A/N: 'Sup guys? How's it going? Guess who's finally on summer break! *evil laugh* Maybe I'll actually have some time to write now...
Thanks to my superb beta for catching all those little goofs. You are the best!
And yes, this is the start of that arc I've gotten requests for... *grin*
June 12th
Intense
"Okay, okay. But think about it, North! The kids would love a toy like that!" Jack exclaimed, grinning in an almost evil way.
North chuckled, "I do not think parents would like me very much if I gave children rockets on their boots." He shook his head, amused, and returned to adding detail to a prototype of a dinosaur.
"Aww, adults are no fun," Jack waved a hand to dismiss the thought, almost sending an ice sculpture flying off of North's desk.
The Cossack laughed heartily, patting the boy on the shoulder, "I will think about it. For now I think we should get back to training-"
He was cut off by a loud crash outside the office door. North leapt up and flung the door open, grabbing one of his swords out of its sheath. Yeah, he was a little jumpy (but with Pitch screwing around recently, he had a reason to be).
Jack leaped up from his position in a chair near the desk and followed, the wind rushing him along beside the elder Guardian. His eyebrows were furrowed as he watched North storm down the stairs and to the Globe Room.
Yetis were rushing around - nothing weird about that - and the lights were shining. The Winter Spirit looked around for the source of the commotion they'd heard from the office, but couldn't find it. He pushed himself up off of the ground and headed toward the globe controls.
North was gesturing wildly, came close to hitting several of the yeti. Jack could hear him ranting in Russian (he was pretty sure the Cossack mentioned something about demons). Carefully, he walked up behind the man, avoiding the sword.
"Hey, North? What's going on? Something wrong?" The teen fidgeted and looked around once again for the source of North's distress.
Big blue eyes met Jack's, and he felt himself stiffen. North was dead serious right now, and something was wrong. He didn't know what was going on, but the man's reaction had him tensing up for a fight all the same.
"Yes. Something is very wrong, very wrong indeed." He lapsed into Russian again, speaking too quickly for Jack to keep up. One muscled arm stretched out and grabbed a handle, twisting and pushing it. The aurora started to shine above the globe, and Jack knew that the lights would reach all the way around the world. The Guardians were readying for battle once again.
