Disclaim: I don't own Speed Racer: The Next Generation.
Author's Note: We all know that sleep is a VERY good thing, but poor Speed Jr. hasn't had any in the past week! Can X help?
I didn't want to sleep. I couldn't take it. I'd been having this nightmare once almost every month since I was 2. I thought finding my family would put an end to it, but it's only been happening more frequently. Now I can't even shut my eyes without imagining the graves of the people I cared about most. I haven't sleept in over a week. My bed never looked more comfortable, and I was so tired, I was begining to see things. Just then Chim-Chim jumped up on my desk and started speaking his weird robotic-chimpanzee language.
"What do you think, Chim-Chim? Should I risk going to sleep?" I said, trying to humor myself.
"I think you should."For a minute there I thought that Chim-Chim said that, but as I turned around I saw that it was X.
"What do you mean? I don't need any sleep. And even if I did I wouldn't need to risk going to sleep. Plus I wasn't talking to you."I said nervously; I didn't want anybody to find out about my worst fear.
"Right. You were talking to the lamp."X said.
"No, I was talking to-"I turned back around to face Chim-Chim when I realized that X was right; my lack of sleep must have caused me to imagine that my lamp was Chim-Chim.
"Speed, ever since dad came back you've been depriving yourself of sleep. What could possibly be bugging you right now?" I could tell that X was concerned, but I didn't want to talk about it.
"Fine. If it'll make you happy, then I'll try to get some sleep tonight." I lied.
"Promise?"
"Promise."So much for that.
"Good. I've really been worried about you, Speed. Get some sleep."
"I will."
That night I saw Sparky's tombstone.
I woke up at about 7:00 a.m. the day after I promised X I would get some sleep. Ever since the Mid-Winter race he's been breathing down my neck like I'm some sort of glass thing that always needs protecting. I decided to get my mind off of things by going for a drive. Connor was asleep. It was Saturday, which meant I didn't have classes. I thought I would go somewhere high up, like Peakview, so that I could watch the rain. I loved the rain. Rain ment the end of the torture in my nightmare, and in the desert it ment life. Mabye after I saw some rain, I could go for one entire night without my nightmare.
Getting behind the wheel without a week of sleep and only two hours last night was a mistake.
All I heard was the squeel of the breakes and meatal against metal...
Author's Note: OH NO! Is this the end of SPEED JR.? Find out next chapter...
