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Pitch grins.. his yellow teeth crooked as usual. His slender fingers slip back, releasing the string, that shoots the long thin arrow..
“No!!” Jack screams as he tries to reach sandy, the wind whipping past him, blocking out all the noise… but it’s too late. The arrow hits sandy, right in the back… but, something was wrong, maybe the arrow was faulty, as it didn’t do what pitch thought… it pierced sandy, going right through him… stunning him from the sudden agony, losing his concentration, the bright golden sand swirled away right from under his feet,, and he plummeted. As he fell, he heard the familiar voice scream out his name. The wind was deafening as the ground came up quick behind him.. all the the sand that usually swirled around him was sharp, and flying in the wind, it was a beautiful sight to behold. But not to the guardians..
he hit the ground with the force of a meteor. His spine absorbing most of the impact.
He reacted in pain, and gritted his teeth, and made a noise of agony.. he stared at the sky, because his body was stunned, and filled with pain, unable to move… it felt like his entire body had been crushed and ripped into shreds.. everything was blurry, he couldn’t see anything, the only thing that came into a hazy view, was the arrow… sticking out of his chest, he had been impaled.. he slowly moved, and sat up a bit. Everything still blurry,, he couldn’t think, and he felt cold blood pool around him.. and start to stream from his nose.. he hated the cold.. the freezing blood burning him, as he tries to stay awake.. all he felt was excruciating agony. Then, he heard the familiar jingle of a bell, it was the sleigh. He heard tooth yell out his name, and saw familiar figures run over. He could just barely make out bunny and Jack, his vision fading fast.
“Right mate. Where does it hurt”
Sandy thought that was a stupid question, but he couldn’t react at all, he blinked a few times. And everything came into a foggy view, bunny was kneeling infront of him, Jack beside him. And both tooth and north on the other side.
Bunny reached out, and touched the arrow. Causing sandy to immediately wince and make a whining sound of pain.
“Right right. Sorry mate”
Bunny pulls his hand away immediately. Then Sandy’s hearing starts to turn to a loud white noise, and his vision goes, he can barely hear anyone.. he hears faint yelling, someone’s yelling his name.. Jack maybe? He can’t tell… he feels as though he’s been picked up, it’s the texture of fur he’s feeling.
“We gotcha mate, hang in there”
He heard bunny speak. Then, nothing.
The first thing he heard was the sound of a clock ticking, or so he thought. He couldn’t make out the sound exactly, but it just reminds him of a clock, it took him a while, but he came to. And his consciousness returned, but he wished it hadn’t, as he felt the same pain as before crack through him once he became aware.. his eyes flutter open, the bright light blinding him. He lets out a noise of confusion and a bit of pain. And slowly glances around, he’s back at the North Pole, that’s all he knows at the moment.
He breathes deeply, and feels a pain shoot through his chest, he grabs his chest, gripping it tightly,, he feels the bandages that are around his chest, and he keeps his hand there for a moment.. before putting his hand back at his side. He then pushes himself, and sits up, though only half way, as he puts his hand behind him, and leans back a bit. looking at his surroundings more clearly, the sound he assumed to be a clock, was actually a machine. Not sure what kind, he just ignores it, it had a screen with a green squiggly line on it. Confusing him. He then noticed something he wasn’t expecting. He had an iv in his arm,, he thought about pulling it out, and he even grabbed it… but then he took his hand down, and let go. He knew that would be a mistake, and possibly considered a childish act.
He rubbed the back of his neck, his entire back and neck hurt like hell. Possibly because the fall, he did land directly on his spine after all. but the second he touched his neck, he holds his hand there for a moment… then pulled his hand away fast.
“Where are my clothes?!”
He thought to himself, looking around, now finally realizing that the only thing he was wearing was shorts, his upper half completely bare, despite the bloodstained bandages that covered his entire chest.. a huge wave of embarrassment washed over him, the thought that someone saw him without a shirt, and it made it worse that it was probably north that saw him like that.. but he shouldn’t really be embarrassed, it’s not his fault. He sits there for a bit, his entire body riddled with pain, but he tries his best to not focus on it..
He starts to get curious of what everyone else is doing, as he can hear their faint voices. Possibly talking about pitch, so, out of curiosity. He gets off the bed, feeling a twinge of pain when he places his feet on the cold floor.. he hopes this doesn’t relate to his spine. And hopes his spine isn’t damaged,,
He pulls the iv out of his arm, he knew he might regret it later. But not right now, and then walks quietly to the door, creaking it open slightly. And thin gust of freezing air blows through. And he shivers, wishing he had his clothes still, and not just shorts.. but he can’t deal with that now, so he presses on, his body aches as he walks. His spine feels like it’s breaking with every step,, he’d float, but he hasn’t got the energy.
He takes ahold of the banister, and peers over, everyone is down there, bunny and north are having an argument like normal.. only this time, it’s about him.. all of them are standing by the large globe.. and to Sandy’s disappointment, there’s only a few lights left on the globe,, He stares at it for awhile, before he’s caught off guard by someone calling his name,
“Sandy?”
North called up to him, he looked down, only to see everyone looking up. Right at him,,
“….”
He replied, with a nervous stare.
Soon he was the center of attention. Tooth hugging him so tightly, his chest hurt, more than it did before. He heard the cries of tooth being happy, but he gave no response. He glances at Jack, who looks upset.. sandy could tell that he was blaming himself for the fall. Bunny and north has resumed their argument… but something feels.. wrong.