Chapter 2

(Third Person POV)

Disclaimer: I do not own The Secret Saturdays nor the characters.

Zak has just finished explaining everything that he could remember about his recent nightmares to his parents and uncle. His foot was violently tapping against the floor as he waited for his parents or uncle to respond. Drew, Doc, and Doyle seemed to be having their own, quiet conversation about what Zak had just told them.

"Guys?" Zak impatiently asked. He had been sitting at the kitchen table, waiting for a response for about five minutes now and he was working himself up the longer he had to wait.

"Oh, sorry Zakman." Doyle apologized as he turned to face the 15 year old. Doyle then glanced over to Doc who nodded at the former mercenary. Doc pulled out his video phone and began to tap the screen. Zak curiously stood up, out of his chair and watched what his father was doing. The phone started ringing and Zak looked over to his mom for answers. The only answer he got was a small smile and short nod.

"Doc, Drew. How long has it been?" A voice echoed out of the phone and Zak squinted his eyes, trying to analyze the voice.

"David, hello. It's been quite some time but we could really use a professional on the subconscious right now." Doc shortly explained. Zak then realized his father was speaking with the Dr. David Bara.

"Oh, alright. What seems to be the problem?" David asked and Doc glanced over to Drew for a short moment and then back at the phone.

"I think it's better if we talk about this in person." Doc admitted quietly before he looked to his wife for a second time. Drew then made eye contact with her husband and gave him a questioning look. "Do you know where we're currently stationed at?"

"Um.. right outside Bisbee, Arizona, I believe." Drew answered as she placed her hands on her hips. Doc nodded.

"Great, i'm not too far, I should be there shortly." David informed as he and Doc exchanged goodbyes.

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Doc, Drew, Doyle, Dr. Bara, Zak, and now Fiskerton and Komodo were all present in the medical bay of the airship. The only one that was absent was Zon. Zak noticed this as soon as Fiskerton and Komodo joined the group in the room but he decided he'd wait until Dr. Bara left before he went searching for his sister. Zak was currently sitting on an exam table. He was kicking his feet back and forth as he watched Dr. Bara assemble tools on the table beside him.

"Zak, do you remember what I did to Fiskerton a while ago when his brain was creating divining rods?" Dr. Bara questioned and Zak sat there with a blank face for a moment as Dr. Bara turned and looked at the boy, waiting for an answer.

"Zak." Drew called and Zak quickly looked over to her. She raised one of her eyebrows at him and he awkwardly smiled back.

"Y-yeah I do." Zak spoke, finally answering Dr. Bara's question. "I'm not actually going to have to fall asleep, am I?" Zak asked, an obvious hint of nervousness in his voice. Dr. Bara gave him a look that read, 'You already know the answer to that', and Zak immediately sighed. "There's really not any other way?"

"I wish I could tell you that there was but with the little information you remember about your dreams, i'm afraid that the only way that we'll be able to figure out what's going on in your head at night is if we put you on… Let's just say, it's an advanced dream catcher. It will help you remember whatever happens during your rem cycle." Dr. Bara explained, rather long. Zak began tapping his fingers on his knees as he took in what the scientist had just said.

At this point, Fiskerton had his furry hands in his mouth as he watched his little brother. He knew Zak too well and as of now, he could tell his brother was anything but down for the idea of falling asleep. But at the same time, he knew by the bags under Zak's eyes that he couldn't keep having these sleepless night.

Doyle then walked over to Zak and placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder before adding, "Don't stress it, Miniman. Think about it, after this, you won't dread doing anything because of your lack of energy. Say, we could go to the most dangerous-"

"I don't know about you but I'd rather my son not do anything that could put him in harm's way." Doc interrupted as he crossed his arms over his chest and gave his brother in law a doubtful look.

"Buzz kill." Doyle whispered as he removed his hand from Zak's shoulder and walked back over to Komodo.

"Alright, so. Remember this?" Dr. Bara wondered out loud as he pulled out a dreamtime totem. Zak observed the totem carefully before nodding his head. "Great. We can start now, then." Dr. Bara finished and Zak looked over to Fiskerton and shot him a small smile. Then Zak focused his attention back to the totem and before he knew, his eyelids slammed shut.

After about 20 minutes of silence, Doyle spoke up and finally broke the silence with, "That's it? Now what do we do?". He was unsure of the situation as of now because with most of their problems, it was always more than easy. But this, this was easy and far too simple.

"We wait." Doc answered and Doyle's face was taken over by confusion. "Zak has to have the dream in order for us to help. If he doesn't, we can't do anything. Dreams take time so, yes, we wait." Doc clarified but was dry with the response. As the two men were conversating, Drew and Fisketon were watching as Dr. Bara pulled out a few scalp electrodes and carried them over to Zak. He carefully lifted Zak's head and placed them on the back of his head, near the posterior cortical region.

"There we are." Dr. Bara stated as he looked over to Drew. He motioned his hand for her to come over to them and she did so. Dr. Bara then pointed at his monitor as he added, "This is a live recording of Zak's brain waves. Once they reach the top of the screen, he should be at the point of his dream where if he were to wake up, he would remember what was happening the most." Dr. Bara explained as he pointed to the monitor. Drew nodded her head slowly and looked over to Doc who had joined the two.

"Are you sure this will work?" Doc inquired as he watched the steady motion of the brain waves on the monitor. Dr. Bara nodded his head in response.

(Zak Saturday POV)

I stood, staring at the fallen Cthulhu. He laid flat out, blood dripping down his face and his eyes were barely open. It looked as if he was dying and that hurt to see. I was never prepared to see a cryptid hurt, let alone dying. His eye were twitching as he struggled to keep them open. I shuddered at the sight as I turned to see the ancient, Sumerian cryptid, Kur trudging away in the distance.

"That's it?" I wondered out loud as I turned back to Cthulhu and his eyes snapped back open while a roar escaped his mouth. I covered my ears, shut my eyes, and fell onto my back as it happened. I slowly opened my eyes back up to see the massive beast already on its feet. I wanted to run- like bad. But I couldn't convince myself to.

(Third Person POV)

Drew's eyes widened as she watched her son. Sweat was beginning to form at the top of his forehead and she knew that something was happening. She glanced over to Dr. Bara who had a hand crossed over his chest and the other stroking his chin. He was also in deep observation of the boy's reactions to the dreams. The brain waves on the projector then began to shift upwards.

"He'll be okay." Doc assured as he placed his hand on Drew's shoulder. Drew then laid her hand onto his as she turned to face her husband who had a light smile on his face.

"I hope so."

(Zak Saturday POV)

Cthulhu was fuming. You could see it in his eyes. I needed to get out of there but something caused me to stay. It was like, even if I had tried, my feet were super glued to the ground. I closed my eyes for no more than five seconds just to open them and reveal Cthulhu bringing his face close to mine. The difference was that his head, compared to mine or anyone else's, was that his was massive.

As the beast got closer, my breathing got heavier and something inside me that I hadn't felt in a very long time made its presence known. A sudden wave of pain washed over me as I slammed my eyes closed and fell onto one of my knees. I grabbed my head as the pain sparked inside. But as soon as it came on, it was gone.

A sudden burst of energy lit up through my body as my eyes shot open and an orange glow took them over. Cthulhu's eyes grew angrier as the cryptid fought between being under my influence and in its own mind. "KUR!" A voice shrilled and an instant migraine came on as I dropped to the floor, holding my head again in agony. "IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS, YOU PROVE A MONSTER!"

(Third Person POV)

The monitor started beeping rapidly as Zak's brain waves were sent spiraling out of control. Dr. Bara was astonished by the odd movements. He had never seen such a rapid change of pace in the subconscious until then. He was knocked out of his thoughts by a rambling Fiskerton who was tapping on the machine. "Aren't you going to do something?" Doyle fired at the scientist and Komodo growled in agreement.

Doc was the first to react as he ran over to his son's side and lifted his head gently, giving Dr. Bara access to remove the scalp electrodes. Dr. Bara was quick to pull off the electrodes and place them back by the monitor. Drew watched carefully as Zak's hands started twitching. Her heart dropped right then and there. She couldn't get passed the thought that this had been happening to her son every night and she wasn't there to help him through it.

"RRRZZAAA" Fiskerton yelled in attempt to wake up his brother and indeed, it worked. Zak's eyes shot open as his body snapped up from his experimental nap. He immediately threw his hands out in a panic as he observed them in front of him. The orange glow was gone as he trembled slightly from the thought of having Kur's powers again.

"Zak, baby?" Drew quietly called. Zak looked up to see Drew, Doc, Fisk, Doyle, and Dr. Bara surrounding the exam table. He slowly raised an eyebrow as he heard Komodo's claws clinging against the ground, which alarmed Zak that Komodo was near.

"Zakman, Dr. Bara says that you're gonna have to tell us whatever you remember, right now." Doyle informed and Zak sighed quietly as he intertwined his hands.

"Uh.. Not much." Zak admitted honestly. His thoughts were flooding his head but he couldn't make out anything. He lowered his head and looked at his hands again.

"What about Kur?" Dr. Bara suggested and Zak's head snapped up with and shock took over on Zak's face. Then all at once, Zak remembered Kur being there. He remembered Cthulhu and having his Kur powers back.

"Yes.. Mom. Dad. Kur was fighting with, uh, some cryptid called Cthulhu. I don't know what happened but Kur walked away and Cthulhu tried attacking me, I think.." Zak stammered as he watched Doc look over to Drew. They both had guilty looks on their faces but didn't hesitate to start explaining.

"Cthulhu was an ancient, almighty cryptid. Some believed his powers could defeat Kur but he was never successful in doing so. Your father and I never dug deep into the details of him because he was far past gone and no one's ever heard of a myth that was about Cthulhu taking over the world." Drew quietly explained and Zak nodded his head slowly.

"But he's back, now!" Zak exclaimed before he looked over to his dad and added, "So, we get to go do some research about him, right? Like finding his tomb?"

"We'll see son." Doc replied, a smile tugging at the end of his lips. He knew that Zak was always thrilled for adventure. Dr. Bara and Doyle both had questioning looks on their faces and Drew was first to notice.

"Yes, Doyle?" Drew interjected, letting Doyle spill his confusion out first.

"If we don't know like anything about this Cthulhu guy, how are we supposed to find this cryptids' tomb?"

"Easy." Drew started and looked over to her son before continuing, "Cthulhu was a cryptid who grew from life under water. So we ask the experts." Drew concluded and Zak's face lit up as he instantly knew that meant that they were heading to Kumari Kandam.

"Sweet!"

"One more thing." Dr. Bara interrupted as he pulled out two needles form one of the drawers in the exam table. "Zak, your dreams aren't going to stop until you conquer whatever is causing them but what I can do is give you this shot. It should prevent them for about a month but I can't promise that when the dreams come back, after a month, that they won't be a whole new terror."

"Um.. Alright. I think we'll be able to solve whatever is happening within a month." Zak slowly replied and felt a tad bit nervous but he had faith in his family.

"Okay then, one more thing." Dr. Bara rambled on and Drew gave him an annoyed look. "Mind if I take a blood sample just to make sure there's not a parasite that's the core to all this?"

"Do what you have to do, David." Doc sternly answered but gave the scientist an appreciative look.

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"C'mon Fisk! When are you going to stop cheating! It ruins the game!" Zak complained as he rapidly pressed the buttons on his video game controller. Fisk giggled in response to his brother as his car crossed the finish line. "Not cool." Zak stated as he sat down his remote and crossed his arms. The gorilla-cat then picked up Zak's remote and put it back into his lap.

"Wraaehmei" Fiskerton grumbled and Zak huffed out of annoyance and shook his head. Zak then took his remote and placed it back on the ground as he saw the glimpse of an invisible figure approaching. He then smiled as he looked over to Fiskerton again.

"Okay, I'll play you again. Short race though." Zak offered and Fiskerton grinned widely. The screen lit up with Zak's orange car and Fisk's blue car as a timer counted down from three. Then a horn went off and the two were smashing their fingers on their remotes. Zak's eyes drifted from the screen to the faded figure beside Fiskerton. "Now, Komodo!" Zak shouted as the Komodo dragon uncamouflaged himself and pounced onto Fiskerton.

"RAFGHHHHH" Fiskerton screamed as he fell onto his back and drove his car into a wall on the game. Zak's car then raced by and flew through the finish line.

"WOO! Winner!" Zak cheered and Fiskerton picked him up off of the ground and tossed him onto the sofa. Zak laughed quietly as his brother only got more bothered. Then Komodo tripped Fisketon, causing him to fall onto his back again. Once Fisk was one his back, Komodo jumped onto him and Fisk started giggling again. "DOGPILE." Zak shouted as he jumped onto his brothers and they all started laughing, loudly. This drew their parents into the room.

Doc and Drew walked around the corner to see their boys all getting along. "We have to convince Zon to come hang out with the boys one day." Doc stated quietly as his wife nodded in agreement. The two watched their kids for about a minute, straight smiling before Drew made their presence known.

"Boys."

Zak quickly rolled off of Komodo and Fiskerton and pushed himself up onto his feet. Komodo and Fiskerton mocked their brothers movements. "Oh, hey mom and dad." Zak spoke as he gave an awkward smile. This caused both his parents to laugh under their breaths.

"I think you guys should be heading to bed. We've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow." Doc suggested and Zak sighed. Fiskerton smiled, completely okay with the idea of getting sleep. He was exhausted from stressing and worrying all day.

"Yeah, alright. Come on, Komodo." Zak demanded as he began to walk towards his parents and shot them a smile. "Goodnight and uh, thanks for everything that you guys did today."

"You don't have to thank us, that's what we're here for." Drew started before stepping out of Zak and Komodo's way. "Now, go get some sleep, kiddos."

Notes

There's chapter two! Yes, you may have noticed it's a little slow right now but not for much longer. I just needed to get the base started before getting into some hot stuff. Sorry if characters are a little out of character too. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed and make sure to follow, favorite, and review if you're into that stuff. Thanks for reading and with that, Adieu!