What [Dreams] may Come....

Word spread quick to the 'Lonely Wolves' of Terry's condition. Joe read it in the paper when visiting Southtown on a flight change. Joe read in the paper of a horrible fight between two men. The picture gave it away, it was definitely Terry. Joe changed his flight to Osaka and went strait to master jubi's temple. 'Hey guys, check this out' joe showed Andy and mai the picture of terry and Iori. Andy and Mai were in shock, they had no idea what happened. One thing they did know was that they needed to get to Southtown immediately.

While all of Terry's friends were running around like wild animals, rock was standing by terry's side. Terry was comotose and in a hosptial bed, rock looked comotose as he stood over terry's unmoving body. So many things were racing through rock's head. 'Will terry survive? Andrew is dead...Terry is hurt badly....its all my fault. I thought i was stronger then i really was, it took everything terry had inside of him to save me from my arrogance...i deserve to be the one on that bed!' rock kept thinking to himself. He couldn't belive the two people in his life that cared about him were gone, Andrew....rock didn't even care when andrew died! Rock would never forgive himself for that, and Terry...Terry will be sure to hate him if he wakes up. Then rock will be sent back to square one, where he was two years ago when he met terry, cold and alone. He didn't want that, he wanted to save terry. For a week Terry was in the hosptial with no change in his vital signs, he was in perfect health. It was his brain that was the problem, it was not responding to anything. In the middle of the night while Rock was sitting in the chair next to terry's bed, joe, andy, and mai walked in. A look of shock ran up and down joe's entire body to see terry in this condition. His face was brusied and cut up, they couldn't see under the blankets but assumed the worst. Mai put her head on Andy's shoulder looking up at him, Andy's face was stern, it never changed expression. 'What happened to the other man?' joe asked one of the nurses.

'Oh that other guy? He was let out 3 days ago after a miraculous recovery', smiled the nurse. Joe was silent as he walked back to Terry's room. Rock barely acknowledged their presence except for a simple nod in their direction.

Suddenly rock rememberd something, that girl. After the KOF-98 the girl that was talking to rock almost all night. She said she was a psychic, maybe she could help! Rock ran through Joe, Andy, and Mai to a pay phone. Immediately dashing back, rock panted 'do any of you know athena's phone number?' Joe did from the KOF-99, she told him to call her if he ever wanted to spar w/ her. Joe giggled at what he thought that meant. After taking the piece of paper from joe Rock sped off to the pay phone and called the number. An old man picked up and rock asked if Athena was there. The old man got athena and rock explained the situation to her, athena agreed. 'Anything for my little cutie' giggled athena, she told rock she would be there tomorrow sometime. Joe ordered some food for everybody and they spent the night by Terry's side. The next morning in a chair across from Andy and Mai, who had fallen asleep in each other's arms. Rock laughed to himself a little remembering when Andy was yelling at mai about them not being married. Joe was snoring in the bed next to Terry's, luckily for joe it was empty. Rock decided to go for a walk, he couldn't stop thinking about what happened. That man didn't even seem human, it was insane. Rock went to Andrew's grave, nobody knew about andrew except for rock. Rock apologized to Andrew for not being able to avenge his death, then rock collapsed and cried. Rock didn't even care when Andrew had died, Andrew gave his life for rock and rock was glad he was out of the way when he was murdered by that horrible demon-man. Rock didn't understand, or did he? Rock felt more powerful when he was ready to destory that man, rock knew he was stronger then he ever would have been trying to protect andrew. 'Is that how Terry feels about me? I know he is the strongest ever, so he must feel that way toward me!' rock thought to himself. Rock then knew hatred was what gave people power, hatred, and the will to be the strongest by any means, even the destruction of those you thought you cared about. Rock knew this and was sad...

When rock got back to the hosptial room he saw a new face in there. Rock could tell it was Athena, but she looked different. Her outfit was different then the one he saw her in last time, it looked pretty good on her. 'Hey there cutie,' greeted Athena.

'Uhhh...yea hi' said rock, blushing a lil. Athena turned serious and looked at Terry, she put her hands on his forehead and shut her eyes. A faint glow surrounded her and Terry for a second then disappeared.

'I can't do it...' sighed Athena.

'Why not!?' rock cried out.

'He won't let me in, only the person he is closest to can reach him where he is now.'Andy walked forward. 'No, not you', Athena looked at Andy 'him' she pointed at Rock. A look of shock was plastered on the faces of Joe and Mai, while a look of unforgiving sorrow swept over Andy's face. Rock walked foward, scared but not showing it at all. Athena beckoned him to come next to terry, Athena would take care of the rest. Athena put one hand on rock's head and the other on Terry's. Rock shut his eyes and felt the world disapear, the ground, the room, everybody, and everything was just....gone. Rock was falling into the nothingness he knew so well.