HOME | DD

Description
Jack and the other guardians were allowing themselves a day off from their work. It was just after Christmas, and they were in Minnesota. They had just finished having a snowball fight with some kids, and they even saw Jack which had made him happy, and were walking down a street when the smell of smoke caught everyone's attention.

A girl, not older than Jack, walking down the street opposite of them froze and looked at the roof tops. "No," she whispered, dropping her back pack and winter jacket, running toward the burning home. The guardians followed, Jack and Bunny taking the lead.

The home was two stories and looked like it had been burning for at least 3 minutes. Flames were coming out of the open windows, and smoke took up most of the upper half of the level.

"Kristeen!" the girl yelled panicked, still running. Every guardian, bystander, police, medic, and fire-fighter stood horrified when there was a voice that cried out from the upstairs," Phoenix, help!"

The girl ran toward the house, pushing past everyone, and despite the heat of the door knob, flung the door open.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I shoved past everyone and flung the door open. Running toward the staircase, I lifted the collar of my black, off the shoulder, long-sleeve shirt to cover my nose and mouth. "Kristeen!" I ran frantically, shouldering doors open here and there, but I couldn't find her. She was the last thing I had. Our dad had abandoned us, and our mom was missing for the past week. Little 5-year-old Kristeen was my world, and I promised my mom after dad had left that I would protect Kristeen with my life if necessary.

"Phoenix!" Kristeen's frightened voice rang out from our mom's room. I shouldered the door so hard that it flew off the hinges and flew across the room. My sister was huddled under the bed, and was holding a bag that I assumed had her stuffed dolls of Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth fairy, Sandman, Jack Frost, and some other holiday people. "Oh, Kristeen lil-sis, come on. I'm going to get you out of here." I said grabbing her hand pulling her out from under the bed.

"Phoenix, I'm afraid" my sister whispered to me, as I picked her up and started to run toward the stairs. "Sh, don't. Remember the fire training you school went through? I'm going to need you to follow that once we get to the first story, okay?" I said trying to comfort her. She nodded, and I set her down once we hit the first story.

Kristeen held her shirt to her face, just below her eyes, and crouched and walked quickly toward the back door. I followed her, but I got slightly paniced when I heard the wood and floor above us start to groan. The back door was open, and I couldn't believe what I saw. I saw Sandman making sand beams to hold the second story by the back door up, and then I saw Jack Frost trying to make snow by the exit to keep the fire back.

I knew instantly, when I head a loud groan from the wood above Kristeen, that it was going to come down.

Description
Jack and the other guardians were allowing themselves a day off from their work. It was just after Christmas, and they were in Minnesota. They had just finished having a snowball fight with some kids, and they even saw Jack which had made him happy, and were walking down a street when the smell of smoke caught everyone's attention.

A girl, not older than Jack, walking down the street opposite of them froze and looked at the roof tops. "No," she whispered, dropping her back pack and winter jacket, running toward the burning home. The guardians followed, Jack and Bunny taking the lead.

The home was two stories and looked like it had been burning for at least 3 minutes. Flames were coming out of the open windows, and smoke took up most of the upper half of the level.

"Kristeen!" the girl yelled panicked, still running. Every guardian, bystander, police, medic, and fire-fighter stood horrified when there was a voice that cried out from the upstairs," Phoenix, help!"

The girl ran toward the house, pushing past everyone, and despite the heat of the door knob, flung the door open.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I shoved past everyone and flung the door open. Running toward the staircase, I lifted the collar of my black, off the shoulder, long-sleeve shirt to cover my nose and mouth. "Kristeen!" I ran frantically, shouldering doors open here and there, but I couldn't find her. She was the last thing I had. Our dad had abandoned us, and our mom was missing for the past week. Little 5-year-old Kristeen was my world, and I promised my mom after dad had left that I would protect Kristeen with my life if necessary.

"Phoenix!" Kristeen's frightened voice rang out from our mom's room. I shouldered the door so hard that it flew off the hinges and flew across the room. My sister was huddled under the bed, and was holding a bag that I assumed had her stuffed dolls of Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth fairy, Sandman, Jack Frost, and some other holiday people. "Oh, Kristeen lil-sis, come on. I'm going to get you out of here." I said grabbing her hand pulling her out from under the bed.

"Phoenix, I'm afraid" my sister whispered to me, as I picked her up and started to run toward the stairs. "Sh, don't. Remember the fire training you school went through? I'm going to need you to follow that once we get to the first story, okay?" I said trying to comfort her. She nodded, and I set her down once we hit the first story.

Kristeen held her shirt to her face, just below her eyes, and crouched and walked quickly toward the back door. I followed her, but I got slightly paniced when I heard the wood and floor above us start to groan. The back door was open, and I couldn't believe what I saw. I saw Sandman making sand beams to hold the second story by the back door up, and then I saw Jack Frost trying to make snow by the exit to keep the fire back.

I knew instantly, when I head a loud groan from the wood above Kristeen, that it was going to come down.