From the diary of Mary Neely,
dated May 16, 2004,
written the day she died.

I had a dream last night that the United States was engulfed in flames. It was like a bright, red-orange blast that spread in a self-perpetuating way; like it was exploding on itself. It was probably some sort of bomb, or a series of bombs, that spread over the whole North American continent. Mexico and Canada were completely decimated, but there were a good deal of American survivors, who were either underground or in the air. I died in the blast, but I watched the aftermath as a spirit. People were herded into habitations by soldiers, who didn't seem affected by the blast at all. It was like the citizens were all injured and in shock from the blast, but the soldiers looked like they'd just been sitting around and drinking beer the whole time. America's food supply was almost completely destroyed, but the soldiers provided this pill that gave you all the nutrients you needed, and you only needed one pill per day. The pill was also kind of like a drug. I didn't take one because I was dead, but I watched everyone else (women, men, and children) take these pills and become all zoned-out. It seemed to make them content, because nobody was complaining about anything. Time sped up and I watched as American civilization was rebuilt. It was rebuilt pretty much the same, but it seemed like people had a lot less free will. Sort of like a 1984 situation. All information was controlled, and nobody was allowed to say anything against the government; those who spoke out against the government were imprisoned or executed as "terrorist spies". People didn't go back to eating normal food, they just used the pills for nourishment. However, the government made different varieties of the pills, so people could choose which one they like. It was crazy. I saw all these drugged-up people just going about their lives in this haze. It was like they were all sheep. (Not much different than we are now, but way more intensely controlled.) Here's the scary part. I saw the leaders of the country. It wasn't the President or Vice President, or the Congressmen, or the Supreme Court (I found out that all these polititians are all figureheads, and they have no real power). It was an unnamed group of men (no women) who stood in high towers, drinking, doing drugs, and having sex with women who were also drinking and doing drugs. They were just laughing and having a good time, but their laughs were extremely evil, like villain laughs. It got really scary when my sight changed. It was like, my sight changed from physical sight to spiritual sight. I saw that the spirits of the men were dead. They weren't the ones who were laughing, but there were these really tall, pure black, demon-like spirits who were controlling the mens' bodies. They were the real ones with the power. The "men in power" were just tools for the demons. The demons were the ones who were controlling everybody. I had this moment of clarity at that point, and I realized that the demons had been running the country for centuries; and they didn't just run America, but they had power over most other major countries in the world. It was a lot like the Matrix movies. These demons controlled us with an illusion of false truth, and they sucked the life out of us like vampires. I saw the streets of America, and all the people walking on them with my new spiritual sight. I saw that everyone was like the "men in power"; their spirits were really sick, and they were being followed by these little demons who stole their life energy and took it back to the head demons. When the people took the food-pills, I saw what it did to their bodies and spirits. It killed them, and kept them alive at the same time. So they were only barely alive, and all the spare energy they had was used to stay alive. They didn't have energy to think or act out. Then one of the demons saw me, and I froze in fear. I guess he could see me because he was a spirit, too, but he came after me and was going to kill me. Suddenly, this bright, beautiful angel came out of the sky and killed the demon. The angel turned around and looked at me, and she was the most beautiful person I'd ever seen. I asked her if she was here to kill all the demons and free all the people, but she said that I was here to do that. Then I asked her how I was going to do it. She told me to wake up, and I did.

Hello? Hello, is anyone there? Where am I? Is anyone there?

I'm here.

Who are you? Where am I? What day is it?

I am me. You are here. It is now.

What do you mean?

I meant what I said.

Who are you?

I am me.

Where am I?

You are here, with me.

Where is here?

Here is everywhere. Here is nowhere.

Who are you?

You are repeating yourself.

I'm confused.

That's okay. It'll take you a while to remember.

Remember what?

What happened.

What happened?

Something very important.

What happened?

You don't need to think about that right now. Just rest for now.

Are you awake?

I feel like I'm asleep.

You are asleep.

How long have I been asleep?

Just a moment.

I feel like I've been here for days.

Time is no long