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Frosty & Doublesims : Fixed it!

Hanyoualchemist1 : Same here, and the more I like a character the more I like to read angst involving them..or write it myself. Njahahaha. XD

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"Crickey, mates, we gotta get after him!"

To everyone's surprise Bunny was the first to propose the next action.

"No."

Pooka as well as the sandman couldn't believe their ears and shot the Russian man a questioning look while Tooth, who had tried in vain to call Jack back, had dropped onto the windowsill and was still staring into the empty void of the snowy landscape around the workshop.

"What d'ya mean 'no'? North, the kid's upset, he's completely unpredictable so we gotta find him before anything bad happens!"

"So you really care about Jack, it seems?"

Despite the serious situation the Guardian of Wonder couldn't help but taunt him for his sudden and obvious worry. The large rabbit's face fell and he looked like a child who had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar before he quickly cleared his throat and regained his composure.

"Well, no, yeah- ghee, mate, he's one of us! It's our responsibility if something happens ta him and I don't wanna be blamed for anything, alright?"

Sandy and North exchanged a well-knowing glance between each other and then went back to discussing the issue at hand.

"We are all worried about Jack, but he needs time, if just a little, to calm down. Has no use to go after him already, he'll probably just run off again."

To their dismay, they had to agree. If he had been ready to talk further about it then the youngest guardian wouldn't have fled in panic.

Tooth, who was still sitting at the window and had overheard the discussion, interrupted the silence which had followed with a despondent voice.

"How long?"

All eyes were directed towards the hummingbird-fairy.

"How long until we're going to search him? I know he might not want to talk to us right now, but what if he does and is just too scared? He's out there on his own and he's upset and I-I don't like this at all. He shouldn't be alone now. He should never have been alone in the first place."

A single tear trickled down her cheek while she spoke, her emotions once more getting the better of her. Pregnant silence filled the globe room. The four guardians looked at each other at a loss at what to do and waiting for someone to suggest something.

This time it was Sandy's turn to speak up, or rather signal his idea in form of dreamsand.

Golden swirls quickly transformed into a clock showing the current time, then had the short hand fast-forward to the next hour. The image changed into a traffic-light with the symbol for "Stop" going out and the one for "Go" shining brightly.

To his delight everyone seemed to get the drift. If not, North made it clear by translating it just in case.

"I think Sandy has got point. We wait for one hour and then follow Jack."

Everyone nodded their agreements at the suggestion. That way their young comrade would have some time to clear his mind and they wouldn't have to sit at the workshop worrying themselves sick for the rest of the day.

Suddenly another problem presented itself though.

"Uh, I don't wanna ruin the mood even more but…how the hell are we supposed ta find the lil' bugger? He could be anywhere on the planet." Bunny discerned.

Tooth sighed softly, Sandy's face turned into a thoughtful expression and the pooka himself already mentally prepared himself for going on a worldwide manhunt.

North seemed to be the only one of them who didn't look disturbed about the trouble concerning Jack's whereabouts.

"Is no problem, I have special globe for emergencies like this."

Before anyone could ask about it any further the big Russian had called one of his yetis who quickly left the room and returned not even a minute later, handing over an exact replica of the globe behind them, though this one was a lot smaller, about the size of an ordinary snowglobe. And instead of showing the millions of lights of children who believed in them there were only 5 differently coloured ones shining on it.

Red, golden, green and purple lights were gathered at the same spot while a blue one's location constantly changed as it travelled over the Atlantic Ocean.

"So that thing tells ya where each of us guardians is located, eh? Why haven't ya told us about that gimmick before?"

The question of the Australian was justified. If someone could check where he was 24/7 then he would have liked to be informed about that, thank you very much.

"Exactly. Is new invention I've been working on, thought it might be useful some day. However, didn't think that day would come so fast."

"So, all we gotta do is wait for an hour and then we can drag Frostbite's ass back to the Pole. Shouldn't be too hard."

If only he had known how long an hour could turn out to be.