Nightmare~Raiden Shogun
A week before Taeyong's tracks Black Mamba
Y/N's Pov
"Xiao you keep protecting her, and Zandik, I can't believe I am saying this but, I trust you too." Replied Taeyong as he walked towards his car.
"We will, don't worry Taeyong." Replied the teal-haired Adeptus with crossed arms.
"Good, I will be leaving now," replied Taeyong, he then turns to me, "Y/N I love you." Whispered Taeyong as he hugged me.
"I love you, see you again in a few days." I cried as I hugged him.
"Keep her safe, please." Nodded Taeyong as he left.
"We will look after her, don't worry" Replied Zandik.
"We'll make sure no harm comes her way." Vowed Xiao.
"Goodbye." Taeyong waves as he left.
He then led the rest of Nct and Aespa to track down Black Mamba.
Later that afternoon
"Look, I know this is really bad timing but I need to be somewhere." Xiao began.
"Hmm?" I asked.
Zandik looked up from his medical research notes.
Felix stopped eating his potato chips.
"I am going to Liyue to cultivate for 3 days." Explained Xiao.
"Adepti still do that?" Felix asked and then he ate another potato chip.
"Yes." Xiao replied.
"Is it painful?" I asked.
"No, of course not." Replied Xiao.
Childe, Aj, Kazuha, Tomo, Drift, Sara and Candy who just came back overheard the news as well.
"Yo you leaving dude?" Asked Tomo.
"Yeah." Nodded Xiao.
"I see." Nodded Kazuha.
We then all sat around Xiao.
"See we Adepti cultivate, it's basically like how you guys ascend except it's more complicated and serene for us." Explained Xiao.
"Oh." Replied Tomo.
"Cool." Replied Childe.
"It sure is." Nodded Aj.
"So, I'll be back in a couple days, stay safe you lot." Replied Xiao.
"Of course." I replied.
"Good, I will be leaving in a few days." Replied Xiao.
"Wait that fast?" Candy asked.
"Mate come on! Taeyong leaves and then you too." Goes Felix.
"It's ok." Smiled Xiao.
"I'll take you out somewhere." Dottore winks at me.
"And I'll join!" Felix jumps in.
"Us too!" Childe and Aj say same time.
"I have to be here in the Dojo when the mercanaries find something so yeah." Replied Sara.
"Off to London soon, updates from the Autobots." Replied Drift.
"I don't know what I'm doing yet." Replied Tomo, scratching his hair.
"Alright, meeting dispersed." I laughed.
Next day
"Alright you two have any plans?" I asked.
"We should visit Fatui HQ in the Arctic about the diplomacy decisions since you don't want Signora around Tenshukaku, also Drift and Tomo told me to go there to meet the Autobots in a few days." Suggested Felix.
"A meeting with the Autobots? Perfect." Replied Dottore, clasping his hands together.
"I'll set up these two meetings right away." Nods Felix as he got up from the couch.
"Thanks Felix." I replied.
"No problem." Felix replied as he walked away.
"Time to plan an itinary." I announced as I got up and went to my room.
Dottore re-aranged his papers and then went to the lab for something.
A horrid nightmare
I woke up to see myself chained inside a lab.
I struggled.
This form looked like Firestar's...
Knockout? Where are you?!
"How could you?!" She cried.
Dottore, the clone wearing a theatre mask (Webttore/Gamma clone) somehow managed to got me to transform and gotten hold of my Cybertronian body.
"Help us!" I heard a voice.
And there he was, Felix who laid strapped in on the operating table.
"Let us go!!!" I snarled.
"Never." Laughed Dottore evily.
And then he plunged the long needle into my arm.
I watched, in horror unable to move as Dottore placed some extra mechanical parts inside and outside our Cybertronian bodies.
Felix the golden cybertronian next minute was dead. His golden optics were faded in light as the energon pooled onto the foor.
Dottore was eerily smiling so much and fascinated by our Cybertronian forms.
Tears pooled around me.
"I can't believe I got to Strengthen an archon!" He laughed.
"And you just happened to be the better Raiden!" He adds.
"Save me." I cried.
"No one will save you!!!" Laughed Dottore evily.
I watched as Knockout fell into a heap as Dottore drove a sword through his spark.
Knockout's expression of betrayal as he angrily fought with Dottore.
The scene then shifted
"You stole her." Snarled Taeyong as he fought him.
It began to suddenly rain from Dottore's lab.
Energon and Blood pooled around us.
"Ahahahahahahahaha ahahahahahha!" Laughed the Dottore clone.
That morning
I woke up in cold sweat.
Looking around, I was still safely in the spaceship.
There were dried tears around my eyes.
I looked outside, we were no longer in Liyue that's for sure.
Whatever I dreamt about was probably a nightmare
"Where are we?" I asked.
"We are by the Fatui palace in the Arctic. Did you sleep well?" Asked Dottore gently as he sat beside my bed.
"Yeah." I lied.
"Your expression says otherwise." Points out Dottore.
"I had a dream that I woke up in a lab and was chained-" I replied, looking away.
"Y/N, I'm afraid that was not a dream, it looks like that evil clone did far more damage than I thought in the other dimension." Replied Dottore as he reached for my hand.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Y/N, Xiao can only temporarily supress those nightmares, he will soon reach his potential of completly erasing them." Explained Dottore.
"How am I going to get a good night sleep without a nightmare?" I asked.
"I know its torturous, but I'll figure something out. I have to ask Xiao's approval, because it does involve a small experiment and going into your mind." He replied.
"Are you going to chain me up?" I whispered.
"No. The experiment won't even involve any operation required. I just will ask some rather personal or psychological questions and then dig out those painful memories to see what's been bothering you." He replied honestly.
"Jumping straight into my trauma." I quoted Taeyong's Mad Dog song.
"Hmm? It will hurt a bit, but I'll be there also Felix and the Captain. And if its too much tell me to stop." He replied.
"Thank you." I replied.
"Anything for you." He whispered and then he kissed me.
"Breakfast is ready." Captain (Hongjoong/HJ) called as he bursted into our room.
He stopped and started laughing.
"Dottore, you better make sure Nct Taeyong doesn't find out your little relationship." He chuckled.
"I know." Smirked Dottore.
"I'll vouch for you both though!" Whispered Hongjoong loudly. He then gaves us the thumbs up.
Dottore playfully threw an empty plastic syringe bottle (without a needle) at Hongjoong.
"Experimenting again?!" Asked Hongjoong, narrowing his eyes at Dottore.
"It's research. And medical purposes." Replied Dottore.
"Oh yeah, how's the cure for Covid going?!" Asked HJ.
"It's not easy, that stupid virus keeps on mutating." Sighed Dottore.
"Any new updates?" Asked HJ.
"The vaccine is working like normally, but I've been trying to reduce the side effects people keep on having." Replied Dottore.
"Wow, I don't know medical shit but that is cool." Nodded HJ, he continued, "Anyways you two better get downstairs." He smiles.
Felix laughed as Hongjoong led him away.
After changing clothes
I smell the sweet aroma of waffles. Also fried fish.
"Hongjoong I didn't know you could cook this well!" I exclaimed.
"Well, I did have some help with the waffle machine because pirates don't usually carry those things on ships." He laughed.
"Dottore and I helped him." Laughed Tomo.
"Woah Tomo I miss your cooking also I forgot Fatui Harbingers could cook too." I laughed.
Dottore and Hongjoong started howling in laughter. Felix joined in too.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Oh my god she actually thought I prepared the whole breakfast!" Tomo snorted, "I only was there to take notes and make the toast!"
"Come on guys!" I joined in laughing too.
"Y/N, Dottore and Hongjoong's cooking are out of this world!" Exclaimed Felix as he dug in.
"Of course food is important for the intelligent mind and the battlefield." Replied Dottore.
"What he said." Hongjoong clicked his tongue, doing the finger guns at Dottore.
I dug in too and almost exploded in happy tears.
"Holy shit this is so good!" I replied after I ate a large piece of the fried fish.
Tomo took notes in his cook book.
"Oh my god this is way better than my own cooking by a thousand times!" I laughed.
Again, they started laughing.
Childe and Aj who woke up from the laughing decided to join us for breakfast.
"Hey Y/N we gotta leave for Fatui HQ for an important meeting, see you in a few days!" Called Hongjoong.
"See you!" I called after them.
Hongjoong followed a Dottore clone and Childe onto one of the spare aeroships.