Broken Soldier
By: theunknownvoice
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Chapter 1: Dreams
"I'm always alright," he said not looking up.
Max didn't dare believe him this time. "You can't tell me that having nightmares every night is normal," she said her eyes blazing.
"Look, why would you care?" he said his back turned to her.
"Alec, you are my SIC. That alone gives me the right to be concerned when you're acting weird."
"Just back off Max," he said coldly walking away from her.
The nightmares had been happening for the past few weeks. He was sleep deprived and depressed. He didn't want to deal with Max's unending questions.
The more he thought about the dreams the more vivid they became. He had tried everything to make them stop. He had changed his eating habits. He had moved his bed. He had even decided to lay off the sex. Nothing had worked. The dreams still came every night.
He glanced at the bottle of sleeping pills. It was his third bottle this week. He tipped his head back and downed the entire thing in an instant. There weren't enough pills in there to kill him. Hell, he could get shot with an elephant tranquilizer and still wake up the next day perfectly normal.
Again the dreams came. They weren't always the same dream. He could have gotten used to that. The dream constantly changed and the more it changed the more terrified he became.
He could smell the blood on the ground. He could taste it in the air. It was bitter and sweet at the same time. The predator in him called out for more blood.
His clothes and skin were stained with the dark sticky liquid. He would have to take a bath. There was no way that he could go anywhere coated in blood.
The voices in his head demanded that he finish the job. He had to deal with the sacrifice soon enough.
He moved towards the corpse slowly. The prey this time had been a big man. He was in late thirties. This guy had obviously lifted some weights. On his arm was tattooed he image of the blessed lady. He smirked. The lady hadn't protected this prey.
Do it the, voice demanded. Do it and she'll fix you. Do it and you'll never hurt again. You'll be back with the others.
He picked up the bloody cloth and glanced at the address again. Hopefully, his sacrifice would not be in vain.
Alec screamed as the dream continuously replayed.
To be continued….
