"-ack! Wake up! Please..." jack's head swam as he tried to take in what was happening. His head hurt.. Really badly too but what ha-

"Jack!"

Blue eyes swiveled around the room, head lolling to the side as he groggily took in his surroundings, and potentially give whoever was shouting a right earful.

"You're awake.. Thank gods!" Blue eyes looked toward a figure against the wall and, as he focussed on whoever it was, a wave of nausea washed over him.

"Who..." his voice cracked and the winter prince coughed as he realised how warm he was.

"Jack it's me... It's Hiccup."

That caught his attention. All sense of drowsiness evaporated, and he jerked forward, but a sharp pain around his wrists stopped him, and his head shot backwards, head hitting stone behind him.

"Ow! Shit... Where are we?" the winter prince asked, and the younger male sighed.

"I don't know.. I wouldn't move too much, you're bleeding." he said, his voice small and dripping with concern.

Jack squinted, his eyes adjusting fully to the darkness, and he gasped at the sight of the auburn haired male. Red lines crossed his bare chest, crimson blood coated the top of his pants, and a bruise was forming on his cheek. Usually well placed hair was messy and choppy at the back, as if someone had been cutting it haphazardly. A jolt of fury ran through Jack and his hand clenched when he realised;

"Where's my staff?" the white haired male looked around, his head throbbing painfully with every movement.

Hiccup moved his leg and winced slightly, causing Jack to exhale sharply as he saw what had happened. Hiccup's prosthetic had been hacked at. Shards of wood were sticking up, clearly digging into the sensitive flesh of his stump, and blood coated the contraption. His green pants were ripped and burnt in places, wounds that looked infected dotted the usually flawless skin, causing Jack's blood to boil.

Whever was responsible wasn't going to live.

"Hey hic, are you ok?"

The green eyed boy nodded, a slight whimper escaping as he set his leg back on the floor.

"Yeah... Where's toothless? Is he ok?" Jack smiled.

"Yeah he was roughed up a little but he's fine. I sent him to the pole, the guardians are taking care of him."

A sigh of relief was barely heard as a door, that the white haired male hadn't spotted, swung open. Nirriti walked in, tanned skin standing out against her white blouse.

"Well good morning boys! So glad to see you awake. I hear you two are well acquainted already which makes this even easier for me. However," she turned to Jack with a sickly sweet smile on her face. "I don't think you've met my friend Yama here."

A man stepped out from behind her, golden staff glowing slightly. Jack's eyes widened.

"You! You were the one who hit me!" Yama smiled, rotten teeth making jack recoil slightly. Tooth would have a fit if she saw this guy.

"That is correct." his voice sent shivers up Jack's spine. Flashes of red ran through his mind, gunfire echoed, and screams of women burning all flashed through his memory, a lump forming in his throat.

"You... You were the one there with Pitch that night... When that... When they died." he managed, Nirriti looking pleased as he spoke, and Yama once again nodded.

"You see Jackie, Yama here is the God of Death. He is my brother. As is Kubera. There are four of us in our cause, four who wish for my happiness. And four who don't. But you need not worry about them." Nirriti stalked forward, black sword still strapped to her side.

"What do you want Uhyre(serpent)" Hiccup snarled as Nirriti placed a manicured nail on Jack's face, gently tracing the contours as a lover would.

"Oh all in good time Cacing**, but for now..." she let go of the winter prince's cheek, and Jack glared at the woman. "I have a proposition for you." she drew her sword and held it to Hiccup's throat. "Marry me or I'll slit his throat."

"Kill me then!"

"NO!"

The two boys were watching the woman now, one with hatred and one with horror. Hiccup's green eyes were ablaze, unadulterated loathing clear to see, where as Jack's blue were shining in terror and worry. Nirriti smiled sweetly, and looked at Hiccup who matched her unwavering gaze.

"You have not been given permission to speak!" she shouted the last word at the auburn haired boy and hit him hard, the autumn spirit's head flying back with a crack against the stone.

"No! Stop! Please... Just... Leave him alone." Jack pleaded, his chest heaving. "24 hours, please. Just give us 24 hours and I'll be yours. We'll stay here I promise..."

"Jack what're you- "

"We won't try to escape just please-"

"No! I'm not letting you do this!"

"- Let him go!" Nirriti was watching Jack now, the panic unmistakable in the winter prince's voice, and the anger that laced Hiccup's rang empty to her.

"24 hours? No attempts of escape? And you'll marry me? Stay beside me to rule the worlds?" Jack's head rested on his chest and he nodded, hands clenching.

"Just... Let me... let me say goodbye properly." the broken tone of jack's voice sparked something in Hiccup and he fell silent, eyes prickling with tears.

"Jack please... No..." the dragon rider whispered as Nirriti moved forward toward the white haired male.

"Fine. I'll set up a room. But 24 hours from this very moment, you are mine forever." the winter prince nodded, before falling to the floor, chains around his wrists opening and letting gravity take action.

As Nirriti left the room, Yama following closely behind her, Jack scrambled up and caught the autumn spirit as he too was released, a cry of agony leaving him as the shards of wood he had tried not to aggravate, dug further into his leg, and new ones joined the ranks. Tears fell from Hiccup's eyes as he clutched Jack's hoodie.

"why? Why would you do this? I'm not worth your free-" he was cut off as a cold set of lips pressed feverishly against his. As jack pulled away, pale fingers running through auburn hair, The winter male spoke.

"Because I would give anything to make sure you were safe. You need medical help and I... I can't give you enough. I can give some, but not enough to heal what has happened." small bursts of frost darted across the wounds on hiccup's chest and the autumn spirit gasped.

"Jack, I'm not gonna let you do this, you know that right?" Hiccup's voice was small and timid, his words carefully planned out. Jack smiled weakly, tears streaming down his face.

"Hiccup, you can't stop me. I'm not letting her hurt you any more."

The door opened again and a grey woman walked in, face vacant and black. The woman walked over to the two boys, and gestured with her hands for them to get up. Jack staggered to his feet and held a hand for the green eyed boy. The dragon rider managed to get one foot on the floor but gasped sharply when he moved his other, the prosthetic dangling slightly as he bit his lip to ignore the pain.

Jack knelt down and, as gently as he could manage in his shaken state, removed the prosthetic, wincing every time Hiccup whimpered in pain. When the prosthetic was finally free, Jack threw it aside before gently frosting the bleeding and red stump. Sliding an arm under hiccup's legs, Jack picked the boy up bridal style and turned to the doorway.

"Jack I can manage... Somehow..." Hiccup muttered, and Jack snorted at the image of hiccup hopping down the corridors. He stopped though, when the boy in his arms let out a gasp of pain.

"Sorry."

Jack followed the woman through a few hallways, before they came to a room, the door a chocolate brown with black flowers around the edge. Inside was bright, all blues or whites, and the boys squinted in the sudden light. Clearly Nirriti had tried to impress the winter spirit, but Jack's eyes were trained on Hiccup's face. The woman made them enter, before shutting the door, and a click of a lock filled the room. Hiccup looked at his white haired lover and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Please tell me you were lying about not attempting to escape." Jack smiled sheepishly and set hiccup gently down on the double bed to the side.

"No, I wasn't. But that's not important now. What's important are the next 24 hours and what we say." he rested his head on Hiccup's and closed his eyes.

"Jack, no matter what you've said, this is not a goodbye and it will not be treated as such." Hiccup's voice was hard, determined, and Jack felt a spark of hope and love for the boy.

"Either way, let's enjoy this. After all, we have a room to ourselves." he pulled away and grinned, winking at the boy, and Hiccup gaped at him.

"seriously? You want to do this now? Wow... Um jack? You are... Something else entirely have I ever to-mphf!" he was cut off when Jacks lips crashed into his again, a tingle rushing through him at the contact and hitting his bleeding stump.

He gasped against Jack's lips, and the winter spirit pressed against him further, the tingling sitting on his chest and his back, every wound he had tingled in a pleasant way that reminded the auburn haired boy of goosebumps. Jack sagged suddenly, and dropped to his knees, forehead resting on hiccup's good knee as he panted. The autumn spirit ran a hand through white hair, and he gently lifted jack's head.

"What was that?" Came the breathless question from Hiccup's parted lips. Blue eyes peeked through half lidded eyelids, and Hiccup felt concern wash over him. "Are you alright?" The winter prince looked exhausted. Sweat poured down his face, and he was shaking slightly, breathing still heavy. The gash on his head was still bleeding, and Hiccup felt his heart clench.

"Yeah hic, I'm fine." Jack's soft voice followed a gentle touch against a tanned cheek, and the smaller male leant into the touch. The auburn haired spirit gently pulled Jack's hands up, trying to convey to him to get on the bed, and Hiccup watched as the white haired boy struggled up onto the soft mattress.

"Jack, what was that?" tanned fingers played gently with Jack's hair, and a small smile wormed it's way onto the winter spirit's face.

"That was me doing something to help. Pretty much all I can do without my staff." Jack's eyes opened, and eventually focussed on Hiccup's green ones.

"You stopped the pain..." the green eyed boy muttered, eyebrows raised in realisation. Jack laughed gently and gently took hiccup's hand in his.

"As I said, it's all I can do right now." Hiccup smiled before leaning down and gently kissing the winter spirit.

"Thank you." he whispered and kissed him again.

Jack smiled into the kiss.

"I love you Hic. I've never said it but... I do." Hiccup pulled away and studied his lover's face.

"Really?" jack's eyes opened and stared at the autumn spirit in disbelief.

"Of course! How couldn't I love all... This!" his hand waved lazily in Hiccup's direction, and a smile spread across the auburn haired boy's face.

"You just gestured to all of me."

"Exactly. I love all of you." Jack struggled up, rubbing at his eye for a second with his hand. "And nothing will change that."

"Jack..."

"Mhm?"

"I lo-"

*BANG*

Lo and behold... chapter 2 of the Guardian arc... so i wanna appologise for taking so long to update...

shiz has been happening so yeah...

(also im running on fumes of not sleeping for over 24 hours)

but here's an update thanks to the lovely Melting Angels

Where would i be without you chick?

You know the drill people!

reveiw for beer and.. hmm... let's make it something british... Fish and chips?

hm... i'd love some cod right now...

Nom time for me! :D