For all the fun of Logan, for every bad song, every punch in the arm, every laugh there was something beneath the surface.
It was quiet often the dream chasers found Logan's stare and it never failed to chill them to the bone.
For Cooper, the frist time he saw it was at coney island.
Cooper had steped away to take Mateos phone call. It was the fight that almost ruined there friend ship. As Cooper yelled into the phone he walked over to where he saw Logan on the dock.
Logan, leaning back with his hands in his hoodie pocket. He stared into the sky. Cooper fallowed his gaze and looked at the lightning that flashed in the sky. He felt the wind pick up as Mateo hung up on him.
There was a flash before Logan turned his head to Cooper. It was almost like Logan had to flip a swtitch before he put on a grin.
"So what did that loser want?" Logan laughed as he wrapped his arm around Coopers shoulders.
And while Izzie is the most hyper active person on the planet she saw it too. At lunch.
There was on day a week where she thought none of her friends had the same lunch as her. That was until she found Logan sitting alone in the cafeteria. It was the strangest thing. Seeing him frown. His eyes locked onto a cup of ice. Just ice. And he just sat there staring, no, watching, watching ice melt. She almost saw tears well up in his eyes.
That was until Logan saw her. He quickly jumped onto his seat and yelled- "Izzie! Over here!"
Logans smile had always been infectious so she forgot about it immediately as she ran over.
Zoey thinks when she discovered Logans 100 yard stare was the scariest. They where on a mission in the dream world when they fell into a cavern made of dirt. Not even anything fun like chocolate dirt or a cave of crystals, just dirt.
"We have your signal, we'll be there in 5 minutes dont move" Albert said over the coms. Zoey dream crafted a purple light to fill the cave and that's when she saw it.
Logan was staring at his feet as he dugg the toes of his shoes into the dirt. His stare hard and cold but Zosy could see longing in his eyes. But to her it was terrifying. And it was terrifying because she knew that look. She had that look when her mom died and her dad left. The look of having someone important ripped away from you. And also the determination to do whatever it takes to get them back.
But as soon as the rope dropped down into the cave Logan shot up and cheered. "Finally! What took ya guys!?"
And the last dream chaser to see Logans stare was Mateo. The two had been partnered on a mission and surprisingly Logan hadn't complained. Which Mateo felt weird about. They had decided to take a break, the part of the dream world they where in was dark so they made a fire. About 10 minutes had passed when Logan caught Mateo's eye. Logan was staring into the dancing flames of the fire. And Mateo doubted Logan even felt the tears run down his face.
"Mateo. Promise me something." Logan stare didn't break, and at this point Mateo wasn't even 100% sure he was taking to the real Logan. "Promise me. Promise me you'll kill the nightmare king the frist chance you get." And Mateo had no idea why Logan would ask him of such a thing. And he especially didn't know why he said. "I will."
But he's glad he did. Because as soon as Mateo stabed the Nightmare king to death with his pencil and the former king turned to sand a door appeared and opened.
Logan fell to his knees infront of the dream chasers as they watched 4 men walk through the door.
Logans eyes never left the ninja as he sobbed.
"Logan?" The Fire ninja asked with a broken voice.
Zoey went to Logans side and the others fallowed. She grabed his arm and Mateo grabed the other. And with the help of Izzie and Cooper they lifted Logan up.
Logan sniffed, breathing in all his snot. He looked around him at his friends before he wiped his face.
"Are....are you the ninja? Are you Kai, Cole, Zane and Jay?" Logans eyes finally turned back to the ninja. "Are you my fathers?"
It wasn't even a second later Logan was in there arms.
Logan had known it was prophecies that a powerful dreamer, with the ability to create life in and out of the dream world would kill that nightmare king. And Logan had known that when the Nightmare king was killed, the portal to home would open to him. And home he was taken from at not even a month old.
Logan looked at Mateo through the limbs of his fathers. He smiled as he stared at his friends. "Thank you" was all he managed.
Thank you for understanding.
Thank you for bringing me home.
Thank you for being my home.