Mike and Kate had been seeing each other for 6 years now, known each other for 9 years, Kate decided to let him stay out at Sea since he loved it so much and she took a shore posting with her nightmares they both decided it would be best if she wasn't out at Sea.
Kate made her way into the doctor's office for her appointment the next day, Mike had made her one for after lunch once he had found a place that does hypnotherapy.
She was completely terrified Mike had to go back out to Sea late last night so she was on her own. Kate sat down in the waiting room, picking up a magazine while she waited for her name to be called.
10 minutes later Kate heard her name being called she followed a nurse towards a room at the end of the hall
"Dr Conway will be with you shortly, take a seat" the nurse said pointing to the chair in the room.
Kate took a seat as Dr Conway make her way in "Kate McGregor?" she said reaching out to shake Kate's hand
"Yes" Kate said arising from the chair and shaking her hand
"Hi I'm Dr Conway, I'll be helping you with the hypnotherapy today" she said taking a seat as Kate sat back down.
"Let's get started shall we, what is it you'd like to look at today?" Dr Conway said opening her notebook.
"I've been having the same dream/nightmare for the past 12 years I keep seeing a familiar face of a man looking down at me crying, I don't know who this man is but he feels so real" Kate said fiddling with her watch on her wrist.
"Ok so what we'll do is put you into a hypnotic state and I'll ask you a series of questions okay?" Dr Conway said pointing to the couch for Kate to lay down, Kate laid down on the couch as Dr Conway got set up in the chair next to her.
"Ready Kate?" she asked as Kate got comfortable
"Ready as I'll ever be" Kate said smiling at her.
"Close your eyes for a moment and imagine the brain" Dr Conway said as Kate closed her eyes
"The brain is an incredibly complex network an almost infinite expanse of connections nerves in a web going in every direction with more parts that you can easily imagine and as such it is quite easy to lose a memory here or there it's even possible to hide memories or block them because all it takes is losing the connection to the memory and you won't be able to remember, sometimes these connections are recreated by a sound or a smell. Something you see can trigger an old memory that you didn't even know you still had but your head still has all these memories everything that has ever happened to you as long as your body was able to store it now when people tell you to not remember something while in trance your body actually still stores it somewhere it's just hidden behind the curtain, So how do we recover a memory well it's in a way it's easier than you think just not necessarily as easy to execute, before we can do so we have to dive into your minds to plunge into the infinite expanse of your memories and thoughts as if we're falling into a void filled sights, sounds, smells and sensations. If you need to stop any time just say so" Dr Conway said studying Kate's face closely she just nodded her head.
Dr Conway continued on "I want you to focus on this man you keep seeing in your dream, what distinguish features does he have? What is this man doing in your dream?" Dr Conway said watching as Kate twitched
"He's crying, holding my close I can feel his tears hitting my cold skin"
"What else do you feel?"
"Pain, really bad pain it's excruciating" Kate said hissing in pain.
"Where's the pain Kate?" Dr Conway said as she watched Kate move her hand to several places around her abdomen and chest.
"There's blood on my hands, on his hands" Kate said lifting her hands up.
"Can you hear anything Kate is he talking or any noises" Dr Conway said scribbling down in her notepad
"I hear dripping, like a tap there's also sirens there faint but I can hear them getting louder, I hear him muttering between sobs something about Married and calling me Maggie" Kate said moving restlessly on the couch.
"Ok Kate, I want you to focus clearly on this man's voice what is he saying?" Kate began to become restless she began to shiver in fear
"He's calling my Doyley saying something about I can't do this were going to get married, I don't know what's happening it hurts everything is going dark" Kate said screaming, Dr Conway placed a hand on Kate's shoulder
"On the count of 3 I want you to open your eyes ok, 1, 2, 3" Dr Conway said as Kate opened her eyes looking around at her surroundings she began to cry.
Later that night Kate was trying to remember specific things about the session with Dr Conway, she remembered the name she said so she reached for her laptop and began to research 'Maggie Doyley' a search came back for someone called Maggie Doyle she clicked on the link and a photo of her popped up on the screen
"What the" Kate said as she scrolled further down reading
'Local Cop Killed While Investigating Drug Ring' she began reading 'Local Police women Margaret Ann Doyle was shot dead today, for her local community it was a tragic loss she played an important role not just as a local Copper but a Friend. We spoke to her Fiancé PJ Hasham, in regards to her death however he refused to give us any information on what had happened. It's our information that she was chasing a lead to do with a Drug Ring that was involved in getting her brother addicted to Heroin in which she got shot multiple times in the abdomen and chest. She was airlifted to hospital but unfortunately died before the ambulance had arrived, our thoughts and prayers go out to Miss Doyle's family and loved ones.'
As she scrolled down further there was a picture of her and the man in her dream, she had a sudden flash of memories.
Her first day in Mount Thomas,
Meeting PJ and her fellow Police Members,
Roman Kellerman,
Gina Dying,
Getting sick and Almost Dying,
Her first Kiss with PJ,
Dash getting Cancer,
Chris and the Imperial,
Her Home,
Gettng trapped in a Mine Shaft with PJ,
PJ confessing his love for her,
Sneaking around with PJ,
Getting engaged,
Her Brother jumping in front of a bullet for her,
Investigating the drug ring that got her brother addicted to Heroin,
Going into Witness Protection,
Coming back to Mount Thomas,
Going to the Rail Yards and getting shot,
Dying in PJ's arms.
So many memories all coming back to her at once, she was so overwhelmed she fainted…