Memories of a Friend
By: Gohanzgirl
3-1-02
Disclaimer: I don't own The mighty Ducks, I am just barrowing there characters
for my fic.
A/N: Hey another one! whew! I thought I'd never finish this one! but at least
its another
finished piece huh? well this is one of my more moodier pieces but be happy its
got dive
in it! I have about three other Nosedive fic's in the works right now but It
wont be another
while till I get those out. but till then Enjoy!!!
The evening sun cast shadow over the roof, a slight breeze ruffling sun blonde
hair of
the teen that sat on the side of the building. The young man lifted his face
shutting his
eyes to the feeling of the wind.
Though he sat here in body his mind was falling far away into the comforts of
memories
long pushed aside. The air around him seemed to swirl a protective barrier
to keep him safe from the world that he lived. To hide him of all evil, keep his
soul pure
and innocent, trying to keep the laughter in his form.
His mind was a swirl of hope, love, laughter and energy. The sound of voices
filled his
head and his minds eye could see the past as he relived long gone memories but
never forgotten friends.
The face of one, seemed to keep coming back through the time. A young duck with
wild auburn hair much the same length as Nosedive.
Nosedives memory smiled at the man whose energy matched his own. A carefree
young
duck who's only purpose was to smile and make others smile. Nosedive
consciousness fell
into peace at the sight of him his memories flashing in his minds eye so that
now he was
reliving the thought.
"Dive!" an over exuberant Crash yelled at his companion "Dive come on! were
going to be late!
leave your damn hair alone for a little its not like its gonna stay untangled
for long!"
"I'm commin sheesh you'd think a guy'd get a little time to brush his hair
around here!" dive threw
the brush into one of the sinks of the boys bathroom and rushed out to meet his
friend who
was smiling like a fool.
Nosedive had to smile back at the other boy, his long auburn hair was actually
neat for once, his gray
eyes sparkled with laughter and defiance. He was wearing a blue T-shirt with a
jean jacket
over it the arms were ripped out of the sleeves. the jeans he was wearing were
ripped in the knees.
Nosedives outfit was much the same only his T-shirt was black and his jean
jacket had logos on
it and only the elbows were ripped and only one knee was ripped on the jeans.
"C'mon were gonna be to late to set it up we gotta go!" Crash was bouncing from
foot to foot
it was actually very funny because he wasn't a young duck he was almost 16.
The boys ran out of the four bedroom room, nearly running to Dives older
brother.
"Whoa!! guys where you going?"
"Nowhere!" both said simultaneously. Wildwing raised his eye brows at the two.
And then gave
them a calculating look.
"Out with it, what are you doing or what have you already done. Stars forbid I
let you both go
with those smiles."
"C'mon bro were not doing anything illegal." In the back of Dives mind 'I think'
"Yeah nottin illegal." Crash timed in.
"Just don't let miss Criller find out please guys for once don't get yourself in
trouble." he gave them
a pleading look. Wildwing was hoping to be able to stay in the orphanage for a
little after he turned
18 just enough he could get a good job and get Nosedive out of here and into an
apartment.
"Sure bro see ya later." Dive grabbed a still grinning Crash and took off
"Yeah bye!" crash yelled.
Wildwing sighed he could feel a headache coming on, he started for his room
again. Why did he
even try, though with out willing a small smile graced his features as he
pondered what those
two could actually be up to.
Wing shook his head and decided to hide out in case they did do something
illegal, he was going
to take a nap just incase he had to spend time with a screaming adult, at least
he would be rested.
The two boys ran down the hallway barley avoiding other kids as they made there
way through. A couple
"Hey's", "Whatch out's!" "slowdown's" were yelled but they just ignored them and
kept going heading
towards the typing room. The orphanage didn't have enough money to spend on
computer's yet and since
it was an orphanage/school there really wasn't much money for much.
All Dive and Crash new was that their was they had a new plan to shock everyone.
They slowed as they
came to the room where the typewriters were. Crash was made to be the scout as
Nosedive pulled out
some wires to pick the lock.
When no one was in the hall Dive picked the lock easily forcing himself to be
calm and not laugh the two
barreled through the door shutting it and flipping on the lights. Crash
whispered to Dive and they both
pulled out bags of snap poppers from their pockets.
Dive couldn't believe they hadn't thought of this before. They went at setting
the poppers underneath the
typewriters typing buttons so that if someone typed on it it would snap loudly.
They had to hurry because
the next class was in almost a half an hour and the teacher would be their
soon.
They finished and snickered their way to the door, sneaking out locking it and
going to hide in a spare
closet for a little bit and wait for the class to start.
"This is gonna be great!" Crash whispered into dives ear as they settled in
squished together in the small
closet.
"I know man I cant wait!" The boys sat and waited until five before then crept
out of the closet and hid behind
a corner, seeing the last of the kids go into the room.
"with any luck the teacher will leave the door open." Crash whispered into Dives
ear again. And with their
luck he did. No sooner had the teacher walked in was the sound of very loud
snaps and pops coming
from the room.
Nosedives face lit up with laughter and he had to turn around holding his beak
laughing Crash was nearly on
the floor. His face was red from laughter.
The teacher stormed out, His face not red from laughter but from anger. He heard
a giggle and turned towards
the noise he stormed to the corner and the two boys froze.
"YOU!!!!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Both teens screamed and took off. No sooner were they on
their feet, their was a loud
rumbling the teacher even stopped looking around them, the ground below them
started to shake.
Nosedive fell to the floor, Crash went with him, the teacher held on to the
wall. Then it all stopped, it didn't slow
it just stopped like it had never happened. Dives heart was beating so fast like
it would jump from his chest, he
pushed his head up a little looking around. Crash followed suit.
"Wha--" Crash didn't get a chance to finish the sentence when the world around
them went crazy.
The glass from the windows ahead of them blew to pieces sending glass shards
every where Dive covered
his face, his ears popped from the roaring. Heat filled his lungs, he gasped and
tried to hold his breath. It felt
like they were in a tornado.
The boys clung to each other as every thing crashed around them, there ears
rang, teeth clattered, eyes
stung from being clenched tight but all they cared about was holding on to each
other as they were thrown
from one side of the room to another.
Then the wild hurricane that had enveloped them slowed and stopped. Dive and
Crash remained still and
dazed their ears ringing and their breaths coming in gasps. The heat in the air
remained to make sure
they didn't forget that all this had happened.
When the massive ringing in Nosedives ears started to go away he wished it
hadn't. The area around him
was filled with moans, cries, and screams for help and a loud alarm was ringing
in the back ground.
Dive looked up, the hall way was filled with broken glass pieces of ceiling
tiles and other debris that didn't
come from the school. Namely the vehicle that was crashed through the end of the
hall way.
There was smoke and from what he could see around him there was a few fires
where they sat. They were
lucky if they'd run any farther down the hall when this happened the car would
have struck them.
Nosedive turned to look at his friend savoring his arm with the glass shards in
it. He nudged Crash and the
other teen opened his clenched eyes. Fear was written clearly on his face as was
on Dives. They stood up
carefully avoiding the glass. When they turned they found the teacher.
Dive turned green in the face, their was blood pooling around the teacher, he
had been right next to a
window and the shards had gone straight into him. Dive threw up on the side of
the hall way or what
was left of it.
Crash bowed his head, saying a prayer to the stars. He then went over to
Nosedives side pulling the hair
away from his face in a brotherly manner. He tried to soothe the other boy by
rubbing his back and focusing
on him instead of the chaos around them.
Dive stood up wiping his beak on his sleeve, he still felt sick. "We-we gotta
find Wing." Crash nodded and
followed Nosedive as he made his way around the body of the teacher, Nosedive
made a obvious motion to
not look at the body again, keeping his head and eyes forward.
Both boys were quiet as they walked down the empty hallway, they hadn't gone far
when they turned the
corner they had earlier been hiding behind. Around the corner the wall on the
right side where the closet
used to be was completely blown in, it looked like it had collapsed.
For the first time they could see outside the orphanage. The sky was black with
smoke, gun shots and
louder explosions could be heard. There were people out side running screaming
and carrying things.
Nosedive climbed out first, he put his hand down and helped pull Crash out. The
two ducks stood looking
at the surrounding neighborhood. A neighborhood that they new but could not
distinguish from the rubble.
Dive and Crash stood in shock as a large blackish red ship flew in the distance
firing and before long more
could be seen wreaking havoc on puckworld.
One word flew through Dives mind as he watched 'Invasion.'
Dive and Crash were almost to the dorm rooms where the boys slept when the gun
shots near them started
Nosedive used his given name and made a nosedive for rubble Crash not far
behind. They huddled together and
watched as one of the ships landed near them.
The doors on the ship opened and Devilish Lizard looking things stepped out. "By
the stars." Whispered Dive.
The Lizards started pointing and shooting the people who were fleeing from them.
Grabbing some and clapping
clamps on their wrists and pushing them into cages that they had brought out
from the ship.
Crash was gripping to Dives arm as one of the Lizards came up closer to where
they hid. They ducked and
held their breath fear and adrenalin rushed into their systems igniting the
fight or flight response. They sat
still, waiting for the screeching voice of the ugly lizard and a gun in their
back.
None came. They stayed like that for nearly an hour waiting, waiting. Finally
when they heard the engines start
up on the ship and the hot air from the engines, then the departure of the
ship, did they venture from their hiding
place under the rubble.
"Oh stars, oh stars, oh stars." Nosedive repeated several times, trying to catch
his breath. Crash fell to the
ground on his knees then to his hands. Tears welling up in his eyes as he
surveyed the damage the
lizard things left.
There were dead everywhere, just left to rot. Dive made a point not to look at
them as he wiped his own tears
from his eyes and brought his face up into the air to take a breath only to
smell the rancid smell of death and
blood.
He threw up again but this time Crash joined him.
After they had both lost what lunch or whatever they had eaten, they helped pull
each other up and started
cautiously for the rooms.
"this cant be happening?" Dive whispered to himself.
Crash heard but couldn't answer him, he silently wished this was only a
nightmare, but the smells and the
sites he could never have imagined anything of this magnitude this destruction.
All around them the houses
were destroyed, they had been lucky the part of the building they were in was
partially standing and from
what he could see the dorms hadn't seen the same fate.
Dive also noticed and sent another prayer of many to the stars above that Wing
was alright. "please."
They came to the building it was completely collapsed, Nosedive let out a sob
and started running for the
building. The burst of speed came unexpectedly and Crash had to work hard to get
to his best friend.
Dive was clawing at the rubble trying to break into it, get into the wood,
stone, and remains of where his
brother was. He cut his hands but didn't care he kept at it.
Crash pulled him away kicking and screaming to get back.
"STOP IT! STOP IT DIVE!" Dive continued to scream, and sob till he fell into the
arms of his friend. Crash's
words kept coming slower and softly now. "Stop it, shhhh He's all right don't
worry about him." He soothed his
friend. "He's ok, it'll be ok." Nosedive cried into his jacket.
When he finally could breath He pushed away from Crash sitting on the grass he
looked toward the rubble.
"He's ok." He dimly reassured himself. "No stupid building could kill him." He
whispered staring at it but not
really seeing.
Crash let him be with himself for a few moments then heard the sound of a ship
he looked up and sure enough
there was one coming towards them. He stood up and grabbed Nosedive.
"We gotta go now!" Dive let himself be pulled to his feet and be led away from
the Orphanage. Crash desperately
looked for a place to hide that they would not be seen. 'there' his mind
screamed when he turned towards
the woods.
His pace went faster and he dragged a shocked Nosedive with him. When they made
it to the trees they didn't
stop. Nosedive pulled from Crash's grasp when he finally came to a little and
started running on his own.
He had a quiet, furlong look on his face.
They kept going till they both could run no longer, It was getting dark around
them the sun was setting, the
boys settled in near a tree and curled up together for an exhausted sleep.
The air was a dewy and cold, dew settled on the ground and over the boys that
slept. The sun, though thought
by many puckworlders would not rise ever again. Raised and showed her mighty
glory and raised courage and
hope in some hearts. Spreading her warmth she shielded the two boys from the
cold of the night chasing off
the chill and watching them.
Nosedive was the first to awaken, his eyes felt grimy and itchy from crying the
day before. Had it only been a
day. It felt like forever, it had only been yesterday that they set the poppers
in the typewriters. It couldn't have
been, every thing was happening so fast.
He groaned as he pushed himself up, his arm stung from the glass. He hadn't had
any time to actually see and
asses the damage of his arm yet. He pulled his tattered jacket off and looked at
the glass that had hit his arm
their were many cuts and a few shards that had went straight through the jean
jacket. Most were at his elbow
where the jacket was ripped. He pulled the shards out that he could some were to
small to get his fingers on.
While he was working Crash woke up and sat staring at the trees above them. He
pulled himself in to a
sitting position and sat watching Dive work at his arms. Dive looked over at
him, "Did you get glass in you?"
Crash looked at his own arms he had cuts but not as bad as Nosedive. "No I-I
think you were covering me when
it happened. "Thanks."
Dive looked at him, he had been covering him he remembered now. "Welcome."
Dives stomach growled Crash laughed a little "The world may be ending and your
still you." he said smiling.
the smile faded and they were quiet, thinking how true that little statement had
been.
"Yeah I guess." Dive stood up stretching and looked around. He pushed his hair
away from his eyes and
stepped a little away. After both boys relieved themselves they went in search
of food.
They found a few berrybushes and some water but that was about it other than
eating tree bark the boys were
still hungry. They decided to stay close to the river, they were far enough away
that they couldn't hear any
gun shots or see any smoke in the sky. But they could here the louder explosions
that went on through the
night and day.
Nosedive helped Crash set up a small lean-to and then both boys curled up in it
lost in their own thoughts
lost in their own dashed dreams, the two fell into fitful sleep's.
For nearly two weeks their lives went on like this, get food, sleep and wait.
Neither talked much about it or
anything for that matter. Both were quiet and withdrawn not quite believing what
was happening to their
world. They were constantly on the look out for anything and rarely strayed from
one another. They were
alone with only each other for company, they kept each other calm and gave each
the feeling of safeness of
home. From what was left of their ruined home world.
They had stayed in the woods until a sentry of soldiers caught them one night.
Nosedive and Crash had both
been captured. It was the last time that Nosedive had seen Crash.
Nosedive sighed, looking up from the memory. The sun had moved a considerable
amount since he had last
payed attention. Leaning back on his hands he sat in the blissful silence. The
young blonde sat till the sun
began to set, fiddling with his own thoughts and emotions.
Nosedive stood up stretching and yawning. He turned around and headed back to
the stairway from the roof.
His pace slowed as he came to the door and then he stopped, taking a deep breath
and flicking at his golden hair.
He whipped his face on his sleeve and set his shoulders from there tensed
position to a carefree slouching look.
Nosedive took a few seconds to put on his normal smile, he took another deep
breath and banished the memories
from his head till the next time and opened the door heading down to the pond.
By: Gohanzgirl
3-1-02
Disclaimer: I don't own The mighty Ducks, I am just barrowing there characters
for my fic.
A/N: Hey another one! whew! I thought I'd never finish this one! but at least
its another
finished piece huh? well this is one of my more moodier pieces but be happy its
got dive
in it! I have about three other Nosedive fic's in the works right now but It
wont be another
while till I get those out. but till then Enjoy!!!
The evening sun cast shadow over the roof, a slight breeze ruffling sun blonde
hair of
the teen that sat on the side of the building. The young man lifted his face
shutting his
eyes to the feeling of the wind.
Though he sat here in body his mind was falling far away into the comforts of
memories
long pushed aside. The air around him seemed to swirl a protective barrier
to keep him safe from the world that he lived. To hide him of all evil, keep his
soul pure
and innocent, trying to keep the laughter in his form.
His mind was a swirl of hope, love, laughter and energy. The sound of voices
filled his
head and his minds eye could see the past as he relived long gone memories but
never forgotten friends.
The face of one, seemed to keep coming back through the time. A young duck with
wild auburn hair much the same length as Nosedive.
Nosedives memory smiled at the man whose energy matched his own. A carefree
young
duck who's only purpose was to smile and make others smile. Nosedive
consciousness fell
into peace at the sight of him his memories flashing in his minds eye so that
now he was
reliving the thought.
"Dive!" an over exuberant Crash yelled at his companion "Dive come on! were
going to be late!
leave your damn hair alone for a little its not like its gonna stay untangled
for long!"
"I'm commin sheesh you'd think a guy'd get a little time to brush his hair
around here!" dive threw
the brush into one of the sinks of the boys bathroom and rushed out to meet his
friend who
was smiling like a fool.
Nosedive had to smile back at the other boy, his long auburn hair was actually
neat for once, his gray
eyes sparkled with laughter and defiance. He was wearing a blue T-shirt with a
jean jacket
over it the arms were ripped out of the sleeves. the jeans he was wearing were
ripped in the knees.
Nosedives outfit was much the same only his T-shirt was black and his jean
jacket had logos on
it and only the elbows were ripped and only one knee was ripped on the jeans.
"C'mon were gonna be to late to set it up we gotta go!" Crash was bouncing from
foot to foot
it was actually very funny because he wasn't a young duck he was almost 16.
The boys ran out of the four bedroom room, nearly running to Dives older
brother.
"Whoa!! guys where you going?"
"Nowhere!" both said simultaneously. Wildwing raised his eye brows at the two.
And then gave
them a calculating look.
"Out with it, what are you doing or what have you already done. Stars forbid I
let you both go
with those smiles."
"C'mon bro were not doing anything illegal." In the back of Dives mind 'I think'
"Yeah nottin illegal." Crash timed in.
"Just don't let miss Criller find out please guys for once don't get yourself in
trouble." he gave them
a pleading look. Wildwing was hoping to be able to stay in the orphanage for a
little after he turned
18 just enough he could get a good job and get Nosedive out of here and into an
apartment.
"Sure bro see ya later." Dive grabbed a still grinning Crash and took off
"Yeah bye!" crash yelled.
Wildwing sighed he could feel a headache coming on, he started for his room
again. Why did he
even try, though with out willing a small smile graced his features as he
pondered what those
two could actually be up to.
Wing shook his head and decided to hide out in case they did do something
illegal, he was going
to take a nap just incase he had to spend time with a screaming adult, at least
he would be rested.
The two boys ran down the hallway barley avoiding other kids as they made there
way through. A couple
"Hey's", "Whatch out's!" "slowdown's" were yelled but they just ignored them and
kept going heading
towards the typing room. The orphanage didn't have enough money to spend on
computer's yet and since
it was an orphanage/school there really wasn't much money for much.
All Dive and Crash new was that their was they had a new plan to shock everyone.
They slowed as they
came to the room where the typewriters were. Crash was made to be the scout as
Nosedive pulled out
some wires to pick the lock.
When no one was in the hall Dive picked the lock easily forcing himself to be
calm and not laugh the two
barreled through the door shutting it and flipping on the lights. Crash
whispered to Dive and they both
pulled out bags of snap poppers from their pockets.
Dive couldn't believe they hadn't thought of this before. They went at setting
the poppers underneath the
typewriters typing buttons so that if someone typed on it it would snap loudly.
They had to hurry because
the next class was in almost a half an hour and the teacher would be their
soon.
They finished and snickered their way to the door, sneaking out locking it and
going to hide in a spare
closet for a little bit and wait for the class to start.
"This is gonna be great!" Crash whispered into dives ear as they settled in
squished together in the small
closet.
"I know man I cant wait!" The boys sat and waited until five before then crept
out of the closet and hid behind
a corner, seeing the last of the kids go into the room.
"with any luck the teacher will leave the door open." Crash whispered into Dives
ear again. And with their
luck he did. No sooner had the teacher walked in was the sound of very loud
snaps and pops coming
from the room.
Nosedives face lit up with laughter and he had to turn around holding his beak
laughing Crash was nearly on
the floor. His face was red from laughter.
The teacher stormed out, His face not red from laughter but from anger. He heard
a giggle and turned towards
the noise he stormed to the corner and the two boys froze.
"YOU!!!!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Both teens screamed and took off. No sooner were they on
their feet, their was a loud
rumbling the teacher even stopped looking around them, the ground below them
started to shake.
Nosedive fell to the floor, Crash went with him, the teacher held on to the
wall. Then it all stopped, it didn't slow
it just stopped like it had never happened. Dives heart was beating so fast like
it would jump from his chest, he
pushed his head up a little looking around. Crash followed suit.
"Wha--" Crash didn't get a chance to finish the sentence when the world around
them went crazy.
The glass from the windows ahead of them blew to pieces sending glass shards
every where Dive covered
his face, his ears popped from the roaring. Heat filled his lungs, he gasped and
tried to hold his breath. It felt
like they were in a tornado.
The boys clung to each other as every thing crashed around them, there ears
rang, teeth clattered, eyes
stung from being clenched tight but all they cared about was holding on to each
other as they were thrown
from one side of the room to another.
Then the wild hurricane that had enveloped them slowed and stopped. Dive and
Crash remained still and
dazed their ears ringing and their breaths coming in gasps. The heat in the air
remained to make sure
they didn't forget that all this had happened.
When the massive ringing in Nosedives ears started to go away he wished it
hadn't. The area around him
was filled with moans, cries, and screams for help and a loud alarm was ringing
in the back ground.
Dive looked up, the hall way was filled with broken glass pieces of ceiling
tiles and other debris that didn't
come from the school. Namely the vehicle that was crashed through the end of the
hall way.
There was smoke and from what he could see around him there was a few fires
where they sat. They were
lucky if they'd run any farther down the hall when this happened the car would
have struck them.
Nosedive turned to look at his friend savoring his arm with the glass shards in
it. He nudged Crash and the
other teen opened his clenched eyes. Fear was written clearly on his face as was
on Dives. They stood up
carefully avoiding the glass. When they turned they found the teacher.
Dive turned green in the face, their was blood pooling around the teacher, he
had been right next to a
window and the shards had gone straight into him. Dive threw up on the side of
the hall way or what
was left of it.
Crash bowed his head, saying a prayer to the stars. He then went over to
Nosedives side pulling the hair
away from his face in a brotherly manner. He tried to soothe the other boy by
rubbing his back and focusing
on him instead of the chaos around them.
Dive stood up wiping his beak on his sleeve, he still felt sick. "We-we gotta
find Wing." Crash nodded and
followed Nosedive as he made his way around the body of the teacher, Nosedive
made a obvious motion to
not look at the body again, keeping his head and eyes forward.
Both boys were quiet as they walked down the empty hallway, they hadn't gone far
when they turned the
corner they had earlier been hiding behind. Around the corner the wall on the
right side where the closet
used to be was completely blown in, it looked like it had collapsed.
For the first time they could see outside the orphanage. The sky was black with
smoke, gun shots and
louder explosions could be heard. There were people out side running screaming
and carrying things.
Nosedive climbed out first, he put his hand down and helped pull Crash out. The
two ducks stood looking
at the surrounding neighborhood. A neighborhood that they new but could not
distinguish from the rubble.
Dive and Crash stood in shock as a large blackish red ship flew in the distance
firing and before long more
could be seen wreaking havoc on puckworld.
One word flew through Dives mind as he watched 'Invasion.'
Dive and Crash were almost to the dorm rooms where the boys slept when the gun
shots near them started
Nosedive used his given name and made a nosedive for rubble Crash not far
behind. They huddled together and
watched as one of the ships landed near them.
The doors on the ship opened and Devilish Lizard looking things stepped out. "By
the stars." Whispered Dive.
The Lizards started pointing and shooting the people who were fleeing from them.
Grabbing some and clapping
clamps on their wrists and pushing them into cages that they had brought out
from the ship.
Crash was gripping to Dives arm as one of the Lizards came up closer to where
they hid. They ducked and
held their breath fear and adrenalin rushed into their systems igniting the
fight or flight response. They sat
still, waiting for the screeching voice of the ugly lizard and a gun in their
back.
None came. They stayed like that for nearly an hour waiting, waiting. Finally
when they heard the engines start
up on the ship and the hot air from the engines, then the departure of the
ship, did they venture from their hiding
place under the rubble.
"Oh stars, oh stars, oh stars." Nosedive repeated several times, trying to catch
his breath. Crash fell to the
ground on his knees then to his hands. Tears welling up in his eyes as he
surveyed the damage the
lizard things left.
There were dead everywhere, just left to rot. Dive made a point not to look at
them as he wiped his own tears
from his eyes and brought his face up into the air to take a breath only to
smell the rancid smell of death and
blood.
He threw up again but this time Crash joined him.
After they had both lost what lunch or whatever they had eaten, they helped pull
each other up and started
cautiously for the rooms.
"this cant be happening?" Dive whispered to himself.
Crash heard but couldn't answer him, he silently wished this was only a
nightmare, but the smells and the
sites he could never have imagined anything of this magnitude this destruction.
All around them the houses
were destroyed, they had been lucky the part of the building they were in was
partially standing and from
what he could see the dorms hadn't seen the same fate.
Dive also noticed and sent another prayer of many to the stars above that Wing
was alright. "please."
They came to the building it was completely collapsed, Nosedive let out a sob
and started running for the
building. The burst of speed came unexpectedly and Crash had to work hard to get
to his best friend.
Dive was clawing at the rubble trying to break into it, get into the wood,
stone, and remains of where his
brother was. He cut his hands but didn't care he kept at it.
Crash pulled him away kicking and screaming to get back.
"STOP IT! STOP IT DIVE!" Dive continued to scream, and sob till he fell into the
arms of his friend. Crash's
words kept coming slower and softly now. "Stop it, shhhh He's all right don't
worry about him." He soothed his
friend. "He's ok, it'll be ok." Nosedive cried into his jacket.
When he finally could breath He pushed away from Crash sitting on the grass he
looked toward the rubble.
"He's ok." He dimly reassured himself. "No stupid building could kill him." He
whispered staring at it but not
really seeing.
Crash let him be with himself for a few moments then heard the sound of a ship
he looked up and sure enough
there was one coming towards them. He stood up and grabbed Nosedive.
"We gotta go now!" Dive let himself be pulled to his feet and be led away from
the Orphanage. Crash desperately
looked for a place to hide that they would not be seen. 'there' his mind
screamed when he turned towards
the woods.
His pace went faster and he dragged a shocked Nosedive with him. When they made
it to the trees they didn't
stop. Nosedive pulled from Crash's grasp when he finally came to a little and
started running on his own.
He had a quiet, furlong look on his face.
They kept going till they both could run no longer, It was getting dark around
them the sun was setting, the
boys settled in near a tree and curled up together for an exhausted sleep.
The air was a dewy and cold, dew settled on the ground and over the boys that
slept. The sun, though thought
by many puckworlders would not rise ever again. Raised and showed her mighty
glory and raised courage and
hope in some hearts. Spreading her warmth she shielded the two boys from the
cold of the night chasing off
the chill and watching them.
Nosedive was the first to awaken, his eyes felt grimy and itchy from crying the
day before. Had it only been a
day. It felt like forever, it had only been yesterday that they set the poppers
in the typewriters. It couldn't have
been, every thing was happening so fast.
He groaned as he pushed himself up, his arm stung from the glass. He hadn't had
any time to actually see and
asses the damage of his arm yet. He pulled his tattered jacket off and looked at
the glass that had hit his arm
their were many cuts and a few shards that had went straight through the jean
jacket. Most were at his elbow
where the jacket was ripped. He pulled the shards out that he could some were to
small to get his fingers on.
While he was working Crash woke up and sat staring at the trees above them. He
pulled himself in to a
sitting position and sat watching Dive work at his arms. Dive looked over at
him, "Did you get glass in you?"
Crash looked at his own arms he had cuts but not as bad as Nosedive. "No I-I
think you were covering me when
it happened. "Thanks."
Dive looked at him, he had been covering him he remembered now. "Welcome."
Dives stomach growled Crash laughed a little "The world may be ending and your
still you." he said smiling.
the smile faded and they were quiet, thinking how true that little statement had
been.
"Yeah I guess." Dive stood up stretching and looked around. He pushed his hair
away from his eyes and
stepped a little away. After both boys relieved themselves they went in search
of food.
They found a few berrybushes and some water but that was about it other than
eating tree bark the boys were
still hungry. They decided to stay close to the river, they were far enough away
that they couldn't hear any
gun shots or see any smoke in the sky. But they could here the louder explosions
that went on through the
night and day.
Nosedive helped Crash set up a small lean-to and then both boys curled up in it
lost in their own thoughts
lost in their own dashed dreams, the two fell into fitful sleep's.
For nearly two weeks their lives went on like this, get food, sleep and wait.
Neither talked much about it or
anything for that matter. Both were quiet and withdrawn not quite believing what
was happening to their
world. They were constantly on the look out for anything and rarely strayed from
one another. They were
alone with only each other for company, they kept each other calm and gave each
the feeling of safeness of
home. From what was left of their ruined home world.
They had stayed in the woods until a sentry of soldiers caught them one night.
Nosedive and Crash had both
been captured. It was the last time that Nosedive had seen Crash.
Nosedive sighed, looking up from the memory. The sun had moved a considerable
amount since he had last
payed attention. Leaning back on his hands he sat in the blissful silence. The
young blonde sat till the sun
began to set, fiddling with his own thoughts and emotions.
Nosedive stood up stretching and yawning. He turned around and headed back to
the stairway from the roof.
His pace slowed as he came to the door and then he stopped, taking a deep breath
and flicking at his golden hair.
He whipped his face on his sleeve and set his shoulders from there tensed
position to a carefree slouching look.
Nosedive took a few seconds to put on his normal smile, he took another deep
breath and banished the memories
from his head till the next time and opened the door heading down to the pond.