"You actually do have a sense of humor."
Jack took off running at the tower, jumping over a rock and catching one of the ropes that was hanging from the top. Keyla followed him growling, and started climbing after him, not before she ducked just as a brick flew at her. The brick hit a fire spirit.
Lia sat down next to the Guardians then winched with everybody as a very unfortunate sprite discovered a land-mine under the rock Jack jumped over.
"You sure he'll be alright?" Tooth asked, not managing to sound calm.
"Oh, yeah." Lia assured them. "I wouldn't have let him go if I didn't think he could survive – I-I mean win."
Aster wanted to glare at her, but didn't want to take his eyes off the screen where his son could break his head. He was a little surprised when he saw the moves Jack used to climb. The kit got skills. Being smaller, Jack could grasp his little fingers around the brinks pretty good and he was using his feet to launch himself up every time his feet got a hold of a safe space.
'His really Sara's little follower…' Aster thought with a smile, a little pride and maybe nostalgia hitting him soon after.
The ankle-bitter also seemed to have some sort of sixth sense when it came to traps. Dodging the arrow heads that flew from the wall, getting out of the way when a brick was trying to hit him or a weapon flew out of another spirits hand towards him.
The Guardians were now at the edge of their seats. Jack and Keyla having reached the part of the tower that seemed impaled with spears. Now that the camera zoomed closer, they could see some of the spears trying to implant themselves in the competitors.
Another sprite got impaled in the ankle.
"Auch!" Axel exclaimed when the boy accidentally fell in a lava pit.
"Is no one going to help him?!"
"His a fire spirit." Lia explained. "He'll be fine."
"Yeah." Axel said, too. "He'll probably just get a headache or something..."
The camera zoomed on Jack and Kayla, who saw the other on the opposite side of the tower through a crack made by some missing bricks flying bricks.
'Aren't you tired of getting beaten, Jackson?!' Keyla asked and pushed a spear further into the tower, the bottom of it hitting Jack's right shoulder, making his right hand slip.
The Guardians paled. Axel gripped his bowl of popcorn tighter.
Keyla droved another spear, this time hitting Jack with the sharp point, grazing his left hand, right under his wrist. The winter child yelped and fell, but he fortunately managed to catch another spear with both of his arms before he even got close to the lava pit.
Axel got on his fit yelling 'GO JACK!', accidentally dropping the bowl of popcorn.
"Doesn't that count as illegal hit or somethin'?" Aster asked, his blood boiling a little as he was looking at Jack's cut.
Lia frowned.
"No. I mean – They can do anything unless they use their powers."
Aster didn't like that comment.
Jack groaned a little then pulled at the spear he was holding on. The camera moved and showed Keyla's foot that had been resting on it on the other side fell without its support, carrying her with him.
Lia and Axel cheered and Sandy waved flags above his head in celebration, while the other Guardians smiled.
Keyla managed to catch another spear before she fell too much, but by the time she managed to find her balance again, Jack was 10 feet away from the top.
The camera suddenly zoomed on a wind sprite that got his ankle tangled in the rope he had been climbing. Under him a blue fire was slowly getting bigger and bigger.
"Ah! Help! Help me!"
"Ice fire…" Axel murmured a little too loud.
"What's ice fire?" asked North. In all his life he never heard of such thing.
Sandy and Tooth looked at the two seasonals with worry. Aster just looked at the screen waiting to see if Jack was alright.
"He'll be fine." Axel assured them. "He'll probably end up a popsicle until Friday, but that would be it I think his name's Carlos-"
"NO!" Lia suddenly screamed. "Ignore him! Go, go, go!"
The Guardians at this and turned to the screen.
Apparently Jack and Keyla saw Carlos, too. While she looked annoyed, the winter child looked concerned.
"Ten more feet! TEN! Come on, Snowflake!" Lia yelled at the screen.
Jack made a move to climb further up, but then he smirked and jumped down.
"No!" Lia screamed while Tooth yelped and the rest paled.
'Good luck with that.' Keyla said sarcastically and continued to climb.
Jack rolled twice in the air before landing on the platform that Carlos's rope was tied to. He got on his stomach and started to pull at the rope.
'Need a hand?' he asked Carlos.
"Otta boy Jack!" North yelled.
"He could have gotten hurt!" Tooth cried at him in alarm.
"Bah! Boy did good! We should celebrate!"
"North!" Tooth exclaimed while Axel and Sandy could barely contain their chuckles.
Aster was looking at the screen. He had a bad feeling and Lia wasn't really helping.
Jack just managed to help Carlos place his hand on the platform and Keyla was five feet away from the top. He took off climbing faster, but a little more distracted. Suddenly a brick flew and him square into the chest, making him fly 20 feet away from the tower.
'Thank you!' Carlos yelled after him.
"Jack!" yelled practically everyone in the room.
Jack turned on his back and saw Keyla, three feet away from the tom. He was never gonna make it. But then a dagger fell a little in front of him and a spark of hope started to shine in his eyes. He rushed forward and took the dagger.
"What is he doing?"
The Guardians' question was answered when Jack suddenly threw the dagger with all his power to the top of the tower. They all cried with alarm thinking that Keyla will get hit.
They didn't really like that girl, but they didn't really wanted to see her hit by a dagger.
It didn't hit her, it hit nearly a foot in front of her hand, activating a trap-door that dropped her at the start of the spears section.
'Seriously?!' she growled, looking more frustrated than anything else.
'Sorry!' Jack yelled and started climbing. 'I got desperate…'
The other laughed.
After five minutes Keyla took the crystal and won, Jack ending up on the second place, being literally three feet away from her.
Hey, guys.
I'm really sorry for the looong wait. Truly! I am!
There would be 2 more games and then SPRING SPRITES, ASTER AND THE TRUTH.
But I can always continue them later and do KIDNAPPED next.
Anyway, please please please continue to review! Your comments are a great inspiration and I love ya all!
See you soon.
Frostbite out
