Chapter 4-Cry from the endless ocean

The scenery was beautiful.

Or, at least to Katherine's eyes, they were.

With the exception of the few years where she had avoided it like the plague, there was always something Kat had found to be…peaceful about the water.

Maybe it was the fact that it could flow as steady and as easily as anything, and yet, in a split second, could turn fierce and crash against a rock bank with more force than 50 jackhammers ever could.

Whatever the reason, Kat didn't pay it much heed as felt herself flying over the water's surface, enjoying the gentle breeze.

So this is how that Lois Lane woman feels when she's flying with her Superman. Kat thought as she lifted her head to see the clouds and the sky that seemed to stretch to forever.

After a while of sightseeing, Kat then heard a sound.

She wasn't sure where it was coming from specifically, only that it seemed to echo across the water, sky, and her whole body.

She then heard the sound again, and this time Kat seemed to be able to hear it a bit clearer than before.

Kat didn't know why, but somehow the sound felt…familiar to her somehow. As if…she had heard it before.

But where?

The sound came again, and this time Kat was somehow able to instinctively "hear" just what the sound meant, even though the sound didn't have any words with it.

I'm here…please…come…

What in the world…? Kat thought to herself.

As she looked around to figure out where the sound was coming from, Katherine felt a pull of sorts toward the ocean. Confused, but still wanting to figure out where the sound was coming from, Kat then closed her eyes and headed toward the water.

She felt the splash and everything else that one hears when they hit the water, but when she opened her eyes, she was underwater, yet she still felt herself breathing normal air.

Okay, now I'm really confused. Kat thought.

Please…hurry…

Making a decision Kat then began to swim toward what she hoped the sound was coming from, even though she still had no clue where

You're…heading…the right way…

"Hearing" that, Kat then continued to swim in the direction she was before, with the strange voice in her head telling her every now and then if she was going the right way or not.

After a couple of minutes, Katherine eventually found herself looking down at a trench that looked like it could fit a soccer stadium and still have room for more things; how deep it was Kat couldn't tell, since the ground wasn't visible from where she was at.

And yet…the voice was somehow telling her that she was on the right track.

Go…into…the trench…

Kat hesitated. She wasn't sure what was down there, and part of her couldn't help but wonder if she was just heading into a trap. However, the voice, while it wasn't speaking in words, Katherine could somehow get a feeling inside her that it wasn't.

…Please…

Making a decision, Kat then inwardly crossed herself and swam into the trench.

She hadn't gone too deep when she saw a flash of light coming from far below.

That's got to be it. She thought, and kept swimming in that direction.

As she got closer, however, the light then flashed again, but instead of disappearing as usual, it then started to get brighter…and brighter…and brighter.

Already getting tense at whatever was causing the light, Kat then tried to swim back up, but even though she tried to will her own body to do so, she found herself frozen in that spot, unable to keep her sapphire eyes from looking away.

The only thing Kat could do was slightly raise her hand towards her face just as the light enveloped her…

"Ahh!"

Kat then bolted up right off her bed just as she found herself back in her room and in her bed, panting heavily.

She gently wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead as she tried to get her breath back. Curious as to what time it was she snuck a peak at her clock, which said, 2:16 AM.

Feeling thirsty Kat then rubbed her eyes a bit before heading over to the kitchen and getting some water from the fridge.

I wonder if Tommy or his students ever get these kinds of dreams. She thought as she drank.

Wanting to get back to sleep, Kat then left her glass in the sink and trudged off back to her bedroom.

But what was that dream all about though? She thought to herself as she got back under the covers. And just what did it mean?

Those burning questions kept running through her mind until finally sleep overtook her. But even though she could not make any sense as to what the dream was about, the one thing that still stood out, even in her subconscious, was the sound that had "spoken" to her, and in the sound of an animal she could've sworn she had once heard many years ago in Australia…