Chapter 5 misunderstanding

Jack Skellington made his way to the house of the child that was suffering, Jack frost following close behind him. Jack Skellington knew that they didn't have much time left, he also knew that the nightmare king was baiting them and most likely luring them into a trap. Just like the nightmare king, Jack Skellington's powers grew stronger the more fear a person felt. Jack couldn't shake the feeling that this was all part of Pitch's plan.

Once they finally made it to the child house both jack frost and Jack Skellington could see a boy writhing in pain. "How do we stop this" panicked Jack frost?

Jack Skellington thought about it for a moment when suddenly an idea came to him. "Mabey I can draw out the nightmare sand and absorb the fear" replied Skellington.

"Anything is better than this" replied Frost.

"Alright it's worth a shot" replied Jack Skellington. He then stretched out his bony hand until it was hovering over the boy's head. A black energy then flowed from Jack's hand to the boy's eyes and mouth to find the nightmare and draw it out.

Suddenly, a boomerang came flying out of nowhere and hit Jack Skellington in the head. The hit shocked Jack Skellington, the power that he was using to help the child flared for a moment as Jack's fight or flight instinct kicked in. because Jacks instinct was to fight the child died instantly as his power flared. Inadvertently Jack had pumped so much darkness into the boy it stopped his heart.

"Frostbite get away from him" shouted Bunny.

"Jack get away from him he's dangerous" Tooth tried to coax, as all the other guardians readied themselves in a battle stance. North drawing his two swords, Sandy forming his whips, and Bunny gripping his boomerangs.

Jack frost was confused and overwhelmed, everything was happening so fast.

Jack Skellington was devastated as he looked down at the body of the dead boy on the bead realizing he had killed him. "what have I- no I didn't me- "

A moment later something snapped inside of him. Everything started to close in on him including the Guardians. "Get away from me" growled the pumpkin king, his eye sockets glowing red.

Jack Skellington then waved his hands violently sending a wave of dark energy in every direction blasting all of the guardians against the walls rendering them incapacitated.

Jack Skellington then Ran to the closet door, opened it and disappeared inside.

A few moments later all the Guardians came to. "Ugh", groaned Bunny rubbing his eyes.

North was the next to awaken followed by Sandy, and Tooth.

Jack was the last to awaken and as he did, he heard the other Guardians talking.

"I knew we shouldn't have trusted him" spat Bunny.

"Even Manny believed he could be trusted, I guess you were wrong Tooth" replied North.

"I was so sure it was Pitch" said Tooth "how could I have been so blind"?

"Ah don't beat yourself up Sheila" replied Bunny, "you had no way of knowing, but we have to go after him".

Sandy signed his agreement.

"What is wrong with you" growled Jack Frost? "You did it again, just like you did with me". "You didn't even give him a chance to explain, instead you attacked him without hearing him out". "BECAUSE OF YOU A CHILD IS DEAD" he shouted raising his voice.

"Mate listen to me" replied Bunny, "we went to the other children and they all died and Skellington's power flowed from their eyes and mouth just like we found here, and we found no sign of Pitch".

"So, what" growled Jack frost? "Pitch took control of Sandy's powers didn't he" shouted Jack? "what makes you think he couldn't take control of Jack Skellington's or perhaps mimic Jack's powers because they are based on the same thing"? "Bunny, you've had it out for him ever since Manny made him a guardian" shouted Jack. "And you" shouted Jack turning his attention to North, "what happened to wiping the slate clean"?

Jack then turned his attention to Tooth, "what about you" seethed Jack, "I thought you believed Jack would never do this" spat frost?

Jack finally turned his attention to Sandy, "how could you agree to hunting him down, you know better than anyone what Pitch is capable of" shouted Jack. "He replicated your powers and killed you".

All the Guardians were speechless and hung their head in shame.

Jack's anger finally died down, he then lowered his head, "I thought you all had changed" said Jack sadly, "I thought you would never abandon another Guardian"? "I see now I was wrong" Jack lamented; "you'll never change". "If this is what being a Guardian is all about, I don't want anything to do with any of it or any of you" said Jack sadly,

"wind take me away". And with that the wind picked Jack up and a moment later he was gone.

all the guardians watched as Jack Frost flew off. Several minutes had passed until finally someone broke the silence.

"Did we make a mistake" asked Tooth looking up to North with tears falling from her eyes?

"I- don't know" replied North sadly, "let's go back to the pole and regroup".

North took a snow globe out of his pocket Said, "North pole" and threw it on the ground where it shattered opening up a portal.

Each Guardian walked through the portal not saying a word.

With Jack Frost

It had been thirty minutes since Jack left the guardians and the wind had taken him home to Antarctica. A massive blizzard raged with every step Jack took due to his sheer anger.

He made his way to a cliff where he could see only whit for miles. The only thing around him was his palace below. "AAAAAHHHHHH" screamed Jack letting out all of his anger hurt, frustration, and grief.

With his scream the blizzard grew over a hundred times more powerful. Little did Jack know the power of his anger would soon affect the rest of the outside world as his blizzard and his anger grew.

Back with the guardians

Upon returning to the pole each of the guardians retired to a different room to be alone with their thoughts. North went to his office and tinkered with an ice sculpture. Unable to concentrate he let out a growl of frustration and threw the ice block against a wall where it shattered into pieces with the force of the blow.

Bunny had contemplated returning to his warren but thought better of it. So instead he went to the large room where they had performed Sandy's "funeral". Unable to organize his thoughts he threw his boomerangs around the room and caught them. He then repeated the process of throwing them and catching them.

Both Tooth and Sandy went to the workshop where the confusion of the yeti's preparing toys helped take their mind's off of recent events.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew through the workshop knocking over toys in its wake. The wind then picked up the two guardians and "flew" them to the globe room.

After dropping off Sandy and Tooth the wind made its way to North's office where it picked him up and took him to the globe room as well.

Finally, the wind made it to where Bunny was and like the others it picked him up and carried him to the globe room.

"Oi, what's the meaning of this" shouted Bunny "why did you bring me here North"?

"I didn't", replied North just as confused as Bunny.

He then looked to the other guardians who only shrugged in response.

That only left one other "person", a spirit who had been around far longer than any other, the wind.

North was the first to catch on. "I think the wind brought us here" he said.

"Rubbish" replied Bunny "the wind isn't alive". The wind got offended at that comment and blew Bunny's face catching him by surprise.

"You are Wrong Bunny", said North. "The wind is the oldest of spirits, so old in fact, the only thing that remains is its consciousness".

The wind then circled around them getting all of their attentions.

It then circled around bottom of the globe causing it to tilt slightly.

"What's it saying" asked Bunny?

"I'm not sure" replied North.

The wind was getting irritated that the guardians couldn't understand so it then left the room and a moment later returned with a stack of papers which it overlapped side by side and made hover just above Antarctica.

It then made the stack of papers move outward to other places on the globe in hopes that one of the Guardians would understand.

"What's it doing" asked Tooth?

"I'm not sure" replied North again at a loss.

After watching the wind for a moment Sandy finally understood what it was trying to say, seeing as he understood what it was like to talk in symbols.

Sandy then waved a large symbol of a flag above his head getting the other guardian's attention.

"What is it Sandy" asked North?

Sandy then made a symbol of a snowflake above his head.

"Jack Frost" guessed Tooth.

Sandy nodded then made a symbol of a blizzard.

"Snow" guessed Bunny?

Sandy shook his head no.

"blizzard" guessed North?

Sandy nodded his head yes then repeated the two symbols.

"Jack Frost is making a blizzard" guessed North?

Sandy nodded and then made a symbol of Australia.

North finally understood what both the wind and Sandy were saying.

Sandy then made all four symbols at the same time followed by an x.

"Jack frost is making a blizzard because he's angry and it's starting to affect the rest of the world and he doesn't even know it"? asked North?

Sandy nodded his head.

Tooth let out a gasp.

"Crickey" said Bunny in surprise.

The wind then blew around the guardians.

"We gotta fix this" said Bunny.

All of a sudden, a shadow appeared on the globe. "Jack frost is the least of your problems" came the all to familiar voice of Pitch Black with an unnervingly sinister chuckle.