:: begin dream sequence ::

i'm running from some unforseen force that wants me nothing other than dead. i run from building to building, always finding a back door on the left. i get caught in a greenhouse, and they're after me. the greenhouse is shaped like a maze, and they're a few feet behind me. i climb up into the rafters, hidden from their view. i scramble back to the enterance, killing the ones who have found out where i was. i drop to the floor by the door, and make a run for it.

i'm suddenly in an appartment building, like neo was in the matrix. i'm running for my life, looking for a way out. they're behind me, shooting at me as i duck into doorways. i jump out of a window, unsure of my landing. i catch onto a closeline on the way down, and i'm back on the ground again, running.

i come to another door on the left. i go through. i'm at the edge of a lake, enshrouded in a fog. i wander off to the left (which seems to be the only direction that i can go) and i'm suddenly lost in the fog. i feel warm water engulfingmy feet. i'm not scared, i'm just lost.

i'm in a river, flowing fast, on an innertube to keep from drowning. they're not far behind. i bounce off of rocks cropping up to the surface, and i'm now in the water, swimming for my life. there's a waterfall up ahead, and i know there's no way to avoid it. i go over, and i'm falling. i fall for what seems like forever.

i'm at the bottom, in a pool of water mere inches deep. i'm alive, but not for long, as i look up and see my persuers falling as well. hopefully they won't be able to survive the drop. there's a cave behind the waterfall (isn't there always?) and i run in, hiding in the darkness from the evil people. some of them survive the drop, and i can hear them following.

my eyes adjust to the light, and there's a door. gleaming white, almost glowing in the darkness. it's on the left. with no choice , i go through, and i'm blinded by the sunlight.

i'm in a deep valley, with nowhere to hide. i run, as fast as my legs will take me. i dodge left to right, as they shoot at me. somehow, i shoot back, even though i don't remember having a gun. there's no way out, the valley goes on forever. i turn a corner, and there's a door. this one's black. i'm not sure of what to do, but it's on the left, and i step through anyways.

i'm on a motorcycle, speeding through traffic, the people chasing me in cars not far behind. i weave, shoot back at them, but they're still coming. faster and faster when i look down to realize that i'm waeving through traffic at over a hundred miles per hour. i come to a causeway. out over the ocean. no cars. faster.

up ahead, there's a drawbridge, and it's going up. in seconds, i'm going to hit it, and i have to go over, for fear of being killed by my persuers. faster. almost two hundred miles an hour, and i hit the draw bridge as it's almost all the way up.

i'm flying through the air. my motorcycle falls, and smashes into little bits as it hits the pavement on the other side of the drawgridge. i'm still flying, uncontrollably hurtling through the sky over the gleaming water below. i'm starting to fall, i can feel the falling sensation. i look back and see my persuers skidding to a halt at the drawbridge, some of them attempting to jump over, all getting lit the fcuk up.

i'm falling and falling. i know that when i hit the water, i'm going to die. i know this. i look to the horizon and see the skyscrapers of boston, finally knowing where i am. falling. faster and faster. i hit the water.

:: finish dream sequence ::

i look around in the darkness of my room. i strain to see the glowing alarm clock in the corner. two ten in the morning. i've only been asleep for a few hours. i feel the sheets beneath my back, and they're hot, and wet. it's very hot in this room. i'm suddenly thirsty, and i reach over jackie's sleeping body next to me to grab the water off of the night table, in a vain attempt to not wake her from her sleep.

as i put the water back, she wakes. she snuggles up to me closer, as i was on the other side of the bed during my nightmare. she falls back asleep, almost if she had never woken. i cannot sleep. i'm almost afraid to fall back asleep, as i might fall back into that dream where i was about to die.