Backness!

I Warn you, I've been in tears just thinking about the next few chapters… I really didn't look forward to writing it… *Sigh* Oh Well on we go….

I warn you, if you like Jack, THIS IS GOING TO BE EMOTIONAL FOR YOU!

Chapter Four: Fresh Pain.

Jamie sighed, he put the phone down on the side and looked up the stairs, his Publisher had called, he needed to be there in half an hour, but that would mean leaving Jack on his own for at least two hours, Jamie sighed, running a hand through his hair.

He walked up the stairs, walking into Jack's room, he looked over at the spirit, still curled into a ball, Jamie smiled, Jack was still there, that gave him hope, hope that Jack would soon be back to normal,

"Jack… I need to go out for a while… there's some Water and food on the bedside, I'll be back as soon as I can, please Jack… stay safe" Jamie told him, the spirit seemed to nod as Jamie walked out of the room, leaving Jack alone.

After a few minutes, Jack heard the door slam closed and Jack looked up, he'd heard Sophie leave earlier and now Jamie was gone too, Jack could finally look around his room without them coming in and trying to hurt him more.

Jack saw the wall's with Snowflake patterns upon it, a wooden floor seemed to be uncared for and when Jack stood on it he frowned… something about it wasn't normal.

Or was that him?

Jack sat on the bed, his head falling into his hands, he could still feel something within him, like poison in his veins, something of Pitch within him still, poisoning him, cursing him… Jack hated himself for it… not only that he hated his body for getting pleasure from what Pitch did to him… Jack frowned, he had to try and remove the poison.

He opened his room door and walked down the stairs, looking for something, anything. He walked into the Kitchen and smiled slightly as he saw the shiny metallic object lying on the side, Jack walked over and picked it up, it was sharp and seemed to be clean… Jack rushed back to his room and frowned, sitting looking down at the object, he rolled up his sleeves and picked it up,

Holding it in his right hand, Jack looked over his arm, deciding where to extract the poison. He found the point and flicked the object over his wrist, he felt sering pain and then smirked, Pitch wouldn't win, even if Jack had to do this a thousand more times, Jack watched as blue liquid poured out and then the wound healed, leaving a small mark upon his skin, Jack frowned, he had barley removed any poison,

Jack scowled, he had to remove all the poison, so that Pitch had no power over him. Jack drew on the object again and flicked the blade over his arm again, over and over again, Jack growled, soon all the poison would be gone and he could sleep.

(Hours Later)

Jack heard the door open below and looked around, throwing the object under the bed he dived under the covers, hiding his arms from view, he heard his door open and the unsure footsteps of Jamie Bennett walked inside,

"Jack?" Jamie asked, "Jack… please… please talk to me… I miss you…"

With that Jamie left, and Jack sighed, he wanted to talk to Jamie, but… but he couldn't face him, not after what Pitch did… Jack sighed, poking his head out of the cover he looked up his arm, the marks left were clearly visible against even his pale skin, Jack lay his head back against the pillow.

He looked up at the ceiling. He couldn't bare hurting Jamie like this, he knew he was being selfish staying here, but Jack knew that he couldn't go anywhere, his staff was missing, his powers weakened and he didn't think he could make the world any better if he tried. But the least he could do when his power returned, was to leave the Bennetts as soon as possible, or at least remove the poison from him…

(With Sophie and Pippa)

Sophie laughed as Pippa rein acted a conversation between her and her boyfriend, or rather her Ex-Boyfriend,

"I still can't believe he was jealous of my friendship with your brother… even after I told him that Jamie wasn't interested in me, and I wasn't interested in him… so I told him, either you trust me, or I'm gone, and that's it" Pippa laughed,

Sophie smiled and looked over her shoulder, seeing a bookshop with Jamie's Picture in the window, "I guess he was also jealous of Jamie's fame, I mean, he's one of Burgess' claim to fame!"

Pippa shrugged, "Maybe, but at least now I can focus more on my dancing"

Sophie smirked, "You should come to dinner at ours, and we've got a house guest"

Pippa raised her eyebrow in surprise, Jamie hated letting people use his guest room, "Who?"

Sophie placed some cash into a vending machine while answering, "Jack"

Pippa blinked, "Jack? As in Our friend Jack… Jack as in Jack Frost, one of the Guardian's?"

Sophie smirked, "You could not have fond a more complex way of asking that question, but yes, Jack as in the Guardian"

Pippa frowned, "What happened?"

"Dunno, haven't seen Jack and he's been there for… what… must be 3 days" Sophie shrugged, "All I know is he was out cold when Jamie found him, he was also pretty beat up… but any day now, Jack will be well again and he'll bring the winter we've been waiting for…"

Pippa shrugged, smiling as Sophie gestured her to follow, Pippa chased after Sophie, both girls laughing unaware that from a shadow, a new enemy was watch, plotting, and soon they'd be ready to strike.

And done…

Some slight relief there, but yes Jack is cutting himself and he is self-harming….

Anyway….

See you next chapter…. More hurty Jack in the next chapter….

Catch you later