I arrive at HQ, its late everyone has turned in by now. After a long night of work I grab a glass of water and head to my bedroom. Candle light permeates from my end table, a slight breeze from an open window. The noise of the city is deafening but its a soothing sound of LA, chasing the dream non stop. I walk over an slide my glass of water on the end table and plop on the bed. Sleep comes swiftly, but the dreams start again.

It starts dark, the sound of nothing deafens. Then I begin to hear a high pitch metallic ring and my world falls away..

       The cosmos holds it breath and with a quick but violent sigh the release of pure light is peppered across an unfathomable distance. Roaring star clusters expand and condense with with in milliseconds. Everything is still...quiet..the beauty of it...floating on the surface of existence. The violence of the colors cutting across space. Time is irrelevant, belittled by a cosmic mosaic of gas, dust and stone.

I am greeted by a warm light...it whispers. I can't make out what it says, Its' blue light engulfs me...

      Floating on the surface, between nothing and raging starlight. I see a Vision of Aether unrestrained by Time or Space. My Mind is heightened, shifting cosmic Power through my Soul.  A blue light emerges from the chaos, it whispers, shifting and pulsating as it rotates rapidly.

 "Tesseract" 

An explosion of light echoes through eternity. A Cosmic Cube forms...

      I am awakened by a jolt, sunlight creeping through as the breeze from the open window kisses then sweat from my brow. It sends a chill down my spine. I sit up and begin to down the glass of water as my mind races contemplating dreams of unexplainable events. The rustle of LA soothes my thoughts as i get ready to start my runs for the crew. I grab my coat and head out the door, shifting between the morning crowds as I make my way down the bustling LA streets.

To Be Continued..

      Gun fire echoes through the alley ways of Downtown. With a loud crash, I throw my body in to a side door to escape gun fire. With my adrenaline pumping, I return fire from cover blindly. I find a moment to run then begin to take off through the building and out the front. I begin to stumble a bit as I'm running, a warm sensation catches my attention. I slide my hand along my left rib cage and notice i have been grazed by a bullet. I shouldn't feel dazed but for some reason i do. A feeling comes over me swiftly, not unlike my dreams, and when it does the metallic ringing returns. I feel adrift, time slows and I lose myself in this moment as I remember the whispers from the light. They linger in my thoughts, even now as I'm hold my wounds. Like a whisper through the dark from a familiar voice. As I fall over and fade from consciousness, I see them rush to me...

"Tesseract"

      I feel myself awake yet not here at all. Between there and nowhere I am wrapped in stars, fighting to open my eyes. It's bright.. I lift my arms to sit up and feel the surface below me, almost resembles water yet it's not. I lift myself to my feet as my eyes adjusts and I see silhouette of a man walk towards me. As he grows closer I notice he is made of the same blue light. I notice... it's me... Mirroring movements as we approach one another, I stop in front of him. The blue light intensifies as he lifts his hand towards me. Without a thought I lift my hand to meet the light. Our bodies merge at the touch within the violent cosmic storm that has surrounded us.

      I come to bound to a chair and surrounded by guards in a cheap apartment. The air is stale, filled with the stench of cigarette smoke and cheap liquor. Flashes of the blue light figure haunt my thoughts. Some how being tied to a chair and beaten is the last thing on my mind. The guards notice I'm awake, one of them draws close with a billy club. As he attempts to strike me, time slows and the metallic ringing returns. I hear a whisper as the memories daze me.

"Find yourself"

      Mid swing, time returns to normal. He strikes me in the chest, shortly after I lift my foot an knock him on the ground. The rope around my torso wont free so easily. I stand slightly with the chair still tied to my back and throw myself on the ground breaking the chair. By this time the second guard is charging. I grab a piece of the broken chair and strike the guard in the head, he falls to the floor. I immediately head to the door open it. I am met by a couple Durdens, both with hand guns, standing at the stairs to stop me from leaving. I throw a piece of the chair at one as I rush them both. It strikes one as he's fire's a round past me, hitting the wall behind me. I grab his wrist as I get close and twist the gun out of his hands. As I fire a round at the second Durden I push the first down the stairs, they both fall. I toss the gun on the ground, holding my wounds as I make my way down the stairs and out the apartment building.

      The crowds of people going about their day stare as I head down the street bleeding and beaten. The HQ in Downtown comes into view as I make my way across the crosswalk. Tired and in need of sleep I see the HQ nurse before retreating to my room. I fall asleep before my head hits the pillow.

        Then the dreams start again...

       ♾