mangafan1996: sorry this is so short, i was running out of ideas. R&R please!

disclaimer: I do not own Huntik.

CHAPTER 6:

Lok's room, Dante's house:

'Listen!' said Sophie. 'The nightmare must be over. He's stopped screaming.'

'He still looks terrified though.' commented Zhalia.

Lok's eyes slowly blinked open.

'He's awake!' whispered Zhalia.

'What's everyone looking at?' Lok asked, as he tried to sit up. 'What's wrong?' he asked again, before falling back on the pillow, wincing at the pain in his head.

'You were screaming.' Sophie explained.

'Was I?' he asked in confusion. 'I knew I was in my nightmare, but I didn't realize I was in here.'

Dante looked worried.

'What was it about?' Dante asked anxiously.

'Well, first of all I was on my own, then my Dad appeared.'

'He did?' exclaimed Sophie; in surprise.

'Yeah. I started to run towards him, but as I got closer he started to fade away. I stopped and pleaded with him not to go, but he just turned and disappeared' said Lok hollowly.

Dante and Zhalia looked at each other anxiously. Sophie just stared at Lok. She knew it was hurting him saying all this, but she also knew it would help him. She didn't want to listen to it, though, but she couldn't stop.

'Another figure appeared in his place.' Lok continued.

'Who was it?' said Zhalia gently.

'It was… Rasemov.' Lok sighed, fear etched upon his face.

Dante looked worried. 'Then what happened?' he asked curiously, not sure if he wanted an answer.

'Rasemov started to grow, surrounded by darkness. The darkness surrounded me, I couldn't see or hear anything. That's when I realized I was screaming.' Lok added.

Sophie looked even more worried now. 'Then what?'

'Then I saw a shining figure in the distance, coming closer. It was you, Sophie.' Lok had a faraway look in his eyes.

Surprise was dawning in Sophie's eyes.

'It came even closer, followed by more shining figures.'

Wonder dawned on Sophie's face as Lok said about how the figures were Dante, Zhalia, Sandra and Cathy.

'The figures came closer, surrounding me, sending away the darkness.' said Lok, bringing Sophie back to the present.

She had been thinking about what Lok had said about the figures.

'They broke apart the darkness, and in the distance there was a gap in the light…' Lok whispered, pain flashing through his eyes.

It hurt Sophie so badly to see her friend, the tough, indestructible Lok, broken. She shook her head a bit and started to listen again. It was obvious Lok needed to talk about this.

'I started to walk towards the light, I could see familiar faces in it, but they were blurred. The figures followed me, keeping the darkness away. Even when I reached the gap the faces were blurry. I stepped forward to the gap, and I woke-up in here.'

Lok shrugged his shoulders. He looked exhausted, but too afraid to go back to sleep. Lok's dream worried Sophie.

It seemed as though Lok's experience had hurt him more than she had thought.

'Lok would get over it.' she thought. 'He always did.'