Chapter 10

Horrors relived.

Wolf couldn't sleep. He'd tried to forget everything that had happened, but the unanswered questions kept gnawing at his mind. He sat up, combed a hand through his short hair before squeezing a hand over his eyes to help his eyes adjust. He focused on Alex's sleeping figure. Just who was this boy? All the 'classified' nonsense was driving him insane, was it that hard to answer a question straight? He couldn't help be feel for the boy, an instinct that he couldn't place was telling him that Cub had very little choices in life and for some reason he couldn't shake it. He sighed as he studied the object of his frustration. He look…young.

So very young in his sleep, relaxed, carefree. He looked normal. There was no eyes to show his past, only the innocence of age. Wolf didn't know how long he'd looked for answers by watching Cub sleep, but suddenly Alex's form tensed, his eyelids began to flutter, hands clenched the sheets. Tossing and turning in the bunk unable to escape his dream. Wolf didn't know what to do he'd never been good with kids. But he couldn't just not help could he? It was a single tear running down Alex's face that decided it, he got up and stepped towards Alex meaning to comfort, wake, anything. Just before his hand got close an urgent voice stopped him.

"Don't." Wolf looked up at the voice confused to see Fox stood looking worried.

"Don't." Fox repeated "He won't recognise you." Still confused, Wolf didn't argue when Fox signalled him to move back and let Fox take his place.

"It's Ben Alex." Fox spoke softly before stroking a hand through Alex's dampened locks. Almost immediately Alex calmed. When Alex had completely relaxed, Fox removed his hand, smiling at the calm, extremely cute relaxed Alex. Fox nodded to the door, Wolf headed out first, followed quickly and quietly by Fox.

"Explain." Wolf asked softly. Ben sighed.

"Alex has incredible instincts. So good in fact, that he can now sense snipers, movement and danger. It's become a second nature to him. A lot of nights Alex has nightmares." the following "Who bloody wouldn't." was mumbled more to himself that spoken to Wolf, but Wolf heard anyway.

"Anyone who gets too close to Alex while he's sleeping becomes a threat, unless Alex trusts that person. It's only very recently that he immediately calms under my touch." Ben couldn't help but feel happy at this, it was a true indication that Alex trusted him, more that Alex himself properly realises. The first time Alex had immediately calmed, Ben swore to himself that he would never betray Alex, never.

"You've gathered that I went on a mission with Alex right? I can't tell you about the mission, but I can tell you that I got to know Alex really well. When I first found out he had nightmares I went to wake him up. I ended up on the floor blacking out before Alex had realised he was even awake. Of course he was horrified about what he'd done, and stopped himself sleeping to avoid it. Nothing I could say would change his mind, so stubbornly I told him if he wasn't sleeping then I sure as hell wasn't either." Ben smirked at the memory before continuing. "When he finally fell asleep, I allowed myself to also sleep, that is for a few hours before I was awakened by Alex having a nightmare. Having learnt my lessen I didn't go to shake him, but I couldn't just leave him trapped I also couldn't wake him, as he had had very little sleep so far." Ben explained his dilemma to which Wolf nodded, he understood "So I decided to try to just soothe him with my voice, you know the basic, 'your safe' excreta. It took a while but it worked, each time it worked quicker. The after a while I did the same but place a hand of his for head, he froze dead still, tensing like you wouldn't believe.." Ben shook his head at the memory, how anyone could allow a child to trust so little, it was disgusting. "After a while it was quicker, less talking ect. Until now it's a single announcement, and a hand stroking his hair." Ben failed to keep how proud he was of his achievement his was off his face. Wolf had yet to speak. So Ben continued "Alex knows nothing of this, if he did he'd probably be mortified." Ben smiled imagining Alex's face. Wolfs face was sombre, his voice a bare whisper.

"What's happened to him Ben?" Bens face too took on a sombre look.

"Hell, John, Hell"

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