Timeless nightmares.

Summary: Because even now that they were laughing. Zak will never forget the screams. This is an ang story! And have some spoilers for the Burned Out ep!.

me: okay I just needed to put this out of myself! (Just saw the ep today and weeel.. need a vent out?)

This is dedicated to my friends in the Discord world! That love ZS! (Latter will be in Spanish too) I'm a Mexican Dyslexic girl who had mostly self learned English and is writing this in a google doc so sorry for the grammar faults and please if you see some just pm me with them so I can fix it.

Now… go and enjoy yourself.

They have been gone.

For a short time, but they have been gone.

Right now that doesn't matter. He and Calabrass had won against time and they have save them for beginning…. that in the first place.

They had won against dead itself and they had bring them back.

But still… they had been gone and that's the thing.

They should not have been gone…

A laugh bring him back from the depressed land and make him see them all sharing a joke about ghosts and vikings.

Cici was seeing them amusing, the face in the endoesqueleto of Caramba put a happy face, will Crogar and Clovis were laughing so hard that they had to out some tears away.

Even the Chaos was making a happy sound. Zak smiled.

He really like how relaxed they seemed to be, how alive they were right now.

He saw the way they interacted and it was a hug relief, seeing them here.

Hearing them argued for a prank that the hiperactividad ghost put on the viking, or seeing the confused face that flash across Caramba, feeling the light humm that made the Chaos in his fingers around the wheel… its make it real.

They had won.

They were here.

They are alive.

His friends, family and crowd where okay.

But still..

there were times (like today) that he will be hearing the screams… he would hear the hissing sound of flesh becoming nothing but ash and mist in the magma pool of Blaze.

That in his sleep he would see they're scared faces, he could feel the distress in Caramba voice, the moment the Chaos let out a terrible sound after being hit by the rock.

He could smell the melting viking hat…

It was so much.

And the worst of all.

He could see himself falling to rescue them. He would see him there, losing against flint, and Bones. Losing Calabrass to the volcano, seeing the treasure and the Chrono stone melting away in the hot red liquid…

Then he would hear they screaming , begging him to save them, to take whatever its takes to make them better.

And then…

Then he would wake up with tears.

Like today.

He had see it again.

He had relieved that terrible moment when everything had gone so bad…

But this time he had hear them blaming him.

And they were right to do so! It was his fault that they were dead for a bit!

He was the one that make them go against something when no one was in their all.

He was the one that led them to their fall.

And it doesn't matter because only he can remember it.

Only he had the memories of that fateful day.

Only he remembers the tragedi, the sorrow, the rage, the… the fear of being alone.

Today (or rater tonight) he had dreamed it again. And this time was the one that broke the glass.

He curled around himself and started crying.

He let the tears go away in a silent manner.

He really didn't want them to woke up,,and didn't wanted Calabrass to see him like that.

He was supposed to be strong. He was their Capitan, and yet… he was here crying for a nightmare.

Calabrass had being sing it all along.

He had know that Zak would not be leaving that adventure over him so easy.

The boy saw their friends die! For crying out loud!

He saw how the kid reacted after the Chaos had been drowned… and he had acted quickly, putting him in the task at hand before the shock could sentle in the kids ment.

They had won.

They had made it in time, the boy had saved they all.

And… well he did it on his own.

He was proud of the young capitan, the kid had acted in a honored way in his blind rage against Flint, he only made them aside, toke the stone, made the travel in time and prevent all their deads.

But after that… he had see how tense the kid had been in the last days, he assumed it was the sleep deprivation he had going again.

But tonight was different.

A drowned scream had awakened him and after trying to adjust himself from the booksheive Zak had put as his bed.

The kid had been kind enough to put him in a place that would let him see almost everything and the same time it would let him be at short research in case of emergency, and give him the privasity he had been worth.

From his place he saw how the kid had moven in a fetal position and started to shake.

He didn't know what to do.

And once he hear the sobs he know that the kid had a rough night.

"oh kid"

Zak stopped and tried so furiously to pretend to be asleep.

"Zak, kid… I know you are awake"

the boy groaned before moving to see him.

"H, hey Cal…"

The sword let out a breath… this is not his thing but he knows he had to do something.

He would not let his kid be eaten with survivor guilt for something that doesn't ever happen now.

"Zak, you are not alone. And they are fine… we save them, that didn't exist anymore, you know?"

The boy sit down in the bed.

"I know… but still it had happen. an it was my fault… If I just… they… We" Zak was lost of words, he had tangled himself in drowned feelings that he didn't know where it's up anymore. And the old legend had no idea of how to make it better.

Well… he had one idea of what to do but… he couldn't give a hug in this form, could he?

Mentally cursing his condition, he opted by the next best option…. Letting the boy cry.

"You know is okay to cry. It's not gonna make you any less capitan to us, and it will make you feel better for that thing, and I am here with you, my boy… you aren't alone in this"

That was the right thing to say.

Zak started sobbing and didn't try to stop the waterfalls that come from his eyes, (at least no anymore) He let all that containers feelings of sorrow, fear, disbelief, hate and sadness go away with every little sob he made.

"Cal! They were dead! They...!" a little sob here, "They… I would never sing them again! they were so close!" another series of sobs here, "I… we… we were going to be alone here and… a.. and then… Bones...They… Cal...I I can't do it! I can't do this alone! I don't want to be capitan anymore! I had done so bad choices and this one just… just take them away for awhile!" the kid was letting his hear cry.

He was letting all his fears go away.

And Calabrass was there for his kid all the night.

"Zak… oh zak, you are the best capitan I had ever know. And believe me i had know a bunch in all my live- You, Zak Storm. Are the best capitan that this world had ever seen and I can bet that event the Chaos says the same thing"

And just to make them realise he had hearing all that and let his capitan know he was with the talking sword this time, the boat let out a cute little groan.

"See? The boat things the same! And that's something no one goes around telling, their boat says they are the best capitan around here"

That make the boy laugh a little.

"Yeah… I bet eveng Gamble had to be jealous of that one, eh?"

"JA! Gamble? that pathetic excuse of pirate and hero? Please! He will be so amazed of the tongue that he will not have time for jealousy against YOU!"

"pff jaja yeha you are right! he will never be able to up price that!"

They let out a breath.

"But all in serous trip. Zak, you are the best one in the triangle. But you are still a kid, it's okay to make mistakes, but is better to fix them. Just like you did this time, and you will learn for them, making you ever better and better until you; Conrad Zacharie Storm, are the best captain of all times."

Zak led out a little (but real) smile.

"Thanks Cal… you are the best partner in the world… Same to you Chaos, you are the best boat in all the time!"

The living machine let out a happy groan and the night light inside the room changed to a pink color, making the smile in the young capitan bigger.

"aye, aye Maty… aye, aye" say the sword with a hint of care in the voice.

The next day, the rest of the creud were a little worried that their friend hadn't let the chapintan chair room.

Cici was the first one to try and open the door, but nothing happens.

"Arg! Way is not opening?"

"Crogar can get door open" says the viking before taking his sword and trying to hit the metal door.

But the local alien stopped him in time.

"No Crogar! If you hit the door it will be damage and that will be a bad thinx"

"I know! I can go in there and see what's ups! and if he is sleep, I can scare him up!" exclaimed the ghost, and with that he popped out of vist.

Once inside the room, he saw Zak out of orden, sleeping peacefully and with a little smile in his face. This time there was not snoring, the odd thing was that the boy had been "hugging" the sword and had his body rest against the wall, like he was trying to hug sleep the Chaos as well.

"ah?" Before Clovis had chance to say something else, Calabras saw him and made a glare.

A 'don't you dare to wake him up' type of glare.

"If you want to know, he had a bad night. Let him rest, tell Cici she is in charge" whispered the enchanted man.

The not dead boy made a okay singh with his hand before leaving.

"He is sleeping like a baby, Calabrass said we let him rest. Something about a bad night or so, Cici you are in charge!"

"That's odd, why would Zak had a bad night? He would tell us if something is bothering him, right?" asked a little concerned Caramba.

"I don't know Caramba. Zak has been acting very weird since the cronos trip. I think something happen but he prefer to not tell us for a reason." tried to reason the prinses.

"But we were there and we saw everting, how does something happens without us knowing?" Asked the ghost boy.

"Crogar thinks that thing for another day. We should prevent Bones from throwing away Zak's nap time" after the viking says that, all the eyes moved themselves to the left, seeing that the general of the enemy troops were trying to reach them.

"Everyone! to your battle station! we are not letting Bones make up our capitan!"

They didn't know what was happening with their friend, but they had seen how the kid had worked himself out all the time against the odds and had not been having enough rest to be at his full.

And they are going to let him have all the rest he needed right now.

And that's means giving Skollivar a big headache as a lunch.

Me: okay. This is going to have a second chapter, but for now i needed to put this out of my mind. Let me know if you liked it! I really hope you enjoyed as much as I did writhing it.

And sorry if there are grammar errors.

See you soon!