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Chapter 7

Darkness.

That's the first Jack noticed. Waking up in darkness. This seemed so familiar. Waking up at the same feeling when he'd woken up all those hundred years ago. But unlike that time, he felt something different. He couldn't quite place his finger on it, but something was definitely wrong. It wasn't cold and he didn't feel he was cold either. Not like the first time. He felt something he hadn't felt in centuries. Something that he though he had forgotten over time.

Heat.

Heat. That was something he hadn't felt in such a long time and he could actually feel he was warm. He didn't think that was even possible. Not after he realized he was the spirit of winter. If you thought of it, it couldn't make sense that he was warm.

Deciding that that was weird enough, he wanted to see where he was. At first that was really hard to do. His eyes seemed heavy and he just wanted to sleep again. But not yet. Not until he knew he was safe. That's when he noticed something worst. He closed his hand hoping that his staff would be there but it wasn't. There was nothing but air. That's when he started panicking. Without his staff he was nothing. It was the very source of his power. He was powerless. Before he could open his eyes, he noticed a constant noise that had just speeded up (for those who did not guess it, I was referring to the heart monitor). Everything was so … unfamiliar to him! He didn't know anything! He didn't know what was going on!

So finally, but slowly he opened his eyes. Instead of being dark, everything was white. Too bright for his liking. He guessed it could be the sky, early in the morning but the next thing he noticed was that he was on a bed. That was weird. Who sould sleep outside on a bed? If he did slept outside, it would be on a branch or something. And this bed was different from North's bed back at the pole. That bed was not as comfortable as this one.

When Jack stayed the first days at the North Pole, he couldn't sleep on the bed because it was more comfortable than the branches and trees he usually slept on. So the first nights he slept on the floor. Slowly and gradually he changed to the bed.

Back at the hospital, Jack was not comfortable. He had been sleeping on who-knows-whose bed and the first thing that came to his mind was to get out there. He tried to get up. Bad idea. The first thing he felt was pain. Lots of it. Specially from his left side. He moved the bed's cover and saw that most of his torso was covered in bandages. What the heck happened? He thought as he groaned form the pain. He decided he would ask himself questions later.

He finally sat on the bed, although it was still painful, and set his feet on the floor. Then he quickly looked at his surrounding's. Everything was white. The floor, the ceiling, even the only chair there was white. Then he remembered something.

Once, he took Jamie on a sledding day, which turned into a small accident. It ended with Jamie in a hospital with a broken arm. Jack blamed himself for that until now but he was glad that Jamie enjoyed the ride. He would tell his mother about it everyday. How fast he went, how the wind make his eyes squint and could barely see anything ahead of him.

And Jack went and visited him. He would just stay there and talk about not important stuff. The fact was that he remembered how a hospital looked like and this place looked very similar.

Finally he assumed he was in a hospital. But what was he doing there? How did he got there? He just remembered being with Jamie and having fun and then blank. He couldn't remember anything else. Did something happen? Well, something must have surely happened. This didn't happen everyday…

He pushed those thoughts at the back of his mind and decided to leave that place.

He started to push himself up. When he was finally standing, he grabbed the bed sheets and covered himself with them in case there were any kids that would notice him. He noticed the window and realized it was night time. Perfect time. There wont be any kids around to see me. Ever since he became a guardian, most of the kids in Burgess could see him thanks to Jamie. Every time Jack visited he was welcomed by a lot of kids ready to play and fun like there was no tomorrow. Jack, of course, was more than happy to grant their wishes. So he would stay and play almost all day with them.

But right now he was not in the mood to see any kids. He just wanted to get out there as soon as possible. He walked across the room and reached the door. He opened it and steeped outside. He saw that the floor was empty, most likely cause it was late and all the people would be sleeping. he saw he was on a second floor. Most of the times, he would just fly away through a window but now he could not do that unless we wanted to fall several feet down. That was not an option right now.

He saw an elevator and then the stairs. He chose to go down the stairs. He didn't know why but he did not like elevators. Being inside a giant box moving up and down sounded boring and a little claustrophobic. Being a free spirit with the ability to fly he did not like the idea of traveling in a box.

After reaching the first floor the door at the very end of the hall. He got excited with the idea of being close to his exit but something caught his eye as he started moving. He felt as if he was being watched. And that was not a common feeling. Not at all. He turned around and saw some people, patients to be exact, peeking from their rooms, staring at him. At first he thought that he was just imagining it but when he turned to the front again, he saw a nurse just in front time. He reacted fast enough and stopped before bumping into her.

Wait. What? Bumping into her? She was an adult. Full grown-up. She couldn't see him. No adult ever saw him. But she was staring right at him. Ok, this does not look good. He decided to make a run for it. He moved to the side and aimed for the door. He was stopped in his track when she grabbed him. She actually grabbed him! Although he was baffled, he shook his arm to loosing her grip and ran again. At that moment, he heard the nurse said:

"Wait! You are not allowed to leave yet! Please someone stop him!"

Jack paid no attention to that. The fact that he started running made his body hurt even more. And he felt weaker and weaker with every step he made. But he focused on getting out. Almost out!

Suddenly he was yanked backwards. He felt someone grabbing his arm tightly. He was beyond surprise when he saw a tall man grabbing him.

"Hey let me go!" He said a little hesitant because more than two adults have actually seen him and had been able to grab him.

"Kid it's almost midnight and it's freezing out there for you to get out!"

"I said let me go!" Jack tried loosing his grip like before but the man was too strong. And it didn't help that he was weak and tired already. He would still try to yank himself free. Every moment that passed, his pain got stronger.

He saw that the nurse had a shocked face and went to get something. He only heard something about the wound reopening and a sedative. What was a sedative anyway?

Jack had never heard that word and had no idea of what it was. He was still thinking when he felt a sharp pain at the back of the neck. He turned and saw the nurse with a sad look on her face. Then, slowly, everything was getting blurry. He noticed that the man loosed his grip a little but he still had his hand on his arm. He tried to move but find out that couldn't. his whole body started to feel numb. His legs gave out and he fell to his knees. Then everything went black. The darkness consuming him once again.


ok soo If you didn't laugh at least a bit, I failed at writing xD

Soo hope you enjoyed it! I should be studying but found this more interesting xD Tomorrow I have a test so I should start writing tomorrow. Maybe, just maybe, I'll finish another chapter for monday or tuesday. I'll try to update more quickly.

I'd love to hear what you guys think! :D