Survivors

26. Ill fight your nightmares for you Jacobs

Karl POV

So Dream got scratched by a zombie and survived. I couldn't believe it. That's just insane.

I lay in the infirmary for the fifth day in a row, being told by the medic, who also just so happened to be one of the guards, Bad; had told me "you need your rest, you've been through a lot within the past few days. Just sit here and lay. You'll be okay, besides it was just your foot you broke and not your neck."

I hated it here. I hadn't seen proper sunlight in days. And my only form of entertainment was whenever Sapnap would come and visits me, which quit frankly was everyday but he had to sleep. So those times I just lay and think.

I had a horrible nightmare a few nights ago. It had nothing to do with XD though. It was about Quackity.

Quackity has been chased around a large building by a zombie only for it to scratch him right across the face. And he turned to a man who held a shotgun and pleaded fo help, but the man just killed him. No letting him say goodbye, no letting him get to see the world of peace again. Just killing him mercilessly, like an animal. And it felt so real.

The best part about my dream though was the fact that the man got mobbed and killed by zombies in business wear.

Then I spoke to Q. And he told me so much. He told me so many things about what he had seen and what he had been told. And how he wanted to tell me, and he did. But I couldn't remember any of it. Come to think of it, I could barely picture Q's face anymore.

I was forgetting him.

I sat up in my bed and stare at the wall cast in shadow. I couldn't see him. I couldn't remember his voice. All I knew was his name, and even that was fading. I'm so sorry Quackity. I'm so sorry. I love you so much. But I'm forgetting you.

"You good Karl?" Sapnap asked me from the doorway. I looked up at him, my hands shaking, my head with them.

"What happened? Another dream?" He asked lovingly, walking over and sitting next to me. "I can't remember him." I whispered. I felt like I needed to cry, but the tears wouldn't come.

"Can't remember who Karl?" Sapnap asked rubbing my back gently, trying to calm me down. And that's when I broke. I didn't even know. I couldn't remember.

I started sobbing, trying to curl myself in a ball so I could cry and not be seen. I pushed myself away from Sapnap and promptly fell on the floor, my broken foot hitting it with a loud thud.

It hurt. Everything hurt, physically, mentally, and emotionally. I was tired too, I hadn't slept in almost seventy-two hours.

"Karl Karl Karl, shhhhhh. It's okay. You're okay. Everything's fine. It's all fine. Let it all out." Sapnap whispered, practically running over to me. I sobbed into his shoulder as he held me.

My head hurt. And I was tired. I wanted to go back to sleep. But I didn't want to see him.

"Just let it all out Karl. Everything's going to be okay. You should go to sleep. I'll be right here with you. I fight off your nightmares for you. Besides, you need sleep I do t think you've slept in days." Sapnap suggested.

I calmed my sobs and nodded. Sapnap picked me up and put me back in the bed I had fallen out of, then joined me. He missed my forehead and smiled, "I'll fight your nightmares for you Jacobs."

I smiled at his words and slowly drifted asleep. And for the first time in days I had a dreamless night. I was finally content.
~~~~~~~~~

Word count: 652

Kind of a shorter chapter.