Rise of the Guardians
Fear part 1 Chapter 4
WARNING: I will swear in this chapter but it is only once.
"Too late." Tooth's voice sounded fragile like glass, fear threatening to shatter it.
Jack looked around at the three faces he knew so well, the usual cheerful grins full of fun and merriment ,that lit the room like a roaring hearth, were replaced with terror. Looking at them now they seemed so powerless and surrounded, as if the shadows were reaching out for them, their silent dagger like claws closing in. When Jack looked at them they seemed cold. But not the good kind. Not the kind that woke you to a day free from school and open to fun. Not the kind that made you grab your coat and wooly mittens, only to step outside plunging your hand into the fresh sheet of crisp snow and roll it into a tight package to be received by your friend's face, burning red from the cold. Not that kind. The kind that makes the harsh winds blow you to your knees and fill you with hopelessness. The kind that has been known to paralyze people as the fiery embers within them turn to blackened Jack didn't like it.
"We need to go." North shouted
"Now!" He yelled when no one reacted.
"But North what about th...the presents!" Tooth said worriedly, still dazed with disbelief.
A shatter sounded behind the doors along with the sound of banging.
"Don't worry about them just go" He urged
Sandy gave a panicked look as if to say where.
The window shutters began to shake and the banging became more frequent.
"Jack" North said franticly.
Jack jumped at his name being mentioned.
"You have a house, right. Is it safe?" North asked hurriedly
"Yeah,I guess." Jack said, his mind wasn't good under this kind of pressure "But how do we get there?"
As if on queue North walked across the room,his boots making a loud clumping noise barely audible over the constant banging around them, and after taking off his glove yanked on a lever. The floor under where the presents were stacked began to lower. Small chutes rose out of the floor and the elves and yetis began sliding down them.
"That goes down to the ground floor, well it's more of a cave, but anyway that is where the presents will be along with all of the factory workers and of course my prized sled." North said as he pushed a number of different buttons "It is completely impossible to get there from the factory unless your me, because it is fingerprint sensitive." North wiggled his fingers. "We have exactly 1 minute and 24 seconds before the chute closes, so, lets go."
Jack found himself being pushed down the shiny red tube before he could say bon voyage. The ability to scream, he thought, had left him long ago, yet he could not deny the fact that his own screams filled his ears. The only things he could think about were, the red tube that seemed to get bumpier and bumpier, the sudden drops that literally terrified him and the words aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
By the time he finally felt the hard ground on his back, he was only capable of saying one word.
"Fuck!" Jack yelled.
"Thank you for your intelligible insight Jack." North said sarcastically as he got up and he brushed the dirt off his coat.
He sighed as he looked at the pile of unwrapped presents in front of him.
"And we were hoping to have the day before christmas eve off! Sorry lads looks like there won't be a tequila Tuesday after all."
One of the yetis gave a moan then wandered off.
"Ah well come on, round this corner."
Jack noticed that familiar swirling glow. A portal.
"Okay Jack, you think of your home and then jump right in, I trust your familiar with the rest."
Jack looked back at the rest of them behind him and then jumped in.