Still asleep in the back of the car, time slowly drifting on. While remaining completely asleep, and giving my mind time to heal and prepare, my subconcious runs wild, as it normally does. [i]"Well I dunno 'bout you, but i think the old beast can handle it" Rick says, staring at the the dead tree in the yard.[/i] [i]'What? No, not this' i think to myself. Despite being immediatly lucid and aware that I'm dreaming, i cant wake up, or gain control.[/i] [i]"Dunno, I still think you should just use the chain saw" I say.[/i] [i]"Like I said before, the chains broke, and the O'Brians are outta town and left their shed locked" Rick reply's, fastening the rope back under the truck[/i] [i]"Alright, hop in, gonna need all the weight we can get"[/i] [i]I climb into the passenger seat of the old pick up, Rick gets in the driver seat and turns around, then floors the truck. It rears forward, and snags on the tree. the tree holds, and he backs up, and does it again 3 more times. Finally, on the last try, the tree breaks free, and the truck and tree fly forward for a moment, Rick always being a bit slow to break. When he does, the top branch of the tree flies forward, through the rusted out back of the cap, through the driver's seat, and straight through Rick Tigre's chest. The dream fades around me. I feel control return, and raise my hand up to compose myself, and realize im still Mark, still human. [/i] [i]'Oh god, dreams not over, is it?' [/i] [i]I wake up inside of a humid tent. I unzip the front to find it even more humid outside, just inside the jungle on this island off the coast of China. [/i] [i]"This doesn't even bother me anymore" I say, then realizing i actually spoke meant that I had control. I try to wake up but I can't. I grab my holster and put it on, the weight noticable on my human frame. I draw the beretta and run into the jungle. the scientist is already there, dead, and i see myself.... well... kind of myself lying in the middle of the pit. He is in the process of transforming, not quite yet Machete, but not entirely human either.[/i] [i]"Whats going on here.." I say, caught off guard by this unusual dream. I look around, then spot a figure watching me in the woods. I run into the woods after it, but it seems to evade me even being able to see who or what it is. its also much faster, and i cant keep up in my human frame.[/i] [i]Eventually i grow tired and frustrated, Yell "freeze" then start shooting at the figure in the distance. it hides, and i catch up. It hides behind a tree, so i run up and around the tree, then freeze.[/i] [i]It's Kitane, well, atleast a version of her generated by my mind.[/i] [i]"What are you doing?" I demand, but she vanishes. [/i] [i]"THATS ENOUGH" I yell, then push all my willpower into waking up. This dreams lasted long enough, and nothings keeping me under any longer, not even drugs[/i] I am suddenly awake, sitting up, breathing heavily, sweating under my fur. Its still dark out, I check my watch, and see that its 4 AM. "3 and a half hours, a new record" I growl, then grab my stetson and holster, and climb out. To my surprise, the fire is still going, and Kitane is still sitting out there. I assume Seth has gone off to bed, but he seemed just a strange as Kitane so I wouldnt be surprised if hes wandering around somewhere. I sit down near Kitane, then say "We need to talk. You were in my dream." I pause for a moment, then add "I only ever dream about people who are dead, It's part of the reason I have such sleeping problems. So, imagine my surprise when you showed up in my dream." I pause again, and think to myself 'I also only dream of people who are important to me who have died' (tad more background, and i wanted to post :P) This post was edited by Machete Tigre at May 11, 2012 7:33:45 PM PDT

I watch the fire for a while longer, then glance at Seth, then Kitane, then over at Kingbeast's tent. I glance at my watch, it reads "12:23 AM". I sigh, pull the bottle back out of my pocket, turn it over in my hand a few times, then open it, and take a double dose, (a single dose wouldnt be another to knock out a siberian tiger) I slowly grow drowsy, and make my way to the crown vic, reposition the seats and sprawl out as comfortably as I can, across the front and rear seats, and fall asleep. (I am now in a drug induced sleep, won't be waking up for a number of hours)

I circle around the humvee and head back to camp, leading it back to camp. I pull up on the other side of the fire from the tents, leaving room for the humvee to park just as close behind me. I turn off the car and lights and get out, and walk up to the now fading fire. I stir up the coals and toss a few logs on. I glance up at Kitane, visible in her tent, placing the power core back down, and walking back out, then i turn my attention to the new comer. "I don't think we've been introduced properly" He looks up at me, probably noting my size, and responds simply with "Seth" and returns his gaze to the fire. I watch the fire for awhile, then say "Awe hell with it, I ain't getting any sleep tonight anyways, might as well keep warm" and i walk over to the wood pile, pick up 8 or so longs with relative ease, and hold them with 1 arm, then carefully toss each long onto the fire with the other arm so that they stack as neatly as possible. "I dont think a big campfires gonna draw anymore attention than a police siren and 50 cal firing already did, plus. theres four of us here right now." Then a thought hits me "Did kingbeast really just sleep through all that?" I shake my head, and lie down besides the fire. I glance at seth, who glancing at kitane and then around the camp. "If Kitane trusted you enough to bring you back alive, then I trust ya. I figured shed be back alone if you tried to pull anything. And from what I could gather, seems to me that you and I have something in common" I gesture towards Kitane "She's saved both our skins now"

I pull away from the zombies again, and grab another ammo belt to attach to the feeder clip. when i look back up, something catches my eye: more zombies, closing in from the other side. I look back at the horde which was following me, then hear the rumble of a diesel engine, followed by roar of a 50 cal, and see the horde clear out. I would have been able to do it myself with this next ammo belt, but its for the best. I turn my attention to the zombies approaching, and i lean out of the car and point off in the direction of the zombies, my orange arm illuminated blue and red by the police lights. Kitane looks to where im pointing, then ducks inside the hummer for a second, presumably talking to her new friend. We have plenty of room to turn around and head back to camp, but I cant be sure Kitane's device can hold back a horde like that, so i wait for her signal, m-16 resting on the side mirror. "Your call Kitane, dunno what your shield thing is capable of back at camp"

As Kitane passed, a strange sensation hit me, as if time had slowed down. i saw kitane nod, and i also noticed the other one, whos name i will at somepoint have to ask, looked like he was sick or injured, and i saw they were continuing passed the camp. i looked back to see the horde of zombies, intent on the motorcycle, but some of them had been distracted by the police lights. a thought occured, and i flicked on the siren and drove out infront of and around the horde, completely distracting them, rolled down the window, then placed the m-16 with the feeder clip which was attached to a 200 round ammo belt through the window, and opened up on the horde. i noticed a flare was left behind on the passenger seat, i grab it, light it using the muzzle flash and friction from the m-16 firing, and toss it into the crowd, lighting them up. they had begun to get close, so i let up on the shooting and drove out to a better position, then opened fire again. "I hope Kitane finishes what she needs to do because I don't plan on staying out here all night" i mumble to myself