Jack was flying through the night air, back looking for signs of Pitch or perhaps Danny. He frowned as he caught sight of flash of silvery green flying towards him. He stopped as he realised it was one of Tooth's tooth fairies.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Jack greeted with concern. The fairy chirped and twitted at him but Jack's experience talking with Baby Tooth made it easy for him to understand. The fairy was informing him that Pitch was spotted in Burgess. Jack didn't wait for the rest of the message and dropped through the sky to the ground and zooming over the forests below to get to Burgess. He may have promised not to go after Pitch alone, but he wasn't going to ignore the boogieman when Jamie might be in danger.
He sped through the town towards the hospital without thinking. It was the darkest part of Burgess. Jack spotted Jamie running out the front door, looking frightened but unharmed.
"Jamie!" Jack yelled. Jamie looked at him and smiled.
"Jack! Pitch is over there," Jamie informed him and pointed to a quiet section of the car park.
Jack gasped as he saw what Pitch was doing. Danny was fighting him. His fists glowed with blue and green light and he blasted the boogieman with bolts of energy. He thrust his left hand forward and fired a blue jet of energy at Pitch. Pitch dodged it and the ground behind him froze. Danny punched his right arm forward and fired a bolt of green energy at the boogieman and hit Pitch in the chest. Pitch fell to the ground. Danny stepped forward and pulled Pitch up into his face.
"Whatever you're doing, it stops now!" Danny snarled. Pitch nodded. But before Danny could react some of Pitch's nightmare sand erupted from a shadow behind him and threw him off his feet into a car. The car's alarm blared and Pitch sank into the shadow.
"Danny!" Jack exclaimed with concern and ran forward to the dazed immortal teen. Jamie frowned in confusion but followed Jack. Jack held out a hand to help Danny to his feet. Danny waved him away.
"I'm fine Jack. Been hit harder by the Box Ghost. Just caught me off guard," Danny assured him. Jack straightened.
"What are you doing here?" Jack asked. Danny leant against the car and scowled at it. He turned his arm intangible and unlocked the car from the inside, the alarm stopped.
"That's better," Danny grumbled. Jamie started.
"How… How did that happen?" Jamie gasped. Danny raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe you should take that question Jack. I have to go after Pitch," Danny recommended and locked the car again and stepped away.
"Wait, you said your powers can't track Pitch," Jack reminded him. Danny turned and gave him a small smile.
"I don't need my powers Jack. All I need is to think about this. I've got a lot of experience dealing with guys like Pitch. Calm him down. He's freaking out right now," Danny replied and nodded to Jamie. Before Jack could say another word Danny vanished in a puff of green mist.
"I wish he'd stop doing that!" Jack complained.
Jack turned to Jamie and smiled warmly.
"Hey, calm down. Everything's fine," Jack began.
"How did you stop that car? Who are you talking to over there? Who was fighting Pitch? Why can't I see them?" Jamie questioned quickly gesturing wildly. Jack blinked in surprise. He was the guardian of fun not the guardian of calming freaked out kids. He put a hand on Jamie's shoulder and stooped to look directly into Jamie's brown eyes.
"Jamie, it's alright. I was talking to Danny, the Spirit of Fear. He stopped the car alarm. How? I'm not sure. Danny was fighting Pitch. Why you can't see Danny? I guess you don't believe in him," Jack answered calmly. Jamie took a deep breath and nodded.
"Come on, I'll take you home," Jack offered. Jamie smiled.
"Let me grab my bag and say goodbye to Diana. She's supposed to be asleep but I think she might still hear me," Jamie replied and ran back into the hospital.
Jack frowned.
"So, Danny was here to check on Diana. Pitch must have sensed him here and then Danny must have tried to protect Jamie and Diana," Jack realised. He glanced at the ice on the ground. He crouched down next to it and put a hand on it. He frowned. The ice didn't feel natural. It felt colder than ice should be. Jack shook his head.
"That could just be because it's Danny's magic and not mine or something," Jack muttered to himself. Jack stood up straight and scanned the car park. The lights had begun to shine brightly again.
"I wonder who the Box Ghost is. And I wonder why he hit Danny before? And I wonder where this Danny Phantom is?" Jack mumbled to himself, so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Jamie stop beside him.
"Pitch said something about Danny Phantom too. Why is he important?" Jamie recalled. Jack glanced at Jamie and shrugged.
"Wouldn't happen to know who he is would you?" Jack ventured doubtfully. Jamie nodded.
"I do actually. Or at least who he was. He died four years ago. I have a book about him that his friends released," Jamie answered. Jack stared at the fifteen year old.
Suddenly a scream came from above and Jack and Jamie looked up to see North's sleigh coming in for a landing.
"North! No more loop-de-loops!" Bunny shouted in a high voice.
"You're no fun," North retorted.
"Guys, we're not here for fun, we're here to stop Pitch. My girls spotted him here. I hope we're not too late," Tooth interjected. Jack chuckled.
"Come on Jamie. You want a ride on North's sleigh?" Jack offered.
"Would I?!" Jamie exclaimed excitedly. Jack jumped into the air and turned to grab Jamie's arms and lifted him up.
"Boy, you're getting heavy. Fair warning North's a reckless driver and there's no seatbelts," Jack grunted. Jamie nodded, grinning happily.
And here come some answers for the guardians.
Until the next chapter.