The New Kind of Bird

Inside Many Minds Part 2

I wake up from the nightmare again so I go to the training room. On my way there I see The team is still up, I guess they are talking or something. I get stopped by M'gann and she says, "Aren't you suppose to be in bed?" "I should say the same to you." Kaldur said, "It happened again I'm guessing." "Yeah are you talking to me now or can I leave." Artemis said, "What do you mean it happened again?" "Nightmares she has had one every night since a mission with Batman and me. Sky go do what you were gonna do." I left and listened to there conversation. "How long has she been having nightmares?"...M'gann. "A few weeks." "She is like our little sister and didn't tell us." Conner. "I told her not to. It has been hard for her. Last night was the hardest though." "She could have told me before yesterday night. I can't stand to see her cry Dick, she is... all of you are my family on land at least." Kaldur. "You guys are the only family she has other than me. Skylar doesn't count Bruce like a father but she counts all of you like brothers and sisters since um ..." I came out and said, "Our real siblings died. Elizabeth, Ricky, Johnathan, Emily, Emma, and Jacob the six who I hardly saw yet still remember every memory with. They were my family now all of you are. Now stop feeling sorry for me please it's weird and creepy." They laughed and all but the three boys left (Kaldur, Wally, and Dick). "They're gone so what did you want to talk about." Wally said, "You need to figure out who to sleep without the nightmares." Kaldur said, "You are asking her to the impossible Wally." Dick looked at his watch and yawned. Then he said, "The four of us will talk about this in the morning. I am going to bed." "All three of you should go I will be fine. I promise just get some sleep." They glared at me and left. Now all that is left is all night .

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When the leaguers got we were all terrified. The only one not terrified was probably Bruce but I know I could not control what happens in there, the best thing I can do is hope they don't mess with my emotions. When we get ready to go in my mind Superman, Flash, Green Arrow, and Black Cannery stay out of it while the rest of us go in.

Dick's POV

I see a big top and I know where I am. "Why does it always go back to the circus with her?" "I could ask the same with you brother. I hope you know getting out of here will be difficult since Skylar can not control her mind and she can't do anything about what's inside. Also what happened a few weeks ago with that ray she got hit with has something to do it." "I thought you were Skylar." "I am one of her emotions. The stronger an emotion is the sooner you will see it. For example I am sarcasm you will meet sadness and warrior next the two twins who can never get along." I notice J'ohn tried to get out. Then he said, "How do we get out then?" "You go through all of her dreams, hopes, and nightmares. Next all her memories and those will make you cry. Finally you have to free her from it." Two more so called emotions came up behind her and said, "Are these the victims we heard rage talk about?" "Yeah lead them to the trapeze of hope then let rage take them to the pit of dreams." They looked at us and said, "Follow us. I hope no one is afraid of heights." They left and we followed. "Now I know what she means by the trapeze is full of hope." "You should have listened to your parents. Now when you are flying to the other side you will see everything she has hoped for which was very few things. Good luck not falling. Sadness are you coming." They left and waited on the other side. Once we were all over we met the so called Rage and she took us to a weird thing. "Welcome to the Pit of Dreams, Whatever you do don't be surprised on the few numbers of dreams you see she doesn't have many. Also don't die jumping down into the pit." She was gone after she jumped. "I am not jumping to my death." Artemis said. "I don't care if I do end up dying after this. Listen there is something that happened to her after she got hit by some kind of ray or gun. Now she is being tortured at night." The ground started to shake and J'hon said, "She is either waking up or going into cardiac arrest. We need to hurry now." We all jumped and saw her only dream and it was something we both have wanted for years. "Is that..." M'gann started. "Our family, Mamă, Tată, Ricky, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Jacob, Emma, ​​Emily, mă, și Skylar, visul ei a fost ... este de a fi o familie fericită din nou. Pentru a vedea reciproc față în față și vorbesc ca vom folosi pentru mult timp în urmă." (Mom, Dad, Ricky, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Jacob, Emma, Emily, me, and Skylar, her dream was... is to be one happy family again. To see each other face to face and to talk like we use to a long time ago.) Kaldur said, "Can we get that translated?" "Sorry. What I said doesn't matter we need to get Skylar help." I saw all four "emotions" again and Rage said, "That dream is the only thing we agree on. You will find the thing that is giving her all the nightmares behind these walls. But hurry Skylar is close to dying and they are doing what they can from the outside we fear it is not going to be enough. I suggest once you see 'it' let Kaldur, Wally, Artemis, and M'gann out of the mind. Skylar needs to know what she still has to live for or she will die." "Will you help us?" Bruce said. "We can not but before you see it. You have to know this is who she may become. When Joker told her he could see her insane personality coming out is because everyone has a 'Joker' in there mind well her's is about to become her." Sadness said as the walls open. "Good luck to you all." We went into the light coming from the open place from the wall and we saw her version of the Joker looking at us. She has chains on her locking her to the wall.J'hon let them out and Conner attacked. When all of them were attacking my sister I had an idea. So I cut myself and that stopped her long enough for us to destroy her. Once she was defeated we were out of her mind. I looked at my sister to see her hooked up to a lot of machines and unconscious. "Dick, she is stable now but we don't know how long it will last. She stopped breathing twice." Black Cannery said putting a mask over her face. "When will she wake up?" "I don't know but we are going to keep a good eye on her." "You are basically telling me she could die at any moment aren't you?" "Yes Dick that is basically it." "None of you are going to let that happen right. She is all I have left of my family." She started to move and flutter her eyes. She also took off the mask and sat up. "Ce s-a intamplat?" (What just happened?) "Toată lumea are un Joker în interiorul lor nu-i asa. Ai fi putut să-mi-a spus că se întâmplă pe brat." (Everyone has a Joker inside them huh. You could have told me that was going on brat.) "Așa că ai văzut asta. Speram să nu, nu ți-am spus pentru că unul, ar fi încercat să mă facă să controleze ceva ce nu pot controla, indiferent cât de mult am încercat. Doi, este mai distractiv să nu-ți spun." (So you saw that. I was hoping you wouldn't, I didn't tell you because one, you would have tried to make me control something I can't control no matter how much I tried. Two, it is more fun not to tell you.) "You little ..." "If you finish that sentence then I have a full entire sentence with a lot of that in it." As soon as I knew everyone was out of hearing distance well except for Superboy and superman I said, "How long have you not been taking those meds Selena gave you." "Two days." "That is not good Sky. Your heart stopped twice while I was in your mind. The more you take it the longer you will survive. Someone might not be able to bring you back you know." "Dick, I am tired of doing it and Bruce or someone other than us should know about it. In case this happens again you won't have to worry as much and so you will trust me a little more." "We tell no one it is not safe and they would make you do less." "You don't let me do anything now so whatever it is would be better then this." Conner and Clark came in to the room and asked what meds? As Skylar took out the IV I told them what it was. Clark said, "How long has this been going on?" Skylar said, "A couple weeks now. Dick told me not to tell anyone."

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Skylar's POV

I got up as Bruce said, "What are you doing up?" "About to train for the next mission." "No you are not. I want to go in your mind again but J'hon needs your permission give it to him." "No. Bruce no one is going in my mind again." "I will get scarecrow's fear serum if you don't." "Do it because you are not getting in my mind." Dick said, "Skylar run he has it in his pocket." He ran towards me with it in his hand so I bolted towards my room. Once he was there I had already gotten in the air vents and was over him watching him. But I guess I was not quite enough. He reached up and pulled me out. I was screaming when he put his arms around me. Superman and Conner pried him off of me so I could get away. He was locked up in the watchtower and I stayed at the manor everyday. Little do all they know they made it worse.