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Dreaming Bad

Chapter 22: Dreaming Bad

-Sapphire's POV-

"Will!" I call out as Will Fire heads over to his station. His head turns to the sound of my voice, and I hear a small sound.

"Hmm?" He says asking me what I wanted in a not rude manner. He seems confused, but his eyes flash with curiosity.

"Can I talk to you? Just for a second, then you can get back to work," something seems to stir in me, and I feel like slapping myself. I realize how rude that must have sounded. I acted like everything was normal and beckoned him into my office. Once he was in I shut the door and looked around, making sure no one was trying to over hear our conversation.

"So..." he looks around my office, obviously not wanting to make eye contact. Now I understand... he thinks he did something wrong. I look at him, and he can't help but look into my eyes.

"You aren't in trouble. I just... need a little bit of advice," I start off. Immediately I notice his shoulders relax and he stopped glancing around the room nervously.

"What do you want advice about?" he asked looking curiosly at me. I take a deep breath. I hadn't explained this to anyone else, so I didn't know where to start. He looks at me, patiently waiting for me to speak up. All of a sudden something pops into my head. What was Will's power? I had known him since we were both little, but I guess even he nor I knew of the powers back then, but now that he was older...

"What's your power?" I had no control over my voice antmore and it just blurted out. His expression went from being surprised... to being very dull and grim. I feel awful and I look at him, twirling one of my pink highlighted streaks of hair. "I'm sorry... I don't know what came over me..."

"It's fine. It's just better if we leave it that you don't know," he whispered. I straightened a random piece of paper on my desk and the air filled with tension. He put on a forced grin. "So, what was it you wanted advice on?"

It felt good to change the subject, and have Will just si there waiting for me to reply like nothing had just happened.

"Dreams," It sounds stupid, and I feel stupid saying it... but it was true. Will looked beyond confused, but still was being a good friend.

"Dreams? What kind of dreams do you mean?" he asked. I opened my mouth to speak, when my door burst open. Kili ran in with the most horror stricken face ever. I stood up and ran over to him. He panted heavily, before falling backwards into my arms.

"Kili? Kili!" I don't know what happened, but I didn't wait around for answers. Carrying Kili, I ran to Bones, Will at my heels. "Bones! Medical attention, stat!"

"Sapphire... oh my god!" he saw Kili in my arms and immediately directed me to a hospital bed. Bones looked at me for a good second them went on, hooking up Kili to all sorts of machines and gadgets I didn't understand. There was a pounding at the door and Fili burst through screaming.

"Kili! Let me see my brother!" he ran towards Kili, but i grabbed him by the front of his shoulders and pulled him back. I put him in a large embrace and held him, as if he was a child. He was crying now, and I could tell Bones wanted us out of here, so gently pulling along a screaming, crying Fili I exited the room. I found a bench and sat Fili down next to me on it, holding him tight. His cries were softer now, like he was running out of energy. I sat there holding him, and he seemed to be holding me as tight as possible. I gently ran my fingertips through his hair and looked up at Will.

"What type of dreams?" he asked again, and I found myself glaring at him, saying this is no the right time! He got the message and walked away, probably heading to work. I heard Fili's tiny scared voice and looked down at him.

"Is Kili going to be alright?" he asked. I wiped away some of his tears and looked at his scared expression. I could feel tears forming in my eyes and slowly I nodded.

"Yes," I heard myself saying. "Kili is going to be fine. Everything is going to be ok."

I can't help but let my tears flow down my cheeks. I rest my head on top of Fili's head and hope with all my heart everything is going to be ok.