Jerking to the right, Aster grunted as he wedged a boomerang into the beast's mouth so that it couldn't get to his arm again. His left appendage was bleeding from the two bite wounds he had already gotten from night creatures created from the black sand. Burning red eyes watched him as he struggled for control. Dripping fangs of the Pooka's own blood inched their way back down towards his right arm this time. This thing didn't go down easily like a Night Mare either. It were sturdy, shaped like a Manticore with a snake like tail... speaking of which... he jerked to the left avoiding the open maw with the fangs shooting towards him.

'Blood hell! Why is this thing guarding Tooth!?'

"Oi, North! Go get Tooth! I'll keep this blowhard busy." Grunting once more, he jerked his arm and boomerang out as the beast's mouth opened enough for him to do so in an attempt to crush his weapon. Hopping backwards, North was bleeding as well. The Russian's shirt was slashed open, his chest bleeding openly even as another explosion happened above.

"No. I fight, you go. If tooth is hurt, she will need stronger one of us, True?"

Aster blinked, watching him with wide eyes and a twitch to his nose. Nodding his head, he shot his boomerang swiftly towards the beast striking it in the head and caused it to list.

"Then she'll need us both, Mate. Let's get the gumbie out of the way, yea?" His ears folded back, he heard North chuckle before they both released battle cries and rushed forward as the monster was getting back onto his feet.

A fight was going on. Tooth's eyes lifted, her jaws had been allowed to close, but she was gagged now. Unable to cry out to give away her location there within Pitch's own room. her feet kicked, the chain rattling and she got an idea. pushing her toes against the floor, with the tips, she made herself rock back and forth even while the chain rattled about her body with her movements. once she got a good swinging motion going on, she began to kick her feet making more noise than ever. if Aster was among those fighting, he would hear her in here. crying out as loud as she could against the cloth balled within her mouth and tied about her head. Kicking some more, her ears were filled with the sounds of rattling chains as well as a dark laughter spreading about the room before vanishing and leaving her there alone.

"Crikey!" He slammed into the stone wall, his frame sliding down to the floor with a groan leaving his chest. North Had shifted his frame there in front of Aster's own letting the Pooka get his bearings straightened out. Aster grimaced blood dripping down over his eyebrow to trail along his grey fur in a river. North was also in rough shape. They were both bleeding out in multiple places they floors scattered with drippings in random places as well as the rest settled there at his feet. They had both managed to get rid of both of the wings and one of the legs. Most of the creatures fangs had been broken out as well.

Aster's green eyes shifted upwards to the Russian's back, with a light grimace crossing over his face at the sight of golden eyes high above them both. Pitch was watching them with a smirk upon his face.

"Giving up so soon, Rabbit? Hope... dying there upon my floor..." He breathed in deeply and released a chuckle even with the sound of chains filling the air. "Hear that?~ Tooth is trying to get free... too bad about her broken wing though... she may have been able to get out... Of course... it wouldn't do her any good... my partner has taken to a shine to her." With that, he sank back into the shadow behind him, his pearl white smile showing afterwards for a few second as his laughter filled the dark area.

"Oi! You bloody coward!" Fight renewed, he braced himself against the wall and growled to the beast moving to be between them and the hallway Pitch had been standing over. "Tooth is in there, Mate... Think we can beat him before Tooth gets hurt worse?"

"Yes. No choice right? Ha ha! Challenge Accepted!" North bellowed out as Aster launched both boomerangs and swiftly launched egg bombs as well towards the monster. Both of them leaped at the beast just in time for a golden whip to arch through the air and slam into the side of the beasts face causing it to spin swiftly towards Sandy and jack.

"Hey! You started the party without us, Unfair!" That ever present smirk played over Jack's face before he sent shots of ice at the feet of the manticore Nightmare shape with a whistle under his breath. "Whoa! Pitch is over doing things, you think?!"

"Nice to see you finally made it on time to something, Ya bloody show pony!"

"Hey! You can't still be mad about that, I said I was sorry!"

"Focus! Tooth needs us right now!" That shut them both up as Sandy rolled his eyes to a degree. Where do they find the time or energy to fight like that? Turning his eyes back to the beast, his right eyebrow raised upwards as he watched the swirling sand being fed to it out of the shadows... so that is how it isn't going down. Swirling golden sand together, he kept an eye on the black sand around the beasts feet before launching the sand he had swirling around his arms and hands, between his fingers and drew a circle around them all. It limited them on room but it cut off the supply from Pitch. As the dome closed above them, the Manticore released a loud scream, the scary thing is... it sounded like Tooth screaming. They all looked shaken. Was Tooth in that thing!?

"Crikey... what was that..." Ears perked upwards, he looked shell shocked even as North pushed him some.

"Head out of clouds, Aster! Tooth is not in that thing!"

"Bloody hell... I hope you are right mate..."

Rattling sounds filled up the air around her with every jolt of her body. Swinging back and froth was getting her nowhere except in pain, her feathers being forced from her skin and decorated the ground as Pitch stepped from the inky blackness and lit a couple candles around her.

"Now now, Toothiana.." He murmured to the dangling fairy as he captured the chain and stopped her thrashing about holding her steady as he looped around her some. Watching her expressions as he waved a hand, nightmare sand inching up from the floor to create a screen there in front of her. her mauve eyes went wide as she watched the beast that Pitch had created swipe and send Jack flying. Luckily enough, Sandy managed to catch the snow sprite and set him back on his feet before he had hit the wall. Oh Poor Aster and North! They were bleeding heavily. Both Jack and sandy were doing their best to bring the creature down with the the other two but something had made them wary of hitting the creature. Pitch reached ot her mouth and removed the gag.

"Scream, Toothiana.. I dare you to scream." He whispered while removing a straight razor. Mauve eyes going wide, she watched as he flashed the blade in the candle glow above the flame. To sterilize it probably before he moved over to the dangling Fairy and began to remove her feathers from her upper arms.

"Now... just a bit more.." He spoke easily enough while the fairy bit her lower lip, trying her hardest not to make her friends falter in their battle, Her eyes stayed glued to North and Aster though. Her emotions were going crazy between them. She wished them to be both safe, both of them unharmed for her being so stupid and getting caught... and Being taken on top of it all!?

A whimper moved past her lips as she could feel her feathers being plucked one by one from her body with the sharp edge running along her shoulder and arm all the way to her wrist. Eyes clenching tightly while he brought the razor back up and began to the process again he did so, so that she had bleeding cuts lining her arms, none that did major damage, but enough to make her cringe and kick her feet from the pain. Pitch's chuckle filled the air around them both until it was all she could hear.

"Now now... I want to hear you scream!" With a jerk of his arm, he sent that razor into her back. He skipped over the organs within her body just going deep enough to damage tissue and muscles. With the searing pain filling her body, she did indeed scream, the sound filling the air and traveling along the hallway to her friends.

Jack's head snapped up from his work on freezing the creatures wings together while Sandy and the others worked hard on dispelling the nightmare sand, so far they had done a good job since Sandy had removed the creatures supply of nightmare sand. That wasn't what had caught the frost sprite's attention though. Tooth was screaming, not from in the creature but from the hallway nearby. Aster's ears were twitching as well, a torn look entering his face even as Jack jammed his staff down into the creatures head and began to freeze him from the inside out.

"We got this! Go Kangaroo!"

"I'm not a bloody Kangaroo!" He growled out as Sandy opened a door allowing Aster to leap through and shoot down the hallway just as the second and third scream filled the air around him. It came from every room. Every empty space where sand lingered. Pitch was making him run in circles as his friends battled that monstrous nightmare behind him. he could still hear the sounds of them fighting even with Sandy's golden dome around them.

He just prayed that he wasn't too late to save Toothy. That scream sounded... bloody murder is what is sounded like!

'Please sheila be alright.. I'm coming for ya!'