Chapter Two
This was another of my dreams, the ones where my Flock was still alive, and when I got all warm and fuzzy, I woke up, and the pain I felt was worse than ever before. So when the illusion that looked like Fang asked me to get up, I only stared at him.
Usually in these dreams I see Fang as he looked at fourteen—the age he died at. But I suppose my imagination has begun to evolved, because here he was in my dream, sixteen years old. You could tell that he had to shave now on his face. He died his hair a jet black, though he kept it short and left bangs cover one eye, just as he use to. He wasn't as gangly as he was at fourteen; I could see visible and well-defined muscles across his arms and chest, which was covered with a tight black shirt.
The dream-Fang tried to pick me up now, with the obvious intention to take me out of my padded room. I couldn't let him do that. I couldn't suffer with any worse pain than I was already having to.
"No" I whispered, my voice cracked from not being used in two years.
He looked questioningly at me.
"If you take me out of here, and make me happy and content, it will hurt so much worse than it already does when I wake up" I explained to my dream-Fang.
"This is not a dream" he said quietly. "We've come to get you. I promise." I heard a hint of sadness in is voice, suffering, that he covered up with the hard mask I he used to use.
I looked longingly at him. I honestly wanted to believe him, but this had happened before. I had been able to withstand the pain before, but I was so close to breaking that I could not possibly survive this blow.
"Look" he said. "I promise I won't try to make you happy and content until you believe that I am not a dream, okay? Just let me get you out of here before more guards come. I will explain everything. Please?"
So I took a chance. After all, if it truly is a dream, I don't expect to survive the next hit. So the sooner I can get to heaven to see them again, the better.
I nodded once to Fang, and he scooped me up gently into his arms and ran out the door.