Jinxed Ice
Drabble 1
Nightmare
(With Uncle Cole)
It had only been a week or so since Ty came to live with the Ninja. Her room was so bare, and the only thing she had that belonged to her was a small set of clothing set in a dresser in the corner. Their was a book shelf over her bed that had nothing in it. A toy box as barren as the desert, and even her bed had colorless sheets, and pillow cases...well sort of...they were buage. Ty sighed as she lay in the bed alone. The only one in the monistery was herself and her Uncle Cole who had just got back from helping out to rebuild Borg tower. They had promised to help fix it up after Kai burned it.
Ty rolled onto her side yawning and closed her eyes. Almost instantly she was asleep. What she saw once her eyes were comfortably shut was something she didn't want to see. Smoke, and fire all around her. She was just outside of Borg tower and she could hear the screams of the people that were rescued from Nari's grasp. All of them being thrown into a smoldering pit that was in the ground just outside the door. To her left was Jay having been impailed to the wall. His lifeless form hung there, Nya laying lifeless at his feet. Kai was being held up off the ground. His face was covered in blood, and he kept coughing up more.
"Ty..." Ty turned to see Cole on his hands and knees next to Zane who had been ripped to pieces.
"Zane?" She screamed running toward her father fearful that the one man who decided to take her in was no more.
"Ty!"
Ty jumped awake looking this way and that for the broken husk of her father. Cole had both her shoulders in each hand. He shook her again to try to get her wits back.
"Ty wake up." Cole tried again. He could feel her heart pounding through his hands.
"Cole?" She whispered and looked around the room once more to reassure her that she was in fact home in front of him.
"Yeah...yeah its me. You okay sweetheart?" Ty looked up at Cole having slowly realized that Cole was very intimidating, but very gentle. Actually after getting back from their hiding spot in Berchwood she discovered that Cole was far more gentle then anyone she had ever met. Even Zane. Also found out that Cole was going to adopt her if Zane didn't pipe up first. But that was their little secret.
"Yeah...yeah just a nightmare. Nothing to worry about you can go back to sleep now." She tried to brush it off. Cole however didn't remove his hands. His eyes never moved from hers. But he leaned down a little so to look at her face better. She recoiled away from that look.
"Your not okay Ty. That was a very nasty nightmare you had." Cole said picking her up and walking out of the room with her.
"I can walk." Ty said. Cole shrugged.
"You can fly too." Cole smiled down at her.
"No I can't..." She crossed her arms.
"Darn...I was hoping with that crazy power you have, that you could fly."
"I can't even make a dragon like you all can. I...was never born to fly." Ty said and sighed.
"Ty you gonna tell me about that dream you had?" Cole asked sitting down on one of the steps holding her close to him. She sighed putting her head on his chest. She could hear his heart beating faster.
"I...It was to do with the battle." Ty took a deep breath and told him all about it. She thought she might as well since she felt he wouldn't have dropped the subject.
Coles hold on her tightened and he closed his eyes. Just how was he going to comfort a child from a fear that may someday come to pass. He just sighed and looked at her.
"Hey..." Cole looked down at her. "I know its a slight possibility that any one of you may not come back alive." She voiced his fear.
"Its a hard thing...and I know why your scared, because I lost my mom at a very young age. Its a scary thought to have to loose someone you've only just begun to learn to love. I understand that we've been treading on unsafe grounds most of our lives, but if we don't do it...who will?" Cole said looking down at this child that looked more like a doll.
"I will..." Ty gave him a soft smile. "I'll stand up to them. I can be brave like you."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah." Ty nodded and giggled as Cole poked her stomach.
"But your so skinny. What do you hope to accomplish?" Cole chuckled as Ty pushed away from him and she began to glow.
"Anything I can with whatever I've got." Ty beamed at him. Cole leaned back on his hands as he watched her and suddenly realized one thing.
"Well now that I've got you out of bed and hyper...how the heck am I going to get you to go back to bed?" Cole said with a chuckle. Ty just shrugged and giggled.
"Silly..."
