Shuttering, Derrick stands, Amber shouting as he does so, “You guys totally suck!”
“It’s not our fault you suck at aiming Amber,” Monte laughed.
“Like, don’t even get me started Monte. And you two, you were both useless!” she snaps, right arm and pointer finger outstretched to Dilan and Sam.
“It’s not our fault, we left before finding out if we had any powers or anything!”
“Besides Amber, we did better than you by doing nothing. You just hurt the others, hahaha!”
“Excuses Sa- Dilan you creep!”
“You all were worthless, just saying.”
“And what did you do Monte? You can run fast, oh wow, loser!”
“GUYS!”
All four turned round, giving Derrick a look as he in turn shouted at them, “We lost because no one knows how to work together! That woman gave us her power to stop those things and we flat out failed!”
“Like, whatever Derrick. I’m going to go see if any shops are open. Later losers!”
Dilan in turn yawned as Amber walked off, though he himself would then stumble away, mumbling, Monte shaking his head, “Yeah sorry Derrick but this isn’t going to work. I have to get back and practice. Later chumps.”
With a sigh, Derrick turned left as Monte walked, both now walking off, leaving Sam in place to look around, an annoyed expression upon her face.
With a sigh, no more than twenty minutes later, Derrick had at last returned to the dorm rooms, sluggishly moving while climbing a set of stairs, step step step, thoughts circling.
“What was the point in what that lady did if we can’t work together… man this bites.”
Step step step
“Why couldn’t we just work together… it’s like those two just didn’t care… or did I just not care? No, I definitely cared, it was them though.”
Step step step
“But what if those guys come back..?”
Turning right round a corner, Derrick immediately stumbled to a halt, Stark right in front of him also stumbling, “Whoa-”
“Sorry about that man.”
“Yeah uh, no problem.”
“You look a little shook up, did you see the truck crash into the building?”
“Truck crash?”
“Yeah, that crash that took out the old building. Crazy that they already got the truck out of there though.”
“What are you talking about… and why didn’t you bring any help like you said you would for that woman?”
“Wait what? What do you mean?”
Immediately Derrick stopped talking, realizing something was up, “OH uh… never mind, I was thinking of someone else.”
“Uh… alright… oh, have you seen Sam? I remember studying in the library with her but after that she disappeared.”
“Oh uh, yeah, she said she had something to go do.”
“Ah, well thanks Derrick. Good luck at the game later by the way.”
“Yeah uh, see ya.”
Running around past and down the stairs, Stark disappeared, leaving Derrick to look back and then forward, his head pounding, “Someone messed with his head it seems...”
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Step step step
Finally arriving at the dorm room, hand to the knob and turning it, he would walk in and sigh though upon looking up, a woman would be sitting in a chair facing the door, looking as if she had been waiting.
“Huh?”
“Welcome back young master.”
“Young- hey you’re that one lady from before!”
Eyes wide, his mind rushed back immediately to the scene at the library from earlier with the woman taking on the Imp King, his forces, and then the new guy that appeared, questions flooding.
“So how do you like the gift you’ve been given?”
“Gift? You mean my super strength?”
“Yes.”
“I mean… it’s fine but I don’t- hey wait, no, stop. I have questions lady.”
“And those would be?”
“Who are you, what are you, what were those things, what did you do to me, and what does this all mean!? Oh and did you mess with Stark’s head because he doesn’t remember a thing!”
“Haha, my you are full of questions…”
“I want answers lady… otherwise I might try out this gift on you and make you answer me.”
“There is no need for that,” came her murmur as she began to stand, looking round the room, “A nice place you have… but to get down to it, I am Victoria Galakin of the Order of Natural Unusual and Strange, also known as ONUS.”
“I’ve… never heard of-”
“That’s because we try to not be known by everyone. Getting down to it though we are an organization established to take care of the super natural occurrences that happen on Earth such as ghosts or werewolves. Like your friend Stark, if someone finds something they shouldn’t know about, we wipe their memories and Implant new ones to explain unusual happenings… such as the building being hit by a truck and thus the hole in the wall.”
“That… explains a lot but how come and why do people still know things?”
“Well… humans can’t comprehend that sort of knowledge just yet. Also depending on how public it is, we may or may not act. No one bothers to listen to a crazy farmer in the middle of Mexico about aliens stealing his cattle after all. On that note, those things were supernatural creatures from the Nightmare Realm, one type of many called Imps.”
“Looked more like devils to me.”
“Oh really they are though. Imps are just annoying creatures compared to some of the others. The Nightmare Realm is one strangeness where the supernatural exist under various leaders like the Imp King.”
“And that big guy that you got jumped by?”
“That would be one of the top Nightmares known as an Edgelord; that one in particular is Zaraka. You see, long ago these occurrences were so frequent with creatures escaping, say up to even the 1800’s that we decided to put a set of seals in place all across the world to stop them from pouring into our world. Zaraka was one of the ones we sealed up but last night, someone disturbed the seal and set Zaraka free with a handful of his minions. They intend to take over the world and unleash the Nightmare Realm in full power. ONUS is intended to also stop them with a sub division known as the DreamScaper Corps of which I lead though, that said, it would seem Zaraka was ready for what did him in last time.”
“So… you gave us your power why?”
“So my abilities wouldn’t be sealed at the time by my weapon. I’m not sure how Edgelord Zaraka defied the seal but… well with the Imp King around I figured it would be best to hand my power off to the nearest people.”
“So… you picked us just because we-”
“You five also looked promising… however after being told about your fight with the Imp King I’ve come to a conclusion that I might have been mistaken. That said, I’m going to say this. Should you five come together as one-”
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“-you, Derrick, Sam, Dilan, and Amber can become a part of the DreamScaper Corps.”
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“As such you five will be allowed to keep Queen Galakin’s gift Sam, which in this case is telekinesis and other mind powers-”
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“-the power of hypnotism and the ability to make games real-”
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“and as DreamScapers you five will get to see the world through a new vision. You can see what we see, become investigators of the supernatural and help protect the planet from creatures like the Imp King. You’ll be able to do perhaps the coolest job, meet all kinds of creatures and people, and get paid for it but that said however; should any of you decide you are not up to the task-”
“-I will reclaim my powers from you lot and your memories will be wiped, life will go back to how it was before today and you’ll have no further knowledge of any events. The choice is up to you guys Derrick… you can expand your knowledge and become the DreamScapers of this district in place of me, I can consider this a step towards retirement after twenty years of seeing unmentionable things… or you can all let things go back to being normal.”
“I… I don’t know...”
“We’ll give you guys until noon tomorrow to decide what it is you want to do. All five of you must agree though. Think it over well and hard,” she murmured, walking by Derrick and out of the doorway, taking a left with her steps echoing in the hall.
Step step step
This left Derrick, alone, thinking over his immediate thoughts, looking down at the ground as the moonlight began to climb in the sky, looking forth from the window, “Can we really do this..?”
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“You have done well Imp King though there is still much to do. Tomorrow, you will go back and make the humans wet their pants in that city. I want as much fear as you can muster, I want the portal to the Nightmare Realm stretched wide open. This is my command!”
“Yes Edgelord Zaraka, I understand. It shall be done and this time, not even the DreamScapers will be able to stop us!”
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