People I think I don't know, and someone now more than i thought so
#9 of I'm Real (scales & wings)
here is chapter 8 of Dachii's story, i put in a little something near the end since it was small enough to fit and it seems to work for the story
Enjoy!
Chapter 8
People I think I don't know
"Are you sure about this Dachii?"
"I can do this I know I can"
But I still needed a way to make Thomas think I was ready, we had finished eating and started to get up
"Let's start tomorrow, you could probably go explore the building if your up to it" Carlos said
After what happened last time I still a bit scared but I doubt anyone was around now so I guess I was safe
"I guess so...Ace is Zero done all of his tests?" I asked
"Yes" he answered
"Do you think he could come with me...?" I asked, this could be my chance to get to know my brother
"Alright, but I expect you both back in the room in a few hours, I want to make sure your both ok" Ace told us
"Ok, I'll make sure we get back, come on Zero" I pulled him along out into the hall way and to the map
I showed Zero the map we looked at the various rooms, he decide to go to the pool
I knew where that was; it was next to the gym
We went up to the gym passing through the room gave me a little chill as I remembered being taken from here
We went into the pool area, there were 3 pools one very large and deep, one bubbling and seemed to be really hot, then there was one more that seemed to be the right size, deep enough to dive in but had separate sections of depth so you could stand on one end and dive in the other
We removed our clothes so they wouldn't get wet, we didn't have to much of a problem with nudity since we kind of preferred it
I saw Zero by the edge of the pool as he jumped in
Did he even know how to swim?
He resurfaced, it seems as if was naturally good at swimming, I wonder where he picked that up from
"Dachii! Come on" that was the first time I heard him say my name, his voice sounded a little more high pitched than mine but only a little but his had more of a push to it that seemed to grab your attention
I smiled at him and jumped in, it was pretty warm I guess that was because it was inside
We were enjoying ourselves in the water, splashing around and laughing as the array of water bounced off of our bodies
Then I heard a sound, and it was coming from Zero
"AH-AAACHOOOOOO!!!" with Zero's sneeze it sent and icy wave over the pool and me
The surface of the water and even a little deeper below had been completely frozen solid
I couldn't move, my entire body was incased in ice
Luckily my head was above water and I could still breathe ever so slightly
I felt strange my body temperature was dropping I could feel it, and I could seem to help but feel extremely tired
I didn't have enough oxygen to try to breathe fire I couldn't seem to warm myself up, I closed my eyes as I felt myself being help by the ice
The last thing I heard before I blacked out was "Dachii! Dachii! What do I do?"
It was dark all I could see was blackness, where was I?
I saw a small orb of light float right in front of me, I tried to reach out to grab it but when I did it exploded and the whole area around me came into view
It was a large warehouse sized room, extremely bright now to, all the walls and the ceiling were pure white and gave off a glow
Where was this place? Was I still in the lab?
"Frozen in a block of ice... wow what a way to go" I turned around to see a rather large lupine sitting on the floor
Its fur was the same color as my scales a deep blue with cyan color markings
"wh-who are you?" I asked timidly, I didn't know where I was and I didn't know this wolf, what's going on?
"That might not matter right now, we still have to wait on your results" its voice seemed to indicate that it was a male but its body seemed hard to tell either a feminine looking male or a masculine looking female
It was wearing strange looking white rings that seemed to float around its body covering up anything I could see to look for gender
"Then could you at least tell me what I'm doing here?" I asked trying to be a bit braver
It stared at me and smiled
"That's easy enough to answer" it pointed at me "your dead"
What?! I was dead? ... It's a little awkward this is what I had wanted only a few days ago and now that I was here... did I really want this?
It did feel very peaceful here after just sitting for a few moments
"So this is what it's like to be dead..."
"Well you've only just started you haven't seen anything yet" it said to me
"What do you mean?" I asked
"You ask a lot of questions... so I might as well just tell you what I know"
It started explain how when I died I had hit a certain point were I could still be alive but it depends on my results
So apparently I was in the waiting room to death, how strange, would I still be here if I had died earlier or would there be more
Then I heard a loud noise
"Here are your results now"
What looked like a small piece of paper fell from above us, where did that come from?
It landed in the wolf's paw and it looked at it
"well it looks like... you have a choice" it said looking at me "you can either stay here and continue on to where ever your path may lead, or you can go back to that thing you call a life" it said to me
It sounded a little odd when it said "that thing you call a life" like it was upset or something
"Is something wrong?" I asked it
It looked a little sad before it spoke "I've been watching you... since you where created... you deserve better than what's been happening to you"
"You were watching me?" I questioned "but what does it mean to you, I don't even know you"
"You did... a long time ago... but I know you won't remember..." it said softly
When did I ever know this wolf, why has it been watching me?
"They've treated you so badly, I don't understand why or how they could do such a thing to you... what kind of life are you living really?" it said to me
I wanted to go back there was still something I had to do before I died now and I knew what it was ever since I told myself I would be strong just like Tye
"I want to go back..." I said
"Why?" it asked me
"There is just some one I have to see first and something I have to do..."
"Your talking about Tye, aren't you?" it asked
"Yes" I said, I was unsurprised this wolf said it was watching me so it must know about Tye to
"It's kind of funny you are still trying to reach him... after all of this time... I guess I shouldn't stop you, or you'll never want to come back..." it said
What was it talking about? It sounded like it didn't want me to leave
"How do I get back?" I asked
It walked towards me and picked me up
"I'll send you back, just know I'm still going to be waiting here when you come back" it said and then it hugged me tightly
Its soft fur was really warm and a feeling of connection was there just as I saw the darkness return and cover my sight
Then felt really warm on the inside and felt something pushing down on my chest and then back up, I took a deep breath in as my eyes reopened
"Dachii, your alright!" I felt two arms pull me up and squeeze me tightly "I'm so sorry" Zero's voice was scratchy and I could feel his tears hitting my scales
What was wrong... oh right
"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have said to go to the pool" he continue to cry
I put my claw on his back and rubbed him trying to calm him down
"It's ... ok Zero... I'm fine, just a bit cold" I said pulling him off of me so I could try my fire breath
I sputtered a small cloud of smoke and nothing more, it seems I was to cold to create fire
"Trying to set off the smoke alarms now are we" I heard a familiar voice say and then a chuckle "you really need to be more careful when you get in the water or ice as the case may be"
"uh-hmmm ... well ... I'll be more careful next time" I said looking at Thomas
I could have said a smart remark but I still wanted to gain his trust
"Here you need these to warm up" he wrapped a really warm blanket around me and put something really spicy in my mouth, which actually seemed to help me feel better
"Thank you" I said
"just part of my job, luckily you were only frozen on the outside, your body seemed to put you into some kind of state of hibernation, it wasn't to hard to wake you up from it" he said "though I had never really done any ice rescue before, but warming you up is having positive effects"
I looked at him he was very cheerful, I guess he really likes helping people... would he be able to help me?
"Thomas...?" I tried to ask his attention
"You still doing ok Dachii?" he asked
"Yes but I wanted to ask you something... or more just say something"
"Well go ahead and say it, I'm listening" he said
I looked at Zero who seemed to be huddled up in a ball next to me still looking like he was crying, then I looked back at Thomas
"I wanted to say thank you and ... I wanted to ask for your help"
"What do you need help with Dachii, you seem to be recovering fine"
"It's not with my recovery... I was hoping to be ... more trusted by you first before I asked but I don't know, you seem to like to help people"
"Just spit it out already" he said sounding like he was getting a little annoyed
"Do you thin-"
BEEP!
His phone went off and he answered it
Of course ...
"Hello?"
"Yeah"
"Alright, I'm on it"
He put down the phone
"Sorry Dachii I have more work to do, how about we talk about this later" he then walked out not even giving me enough time to say anything
Maybe it was too early to ask him to leave; he still might not trust me enough
"Zero, are you ok?" I asked him
He pulled his head up tears still falling down his face "I'm ok but... I ... almost" he seemed to be sobbing now unable to form words
I was feeling fine I no longer needed the blanket around me so I walked over to Zero and helped wipe away his tears with it
"Zero I'm fine, you don't have to worry anymore ok" I said hugging him "maybe we should go back to the room, Ace will be waiting for us"
I pulled him up and helped my crying brother walk down the hall
It took a little while but he finally stopped crying when we were about to reach the room
I opened the door to find no one there
"Ace?" I said into the dark room
I turned on the lamp but it looked like it was just us in here, where could Ace be?
Zero was still looking really sad and every time I tried to look at him he seemed to look away, maybe he needed to be alone for a little while
"You need some rest, I'll be back in a little bit ok" I helped him into the bed before turning off the lamp and walking out of the door
When I closed the door I thought I could here quiet sobbing, that didn't make me feel any better, my brother thought he had killed me he must have felt the same way I did once... I'm sorry I put you through that Zero... please don't blame yourself, it was an accident
Well I had left my brother to think, I might as well go looking for Ace, he said he wanted to make sure we were ok, might as well go find him
I turn to face the hallway and I end up facing a familiar collie
"So how was it? What was it like?" Jay asked me
"What?" I asked back
"You know what, I felt it, you left your body" he stated
So that was real, I thought it could have been a dream from being frozen
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because you're the only person that I've ever seen come back"
I was pondering what to say, and why did he even want to know?
"How about you tell me somewhere more comfortable" he pulled my arm until we reached that room with the couch in it, I guess he wanted to know everything
He sat me down on the couch and he sat on the chair next to it
"Come on tell me what was its like?" he urged
Well I guess the faster I tell him the faster I can go back to looking for Ace
"Hmmm... well, at first everything seemed dark but then it became bright and I was in a glowing room, there was a wolf there and it was the same colors as me" I started explaining
"Glowing room and a wolf?" yes he seemed a little puzzled
"yes, and it told me that I had a choice to come back or not, but when I said I wanted to come back it seemed a little upset, like it didn't want me to go" I continued
"What did it tell you?"
"it told me it would be waiting for me when I got back, it sounded like it knew me... but I had never met a wolf like that before" I told him
"So ... it seems to have known you... there could only be a few explanations for this... interesting, thank you for telling me Dachii" he said before standing up
"Can I go now?" I asked
"Sure" he helped me off of the couch and led me into the hall
"You still haven't told me why you wanted to know what had happened" I said to him
"well Dachii, it's more because I was curious to find out, I've sensed many people going, and I wanted to know what happened to all of them" he said
I wonder how many other people want to know what happens to them
"But I guess you can never really know if it's real or not, what if it's different for everybody?" I asked trying to make a point
"That could be true and that's what makes it that much harder to find out" he then said his goodbye and walked off to do other things, probably actual work
Now it was time to find Ace, maybe he's in the lab
I walked to the lab which didn't take to long but Ace wasn't there but Carlos was
"Hi Carlos" I said "do you know where Ace is?"
"Hello Dachii, and I think Ace just left a few minutes ago his shift ended so he should be back in his room" he said
I must have just missed him on the way here I guess he's back in the room
"How are things going for you Dachii? Is staying with Ace going well?" he asked me
"It's going fine, and Ace is really nice"
"That's good and what about Thomas have you tried talking to him yet?" he asked
"Yes I have but we got interrupted, so I'll try later" I said
"All right, I still have work to do so, you should go find Ace" he said, I nodded and waved at him before I went back to the room
I was hoping to find Ace when I had gotten to the room and Zero to be asleep that way maybe there could be some peace for a little while; it had been pretty hectic today
I was right in front of the door when I heard voices inside, one was Zero and the other had to be Ace
"I'm sorry dad... but I think he hates me now"
Dad? Why was Zero calling Ace dad?
"As long as he's alright, I can talk to him, was he mad at you before?"
"I don't know... but he should be"
I then decided to open the door; I was guessing they were talking about me
When I walked in they both looked directly at me
"Dachii are you alright? Did something happen?" Ace asked me with a concerned voice
"I'm fine I told Zero that, and something did happen but it's ok" I said
"See Zero he isn't mad at you" Ace told him
I decided now I could probably ask
"Ace why was Zero calling you ‘dad'?"
Ace smiled a little and signaled me to get closer
"Dachii, the reason he calls me that is because, I'm really his biological father... and yours"
what? Did Ace just say that right?
"Dachii your body was grown from samples of my DNA, and you're a younger generation so technically your both my sons"
I was in shock, Ace was my father and he knew this entire time... that's why he was being so nice to me, that's why he always defended me... that's why he said he would protect me
"Ace? ... Dad? ... This is a little awkward..." I said, and it really was, before I felt he was just a good friend and now it turns out he's my father... why didn't he just tell me from the start? Was it to make me feel more comfortable here, it makes very little sense to me
"I guess it is a little bit, but I'm here if you want to talk" he said
I needed to think a bit more, I had clunk to him before but now I don't know if it was out of desperation or connection
You could say there was a resemblance even though we looked nothing alike, I still don't understand completely
I nodded and went back out of the door
"Where are you going Dachii?" he asked me
"I need a place to think" I closed the door and walked down the hall, why did I do that? Why did I feel like this towards the only people I could truly call family?
Was something wrong with me? Or are my emotions just getting in the way of how things really should be?
I always thought Tye was the only family I had or at least as far as I could say anyone to relate to even as my only friend
I had a choice to make didn't I?
Get out of here to find Tye or stay with Ace and be with my dad and brother
... That's a hard choice, what should I choose? Who is really the one I should turn to
My world used to revolve around Tye, I still want to see him, and I'm sure he's still waiting for me, but Ace seems like he wants to raise us like a real family
What a big decision to put on a dragon like me...
Ace point
Work is finally over, and I want to see my boys, I hope they had fun today this is the first time they have actually been playing together
I walk down the halls heading for my room, I open the door to find one little dragon laying in bed with his head buried deep into the pillows
But where was the other?
I sit on the bed next to the lying little one and put my hand on his head, he immediately looks up at me his face full of sorrow and the pillow below him soaked with tears
"Zero what's wrong and where is Dachii?" I asked
"I... I almost killed him... it's my fault, he'll never forgive me" his whimpering body quivered as tears came out of his eyes
I had never seen him like this, the only time I had seen anyone this sad was...
"Did something happen to Dachii?" I asked I was trying not to panic that's the last thing he needs to see me do
"Yes but he said he was ok now" he slowed down his crying a little bit but he was still in a pretty sad state
If he's not here hopefully he's being taken care of, Zero wouldn't just leave his brother behind
"I'm sorry dad... but I think he hates me now" he said to me
I remembered when he first called me dad, but that does make sense to me, I'm the only one he knows that takes care of him, and I am his real father
"As long as he's alright, I can talk to him, was he mad at you before?" I asked I wanted to calm him down if he stayed like this for to long he might end up feeling more hurt
"I don't know... but he should be" he said, that was truly sad, what did he do to make himself feel that his own brother should be mad at him
I heard the door open and I looked to see who it was, it was Dachii and he looked fine but the way Zero was acting I still wanted to check
"Dachii are you alright? Did something happen?" I asked him
"I'm fine I told Zero that, and something did happen but its ok" he said buthe didn't sound mad or upset
"See Zero he isn't mad at you" I told Zero
"Ace why was Zero calling you ‘dad'?" I heard Dachii ask
I guess I should tell him, it's probably better that he know now
I signaled him to get closer; I wanted to make sure he understood
I told him about me being both his father and of course Zero's father, but the reaction from him was a little unexpected, he looked a bit shocked rather than happy
Was it just not the right time to say something like this?
"Ace? ... Dad? ... this is a little awkward..." he said, what was so awkward I was his father ... maybe it was more than that, an issue just between himself, maybe I could help him... but it is best to let them settle things for themselves, I just want him to know I'm still someone he can talk to
"I guess it is a little bit, but I'm here if you want to talk" I said
He stood silent and then nodded and headed for the door
"Where are you going Dachii?" why did he want to leave?
"I need a place to think" he said, before just walking out and closing the door, I guess it was just some inner conflict I could not interfere with even if it included me
Maybe it had something to do with him wanting to leave... if it was up to me I would want him to stay
But when it comes to the ones you love, you just have to let them make there own choices, if he wanted to go back to his friend I would let him, it would sadden me that he left but it would make me happy that he is enjoying his life
I just hope when they grow up they won't end up like me
Tired, work stricken, and worried about the people you know can take care of themselves
Hopefully they'll have someone watching out for them when I'm not
End of Chapter
i know it's weird that i apperently killed Dachii but i couldn't let it end so easily plus i needed something to add to why he has such a confused motivation
well that's whats happening to him now, what do you think will happen next?
he has a big decision to make lets see what does he choose? you'll have to find out in the next chapter
please comment i like to know what the readers think