* fine." Tooth squeaked out with a forced smile.

"C'mon Toothy, you can lie better than that." Aster chuckled when the fairy gave him a small pout.

Sandy and Allie were currently trying to keep Malinda in the room. The little man was attempting to knock her out again. Allie was holding onto her tail and waving frantically in the air. Pitch just watched in mild amusement, until the snake used Allie as a sort of hammer to knock Sandy into Pitch. She kept her grip on the snake though.

"Hiisssss, hey bird! Get thisss little nuisssance off of me!" ordered Malinda as she kept her eyes on the other two immortals. In response the small bird flew towards Allie, talons at the ready.

With a small yelp, she quickly let go of the tail and stepped out of the way. That didn't stop Brenna though. Pulling up the small bird flew directly into the fireplace that occupied a part of the room. There was a nerve racking screech as the flames devoured the raven.

"Graahh! SStupid bird got itsself killed!" complained Malinda as she slithered towards the door, only to make a quick turn to avoid getting stomped on by Bunnymund. "Now what do I-"

Suddenly, Brenna launched herself out of the fireplace in a streak of flames. Flapping its wings, it scanned the room for its target.

'Oh a Phoenix. I take back calling it a stupid bird.' she thought before whacking one of Bunny's boomerangs away. Brenna had the attention of everyone in the room before swooping towards Allie again.

"Crud!" she yelled before diving out of the way. She ran around the room with the bird hot on her tail. "How do you beat a fire bird?!"

Malinda managed to whack Aster across the face before encircling him in a death grip. "Hngh!"

"Bunny!" Tooth yelled. She quickly flew at the snake until the phoenix sent a barrage of sparks in her direction. Sandy managed to knock most of them out of the way before they reached the fairy. "Thanks Sandy!"

Allie saw Bunny was losing oxygen fast. She drew one of her knives and threw it in the direction of the snake. Missing her head by just an inch, the knife embedded itself in the snake's lower body. Letting out a hiss of pain, Malinda uncoiled herself from around Bunny and used her mouth to yank the knife out.

Allie was a bit distracted with the snake, that she didn't notice Brenna coming straight towards her. Pitch did though.

"Look out!" he yelled before standing in front of her and letting the phoenix ram into him. Lighting his body ablaze.

I hope you all like the story so far. I would like to thank everyone who took the time to read my story. Luv u guys! If anybody has an idea for a oneshot, don't be shy and let me know. I'll try to write it as best I can! R&R!