Universal Impact
Chapter 14
Dreamer's Awakening
3rd November 2009
Dreamer's Base
(underneath the school)
Memories and knowledge were whizzing through my head. Everything I'd ever remembered or learned. The second it stopped, my eyes shot open and I sat up. I was in a completely white room on the floor. Something was plastered to the left side of my face and it stung like a wasp's venemous sting.
I yelled out in pain as I put my hand to my face. Metal wires stretched from the middle of my forehead to my jaw bone. I felt them spread on my cheek bone and the whole device changed. Some parts made round lights and the ends just stretched like the device was forming something. I screamed in agony and rolled over on the floor.
''Your mind, Emma. It's very intriguing, very astounding,'' the Dream Lord said.
''Stop! What's happening to me?!''
''It's time for them to wake.''
I painfully got up and stumbled over to the door. It opened horizontally and once I was on the other side, I fell to the floor. I was looking at the floor, so I couldn't see my surroundings.
''The device on your face is going to be used as an activator. Your mind is so strong, so useful that it can power all of these minds to wake all at once.''
I looked up and four rows of five kids were on a platform. Each one was given their own personal capsules. They seemed to be sound asleep, unaware of what was about to happen.
''Why do they have to wake? What's it got to do with me?''
''You'll see,'' he said as he turned his attention on the sleeping students, ''You will wake soon, my children! Your hero will save you!''
The Dream Lord made the device on my face activate painfully. I felt it stretch under my eyelid, over to my jaw and across my forehead.
''Ahh-arghh!,'' I yelled as I sank lower to the cold floor.
I felt my head throb as the student's voices came into my mind.
''Wake us,'' they urged, ''Wake us.''
I screamed as I felt every nerve in my brain practically explode. My hearing was muffled a bit as the pain creep up around my head.
''Wake, children! Wake!,'' he said excitedly.
i yelled until my throat was became as dry as a desert. I couldn't just lay there in pain as the hope of humanity was about to be destroyed. I couldn't just stay there. I gritted my teeth together and stood up. I noticed that the capsules were opened and the kids were thoughtlessly walking towards the Dream Lord.
I reached out my hand towards them and yelled, ''No! You're being controlled! I'll get you out of this soon, don't worry!''
''Thank you, hero. You have done your duty. Now come to us,'' the kids said in my head.
''No! I can help you! I can save you from this insane maniac and get you back to normal.''
''Thanks for the compliment,'' he said sarcastically.
''It was my pleasure,'' I said, ''Now, explain all of this to me. You obviously used me to get to my father. Why?''
''A Time Child's mind is valuable. I had to think of some way to get you to me. And believe me, it had nothing to do with your Dad.''
''Oh. . . okay. And I believe that we've reached the point in this where I finally persuade you.''
''Oh, really? How?,'' he said, provoking me.
''These kids. They had to have very powerful dreams to be able to see you. It's almost as if they're... oh, I don't know, fake as well. And speaking of persuasion, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that I would love to use on you.''
As I said this, I made myself tower over him as he bent down, walking back towards the wall as I walked towards him.
''This whole place. Where I'm standing now, it's not real. You made me think it was because it was the only chance you had of fooling me, but guess what? You didn't.''
''No! How- you're. . . impossible.''
''That's one thing I'm not. Sure, I'm a whole lot like my father, but one thing that seperates us is that I'm much faster at figuring these. . . plots out. Never forget that if you show up again, which I doubt you will, don't try and do this to my friends or me again.''
The kids all disappeared as I walked through them. I turned around and said to the Dream Lord, who was still at the other end of the room, cowering in fear, ''Thank you for your co-operation.''
I walked up the steps of the school once I exited the basement. Once I was walking through the corridors, to my surprise at the other end, I found the Dream Lord, leaning against the wall with a big smirk on his face.
''Oh, Emma. Emma, Emma, Emma. I'm not fooled that easily. I have to admit, that was absolutley brilliant, but I have one more thing for you.''
I laughed and said, ''No you don't.''
''Yes, I do. A prophecy.''
I was walking away from him as he said this, but I turned around and walked back over to him.
''Prophecy? What prophecy?''
He had a shocked look on his face as he said, ''You don't know? That is a shock considering it's about you.''
I gave him a confused look and said, ''Me? Why would there be a prophecy about me?''
''You are the Last Time Chld, are you not? And what better person to write a prophecy about?''
''Why is there a prophecy about me? Me. I mean, come on. That's just. . . ridiculous. Seriously? Why hasn't Dad told me about this.''
''Oh, he didn't tell you? Oh, that's right. He didn't want his precious daughter reading in on her oh so dangerous future, right?''
I took deep frusturated breaths as I approached him. ''If there really is one about me then it most likely isn't true, right?''
He took a piece of paper, skimmed it and said, ''Well, it's pretty accurate. I'd say this is most likely going to be your future. And you've always wanted to leave your footprint on the universe in some way, haven't you?''
''Well. yeah. . .''
He put it back in his pocket and then said, ''Go on, do what you were going to do. I find no shame in being defeated.''
''Well of course you don't. You have no feelings, no human emotions. Because you're a hologram. I knew it the moment you zapped near me. I just pretend to not notice it.''
He clapped for a second then said, ''Well done. You've passed my test.''
''Yep. I did.''
I walked back down the hall and saw that the whole school was disappearing in a burst of blinding white light. I kept walking while it happened and for a moment I was engulfed in darkness, but then I stepped into the main hall of the actual school. I felt very dizzy as I stumbled in the corridor. I fell to my knees as I saw the blurry faces of Rani and Luke run towards me. I was caught in their grasp as I closed my eyes, blacking out from how incredibly tired I was.
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