Well heres chapter 6. Enjoy.
Quahog, Rhode Island
Sandman descended downward as he looked up at the sky. He could see birds flying high atop the world. He couldn't help but smile at how peaceful the world seemed to be at the moment. Sandman landed on his feet and turned around to see the Quahog. He could see Officer Swanson walking with his five year old daughter. He could see Rack and Ruin, separated from one another, playing a game of basketball.
Sandman's smile widened. He never thought he'd see the day when such good things happened. He looked to his side to see parade float of Nigel Uno driving down the street. He looked up to see a banner with the words 'Peace Day' on it. Sandman rose a brow behind his gas mask, having no clue what was going on.
He turned to see Death's Head walking in a park, admiring the beauty of a tree. The inter dimensional, time traveling, freelance peace keeping agent extended his robotic hand and touched the tree. "Nature." He said calmly.
Sandman turned around to see a statue of Dillon nearby. Sandman walked towards the statue and read the plaque below. To his confusion, all that was on the plaque were random letters of the alphabet. Sandman shook his head. "Darn drunk construction workers." Sandman spun around and took in the sight of the Sector Q tree house standing proudly.
Sandman smiled as he watched the sights around him. "This…this is amazing." Sandman said happily.
"It is amazing." A familiar voice said agreeing. Sandman turned to see Kayla standing beside him, smiling as well. "Such a beautiful day, Sandman."
Sandman held Kayla's hand as she stepped closer to him. Kayla rested her head on his shoulder as KND operatives began to march in the parade. "This…this is just incredible." Sandman said breathlessly. "This…I can't believe this is happening."
"It is Sandman…it is." Kayla smiled as she closed her eyes.
Sandman observed Mario, Edward, and Koda bring a cooler filled with soda. The three former KND operatives then began to hand out soda to a number of passer byes. Sandman turned his head to look at Kayla. He smiled, finding her to be peaceful. He let out a laugh, causing Kayla to open her eyes.
"What's so funny?" Kayla asked.
"I…I just can't believe this…" Sandman said as he let go of Kayla and began to walk around, pulling at his hood. "This…this is too good to be true."
"Well come on Sandman, how about you and I go around and check out everything. That'll prove to you that everything is true." Kayla said rubbing the back of her neck nervously.
"Did I ever mention how cute you look when you're nervous?" Sandman said rubbing the side of his gas mask.
"No." Kayla smirked. "But I wouldn't mind it if you did." Kayla extended her hand for Sandman to take. Sandman took it without a second thought. "So…where do you want to go first?"
"I'm not sure…you wanna just go and have a good time?" Sandman asked, earning a nod of approval from Kayla. "Alright." Sandman smiled behind his gas mask before leading Kayla down the hill.
Sandman looked around, noticing several familiar faces. He saw William flipping a meat patty on a grill with Corey and Roady sitting at a table conversing. He noticed the Carmine brothers all playing a game of football with the Fulbrights.
Josh Puncture was climbing a rock wall with Vana cheering him on. To Sandman's surprise, Josh had both hands. Sandman noticed a man with in a black body glove with a white skull mask. Sandman blinked, only to find the man wasn't there. Sandman shook his head to see Patton and Lance racing with one another, with Angelie in the lead.
Sandman noticed Kim and Matt sitting on a bench, holding hands. Sandman shook his head and smiled. He looked over his shoulder to see Kayla smiling at him. Sandman turned his head around to see Soulless cheering his daughter on as she participated in a three legged race. He also noticed Crystal participating in a game of paint ball with
Sandman and Kayla eventually arrived at the park near his house. He looked forward to see a giant Ferris wheel. "This bring back memories?" Sandman asked.
"It does…It does." Kayla smirked.
Sandman and Kayla ran to the Ferris Wheel. Sandman stopped in his tracks as he noticed a giant statue in the middle of the park. Sandman walked towards the statue, noticing it was of Wesley Dodds. "Hey Wes…" Sandman greeted sadly. He looked down to see the plaque once again had only random letters. Sandman was about to speak again, only for Kayla to grab his arm.
"Come on Sandman…there isn't a line at the Ferris Wheel." Kayla smirked.
"Right…" Sandman said as he gave one last look at the statue, noticing that Wesley bore a frown. "Let's go."
The couple reached the Ferris Wheel, to find no one in line. "You were right. No line." Sandman said surprised.
"I told you." Kayla said as she stepped into a cart. Sandman followed her and took a seat beside her. The Ferris Wheel started up. Sandman put his arm around Kayla as they eventually reached the top.
"This day is amazing." Sandman smiled behind his gas mask. Kayla rested her head against Sandman. Sandman turned his head. His eyes widened as he noticed the man in the black body glove with the whit skull mask watching him and Kayla on another cart. Sandman shook his head before looking up once more to see the man was gone.
"So…Sandman…" Kayla said regaining Sandman's attention. "Can you see everything from here?"
Sandman turned his attention to the ground below, analyzing every detail. "Yeah…I can."
"Sandman…" a voice echoed.
Sandman looked around to see who was calling for him. "…What's your name?"
"…You do know your name, right?"
"Do not answer him Sandman." Another voice, one more familiar to Sandman, boomed.
"What's going on Sandman?" Kayla asked, slightly distressed.
"I'm not sure Kayla, I'm not sure." Sandman answered as clouds began to blot out the sun.
"…What is your name Sandman?" the voice boomed once more.
"Do not answer Sandman!" The more familiar voice boomed.
"Morpheus?" Sandman asked, his eyes shifting left and right in search for the God of Dreams.
"You are unwelcome here!" Morpheus' voice boomed.
"…Leave now you manifestation!" the other voice yelled.
"You are unwelcome in my envoy's dreams!" Morpheus yelled, causing lighting to appear and thunder to boom.
Sandman rubbed his forehead in dismay. "No wonder this place was so perfect…it's a dream." Sandman turned his head to see Kayla turn to sand. Everyone else within Sandman's dream turned to sand and began fly into the air.
Sandman watched as the sand flew and took on the appearance of the man in the black body glove with the white skull mask. "…If you won't willingly reveal your Identity…I shall pry it from your mind!"
"Who are you?" Sandman questioned as the man rose his hand out, causing the Ferris Wheel to crumple to pieces. Sandman fell, landing in a pile of scrap metal.
"I am Dr. Dream." The man, Dr. Dream, said landing on the ground. "Benedict Uno sends his regards, Sandman."
"How in the name of Morpheus are you in my dream?" Sandman asked as he forced himself up.
"Simple. This." Dr. Dream rose his left wrist and pointed to a shining green gem on a metal gauntlet. "It's called the Gem of Dreams. It allows its user to enter the domain of dreams."
"So…you're a gun for hire or something?" Sandman said pulling out his gas gun.
"No…I'm the headmaster of a prestigious university. It just so happens I possess a certain skill set Benedict needed." Dr. Dream scoffed.
"I hope it includes being able to handle yourself in a fight." Sandman glared as he rose his gas gun.
Dr. Dream simply rose his arms. His arms shot forward, turning into snakes. Sandman's eyes widened behind his goggles. He jumped upward, avoiding the snakes.
Wesley Dodds statue crumbled to sand. The sand began to take a new shape, that of a man wearing a black cloak with a metal helmet with a tube running out of it. Morpheus turned to watch the fight.
Sandman drew his grapple gun and aimed at Dr. Dream. He pulled the trigger, shooting the hook out and at the unwanted dream intruder. Dr. Dream's head morphed, allowing the hook and cord to pass by harmlessly. A part of his head disconnected, allowing Dr. Dream to walk away from the hook and cord. Dr. Dream's head morphed back to its original form.
"Please, kid. Nothing practical ever works in dreams." Dr. Dream laughed. Sandman landed back on the ground. He rose both his gas and grapple guns and aimed. "Those won't have an effect on me in here. I control all dreams with this gem." Dr. Dream's snake arms shot forward at Sandman.
"Yeah…but it's my dream also." Sandman muttered before closing his eyes. Before the snakes could collide with Sandman, Sandman's boy evaporated into gas.
Morpheus watched the fight escalate, watching to see if Sandman would succeed or not.
The gas spun around Dr. Dream, eventually shooting into the air. The gas morphed into a giant version of Sandman. Dr. Dream's snakes reverted back to his arms as Sandman intimidated him. Sandman reached down to pick up Dr. Dream off the ground. "Tell Benedict he'll be hearing from me real soon." Sandman said lowly before grabbing the gauntlet with the green gem off Dr. Dream's arm.
Dr. Dream yelled as he instantly disappeared. Sandman resumed his normal size as he inspected the gauntlet. "Interesting."
"You did somewhat decent." Morpheus commented plainly.
"You could've helped you know." Sandman shook his head angrily.
"I already did. His main goal was to learn your true Identity." Morpheus said plainly once more.
"Fine, yeah." Sandman shook his head.
"You earn what you put in, Sandman." Morpheus motioned to the gauntlet in Sandman's hand.
"So…what do I do with t-" Sandman began to ask, only for Morpheus to cut him off by poking his head. Sandman's eyes widened as he began to wake.
Quahog, Rhode Island: April 22nd
Dawn.
Nolan awoke. He looked around his dimly lit room, making sure he was in fact awake. Nolan looked side to side, before punching himself. "Alright…I'm awake."
Nolan got up from his bed. He looked at his mirror. He turned to see his lamp nor his ceiling light were on. Nolan walked to his window, only to find neither the sun nor the moon were out. "Where's the light coming from?" Nolan asked aloud. The room lit up even more.
Nolan turned around towards his bed, finding the gauntlet with the Gem of Dreams. Nolan picked the gauntlet up and examined it. He put the gauntlet on his left wrist, covering up his two scars in the process. He rose his arm, "So…how do I get this thing to turn on?"
The Gem of Dreams glowed, as a green portal opened before him in his bed room. "Cool."
Underground Laboratory
Dr. Dream fell from a portal in the ceiling landing face fist on the ground, drool leaking from his mouth. The portal closed behind him. Benedict Uno looked down at Dr. Dream and then to Chester. "Check if he's dead."
"Why do I have to check?" Chester whined.
"Because I said so." Benedict plainly stated.
"Fine…" Chester whined before kneeling down beside Dr. Dream. He checked his pulse then waved his hand in front of Dr. Dream's widened eyes. "I think he's brain dead."
"We got what we needed." The cyborg man in the corner said, pointing to a number of TV screens that replayed everything that happened in Sandman's dream. "I know who he is."
"You're right." Benedict said as he looked at TV screen showing Sandman and his dream manifestation of Kayla. "It's Kayla's boyfriend…Nolid? Nolsin? Nosferatu?"
"His name is Nolan." The man said as he put on a helmet with a plain white sheet running down it, which covered his face. "I know him well."
"Good…" Benedict said as he watched the scene from Sandman's dream play out. "Carry on with your mission…I just thought of something that will screw with his head."
"Really?" The man said stepping out from the shadows. "I thought brining back a deceased friend of his to kill him was screwed up enough."
