Spring Break is a great excuse to write! Not really sure what prompt I'll do next, but I hope this one satisfies your hunger for now. Please R&R, I love to hear your thoughts...not in a weird way.
As always, all rights got to DC comics and Warner Bros., Lenora, Caira, Adelle, and Adam belong to me.
Nightmare
The beam was pulling him in towards the radiating heart of the ship. Kid Flash grabbed onto his hand, but to no avail. Now they were both flying toward the center. The heat radiating off the ball was scorching their skin, burning off their own flesh. The pain was unbearable. Robin screamed loudly in agony only to see Kid Flash burn into oblivion. He was next; he knew it by heart, as if this had happened before...
Dick shot up from his bed, sweat soaking his blanket. He shook his head to calm himself as much as possible. He had been having the same nightmare ever since Bruce had them try the mental simulation with Megan. It wasn't her fault, and he didn't blame her, but he was getting very frustrated with these recurring nightmares. Adelle and Adam were too. Their strange twin, halfling telepathy made it possible to feed off of dreams rather than flesh, but the taste of his nightmares had been too sour, according to them. He lay back down trying to get comfortable, but he just couldn't sleep in this room anymore.
He reached the door to his parents room, debating whether or not he should enter and embarrass himself. He had training tomorrow morning and knew he needed the rest, and so he sucked up his pride and slowly opened the large mahogany door. Dick creeped in silently, like his usual self, and slowly walked to Lenora's side. It would have been too humiliating to wake Bruce up. Pushing his frame against the mattress of the king sized bed, he gently jostled his mother awake, whispering, "Mom."
Being the light sleeper that she was, Lenora opened her eyes almost immediately and looked at the boy before sitting up. "Hey Sweetie, what's the matter?" Dick shifted his eyes in embarrassment and softly said, "I had the dream again." With caring eyes, Lenora looked at her child. She pulled him into a hug and moved herself over to allow room for him to crawl into bed with them. "It's alright Hun, and don't worry, Bruce doesn't have to know." "I already do," came Bruce's low voice. Dick blushed in extreme embarrassment, but instead of looking down upon him like he expected Bruce to, Bruce picked up the young boy and placed him between his parents. "Goodnight, Dick," was all he said before he turned back around to sleep.
Before any peace could put them back to sleep, the door opened once again, and all three of the bed's occupants sat up. The twins, with their black hair glistening and their blue eyes radiating in the dark, walked calmly thru the doors and into the bed of their parents. "Let me guess...Nightmares?" Asked Lenora, already knowing the answer. "I already had to puke," said Adelle. "...And it wasn't pretty," finished Adam. She punched her brother playfully as the cuddled up next to their brother Dick. "This is your fault, you know," they said in unison. "Hey, that's not tru..." Dick began, but the twins beat him to it. "Relax. We're just joking."
The foot of the bed shook, and the occupants all shot up again. Caira lay at the foot of the bed curled up contently. "Were you really going to leave me out of this?" "Never," said everyone. A few laughs went around before everyone got comfortable and went to sleep.
The next morning, Bruce found his back hurting. He moved his neck, popping it a few times, and found he was very sore. His eyes opened to look around, and finding he was on the floor, propped himself up looking quite annoyed. He turned to grimace at the cause of his fate, but instead found himself face to face with his family sprawled out on the bed. Lenora with her arm around Adelle, Adam with one leg kicked out hitting Dick who was on his stomach facing the foot board, and Caira planking over everyone's feet. He smiled to himself and made his way to the bed. He tousled his sons' hair, kissed his daughters' foreheads, and finally kissed his wife on the lips before he headed out the door to find Alfred. He needed an ice pack for his back.
