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A few days after the encounter between the guardians, Jamie and Jack, things had become worse. The hide and seek game had started all over again, and this time the game wasn't all that fun. Every time they had reached a village, a snowstorm passed by and the whole village changed into a miserable snow mountain right in front of them. And the worse part was, they couldn't do anything about it.

Jamie and Bunnymund were the only one who didn't follow the other guardians to search for Jack. Jamie knew Jack would come back eventually, and they wouldn't miss that chance. They had been sleeping in trees, behind bushes and on the snow covered grass, hoping Jack would show up soon. Luckily, their hopes weren't in vain because Jack had eventually shown up.

His looks hadn't changed a bit, even the hideous smile on his face hadn't faded away. The nightmare sand was still in control, and there was still no sign of the real Jack. After the earlier encounters between Jack and the guardians, they knew how to handle with the fact their Jack was gone. But Jamie had seen him like this only once before, a few days earlier, and he still couldn't accept the fact what had happened. It seemed all to un-real, more dream likely, and he wished to wake up from this nightmare. He just wanted Jack to be his old self again, and throw snowballs at everyone even when they can't see him. He wanted his friend back, and the nightmare sand was holding him back. If he could find a way to let the sand leave Jack's mind and body, they would be able to rescue him. But what are the chances of a small child defeating the evil without weapons or any kind of magic? No swords, no protection, nothing.

The chances were low. He knew, but he also knew he had the guardians to help him accomplish his goal. They would do it together, and hopefully it would work.

"They're still looking for me, can you believe it? I'm apparently pretty popular with the guardians." Jack smiled, swinging his staff over his shoulder as he walked closer to Jamie. "I thought I had already won this discussion, Jack belongs to the darkness." he suddenly frowned, and Bunnymund soon pulled Jamie away from Jack. "But I guess I have to show you I won, again. It's getting rather boring, you know? Repeating the same thing all over again, and again.. wouldn't you agree?"

"Cut the blabbering. You haven't won yet. I'll make sure Jack come back, with or without the help of the guardians." Bunnymund growled.

"Oh is that so?" Jack smiled. "I'd love to see you try, finally some amusement. Besides the screams of terror and such." He laughed, a sickening laugh which should be forbidden. Jamie frowned, peeking from behind Bunnymund's back and ready to speak up. But Bunnymund wouldn't have it at the moment, so he shove him back. At a time like this, it was better for Jamie to stay quiet. At least, quiet until the other guardians arrived.

Which also didn't took long. A moment after the stars had appeared at the sky, the guardians showed up. It was a big relieve to both Jamie and Bunnymund. If Jack would've attacked now, they wouldn't have been able to stop him.

"Look who we have here! Tooth, Santa and the Sandman." Jack smiled, stepping away from Easter bunny. "Now, since I don't have quite the time for a conversation, let's get this over with." Jack's expression changed fast, in one of Pitch's frowns. It was unbelievable how Jack had taken Pitch's place, and is actually better than him. And talking about Pitch, where was he?

"Jack, we don't have to fight.. if you just let us help- " Tooth started but soon got interrupted by a blast of ice. In less than a minute, Jack had spread ice and snow all around the guardians.

"I don't need your help!" Jack shouted, and soon created another blast of ice. The guardians avoided the attack, and Bunnymund decided to step in. He threw his boomerangs, hoping one of them would hit the boy, but unfortunately it didn't and returned to it's owner. Bunnymund groaned, and threw it again. But this time Jack caught it before he could.

"You know, Bunnymund, I've never liked these boomerangs." Jack frowned, holding them between his hands. With a small movement, a crack was heard and Bunnymund's eyes widened as Jack broke the boomerangs into pieces. He carelessly threw them away and watched as Bunnymund's rage grew. It was rather enjoyable, watching the guardians this angry. Even tooth was ready to blow a punch onto his face, but North was holding her back.

He snickered, at this rate the fighting would last hours. And that's not what Jack had planned. Destroying the guardians, and than continuing on torturing the villagers and creating a new ice-age. That's what he planned to do, and that was what he was going to do once the fight was over.

This time North stepped forwards as Bunnymund tried to calm down and protect Tooth. Which wasn't smart, because Jack hadn't focused his thoughts on Tooth at the moment, he aimed his ice at North. Once North would be gone, only three of the guardians would remain, and Jamie.

But than he noticed the absence of three persons. The sandman, Pitch and Sophie weren't there. He'd already noticed Pitch hadn't been absent when the fight begun, and he was sure Sandy was with the guardians. Than the question remains where Sophie could be. He didn't care though, but at this situation even the smallest thing could be of big importance. Jack guessed Sandy thought it was too dangerous and brought her home, but then again, Sandy wasn't stupid to leave if he knew a fight was coming.

It all didn't make any sense to him, and while thinking about everything at the same time, he shot his eyes without practically looking. The ice shot down, passing North and right into Bunnymund's shoulder. Jack awoke from his thoughts after he heard Bunnymund's cry, and noticed he'd hit him, accidentally. It could be a good thing that he'd hit Bunnymund, but he'd aimed for North. Since Bunnymund was hit now, North wouldn't stop until he had Jack pinned down, Jack was sure of it.

So without thinking twice, he shot another blast of ice, just missing North. Jack frowned, this was getting harder and harder. His thoughts kept racing through his mind, which made his focus unclear and shoot ice everywhere. Once blast came near Tooth, and another almost hit Bunnymund again. One almost hit North's leg, and one hit a tree in the distance. Jack groaned, this wasn't going well. He couldn't focus with those thoughts, he just couldn't.

The fact Sophie, Sandman and Pitch weren't absent weren't the only thoughts racing through his head. He kept thinking about the guardians. Had they planned something? Since they didn't fought back. Did they somehow know his weak spot? Because he had no idea if he had one. What if the guardians already had a plan on winning this fight?

No, they wouldn't win. Jack's frowned deepened, and the ice within his hand grew bigger, and pointier. They wouldn't win, Jack wouldn't let them.

So without a second thought, he shot the ice. But again, the ice missed the spot he aimed for, and hit Jamie right in his stomach. Jamie's cry rang as a nightmare through his ears, and as Jack tried to keep himself from going insane, he fell down. Sitting on his legs in the snow, face buried into the palms of his hands, and his staff thrown away, he tried to remain himself from insanity.

Jack, the real Jack, had awoken. But slightly, as he wasn't strong enough to fight the nightmares within him. But the shock he received from hitting Jamie with his ice, made Jack snap. Deep within his mind, he struggled against the nightmares. At this moment, Jack gripped onto his hair, and tried anything to keep the nightmares from control. He stood up and walked over to Jamie. He was held back by North, and immediately got pinned down by his strong arms.

Jack trashed around, couldn't they see he was the real Jack?

"Let me go," Jack ordered. "I need to check on Jamie!" he growled and kept struggling. His anger grew as North held him down merciless, and Jack heard Tooth taking Jamie away. His eyes widened, his breath hitched, and he kept trying to remain himself from insanity, and crying. He couldn't show his weakness, since he'd been the one who hit Jamie. It wouldn't make sense, and if the cried, the nightmares would take him over sooner.

"North, please." Jack pleaded, but his pleas lay on deaf ears. "North, I need to see Jamie! I've hurt him, and I could never forgive myself if I'm not there with him!" he shouted, he struggled, he fought against the nightmares within him, and eventually he gave in. He stopped the struggle against both North and the nightmares.

"Jack, we're sorry. It's not your fault, remember that, young guardian." North spoke sadly, and watched how Jack slumped into unconsciousness. North sighed and held Jack in his arms, at least the nightmares couldn't take over now, since he wasn't conscious.

"Bunnymund, help me getting Jack somewhere else where he isn't able to hurt anyone. After that, I'll let the elves bandage your shoulder." North commanded, and took a snow globe from his jacket. "It's time to meet Pitch again."