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A/N: I got bored and thought I'd post again. Told ya the next chapter would be updated quick.

A/N: Thanks again BubbleEwa for the review. I can't let you know too much about the dreams. They help come into play later.

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THIRD PERSON POV

"Ahhhhhh!"

A high pitch scream filled the cave.

Alex woke up in a cold sweat. He had had another nightmare and the scream had sounded like it came from it.

It sounded again.

Alex looked down to see his sister was no longer on the bed. That's when it dawned on him. He had promised Vanessa that he would watch her to make sure she didn't break anything else.

He jumped out of the bed and rushed out of the room. He wanted to call her name, but knew that if he did, he would risk getting her caught by the Team and in worse trouble than she wanted.

He found her in the kitchen again. She wasn't destroying it, thank goodness, but she was fighting some invisible enemy. The look in her eye showed she was about to unleash her power on the cabinets again.

Alex jumped on her to keep her from doing so. He brought to the ground with a bear hug. She quickly got out of his hold. Then she started attacking him. She had hidden a knife in her sock, a technique that they had learned in captivity.

"Vanessa, it's me."

She continued attacking him. He grabbed her wrists. She was staring at him as she struggled to get free. Her gaze was distant.

"Vanessa, snap out of it."

"Let me go," she snapped back.

He let go of her, but she held on and flipped him over on his back. She swung down on him. In an attempt to stop it, he put his arms up to block. The knife cut Alex down his left arm.

"Awww," he clutched his arm. It had started bleeding, but he couldn't worry about it. Vanessa had run down the hall. She was going to get herself caught.

Vanessa ran, but she collapsed in the middle of the hallway. When Alex had finally caught up with her, she was surrounded by Robin, Aqualad, and Artemis.

"What happened?" Artemis asked concern all over her features.

"I don't know. She said she was going out to get some air 'cause she had a bad dream. But then she ran out," Alex responded. He tried to hide the injury on his arm as he explained and kept his hands behind his back.

"She is unconscious, but she should be okay," Aqualad reassured.

As if on cue, Vanessa sat up. Alex could see the distant look still in her eyes. She backed away from the three teens to the wall. They approached her and tried to comfort her, but Alex jumped in front of them.

"She's not going to respond the way you want her to. She's dreaming, sort of. Just let me do this."

Robin noticed the cut on his arm. It was bleeding still, but he didn't mention it.

"Vanessa, it's okay. I'm here."

She lashed back out at him. Robin grabbed him just in time to avoid the knife.

"Where did she get that from?" he asked.

"I don't know, out of fear I guess."

Artemis walked up to her. Though Vanessa swung at her, she was able to dodge and disarm the young girl.

"Vanessa, wake up. None of what you're seeing is real. It's all in your head and you're hurting the people you care about. You need to snap out of this."

Vanessa looked up at Artemis, the haze in her eyes gone, making way for the authentic chestnut eyes that were hiding behind it. She then looked around seeing all the people she had been seen by. Her eyes met Alex's.

"Alex," she started. She began rocking back and forth.

Alex knew she was scared out of her mind. He came and sat next to her. After a few moments, Vanessa embraced him.

"It's okay. No one got hurt."

The heroes looked, not quite sure what their next course of action should be.

"Thanks guys. I think we'll be okay now," Alex assured them.

"I can wrap that for you if you want," Robin offered.

Alex looked down at his arm.

"As long as you keep this between us, I think that'll work."

Robin smiled as he walked away.

The two siblings sat in the hallway. Vanessa crying for all she was worth, and Alex swaying her back and forth until they fell asleep.

Though, he didn't voice it to her, he knew that something bad was going to result because of this.

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Alex and Vanessa had stayed in the hallway all night. When morning broke, Alex woke with a startle causing his sister to jump hitting his injured arm.

"Oww!" he inhaled sharply.

Vanessa backed away quickly. She was apologizing profusely.

"Vanessa, calm down. I'm fine. You act like I haven't had worse."

"Not because of me."

Alex looked from the dried bloody arm to his sister. He thought for a moment before moving. He started moving her toward the room.

"Alex, no."

"Vanessa, it was a bad night, but no one was hurt bad."

"Alex you promised me you'd stay up, and then this happened."

"It's fine. Let's just move on to the next thing."

"I can't keep hurting people."

"I already told you, no one was hurt bad. Now come on before you make this bigger than it needs to be."

"No Alex."

He was getting frustrated. She was being stubborn for no good reason.

"Then where are you going to go? If they don't want you here, then no one is gonna want a stubborn, stupid little girl that can't control her powers to save her life. Now shut up and get in the room."

She stared at him in disbelief.

"Make me B'rnazz," she angerly yelled back.

Alex started glowing. He was angry and about to blow. He didn't care that it was his sister. But Vanessa wasn't completely defenseless. She raised her arm to shoot at Alex before he shot at her. But before they could stand off an alarm pierced the otherwise silent building.

They stared each other down before they separated.

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The Team all met in the main area of the cave. Batman was already there. Though the three that had helped Vanessa last night weren't tired, they were still thinking on all that had transpired. It was noticed by everyone there, but no one made mention of it.

Batman preceded with the mission brief. A science lab was set on fire and holding toxic chemicals that were activated by extreme heat.

"Dismissed," Batman said.

He grabbed M'gann on her way to the Bioship.

"While you are a valuable asset to the Team, your skill set is not necessary for this mission. And with the fire, we wouldn't want any apprehension to cause the loss of innocent lives. And as I told Robin, someone needs to watch the children at all times."

M'gann wasn't upset about not being able to go on the mission; she understood the reasoning. However, she was not the best person to watch the kids. They didn't like her, and she didn't necessarily like them. Though she was usually chipper, these kids really made her uncomfortable, especially Vanessa.

She almost spoke against it, but complied. This was gonna be an experience.