(POV: Kat Manx)
I could tell by merely looking at Doggie that he was worried about something, but, at the time, even he wasn't sure what was going on.
We never knew much about Z Delgado's past, but we figured she didn't have the most wonderful childhood.
She went on patrol a little after breakfast along with Bridge Carson, and when I saw her I knew why Doggie was so concerned, she looked like she hadn't slept well, and she seemed upset. I didn't ask her, but I'd talk to Sydney when I saw her, which wasn't to much later.
"Hi, Kat" Syd said and went to work on the computer.
"Syd, I want to ask you something"
"Okay, what is it?"
"What's wrong with Z, I saw her earlier and she didn't look good"
"She had a really bad nightmare this morning, but she wouldn't tell me anything about it"
I had a feeling it was something like that, I just didn't know what could possibly have Z as upset as she seemed to be trying to hide, but if I had known I would have acted differently than I did.
(POV Bridge)
After about five minutes of patrolling I realized that something was really wrong with Z.
"Do you want to talk about what happened this morning?"
"I had a really bad nightmare" she paused "it was actually a memory"
"Memory of what?"
"My… my mother's murder and how I ran away from home" she replied near tears
"Whoa, I'm sorry Z" I didn't know what else to say to her "did you actually see what happened?"
"I wish I could say that I hadn't"
She and I completed our patrol and she went to the rec. room and I went into my bedroom to try and sort out my thoughts out about Z.
After a few moments I did a head-stand to try and things straight. Did I really like Z that much? So much that I wanted to know what she had been through.
(3rd person)
Sky watched Syd as she wrote on a journal entry that evening and wondered why she seemed so upset. When she had been the one to say that they had no reason to worry. He didn't know that she had overheard Z talking to Bridge and had realized that they did have something to worry about.
Finally Sky had enough of watching Syd get more and more upset. He walked over and sat beside her as she closed her journal and locked it.
"What do you want, Sky?" she asked
"What's wrong, Syd?"
"Nothing, what makes you think there is?"
"Syd, I know you're worried, but what about?"
"I overheard Z talking to Bridge, she told him about her dream" Syd paused and looked down "she witnessed her mother's murder"
Sky put his arm around Syd's shoulder
"I can't imagine how horrible that must've been for her" Syd whispered sounding as if she were about to cry.
"It sounds like your taking this harder than she is?" Sky said
"Don't let her front fool you, Sky, Z is really hurting a lot more than she is letting on" Bridge said as he walked in the door.
Sky looked up at Bridge silently.
"She is hiding how she feels from us because she feels like she has to" Bridge sighed
"That is so sad" Syd whispered
"It really is sad that she feels she has to hide her emotions from us" Sky said
"Yeah, but that's just how Z is" Jack said "she's always been like that, or she has for has for as long as I've known her."
"So, should we be worried about her?" Syd asked
"Yes, you should" a voice said
Everyone looked up to see Kat standing in the doorway.
To Be Continued…
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