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Chapter 17

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AN: Happy Halloween! I know I'm late, but meh! Sorry I feel like this is late, but I'm not sure if it is. Lately I have been obsessed with The Red Baron and his history. The movie was amazing. The actor who plays Manfred Von Richthofen is so cute! And the dude who plays Roy Brown is too! I suggest you watch it now! The full movies on YouTube. Sorry just fangirling...

When he arrived at the pole it was all ready starting to get dark. The time zone change was 11 hours or something. Jack couldn't remember. He hated the time zones, but understood why they were important. He waved to two patrolling wolves and he passed them going to the meeting room. The assassin thought he heard some discussion of a meeting later in the night and went to check just in case. Sure enough all the avengers and guardians were sitting around the table. Clint had his head down and Jack could hear light snores coming from his. As he got closer Natasha smacked the archer on the back of his head. Clint woke with a start.

The winter God took his seat between Thor and Loki. "Where's Amelia?" He asked.

"In bed." Loki yawned. "Your bed, that is. That girl is the worst to put to bed." He growled. "Three glasses of water, six bed time stories and countless extra blankets! What does she need blankets for? She's a winter spirit!" The mischief god complained. Thor nodded in agreement. He must have helped put Amelia to bed too. "She does take after you a lot."

"Hey! I wasn't that bad!" Jack laughed at Loki's troubles. "Now what are we meeting about?"

"You." North said, but before he went on he paused.

"Oh no." Jack grumbled. "What do you mean?"

"We have a few questions." Tooth said calmly.

"Like?"

"How old are you, really?" Bunny asked.

"Physically 18 in human years." Jack said. Bunny nodded. "But I have been 'alive' 637ish years." He looked to his brothers. They both nodded. "I always forget. Since I moved to earth my age has frozen at 18, thanks to MIM."

"So Thor and Loki still age?" Banner asked.

"The humans think we are immortal, but we are not." Loki said.

Thor nodded. "We can die of old age and injures and once and a while disease or sickness, but yes, we age a lot slower."

"Spirits don't age, but can be killed." Sandy signed. It took them a while to decode the images. "We can die from injury and loss of believers or the will to live. Also are powers can be taken which also can cause death. Can your powers be taken too?"

"Not permanently or by anyone other than Odin." Thor said.

"Can you die from loss of belief?" Natasha directed her question to Jack.

"No. My Asgardian side would take over. I don't think I will age, but you never know." Jack shrugged.

"What if your powers are taken?" Steve asked.

"I think I would be turned mortal like Thor was, but yet again, we can only speculate." Jack smiled.

"Where and when did you learn to fight?" Tony asked.

"At first, on Asgard. Standard training nothing special. Self defense mostly, but when I moved to earth I met the Assassin's. They're a secret organization that fights for peace and freedom of all. Don't even bother to look them up, you won't find anything. My mentor, Conner taught me most of what I know and still use today." Jack explained.

"Why would the Assassin's stay hidden then if they fight for freedom?" Steve asked.

"It's been that way for hundreds of years before I came to earth. It seems to be working quite well. So they're not changing that." Jack said. Steve nodded. He seemed to understand.