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Play For Me, Jack

Chapter 17

Waking up with Bunny's arm draped around him with the sun gently shining on his face whilst in the crispest white sheets was magical. The first few seconds of consciousness blessed him with perfect, unbridled serenity and as he noticed Bunny's imposing but comforting presence behind him he felt a gentle smile form on his lips.

Unfortunately for Jack it was ripped away immediately when a sting shot across his face. Flinching, he let out an "ah!" as he jolted up from the mattress and then delicately touched his sore cheeks with the tips of his fingers. The sudden rumble stirred Bunny who let out a muffled groan and cracked open his eyes to see Jack's silhouette against the morning sun.

"Mmm…morning" he said as he lay his head back down on the pillow and closed his eyes.

"Oh, hey" Jack grumbled as he managed to open his eyes again. Pushing his legs from under the sheets, he pointed his feet to the floor scattering a few lingering rose petals in the process and pushed himself up. Sleepily, he traipsed towards the bathroom, flicked on the light and then wobbled over to the sink before tilting his head up to the mirror. His eyes opened a little further in surprise as he noticed the bruises at the top of each cheek and sighed dejectedly. He had no idea how he was going to explain those later. Obviously he wasn't going to tell anyone the truth, but there wasn't any other believable excuse he could think of that would leave him in a positive light.

He lowered his head again when he heard Bunny wander in behind him but couldn't help but smile and wince again as he felt Bunny's arms snake around his waist as his lips grazed his neck. Reaching a hand up, he rubbed Bunny's hair affectionately and giggled quietly.

"Sleep well, babe?" Bunny asked as reached up to nibbled Jack's ear.

"I thought 'babe' was weird for you"

"It's growing on-" he began before pausing when he looked into the mirror and noticed Jack's cheeks. "Crikey, Jack. They must sting a bit"

"Yeah, they do". Jack turned around and leaned against the sink before placing his arms around Bunny's neck. "I was thinking of calling in sick"

"Feel free. Last night was hard"

"Yeah…but I guess I shouldn't leave things until after the weekend"

"You sure?"

"Yeah. I guess it would be good for that asshole to see what he did while it's fresh. At least then I can threaten to go to the police"

"You mean you're not going to anyway?"

Jack sighed, "I don't think so. I figure I've got leverage now"

"So what are you gonna do?"

"I don't know. I was thinking of telling him to leave but I don't know if he would"

"He did try to force you suck him off…and probably worse if…well, lets not talk about it"

"Thanks. But I guess I can get him off my back now"

"Jack, honey, you can't just go back to how it was. You have to the power to make him leave now and you should make it happen."

Jack flicked his eyes down, "I don't know if I can"

"I'll be there. And I bet Tooth will too"

"I guess but…I don't know"

"Jack…" Bunny said as he tilted his chin up with his fingers, "…it'll be fine. You'll be fine. And I'll be with you"

Jack still didn't know what to do but it felt good to have Bunny there supporting him. The past twelve hours had made him feel so looked after. It couldn't have been love, not yet, but it was something so incredibly affectionate that he couldn't pass off as just new boyfriend magnetism. Bunny was so great to him and to have him as his own made Jack feel so cherished.

With a smile and a new sense of confidence instilled by Bunny, he found a little bit of his cockiness.

"Honey?" he asked teasingly.

"Just trying it"

Later at work…

Jack stood at the backdoor of the concert hall staring at the steps that led up to the entrance. Next to him silently stood Bunny with a hand on his shoulder as he figured out his next move. Being here was suddenly much scarier than it had ever been before and he supposed he'd never thought that coming back here would be hard. Considering what had happened the night before it was really no surprise that he might be apprehensive but it was such a strange eventuality he had never even thought it might occur. There was no other feeling though, going to work today was scary and Jack knew as he tried to find the courage to step forward that seeing Pitch was going to chill him to such an extent he didn't know if he'd be able to bounce back.

"You don't have to go in, Jacky. It's okay" Bunny said as he crossed his arm to Jack's other shoulder and stepped closer to him not caring whether any players saw them. As it happened nobody was around.

With a gulp, Jack replied, "No…I can do this. I have to do this today"

"You're sure?"

Jack nodded meekly, "Yes"

"Okay. I'll be here the whole time"

With a steadying breath, Jack lifted his foot and took his first step towards the door. Slowly he made his way up, pulled the metal handle and walked into the hall. Bunny trailed a step or two behind him as he walked and stretched his neck out as he went to be ready to kick Pitch's ass again if it came to it. There was nothing he wanted more than to smash his teeth out but he knew it would make things worse - at least at this point. For now, he just flexed his fingers aggressively as he followed his boyfriend and was then surprised when Jack didn't turn towards the studio. Instead he dumped his stuff on a bench and then carried on towards the stairs leading up to the management's offices. He supposed that Jack might want to wait until later to get things done but it seemed he had a sooner rather than later attitude this morning – and why not? After climbing the stairs with a determined gait, Jack began to march down the hall in the direction of Pitch's office. In his chest he felt his heart beat firmly and solidly and all he could hear was the echo of his determined stride as it bounced off the walls around him. He was ready. He was going to give Pitch what was coming to him. He had never been surer of an intention and as he went he felt the anger that had been hiding away somewhere within begin to grow and boil in his blood.

As he drew close though, each step became a little less confident and pretty soon Bunny saw him stop and look down at the floor. Walking up to him, he replaced his hand on his shoulder and squeezed gently.

"You still sure you wanna do this?"

Jack looked up at him and spread his lips thinly. "It's not really a choice. What you said to me this morning got me thinking: what if he's been doing this to other people? I guess I have to stop him now"

"What are you going to do?"

Jack sighed, "What you said. I'm gonna tell him to leave"

Bunny smirked at him, but it wasn't his usual knowing, condescending smirk. This time it was understanding and friendly and within it Jack found the comfort and courage he needed.

"Whenever you're ready then…"

Jack stood there for a moment and stared down the hall. It seemed longer and darker than he remembered and suddenly he felt much smaller than he had when he'd started his procession. He had to do this, but how could he possibly face that man after what he'd done – or rather tried to do?

Bunny saw the conflict that practically shone from within him and gently coaxed him in the other direction after a few moments more of frozen indecision.

"Come on. Come sit in my office for a bit"

Jack raised an eyebrow. "You have an office?"

"Sure. I am a conductor"

"Guest conductor"

"I still get an office"

"And why am I the last to know?"

"What? And have you hanging around all the time, going through my stuff and making a mess? Yeah, right!"

"Ugh!" Jack pouted cheerily as he followed him in. It was nice to be distracted even if he was conscious of it. Once inside, Bunny lifted him up and sat him on the edge of his desk before pulling him close and hugging him. Having someone to cling to at a time like this made things so much better. Not that it was new to him since he had always had Tooth in the past. Having someone so much bigger, tougher and warmer than himself though made him somehow feel all the more protected and shielded from the fear that hounded him at that moment and it amazed Jack that he could always find comfort and shelter in those arms. Something about when Bunny wrapped him up was just so magical that it blocked out the world's troubles and it seemed for the whole time that it lasted that there was nothing to worry about in life whatsoever.

A little while later, Bunny felt Jack stir in his grasp and stepped back to meet his eyes. With a gentle nod, Jack slipped off the edge of the desk and made his way towards the door again with Bunny in tow and made a right to head the way he had found so difficult earlier.

Going along the hall was no easier than it had been before and Jack found it hard to keeping putting one foot in front of the other. He had to do this though. He couldn't let fear overcome him now. Feeling Bunny catch up to him instilled him with a sense of security and as the distance to travel dwindled down to nothing, Jack found himself standing outside Pitch's office simply staring at the door in front of him. All of a sudden he was extremely conscious that this was his very last chance to run and he figured he would do just that any second if he let his guard down. Pushing open that door would mean no turning back and he just didn't know what to do. It wasn't so much what he had to do that got to him, it was simply facing Pitch to do it. Seeing him again wasn't going to be easy and Jack just didn't know what was going to happen when he laid eyes on him. Would he bolt? Would he explode? He didn't know. All he did know was that he was scared and that was just what Pitch would want. Were it not for the anger that he had to work to maintain, he probably would have fled.

Turning his eyes to Bunny, the taller man just gave him a steadying smile and a nod. Jack didn't know if that's all he needed at that moment. What he knew he could use was a push but then again maybe encouragement was all that was realistically required.

After a few moments more, he closed his eyes and shook his head, "Okay, enough of this!" he told himself and raised his hand to throw open the door as usual. Something stopped him just as he was about to connect with the wood though and as he held his breath he found he just couldn't barge in like any other day. Instead, with the release of his held breath, he simply knocked and waited nervously for a reply.

On the other side, a deranged "What?!" emanated through the door and so, with gritted Teeth, Jack shakily turned the doorknob and pushed forward.

The door opened to reveal Pitch sitting at his desk with an even more ashen than usual look to him. As he tilted his head up, Jack and Bunny noticed a rather swollen nose on his face which became fraught with disgust and rage as he saw who had come to invade his hung over solitude. Pushing himself up slowly, he kept his eyes on Jack as he did so and managed, as always, to loom over him even from across the room and made him feel impossibly intimidated. Nervously, Jack reached up to fiddle with the cords on his hoodie and forced himself not to lose the terrifying man's gaze as he stared him down.

"Well, well, well…" Pitch said in his corrosive yet amazingly smooth voice. "Little Jack Frost and his snuggle Bunny come to face the music. I was wondering when you might show up…or if you would at all"

Jack tried to speak. Nothing came out though. He really wished he could remember any of the things he had planned that morning to say to this bastard but he just couldn't think of a single one and Pitch could tell. He could see the effect he had on this boy and he wasn't about to let it pass.

"A little tongue-tied, Jack?" he said as he gained a sickly smile, "I find that hard to believe. Or perhaps your tongue is a little fatigued. After all, a whole night has gone by since we last met and I'm sure I can safely say it has been well-used"

That made Jack angrier but not nearly as much as it seemed to infuriate Bunny who stepped up.

"Don't you dare! You have nothing like that to say to him!"

"Or what, Aster?" Pitch asked with a sarcastically weary expression.

"Or I'll be happy to knock you into next week again!"

"Ah, yes. It seems it's always been those that lack brains more than make up for it with brawn. You're a shining example, wouldn't you say?"

"You wanna go right now, you pommy bastard?!"

"I'd rather not. And I'd expect you'd rather not give me any more reason to go to the police."

"You go to the police?! And what about Jack, eh?! Or do you not remember what you tried to do to him?"

"What I remember…" Pitch said as he turned and walked over to the window. He looked out for a second before half turning his head back with a sly smile and carrying on, "…is pulling Jack aside for a private word and you following us in to attack me for no reason. Perhaps out of unfounded jealousy due to your sordid lust for one another…but who really knows?"

"Oh, no you don't you slimy wanker! You know what you did!"

"But will anyone believe you?" he said as he looked Bunny square in the eye and then turned to Jack whom he could see knew he was right. He could see he had won and he was so pleased with himself he nearly burst out laughing. He was clever though and he knew he shouldn't push it and so he carried on in the hope of covering his indiscretion for good. "Perhaps though, we can come to some sort of arrangement"

"No deal, Pitch!"

"Do you really need to fight Jack's battles for him, Aster?"

"I will if he needs me to"

"And does he?" Pitch asked before turning to Jack with that same intimidating stare. "Do you?"

Jack gulped and took a slow breath. He was angry with himself for not being braver. Sure, it was nice to have Bunny looking after him but he had to do this himself. He couldn't allow Pitch to get on top of him forever.

Lifting his head up, he stared back at Pitch as fiercely as he could manage.

"So what do you propose?"

Pitch smiled sickeningly, "Well, I suspect you're rather tired of running around after me, aren't you?"

"How did you guess?"

"Well, to be frank, I'm rather tired of you doing a sub-par job. Now, I could call it off and see you out the door in a heartbeat but I think I'll have mercy"

"You'll have mercy?! YOU'LL have mercy?!" Bunny fumed.

"I think so. I'll release you from our little arrangement, Jack, and let you go back to the way things were"

Jack was flabbergasted. Did he really think he was going to get away with doing this? How dare he turn this around on him?!

"And what about you trying to get me to…to…you know…"

"No, Jack, I don't know"

"You know exactly what he's talking about!" Bunny growled

"I have no memory of the event in question"

"The hell you don't!" Bunny shouted. "You think you can get away with this?!"

"Get away with what, Aster?" Pitch said slyly before turning back to Jack and grinning. "Take it or leave it, Jack"

Jack just stood there breathing heavily. He was so mad with Pitch for even trying to make a deal and he felt so degraded by the whole ordeal that he just couldn't contain his rage anymore. He had come here to get Pitch out of his life for good, not to make some arrangement whereby they could forget about everything.

With a determined glare, he looked Pitch up and down and then simply said, "No deal" before turning and going for the door.

"Fine. Then I'll reveal your little escapade in the practice room and see you're out of here before you know what's hit you. Of course, I may have to embellish a few things but I don't think that would be a problem"

"You wouldn't dare!" Bunny said as he towered over Pitch fiercely.

"Oh, wouldn't I?" he said before grinning evilly and beginning to laugh.

Jack bared his teeth as he felt rage begin to blaze within him. This was the final straw and he couldn't believe how angry this dastardly man had made him. He was utterly livid about him daring to offer him the same old life they'd had before and that was no kind of justice after Pitch had tried to rape him. Immediately his fear began to burn up in the inferno that now raged within and in a second he ripped open the door and began to storm down the hall furiously. A moment or two later, Bunny caught up with him and tried to ask him what was going on and attempted to calm him down as he saw him almost spit with anger. Try as he might though, there was no stopping Jack now as he marched onwards and the fact that he didn't say a word made Bunny all the more nervous and excited at the same time. There was something so incredibly enticing about Jack when he was mad and to watch him storm so confidently onward was a delightful sight for him to behold.

Turning another corner, he stomped past a few doors and then paused outside one he had never thought he'd arrive at for this reason. He gritted his teeth again as he hammered three times before trying to calm himself down. Bunny didn't know what to do as he saw his Jack fume at the door of whose office this was and began to boggle as he wondered whether Jack was really going to do what he thought.

Upon hearing a call from the other side, Jack threw open the door, stepped in and then closed it firmly behind him. Bunny was left alone in the hall looking rather sheepish and it only took a few seconds for him to press his ear against the wood and listen intently to the words that were about to be uttered on the other side.

Downstairs…

Tooth flittered about and jabbered quickly to member after member of her section and soon began to break into others. Having seen and heard nothing from either Jack or Bunny this morning made her worry due to the previous evening's unfortunate events and as she tried not to she couldn't help but prattle on and on to anyone about anything.

It wasn't long until the rehearsal was late starting and as the minutes continued to tick by people began to wonder where on earth their conductor was. Consistent with the recent gossip, it came as no surprise to any of them that Jack was missing too and it was that morning that the idea of Jack and Bunny being a thing became the big current question as they gabbed to one another. Many of them had never suspected Bunny of being gay and it wasn't long, once the chitchat had marinated for a little while, that questions began to work their way to Tooth who was soon surrounded by inquisitive players.

"How would I know if they're…they're a…" Tooth began to answer when the question was put to her and then let her response peter out as she took in the expressions of those around her which clearly showed that they weren't buying it. Suddenly feeling cornered, she did her best to redirect the conversation but it was no use. She had no way out of their without giving them some kind of conversational titbit and she really didn't know what she was going to say.

The more she internally begged for Jack and Bunny to appear did not seem to have any effect and as the tension grew she quickly excused herself from her eager colleagues and flew out of the door in search of her lover boys.

Back upstairs…

Jack stood silently waiting for words to enter his mind which he could hopefully string together into some kind of comprehendible order. He really wished he'd taken the time to think this through and now that he was here he regretted coming in so angrily and so unprepared.

"Jack! What can I do for you?" came a strong, Russian voice as its owner got up from behind his desk.

Jack watched as North stood and beckoned him towards the chair that sat in front of his desk. Delicately he made his way towards it and sat down wishing for nothing more than for the door to fly open and suck him out as if a tornado were right outside. He couldn't believe he was about to do reveal to North the secret that had held him in chains for so long and as the gravity of its revelation began to dawn on him he began to feel more anxious than he ever had in his life. The fact that this revelation could devastate his entire future was more than enough to make him want to pee himself with fear and he wondered as the seconds ticked by if bearing Pitch's malicious accord was but a small price to pay in order to keep his job and pretend as if nothing had ever happened.

No. Surely not. This was the right thing to do, right? Even if it did mean he was putting his career on the line it meant he was doing what was morally right. It had to be. He just couldn't allow Pitch to do what he assumed he was going to get away with. Whether or not it was right for him to be risking his job it had to be right that he was making Pitch accountable for trying to rape him.

Even now that word 'rape' made him feel so incredibly vile. He couldn't believe that it had very nearly happened to him and he was so glad Bunny had come in when he had. What if he hadn't? What would he have done? He didn't want to think about it. Bunny had arrived to save him and that was all that mattered. Even if he did lose his job he'd still have him, right? Sure, he'd only been Bunny's boyfriend for a little while but the lead up to it had surely counted for something. They were properly involved now, or at least he assumed they were. They had to be. For Christ sake, they had slept together several times! That had to mean they were something more than each other's new fling. It just had to.

North raised his eyebrows as he watched Jack flinch and quiver in front of him and very nearly began to wonder if the poor boy was having a stroke. He did not look right in any way as he sat there and he knew this player he'd had such a great deal of faith in previously was not behaving as he usually did. Something was definitely amiss and he knew he had to find out what it was before the boy went into meltdown, upon the brink of which it seemed he was teetering.

"Jack, what is wrong? You look horrible"

Jack looked up at the big man from his slightly hunched posture and wanted to bounce the comment back at him like he usually would. They had always had a fun relationship before and even though they were boss and employee they were still able to laugh together. Much in the same way as he was able to laugh with everyone he came into contact with.

Still, now everything was different and it was completely humiliating to have to tell North what he now opened his mouth to say.

"I…I have to tell you something"

North moved around to the other side of his desk and rested against the edge as he looked upon the downtrodden boy before him. It was not a happy sight.

"Okay. Is it hard?"

Jack nodded meekly, "Yeah. And I'm really nervous"

"Why are you nervous?"

"Because…because I think I could be risking getting fired by telling you"

North steadied himself and sighed. "Are you sure you want to tell me then?"

Jack nodded again. "I have to"

"Okay, well, take your time and we'll see how it goes"

"Okay…" Jack said before looking down even further and fighting to still his quivering jaw. "I…A few weeks ago…I…"

"Yes…?" North said as he bent down to Jack's level.

"I had sex with Bunny" Jack almost blurted all of a sudden.

North's eyes widened at the sudden admission and then raised his hand to his mouth to clear his throat.

"Um…okay" he said a little shocked. He hadn't expected Jack to come in here and tell him that - not in a million years.

Jack looked up after receiving his response followed by a long silence. He didn't know whether to confirm his fears or wonder why he wasn't being berated. He figured he needed to clarify.

"In a practice room down the hall"

"…Okay" North said as he turned away and moved behind his desk again and making Jack feel all the more nervous.

"Up against the window"

North closed his eyes and raised his hands. "I do not need to know details"

Jack just watched as he replaced his hands on the chair's arms and then looked at him with a mixed look of discomfort and bafflement. Another long silence followed and Jack couldn't help but feel the weight of it begin to crush him.

"So…what do you say?" he eventually managed to squeeze out.

North just looked from side to side briefly. "What do you want me to say…good job?"

"Huh?" Jack mumbled as he looked up at the man in front of him.

"Is that what you came to tell me?"

"Uh…yeah"

"Okay, I must ask you…why?"

Jack puzzled for a second, "Aren't you gonna…you know…fire me?"

"Fire you?" North said in a booming voice. "Why would I fire you?"

"Because I…you know…in this building…against the window…where everyone could see…in broad daylight…well, evening light"

North suddenly let out a loud, raucous laugh and pushed himself up again before moving around to Jack.

"You think you are first person to do…what is it they say here? Do nasty on company property?"

"What?" was all Jack could say.

"Jack! You are employed in creative arts! Everyone is crawling all over everybody else! Well, not myself but I think you get picture!"

"What?!" Jack said now aghast.

North simply laughed again, "And you were thinking you would be fired for doing it? Hahaha! Jack, of course we prefer you not to be doing that around here but we will not fire you for it. If nobody knew about it then why on earth did you think you had to tell me?"

Straight away Jack was back in the clutches of anxiety again. With a gulp he pressed on. "Because somebody did know"

"What? Who?"

"Pitch saw us"

"Ahh…" North said knowingly. "And I bet he used it against you, no?"

Jack perked up, "Yeah, he did. How did you…?"

"Because this is not first time we have had complaints of him blackmailing people into doing his dirty work"

"It's not?!" Jack said disbelievingly. That dirty bastard!

"No. But we never have enough proof and he never really does anything bad enough to need action so it never really goes very far. Tell me, did he have you run his errands and do chores?" North asked with a chuckle.

"For the most part, yeah"

"For the most part? There was more"

Jack nodded as he looked down to the floor again and bit his lip tentatively as he tried not to let the memory of what had happened the night before overwhelm him. North watched as Jack seemed to visibly deflate in his seat and knew straight away that whatever he had to say was hard. He wouldn't put anything past Pitch when he decided to get nasty and could tell without having to hear it that this time he had done something terrible. Stepping towards Jack, he bent down to his eye line and placed a hand on his back.

"Jack? What is it?" he asked caringly.

Jack took a sharp breath as he bit back the tears that wanted to stream down his cheeks which North now noticed were bruised. In an instant he connected Pitch with their creation and began to feel anger bubble in his belly as he wondered how on earth he had gone so far as to do that.

Jack sighed, the strain in his voice evident as he exhaled and he closed his eyes as he forced himself to squeeze out the words which he hated to admit.

"Pitch…last night at the mixer he…he pulled me into the storage room downstairs and…he…he…"

"He hit you?"

Jack nodded. "But only after I said no to…" He sniffed emotionally as he paused. "…to when he tried to…"

He just couldn't say it. It was so horrible and he felt so ashamed. How could it be that even though he was the victim here he was the one that was humiliated by it all? Why had he been so degraded at the hands of that evil, disgusting man and why was it so hard now to admit what he'd tried to do? It was just too embarrassing to reveal that he had very nearly been the victim of rape and to have to say it North was just impossible. He respected him and he didn't want him to think of him as the boy that was nearly violated. It just wasn't right.

"I'm sorry! Forget it!" he said quickly before bolting up and heading for the door.

"Jack! Wait!" North said as he went after him but already the door was open. Jack stopped as he was confronted with the hunched forms of both Bunny and Tooth and figured they must have been listening in. In an instant they straightened up and stepped towards him to block his exit.

"Jacky" Bunny said lovingly as he placed his hands on him, "It's okay. Just tell him"

"He's right, Jack. Do it" Tooth said as she too placed a hand on him.

Jack just drew in his lips and shook his head as he flicked his eyes down and stepped close to the pair of them before pulling them around him for support. He stood there for a good few long moments as he once again searched for the courage he needed and as he pressed his face against Bunny's shoulder to wipe away the few escaped tears in order to hide them from North, so too did he feel Bunny reach down to kiss the top of his head and stroke his hair.

"Come on, Jack. Just get it over with. Think of what's at stake here"

Jack looked up at him and smiled weakly as he saw the care in his eyes. How could they have come from outright mockery of one another to immeasurable affection in such a short time?

With a refreshing breath, Jack pulled himself away and turned back to North slowly. Making sure not to let go of Bunny's hand, he straightened himself up, fixed his sights on the big man in front of him and gritted his teeth before speaking.

"Last night…Pitch tried to rape me"

North's eyes widened as the words left Jack's mouth and after they'd had a moment to sink in he looked around in disbelief and rested against his desk again for support.

"You two saw this?" he asked Jack's companions.

"I was there when he pulled Jack away and I watched them go into the room" Tooth said gravely, "I was worried and so I went to grab Bunny right away"

"I went straight there and went in just in time to see him hit Jack and knock him over. He had his pants down"

North swallowed hard and shook his head gently. "This is…huge problem…"

"You're telling me" Bunny said as he placed an arm around Jack and kissed his head again before whispering "Well done" into his ear.

"He can't stay" Tooth piped up. "He's gotta go, North"

"Yes…yes, of course…but I think police should know about this" the bigger man said quietly in his slightly dazed state.

"I don't know if would do any good" Jack managed to say, "It's my word against his"

"And ours" Tooth said as he reached out to pat him.

"And plenty others" North suddenly said as he went around to the other side of the desk.

Jack look startled. "You mean he's tried to do this before?!"

"We think so" North said as he picked up the phone and began to dial. "There is someone who's seen many players come and go because of Pitch and I think he too would be glad to see him gone"

"Who's that?" Jack asked as he watched North intently but then got his answer as the person on the other end of the phone picked and North spoke.

"Sandy? It is me. I need you to come in"

The three of them, Jack, Bunny and Tooth, listened closely for the response on the line but heard nothing of the supposed reply North received. The big man's next words were enough to give them closure.

"That's right, my friend. The time has come to kick Pitch Black out of here for good"

Ooooh! Some shit's goin' down now! Poor lil Jack being all scared about losing his job and feeling ashamed for having to tell North what happened. It's hard when you're usually tough enough to take anything but then get overcome by something harder than you can bear. I guess everyone's still human ion the inside.

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