Holly found herself in an empty white hallway that looked like a hospital's. It was quiet. It was cold. No one was around and she didn't know why she was there in the first place. She looked left and right, wondering which direction she would go to. All of a sudden, she saw someone appear at the end of the right side of the hallway wearing a white laboratory coat.
It was Jake.
She wanted to think that she was back at the TAIMN building but the hallway didn't seem too familiar. But nonetheless she was there and her brother was there, smiling at her. The same smile that often made her at ease. That was all that mattered. She was definitely happy to see him again after a long exhausting mission. Just as she was about to take a step forward to give her brother a hug, armed men appeared from behind and grabbed her. She looked confused and scared having no idea why she was being taken away. She squirmed and jerked around doing her best to get away from their clutches but it was no use. The men kept dragging her away. She called out for her brother to save her but Jake didn't move. He just stood there in the middle of the hallway with a sad smile on his face.
Then she saw a group of men standing behind her brother—armed as the ones dragging her away. Her eyes widened as the armed men got their guns ready. Almost ten guns fired at once, its empty shells dropping on the floor and its loud bangs echoed through the hallway. The bullets went through Jake's body until he spat out blood and dropped to the floor on the pool of his own blood. He remained still. Silent. Dead.
Holly felt like her last breath escaped her body at the sight of her older brother's lifeless one. Her brother, the only family she had left, was dead. She screamed and cried frantically calling out his name again and again. She didn't want to believe it. But there was no response. She tried her hardest to free herself from the men and run to her brother but nothing seemed to happen. They continued to drag her away as she wailed and looked at the once white hallway now covered with blood and Jake's lifeless body on the ground.
"Holly!"
Her eyes snapped wide open. They were clouded with tears and she was breathing heavily with Newt looking down at her worriedly. She found herself in bed at the middle of the night with cold sweat. No white hallway. No armed men. No dead Jake. It was all a bad dream.
"You were screaming and kicking" he explained, wiping the tears on her cheeks.
The door quickly opened with Thomas, Minho, and Chuck still in their pajamas looking worried. Their room was just next to theirs and Holly's scream might've woken them up.
"Is everything alright?" Thomas asked, his eyes on Holly who just sat up and was taking a deep breath.
"Y-yeah" she stuttered and sniffled. "I was just having a bad dream"
"That scared me to death, I thought a crank got in" Chuck sighed.
"Sorry to disturb you guys"
"It's alright. We'll leave you with Newt then" Minho said and told Thomas and Chuck to follow him back to their room.
"Lock the door as you close it, Tommy" Newt called out before the door closed.
Thomas pressed the center of the knob until it made a clicking sound and closed it shut. Newt got up and headed to the bathroom, filling up a glass with fresh water. He came back offering the glass of water to Holly and sat down next to her then rubbed her back soothingly. Holly gulped down the water until the glass was empty. She took a deep breath, feeling slightly calm compared to minutes ago.
"If you want, you can share with me what scared you" Newt said after placing the empty glass on the floor.
Holly sniffled again and fiddled with her fingers. "I dreamt about Jake" she said, recalling the horrific nightmare she just had. "Then there were a group of armed men who just started shooting him and—"
She wasn't able to continue as she once again broke into tears. She couldn't understand why she was having nightmares all of a sudden. Had WICKED find a way to manipulate her head or are they just that, bad dreams? Newt pulled her into his arms, hushing her as he started to rub her back.
"There there, it's alright" he whispered, lying back down with Holly still in his arms. "It's just a dream. I'm sure he's okay"
"I-I'm scared" Holly choked and stained Newt's shirt with her tears. "What if he really is in danger?"
"Sssh, it's all in your head. I'm sure WICKED is just doing something to mess with you. Take a deep breath, things will be fine. I promise"
Holly did as she was told. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, trying to relax in Newt's arms. She tried clearing her mind off of negative things and focused on the gentle hand rubbing her back in circular motion. Her body began to feel less tensed and compressed herself close to Newt to make her feel safe. Newt pulled the blanket over them and held her close. It was the first time he'd seen her have a nightmare and he felt sad with how terrified Holly was. He had no idea if Jake was really okay but saying that he was was the only thing Newt could say to ease her. He looked down at her and realized that she'd fallen back to sleep. Tears glimmered on her long eyelashes and her nose was red from all the sniffling. But other than that, she seemed to look calm and peaceful. He hugged her tightly and in a few moments, joined her back in a deep slumber.
