Once Again


    Brandan, Ryudo, Elena, and Flash made their way to the van. Everyone was 
kinda tired and a bit freaked 
out. Elena was ahead of the group with Flash right next to her, staring up at 
her from time to time. Brandan didn't 
know what to make of this kid. Brandan had never even heard of an automata, 
now this thing was joining up with
them. Brandan looked behind him to see Ryudo's reaction. Ryudo wasn't too 
surprised at this. Being around Tio
could convince anyone. Brandan then brought his sight back infront of him. 
"Elena, are you sure it's ok to let him
hang with us? He might be diseased or something." Elena looked at Brandan and 
frowned. "He's not diseased and
he's coming with us whether you like it or not." Brandan just rolled his eyes 
and continued to walk. Ryudo just 
smiled to himself. He found this very amussing. After some more walking and 
arguing, they reached the van without 
collapsing. Jim and Becky burst through the door as the group got there. Jim 
was the first to greet them. "hey guys.
We were starting to think you weren't coming back. What happened?" Elena just 
smiled with embarrasment. "Long
story, I tell you later." Just then, Becky realized Flash standing next to 
Elena, staring confused a bit at them. "Hey,
Elena, who's that?" "No, the question is, what's that," said a sarcastic 
Brandan. Elena just shot him a look."Forget
him, this is Flash. He's going to be staying with us." Jim stepped up to 
Flash and looked at him closely. "Wow, an
automata. They're very rare and we have one traveling with us. We're living 
the good life." "Can we get some sleep 
now, I have to drive the van and I want to get a good start before something 
else happens,"said Brandan. Ryudo 
laughed a bit,"Poor little Brandan, too much adventuring for one day?" "I'd 
keep my yap shut if I was you geohound
don't forget, I can kick you out of my van if I wanted to." Ryudo rolled his 
eyes."Sure, right, whatever." Everyone 
went inside and got settled. Becky and Jim decided to do their favorite 
thing, sleep. Ryudo decided to hit the shower,
while Brandan got the van ready. Elena looked around to decide where Flash 
could sleep. While Elena was looking 
around, Flash caught the sight of a chair in the corner by the bedrooms. He 
walked up to it and climbed up. He curled
himself up and got comfy. Elena laughed a bit and got a blanket for him. She 
tucked it around him and Flash gave
her a warm smile. Flash closed his eyes and fell asleep in seconds. Elena 
then noticed that as he slept, his left foot 
began to twitch a bit. Elena chuckled a bit and went to her room to get into 
her night gown. Brandan got himself comfy
in his seat and started up the van. He made sure nothing was coming by and 
pulled onto the road. Ryudo walked out of
the bathroom in his sweat pants and a towl around his neck. He sat down on 
the couch and began to dry his hair. Elena
walked out of her room and sat next to Brandan upfront. "So, where are we 
going this time?" Brandan looked at her for
a second. "We're going to a town called Mirumu or something. We should get 
there by tomorrow." "That's good. At
least we get to see some friendly faces." "You been there, oh that's right, 
you visited it on your little journey with the
geohound, ain't that right, Ryudo?" Brandan looked behind him to see that 
Ryudo was fast asleep. "Man, nobody can
stay awake but us. That's just sad. You better get some sleep, Elena. Can't 
have you falling asleep on stage, now can we."
Elena smiled and went to her room. Elena got relaxed and fell asleep. Elena's 
sleep wasn't as peaceful as she wished it to 
be.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
    Elena was walking. She looked around. Nothing was there, it was a void of 
endless space. This was very 
frightening to Elena. She began to shake violently and sank to the ground. 
She curled herself into a tight ball. Tears 
began to run slowly down her face. Elena then heard a sound. She got up and 
looked around. No one was in sight.
Then, she heard the sound again. It was the sound of laughter. This was no 
ordinary laugh, this laugh had pure evil
in it. Elena backed up a bit when it got louder. From out of no where, white 
images appeared all around Elena. The images
then transformed into people. They were all people Elena knew. Everyone had 
emotionless faces and their eyes were dull
and didn't shine as they usually did. Then, all the people began to walk in 
one direction all in the same slow paced rythme.
Elena ran through the crowd looking for someone that could help her. Elena 
then came across Ryudo. He was just like the
rest of them. "Ryudo! Ryudo, say something. Come on......"Elena reached out 
to him. The moment she touched him he
vanished. Soon, everyone else did the same. Elena was left all alone again. 
"Hey, where is everyone? Someone answer me.
Please, don't leave me alone." The floor that Elena was standing on shattered 
like glass and Elena fell through it. She 
screamed in terror as she fell into complete darkness.......
    Elena awoke back to consciousness. As she opened her eyes, she looked 
around. She was in a garden. It was the 
Garden of Dreams if full bloom. Elena then heard the laugh again, only much 
louder than ever before. Elena looked around
frantically, but saw no one. Everything was fine one minute, then the next, 
the sky turned black. All the flowers began to
wilt. Elena then heard a howling wind. She turned to see a large black 
tornado coming straight at her. The tornado 
destroyed everything in it's path. The tornado was just about to engulf Elena 
when a stream of light flew into the tornado.
The tornado was destroyed and everything went void again. Elena looked around 
and a dark figure appeared before her.
Elena fell to her knees in terror. The figure raised it's claw to strike 
Elena when the light came again. This time, it transformed
into a person with angel wings. The dark figure screamed and disappeared. The 
angel turned to Elena and offered a hand. 
Elena could not see the face of the angel's face because it was in shadows. 
The angel vanished into ripples of light as Elena
touched it's hand. Elena backed up and fell into a large hole. This time, a 
dark creature was waiting at the bottom of the hole. 
The creature opened its large jaw to show of its sharp teeth. Elena fell 
closer and closer and......
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
    Elena woke up from her sleep with a start. She sat up quickly and wiped 
the sweat off her head. She hurried out
of her room. Everyone was asleep. Brandan was even asleep. Elena rushed to 
Ryudo and stared at him. He doesn't look dead.
Elena reached out and touched his face. It was warm and it felt full of 
energy, waiting to be released. Ryudo stirred from his
sleep and opened his eyes to see Elena. "Elena, what's the matter? You ok?" 
"I'm fine, Ryudo. Just a bad dream. Sorry to
wake you. Good Night, Ryudo." Elena walked to her room and closed the door. 
"Elena sure has been acting strange lately.
I wonder what's wrong........"