Ok now, I know I have school work to do and should be doing that, BUT I kinda wanna do this more since I have the urges to type and write up stuff I do not wanna waste it lol. let us see where this chapter takes us and what I can conjour up here lol. As always I do not own any of these characters.

Back in Phoenicia, Rayla and North were busy figuring out their next plan of attack. Nyx not only still had his hold on Elsa, but now Jack as well. Everyone was made to be on the look out for any signs to where they may be. Rayla fretted, "Oh North, this is all my fault yet again. I should have kept a closer eye on her when she was first brought to us. If I hadn't left her be, I would have been able to spot the darkness that was lingering within her." North frowned, "Stop beating yourself up, it will do us no good. Besides, you would never have seen the markings of the dark magic. They were well hidden and placed accordingly. Right now we must continue our search and plan out our next move."

She nodded, "Right, but how are the others doing?" North sighed, "Anna is loaded for bear, ready to fight and go out herself. Kristoff is keeping close tabs on her. I cannot risk losing my other daughter at this point." Rayla nodded, the door to the study opened, Cedric walked in with many rolled up parchment papers. Rayla smiled, "Any news?" Cedric shook his head as he placed the parchments on the table, "I'm afraid not my dear, they are still searching for any clues to their whereabouts, but I managed to find all of the old maps from before." Rayla stood to her feet and grabbed the closest one, "RIght then, these maps and locations should help us."

North and Cedric also grabbed at the pile, "What is it we are looking for exactly?" Rayla glanced over hers, "These maps and documentations were of before, when Pitch and his brother ruled here. There are logs of locations that were not all transfered over to the new rules and maps of today. What I am looking for is anything related to 'Black', their family name. Nyx is obviously in need of a place to perform the ritual, a cemetary most likely." North raised an eyebrow, "Why a cemetary, Pitch was damned, a body was never properly buried."

Rayla grabbed another, "Exactly why in a cemetary, the family bloodline, his bloodline, would be there. We must find the location of the Black family crypts. They were older than our current burial sites, and not anywhere close to where we would have seen and known the locations off hand. We find the location, we may find them." North nodded, Cedirc spoke up, "Here looks to be something, though hard to make out, the language is rather old, but Black is obviously clear as day." Rayla smiled as she helped him stretch it out upon the table, "Good work my love, now let us see where they hid that burial site. Once we figre that out, we may just have luck on our side for once." North nodded, "Agreed, I just hope we are not too late."

Back in the cemetary, Elsa knew she had to save Jack. They were moments away from Pitch returning. They needed to escape and get as far away from Nyx before he can begin the ritual. She felt the instant fear return, the man that continued to haunt her nightmares and use his dark magic upon her. She clenched her fist, she had to act now before it was too late. She took a deep breath, gathering up what little courage she had left and stepped outside. She steadily made her way towards Nyx and the very battered Jack. She glanced down at him, blood was rolling down the sides of his face. He was struggling to stay conscious. She needed to act now, "Nyx!" she called for him sternly.

Nyx glanced over to her, "Yes my queen?" She paused a few feet from the two of them, "Are things ready for the ritual yet?" she asked. He nodded, "Yes my dear, soon master will be back and the worl will be at his wrath." She smirked, "Excellent." as she eyed Jack more closely now, she could barely recognize the man before her. Nyx noticed, "I do hope my torturing this pathetic fool didn't disturb you." as he eyed the back gown she was wearing. She shook her head, "Of course not, it was much required in order to have my king returned to us. Now for safer precautions, I think you should do a perimiter check. I do not wish for anything to interfer with the ritual being so close at hand. Especially that annoying queen Rayla, she could ruin everything."

Nyx nodded, "Of course my queen. I shall be right back, and if I see anyone, I shall deal with them accordingly." as he tranformed into a crow and took off. Once she knew it was safe, she immediately went to Jack's side, carefully not to hurt him further. She glanced over him, "Oh Jack, are you okay? It pained me to listen to the torment and paint you went through." Jack blunk a few times, grunting as he glanced up, "Elsa? Is that you, I mean really you?" he questioned. His head fell down slightly, unable to keep it up from weakness. His mind was fogged with nothing but pain. She carefully tore at her dress and cleaned the blood from his face gently, "Yes, it's me, truly me this time. I was able to get out of Pitch's spell."

Jack moaned slightly from the gentle touches she used to clean his wounds, "I guess better late than never right?" trying to make light of the situation. Elsa bit her lip, she had felt horrible, "None of this would have happened, had I not been so stupid and foolish before. It's my fault you are like this." tossing the now bloodied cloth. Jack hauled his head back up, "Don't say that Elsa, none of this was your fault. Pitch manipulated you, Nyx as well, but you proved that you were stronger. You broke the spell on your own." Her lip quivered, "It still cannot undo the dammage done to you, you didn't ask for any of this."

Jack sighed, "Elsa, I would do this again gladly and willingly if it meant you safe from those monsters. I love you." She nodded slightly, "And I love you Jack." pressing her lips to his for a brief moment. Jack smirked slightly, "Wish we were in better circumstances than this at the moment." Elsa rolled her eyes, "Exactly why we have to get you out of here." as she set to work on prying at his shackles. Jack tried to stop her, "No Elsa, you have to get out of here. You need to go now before Nyx returns. I cannot have you in his grasp any longer." Elsa snapped, "No, I am not leaving you here behind." Jack shook his head, "No, listen to me Elsa, you have to let me go. You have to leave me behind."

Elsa felt angered, as she jerked at his restraints, "No, I'm not leaving you!" Jack kept persisting, "I will only slow you down. I do not have the strength to get out of here in time. You must go, find Rayla and your father, come back for me then. As long as I know that you are safe, I'll be fine. I cannot bare to see you suffer at their hands." he begged. She felt her hands go raw from the shackles, "You're always the one saving me Jack, it's my turn to repay the debt for once."

"Well don't we have just a happy little couple."

Both of them jumped at the all too familiar voice. Elsa jerked around to see Nyx standing there with a sinister smirk on his face, "Too bad it won't last." snapping his fingers. Chains appeared wrapping around Elsa's wrists, dragging her back to a similar concrete wall next to Jack. She yelped when her back hit the wall roughyly, Nyx chuckled as he approached her, "Very persuasive of you to make me go away. You really thought you fooled, but never the less I saw right through your little act." his fingers tracing her face tauntingly. Elsa jerked at his touch and her restraints, "Get your hands off of me." she spat.

Nyx grinned, "Oh come now your highness, we must not delay the ritual. We have everything at hand now. We don't want to keep your true king waiting any further. I know he's just dying to feel you writhing and screaming beneath him." his hand grasping her chin roughly. Jack growled, "Get your filthy fucking hands off of her." Nyx taunted, "Oh, does it bother you Jack? Please, she's not my type. I don't know what you or my master see's in this whore, but I just help move things along for him." his hand slipping down and around her neck. Elsa gasped at the tightness forming, Jack yelled for him to back off. Nyx snickered, "I prefer to strangle the very last breath from her, but I only need her to be just so." watching her fade slightly before releasing.

Jack glanced over to make sure she was okay. She was breathing, but barely, just weakned enough to be on the border of passing out, "You son of a bitch." Nyx grinned psychotically, his lips pressed to Elsa's, "Ready, or not my queen, your nightmare is coming for you, and I look forward to watching you both suffer for it." backing away from her laughing.

okies, lets go ahead and stop here, I'm gonna go do some school work lol more of college school work again lol yay for new majors. If you want, hit me up a review and I will see you all next chapter :)