Part 2 of the arc

Chapter 12

Planning

Rating for this chapter: K+

"What!" the three shouted. Sandy made "!?" with his sand.

"How did this happen?!" Tooth exclaimed.

"What in the blazes happened to her "Ah'm better than Pitch!" now she's working' for 'im

North was yelling at the top of his lungs in Russian-Jack assumed he was cursing.

And Sandy just looked really frantic and worried.

Jack sighed, he was expecting this.

"Guy's calm down," Jack shouted calmly, they all quieted. Jack few on to the table and walked back and forth on it thinking.

"First thing we need to do is come up with a plan to find mother nature, free the other winter, and fall spirits, and then stop, now the hard part is that we need to check all of her hiding places and then-" Jack rambled, and rambled… and rambled.

The others just stared wide-eyed at the winter spirit. Jack wasn't much of a talker, well not much at the meeting anyway, but this was insane.

"-once we find the last possible pace she might be we then ambush her and make her talk and-"

"Okay frostbite we get that the plan needs to be fool-proof, Ah really think ya should breathe for a sec though." Bunny interrupted.

Jack hadn't realized how fast he was talking and how little he was breathing until Bunny mentioned that he needed to breathe.

Jack took a deep breath. "Oh right… sorry… anyway, what's the plan?"

"Well from what little we actually got from ya, nothing. Mothah natah is really clevah and as ya said she has a lot of get-away places, so finding her will be tricky." Bunny explained.

Jack nodded, hopping off the table and walking over to a window.

The others started to discuss plans and strategies. But Jack just stated by the window. He watched the snowstorm rage outside of the building. He took a deep breath closing his eyes. He then felt something. Something dark, powerful, and…. A touch of fear, Pitch…

Jack opened his eyes and turn around and shouted. "G-guys Pitch h-he's on his way- or something like that but we need to- guys?"

The other guardians were nowhere in sight. And he was completely surrounded by darkness. Jack's throat dropped into his stomach.

There was a dark chuckle that rang through the blackness.

"Hello Jack" the voice was low and cold in Jack's ears. "I see you found out that I was coming."

Jack gulped and squeaked. "W-what- what do you want, Pitch!" he demanded.

Pitch chuckled once again. "Oh, Jack, your so much fun to play with. Okay, I'll tell you a small part of my plan, since, well, your the one I'm after, after all."

Jack's eyes widened and looked frantically in the dark for Pitch. "What do you want!"

"I want a lot of things Jack but the thing I want most is for you to suffer a bit, to choke on your on ice. To feel cold." Pitch stated.

Before Jack could say a word he was screaming at a window.

Jack had grown silent, the other guardians didn't really notice until the room grew tremendously cold.

They all looked to Jack, he had his head down and was shaking. This concerned them all.

"Jack?" Tooth flew over to the boy. "Sweet tooth? Is everything okay?"

Tooth reached her hand out to touch his shoulder. But before she could Jack screamed and backed away from the window into the table.

Jack was gasping for air as if there wasn't enough. He was rambling so fast the others couldn't even hear a word he was saying.

"Whoe there frostbite. Take a deep breath." Bunny instructed.

"No! You're not listening! P-Pitch is Back he- he was here!" Jack shouted, still gasping.

All their eyes widened at this.

Bunny stepped in front of Jack. "You need to calm down Jacky."

"Y-yeah your right…." Jack breathed. He slowed his breathing.

"That's bettah. Now, what happened?"

"I-i'm not sure. One minute I was staring out the window the next I'm in a room of darkness…"

Bunny placed his paws on Jack's shoulders. "It's okay now Jacky."

Jack shook his head. "H-he said that his plan is…. Is to get his revenge on me…"

They all looked very worried at this.

"Ah' see wha' yer gettin' at mate but. We'll be here to help ya okay? Now let's make that plan."

They spent hours coming up with a plan. All the way into the night. Tooth and Sandy had to leave eventually, but North, Bunny, and Jack still worked late into the night.

North was the first to drop to sleep. Leaving the two others to work.

The two work for another few hours, Jack started to look like he was just about to join north in the world of dreams. The boy had slumped over the table looking absolutely exhausted from the day.

Bunny chuckled slightly.

"Jack?" Bunny spoke softly.

"Yeh? Wha' 's it Bunny?" Jack slurred a bit, trying to stay awake.

"Ah' think we should call it a night, ya look like yer about ta drop." Bunny chuckled.

"Am no'," Jack argued.

"Mmhmm." Bunny walked over to the slumped spirit on the table.

"Wha' are ya doin'?" Jack asked looking up at the pooka.

"Takin' ya ta bed."

"Wha' no, no' tired…" Jack protested as he was picked up into fluffy arms.

Jack hushed after awhile as Bunny made his way to one of the rooms in the pole.

He took Jack into a room and laid him on the bed. The boy was already asleep by the time they had gotten there.

Bunny petted the boy's hair. "Nothin's going to happen ta ya frostbite. Not if Ah have a say in it."

Hey guys, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Thank you all for your wonderful support so far. Anyway…

Until next time

-GabeElf