Chapter 4 – Lost to the Darkness
Yeah, I don't own any rights to ROTG but just to Hal Haunter and Evan Hollow
I awoke and felt the cold chain holding me against the wall, insuring that I wouldn't be able to escape this time. I sighed and look around the dark room and found nothing that could aid my escape. Figures. But what do you expect when you're dealing with Pitch, lord of pain and fear. My bag was back in my room, along with my trusted blade, leaving me weaponless. While he took my tools of protection and away from the only ones that knew that I was still alive, I wasn't powerless. I made sure that he wasn't in the room while I focused on summoning the paranormal being, a lost soul. He appeared in front of me and smiled, and looked around confused.
"What can I do for you?" he said floating gently around.
"I need you to go wake the guardians, and get them to help me. Once you've told them and come back, I will release you. Do we have a deal?" I whispered to the being as he nodded.
"Easy. Be back soon." He said disappearing in a snap of loud sobbing.
I lay against that wall for hours and just when I was about to forget about his task, the being appeared in front of me.
"Done. Bunny and Jack are on their way now, but it will take a while for them to get here." He said, floating to the ground and leaning against the wall next to me sighing. I nodded and the pushed my hands together, gathering power to free him from this limbo. I panted and then pushed the bright orangish ball into his chest, making his eyes gloss over as he floated away.
"Thank you. For freeing me." He said disappearing, only leaving that autumn scent behind making me sigh in relief and in exhaustion. It was now impossible for me to even summon a pumpkin, let alone walk. I started to drift off as I heard a loud yelling, and Pitch burst in, his eyes staring me down. I yelped and tried to hide, going into fetal position as he reached me, panting from his rage.
"YOU! YOU SENT FOR HELP, DIDN'T YOU!?" he said, grabbing me and bringing me up to the wall, slamming me repeatedly against it, making my back start to ache and bleed on the rough surface. I just yelled in pain, holding myself from lashing out at out at him again. He grabbed my hand and twisted it behind my back, and grinding my face into the wall, making my bones start to crack and splinter. My arm gave, breaking the bone as I screeched in pain, and then being thrown against the ground.
"Fine. Don't talk, but if I take you again, then you'll truly be mine he said, forming a Chaos Shot, similar to the one he shot at Sandy last year.
I whimpered and held my broken hand as he walked out and spit at the ground, leaving me broken, beaten and in tears, again. I heard a deep rumble from the ground as a pair of pointy ears poked out of the hole, followed by the rest of Bunny's body followed by Jack.
"Evan! We got your message, and came as soon as we could." Jack said, rushing over to me and kneeling next to me and gasped as he saw my bleeding sleeve, followed by my arm bent completely backwards. He froze the lock, and broke it, motioning to Bunny to hold me. I felt Bunny's warm hug, as he and Jack went through the tunnels, heading towards the Workshop. We arrived and they sat me down on a bed in the infirmary wing, just as North burst through the door, followed by Tooth.
"Evan! Are you okay?" North said, rushing over hastily, and examining my arm and other wounds. I shook my head as he told Tooth to start tending to me, while he got the yeti's to go find Sandy and my items. Her tiny arms pulled up my sleeve and he twisted the arm back to it's proper place, much to my protest, making me scream in pain. She wrapped with some bandages and she flew away with some sympathy for my recent abuse from Pitch. They left me in my room to heal and I fell into a deep sleep of me playing with Bunny and Jack in the warren. I look around and sure enough, Sandy was hidden in the sky, smiling down at us. I'll have to thank him in the morning, but for now, I'll stay here at the DreamWarren.