"Awww... he's scared of us."
"About time. Cheeky bastard eh?" Gale said as he pulled back from the woman and dressed.
"As for your question earlier... mmmm, don't' know how to fix him. I just wanted to break him. Come on, the night is still young and I don't wanna get actually kicked outta this place." Gale grinned and sauntered towards the door. Jakoul chuckled and followed suit while Jack was screaming and crying; trying to get Jamie to snap out of it.
"Jamie please... please wake up..."
Give it a rest ya big baby. Jamie was completely out of sorts. Some part of him knew Jack would never.. but then Gale had... and he'd been forced to watch... That was what had been wrong... Gale was in Jack. He could barely think honestly, he didn't feel anything at the moment... He was too shell shocked by what he'd been forced to witness... and... He just couldn't... Jack was beyond pissed, he yelled an cursed Gale, using all the curses in the book and some unheard of as well as trying to harm him some way, to take control.
"Oh I believe he is mad now. How will we wash out that mouth of his?" Gale shrugged.
"Leave him be, even if we did I doubt we're gonna hear the end of it for a while. After all... we did just break his precious Light." Gale smirked with those last words.
"This was the best idea you've ever had Jakoul." Jakoul smiled.
"And you're the best and smartest spirit I've had the pleasure of working with." Jack sobbed and sobbed.
"YOU HEAR ME GALE?! JAKOUL?! YOU'RE DEAD! YOU'RE BOTH DEAD!"
"Oh you flatterer." Gale said with a grin and took to the air, ignoring the sobbed yells of Jack. Jack cried until he had nothing left.
"Please... someone... anyone... stop these monsters." Jakoul laughed as he impaled a young man on his way to work along with a few others, leaving a trail of frozen and bloody bodies. Gale grinned and was forming an ice spear for a second mark when a gold whip wrapped around him... well Jack's body... and slammed him into the nearest building. Gale groaned a little and looked to see Sandy... right behind him were the other Guardians. Damn it! How had they known? They'd barely done anything at all! Jakoul was just as shocked.
"How the hell?!" Jack was cheering for Sandy, but wincing as it hurt him still.
"GUYS!" He cried for them, holding Jamie close.
"It's okay Jamie... we're gonna be okay..."
"Surrender peacefully and we not hurt further, da?" North asked, glaring at the two, sabers in hand.
"How the hell did you..." Gale groaned.
"We have our sources mate." Bunny said grimly even as he stared at the two. He KNEW something had been off when the two had arrived at the pole that last time. His eyes narrowed at them. Jakoul growled.
"How about you surrender so you don't get hurt." Tooth pointed a set of blades at the two, she meant business just as the other three did. Gale began to summon a storm to impede the Guardians, but Bunny was quick on the draw. As the golden whip still around him yanked him forward and with a quick blow to the head Gale slumped, unconscious. Sandy tied him up the the four turned to Jakoul.
"Your move mate..." Jakoul smirked, before they knew it ice slammed from behind them and a storm was created. North was prepared for it, so he barely felt it. It sent the other three reeling a little while the old bandit leapt at Jakoul, aiming to slam the butt of his blades into him; he didn't want to hurt Jamie.
Jack was cheering them on while Jakoul growled, taking the blades, they broke on contact with his ice hammer and he slammed North into the wall, a dagger in his chest. North took the opportunity to slam the hitls of what was left of his blades into Jakoul's head, rather forcefully... which was what he'd been trying to do initially; the other had just made it easier to get he blow in when he'd stabbed North. The blade hurt enough, but North hadn't gone so soft over the years as to not be able to take such a small blow. Jakoul only grunted in pain, jumping away from the others with a growl. He was outnumbered, but he only smiled darkly as the storm became a tornado, encircling them all. Sandy and Tooth managed in the tornado's winds without too much trouble but North and Bunny struggled. North shouted something in Russian that sounded a great deal like a curse. Tooth slammed into Jakoul and Sandy's whips followed in snagging him and tossing him into anything and everything like a rag doll. Jakoul pulled out, slicing the sand whips to his hands and he froze Tooth's wings, making her lose flight; Jakoul spun around and sliced into Bunny before anyone could stop him. Jack's eyes went wide and he shook as the rabbit's eyes were just as wide. Bunny stumbled back a step, but not without slamming the butt of a staff into Jakoul's head before doubling over from the wound. While Jakoul was busy with Bunny, Tooth had come from behind and slammed her swords into Jamie... it wouldn't be lethal but the pain... it would put him out of commission and she knew they had to do that fast before Jakoul managed a lethal shot at them. Jakoul growled in pain while Jack was whimpering as Gale was coming to. Sandy had Gale tied up too good, so no matter how much the spirit would struggle he couldn't even freeze the sand that Sandy had used. Struggle he did too once he came to again. Jack whined as Jakoul used sharp knives and slicked into Tooth's, knocking the weapons out of each hand; she retaliated by slamming a fist into his face. The distraction was enough for Sandy to get behind him and not only knock him out temporarily with dream sand, but to tie him up in the same special sand he'd used on Gale.
"Let me go!" Gale yelled as he struggled in the sand bonds that should have frozen but were refusing to do so. Jack was happy they'd won, but worried for Jamie. The winds were dangerous, breaking houses and many buildings would be lost before the storm would putter out on its own.
"Right then... let's get out of here 'fore this one does any more damage." Bunny mumbled, with a tap of his foot he disappeared down a hole, clutching his wounded side as blood matted his fur. Tooth went with North to the sleigh and Sandy dragged the two, via sand... Gale screaming and the unconscious Jakoul... into the air and away from a populated area while he headed for the pole. North hadn't taken the dagger out yet that had pierced him, if only to keep from bleeding as he joined Tooth in the sleigh. Jack felt tired, but he smirked.
"Told ya someone would stop you."
Cheeky bastard. Gale snapped back. Jack smiled, but only worry went to Jamie.
"Jamie." He shook him over the bond. Gale rolled his eyes, knowing full well that Jamie hadn't snapped out of it yet. Even without being with Jamie he could still sense the other's condition. jamie was nothing short of like a doll at the moment, though if he'd been in control of his body he'd be shivering like a rattlesnake's tail. Jack whimpered and gave Jamie a hug... sort of.
"Jamie... please... come back to me. I need you..." Jamie just curled up for the time being, still trying to pick up the pieces of his shattered mind; he heard Jack, but very little of it was registering. Jack whined and hugged Jamie close, trying to reassure him that he was there. Jamie simply closed his eyes; he didn't want any of this to be real. Sandy dropped Gale and Jakoul into special holding cells. Each one could only be opened from the outside and the wards on it ensured that those who were inside couldn't access any of their magic... So Sandy shoved the two inside their cells, releasing them from his sand only after the doors had clicked shut. The locks themselves were also magical of course. Jack whimpered, Jakoul woke an hour later; growling, he tried to get out using all the power he had but it didn't work. Gale sighed at Jakoul's struggling.
"Don't bother. You'll just waste precious energy. These cells were meant to hold stronger beings." Jakoul huffed in anger.
"So how's frosty holding up?" Jack whimpered, curled in on himself, sobbing.
"Well, he's not out of it yet. Not like Jamie. He's just being a big baby. This is normal for him... right?"
"Normally no." Jakoul poked Jack, in which Jack snapped at him.
"Awww, there's the fiery ice spirit we know." Jack growled at them both.
"Let us go!"
"Whatever for? No reason to at this point." Gale said, lounging against one wall, hands behind his head. Jack growled angrily.
"You let us go right fucking now!" Jakoul laughed.
"He's got a mouth."
"They both kinda do." Gale said with a yawn.
"Anyway, even if we do what do you suppose would happen? I doubt they're just going to let you out of here just because we release you. Plus I don't think Jamie is functional." Jack growled and yelled curses.
"What? Just stating the truth... am I wrong? Jakoul?"
"Yep." That only pissed Jack off more, he slammed against Gale as hard as possible.
"Let me out bastard!"
"Ow... Stop with the dramatics already Frost. Even if you WERE out, just what do you intend to do? The cells are separate AND you're not gonna be released anytime soon... on top of the fact that your magic might as well not exist while you're in this cell... did I MISS anything?" Jack felt hopeless.
"I don't care... just... shut up." His hopelessness flowed through the bond. Gale huffed.
"You know what... find. If it will bloody shut you up for five minutes..." Gale relinquished his hold on Jack. Jack gasped, looking at his still bloody hands; he whimpered, curling in on himself. Jakoul chuckled.
"He'll break soon enough."
"Jamie..." Jack called out, Jakoul snickered. Gale snickered in return.
I'm patient. Jamie stirred a little at the call, but not much.
"Jamie, please... I need you... Don't listen to them." Jack whined.
Oh listen to him whine... we aren't even talking to Jamie are we? Gale snickers. Jack growled.
"Shut the fuck up." Gale tsked at Jack in return, but said nothing more; Jack waited hours for someone... anyone. Time simply ticked by slowly before the two finally did have a visitor. Sandy.
"Sandy!" Jack ran up to the cell door, he would have tackled the golden man in a hug if it wasn't for the fact Sandy was on the other side.