A/N: Okay. Answer to Lily C.'s question about why we're so cruel to Canard. I don't know why everyone else is but I
am because he just seems like that kind of guy. Yah know, one with a darker side to him. This part doesn't have nightmares
but my own personal plot twist. I thought of it after Greg Wilson dashed his binder into my head. This part is to Kaeera because
I use a line of hers and her reviews are so kind! Thanx Kaeera ^_^! And *~*~*~*ectra means the passing of time.
DON'T SAY A WORD
PART 3: TALK TO ME
Aw man!" Dive found himself once again face down on the ice. The kid from the other team snickered as he
stole the puck for the fifth time that night.
"NoseDive! Get in the game!" Mallory called angrily as she zipped by. NoseDive got to his feet extremely frustrated. After the amount of
sleep he'd had the last two weeks it was expected he wouldn't perform as well. But he'd pulled it off many times before. The problem was
the other team had apparently been studying the team and noticed he was usually the top scorer. So their defense was using him as there
prime target, or punching bag depending on the player. Either way he was seriously hurting. Luckily WildWing had managed to block all their shots, and
they we up 2:0 at the end.
Feeling like he'd been hit by a ton of cement trucks, Dive followed his teammates off the ice. They all (except of course, Grin) glared fiercely at him as he entered.
"Where was your head tonight kid?" Duke asked, angrily.
"You mean besides stuck down in the ice?" He answered sarcastically.
"That is possibly the worst game I've ever seen you play little bro."
"Hey! I was the one who got hit by half a dozen brick walls!" He was getting defensive, he was getting mad. Some things he usually avoided being.
"Your aura is clouded little friend. What is troubling you?" Grin looked down at him, eyes full of sympathy.
"Nothing." He knew it was no use arguing with Grin, but he had to put on a show for the others. By now they were all looking at him curiously.
During the rest of the time they where in the locker rooms everyone was silent. It wasn't until 1/2 and hour afterwards that WildWing pulled him aside.
"NoseDive, talk to me. That nightmare I woke you up from...it wasn't about Mal and a pair of scissors was it?" NoseDive didn't answer; he just looked at the floor.
"What's bothering you little bro? What's scaring you so bad that you won't talk to me? I thought you trusted me."
"It's not that I don't trust you Wing!"
"Then tell me what's wrong." NoseDive starred at him for a minute, before looking at the floor again.
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"I..." What could he say that wouldn't give him away? "I don't want to worry you."
"Worry me? (Okay I really liked this line from Kaeera's fic, "Fever", so I'm going to use something similar) NoseDive I'm worried when I know some things wrong and
you won't tell me what. Because when I know what's wrong I can help you get through it."
'I want to tell you big brother!' His mind screamed. 'But I can't! I'm still to scared! I'm still to terrified to say but I need your help!' Right then Drake 1's alarm went off.
"We'll take this up again later." WildWing let go of his brother's shoulders and ran toward the aerowing. NoseDive quickly followed. The rest of the team was already waiting.
They jumped into their seats and took off to the corner of 5th and main.
"What is it Tanya?"
"It's some teleportation energy."
"Dragaunus' goons?"
"Most likely."
"Hope your head's on straight now kiddo." WildWing secretly agreed with Duke. He hoped that whatever was bothering NoseDive wouldn't affect his ability to stay alive. He'd
have to keep a close watch on him. Sure enough, when they got there, Wraith and Cameleon were all ready there.
"You think they would've learned by now."
"What? That the door is always gonna' be smarter then they are?" WildWing landed the aerowing and they all hopped out.
"Well, well. So glad you could drop in." A sinister voice whispered out of the shadows.
"Dragaunus." WildWing growled, drawing his buck launter. Dragaunus was quicker. His massive arm reached out of the shadows and grabbed the duck closesed to him. That duck
happened to be NoseDive!
"Dive!" Wing ran to him, but stopped when Dragaunus pulled out a laser cannon.
"One more step duck and I'll ve having duck soup for dinner!"
"What do you want?"
"Free passage in, free passage out."
"No!" Mallory cried.
"We'll do it! IF you promise I'll -we'll- get him back."
"Fine." With that Dragaunus and his goons entered, dragging NoseDive with him. (*Insert my original plot twist here ^_^)
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Boss what are we trying to get in here anyway?"
"Absolutly nothing!"
"What?"
"I just wanted to test my new gadget on a duck. This duck actually." NoseDive could feel his breath coming in short, quick, gasps. He tried to take a deep breath but he was panicing.
This was wrong! This was very wrong! He suddenly felt a sharp pinch on his neck.
"There it's in place. Now we wait for it to take affect, then we go..."Right then NoseDive felt like 100 volts of elecricity was zipping through his whole body. Light's flashed before his
eyes right before he passed out.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Here you are ducks!" Dragaunus tossed the unconsious Dive at WildWing's feet.
"NoseDive," Wing whispered scooping him up.
"Well you didn't say unharmed. Besides, he'll live." With that Draganus and company dissappearred.
"Lets get back to the Pond! Now!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
NoseDive woke-up, a few hours later, but he didn't open his eyes. He could tell he was safe now, probably in the infermary. And WildWing was next to him. He could tell by the way he
felt and the air around him.
'I've been hanging out with Grinnster to much! I'm starting to actually believe that stuff!' He thought to himself. He heard the doors open with a swish.
"Hey Mal."
"You! What were you thinking? You let Dragaunus get away today! Who knows what valuable thing he took today!"
"It was my little brother's life on the line!" NoseDive winced slightly at the raised voices. His head was pounding.
"If you want to win you have to be willing to make sacrifices!"
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE KIND OF SACRIFICES I'VE MADE!" WildWing looked down and suddenly noticed NoseDive's wincing expression. He lowered his voice. "Do you know what it feels like
to get up each morning and know that the one reason you go on living could be taken away from you at any second? Do you know what it feels like worrying every second that your
awake that the one thing you care about more then anything is almost always in trouble. Almost always risking his neck to save yours? Do you know what it feels like, Mal, when you
have to watch someone you care about go through pain and you can't help him? And now your here saying I should have sacrificed him just to stop Dragaunus on a minor mission. No."
NoseDive didn't have to open his eyes to see the shocked expression on Mallory's face.
"I had no idea." Mallory whispered.
'Neither did I.' NoseDive thought.
"And for a good reason." Was all WildWing answered.
Oooh! What did Draggy face do to NoseDive? I know! And you don't. *giggles* But you will in the next chapter or two. And what does that have to do with the nightmares. You'll see ;).
Thanx for the reviews guys ^_^!
am because he just seems like that kind of guy. Yah know, one with a darker side to him. This part doesn't have nightmares
but my own personal plot twist. I thought of it after Greg Wilson dashed his binder into my head. This part is to Kaeera because
I use a line of hers and her reviews are so kind! Thanx Kaeera ^_^! And *~*~*~*ectra means the passing of time.
DON'T SAY A WORD
PART 3: TALK TO ME
Aw man!" Dive found himself once again face down on the ice. The kid from the other team snickered as he
stole the puck for the fifth time that night.
"NoseDive! Get in the game!" Mallory called angrily as she zipped by. NoseDive got to his feet extremely frustrated. After the amount of
sleep he'd had the last two weeks it was expected he wouldn't perform as well. But he'd pulled it off many times before. The problem was
the other team had apparently been studying the team and noticed he was usually the top scorer. So their defense was using him as there
prime target, or punching bag depending on the player. Either way he was seriously hurting. Luckily WildWing had managed to block all their shots, and
they we up 2:0 at the end.
Feeling like he'd been hit by a ton of cement trucks, Dive followed his teammates off the ice. They all (except of course, Grin) glared fiercely at him as he entered.
"Where was your head tonight kid?" Duke asked, angrily.
"You mean besides stuck down in the ice?" He answered sarcastically.
"That is possibly the worst game I've ever seen you play little bro."
"Hey! I was the one who got hit by half a dozen brick walls!" He was getting defensive, he was getting mad. Some things he usually avoided being.
"Your aura is clouded little friend. What is troubling you?" Grin looked down at him, eyes full of sympathy.
"Nothing." He knew it was no use arguing with Grin, but he had to put on a show for the others. By now they were all looking at him curiously.
During the rest of the time they where in the locker rooms everyone was silent. It wasn't until 1/2 and hour afterwards that WildWing pulled him aside.
"NoseDive, talk to me. That nightmare I woke you up from...it wasn't about Mal and a pair of scissors was it?" NoseDive didn't answer; he just looked at the floor.
"What's bothering you little bro? What's scaring you so bad that you won't talk to me? I thought you trusted me."
"It's not that I don't trust you Wing!"
"Then tell me what's wrong." NoseDive starred at him for a minute, before looking at the floor again.
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"I..." What could he say that wouldn't give him away? "I don't want to worry you."
"Worry me? (Okay I really liked this line from Kaeera's fic, "Fever", so I'm going to use something similar) NoseDive I'm worried when I know some things wrong and
you won't tell me what. Because when I know what's wrong I can help you get through it."
'I want to tell you big brother!' His mind screamed. 'But I can't! I'm still to scared! I'm still to terrified to say but I need your help!' Right then Drake 1's alarm went off.
"We'll take this up again later." WildWing let go of his brother's shoulders and ran toward the aerowing. NoseDive quickly followed. The rest of the team was already waiting.
They jumped into their seats and took off to the corner of 5th and main.
"What is it Tanya?"
"It's some teleportation energy."
"Dragaunus' goons?"
"Most likely."
"Hope your head's on straight now kiddo." WildWing secretly agreed with Duke. He hoped that whatever was bothering NoseDive wouldn't affect his ability to stay alive. He'd
have to keep a close watch on him. Sure enough, when they got there, Wraith and Cameleon were all ready there.
"You think they would've learned by now."
"What? That the door is always gonna' be smarter then they are?" WildWing landed the aerowing and they all hopped out.
"Well, well. So glad you could drop in." A sinister voice whispered out of the shadows.
"Dragaunus." WildWing growled, drawing his buck launter. Dragaunus was quicker. His massive arm reached out of the shadows and grabbed the duck closesed to him. That duck
happened to be NoseDive!
"Dive!" Wing ran to him, but stopped when Dragaunus pulled out a laser cannon.
"One more step duck and I'll ve having duck soup for dinner!"
"What do you want?"
"Free passage in, free passage out."
"No!" Mallory cried.
"We'll do it! IF you promise I'll -we'll- get him back."
"Fine." With that Dragaunus and his goons entered, dragging NoseDive with him. (*Insert my original plot twist here ^_^)
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Boss what are we trying to get in here anyway?"
"Absolutly nothing!"
"What?"
"I just wanted to test my new gadget on a duck. This duck actually." NoseDive could feel his breath coming in short, quick, gasps. He tried to take a deep breath but he was panicing.
This was wrong! This was very wrong! He suddenly felt a sharp pinch on his neck.
"There it's in place. Now we wait for it to take affect, then we go..."Right then NoseDive felt like 100 volts of elecricity was zipping through his whole body. Light's flashed before his
eyes right before he passed out.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Here you are ducks!" Dragaunus tossed the unconsious Dive at WildWing's feet.
"NoseDive," Wing whispered scooping him up.
"Well you didn't say unharmed. Besides, he'll live." With that Draganus and company dissappearred.
"Lets get back to the Pond! Now!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
NoseDive woke-up, a few hours later, but he didn't open his eyes. He could tell he was safe now, probably in the infermary. And WildWing was next to him. He could tell by the way he
felt and the air around him.
'I've been hanging out with Grinnster to much! I'm starting to actually believe that stuff!' He thought to himself. He heard the doors open with a swish.
"Hey Mal."
"You! What were you thinking? You let Dragaunus get away today! Who knows what valuable thing he took today!"
"It was my little brother's life on the line!" NoseDive winced slightly at the raised voices. His head was pounding.
"If you want to win you have to be willing to make sacrifices!"
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE KIND OF SACRIFICES I'VE MADE!" WildWing looked down and suddenly noticed NoseDive's wincing expression. He lowered his voice. "Do you know what it feels like
to get up each morning and know that the one reason you go on living could be taken away from you at any second? Do you know what it feels like worrying every second that your
awake that the one thing you care about more then anything is almost always in trouble. Almost always risking his neck to save yours? Do you know what it feels like, Mal, when you
have to watch someone you care about go through pain and you can't help him? And now your here saying I should have sacrificed him just to stop Dragaunus on a minor mission. No."
NoseDive didn't have to open his eyes to see the shocked expression on Mallory's face.
"I had no idea." Mallory whispered.
'Neither did I.' NoseDive thought.
"And for a good reason." Was all WildWing answered.
Oooh! What did Draggy face do to NoseDive? I know! And you don't. *giggles* But you will in the next chapter or two. And what does that have to do with the nightmares. You'll see ;).
Thanx for the reviews guys ^_^!
