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Previously: Rocket, No… Tia, I want the truth … I'm fine Rocket …It was only a dream… Do you love me…I love you…

Rocket had just finished telling the rest of the team about what had happened the day before with Tia. Training was on pretty early and when Rocket awoke, Tia was still fast asleep and didn't look to be waking up soon so he left her be and went to training while she stayed in his house and he was just after explaining everything to the team and Aarch.

'I wonder what happened to her…' Mei thought aloud and realising Mei's worries, D'Jok slid a hand around her waist.

'I don't know,' Rocket replied. 'She won't talk to me,' he added sadly. He knew she loved him but that didn't make the truth any easier. Everyone, including Aarch was shocked by Rocket's statement. Tia told him everything, everyone knew that.

'Something must be seriously wrong Rocket if she won't talk to you. There's more to this than meets the eye…' Mei concluded and everyone, including Rocket, knew she was right. Something was going on but why wouldn't Tia talk to anyone? Nothing made any sense!

'Then…what do we do?' Yuki asked, wanting to know how they could resolve Tia's silence. She wanted to resolve it quick as it would not be good for anyone, especially her and Rocket. Rocket was the first reply.

'Give her time. If it's bothering her that much, she'll talk to someone…at least I hope she will,' he replied and everyone nodded before Aarch rushed them all into the holo trainer…

As Rocket entered his house, he found his parents sitting in the sitting room but no sign of Tia.

'Hey! Is Tia not up yet?' he asked immediately, slightly worried.

'No, she was still asleep the last time we checked on her. Don't worry, we kept an eye on her, she's fine,' his Mum replied and Rocket muttered a quick 'thanks' before going to see if she had woken up yet.

As he entered the room, he found her still sleeping peacefully and smiled to himself at seeing her so relaxed and peaceful. Completely different from how she was the night before. Rocket smiled to himself as he approached the bed. He looked at his watch and saw that it was 12 o'clock so she should probably be getting up so he slowly sat on the bed and tried to easily wake her.

'Tia…hey, Tia…' he said softly and she began to stir before opening her eyes after a few moments, taking in the world around her before turning to Rocket. 'Well good morning!' he welcomed and Tia smiled while making herself comfortable again, not wanting to get up quite yet.

'Morning,' she muttered. 'What time is it?' she asked, not bothering to look up at the clock on the bedside locker. Rocket laughed before answering her.

'It's 12 o'clock…midday,' he pointed out and only then did Tia realise he was wearing his training gear.

'What?' she exclaimed and sat up to take a look at the time for herself but was met by a massive headache instead, make her cry out in pain and Rocket immediately tend to her aid.

'Are you ok?' he asked immediately, now even closer than he was to her.

'Ask me when the blood starts circulating in my head again!' she replied and Rocket relaxed a bit. A few moments later, Tia was feeling a bit better. 'Why didn't you wake me for training?' she asked wonderingly, leaning with her back against the wall.

'You were too peaceful; I didn't want to disturb you. Besides, if you slept that long which you never usually do, it's clear you needed it,' he replied and she just smiled before Rocket was unable to resist and leaned up before locking lips with hers for a moment. They broke apart and he stole one last kiss before leaving her to get dressed…

A few days later…

Rocket was worried about Tia. She was back, much to his relief but she wasn't fully herself. There was something off only he couldn't put his finger down as to what. However, he began to fear the worst one night as they were asleep…

Rocket had awoken for some reason and Tia seemed contended so he tried to go back to sleep. He couldn't shake the feeling however that something was wrong. After about an hour, have gave up and decided to just lie there. That's when it all started.

Tia suddenly began to breathe heavily and sweat poured down her face. Rocket immediately acted on his conscience and tried to wake her up.

'Tia…Tia wake up, please!' he pleaded with her but she never responded. Instead, tears began to pour down her face and she began to scream frantically.

'NO! NO!' she began to scream, pain visible in her voice and Rocket tried to wake her more forcefully but she continued to scream. 'Please, NO!' she screamed again and again. 'HELP!' she screamed and Rocket, doing all he could, could not appear to be able to wake her. Why, he had no idea. 'Please don't hurt him!' Tia cried before letting out another scream. 'NO!' she yelped before suddenly springing up, much to Rocket's relief that she had finally woken up but he was not relieved to see her appearance. She was so scared. It twisted his heart in agony. Then, suddenly, before he could start to comfort her, she began to mutter something.

'I'm not crazy! I'm not crazy!' she began to mutter, over and over again and Rocket was confused. Snapping out of his confusion, he pulled her to his chest. She went but still continued to mutter, 'I'm not crazy!' over and over and over again and only stopped when she fell back to sleep…

Rocket never slept a wink after that. The only thing he could see in his head was the fear in Tia's face. He knew that would haunt him forever. She was calm now but he could still hear her breathe unevenly every now and then so he was on red alert in case she needed him. He had no idea what the dream was about and quite frankly, he didn't want to know. But one thing she said, or more screamed, had his mind wondering: 'Please don't hurt him!' Who was 'him'? Did she mean him? Was she lying to him to protect him? If so, from what? What could be causing her so much pain and fear? Little did he know, those questions would soon be answered…

When Rocket awoke the next morning, he found Tia looking up at him with a smile on her face. He hadn't realised that he had fallen asleep. Or maybe he had dreamt it all along…no, that was wishful thinking. Tia's face was too vivid in his mind for it to be just a dream.

'Morning,' she welcomed. 'I'm awake before you this time,' she joked. She had slept in until twelve nearly every morning since the first time and this time, it was Rocket that had done that. But Tia was too happy to move from his warm and safe arms.

'Morning,' he replied and began to rub some loose strands of hair out of her face as they gazed into each other's eyes. 'Are you feeling alright now?' he asked worriedly but Tia's reply shocked him.

'What do you mean? Of course I'm fine,' she replied, giving him a funny look and Rocket's face fell. She didn't remember. How could she forget it?

'You weren't last night…remember that nightmare you had?' he asked, replaying a disastrous memory he didn't like to remember. However, Tia was still totally clueless.

'What nightmare?' she asked innocently. Rocket at first thought she was lying but he could tell that as a matter of fact she wasn't…she genuinely could not remember having that nightmare. And the same applied for the rest of that week. Tia would have the exact same nightmare, wake up screaming even when Rocket couldn't wake her up and then remember nothing of it the next day. However, he did notice over the rest of the week that Tia was more…paranoid. Every time someone stood behind her during training or even if Rocket sneaked up behind her to surprise her (which she always loved, even though she let on that she hated it), she would immediately jump and sometimes would let out a scream and if someone said anything, sometimes she would take it the wrong way. He didn't know what was going. However, soon he was going to find out…

A week later…

'So, do you fancy going out later?' D'Jok quickly asked Mei straight after training that afternoon (which was exactly a week after Tia had miraculously returned), trying to catch up with her as she was speeding out the door.

'I'd love to but I can't, we have training tonight, remember? And I have this commercial thing on right now and I'm already running late! How about tomorrow night?' she asked, still rushing out the door.

'Yeah, sure. Do you want me to walk you?' he asked and finally, Mei came to halt and turned round to him.

'It's only around the corner D'Jok, I'll be fine,' she replied and then kissed him. 'I'll see you later!' she replied and then left through the Academy doors…

At training that night, everyone was in the training room except for Mei and D'Jok but because it was both of them, they could nearly guess what they were up too. Tia and Rocket were sitting on one of the couches while the rest of the team were all chatting away to each other. Rocket had barely left Tia's side since she had returned and Tia still wasn't comfortable about being round the rest of the team in case they questioned her about her disappearing act which Rocket understood and stayed close by her. Aarch came into the room before suddenly, D'Jok came running into the room, and breathing heavily as if he had just ran a marathon. Finally, he spoke after he had immediately caught everyone's attention.

'It's Mei…' he said, breathing heavily. 'She's gone missing.'