Is This Wrong?
Crystal: I know, took me a little longer. I just had some things going on this past week and they took up a lot of my time. But I think this should keep you till...next week?
Also, I'm in a particularly bad mood today. (Parents) So this chapter might be kind of strange.
Dark. That's all there was. Just plain, terrifying, black darkness.
Cold too. It was very cold.
The darkness swirled around him, freezing him. The shadows grabbed his arms and legs, bringing images to him. They were all just regular, childish nightmares. He tried to close his eyes to block them, but they forced them open.
His mother's mangled body.
He cried.
The shadows twisted and churned around his ankles and wrists until he heard them snap.
He screamed. He screamed so hard his throat went raw, but it hurt worse.
"Ah!" Goten shot up in his bed, and hit something hard.
"Goten?"
He looked around. He was in his room. No shadows. No nothing.
"Goten?"
"Dad? What are you doing here?" He looked at his hands.
"You were screaming so I came to check on you. I've been trying to wake you for at least ten minutes."
(Goten's POV)
"It was just a nightmare, I'll be fine." I tried to assure him, but I don't think he bought it.
"Alright. If you need me I'm just down the hall."
I nodded and flopped back down on my 'mountain' of pillows. He turned to leave, whispered a quick 'love you', and left, leaving the door open just a crack.
He must have insomnia too. Maybe he wont mind if I go watch tv with him. It's not like I have school tomorrow. Or for the rest of the year. Dad took me out yesterday. Why? I don't know, but he's been acting weird lately.
"What the heck. I might as well go see him. I'm not getting any sleep anyway. Oh wait, I need Bow."
Bow was my little white dragon plushie. Dad and Gohan won him for me at a carnival the day after dad came back for good. I always slept with it because it was from the first thing we did together as a real family. I remember, dad and Gohan won little key chains.
I grabbed Bow and walked down the hall to mom and... to dad's room. Should I bother him?
"Goten? You need something?"
I must have looked pretty silly, caught sneaking into dad's room in blue starry pj's, clutching a little doll to my side. Sometimes I wonder if I'm thirteen or three.
"Yeah. See, I can't sleep and I was just wondering if I could...watch tv in here for a while?"
He looked at me funny again. "Sure. You know, you don't have to ask."
I didn't reply, instead just crawled in next to him and tried to watch tv. It was called 'Adult Swim'. It was just a bunch of cartoons, but with more adult humor, crammed together.
I don't think either of us were really paying attention.
"Your nightmare spooked you, didn't it?"
"Sort of. I guess."
Well with my 'motives' clear we were able to watch one show. Sealab 2021. (Crystal: Don't own.) It was kind of funny to.
The characters were all addicted to some weird drug. I didn't get it that much. "It's like amonkey crapped a rainbow in my head!"
That was pretty funny. I started laughing, but not just because of the show but...dad was tickling me!
"No! S-stop! Come on, I give!"
I wasn't gonna take this sitting down.
I, as gently as possible, pushed him off with my foot and rolled to the side, but he was ready and grabbed my foot. Leaning back, I grabbed a pillow off the floor and whacked him with it! Ha!
Goten: 1. Goku: 0.
After that it was an all out war. Weapons consisting of pillows, blankets, sheets, Bow, in my case. Whatever we had. All I remember then was us laying on top of a heap of blankets exhausted.
"Dad...I'm sleepy now."
"Me too. G' night."
I rolled off of him and grabbed Bow, ready to pass out, but I changed my mind and rolled back over facing dad, who was on his back.
I felt a lot better sleeping here. I doubt I'll have nightmares tonight.
Maybe we could turn my room into a new game room?
Crystal
3/19/05
