Chapter 21: Nightmares
"You've crossed me for far too long, little girl. You won't get the usual execution. No, you'll take the hard route down. Normbots?"
The grey machines turned on the gigantic screen. On it was the image of her brothers, about to be eaten by-
She screamed at the top of her lungs, jumping straight out of bed. It took her ten full seconds to realize that it was another nightmare.
Back when he was dictator, she never once had an easy sleep. Always having drills at 1 A.M., be it push-ups, pull-ups-
"Candace? It's us. Are you okay? We heard you screaming, and we came to see how you're-"
She immediately ran outside to hug them both.
"Thank goodness you're alright, boys."
"Uh… why wouldn't we be, Candace?"
She looked at them, smiling. "…You're right. There's no reason that you won't be okay." She patted them on the head.
She sent them off with the promise that she'll be okay too, even though she knew that she never will be okay anymore.
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