Mysterie doesn't come around to the waking world until an hour later, her head throbbing, but she felt a lot better than she had when she'd passed out. She noticed that Jack had yet to waken, Sandy was busy dressing his wound, which had some how gotten bigger as they'd pulled the poison out. Mysterie whimpered a little, but pushed past the pain, rolling over to reach one hand out for Jack. Tooth yelped when Mysterie's hand suddenly contacted with her leg instead and Sandy signaled to push the two beds together before Mysterie rolled out of hers as she tried to find Jack blindly. Tooth and he push them together and Mysterie settled down again only when her hand managed to find one of Jack's, despite a hiss of pain from her. Jack grimaced in pain as the last of the poison was pulled out, but it seemed to ease when Mysterie's hand found his and a smile crossed his face as if he were awake and could see her. Mysterie sighed as sleep pulled her back once more into its warm embrace; Tooth chuckled a little as she shook her head at the two.

"Who would have thought?" Sandy shrugged with a small smile as they went back to work. North grumbled with good nature about the two taking up space in his infirmary while Bunny was content to stay away from the two of them; he'd had enough of being yelled at by the pair. Some time passed before Jack woke slowly, painfully.

"M-mysterie?" She stirred a little, but didn't wake.

"Jack?" Tooth fluttered over to him, her voice soft so not to disturb Mysterie's rest.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine Tooth." He looked at her concerned face and shook his head before looking over to Mysterie, focusing only on her. Tooth smiled, even though Jack didn't see it.

"You both have been out for days. We've been worried."

"I've been what?" Jack asked, his brain not registering that at the moment.

"I-is Mysterie g-gonna be okay?" Jack struggled to get up but regretted it immediately as it pulled at the stitches of his wound and he hissed in pain.

"Jack! You shouldn't be moving so much! You need to heal more before you can!"

"Sorry Tooth." Tooth held out a glass with some brown liquid in it that was very obviously not hot cocoa.

"Drink this, it might be a bit bitter but it will ease the pain. As for her... I wish I could tell you. She went in after you... She hasn't woken since... We don't know what happened to her. Only you know that and you've been out of it since you arrived here."

Jack sighed and nearly gagged on the brown medicine.

"God, Tooth! What's in that?!" She smiled.

"Oh, just a little bit of herbs Bunny brought mashed up with a little medicine." Jack looked over at Mysterie in a lot of worry. Tooth sighed a little.

"I know what she means to you... I'm sorry I didn't understand sooner. Sandy explained everything to us while you two were asleep." Guilt hit Jack hard.

"I should have realized what was around me instead of running off.." A tear fell from his cheek to Mysterie's hand that was holding his with more to follow. Tooth hugged him, minding his injury.

"We know sweet tooth, but she chose her path and I can tell she cares dearly for you. We'll try everything we can." Tooth brushed away his tears gently, worrying for him much as a mother would her child.

"Have faith in her Jack, she's come this far... She survived in taking in... whatever it was that was dragged from you. If anything, that should have driven her mad... but... it didn't." The fairy glanced over at the young light spirit, for that was what North had figured out that she was and it had finally made sense how she'd been able to weather her own darkness as well as Jack's. Manny had spoken to them too about her, about how she could be a powerful ally to them and had berated each of them for their lack of listening to Sandy who had been trying to explain to them about her for the last five years, but they had been too busy to notice; Tooth didn't mention that though as it had happened a couple of nights ago when Jack had still been out.

"I'm sure, given time... She'll be alright."

"I will Tooth. Now, when can I get out of here?" Tooth grimaced at him, knowing that he was a free spirit and didn't like to be kept in one place, but nonetheless he'd sustained a rather serious injury.

"Not for a while Jack. Your injury is quite serious for a wolf bite. In fact, let me check it." She carefully unwrapped the wound, putting a hand to her mouth to muffle the scream. It seemed worse than before; black veins grew from the bit that was now a black oozing, healing hole.

"Jack... are you okay? In any pain?" Jack shook his head only, the medicine she'd given him was working. Tooth sighed as she rewrapped the wound.

"The poison has done a number on you... even when we extracted it... The damage was... more than we knew. I don't think even her sand could have saved you had she not contained it like she had and even then it wouldn't have lasted much longer... You're alive because she confined the bulk of it to the entrance... but it will take time to heal and... I'd be surprised if you don't scar." Jack sighed, grunting in pain as he meant to roll a little to the left to feel more comfortable and the movement had caused his wound to twinge in pain.

"It's okay Tooth, I'll be back and about making it snow before you know it, but before that..." He growled. "Pitch is so dead when I get out of here." Tooth noticed how his eyes took on a white stormy pupils look when I said that; meaning he was beyond going to just hurt Pitch. He was going to kill the Boogeyman... regardless of how impossible doing so actually was. Tooth raised an eyebrow at him.

"Well, I certainly won't stop you there." The question of why he was that steamed at Pitch was in her eyes, but she didn't ask. Jack started coughing and he lost the strength he'd had from that feat and he closed his eyes in exhaustion.

"P-promise me Tooth that you'll try everything you can for her." Jack looked at Mysterie then turned to Tooth, eyes pleading. Tooth sighed.

"Jack... we don't even know what is wrong... She just... simply hasn't woken up. We've tried everything, but even Sandy is at a loss. Tell me... if you remember... what happened. Maybe it will give us some clue." Jack thought a moment, trying his hardest to remember but it only caused him a headache.

"I-I can't remember!" He shouted in frustration that became sadness instantly; how could he not remember the events that had caused all this? Tooth put a hand on his shoulder.

"I might be able to help you, but Jack... if you can't remember on your own... it ... it might hurt to do so." She bit her lip, not wanting to put him through anymore pain than he'd gone through.