Summary: Aurora is in college, spending only her weekends and vacations in Crystal Springs. After since Andros' reunion with his children, Blaecleah kept quiet, but peace never lasts for long.

Juzblue: The character in the very last sentence of chapter 10, I believe it was.

DizneeDol: I made night-work of this one, just so I could update for you guys. I'm almost falling asleep right now. See me yawning? And IT'S MORNING OVER HERE!

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It Was Just The Beginning

Chapter 12

Kayla sat on her bed, eyes shut tightly, sweat drops slowly crawling down her face as she stared into blank oblivion behind her closed eyelids, trying to get her breathing back under control. She couldn't remember what that dream had been about, but it had scared her to no end.

She suddenly heard her bedroom door being thrown open and instinctively her blaster appeared in her hand, aimed at her doorway, her finger tense on the trigger. She relaxed as her mind registered her twin standing there with his hands up in the air in a surrender position.

"Whoa, take it easy, Kayl. It's just me." Dakota said softly, carefully approaching his twin.

"Sorry." Kayla replied, slowly lowering the blaster. "I- I guess I'm a little freaked out."

Dakota walked over to her and sat down on her bed, pulling her into a hug as her weapon disappeared again.

"Tell me what's wrong. You were telepathically screaming so loud I'm surprised KO-35 isn't calling right now and demanding to know what's going on. Heck, it surprises me I'm the only one here."

This drew a small laugh from Kayla as she laid her head against her brother's shoulder.

"Sorry… It's just that I had this really weird - and realistic - dream that's got me all freaked out." Kayla replied, before thoughtfully adding, "Well, not really a dream, more of a nightmare I guess."

"Tell me." Dakota suddenly requested insistently.

"Well… we were fighting this really strong monster and Ray and Aurora weren't there. Then all of a sudden Ray shows up and starts charging at the monster, screaming something about Aurora, but I couldn't make out what. Anyway, his fighting, it was… different somehow. He seemed distracted. He was being sloppy and his defence was… well, it was just plain lousy. We tried to help, but those stupid minions showed up and blocked our way." Kayla swallowed hard before continuing. "When we finally defeated them, we could only watch as the monster struck down Ray, laughing. As he teleported out Aurora showed up, seeing Ray and started yelling at us. How we should've looked out for him more and such. Her last words before teleporting out with Ray. At that moment we all knew our team would never be complete again."

By then tears were rolling down Kayla's face, mixing with the sweat droplets into one salty liquid wetting her skin.

"That doesn't sound too bad." Dakota whispered, rubbing small circles on his baby sister's back before adding empathetically. "Okay sis, what aren't you telling me?"

Kayla sighed, knowing she couldn't fool the other half of her soul.

"Ray demorphed after being struck down and there was blood, lots of blood. He looked so pale and… and…"

"Dead?" Dakota whispered, finishing her sentence with the one word she dreaded.

Kayla nodded, her fingers digging into the fabric of his shirt.

"It was just a dream, Kayla. Dreams don't hurt you, dreams aren't real." He assured.

"But it looked so real." Kayla protested. "It felt so real."

"Want me to stay with you?"

The offer was one made many times when they were younger and either had a nightmare. They had been sharing a room back then. Sometimes the nightmare seemed so silly, they didn't want to wake up their parents, even though they were scared, but the other never minded. They understood each other on a level no one else could. Being a twin had forged a bond between them no one really understood. It wasn't uncommon with telepathic twins, but just science couldn't discover how or why it was there. Still, Kayla was thankful to have it.

"Please." She answered, a gentle smile on her face.

Kayla's reply was almost too soft to be heard, but Dakota picked it up anyway. He smiled, glad to know his sister hadn't grown too proud to admit her fear. He knew he had, though he might still admit fear to Kayla, no one else would ever know if he was afraid.

"Come on, let's get you a wet washcloth for your face and something to drink before you try to sleep again." He added, standing up and pulling his sister to her feet.

"And an aspirin." She advised. "I got a killer headache thanks to that nightmare."

Hand in hand they crept downstairs, trying not to wake up anyone else. Neither was willing to explain Kayla's nightmare, not while the sun wasn't up, creating a deceiving appearance of safety and making nightmares seem so less scary than the night did. Too much things hid in the dark for either of them to truly feel safe.

Dakota pushed his sister into the bathroom while he went to get a glass of cold water from the kitchen downstairs. Once he got back he found his sister had given up on the wet washcloth and was splashing cold water into her face.

"Here." Dakota said, offering her a towel when she was finished, looking a little less shaken already.

After Kayla threw the towel onto the hamper and took two aspirins out of the medicine cabinet, he handed her the glass of water and watched her swallow the two pills before gulping down the rest of the water. She made a face and shivered a little.

"I hate their taste." She informed him eloquently.

"Me too." Dakota agreed. "Now let's get some sleep."

Kayla merely nodded and followed her brother back into her room. She set the empty glass down on her nightstand – not wanting to leave her room now that she was back here - before getting back into bed. Dakota joined her and wrapped his arms around his sister's small frame.

"Night Kayl." He whispered.

"Night Kota." Kayla replied sleepily before drifting off to sleep, her nightmare forgotten.

A/N: Ha, I honestly didn't know I was going to write this in this chapter. I was just out of ideas and started writing and this appeared on my computer screen. Hope you liked it. REVIEW and look at my site, it's updated!