Jude was trying to catch up on her sleep when Thomas shook her.

"J-Jude! The G-General needs to s-see you!" He gave her little warning before taking them both back to Pitch's office.

"You can attend to Jack, can you not?" Jude looked up in shock at Pitch. He was giving her a job? One that only she had and not a group job? Not having the words to describe what she was feeling at the moment she nodded respectively.

"Good, you are going to stay in here with Jack and try and get his fever down." The order was final and there would be no complaints. Jude finally took notice of Jack on the floor. The boy who had been hollering in pain just minutes before was now reduced to whimpering in pain on the ground. Dropping down next to Jack, she immediately got to work. She would need to relieve Jack of some of his pain, as feeling pain can raise your body temperature. She worked quick, creating more shadow pillows to prop his injured limbs up with. Jack stared blearily up at her while Pitch and Thomas looked on from over near the globe. Thomas realized that Pitch had zoned out in thought but was unsure whether to get his attention. Thomas was still expendable and he wasn't going to risk this life over a day dreaming general.

Pitch snapped out of his thoughts only a few moments later as Jude continued to care for Jack. Seeing as there was nothing more to do Pitch turned back to the globe.

"Well there's more believers on the coast lines. It will take the guardians a lot longer to realize that they are losing believers, If we attack the coast line." Pitch's hand ghosted over the glowing golden lights. Lights that would soon be his if he had any say in how this war would turn out. Jack could somewhat make out what Pitch was saying, over the loud pounding in his head. He wished he could move, he wished he could do anything. He was just sitting there while Pitch was plotting the downfall of his friends, and he could do nothing but lay there and watch. Jude, noticing his distress put a cold shadowy hand to his forehead. Hoping that the cold would calm him down for now. She supposed that their location would be detrimental to the little frost spirits health, after all heat couldn't be good for someone who produces frost.

"General Pitch?" She called out, hoping she wouldn't get reprimanded for interrupting him. Pitch looked over, his eyes narrowed, waiting to see what she could possibly be interrupting their battle planning for.

"Do I 'ave permission ta escort Jack to ta stream? He'll need ta cool down if ya want tis' fever gone." Pitch looked down at Jack with a sneer before nodding and turning back to the globe. Jude touched Jack's shoulder and pulled the shadows towards them. When they appeared next to the stream, Jude had expected it to be deserted but someone was already there.

Archie had ran as fast as he could away from Pitch's office. He had absolutely no idea where he was headed, but he had to get away from the screaming. He had no idea what was even happening. On minute he was setting the captive down and then he just started with that terrible screaming. Archie ended up in a part of the mine that held a semi-clean pool of water. He hadn't seen it before and supposed that it must have been what the other had been talking about only a few days ago. Shadows didn't really have need of water as they couldn't get dirty, but none of them could deny that there was something beautiful about it. From the slight sliver of light that made its way into the room from a crack in the reflected on the water in a way that made it shine. He could see the small waves of water drifting down the room and through another crack, one that he had no idea where it led. Slowly Archie started to calm down. He sat beside the water and flicked at it with his hand. And suddenly he wasn't alone. Right next to him another shadow had appeared with the captive in tow.

"Oh sorry, didn't mean ta intrude. Just have ta get his fevah down." The shadow woman he realized, was the one Thomas had been conversing with in the barracks. He nodded, not trusting himself to speak but settling for watching the boy warily. He wasn't making any noise at the moment and almost would have seemed asleep but Archie could see that his eyes were trained on him.

Jude decided to try using the shadows to life Jack up. It would be more convenient than picking him up and agitating his wounds again. The shadows pushed upwards and slid Jack closer to the waters edge, to the point he was basically laying in it. She did her best to try and get him cooled down again. She had reason to believe that the heat was playing more than a major part in Jack's fever.

"So wha's ya name then?" She asked Archie, trying to create some casual conversation. Archie would have smiled, if he had a mouth. Instead he crinkled his eyes happily, glad that she was a little more sociable than the others.

"My names Archie, you were that girl hanging around with Thomas right?" She nodded, pursing her lips, unsure of what he was implying.

"Yeah...I'm Jude." The water around Jack started freezing over and Jude took that as a good sign. Jack used his left arm to prop himself up and the shadows moved over to help him. The cold seemed to have brought some of the fever down, and now that he was aware of what all was going on around him, Jude could attend to the lacerations that had gotten infected.

"Okay Jack, I'm gonna need ya' ta help me here. I gotta get ta the wounds on ya back." Jack gave the shadowy lips a dark glance, unsure whether to trust her or just leave it infected. But the woman's voice sounded to comforting to pass up so he agreed. She had the shadows flip him over and hold him up so she could get at his back. She undid the bandages that Thomas had wrapped and gasped. Jack's back looked terrible. When Pitch had kept throwing him at the wall, he had hit his back several times and the stone cut his back up. The cuts were red and angry looking. There was still blood seeping out of some of the bigger wounds and Archie, who had came up next to Jack to see what was wrong, gave a girlish shriek and jumped back. Jude on the other hand looked worried.

"Archie, I need you to stay here and watch Jack. I have to go ask the general for supplies, otherwise this infection could spread and become even more harmful." Jude vanished, leaving a shaking Archie behind.

AN-Wow this took forever and it's short. Mostly because I just didn't know how to write it and because I was busy with battle of the coffee shops. So sorry about this update.