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Chapter Two: The Guardians Unite

Jamie watched the ambulance car leave off with Jack who flew right beside it. Sophie's sweaty palms gently squeezed Jamie's hand. A lot had happened in five minutes, Pippa's Mom was there with them, and Jack had left to watch out for the believers' mother. Jamie felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around a bit startled, but quickly realized it was Pippa's mother.

"Let's go to the hospital," she calmly told the two siblings; the two nodded their heads in agreement. "Your mom is going to be all right," she optimistically spoke. The two got inside the car and Sophie sat near the window. Her nose smudged on the windshield and she searched for her mother.

"Jack is taking care of Mommy, right?" Sophie nervously asked. The car slowly moved toward the hospital.

"Of course," Jamie quietly answered.

Jack followed the ambulance car, and Jamie's words raised through his mind. "Please, watch out for her." The people quickly rushed Mrs. Bennett inside the hospital. There was a lot of noise, Jack could barely comprehend any word.

"She needs oxygen!" he heard someone. Doctors went through him when they rushed to Mrs. Bennett's side.

The two believers sat in the waiting room. The boy tried to watch TV, or something which would make his mind leave his worries. He tried to pay attention, but a not-so-funny comedy played… He wasn't really in the mood for a comedy, anyway. Sophie couldn't stay still in her chair, so she stood on the chair. She was nervous and bored; two things she hated. To entertain herself, she looked out at the window, and counted the number of cars that passed.

Pippa's mom arrived with a cup of coffee and a bag of cookies. At first, Jamie was about to thank her for the food she brought to them, but he noticed that she quickly hid them from them. He quickly felt embarrassed of this, because he hoped that Pippa's mom didn't notice that.

"Has the doctor come in, or something?" she asked and sipped her coffee.

"No, um… thanks for everything, we appreciate this very much," Jamie thanked her. She was the only neighbor who quickly offered them to take them to the hospital.

"You're welcome. Do you have any relatives around or…?" she asked them.

"No, not really," he responded.

"Oh, if you should find someone to take care of you. You're only fifteen years old, you can't really take care of yourself if your mom ends up staying at the hospital. So, I guess if so, I'll take care of you two," Pippa's mom couldn't explain her thoughts smoothly.

"I understand," Jamie answered. She wasn't fond of the idea, and Jamie noticed. "Thanks for the offer of hospitality," he nervously thanked the woman.

"It's not an offer, it's a fact. Who else will take care of you two?" she rudely remarked and then sipped her coffee once more. Jamie didn't know how to respond.

"Thanks," he said once again. Pippa's mom ignored his thank you and busied herself.

"Jack!" Sophie excitedly exclaimed and ran toward the Guardian.

"Isn't she too old for imaginary friends?" Pippa's mom questioned him and then watched TV.

"Not really," he answered and joined the other two. Sophie hugged Jack's legs and rubbed her cheek onto them. "Is everything okay?"

"Um… your mom is short of breath, that's all I know," Jack sadly responded. Sophie quickly stopped and let go of Jack's leg.

"You're going to save her, aren't you, Jack?" Sophie asked him. There was a bit of silence from the Winter Spirit.

"Well… I can't… well not from this… this is more of a doctor's job," he responded and her smile faded.

"Emma Bennett," a doctor said. They all turned around and went to the doctor. Sophie quickly held on to Jack's hand.

"Is she okay?" Jamie quickly asked.

"She has a disease, Pericarditis, a condition in which a sac-like cover of the heart becomes inflamed," she explained. Sophie had no idea what that meant, but from the emotions of the older people, she knew it was a bad thing. "If treated early it can't be fatal," the doctor added. Sophie looked outside and saw some colorful lights. Jack, quickly let go of her hand, and he looked outside.

"The call," Jack murmured to himself. The doctor left them to their worries. The Winter Spirit couldn't leave them when they were in a crisis. The three of them sat back on their chairs.

"Everything is going to be all right, you two," Pippa's mom told them, "I need to use the restroom." She left the awkwardness and the sadness of the two kids.

"Is Mommy going to be okay?" Sophie asked. Jamie picked her up and put her on his lap.

"If she gets her medicine, yes," he moved her hair out of her eyes. Then, the boy saw the Winter Spirit who worriedly looked at the window. "Jack, um.. is everything okay?"

"Oh… the Northern Lights… something is going on… I have to go… will you two be all right?" the Guardian asked them. The two kids nodded their heads.

"It's your duty," Jamie softly spoke, "Pippa's mom will take care of us."

"Take care, then," Jack opened the hospital window. The two watched in awe as the Guardian flew off, and went in such a quick speed.

"Close the window!" Pippa's mom angrily shouted and slammed the window shut.

Tooth arrived at North's place with her fairies. She flew down near the two Guardians that surrounded a small black thing. Worriedly, she got closer.

"Toothy!" North's voice loudly boomed. He moved out of the way so Tooth could get a closer look at Sandy.

"Sandy, are you all right?" she flew closer to him.

Sandy made a fake smile so Tooth wouldn't worry. Then, made black sand images appear on his head of a thumbs up. Tooth wasn't convinced.

"Pitch is back," Bunny quietly told Tooth. She was still shocked about what had happened.

"He got Sandy… We don't know what to do yet…," North remarked.

"Pitch… Pitch Black, he's back," Tooth was utterly speechless. The Boogeyman had returned and whatever he had done to Sandy, he may do to the rest. Baby Tooth realized how nervous Tooth was and flew to her side. "Has Jack-," before Tooth could have finished, Jack had arrived.

All eyes laid on the Winter Spirit. The way they looked at him with nervous glances, Jack knew something terrible had happened. He looked around to see if there was something wrong. For a moment, there was no sight of Sandy. Then, he saw a black figure and quickly recognized his friend.

"Sandy," Jack got near the Guardian of Dreams.

Sandy made a figure of Pitch appear over his head. Jack's eyes grew wide in horror.

"He's back," memories flashed of a broken staff and his lair in his mind. "You hang in there, bud," Jack put his hand on Sandy's shoulder.

Too much had happened in one day with Jamie's mom to Sandy. Pitch had returned and Jack knew he planned to do this to the rest of the Guardians.

"What do you suggest we do?" Tooth asked the rest of the Guardians.

Sandy made a black sand figure of the Guardians in a group hug over his head.

"Sandy is right, we must stay together. We're much stronger united," North repeated what Sandy had suggested. Jack knew it was better to have been with the rest of the Guardians, but he didn't want to leave Jamie on his own.

"That's a great idea, mate, but we need to face, Pitch. This is his call to battle," Bunny suggested.

"We don't know exactly where Pitch is," North remarked.

"Obviously in his lair… you know the one with the creepy bed," Bunny continued with his idea.

"It's an excellent idea, Bunny, but we can't just go up to Pitch," Tooth nicely contradicted the idea.

"What do you think, Jack?" North asked. Jack was startled by that question.

"Um… sorry.. I really have no idea," Jack answered.

"You seem a little off, boy," Bunny remarked.

"Oh… it's not about me. We're here because of Sandy..," the Guardians still looked at him with concerned looks. A little part of him disliked that the Guardians treated him like a little child, "Um.. fine, it's just Jamie is having some trouble… I don't know why… I-I just have a feeling about him. He's fine, this lady is taking care of him and Sophie." he quickly stopped himself and looked away.

"Everything is going to be fine with Jamie," Tooth consoled Jack.

"Yeah.. let's go back to Pitch and Sandy," he told the Guardians.

Jamie was in his house to pack some of his stuff. He went upstairs to his room where he took some clothes. Later, he went to Sophie's room to pack up some of her stuff. Randomly, he packed some toys for her. "That outta do it," he spoke to himself, and picked up one last toy which was a fairy doll. "Tooth brush," he remembered, and stuffed the doll inside the backpack. He walked inside the bathroom. The lights were off; he searched for the switch and turned the lights on. He picked up some tooth brushes and a comb. The mirror was right in front of him, and he couldn't help himself, so he took a quick glance of himself. A dark shadow was behind him.

"Are you still not afraid of me, Jamie Bennett?" Pitch asked him. The boy gasped and dropped his things in fear. The darkness overtook him and all he could have seen was fear. The boy was terrified.

I'm going to stop right there...

I'm usually busy and my updating is slow I will try to pick up... Get more organized!XD So, I looked up Pericarditis and I have a bit off knowledge of the sickness, because of google. Pippa's Mom is an OC character well sort off... I guess she is, and I didn't want her to be Mary Sue. She's sort of inspired by the character the Aunt from, Grave of the Fireflies (wonderful movie I recommend a watch). This chapter was a bit hard to write so many characters, and I wanted each one to shine. Jamie being kidnapped will be continued in the next chapter *mysterious music* I will try my best to stay rated: K+!XD

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