Chapter 3

It's All A Dream

Staring at nothing in her bedroom, Bayley was unable to get any sleep. No matter for how long she closed her eyes in an attempt to fall asleep, it didn't make her any sleepier. No, she was wide awake... and for a good reason.

The reason why Viktor and Konnor were stalking was because she was a virgin... this was too freaky for words. So this is what it had all been about? All because they wanted to fight another demon so badly, they had to kill her for it? Bayley could barely wrap her mind around it. It was so twisted, so... evil. Who knows how many women like her Konnor and Viktor had killed in order to gain so much strength.

And now she was taken to this strange world... Bayley thought she was going to lose her mind.

After Undertaker had explained her why she was brought to the Demon Realm, he had offered to guide her back to her bedroom. It was like some thick mist clouded her mind when he made this offer, she was completely overtaken by shock. She followed him like a moth following a beacon when he got up the stairs, the border of his black trench coat nearly touching the steps. Bayley didn't speak a word, all thanks to the 'mist' shrouding her mind. However, she could feel that the temperature had dropped in the mansion now that Undertaker had appeared, going from chilly to downright cold. When they reached the bedroom door, the demon explained that even though residents in the Demon Realm could not feel hunger, they were able to feel sleep, suggesting her to get some sleep. Bayley had nodded, still not speaking a word. And in the blink of an eye, the mysterious host had disappeared. Surprisingly, after Undertaker vanished, Bayley noticed that the cold inside the mansion was gone; perhaps it was him who spread the chilliness. As soon as she had entered her bedroom, loneliness crashed onto her like an avalanche. She was all alone in this strange world, she didn't know anybody here, she had no idea whether Sami was alive or dead... she felt absolutely miserable.

While tossing and turning in her bed, hundreds of thoughts rushed through Bayley's mind all at once. Why did Viktor and Konnor want to fight Undertaker? What was awaiting her in the Demon Realm? Was Alexa already aware of her kidnapping? And what about her father...? Bayley suddenly regretted not telling her father about what was going on in her life, all because she was afraid of how he would regret if she told him what exactly was stalking her. She had always shared it with him whenever something was bothering her, ever since she was a kid. And now after she hadn't let her hear from herself for days and God knows what had happened to her body in the Mortal Realm... imagining her father being worried to death broke Bayley's heart.
Then, another thought went through her mind. What if Undertaker was on Konnor's and Viktor's side? That thought made her heart pound in her head as the paranoia kicked in. Did he take her with him to the Demon Realm so it would be easier for Viktor and Konnor to hunt her down and kill her? She could feel a massive headache along with a stomachache coming up.

This was all so surreal... this had to be a dream.

In a matter of seconds, Bayley went from a state of shock into a state of denial. There were no different realms, it was only her world that existed. She must still be sleeping in her own apartment right now, this had to be a dream! It was one of dreams that were so realistic you would immediately think it was real life. When she would close her eyes, Bayley would wake up in her bed in her own bedroom, with her plush dog lying next to her. No Undertaker, no demons, no Viktor and Konnor. With thought delusional thought stuck in her head, Bayley tried to fall asleep once more. When she would wake up, everything would go back to normal. Sami would be alive and well, they would go out for more dates and Alexa would try to make her drink margaritas again. She closed her eyes and tried to relax, which worked. Slowly the ponytailed woman drifted off into slumber.

Everything was going to be fine when she would wake up...

Bayley let out a soft groan as the dim sunbeams of the morning sun shined through the window on her face. She slowly opened her eyes, sat up and looked around her.

Her heart made a little jump in joy.

She was back! She had woken up in her own bedroom, in her own world! The desk, the wardrobe, the photographs on the walls, even the pile of clothes in the left corner near the door that still had to be put in the washing machine, even the sheets of her bed, it was all left untouched, as if she had never left. Bayley smiled from ear to ear; it was a dream after all! Everything had gone back to normal, just like she expected. The ponytailed woman grabbed her plush dog and smiled at it. Normally it would look ridiculous if another grown woman would do that, but with Bayley, it just looked plain adorable.

'I'm back, Cupcake!' Bayley said to the toy. 'It was just one big nasty dream...'

Suddenly, she heard faint footsteps outside the bedroom. Bayley's smile briefly disappeared from her face; who could that possibly be? The footsteps got closer and became louder. Then somebody knocked on the door.

'Bayley? You awake?'

The smile returned to the face of the ponytailed woman. She recognized that voice like no other; it was Sami! He was alive!

The doorknob went down and the door opened. Sami was standing in the door opening with a big grin on his face, holding a tray with toast, a boiled egg, a glass of orange juice and a small vase with a red rose in it. The delicious smell of toast and bacon filled the bedroom. Bayley let out a little excited cry, her cheeks turning almost as red as the rose.

'Morning, babe!' the redhead said. 'I wanted to surprise you, so I got up earlier and made this for you!'

'Aww, thank you so much Sami!' This was the cutest thing a man had ever done to her, Bayley was so happy.

Sami walked over to Bayley's bed and carefully put the tray with all the food on her lap before sitting down on the edge of the bed. The ponytailed woman took a bite of the warm toast, the butter was melting on her tongue; yup, even the toast tasted real.

'How is it?' Sami asked.

'It's delicious, thanks!'

'Glad to hear that.' Sami leaned over and planted a kiss on Bayley's forehead. This was absolutely perfect, every woman would dream of a breakfast like this. The ponytailed woman took another bite of her toast.

'You know, Sami...' she said after swallowing down the piece of toast. 'I just had the craziest dream ever... Do you want to hear it?'

'Sure, I'm all ears.'

'I dreamt that I was being chased by two shadows who seemed to have a life of their own. You were in it too. You tried to protect from the shadows, but they knocked you out. I managed to escape and ran as fast as I could to escape the shadows, until I reached the metro. I fell from the stairs and hurt my ankle, those shadows were closing in on me. But then I was saved from this guy named 'the Undertaker', who took me to a world called the Demon Realm... I honest to God thought it was real, that dream was so realistic... But I'm glad I'm back to my own world now.'

The redhead frowned in confusion. 'Bayley... what are you talking about? You are still in the Demon Realm.'

The smile immediately dropped off Bayley's face. Her heart sank to her feet as a massive stomachache came up. She stared at Sami in disbelief, her eyes wide with shock and her blood draining away from her face.

'What...?'

Suddenly, two pairs of hands grabbed Sami from behind, roughly throwing him to the floor. Konnor and Viktor were standing at the end of the bed, chuckling sinisterly as they stared down at Bayley with a sadistic grin on their faces. The ponytailed woman loudly screamed in horror, throwing the tray off her lap, sending the plate and the vase crashing on the floor.

'We've finally got you, you little bitch...' Viktor spoke.

Then the two demons charged at Bayley, ready to grab her and kill her in the most painful way possible. She let out another scream and hid herself under the sheets, like little children did when they are scared.

That's when Bayley woke up for real.

She sat up with a loud gasp, sweat running down her temples, her heart beating like a jackhammer in her chest and her mouth dry like a desert. She wildly looked around her, immediately recognizing her surroundings. Viktor, Konnor and Sami were gone, disappeared into thin air.

She was back in the bedroom of the mansion.

It was morning, the bedroom was illuminated with the sunshine shining through the huge window. Somewhere in the far distance, Bayley could faintly hear a bird cheeping. Loudly panting and her arms trembling like crazy, the harsh truth slowly sank into the ponytailed woman. This wasn't a dream. This was real.

The Demon Realm was real, just like the Undertaker, demons and everything else in this mansion.

'Oh God...' Snapped out of her denial, Bayley leaned her upper body forward and supported her head with her hands.

Her father was wrong.

Monsters did exist... and apparently, supernatural worlds too.