Chapter 6

"Dammit!" Jack slammed his staff on the ground as he looked up at the globe, " Another one?! How can this be happening? What are we doing wrong?"

North patted Jack's back to comfort him and Tooth told him, " Jack you- we are doing all that we can."

Jack turned away from the group and looked up at the moon, " Another one. Another child is gone, and we can't do anything about it."

It had been about a month since the problems started, and no one though it was going to get this bad. At first it was just some punks scaring kids to gain power. That part could be taken care of as soon as they found the culprit, much like the Pitch situation. However, now the kids have gone missing, the Guardians didn't know why children were being kidnapped because there didn't seem to be a connection between kidnapping kids and gaining power. The Guardians,who could go out everyday, like Tooth, Sandy, and Jack were watching for where the kidnappings had started and pinpointed them towards the British Isles, but they never caught the culprits red handed. This situation was the most troublesome to Jack because he was thinking about having a kid, but he was second guessing due to this incident; why would he want to put his child in a world where he can't protect them?

Holly was carefully leaning her head just slightly out of her office door, so she could eavesdrop on the Guardians meeting. She was shocked to hear how angry Jack was. Maybe this situation was worse than she had thought. Jack wouldn't open up to her when she inquired more information about this incident because he claimed that putting stress on her wouldn't be good for the baby.

What baby? She wasn't pregnant, but she wanted to be. Sure, it had only been a couple months of them trying, but elves were supposed to be especially fertile, at least, that was what all the books she had read said. Apparently, the books also said that elves should have no problem getting pregnant by immortal creatures either, but that didn't seem to be proven by her, anyway.

She wondered if it was because of the type of elf she was. She knew she wasn't a Christmas elf, those guys looked way different than her, but she wasn't quite accurate of what her lineage was. All she knew was that she was from some arctic, tribal clan of elves that had been around for thousands of years. She had thought about asking her mother about her lineage, but she hadn't spoken to her mother, or any other part of her tribe for 500 years. One could say that she and her family had a " falling out".

Anyway, she would continue on other methods of helping her conceive, such as standing on her head and drinking fertilization elixirs. Jack would tell her that these methods were all a bunch of baloney because his seed was strong enough to get her to conceive.

Holly's thoughts were interrupted by the cold chill from behind her shoulder.

"Caught you eavesdropping ", said a smirking Jack.

Holly was about to apologize until her husband put his finger to her lips and said, "Don't worry about it, I was pretty loud after all."

" Jack, are you ok?"

" I will be, sorry for worrying you. Now let's go home, yeah?"

"Jack, I'm going with you."

" What? This is dangerous!"

Jack placed his hand on Holly's belly and said, " What if your- you know.."

She place her hand over his, " That's why I have to go, Jack."

He looked up at her with a confused look. She explained herself, " You're going to the British Isles, right? Well, in that district there's lots of fortune tellers and gypsies, and this time of year their specialties are dealing with family, with it being spring and all. I was just hoping I could go talk to one ask questions about helping me get pregnant."

"What if you're already pregnant, Holly? You could be putting the baby in danger."

"Jack, it's been two months, people from my lineage can get pregnant within two days of trying."

" I enjoy trying, though."

" I'm serious, Jack. "

" Me too. Besides, I'm not so sure that..."

" Sure that what."

" Sure that this the best way to get help."

" Jackson..."

If Jack didn't know she was serious, he definitely did now. The last time she used his full name was during their argument about him leaving in the middle of the night after his conjugal visits.

" Alright, I can go against your wishes, anyway." Jack's wife kissed his lips and said, "thank you, besides I'm not going to be apart of your mission or anything. I'll be out of harm's way in the Tipperary while you do your Guardian work." Jack sighed and wrapped his arms around his wife, "If you think this is the best way, then I trust you, my Christmas Holly. You can leave with us in the morning."

" Why aren't you leaving right now?"

" None of the incidents have happened in the dark, they've been occurring in daylight, so that's when we're gonna look, for the culprit."

" What do we do while we wait then?"

Jack's faced turned into a big grin as he walked over to the light switch, " We could try for a baby again." He then the lights off and Holly welcomed him into their bed.