When Fate Plots and Portals Glitches

Confusion and Experiments

Jack was very, very uncomfortable right at this moment. Anyone would be at unease if a blind spirit was staring at them.

And not only was this said spirit blind, oh no, but he was also had a blood red blindfold over his eyes.

At first, Jack just figured that maybe the spirit, Eros, just happened to be facing that particular spot in Norths workshop that Jack just happened to be standing in.

But whenever Jack went, the blind spirits' gaze followed.

Where the hell was everyone? How, in the name of all that's frosty, was Jack the first person here, aside from Eros?

"strange, I've never hit you with my arrows," Eros paused, His skin and lips folding in a way where it showed how much of a puzzlement Eros was in "and yet..."

Jack gave him the most bizarre look he could muster "I- wait what? No- I mean, why would you shoot me with arrows?!"

Jack screamed as a new unfamiliar voice suddenly entered the conversation. She was a young woman in her middle twenties.

"What my husband means is, you were affected by Eros."

Jack frowned, looked at the woman, then back at Eros "... Eros is right here,"

She shook her head "No, I mean the force,"

"the force?"

She nodded "Yes"

"Not this Eros?"

"Yes"

Jack blinked "There are two Eros's?!"

"No!"

By the moon, this was awkward. And confusing. Already, Jack wished that he was back with Danny. He decided to change the subject before he was more lost then he already was. "So, um, did you like, need me- us... anyone for something?"

Eros, however, only stared. At least, stared as much as a blind man could. The woman looked like she was about to say something until they heard a door swing open.

Jack nearly collapsed in relief as he heard the other guardians finally came in.

North blinked in surprise "I- Eros? Psyche? What are you doing here?"

Eros tilled his head to where the sound if North's voice emitted from "Hello, North, it's a pleasure hearing from you, but I'm afraid that I come baring bad news,"

Tooth cocked her head "what... what kind of bad news?"

Sandy made a picture of a looming dark figure that Bunny translated with ease "Does it have somethin' to do with Pitch?"

Eros and Psyche said nothing, which was an answer all on its own.

Aster looked like he was about to curse.

Jack broke in "wait, if it's about Pitch, then why are you here telling us? I mean, Pitch is kinda just 'our problem'"

Tooth nodded, her wings humming filled the room "Not that we don't mind the help, but Jack has a point other spirits don't usually try to get involved,"

Psyche turned to the occupants in the room, giving them a nervous glance "That's because Pitch isn't acting alone,"

North froze "who... who is Pitch working with?"

The woman, Psyche pushed back her long deep brown hair from her darker still brown eyes. "Hittite, Furor, the list goes on." She scanned the room. "They're building up a new army for their new cause,"

"And how long has z'dis been going on?" North asked.

Psyche seemed to deflate a bit "to tell you the truth, we don't know," she took a deep breath "Hell, we don't know much about anything, we don't know what exactly they plan to do, how they're going to do it or even when." She then snorted "the only reason why we know they're up to something at all is because an artifact of the spirit world was stolen, Alysídes apátheias,"

"Chains of Apathy." Eros translated "and even then, we're not sure what they plan to do with it,"

Jack gave Eros a confused glance "Chains of apathy? That's... that's a relic?"

Eros nodded "I didn't know what it was when I first heard it too. I as well, am also lost in what its importance."

Psyche nodded "Many spirit we asked about also seem unfamiliar with this, but in retrospect, relics are created, faded and reimagined on a yearly dais, making it nearly impossible to keep track of it all, that's why we have several spirits whose obligation is to organize and categorize these relics, also the only reason why we know that this one was stolen,"

Sandy showed a short series of pictures that Tooth translated with ease "What cause do they have in mind?"

Eros frowned and furrowed his brow "they want to be seen, they don't want only children to see them anymore. They want power, because if every human can see them, that's what they'll have, Power,"

Psyche shrugged "I don't know how they think this is even possible," She took a deep breath "But whatever they're going to do... it's not going to be good,"

Everyone had nervous a gleam to their eyes. The room was heavy with an almost unbearable pressure.

Except Jack,

Jack looked paralyzed with fear. "What... what do they plan to do with the mortals?"

Psyche gave her husband a worried glance and grasped at his hand "There had been some kidnappings, kidnappings that I don't think any human would be capable of."

Aster growled, and his fur bristled "They've been taken' children right under our-"

Eros shook his head "not children, adults, teenagers, the kind of people that aren't meant to see us anymore."

Tooth's wings slowly creased movement as she drooped down to the floor "what are... what do they plan to with them?"

Eros seemed to try to choose his words carefully "We think... we think that they plan on doing experiments"

Jack was shacking, his fists were clinched and his eyes were wide with shock "... Danny"

Eros frowned "I'm sorry, who?"

Jack looked up at Eros "Danny he... he can see me..."

Aster snorted "Well, no shit Sherlock, most kids could-"

Jack franticly shook his head "No, you don't understand! He's my age!"

Psyche froze "but that's- that's not possible, maybe at one time it could've been, but now..."

"Look, I know that it shouldn't be possible, and trust me, I can explain it either." Jack took a deep breath "but somehow, for whatever reason, it just is, alright?"

Eros once again was unnervingly 'looking' at Jack's direction "Are you suggesting that this boy was a subject to their experiments?"

Jack winced at the last word "I- I don't know! I don't know if... if they did something to him." Jack has always regarded as Danny's ability to see him as a blessing. A gift. But Jack didn't want Danny to have to go through some mad men's torture and toying to in order for Danny to receive this 'gift'.

"why in bloody hell didn't you tell us about this earlier?!" Aster asked.

"I did! You guys just, didn't react!" Jack protested.

"I thought that you were talken' 'bout a child!"

North came between the two of them "look, there's not much that we can do about that now! Our main concern should now be to see if this Danny character is ok! Ok!"

That froze Aster and Jack in their tracks.

Sandy did a short series of signs,

Jack nodded "Yeah, I'll... I'll bring him in tomorrow."

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