Chapter 46 ESCAPE

Silence.

Pure, cold hearted nothingness.

That's what was filling the cold heartedness in my mind and Cal's' evidently as well. He was drowning and I was being pulled under with him. 'Cal,' I called out in a raspy breath. 'You need to survive Cal.' I couldn't breathe again. I knew my father had done this.

'He's left is for dead,' Cal whispered

'What happened?'

'A coma.'

'What?' I replied, confused.

'A coma. He's put us in a coma. It's like a dream except…'

Except it's much more difficult to wake up.

The strain was gone now. No pain, no suffering. Just trapped.

Just.

Caught.

'Raina,' I hear him say.' I…don't think he meant to do this. I don't think we were meant to still be alive.'

'But…how?'

'I don't know,' he shook his head. 'I think he thinks we're dead. That's why the pain is..' he winced, 'lessening.'

'That's why I can still talk to you.' I said also wincing at the pain. He was right though. It was going down a bit. My pulsing heartbeat was even slightly surrendering to it's normal pace.

'That's why we're both trapped,' He added.

I nodded and sat down in the grass, feeling around for a moment, just in case I suddenly woke up. 'Well. Guess I'll be right here then. At least we're not stuck in a nightmare.'

He sat down as well and thought for a moment. I was surprised. He seemed quite calm about this, and I as well. 'I suppose we should start with the basics then. Think of a way out of here. Until then though, we need to focus on getting food.' He grinned, even with the pain we both felt. 'I'm hungry.'

'Maybe we should stick together then.'

He nodded in agreement.

'I don't suppose that when we get back to reality our bodies will starve too right?'

He paused. 'How are we supposed to feed ourselves from within a dream.'

'Not sure,' I looked around. We really needed to get out of here and fast.

Cal groaned and then started pacing back at forth in worry. 'We really REALLY have to get out of here and soon!'

'Why?' I was suddenly worried at the look on his face.

'Because, before we went under, I was starving!'

I sighed. Brothers.

'Do you have any ideas?'

'No but I have a question.'

'What?' I asked.

'If we're in a dream, can we dream?'

I sighed, but still froze at the thought. 'As long as it's not a nightmare.'