Underground

Chapter 25: Jessica and the Voices (Jacob)

As I dreamt of this dream and thought of the last it crosses my mind. Last night's dream I saw Herobrine looking at me... with normal eyes, not the eyes that stare into my soul slowly to unravel in his glow. The dreams kept having the same scenario, it must have been a message to me. The door then closed and the room was partly quiet.

"You ruined everything," Herobrine said... to me? He forced my eye open with no damage as I saw his face. His hand was rough against my skin, his eyes a sea blue. "I know you can see me, Jacob." My eyes dilated to the light as I slowly got more and more scared of this dream. "I would have been a god if it weren't for you..." I glanced at his other hand that was gloved in a surgical glove, he held a syringe in that hand as I looked back at him and noticed he was wearing a surgical face mask and a doctor's uniform. Just before the needle could breach my skin the nurse came in. He put the syringe down as he took his glove off and threw it away.

"Doctor, what was going on with Jacob?" She seemed young to even have a job but it might have been a lot of makeup on. Herobrine released his grip on my eyelid as it forced closed as he responded,

"His blood pressure was decreasing rapidly..." he continued with the nurse as my hearing was muffled and I woke up in bed.

"Daddy, can we play?" Gabriel said, but he wasn't anywhere to be found.

"He'll wake up soon..." Jessica... she sounded so near yet so far... the mother of Gabriel... how could I have forgotten...? I got out of bed and grabbed my flashlight. I walked outside and to the bathroom, while avoiding everyone, which is easier said than done. The voices never stopped. The remanence of the dreams. What if... I grabbed a bag of chips to plan for a long journey. Not too long since I only have 6 hours but a decently long journey. I stepped outside as my vision saw the road, I was driving the car to work, Angela I should say. The flashes of the same thing, a longer drive then it normally was. I can't. I can't take the steps I need. I can't take the paces I took. It was almost completely out of my control.

"Jessica." I managed to say and her voice was closer than ever,

"J-Jacob... I'm right here..." I saw her pale face and green eyes, a complete duplicate of Angela, she's just like her daughter... she stood in the forest just waiting for me but she wasn't there. I already knew that but I didn't listen to common sense. I ran to her as fast as my tiny legs could carry me. And when I reached her, as soon as my hand touched her, she disappeared. I looked back at the trail I left of chips. I traveled farther then I thought because it was already almost 6 am. It was all going too fast for me. I only narrate the way I saw it. I completely forgot I left a trail to return home but it was a long one. I looked up at the sky, as the sun was reaching dawn. I fell to my knees just wanting to pause time and fathom everything. This is what I know now:

1. I left the house for a journey
2. I brought the chips to make a trail
3. I couldn't stop thinking about Jessica and how I now I remember her
4. I was too broken to understand it all as it went by too fast

I still don't understand but I can surely try. I followed the path home to see Angela missing.