Totem Animals

10th July, 2011 : Totem Animals

I was standing in the night, looking up at the sky. There was a boy with me and we were looking at the stars. I could hear the faint chirps of crickets in the background and the smell of the sea drifting in with the wind. I could hear a slight humming coming from the water and headed over there. The boy, my brother, yelled after me, telling me not to go down there. Stupidly I didn't listen and was hit by something in the head. I fell into the water and felt something swarm on top of me. I was pulled under. Then I was seeing myself from above. I could see myself being pulled further and further down, the only indication, the white of my shirt as it seemed to disappear underneath black... Then I bobbed up, lying in the water. My brother was yelling something but he couldn't move forward, as if blocked by  a shield.

Next thing I knew I was sitting at a table with two friends, who were joking about something. They asked me if I had dazed off again... and I wasn't sure but I smiled and joined the conversation. After a while, my brother walked up and sat next to me, he dropped a bag on the table, threw me a grin and pulled a drink out of it and tossed me one. We all started gossiping when a few people walked towards us into the woods. I had a chilling sensation down my back, and cast my eyes over there. I had a strange sensation of seeing shadows following them, small shadows which didn't appear to be anything at first, but which changed into outlines of images I couldn't quite recognise. My brother looked over in the direction I was looking at and put his hand on my shoulder, "don't" he said. I looked at the guy sitting opposite me, he must have understood the look because he swore under his breath and stood up. "Let's get this over with" he said as he walked over and helped me up. My brother and the girl stood up and followed us, as we headed for the woods. We passed a strange looking manhole cover which I stopped to peer down at. It had a lot of gaps, formed in a strange pattern. The guy took my hand and pulled me away from it, launching into an old ghost story about the sewer system underneath, and how many people were murdered down there, and that their spirits lay uneasy, Shaking the idea from my head, we continued through the forest. A strange sensation of being watched and followed by shadows filled me as we headed deeper and deeper in. The voices of the group who had headed in there before seemed to grow softer and softer the further we travelled in.  Finally we came do a dark street, lined with houses. We walked along the dimly lit pathway, stopping at each house to glance at the buildings. Each house had a strange feel to it, nothing felt quite right, and I noticed shadowed animals on the front lawn of certain places. I had an uneasy feeling at each of the houses, until I came to a two story, old Victorian home, with a sold sign nailed to the rusty black gate. We opened the gate and walked onto the front path. This place felt good, almost like home. My brother shifted an uneasy look across the street at the neighbours who were standing on their porch watching us. I walked up to the door, and reached for the handle. Before I could touch it, the door swung open slowly. The hallway lead to a staircase leading upwards, with what appeared to be a kitchen behind it. To the left was a large living room, stacked with a few old boxes, old furniture covered in dust and a musty smell. I stepped onto the wooden floor of the house and it creaked. Stepping through the door way, fully into the house, I noticed small shadows on the floor coming towards me. The seemed to form the shapes of snakes slithering across the floor at me. Startled I jumped back only to realise the entire house and lawn had these snakes on it. They crawled up my legs and around my arms, however they didn't harm me. I stood on the porch and looked down the street. It seemed all the houses had a variation of shadowed creatures. My brother sighed and said, "you had to get us into this again didn't you?" I looked at him blankly, not understanding what he was saying. A shadow snake weaved its way through my hair and dropped in front of me. It's eyes glowed yellowed as it looked into me.

I was taken back to the night in the lake. Around me were different shadowed creatures, climbing on top of me, pushing me under the water, deeper and deeper I went. Slowly the shadowed creatures seemed to disappear into me, A sharp sensation filling me as each one entered. Lastly was a snake, which curled itself around my arm and burned as it passed through my skin. I lost consciousness and floated to the top, where I saw my brother pull me out. He lay me on the ground and I opened my eyes, coughing up water, I couldn't see shadows however I felt different... then I couldn't remember a thing.

Standing back at the house I looked down the street. I could see all the people looking at me, the animals turning, a strange expression on their faces. Then in a rush they all began to come at me. My brother and the guy pushed me into the house, the slammed the door hard behind them, trying to barricade it with the bookshelf off to the side. I could hear slamming at the door. The snake weaving into my hair dropped down again, this time it came close and close to my face. I closed my eyes and screamed as a burning sensation hit my forehead. I dropped to the ground. The guy came over, to see if I was okay. When I opened my eyes, I blinked. He didn't look the same. The house didn't look the same. "Where am I? Who are you?" I asked. He looked at me with a shock on his face "it's me.." I pushed him out of the way and threw the door open. Standing on the lawn were millions of shadow creatures, they seemed to go on for miles. They sat, waiting... My brother stood next to me and said "I tried to keep you from this you know... guess it runs in the family". I looked at him as the shadows crept up to us. I could feel a burning sensation all over, then I woke up.

Spy Games

This is a dream I had last night... It's pretty long but it was kind of one of those dreams where.. part 1 would happen, then i'd wake up to something, then part two would follow on etc. Since I have no idea what the dream is about, i'm going to call it

23rd April 2011, Spy Games

I was standing at my grandfather's house on the balcony. It was dark outside and only a yellow full moon hung in the air, hidden by the trees that grew wild in the old deserted dirt park, a guy came up behind me, he put his arm around my waste and smiled. He asked if I was ready for this, and I looked up at him for a second, sighed and said, "yeah of course, work never sleeps does it?" He looked up at the sky for a second and then said "no it doesn't". I took a final breath of the night air as I walked down the stair case into the dark. He followed me almost silently. I let my eyes adjust to the darkness and the sounds of the night, looking for movement on behind the trees. I started to see shadows move between the trees, slightly then faster and faster. I braced myself as more and more of them appeared and moved out of the dark into the light. We were surrounded by men and women dressed in black. Their eyes were red, and they were staring us down. My hand formed a fist, as I stood my ground. He whispered into my ear "ready?", I flashed him a quick smile and said "always" as I grabbed the person closest to me and punched them in the face. The staggered backwards and the rest of the group advanced. I kicked the guy in the knee that was to my right, as I grabbed a hold of the collar of the guy on my left and hit him in the face. I could feel their hands on me, grabbing at my arms, as I kicked out harder and swung my fists, connecting with whoever was closest to me. The fight seemed to go on for a while, a pile of bodies laid at our feet. until there were only a few left. One of them grabbed me around my throat. I kicked them hard in the knee, they stumbled as I positioned my hands around their throat, squeezing harder and harder until the passed out. I dropped them on top of the pile and stood in the darkness. A strange light seemed to come from the bodies. and one by one their eyes opened. I helped them up one by one, and saw the confusion in their eyes. "It’s alright" I said, "It's time for you to go home" As they walked away from the lawn. The one who had their hands around my throat stopped and stared at me. Looked right into me... their eyes a faint colour of red and black mixed together. It smiled and said "til next time then?" And walked off into the night. The guy stood by my side, he looked at me for a second. My body ached and I could feel bruises forming on my arms and legs. He sighed and said "well that was a fun way to spend a night". I smiled as my phone rang. A voice on the other line said "I need you at the place". I sighed, Looked at the guy, who nodded and we got into the car.

We were standing in front of a set of elevators. It had a pad on the front with a hand scanner to let people in. I was trying to decide how best to get in when a girl appeared. She had hair black hair pulled up in a bun and black framed glasses on. She walked over. swiped her card and placed her hand on the scanner. I approached her from behind, silently. When the doors opened I pushed her in and we went in after her. I grabbed the card from her hand, and told her to punch in the code to take us down. She stood there, so I placed a gun behind her back and told her to do it now. She punched in 33 then a # symbol followed by a button with no symbol on it. The elevator creaked as it went down, fast. When we got to the bottom. I used the end of the gun and smacked her on the back of the head, she passed out as I stepped over her body. I grabbed her glasses and straightened my dress. I turned to the guy who gave me a grin and told me to take the right hallway, as he took the left. I walked down the hallway, taking in what I was seeing. A few rooms on either side, with nothing but computers and a few desks. A couple of people walked past me, they didn't seem to notice. To the left of me was a card swipe leading to a door. I took the card I had taken from the girl and swiped it. The door slid open, and inside I saw the girl from the park, her eyes a darker shade of red, but still had bits of black in it. She looked at me, screeched loudly, the sound hurting my ears and making my body shiver as she lunged at me. Quickly, I stepped back and ran for the elevators. An alarm bell rang out through the facility as I ran down the hallway. The guy met me there, waiting at the elevator. I punched I swiped the card, and quickly keyed in the code to the elevator which burst to life going upwards. Upon reaching the ground floor, we decided our best bet was to hide. We ran into a Japanese restaurant and slipped into one of the booths. I sat next to a man who was slightly unshaven and had blue eyes. He handed me a pair of chopsticks with a wink and there was a spare plate of food on the table in front of me. The people around me began to talk, and I pretended to fit in.  The guy next to me slid a sword into my lap, and winked and said "just in case". We talked for a bit when the door swung open. 5 women stood there, clad in black outfits with swords in the arms. They threw the tables up, and people screamed. I grabbed the sword and unsheathed it, and swung up, blocking the first blow. The woman seemed angry, as a few of my friends grabbed swords from a nearby umbrella holder and attacked them. The fight seemed to go on forever, swinging and blocking. The leader swung hard at me, I lost my footing and fell to the floor, knocking down the umbrella stand. Out poured a few dozen swords, which I struggled to grab at. The first sword split in two, as swung at me. She laughed. And swung down again as I rolled out of the way. From the right, another one of them swung hard at me, hitting me in the arm and cutting me. I swore as I noticed that no one was around. I scrambled to my feet, grabbed my sword and ran into a room. I threw the door closed behind me and leant up against it to stop them getting in. I kept thinking "please let my team not be dead" when I felt a strange feeling in my arm. The cut had begun to heal itself, and the sword glowed a faint silver in my hand. I heard a humming noise and saw a bright light. Then it was quiet. I opened the door, the women were thrown around on the floor. The guy from the balcony appeared, he looked badly hurt as I ran over to help him. He put his arm around my shoulders and leaned against me as I helped him walked towards the door. He looked at me and said "definitely getting too old for this"

We sat in a small cafe having a coffee. It must have been some time passed because he no longer had cuts and bruises on his face. He looked at me and said "I really think it’s time we give this shit up" and I looked at my coffee and said, "maybe... but you'd miss the fun". He smiled and looked upwards then nodded over to a booth where a guy was placing caps on a table. I stood up and walked over to the older man. He gave me a look as I approached then asked how everything was going. I handed him a report from my handbag, and told him everything he needed to know was in there. He smiled as the lady across from him waved. I asked him when he was going to ask her out, teasing him. He appeared to get mad and told me to get back to work. He handed me a piece of paper with a simple direction on it. He told me someone needed to see me there. I sighed and walked down to the marina.

 I got onto an old ship, where I was met by a general. She told me to head down to a room since there was work to be done immediately. I walked down there, only to see a lot of people running. I walked into a room with a few people sitting on chairs who exclaimed finally loudly as I walked in.

"So what's going on" I asked. Turned out there was a missile heading for the ship, so we had to figure out what to do. I wasn’t sure so I looked up at the white board and we began to brain storm. Some suggested changing our bearing, however we wouldn't have time to do it without any damage happening. I suggested firing a missile back, which would impact and would change our bearing slightly but would take the last amount of damaging. After debating it for a while, the general walked in and asked for our solution. I told her to fire a missile at it, and moved up to the deck. The captain said it was too late. As I watched the missile run and hit into the boat. I felt the missile hit the boat, and grabbed onto the railing. The boat began to sink in some places and people scrambled to get up. I ran towards the high edge and saw the split in the boat. I watched people fall off the boat, into the water, and they were drowning. I wasn't sure what to do, except try to get the people who were clambering over the top of me off me. One of them rammed into my side and I toppled over the edge. I held onto the railing but I could feel my arms tiring. Someone smacked into my hand and I let go of the railing and fell down for what felt like forever before I hit the water. I felt myself being pulled under water, and I couldn't reach the surface. I drifted along with the pull of the water and finally surfaced inside the crack in the boat which was filling up with water. I noticed an underwater blow torch and I grabbed it. I pushed myself down and began to heat the metal up, hoping to seal it. I could feel myself struggling to breathe as I closed up the crack... which for some reason was a straight line up along the bottom of the boat. I pushed upwards to get a breath of air and went back down.  I continued to seal the boat until there was no holes left all along the bottom. I finally reached the surface and took in a large gasp of air when it was done. The boat seemed to be sitting straight now. I yelled out for someone to throw me a rope or something. The general appeared and tossed me a rope. She pulled me up and I fell onto the floor of the boat exhausted. I took a minute to get up, she leaned in and said "why don’t' you take your time?" I looked up, only to see the girl with the red and black eyes standing there. A large number of her allies surrounding her, and there was me, dripping wet with a blow torch in my hand. I swore as they charged at me... Then I woke up