Chapter 1
Nightmare
Terror. That's the only thing Brunsmeier felt. He, and his friends, were trapped. They had no protection, no ammo, no hope. He knew they were done for, and so did everyone else. The house they were defending was being besieged by dozens and dozens of White Mask soldiers. Brunsmeier was afraid, he didn't want to die. Everyone was just sitting in the garage, either behind deployable shields, or just on the floor. He thought about how his friends felt, and assumed they felt the same way he did. Maxim, Taina, and Meghan were all that was left with him, as Rainbow HQ thought 4 would be enough, as they severely underestimated the White Mask's numbers. Brunsmeier could almost swear he heard Taina crying, as she was lying against a wall in the corner. He suppressed a chuckle, "I guess even the best break sometimes" he thought. He slowly stood up and walked to Taina, and sat next to her, putting an arm around her. Taina leaned into him, and just sobbed on to his shoulder. "It's okay, we'll get out of here, don't worry" he said, trying to cheer her up, knowing full well they weren't getting out alive.
The wall in the southeast corner of the room violently exploded, and gunfire erupted from the new opening. Meghan was cut down almost instantly, and Maxim was gunned down shortly after. Taina took one of her Impact Grenades from her belt, and tossed it through the hole, and had a tiny smirk on her face when she heard the screams of pain. Bullets started tearing the room apart, with White Masks firing at everything. Brunsmeier noticed a Grenade land in their corner, and he just simply turned to Taina. "I guess this is it" he said, turning to her. In their final moments, they simply hugged each other. Suddenly, his vision turned white, and his skin burned, as if he was set on fire, and pain shot through his body.
He shot out of bed, falling flat on floor, face first. "It was just a dream dominic, calm down" he told himself, trying to slow his heart rate back to normal. He looked over to the clock on the nightstand, which read 3:47 AM. He slowly got up, and sat on the bed, wondering about the contents of the dream. With his mind full of thoughts, he knew he couldn't go back to sleep. He decided to go to the lounge, grab a couple beers and watch a movie.
He exited his small room, and walked down the hallway towards the lounge, passing other operators rooms on the way. He could hear music coming from Dokkaebi's room, and loud snoring from Kapkan's. While he made his way down the stairs, he heard voices from the lounge. As he came closer to the lounge, he could hear the voices clearer, and was able to identify that it was his good friends, Elias (Blitz) and Marius (Jäger). He entered the lounge, and made his way toward the fridge in the corner. It was only when he closed the fridge after grabbing himself a beer, that Elias and Marius noticed he was there. "Why the hell are you awake, Dominic?" Elias asked, with a concerned tone. "Just a stupid nightmare, don't worry" Bandit replied, while taking a seat on the couch.
"What was it about?" Came a voice from behind the couch, making Bandit, and his friends jump. He turned around to see Taina (Caveira) standing in a corner, almost completely concealed by darkness. "Don't fucking do that, Taina, you scared the hell out of me!" Bandit exclaimed. "I can't help it, it's what I do" was Taina's calm reply. "Back to that dream, what was it about?" Taina asked. "It's none of your fucking business" Bandit fired back, still pissed at Taina for scaring him. Taina opened her mouth to reply, but closed it and left the lounge, presumably to go to bed herself.
"Why the fuck was she just standing there" Marius asked, with a very confused look on his face. "Don't know, don't care, all I know is that she scares the hell out of me" was Elias's reply. "Ah fuck it, i'm going back to bed" Bandit Announced, getting up from the couch. "Well, I hope you don't get anymore nightmares, Dominic. Good night!" Elias said, and Marius said a quick good night as well. Dominic made his way back to his room, noting that the music coming from Dokkaebi's room was gone, but Kapkan was still snoring. Once Dominic made it back to his room, a thought presented itself in his head. "Was she stalking me?"