Chapter 8 - Frohike To The Rescue.
FBI HEADQUARTERS. 8:35 AM. Skinner gently shook John from his dreary dreamland. John looked up. They were at FBI quarters. John got out of the SUV and he and AD Skinner walked to Skinner's office. John immediately was the first to walk in. He turned on Skinner's comp. Skinner looked sideways at John. "Want to tell me, what this is about?" he asked impatiently. John glanced over and him and then at Skinner's computer, typing in something which put him online instantly. He turned back over and saw a confused AD Skinner. "I need to ask The Lone Gun Men something about dreams."
"Dreams?" Skinner said. John nodded. "Dreams that may be connected with Monica."
Skinner stepped back as John moved in closer to his computer, trying to connect to The Lone Gun Men's computer. Their web cam was on, but only Frohike was on. His back was facing the web cam, while he ate a sandwich, typing on another laptop. "Hello Melvin," John said. Frohike turned around startled at first. Then he relaxed when he saw John. "Hello Agent Doggett."
"Where are the others?" he immediately asked Frohike. Frohike shrugged his shoulders "Langly and Byers are out right now. What do you need?" Frohike asked impatiently. John exhaled deeply. "I need to know something about a certain type of dream.if that's even possible."
"Sure. Tell me about this dream."
AD Skinner watched John closely as he nervously tried to think of what to say. Something that wouldn't sound too out of this world, but in the world of The X-Files, that seemed impossible.
"Well, say someone was in a coma." Skinner suddenly sighed deeply once he heard the word coma. He knew where this was going, but let John continue. "And say someone who was close to this person in the coma, had dreams about them.continuing dreams, that is," John said sternly. Frohike thought for a moment. "Continuing dreams?" he asked.
"Yes, like, something happens and then they wake up. Yet, when they go back to sleep, the dream continues, and being awake, was like a break. Their dream was paused, but when they were asleep, their dream was on play and continued where it last left off at." Frohike stared blankly at John, as did Skinner. Then he said, "I've heard of this."
"You have?" Both John and Skinner asked. Frohike nodded. "Yes. A Dream Coma - It was said back in the early 1900s that whenever someone was trapped inside a coma, the person they were last with or someone they were really close with, would have dreams about them. The only thing is, the dreams were the coma victim's reality."
"So, they thought the dreams were real?"
"Exactly. It followed out their everyday life as if they are awake with the last person they saw or loved. The person experiencing this dream about the coma victim usually doesn't know it's really them in their dreams, unless they can put two and two together, if you catch my drift."
John paused for a moment. "Is this a way a coma victim can somehow make contact? Is there any reason for dreams such as this? How can they end?"
"Well if they end, the person is back from the coma state. Usually dreams like these occur, because it's a way out. It's as if they're calling out to the person in their dreams to help them, only they don't really know it. Their subconscious mind does, however." "How can the person having these dreams help?"
"That I don't know of. It's rare for dreams like these to happen. I've never known a person to have one. I've only heard of the myth. Even so I never believed it and I believe in a lot of paranormal related things -- there is one way to know if it's a coma victim making contact." "How's that?" John asked. "The continuing dream may go on for days in dreamland, but it'll still be the same say. The day it happened."
"Thanks."
"Sure," Frohike grumbled and he turned his back to them and John shut the computer off. He began to run back to Skinner's SUV. "John!" Skinner yelled. "Where are you going?"
John stopped and turned around. "I need to sleep," he said, leaving Skinner dumbfounded. Skinner sighed and ran after him.
FBI HEADQUARTERS. 8:35 AM. Skinner gently shook John from his dreary dreamland. John looked up. They were at FBI quarters. John got out of the SUV and he and AD Skinner walked to Skinner's office. John immediately was the first to walk in. He turned on Skinner's comp. Skinner looked sideways at John. "Want to tell me, what this is about?" he asked impatiently. John glanced over and him and then at Skinner's computer, typing in something which put him online instantly. He turned back over and saw a confused AD Skinner. "I need to ask The Lone Gun Men something about dreams."
"Dreams?" Skinner said. John nodded. "Dreams that may be connected with Monica."
Skinner stepped back as John moved in closer to his computer, trying to connect to The Lone Gun Men's computer. Their web cam was on, but only Frohike was on. His back was facing the web cam, while he ate a sandwich, typing on another laptop. "Hello Melvin," John said. Frohike turned around startled at first. Then he relaxed when he saw John. "Hello Agent Doggett."
"Where are the others?" he immediately asked Frohike. Frohike shrugged his shoulders "Langly and Byers are out right now. What do you need?" Frohike asked impatiently. John exhaled deeply. "I need to know something about a certain type of dream.if that's even possible."
"Sure. Tell me about this dream."
AD Skinner watched John closely as he nervously tried to think of what to say. Something that wouldn't sound too out of this world, but in the world of The X-Files, that seemed impossible.
"Well, say someone was in a coma." Skinner suddenly sighed deeply once he heard the word coma. He knew where this was going, but let John continue. "And say someone who was close to this person in the coma, had dreams about them.continuing dreams, that is," John said sternly. Frohike thought for a moment. "Continuing dreams?" he asked.
"Yes, like, something happens and then they wake up. Yet, when they go back to sleep, the dream continues, and being awake, was like a break. Their dream was paused, but when they were asleep, their dream was on play and continued where it last left off at." Frohike stared blankly at John, as did Skinner. Then he said, "I've heard of this."
"You have?" Both John and Skinner asked. Frohike nodded. "Yes. A Dream Coma - It was said back in the early 1900s that whenever someone was trapped inside a coma, the person they were last with or someone they were really close with, would have dreams about them. The only thing is, the dreams were the coma victim's reality."
"So, they thought the dreams were real?"
"Exactly. It followed out their everyday life as if they are awake with the last person they saw or loved. The person experiencing this dream about the coma victim usually doesn't know it's really them in their dreams, unless they can put two and two together, if you catch my drift."
John paused for a moment. "Is this a way a coma victim can somehow make contact? Is there any reason for dreams such as this? How can they end?"
"Well if they end, the person is back from the coma state. Usually dreams like these occur, because it's a way out. It's as if they're calling out to the person in their dreams to help them, only they don't really know it. Their subconscious mind does, however." "How can the person having these dreams help?"
"That I don't know of. It's rare for dreams like these to happen. I've never known a person to have one. I've only heard of the myth. Even so I never believed it and I believe in a lot of paranormal related things -- there is one way to know if it's a coma victim making contact." "How's that?" John asked. "The continuing dream may go on for days in dreamland, but it'll still be the same say. The day it happened."
"Thanks."
"Sure," Frohike grumbled and he turned his back to them and John shut the computer off. He began to run back to Skinner's SUV. "John!" Skinner yelled. "Where are you going?"
John stopped and turned around. "I need to sleep," he said, leaving Skinner dumbfounded. Skinner sighed and ran after him.