What if Pitch Black just wanted to be seen? What if there's more to him and his story? When the guardians came his life changed drastically, but was he ever truly their enemy? The Guardians never reached out to him. They left him to rot under a broken bed. Fear is good, it's good to worry in small amounts. It keeps us safe. What if Jack just, couldn't shake the feeling that the Guardians and the nightmare king could, or should get along?