I've got a full head of steam to continue this story as frequently as possible, here is the next chapter my good friends.

"Ash...," the red haired Guardian heard a voice call out to her as she laid there draped in darkness, "wake up Ash," she heard the same voice call out to hear, "ASH!" the voice called out to her, and she awoke with a start, her heart racing a million miles a minute, and she took in impulsive swing and hit Joseph in his armored face.

"Joseph, what-?" she never got to finish due as a wave of nausea over came her and she leaned over and threw up over the side of the hard-light bed.

"You OK?" Joseph asked after she had finished vomiting.

"What hit me?" she asked weakly

"Keith and Jacob," Joseph answered as his left hand curled into a fist that went unnoticed by Ash, but not by RZ, but he choose to not address it, "they got away after they poisoned you, do you remember anything?" Joseph asked in a concerned tone.

"Barely, I remember being electrocuted by Keith, and then hit with some kind of weird black energy, and then, nothing." Ash said weakly.

"Ash, that energy is something we've never encountered before," RZ said as he looked over the injured Guardian, "it's done something to you-." RZ said as Ash interrupted him.

"'Done something to you,' what the heck does that mean?" she asked.

"It's hard to explain, but the poison didn't really affect you physically, but your brain waves are acting like I've never seen before, and for that reason I'm keeping you overnight, I want to make sure you are alright before you go home." RZ said in a calm and caring tone, as Ash nodded silently and closed her eyes, be it still listening to every word that was about to be said.

Before Ash could answer, Ish and the rest of the team entered through the hidden entrance to the HOK, and sprinted to Ash's side.

"Ash are you alright?" they all seemingly asked at once, to which she nodded, be it weakly.

"She'll need her rest, I'd suggest you all go home and get some rest." RZ said, which earned head nods from everyone.

Lightning flashes across the pitch black night sky as thunder erupts and rain pours from the blackened clouds. Screams fill the night air, screams of pain and agony piercing the silence of the stormy night followed by maniacal laughter.

I stand in the rain with blood covering my armor, blood of the ones that stood in my way and who shall no longer be a thorn in my side.

I chuckle darkly as I look down at my handy work, the bodies of my so-called friends lay sprawled on the cold and wet ground. The crimson blood flows from their now lifeless bodies flows out of them and onto the ground, mixing with the rain that poured down.

The sound of groaning catches my attention as I turn around and see him trying to crawl away to safety as he held his injured side.

'Ish' I thought to myself bitterly as I made my way over to him.

Seeing me approach, he is now desperately trying to get away. I laugh at his meek attempts of trying to escape from my wrath.

"Please... please stop this... please" he begs as I stand over him "Have mercy"

My eyes narrowed and darkened at his pleading, I won't stop; not when I've come so far "I'm afraid it's too late..." I say to him as I pick him up by his neck and began to squeeze tightly.

He tries to break free from my grip around his neck, but it's useless as he makes gagging sounds and his face turns red "Goodbye" I say before I snap his neck in one swift motion. His body then goes limp as I toss it to the ground next to the rest of the lifeless bodies.

I let out a dark laugh at my victory, but then I see my reflection in the bloody puddle on the ground and my eyes wide. I scream at my reflection seeing the blood covering my body.

"ASH!"

Ash awoke with a start, cold sweat running down her face as she bolted up right on the hard light bed where she had been sleeping, "Ash, you alright." RZ asked as he noticed that she was now awake.

"I don't think so, RZ," Ash began, and that earned her leaders undivided attention, "I don't feel so good." she said as she stood up and tried to walk, only to fall to one knee.

"Ash, you've got to rest-." RZ said, before Ash spoke up and interrupted.

"You said my brain waves where acting weird, how are they now?" Ash asked as sweat continued to run down her face.

"Let me check," RZ said as he pulled up a holographic display of the red headed Guardian, "your brain waves are still acting abnormally." RZ answered as he looked over hr brain waves.

"How long have I been asleep?" she asked in a whisper that RZ heard clearly.

"About five hours, it's a little after 2:00 AM," RZ said calmly, "how is this relevant?" he asked sincerely.

"Check my brain waves over the past five hours." Ash requested, and pulled up the information of the past five hours, and what he saw honestly surprised him.

"Ash, your brain waves are off the chart, and not in a good way," RZ said simply as he looked over all the data, "I don't know what could possibly be causing this." RZ said as he kept looking over all the data.

"If it helps, I was having horrible nightmares, and I mean horrible, they almost seemed prophetic." Ash said in a whisper.

"Ash, what did you see?" RZ asked in a caring tone.

"I don't want to say," Ash said as she took a seat on her bed, "RZ, is there any way you can sedate me, that way I don't dream?" Ash asked her leader.

"I hate to sedate you Ash, but I will do it if it helps you." RZ said simply as he prepared a painless brain beam that would put the female Guardian into a deep dreamless sleep, and within a few seconds of being bathed in it's warm blue light, the female Guardian was in a deep dreamless sleep.

I want to thank my amazing girlfriend AliE96 for writing that amazing dream sequence, thank you Angel