The worm shook the cavern as it slammed it's body into the ice walls. Anna could feel her body tightening at the strength of the ice magic. The ice began to thin as Anna couldn't hold the creature in anymore.

"I won't..." black monstrosities began to surround where Anna flew. They growled it her, preparing themselves to devour her. "I won't let you escape..." She was sweating. Her body was failing her as the strength from Jack's staff drained away at her magic. Adrenaline. All sound went mute as she held strong the ice walls keeping the worm from escaping.

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"Good." Pitch said, taking the box. He sets a shadow minion the size of his thumb on the box. He tells it to open once it reaches the other side of the portal. "Let's hope the box still doesn't like me once it opens. Of course, after what happened last year I doubt it'll change it's mind."

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Anna tries to out maneuver the shadow slaves, but she does so sloppily as her exhaustion catches up to her. She could feel the taint wrapping itself around her heart. She can't hold the worm in any longer. 

The worm slams against the ice closure again and again. Cracking the thick layer of ice that held it in. Right when the sun sets down and darkness falls on the mountainside, the worm cracks out the ice, rushing out of the cave and into the dark wilderness. It lets out a high pitched scream, letting the entire mountainside know that it's free.

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Pitch puts the Pandora's box back in his pocket. "Never mind Fredrick, the plan won't work anymore. The monster has left the cave."