Hey all! Thank you all so much for the reviews! They made me happy like always! Anyway this chapter is fairly longish. It should also explain why the fearling looks like Dylan. I forgot to add that in the last chapter. It seriously completely slipped my mind when I was writing. On with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians.
The Guardians were getting ready to go attack Pitch's lair. All except for Jack. He didn't have any helpers or need anything other then his staff. Plus it hurt to walk around. He was sitting in North's office across from Pitch. They were just staring at each other and had been for about an hour. Jack wasn't sure how to treat the man and Pitch was just waiting for Jack to say something first.
"Did it hurt you when I broke the staff?" Pitch asked breaking the silence.
"Yeah!" Jack exclaimed. "It felt like something inside me broke! It was horrible!"
"I apologize." Pitch said sighing and looking away. "You have a very good arm when you throw snowballs. That one you hit me with hurt and it was quite funny."
"It was a great distraction!" Jack said proud of himself. "It was the best way I could think to get Jamie out of that ally safe and sound!"
"It was a good idea. The sledding looked like fun as well." Pitch frowned. "I never had the opportunity to go sledding before I became... well what I am."
"What!" Jack exclaimed. "Never? How is that even possible?"
"It just never came up." Pitch shrugged. "Jack, in all seriousness are you going to be alright trying to save Jamie? Your leg was pretty bad."
"I'll be fine." Jack said hurriedly. "Besides I have to try no matter what. Jamie is my little brother. I have to make sure he gets back safe."
"I'm sorry I started all of this Jack." Pitch said looking at his hands sighing.
"Let's just get Jamie back then you can apologize to him and I. It'll mean more cause you will helped save him." Jack said looking at Pitch. "Why is the fearling Dylan?"
"I've been thinking about that. I believe he needed a form that wasn't a shadow." Pitch sighed. "Seeing as he has most of my powers he formed a shape from your nightmare. I wasn't aware he had the power to do that unfortunately."
"Are you going to be alright rescuing Jamie?" Jack asked raising an eye brow at him.
"I'll be fine." He said as the door swung open and North walked in.
"We are ready to leave. I do not think it is a good idea to wait any longer." The big man said. "How is your leg?"
"It's better." Jack said standing up using his staff for support.
"Are you able to stand on your own?" North asked frowning.
"I'll be careful lets just go." Jack said limping out of the room to where the sleigh is kept.
"You think its a good idea bringing him?" Pitch asked following North out.
"I think it is a better idea then leaving him here and having him go on his own." North said. "He would not miss this fight."
"It's easier to keep an eye on him this way then?" North nodded at the other man.
A line!
Dylan walked around the lair looking around. He had seen everything here when he was part of Pitch. It was very different being away from the man. He liked it a lot. He loved being able to cause fear and pain to people. The fear the boy was experiencing from the nightmare he was currently having is just absolutely exhilarating. He was thrilled about the guardians coming. He couldn't wait to cause them as much pain as he could. Pitch had limits and that made him weak.
"I will keep you alive until they get here." Dylan said smirking at the unconscious boy. He still had him hanging by his wrists. "Glad you're finally quiet. Still believe the guardians are going to save you?"
Jamie...
Jamie fell to the ground surprise evident in his face. Jack was standing above him laughing. He had just hit him. Full on punched him on the cheek. Jamie could feel tears forming in his eyes. He tried to blink them away, but they started to fall anyway. He had no idea how this had started and it confused him.
"Why are you so weak and pathetic?" Jack asked running a hand through his brown hair.
"I'm not!" Jamie protested.
"Then fight back!" Jack yelled hitting him again.
"I won't!" Jamie yelled. "You're my brother! Why are you doing this?"
"Because you need to learn to be tough!" Jack said then he smirked. "I could always hurt Sophie."
"You wouldn't!" Jamie yelled fear filling him. He stood up quickly.
"I will if you don't fight back!" Jack said frowning slightly.
"Jacky are you hurting Jamie again?" Sophie asked sneaking into the room. "I don't like when you hurt him it make me sad."
"Sophie go back upstairs!" Jamie yelled trying to get over to her before Jack did.
Jack grabbed him by the back of his shirt and threw him effortlessly to the ground. Jamie landed hard on the floor. He glared up at his brother as Jack walked over to Sophie. He knelt down next to her. Before saying anything to her he looked back at Jamie and smirked.
"Please leave her alone!" Jamie yelled trying to sit up. He winced at the pain in his wrist and ribs.
"Jacky?" Sophie asked him afraid. "I'm scared!"
"I know little fairy." Jack said running a hand down the back of her head.
"Just let her go to the other room I will fight you!" Jamie yelled. "Just leave her alone she's only four!"
"Sophie, can you go back to your room and listen to some music?" Jack said it like a question but everyone in the room knew it was a demand.
"Jamie?" She asked looking at him.
"GO!" Jack yelled at her. He grabbed her by her long blonde hair and threw her out of the room. Sophie started crying as Jack slammed the door and locked it.
"Jack please." Jamie said afraid as his brother came closer and closer to him. This whole thing was a nightmare. Jamie's eyes widened as he realized something. "This isn't real!"
"I can assure you it's as real as it needs to be!" Jack said.
"Still believe the guardians are going to save you?" Jamie heard another voice ask from far away.
"Dylan?" Jamie muttered.
"Dylan died because of you!" Jack yelled angrily as he hit Jamie across the face.
With the guardians...
North landed the sleigh where Pitch told him to. They all got out and started to the hole in the ground. Jack looked down into the darkness angrily. He jumped down the hole before anyone could say anything.
"Jack!" He heard Bunny and Tooth yell after him.
"Well lets go!" Pitch said following Jack's example.
"We don't even have a plan of attack!" Bunny yelled.
"We attack and get Jamie that is the plan!" North and Sandy jumped down the hole.
Tooth and Bunny followed quickly. They landed quietly and looked around them. They saw Jack flying into the darkness.
"Well let us go!" North said to others.
"How do we know he's going the right way?" Bunny asked then they all looked at Pitch.
"He's going the right way." Pitch confirmed.
They heard Jack yell in pain. With that all argument was done and they were running towards the scream. Jack was breathing heavily as he tried to stand up. Bunny walked over and helped him up. He looked at the fearling angrily. North drew both of his swords. Pitch used the little powers he had to form a sword. He preferred a scythe, but he knew that was beyond what he could do right now.
"Jamie!" Tooth gasped pointing up at the unconscious boy.
"I'm so glad all of you could join Jamie and I!" Dylan said laughing. "He was getting a bit dull."
"I'm going to-" Jack started to yell but Dylan used some of his black sand to silence him.
"Come now Jack!" He said smiling at him. "Don't make me a promise you don't plan on keeping! Besides all that talk about killing or destroying me is so cliché! I'm looking for something new!"
"Then why don't we just skip the conversation and jump right into the fight?" Pitch asked walking forward.
"This isn't a nightmare Pitch!" Dylan yelled walking forward. "When I kill you this time you don't just get sent back to the real world here! You actually die!"
"I'm aware of that." Pitch said ignoring the looks from the others.
"You died in my nightmare?" Jack asked stunned.
"I won't loose to him again." Pitch said confidently.
"You have help this time mate!" Bunny said pulling out his boomerangs.
"You and Tooth get Jamie down from there!" North said to Jack as Sandy created a golden whip out of his dream sand.
"Lets go then!" Jack flew up to Jamie and frown when he saw the state the boy was in. He had large bruises on his face and his wrists were raw from the ropes. "I need something to cut these ropes!"
"Hold him I've got them!" She said as soon as Jack had a hold on the boy she used her wings to cut the rope. Jack caught Jamie and gently flew down to the ground and set Jamie down when he reached a spot away from the fight. "How is he?"
"I don't know..." Jack said sadly.
"Let me look him over!" She pushed Jack out of the way.
Jack took this time to look and see how the fight was going. Bunny was now fighting nightmares as was North and Sandy. The three of them were separated from the fight with Pitch and Dylan. Whenever it seemed as though the other three were able to go help Pitch more nightmares appeared. The fight between Dylan and Pitch was epic. There was no other word for it. It was hard to tell which person was which they were moving in such a blur. It was evident that Pitch was not going to last much longer though. He was slowing down. Unfortunately Dylan was not.
"Tooth?" Jack asked looking at her.
"Go help him!" Tooth said still looking over Jamie's wounds.
Jack grabbed up his staff and flew over the nightmares and the other guardians and landed next to Pitch.
"What are you going to do fling some snowflakes at me?" Dylan asked laughing. He was barely breathing heavily where as Pitch was gasping for breath.
"Give him a break and fight me instead!" Jack said angrily.
"Fine if that's what you want." Dylan said smirking.
"Jack no!" Pitch said still gasping for breath. He was really out of shape for this.
"Don't worry I can take him." Jack said more confidently then he felt.
"Enough!" Dylan said swing his weapon at Jack. Jack jumped out of the way and the fight began.
Jack swung his staff and a large amount of icicles at Dylan. Three hit their mark unfortunately not any of that would cause substantial damage. Dylan gasped in pain and clutch his arm where he had been hit.
"Your friend isn't going to be alive much longer!" Dylan said trying to distract Jack.
"What do you mean?" Jack asked. Dylan snapped his fingers and smirked.
"I'm not like that weakling there." Dylan said angrily. "I'm going to kill the boy and there is absolutely nothing you can do. The nightmare is almost over and the real kicker is that in his nightmare you are beating the life out of him. When I snapped I just sped things up."
"He's just a boy he didn't do anything to you!" Jack yelled as he looked back at Tooth and Jamie.
"He didn't do anything to help either!" Jack turned slowly as realization hit him. Then everything happened in an instant. Dylan's weapon was heading towards him and Jack braced himself waiting for the pain. It never came. Pitch jumped between the two of them.
"Pitch!"
Jamie...
"This is a nightmare!" Jamie said standing up facing Jack. "Dylan died in your nightmare!"
"Because of you!" Jack yelled angrily.
"Listen to me I'm not sure what exactly happened in your nightmare, but the me in there was not me!" Jamie said hotly. "Just like you aren't really Jack! You are just a nightmare, but I'm not afraid of you!"
"You don't have to be!" Jack said opening a drawer and pulling out a knife. Jamie gulped but kept his determined stand.
"You wouldn't really hurt me." Jamie said confidently.
"Too bad I'm not the Jack you know." Jack said walking towards him.
Yeah I'm really going to end it like this... If you review I will probably be motivated to write the next chapter up and post it faster! So please review! Oh! Don't hate me for making Jack hurt Jamie in his nightmare. This story is probably going to be over soon I'm gonna say about two more chapters.