Chapter 3

Midnight in a secret underground bunker located in the heat of a forest…

Seth was in his room tossing and turning he was mumbling in his sleep. "No… No. It's not my fault." Inside his dream…

There was nothing but a thick silent mist. Until a figure stepped into view.

He found himself staring at an mangled and burnt corpse of an indigo and violet dragon mobian with intense fear. "You let me die." The figure said with a scratchy but distinguishably female voice. "I tried everything I could do to stop it." "You let him kill me. Murder Me! BURN ME!" the figure said with anger while raising her voice. "YOU SAID YOU WOULD PROTECT ME; KEEP ME SAFE!" "I…I…" "You did what?" she cut him off "I Tried Dammit. I F****** Tried Rosa. I F****** Tried. I Tried My Best, I Couldn't Stop The Countdown." "You could broken the glass." "It was bullet proof. I can't smash through it with my bear hands." "You Could Have Saved Me. It's Your Fault I'm DEAD!" She soon bursted into flames screaming and disappeared into ash. "No… No. It's not my fault!" He screamed before collapsing onto all fours and crying. "I've promised her and myself I wouldn't let this stop me. But why is this stopping me now?" "Hehehehahaha!" a deep, dark and scratchy voice laughed as the mist turned black consuming all light. Everything was black. Until a pair of red eyes open they were the only thing that could be seen. They were the only thing providing illumination. "You are weak. Dwelling on the past. But I have been freed." This strange voice said. Before long arms of darkness reached out and started to pull him in…

Outside of the dream…

Seth jolted up right out of shock. His pillow was soaked from cold sweet. His heart was possibly beating faster than Sonic could run.

He quietly turned on the lamp on the nightstand then reached for a book that had a pen clipped onto it. He opened it to a blank page and began to write.

{March 14th.

This is the 5th time this week I've had this reoccurring nightmare about rose but this time something was off from the normal. There was a second voice. A darker voice the voice of something very ancient but I can not put my finger on it. I might be overreacting a bit but this is something worth looking into.}

Before he closed the book and putting where it originally laid and turned out the light.

He soon went back to sleep this time the nightmare did not return but,the voice did.

In the dream world once more…

The heavy mist was still here there was nothing to be seen except for a lone Elder tree on what appears to be a small island of soil in the endless landscape of stone. The branches are barren without a single leaf; a tombstone rest firmly in the ground in front of it. He slowly moved towards the tree to inspect the grave. Upon the grave laid this name. Rosa Walker 1999-2025. Soon to be married may she rest in peace.'

"I'm… sorry… Rose." He said with a heavy heart. "I wasn't good enough." He then broke out into tears. Soon the mist started to turn black. But the light didn't seem to fade but, the voice returned. "Why do dwindle on her death?" this voice asked. "Because I loved her. That's something I don't expect you to understand." A faint voice of Kody starts creeping in. "Seth wake up… wake up… WAKE UP!" and with that he jolted awake hitting Kody by accident knocking him to the ground.

"What the hell man. I was just trying to wake you up. You missed breakfast." Kody said with some anger while rubbing his nose. "Sorry Kode I was having hell of a night." "As I can tell from the fog horn trick not working and, from you hitting me. Anyway we saved you some if your hungry. But I suggest you hurry, we don't know how much longer we can keep Francis away from the bacon. You know him and bacon." "Yeah." Seth said letting out a small chuckle. And with that Kody left the room leaving him alone once more.