Chapter 3

Cole was sitting in the living room on his own trying to get some space from everyone. He was deep into his thoughts about the nightmare he just had. Even though he didn't want to remember it, it felt like it was a vision to him.

He was picturing it now. He was in the training room with Spike. They were both fighting each other but not normally. Spike was trying to defend himself whereas Cole was trying to hurt him. Spike dropped his weapons by being knocked back by Cole's powers, he then started to hit him and twist his arm. Cole picked up Spike by the throat and threw him to the floor in pain. He got out his Amp, and at that moment…

Cole woke up as he felt a small paw tugging his trouser leg. He looked down to see Toro and Sackboy. "Oh hi guys, is there something I can help you with?" he asked. Toro raised his paws in the air, "Its not us we need help with, it's you who needs help".

"What do you mean?" Cole asked, "Well you see you've been looking very upset lately so not only did we want to know what's wrong but also were here to cheer you up" said Toro, then he put on a top hat and a black cape, "So may I present to you, Sackboy the clown". Sackboy hid behind his PopIt and jumped out, he was now wearing a clown outfit unlike Sweet Tooth's.

Big Daddy was walking by with Little Sister when she looked to see Toro and Sackboy performing a small show. "Look Mr. Bubbles a show… can we watch?". Big Daddy gave out a small groan letting her know that she was aloud to. They both sat down on the couch to watch.

Toro raised his hand in the air, "For my trick I shall place a magic spell on my hat, Sackboy will reach inside it to get out something special". He took off the hat putting it upside down; he then got out his wand and tapped it three times.

"Alright Sackboy you may now put your hand inside". Sackboy tried to reach but wasn't able to. He picked up the top hat to look inside but it fell on his head and he couldn't get it off. Toro felt a little worried but gave off a small chuckle, "Uh this is part of the magic trick". Toro struggled helping Sackboy getting the top hat off him.

Cole looked at them; he started to smile then laughed, same with Little Sister who was also finding it amusing. This carried on for a few more seconds until finally Toro got the top hat off Sackboy who also managed to get some paper flowers out with confetti.

"Tada" said Toro. Cole and Little Sister clapped, Big Daddy wasn't able to because he had a drill in his right arm. Toro and Sackboy were pleased to see that Cole was feeling a lot better. "Thanks for the show" he said, "That was very good…and funny… right Mr. B?" Little Sister asked, Big Daddy gave out a small groan.

Toro and Sackboy both did a small bow. "Let's go Mr. B" said Little Sister, they both walked off to do other things. Cole was still on the couch smiling; Toro and Sackboy sat next to him. "Hey Cole" said Toro, "Yeah" said Cole. "You don't have to answer this question of course but why were you upset before". "I just had a really bad dream which felt lifelike; it felt like I was doing it for real".

Hearing this Issac Clarke walked up to them, "Perhaps you're suffering from the Marker right?"

Issac Clarke is an ordinary engineer pulled into extraordinary circumstances; Isaac is the sole survivor of the USG Ishimura incident: a mining ship disaster in the far reaches of space that revealed the existence of a monstrous life-after-death infection known as Necromorphs. Isaac's ingenuity and cunning allow him to create improvised tools and weapons from the materials he finds, which may give him the edge he needs to survive in his quest to destroy the Necromorph scourge once and for all.

"I doubt Cole would be suffering from those Markers you talk about" said Toro. "It was just a suggestion; I had bad visions when I made contact with the Marker. So I thought he was having the same problem as I had before" said Issac.

Whilst they were talking Spike was walking down the hallway when he happened to see Cole. "Hey Cole" he said walking up to him. "Hey Spike, you alright?" Cole asked. "I'm fine I wanted to make sure you were okay, you didn't look too good when I spoke to you this morning". "Yeah I'm fine man; thanks to Toro and Sackboy they made me feel a lot better".

Toro did a little bow, "Your welcome". Sackboy put his thumb up in the air. Spike then asked "So did you change your mind about if you want to battle me tomorrow?"

Cole thought about it for a moment then he started to feel a little uncomfortable. "Uh just let me think about it and I'll tell you tomorrow" he said. Cole got up and walked off.

Spike looked at Toro, "Did I say something wrong?" he asked. "No I don't think so" Toro replied.


It was late at night and Cole was in his room sitting on his bed thinking about earlier on today. "Raiden said we all have nightmare's which is true but what if I have it again, that would be horrible. Toro and Sackboy did help me by making me laugh which is good, but Spike came and…no….NO". Cole shook his head trying to stop thinking about everything.

Cole got up putting his hands on his hips. "Maybe it's just one nightmare" he said to himself, "Yeah it's just a one off besides it's not like I'm going to dream it again". Cole got changed to get ready for bed, "I'm just going to have a battle with Spike tomorrow with no problems what so ever".

He got into bed knowing that nothing bad will happen by tomorrow.