Open up...It can be the best thing to do!
I close my eyes...screams all around...
"NOOOOOO!" panting heavily with tears flowing down his face, Espio woke from a horrific nightmare...no not nightmare...memory.
The door to Espio's room opened with a bang as Vector stumbled into his room startled
"Espio...whats wrong" he said as he moved slowly over to the weeping chameleon.
"Shh...Its okay" vector cooed as he sat at the edge Espio's bed
Vector pulled him into a hug as he began to calm down.
"V...Vector" Espio stuttered as he tried to stop his sobs.
"What's wrong" Vector encouraged him to open up and tell him what was wrong.
Vector sat with Espio, comforting when he needed him most but thoughts ran through his mind as he held the still sobbing chameleon in his arms rocking him.
"What on Earth can be making him this upset"He though but was pulled back to reality when he heard Espio quietly say his name
"Yes?" Vector asked softly.
"I had a memory of the day my sensei and family died" Espio sat there looking at the floor not knowing what to say.
Vector pulled Espio into a tighter hug.
"Espio...Please tell me what happened...It can be the best thing to do" explained Vector.
Espio took a deep breath and started.
"It was back when I lived with my Sensie and my 'Kind-of' family. These people raided our village...I don't know what for but...but I couldn't do anything... all I could do was hide.I hid in the back corner of my training room and made myself invisible." Espio let some more tears fall and let out a sob,
" But my sensie came running into the same room with these men dressed in black following well..."Espio let out another sob as the memories came flooding back.
"I saw him being stabbed several times...I felt so helpless...all I could do was curl up and stay quiet but once everything settled...I ran...I ran away and didn't look back...I saw them lying on the ground...my family...DEAD."
Espio let out a howl of pain and sorrow as he broke down in tears once again only to be muffled as he cried into Vectors chest. Vector looked down as a tear feel from his own eye.
He had never had guessed his best friend would be able to hide this from the world. He hadn't expected Espio to breakdown either, Espio always seemed to be the most relaxed and laid back person Vector had ever come across, but he knew now that deep inside of Espio, was a child who had to watch his family die in front of him.
Vector rocked Espio back and forth until he felt the chameleon relax and his breathing became stable once again but Vector didnt dare leave him on his own. Vector pulled a chair up to the edge of the bed, where the purple chameleon had now fallen off into a deep sleep, sat down and started to drift off himself...
its just a one-shot...Hoped you liked it...