MJA : Time Is Not Enough

Temporary Sanctuary

Victor and Jean landed at the private airport. It was almost daybreak. A limo was waiting for them. As they entered the car, Victor looked at the tracking device and realized that the signal was blinking. It was beginning to pick up Melanie Jayne's tracking signal again. His face lit up. He knew that he is able to find her once again.

Victor: Jean! Look! We can find her now!

Jean smiled at Victor. Hope was all he needed to pick himself back up. Although Jean knew that they were not going to find her right away, he was happy to see Victor looking at the device like he knew Melanie Jayne was alright and that gave him a sense of relief.

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Sometimes, all we ever need is hope. Just that one little light that may not be bright enough to light up an entire room but enough to let us know that there may be a way out from a dark tunnel we have been trying to escape from. Sometimes, it could be just knowing something you never knew before that makes you feel like you could move forward now than just being stuck in a place where you couldn't find the answers to. Sometimes, it's just looking at someone whom you once thought you could never see ever again in your life and yet, there they are. It's that one thing that gets you through tough times. It empowers you and drives you to move forward.

I woke up and found myself lying on a bed. It wasn't anywhere familiar. I don't know how I got here and I don't know where I was. I slowly sat up and looked around. It seemed like I was in a room. It looked like a bedroom. A little messy. The bed was not anything spacious but enough for one person to sleep in comfortably. There was a window opened and I could hear the birds chirping outside like the sun had just come up. I looked at myself and realized that I was still wearing all the stolen clothing I took the night before from random strangers passing by. I quickly realized that I shouldn't be sitting around like this. Sebastian was still looking for me and so was Theodore.

As I turned to get off the mattress I was lying down on, I saw someone looking at me from the corner of the room. He just sat there looking at me like he was crying. Was I dreaming? I could have sworn I had seen him before. I looked at him closely and realized that I did recognize him after all.

MJ: Michael?

He cried and moved towards me. He hugged me so tightly. I realized that I could actually feel him and that I wasn't dreaming at all. I hugged him and felt tears running down my face. I couldn't understand what was happening. I got scared all of a sudden and pushed him away.

MJ: It can't be! You died! I watched you die! Is this some kind of sick joke?!

Mike: It's me, Melanie Jayne........ (holding Melanie's hand) It's Mike. I'm here.

MJ: No! It can't be! You died! (pushing Mike away) Get away from me! This isn't funny! Get away from me! 

He tried to calm me down and he tried to hug me but I kept hitting him and pushing him away. I was dreaming. I just know it. I probably haven't fully recovered after all and this was all a bad dream. The same one I kept having for months.

MJ: Leave me alone! (backing up against the wall) Get away from me!

I just broke down. I couldn't breathe. This was just a bad dream I had to wake up from. Mike died. I watched him die. He was shot. Samuel shot him. He was dead. He's been dead for months. Nicole said they recovered his body and buried him. I just sat there crying in hopes that Victor would eventually wake me up from this nightmare.

Mike: Melanie Jayne......I........didn't......I got up after they left.......It's me. Look...... (showing Melanie the phone she had given him before she left the hospital) You gave me this......