Dreams In Dissonance

by auralcontra-exception

I'm losing my mind, and I'm OK with that. One day I won't dream anymore, or remember. In a post-Crucible galaxy, Garrus drifts through life. Until he meets someone who may or may not be who they seem. "If you're unsure or afraid of them, angels will look like demons." (Rated for swearing)

5. Chapter 5

Chapter Five

Dreams In Dissonance

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I wander through the rubble. I think I hear it again.

But that's more hope than reality.

A flash of …

I run in that direction, turning the corner to … nothing.

Another empty street. The empty gray hulks of buildings towering over me.

Rubble strewn across the street. Paper and polycarbonate sheeting flitting in the breeze.

A haunting, keening sound as the breeze flows through the mile-high rubble.

I turn another corner, on to a boulevard.

Carcasses of skycars and multi-passenger transports litter the roadway. Human and turian mannequins slumped out of the windows.

The breeze is stronger, blowing through the remains with a sad haunting sound.

As I approach, I see that they're actually husks and marauders, all pointing at me. I start to to turn to run, when the blinding red light washes through everything.

I blink open my eyes and see her. The husks and marauders gone, I turn towards her.

It looks like she cants her head to the side when I call her, but doesn't move. I call again and run towards her.

I run, but she's not getting any closer.

The breeze is heavier now. A song of despair as it winds through the debris before whipping her hair across her face.

I run faster, the distance never closing.

Afraid to take my eyes off her, I stumble over something. I quickly get up, and start to move towards her. She looks up at me, and mouths "I'm sorry."

I stand there, the wind shrieking in despair as she slowly walks off.