Author's Note ~ "You never know what tomorrow will bring"~
It had been a long night. Now it was eleven at night, hours after they had retrieved WildWing from his doom. Nosedive hadn't left his side, and no one made any attempts to try to get Nosedive away. They didn't feel they would be successful, and they didn't feel it was right.
Tanya and the group had been in the infirmary for a while. They had to clean up each other, but most of all WildWing. WildWing hadn't said a word about being held captive, he didn't want and no one asked. They were all just glad to have him back.
WildWing had lost a lot of blood, had many cuts, and a few broken bones. He also had whip slashes all over his back, which he remained silent to when questioned. The others made nothing of it at the moment, but they all knew that something dire had happened.
WildWing was upset, that was obvious. They others comforted him best they could by talking to him, and allowing Nosedive to stay right up on the operating table. The little brother ignored the gory sights, or the wincing of his brother but stayed with him. Nosedive stayed up as long as Tanya, and he stayed active too. As mentioned previously it was eleven and finally everyone was allowed to call it quits for the day.
Nosedive and WildWing headed toward their room, which Nosedive hadn't slept in for a while. All of the ducks were sleeping soundlessly, except for WildWing.
WildWing was tossing and turning in his sleep. Groaning, moaning and endlessly mumbling out words. Finally he woke up screaming, drenched in sweat, and on the verge of tears.
Nosedive rushed over to his brother. However WildWing was unaware of his surroundings and jumped at the sight of another being in the room, causing Nosedive to flinch onto the ground.
The others by now had heard the commotion and ran into the room. WildWing now scared more, started to flinch backwards grabbing a comic book and rolling it up for protection.
"Wing", cried Canard, "Dude it's us."
Duke walked over to Nosedive and helped him off the floor, as Canard kept talking to WildWing.
WildWing didn't respond, he wasn't listening, he didn't hear the words or the voice of the being, all he knew was that someone else was in the room.
"I'm sick of you, get away from me I didn't do anything to you! I don't have that stinkin mask! Why don't you believe me?"
"Get Nosedive out of here", called Canard to Duke.
"No", whimpered Nosedive, "I want to stay here!"
"OUT", screamed Canard, than in a calmer tone, "Kid come on, get out before something happens, get out now, we'll take care of Wing."
Duke gently shoved the younger sibling at the room escorted by Mallory, Tanya, and Grin while Canard stayed with his best friend.
After a few seconds WildWing realized where he was and what had happened, and calmed down, but crying could be heard.
~**~*~**~
"Is Wing okay", questioned Nosedive.
"I'm sure he's fine Dive", said Mallory gently, "Don't need to worry."
"Why was he so upset?"
"Bad dream", said Tanya.
"But why would he get so upset like that?"
"Dreams may not be real", started Grin, "But they can twist our imagination into terrifying illusions of pain."
This answer did not satisfy Nosedive.
"Yeah okay sure why not", said Nosedive, "But is WildWing okay?"
"WildWing is lucky to have such a good brother as you", said Mallory.
"Yeah he is", piped Duke.
"Stop changing the subject", cried Nosedive, "What's wrong with WildWing?"
"Dive", said Tanya softly, "We're not sure, but we'll help him out if there is anything wrong okay?"
WildWing walked in and headed up to the roof of The Pond while yelling back to Canard that he needed to be alone. However his forlornness did not last, after Nosedive got fed up of anticipating his brother's arrival. Nosedive left the gang after five minutes and joined his brother; no one tried to stop him.
~**~*~**~
Nosedive approached WildWing up on the roof.
"Hey Wing", said Nosedive calmly.
"Dive", said WildWing, "I'm sorry, I didn't know what happened, and I was just out of it and-"
"It's okay."
Nosedive laid down next to his brother who was staring up at the sky.
"You know", said Nosedive, "You might be scared, but I was more scared when I thought you were dead. So whatever you're going through, don't worry because it's going to be okay now. Because your not dead, and I'm not dead, and we need to get the most out of life. Ya know?"
"Yeah thanks Dive."
"Look, I know you're not going to tell me whatever it is that's bugging you because you're always looking out for me and stuff so I'm not going to try and get you to tell me what's wrong. So why don't you talk to Duke, or Canard. They're pretty good listeners."
"Oh? How would you know?"
"If you thought I was dead how would you act?"
"Upset, very upset, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Well I was very upset too, and I needed someone to talk to. So they listened."
WildWing smiled and wrapped an arm around his brother.
"Thanks Dive. You know you always know what to say."
"Yeah he does", said Duke coming up approaching the brothers.
"Hey Dukester", said Nosedive, "You going to sit up here with us?"
"Yeah, man lots of stars tonight huh?"
"Yeah", replied WildWing.
They remained silent for a while till Nosedive finally broke the silence.
"You guys have stuff to talk about, I'm gone, Wing I'll wait up for you."
"Thanks Dive, I knew you would."
Nosedive waved and left.
"So", said Duke, "What was that all about?"
"What?"
"Dream, Nosedive saying we need to talk, I think they're all relative don't you?"
"Yeah. Man they wouldn't back off Duke. They wanted that stupid mask and they thought I had it, but I didn't!"
"Yeah I know, so what happened?"
"They hit me and stuff, whips, bats, and they knocked me unconscious and other wonderful items used with bad intentions. They gave me moldy food to eat, and unclean water. The food was filthy!"
"Sounds like hell."
"Pretty close to it."
"So they scared you huh?"
"What?"
"Wing we all get scared, and they obviously scared you or you wouldn't be shivering like that."
"I'm not shivering."
Duke cocked an eye up making WildWing look at his hands, which were shaking.
"Oh shut up", said WildWing.
"So you got scared, that happens."
"Yeah I guess so."
"Don't worry about it okay? We're all here for you, but you already know that right?"
WildWing remained silent.
"Right", repeated Duke?
"Duke it's not that I don't trust you guys, but I'm the leader. I'm not supposed to be scared like that, I'm supposed to be like Canard. Tough and rough, able to handle anything and always staying clear of emotion."
"But you're my brother too", piped in Nosedive.
WildWing and Duke glanced over to the stairs where they found Nosedive.
"Thought I left huh", asked Nosedive.
"Do I even need to answer that", questioned WildWing.
Nosedive walked over to WildWing and sat in his lap, "Nope", said Nosedive, "But you need to listen to me okay?"
"Yeah okay."
"You can have emotions Wing, everyone needs them. And you can get upset, because good brothers do things for one another ya know? And since you're always doing stuff for me, I need to pay ya back in the same sappy way ya know? Stay with me here, if you're there for me, than I should be there for you, so let me okay?"
WildWing hugged Nosedive, bringing him closer to him.
"You're the best baby bro, the best."
"Ya I know", joked Nosedive.
"Come on guys", said Duke, "Let's go back to bed, it's getting cold out here, and it's late."
"Yeah you're right", agreed WildWing, "Nosedive let's go. Nosedive?"
No response or movement from the younger sibling.
"Wing the kid is sleeping."
"Is he?"
WildWing looked down and pushed the teen's head back to find a sleeping brother.
"Guess you're right. Well Iet's go."
The ducks headed back towards their rooms. When they passed the living room they found the others Duke summoned the others to sleep, as WildWing placed Nosedive on his bed.
Canard knocked on the door softly.
"Hey Canard, come on in", said WildWing.
"Thanks. Look Wing we need to talk."
"Look I just did that with Duke and I'm fin-"
"Not about tonight."
"Oh?"
"About your will."
"Ah."
"Why didn't you ever tell me I was getting the kid?"
"Canard I-"
"No Flashblade hear me out. I'm twenty-one years old, I have only completed two years of college, so when we return to PuckWorld I was planning to finish my years up. I'm not married, I'm not dating, and I'm not flirting with any girls. I have no promise of income when returning to PuckWorld. I have never baby sat in my life, I don't do well with small children, heck I don't do well with children in general. Nosedive and I are constantly fighting, we don't like each other, and we don't do well together. Why in the world would you choose me to be the legal guardian of that teenager?"
WildWing smiled. "Because you promised me that you would take care of Dive if anything happened. You are my best friend, and you would tend to, or cherish whatever was important to me, and in this case its Nosedive. I knew that you are stronger than that, and you would see past your differences and obstacles. I know that you would try your best and you wouldn't fail. I know you Canard Thunderbeak so well that I can trust you with my brother. And I now know even more how right I was."
Canard grinned. "Cool."
"Yeah it is."
"Thanks Wing, but next time could you tell me when you have certain suprises like that?"
"Well it wouldn't be a surprise than would it?"
Canard hesitated, "Guess not."
"Well I didn't get a chance to thank you for all of this. So thank you Canard this has meant a lot to me."
"Anytime, but don't plan on doing this to us again, it was not fun."
"Not fun huh? Any other real problems while I was gone?"
Canard looked at the teenager, debating whether or not to tell the older brother that he had gotten drunk, and ran away. WildWing would not take easy to the fact that his brother had done those things, and Nosedive wouldn't trust Canard. But than again WildWing had a right to know what had happened while he was absent.
"Nothing really", said Canard grimly.
"Liar."
"We handled the problem, it was taken care of it so don't worry about it okay?"
"So there was a problem?"
"If he died how would you react?"
"Not well."
"Well same goes for him, and now that you're here again, well there isn't a problem really. Oh yeah and make sure that later in life he dies before you, just to be fair."
"What a wonderful note to go to sleep on."
"Heh. What are you doing? Why are you sleeping with Nosedive?"
"Because I can. I missed him, he missed me and now that I can go to sleep with him in a room together again, well it's a nice sentimental touch ya know?"
"Okay well goodnight Wing, it's nice to have you back."
"It's nice to be back."
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It had been a long night. Now it was eleven at night, hours after they had retrieved WildWing from his doom. Nosedive hadn't left his side, and no one made any attempts to try to get Nosedive away. They didn't feel they would be successful, and they didn't feel it was right.
Tanya and the group had been in the infirmary for a while. They had to clean up each other, but most of all WildWing. WildWing hadn't said a word about being held captive, he didn't want and no one asked. They were all just glad to have him back.
WildWing had lost a lot of blood, had many cuts, and a few broken bones. He also had whip slashes all over his back, which he remained silent to when questioned. The others made nothing of it at the moment, but they all knew that something dire had happened.
WildWing was upset, that was obvious. They others comforted him best they could by talking to him, and allowing Nosedive to stay right up on the operating table. The little brother ignored the gory sights, or the wincing of his brother but stayed with him. Nosedive stayed up as long as Tanya, and he stayed active too. As mentioned previously it was eleven and finally everyone was allowed to call it quits for the day.
Nosedive and WildWing headed toward their room, which Nosedive hadn't slept in for a while. All of the ducks were sleeping soundlessly, except for WildWing.
WildWing was tossing and turning in his sleep. Groaning, moaning and endlessly mumbling out words. Finally he woke up screaming, drenched in sweat, and on the verge of tears.
Nosedive rushed over to his brother. However WildWing was unaware of his surroundings and jumped at the sight of another being in the room, causing Nosedive to flinch onto the ground.
The others by now had heard the commotion and ran into the room. WildWing now scared more, started to flinch backwards grabbing a comic book and rolling it up for protection.
"Wing", cried Canard, "Dude it's us."
Duke walked over to Nosedive and helped him off the floor, as Canard kept talking to WildWing.
WildWing didn't respond, he wasn't listening, he didn't hear the words or the voice of the being, all he knew was that someone else was in the room.
"I'm sick of you, get away from me I didn't do anything to you! I don't have that stinkin mask! Why don't you believe me?"
"Get Nosedive out of here", called Canard to Duke.
"No", whimpered Nosedive, "I want to stay here!"
"OUT", screamed Canard, than in a calmer tone, "Kid come on, get out before something happens, get out now, we'll take care of Wing."
Duke gently shoved the younger sibling at the room escorted by Mallory, Tanya, and Grin while Canard stayed with his best friend.
After a few seconds WildWing realized where he was and what had happened, and calmed down, but crying could be heard.
~**~*~**~
"Is Wing okay", questioned Nosedive.
"I'm sure he's fine Dive", said Mallory gently, "Don't need to worry."
"Why was he so upset?"
"Bad dream", said Tanya.
"But why would he get so upset like that?"
"Dreams may not be real", started Grin, "But they can twist our imagination into terrifying illusions of pain."
This answer did not satisfy Nosedive.
"Yeah okay sure why not", said Nosedive, "But is WildWing okay?"
"WildWing is lucky to have such a good brother as you", said Mallory.
"Yeah he is", piped Duke.
"Stop changing the subject", cried Nosedive, "What's wrong with WildWing?"
"Dive", said Tanya softly, "We're not sure, but we'll help him out if there is anything wrong okay?"
WildWing walked in and headed up to the roof of The Pond while yelling back to Canard that he needed to be alone. However his forlornness did not last, after Nosedive got fed up of anticipating his brother's arrival. Nosedive left the gang after five minutes and joined his brother; no one tried to stop him.
~**~*~**~
Nosedive approached WildWing up on the roof.
"Hey Wing", said Nosedive calmly.
"Dive", said WildWing, "I'm sorry, I didn't know what happened, and I was just out of it and-"
"It's okay."
Nosedive laid down next to his brother who was staring up at the sky.
"You know", said Nosedive, "You might be scared, but I was more scared when I thought you were dead. So whatever you're going through, don't worry because it's going to be okay now. Because your not dead, and I'm not dead, and we need to get the most out of life. Ya know?"
"Yeah thanks Dive."
"Look, I know you're not going to tell me whatever it is that's bugging you because you're always looking out for me and stuff so I'm not going to try and get you to tell me what's wrong. So why don't you talk to Duke, or Canard. They're pretty good listeners."
"Oh? How would you know?"
"If you thought I was dead how would you act?"
"Upset, very upset, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Well I was very upset too, and I needed someone to talk to. So they listened."
WildWing smiled and wrapped an arm around his brother.
"Thanks Dive. You know you always know what to say."
"Yeah he does", said Duke coming up approaching the brothers.
"Hey Dukester", said Nosedive, "You going to sit up here with us?"
"Yeah, man lots of stars tonight huh?"
"Yeah", replied WildWing.
They remained silent for a while till Nosedive finally broke the silence.
"You guys have stuff to talk about, I'm gone, Wing I'll wait up for you."
"Thanks Dive, I knew you would."
Nosedive waved and left.
"So", said Duke, "What was that all about?"
"What?"
"Dream, Nosedive saying we need to talk, I think they're all relative don't you?"
"Yeah. Man they wouldn't back off Duke. They wanted that stupid mask and they thought I had it, but I didn't!"
"Yeah I know, so what happened?"
"They hit me and stuff, whips, bats, and they knocked me unconscious and other wonderful items used with bad intentions. They gave me moldy food to eat, and unclean water. The food was filthy!"
"Sounds like hell."
"Pretty close to it."
"So they scared you huh?"
"What?"
"Wing we all get scared, and they obviously scared you or you wouldn't be shivering like that."
"I'm not shivering."
Duke cocked an eye up making WildWing look at his hands, which were shaking.
"Oh shut up", said WildWing.
"So you got scared, that happens."
"Yeah I guess so."
"Don't worry about it okay? We're all here for you, but you already know that right?"
WildWing remained silent.
"Right", repeated Duke?
"Duke it's not that I don't trust you guys, but I'm the leader. I'm not supposed to be scared like that, I'm supposed to be like Canard. Tough and rough, able to handle anything and always staying clear of emotion."
"But you're my brother too", piped in Nosedive.
WildWing and Duke glanced over to the stairs where they found Nosedive.
"Thought I left huh", asked Nosedive.
"Do I even need to answer that", questioned WildWing.
Nosedive walked over to WildWing and sat in his lap, "Nope", said Nosedive, "But you need to listen to me okay?"
"Yeah okay."
"You can have emotions Wing, everyone needs them. And you can get upset, because good brothers do things for one another ya know? And since you're always doing stuff for me, I need to pay ya back in the same sappy way ya know? Stay with me here, if you're there for me, than I should be there for you, so let me okay?"
WildWing hugged Nosedive, bringing him closer to him.
"You're the best baby bro, the best."
"Ya I know", joked Nosedive.
"Come on guys", said Duke, "Let's go back to bed, it's getting cold out here, and it's late."
"Yeah you're right", agreed WildWing, "Nosedive let's go. Nosedive?"
No response or movement from the younger sibling.
"Wing the kid is sleeping."
"Is he?"
WildWing looked down and pushed the teen's head back to find a sleeping brother.
"Guess you're right. Well Iet's go."
The ducks headed back towards their rooms. When they passed the living room they found the others Duke summoned the others to sleep, as WildWing placed Nosedive on his bed.
Canard knocked on the door softly.
"Hey Canard, come on in", said WildWing.
"Thanks. Look Wing we need to talk."
"Look I just did that with Duke and I'm fin-"
"Not about tonight."
"Oh?"
"About your will."
"Ah."
"Why didn't you ever tell me I was getting the kid?"
"Canard I-"
"No Flashblade hear me out. I'm twenty-one years old, I have only completed two years of college, so when we return to PuckWorld I was planning to finish my years up. I'm not married, I'm not dating, and I'm not flirting with any girls. I have no promise of income when returning to PuckWorld. I have never baby sat in my life, I don't do well with small children, heck I don't do well with children in general. Nosedive and I are constantly fighting, we don't like each other, and we don't do well together. Why in the world would you choose me to be the legal guardian of that teenager?"
WildWing smiled. "Because you promised me that you would take care of Dive if anything happened. You are my best friend, and you would tend to, or cherish whatever was important to me, and in this case its Nosedive. I knew that you are stronger than that, and you would see past your differences and obstacles. I know that you would try your best and you wouldn't fail. I know you Canard Thunderbeak so well that I can trust you with my brother. And I now know even more how right I was."
Canard grinned. "Cool."
"Yeah it is."
"Thanks Wing, but next time could you tell me when you have certain suprises like that?"
"Well it wouldn't be a surprise than would it?"
Canard hesitated, "Guess not."
"Well I didn't get a chance to thank you for all of this. So thank you Canard this has meant a lot to me."
"Anytime, but don't plan on doing this to us again, it was not fun."
"Not fun huh? Any other real problems while I was gone?"
Canard looked at the teenager, debating whether or not to tell the older brother that he had gotten drunk, and ran away. WildWing would not take easy to the fact that his brother had done those things, and Nosedive wouldn't trust Canard. But than again WildWing had a right to know what had happened while he was absent.
"Nothing really", said Canard grimly.
"Liar."
"We handled the problem, it was taken care of it so don't worry about it okay?"
"So there was a problem?"
"If he died how would you react?"
"Not well."
"Well same goes for him, and now that you're here again, well there isn't a problem really. Oh yeah and make sure that later in life he dies before you, just to be fair."
"What a wonderful note to go to sleep on."
"Heh. What are you doing? Why are you sleeping with Nosedive?"
"Because I can. I missed him, he missed me and now that I can go to sleep with him in a room together again, well it's a nice sentimental touch ya know?"
"Okay well goodnight Wing, it's nice to have you back."
"It's nice to be back."
Author's Note ~ Please review! I finished! You like it? Hope you do, spent some time working on it! Pleaser review! Have any requests, or comments, or stories you would like me to work on right away? E-mail me at charmduchess@yahoo.com Please review! Did I mention to please review?