Ok so here you go part five. There will be one more part to this arc!
And Bunny did not open a hole to Pitch's lair because North already grabbed the snowglobe.
Ok so here we go!
They appeared in Pitch's lair and as they looked around, hoping to find Jokul, they heard Tooth let out a scream.
There in the center of the lair was Pitch Black. He was frozen in ice and around his neck was dark, almost black blood. The blood seeped from large puncture wounds in his neck. And the blood was not frozen in the ice. It rolled down the frozen cocoon like a waterfall, creating vein like lines upon it. As the blood dripped down it formed a puddle on the ground. Pitch's face was frozen in pain; eyes shut tight and teeth clenched.
"Bloody hell." Bunny breathed, "What did he do?"
The others just stood there in shock. Then, suddenly, a crazed laugh echoed throughout the cave, a laugh they did not want to hear.
"Do you like it?" Jokul asked as he stood next to the frozen Pitch, "Because I think it's beautiful."
"Jack this…this is not beauty this is murder!" North screamed.
"Really?" Jokul asked with a not-so-innocent smile, "Well that may be to you but I call this art."
"Please let us help you!" Tooth screamed, holding back tears, "This isn't you, Jack! You'd never do this!"
Jokul sighed, "You know I really don't like repeating myself. How many times have I said this now? This is me! But here let me sum it down. Yes, Jack, would never do this but I'm not you Guardian of fun! I am Jokul Frosti and you know this is not my worst!" He laughed again, "Well I've grown tired of waiting, let's play!" With that he lunged at them and the Guardians jumped out of the way just in time.
"Jack please stop! We don't want to fight you!" Tooth yelled.
"Oh well that's too bad." Jokul laughed.
"You know what fine!" Bunny yelled dodging another attack, "I won't hold back!" With that he through egg-bombs and a boomerang at the winter spirit. Jokul grinned even wider as that happened, even if he did get hit by the bombs being thrown into the wall.
"Bunny!" the other Guardians yelled, or signed.
"I'm not letting him kill us! If we can tire him out and/or catch him we can bring him above into the moon light!" Bunny explained. While each of the Guardians did not want to hurt their youngest, they knew he was right.
The dust near the wall faded and they found Jokul pushing himself up with a cut on his dripping blood. "Now that was fun! You finally get it! You weren't even like this back before Jack Frost! You must have grown stronger."
"Or maybe you've grown weaker, Snowflake." Bunny taunted with a smirk, the nickname added in to try to add more fuel to the fire. And it worked. Jokul's eyes narrowed and he let out a growl.
"What did you say!?" Jokul snarled as he lunged at the Easter Spirit, who easily dodged since Jokul's vision was clouded with rage. No one stood up to him like that! No one! Jokul didn't like that at all.
In fact the Guardians where quite afraid. Bunny knew it was crazy to stand up to Jokul like that, but they had to get to him somehow. In fact Bunny barely survived being impaled by the enraged winter spirit. The sharp staff left a decent gash on his side. Bunny gasped as he was helped up by the other Guardians, but before they could help him Jokul attacked again. And that's how it went. They Guardians dodged and attacked while Jokul just attacked in blind rage.
About a half an hour later, the Guardians stood across from Jokul, covered in wounds and panting.
"This was so much more fun than the first fight we had!" Jokul panted. While he wasn't as bad as the Guardians, he was still covered in his fair share of wounds.
Seeing him panting Bunny got an idea. He whispered it to the other Guardians who nodded in agreement. He handed something to Tooth and then they attacked. First Sandy lashed out with his whips, hitting Jokul a few times. Then Tooth flew forward and through some egg-bombs at the winter spirit, each hitting him sending him back. As he tried to clear his head of the dizziness, North ran forward, knocking him back into a rabbit-hole Bunny had waiting behind him.
Jokul tumbled through the hole and came out near his lake. Ashe stood up, the Guardians came up through another one right next to him. They began walking towards him which had Jokul ending up walking onto the ice.
"Ok this was fun but I'm ending it. Now." Jokul said and with that the wind picked up and swirled wildly around him. But before anything could start, the moon shown down upon the lake, its light aiming for the spirit in the center. As the light hit Jokul, he began to scream a heart wrenching scream. His hands gripped a death grip on his hair and he fell to his knees. His eyes were clenched shut and his screams continued. But the light did not stop.
As the Guardians gazed upon this, they could not help their expressions turning to those of guilt, sorrow, horror, and so many more emotions. But no matter how painful it was to look at, they could not take their eyes away.
Soon tough the light faded, and Jokul was left panting on the ice. It was now or never.
"Jack?" North called in a voice thick with sorrow. Jokul's eyes opened at the call, "Jack please come back to us. This isn't you. We want the true you back."
"Yes the one who protected the children no matter what. Who made winter fun." Tooth joined in, "My Sweet-Tooth with the snow white teeth and hair, with the ice blue eyes that sparkled with joy."
Jokul had begun to change. One eye cleared up showing the ice blue underneath. Some of the strands of hair had changed back to white his skin gaining a less icy look.
"Shut up! SHUT UP!" Jokul/Jack screamed, "I will not listen to your lies!" With that Jokul/Jack picked up the forgotten staff and was swept up by the wind. The Jack part did not want to endanger others with the internal battle so he fled to Antarctica. But Jokul decided where to land. He landed in the shadow of the monstrous statue that he and Pitch made. As Jokul/Jack screamed, while clutching his head, a blizzard started up swirling around the statue leaving it the only place untouched by the chaotic winds.
Jokul/Jack's mind was split in two. One part of him wanted to continue to be Jokul, to have people fear him and create winters with horrifying structures such as the one before him. But the other side wanted to go back to Jack. Wanted to be a Guardian with his family.
"NO! They aren't your family!"
"But then why did they come looking for me?"
"They just want me out of the picture! They don't care! They don't like the idea of someone more powerful than them!"
"But maybe they do want me back."
"No they will just hurt me again. Who would want a monster like me anyway?"
"But I'm not a monster they accepted me! What about Jamie and Sophie!"
"I'll just hurt them. I'm a monster! Yes and I love that. Love the way people cower away. I'm the season of death, the spirit of death and cold. I destroy life. I hunt spirits! Yes it is good. Besides the Guardians never bothered before so I could just stay like this. With a cold heart that will let me be numb."
But then there was a very, very muffled and drowned out noise of a hole opening, then a curse, then-
"Jack!"
"Where are you Frostbite!?"
"Oh Sweet-Tooth please come out!"
Then the four Guardians found themselves by the frozen nightmare-sand, Jokul/Jack kneeling before it, head bowed and clutching his head. He seemed to be arguing about something.
At first all the Guardians froze at the sight of the nightmare-sand but soon turned to the matter at hand.
"Jack! There you are!" North shouted joyously.
"Why are you here?!" Jokul/Jack screamed.
Realizing he was still struggling to turn back, Bunny spoke, "Look mate, we need to come back to us. It wouldn't be the same without you."
"WHAT?! SO YOU CAN USE ME AGAIN?! OR ARE YOU JUST HERE TO CAPTURE AND IMPRISSION ME?! Or maybe you're here to wipe my memories so you can have your little winter spirit back?" Jokul/Jack screamed, "Or is it something else?"
"Look you need to calm down. We aren't here to harm you." Bunny spoke.
"Jack please come back. We miss you and you don't want to harm people right?" Tooth spoke as gently as possible.
"Shut up!" Jokul/Jack snapped, "I don't care. Maybe I should stay this way as Jokul Frosti. With a numb heart so I can't be hurt. I like that idea. No pain, just play and fear."
"No," North said stepping forward, "The time for Jokul Frosti is over. The time for Jack Frost is still happening."
"HAHAHAHAHA! There is no way to stop me from coming! Just give up!" Jokul/Jack sneered.
Sandy showed a picture of all the Guardians, including Jack, together as a family.
Bunny smiled, "You see mate; that would be like giving up hope, and I can't let that happen. We'll be there for you and help you should this happen. Don't you remember when you first told us you are, were, Jokul? We told you we'd help bring you back to us. And that's what we're doing. We never gave up any hope for you, so please Frostbite. Come back to the family."
Jokul/Jack starred up at the Easter Spirit. Suddenly he glared and mumbled something only the wind could catch. Then it happened. The rest of Jokul/Jack's hair turned white, his other blue eye appeared out of the white storm, and the icy texture vanished. Then his eyes slipped closed and Jack fell unconscious, falling into Bunny's arms.
But before the storm stopped, they heard something come from the wind.
"Don't think this is over. I will be back and when that happens Jack will be too upset to even fight against my hold. He'll want to stay numb for ever after it happens. There will be no hope for his side. Until then."
Then the storm vanished, leaving behind the echo of Jokul's last words.
"Come," North spoke up, "Let's get back to workshop." With that he opened a portal and they all stepped through, Bunny carrying the unconscious Jack Frost.
Like I said one more part!
Oh and if anyone can guess correctly what will happen in this sequel's sequel well then you get to offer any oneshot, no matter how long, and i will post it on this right away. But you have to guess the correct thing that will cause Jack to go all Jokul again.
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Until next time! :D