"Jack, you need to wake up."
It was a familiar voice...a some what irritating voice, an Australian voice. My throat seemed dry and ruff, and I didn't know if I could produce words, so I just moaned in response.
"C'mom, mate. Open yer eyes."
Fine, I thought to myself. I started to lift my eyelids apart, but harsh sunlight invaded my eyes, and I srunched them shut again. "S..sun." Woah, my voice sounded bad.
"Oh, right. Sorry." I heard Bunny get up and go across the room to draw the curtains together. "There ya' are, Mate."
I tried to open my eyes again, and it was still bright in the room, but nothing to bad. I looked around and found myself in my room at North's Palace. It was all snow and ice in here. Speaking of North, where was he? And Tooth, and Sandy? All there was, was Bunny taking a seat in a chair next to the left side of my bed again.
Bunny looked into my eyes, "Glad yer awake. Here, let's get ya' sittin' up." He grabbed one of my hands, and laid a hand on my back. I tried my best to scrunch backwards and get my back against the headbored, but my sides were really starting to hurt. I let out a pained gasp, and went to grab my left side.
"Easy there, mate." Bunny was still holding my left hand, and trying to scoot me back and up.
"H-hurts..." My teeth were grit together in an attempt not to make any noise.
"I know, mate. I know."
It seemed like hours before I was finally sitting up. I barely noticed when Bunny removed his hands. I had to close my eyes to stop the world from spinning like a merry-go-round. I leaned my head back against the headboard and tried to slow my breathing. Hell, you would have thought I ran a mile.
"Ya' broke four of yer ribs, three on the left side, and one on the right." I opened one of my eyes to look at Bunny. His ears were drooping, and his face looked sullen. I hadn't ever seen him look this way since, you know, we all thought Sandy was gone.
"I'll be alright." As the pain started to ebb away, I opened my other eye, and looked straight in Bunny's, "It'll take alot more than this to keep me down." I offered a smile, and I could see that Bunny was trying to offer it back. "Sooo.. Where is everyone else?"
"Oh!" Bunny hopped up from his chair, and ran across the room and out the door.
"...Ooookay?" I looked down and found that my chest was bare, save for the white gauze that covered my sides. A big purple bruise was spread out from the gauze. I looked off to my right side and saw my staff leaning against the night stand. I grabbed it and started to draw frosty fern problems on the wall across the room.
"Jack!" Tooth came in and flew right over to me and wrapped me in a hug. I could feel two broken fragment rub together, and I let out a yell. "Oh, my God, I'm so sorry, Jack!"
"It's...fine." Tooth let go, and I doubled over with my hands wrapped around my sides.
"Tooth!" Bunny's voice was in the room again, "What'd ya do?"
I unwrapped my arms, and tried to straighten my back again, "She didn't do anything, it's fine. I'm fine."
"You're fine? Jack, you're as white as you're beautiful teeth." Tooth started to smile, but stopped, "I'm really sorry."
"It's fine." I looked at her in the eyes, "I promise."
"Jack, it's about time you woke up." North walked up, and laid his hand on Tooth's shoulder.
I looked around, and everyone looked worried and relieved at the same time, "How long was I out?"
Sandy walked up, and a picture of the number three, and then the sun was held above his head in sand.
"Three days!?" I looked around, and everyone nodded, "Woah.." I started to yawn, but stiffled it, "And it think I'm still tired."
"You're never allowed going t' sleep again." Bunny spoke up.
Everyone looked at him; suprised. He looked at all of us, and put his head down. If he could blush, I swear he would have. I just chuckled. Bunny looked back up at me and smiled. North smiled from ear to ear. Both Sandy and Tooth cracked a smile as well.
"Hello Jack." Each one of our smiles fell as we turned our heads and saw Pitch standing there, "Feeling well?"