*Chapter 13*

"Stop it!" Bottle Cap screamed, her body trembling, "Please, just stop!" Tears poured down her cheeks as she tried to hide from whatever was pursuing her in her nightmare.

"Caps, wake up." Silver said, shaking her friend worriedly as the other girls started to wake.

"What's wrong?" Tipsy yawned, sitting up drowsily. The sun was just about to crown the horizon and the house was silent and still before the frightened girl's outburst. She had been tossing and turning all night.

"I dunno, Tip." Silver kept trying to wake Bottle Cap but to no avail. "She won't snap outa it!"

"I'm gonna go get one a da guys." Tipsy informed the others, panic in her eyes. She ran across the hall and burst into the room of snoring boys. "Git up! We need help!" She cried, being over dramatic because she was still half asleep.

"Wha?" Jack groaned, not opening his eyes.

"Wha's a mattah, Tip?" Blink rolled over, not really caring.

"Go back ta bed." Race threw his pillow at her.

"No! It's Bottle Cap!" She stomped her foot, "She's cryin' an' screamin' an' she won't wake up!" Blink jumped up as Jack's eyes popped open. The two hurried into the girls room.

"Hey! Gimme back my pillow!" Race called after Tipsy. She picked up the pillow and threw it at him before following after the boys.

"Don't yell anymore..." Bottle Cap was begging when the boys entered. Silver was still shaking her and a couple of girls were talking to her.

"It's okay, Bottle Cap, it's just a dream." Illusion tried as Spin groaned and pulled her pillow over her head to block out the noise. She soon gave up the fight and went to the boys room to go back to sleep.

"What's goin' on in deah?" Jake asked when Spin laid down in Jack's empty bunk.

"Nothin' I ca'e 'bout." Spin informed her boyfriend dryly before trying to go back to sleep.

"Caps? Wake up," Blink sat beside her and wiped the hair from her forehead.

"How long 'ave you'se been tryin' ta wake 'er?" Jack asked Chipper.

"A couplah minutes. She's havin' a real bad nightmare." Chipper told him, "I think I'm gonna start gettin' ready." Jack nodded before kissing her cheek.

"Hey, c'mon Caps." Blink took her hand. Even in the middle of her dream, Katie could hear Blink's soothing voice. She slowly opened her eyes to see the commotion she had caused.

"Mornin', Sunshine." Silver Fists greeted, happy that she had finally snapped out of her sleep.

"You okay?" Blink asked, smiling down at her, as Jack walked up.

"Yeah..." She answered, unsure of what was going on.

"You'se was havin' a bad dream." Jack smiled as she attempted to sit up. Her cheeks burned with the embarressment that the dream had caused, everyone looking at her worriedly.

"Sorry." She shyly tucked her hair behind her ear, avoiding eyes.

"Don't be sorry." Dragonfly laughed. "It ain't your fault."

"Yeah, c'mon." Tipsy giggled, "We might as well stawt gettin' ready. Kloppman'll be up heah in about two minutes anyway." Bottle Cap nodded and yawned as the boys left.

"Get outa my bed, Spin." Jack ordered as he walked by on his way to the washroom.

"Ugh," Spin moaned groggily. "Go away" She buried her face in the pillow as the boys started getting up.

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"You goin' ovah ta Brooklyn taday?" Silver Fists asked Bottle Cap as they headed down the street with Dragonfly later that morning.

"Yeah, I guess I should." She replied, almost fearful for some reason.

"Brooklyn? Ta see Spot?" Dragonfly asked.

"Yeah." Silver answered for Caps with a smile.

"Need some company?" Blink and Race had come up behind the girls as they walked, unnoticed.

"Race!" Dragonfly shrieked happily before snatching his hand and continuing on to the Distribution Office.

"You aren't selling?" Bottle Cap asked Blink, Silver Fists just kept on walking with Race and Dragonfly, seeing that her friend would have somebody else to protect her now. She was happy for Bottle Cap, but still a little disappointed and maybe even jealous.

"Naw, I can't let ya walk ta Brooklyn alone." Blink laughed.

"Okay." Katie shrugged, sending her long hair over her shoulder. The two headed silently towards the Brooklyn bridge. Katie was trying desperately to remember why she needed to talk to Spot in the first place, but it didn't matter. She didn't really need a reason to talk to her long lost brother, did she?