Author's Note ~ Hey all, enjoy!
Nosedive awoke his surroundings complete new.
"Hey Nosedive", said Duke, "Sleep well?"
"Yeah, where am I?"
"Hospital for the Olympians. Remember what happened?"
"Ugh yes. Who is screaming?"
"That would be WildWing."
"Why?"
Duke looked down and stuttered on his words, "He's yelling at Prot. And the other voices are, Smith, Canard, and Tanya. Oh yes and the police."
"What? Why?"
"Um, well I, Dive when the tests were run they found, um certain things in your blood."
"What kind of things?"
"I'm gonna get WildWing."
In a minute the fighting crowd appeared the hospital room.
"Nosedive Nicholas Flashblade", said WildWing in a mad voice, "You are in huge trouble. I can't believe you! Drugs, Nosedive? Drugs? How could you do such a thing?"
"Wait, what are you talking about", questioned Nosedive.
Prot looked at his feet, he wanted to leave, his entire scheme was uncoiling right before his eyes.
"I'm not taking drugs", said Nosedive.
"Oh yes you are", cried Tanya.
"You had a very large over dosage too, we pumped that out of your system, you could have died Nosedive."
"I'm not taking drugs", Nosedive said in a very shaky voice. "I don't know what you are all talking about."
"Okay fine Nosedive", hollered WildWing, "We won't use the word "drugs" because you aren't responding. How about we use the real term, STERIODS? THAT BETTER FOR YOU? "
"I'm NOT on steroids!"
"NOSEDIVE! DON'T YOU LIE TO ME!"
Nosedive started to cry, "But WildWing I'm not! I promise!"
"NOSEDIVE SHUT UP! I DON'T' WANT TO HEAR YOUR EXCUSES! We already found Prot's bag filled with these babies!"
WildWing showed him a sample.
"Those aren't steroids! Those pills!"
"THESE ARE TOO STEROIDS!"
"No they're not", cried Nosedive, who was at this point sobbing at his brother's harsh tone, "I promise! Mr. Prot said that they were going to give me energy and help my ankle! That's all!"
"What?"
"He told me that they were medications. WildWing I promise! I wouldn't ever take drugs."
"Then why didn't you tell me! Don't lie to me Nosedive!'
"I'm not lying! I promise! I didn't tell you or Mr. Smith because it was supposed to be a surprise."
"WHAT? What kind of surprise is dying? IS that your big surprise Nosedive?"
"I'm NOT LYING! He said that if I told Mr. Smith he would think I was weak, and he said not to tell you because than it would ruin the surprise."
"WHAT SURPRISE?"
"THE SURPRISE THAT I COULD ACT MATURE! AND I WOULD BRING IN SOME STUPID MEDAL OR SOMETHING! OKAY? I'M NOT A LYER! I PROMISE I DIDN'T TAKE STEROIDS ON PURPOSE!"
WildWing stopped, and studied his brother. "How do I know that you're aren't lying to me?"
Now tears streaming down Nosedive's face, Nosedive said, "Because I'm your brother."
WildWing glanced over at Prot whose face was white. "Is this true Mr. Prot?"
"Well…"
"I hate you Mr. Prot", cried Nosedive remembering his sick rampage to slaughter his coach, "I want you out!"
"Nosedive don't start that again", said a very angry Smith. His voice was gentle but he was livid with Prot.
"No! I hate Mr. Prot! He made me take my shirt off on the first practice, he made me stop eating, he made me eat those tablets, and he made me throw up in the restaurant, and he made sure I didn't tell anyone!"
WildWing was furious, and out of his mind. He looked over to Prot. Then he looked at Duke; Duke was fighting temptation to say, "I told you so".
WildWing inhaled a huge breath, and looked at Prot.
"Is this true? Did you do all of those things to my brother?"
"How could you Nosedive", said Prot ignoring WildWing, "I'm your buddy. I don't get it, Mr. Smith yells at you and curses at you, and ridicules you. And you don't rat out on him."
"HE never did anything to me", cried Nosedive, "He was just being a good coach!"
"Oh yeah Nosedive", said Prot, "Fine you think like that. You little brat."
That was all WildWing could take before he punched Prot across the room and pounced on him. After a huge fight, Canard, Grin, and Duke finally got WildWing off of Prot.
Prot's face was bloody, and swollen. WildWing was still lunging for him, but could not, so Smith did. This caused a even bigger fight, which ended up being broken up by Mallory and Tanya with the aid of weapons.
Finally security had arrived and helped Prot out of the room, where he was then put into jail. The whole conversation spilled out from every member in the room; Prot didn't deny what he had done, so was sent to jail.
After Prot was out of the picture, WildWing left the room. Nosedive needed him now, but his older brother could no longer take any more. He needed cold air, which he found outside of the hospital. After three minutes he was accompanied by Duke. Duke walked up to him and said nothing. WildWing kept his gaze out into space, but started talking.
"You were right", said WildWing quietly, "I should have listened to you. I should have thought something was up the first night you said you didn't like him. I knew better than not to trust you or value your opinion but I blew it off anyway. Therefore all of these events have occurred. Let me re- cap, my brother was forced to train under unfair circumstances, forced to become a minor anorexic, and bulimic victim, and here's my favorite, a steroid abuser. I could have prevented all of this, but I didn't. And I am sorry. I'm sorry Duke. I should have listened."
"WildWing we all mess up, besides this isn't your fault. Apology accepted though. Anyway here is the new update, Nosedive got kicked out of the Olympics."
"What? Why?"
"Steroids are illegal Wing. In the rules steroids are listed under cheating."
"But it wasn't his fault!"
"I know and that is the worst part. But he has to be taken out no matter what the reason is. Plus Wing his ankle is broken, when he fell he applied all of his weight onto it. The cut has stitches. What happened with the whole blood thing, is the blade, when he fell cut into his skin on the other side. So I don't' think he would be able to compete anyway. But moreover he's out because, of the whole drug thing."
"Oh my gosh. Does Dive know?"
"Smith is telling him now".
~*~
"Dive", said Smith slowly, "We're out of the Olympics."
"I know, because of my ankle. But it'll heal in time, don't worry."
"No I mean we're out of the entire thing Nosedive. Because of Prot's steroids we're off. I'm real sorry Nosedive."
Nosedive sank his head into his pillow. The remaining ducks looked at one another and than back at Nosedive expecting him to cry after all of that hard work. Or just to cry in frustration. In the last ten minutes he had broken his ankle, received stitches, learned he was on steroids, and now he was kicked out of the Olympics after all of his hard work.
"Good", was Nosedive's only response.
"What", said Canard.
"I'm glad", repeated Nosedive, "This wasn't any fun to begin with. I'm glad its over. At least I didn't lose right Mr. Smith?"
"Right."
"Can I ask you all a question?"
"Of course", chorused the group.
"Where's WildWing?"
"He need a time-out Dive", said Tanya.
"Oh." There was some silence in the room until Nosedive spoke again, "He's not mad at me is he?"
"Oh no of course not", said Canard, "Kid he's just messed up right now, needed a break. He was pretty steamed at Prot that's all."
"Oh."
Nosedive's eyes started to fill up with tears.
"What's wrong little friend", asked Grin.
"Something", said Nosedive. "Tanya, am I a druggie?"
"What", she asked in somewhat humor at the term he had used to describe himself.
"It's not funny! I'm probably addicted to that stuff now!"
"Don't worry", said Tanya, "We'll help you fight it, we'll help you get through whatever it is you're going through okay?"
Nosedive wiped away the forming tears, "Okay. And I'm sorry Taun, about before and all."
"Huh?"
"When I said that stuff to you, callin you a nerd and all. That was wack, I didn't mean it honest. I'm sorry I said it to you."
Tanya smiled, "Thanks Nosedive that means a lot."
WildWing and Duke entered the room.
"WildWing", cried Nosedive.
"Hey there baby bro", said WildWing, "You okay?"
Nosedive nodded his head, and jumped into his brother's arms. "It's over Wing. All of this, its finally over. I can be me again, and sleep late, and eat my heart out, and everything. It's over. It's all over."
WildWing hugged his little brother tightly and was happy with Nosedive's current emotional state. He was glad his little brother was happy, because he was too.
Nosedive awoke his surroundings complete new.
"Hey Nosedive", said Duke, "Sleep well?"
"Yeah, where am I?"
"Hospital for the Olympians. Remember what happened?"
"Ugh yes. Who is screaming?"
"That would be WildWing."
"Why?"
Duke looked down and stuttered on his words, "He's yelling at Prot. And the other voices are, Smith, Canard, and Tanya. Oh yes and the police."
"What? Why?"
"Um, well I, Dive when the tests were run they found, um certain things in your blood."
"What kind of things?"
"I'm gonna get WildWing."
In a minute the fighting crowd appeared the hospital room.
"Nosedive Nicholas Flashblade", said WildWing in a mad voice, "You are in huge trouble. I can't believe you! Drugs, Nosedive? Drugs? How could you do such a thing?"
"Wait, what are you talking about", questioned Nosedive.
Prot looked at his feet, he wanted to leave, his entire scheme was uncoiling right before his eyes.
"I'm not taking drugs", said Nosedive.
"Oh yes you are", cried Tanya.
"You had a very large over dosage too, we pumped that out of your system, you could have died Nosedive."
"I'm not taking drugs", Nosedive said in a very shaky voice. "I don't know what you are all talking about."
"Okay fine Nosedive", hollered WildWing, "We won't use the word "drugs" because you aren't responding. How about we use the real term, STERIODS? THAT BETTER FOR YOU? "
"I'm NOT on steroids!"
"NOSEDIVE! DON'T YOU LIE TO ME!"
Nosedive started to cry, "But WildWing I'm not! I promise!"
"NOSEDIVE SHUT UP! I DON'T' WANT TO HEAR YOUR EXCUSES! We already found Prot's bag filled with these babies!"
WildWing showed him a sample.
"Those aren't steroids! Those pills!"
"THESE ARE TOO STEROIDS!"
"No they're not", cried Nosedive, who was at this point sobbing at his brother's harsh tone, "I promise! Mr. Prot said that they were going to give me energy and help my ankle! That's all!"
"What?"
"He told me that they were medications. WildWing I promise! I wouldn't ever take drugs."
"Then why didn't you tell me! Don't lie to me Nosedive!'
"I'm not lying! I promise! I didn't tell you or Mr. Smith because it was supposed to be a surprise."
"WHAT? What kind of surprise is dying? IS that your big surprise Nosedive?"
"I'm NOT LYING! He said that if I told Mr. Smith he would think I was weak, and he said not to tell you because than it would ruin the surprise."
"WHAT SURPRISE?"
"THE SURPRISE THAT I COULD ACT MATURE! AND I WOULD BRING IN SOME STUPID MEDAL OR SOMETHING! OKAY? I'M NOT A LYER! I PROMISE I DIDN'T TAKE STEROIDS ON PURPOSE!"
WildWing stopped, and studied his brother. "How do I know that you're aren't lying to me?"
Now tears streaming down Nosedive's face, Nosedive said, "Because I'm your brother."
WildWing glanced over at Prot whose face was white. "Is this true Mr. Prot?"
"Well…"
"I hate you Mr. Prot", cried Nosedive remembering his sick rampage to slaughter his coach, "I want you out!"
"Nosedive don't start that again", said a very angry Smith. His voice was gentle but he was livid with Prot.
"No! I hate Mr. Prot! He made me take my shirt off on the first practice, he made me stop eating, he made me eat those tablets, and he made me throw up in the restaurant, and he made sure I didn't tell anyone!"
WildWing was furious, and out of his mind. He looked over to Prot. Then he looked at Duke; Duke was fighting temptation to say, "I told you so".
WildWing inhaled a huge breath, and looked at Prot.
"Is this true? Did you do all of those things to my brother?"
"How could you Nosedive", said Prot ignoring WildWing, "I'm your buddy. I don't get it, Mr. Smith yells at you and curses at you, and ridicules you. And you don't rat out on him."
"HE never did anything to me", cried Nosedive, "He was just being a good coach!"
"Oh yeah Nosedive", said Prot, "Fine you think like that. You little brat."
That was all WildWing could take before he punched Prot across the room and pounced on him. After a huge fight, Canard, Grin, and Duke finally got WildWing off of Prot.
Prot's face was bloody, and swollen. WildWing was still lunging for him, but could not, so Smith did. This caused a even bigger fight, which ended up being broken up by Mallory and Tanya with the aid of weapons.
Finally security had arrived and helped Prot out of the room, where he was then put into jail. The whole conversation spilled out from every member in the room; Prot didn't deny what he had done, so was sent to jail.
After Prot was out of the picture, WildWing left the room. Nosedive needed him now, but his older brother could no longer take any more. He needed cold air, which he found outside of the hospital. After three minutes he was accompanied by Duke. Duke walked up to him and said nothing. WildWing kept his gaze out into space, but started talking.
"You were right", said WildWing quietly, "I should have listened to you. I should have thought something was up the first night you said you didn't like him. I knew better than not to trust you or value your opinion but I blew it off anyway. Therefore all of these events have occurred. Let me re- cap, my brother was forced to train under unfair circumstances, forced to become a minor anorexic, and bulimic victim, and here's my favorite, a steroid abuser. I could have prevented all of this, but I didn't. And I am sorry. I'm sorry Duke. I should have listened."
"WildWing we all mess up, besides this isn't your fault. Apology accepted though. Anyway here is the new update, Nosedive got kicked out of the Olympics."
"What? Why?"
"Steroids are illegal Wing. In the rules steroids are listed under cheating."
"But it wasn't his fault!"
"I know and that is the worst part. But he has to be taken out no matter what the reason is. Plus Wing his ankle is broken, when he fell he applied all of his weight onto it. The cut has stitches. What happened with the whole blood thing, is the blade, when he fell cut into his skin on the other side. So I don't' think he would be able to compete anyway. But moreover he's out because, of the whole drug thing."
"Oh my gosh. Does Dive know?"
"Smith is telling him now".
~*~
"Dive", said Smith slowly, "We're out of the Olympics."
"I know, because of my ankle. But it'll heal in time, don't worry."
"No I mean we're out of the entire thing Nosedive. Because of Prot's steroids we're off. I'm real sorry Nosedive."
Nosedive sank his head into his pillow. The remaining ducks looked at one another and than back at Nosedive expecting him to cry after all of that hard work. Or just to cry in frustration. In the last ten minutes he had broken his ankle, received stitches, learned he was on steroids, and now he was kicked out of the Olympics after all of his hard work.
"Good", was Nosedive's only response.
"What", said Canard.
"I'm glad", repeated Nosedive, "This wasn't any fun to begin with. I'm glad its over. At least I didn't lose right Mr. Smith?"
"Right."
"Can I ask you all a question?"
"Of course", chorused the group.
"Where's WildWing?"
"He need a time-out Dive", said Tanya.
"Oh." There was some silence in the room until Nosedive spoke again, "He's not mad at me is he?"
"Oh no of course not", said Canard, "Kid he's just messed up right now, needed a break. He was pretty steamed at Prot that's all."
"Oh."
Nosedive's eyes started to fill up with tears.
"What's wrong little friend", asked Grin.
"Something", said Nosedive. "Tanya, am I a druggie?"
"What", she asked in somewhat humor at the term he had used to describe himself.
"It's not funny! I'm probably addicted to that stuff now!"
"Don't worry", said Tanya, "We'll help you fight it, we'll help you get through whatever it is you're going through okay?"
Nosedive wiped away the forming tears, "Okay. And I'm sorry Taun, about before and all."
"Huh?"
"When I said that stuff to you, callin you a nerd and all. That was wack, I didn't mean it honest. I'm sorry I said it to you."
Tanya smiled, "Thanks Nosedive that means a lot."
WildWing and Duke entered the room.
"WildWing", cried Nosedive.
"Hey there baby bro", said WildWing, "You okay?"
Nosedive nodded his head, and jumped into his brother's arms. "It's over Wing. All of this, its finally over. I can be me again, and sleep late, and eat my heart out, and everything. It's over. It's all over."
WildWing hugged his little brother tightly and was happy with Nosedive's current emotional state. He was glad his little brother was happy, because he was too.