Story: Saved

Pitch

Jack had been missing for a month before the guardians found him. In that time, he had been beaten, locked in a cage, starved, and forced to withstand increasingly high temperatures.

The guardians realized something was wrong when Jack didn't show up at the monthly meeting. Once they went to the pond Jack called his home, and finding his staff, broken, surrounded by nightmare sand, they figured out he had been kidnapped.

The guardians searched high and low to find their newest and youngest member. It was Bunny who found Pitch's new lair, and discovered where Jack was being kept. Seeing the state of the winter child, he rushed to get the other guardians.

They raided Pitch's lair and battled Pitch. Bunny snuck away and dread Jack who was covered in cuts and bruises, unconscious. Gently, Bunny picked him up and carried him to the sleigh before going back to the battle.

The guardians defeated Pitch, and brought their injuries teammate back to the pole, where they treated him.

When Jack woke up, surrounded by his fellow guardians, he knew they had saved him like they always did. They saved him, as they always will.