Back! Here Is the Next Update! So enjoy….
Anyway time for the Guardian's to meet Ice-Man and maybe his Possible Partner in Bounty Hunting!
On with the Chapter!
Chapter Two: The Keepers of the Balance.
It had been an hour since Cupid's image had appeared as a new guardian and so far she had instantly pledged her life to the Guardian's, smiling at Bunny while she did. Then the Guardian's had looked at the skies.
"No sign of a storm… I guess Frost isn't coming" Bunny told his fellow Guardian's.
'Can you Blame him?' Sandy asked using his sand.
"I think I know where Frost will be…. The Balance Towers" Tooth added thoughtfully,
"Then we go and find out why he no coming to Guardian Summons!" North called,
"I can't believe your going to get him to help us…. After what he did in the past!" Cupid replied,
"I know…. But Jack is one of the few spirits that would help us if we asked" Tooth replied, sighing as she flew towards the sleigh, "We'll have to fly the complete way though, the Balance Forbids swift Travel to them…. All must either fly or climb the Stairs to reach the towers"
As the Guardian's climbed into North's sleigh, Cupid looked over at Tooth, "What is the Balance and who are the Keepers?"
"The Balance, that is what keeps the world in order, making sure that the Darkness never becomes more powerful than the light… the Keepers are split into multiple ranks" Bunny began
"The Lowest Rank is Servant of the Balance, they are the ones who combat the Darkness and are generally the Youngest Spirits. The Next is Agent their more experienced and powerful than Servants and they generally Teach the Servants" Tooth continued, "The Semi-final is Priest, they are the ones who understand the balance and are some of the most powerful in the world. The Highest is Protector, they are the ones who command all the others and keep the world safe. Then there is also the 4 Masters of the Balance, Father Time, Galatica, Manny and Natura, they are the Ultimate Rulers of the Balance and they also appoint Protectors"
"What Rank Is Frost?" Cupid asked,
"He is Protector of the balance" North replied,
"So how'd he get so high up?" Cupid asked,
"Natura, she and Manny appointed him just after he was made a Guardian, before that he'd been a Servant of the Balance." Tooth replied,
After a few hours the Guardians had arrived in the courtyard, looking around they saw that since the last time they'd been here, where there had once been 6 Towers their now only stood four, and two piles of rubble, seeming as if two of the Protector lines had been whipped out.
"What has been happening here?" North asked, walking towards the Largest tower, walking inside they found a lone spirit sitting behind a desk,
"Welcome Spirits, how may the Balance Serve you today?" She asked smiling slightly, her smile then dropped, "Ice…. Where is he?"
"Went to ground before I could find him, no leads…. Remove the contract" Ice-Man relied, walking past the Guardian's without even sparing them a glance,
"Dam…. As you say Agent, maybe you can help these Spirits?" The Female Spirit asked,
"Fine, What do you all want?" Ice-Man asked, looking over at them,
"Who are you?" Bunny asked,
"I am that chill that runs up your spine when your scared, I am the most successful Bounty Hunter in the entire world, I am Ice-Man" Ice-man replied,
"When did the Balance hire Bounty hunters?" Tooth asked,
"Since just after the war" Ice-Man replied, "But that's another point, What do you want?"
"We are here to see Protector Frost" Bunny replied,
"Jackson Frost?" Ice-Man whispered, the female spirit behind him looked to the ground,
"I'll take them to the hall" Ice-Man told her and she nodded,
"What hall?" North asked,
"You'll find out soon enough, Guardian's" Ice-Man replied, walking off He then turned to face them, "Are you coming?"
The Guardians followed behind Ice-man as he lead them down a passageway and down at least a dozen flights of stairs, they lost count of how many times they'd turned around a corner.
They walked until they reached a set of double-doors a Plaque reading Memorial Hall on the doors, Ice-Man pushed them open and the Guardian's gasped,
Inside was thousands of statues, each with a silver or gold plaque at the base, they all appeared to be different and unique, Ice walked down the rows of Statues until they reached a set of statues and at the very end of the room, these were slightly taller than the others, and were made of Gold rather than the others Bronze.
They walked along the row until they reached a statue, Ice-Pointed at it and the Guardian's stopped looking at the statue they gaped again, looking down at the plaque they saw the words,
In Memoriam of:
Jackson Overland Frost
The High-General of the Balance
Protector of Lives
Lost in action on the field of Battle.
They looked up again at the statue and saw it was a statue of Jack, he was leaning on his staff with his usual cocky smirk on his face, they noticed something about the statue, where as the rest of it was made of gold, the staff seemed to be made of wood, the more they looked at it the more they realised it wasn't made to be part of the statue,
Ice-Man looked over at them, "That's the last thing left Of Master Frost, found after his destruction on the battlefield, at the end of the Great war"
"What are you trying to tell us?" North asked,
"Jack Frost... is dead!"
Dun, Dun, Dun!
Is Jack Really dead?
And what Is Ice-Man hiding about Jack?