Author's Note ~ Once again I am sorry for the delay, please review, even if I don't deserve it, lol! This chapter isn't that good, but it'll get better promise!

"Come on", said Nosedive instinctively, "Let's go find out what's going on".

"Lets not", said Thrash, "Those people are getting mugged we'd be idiots to go there. Let's just call the police instead."

"There wouldn't be enough time", said Mookie shortly, "Come on, what goes around comes around, so if we're heroic now then maybe some mystic guardian will help me clean up the mess in the store."

~*!*!*~

Mugger-"Do you like booze kid? You never answered me".

Nosedive- "NO! Leave my friends alone!"

Mugger- "Try some".

~**~*~**~

"Nosedive", called Duke, "Kid that was your cue to execute the play.

Nosedive shook his head, freeing himself from the memory, however his moment of sanity lasted but of two seconds for when he perked his head up he saw the mugger on the ice. Duke his teammate had turned into the mugger.

"Ah", screamed Nosedive falling down to the ice.

When he heard no ridiculing, tormenting, or threats he looked up to see a confused Duke.

"Dive", said WildWing, "You okay bro?"

"Yeah of course." There was a brief moment of silence. "You know what", started Nosedive, "I'm not okay I need a break, Wing can I go?"

"Sure Dive", said WildWing.

"Wait a minute hold up", said Canard softly but sternly, "We have a practice."

"Canard please", begged Nosedive, "Just let me go for once okay? I don't feel right."

"Well."

"Canard", said WildWing, "Stop. Let him go, wait why am I even asking, Nosedive you can go."

"WildWing", said Canard feeling overruled.

WildWing glanced an unyielding look at his best friend who immediately shut up and sided with him.

Nosedive skated off the ice into his bedroom.

"What is the matter with me", asked Nosedive, "Man boy you need to calm down! Start taking chill pills, are they even real? I bet Thrash and Mook have some. That's it! They should be going through whatever I'm going through, go find Thrash and Mook, like now."

Nosedive grabbed a pen and paper and started jotting down words.

An hour later his note was read aloud by his older brother:

Dear WildWing,

Hey, hope you're in a good mood. I needed to talk to my friends quickly, kind of an emergency kind of sort of thing ya know? Sorry about having to leave practice early, and not telling you before hand I was leaving. Expect me late, and don't freak out since I said late. Okay? I'll be at Captain Comics, if you want to call the navy and army to make sure I'm there, even though I don't have your permission I'll be there waiting. Sorry about any problems I'm causing. Okay got to go now,

Love Your Brother,

Nosedive

P.S. We're calling in pizza, so I won't need dinner, well actually the food you guys serving isn't what I would call dinner, more like poison.hehe well got to go, love ya bro, bye.



"NOSEDIVE", screamed WildWing.

"Wing", said Canard, "What's wrong?"

"Nosedive ran out!"

"What?"

"I mean he left to Captain Comics, that little demon got out of practice to go to meet his friends, I believed him!"

"Oh, so he fooled us yet again?"

"Yeah!"

"What else is new?"

"Canard why aren't you more upset?"

"Because you're upset for the both of us."

"Well I have a right to be!"

"Oh?"

"Remember last time Nosedive said he would be late?"

"Oh."

~Captain Comics~

"Hey Thrash, Mook", said Nosedive, "Look now that the pizza is here, and we have completely mutated that celery stick, and dissected every peanut in that peanut bag, I need to talk to you guys."

"Sure Dive man", said Thrash.

"Shoot", said Mookie.

"You guys have any nightmares from those muggers?"

The fun loving teenagers placed their food down and looked at their friend, who for once was upset, and not joking.

"Well yeah it was kind of scary", said Mookie, "But it worked out all right I guess. I mean we didn't get it that bad."

"Oh", sighed Nosedive disappointed in their answer. He had been hopping they were experiencing the same problems as him.

"Why", asked Thrash.

"I had a nightmare on it, and now I don't know. Things turn into things that shouldn't be certain things? Ya follow?"

"In a sense", said Mookie, "Yeah. How often has this happened?"

"One bad dream, twice on the illusion thing."

"That's it", asked Thrash dully, "Dive man what are you worrying about?"

"You know what", said Nosedive, "I don't even think I know. It just happened during practice and than I got messed up and all."

"Got ya", said Thrash.

The phone rang.

"Man that phone does not cease to ring", exclaimed Mookie in frustration, "This time I'm getting it."

"That's a change", mocked Nosedive.

"Quiet you", replied Mookie.

~Phone~

"Hello".

"Yeah hi, this is WildWing is my brother there?"

"Uh yeah, you want him?"

"YES!"

"Geez my ears, man not so loud. Hang on I'm getting him."

Three seconds later.

"Hey Wing", said a very nervous Nosedive, "How are you?"

"Don't you play that innocent stuff on me!"

"Ah man."

"Nosedive I know you got out of practice just because you wanted to hang out! Nosedive Nicholas Flashblade you will be running laps for eternity for lying to me!"

"WildWing it wasn't like that I promise! Please Wing come on."

"Nosedive!"

"WildWing you have to believe me, I needed some reassurance."

"What kind of reassurance?"

"I'll tell you later. I'm guessing you want me home now huh?"

"Yeah!"

"Can you pick me up?"

"Is there something wrong with your legs? Are you paralyzed and you cannot walk home?"

"WildWing", said Nosedive in a quiet voice that only his brother could hear, "I'm scared of the dark outside right now. I mean I don't want any repeats."

"Aw Dive. Yeah I'll be right there hang tight."

"Thanks bro."

"Bye."

"Adios muchacho."

A few minutes later WildWing picked up his brother. He sensed tension and tried to get it out of his brother but failed miserably.

It was cold outside, and dark as WildWing drove Nosedive home where their conversation started.

"You okay", asked WildWing.

"Yeah, why?"

"You seem upset."

"I'm fine don't worry."

"I have to worry with all of the crazy stunts you pull."

"I'm fine really."

"Nosedive if there is any thing wrong you know you can talk to me right?"

"I know Wing, but nothing is wrong."

"Come on Nosedive tell me what's wrong, I'm your brother I'll understand."

"WildWing for the last time nothing is wrong", snapped Nosedive, "Now stop!"

"Fine Nosedive, if you want to play like nothing is going on than fine so can I. But eventually you'll have to tell me."

"Oh shut-up."

"NOSEDIVE!"

"Sorry."

The two remained silent as WildWing mentally scolded himself. He had to make it up to his brother.

"Hey I heard about this ice cream store that's pretty good", said WildWing, "And I'm in no rush to go home so."

"Can we?"

"Yeah if you want."

"YES! Thank you!"

"No problem baby bro."

But there was a problem why can't they see? The problem had just begun, and in life ice cream can't fix things.

That night Nosedive woke up drenched in sweat and breathing hard. WildWing had wakened him up and was now sitting right next to him. Thankfully WildWing had learned from last time, and the light was on making it easy for Nosedive to identify him as his brother and not a mugger.

"You okay there baby bro", asked WildWing.

"Yeah I'm okay", said Nosedive, "Just I don't know."

"Care to tell what the dream was about there Dive?"

Nosedive shook his head no.

"Come on Dive, I'm your brother tell me."

"But promise me you won't tell anyone."

"Scout's honor."

"WildWing I'm serious!"

"Yeah okay I'm serious too. So what happened that is making you so resistant to telling me? You've always told me before."

"I'm okay Wing really, but it's personal."

"Well you're in luck, me being your brother I have full access without any embarrassing features to your personal life. So shoot."

Nosedive smiled but soon his smile faded into a frown. "It was a twisted distorted dream of all of you guys turning into those muggers Wing, those crappy Proufound Believers."

WildWing's smile faded too. "What do you mean all of us?"

"Like all of us, everyone in the team."

"Even me?"

"No, not you or Canard. But everyone else."

WildWing threw an arm over his brother and began to pat his back. They stayed like that for a while staring out into space, and WildWing easily softening Nosedive's tension.

"Feel better", asked WildWing.

Nosedive nodded. "I'm going to go back to bed Wing."

"Kay me too, night Dive."

WildWing got up to walk over to his bed but stopped. "Hey Dive do you want me to sleep with you?"

Nosedive nodded.

WildWing smiled and walked over to his baby brother. He slid into the bed but still managing never to keep his eyes off his brother. Something wasn't right, Nosedive was becoming scared again, and Nosedive's fears were more than frightening, they were real.

~**~*~**~

"Are they still sleeping", asked Mallory toward the group, "How are we supposed to get anything done with our leader sleeping?"

"And our teammate", commented Duke. "Well I'll go wake them up. Hang tight."

Duke left the kitchen to the Flashblade's room. He knocked softly but heard no reply. So he walked right in. Once inside he found the two brother's sleeping together. He gently shoved WildWing.

"Huh wha", said WildWing.

"Hey Wing", said Duke, "Sweet dreams?"

"Funny. And no, there were no sweet dreams last night."

"Last night?"

Than quickly regaining his memory WildWing remembered his promise to his brother.

"Dive had a bad dream so I stayed with him."

"Touching."

"Funny."

"What were they about?"

WildWing didn't like lying but he didn't like to say it was a secret either.

"Oh I don't even remember", lied WildWing, "Something about a giant chili dog I think?

"Nosedive was scared of that, so much so you had to sleep in his bed?"

"I don't know", said WildWing shortly not wanting to questioned, "What is this a law suit or something?"

"No sorry", said the elder duck now realizing it was something bigger.

"Ah don't worry about it", replied WildWing, "Let's go eat."

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Huh?"

"Nosedive!"

"Oh yeah! Oops."

WildWing gently nudged his brother.

"WildWing?"

"Yeah Dive it's me. You ready to get up?"

Nosedive groaned.

"I'll take that as a yes".

"It means no", whined Nosedive.

"Calm on kid", said Duke jokingly. Duke threw his hands in the air, "It's useless."

Nosedive spun around at the presence of someone else. As soon as he saw Duke he replaced the image of Duke with the image of a mugger waving his knife in the air.

"Ah", screamed Nosedive.

WildWing and Duke stared at Nosedive.

"Dive", said WildWing sternly, "You okay?"

Nosedive blinked, saw Duke and not a mugger and nodded. "Yeah Wing I'm fine, just playing with ya."

"Oh okay", said WildWing.

Duke however did not buy his act, but decided it was best to let it go if WildWing did.

A/N Please review now!! I really appreciate it!!! Thanks to all of you that always do, you guys are the greatest. I know that this chapter is lame, but it's a "leading up to" chapter. Please stick with this story! Thanks a ton!