A/N: Here is chapter III! I hope you like it! Please read and review! Oh, by the way, Amelia, Maisy, and Mark are mine. I know that others have called Matt's father Mark before but my character is completely different from the other Marks, so I promise I didn't steal him. From the previous chapter Spiritalia and Celtinia are mine as well. OK, Here it is! Please Enjoy!
P.S.: The vision was created by a friend of mine who will be appearing in future stories as well. Great job, Commander K! The use of your mini gun in my story is much appreciated. :)
III
At around 2:30 a.m. Amelia made her way back from the kitchen with a glass of water. She walked by Matt's room and noticed the door was open a crack. Amelia heard Matt talking in his sleep. She didn't think much of it really. She thought that upon hearing Matt talking in his sleep, that that trait must be hereditary because she had been too. That's when Matt screamed.
"NOOOOOOOOO!"
Matt's scream shook Amelia out of her sleepy daze. She slammed her glass onto the hallway end table and sprinted into his room. In his bed matt flailed about, trying to break free of his nightmare. Amelia quickly grabbed hold of his and shook him awake. Dazed, but relieved to be awake, Matt stared at his cousin with wide eyes. Then he leaped up into Amelia's arms as he tried not to scream again. After a few moments she finally asked:
"What happed?'
Matt wanted to tell her everything, including what happened in Cyberspace but he was afraid to.
"Honey, you look like you're having a major internal conflict," Amelia said.
Matt finally decided to tell Amelia about Cyberspace and his adventures there.
"Maye?" Matt called Amelia by his nickname for her. "What if I told you about a place where I go that not many in our world believed existed?"
"I'd believe you. Is this about Cyberspace?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"When you stayed at my place awhile back you talked about it in your sleep."
"Oh, then how did you know it was real?"
"Well, let me show you. That'll make more sense."
Amelia sprinted to her room and grabbed a notebook off her desk and an old photo album from the bookshelf. Amelia ran back to her room, not bothering to be quiet as Aunt Maisy and Uncle Mark could sleep through a dynamite blast. However, upon re-entering the room, Amelia's eyes glowed purple as she began to have a vision.
A slim man was at the door.
'Hi,' said Bren as he charged forth into the room, bearing a mini gun, locked and loaded. Then he began spraying down Amelia and Matt while yelling: 'Die you freaks!" Blood spilt out onto the ground as bullets punctured their hearts and other vitals. Once their bodies fell to the ground lifeless, Bren did a little happy dance around their soon to be rotting carcasses. The intruder then shouted: 'I win! Quest complete with one level up and a plus five dexterity bonus!' as if he was in some kind of odd game.
After a few moments the vision ended as she shook her head and muttered: "I gotta up the security on this place."
"What," Matt asked.
"Nothing."
Amelia went and sat on Matt's bed and held the photo album close to her heart.
"What is that Maye?"
"These are pictures from when I was younger. As you know, I've been all over the place. Yet, due to something that happened long ago that I don't remember, I can't remember much of my past. These pictures make up nearly all of the memories I have of my travels. I know you will recognize one of the places I've been, along with one of my friends there."
"Where? Who?" Matt asked as Amelia flipped to a page just a little past the middle until she found the page she wanted.
"Here," she said as she placed the album in Matt's lap.
The first picture showed what looked like a mega skate park. It was none other than the Cybersite Radopolis. The second picture on the first page showed skaters all over the place, probably in the middle of some gnarly tricks. On the second page the photo at the top showed a boy and a girl skateboarding together. The photo below it, the fourth and final picture, showed the same skaters side-by-side with their arms slung over each other's shoulders. The skaters were a young Amelia and Slider.
"This is Radopolis," Matt exclaimed, "You've been to Radopolis?"
"Yep, sure have. I used to be a pretty good skater too.
"Wait a minute. Maye, is this Slider?" Matt asked.
"Yes, he and I were like siblings. At least, that's what I remember."
Now that her know that Maye know about Cyberspace, Matt felt much better. He proceeded to tell her what had happened that afternoon. As Matt recounted his adventure, Maye vigorously too notes. Upon getting to the part about the vial, Matt got up and fetched it from his backpack. He gave it to Maye and hoped she know what it was. She put down her notebook and pen, and began to analyze the small vial. Amelia uncorked the vial sniffing its contents, and commented: "Geez! This stuff is fruitier than my shampoo!"
"Ha Ha," Matt laughed, "That's what I told Jackie and Inez! Somehow some of that stuff got on me and so I told them it was your shampoo!"
"Crazy boy," Maye said, chuckling, "Let's analyze the info we have."
She took out her notebook again and made a chart. "We have this vial, which I believe explains why you heard the word 'pots'," she said.
"How?"
"Simple, when you think of a vial what comes to mind?"
"I dunno, potions?"
"Exactly! That leads me to think that we're dealing with some kind of magic. Therefore, I believe when Hacker said 'amuts' he meant amulets. The leather bound books were most likely spell books."
"Wow, I never thought of that. By the way, do you know what the label says," Matt inquired of his cousin.
"Hmm… 'Mar Negiht fo No Sed M'. That's Celtinian I believe. I don't know a lot of that language but I believe it means 'Nightmare of Demons'".
"That would explain a lot," Matt said and then told his cousin about his nightmare.
"Oh baby," she said as she took Matt into her arms. "That's horrible! I promise I will find the antidote to that awful potion. Until then," she got up and rand back into her room.
Inside her room she opened the decorated cabinet door on her bookshelf. The open door revealed amulets, and dream catchers hanging from hooks and various vials and potions and stones lined up and in baskets. She grabbed the dream catcher with the pure white ribbon and feathers and a white candle. The candle adorned an intricately carved crescent moon on it. From her nightstand drawer she grabbed a box of matches and made her way beck to Matt's room.
The first thing she did was hand the dream catcher from the bedpost. Then she placed the candle on the nightstand and lit it, and a clean aroma began to fill the room.
"There," Maye said, happy with her temporary solution. "That should help keep nasty spirits and dreams at bay."
"You're doing all this for me? How do you know so much about this stuff?"
"Of course, you're my baby cousin and my beta, my second in command. I love you kiddo, you know that I'll always for you and with you."
"The way of the pack," Matt said, recognizing the quota of the Valley Pack.
"You betcha. Now get some sleep."
"'Kay."
Within moments Matt was asleep again. Amelia tucked him into bed but left the candle burning for his protection. She said a quick prayer for their wellbeing as she left the room, leaving the door open a crack. When she went back into her with her glass of water she left her door open a bit as well so that she could hear if Matt woke up again. Amelia certainly hoped that he didn't, but she never knew. She on the other hand would not be sleeping, she had work to do.
