A/N: Alright, next part! And I'm sorry it's short, but I'm really quite pleased with the way it turned out. So it will remain short. And cheesy, there is cheese in this chapter, but it was just so much fun :)

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy this next part!

Disclaimer: I don't own Rise of the Guardians.

~~RiseOfTheGuardians~~

North didn't know how long they sat locked up, staring at Jack and hoping that somehow, someway, they'd get out of this mess. That they'd all be okay.

Footsteps drew all four Guardians' attention back to the entrance and they all watched as Bloody Bones walked in.

"Get out," Bunny snarled, although it was weak. The extended time imprisoned in the cage was taking its toll on all of them.

"Enjoying your alone time, are you?" Bloody Bones asked, reveling in the sight of the great Guardians reduced to the slouching figures in his cage. He had finally done what Pitch could not, and he was going to enjoy his victory.

He wandered over to where Jack Frost still lay, motionless, and studied the boy. The blood had dried on his throat where his nails had previously pierced the skin and Bloody Bones reached his hand through the bars once more, stroking his fingers over the crusty reddish brown staining the pale neck.

"Get away from him."

Bloody Bones turned with a smile to face the Queen of the Tooth Fairies as she glared at him, small hands wrapped around the black of the cage bars.

"These really are my masterpieces," Bloody Bones said, moving his hands from the winter spirit to run them along the bars of Jack's cage, stroking them almost lovingly. "Wouldn't you agree?" he asked, looking through the bars at the four Guardians.

"Oh yeah," Bunny said, sarcasm thick in his voice. "Real works of art, these death traps."

"I'm glad you think so," Bloody Bones said, finishing his circuit around Jack's cage before turning his attention to the person inside it. "Still hasn't stirred, has he?"

All four Guardians glared, but didn't say anything.

"It's a shame, really," Bloody Bones said. "Maybe I should see if I can wake him up."

"Leave him alone," North growled out.

"But how?" Bloody Bones speculated, ignoring the threats emanating from behind him. "Something bloody, of course. But should I go for the throat?" He lay a finger against Jack's throat. "Or the wrists?" Now he moved his fingers down to hover over the pulse point in Jack's wrist.

"You vile creature!" Tooth shrieked.

"Now, now, my dear, you only have to ask should you want a taste," Bloody Bones smirked, turning to the Guardians to catch their look of absolute horror.

Jack stirred just then, although no one noticed. He opened his eyes, taking in the scene before him as Bloody Bones taunted his family. Strength coursed through him and he inhaled deeply, feeling Wind's power racing through his veins, more ancient and powerful than the horrid magic used to create the cages.

"Now," Bloody Bones said, turning back to Jack as the Guardians shouted at him desperately.

Jack's cage exploded, shattering into a million pieces of white light, black dust and shards of frost, throwing Bloody Bones back to slam into the other cage. Bunny and North, pushing away their shock, reached through the bars, pulling Bloody Bones tight against them.

The light died down as Jack floated gently to the floor.

"Jack!" Tooth cried, unable to believe what had just happened, but so relieved that it had.

Jack held out his hand and the pieces of his staff that the Guardians had set carefully aside flew into it, flashing with a blue light. Jack brought the bottom of his staff down to pound the floor and ice spread from the tip to engulf the room, turning it from boiling hot to bitingly cold.

"Impossible," Bloody Bones gasped, eyes wide in shock.

"Nothing is impossible," Jack spoke, but his voice seemed two toned, as though another, more feminine voice, spoke with him. "Not as long as you believe."

Jack pointed his staff directly at Bloody Bones and North and Bunny were quick to let go. A blast of icy white light engulfed Tommy Rawhead, encasing him completely in ice.

Jack then walked over to the cage his family was in, tapping it lightly with his staff. The black bars dissolved in a soft white light, leaving the Guardians standing on the ground, stunned.

"Dramatic much?" Bunny asked after a moment of silence passed.

Jack grinned.

Be prepared for the after effects, Wind whispered to Jack.

Right, Jack replied. He couldn't quite understand what had just happened, couldn't even explain how it had happened. But somehow Wind had combined not just her powers, but her whole being, with him. They had become connected on a whole new level, their powers multiplied exponentially with the connection.

But Wind had warned him of the dangers of such a connection. She had explained, briefly, how such a connection was extremely draining to both parties and how that much power could end up back firing on both of them.

However, the connection was exactly what had been needed. The consequence, of course, would be extreme fatigue, if they managed not to burn themselves up in the process. Which they both hoped didn't happen. It didn't sound like much fun.

"Jack, how did you do that?" Tooth asked, encircling him in a hug.

See you when you get to the surface, Wind told him, and Jack braced himself.

"Long story," he muttered as all the power he felt coursing through him drained away.

He swayed, crumpling in Tooth's arms as his vision went gray and he allowed himself to black out, Tooth's alarmed cries ringing in his ears.