Waking Nightmares|NewScapeSquad Fanfic

Tommy?

The four quickly spun around to catch sight of the familiar voice. "T-Tommy!" Nick exclaimed in a startled tone. Tommy flashed a reassuring grin. Ashlie stepped forward. "Y-You seem fine, though. Nick just told us you were hallucinating." She spoke defiantly, if not unsteadily. Tommy smiled at her. "Oh that?" He rubbed his neck. "I might have gone a little crazy, but I'm fine now!" He exclaimed with closed eyes and a smile.

He opened his eyes and looked at the rest of the group. UNi looked startled, Cory's gaze was riddled with guilt and suspicious, fighting for control of his facial expression, Nick looked horrified. "Come on, guys! You act like I'm standing before you as an apparition!" He spoke in vain-his words fell on deaf ears. Nick stepped up to Ashlie's side. "There is no way you just snapped out of that..trance. You looked like some kind of drug user!" He snapped. The horror in his expression quickly twisted into anger.

"And you just disappeared! Do you know how terrified I was to see you gone? I thought you had run off to your death because of this 'voice'!" He shouted. Tommy blinked in surprise, taking an instinctive step back as if being burned by Nick's words. "I-I don't know what came over me then, but I promise I'm fine now Nick... I'm really sorry for making you worry..." He muttered quietly, as if he couldn't bring himself to raise his voice.

A swift smack settled around the area and startled the nearby crows. "You idiot! You can't just play it off like nothing happened! You could have died out there and we wouldn't have ever known!" She shouted as her voice strained through tears tightening her throat. Tommy stared at a rock the way his head had been turned, his eyes wide.

UNi stepped forward. "Ashlie..." He whispered as he moved to calm her down. She reeled on him. "How are you so calm? Don't you care that he could have died?" She shouted. Cory finally stepped forward. "Ashlie, of course we care... We're just shocked, is all." He said softly, flinching instinctively as he waited for a slap.

Tommy turned his head to look at his friends, guilt evident in his gaze. Nick breathed a sigh as he calmed down. Ashlie covered her face and shook her head frantically, breathing unevenly. Tommy slowly stepped closer to her. "Ash..." He spoke quietly. He pulled her close to him before she could reach out and hit him again. She cried into his body quietly. "We should just calm down and take a breather before we find the next generator." Cory suggested. "Good idea, Cory." UNi agreed.

Ashlie calmed down and quickly wiped her tears away with rough stabs at her eyes with her long sweater. Tommy watched her with a soft expression. "I'm so sorry for worrying you, Ash." He spoke lightly. She shook her head and remained quiet, feeling too betrayed by her own voice to speak. Cory and UNi sighed heavily. "You said you fixed a generator?" Tommy asked as he glanced from Ashlie to the blue haired Brit and the other blond. Cory nodded.

"There are generators scattered around this area that route the power to the gate." He answered. Tommy nodded to himself. "Damn. They know about the power system. You will have to bring me the subject before they find more generators." The Siren spoke to Tommy. Nick examined Tommy, finally noticing the deep scratch on his cheek. "Hey Tom, where did that scratch come from?" He questioned.

"Oh this? I must have scraped it on a branch when I wasn't thinking right." He answered as he felt at it for wet blood. Ashlie looked up at him and noticed the scratch as well. "Holy cow, Tommy." She stood on her tiptoes to touch his cheek lightly. He winced slightly and she threw her hand back quickly, her breath catching. "That's not a branch cut, Tom. It's from nails." Her voice was hardly a whisper as if the loss of breath had left her without enough voice.

Tommy blinked. "I wonder if I accidentally scratched myself while I was walking..." He muttered to himself. "Yes, yes. Continue with the web of lies. The taller the tale, the more they will believe." The Siren spoke through her pleased tone. He glanced down at Ashlie, his eyes flashing with the slightest hint of blue. Nick blinked as he caught sight of the quick change in the atmosphere of the blond.

Ashlie looked back up at him with a deep-etched frown. "I wish we had a med kit... Some gauze would do that cut some good." She stated. He flashed a smile down at her. "It'll be alright! It'll keep me meditating!" He joked. Ashlie shook her head, but he still received a smile from her. "Go sit down for a bit." She spoke through her amusement. He nodded and turned to the other two boys, moving towards the gate with them, leaving Nick and Ashlie together.

"Hey Ash." Nick began as he looked at her. "Yeah Nick?" She asked. He moved closer to her and watched Tommy walk away, joking with the two. "Did you see Tom's eyes?" He asked. She blinked. "What do you mean? They were as brown as ever." She questioned, tilting her head slightly. He shook his head. "Not for a second. They turned a little blue for a flash." He spoke. She giggled and punched his shoulder lightly. "I'm sure you're just imagining it. The moon is bright in this area." She said lightly.

Nick nodded to himself. "Yeah... That must have been the moon..." He spoke, trying to hide the uncertainty in his voice.

"But they were blue, not silver... Something is happening to Tommy, and I'm going to figure it out."