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Show Me That Glasgow Smile	By : LuciferDragon Category: +M through R > Rise of the Guardians Views: 1540 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the Rise of the Guardians stuff, and I make no money from writing this story. Purely for fun.

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Schulz belongs to Jayalaw. Getting that out of the way first. :)

5.
It had been a long time since we had visited the human's bakery. I had chosen to accompany Drago while Pitch went home to watch Evilyn. I was on my last leg of energy, but there would have been no way I could sleep now anyway. And I could tolerate the light of day a bit more.
The bakery hadn't changed much from the last time I had entered it. When the apprentice had taken over so his boss could open a second shop elsewhere in Florida, he had kept it fairly similar. He had his own way of operating things though, especially with his magical gifts.
The redhead looked up from his work, running an arm over his brow, dragging flour over his skin. "To what do I owe the pleasure, Queen and Prince of Nightmares?" he said with a smirk.
Drago rolled his eyes, approaching the counter. "Cut the crap, Schulz. You know why I'm here."
"I'm fresh out of chocolate cherries, so your girlfriend will have to go without tonight."
That caught me by surprise and I saw the betrayal pass over my son's face. "Girlfriend, huh? That's news to me."
"Way to go, Schulz," he said through his teeth, and the young man behind the counter shrugged. "That's not why I'm here."
He stopped rolling his dough, leaving it to set. He glanced around, seeing one customer in the back. He kept his voice low and moved closer to us. "If it's information you want, that means it's something bad if even your father doesn't know anything about it. And you two already know my answer to the subject."
"I know you don't approve of what Pitch and I do," I muttered, "but you do approve of Drago's approach. We need to know how to stop something known as unstoppable." I quirked a brow. "Or do you want humans to be victims of the creature, knowing you could have helped stop it?"
He pressed his lips together and sighed heavily through his nose. I had known him since Drago was a young boy. We had come in on a whim since he had been well behaved that day, and he wanted a few sweets. Schulz had been still under the watch of his mentor. I learned he was a boy of extraordinary abilities, such as the one we needed to access now. He had traveled the paths of time itself, protecting the humans from things beyond our abilities and knowledge. Reluctantly, he asked," What are you facing?"
"Kuchisake-onna," Drago answered. "I got away when my dad cut her through. I know it wouldn't kill her, but—"
"You got away?" Schulz interrupted, his face draining of color.
"Yeah, why?"
"Could she have followed you?"
"No, I escaped through the Void. It would have taken away any options of tracking us."
Schulz didn't seem to be convinced. He had only made it to his thirties by being cautious. "You're hunting something that is a hunter. One of the predators at the top of the food chain. Killing her, or attempting to, is a fool's errand."
"There must be a way," I said, hating to speak around the hoarse nature my voice took on at lower levels. "Everything has a weakness, something that can be exploited."
For all the boy's expansive knowledge, this was the first time I had seen him perplexed. "I don't know for sure. I have heard whispers. Garbled. I never paid them much mind. I can go back, see what they say. It may take a few days to get the answer."
"How many?"
"Four at max, three at minimum. Let me make a few phone calls; I can close the bakery for a couple of days so that I can tap into the vast reaches of reality and emerge intact, with information." He looked around again. "For now, relax. Go home. There's nothing anyone can do. Lay low."
I hoped he could do it in three. At the same time, I needed to hear that I could relax with my family, each in their own way. I nodded. "Keep us informed of what you hear."
"You'll be the first." He reached for his phone in his pocket, not bothering to dust off his hands. "I'll get her on the phone now. Sooner I call her, the sooner we have this figured out. I can't sully my reputation for letting your kind screw up."

I kept myself awake in Hana's office while she accompanied Drago to the bakery. I thought it would be best to monitor both her globe and her sphere while I could keep conscious. I missed the past where I could spread fear for days on end. I had nothing to drain my energy farther, though I had also not had such a strong anchor to keep my sanity in check.
I rubbed at my tired eyes, listening to a repeat of a reel I had heard an hour prior. Nothing new had appeared, and I was starting to feel more anxious for some reason. I should have felt relief, knowing I had sapped her energy, but something seemed wrong.
"Daddy?"
I jumped a bit, not realizing I had dozed off at some point. I glanced to the door, seeing Evilyn standing there, looking as if she were still mostly asleep. "What are you doing out of bed, Lyn?"
"I couldn't sleep." She rubbed at her eyes. "And your room was empty. Where's Mommy?"
I stood up, clasping on to her shoulder as she came closer to the observation window. "Drago had to take her to see someone."
"Did Mommy find out about the human girl?"
I frowned at her. "Human girl?"
She immediately clamed up, realizing she had ratted her brother out unintentionally.
"What human girl?"
She knew when she was beaten. "The girl he met a long time ago. They've been talking all along."
If it was the girl I was thinking of, one he had met on Halloween eight years ago… That would be one secret I would have never thought he could keep. I couldn't stop my grin. "Is that right?" I wondered if Hana knew.
"Daddy? Can I ride Onyx for a bit?"
I didn't see the harm in it. Onyx and Hessian hadn't produced any more foals besides Bellini, and no Nightmare had taken to her yet besides Onyx. "Of course." I felt her hand wrap around my fingers as I led her down the stairs to the atrium. I was planning to take her out soon, to see if she could make her own Nightmare. I summoned Onyx and hefted Evilyn onto her back.
"Are you mad?"
"I could care less what he does." It was true. If he really was seeing a human woman, far be it from me to say no. The woman could provide useful in trapping humans later in life. I walked beside the horse, reins in hand to keep her steady. "Quite honestly, so long as he continues scaring the mortals, let him do as he pleases." I had long accepted he had grown on me, and that he had his own way of getting results. He didn't have terrifying features as I did, nor did he have the precise talents of his mother to bring forth anxiety and tension. What he did worked, so who was I to judge?
I saw her look at the globe and frown. "It's back to normal."
"It has been for awhile. I've been watching it."
"Is that why you look so tired?"
It was part of it. I nodded.
"And you're worried about Mommy?"
I let out a chuckle. "I haven't had to worry about her in a long time. She can hold her own."
"That doesn't mean you shouldn't. Isn't that part of loving someone?"
She had me there. "When did you become so knowledgeable?"
"Some things are just obvious, Daddy. Duh."
I shook my head with another laugh. "Of course it is. Silly me." I felt a shift in the atmosphere, and the Void opened in front of us, Hana and Drago coming through. "Any luck?"
Hana shook her head and glanced at Evilyn, signaling any further talk would not be for her ears. "Somewhat. Evilyn, what's wrong?"
"I couldn't sleep."
"I've got a remedy for that." She reached up so our daughter could slide off the Nightmare's back into her arms. Without another word to us she took her upstairs.
Drago rubbed his eyes to wake himself up a bit more. "Schulz said to lay low. He doesn't have a solid answer."
"I thought that boy knew everything."
"Not this. He said he's only heard whispers. He needs to go back to figure it out. It'll take a few days."
"I suppose that will be good news for your girlfriend."
He went to say something and stopped. "Evilyn blabbed, didn't she?" I nodded. "Don't. Mom already lectured me about immortals and mortals."
I clasped my hands behind my back. "I wouldn't lecture. I know you're well aware of the difference by now. She was the easy one to scare, wasn't she?"
"Yeah, but she loves it." He narrowed his eyes. "I thought you'd be the one to disapprove the most."
"At this point in your life, it's none of my business. As a father, I'm hesitant to admit you're ready to be off on your own, but as someone watching from the sidelines, you are ready. It's up to you to make choices, good or bad. It's your call to what is right and wrong for you."
He grinned. "So long as I keep scaring, right?"
"As if you have to ask." I started to walk to the darker shadows.
"Aren't you going to tell me to go to bed?"
I chuckled. "As if you'd listen to me as it is. Don't worry. As far as I know, you did just that." I sank into the shadows, letting him make his own choices. He had been wise so far. I found I hadn't had to reprimand him too often as he developed.
I emerged in my shared quarters, finding them empty with the fire low. Over a century ago I couldn't care less if the fire had even been started. Having someone sharing my bed again spoiled me in requiring the heat for her. I knelt and shifted a few logs, stoked the embers, reigniting the blaze. I'd have to restock the logs in the evening. Just the thought of the strenuous activity made my back and neck ache. I stretched in reaction while the dry log crackled and sparked to life.
A sudden, cool, soft touch on my neck startled me for a moment. The weight that had been behind me shifted to straddle my lap. She pressed her body to mine and ran her fingers through my hair while she kissed me hard. I held on to her hips as she pushed my chest, sending me flat on the floor. I growled against her lips as her rare rough side came through, sending a shock down my body.
She pulled back and I kissed her throat around her collar. "I'm close to passing out, I made sure Evilyn will sleep all night with pure Dreamsand, and I told Drago to stay away from here on pain of death before his eighteenth birthday. Make this worth it."
I laughed into her skin. "Still haven't had enough?"
"If you don't have the stamina old man, I do have something electric that can help me just as much…"
I didn't hate that little thing as much as she thought. I had gotten quite a few surprising reactions from her using it. However, that morning was not one of the rare mornings I would reach for it. I was far past the mood for foreplay. The news of a few days away was one I needed to hear. After being awake and active for as long as we were, we'd need the few days to recover and gather fear again.
I managed to keep her awake for an hour, silencing her screams, making sure we would both be satisfied as much as we could and praying we would remain uninterrupted.
And, for once, luck was on our side.
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