Nico and the Batfam (discontinued)

5. Help

<<Dick POV>>

We all rushed to Nico's room to find the door closed. Bruce quickly and quietly opened the door. We all crowded inside the room, once I was inside I saw Nico.

'Wow...that must be one scary nightmare' I thought.

He was entangled in his sheets and sweating like crazy. He had his eyes shut tight and it looked like he was dying. I looked at Bruce who looked him over and then looked at me. I shook my head. I was not going to be the one to wake him up. I looked at Jason who looked at Damien who looked at Tim. We all shook our heads. Bruce realized that we were not going to wake him up so he stepped forward.

He looked at the boy one more time before putting his hand on Nico's shoulder. Bruce shook him. Nico didn't seem to notice Bruce. So Bruce tried again. Still nothing. He tried again but harsher this time. Nico turned in his sleep and punched Bruce. He then swung  his legs around and kicked Bruce. Bruce fell on his back on the floor with a loud THUMP. We all turned towrad Bruce, he looked absolutely shocked.

We checked Nico again, he was still sleeping. We looked at each other, shocked. How could someone do all that and still be sleeping?

<<Bruce POV>>

After the third try of waking Nico up, I felt a punch connecting to my jaw, then a kick to my stomach.

I fell down to the floor. Surprised. I turned toward my boys, who were still looking at Nico, I averted my gaze to Nico, too. He was still sleeping.

'How is this even possible?' I thought 'how could he have not woken up after hitting and kicking me'

I stood up. Nico while sleeping he wasn't  screaming like before, he now was whimpering. I checked him out closely. His eyes were still shut tight, his hands were clutching the bed sheets. He started moving his knees toward his chest, making himself look smaller. Suddenly the room tempeture seemed to drop a few degrees, the shadows seemed like they were trying to reach for Nico. The room darkened.

Then I looked at Nico again, he screamed really loudly and bolted right up from his bed. His breathing quickened, and seemed to panic. In a couple of seconds, he looked around and relaxed a little. The tempeture and the shadows went back to normal and he was awake. Eyes full of worry and fear.

"Nico, Nico, I need you to calm down" I said as I kneeled next to him.

He nodded and took a deep breath, then another, until his breathing slowed down. I signaled  the other boys to get out. I got up and sat next to Nico on his bed. Nico pulled his legs up to his chest and rested his chin on his knees.

"Nico, are you ok?" I asked

He didn't answer straight away.

"Nico, are you ok?" I asked again

He looked at me and then shook his head.

"I need you to tell me what's wrong Nico, I can't help you otherwise."

He looked at me curiously.

'He looked as if that was the first time someone asked him that' I thought. "What did you dream about?"

He turned to me in a different way, not curiously but more cautiously, his eyes full of alarm.

"My sister" he finally answered.