Notes : Here's the 4th chapter everyone! Thank you to all the readers that reviewed the story so far. I really appreciate it. And let's all hope that this story continues to be to all your likings! This chapter is long, I know, but it's important and I hope you all like it!

Seek me for comfort

Call me for solace

I'll be waiting here

For the end of my broken heart

Completion I'll be waiting…

This distance

This dissolution

I cling to memories, while falling

Sleep brings relief and hope of a new day

Waking the misery…Of being without you

Surrender, I give in

Another moment is another eternity!

Rude Awakening

Reid had just ended his physical ed/swimming class, and was now heading for the showers along with Tyler, Caleb and Pogue. His performance today wasn't really all that good, even though he knew he couldn't beat Caleb and Pogue at their game, he felt sloppy and he wasn't content with that. He muttered to himself lightly as he stood in front of the silver shower head while he motioned his head to turn the shower knobs clockwise, thus sending the soothing jets of steaming hot water against his well toned bare chest. He stepped underneath the running water while removing his grey swimming trunks with black streaks on them. Reid wasn't the one to follow school protocols; he did what he wanted, whenever he wanted. Which is why the ladies always nicknamed him –badass-.

He kicked his black streaked trunks to the side, leaving his muscular and athletic form under the soothing hot water. He leaned his hands against the humid tiled wall to support his weight while he then ducked his head under the running water. He sighed in relief as his deep blue eyes closed gently, his mind now wrapped around that woman he saw a few times now…. Reid couldn't possibly ignore her and her delicious body. It simply drove him insane. What did she want with him? He then remembered those words she always seemed to repeat while he was with her…"Find me…" Damn, there was just something about that that seemed seductive…

But she somehow knew about the "thing" he saw in the classroom a couple of days ago…Maybe, just maybe, she was linked to it somehow. But find –her-? Reid had never seen such a wonderful creature such as herself around the academy…How in the hell was he going to find her? She mentioned to him simply "When the time is right…". "Yeah right…" he thought to himself silently. But dear lord…That body, that creamy and smooth skin, those mesmerizing icy cold eyes and…and those plump breasts that immediately caught Reid's eyes.

"Damn she's hot…" he blurted out lightly.

It took a few moments before he realized what he just said. He then lifted his head up slowly and away from the running water. He immediately received the first glare from Tyler, who all this time, was in the shower booth right next to him.

"Dude, who are you talking to?"

"Oh you know that hot piece of man over there" Reid ever so discretely (yeah right) pointed to a random guy in the locker rooms.

"Yeah, ok Reid, I think you've been under the shower too long" he replied a bit disturbed by that.

"Oh baby you know I'm yours only" he winked playfully at Tyler while running his tongue over his rosy lips seductively while letting out moans of satisfaction.

Tyler laughed lightly, as he turned around to stop the shower. He then took his fluffy white towel and slung it over his shoulder while he then headed towords his locker.

"You seriously need to get laid man"

Reid frowned lightly at that remark.

"That's not what your mother said last night bro!". He grinned like a madman as he turned off the shower also and sneaked up behind Tyler silently all while twirling his wet towel. At the right moment, he whipped Tyler's ass with it, causing a loud "smack" to resonate into the room.

"OWW!" Tyler groaned in pain.

"Say my name!" he replied mockingly as he started to laugh crazily.

"God, leave the poor man alone Reid" said Caleb a few steps in front of him.

"Ohhh you know you want some of this also! There's enough to go around Oprah" he smirked tauntingly at Caleb before heading at his respective locker…

Caleb simply rolled his eyes and shook his head. Caleb never really knew how he could have endured him all this time. Seriously, sometimes his joking acts were becoming more and more of a nuisance to him each time…

Some time later…

Reid, Tyler, Pogue and Caleb were walking down the hallway. Tyler spoke of his new and improved Hummer with pride and joy. Pogue related that to his motorcycle that he had been working on for some time now, but now couldn't continue since Kate and himself were getting married; and that meant errands, errands, and more errands. And not to mention he tried catching up with Kate who was already self-driven as it was….Caleb, as usual, had his hands stuffed in his black trench coat, nodding and replying to what Pogue said if it was necessairy

Reid , on the other hand, had other ideas while the others were babbling meaninglessly. His eye caught a couple of attractive girls walking in a group his way. His charms immediately kicked in as he winked at them playfully and flirtatiously. The school girls giggled amusingly at that and eyed him while they whispered to each other uncontrollably.

Oh yeah…Reid was –the man-, or as he preferred to call himself, -the king- of womanizing. And he damn well knew that. No girl in the whole academy could have resisted to his tempting charms. While his male ego built up on that, Caleb motioned the group to stop in their tracks a few moments later. Caleb had indeed felt a sinister presence in the surroundings…And he knew he was correct since Pogue gave him a stern glare.

"Something isn't right guys…" Caleb whispered silently.

"Huh? What are you ranting now?" Reid said annoyed as he took a good look around him. The hallways were completely emptied and silenced. Nothing was left …not even a sound echoed. Reid then had a weird feeling of "déjà vu" that jolted in his mind. He blankly stared ahead of him as he sensed something heading their way…

"Something's coming !" Pogue apostrophized while glaring at what was heading his was

The environment that surrounded them all suddenly turned…lifeless and rusted out. There was then a sudden shortage of light in the area as the tiled floor up ahead got covered in a black, gooey and inky substance and it spread over the floors , the walls and the lockers. Reid was immobilized at the sight, not knowing what was in stored for him and the others as suddenly, the woman's voice echoed in his thoughts. "The darkness comes…"

"The darkness.." he whispered faintly"

"Huh?!" Tyler raised a brow at Reid.

"You guys can finally see it now huh?..."

"You mean this happened to you before!?" said Caleb in a stern and cold voice.

"Well, I wanted to tell you guys but smartass here thought I was high so…" Reid said jokingly, but seriously at the same time.

The black substance kept on spreading until something rose from it. It was a sort of darkling, but it had no eyes, nose or mouth, and it's skin was glistening and was as black as the substance that swallowed half of the hallway. The –thing- twitched almost every second, and made high pitched and inhuman growls. Hands randomly started to emerge from the "darkness", then the arms followed.

"What…the…FUCK!!?" said Pogue.

"Whoa..That's one ugly mother fucker. He brought a whole new reason to get plastic surgery.." said in Reid in a slightly mocking tone.

Caleb gritted his teeth, this really wasn't the time for Reid's pleasantries!. Just what the hell was that thing!? Caleb did not wanted to stay here and then regretted to have found out. His eyes went as black as night, hands thrusted forward in front of him as he unleashed a sort of blast of pure magical power. The monstrosity erupted soon after, but another one spawned and took it's place…

"Jesus Christ! There's no end to it!" said Tyler in a fearful tone.

"Gee, thanks for pointing that out genius" Reid said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice as he started to step backwards and away from the oncoming "darkness". The rest soon did the same. It was just a matter of time before the dark substance consumed them all…And then…It was the end for them all. The faceless and slimy creature fell down onto his two arms and legs and slowly crawled across the tiled floors, screeching inhumanly, twitching non-stop.

Then out of nowhere, an orb of light surrounded the Sons Of Ipswich, and somehow took them out of the dark, sinister and horrifying reality…

Not even a split second later, they found themselves standing in some sort of iced cave with the ground covered in a small blanket of snow. Tyler was paralyzed at the event he just saw and Reid roughly shook him back into reality.

"Stay with me man!"

"I..I-I'm sorry." Tyler said nervously…

Caleb's shadowy eyes scanned the new area not helping but to have wondered if they truly escaped that…that nightmare. The cavern was covered in shining and solid ice. Something about the place reassured him…Prehaps, it was the serene feeling that he felt from it…Pogue, on the other hand, didn't know what the hell was going.

"What just happened, what was that?"

"I don't know Pogue…" said Caleb.

Reid's eyes widened. He knew about this place…He saw it in his dream with that mysterious woman. She had shown him only glimpses of this cave, not knowing anything else about the place. This cave, was the place that she wanted him to find her; she was here and he knew it. The rogue decided to wander deeper inside the cavern, searching for the smallest trace that she could have maybe left him. The others were ordering him to come back, but at this time, he was too absorbed in his thoughts to listen to an of their futile attempts to make him come back.

"I know you're here…" he murmured softly.

He soon came across a beautiful ice sculpture of a woman at the very end of the cavern. He approached it slowly, not to sure of what could happen next now…A few moments later, he found himself standing face to face to the ice statue. He motioned his fingers to lightly trace the well defined face and the oddly situated sword that was held against the woman's bosom securely. It was then that it hit him….That face…The long hair that touched the ground…It was the woman from his dreams…How she came to contact him, he didn't know…But what he did know now, was that he absolutely needed to free her no matter the cost; even though he didn't know why he had this sudden feeling.

"Alright…Let's get you out of this block of ice hon."

His eyes searched the iced woman if there was a way to somehow unfreeze her from her ice imprisonment, but without any luck. He sighed in frustration, deciding to close his eyes and think intelligently before making a foolish act …

"The sword…!" he said victoriously

He wrapped his two gloved hands around the hilt of the blade and started to pull on it with all the strength he could have possibly mustered. The sword began to budge lightly from its place, then finally, completely remove itself from it's former position. This caused Reid to tumble back a couple of steps as the ice began to crack as soon as the blade was removed. Flamboyant rays of light erupted from out of the fissures, making the rogue cover his eyes with his arm as a reflex as then, the ice suddenly exploded into many pieces.

As Reid removed his arm from his blue eyes, his now amazed gaze stared at the now freed woman of his dream. She was standing before him with a serene expression on her face. And just like in his dream, she was naked…Her skin was as pale as the snow that covered the ground, and her icy blue eyes were fixated onto him.. Her tremendously long black silky hair covered her plump and round breasts and her other feminine areas.

"….God…" those were the words he could only have mentioned at the moment.

She took a few steps forward until she was facing him with those hypnotizing eyes. And out of nowhere, she collapsed, causing Reid to catch her as she fell into his arms….