Rise of The Guardians Fanfic

Chapter 18 -Four Days-

Scarlet's Pov

I woke to a foot in my ribs. There was a snap and I whimpered.

I opened my eyes and I looked up. Pitch stood there with a frown on his face. Whatever was the matter, he did not look happy.

"Good. You're awake." He said.

He reached down and grabbed my throat. I gasped and he lifted me to my feet and slammed me into the wall.

"I have a issue that I need your help on." He said.

I looked at him with confusion. What did he need my help with? I don't have anything that heals me. The only thing that does is my necklace and he took that.

"Jack usually has his staff with him and that make him strong." He said.

"What is wrong is that he does not have it with him." Pitch let go and I dropped to my knees.

I felt another kick to my stomach and I cried out.

Jack didn't have his staff because I hid it when Pitch ambushed me and Jack. Did the other guardians find it? Were they on their way here?

Pitch saw my face and he said "You know where it is."

I looked up at him and then I looked down at the floor.

"No. I don't." I said.

"You're lying." He said.

I refused to looked at him. I felt him slam his foot into my side and sent me flying. I smashed into the wall across from where I was. So basically I was back where I started before I felt that familiar presence.

"Tell me where his staff is now!" Pitch yelled at me.

I flinched and cringed in fear.

"No." I said.

He looked like he was going to hit me but he stopped himself and he smiled.

"I know what you are doing." He said. "You are going to keep it in to protect him until you die."

I nodded. He was right. There is no way I am going to tell him where I hid Jack's staff. I will do anything and everything I can to protect him.

He crouched down in front of me and forced me to look in his eyes.

"There is more than one way to get information out of you." He said.

He stood and he said "I get rid of your brother. I can't do much when he is awake. But when he is asleep. I can cause nightmares so terrible that he will beg for death. Or I can hurt Jack and the other guardians."

"Don't hurt them. Please." I said.

"Then tell me where Jack's staff is." Pitch said.

I lowered my head and felt a tear slip.

"I don't know where it is. I hid it in the spot where you attacked Jack and me." I said.

Pitch frowned and he looked at one of his monsters and said "You know where that spot is. Go and bring me back his staff."

The monster nodded and left.

Pitch looked at me and he said "You see? See what cooperating gets you?"

I didn't answer. Instead I coughed and a little bit of blood came out.

Pitch saw it and he said "Looks like you might not make it the next three days."

He turned and he left my cell.

I felt another tear fall and I felt my arms give out and I dropped to my side.

I laid there and I wished that the pain would go away. That I'd get to see Jack one more time. To feel his lips on mine one more time. I wished to hug Leo one more time. To hum the hum I hummed to him like I did when he was little.

But I knew that my time was running out.

Easter Bunny Pov

We got to the place where Scar and Jack were attacked. Baby Tooth showed us where Scar had hidden Jack's staff. I picked it up and I looked at the others.

"Ok. Now we have Jack's staff. Now what?" I said.

"We need to start our search for them." Tooth said.

"But how?" North asked.

Sandy shrugged and we were all quiet for a while.

Then I got an idea.

"I have an idea!" I said.

"What is it?" Tooth asked.

I grinned and I said "We wait in some places and towns and we wait for one of Pitch's monsters and follow them to where Pitch has Scar and Jack."

"Brilliant!" North said.

"It's settled. Let's get to work." I said.

I tapped the ground with my foot and I jumped into the hole. I was going to the town where Scar lived before she was a spirit and then guardian.

I jumped out of the hole and I heard a cry of surprise. I looked down and I saw Scar's brother standing there.

"Next time, could you give me a heads up before you pop out of the ground?" He grumbled.

I frowned and I said "No."

He looked up and me and he said "Have you found Scarlet, yet?" He asked.

I shook my head and I said "No. Not yet."

"So she is going to be dead in three days?" He said.

I looked at him and I said "Wait. What?!"

Leo reached into his pocket and he took out a folded paper. He held it out to me and I took it.

Oh my god. Pitch is going to kill Scar!

"We ain't gonna let him kill your sister." I said to him. "We have a plan and we will save her.

Leo nodded and he said "What if we drew one of his monsters out?"

I looked at him and he said "Pitch must be after something. Right?"

I thought about it and I said "He might be after Scar's necklace. But she always wears it. So....."

"He's after Jack Frost's staff." Leo said.

I grinned and said "You are smart for a small lad."

He shrugged and said "Meh. That was nothing."

I rolled my eyes and I said "We need to get the others here."

And I knew just how to do it.