Fallen Stars

Chapter 21:Awakened

Alan-

I wake up in the hotel room bed. Emily is possibly no longer comatose, because she's not next to me. I slowly sit up, wearing different clothes. My body feels cleaner than it did before I slipped into that wierd coma.

Anthony is sitting on the bed, reading a book. He shuts it when he sees me awake.

"What happened?" I ask him.

"You passed out randomly on the bed." He tells me.

"I know that, but the dream."I say,"There was a dream and-"

"Yes I know about the dream." He says, cutting me off."Basically this is what happened, so listen well. Everett somehow tapped into your dream, and sent you into a alternate world where you battled him. This is a popular way Shiners fight together, and because you won, you get stronger. Possible strong enough to beat Everett."

"Mersidion was there, he was a good guy. Emily was a blond, and there was this shark that could fly, and-" I say, but Anthony cuts me off again.

"He was just screwing with your head." He tells me."Emily is still has the same dark red hair, and no she's not your cousin."

"How'd you know about that?" I ask him.

"In your sleep, you said every word that came out of someone's mouth." Anthony explains."But you were speaking the Nitave language, and English."

"So who cleaned me up?" I ask him.

"Emily gave you a bath." He says,"But don't worry, she kept your boxers on."

I nod, then I get out of bed. My entire body feels like it has pure power pent up inside it-power that I should release on Everett.

"How long was I out?" I ask.

"Not long, only a few hours." He replies."Your dad looked into your mind, then he explained to us in full detail about your dream."

"So everything wasn't real?" I ask him.

"Only because Everett made it real." Anthony says."And Mersidion is still evil, Everett wanted you to believe he was a good guy."

"So, when do we finally kill Everett?" I ask him.

"Jeez dude, you must be the type of guy who holds grudges." He says, laughing,"That's all you've been thinking about is killing Everett."

"You remember what he did to you." I tell him."He killed the girl you loved, and you never had the chance to tell her how you feel. We need to kill him."

"You want to kill him." My dad says, striding into the room. I roll my eyes and laugh.

"Don't you agree with me, dad?" I ask him."Plus he's healing, when he's back on his feet, he will come and kill us all."

My dad seems to be thinking this over, finally he fishes out a device from his pocket. It's round and metallic. He presses a button on a bottom, and a holographic globe is projected.

There are thousands of blue dots on the globe, and about one million red dots. Most of the red dots are in Michigan, with one single blue dot surrounded by the red ones. Most of the blue dots are in Australia and England.

"What's that?" I ask my dad.

"This is the radar displaying the locations of every Shiner and Nitave on Earth. The red dots are Nitaves, and the Shiners are blue." He explains."Everett is in Michigan, and interestingly, there are only Nitaves in America."

"Why don't we just go to Michigan, and kill Everett?" I ask.

"We're not strong enough, if we're going to engage in battle with the Nitaves, we need more firepower." He tells me, followed by a sigh.