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Baby Tooth was flapping her wings as fast a she could, trying to escape the strong wind blowing her towards Gaia, but in spite her best efforts she kept moving towards Mother Nature. Just as she was about to give up, she heard the familiar jingles before North caught her in mid air, the force of his sleigh making Seraphina loose balance and fall.
"Jack, your hand, let's get you out of here before..." said North, but he couldn't finish that sentence.
His sleight was hit by lightning causing him to loose control. Flying upwards, away from the winter spirit was all he could do to avoid crashing over him.
"You should know better than that, North! Did you really think you could defeat me alone?" said Seraphina.
"He's not alone!" screamed Tooth as her sharp wings tore Mother Nature's side, black blood staining her feathers.
The fairy flew straight to Jack, Sandy containing a furious, injured Gaia with his golden sand whips. But the fire surrounding the hellion intensified.
"Toothie... I... love you" whispered the winter boy before giving up and closing his eyes as his unconscious body hit the ground with an audible thump.
"No you're not! No you don't! Nooorth!" she screamed, panicky.
North threw her a portal, which she caught easily in mid air.
"Get him out of here!" he shouted.
Tooth held an unconscious Jack and disappeared through the portal, with a worried Baby Tooth right behind them.
She took her winter boy to the North Pole, laying him on the snow. Baby Tooth warned her of the nine fairies safely tucked in his hoodie's pocket and she frantically took them out, before burying Jack under the snow.
"C'mon Jack! C'mon!" she said, furiously throwing snow over his inert body.
She was afraid to touch his skin, fearing the heat from her body would make it worse, so she just caressed the ends of his soft white hair. He was so beautiful and she had been so stupid for wasting three days of him. After the Algae, she should have known that even immortals shouldn't waste time.
Jack slowly opened his eyes.
"Jack?" she said, running her fingers along his face.
"Tooth..." he said, kissing her hand.
"Are you OK?" she asked looking straight into his eyes "I was so scared" she whispered.
"I'm fine" he said sitting up. He was still a little dizzy, but he knew he was on the mend, the soothing snow healing his sore skin, the cold breeze giving him strength. "I was scared too. I was afraid I would die without fixing things between us"
"Jack, there's nothing to fix. I love you" she said, holding his hand, her magenta eyes piercing his blue ones.
"I know something is bothering you, something is not quite right" he said, caressing her check with his hand.
"It's nothing. I have to go and help them." she said, looking at their hands.
Jack motioned to get up and she put her index finger on his chest, pushing him back down. "You have to stay away from Gaia!" she squeaked.
"Yes, m'am!" he wasn't suicidal and that was a very close call. "Baby Tooth and I will go and get more fairies." said Jack, smiling at Baby Tooth as he got up from the ground.
"Just please be careful. If you see her open a portal and get out of there." she said, flying away form him so he couldn't see the worry in her eyes.
Jack grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him, touching their foreheads together.
"I love you too" he close the gap between them, pressing his lips hard against hers, holding her close to his body.
Their lips danced for a minute that felt like a lifetime until they broke apart.
"You know, in case we..." he started saying, but she pecked him on the lips before flying away again.
"I'll see you very soon" she said smiling, disappearing trough the portal.
Jack hated seeing her go, knowing that he was unable to help, unable to protect her, unable to stop her. He wasn't used to being powerless, to being helpless and it bothered him more than he imagined. He was always so sure of his powers, he always thought that not having them linked to the children's believe made him invincible and he never realized that he was only powerful because of Gaia's mercy, that he was linked to the elements.
The wind consoled him, caressing his face softly, murmuring words only Jack could understand. Baby Tooth put her tiny hand on his cheek. Her touch made Jack smile. He could still help, he could still keep Tooth safe.
"Are you ready?" he said. She nodded smiling. "Then let's go and help your sisters!" he smiled back as he opened a portal to yet another perfect storm.
"Over here!" said Gretchen, pointing under a car.
About twenty little fairies were curled together, seeking refuge from the debris.
"Good job, mate!" said Bunny, following her.
"It's a good thing that they're sticking together, or this would be a nightmare!" said Gretchen.
"OK little ones, we're going to need a volunteer to help us find your sisters" said Bunny, and a little uninjured fairy flew to his shoulder. Bunny caressed her head "thanks, little mate. Wow! You're as soft as Toothie!"
Gretchen looked away, but he didn't notice, he was busy putting the rest of the fairies inside his shoulder bag.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" asked Pitch maliciously. He was ridding one of his mares.
The voice made both Aster and Gretchen jump. Instinctively he stood in front of her in a protective gesture. She moved away to stand by his side.
"You!" she said between her teeth "did you come back for more, Black?"
Pitch must have heard danger in her voice because he stayed far away.
"Did you miss me already, cutie?" asked Pitch, smiling.
"Do not call me cutie, you jerk! How could you do this to your own daughter?!" she started running towards him.
Gretchen jumped towards Pitch, intending to throw his sorry arse off the damned horse so she could kick it properly, but a fearling caught her in the air, taking her away.
"Gretchen!" shouted Bunny
