December 27, 2016

It was dark...A man kept…He was…and then he grabbed you by the shoulders…water…was crying and...begging you to…deep down that...so then he...dead.

Lynn then woke up in a flash and looked at his hands.

"Cold and sweaty." Lynn thought as he looked at the clock.

12:45 A.M.

He sighed. He didn't know what the dream meant, but he knew it meant something. He suddenly remembered a time he was feeling down so he put on some music, he forgot the song but he remembered some lyrics, well more importantly why he was playing the song in the first place.

It was 1992. I was 26 years old at the time and I was going through some...rough times. I was feeling down and I started to play music and I found this song by Anti Maniac called "Never Let Yourself Down" and it really got me motivated.

He liked the memory, and wanted to see if the song held up. So, he got his headphones and listened to the song and it held up. It got him motivated and felt really good to just vibe to some good music. After a while he looked at the clock again.

2:00 A.M.

It was already 2 in the morning. Damn. Time does fly when your having fun. Well he was getting tired of listening to music. He threw the headphones to the ground and started to think again.

"Am I a good father? What if I come back and Rita found a new man and all the kids resent me for leaving them. Well, not all of them, Lincoln won't, I hope. Maybe they'll think I did it for a good reason, I hope. Lori probably won't and Luna's gonna try to bash my skull in but, god damn it I hope not." Lynn thought

He knew that there wasn't going to be an answer for everything, or anything that he wanted answered for that matter. He knew that if he ever came back he probably would be yelled at, so much.

"I need to go back." Lynn thought as he got up and went to the door of the van.

"Wait a minute Lynn, hold yourself down. Kotaro needs you. You need you. People need you to save them, or this might be pointless and you'll never get this time back and everything was wasted and you can't get this back." Lynn thought

Lynn looked at his hands. Cold and sweaty, again. He needed to leave soon or something would happen. His train of thought racing, he settled down again and fell asleep.

...and creepy...you hostage…going to hurt you…I could feel it...I got there…He put you in …Everyone...survive it and fight the pain…Everyone knew...you wouldn't make it... shoved you down a sewer pipe...and you were later found...

Lynn woke up in a flash, it was the same dream just with something telling him something different. He pieced the words together for it to say this,

"It was dark and creepy...A man kept you hostage...He was going to hurt you...I could feel it...I got there and then he grabbed you by the shoulders...He put you in water...Everyone was crying...and...begging you to survive it and fight the pain...Everyone knew deep down that you wouldn't make it...So then he shoved you down a sewer pipe...and you were later found dead."

He looked at what he had written and paused for a second,

"What could this mean?"

"What do I have to do with this?"

"Does this have to do with the mystery?"

He asked himself these questions as he looked at the note. He questioned his thinking but carried on with what he was trying to do. Go back to sleep. He finally went to sleep but had the same dream, with something different added.

"I remember the day like it was yesterday. You were running around the yard and you were so happy, so, so, happy. I wish I could've seen your face but all I could do was picture it. You see, bees had stung me when I was walking in the forest, so your grandmother Shirley came to help me. Things were wonderful, she was baking cookies, your sister Rita was out with her boyfriend Jack but then things took a turn for the worse, you see, Rita was kidnapped, Your grandmother and I went and found the person that kidnapped Rita. It was dark and creepy while a man kept you hostage, I forgot his name but I should know it, but anyways, He was going to hurt you and I just knew it. I could feel it deep down in my chest. I got there and then he grabbed you by the shoulders. He put you in the water. He wasn't crying. Everyone was crying expect him and we were so heartbroken. We were begging you to survive it and fight the pain. Everyone knew deep down that you wouldn't make it. So then he shoved you down a sewer pipe but we luckily saved you but he came back and got you and you were later found dead. Harriet was. Harriet, I hope your doing well. Harriet I just hope your doing well. I know you like scary stories so this is your grandmother Shirley telling you one. Bye, love you."

Lynn woke up with Kotaro's alarm and thought about the whole dream. It switched from multiple perspectives. The first one was Shirley telling the story to Rita's sister. The second one was Shirley telling the story to herself and the third perspective was Shirley telling the story to Harriet. It seems weird though.

"Why did I dream that. It just seems odd and boring. There's no point. It's just nonsense. Just total nonsense." Lynn thought

"I'll figure it out later though." Lynn thought as he made himself a delicious sandwich.

A/N: This does not apply to the story at all but did you know that without this author's note this chapter comes to a total of 999 words…(a bunch of people shout out that it's stupid)...yeah, that's what I thought! Assholes! You couldn't have said it in a nicer way and not hurt my feelings...dumb pricks. Well, that skit was pointless, I just wanted to get this above 1000 words so I feel better about myself but who cares anyway, right? So then, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you guys in the next one...as soon as I found out how to upload this without having to reload my account page 100 times. Peace. Oh wait...I need to answer a review.

Review Reply (C2):

Guest: I'm going to try to answer this without spoiling anything, Ruth's passing will be a major part in the mystery. That's why he tells Kotaro that we're leaving tonight, as he thinks that Ruth's murder goes into something which it does, but I'm not telling you! Would you want the story spoiled, probably not.