AN: alright guys here is another one! Hope you enjoy it. Ps this is for a school assignment so feedback would be amazing
Midnight murders-
"No! Get off me!"
'Deep breaths Jane' I tell myself, I call upon all the courage I have and push it off.
This has to be a dream; there is no way this is real… But it does look and feel very realistic, this situation is scary it makes me want to hide in a corner and never leave.
"Oh come on Jane don't you love me?" I squeezed my eyes shut. She is not real, your wife was murdered 3 years ago, a murder that you caused. Guilt overtook me and I was tempted beyond belief to run up to her, hug her and tell her how sorry I am but I can't because if I do I will die regardless of if this is a dream or not, I have this sense of doom about these dreams.
I look over at her my eyes tear glazed from sadness, and fear, she looks convincing, I'll give her that. She looks exactly like my wife had looked, I should know the image is seared into my brain, and I'm reminded every time I close my eyes I see it in the blackness, she had several stab wounds and red marks on her wrist. That is how this thing looks.
"You are not real! My real wife died 3 years ago! Just leave me alone!" Her eyes went dark and she smiled a sickeningly sweet smile,
"You will learn your lesson eventually, but first you must wake up."
I sat up in my bed gasping for breath, my eyes were wide and my heart was in my ears all I can hear is the thump, thump of it, my bed is so wet from sweat it was like the salty waves of the ocean for me to one day be washed away and be lost forever. I am sweating like crazy but I am freezing. I looked around my room from the door leading to my ensuite to my mint green walls which was making me feel calmer as the seconds went by, and lastly my bed side table as my eyes adjusted completely I saw the time 6 00 of course, it is always 6 00 when I was released back into the world of the living.
This is the 4th night in a row something like this has happened, I mean I know for a fact that these dreams are just that, dreams. But everything that happens in them just seems so realistic. It's creeping me out big time.
Wait 6 00?! I looked over at the clock again,
"Damn it! I'm going to be so late! Lisbon is going to kill me!" I threw the sheets off me letting them land in a pool on the floor, not bothering to make the bed I ran to my closet grabbing my traditional suit, black pants, island themed shirt a vest and my over coat.
I was in the middle of putting on my shoes when my phone rang and a projector popped up in front of me, phone number blocked? That's weird, maybe I shouldn't pick up? After debating with myself about wether or not I should pick up, I decided to pick up just in time before it rang out. No image either, who is this?
"Uh hello?" All that met my answer was static and silence, well considering the lack of yelling on the other end this caller wasn't my boss, thank God for that, but wait who is this? An idea hit me like a train leaving the station, and realisation dawned.
"Is this the same guy from yesterday? Listen I am a consultant with the FBI and I could easily find out who you are, just stop calling me!" This guy was really getting on my nerves he is so annoying, although I was ranting still only silence met my talking, I was so fed up I was about to hang up and slam down the phone, but then-
"So you survived night 4 I see…" I looked more closely at the projector and noticed a logo of an eagle flying through a hoop, strange I got to remember that.
"Did you say hello to your wife? Did you apologise for getting her killed?" Guilt hit me like a big yellow school bus.
"Who is this?! And how do you know of that?" My questions were all valid which was why my blood boiled when all he said was,
"She told me, and IF you survive until tomorrow I will tell you," I groaned and I could practically hear his smirk through the line,
"Just tell me now, enough with these games!" His voice took on a firmer tone as if he were a parent disciplining a child,
"Patience is key Jane, would you rather I not tell you at all? Just wait and you will get your answers, we will talk tomorrow.. Or maybe not." He ended it with a cackle that sent shivers down my spine and my skin to crawl.
I put my phone down rolling my eyes at my stupidity, I need tea…
I was laying in my leather couch staring blankly at the elvis on the roof which was helping me think. Anyway what had that thing in my dream meant by 'you will learn your lesson?' this is happening for a reason but what? I smirked when I saw my boss motioning for Lisbon to see him in his office, he does not look happy, I am a consultant for the FBI and I love it, but I wish I had a different boss, when I started it was all lollipops and rainbows, now it's all just yelling and threats of being fired.
"Lisbon! get your lazy self in here!" She ran the rest of the way, she looked so scared it was hilarious. A couple of minutes later Lisbon walked out of the office.
"Alright team where are we heading to?" I looked up at Lisbon and she looked back expectantly, all I did was shrug and lay back down, she groaned and turned to Cho, he only slightly smirked and handed Lisbon the files for this murder.
"Grand Avenue apartment 16," Lisbon nodded, 'this un-sub is strange he never kills in a second area twice.'
"Alright Jane your with me, Whiley and Cho take the other car." Wait, Whiley? Why Whiley he isn't a field agent? I shrugged my shoulders if Lisbon wanted him on field she wouldn't have done it unless Whiley wanted to be on field.
We are at grand Avenue apartment 6 and the sight that met us was not a pretty one, although when was murder ever a pretty sight? Again a flash of my wife was before my eyes. I shake my head and the image disappeared I shivered and went into the bedroom of the victim, as the others she was laying if you saw her from afar it would look as if she was just peacefully sleeping, but up close it was obvious straight away what killed her.
"Oh my God," I felt like I would throw up, how pale am I?
"Are you ok Jane? If you want you can go outside?" Lisbon looked concerned, I collected myself and stood upright.
"No I'll be ok, but there is something about this that doesn't seem normal, she looks like she's been mauled by an animal, I don't even think that it would be physically possible for a human to inflict this sort of damage onto someone." Lisbon looked like she was thinking about it and I could already see from the expression on her face that she agreed with me.
"Maybe the un sub brought one with him?" I shook my head, that would have been impossible. I'm surprised Lisbon didn't see what I do.
"It was raining all day yesterday, the things paws would be muddy yet there is no evidence of muddy paws anywhere, and an animal that big wouldn't be able to be carried in." Lisbon shrugged, obviously agreeing with me.
"How do you know it was a big animal? It could've been a small feisty thing." She smirked obviously amused at her words, although she always does that.
"look at the claw marks, they are deep and thick and the bite holes are so deep your pen could fit and would be engulfed."
"Okay sure, you guys take pictures of the scene I'll head back to the office, Jane your coming with me,"I felt more than ready to go, my face going colder and colder which meant it was extremely pale, and I was feeling like throwing up.
"By guys!" We went outside and stepped onto the nano bots which carried us back toLisbon's car.
"Have a good afternoon Mr and Mrs Jane." And then it went away back up to the apartment, ignoring the little slip up and hoping Lisbon would too I turned to her.
"Alright Lisbon, what is it? Your staring at me like I've sprouted a second head what is wrong?" She smiled and for a moment I was reminded of my dream but unlike that monster her smile was kind and caring, and instead of shivers going down my spine a warmth went from my head to toes.
"You looked so cute doing that before." despite knowing she was teasing me I blushed a deep crimson, and rolled my eyes,
"Let's just go."
'Today was exhausting' I thought to myself, I ran to my bed and jumped on it I am I am struggling to keep my eyes open, I wonder what sort of horrors will plague my dreams tonight?
I opened eyes to find my apartment, no nightmares this night was weird there hasn't been a night in a while without nightmares, my thoughts were interrupted by a hologram popping up in front of me,
"Mr Jane, you have a missed call!" The thing screeched at me like I was a deaf old man.
"Thank you Yui, play message." The next thing I knew I was being blasted by yelling and I knew instantly who it was, I rolled my eyes, 'does she ever let a guy sleep in?'
"Jane get to the office! You were supposed to be here an hour ago! Where are you?" It was only then that I realised the flashing time on the projector 8 00, wait what? That's not possible! I never sleep in that much!
"Yui! Leave a message for 'Lisbon', 'I will be there in ten minutes I am so sorry.' End message!" I ran out of bed realising that I was still wearing my cloths from yesterday I shrugged now I don't have to get changed, it just saves time.
I was in the car and at work in the 10 minutes promised, but when I got there it was deserted all except for one person,
It was Lisbon I smiled but then it immediately dropped, she was on the floor blood surrounded her,
"Teresa? Are you ok?" No answer met my question, as I looked closer I realised her chest was still it wasn't rising and falling, indicating at she wasn't breathing.
"Teresa? Teresa are you ok?!" At this point I was frantic, she had to be ok there was no way something could have happened. I rolled her over and checked her pulse she was… she was dead, there was no way, this must be a nightmare.
There is no way that Lisbon is dead, a water drop fell on my hands confusion overtook me until I realised I was crying, I leant over her tears freely falling now.
"You can't be dead, I haven't even told you how I feel. I love you Lisbon, I just wish I could've told you that when you were still breathing."
I heard clapping and I tensed up, who dared to stand there watching us and to show joy by doing something like clapping? I turned around ready to knock out the person behind me but when I did I froze in place. Why is he here? And why did he look so happy even though Lisbon was lying in front of both of us dead?
"A truly heart wrenching scene, I couldn't have planned it better!" Marcus said this with obvious sarcasm.
"Marcus why? Why are you here? What did you do? Tell me!" he looked at me and smirked, that smirk irked me and made my blood boil to the point of simmering.
"What? You don't recognise my-" his voice changed dramatically as he flicked a switch, "voice?" Something in me just clicked, it- it's the phone guy! The random guy that keeps calling me! The phone guy is Marcus?
"How, what, why? Why are you the phone guy? Why did you call me every morning? How did you know of my nightmares?" Finally I was going to get my answers, then when I got them I will kill him.
"I know about your nightmares because I put them in your mind, and little did you know, they were not just dreams not at all." Confusion; that is all I am feeling right now Iv'e heard of dream hacking but him saying it wasn't a dream? This is something else entirely, what does it even mean?
"What do you mean? They weren't dreams? I had these while asleep that is usually the symptoms of dreaming Marcus!" he laughed and a sense of doom came around me what had he meant really?
"Your dreams Jane are alternate universes even this one," I breathed a sigh of relief although something tells me there is a catch, "but if you die in them then you die in real life, I bet your wondering why I am doing this right? Well it was for two reasons both sort of connected, the first one is that your not living your life like you should be, and two you 'love' Lisbon but you've never told her, granted in a way I am glad because I'm planning on asking her to marry me. If you survive this now you might actually tell her rather than being a coward and IF which is a big if, you survive I'll back of of Lisbon."
"Goodbye Jane I may or may not see you tomorrow, but if you do I'll be behind bars, because I'm turning myself in." At that moment he disappeared and he was replaced with a horrible looking beast, with blood red eyes white fur his paws soaked with a red liquid which I was hoping was not from previous victims, its fangs were dripping with blood which I knew was from previous victims, as I was observing it it pounced its powerful hind legs tensing as he landed on my chest clawing into it, the pain was unbearable as tears sprung to my eyes. This is my end isn't it? I am going to die in a dream and be… be forgotten forever? Everything went dark and faded away, just before I died I saw Lisbon in front of my eyes, for once I didn't see my Wife, I should feel guilty for that but I don't. But seeing Lisbon made me stick to the strand of my life I hugged onto like it was my last chance, because it was. My last chance to tell Lisbon I loved her.
I woke up in my room not even bothering to get dressed. The pain and the damage will kill me but I need to tell her how I feel she needs to know and I need her to know, I got in my car screaming as I bumped my chest into the steering wheel, I drove as fast as I could not bothering to go by road rules, I pulled up in front of head quarters calling upon the nano bots to take me up to our floor, once there I almost fell I was feeling weaker as every minute passed but I had to find her.
"LISBON!" she ran out into the hall surprise across her face followed by horror, she rushed to my side.
"Oh my God Jane are you ok? Who did this to you?" I groaned in pain as I collapsed,
"Marcus, listen Katie I need to tell you so-" she interrupted me and I could feel my strength leaving me,
"Marcus? Marcus did this?" I groaned again.
"Lisbon listen I love-" I never got to say it, I never got to tell her, my throat closed up and my vision went fuzzy, on the boarder line of blackness I heard her whisper sadness in her voice.
"I love you too Jane…" Then all went black the pain stopped and one thing stood; regret, I never got to actually tell Lisbon how I felt I never got to finish the sentence.
I never got to live my life to the fullest.
Something broke through darkness,
"I love you too."