"Is not much to do. Should wear off some in half hour." North replied, backing out of the room with the yeti. Jamie sighed a little and closed his eyes to try something he wasn't sure would work... He tried latching onto the excess power and redirecting it through him to expel as cold air... Jack whined as the power struck Jamie, exploding from Jack to escape. Jamie shuddered from the blow, but it didn't so much hurt as nearly knock him on his butt from just the force of it. He sent the power streaming out as a cold blast that busted the window. Determined, Jamie worked to control the flow a little more. It was quite a struggle to though as he wasn't used to this much power... Jack breathed heavily as each minute a burst of energy would explode from him and each time he would cry out louder as it hurt him, it burned. Jamie did what he could, but the longer this went on the worse it became and the less control Jamie had. a Burst he wasn't prepared for slammed into him and sent him flying into the wall. Slamming him hard enough that he had only seconds to register the pain before he lost consciousness. Jack whined.

"Jamie... I'm sorry..." The bursts were growing worse and Jack was in agony.

"Make it stop... make it stop..." It ended with one last agonizing scream from him as a large blast turned the whole of the infirmary into an icy winter wonderland. Jack breathed heavily, gasping for air as the serum drained out of his system. He was out of power and he collapsed with a thump on the bed. Jamie was out for several hours, his healing magic slowly knitting together the small wound the impact had caused and the strain of filtering the winter magic that not only wasn't his but was in large quantities all at once. Jack didn't awaken for two days, having fallen into a slight coma from losing so much power. Despite protests, Jamie insisted on staying at Jack's side; he'd sustained a small cut but nothing serious. Despite everything he'd also managed to clean the mess as well. He wasn't leaving Jack's side. Ever. He'd promised them both he would stay. He meant to keep that promise. Two hours into the third day Jack started to stir.

"Jamie..." Jamie gently squeezed Jack's hand.

"I'm here." Jack's crystal blue eyes opened and he smiled.

"Jamie." He says softly, his voice a little brittle. He looked around.

"What happened? Where am I?"

"North pole... little mishap with North's serum. He gave you a higher dosage than he should have." He gave Jack a bit of a smile. Jack breathed out.

"Why were they giving me a serum and for what?" Jack looked brittle and fragile at that moment.

"Well, you broke your leg falling down the stairs so I brought you here to be fixed up... Um... after all the power you expelled you might be a little weak... at least North thinks so." Jack smiled a little.

"I wish that didn't happen." He says, fragile as a flower. He looked at Jamie, tearing up slightly as he brushed away his bangs to see a small scar on one side.

"Jamie... did I hurt you?" He asked slightly saddened. Jamie colored slightly at the touch but shook his head.

"I don't think so. I was out for a while... but all I got was a small cut and it's gone now." He gently touched the scar.

"I don't even remember how I got this. I was too young." Jack nodded, huffing a little for air; his throat was as dry as a desert, his vision grew blurry.

"J-jamie..." He felt faint again. Jamie moved over to a small desk table, picking up a glass of water next to a pitch. He held the glass up to Jack's lips.

"Drink, this should help a little." Jack drank greedily, he was very thirsty. He needed more; he felt so dehydrated. He whimpered once he had drank the whole glass. Jamie poured more water from the pitcher and held it to Jack's lips again to allow him to drink. About five glasses of water later Jack felt much better.

"So, how long did North say I would be weakened?"

"He didn't actually, just that you'd feel that way for a while. Not sure he knows precisely." Jack sighed, why did his body react so badly?

"I think North is trying to figure out what went wrong now. He seemed pretty determined when I last saw him, he just came in to check on me." Jack sighed, wheezing slightly.

"Now what am I to do?"

"I'd say do what anyone does when sick... get some rest."

"But I've been in a comma." Jack said, whining.

"That's not the same as sleep Jack. Comas aren't voluntary, plus... rest doesn't mean you have to sleep exactly." He smiled a little. Jack looked at him, confused. Jamie chuckled a little.

"When you 'get some rest' in terms of being sick, it just means you rest in bed... but not necessarily sleep. I mean, you can still be awake and still be considered to be resting in bed. It's a turn of a phrase.

"Oh." It was all he said as he yawned, feeling tired again.

"No... but I just woke up!" His eyes drooped as he fought to keep them open.

"You should sleep if you're tired. I'll be here when you wake."

"But I don't want to..." Jack slowly drifted off as he tried to fight his sleepiness.

"I don't want to. I want to be with you..." It was the last thing he said before his eyes closed. Jamie smiled as Jack drifted off; he curled up next to Jack to sleep himself. Jack grabbed Jamie in his sleep, unaware that Gale and Jakoul were plotting to push the two to their limits; Jamie was just as unaware as he dozed.

Gale, how long until you think you can break Jamie? You have to do that first because I can't even begin to break Jack when he fucking comforts him all the God damn time. Jack turned in his sleep, hugging Jamie.

"No... stop... go away." He whimpered as his dreams turned into Nightmares courtesy of Gale and Jakoul.

Hey, I'm having just as much trouble over here. Ain't as easy as it was the first time. I feel like a fuckin' ghost. Gale replied while Jamie snuggled closer, wrapping his arms around Jack. Jack growled in his sleep.

Hmm... maybe if we switch bodies and break them mentally you won't be a ghost much... I will strengthen in Jamie, you'll strengthen to control Jack enough to get Jamie... deal? He explained while Jack whined, the nightmares were worse than usual; he gasped as it felt like he was stabbed, like in his dream.

Didn't know that was possible. Let's do it. Gale smirked. Jakoul snickered, the switch was made; Jakoul grasped Gale to pull him into Jack before he went into Jamie, it was very painful for both Jack and Jamie. Jamie groaned a little with the pain of the switch before settling back to sleep.

Just look through his memories, bring out the worst in his life. It really gives you power when you change them too. Jakoul said nonchalantly as he worked to get power from Jamie and settle in. Gale did as he was told as he settled into flipping through memories; looking for something small to start with while he settled. Jakoul just searched Jamie's fears, undetected; Jack whined slightly, unaware that Gale was in him... for the time being. In terms of fear, Jamie wasn't too much different than Jack... sharing the fear of being alone, but also letting down those who were closest to him. The worst of his fears centered around Jack.

Jack whined, whimpering as all his power of fear went to Gale, Jakoul was taking it slow; savoring Jamie's pain. Gale smirked, finding this so much easier than Jamie as he altered Jack's dream to copy the memory of the day Jack died, but substituting Jamie for Jack's sister to create the nightmare. Jamie shuddered in his sleep. Jack squirmed and cried.

"Jamie..." Jakoul wasn't having a hard time either. Jamie whimpered a little, curling up closer to Jack. Gale smirked as he caused Jamie to fall through the thin ice before Jack could reach him in the dream. Jack screamed for Jamie as he went to the edge only for the hole to freeze over.

"NO NO!" He cried in the dream, beating at the ice which only strengthened; causing Jack to cry in his sleep while Jakoul had made a nightmare, switching Jamie's ill-fated sister for Jack... making it so that he had killed Jack instead. In his dream, Jamie broke down, crying.

"No... I couldn't have... I..." He was covered in blood; he roared in agony. In his sleep Jamie cried out, tears falling as he muttered.

"No... no..." Jack cried in pain, fueling the strength Gale needed.

Alright, dial it back. Don't want to scar them. He said to Gale with a snicker as Jack was crying.

AWWWwwwwwww... fine. Gale changed the dream to a lesser nightmare. Jack whined still, but not as bad as before.

Dont' worry, you'll get more power when they're alone.

Hmmm. I suppose, can't go alerting that annoying Guardian of Dreams.

Yes, there is a nice little area in Jack that you can hang in for now. Jakoul lessened his nightmare with Jamie before sinking into a darker part of him for the time being. Gale followed Jakoul's example. Jamie twitched in his sleep, but he'd settled down a little. Jack held onto Jamie.

Trust me, Gale. You stay with me you'll be able to have all the fun you want. It was the last thing he said before slipping deeper to become undetectable because of Sandy. Gale just grinned as he settled into the "hole" in Jack to go unnoticed. He'd have plenty of time to talk with Jakoul later. Jack winced as Gale settled in; the next morning he felt different, but he ignored it; yawning, he went to the bathroom. Gale settled for watching Jack, wondering what the winter spirit would think if he realized there'd been a ... change... last night. Jamie shifted a little with a yawn, but as usual was slow to actually wake. Jack splashed his face with water, feeling strange.

"Something's wrong." He breathed, trying to figure it out, but it was hard to find what the problem was. Gale snickered quietly. Jamie finally sat up and rubbed his eyes, feeling a little off balance. Jack finished his morning duties; he felt stranger than normal and he didn't like it either. Jakoul chuckled quietly as he laid back and watched Jamie to see if he noticed anything. Jamie stood up after a moment, but despite that he seemed perfectly fine the feeling of being off balance didn't go away... Something was up... but what? Jack walked into the room, feeling fairly dizzy.

"Hey Jamie, good morning. I'm feeling strange today, how about you?"

"Morning. Yeah... I feel the same way. It's weird... like I'm off balance but not dizzy or anything."

"Yeah. Anyway, let's see what North's cooking for breakfast." Jack said, his stomach growling.