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We were driving for hours now, Lieutenant General Grant looked towards me. "Shall we do a break?", he asked me. I nodded. "Let's do that, we need to keep our men fit", I ordered. We stopped the cars and got out and made a little camp. They started to cook some food, I went near a lake that was present and lay down on the grass, looking at the sky.

"Newt? You there, please respond, Newt!", I heard the voice again. I opened my eyes and found myself in a complete different world, where am I? It looked like a huge city, very different than WCKED, there were skyscrapers, some smaller buildings, people walking, crossing streets, looking busy. Then I saw him, it was Thomas, he was sitting on a wall, playing with his feet, swinging them toward and backwards.

I tried running towards him, but it wasn't possible, everytime I got closer, the distance to Thomas increased. "Thomas!! I am here! Thomas! Do you hear me??", I shouted. No answer. What is going on here! Why is Thomas ignoring me!

"This is the dream world, he can't hear you yet, not after your first time in this world", someone said. "Who said this! Who are you?", I looked very confused around me. "That's not important now, Newt you must visit this world 2 more times, then it will possible for Thomas to hear you, after 3 more times visiting you may have physical contact, that's all you need to know", the unknown person explained.

All of sudden the city vanished and I found myself in the maze again, wait no please stop! I could hear a griever approaching, no no no, please stop this! STOP THIS!
I woke up breathing heavily, what was that, I can't explain this. I see one of my men looking at me. I jumped back, not expecting him. " You alright, Sir?", the soldier asked me. "Yes, I am fine, I am fine, don't worry, it was just a nightmare.", I told him. "Is there still food? I am starving", I ask him. "Don't worry Sir, food is waiting for you", he smiled at me.

I followed the soldier towards the camp, he gave a bowl with a bean soup and some bread. Beans, I am not a huge fan of that either, but who cares, I am starving. This looked like thick bean soup, it was something I never tasted in my life, it was very well done. "I am from the Balkans, Sir, it's our traditional food, called Pasulj", the soldier explained. "Thank you very much, it's very tasty", I responded. He smiled while nodding happily. I ate two full bowls of this tasty food I can't even pronounce.

Some other soldiers cleaned the wooden blows and stuffed it into a huge backpack. I approached Lieutenant General Grant. "How far is their hideout?", I asked. Grant looked at me. "Two hours with the car, Sir", he responded. I nodded. "Alright guys, we don't have much time! let's get going! Go Go Go!", I shouted. "You heard the General guys, move your lazy asses!", Grant shouted too. The soldiers threw water over the campfire to kill the fire, washed and packed everything. They entered the cars. "We are ready, Sir!", they yelled back. Grant and I entered the car too, Grant driving.

About two hours passed and we finally reached the hideout. We stood near a huge dark door, over the door was a huge dark snake statue surrounding the door, on the door there was a woman to be seen, hearing the pleadings of humans, it was like a scenario on a door. "How do we enter, it seems to be locked", I tell Grant.

Grant looks at one of the soldiers. "He was a former member of the dark brotherhood, he knows what to do", Grant responds. The soldier walks towards the door and starts speaking in a complete foreign language I don't even understand. "Domine sancte Caelestibus, obsecro, exaudi orationem meam, et aperuerit ostium enim mihi est pulchra, obsecro te, o sancte Caelestibus.", these words came out of the soldiers mouth.

The door opened slowly, what is this kind of sorcery, I was confused what just happened. I looked at my wristwatch, it was 5 pm, 1 hour till Celestia's awakening.

We entered the lair very slowly, without making any noise, I hold to my rifle very tight. "Let's not make to much noise, try to take em
out by surprise", I whispered to Grant. Grant forwarded my message towards the soldiers. The lair looked actually pretty cool, everything was made out of fine stone, Celestia was ingraved almost on every wall, there was also a long table in the middle, chains hanging from the ceilings. I saw some people walking around with some dark hoods, so I couldn't see their faces.

I put my rifle on my back and take out the knife, I still got with me. I make a sign that everyone should wait. I slowly creep towards the hooded man, with some good stealth. I grab him by his mouth, drag him in a corner and slit his throat.

There was no one else to be seen, so I gave a sign to Grant that we can move on. That was a huge mistake, all of sudden a cage falls towards me and encaged me and my men with Grant. One wasn't encaged, the one soldier who let us in, what is going on! He starts smiling and laughing hysterically. "You are really idiots, did you really think I was on your side? Celestia is the goddess! I can't leave her!", the soldier revealed his hood.

Another traitor, what is going on here, first Teresa now, him! Our guns got confiscated and we just sat in the cage, the cage itself being lifted from the ground. A man with a red hood came out of a room. "Good work, Matt, today Celestia will hear your pleading and make it come true! But we need to sacrifice one of these juicy boys here", he smiled like a complete creep. Matt showed towards me. "Good idea, Celestia will be pleased, very pleased!", he laughed.

Great, now we are trapped, I don't know how to get out! I patted my belt and felt something, the knife, they forgot to take away my knife. I smiled, idiots, they have no idea that Jake was teaching me Martial Arts and knife fighting.

I fell asleep again. "Newt! Newt answer me! Please!", the voice came back echoing. I opened my eyes and again I find myself in that utopian city. I see Thomas abit closer. "Thomas? Can you hear me!", I shouted. Thomas suddently looked towards me, a smiled formed in his face. It worked! Finally!

"Newt! Finally I can reach you, have been trying to contact you some while ago! So you are alive", Thomas spoke echoing. Even if I spoke I echoed. "I have no idea how I survived, I just did, guess miracles happen", I smiled. He smiles too. "Where are you now?, he asked me. "I am captured by the Dark Brotherhood", I respond. Thomas sighed. "Oh dear Newt, how did this happen?", he asked me. "I walked in a trap, I didn't expect anything to be there, and we have another traitor, Matt", I responded. "I didn't expect the Raiders to have a traitor", he responded laughing nervously.

As I wanted to respond and ask him something I started fading away and everything else with him. "Thomas, no, no don't go! Thomas!!", I tried yelling when waking up in my cage...

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