Here's the New Chapter. Hope you like it!

(Don't own Rise of the Guardians) OC

When they got back to the Pole, Tooth was the first to get to Jack as she fluttered quickly to his side with the staff quick in hand. Jack sat unmoved, eyes frosted over with haze that just stared off into space. He looked so lifeless in the bed, with an expressionless face plastered on. Tooth set down the staff gently on his lap, gingerly taking one of his hands and setting it on top of the staff. "Come on Jack." She whispered as he just dazed out and the other guardians caught up and stood on the sides of the bed. He didn't really respond. "This has to work."

North looked disappointed but yet tried to smile, "It will, he will come through, just give him a minute."

They stood their silently for a moment or a few, then nothing happened.

"I told you," Aster muttered, "Karma lies and cheats and doesn't play fair." His voice rose as he spoke down.

"What other choice did we have Bunny?!" Tooth interjected looking at him, "She gave us the staff and she didn't take anything yet, so why are we giving up so fast!? Maybe he just needs to sleep this part off now or something?" She and Aster stared at each other with the same frightened gazed that was masked in fury and rage. Sandy and North started to look on to their tiff.

"The kid could be dying for all we know!" Aster fought.

Tooth fluttered higher, "He's immortal! He can't die!" She argued back.

"This is your fault!" Bunnymund said accusingly, "We have that stupid useless staff and now Karma will take what she had a deal with, we can't fight that unless you want the whole group of Fate Sisters to come after us for no reason."

"My fault!? I had no choice! It was our plan in the first place Aster! Get the staff away from Karma. And bring it back to Jack. And that plan didn't work! So we need to find something else!"

Their argument went on for about fifteen more minutes, but not getting anywhere. But what they failed to notice was the soft voice dripping out from Jack. Soon Jack's eyes started to blink with life, like a machine being woken up and turned on. Jack's head flopped back on the pillow and to the side now looking at the figures that looked hazy in his vision. "Hey," His voice rasped quietly, "Guys." Soon just as Aster was about to retort something the whisper broke through stealing away their attention, "I see I have come back at a bad time." Jack's voice was soft as they looked at him as he spoke quietly and softly joking, "maybe I will just come back later."

They looked down at Jack with his eyes open and lively once more. Smiles grew on their faces as they saw him back to a smiling state.

They soon forgot their arguments as they spent the rest of the hours of the day and into the night watching Jack and keeping him company and keeping a close eye out for Karma to pay her visit. But as the days went on, Jack was in working able condition. They told him to keep an eye out for her and run but not attack, just run far and fast. The other guardians had business to do so they started to go back to their jobs and attending them, Jack included. At this rate he had the Artic looking like Global Warming was setting in, so he had work to do too.

As the days turned to weeks and none of them heard from Karma or seen her for that matter. It was a day that Jack decided to make a visit to Bunnymund's Warren to mess with some of the eggs. Upon arriving he stalked in the grass like an animal waiting for it's prey. When Jack was about to find something to have a little fun with, a chill ran down his spine as fog started to cover the ground of the usually warm Warren. The fog ate the ground and swallowed the sun, and a beat started to tremble lightly into the ground with a sound of a steady beating of the ground. Jack froze looking around looking about ready to strike or fly off. Then out from the mist in front of him came the glowing scarlet steed with Karma riding on top. "Hello Jack." Karma said with a gentle voice, "I have come to collect for my half of the deal."

Jack tried to fly off but with a snap of Karma's fingers, the fog was like walls trapping Jack in. Jack just started to run at this point but Karma liked a good chase. So she slid off of the monster of a horse she had and started to run too. She chased him for less then a minute but caught up to him, cornering him on a stone wall and blinded from the fog. All Jack could see was Karma's night black hair and light outlines as if she was a drawing.

"Just as pretty as I remember you." Karma said taking a step closer to Jack as he stood ready to fight if he needed. "Now, now, don't even think you can try." Jack held his staff out in a ready stance; Jack was quick, but Karma was faster. She took both hands on the staff and twisted it now using it as a tool to Jack to the wall.

"How wonderful it is to see you too Karma." Jack said in a low tone, "Come to collect I presume?"

Karma then hooked her foot around the back of his knee, pulling him forward and causing him to fall and land on the ground with Karma sitting above him still holding him down. "Well aren't we clever? Now, enough wasted time. I have a debt to be paid." She then put her hand on his cheek causing Jack to feel empty and alone again, as her eyes flashed. Then she cries started to pound out of him. Pleading for her to take it all away, but she didn't; how could she?

From a way away Bunnymund already knew something was wrong when it seemed cooler. Then the sounding cries led him right to where he needed to be. He looked in and saw Karma now sitting on top of Jack, with a hand on his face and his cries that emanated. "Karma!" Bunnymund flew out quicker then he ever could have.

She didn't stop her touch or looking him in the eyes, "You know the deal Aster!"

"Please Karma. Mischief is what he is, and you can't take all of it, it will make him useless. Then you will be to blame."

"Do you want to be next Aster?"

"Karma please. Don't do this. I know you are mad, at me and anyone else. But I know you are not this."

"But tell me Aster," Karma now looking at Bunnymund with her still silver eyes and holding Jack's face in her hand, "How can you say no to a face like that?" Her voice was sinister.

"Karma," Bunnymund said, "you know how we see differently, and wouldn't dare on my immortal life beg to you for mercy. But on his sake of being a vegetable for the rest of eternity, I can beg for that. Please Karma, I will beg of you for his life, because I know this isn't you. You don't have to do this."

Thank you for reading. I hope you liked it! Please tell me what you think! Also I am curious to find out how you think it will end, or what will happen, so tell me or just tell me what you think.

-Nik