<Dream>

“I now present to you the class of 1999!”

<Flash>

“I’m home! Sorry I stood out so late!” Beryl Rincón said entering his home, knowing his parents would be waiting up for him, “Hello?”

He walked in the living room and saw the remains of the massacre that had taken place.

“Oh my god!! HELP!!”

<Flash>

“Do you have any idea as to who this might’ve been?” The police officer asked.

“N . . . no!” Beryl said shaking under the blanket provided for him, with a cup of tea in his hand.

“Did your parents have any enemies that you know of?”

“Can we continue this later?” Elizabeth Brayhams, Beryl’s neighbor said interrupting the cop. “He’s way too shook up for this now!”

“I’m sorry ma’am, but . . .”

”But nothing!” She said getting in his face. “If you just saw your entire family slaughtered, would you want to be answering questions?!” She said in a harsh whisper.

“We’ll let him get some rest, but we have to continue this tomorrow.”

”Fine!” She said ushering Beryl inside her house.

<Darkness>

"AAAAH!" Beryl screamed waking up from the nightmare that was all too true.

"Beryl!" Gizmond Brayhams, his next-door neighbor and long time friend said coming to his friend's aid. "You okay?!"

Sitting up on the spare bed in his friend's room, panting heavily Beryl started bursting into tears.

"Beryl, try and sleep, you need to rest."

"I . . . I can't, every time I close my eyes, all I see is them!"

"Is everything okay in here? I heard screaming!" Elizabeth, Gizmond's mother said opening the door.

"He had a nightmare."

"Are you okay honey?"

"I . . . I can't sleep." Beryl said looking out the window, the tears shining in the moonlight.

"Giz, go get him some Excedrin PM, let's try and get him to sleep."

"K, I'll be right back."

"Sorry to be so much trouble." Beryl said still tearing.

"Don't be silly! You know you're just as much apart of this family as my own son is! Besides, your parents always told us to take care of you in case anything ever happened."

"Here you go bro!" Gizmond said handing him the pills and a glass of water.

"Thanks Giz.

"Okay, well you boys get some sleep now! We've all had a long day!" Elizabeth said turning off the light and closing the door.

"Night man, try and relax."

"Night."

"Hey Beryl?"

"Hm?"

"You never had like, a thing for me, right?"

"As a matter of fact, I'm madly in love with you and I want to have your baby!" Beryl said sarcastically. "I told you, NO! Now can we please go to sleep?"

"That'd be one ugly lookin baby! Specially if it came out lookin like you!"

"Fuck you! Now go to bed!" he said laughing.

"Hey! I'm not that kind of girl!"

"Good night Giz!"

"Night!"

As Beryl's temporary smile faded, he turned over on his side and faced the window, looking out at the full moon. Silently crying himself to sleep, just before he shut his eyes, he saw a pair of red eyes glowing on a rooftop in the distance. Blaming it on the drowsy affect of the drugs, he paid no mind to it and finally fell asleep.

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<Dream>

“No please!” Anastacia Sinfuentes, Beryl’s best friend screamed.

“Where is he you bitch?” a man yelled.

“I…. I don’t know, I swear!”

“You’ll never get him! I won’t let it happen! You can kill us all, but I won’t let you take him!” Alicia Rincón, Beryl’s mother yelled.

“Fine, have it your way! Kill them! Let him know we are coming for him!”

<Flash>

“We named him Beryl Entoño,” Gabriel Rincón, Beryl’s father said. “He’s special . . .”

“Of course he is!” Jose Rincón, Beryl’s uncle replied. “Look how handsome he is!”

“No, I mean special in the way we are.”

“How? The Fates brought us Jose Jr.” Leonardo Sinfuentes, a good friend of the family stated as the three men looked through the glass of the pre-natal ward of the hospital.

“Junior did complete the team, you’ve seen the way he controls his powers, and he’s only three!” Gabriel said staring at his new son through the glass. “Pretty soon, he’ll be able to morph into his adult self and fight with us!”

“But what about Beryl?”

“I honestly don’t know . . .”

“Maybe you should ask the Oracle?” Jose suggested.

“Maybe . . .”

<Flash>

"We are an ancient force, set out to destroy evil. We have been around since the ancient times of the Middle Ages when a great darkness was released in this world. It was the magician Merlin who made us what we are. He gave us powers, and said that it would be passed down through our bloodline. There were five of us who were there, each of our future relatives would gain these powers, it would only be shown to them when they needed to be used. Each of our spirits would live on in after our deaths in our relatives. Each member to come would have a piece of us in them, so you see, there are more like you out there. Three of the five families’ relatives are fighting now as we speak. Including you, it is now four." A female voice said.

<Flash>

“NO! YOU CAN’T DO THIS!” A male voice screamed as he was sinking in the middle of a large, glowing lake. “YOU CANNOT STOP ME! I WILL RETURN! I WILL FIND A WAY!”

“By the powers of dark and light, restrain this monster of all might. Magic bound powers withdrawn, trap this evil for all dawn.” Two men with long white beards, one dressed in a blue robe, one in a dark purple chanted over the sinking male.

<Flash>

“I now present to you the class of 1999!”

<Flash>

“No please!” Anastacia screamed.

“Where is he you bitch?” a man yelled.

“I…. I don’t know, I swear!”

“You’ll never get him! I won’t let it happen! You can kill us all, but I won’t let you take him!” Alicia yelled.

“Fine, have it your way! Kill them! Let him know we are coming for him!”

<Flash>

“I’m home! Sorry I stood out so late!” Beryl said entering his home, knowing his parents would be waiting up for him, “Hello?”

He walked in the living room and saw the remains of the massacre that had taken place.

“Oh my god!! HELP!!”

<Flash>

“You cannot hide! We will find you!”

<Darkness>

“AAAH!” Beryl screamed, abruptly sitting up in his bed.

“Dude, you okay?” Giz said turning to his friend.

“Huh? Oh . . . y . . . yeah . . . weird dream.”

“Care to share, or too painful?”

“Wouldn’t know where to start. Thanks though.”

”No prob, it’s what I’m here for.”

”Seriously, thank you . . . you guys have been great, I really appreciate it!”

“Like I said, it’s what we’re here for! We love you!”

“Thanks . . . I love you guys too!”

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“We think that considering the circumstances, it would be best if you went into witness protection. There is evidence that whoever did this might come after you.” The detective stated.

“He’s not going anywhere! He’s going to stay with us and that’s final!” Elizabeth yelled from across the room.

“It’s okay Liz, I can handle this!” Beryl said reassuring her. “Can’t you put our block under surveillance? I mean, if they are coming after me, then the entire neighborhood isn’t safe. They might try to get to me through the people I know, and others that I care about.”

”It sounds like you know who these people are . . .”

”Detective, as I told you earlier, I have no clue! Otherwise I’d be out there myself trying to get the person who did this!”

“Detective Hanson?” A man in a black suit said, walking into the office accompanied with two other men.

“Who are you?”

“I’m Agent Morgan, and these are my colleagues Agent Dawson and Agent Thompson. We’re with the CIA, and we’ve been assigned to take over this case and all its matters.”

“Excuse me?”

“You heard him sir,” Agent Dawson said stepping forward. “now the government would very much appreciate it if you cooperated, it’d make things easier on all of us.”

“You must be Beryl Entoño Rincón!” Agent Morgan said sticking out his hand, as everyone in the room stared at them confusedly. “We’re very sorry to hear about your loss. We just hope with your help, we can catch whoever was responsible for this tragedy.”

”Um . . . Thanks I guess.” Beryl said shaking his hand.

“Just who authorized this?” Detective Hanson said getting angry.

“Sir, if you would please come with me, I’ll be happy to fill you in.” Agent Dawson said motioning him to follow.

“We are going to provide you as well as the rest of your neighborhood with maximum security so these people don’t find you. We’re going to let you go now, because I’m sure you have some things to take care of as far as funeral arrangements. As soon as the funeral is over, and you are able to talk, you can contact us.” Agent Morgan said giving him his card. “Until then, you are free to go, and don’t worry, you’ll be safe!”

“Th . . . Thank you!” Beryl said still confused.

“Come on Beryl, let’s go home.” Elizabeth said walking out of the office, her arm around Beryl’s shoulder.

“That was weird!” Giz said as they walked through the hallway and saw Detective Hanson and Agent Dawson talking to the Police Chief.

“That’s not even the word!” Beryl said as they went into the elevator.