Supernatural Nation: Prophetic Dreams

Prophetic Dreams































Chapter 2















Anthony ran through the dimly lit forest in pursuit of the small black wolf barely any bigger than a pup. It raced ahead of him leaping fallen trees and dodging shrubs at top speed. He ran after it mimicking the furry beast’s movements and the forest blurred by. He was running so fast unable see his surroundings and completely focused on his target. Suddenly he burst from the tree line he hadn’t seen coming into and open space between the forest and a tall cliff face that towered menacingly above him. He sensed danger now but he was compelled to follow the wolf as it streaked toward the stone wall. He didn’t notice the cave until the wolf that had been running parallel to the cliff turned and vanished into the opening. He paused unsure for a moment then shrugged and followed the beast inside. The cave was only thirty feet deep and a fire near the deepest part sent flickering shadows dancing across the stone alcove. Anthony saw a shape on the other side of the fire hidden by some trick of the light in a pitch black shadow.

“Hello,” he asked questioningly. The figure looked up and although he couldn’t make out the figures features he could clearly see the eyes. Eyes so pale a blue they were just a few shades lighter than white met his and he felt the despair in those eyes. He realized that the danger he had felt upon entering the cave was not directed at him but towards the paled eyed figure and the wolf that sat beside it. His desire to protect flared at the anguish he saw and he unconsciously took a step forward toward the shadow. Suddenly the wolf that he had followed to this place was in front of him crouched to leap and growling a warning. Anthony swiftly backed away from the feral looking canine and help up his hands defensively. The animal watched him through gold and bronze colored eyes; the iris of each eye was both gold and bronze. It was as if someone had taken two circles and drawn a ragged and spiked line separating the center then filled each half with a different color.

“Easy,” he said backing away some more. The wolf growl deep and with a snarl leaped at Anthony sinking its sharp glistening teeth into Anthony’s raised arm.

“No,” a hoarse voice called from the shadow and a small pale hand covered in scars came into the fire light reaching out to stop any violence.

Anthony stood on a platform that ran for miles and miles and he reveled in a sense of accomplishment. The lighting was dim and even his inhuman eyes had trouble piercing the gloom. Then he looked up to check the sun and saw hundreds of feet above him was the ocean. Sharks and fish swam across the sky with even a whale and dolphins.

“Now you two, be good for your mother,” Anthony said down to the two red haired children in his lap. He was sitting in an indistinct room on a couch. They looked up at him and grinned and their eyes glowed like fire.

Anthony jerked awake he couldn’t remember the dreams he had dreamed the night before. He could only remember that there had been more than one dream and the image of two sets of flame filled eyes looking up at him remained in his mind. He was alone in his bed and it was almost noon. He rose and took a shower; shaking the fading memory of his dreams from his mind he turned his mind to Eliza’s work in the basement. Suddenly an idea popped into his head so he hurriedly threw on a pair of sweat pants and headed for the basement to talk to Eliza. He found her in her private lab head buried in her teleporter and so focused she didn’t notice his approach. Her ass in the air swaying as she worked immediately caught his attention and he walked closer silently. When he was an arm’s length away he reached out and firmly grabbed her ass and began to massage. She squealed in surprise and jerked up hitting her head on the teleporter.

“You… you…,” she sputter when she turned to face him. He grinned and instead of waiting for her insult he leaned in and quickly pressed his mouth to hers.

“I had a question and wanted to talk to you but then I came in and was met by a sight so tempting I couldn’t resist,” he explained after pulling back. She shot him and angry glare but he could tell from the light dancing in her eyes that she wasn’t really angry.

“What is your question,” she asked grumpily rubbing her head where she’d hit the metal.

“It’s the door that leads to this lab and to the old goblin tunnels and their new compound. Those are all a form of teleportation and dimensional shifting. If you can already do that then why are you working on this for teleporting? Also medicines for the healing and aging a vampire and any weapon we could just pull them right out of the air why the research,” he asked.

“Try to will a laser gun into existence,” she said. He thought for a moment then shrugged and tried to create a laser gun. He focused on how it would look and what it would do and as soon as he flexed his will to summon it he felt a massive pull on his consciousness. With a pop a laser gun like from a movie popped into existence in his hand but his fingers were sluggish and the gun dropped to the ground. Anthony staggered and Eliza was there with a hand holding him steady.

“Why,” he asked blurrily from a confused haze. Eliza raised her free hand to his face and as soon as her soft palm touched his cheek he felt warmth flood him. The warmth washed through him chasing back the exhaustion and he was able to stand on his own and focus again.

“It is understanding what it is that you’re doing that is the key. Sar-Rah doesn’t understand consciously how teleportation works and Kylie doesn’t understand healing consciously but subconsciously they know how every little thing to do with their aspects work it is part of what they are and so they can do things you can’t. For example if you were to heal someone who has a broken bone, because you have a decent understanding of human physiology and breaks to bones, you could do it relatively easily but Kylie could do it better with less pull on her power. Now if someone who has never broken a bone and doesn’t know about the human body at all tried they would probably end up in a stupor, like just a moment ago, for several hours. Also there is another reason to figure out how to do this aside from expanding my understanding of the world farther,” Eliza explained and turned back to tinker with the teleporter while she spoke.

“What is that,” Anthony asked.

“Humans have a tendency to kill anything they don’t understand or that they think might pose some kind of danger to them even if there is no threat. If I can figure out how to do everything that we can do in a mundane and magicless way then they will have less reason to fear or envy us,” she said. Anthony nodded his understanding and stood watching her work for a while. Finally he stepped forward and resting a hand on her back he told her he was going she grunted in response focused and some wires and he left. As he walked into the basement from the lab his cellphone rang and he pulled it out of his pocket and flipped it open. Jenny’s number flashed on the screen and he hit a button and lifted the phone to his ear.

“Yes,” he asked.

“Anthony, I just got a call from someone claiming to be a Fairy Queen calling to say she would be here for the meeting and wanted to know if we would be taking care of accommodations or would she need to arrange her own,” Jenny said.

“Damn that was fast,” he answered and Jenny snorted in agreement.

“What is the closest decent hotel to Eternal Night,” he asked as he entered the kitchen and walked straight into Megan as she was exiting. His let out a curse as he grabbed her to keep her from falling and grabbed the door frame awkwardly with the hand holding his cellphone. Megan giggled at his exclamation and he raised an eyebrow and looked down at her and growled playfully at her. She pressed tighter to him and tilted her head back and kissed his chin. He clutched her arm and pulled her with him back into the kitchen and sat in a chair, he then pulled her into his lap before raising the phone to his ear again.

“Anthony… Anthony are you there?”

“I’m hear Jenny sorry about that had a little accident here,” he said and Megan kissed his neck and jawline as he talked. She began to knead the muscles of his shoulders and he barely suppressed a moan as her strong fingers began to rub the tension from his muscles. He hadn’t even realized how tense he was until she began her massage.

“The closest decent hotel in a block over,” she said.

“Okay, can you call over there and book the entire hotel for the week of the meeting,” he asked.