It's been a while, hasn't it? Over a month since I last updated. That's... not good, and I'm sorry. I was going to write up this chapter a while ago, but I got sidetracked with other stories, then I got distracted with my other ROTG story. Enough delay, let's get on with it.
I don't own ROTG.
Cupid Makes You Stupid
Chapter 7
Previously...
Sandy got up from where he was sitting. "Let's go wait for Tooth at the office. It'll take all three of us to get ahold of Bunny."
"I like zee vay you think, Sand Man," North said with a jolly chuckle.
Though, the jolliness quickly faded when they returned to North's office, the door open and the lock broken.
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North stood there completely still, his face twisted in disbelief as they stared at the office lock. That wasn't possible. It couldn't have been possible. The lock was not only magic, but it was a lock made of extremely strong metal like titanium. Strong, sturdy, and most of all, almost impossible to open, considering its design. It would only open with either North's command, or with one of the three keys. The main one was hidden in North's person. The other two were with Phil and one other Yeti. Basically, Bunny ramming the door would overall not work.
"How in ze name of Manny did Bunny mange to break ze lock?" North asked out loud.
"Who cares?!" Sandy stated glaringly. "What we should be worrying about is where the heck Bunny went!"
"Good point, old friend!" North agreed. "Ve must warn Tooth and protect Jack!"
Just then, Tooth came fluttering down the hall.
"Guys, I got it!" She said excitedly, holding up a few strands of snowy white hair.
"Zat is wonderful, Tooth!" North said hurriedly. "But now, ve have bigger issues!"
"What do you- Where's Bunny?!" She asked, seeing the broken lock.
"That's what we need to find out," Sandy said.
"Right! Phil!" North called out. Phil, who'd been walking by with an armful of boxes, came over. He muttered something in Yetish. Tooth and Sandy didn't quite understand, but he sounded a tad annoyed, probably because he was busy with Christmas preparations.
"For once, Phil, I do not care for preparations!" North announced, causing Phil to reel back in surprise. He said something else, probably asking what the heck North was talking about.
"Zis iz much more important!" North stated. "Bunny iz loose! Ve must find him! Take guard at Jack's door! And have zer rest of you search the Workshop! I vant Bunny found now!"
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Back with Jack, he was slowly starting to wake up from his forced slumber. He wrinkled his eyebrows and groaned and he slowly came to.
"My head hurts," Jack muttered out loud, getting up into a sitting position against the headboard of his bed.
"Ugh, darn it, Sandman," Jack said. He really wanted to go back under the covers and sleep off the headache.
But he couldn't. Not with the feeling of loneliness filling Jack's heart to the brim. Jack leaned against the the headboard and sighed sadly, tracing the image of a rabbit on his bedsheets with his fingers. How much longer was he going to have to be alone in that room? What were the others doing to Bunny, anyway?
'I miss him,' Jack thought.
All Jack could do was look around the room. No doubt that they still kept the door locked. No point in trying to escape anymore. Only a miracle would bring Bunny and Jack back togeth-
A series of loud crashing sounds interrupted Jack's moping. This was followed by, what sounded like, a wild stampede, followed by yelling in Yetish. Jack's head whipped around to look at the door.
Jack walked over to the door to check out what was going on. Just to make sure, he tugged at the knob. Just as he suspected. It was locked. A little irritated, Jack leaned against the door, pressing his ear against the wood. Once again, he could hear the sound of people, probably the yetis, rushing about, yelling at each other, along with the sound of yetis crashing into objects, walls, or each other.
It sounded like total chaos out there, more than Jack could ever hope to stir up in his entire lifetime.
"What the heck is going on out there?" Jack shouted, banging in the door. But he got no answer. He doubted anyone could even hear him over all that racket.
So, Jack continued to listen, occasionally making a fist and cringing when it sounded like a yeti had gotten hurt.
This continued for a while, and at that point, Jack was getting bored with all of this.
"I'm going back to bed," he muttered. But before he could turn around, Jack heard, in this order;
Yelling,
Loud footsteps (The loudest of them all, like stomping),
More yelling,
Then WHACK! BANG! CRASH!
This was followed by even more commotion. Jack was starting to get concerned, and was about to start trying to get out again, when his door opened. Jack fell onto the floor of the hallway, and got an eyeful of Phil, head Yeti of Security.
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(Meanwhile)
North needed to get this panic under control, and fast. He didn't mean to start up so much panic. He just wanted everyone searching for Bunny. But, alas, this was his result. They must have been worried about the damage Bunny would cause if they didn't find him.
North wanted nothing more than to face-palm himself at his idiocy as he shouted at the Yetis, trying to get them to calm down. But it was no use. Their yelling drowned out his own. Tooth and Sandy tried to help, but with everyone ignoring Sandy's signing, and Tooth nearly getting shoved every few seconds, it was a losing battle, to say the least.
Just as North was about to jump up on a table and scream, "EVERYBODY SHUT UP!," something caught his eye. Up in the rafters of the workshop. Something was moving. Something big, fast, and grayish-blue...
"B-Bunny!" North exclaimed. There was this Pooka. Somehow, he'd managed to get up into the rafters, and was now jumping from one to another aimlessly. Like he was confused, and didn't know what to do.
Bunny didn't look too good. His fur was a mess, mangled, and even missing in a few spots, like he'd been pulling it out. He had a wild look in his eyes, angry, to the point of being scary.
"I-I'm starting to wonder if Cupid's arrows have worse effects on animal spirits than regular spirits," Tooth said nervously, taking notice of Bunny's state.
"Ve must get him down!" North stated. "Sandy, do you think you could pull him down?"
"Absolutely," Sandy said, sending a long string of sand Bunny's way to grab him.
But Bunny didn't like that. He dashed out of the way, jumping into a different rafter. It creaked under his weight. Sandy tried again, and again, Bunny was able to dodge.
"Hold still!" Tooth said, as if Bunny would listen. Though North wished he would. Those rafters were old and barely capable of supporting Bunny's weight. It was only a matter of time before-
In retaliation, Bunny started stomping on a single rafter, waving his arms and yelling incoherently.
"B-Bunny, don't do that!" North yelled. "You might-"
WHACK!
BANG!
CRASH!
Several yetis hard to dodge out of the way as a piece of rafter came crashing down onto the floor. It shattered in half, splinters flying. Thankfully, the roof didn't cave in, and Bunny didn't fall. He had jumped to a corner rafter a second before. But now they couldn't get him out of said corner.
North sighed as yetis continued to try and fix everything. How were they suppose to get Bunny's DNA if he wouldn't even let them get within ten feet of him?
"North?" Sandy said quietly, snapping the old man out of his thoughts.
"Yes, Sandy?"
"I think I have an idea as to how get Bunny out."
"Really!" Tooth exclaimed. "How?"
"Get Jack," Sandy said.
"VHAT?" North asked. "Ve can not do zat, Sandy! If Bunny sees Jack, he vill-"
"Go after Jack, that's the point," Sandy stated. "We can use Jack as bait to lure Bunny out!"
"I do not believe zat zis iz wise," North said.
"Would you rather Bunny in the state he's in?" Sandy asked.
"Ugh," North groaned. "Phil!" He pulled Phil to the side. "Get Jack. Please!"
Phil walked over to Jack's door, and said boy fell to the floor the second he opened the door.
That's the new chapter. It was going to be longer, but my impatience got the better of me. I might edit this chapter later, although I doubt it.