Alex Rider sat up screaming covered in sweat. He looked around. He was okay, still in his room. It was just another nightmare. That life was in the past, had been for about two years now. It still haunted him. He held his breath to see if he had woken anyone. A soft knock was heard. "Kasumi?" "Alex, may I come in?" "Yeah." She picked the lock in two seconds. His partner walked in. The moonlight shown in revealing the 16 year old girl. She was wearing a light yellow nightgown. Alex could see the worry in her yellow-brown eyes. I'm alright, Ka. He said using her nickname. "It was just a nightmare." He said to her. She nodded and sat on the bed nex to him.

Kasumi pulled her light brown streaked with blond hair into a ponytail. "I don't sleep until after you fall back asleep." "You've been taking after Yassen?" She shrugged but didn't look at Alex. "It works, somebody has to watch out for you even when you sleep." "I still can't believe that you used that omnikinesis power of yours to obtain psychic powers. Then tell Yassen to wear a bullet proof vest or he'd die. That part still sounds like a fairy tale." "You've seen them first-handed. Why does is seem like such a fairy tale?" He shrugged and looked at the blanket's pattern. "Why did you save him?" The question caught Kasumi by surprise.

"I don't know." She finally admitted. "I guess because I knew he wouldn't kill us." "But he's an assassin." " Yeah but he has a family too. And besides, how many times has he saved us?" "He killed Ian." "Yeah and my Aunt Akiko." "What about all of those people and their families? The ones that he killed." "I think that you should talk to him about that. Just keep in mind that he's letting us live with him. He didn't have to take us in. You could be living with the Pleasures while I could be God knows where." A guilty look crossed Alex's features. "You're right, Ka. I'm sorry. "It's okay." She got up and wound the music box. It played instrumental while Kasumi provided the lyrics to Dreams To Dream. She held Alex as she sang.

Dreams to dream
In the dark of the night
When the world goes wrong
I can still make it right
I can see so far in my dreams
I'll follow my dreams
Until they come true

Come with me
You will see what I mean
There's a world inside
No one else ever sees
You will go so far in my dreams
Somewhere in my dreams
Your dreams will come true

There is a star
Waiting to guide us
Shining inside us
When we close our eyes

Don't let go
If you stay close to me
In my dreams tonight
You will see what I see
Dreams to dream
As near as can be
Inside you and me
They always come true

As always, Alex fell back asleep to the song. Yassen Gregorovich poked his head in to make sure the two teens were asleep. Kasumi was just about asleep when he had picked the lock. Not knowing who it was, she became alert, grabbed the gun next to the bed and clicked off the safety. When she saw that it was only Yassen, she relaxed and clicked the safety back on. Silently, the former assassin came over to the duo. He eased the blanket from under them and tucked them in. "Thanks." Kasumi said softly. "You're welcome." He replied quietly. He gave them both fatherly kisses on their foreheads and left the room, locking the door behind him.

By the way, you can youtube this song. It's . I got the song from An American Tail: Fieval Goes West, year 1991.