Author's Note ~ Hey everyone! For those of you who don't know I was on vacation for the last few days, which is why I haven't had any updates, and than with this whole fanfiction.net mess I'm not sure anyone has either, but that's just from what I have seen today, it didn't let me in or anything. Anyway this story I came up with. Don't worry my other chapters will be updated soon! Kay bye for now!

Nosedive let the cool Puck World air swoosh through his hair. He no longer cared about getting knots, and he no longer cared about this "great return" that he had expected for so long.

The team watched in the hotel as the young teenager sat on the balcony.

"I feel so bad for him", said Mallory, "But at least he is taking this very well."

"I'm not so sure", replied Tanya, "He hasn't talked to any of us."

"Guys", said Canard, "He's going through a lot right now, whether he takes the news well or not he is still going to have to live with this."

"But he hasn't cried or anything", said Mallory, "If that was any of us."

"Guys", said Grin, "He's too much in shock."

"Yeah", sighed the group.

It had been two days since the team had left WildWing behind on Earth. They had gained access to the raptor and had also captured all of the saurians, except one; Dragounous. He had WildWing in an awful mess brewing outside. The raptor was about to leave, three seconds and counting, or it was game over and the teleporter would have exploded or been used so WildWing did the noble thing, he told his team to go without him and to "please" send someone back for him.

The team had refused, but knew they had to. So it was Canard who did it. He had done the same thing to WildWing and now WildWing was doing it to him, sacrificing himself, all the other partner had to do was follow through. So Canard did follow through, and unfortunately for Nosedive, WildWing was left behind.

And although that would have been enough it continued, Dragonous stabbed WildWing in the back. No one knew if he had survived it, there was no time.

But that wasn't where it ended. Ostensibly Nosedive's mother was in very bad health condition, so when the camps came along, well she didn't make it. As for his father he had died a long time ago in a car crash, apparently Nosedive had never even known him. Both parents gone, his hero missing or dieing, and dead, none of it mattered, there was no there with him.

"Guys", said Duke, "I'm going to go try and talk to him."

"Yeah that's a good idea", said Tanya, "Good luck."

Duke smiled, "Thanks."

He walked out as the team watched through the see through glass window.

"Hey there kid", said Duke.

Nosedive looked at his friend but said nothing.

"You know if you have anything to talk about", said Duke, "You've got a fan club waiting to help you out."

Nosedive stared at Duke.

"Really", asked Nosedive.

"Yeah", said Duke rather much surprised.

"You guys really want to hear my problems?"

"Yes, we're your friends."

"I don't want to talk to them.just yet. Right now, me and you is just fine for me."

"Sounds good to me. So let's hear it."

"Okay", said Nosedive keeping a steady voice, "I am seventeen turning eighteen in six months therefore no longer entitled to guardian services, meaning I'm all alone. I am now an orphan, I have lost my big brother, who is now on another planet either dieing or dead and here's the best part of this whole thing I used to live in an apartment house and the land lady lord person is a real cheapskate, so she decided to turn into a hotel-"

"Whoa kid take a breath", said Duke, "Now you were at the part with the landlord."

"Okay well as I was saying she is the biggest cheapskate you can find therefore saved Wing and mine's old apartment before she turned it into a hotel exactly the way it was, and now I have to pay off the rent for the whole time that she didn't touch it, knowingly I'd be a celebrity and all, and I have absolutely no money, cause of my parent's deaths so the little witch is making me pay it off in labor. She had this whole thing planned! She even has the paints she wants ready for me."

Nosedive was keeping his cool through all of this, not getting upset and not showing any emotional attachment to any of his loved ones. He only pointed out the logic and the problem. So Duke decided that if Nosedive could play that way so could he.

"What type of labor?"

"Artistic labor."

"Come again?"

"It's no big deal or anything, it actually works out in my favor."

"How's that?"

"Well she's letting me eat for free, and since I have to re-paint the entire place it'll pay off three years worth of rent and food."

"How big is the place?"

"Huge, which is why it'll take me forever."

"Well maybe you can get a crew or something."

"Nah, it's not just painting a wall. It's putting up designs and creating collages, portraits, paintings, charcoal illustrations for her walls and stuff like that."

"You good in art?"

"Guess so."

Duke decided to drop the art thing, and move on like Nosedive's karma suggested.

"Well can I see the place?"

"Sure why not come on down."

"You don't seem to enthusiastic."

Nosedive glared at Duke.

"Right, wrong question, well why don't you come inside and get something to eat okay? We can have whatever we want."

"Whatever."

"Come on kid."

"I said yes."

"Oh is that whatever goes for these days?"

Nosedive rolled his eyes so Duke placed an arm over his shoulder, "It'll be all right kid." Nosedive looked up at Duke sadly, his eyes huge, and heart heavy, no words needed to be expressed.

The next day Nosedive announced that he needed a ride over to the apartment building where he would be working. Of course everyone was willing to help. So the entire group went for the trip over, of course none of them really ready to let Nosedive go, but they did as he asked.

When the arrived they were astonished the by the size of the four buildings that were owned by one person. They were huge and the fact that Nosedive had to paint all of them was tremendous.

A curly-portly woman approached.

"Nosedive", she scrieked, "What is a taken you so long"

"Sorry Miss Portler."

"You better get workin' on these walls of mine, customers want a nice place, and my competition has nice walls, but I'm gonna be a blowin them away with your stuff. Now get working."

The other ducks were speechless. This women showed absolutely no sympathy for Nosedive, or practically anyone else, except of course her customers.

"Can I settle down for a day?"

"Yes of course, but tomorrow I expect you ready!"

Than in a more quiet voice, "And Nosedive I'm sorry about your family, it'll be all right, besides you got family here."

That remark which was supposed to be sympathetic made Nosedive feel even worse, that this lady, someone who seemed to have a problem every minute was now his family.

"You remember where your room is right?"

"Yeah I remember."

"You're keys aren't ready yet, so I think you might as well just break into the place." "Thanks", groaned Nosedive, "Bye."

"Goodbye. and Nosedive, tomorrow."

"Yes ma'am."

The ducks followed Nosedive up to his room. The place was huge, and in pretty good shape, but desperately begged for a paint job. Every wall Nosedive saw, he groaned, and at every corner filled with bugs he groaned. The job was going to take him forever. Finally the team arrived at his room.

"Kid", said Duke, "I thought she said that you couldn't get in."

"What? Oh that, yeah well watch."

Nosedive stomped on the floor three times and than banged on the door. As if by magic it opened.

"Don't ask", said Nosedive.

"Don't worry, we're not", said Mallory.

When the team stepped inside they gasped. The entire place was filled with dust and cobwebs. Nosedive lost his stability and pratically fainted if not for his friends to catch him.

"Easy buddy", said Canard.

"Yeah", stuttered Nosedive, "Right."

The team examined the dusty walls.

"These paintings are exquisite", said Mallory, "Where'd you get them?"

"I did them", said Nosedive.

The team looked at him in awe.

"Now you see why I have to do the walls without a crew right, it'd be easy enough to paint them, but I need to put up exotic designs and what not. Gonna take me forever, but it could worse."

"Kid has talent", whispered Duke to the team.

"Incredible talent", replied Tanya.

Nosedive walked past a few pictures of him and WildWing as children and put them face down. He walked into his bedroom and slumped into his bed. It was a rather unusual bed for anyone to sleep in.

As children the mother couldn't afford to buy them beds, or a good hotel room because she was always sick. So in the bedroom for the boys, the only bedroom might I add since the mother was always in the hospital, or slept on the couch which used to be a closet was blown out and than rebuilt. Unfortunately the room was right above ball room which had an arch in the ceiling. A huge arch. So WildWing decided to be creative and have Nosedive's bed on top of the arch, and than carve out the bottom part and sleep there.

Both brothers adored the beds more than regular beds. But somehow the magic was gone when Nosedive knew that WildWing wasn't going to be there underneath him.

Nosedive came out in a few minutes of reminiscing and found food displayed.

"We ordered in", said Mallory dully.

"Thanks", sighed Nosedive.

Finally the teammates left the teenager, but they'd be back tomorrow, for tomorrow was another day.