Author's Note~ Don't give up on this story yet, because of WildWing's
death, I am very good at twists, so stay tuned please! No more hints!
Nosedive had cried hysterically the entire time in the next two days. He needed a shoulder to cry on, but no one found enough courage to go in and sit with him. Until today.
Duke had been walking passed the room, and he had enough. Nosedive needed support, and he had not given it. He soon was disgusted with himself, and knocked on the door.
"Go away", screamed Nosedive.
"Kid come on", said Duke.
Mallory, and Grin walked by and she patted Duke on the shoulder wishing him best of luck. Grin however remained with Duke planning on talking to Nosedive just as much as Duke.
Mallory left, and the teenager's door still remained shut. But that didn't last long for Duke opened the door.
"GET OUT OF HERE", screamed Nosedive in complete hysterics.
"We can't", said Grin taking control, "My little friend let us help you."
"Get away from me", shrieked Nosedive.
"Kid come on", said Duke. "You're losing it. Talk to us."
"Talk", snapped Nosedive, "You want talk? Okay well screw you! Back off! Shove it down your throat! There's talk for you!"
"Nosedive", hollered Grin.
Grin never raised his voice. This screaming of Grin startled Duke, but frightened Nosedive who was on the floor with his hands in the air, as if to prevent any hitting.
"Nosedive", said Grin once more, "My little friend, there comes a time in one's life where they must approach a hardship. I am your friend and I will not allow you to travel through this misfortune alone."
"I want WildWing", screamed Nosedive too weak to get off the floor.
Grin reached over to the teen and picked him up.
"No", moaned Nosedive, "I want my brother!"
"Ah kid we know you do", said Duke stepping in.
"Grin let me go", pleaded Nosedive who was being held by Grin.
"Little friend", said Grin, "You are not leaving my sight, not when you are as upset as this."
"Fine", screamed Nosedive stomping on Grin's foot. "I'll get my self out!"
However Nosedive found his efforts futile, and only caused more love from Grin.
"Let me go", pleaded Nosedive, "Please!"
"Kid", said Duke, "We're going to help you. We promise. Just let us help you okay?"
"I don't need help! I need my brother!"
"You can't have him right now kid", said Duke.
"I want him! I need him! I mean I don't have anything without him. He was always there for me, defending me. Everything! I'm nothing without him. What am I supposed do now? I'm stranded on this planet without my brother! And if we go back to Earth I'm still stranded!"
'Good', thought Duke, 'He's finally talking.'
"Little friend", said Grin, "We will take care of you, that is a promise. We will not ever be able to replace WildWing, and won't be trying to, but we can definitely take care of you."
"Promise?"
"Yes", cried Duke, "We promise! That is one promise you can count on do you hear me?"
"Yeah, but I still want my brother!"
Although Grin, Duke, and Nosedive had not realized it but the entire team had been intently listening. Now Canard approached them.
"Nosedive", he said keeping his best to keep his voice steady, "We will all take care of you, especially me."
"What", asked Nosedive, (still being held by Grin), "I thought you couldn't stand me."
"I can't. But that doesn't mean I don't like you, because I do. You are my best friend's baby brother, which means I have a duty to WildWing to take care of you. Despite that too, when we were about your age WildWing was in a car accident, remember that?"
Nosedive nodded.
"Well I was in the passenger's seat Dive. And I was the one in the hospital waiting to see your brother. And once I was inside, WildWing made me promise him that I would take care of you until he got better. But that escalated into him asking me if anything ever happened to him, that I would take care of you considering your home life. So I made him that promise, and I intend to keep it."
There was a silence and Canard walked over to Nosedive and took him out of Grin's grasped and embraced him.
"I am also legally your guardian", said Canard, "It's in Wing's will. So Nosedive I'm going to be honest with you, I'm new at this and I'm not sure what to do right now, except tell you this. Nosedive everything is going to be a lot easier for you, I promise. And I also promise to take care of you, along with Grin, Duke, and the entire team. Nothing is going to harm you, I'm going to defend you, and I will make sure of it that I full fill my promise to WildWing, and to you. Understand?"
Nosedive nodded and than collapsed on the floor sleeping.
"Wow", said Duke.
"Yeah", replied Canard.
Grin picked up his friend and placed him in his bed.
"I don't think it's right if Nosedive wakes up alone", said Grin.
"What are you proposing", sighed Canard.
"That either one of us stay in this bedroom, or we put him in one of our beds."
"I'll take him in my bed", offered Canard.
Grin nodded and picked up his sleeping friend and headed toward Canard's room.
~**~*~**~
It was late when Phil walked in. And again he bore more dreaded news. The funeral was to be held in a few days. He wanted to tell Canard too, and Nosedive, but was encouraged not to get anywhere near that room.
"Phil", said Mallory sternly, "I right now don't care about your health but if you value it I advise you to not go into that room."
"Why", asked Phil.
"Okay let me phrase it this way", said Duke, "I'm not letting you in that room, for a few reasons. One being Nosedive is finally sleeping and we're, especially you are not going to disturb that. Another thing we don't have any energy left, and will not be able to protect you."
"Protect me?"
"Nosedive is holding a grudge against you, and thinking you the reason of WildWing's death. He will attack you, I am positive of that. He might also be joined by Canard in his rampage of killing you for Canard also lost a friend; a best friend."
"But I-"
"Don't feel bad, unless you disturb them. Good night Phil."
"Night."
Over the course of the days Nosedive stayed in Canard's bed, refusing to leave. He often cried but this time he always had someone to cry on. Whether it was Canard, Duke, Grin, or Tanya he always had someone. Canard kept his promise to both his best friend, and his little buddy. He was in charge of him, and he tended to him, and cared for him. He was not rough in anyway, and was surprisingly motherly. Nosedive had not seen Phil yet, but was determined to later in life.
Tanya however had been quite busy in her lab despite the team's emotions, and her own emotions she continued to work. Duke interrupted her work.
"Hey there Taun, need a break?"
"Yes thank you."
"So what are you working on?"
"I don't want to get your hopes up, or anyone else's so I'm not saying."
"What?"
Tanya sighed, "Duke don't' get your hopes and what I'm going to tell you does not under any circumstances leave this room understood?"
"Sure."
"Look I examined WildWing's corpse. I was asked to, to approve his death. You know just as a courtesy to us, since we're aliens and all. Well it's been on the news that WildWing obtained a cut on the right side of his head. However the creature that was supposingly WildWing had a cut on the left side of his head. And the body didn't have WildWing's scars. You know from that accident he was telling us about. They're on his arm, and they are a kind of weird shape, so they're noticeable. And WildWing wasn't wearing a shirt so I could see all of his arms, and they weren't there. And since the fact that Dragounous shot the plane down, well I'm not sure that was WildWing."
"What really? Oh my gosh that means-"
"Don't get your hopes up Duke. And remember this doesn't leave this room."
"So basically you're telling me that there might be a small slim chance that WildWing is still alive."
"Exactly."
Nosedive had cried hysterically the entire time in the next two days. He needed a shoulder to cry on, but no one found enough courage to go in and sit with him. Until today.
Duke had been walking passed the room, and he had enough. Nosedive needed support, and he had not given it. He soon was disgusted with himself, and knocked on the door.
"Go away", screamed Nosedive.
"Kid come on", said Duke.
Mallory, and Grin walked by and she patted Duke on the shoulder wishing him best of luck. Grin however remained with Duke planning on talking to Nosedive just as much as Duke.
Mallory left, and the teenager's door still remained shut. But that didn't last long for Duke opened the door.
"GET OUT OF HERE", screamed Nosedive in complete hysterics.
"We can't", said Grin taking control, "My little friend let us help you."
"Get away from me", shrieked Nosedive.
"Kid come on", said Duke. "You're losing it. Talk to us."
"Talk", snapped Nosedive, "You want talk? Okay well screw you! Back off! Shove it down your throat! There's talk for you!"
"Nosedive", hollered Grin.
Grin never raised his voice. This screaming of Grin startled Duke, but frightened Nosedive who was on the floor with his hands in the air, as if to prevent any hitting.
"Nosedive", said Grin once more, "My little friend, there comes a time in one's life where they must approach a hardship. I am your friend and I will not allow you to travel through this misfortune alone."
"I want WildWing", screamed Nosedive too weak to get off the floor.
Grin reached over to the teen and picked him up.
"No", moaned Nosedive, "I want my brother!"
"Ah kid we know you do", said Duke stepping in.
"Grin let me go", pleaded Nosedive who was being held by Grin.
"Little friend", said Grin, "You are not leaving my sight, not when you are as upset as this."
"Fine", screamed Nosedive stomping on Grin's foot. "I'll get my self out!"
However Nosedive found his efforts futile, and only caused more love from Grin.
"Let me go", pleaded Nosedive, "Please!"
"Kid", said Duke, "We're going to help you. We promise. Just let us help you okay?"
"I don't need help! I need my brother!"
"You can't have him right now kid", said Duke.
"I want him! I need him! I mean I don't have anything without him. He was always there for me, defending me. Everything! I'm nothing without him. What am I supposed do now? I'm stranded on this planet without my brother! And if we go back to Earth I'm still stranded!"
'Good', thought Duke, 'He's finally talking.'
"Little friend", said Grin, "We will take care of you, that is a promise. We will not ever be able to replace WildWing, and won't be trying to, but we can definitely take care of you."
"Promise?"
"Yes", cried Duke, "We promise! That is one promise you can count on do you hear me?"
"Yeah, but I still want my brother!"
Although Grin, Duke, and Nosedive had not realized it but the entire team had been intently listening. Now Canard approached them.
"Nosedive", he said keeping his best to keep his voice steady, "We will all take care of you, especially me."
"What", asked Nosedive, (still being held by Grin), "I thought you couldn't stand me."
"I can't. But that doesn't mean I don't like you, because I do. You are my best friend's baby brother, which means I have a duty to WildWing to take care of you. Despite that too, when we were about your age WildWing was in a car accident, remember that?"
Nosedive nodded.
"Well I was in the passenger's seat Dive. And I was the one in the hospital waiting to see your brother. And once I was inside, WildWing made me promise him that I would take care of you until he got better. But that escalated into him asking me if anything ever happened to him, that I would take care of you considering your home life. So I made him that promise, and I intend to keep it."
There was a silence and Canard walked over to Nosedive and took him out of Grin's grasped and embraced him.
"I am also legally your guardian", said Canard, "It's in Wing's will. So Nosedive I'm going to be honest with you, I'm new at this and I'm not sure what to do right now, except tell you this. Nosedive everything is going to be a lot easier for you, I promise. And I also promise to take care of you, along with Grin, Duke, and the entire team. Nothing is going to harm you, I'm going to defend you, and I will make sure of it that I full fill my promise to WildWing, and to you. Understand?"
Nosedive nodded and than collapsed on the floor sleeping.
"Wow", said Duke.
"Yeah", replied Canard.
Grin picked up his friend and placed him in his bed.
"I don't think it's right if Nosedive wakes up alone", said Grin.
"What are you proposing", sighed Canard.
"That either one of us stay in this bedroom, or we put him in one of our beds."
"I'll take him in my bed", offered Canard.
Grin nodded and picked up his sleeping friend and headed toward Canard's room.
~**~*~**~
It was late when Phil walked in. And again he bore more dreaded news. The funeral was to be held in a few days. He wanted to tell Canard too, and Nosedive, but was encouraged not to get anywhere near that room.
"Phil", said Mallory sternly, "I right now don't care about your health but if you value it I advise you to not go into that room."
"Why", asked Phil.
"Okay let me phrase it this way", said Duke, "I'm not letting you in that room, for a few reasons. One being Nosedive is finally sleeping and we're, especially you are not going to disturb that. Another thing we don't have any energy left, and will not be able to protect you."
"Protect me?"
"Nosedive is holding a grudge against you, and thinking you the reason of WildWing's death. He will attack you, I am positive of that. He might also be joined by Canard in his rampage of killing you for Canard also lost a friend; a best friend."
"But I-"
"Don't feel bad, unless you disturb them. Good night Phil."
"Night."
Over the course of the days Nosedive stayed in Canard's bed, refusing to leave. He often cried but this time he always had someone to cry on. Whether it was Canard, Duke, Grin, or Tanya he always had someone. Canard kept his promise to both his best friend, and his little buddy. He was in charge of him, and he tended to him, and cared for him. He was not rough in anyway, and was surprisingly motherly. Nosedive had not seen Phil yet, but was determined to later in life.
Tanya however had been quite busy in her lab despite the team's emotions, and her own emotions she continued to work. Duke interrupted her work.
"Hey there Taun, need a break?"
"Yes thank you."
"So what are you working on?"
"I don't want to get your hopes up, or anyone else's so I'm not saying."
"What?"
Tanya sighed, "Duke don't' get your hopes and what I'm going to tell you does not under any circumstances leave this room understood?"
"Sure."
"Look I examined WildWing's corpse. I was asked to, to approve his death. You know just as a courtesy to us, since we're aliens and all. Well it's been on the news that WildWing obtained a cut on the right side of his head. However the creature that was supposingly WildWing had a cut on the left side of his head. And the body didn't have WildWing's scars. You know from that accident he was telling us about. They're on his arm, and they are a kind of weird shape, so they're noticeable. And WildWing wasn't wearing a shirt so I could see all of his arms, and they weren't there. And since the fact that Dragounous shot the plane down, well I'm not sure that was WildWing."
"What really? Oh my gosh that means-"
"Don't get your hopes up Duke. And remember this doesn't leave this room."
"So basically you're telling me that there might be a small slim chance that WildWing is still alive."
"Exactly."