- Nightmares -
An hour or so later, Rockman was pacing in his own trail of footsteps, waiting patiently for his brother to return from wherever he had taken of to.
Not much time had passed since Rockman had returned to find Netto missing, his brother telling him to relax about Netto going missing and him finding Netto injured miles away from where they usually stayed. He hoped that no more bad or unwanted news would fly his way, because at the moment he just couldn't deal with it.
He decided to let the worry slip a little as he sighed and stopped pacing. He turned to check on Netto who was snoring peacefully tucked up in his own brown cloak. Rockman couldn't help but think the boy was too cute for his own good, one day his cute looks would end his life, but Rockman wouldn't let that happen no matter what.
Since Netto had shown such great affection to him before, when the boy surprisingly kissed him on the cheek, the least Rockman could do now was definitely guarantee his safety and get him back in the real world where he belongs.
But while thinking he could do so, he wondered what would happen after… would he be forgotten? Would Netto want him to be his navi… and most importantly what about Dark Rockman, his only brother.
Rockman took Netto's sleeping hand softly, shivers tingled down his spine from the cold flesh and even though his hands weren't below freezing he decided just for his own peace of mind, he placed two fingers just below Netto's ear and checked his pulse and just like always it was beating softly.
Rockman smiled and tried to let go of all his current worries and just focus on the good things that are to come, what ever they were to be.
Rockman was startled out of his thoughts when he heard Dark Rockman step out of the link, stomping his feet as he walked towards Rockman and Netto.
Rockman was easily becoming annoyed and stood up and told him to 'shush' "You'll wake Netto you fool" He almost sounded like he was joking.
"Oh sorry…" he replied sarcastically and walked off in the opposite direction, continuing with the stomping of his own feet.
Rockman followed his brother, stopping by his side to query him on where he'd been. "So… where have you been Dark Rockman?"
"Oh you know… here and there"
"I want a specific answer"
His brother sighed "Damnit Rockman…" he muttered to himself "If you must know I went to find them cowardly world three navis"
"And?" He promoted him to continue.
"Nothing! I can't find them anywhere in net city, I even checked all the really run-down areas and still nothing… who ever they are they do a good job at making themselves seem non-existent, because I even asked a few people-" Rockman interrupted him.
"Wait…" he paused "You talked to people?" For Dark Rockman, talking meant fighting.
"Yes… talked to people… you know… conversations?" He sarcastically replied "Anyway, but it appears that no one has heard of them"
"Good job really, I don't think anybody would want to even become acquainted with the likes of them guys"
"Don't be such a wuss" he replied harshly "Me and you could easily defeat those guys in a matter of seconds and you know it" he paused but adding a few seconds later… "however" He directed his attention to Netto's silent body "That human is the only problem we have here"
Rockman turned to see what his brother was looking at but then immediately turned back shooting his answer "Forget it, im not giving up Netto just so we can get ourselves in bigger trouble than we can already handle"
Dark Rockman rolled his eyes "Suit yourself, spend the rest of your life a slave to that human" Dark Rockman disappeared again leaving Rockman a little speechless. A slave? He thought. It's true that navis were designed to aid humans and follow their orders, help with homework… keep them organised and all that… but ive never seen myself as a slave, not to Damien or Netto.
He stared at Netto for a few moments longer, watching while the boy stirred in his sleep slightly and soon after decided to sit by him again for his own company.
I wonder if Netto does see me as a slave… that would surprise me because he's so gentle and nice, he doesn't seem like the type to make a navi his slave, he seems like the kind of boy that would see navi's as being alive or even better… being human.
Rockman snapped out of his thoughts when he felt Netto stirring next to him, as he did accidentally nock into Rockman's leg when he moved.
"Netto… are you okay?" He whispered.
Netto moaned slightly but did not open his eyes to Rockman's voice. I'll give it a little while longer. Rockman decided that when Netto would finally wake up, he'd ask him some of his thoughts.
But it was quite a wait… and one Rockman himself could not wait out… sleep became the better of him both mentally and physically and he collapsed to the floor next to Netto, quietly sleeping away.
They both spent the next couple of hours sleeping peacefully until Rockman's sleep was disturbed with loud screaming, un-natural and very high-pitched. Rockman knew that there was only himself and Netto in the hideout… so it had to have been Netto.
Rockman sat up as fast as he could be bothered too and saw Netto staring out into space, sweat dripped from his head and his body was trembling in some kind of fear.
"Netto-kun" Rockman added, pulling him closer "What's up? Are you okay?" He asked worriedly.
"I…I" He stopped, not wanting to continue.
"Come on" Rockman smiled warmly "You can tell me, im keeping you safe no matter what… so there's nothing to worry about"
Netto's shaky body cooled down slightly knowing that Rockman was right beside him, holding him close to his chest. "I had a nightmare"
Rockman wasn't the least bit surprised, knowing that nightmares were a natural occurrence in humans, but for navi's it was rare, although Rockman had had nightmares many times before, it being in humans was different.
"A nightmare?" He paused "What about?" He asked softly… not wanting to upset or discomfort him further.
Netto remained quiet for a short time longer, breathing rapidly rising and falling randomly, his hair was messy and warm and his body was sticky and moist.
Rockman to comfort him further pulled Netto between his legs as he spread them out and wrapped his arms around to boy's stomach protectively to show that he was there. If Dark Rockman was here now… Id never hear the end of it He thought to himself, knowing that Dark Rockman would hate it further seeing his brother and a human so close to each other.
"It was about… about" he paused again, still staring into space.
Rockman wanted to persist him further to continue, but if Netto didn't want to talk about it then Rockman would worry further because it could be something serious, it could happen again… it could be stuck on Netto's mind for a long time, the possibilities were endless. "Come on Netto… don't keep it on your mind"
"Well… Um" He stuttered, still trembling "I was in a room… lying down I think. It was really bright, I couldn't even see myself, but I could hear voices, ones that were soft and calling to me for some reason… I know it sounds crazy and it doesn't seem like a nightmare but I started falling from the light and into darkness, I was falling and screaming for what seemed like forever until I found myself back in this world"
"Well… it's over now" Rockman comforted and begun rocking back and forth to keep him calm "I doubt it'll happen again"
Maybe I should leave the questions till later when he's calmed down a bit more… Rockman thought.
"I don't want that to happen again" Netto said, interrupting the navi's thoughts "I don't know who was calling my name but I felt like I knew them… somehow"
"Have you had these nightmares before?"
Netto was going to let the answer slide but he knew he couldn't hide it from Rockman "Yes, a few months or so ago, they come and go and I don't understand why"
"You're not expected to Netto" Rockman smiled "Trust me, we'll find out what's going on sooner or later"
Yardy. Sorry it's kind of short… It's just, I ran out of ideas for the rest of the chapter and just decided to cut it off there so I wouldn't go into crap for the rest of the story and talk about random things. :)
