Sorry that this is kind of short and sorry if it's not that great! i'll try and make up for it in future chapters. Thanks again for all my followers! :D

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Chapter 5:

"Haha nice try rabbit but—,"

Pitch was cut off, Jack groaned louder behind him. His eyes slowly opening.

"Bunny?" he mumbled, his voice rough.

"Frostbite!"

"No!" yelled Pitch.

Everything that had happened rushed back to Jack. He remembered being kidnapped, Pitch beating him, and finally the nightmares. The pain came along with it.

"Bout… time you… came… kangaroo" said Jack weakly.

"Sorry it took so long mate. Now get out of my way Pitch," said Bunny, pulling out his boomerangs.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said Pitch, creating a knife made out of nightmare sand.

Jack flinched when he saw the object. It brought back all the memories of Pitch stabbing him repeatedly earlier. Bunnymund noticed Jack's movements. Guilt filling him. He had let Pitch hurt him. If only they had gotten there earlier.

Suddenly, North, Tooth, and Sandy burst into the room, their weapons drawn.

"Enough, Pitch!" yelled North.

Tooth gasped in horror when she saw Jack, "Jack!"

Pitch's attention turned to Tooth, in doing so Sandy made his move. He shot his whips at Pitch's hand. Pitch dropped the knife. Bunnymund threw his boomerang knocking Pitch to the ground. Tooth zoomed over to Jack.

"Jack! I'm so sorry! We are going to get you out of here, just hold on!"

"It's…alright…Tooth," mumbled Jack, his eyes becoming drowsy.

"Look at me Jack! Stay awake! You can't fall asleep. I know you want to but you can't."

Tooth tried pulling on the nightmare chains but it wasn't budging. The nightmare sand was too strong and the more she pulled the more pain she was putting Jack in.

"Stop…Tooth… it's just making it worse," he said through his clenched teeth.

"Sandy!" she yelled, "I need your help!"

Sandy glance over to Tooth and Jack.

"Go Sandy! We'll take care of Pitch, help Jack!" said North.

Sandy nodded and quickly floated over to her as Bunny and North advanced on Pitch. Pitch when he fell had grabbed Jack's staff. Bunny and North tried to get it back, but Pitch in his other hand had made a sword of nightmare sand to fight them off.

Sandy gave Tooth a question mark above his head.

"The chains are made of nightmare sand. Can you turn them into your dream sand?"

Sandy nodded and set to work. He grabbed the first chain and though the black sand tried to consume him, he fought back and was slowly changing it to gold.

"It's working Sandy!"

The first chain fell and Jack's arm was released. As his arm fell he called out in pain.

"Sorry Jack! I know you're hurt. You just have to hold out a little longer. Finish the chains Sandy," said Tooth.

Meanwhile, North and Bunny had backed Pitch into a corner.

"It's over Pitch. You've lost," said North.

"Now give us the staff," said Bunnymund.

Pitch's breathing became heavy. He tried to get past his exhaustion of holding the two guardians away from him. He knew that the only way to get out of this was to to flee. However he had one plan left up his sleeve.

"I wouldn't say I've lost exactly," Pitch sneered.

Sandy had finally gotten the last chain off of Jack, who collapsed in Tooth's arms. Jack looked up, his eyes on Pitch.

Pitch caught Jack's eyes and his smile widened.

"Now you are truly broken Jack," he said.

Pitch raised Jack's staff. Jack's eyes widened, realizing what Pitch was about to do.

"No!" he tried yelling.

Bunnymund turned his eyes to Jack. Pitch snapped Jack's staff. Bunnymund eyes locked onto Jack's and saw the light behind his eyes disappear. Jack passing out in the process. Pitch began to laugh. He dropped what remained of Jack's staff and disappeared into the shadows. Bunnymund ran to Jack.

"Frostbite! Wake up! Please wake up mate," he begged.

Bunnymund scooped Jack out of Tooth's hand and cradled him. He put his ear to Jack's chest. He could barely hear his heart beating. Jack's breathing began to become shallow. The boy that had become like a little brother to him seemed to be dying in his arms.

"We need to get back to the Pole now," he yelled.

The guardians stood around Bunnymund, shocked at what just happened. They didn't understand.

"Guys! Come on! We need to go now!" Bunnymund yelled again.

North quickly snapped out of his moment of shock and pulled out a snow globe. Tooth flew and grabbed what remained of Jack's staff.

"North Pole," whispered North into the globe. He threw it on the ground a portal opening up in its place.

"It's going to be alright Jack," Bunny whispered, "We are going to fix ya. I promise."

The guardians stepped through the portal.