Chapter 37: Good Versus Evil

Hilwilck was busy doing her rounds. She was wondering why Healer Winters hadn't checked in that morning. Winters would always be one of the first at St. Mungo's but today she wasn't. Hilwilck was actually getting a little worried. Should she be worried? She did think she should be worried. Hilwilck started working on one of her patients. She ended up getting absorbed in her patient that she forgot about Winters.

Jack was dragged back through the cave by Hans. Hans had his hand firmly on the neck of Jack's cloak and was pulling him along the cold, hard ground. His body moved across hard rock and cold and wet snow. All throughout the trip, Pitch kept giving Jack grins. Hans opened the cave door and continued down the hallway. Pitch and Hans then hoisted Jack up before placing chains around his wrists and then hoisting him up. Hans grabbed Jack's jaw and made him look at him.

"Where's your little girlfriend Frost?" Hans said. "Where's she hiding?"

"I don't know," Jack said. This was the truth. Jack had gotten separated from Elsa. He didn't know which way she went. He had lost her in the snow.

"Hmm, you may be telling the truth," Hans said with a sadistic smile.

"It is pretty stormy outside," Pitch said. "They could have gotten lost in the snow."

"Hmm, that does seem logical."

Hans turned back to Jack and started to laugh.

"She will come for her pretty boyfriend anyway," Hans said. "It will only be a matter of time and then we will get her."

Elsa made her way back to the cave. It took her a while to find the cave to Hans' and Pitch's hideout due to the storm. She got lost quite a few times in the storm. She paused at the entrance to the cave. She had two options presenting themselves towards her. Her first option was in go and rescue Jack and take down Hans and Pitch. That could be a problem as there were two of them and one of her. She would be out numbered. She could easily take Pitch, he was no problem but Hans was another issue. Hans was a powerful wizard and a very skilled duellist. Elsa wasn't sure that she could deal with Hans with Pitch lurking in the background.

Her other option was to leave and get help. That could also be a problem. If she left, she didn't know what Hans and Pitch would do with Jack. Besides, they probably know she's out in the snow somewhere. They could decide that staying is dangerous for them as they may be discovered. She knew what she had to do. She had to risk it. She couldn't leave Jack. If she left him and something happened to him, she would blame herself entirely. She had to save him.

She entered the cave and headed down it. She managed to find the end of the cave but this time it wasn't blocked. It was wide opened. If was Hans and Pitch were daring her to come in. She had to take the dare. She had to for Jack's sake. She felt like it would be a mistake to enter alone. She had no one to help if things went south. She tried to fill herself with confidence but she didn't have much bravery within her. She realised that if she used her brain she might be able to outsmart Hans at his own game.

She entered the entrance to Hans' lair. She couldn't see him at all or Pitch. She realised that she didn't even have a plan. She decided to go in and just wing it. She would improvise as she went. She walked down the passage. Shen then heard voices. She recognised them as Hans and Pitch. It sounded like Hans and Pitch were trying to find out her whereabouts from Hans and Pitch. She pulled out her wand. Surprise would be on her side.

She walked closer and closer to the door. The voices got louder and louder. She paused outside the door making sure she was hid from view.

"So tell me where you're little girlfriend may be hiding," Hans said. "Surely you had some kind of back up place to go in case you got lost."

"I told you," Jack said clearly annoyed at his captures. "I don't know. Even if I did I wouldn't tell you."

"Hmm, a stubborn one I see," Hans said. He looked like he was enjoying this. Elsa wondered if he liked it when the people he captured didn't tell him what he wanted at first. Then he would be free to do whatever he liked to them. He could act out his sadistic tendencies. "Maybe we need to loosen those lips a little," Hans then turned to his right hand man. "What do you reckon?"

"Oh I do agree," Pitch nodded.

Hans raised his wand. Elsa couldn't take this. She had to save Jack. Elsa raised her own wand. Her spell caused Hans to be blasted off his feet and smashed into the wall behind Jack. Pitch looked around in shock. He had no idea where that spell had come from. His eyes managed to find Elsa but it was too late to do anything. Elsa quickly pointed her wand at him to. Pitch was also blasted off his feet. He slammed into the table behind him and it broke it half due to the force. Both Hans and Pitch looked like they had been knocked out. Elsa grinned at her handiwork.

"Surprise," she said before grinning at Jack.

"Elsa," Jack spluttered. He looked very glad to see her.

"Hey," Elsa said.

She quickly raced towards Jack. She tapped Jack's chains with her wand and they instantly unlocked. Jack fell but Elsa managed to catch him. Jack seemed a little daze. Probably from some kind of fall he had. Elsa managed to wave her wand and said a few incantations. Jack managed to stand up straight. He looked a lot better. Jack quickly grabbed his wand off the ground. It had been on the table before Pitch had smashed into it which caused everything on the table to fall onto the ground.

"Let's get out of here," Jack said. "We can come back for Pitch and Hans later."

"Yeah we can bring the authorities back before-"

Elsa never finished her sentence. She hadn't noticed that Pitch hadn't been knocked out completely, only dazed. He had managed to come round pretty quickly and realise what was going on. He had picked up his wand and had pointed it at Elsa.

"Crucio," Pitch cried.

Pain beyond pain erupted through Elsa's body. She felt as if a thousand knives were piecing every single inch of her body. She fell to the ground. She wanted the pain to die, to black out. Suddenly it stopped. She was on the ground twitching and shaking. It took her a few moments to realise what was going on. Jack, instead of resorting to his wand, had decided that Muggle duelling was the best way forward. He had tackled Pitch and now they were rolling on the ground together. Jack had his hands on the scruff's of Pitch's shirt and while Pitch was trying to get Jack off him.

Pitch's hand managed to find his wand and he used it to blast Jack a few feet. Pitch then pointed his wand at Jack again.

"Imperio," Pitch whispered.

Jack stopped advancing on Pitch. He got a really weird look in his eye. Elsa got to her feet and walked back a few steps. She didn't like the smile that Pitch was giving her. Jack raised his wand but he didn't point it at Pitch. He pointed it at her. Jack's spell narrowly missed her when she ducked for cover and caused part of the door frame to shatter which showered her in splinters.

"Jack, fight it," Elsa told him. "I don't want to hurt you."

Jack continued to advance on her. He wasn't listening to her. Elsa didn't want to hurt Jack. She needed him to fight the curse so together they could take out Pitch and then Hans, if he woke back up.

"Jack, please, it's me Elsa," Elsa said. "It's me; it's your best friend and your girlfriend. You have to snap out of this. Pitch is controlling you."

Jack fired another curse which narrowly missed Elsa's face but got her shoulder. Elsa could feel a stingy sensation and knew the curse had caused a gash to appear on her shoulder. Her shirt was turning a scarlet colour but she wasn't worried about that. She had to focus on Jack and get him back to his normal self.

"Jack, snap out of it," she said again.

It didn't work. Clearly talking wasn't going to work here. She could see Pitch standing back in a corner. He was just going to stand back and let Jack take out Elsa before he potentially takes Jack out himself. Elsa was going to wipe that smirk off his face. She wanted to show him what she could do. Unfortunately that meant hurting Jack, the one person she never wanted to hurt. She raised her wand.

"Sorry Jack," she said before she fired a spell at him.

Her blast found its target. It caused Jack to be knocked off his feet and fly backwards. His head hit the wall behind him and it caused him to be knocked out. Elsa turned to Pitch who was no longer grinning. He was the last man standing and Elsa was going to take him down all by herself. Elsa raised her wand and fired a spell at Pitch. Instead of dodging, Pitch raised his wand in time.

"Avada Kedavra," Pitch cried.

A jet of green light came out of Pitch's wand and it collided with the red jet that had come out of Elsa's. Both of them willed their spells to overcome the other. Then suddenly both spells started to build up energy. This caused a huge explosion which caused both spells to rebound on their owner and throw them backwards. Elsa hit the floor with the loud thud and she knew no more.

Jack groaned and managed to get to his feet. The room was spinning slightly. He somehow managed to regain himself and survey the scene. He saw that Pitch and Elsa were both knocked out. He moved to rush towards Elsa but he heard a groan. He turned around and saw that Hans had also awakened and was getting to his feet. Jack quickly gathered up his wand and pointed it at Hans. Hans took in everything that was around him. He got angry. He then focused his attention on Jack.

"You both ruined everything," Hans screamed the last bit at Jack.

"Evil cannot triumph while there is light in the world," Jack said.

"Where did you learn that? In a fortune cookie?" sneered Hans.

Hans then looked concerned for a moment. Jack looked behind him, it looked like Hans had seen something. When Jack looked back he saw that he had fallen for the oldest trick in the book. Hans had picked up his wand and was now pointing it at Jack. Jack ducked as several spells soared over him. Hans and Jack began duelling. Neither one of them could get the other to give up. Jack soon got the upper hand though. Jack pointed his wand at one of the potion vials on a shelf behind Hans. It exploded and showed Hans with glass. Hans was momentarily distracted. It was long enough for Jack to get the situation under control.

"Stupefy," Jack yelled.

A jet of red light hit Hans in the chest. He caused him to keel over and collapse on the ground. Jack then hoisted Hans up and chain up him for extra measures. He didn't want to have to deal with Hans a third time. Jack then remembered Elsa. He quickly rushed over to her. She wasn't moving.

"Elsa," Jack said. "Elsa!"

Jack tried shaking her awake. He could see the small rising of her chest so he knew she was alive. He called her name again and again. Elsa's eyes flickered opened and she smiled up at Jack. They had won.

A/N: I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please review =)