DREAMS. CHAPTER 3

I JUST GOT BACK HOME FROM EL CENTRO, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT THE WAY I HAD IT PLANED. I PULLED THE CAR IN THE GARGE, LOCK THE DOOR BEHIND ME, AND WALKED OVER TO THE SWIMMING POOL IN THE BACK YARD. I STOOD THERE FOR A WHILE LOOKING AT THE BACK DOOR TO MY HOUSE, I'M GOING IN, I UNLOCKED THE BACK DOOR ,WALK IN, AND LOOKED AROUND. EVERYTHING LOOKED OK, EXCEPT THE FIRE WAS GOING IN THE FIREPLACE, NO WOOD BURNING, JUST THE GAS. ODD, I DON'T REMEMBER LEAVING THAT ON. I WALKED IN AND TURN ON THE TV,VOLUME DOWN, AND PROCEEDED OVER TO THE STACK OF BOOKS ON MY GLASS ROUND TABLE, PICKED ONE UP, AND STARTED TO READ. AS I WAS READING I GLANCED UP AT THE TV, SOMETHING WAS GOING ON IN FLORIDA, HURRICANE ANDREW JUST ROLLED THROUGH. MY GOD! WHAT A MESS, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE TV,  I COULD SEE MY REFLECTION ON THE TUBE, THE GLASS WINDOW BEHIND ME, AND MY SWIMMING POOL, AND THERE WAS A MAN STANDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL. HE WAS DRESSED LIKE HE WAS FROM THE MID EVIL DAYS. I JUMPED UP AND TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, THERE'S NOBODY THERE. I SAT BACK DOWN AND LOOKED BACK AT THE TV, HE WAS STANDING RIGHT BEHIND ME, I ALMOST JUMPED OUT OF MY SHOES, WHEN I TURN TO LOOK, HE WAS GONE. HERE WE GO AGAIN. I SLOWLY TURN TO LOOK BACK AT MY TV,  BUT DIDN'T GET THAT FAR, HERE THEY COME AGAIN. THERE WALKING RIGHT OUT OF THE WALLS, ACROSS MY FLOORS, THERE STANDING NEXT TO MY FIREPLACE, AND THERE ALL LOOKING AT ME. I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE THIS TIME, I'M NOT GOING TO RUN OUT OF MY HOUSE,THIS IS MY HOUSE. I LAY'ED DOWN ON MY COUCH, CLOSED MY EYES, AND STARTED TO PRAY. PLEASE DEAR GOD, GIVE ME A HAND HERE, PLEASE DON'T LET ME FALL TO THESE EVIL SPIRITS, PLEASE GOD!. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M NOT IN MY HOUSE ANYMORE, I'M STANDING IN SOME COURTYARD  STARING AT A GIANT ROCK WALL, IT LOOKED LIKE THE WESTERN WALL, BUT IT WAS DARKER. IT WAS VERY CLOUDY OUTSIDE, LIKE A BAD STORM WAS JUST ROLLING IN, TO THE LEFT OF THE WALL WAS A VERY OLD LOOKING CITY, TO THE RIGHT, THREE VERY LONG STAIRS, AND AT THE TOP WERE THREE TALL PILLAR'S, LIKE FROM SOME ANGENT GREEK TEMPLE, THEY WERE LIGHTER THAN THE WALL. I STOOD THERE LOOKING AT THE WALL , WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A FLAME CAME OUT OF THE WALL, IT WAS ABOUT 2 INCHES THICK, AND IT MADE A PERFECT CIRCLE, COUNTER CLOCK WISE.  IT WAS A RING OF FIRE, AND IT OPENED UP, A BLACK HOLE SURROUNDED WITH A RING OF FIRE, AND WALKING OUT OF HOLE CAME A LION, HE HAD WINGS ON HIS BACK, AND THEY WERE SMOKING. I STARTED TO RUN UP THE STAIRES AND RAN BEHIND ONE OF THE PILLAR'S, AND HUGGED IT, I WASN'T MOVING. A VERY DEMANDING VOICE CAME FROM BEHIND ME, WHY DON'T YOU GO SEE WHAT HE WANTS RUSSELL, I'M AFRAID HE'LL EAT ME, GO SEE,THE VOICE REPLIED. I SIDE STEPPED AND TOOK A LOOK FROM BEHIND THE PILLAR, THE LION WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE, HIS WINGS WERE STILL SMOKING,  I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES, THEY WERE SOLID FIRE, LIKE LAVA. HE LOOKED AT ME, AND SAID WITH A VOICE THAT THUNDERED AND  ENGULF THE WHOLE AREA, HE SAID, IS THIS ONE READY, NO , NOT YET, THE VOICE FROM BEHIND ME SAID. I TURN BEHIND TO SEE WHO WAS SPEAKING BEHIND ME, WHEN I LOOKED,THE ONLY THING THERE WAS A TRAILER, NO TRUCK. I WALK OVER, LOOKED IN, AND SITTING ON THE FLOOR WAS A EASTER BASKET, WITH A CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNIE, AND A BOTTLE OF WINE. I OPEN MY EYES, I'M STILL LAYING ON MY COUCH, EVERYBODY GONE, PLEASE GOD, HELP ME, PLEASE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, I'M IN TROUBLE, THAT MUCH I DO KNOW, I CLOSED MY EYES AGAIN. IT'S DAYTIME NOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE PERFECT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MORNING, AND I FEEL LIKE GOING FOR A DRIVE, THAT'S IT, I'M GOING TO GET IN MY CAR, AND DRIVE DOWN PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, IT SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT IDEA. I LOCK THE BACK DOOR, AND WALK OVER TO THE GARGE, UNLOCK THE SIDE DOOR, STEPPED IN, AND LOCK IT BEHIND ME. BEFORE I EVEN HAD TIME TO OPEN THE MAIN DOOR AND BACK OUT, I HEARD A GIRL CRYING, IT SOUNDED LIKE A VERY YOUNG GIRL, 3 OR 4 FOUR YEARS OLD, MAX. I WALKED BRISKLY OVER TO MY CAR, AND THERE SHE WAS, SHE WAS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR OF THE CAR, SHE WAS IN A  PINK EASTER DRESS WITH A PINK WIDE BRIMMED HAT, AND SHE WAS CRYING HORRIBLY. MY GOD, WHATS HAPPEN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, HOW DID YOU GET HERE. I WALKED OVER AND KNEEL DOWN NEXT TO HER, AND WAS GOING TO GRAB HER BY THE WAIST, WHEN THAT WIDE BRIMMED HAT LOOKED UP, AND SHE LOOKED ME RIGHT IN THE EYES, AND LET OUT WITH A ROAR FROM HELL, IT WAS VERY FOWL, AND VERY LOUD. SHE REACHED OUT WITH HER ARMS AND GRAB ME BY THE NECK, LIFTED ME OFF THE CEMENT FLOOR, AND SLAMMED ME ON MY BACK, THE FEAR WAS INTENT. I REALIZE IMMEDIATELY THAT THIS WAS NO LITTLE GIRL, IT WAS HIM, AND HE HAD ME , HE WAS SQUEEZING THE LIFE RIGHT OUT OF ME. I WAS NOW FIGHTING WITH EVERYTHING I HAD, BUT HE HAD ME, HE WAS RIGHT IN MY FACE, IT WAS ROTTEN AND FOWL, AND WITH MY LAST WHISPER OF BREATH, I WAS ABLE TO SAY THE WORDS, IN THE NAME OF GOD, HE LET ME GO. I OPEN MY EYES, BUT NOW THERE'S A MAN WITH A THICK WHITE BEARD, AND HE'S STANDING OVER ME, AND HE HAS HIS HAND IN MY CHEST, AND HE PULLED THE SOUL OF ANOTHER MAN OUT OF MY BODY , BUT THIS MAN HAD WINGS, NOT FEATHERED,  BUT THE WINGS OF A FLY. AND  WITH ONE FLIX OF HIS WRIST, HE HURLED THE SPRITE OUT OF THE HOUSE. I LAY'ED THERE, AND JUST STAIR'ED AT THIS MAN STANDING OVER ME, AND THEN HE SHOT ME A GLANCE AS IF TO SAY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO FOR YOU TODAY RUSSELL, AND HE DISSAPERD. I'M FROZEN NOW, I CAN'T MOVE, EVERY MUSCLE IS LOCKED UP. HERE COME THE GHOST AGAIN, THERE ALL STANDING THERE LOOKING AT ME. I'M  NOW JUST LOOKING UP AT THE CEILING OF MY HOUSE, I WAS TOLAL'Y SURROUND'ED, WHEN A LITTLE WHITE CLOUD CAME FLOATING DOWN THROUGH THE ROOF, IT WAS COMING RIGHT AT ME, IT SEEM LIKE TIME STOPPED. THE LITTLE CLOUD WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A EAGLE, AND IT WENT WRIGHT INTO MY CHEST. TWO DARK OBJECT'S FLEW OUT MY BODY , ONE TO EACH SIDE, THE SPRITE WAS TO MUCH FOR THEM TO HANDEL. I STOOD UP NOW. FOR SOME REASON, I'M NOT AFRAID ANYMORE, AND I CAN SEE THESE GHOST, THESE SPIRITS ARE MUCH CLEARER NOW, THERE NOT THE EVIL GRAVE YARD ZOMBIES THAT I THOUGH THEY WERE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, I CAN REALLY SEE THEM, I THINK THEY WANT HELP.