Cereal Dreams

The Dream

(I wake up at 5:57 AM due to a migraine I was nursing the night before and an impromptu potty break and the dream begins to be unfold in my half awaken stupor.)

~×~(Begin Dream)~×~

My partner and I discuss how a person got away from stealing dog clothes in a store at the mall. The scene is covered is various items scattered throughout the aisle.

"I can't believe this person tried to get away with dog clothes. I mean who does that?" I tell my partner.
"Even worse is that this individual even left a note, with Starburst attached?" my partner replies and hands it to me for inspection.

I take the note while my partner surveys the scene once more.
It reads.

"Life is so sweet and precious ain't it? You thought you were so smart catching me on those security cameras and racing to apprehend me, but it was all a distraction just like the line of Starbursts I taped together on this piece of paper! Your confusion is apparent through the security cameras that I am now watching YOU by! Take a look at the monitor now which you so confidently used just earlier today!"
Signed, The Monster.

My blood drains from my face as I look up to the monitor and see a live feed being played. It's of a man approaching two children in the malls parking lot with what seems to be a video camera recording the scene. One girl, about 16, with a unicorn backpack, on her phone, and a balloon in tow. The other a younger boy wearing a dinosaur backpack holding her hand. The audio plays loudly.

"Hey y'all! Nice day we're having! What an adorable balloon, did you get it inside the mall?" asks the man.
The older girl unbiased and unafraid, without looking up from her phone, responds. “Yeah. They were giving them out. My little brother wanted one so we got one. Just waiting for our ride to arrive."

At this moment it all happened so abruptly. The man grabs the little boys hand away from the girls, swiftly covers the girls mouth with a cloth and in the panic and struggle she drops to the floor, cell phone skidding across the black asphalt. The little boy shocked at what happened cries out loudly but the man scoops him up and starts patting him on the back reassuringly and says calmly.

"Oh its okay little tike your big sis just got sleepy! We'll take her somewhere nice." as he places his camera on the hood of the car and looks straight at me and says.
"Bet you didn't expect that Miss Lady. You've got about 20 minutes to find me. Good luck."

The feed cuts off. I look to my partner who started watching as the audio begin to play earlier and we run off to catch the monster.

~×~(End Dream)~×~

(And that's that. Sometimes I have these vivid dreams that happen when I eat food too late the night before that end up meshing with my line of work and the like. It hung around enough for me to be able to write it all out. Hope you enjoy this little dream!)

Xoxo, DoveHaven 🕊