Jack stumbled back and grabbed his head as he felt extremely dizzy.
"Jack!? What are you doing here?" Danny exclaimed in shock.
"Apparently feeling really dizzy," Jack managed. Danny laughed.
"Don't worry. It wears off after a few minutes. I used to be like that when I first figured out how to teleport," Danny assured him, having gotten over the surprise. Jack glanced at him and nodded slowly. Danny stepped away from Jack and closed his eyes, focusing on his "fear sense". It seemed to have replaced his ghost sense and improved.
He shook his head.
"Pitch isn't nearby. That or we got here first. I can't feel any fear nearby," Danny called to Jack. Jack groaned in response. Danny glanced at Jack and rolled his eyes.
"Use your ice. Cools down your head and usually clears it faster," Danny suggested. Jack glanced at Danny and made a snow ball in his hand and instantly felt a bit better. He grinned playfully and threw it at Danny. It hit Danny in the back of the head. He turned to Jack and smiled playfully, despite Jack not even using his fun powers.
"I'll get you back for that," he promised. Jack raised an eyebrow, completely surprised having expected annoyance, his dizziness fading quickly.
"Before I died, I used to be quite the joker," Danny informed him with a shrug. Danny turned around and motioned for Jack to follow him. The two immortal teens walked quietly through the park, Danny waiting for any sign of fear.
He was about to suggest that maybe Pitch was on to them when a flash of light illuminated the sky above them and North's sleigh appeared and landed in the centre of the park. Jack and Danny flew to the landing sight. They flew over a few trees and landed in front of the large sleigh, Bunny had already gotten off.
"That was amazing!" Jamie exclaimed with a broad grin and wide eyes. North smiled appreciatively.
"You brought him?!" Danny inquired loudly. Tooth turned to him.
"He didn't give us much of a choice Danny. Besides Jamie was a big help to us the last time we faced Pitch," Tooth informed him. Jamie frowned at Tooth.
"Not this again," he groaned, obviously frustrated in not being able to see or hear Danny.
"I really don't think it's a good idea for Jamie to be here. Pitch could attack at any minute and he could hurt Jamie," Danny retorted. He turned away from the guardians and scanned the shadows around them, focusing on his fear sense. Jack smiled nervously at the other guardians. No one quite knew what to make of the deceased hero. Jamie hopped off the sleigh and ran over to Jack.
"How did you disappear from the North Pole?" Jamie asked. Jack raised an eyebrow.
"That was Danny's doing. I knew he was going to leave so I grabbed him before he teleported away," Jack answered. Jamie's eyes widened.
"Danny can teleport?!" Jamie exclaimed.
"Only figured it out after I died," Danny informed them, still focusing on his fear sense. Jack blinked and relayed what Danny said to Jamie.
Before Jamie could ask more questions Danny turned to a large shadow cast by a broken streetlight.
"Come out Pitch, I know you're there," Danny demanded. Pitch stepped out of the shadow and applauded Danny.
"That is impressive Danny. How did you know?" Pitch remarked with a confident smirk. Jamie stiffened and edged closer to Jack. Danny glanced at Jamie and felt the boy's fear grow.
"You may look confident Pitch, but I can tell that you're nervous. The big five and someone who can counteract your powers, it unnerves you," Danny replied. Pitch frowned at him. Danny smiled innocently.
"And you know what Pitch, you're right to fear me. I have two years of ghost fighting and hunting under my belt and six years honing my abilities. I've fought things that are way more powerful than you and creatures that would scare anyone," Danny continued.
Pitch snarled at him.
"You think that you're a match for me?" Pitch demanded. Danny folded his arms cockily and smirked.
"Think? No. I know I'm a match, in fact I'd bet I'm more than a match for you," Danny retorted. Pitch snapped his fingers and nightmare sand horses appeared all around them, pawing the ground angrily and shaking their heads in threat displays.
"I don't think so," Pitch growled and his nightmare sand horses charged forwards. The guardians sprang into action. Bunny pulled out his boomerangs and threw them at the nearest creatures. North pulled out his swords and slashed the sand apart. Sandy created whips of golden dream sand and struck the horses, changing the sand from black to gold and into harmless dream sand animals. Tooth took to the air and charged through the horses and joined Jack, who was freezing any horses that dared to go after Jamie. Jamie cowered, terrified of Pitch and the fighting, behind Jack.
Danny on the other hand knew that the nightmare sand wouldn't stop until Pitch was taken care of or decided to stop. Danny jumped into the air and charged at Pitch instead. The king of nightmares was taken by surprise and had barely enough time to create a sword out of his nightmare sand to defend himself. Danny charged both his hands with energy, his left blue and his right green. He thrust his fists forward aggressively sometimes firing a blast of ice or ghost energy, sometimes connecting with Pitch's black body. Danny dodged Pitch expertly and he grinned as he felt like his old self.
"What's wrong Pitch? You look like you've seen a ghost?" Danny taunted as he rolled away from the sand sword. Pitch growled angrily and quickly snapped his fingers again. More nightmare sand horses walked out of the shadows and attacked Danny himself. Danny formed a shield instinctively and made a perfectly combined ghost and ice force field which the horses smashed into and disintegrated from the impact.
Pitch glared at Danny in annoyance. Danny noticed and smiled confidently. He let the shield fade and bowed mockingly.
"Do you like my shield?" he asked. Pitch slashed his sword towards Danny and he turned intangible and laughed as Pitch fell through him. Occasionally the guardians would look over at the fight between Danny and Pitch out of concern before gaping in awe as they returned to their own fights. Danny was playing with Pitch, fighting him with ease. Danny tripped Pitch over and stood over the man.
"Do I detect a flicker of fear?" Danny taunted and crouched beside the boogieman.
"Call off your sand," Danny ordered. Pitch narrowed his eyes before snapping his fingers and melting into the shadow he'd fallen in. Danny gritted his teeth with annoyance and turned to see the nightmare sand horses flee the area.
And a proper exchange between Pitch and the guardians and Danny. But it's not over just yet. Let me know what you guys think so far.
Until the next chapter.