Hazah! Chapter Four is here!
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Chapter 4 – The Search for the Easter Bunny
Jack began to panic. Bunny was the smallest out of all of them. He could be anywhere! "Bunny!? Bunny!" He shouted out. It was then that he realized he was starting to hyperventilate a little bit. Deep breaths Jack, deep breaths. There is absolutely nothing to worry about. It's just one kid! You can find him, no problem. The way he as talking to himself on the inside was clearly not reflecting the way he felt outside. He took in large breaths and exhaled slowly. He started to argue with himself.
What if I can't find him!?
Jack mentally slapped himself.
Keep it together! You will find him! YOU WILL! You're Jack freakin' Frost for Manny's sake!
But Jack Frost can't do everything! Bunny's so tiny! What if he got lost? Or hurt!? Or…
See, now you're just plain thinking up worst-case scenarios. Besides, it's just the North Pole! Not the whole entire world! You got this wrapped around your finger!
No I don't!
YES YOU DO!
No I-
JUST GO!
Jack suddenly broke into run, hollering out Bunny's name every now and then. But then, he skidded to a stop. "The rest of them!" He got struck with realization. If he leaves the rest of them, they'll probably all go missing too!
Jack sprinted all the way back to where the toddlers were, and were relieved to find all of them there. He double counted them just to be sure.
Suddenly, the sound of glass smashing to the ground echoed through the empty rooms of Santa's Workshop. The kitchen! The winter spirit turned to the little kids. "You are staying…" He pointed to the ground. "…here. Got it?"
The toddlers all nodded. Jack decided to believe them that they were actually going to stay put. They're all at least four years old, so they should be able to understand what I'm saying. Jack thought.
So, with that being said, Jack started to walk away from the younger Guardians, looking back with each step he took. He wanted to make sure that they were really going to keep that promise.
The toddlers were all confused at Jack. Why was he always looking back at them?
Just as the winter spirit was going to go around the corner, he took one final look at the little kids, who looked innocently back at him. Then, he ran all the way to the kitchen. All the while, he kept on thinking to himself; You can do this, Frost. You can do this, Frost. You can do this, Frost.
"Aha!" Jack yelled, as he slammed open the kitchen, only to find no one there. The only thing that was different about it was that there was cookie jar bits on the ground, all smashed to pieces. All the cookies were gone. That's right! Jack realized. They still need food! Maybe that's what'll get them to stay!
The teen immediately started ransacking all of the kitchen's cupboards, containers, fridges, almost anywhere that was most likely to have food in it. He found tons of flour, sugar, and cookies (no surprise there), but there were also, surprisingly, healthy foods as well. Maybe that talk Tooth gave North a few days ago about having no foods that won't rot your teeth is actually getting to North's head. There were so many vegetables and fruits in the fridge!
Jack listed through all of them. Apples, cucumbers, asparagus, pears, pineapples, broccoli, carrots… He could go on forever. He finally chose on several of the cookies that were left, and some fruit as well. But the one vegetable that he took the most of was carrots. Jack figured that he could at least lure the missing bunny with the carrots.
The winter spirit happily strolled back to the little toddler area, and was happy to find that these three kids were at least obedient enough to know when to leave and when to stay. He dumped down all the contents he had with him in front of the little kids, with the exception of his staff and the carrots. "This should be able to keep you occupied for a while." Jack smiled to himself.
Then, he whizzed around, slowly tiptoeing away from the current munching sounds of the little kids. They were obviously enjoying themselves. Too bad Jack wasn't.
The winter spirit needed as much silence as he could possibly get if he wanted to hear where the bunny went. It was times like these he wished he had Bunny's amazing hearing senses. Which reminded him that he needed to be extra quiet himself. Bunny's ears could pick up so many sounds from far away, who knew if he could hear Jack's movements right now!
The winter spirit, knowing the Easter Bunny's love for carrots, carefully set a few of them on the ground, and then hid behind the nearby corner. He was ready to pounce on the bunny once he got lured to the bait.
~ONE HOUR LATER~
Jack had never been so impatient (okay, maybe not. Who knows how many times he had to wait for something in the past 300 years?). The Easter Bunny was no where to be seen! Oh, he's good. Jack thought. He better up his game a little bit. Besides, crouching and peeking behind a corner every now and then for one hour straight was pretty tiring.
Just he was about to stand up, the teen heard some movement. He immediately crouched back down again, and took a peek. Finally! Jack cheered on the inside.
Now that the stubborn bunny was finally taking the bait, the winter spirit decided to ready himself for a pounce. Ready… he shifted his feet on the ground as quietly as he could. Set… His eyes intensified at the target. GO!
It was then that all hell broke loose. "Bunny! NO!" Jack cried as the bunny seem to wriggle out of his grasp. "You come back here, you little…" The teen began to chase the bunny around the place.
Plates smashed to the ground, doors were slammed open, and some of North's works got broken to pieces. All the while, a very frightened and somewhat excited Easter Bunny was being chased by a loud, frustrated, yelling Jack Frost. If you didn't know what was going on or didn't hear the loud noises, you would have thought this whole thing was a violent game of Tag.
The toddlers were quietly enjoying them selves, eating the little foods that their babysitter had left them. When they heard the loud yelling and things being broken, they became frightened. Then, they started to cry.
"Come back, Bunny!" Jack screamed as he accidentally knocked over a stack of toys with his arms. To his dismay, an avalanche of toys began to fall onto him. The winter spirit winced and cried with pain, as not all of the toys were soft play toys. He attempted to use his ice powers to stop it, but it was too late.
The teen struggled to get out of the hill of toys. He finally managed to get his arm to pop out, sending a couple of toys flying. Using his arm, he began to remove all of the toys away from him. Once his head was out, he gasped for air. It was really warm down there!
But Jack merely just shook it off. He was enraged. Even at this age the Kangaroo was annoying! And was still really fast! At this moment, Jack had to remind himself something. I am the Guardian of Fun, aren't I? Jack nodded to himself. So lets just make this into a game.
The winter spirit flopped out (or more like fell out) of the toy pile, slowly stood up, then started to search for his staff in the pile. In his surprise attack, Jack had unintentionally dropped his staff.
"No… No… No…" Jack murmured as he looked. He tossed the toys he picked up behind him. He kept on absentmindedly throwing toys over his shoulder, not noticing that some of them were getting broken… and that the bunny was behind him.
Jack's eyes lighted up as he lifted his staff from the toy pile. It was then that he heard some shuffling noises. He slowly turned around to take a peek at what was behind him. The Easter Bunny was too pre-occupied to notice the winter spirit watching.
A smile formed on Jack's face. It's time to win... Then, with a loud war cry, Jack sprang up, and captured his target. "I win!" Bunny, holding on to the stuffed teddy bear that he was playing with, didn't look like he minded. He seemed to only mind about the stuffed animal. The winter spirit noticed this when he tried to pry away the teddy from him. Bunny just wouldn't let go. Jack smiled at Bunny's determination. "At least I know that you're not going to go anywhere."
Jack was actually happy for a little while, content that he has Bunny back, and that none of the Guardians were lost anymore. But once Jack entered the other room, the sound of crying made all of the happiness vanish.
The teen froze in place as he looked on to all the waterworks flowing out of all the little kids' eyes. Jack's eyes widened as the emotion of being overwhelmed grew with each sob that the toddlers cried out.
I need Jamie! Jack thought. Bunny, after looking at all of his companions crying, burst into tears as well. Jack cringed. And fast!
Okay, I'm pretty sure this isn't one of the best chapters I had so far. Not really in my opinion, anyways. Plus, to me, it felt really fast! It's just that I seem to always get stuck at some part ever so often. Like the chasing part. I got pretty stumped at what to happen next. At least the good news is that I have a better general idea for the next chapter.
Next chapter, I'm just going to let you have a little clue: There is going to be a whole lot of panic. Yay!
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