Dreams That Haunt: Prelude
"Don't come any closer!" she yelled. Her hands where shaking and she felt that at any moment now she would drop her gun, her only defense against the man that had haunted her dreams for the longest time. It had been three months since she had been working for the covenant and ever since then she dreamt of him every night. She dreamt of his face, of his touch, of his voice and of his eyes, those piercing green eyes that haunted her every minute of every day. She looked around the dark alley he had followed her to. She was cornered at the wall that was at the end of the alley wearing uncomfortable leather pants, high heal boots and a red halter top. The alley was dark, the only light illuminating the place was from the lights of the club across the street. He was standing a few feet away from her. The brick wall felt cold against her warm almost bare back and she felt chills go up and down her spine.
"Listen to me, I'm here for you, I won't hurt you, I promise Syd." the handsome man kept telling her. She couldn't help noticing how handsome he was, his green eyes were captivating and mesmerizing. She had dreamt of those eyes for the longest time. In her dreams he would hold her tightly and look deep into her eyes and he would whisper to her ear "I love you." It was then that she felt safest, even though it was only a dream the memory of that dream filled her with joy. For a long time he had been her secret obsession. She would daydream about him whenever she wasn't in a mission.
"I told you my name is Julia!" she said, her voice shaky. She had always been able to control her emotions but now that control was failing her. When the covenant had asked her to kill the nameless man as proof of her loyalty to then, she had done it, no questions asked. She had wanted to cry when the covenant man sitting at the table had ordered her to kill the nameless man. She knew she was a contract killer but she couldn't help feeling an immense sadness for the poor man who was tied to that chair that man that she was about to kill. Even though she was a new member to the covenant she knew that they were dangerous and her gut instinct told her that they weren't to be messed with. She knew that if she didn't comply with their orders she would be killed and so would he. It was either her life or both their deaths and she sadly chose herself. Even in that moment of despair after killing the nameless man she had controlled her emotions and hadn't lost control of herself. But she couldn't control her emotions now, she felt like she was being pulled into a million different directions. She had so many questions she wanted to ask him. Who was he? Why did she dream of him? Who was Syd? Why did she have strange memories about people she had never met? Why did she feel like something was being kept from her, a truth that she couldn't imagine?
"Please, give me a chance to explain. Syd, I mean Julia please put your gun down" he said. "Syd... Julia, don't make me hurt you, there are things I need to explain."
"Just go, I don't need or want your explanations!" she said tears forming in her eyes. She hoped that he couldn't see them.
"Your hair looks different, but you look the same. A little more tired maybe, but you look the same." He said extending his arm toward her gun. He put his hand on top of her gun and pushed her arm down. "You're still as beautiful as I remember." he said walking closer to her until his body was right against hers. He looked into her eyes as if to give her time to push him away before he kissed her. She couldn't push him away, she wanted him to kiss her, every cell in her body ached for that kiss. She closed her eyes and tears streamed down her face.
"I've missed you more than you can imagine." he whispered as he put his hand on her neck and pulled her face closer to his until their lips were next to each other. He kissed her slowly but passionately and she kissed him back. She still held her gun with her right hand but she put her left arm around his neck and gave into the kiss. As enticing as the kiss was she knew that if the covenant found out about this they would kill them both. She used her left arm to push him away.
"Walk away now or I'll shoot you right between your eyes. Don't force me to kill you." She said holding her gun upright. "Slowly walk away" she said as she cocked her gun. The man began to step back never taking his eyes off of her. "Put your hands in the air!" she yelled. He put his hands in the air and slowly kept walking backwards.
"I love you." he said.
"I know." Julia answered and with those words she pulled the trigger.
"Don't come any closer!" she yelled. Her hands where shaking and she felt that at any moment now she would drop her gun, her only defense against the man that had haunted her dreams for the longest time. It had been three months since she had been working for the covenant and ever since then she dreamt of him every night. She dreamt of his face, of his touch, of his voice and of his eyes, those piercing green eyes that haunted her every minute of every day. She looked around the dark alley he had followed her to. She was cornered at the wall that was at the end of the alley wearing uncomfortable leather pants, high heal boots and a red halter top. The alley was dark, the only light illuminating the place was from the lights of the club across the street. He was standing a few feet away from her. The brick wall felt cold against her warm almost bare back and she felt chills go up and down her spine.
"Listen to me, I'm here for you, I won't hurt you, I promise Syd." the handsome man kept telling her. She couldn't help noticing how handsome he was, his green eyes were captivating and mesmerizing. She had dreamt of those eyes for the longest time. In her dreams he would hold her tightly and look deep into her eyes and he would whisper to her ear "I love you." It was then that she felt safest, even though it was only a dream the memory of that dream filled her with joy. For a long time he had been her secret obsession. She would daydream about him whenever she wasn't in a mission.
"I told you my name is Julia!" she said, her voice shaky. She had always been able to control her emotions but now that control was failing her. When the covenant had asked her to kill the nameless man as proof of her loyalty to then, she had done it, no questions asked. She had wanted to cry when the covenant man sitting at the table had ordered her to kill the nameless man. She knew she was a contract killer but she couldn't help feeling an immense sadness for the poor man who was tied to that chair that man that she was about to kill. Even though she was a new member to the covenant she knew that they were dangerous and her gut instinct told her that they weren't to be messed with. She knew that if she didn't comply with their orders she would be killed and so would he. It was either her life or both their deaths and she sadly chose herself. Even in that moment of despair after killing the nameless man she had controlled her emotions and hadn't lost control of herself. But she couldn't control her emotions now, she felt like she was being pulled into a million different directions. She had so many questions she wanted to ask him. Who was he? Why did she dream of him? Who was Syd? Why did she have strange memories about people she had never met? Why did she feel like something was being kept from her, a truth that she couldn't imagine?
"Please, give me a chance to explain. Syd, I mean Julia please put your gun down" he said. "Syd... Julia, don't make me hurt you, there are things I need to explain."
"Just go, I don't need or want your explanations!" she said tears forming in her eyes. She hoped that he couldn't see them.
"Your hair looks different, but you look the same. A little more tired maybe, but you look the same." He said extending his arm toward her gun. He put his hand on top of her gun and pushed her arm down. "You're still as beautiful as I remember." he said walking closer to her until his body was right against hers. He looked into her eyes as if to give her time to push him away before he kissed her. She couldn't push him away, she wanted him to kiss her, every cell in her body ached for that kiss. She closed her eyes and tears streamed down her face.
"I've missed you more than you can imagine." he whispered as he put his hand on her neck and pulled her face closer to his until their lips were next to each other. He kissed her slowly but passionately and she kissed him back. She still held her gun with her right hand but she put her left arm around his neck and gave into the kiss. As enticing as the kiss was she knew that if the covenant found out about this they would kill them both. She used her left arm to push him away.
"Walk away now or I'll shoot you right between your eyes. Don't force me to kill you." She said holding her gun upright. "Slowly walk away" she said as she cocked her gun. The man began to step back never taking his eyes off of her. "Put your hands in the air!" she yelled. He put his hands in the air and slowly kept walking backwards.
"I love you." he said.
"I know." Julia answered and with those words she pulled the trigger.