Okay, so the northern lights are out and something's wrong...
I don't own Rise of the Guardians...so enjoy this ride and take your time...
"We need to get to North!" Jack says as he and Alice meet up with Stein and Bunny.
Bunny taps his foot and a tunnel appears," The quickest way I know."
They all nod as they race threw the tunnels to the Pole, Alice and Stein save their fancy tricks for later as they wheel as quickly as they can go.
When they get to the globe room everything is in shambles and North is laying in front of the switch to the lights.
"North!" Jack yells as he quickly runs to North's side.
Bunny looks around and surveys the area slightly. Everything is destroyed and no yetis are around, "I think we should look around the rest of the pole."
Alice and Stein nod and take off in the opposite direction of Bunny, Jack staying by North's side. As Alice and Stein walk around the place is in complete silence and all the yetis are on the floor unconscious, they check on them and are glad to see they are just unconscious.
"Everyone seems to be okay," Bunny says as the group meets back in the globe room and Tooth and Sandy enter then as well.
"What happened, I saw the lights!"
"Calm down Tooth," Alice says as she walks closer to her.
"No one is on the verge of death, but...the toys," Stein says as he walks away from the group slightly.
The rest of the group drifts, Tooth and Sandy head to North's side while Jack, Bunny, Alice, and Stein drift through the room thinking of what to do.
"North probably won't wake up for a couple days..."
"And the toys are all broken..."
"Christmas is like weeks away, what are we going to go," Stein asks as Jack and Bunny look at each othe a sigh and Alice looks at Stein with a sad smile.
However, her smile fades as she sees the darkness behind Stein begin to build and a black sycthe becomes visible, "Stein!" Alice screams as she takes off with her wheels.
Stein turns to see the sycthe about the cut his chest, too late to move, too late to even make a sound.
"Stein!" The rest of the group shouts and he closes his eyes waiting for the impact...but it never comes, even though he hears something getting cut he doesn't feel a thing and when he opens his eyes he sees Alice. She has her arms spread out to protect him and the scythe has cut down her torso deeply.
Her legs buckle under her and she falls to the floor, Pitch's laugh echos through the room.
"Merry Christmas!" Pitch says with a laugh before he leaves the pole completely.
"A-Alice..." Stein says as he falls to his knees and holds her body close, her eyes are barely open and they begin to droop more.
"A-Alice you have to s-stay awake! D-Don't close your eyes!"
Alice smiles at him and tears stream down her face, she brings up one of her hands and places it on his face, "Stein...it's o-okay..." she says in a whisper as her eyes close and her body goes limp, her hand falling from his face.
Stein shakes his head repeatedly and some tears fall down his face onto hers, "A-Alice! Open y-your eyes! Alice this isn't funny!"
"Oh no," Tooth whispers as she places her hands over her mouth and Sandy looks down sadly.
Jack and Bunny walk to behind Stein and Bunny places his hand on his shoulder while Jack walks around to get closer to Alice.
"We need to get her and North to the infirmary," Jack says as he goes to lift Alice, but Stein just hugs her closer to himself.
"I-I'll carry her," Stein says as he stands with her in his arms, Jack nods and stands as well.
"Sandy can you carry North?" Bunny asks as he turns, Sandy nods and uses some of his sand to lift the large man.
When the group gets to the infirmary thankfully some of the yetis are awake and functional, and the group can safely leave Alice and North in their capable hands.
Outside of the door Stein is practically glued to the door looking as the yetis guard Alice and North who are now sleeping peacefully thanks to Sandy, he doesn't even flinch when he feels Jack pat his shoulder.
"We need to get to the globe room."
Stein doesn't respond as he stares into the room at Alice, Jack grabs his shoulder and turns Stein to face him.
"She's fine!"
Stein's eyes widen at Jack sudden anger.
Jack sighs, "She's fine," he says again in a calmer tone, "now we need all the help we can get so we're ready for Christmas."
Stein looks at the floor and runs a hand through his hair, "I know...let's go."
Jack nods and begins to walk off, Stein gives Alice one last look before he follows Jack to meet with the other Guardians.
When the two arrive Tooth is in a panicked state, Bunny is pacing and not painting an egg, and Sandy is looking at the floor harshly trying to think of a plan.
"Took ya long enough!"
"Yeah, yeah. So any plans yet?" Jack questions as he walks over near Bunny.
Tooth gives out a couple orders before she turns to look at the group, "Well maybe we could put you and Phil in charge till North wakes?"
Jack ponders on the idea for a minute then nods, "Yeah, Phil has been second in command for basically ever and while I've stayed here I've picked up a few things, but we are still short on workers. Some of the yetis are still knocked out."
Stein walks and sits on one of the couches, "Well I'll help however I can."
Bunny stops pacing, "I'll help too, my googies should be fine for a while."
Jack nods again, "Okay. I'll go tell Phil," he leaves the room leaving the four.
"Well I'll try and send some of my fairies over to help whenever we're free, I'll try to stop by as well," Tooth says as she flutters closer to the window.
Bunny nods, "Just be careful at the Palace."
Tooth smiles and nods then takes off out the window, some of her fairies following behind.
Sandy also gets up and makes some images above his head, telling that he will be back to help out when he can.
"Thanks Sandy," Stein says as he and Bunny watch Sandy fly out the window in his sand plane.
Bunny turns to Jack as he walks back in, "We can also use my dye rivers to color a lot of the toys at once."
"Thanks Bunny," Bunny just shrugs at Jack's comment.
"So...where shall we begin?" Stein questions.
Christmas was so close and they would need a miracle to pull it off.
Sorry this is so short...things have been a little stressing...anyway I hope you enjoyed.