Aaron looked around; he was NightCat and he appeared to be fighting someone. Just then, the person he was fighting came closer as Aaron fell to the ground unable to move. It was Acid Ace standing over him. He smiled evilly as Aaron lay helpless in front of him. He held up Aaron's own sword and thrust it in to his chest. Aaron let out a scream of pain.

Aaron woke up; he realized that he was dreaming. He looked up and saw that Sonia was holding him in her arms with a worried look on her face.

"You were having a nightmare; a pretty bad one at that. You were thrashing and groaning in your sleep." Sonia told him. Aaron looked down and realized that he had been sweating. Geo came in to the room and handed Sonia a washcloth which she placed on Aaron's forehead. The cloth felt cool on Aaron's head as he relaxed in her arms. Stalker walked over to his partner and rubbed up against him.

"Glad to see that you're okay." Stalker said nuzzling Aaron. Aaron smiled as his partner comforted him. After Sonia had finished calming Aaron down, she brought him back to his room where she laid him in Geo's lap who had been sitting in the rocking chair. Geo placed a bottle of warm milk in Aaron's mouth. Aaron stared at Geo angrily as he drank the milk; Aaron didn't want to admit it, but the milk was very relaxing to him. He just wished that he didn't have to drink it from a baby bottle. Aaron finished the milk and Geo popped a pacifier in his mouth as he laid Aaron back down in the crib. Aaron let out a moan as he fell asleep in the crib. Geo left the room where Sonia was waiting downstairs for him.

"What do you think that nightmare was all about?" Sonia asked.

"Maybe he was all alone as a baby. I mean he was completely self-reliant before all of this." Geo said.

"I don't think that's it. He seemed to be too scared for it to be him all alone as a baby. It looked like he was fighting." Sonia said. Sonia just shrugged it off as Geo went home to get some sleep. Sonia stayed on the couch as Stalker sat next to her bathing himself as he began speaking.

"He was probably having the nightmare where he was fighting Ace. He always sweats when he has that one." The cat said casually.

"Keep talking." Sonia said intrigued by the cat's knowledge of Aaron's life. Lyra also materialized as her curiosity on Aaron's life was at an all time high.

"Look I shouldn't even have told you that much. There are reasons Aaron is so secretive; if I tell you this stuff you need to swear to never speak of it. You can't tell anyone at all, if Aaron finds out I don't know what will happen." The cat said looking around.

"I promise." Sonia said looking at Stalker.

Stalker reluctantly began speaking, "Well you know how Aaron's parents left him as a child?" Sonia nodded her head. Stalker continued, "Well since then, Aaron has had issues trusting others. That's why he takes on so many solo missions as you've seen. Aaron seems like a pretty tough guy, but on the inside he has some serious stuff going on. When Aaron made me, it took him a while to open up, but being his partner would be hard if we didn't build some sort of relationship. Aaron doesn't keep much from me, but he does have a lot of secrets that I don't even know about. I grew curious after a little while, so at night when Aaron would go to bed I would sneak out of his Hunter and go snooping around. One night, I came across his home movie collection. Every night I would watch some of the movies. One night however, Aaron was having a nightmare and caught me in the act. I told him how I had been watching the movies. I asked him why he was up; he told me about the nightmare he was having. He saw that I paused the movie, and he sat down next to me and unpaused it. We watched the movies and he explained a few parts of them to me. His parents loved taking videos of him as a child. When we got to the video from his tenth birthday he broke down crying. He explained to me that it was the last video his parents took before they left him."

"So tell me about the nightmares." Sonia said impatiently listening to the story.

Stalker continued, "I was getting to that. He told me that he didn't trust others because he was afraid that they would betray him like his parents did. They left no trace after they left. Aaron felt abandoned so he vowed to not trust others. Aaron built a hard shell around himself, he hides his emotions well, but he's scared on the inside. He takes on solo missions to avoid that fear of being abandoned. NightCat is one of those sides of him where he lets out the frustrations he has from all of his pent up emotions. Now about the nightmare, the one that is the worst is the one that he just had. In it, he is NightCat and he is fighting Acid Ace. Aaron is all alone and Ace has him cornered. Ace betrayed Aaron as he attacked him while his back was turned. Ace then took Aaron's sword and thrust it through his chest. Aaron analyzed the dream for me; he knows that it represents his fear of opening up to others and them betraying him like his parents did."

"So why does he seem to cooperate with us, and not Luna?" Sonia asked intrigued.

"Based on all of the home movies, you two are the closest things to his parents. You give him love and attention and when he needs it you discipline him, but not harshly. Plus you do a great job of taking care of him. Luna on the other hand is always stern and commanding towards him. I guess Aaron lets you guys baby him because he misses the feelings he had as a child when his parents were around." Stalker told her.

Sonia thanked Stalker as she gave him a hug. Stalker reminded her about not telling anyone. Sonia let out a loud yawn as she curled up on the couch and fell asleep. Lyra and Stalker continued talking through the night.