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Anyway time to find out why Ice-Man was so keen to take Jamie on as his apprentice.
(From here on out to save my fingers I shall only write Ice rather than Ice-Man most of the time)
Chapter Four: The Master Vow.
As the Bounty Hunter and his new apprentice walked around the Underground a week later, young Jamie had to admit that this job was really dangerous, on his first contract, they had been attacked by a Dozen spirits, luckily Ice had been their and cut them all down while Jamie had completed the Contract.
There was one thing bugging him, Ice had only agreed to teach him when he'd told him his name was Jamie, and before that he'd sworn never to take a student and to keep his secrets and take them to his grave.
He was currently only on a Weapon fetching job, Ice had always said that the best blade's were forged in the Underground, so here they were walking through the streets and around buildings until they reached a Building with an Anvil outside.
"What can I be doing for you, My lord Bounty Hunter?" The Blacksmith asked appearing out of the shadows,
"I need a blade forging" Ice replied,
"but of course, I take for your friend here?" The Blacksmith asked,
"It wouldn't be for me would it?" Ice asked ,
"ah, Very true" The Blacksmith breathed, "Come Young one, we shall forge you a blade of true power!" The Blacksmith smiled, for the next 8 hours Jamie aided in the forging of his perfect blade. After a while Jamie and Ice both left and Jamie was admiring his blade, it was a started length with a custom Grip and its silk had a greenish tint to it.
"So Ice…. I got a question" Jamie breathed, sheathing his blade.
"What's wrong kid?" Ice asked,
"I wondered…. Why was it only when you heard my name that you decided to take me as an Apprentice?" Jamie asked,
"Hmm, I guess I expected this earlier" Ice replied, "Let us return to the towers, I will explain there"
The two of them walked in silence back to the towers, as they arrived at the towers Ice walked off to one of the towers, not the usual massive one, but a slightly smaller one. As they entered the tower Ice guestured for him to follow as he climbed the spiral stairs.
They kept walking higher and higher until they reached the top floor of the tower,
"Where are we?" Jamie asked,
"We are in the Nature Tower, once lead by High-General Jack Frost" Ice replied, he smirked under his mask as he saw Jamie react to the name,
"Who…. Who is he?" Jamie asked,
"For that, you will need to view something, I can only tell you what I knew of him, but you were closer to him than I could ever be" Ice replied, opening a large blue door as he walked past them, Jamie looked around the room within, there was a large double bed a wardrobe with multiple copies of the same outfit, there was also a suit of armour inside the room.
"Why are we up here?" Jamie asked looking around,
"This room once belonged to Jack Frost" Ice replied, "It is where he kept his secrets secret and hid things that needed hiding."
As Ice spoke a lone figure drifted in, she was flying just above the ground, she was clearly a fairy but was much larger than any Jamie had seen before,
"Babiana….. thank you for coming" Ice bowed his head slightly,
"My Pleasure Ice, you wished for me to come so I did" Babiana replied, "So this is the one?" she pointed at Jamie as she spoke,
"Yes, this is the one" Ice replied, "I Shall fetch them"
With that Ice walked past them and to Jack's bed, lifting one pillow he smiled as he saw a golden tube under there, a picture of a brown haired, brown eyed boy.
"Typical Jack, hiding them in the most obvious position ever" Ice chuckled, "Imagine, hiding Teeth under a pillow"
"I'm sure My mother wouldn't find it funny, as far as she cares, Jack stole them from her" Babiana smiled, "Now then, Young Jamie these are your teeth"
"But I have never lost any!" Jamie protested,
"She means that their your teeth from when you were Human, before you were Jamie Bark" Ice replied,
"But…. I wasn't anyone before I was Jamie Bark….." Jamie replied,
"You were the beloved of Jack Frost, and you spent several happy days together, before you changed…." Ice replied, "Babiana, if you would"
With that Babiana flew forward and opened the teeth case, Jamie touched the side of his head, he felt flashes of memories long since past.
A Lone figure throwing snowballs at him, he laughed and through them back,
The same figure teaching how to skate, he felt the others arms on his side,
A Lone figure waiting at his window, he felt himself smile as he rushed over to open it,
"Jack!"
"Hey kiddo"
The memory changed, he knew he was older now, Jack was hovering above him now,
"Jack….." he heard him breath, looking up at the winter spirit.
"What's up kid?" Jack asked, looking out of the window,
"Jack….. i….. I" Jamie started,
"Oh man, Jamie, I got to go, the lights have been lit!" Jack called flying off,
"Why can't I tell him…. I mean how could I tell him I love him?" Jamie asked himself.
The Memory changed, Jack was holding Jamie in his arms, whispering words of comfort to Jamie,
"Shh, I'm here….."
Again the Memory changed to Jack again holding him in his arms, but this time he was crying,
"Jamie… please…. Hang on, we'll get help soon" Jack breathed, holding tight to Jamie. He could hear the distant siren of an ambulance.
"J…j-Jack…" Jamie breathed, smiling slightly,
"Shh, save your strength, you'll be fine" Jack replied, trying to convince himself as much as Jamie.
"I…. I B…Be…bel….belie….ve y…ou" Jamie replied, a single tear falling down his face, Looking up at Jack.
Jack smiled, "You always did"
"A…al…wa…ys….wi….ll" Jamie replied, as the doctors walked through Jack to Jamie's side and started to try and stop the bleeding.
With that Jack kissed Jamie and a few seconds later he found himself back in Jack's room.
"What was that?" Jamie asked,
"Your memories from your Human time" Ice replied,
"But what does…..?" Jamie asked,
"Jack made me swear to protect you if anything happened to him, and no matter how long he has been gone, I will always protect you" Ice replied, "He was forbidden from seeing you. So he made sure you'd always be protected."
Done!
So Ice swore to protect Jamie, but what does that mean for Jamie?