Duo of problems 4

„Dreams are boring. Nightmares are scary. But not as scary as what you see after you wake up"

Aries laid on the ground. Unconscious . and sleeping.

Green hooded axe holder stood away from him.

-Thank you for cooperation Aries – And disappeared. – Now for the other one -

-Ah yes. The classic karate chop to the head. BAM and you`re sleeping.

Wait no, there was no impact. Or a hit. He just touched the head.

But hey it worked and now im sleeping.

Didn`t he say there will be nightmares here?-

Meanwhile Aries was standing in the dream in a familiar corridor.

High columns of cracked white stone

Yellow light from the torches on them.

And ceiling high enough that its only mist above him.

-why here? – he slowly started walking forward echoing all over the place

THAT WOULD BE ME

Behind him was again the same stone bed and the same person in the same pose.

The Goddess.

-GODDESS !! I am so glad its you and not that…..hood guy –

DON`T WORRY, HE DID WHAT HE WANTED AND LEFT.

-and he did what? Cause im pretty sure it wasn`t much –

WELL. NOT REALLY. SEE, THAT MAN IS VERY GOOD AT HIS JOB.

AND IF HE WANTS TO GET SOMETHING , NOT MANY CAN STOP HIM

-Okey 2 questions – who is he, cause you seem to know him well, like is he a past hero like I am or something and second – what did he get?? The sword?? The cash?? WHAT

NO THE SWORD IS INTACT. ALSO YOU`RE BROKE HERE.

BUT AS TO WHO IS HE…. WELL THAT IS A BIT TO EXPLAIN.

IN THE GREEN EYED GUILD HE USES THE NICKNAME HUNTER

SUITS HIM WELL I MUST SAY, BUT HE GOES BY OTHERS TOO.

THE WISE CALL HIM A TRUE AWAKENED.

BUT MOST LIKELY HE`S CALLED.

NIGHTMARE

-sounds a bit cringe. I preferred hunter–Aries pulled back a bit from this – still, what he got from me?

KNOWLEDGE. PROBABLY AFTER YOU WENT OUT, HE USED YOUR BODY TO ANSWER HIS QUESTIONS.

-Ugh that sounds very not pleasant. Still WHAT DID HE GET –

I BELIEVE HE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE DAMON WENT. EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE BLINDLY STARRING AT THAT TIME, YOUR EYES STILL SAW HIM. AND NOW HE KNOWS THAT TOO.

-Great.Now what? –

WELL YOU STAY HERE. I CAN`T WAKE YOU UP FOR NOW –

- why? When you end our conversation I always wake up –

THAT`S WHY

Her hand grabbed the air next to Aries and opened up some… crack

Hard to say , fantasy probably calls this a crack in space and time but it may just be a portal.

THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING NOW INSTEAD OF TALKING TO ME.

And behind the portal was Aries. Dead Aries.

And next to him an alive Aries. No wait he just got his head cut off.

And another one. Similar case.

And another one and another for a while.

-<gulp > thank you for NOT making me live through that. – Aries went back a lot from that scene.

YES YES I KNOW. BUT NOW I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO WAKE UP.

-Wait I thought you can`t make me do that –

YES BUT NOW ITS MORNING ALREADY

-wait whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa – Aries woke up, laying in some alley trash, like a beggar.