Alpha 12
AN: I watched Ironman 1 & 2, the avengers and ironman 3 while writing/ typing this. I also put captain America the winter solider on hold at my library. I still haven't seen it...
"Where do you want to start?" Bunny asked Jack as they walked out of the pole and into the cold white tundra.
"I think that's the first time I've used the door." Jack said absentmindedly. Then he realized that Bunny had asked him a question. "We could start at the pole and move outwards?" The assassin was unsure if he was answering the right question.
Bunny nodded. "Good idea."
Jack sighed in relief that he answered the right question. The assassin shifted and dug his claws into the snow. The guardian of hope took a step back and blinked in surprise. "That's gonna take some getting used to." Bunny mumbled, but Jack's sensitive ears caught it. "Get sniffing." The white wolf nodded and started to sniff around. "It's like I have a dog." Bunny laughed. The white wolf turned around and snarled. The other guardian yelped in surprise. "Sorry, a very sassy wolf." Bunny said with an annoyed look. Jack just waved his tail and started to sniff again. The white wolf found small bits of nightmare sand all over the snow with trails of scent coming and going in every direction.
The winter god shifted and flew up to the roof and shifted back to a wolf. He started to sniff around the air vents and windows, but there was no scent of Pitch or his nightmares. Jack padded over to the window Cap and he had entered through.
The window was fairly large, big enough for a horse to fit through with space to spare. The alert light was blinking red indicating someone or thing had broke in. Jack pushed on the glass with his paw. The window swung open. The lock was broken and was covered in nightmare sand scent, but Pitch's was nowhere to be found. 'The mares couldn't have pulled this off on their own'. Jack thought. 'Pitch would have to be here directing their every move.' The wolf's claws ticked on the metal window sill as he jumped through the window into the rafters.
The Avengers and remaining guardians looked up to the rafters to see a pure white wolf cautiously walking across the beam sniffing as he went. Sandy blinked in confusion and then he remembered that it was Jack.
"Find anything?" Thor called up to his brother. The wolf turned his head to look at the window he came through.
"Is that the point of entry?" Loki asked. The wolf nodded.
"Oh! That reminds me, there are locks and alarms on all the windows and doors. They are all connected to a central computer." North said.
Jack cleared his throat. Everyone looked up to Jack who was now human and sitting on the beam with his feet swinging back and forth. "Not all the windows." Jack said. North raised an eye brow. "The one I always fly through to the meetings, that one has no alarm or lock."
"How do you know that?" North asked.
"A couple of hundred years ago before I stayed on earth, Thor, Loki and I were visiting. They dared me to break in, stay for a night and leave without being seen." Jack smiled. Thor and Loki shrunk down in their chairs out of fear of being yelled at by Santa for making their brother brake into his work shop.
"I wondered how you got in!" North laughed. "One minute you weren't there the next you were!"
Jack laughed. He too was expecting North to be angry. The group went back to talking about defenses and Jack shifted back into a wolf. He made his way down the rafter beam towards the globe. There was still no sign of Pitch. The white wolf reached the end of the beam. He was within jumping distance to the Globe of Belief. Jack took a running start at it just in case and easily made it. The wolf's claws scraped on the side of North America. Jack pulled himself up to where he could stand on top of the globe. He was very careful not to step on any of the lights.
"Be careful Jack." Loki said worriedly. Jack snorted and kept sniffing. Pitch's scent was all over the globe. It reeked of him. Jack's nose wrinkled in disgust. The wolf tried to find a trail that led away from the globe, but the nightmare kings scent was only on the top of the globe. The nightmares scent trails were everywhere and there was no direct or more taken path, they were all over the place. Jack shook his head and hopped back into the rafters. The wolf padded down the beam and left through the window. He shifted and flew down to where Bunny was waiting.
"Where were you?" Bunny asked. "I was starting to get worried."
Jack laughed. "I was sniffing around inside. I found Pitch's scent, but it doesn't lead anywhere." He said.
"I found nightmare sand all over the snow." Bunny said. "They aren't going anywhere together. They're trying to throw us off."
Jack nodded in agreement. "Pitch seems to be masking his scent."
"How can he do that?" Bunny asked. "We should smell something out of place, a replacement scent."
"Not necessarily." Jack said. "It's possible that he could have used a fully masking spell."
"A spell? I've never heard of one that completely masked scent only ones that changed it." Bunny said browns furrowing.
"It's possible. I've use one before, but they are hard to fine and very hard to use correctly." Jack shrugged.
"What would happen if he didn't use it right?" Bunny asked.
"Kick back. Not being able to use powers for a while, headaches and flu like symptoms." Jack said. "It's not very fun, but used correctly it's untraceable."
"That's not good." Bunny grumbled. Jack nodded in agreement. "The mares didn't hide their scent, but it ends at the water."
"They could have met up under water after the attack." Jack suggested. "But then where are the yetis? They couldn't have taken them underwater."
"I don't know." Bunny sighed. "Maybe we should try to find his lair."
"It's in Burgess." Jack said. "Well it was, he could have moved it since."
"How do you know where it was?" Bunny asked suspiciously.
Jack looked down. "Before Easter was ruined, Pitch tricked me into his liar and tried to get me to join him."
What! You never mentioned that!" Bunny said shocked.
"Not that I had a chance to..." Jack frowned.
"I have a lot of stuff to apologize for." Bunny said looking to his feet.
"No need." Jack shrugged. "It wasn't your fault. Pitch got to you. He got to all of us."
"You are too forgiving." Bunny said shaking his head.
"Most people I've met would say the opposite." Jack smirked. Bunny rolled his eyes. "Let's get to Burgess."
Bunny nodded and opened a tunnel. Jack watched as he hopped down and stopped. "Are you coming?" The assassins smiled as he shifted and jumped after Bunny. He looked over to the other guardian who was crouched looking back at him. Jack felt odd having a huge rabbit sitting next to him. He wasn't use to having such large pray anywhere near him.
The guardian of hope took off running and Jack followed close behind. Jack easily kept pace with the giant rabbit. "Dam you're fast." Bunny breathed.
"How else would a wolf catch it's pray?" Jack sent his thought to Bunny. The huge rabbit stumbled, but caught himself.
"Did you just? How?" Bunny sputtered.
"It's another wolf thing." Jack's laugh rang in Bunny's head. "You don't speak wolf, so this was the easiest way to communicate."
"Well, you learn something new every day." Bunny muttered. Jack sensitive ears easily heard it. The guardian of hope picked up speed and Jack did too. The wolf overtook the rabbit more than once and had to wait for him to catch up.
The pair popped out of the rabbit hole beside Jack's lake. The wolf's eyes wondered over to the ice.
"I've been meaning to ask," Bunny said. "What's with you and that lake?"
"It was where I first landed on earth." The wolf shook his head. "Heimdall decided to drop me on the lake in early spring when the ice was thinning. A girl was skating. She could see me; Mim's spell hadn't taken affect yet. The ice started to crack. I got her off the ice before I took a nice swim."
"Did Heimdall know it was spring?" Bunny asked. Jack shook his head. "And you didn't know?"
"It was at least 100 years since I was last on earth!" Jack defended himself. The wolf stopped and sniffed the air. "Pitch was here."
AN: The next chapter will be coming out soon hopefully, but it will be short. I was at the end of my note book and I didn't want to start a new one halfway through a chapter.