What Dreams Will Tell:
I lay back onto my pillow, trying to sleep -- but sleep wouldn't come. That seemed to be the trend of my sleep patterns. If I wanted sleep, it didn't come. But anyway, the week had been a busy one and my mind simply refused to shut down. I knew Manticore was now a fully functional military base, yet it seemed that its real purpose was yet to be fulfilled. Whatever its real purpose was, it still evade my logic, I could not fit all the pieces together. My mind kept wandering, jumping from track to track as I pondered... I found myself alone, walking along the high perimeter fence that surrounded Manticore's property. The moon was full and should've been quite bright, but a thick cloud cover made the night thick and dark. The fence I walked along rose 15 feet high and was made of pure razor wire. Huge coils of barbed wire arched in over top, as if to make a roof over my head. Damn scary lookin' fence if ya asked me. Nothing could get in. Nothing could get out.
Suddenly the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight up. That prickly, deja vu feeling once again coursed down my spine. Instantly I tensed and spun towards the horrible fence. Just on the other side a pair of almond yellow eyes starred straight at me, unblinking through the thick forest brush. Slowly she stepped out of the thick shadows. Her fawn colored hair fell about her and framed her face. Those starring yellow eyes got closer.
"They have tried to fence me out -- but they can't," she hissed. Her voice was like the growl of a cat. "They will try to cage them in -- but they can't do that either. Because they're mine!" Suddenly she leapt at the fence, at me.
I awoke with a start -- sitting straight up, drenched in a cold sweat. 'What the hell...' I wondered in terrified shock, 'who's 'they?!'
I lay back onto my pillow, trying to sleep -- but sleep wouldn't come. That seemed to be the trend of my sleep patterns. If I wanted sleep, it didn't come. But anyway, the week had been a busy one and my mind simply refused to shut down. I knew Manticore was now a fully functional military base, yet it seemed that its real purpose was yet to be fulfilled. Whatever its real purpose was, it still evade my logic, I could not fit all the pieces together. My mind kept wandering, jumping from track to track as I pondered... I found myself alone, walking along the high perimeter fence that surrounded Manticore's property. The moon was full and should've been quite bright, but a thick cloud cover made the night thick and dark. The fence I walked along rose 15 feet high and was made of pure razor wire. Huge coils of barbed wire arched in over top, as if to make a roof over my head. Damn scary lookin' fence if ya asked me. Nothing could get in. Nothing could get out.
Suddenly the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight up. That prickly, deja vu feeling once again coursed down my spine. Instantly I tensed and spun towards the horrible fence. Just on the other side a pair of almond yellow eyes starred straight at me, unblinking through the thick forest brush. Slowly she stepped out of the thick shadows. Her fawn colored hair fell about her and framed her face. Those starring yellow eyes got closer.
"They have tried to fence me out -- but they can't," she hissed. Her voice was like the growl of a cat. "They will try to cage them in -- but they can't do that either. Because they're mine!" Suddenly she leapt at the fence, at me.
I awoke with a start -- sitting straight up, drenched in a cold sweat. 'What the hell...' I wondered in terrified shock, 'who's 'they?!'