Ty lay awake that night. They had canceled the trip, feeling that all of them required a little bit of time to get over the shock of nearly loosing one of their members. The mayor and city had understood, so they didn't have to worry about upsetting anyone too badly. But the sting of disappointment had been there.
Ty felt bad, he felt like he had let the whole team down. And it felt worse than anything he had ever faced before. He hated disappointing the guys, it was just so wrong. He sniffed as more tears fell and collected on his chin.
Sky had tried to comfort him after he got back home, but he just felt worse for making Sky feel so terrible. He knew that Sky took his friends safety very seriously, Sky wouldn't let anything bad happen to anyone. He was just that nice and kind. And Ty felt as if e had taken advantage of that.
Songbird had comforted him as well, but when Ty hadn't responded he had given up. Songbird was now sleeping on his perch. Ty looked over to Songbird. The perch was in front of the window, because Songbird seemed to like the warm light the sun gave off. Now in the moonlight Songbird's feathers glowed a pale yellow in comparison to its normal golden gleam.
Ty turned over again and fell into a restless sleep of worried, sad and disappointed faces. Of golden feathers and of giant cars, barrelling towards him, trying to swallow him whole. He awoke panting, drenched in cold sweat and tears. He felt like screaming, like tearing his hair out and howling in the pain, relishing the feeling of being alive. But he didn't, instead he stared ahead at the person perched on his bed, looking down at the floor. Waiting perhaps, but for what.
Ty moved slightly towards the person, but startled back when the person looked up from the floor. Ty stayed still as the figure turned its head to look at him. And while Ty could not see the figure in any detail he could see its eyes. A bright dandelion yellow with pupils of black. And as quick as it had turned its head, it had vanished. So Ty, with an uncomfortable feeling, lay back down and attempted to go back to sleep.
