A/N: Hey world, SkatingDJ here!:) Back with the fourth chapter! Now, reason I haven't updated this story in a while was because of the fact is that it's gonna get tricky... and mostly very unrealistic. I mean, they're escaping Guantanamo Bay's Detention Camp; Nobody's done that before so I really don't have any examples to base this escape off of:/ So warning; the escape is gonna be really stupid easy but of course this has to go so don't kill me:p So the research was REAL. Any examples or help would be great but don't make it too real so that the government doesn't come kill me, and don't get any ideas! I'm warning you! This is a story and would never ever work! It's just a story government, just a story...

Chapter Summary: Sandy and Flora have some ideas to escape and a new ally is brought into the picture. The Rainbow Snowcone sprinkles are coming by the dozens and who doesn't like Jack Frost angst?

Chapter Rating/Warning: T (13+); Swearing and mild suggestive romance

Pairing(s): Jack x Tiana (Tooth) & Red (OC) x Glimmer (OC)

Disclaimers: I own nothing! Nada! (except for my OC's):p

Enjoy!:)

Chapter 4:

Fearing Mother Nature

The next week during lunch hour, Jack sat next to Tiana along with Sandy, Flora, Glimmer, and Red. The group sat as far away from the guards as possible (most notably North and Aster who were together) while also keeping their distance from other prisoners. They selected their table and huddled around as best as they could without looking suspicious. It was easier said than done, they had already caught some prisoners' attention but they were luckily too self-centered to care. This was the first time the friends-more like allies got together in one place... being that Sandy and Flora wanted to discuss the escaping plan with the rest of the group... part of it at least.

Sandy made a motion with his hands that said, 'keep your voices down' as everyone halfheartedly nodded. The little middle-aged man reached into his jumper pockets and discreetly pulled out a napkin that had the drawing of the base of the Delta Camp while glancing over his shoulder every now and then.

"Listen up," Flora said in a hushed voice.

Jack's eyebrows raised; he did not expect Flora's voice to be so soft yet so stern at the same time. This was the first time he had heard her voice. Right now, her determination altered her vocal cords as her voice was a mellow soft dark hum and had a hint of raspy gruffness at the same time, it was harmoniously interesting.

"The Delta Camp stretches long across Cuba, but luckily we are right south to the Caribbean Sea so longitude doesn't matter. north is more land, which would be easier to cross but it's much more dangerous, we'd be caught far too easily. Sea is our best bet." Flora said as she pointed at what base they were kept in Delta and then notified how far on land north was versus the sea.

Nobody saw or heard Jack gasp and his hands slightly tremble at the mention of water.

Tiana cut in and spoke in a hushed voice, "But while traveling on sea, obviously going east would be quickest but it's unnecessary and wasting time as we have to go all the way around the tip of Cuba, where we could easily trek through land and save half of the time it would take us by sea."

"And get caught like I said?" Flora countered immediately, "We almost have a hundred percent chance getting caught that way. By sea, there is also the option of them considering us dead and they'll give up and announce us deceased."

"Exactly. There's a good chance of us actually drowning... Do we have to travel by water?" Jack pointed out (the obvious) with a hint of fear in his voice.

"Well, duh. Are you afraid of drowning or death or something?" Glimmer scowled. Jack only rolled his eyes and snarled. He was traveling with this bitchy woman? Sweet Jesus...

"But I mean," Jack continued, grasping onto last hope, "with weapons from Emily, we can trek on land, can't we? By night where no one can see us? Or Emily could pick us up north!" Everyone gave Jack a, really? Look before they turned their attention back to the conversation, none of them seeing the flicker of sadness and fear in Jack's ice blue irises; let's just say that Jack did not like water.

"We could just as easily die on land." Flora informed. "There's a town right beyond these fences. People could spot us and turn us in where we'd be executed, or they'll just kill us or we could be poisoned or attacked by a wild animal. Going by sea is the safest and smartest. Hell, both options have the option of dying."

"Great idea! But here's a thought: Where would we even get a boat?!" Glimmer exclaimed with utter disgust. "Cause there's no way we're using life jackets or whatever! That's a hundred and ten percent of us drowning within the first mile!"

"Don't f'ing dis me, sis." Flora grumbled, Glimmer was about to slap her when Sandy held her back. "I gotta plan." Flora clarified, she leaned into the group, "I- I mean we, meaning Glimmer and I, have a good friend, well- more like godmother-"

"No shit, Flora!" Glimmer scowled and dramatically face palmed her forehead.

"Godmother?" Tiana asked, "I thought you just had Glimmer, you had-"

Flora cut Tiana off, "She wasn't a great godmother, we only saw her like, twice a year. More if we were fortunate. But she's really good for this and quite frankly the only thing we have. Her name is Emily Jane Seraphina Pitchiner, code named Mother Nature because-"

Tiana cut Flora off this time out of thrill as she realized something, "Wait, the Mother Nature?! One of the top female undercover spies in the world?! Code named such as she has the best methods of travel in land, air, and sea?!"

"Yeah, that's her." Red said. "When I first met Glimmer and Flora, I met Emily and she taught me how to drive really well. That's why I'm so good at it; she taught me how."

"She's a force to be reckoned with I must say. She's excellent at escaping and staying undercover as a spy and she can kick ass, definitely give Tiana a run for her money." Glimmer taunted, her gray eyes glinting with evil at Tiana.

"Excuse me?! No she couldn't! Everyone knows that Miss Pitchiner lacks in the combat side. You just said that to get at me... you b-" Tiana cut herself off with a frustrated sigh, she wasn't going to get anywhere by arguing.

"Anyways, if I could get a hold of her, she can provide our means of travel at least till we get to the Florida Keys. We just have to get to the sea and I have to get a hold of her first. I can request to meet with Emily with that five minute meet up thing, I can somehow secretly tell her what we need." Flora explained.

"Cool, but Delta records all those meetings. How do we get tell her without Delta knowing?" Red asked smugly.

"Well, as we know, Sandy is super intelligent but he specializes in technology!" Flora cheerfully said, her soft voice pitching up.

"Great, I hate to spoil the party, but where are you gonna get the technology?" Jack said with exasperation. Sandy would have to create technology to bust the recording system to the meeting call room without technology, maybe Emily could send some (secretly somehow) but they had to talk to her first without Delta knowing what they were really after... but how were they gonna do that without some tech first!?

"She can read lips, dumb ass." Flora spat, making Jack jump, "We don't need any technology until after I talk to her and convince her to get us some for the escape."

Jack threw his hands up in surrender. The way these people were treating him was ridiculous. He was just about ready to give up or just kill himself all for the sake of having to deal with these assholes!

"Everyone got that?" Flora asked, the gang nodded. "Alright, Part 2: The Escape. Delta is what we expected. It's not much but it's still a challenge nonetheless."

"So you're gonna request the stuff we need to Emily?" Jack asked delicately.

"Right." Flora replied, Jack sighed with relief as no one got mad at him this time. "All we need is some technology to shut down some stuff and some weapons. Sandy can sort out the technology stuff and we're good to go!"

"That simple?" Jack remarked, cause this sounded really easy!

"Whoa there! Easier said than done! Hear me out!" Flora barked. That was the last straw; Jack wasn't asking any more questions. "South beyond these walls is a maze of electrocuted fences. Guard posts are posted within eyesight of each other. Guard patrol and camera systems are up 24-7. After we cross the fence, there's a layer of mines rimming around, we have to get around those. Then there's a thin woods beyond that before the sea. But this takes time.

"It will take time and precise timing on Sandy's part to hack into the Delta system and shut down the cameras, electric fences, the doors to our cells, the search lights on the guard posts, and the mines. That will be the most difficult part, difficult, but less physically dangerous. However, the moment Sandy gets the systems shut down, we have to move our asses. The haul will be real as we will only have six minutes before the tech is up again and obviously every guard in the freaking camp will be on to stop us."

"Sounds like a plan, when do we start?" Tiana asked.

Flora said, "I'll give a request to talk to Emily this afternoon and next week is when I can meet up with her so-"

"But won't they know Emily is Mother Nature? One of the top spies in the world? Isn't that extremely fishy? Regardless of the fact that they won't hear the true discussion and that she's your godmother..." Jack forcefully asked, he had to.

Glimmer spoke this time, "She's retired and all her files have been burned and all data of her existence as Mother Nature has been wiped out from this planet, so when they look her up, they won't figure it out. And besides, her real name was a secret back then."

Jack nodded and choked out. "So are we clear?" Flora asked finally, shoving the napkin into her jeans.

"Yeah." Everyone softly chanted, except for one.

Jack gulped and shuddered. There was a reason he flat out didn't like water. As Jack thought of the sea, it almost made him cry as painful memories played to the front of his mind. Water had a little something to do with how Jack became who he was. Back in the day when Jack was just an innocent, normal boy, he had a sister. One day, the two went ice skating on their frozen outdoor pond to have fun, something they rarely had. Jack tried to save her, but he couldn't. His beloved sister fell through the ice and drowned. It just happened so suddenly, one minute the ice was thick and fine, the next it was thin and cracked. Jack tried to run to her, but it was too late and his last family member died before his teary eyes. Ever since, Jack had been afraid of water and drowning.

Red watched Jack's expression with disgust... and a hint of worry and curiosity. After all, Red wasn't made of stone, he had a little beating heart too, somewhere. But what was going through that kid's head? He looked ready to cry! Ugh, there was no way he was going to escape this bloody jail with someone who cried at random! "Tch, why do we have to bring him?" Red spat, snapping Jack out of his trance. Everyone gave him a glare, including Jack. Seriously, what was this dude's problem about him?

Red was about to start getting extra pissed when (luckily) it was 'recess' and the guards escorted everyone outside. The girls once again went off, chatting with second hand acquaintances. Except Flora went to a corner, took out a lighter that was sitting on a table, and burned the napkin containing the Delta's base while Sandy was getting a good look at the perimeter and base defense's. Jack looked around again and saw Red staring at him with what looked like... curiosity? The two stared at each other before Jack made his way over to him.

"What's up?" Jack asked with a hint of attitude.

"What's up with me?" Red asked, baffled, "What's up with you? I saw you ready to cry like a baby back there."

Jack looked down at the ground and gulped. "I'd rather not talk about it." He forced out, appalled when he felt a fierce lump in his throat.

"Too much of a wuss to confess something, Frost?" Red teased.

"Shut up!" Jack snapped, a thin layer of tears brimming the bottom of his eyes, unfriendly memories revisiting and coming to the forefront of his mind. How he loved his sister...

Red smirked, he had an odd satisfaction of watching people in pain, being the harsh and cold bully he now was. "Oh come on, what's wrong little one? What were you fretting over? Water? What is it? Can you not swim or something? Oh now that's just sad..."

Red continued to talk like this as his cruel words sank into Jack's mind and pierced through his soul like needles. StopItStopItStopItStopIt! Shut up! Just shut up! "I told you to shut up!" Jack's thick voice said, growing louder, grabbing attention.

"What's the matter? You can't stand a little teasing? Oh, but what is it with you and water, huh?" Red didn't stop.

Jack couldn't take much more of this. In fact, he couldn't take it at all. Without a moment to loose, the string snapped and Jack hurled himself at Red. Last time, Jack didn't know what was expected from Red so he wasn't on his game, but now Jack was focused and seething with rage. Red wrestled out of Jack's lunge and threw a few punches on his own but Jack nimbly dodged them, being the lanky guy he was. Once Jack found the right moment, he lunged at Red again, straddled him with full wait and began to beat the crap out of his face. Tears flew out of Jack's eyes as Red's struggling died down with every punch.

"Never. Mention. Water. Like. That. To. Me. Again!" Jack said as he began to just flat out clobber Red.

The prisoners had gathered around to watch the fight. Sandy, Tiana, Glimmer, and Flora were too scared and shocked to do anything. They wouldn't expect Jack to loose his temper like this. Where was all this hatred coming from? The sound of a whistle was heard and the prisoners (including the gang) scattered, giving the guards full view of the one-handed fight. Jack was too intense in the moment to hear and see the guards charging his way and panicked with fear once they laid their hands on him and pulled him away from Red.

"G-get off of me!" Jack growled, face red with anger and tears as he put his effort into running but he was trapped.

"Oi, what was that mate? We allow a little roughhousin' every now and then but this ain't no exception!" Jack could recognize the Aussie accent anywhere; Aster, "This calls for a punishment!"

Jack's eyes grew wide with fear as his shaking with rage turned to trembling with fear. Realization and reality sank into him as he knew what a Punishment meant in Camp Delta: torture.

"N-no! Please, stop!" Jack begged and put a last ditch effort into escaping but Aster was just way too strong.

Aster snickered as his tight gripped, arousing a small whimper out of the teenager, "I have the perfect method for ya, Frost. Afraid of water are ya? Are you familiar with the term Water-boarding?" He quickened his pace towards another part of the field that was a small block of fenced land. Aster opened the gate to the part of land as Jack struggled more.

Water-boarding? Drowning! He's going to drown me! He's gonna kill me! I am going to die! Oh God, anything but this! Please no! No! Stop! Please stop! Don't do this to me, please! Oh God, oh God, oh God... "N-no! Stop! Stop!" Jack begged once more.

"Hood 'im." Aster demanded to North who was waiting on the other side of the cage.

Jack's eyes flashed one more time with fear, "N-" His sentence was cut of short as a hooded bag of cloth was forced over his head. Jack squirmed as he felt his hands being tied around his back with a thick rope. Jack was then shoved to the ground as he gagged, unable to catch the wind that was knocked out of him.

"Keep 'im down." Aster ordered to North as the big man pinned Jack to the rocky floor.

Jack heard the slosh of water in a jug and before he knew it, water was being poured down his throat. He couldn't move, he couldn't breath. He couldn't breath! The water unwillingly trickled and choked down his throat, making it raw and making his lungs burn as if they were catching on fire. He couldn't breath! He began to feel dizzy and lightheaded as the water going down his throat wouldn't stop. His lungs ached and burned with water and air loss. It was an awful experience, he definitely would have rather anything but this. It brought tears to Jack's eyes knowing that this is what his beloved little sister had felt before her undeserving death. Was he about to join her the same way? Were they really going to kill him right here and right now? Jack's mind was so hazy that he couldn't tell if he was at peace with the decision or fearful beyond imagination.

But what seemed like a whirlwind of dizziness and an uncanny amount of time, the cloth was peeled from Jack's face. By now, he had almost passed out... and to never wake up. Jack eyelids painfully fluttered open. The Russian above him rolled off of him to give the boy some space. Jack rolled to the side and began to choke up and hurl all the water and bile that was residing at the back of his throat. It felt like salt was being harshly rubbed up and down his throat, it was dreadful. He couldn't even see passed his own tears, and breathing felt so foreign to him.

Although he could make out a figure lean down to the ground and stare at him. The figure then, without warning, raked Jack off of the ground by his silver-white hair, making the teen let out a gargled cry of pain.

"Listen hear," The figure said in an Australian voice which belonged undoubtedly to Aster, "that was my final warning. If ya dare to tread the waters again, I swear to it that ya won't be treadin' for long." Aster then let go of Jack's hair, letting him collapse to the ground in a pitiful heap before giving a good kick at the stomach.

Jack doubled on the ground and curled into a ball, letting out a raspy cough as he wrapped his lanky arms around his abused stomach. He clamped his eyes shut, not daring to look into those evil evergreen eyes as he begged for it to end. Luckily it did. The sounds were marsh and distant, as if he were underwater (he still felt like it), but he could tell that North and Aster were walking away. Jack then heard the sound of the gate of the fenced area opening and two pairs of feet rushing inside.

"Jack?! Can you hear me?!" It was Tiana's voice.

A groan passed Jack's lips. Jack had dealt with some pretty harsh stuff, emotionally and physically, but this was easily one the most disturbing things he has experienced by far. "T-Tiana?" He said, weakly.

"Help him up." Tiana whispered.

"N-no, I'm okay." Jack said as he stumbled upwards. The floor was like an uneven fun house and he didn't even feel himself tipping.

"Whoa there." Jack looked over to see Flora and Sandy, over to his left was Tiana. All three had an uncharacteristically emotion set upon their faces; worry.

"Do you want us to help you back to the cell?" Tiana offered sweetly.

No, Jack really needed some alone time right now, otherwise he felt like he was going to have a meltdown. "No thanks, Tiana. I really need some alone time right now-"

Before the others could protest, Jack blitzed off, somewhat sloppily for that matter. He busted through the door and escorted himself to his cell. He barged through the sliding gate and slammed it shut and locked behind him. Jack furiously kicked and slammed his fists at the walls, screaming in frustration as there was nobody there to hear him. After his hands were cracked and bloody from pounding, Jack tossed himself onto the small bunker, his elbows resting on his knees and hands gripping his hair.

Jack thought during his time here he had done a decent job keeping it together and his emotions and stress under control... but there was a time when that was finally going to bubble to the surface. It started with little whimpers that slowly grew in sobs that completely wracked through his entire body, the kind that made you hiccup and your shoulders shake. Jack didn't know that he had more tears to shed but it seemed like they were unlimited. He didn't understand why he was breaking down like this and he wanted it to stop but he felt like he had no control right this moment.

He didn't even hear the gate to his cell open and close.

"Hey, you okay?" Came a sweet voice. Jack could feel the mattress next to him bend with weight.

"Yeah." Jack choked out as he faced Tiana.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" Tiana suggested in the sweetest voice, "Flora said we didn't have to go by sea if you didn't want to, Emily could-"

"No, I'm fine. I overreacted." Jack responded modestly.

Tiana stared at Jack with a void expression before answering truthfully, "I don't think you did."

Jack stopped moving as the words hit his ears.

Tiana leaned in and whispered soothingly, "Jack... what happened? Why are you afraid of water?"

Jack didn't answer, only purse his lips and look away. Tiana looked at him with sorrowful eyes, she watched when Jack was tortured, he was just so afraid. She would have never imagined him to react or act like that in general. She always thought of him so brave and kind and playful, not scared of anything, but this just made her heart melt for him. She wanted to stop it but she couldn't, she had no power to do so, and if she said something, she could have made it worse. She wanted to help him and comfort him, if he was up for it.

"I miss her." Jack said suddenly, his voice deep and thick with sobs.

Tiana was so shocked at hearing Jack reply she didn't hear his answer, "What?" She urged sweetly.

"I miss my sister." Jack repeated in a dark voice.

Tiana furrowed her brow. Jack had a sister? Where was she now? What did this have to do with what just happened? "I'm sorry, I'm confused." She said as gingerly as possible.

Jack got off the bed and paced to the other side of the small room, his hands began to tremble and his stuffed them in his jumpers pockets. "Her name was Emma." He began, "She was so adorable, had cute short brown hair, always wore her pretty brown-red laced frock, had three distinct freckles under her right eye that looked like stars, and she was so kind to me." He paused, "It was a few years after our parents died, we were just making by. She wanted to go skating on our frozen pond that day in late winter. I agreed and went out with her, I didn't check to see how thick the ice was-"

Tiana gasped and cupped her hands over her mouth.

Jack shook his head disbelievingly, "One minute the ice was smooth and strong, the next it was weak and cracked. I tried to make a game out of it, she was so young, she didn't quite understand. I tried to keep her happy and unafraid when her skates made each crack larger and larger. I knew if the ice broke and someone was doomed to die, it wasn't going to be her." Jack hiccuped, "I was so close yet so far away. She was one inch to safety when..." Jack couldn't continue.

"The ice broke and she fell in and drowned, didn't she?" Tiana answered softly, Jack shook his head in agreement. "And there was nothing you could do to save her."

"Yeah." Jack said deeply, almost ready to cry again, he went back to the bunker and sat down next to Tiana.

"And you've been afraid of water even since, correct?" Tiana said, putting the pieces of the puzzle together.

"Yes... but I can make it through the escape, It'll be fine." With that, Jack almost had the strong urge to give Tiana a small kiss on her cheek, but refrained himself, causing a moment of silence.

"Hey Jack?" Tiana said.

"Yeah?"

"I know you miss your sister and all, and I'm sure she was a fantastic young woman, but..." Tiana hesitated and leaned in further to Jack, "I'm glad you were the one who survived." Tiana broke into a small, hesitant smile.

For some reason, that seemed to make Jack feel a whole lot better. It made him feel loved and appreciated, like he was someone. He hadn't felt that in a long time. "Thanks Tiana." Jack said sincerely, he needed it.

Tiana huffed with relief, she had said the right thing. She was so happy she could kiss him! And she did. With her index finger, Tiana guided Jack's chin to face her and she quickly leaned in and pressed her lips onto his. It was bliss, but it only lasted for a split second. Tiana then released herself and climbed up to the top bunk, a contempt smile resting upon her face.

Jack sat on the bottom bunker, staring into space with awe and shock. He delicately traced his lips with his fingers where Tiana had given him Heaven. Even though it was only a little bit after midday, Jack crawled into his bunker and rested his head on his musty pillow. The room was utter crap, he still felt like utter crap, and the situation was utter crap... but right this moment, Jack felt like he was in Heaven. It was a good place to end the day with.

Wow, long chapter!:D Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it all, a little angst, fluff, and some plot line in one chapter! Hope I did a good job for y'all, but don't criticize me too hard on the breakout:p However, any info would be most appreciated:) But thank you for reading and PLEASE leave a review as it is what keeps this thang going! XD Love y'all, make sure to check out my other stories!;) Peace!

-SkatingDJ