Frozen Chains

Chapter 8

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Consciousness was terrible.

Everything hurt. 

Jack's whole body seemed to ache with a terrible throb, especially his head and arm. His cuts stung, and his burns hurt in the way that only burns can, stinging with such ferocity that he wanted to die. 

But he couldn't die. Not on Jay-

Jay!

Where the hell was Jay?

Jack sat straight up, then gasped in pain, falling back down on the pillows. Wait a minute...

Pillows? Since when did Pitch give them pillows? And since when did the lair have so much light?

Then it all came rushing back.

The Guardians came to the lair. After hitting his head and blacking out, the Guardians must have taken him somewhere else.

But where was that?

And, more importantly, did they take Jay, too?

Have to find Jay, gotta find Jay... Jack tried to sit up again, but his head pounded and his excruciating pain laced up his arm. He grimaced, whimpering.

"Shhh," Someone said, laying a cool hand on his forehead. "It's alright. You're in the infirmary at the North Pole."

Jack flinched at the touch, starting to tremble. Tooth pulled away instantly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. Relax, okay? We're going to fix you up real soon."

"J-Jay?" He whispered.

"Jay?" Tooth looked confused, but then her eyes lit up with realization. "Oh, is that your brothers' name? He's right over there in that bed, see? He's still sleeping."

Thank God. Jay was alright.

"North, Bunny, and Sandman are going to get here in a minute. They're just bringing in some bandages for me to use, and Bunny's looking for extra pain meds."

Pain meds? There was going to be pain?

Jack shuddered, shutting his eyes tightly. Tooth promised back at the lair that he would never hurt again. Jack was right in not believing her. Believing in people only led to broken promises.

So, they were going to hurt him, then. And Jay, too.

The sounds of a door opening. Quiet voices. Cloth rubbing together. The smell of peroxide.

"I need you to take off your hoodie for me, okay?" Tooth said, "I need to clean your cuts, but I can't do anything with it on."

Jack wrapped his arms tightly around himself, shaking his head, shivering. No way. The only times he had ever removed his hoodie was when Pitch wanted to hurt him again.

"I'm not going to hurt you." Tooth promised. Jack opened his eyes and saw that the Sandman was giving him a reassuring smile. "Besides, don't you want this to be over quickly?"